do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case No COMP/M.3510 — SHELL/SAUDI ARAMCO/SHOWA SHELL) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-07-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, energy industry, exchange of information, merger control, oil industry

27.7.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 191/5

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case No COMP/M.3510 — SHELL/SAUDI ARAMCO/SHOWA SHELL)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2004/C 191/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 19 July 2004, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Saudi Arabian Oil
Company (‘Saudi Aramco’), Saudi Arabia acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council
Regulation joint control of the undertaking Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (‘Showa Shell’) Japan by way of
purchase of shares from Royal Dutch/Shell Group (‘Shell’ UK) who will also acquire joint control.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Saudi Aramco: exploration, production and marketing of crude oil and refined oil products,

— for Showa Shell: refining of crude oil and the distribution and sale of refined oil products,

— for Shell: exploration, production and sale of oil and natural gas, the production and sale of chemicals,

power generation and the production of energy from renewable sources.

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the
scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to
the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the
procedure set out in the Notice.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed

4.
operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (fax No +32/2/2964301 or 2967244) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.3510 — SHELL/SAUDI ARAMCO/SHOWA SHELL, to the following
address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition,
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 217, 29.7.2000, p. 32; Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 has been replaced by Council Regulation (EC) No

139/2004.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-07-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

27.7.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 191/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

26 July 2004

(2004/C 191/01)

1 euro =

Currency

Exchange rate

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CYP

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

US dollar

Japanese yen

Danish krone

Pound sterling

Swedish krona

Swiss franc

Iceland króna

Norwegian krone

Bulgarian lev

Cyprus pound

Czech koruna

Estonian kroon

Hungarian forint

Lithuanian litas

1,2163

LVL

Latvian lats

133,22

MTL Maltese lira

7,4362

PLN

Polish zloty

0,6562

0,4251

4,4410

0,66105

ROL

Romanian leu

41 147

9,2030

1,5331

86,89

SIT

SKK

TRL

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

8,5070

AUD Australian dollar

1,9558

CAD

Canadian dollar

0,58180

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

31,557

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

249,03

KRW South Korean won

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

240,0300

39,868

1 803 000

1,7114

1,6039

9,4871

1,9060

2,0929

1 412,73

7,5055

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case No COMP/M.3525 — ALPINVEST/3i/CID/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-07-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control, motor vehicle industry

C 191/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.7.2004

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case No COMP/M.3525 — ALPINVEST/3i/CID/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2004/C 191/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 16 July 2004, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Alpinvest Partners N.V.(‘Alpinvest’, Nether-
lands) and 3i Group plc (‘3i’, UK) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
joint control of CID Car Interior design Holding GmbH (‘CID’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Alpinvest: financial investment,

— for 3i: venture capital,

— for CID: development and manufacture of interior trim parts for the automotive industry.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within
3.
the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant
to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the
procedure set out in the Notice.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed

4.
operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (fax No +32/2/2964301 or 2967244) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M M.3525 — ALPINVEST/3i/CID/JV, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition,
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 217, 29.7.2000, p. 32; Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 has been replaced by Council Regulation (EC) No

139/2004.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1357/2004 of 27 July 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2004-07-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: customs regulations, fruit, import price, vegetable

28.7.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 252/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1357/2004

of 27 July 2004

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vege-
tables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

In compliance with the above criteria,
the standard
import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the
Annex to this Regulation,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of
21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the
and in
import
fruit
arrangements
particular Article 4(1) thereof,

and vegetables (1),

for

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the
outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade nego-
tiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the
standard values for imports from third countries,
in
respect of the products and periods stipulated in the
Annex thereto.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex
hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 July 2004.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 July 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1947/2002 (OJ L 299, 1.11.2002, p. 17).

L 252/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.7.2004

to Commission Regulation of 27 July 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry
price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0707 00 05

0709 90 70

0805 50 10

0806 10 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

0809 10 00

0809 20 95

0809 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
999

052
092
999

052
999

382
388
508
512
524
528
999

052
204
220
616
624
800
999

388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
804
999

052
388
512
999

052
094
999

052
400
404
616
999

052
999

093
512
624
999

62,9
62,9

83,5
101,8
92,7

80,3
80,3

64,7
56,6
39,2
41,3
64,0
53,1
53,2

148,4
92,6
117,9
105,2
122,3
99,3
114,3

90,6
104,4
128,5
71,5
86,3
56,0
78,4
75,2
89,3
86,7

134,0
97,5
88,2
106,6

180,4
61,8
121,1

290,6
293,6
322,5
183,0
272,4

158,7
158,7

60,1
91,6
179,3
110,3

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2081/2003 (OJ L 313, 28.11.2003, p. 11). Code ‘999’ stands for

‘of other origin’.