do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3275 — SHELL ESPAÑA/CEPSA/SIS)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-10-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, motor fuel, oil industry

9.10.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 250/5

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3275 — SHELL ESPAÑA/CEPSA/SIS)

(2004/C 250/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 1 October 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 undertakings Shell España, S.A. (‘Shell
España’, Spain), belonging to the Royal Dutch/Shell group, and Compañía Española de Petróleos, S.A.
(‘Cepsa’, Spain) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the
newly created company constituting a joint venture Spanish Into-plane Services, S.L. (‘SIS’, Spain) by way
of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Shell España: production, distribution and sale of motor, aviation, marine and domestic fuels,

— for Cepsa: exploration, production, marketing and transportation of crude oil, natural gas and related

products,

— for SIS: supply of fuel into-plane services at airports on the Spanish mainland and the Balearic Islands.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the

3.
scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

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 (No +32/2/2964301 or 2967244) or by post, under
reference number COMP/M.3275 — SHELL ESPAÑA/CEPSA/SIS, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3586 — Ripplewood/Honsel) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-10-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, iron and steel industry, merger control, motor vehicle industry

C 250/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.10.2004

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3586 — Ripplewood/Honsel)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2004/C 250/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 30 September 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 Ripplewood
Investments L.L.C. (‘Ripplewood’, USA), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regu-
lation control of the whole of the undertaking The Honsel Group (‘Honsel’, Luxemburg) by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Ripplewood: private equity firm,

— for Honsel: light-metal (aluminium and magnesium) processing of parts and components for the auto-

mobile and non-automobile industry.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the
3.
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 (EC) No 139/2004 (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 (No +32/2/2964301 or 2967244) or by post, under
reference number COMP/M.3586 — Ripplewood/Honsel, 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) Available on DG COMP website:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/legislation/consultation/simplified_tru.pdf.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-10-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

9.10.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 250/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

8 October 2004

(2004/C 250/01)

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

1,2315

LVL

Latvian lats

136,05

MTL Maltese lira

7,4399

0,6891

9,068

1,5529

87,48

8,3

PLN

ROL

SIT

SKK

TRL

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

AUD Australian dollar

1,9559

0,576

CAD

HKD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

31,36

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

246,18

KRW South Korean won

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

0,6649

0,4289

4,331

41 050

239,92

40,025

1 845 500

1,6944

1,5475

9,5937

1,8193

2,0769

1 413,76

8,1603

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3564 — CVC/ANI Printing Inks)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-10-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: dyestuffs industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, merger control

C 250/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.10.2004

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3564 — CVC/ANI Printing Inks)

(2004/C 250/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 1 October 2004, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1)
by which the undertaking CVC Capital Partners Switzerland GmbH (‘CVC’) acquires within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking ANI Printing Inks B.V.
(‘ANI’, the Netherlands) by acquisition of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for CVC: financial investments in various industries, including chemicals, automotive, utilities, manufac-

turing, retailing and distribution,

— for ANI: production of printing inks for publication and packaging applications.

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.

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 (No +32/2/2964301 or 2967244) or by post, under
reference number COMP/M.3564 — CVC/ANI Printing Inks, 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.
Removal from the register of Case C-55/04
Date: 2004-10-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, France, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, marketing standard, plant propagation, vineyard

9.10.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 251/11

As regards the substance, the Court of First Instance erred in
law,
first, by holding that Article 74 of the Conditions of
Employment of Other Servants is not applicable to auxiliary
staff recruited pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 78 of
the Conditions of Employment and, second, by holding that
the rules applicable to auxiliary session interpreters (hereinafter
‘the RIAS’), adopted by the Bureau of the European Parliament
on 13 July 1999, cover the question of the end of the appoint-
ment. The third paragraph of Article 78 of the Conditions of
Employment, under which the contracts of employment of
conference interpreters as members of the auxiliary staff may
be subject to a regime which derogates from the standard
arrangements, deals exclusively with conditions of recruitment
and remuneration and does not concern the end of
the
appointment, which is therefore governed by Article 74 of the
Conditions of Employment, which lays down the age limit. It is
incorrect to take the view, as the Court of First Instance did in
the judgment under appeal, that in the case of contracts limited
to specific days,
the end of the appointment constitutes a
condition of recruitment and thus to introduce a distinction
not provided for in the Conditions of Employment between
contracts of a few days' duration and those for longer periods.
Furthermore, in accepting that it is the RIAS that must govern

the question of the end of the appointment of conference inter-
preters who are members of the auxiliary staff, those rules
contain no expression provision establishing an age limit.
Where the RIAS are silent, it is the Conditions of Employment,
and therefore Article 74 of those Conditions, that apply.

Removal from the register of Case C-55/04 (1)

(2004/C 251/20)

By order of 15 July 2004 the President of the Court of Justice
of the European Communities has ordered the removal from
the register of Case C-55/04: Commission of the European
Communities v French Republic.

(1) OJ C 71, de 20.3.2004.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3563 — CVC/BASF Printing Inks) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-10-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: dyestuffs industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, merger control

9.10.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 250/3

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3563 — CVC/BASF Printing Inks)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2004/C 250/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 1 October 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 CVC Capital Partners
Switzerland GmbH (‘CVC’) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control
of the whole of the undertaking BASF Drucksysteme GmbH and certain additional BASF AG assets in the
field of pigments (‘BASF Inks’, Germany) by way of acquisition of shares and assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for CVC: financial investments in various industries, including chemicals, automotive, utilities, manufac-

turing, retailing and distribution,

— for BASF Inks: production of printing inks for publication and packaging applications, production of

pigments for printing inks and the manufacture of printing plates.

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration 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 (No +32/2/2964301 or 2967244) or by post, under
reference number COMP/M.3563 — CVC/BASF Printing Inks, 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) Available on DG COMP website:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/legislation/consultation/simplified_tru.pdf.