do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3590 — FIAT/MAGNETI MARELLI)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-10-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronics industry, merger control, motor vehicle industry

16.10.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 256/3

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3590 — FIAT/MAGNETI MARELLI)

(2004/C 256/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 11 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 FIAT Netherlands
Holding N.V. (‘FNH’), belonging to the FIAT Group (Italy), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
the Council Regulation sole control of the whole of the undertaking Magneti Marelli Sistemi Elettronici
S.p.A. (MMSE, Italy) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for FIAT: manufacturing of cars, commercial vehicles and machines for agriculture and construction,

— for MMSE: automotive electronic components.

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.3590 — FIAT/MAGNETI MARELLI, 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-10-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

16.10.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 256/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

15 October 2004

(2004/C 256/01)

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

1,2414

LVL

Latvian lats

135,66

MTL Maltese lira

7,4384

PLN

Polish zloty

0,68945

ROL

Romanian leu

9,1078

1,5414

87,42

SIT

SKK

TRL

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

8,216

AUD Australian dollar

1,9559

0,5757

CAD

HKD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

31,468

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

247,85

KRW South Korean won

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

0,6667

0,4293

4,3114

41 229

239,89

39,976

1 849 300

1,7016

1,5639

9,6677

1,813

2,0854

1 421,96

8,0446

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3464 — KESKO/ICA/JV)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-10-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: distributive trades, economic concentration, merger control

C 256/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.10.2004

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3464 — KESKO/ICA/JV)

(2004/C 256/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 8 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 Kesko Food Ltd.
(‘Kesko’, Finland), belonging to the Kesko Group (Finland), and ICA Baltic AB (‘ICA’, Sweden), belonging to
ICA Group (Sweden), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control
of a newly created company constituting a joint venture (‘the JV’), by way of transfer of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Kesko: wholesaling and retailing of daily consumer goods mainly in Finland,

— for ICA: wholesaling and retailing of daily consumer goods mainly in Sweden and Norway, and

— for the JV: procurement and retail of daily consumer goods in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

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. 3464 — Kesko/ICA/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.