do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3178 — BERTELSMANN/SPRINGER/JV)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-11-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: audiovisual industry, economic concentration, merger control, press

13.11.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 278/23

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3178 — BERTELSMANN/SPRINGER/JV)

(2004/C 278/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 4 November 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 Bertelsmann AG
(‘Bertelsmann’, Germany), its solely controlled subsidiary Gruner+Jahr AG & Co. KG (‘G+J’, Germany), and
Axel Springer AG (‘Springer’, Germany), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regu-
lation joint control of the undertaking NewCo (‘NewCo’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares in a
newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Bertelsmann: television, radio, music, publishing, printing and media services,

— for G + J: publishing, printing, distribution of newspapers and magazines,

— for Springer: publishing, printing and distribution of newspapers and magazines,

— for NewCo: rotogravure printing and other related services.

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.3178 — Bertelsmann/Springer/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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3562 — SPORTFIVE/HSG/JV)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-11-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, sports body

C 278/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.11.2004

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3553 — LOGISTA/ETINERA/TERZIA)

(2004/C 278/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 4 October 2004, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in Spanish and will be made public
after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/) free of
charge. This web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including
company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form in the ‘CES’ version of the CELEX database, under document number 32004M3553.
CELEX is the computerized documentation system of European Community law. (http://europa.eu.int/
celex)

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3562 — SPORTFIVE/HSG/JV)

(2004/C 278/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 4 November 2004, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in German and will be made public
after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/ ) free of
charge. This web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including
company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form in the ‘CDE’ version of the CELEX database, under document number 32004M3562.
CELEX is the computerized documentation system of European Community law. (http://europa.eu.int/
celex)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-11-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

13.11.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 278/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

12 November 2004

(2004/C 278/01)

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

1,2921

LVL

Latvian lats

136,93

MTL Maltese lira

7,4316

0,7006

8,9663

1,5205

87,17

PLN

ROL

SIT

SKK

TRL

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

8,113

AUD Australian dollar

1,9559

0,5775

CAD

HKD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

31,51

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

244,45

KRW South Korean won

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

0,6791

0,432

4,2883

40 254

239,78

39,61

1 881 400

1,6861

1,5394

10,0481

1,8651

2,1369

1 427,38

7,9644

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3573 — CONOCO/LUKOIL/NMN/JV)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-11-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, economic concentration, gas industry, merger control, oil industry, restrictive-practice authorisation

13.11.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 278/25

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3573 — CONOCO/LUKOIL/NMN/JV)

(2004/C 278/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 5 November 2004, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public
after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/) free of
charge. This web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including
company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document number 32004M3573.
CELEX is the computerized documentation system of European Community law. (http://europa.eu.int/
celex)
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1101/2004 of 10 June 2004 amending Annexes I and II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin (OJ L 211, 12.6.2004)
Date: 2004-11-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal product, foodstuffs legislation, veterinary drug

13.11.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

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