do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3640 — BLACKSTONE/GERRESHEIMER) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-11-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial institution, glass industry, merger control, packaging, venture capital

24.11.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 287/7

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3640 — BLACKSTONE/GERRESHEIMER)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2004/C 287/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 16 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 undertaking Blackstone LR
Associates (Cayman) IV Ltd. (‘Blackstone’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
Council Regulation control of the whole of Gerresheimer Beteiligungs GmbH (‘Gerresheimer’, Germany) by
way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Blackstone: private equity fund,

— Gerresheimer: glass packaging.

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 (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) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.3640 — Blackstone/Gerresheimer, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3644 — VITERRA/DEUTSCHBAU) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-11-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, property leasing, real estate business

C 287/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.11.2004

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3644 — VITERRA/DEUTSCHBAU)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2004/C 287/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 15 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 undertaking Viterra AG
(‘Viterra’, Germany) controlled by E.ON AG (‘E.ON’, Düsseldorf) acquires within the meaning of Article
3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation sole control of the whole of the undertaking Deutschbau Holding GmbH
(‘Deutschbau Holding’, Germany), which controls Deutschbau Wohnungsgesellschaft mbH and Deutschbau
Immobilien-Dienstleistungen GmbH by way of purchase of shares. At present, Deutschbau Holding is
jointly controlled by Viterra and DB Real Estate Management GmbH.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Viterra: management/rental and sale of real estate,

— for undertaking Deutschbau Holding: Holding of Deutschbau Wohnungsgesellschaft mbH and
Deutschbau Immobilien-Dienstleistungen GmbH, which are active in management/rental of private real
estate.

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 (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) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.3644 — VITERRA/DEUTSCHBAU, 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2010/2004 of 24 November 2004 laying down the reduction coefficient to be applied under tariff subquota II for common wheat of a quality other than high quality opened by Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002
Date: 2004-11-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common wheat, import, import licence, tariff quota, third country

L 349/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.11.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2010/2004

of 24 November 2004

laying down the reduction coefficient to be applied under tariff subquota II for common wheat of a
quality other than high quality opened by Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of
29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market
in cereals (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002
of 27 December 2002 opening and providing for the adminis-
tration of Community tariff quotas for common wheat of a
quality other than high quality from third countries and dero-
gating from Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (2), and in
particular Article 5(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002 opens an annual tariff
quota of 2 981 600 tonnes of common wheat of a
quality other than high quality. That quota is divided
into three subquotas.

(2)

(3)

Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002 fixes a
quantity of 38 000 tonnes for subquota II
the
period 1 January to 31 December 2004.

for

The quantities applied for on 22 November 2004,
in
accordance with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No
2375/2002, exceed the quantities available. The extent
to which licences may be issued should therefore be
determined and a reduction coefficient laid down to be
applied to the quantities applied for,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

licence for subquota II

Each application for an import
for
common wheat of a quality other than high quality lodged
and forwarded to the Commission on 22 November 2004 in
accordance with Article 5(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No
2375/2002 shall be accepted at a rate of 16,1214 % of the
quantity applied for.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 November 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 November 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78.
(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 88. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1111/2003 (OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 21).
Application for authorisation to extract hydrocarbons in the Akkrum Fields
Date: 2004-11-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, exploitation of resources, hydrocarbon, petroleum exploration

24.11.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 287/5

Application for authorisation to extract hydrocarbons in the Akkrum Fields

(2004/C 287/03)

Notice inviting applications for authorisation to extract hydrocarbons in the area of the former Akkrum
concession on Dutch territory.

The Minister of Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands serves notice that an application for
authorisation to extract hydrocarbons has been received for the area of the former Akkrum concession as
described in Article 1 of the Royal Decree of 17 February 1969, No 30 (Government Gazette 1969, No
46) as subsequently extended with the area described in Article 1 of Royal Decree of 19 August 1981, No
25 (Government Gazette 1981, No 186).

With reference to Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30
May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospecting, exploration and
production of hydrocarbons and the publication as described in Article 15 of the Mining Act (Bulletin of
Acts and Decrees 2002, 542), the Minister of Economic Affairs invites interested parties to submit an appli-
cation for authorisation to extract hydrocarbons for the area of the former Akkrum concession.

Applications may be submitted for 13 weeks after publication of this notice in the Official Journal of the
European Union and should be sent to the Minister of Economic Affairs, for the attention of Director of
Energy Production, specifying ‘personal’, Prinses Beatrixlaan 5-7, The Hague. Applications submitted after
this deadline will not be considered.

A decision on the applications will be taken not later than nine months after this period.

Further information can be requested by telephone ((31-70) 379 66 94).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2009/2004 of 24 November 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2004-11-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

L 349/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.11.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2009/2004

of 24 November 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
fruit
arrangements
import
and in
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 25 November 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 November 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(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).

25.11.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 349/15

to Commission Regulation of 24 November 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 20 10

0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70,
0805 20 90

0805 50 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
070
204
999

052
204
999

052
204
999

204
999

052
624
999

052
388
524
528
999

388
400
404
720
800
999

052
999

76,4
62,9
100,4
79,9

101,7
41,8
71,8

96,9
79,8
88,4

67,6
67,6

75,3
79,3
77,3

55,7
49,8
65,7
21,2
48,1

139,3
73,6
76,8
63,4
194,0
109,4

120,9
120,9

(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’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-11-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

24.11.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 287/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

23 November 2004

(2004/C 287/01)

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

1,3089

LVL

Latvian lats

134,81

MTL Maltese lira

7,4310

PLN

Polish zloty

0,69950

ROL

Romanian leu

8,9465

1,5150

87,06

SIT

SKK

TRL

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

8,1560

AUD Australian dollar

1,9559

0,5785

CAD

HKD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

31,018

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

244,80

KRW South Korean won

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

0,6809

0,4322

4,2027

39 409

239,78

39,255

1 878 500

1,6630

1,5508

10,1788

1,8370

2,1497

1 395,03

7,8472

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3621 — SAGEM/SNECMA)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-11-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aeronautical industry, aerospace industry, civil aviation, economic concentration, electronics industry, merger control, military aircraft, telecommunications industry

C 287/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.11.2004

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3621 — SAGEM/SNECMA)

(2004/C 287/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 18 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 undertaking Sagem S.A.
(‘Sagem’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the
whole of the undertaking Snecma (‘Snecma’, France) by way of public bid announced on 29 October 2004.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Sagem: telecommunications, electronics for defense and security,

— for Snecma: propulsion and equipments in the field of civil aeronautics, military aeronautics and space

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.

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) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.3621 — SAGEM/SNECMA, 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.