do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3674 — IESY REPOSITORY/ISH)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cable distribution, economic concentration, exchange of information, information technology, merger control, service

28.12.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 321/9

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3674 — IESY REPOSITORY/ISH)

(2004/C 321/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 17 December 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 Iesy Reposi-
tory GmbH (‘Iesy’, Germany), controlled by Apollo Management V, L.P., USA, acquires within the meaning
of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertakings ISH GmbH & Co KG
and ISH KS NRW GmbH & Co KG (‘ISH’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Iesy: Operation of the broadband cable formerly belonging to Deutsche Telekom AG in Hesse

(transmission of analogue and digital broadcasting signals, internet and other services),

— for ISH: Operation of the broadband cable formerly belonging to Deutsche Telekom AG in North
internet and other

Rhine-Westphalia (transmission of analogue and digital broadcasting signals,
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) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.3674 — IESY Repository/ISH, 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: 2004-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

28.12.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 321/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

27 December 2004

(2004/C 321/01)

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

1,3527

LVL

Latvian lats

140,34

MTL Maltese lira

7,4411

0,7036

9,0292

1,5484

83,78

PLN

ROL

SIT

SKK

TRL

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

8,265

AUD Australian dollar

1,9559

0,5786

CAD

HKD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

30,555

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

245,6

KRW South Korean won

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

0,6936

0,4338

4,0565

39 648

239,77

38,805

1 834 938

1,7526

1,6625

10,5289

1,8861

2,2186

1 415,8

7,6495

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3647 — WESTLB/DAL) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commercial bank, economic concentration, exchange of information, hiring, merger control, real property

C 321/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.12.2004

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3647 — WESTLB/DAL)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2004/C 321/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 16 December 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 WestLB AG
(‘WestLB’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of
the whole of the undertaking Deutsche Anlagen-Leasing GmbH (‘DAL’, Germany) by way of purchase of
shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking WestLB: financial services,

— for undertaking DAL: leasing in the area of commercial real estate and large products.

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.3647 — WestLB/DAL, 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 2262/2004 of 28 December 2004 fixing the amount of private storage aid for certain fishery products in the 2005 fishing year
Date: 2004-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, fishery product, storage premium

30.12.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 389/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2262/2004

of 28 December 2004

fixing the amount of private storage aid for certain fishery products in the 2005 fishing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17
December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in
fishery and aquaculture products (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2813/2000
of 21 December 2000 laying down detailed rules for the appli-
cation of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 as regards the
grant of private storage aid for certain fishery products (2), and
in particular Article 1 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The aid should not exceed the sum of technical and
financial costs recorded in the Community during the
fishing year proceeding the year in question.

To discourage long-term storage,
to shorten payment
times and to reduce the burden of controls, private
storage aid should be paid in one single instalment.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the Management Committee
for
Fishery Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2005 fishing year the amount of private storage aid for
the products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
shall be as follows:

— first month:

EUR 200 per tonne,

— second month: EUR 0 per tonne

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 December 2004.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 326, 22.12.2000, p. 30.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3657 — AIRBUS/SITA) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air transport, aircraft, economic concentration, information technology, merger control, telecommunications

C 321/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.12.2004

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3657 — AIRBUS/SITA)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2004/C 321/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 15 December 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 Airbus Finan-
cial Services (‘Airbus’, France) belonging to the Airbus group and SITA Information Network Computing
B.V. (‘SITA’, Netherlands) belonging to the SITA group acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking OnAir N.V. (‘OnAir’, Netherlands) 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 undertaking Airbus: design, manufacture and sales of aircraft worldwide,

— for undertaking SITA: Provides applications, communications and IT infrastructure to the air transport

and related industries.

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.3657 — Airbus/Sita/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) 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.3676 — WARBURG/PROVIDENCE/TELCORDIA) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, information technology, investment transaction, merger control, service, software

28.12.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 321/7

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3676 — WARBURG/PROVIDENCE/TELCORDIA)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2004/C 321/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 20 December 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 Warburg
Pincus LLC (‘Warburg’), USA, and Providence Equity Partners Inc. (‘Providence’), USA, acquire within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Telcordia Technolo-
gies Inc. (‘Telcordia’), USA, by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Warburg: Global private equity investments,

— for undertaking Providence: Global private equity investments,

— for undertaking Telcordia: Software and services for communications networks.

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) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.3676 — WARBURG/PROVIDENCE/TELCORDIA,
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: 2004-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 321/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.12.2004

Euro exchange rates (1)

24 December 2004

(2004/C 321/02)

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

1,3542

LVL

Latvian lats

140,26

MTL Maltese lira

7,4406

PLN

Polish zloty

0,6936

0,4337

4,0757

0,70330

ROL

Romanian leu

38 700

9,0350

1,5458

83,79

SIT

SKK

TRL

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

8,2815

AUD Australian dollar

1,9559

CAD

Canadian dollar

0,57870

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

30,433

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

246,25

KRW South Korean won

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

239,7800

38,830

1 854 638

1,7587

1,6631

10,5412

1,8908

2,2203

1 419,13

7,6377

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3574 — RABOBANK/BGZ)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, disclosure of information, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

28.12.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 321/11

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

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

(2004/C 321/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 17 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 Italian 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/). This
web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32004M3590. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3574 — RABOBANK/BGZ)

(2004/C 321/11)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 19 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 Article6(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/). This
web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32004M3574. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
COM documents other than legislative proposals adopted by the Commission
Date: 2004-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, directory, official document

C 321/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.12.2004

COM documents other than legislative proposals adopted by the Commission

(2004/C 321/05)

Document

Part

Date

Title

COM(2004) 705

22.10.2004

COM(2004) 706

22.10.2004

COM(2004) 409

8.6.2004

COM(2004) 676

12.10.2004

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT pursuant
to the second subparagraph of Article
251(2) of the EC Treaty concerning the common position of the
Council with a view to the adoption of a Decision of the European
Parliament and of the Council establishing a single framework for
the transparency of qualifications and competences (Europass)

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT pursuant
to the second subparagraph of Article
251(2) of the EC Treaty concerning the common position of the
Council on the adoption of the proposal for a decision of the Euro-
pean Parliament and the Council amending Decision 1419/1999/EC
establishing a Community action for the European Capital of Culture
event for the years 2005 to 2019

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION based on Article 11 of the
Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on combating
terrorism

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT pursuant
to the second subparagraph of Article
251(2) of the EC Treaty concerning the common position of the
Council on the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament
and of the Council on pollution caused by ships and the introduc-
tion in particular of criminal sanctions for infringements involving
pollution

These texts are available on EUR-Lex: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex.
New national side of euro circulation coins
Date: 2004-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Holy See, commemoration, euro, money, technical specification

28.12.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 321/3

NEW NATIONAL SIDE OF EURO CIRCULATION COINS

(2004/C 321/03)

National side of the new 2-euro commemorative circulation coin issued by the Vatican City State

Euro circulation coins have legal tender status throughout the euro area. The Commission publishes all
new euro coin designs (1) with a view to informing anyone required to handle coins in the course of their
work and the public at large. In accordance with the Council conclusions of 8 December 2003 (2), Member
States and countries that have concluded a Monetary Agreement with the Community providing for the
issuance of euro circulation coins are allowed to issue certain quantities of commemorative euro circulation
coins on condition that not more than one new coin design is issued per country per year and that only
the 2-euro denomination is used. These coins have the technical features of normal euro circulation coins,
but bear a commemorative design on the obverse national side.

Issuing State: Vatican City State

Subject of commemoration: 75th Anniversary of the Founding of the Vatican City State

Factual description of the design: The inner part shows a schematic representation of the perimeter
walls of the Vatican City with St Peter's Basilica in the foreground. The inscriptions ‘75o ANNO DELLO
STATO’ and ‘1929-2004’ appear around the left- and upper right-hand edges of the inner part. To the
bottom left, in smaller letters, is the name of the author ‘VEROI’ and the initials of the engraver ‘L.D.S.
INC.’. The twelve stars of the European Union and the inscription ‘CITTA' DEL VATICANO’ are positioned
around the outer circle.

Issue volume: max. 100 000 coins

Approximate issue period: from 15 December 2004.

(1) See OJ C 373 of 28.12.2001, pp. 1-30 for a reference to all national sides that were issued in 2002.
(2) See conclusions of the General Affairs Council of 8 December 2003 on changes in the design of national sides of
euro coins. See also Commission Recommendation of 29 September 2003 on a common practice for changes to the
design of national obverse sides of euro circulation coins (OJ L 264 of 15.10.2003, p. 38-39).
Commission Recommendation of 28 December 2004 complementary to Recommendation 96/129/EC on the European firearms passText with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: enlargement of the Union, firearms and munitions, form, free movement of persons, personal weapon

12.1.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 9/1

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION

of 28 December 2004

complementary to Recommendation 96/129/EC on the European firearms pass

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/11/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HEREBY RECOMMENDS:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular the second indent of Article 211,

establishing the European

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Council Directive 91/477/EEC of 18 June 1991 on
control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (1)
provides for the introduction of a European firearms
pass.

In Commission Recommendation 93/216/EEC of 25
February 1993 on the European firearms pass (2) and in
Commission Recommendation 96/129/EC of 12 January
1996 supplementing Recommendation 93/216/EEC on
the European firearms pass (3), the Commission invited
in
the Member States
the
with
accordance
Recommendations.

to introduce this document
a model

annexed

to

The Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of
Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the
Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of
Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic shall
introduce the European firearms pass in accordance with the
model annexed to this Recommendation.

Article 2

in

accordance with

The other Member States, which issue the European firearms
pass
to
Recommendation 96/129/EC, shall gradually introduce the pass
in accordance with the model
annexed to the present
Recommendation as the stocks of the old pass are exhausted
and by 1 May 2006 at the latest.

the model

annexed

Done at Brussels, 28 December 2004.

(3)

This model for the European firearms pass needs to be
modified to take account of the accession of the new
Member States,

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ L 256, 13.9.1991, p. 51.
(2) OJ L 93, 17.4.1993, p. 39.
(3) OJ L 30, 8.2.1996, p. 47.

12.1.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 9/3

Modification of the European firearms pass (1996 model) incorporating linguistic amendments necessitated by
the enlargement of 1 May 2004.

ANNEX