do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3633 — Alcadis/Isuzu/Mitsubishi/Isuzu Benelux JV)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-01-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: access to information, distributive trades, economic concentration, export, import, merger control, motor car, motor vehicle industry, restrictive-practice authorisation, spare part

15.1.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 11/7

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3639 — Bridgepoint/SEA)

(2005/C 11/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 20 December 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 32004M3639. 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.3633 — Alcadis/Isuzu/Mitsubishi/Isuzu Benelux JV)

(2005/C 11/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 21 December 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 ). 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 32004M3633. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Decision No 1/95 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 22 December 1995 on implementing the final phase of the Customs Union — Decision No 2/97 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 4 June 1997 establishing the list of Community instruments relating to the removal of technical barriers to trade and the conditions and arrangements governing their implementation by Turkey, — Article 4(a) to Annex I — Paragraph V (2) to Annex II — Types of gas and the corresponding supply pressures according to Article 2(2) of Council Directive 90/396/EEC of 29 June 1990
Date: 2005-01-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Union, Türkiye, customs union, gas, gas appliance, safety standard, technical standard

C 11/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.1.2005

Decision No 1/95 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 22 December 1995 on implementing
the final phase of the Customs Union

Decision No 2/97 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 4 June 1997 establishing the list of
Community instruments relating to the removal of technical barriers to trade and the conditions
and arrangements governing their implementation by Turkey,

Article 4(a) to Annex I

Paragraph V (2) to Annex II

Types of gas and the corresponding supply pressures according to Article 2(2) of Council Directive
90/396/EEC of 29 June 1990

(2005/C 11/02)

(This publication is based on information received by the Commission services from Turkey)

Turkey

Wobbe index (gross) in

Supply pressure in mbar (4)

Country

Gas family

MJ/m3 or
kWh/m3
(0 °C)

MJ/m3 or kWh/m3
(15 °C)

min.

nom.

max.

TURKEY

SECOND

Group H

THIRD

Group P

Group B/P

45,7-54,7 MJ/m3

17 (1)

20 (1)

25 (1)

72,9-76,8 MJ/m3 (2)

72,9-87,3 MJ/m3 (3)

25

25

37

28-30

45

35

(1) Pressure level commonly used in the ‘low pressure’ distribution network. Some other higher pressures may be used, the most usual

one is 300 mbar.
(2) Commercial propane.
(3) Commercial propane-butane mixture.
(4) Pressure at the inlet of the gas appliance.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3668 — DIFA/INVESTKREDIT/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-01-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, building, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control, shopping centre

C 11/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.1.2005

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3668 — DIFA/INVESTKREDIT/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 11/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 6 January 2005, 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 DIFA Deutsche Immobi-
lien Fonds AG (‘DIFA’, Germany) controlled by DZ Bank AG (‘DZ’, Germany) and Investkredit Bank AG
(‘IK’, Austria) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the
undertakings ABP Real Estate Investment KFT (‘ABP’, Hungary), M 1 Business Park KFT (‘M1’, Hungary),
Infopark KFT (‘Infopark’, Hungary), Olympia Teplice s.r.o. (‘OCT’, Czech Republic), Olympia Mladá Boleslav
s.r.o. (‘OCM’, Czech Republic), RCP Alfa s.r.o. (‘RCP’, Czech Republic) and Europolis Technopark s.r.o.
(‘ETP’, Czech Republic), which are currently jointly controlled by IK and the European Bank for Reconstruc-
tion and Development (United Kingdom) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for DIFA: property investment fund,

— for DZ: banking services,

— for IK: bank specialized in services to companies,

— for ABP and M1: logistic parks in Budapest,

— for Infopark: office buildings in Budapest,

— for OCT and OCM: shopping centers in Teplice, and

— for RCP and ETP: office buildings in Prague.

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.3668 — DIFA/INVESTKREDIT/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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3638 — KKR/DSD)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-01-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, holding company, investment, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, waste management

C 11/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.1.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3638 — KKR/DSD)

(2005/C 11/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 7 January 2005, 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/). 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 32004M3638. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-01-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

15.1.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 11/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

14 January 2005

(2005/C 11/01)

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

1,3091

LVL

Latvian lats

134,32

MTL Maltese lira

7,4398

0,7006

9,0483

1,5491

82,17

8,175

1,9559

0,5818

PLN

ROL

SIT

SKK

TRY

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

30,365

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

246,98

KRW South Korean won

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

0,6964

0,4324

4,0626

37 792

239,77

38,58

1,7708

1,7242

1,5859

10,2051

1,873

2,1444

1 366,05

7,9051

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3690 — CNP/Capitalia/Fineco Vita) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-01-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, holding company, life assurance, merger control

15.1.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 11/5

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3690 — CNP/Capitalia/Fineco Vita)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 11/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 10 January 2005, 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 CNP Assurances S.A.
(‘CNP’, France) and FinecoGroup S.p.A. (‘FinecoGroup’, Italy) controlled by Capitalia S.p.A. (‘Capitalia’, Italy)
acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of FinecoVita S.p.A.
(‘FinecoVita’, Italy), currently controlled by Capitalia, by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for CNP: life insurance,

— for Capitalia: holding company of a banking and financial group,

— for FinecoVita: life insurance.

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.3690 — CNP/Capitalia/Fineco Vita, 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.
New national side of euro circulation coins
Date: 2005-01-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Luxembourg, commemoration, euro, issuing of currency

15.1.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 11/3

NEW NATIONAL SIDE OF EURO CIRCULATION COINS

(2005/C 11/03)

National side of the new 2-euro commemorative circulation coin issued by Luxembourg

Euro circulation coins have legal tender status throughout the euro area. With a view to informing the
parties professionally handling coins and the public at large, the Commission publishes all new euro coin
designs (1). In accordance with the relevant 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
under the condition that only a single new coin design at most is issued per country and per year and that
the 2 € denomination is used. These coins correspond to the technical features of normal euro circulation
coins, but bear a commemorative feature on the obverse national side.

Issuing State: Luxembourg

Commemorative feature: 50th anniversary of the G-D Henri, 5th anniversary of his accession to the
throne and 100 years of the death of the G-D Adolphe

Factual description of the design: The coin depicts on the left-hand side of its inner part the effigy of
His Royal Highness, the Grand Duke Henri, looking to the right, and superimposed on the effigy of the
former Grand Duke Adolphe on the right-hand side of the inner part. Above the effigies appears, in semi-
circular form, the legend ‘GRANDS-DUCS DE LUXEMBOURG’. The text ‘HENRI * 1955 ADOLPHE +
1905’ is inscribed below their respective effigies. On the outer ring of the coin, the 12 stars surrounding
the design are placed between the letters of the text ‘LËTZEBUERG’. The date 2005 is inscribed below,
flanked by the logo of the Mint and the letter ‘S’.

Issuing volume: max. 2.8 million

Approximate issuing period: January 2005

(1) See OJ C 373 of 28.12.2001, pp. 1-30 for a reference to all national sides that have been 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).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3653 — SIEMENS/VA TECH)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-01-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical industry, exchange of information, merger control, technology, type of business

C 11/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.1.2005

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3653 — SIEMENS/VA TECH)

(2005/C 11/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 10 January 2005, 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 Siemens Österreich AG
(‘Siemens’, Austria) controlled by Siemens Deutschland AG (‘Siemens’, Germany) acquires within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking VA Tech AG
(‘VA Tech’, Austria) by way of public bid announced on 10 December 2004.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Siemens: power generation, transmission and distribution of power, automation- and
traction technology, plant engineering and construction, technical services, traffic engineering, building
services engineering, automotive engineering, logistic systems, information technology and telecommu-
nications,

— for undertaking VA Tech: power generation, transmission and distribution of power, metallurgy engi-
neering and infrastructure (including building services engineering, traction technology and electrical
plant engineering).

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.3653 — SIEMENS/VA TECH, 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.