do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3733 — DOW/DDE) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, merger control, plastics industry

C 75/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.3.2005

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3733 — DOW/DDE)

(2005/C 75/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 18 March 2005, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by
which the undertaking The Dow Chemical Company (‘DOW’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article
3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of parts of the undertaking DuPont Dow Elastomers (‘DDE’,
USA), currently jointly controlled by E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and DOW, by way of
purchase of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for DOW: plastics and chemicals, agricultural sciences, hydrocarbon and energy products and services;

— for DDE: global supplier of specialty elastomers.

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. 3733 — DOW/DDE, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition,
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Brussels

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

24.3.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 75/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

23 March 2005

(2005/C 75/01)

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

1,3050

LVL

Latvian lats

137,70

MTL Maltese lira

7,4491

0,69460

9,1114

1,5557

79,77

8,1818

1,9559

0,5842

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

30,078

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

247,70

KRW South Korean won

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

0,6961

0,4316

4,1198

36 311

239,67

39,120

1,7776

1,6790

1,5834

10,1786

1,8016

2,1393

1 316,09

8,0879

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Withdrawal of Commission Proposals
Date: 2005-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, proposal (EU)

C 75/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.3.2005

Withdrawal of obsolete Commission Proposals

(2005/C 75/04)

As part of its periodical examination of proposals pending, the Commission has withdrawn certain propo-
sals on which the Legislator has not yet reached a decision and which are no longer topical. A communica-
tion from the Commission specifying the list of proposals withdrawn has been published on EUR-LEX
under reference COM(2004) 542 of 10 March 2005.

Withdrawal of Commission Proposals

(2005/C 75/05)

The Commission has approved a Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council
laying down rules on local border traffic at the external land borders of the Member States and amending
the Schengen Convention and the Common Consular Instructions, COM(2005) 56 of 23 February 2005 —
2005/0006/COD. This proposal replaces the previous Commission proposals on the same subject
COM(2003) 502 — 2003/0193 (CNS) and 2003/0194 (CNS), of 14 August 2003, which are withdrawn.
Withdrawal of obsolete Commission Proposals
Date: 2005-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, drafting of EU law, proposal (EU)

C 75/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.3.2005

Withdrawal of obsolete Commission Proposals

(2005/C 75/04)

As part of its periodical examination of proposals pending, the Commission has withdrawn certain propo-
sals on which the Legislator has not yet reached a decision and which are no longer topical. A communica-
tion from the Commission specifying the list of proposals withdrawn has been published on EUR-LEX
under reference COM(2004) 542 of 10 March 2005.

Withdrawal of Commission Proposals

(2005/C 75/05)

The Commission has approved a Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council
laying down rules on local border traffic at the external land borders of the Member States and amending
the Schengen Convention and the Common Consular Instructions, COM(2005) 56 of 23 February 2005 —
2005/0006/COD. This proposal replaces the previous Commission proposals on the same subject
COM(2003) 502 — 2003/0193 (CNS) and 2003/0194 (CNS), of 14 August 2003, which are withdrawn.