do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3814 — RR Donnelley/Astron) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-06-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, document management, economic concentration, merger control, outsourcing, printing, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 154/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.6.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3692 — Reuters/Telerate)

(2005/C 154/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 23 May 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(2) of Council Regulation (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 32005M3692. 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.3814 — RR Donnelley/Astron)

(2005/C 154/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 15 June 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 Regulation
(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 32005M3814. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Notice concerning the entry into force of the Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part, to take account of the accession of 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 to the European Union
Date: 2005-06-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, Central and Eastern Europe, association agreement (EU), enlargement of the Union, protocol to an agreement

L 165/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.6.2005

Notice concerning the entry into force of the Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement
establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the
one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part, to take account of the accession of 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 to the European Union

The Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement with Bulgaria, to take account of the accession of 10 new
Member States to the European Union, which the Council and the Commission decided to conclude on
18 April 2005 (1), enters into force on 1 July 2005, the last notification of the completion of procedures
under Article 10 of that Protocol having been received on 13 June 2005.

(1) OJ L 155, 17.6.2005, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M. 3858 — Lehman Brothers/SCG/Starwood/Le Meridien) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-06-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, hotel industry, investment, merger control

25.6.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 154/9

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M. 3858 — Lehman Brothers/SCG/Starwood/Le Meridien)

(2005/C 154/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 15 June 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 Lehman Brothers Inc.
(‘Lehman Brothers’, US), Starwood Capital Group Global, L.L.C. (‘SCG’, US) and Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Worldwide Inc. (‘Starwood’, US) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
joint control over 23 hotels owned and leased by Le Meridien (‘Le Meridien target hotels’) by way of
purchase of shares and management contracts.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Lehman Brothers: investment company active in, inter alia, private investment management, invest-

ment banking, investment in real estate and asset management,

— for SCG: real estate investment,

— for Starwood: worldwide hotel and leisure operation,

— for Le Meridien target hotels: 23 Le Meridien owned and leased hotels located mainly in the EU.

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. 3858 — Lehman Brothers/SCG/Starwood/Le Meridien, 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.
Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2005/465/EC of 22 June 2005 concerning the placing on the market, in accordance with Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of an oilseed rape product (Brassica napus L., GT73 line) genetically modified for tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate (OJ L 164, 24.6.2005)
Date: 2005-06-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: genetically modified organism, market approval, oil seed rape, transgenic plant

L 165/34

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.6.2005

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2005/465/EC of 22 June 2005 concerning the placing on the market, in
accordance with Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of an oilseed rape
product (Brassica napus L., GT73 line) genetically modified for tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate
(Official Journal of the European Union L 164 of 24 June 2005)

The publication of Decision 2005/465/EC is hereby declared null and void.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3692 — Reuters/Telerate) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-06-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, economic concentration, financial market, information, merger control, press agency, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 154/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.6.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3692 — Reuters/Telerate)

(2005/C 154/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 23 May 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(2) of Council Regulation (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 32005M3692. 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.3814 — RR Donnelley/Astron)

(2005/C 154/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 15 June 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 Regulation
(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 32005M3814. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Case C-117/05: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Unabhängiger Verwaltungssenat des Landes Oberösterreich by judgment of that court of 4 March 2005 in Manfred Seidl v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Grieskirchen
Date: 2005-06-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU national, business start-up, driving instruction, interpretation of the law, right of establishment

25.6.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 155/1

I

(Information)

COURT OF JUSTICE

COURT OF JUSTICE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(First Chamber)

of 17 March 2005

in Case C-285/03: Hellenic Republic against Commission
of the European Communities (1)

(EAGGF — Clearance of accounts — Arable crops — Finan-
cial years 2000 and 2001)

(2005/C 155/01)

(Language of the case: Greek)

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Unabhängiger
Verwaltungssenat des Landes Oberösterreich by judgment
of that court of 4 March 2005 in Manfred Seidl v Bezirks-
hauptmannschaft Grieskirchen

(Case C-117/05)

(2005/C 155/02)

(Language of the case: German)

In Case C-285/03, Hellenic Republic (Agents: V. Kontolaimos
the Commission of
the European
and I. Chalkias) against
Communities
assisted by
(Agents: M. Condou-Durande,
N. Korogiannakis) — application for annulment under Article
230 EC, brought on 1 July 2003 — the Court (First Chamber),
composed of P. Jann (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber,
Ilešič,
K. Lenaerts,
Judges; A. Tizzano, Advocate General; L. Hewlett, Principal
Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 17 March
2005, in which it:

J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, E.

Juhász and M.

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 213 of 06.09.2003.

Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the Euro-
pean Communities by judgment of the Unabhängiger Verwal-
tungssenat des Landes Oberösterreich (Austria) of 4 March
2005, received at the Court Registry on 10 March 2005, for a
preliminary ruling in the proceedings between Manfred Seidl
and Bezirkshauptmannschaft Grieskirchen on the following
question:

Are Articles 43 et seq. of the Treaty establishing the European
Community to be interpreted as meaning that a requirement of
the law of the Member State of establishment that an applicant
for a driving school permit who is a national of a Member
State and wishes to obtain a driving school permit in another
Member State may not possess any other driving school permit
constitutes an inadmissible restriction on the freedom of estab-
lishment guaranteed by Article 43 of the Treaty establishing
the European Community?
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 March 2005 in Case C-285/03: Hellenic Republic against Commission of the European Communities (EAGGF — Clearance of accounts — Arable crops — Financial years 2000 and 2001)
Date: 2005-06-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, European Commission, Greece, action for annulment (EU), amending budget, financial year

25.6.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 155/1

I

(Information)

COURT OF JUSTICE

COURT OF JUSTICE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(First Chamber)

of 17 March 2005

in Case C-285/03: Hellenic Republic against Commission
of the European Communities (1)

(EAGGF — Clearance of accounts — Arable crops — Finan-
cial years 2000 and 2001)

(2005/C 155/01)

(Language of the case: Greek)

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Unabhängiger
Verwaltungssenat des Landes Oberösterreich by judgment
of that court of 4 March 2005 in Manfred Seidl v Bezirks-
hauptmannschaft Grieskirchen

(Case C-117/05)

(2005/C 155/02)

(Language of the case: German)

In Case C-285/03, Hellenic Republic (Agents: V. Kontolaimos
the Commission of
the European
and I. Chalkias) against
Communities
assisted by
(Agents: M. Condou-Durande,
N. Korogiannakis) — application for annulment under Article
230 EC, brought on 1 July 2003 — the Court (First Chamber),
composed of P. Jann (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber,
Ilešič,
K. Lenaerts,
Judges; A. Tizzano, Advocate General; L. Hewlett, Principal
Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 17 March
2005, in which it:

J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, E.

Juhász and M.

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 213 of 06.09.2003.

Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the Euro-
pean Communities by judgment of the Unabhängiger Verwal-
tungssenat des Landes Oberösterreich (Austria) of 4 March
2005, received at the Court Registry on 10 March 2005, for a
preliminary ruling in the proceedings between Manfred Seidl
and Bezirkshauptmannschaft Grieskirchen on the following
question:

Are Articles 43 et seq. of the Treaty establishing the European
Community to be interpreted as meaning that a requirement of
the law of the Member State of establishment that an applicant
for a driving school permit who is a national of a Member
State and wishes to obtain a driving school permit in another
Member State may not possess any other driving school permit
constitutes an inadmissible restriction on the freedom of estab-
lishment guaranteed by Article 43 of the Treaty establishing
the European Community?
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3797 — CGE/AMGA/SMAT/SAP) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-06-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, carriage of passengers, disclosure of information, economic concentration, electrical energy, gas, merger control, provision of services, restrictive-practice authorisation, telecommunications, waste management, water

25.6.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 154/11

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3797 — CGE/AMGA/SMAT/SAP)

(2005/C 154/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 15 June 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 Regulation
(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 32005M3797. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-06-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

25.6.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 154/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

24 June 2005

(2005/C 154/01)

1 euro =

Currency

Exchange rate

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CYP

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

LVL

MTL

PLN

ROL

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

Latvian lats

Maltese lira

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

1,2082

131,92

7,4480

0,66300

9,4015

1,5412

79,67

7,9725

1,9559

0,5735

29,938

15,6466

247,17

3,4528

0,6961

0,4293

4,0285

36 133

SIT

SKK

TRY

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

NZD New Zealand dollar

SGD

Singapore dollar

239,43

38,320

1,6375

1,5647

1,4840

9,3887

1,7056

2,0215

KRW South Korean won

1 223,91

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

8,1148

9,9997

7,3230

Indonesian rupiah

11 659,13

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,592

67,242

34,5980

49,595

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.