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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3830 — Goldman Sachs/Treofan) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-07-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, merger control, packaging product

2.7.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 162/7

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3830 — Goldman Sachs/Treofan)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 162/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 24 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 undertaking Goldman Sachs Group
Inc. (‘Goldman Sachs’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
control of the whole of the undertaking Treofan Germany GmbH & Co. KG (‘Treofan’, Germany) by way
of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Goldman Sachs: global investment banking, securities and investment firm,

— for Treofan: manufacture and marketing of flexible packaging materials.

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.3830 — Goldman Sachs/Treofan 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.
(2) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.
Final report of the Hearing Officer in Case COMP/32.448 and 32.450 — Compagnie Maritime Belge (pursuant to Article 15 of Commission Decision 2001/462/EC, ECSC of 23 May 2001 on the terms of reference of Hearing Officers in certain competition proceedings — OJ L 162, 19.6.2001, p. 21)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-07-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, control of restrictive practices, dominant position, maritime conference, maritime transport, transport company

C 162/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.7.2005

Final report of the Hearing Officer in Case COMP/32.448 and 32.450 — Compagnie Maritime Belge

(pursuant to Article 15 of Commission Decision 2001/462/EC, ECSC of 23 May 2001 on the terms
of reference of Hearing Officers in certain competition proceedings — OJ L 162, 19.6.2001, p. 21)

(2005/C 162/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

The draft decision in this case gives rise to the following observations:

A Statement of Objections was sent to Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) and Dafra-Lines on 17 April
2003.

On 1 May 2003 the Commission was informed that Dafra-Lines had been liquidated on 4 March 2003. As
a result, the procedure against this company was discontinued.

On 16 May 2003, a list of all documents in the files 32.450 and 32.448 was sent to CMB and to their
legal representative.

On 26 May 2003, CMB requested a two month extension of the deadline to reply to the Statement of
Objections, arguing that they had received the Statement of Objections shortly before the Easter weekend
and that it was difficult to give an adequate reply within the deadline since the case dated back to the
1980s. I granted an extension of four weeks, that is until 15 July 2003.

Access to the file was not requested by CMB.

On 16 July 2004, CMB submitted a reply to the Statement of Objections and requested a formal oral
hearing.

The formal oral hearing took place on 24 September 2003.

In the light of the above, I consider that the rights to be heard have been respected in the present case. The
draft decision deals only with objections in respect of which the parties have been afforded the opportunity
of making known their views.

Brussels, 15 April 2004.

Karen WILLIAMS
Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 2,05 % on 1 July 2005 — Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-07-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, exchange rate, interest

2.7.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 162/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations (1):

2,05 % on 1 July 2005

Euro exchange rates (2)

1 July 2005

(2005/C 162/01)

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

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

RON

Romanian leu

1,2087

134,24

7,4541

0,67900

9,4866

1,5519

78,76

7,8810

1,9558

0,5735

29,990

15,6466

246,64

3,4528

0,6962

0,4293

4,0233

3,6030

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

239,45

38,315

1,6163

1,5960

1,4867

9,3929

1,7526

2,0415

KRW South Korean won

1 246,65

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

8,0775

10,0038

7,3045

Indonesian rupiah

11 815,04

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,594

67,482

34,6300

49,923

(1) Rate applied to the most recent operation carried out before the indicated day. In the case of a variable rate tender,

the interest rate is the marginal rate.

(2) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.