do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3895 — PHL/PEL) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-07-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, communications industry, company with share capital, economic concentration, hotel industry, mechanical engineering, merger control, transport company

C 179/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.7.2005

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3895 — PHL/PEL)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 179/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 13 July 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 Permira Holdings Ltd
(‘PHL’, UK) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of
the Permira Europe Ltd (‘PEL’, UK) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking PHL: Private equity company with activities in telecommunication services, roadside
assistance and financial services, operation of passenger and rolling cargo ships, and wholesale and
retail sale of consumer goods;

— for undertaking PEL: Private equity company with activities in application-specific electronic compo-
nents, travel management services, locking systems for motor vehicles, interior automotive equipment,
luxury motorised yachts, hotel operation, pay-TV operation,
specialty chemicals, storage systems,
health and fitness clubs, optics and ophthalmic optics, womenswear and tile manufacturing.

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.3895 — PHL/PEL, 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3833 — 3i SGR/Giochi Preziosi) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-07-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, holding company, merger control, retail selling, toy industry, wholesale selling

21.7.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 179/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3648 — Gruner + Jahr/MPS)

(2005/C 179/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 8 April 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 German 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 32005M3648. 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.3833 — 3i SGR/Giochi Preziosi)

(2005/C 179/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 6 July 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 32005M3833. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Judgment of the Court of  21 July 2005  in Joined Cases E-5/04, E-6/04 and E-7/04 Fesil and Finnfjord, PIL and others, and The Kingdom of Norway v EFTA Surveillance Authority  (State aid — Exemptions from energy tax for the manufacturing and mining industries — Admissibility — Selectivity — Effect on trade and distortion of competition — Existing aid and new aid — Recovery — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations — Proportionality)
Date: 2005-07-21
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: EFTA Court, European Economic Area, Norway, action for annulment, environmental tax, ruling

C 45/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.2.2006

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 21 July 2005

in Joined Cases E-5/04, E-6/04 and E-7/04 Fesil and Finnfjord, PIL and others, and The Kingdom of
Norway v EFTA Surveillance Authority

(State aid — Exemptions from energy tax for the manufacturing and mining industries — Admissibility — Selec-
tivity — Effect on trade and distortion of competition — Existing aid and new aid — Recovery — Legal certainty
— Legitimate expectations — Proportionality)

(2006/C 45/10)

In Joined Cases E-5/04, E-6/04 and E-7/04, Fesil and Finnfjord, PIL and others, and The Kingdom of
Norway v EFTA Surveillance Authority — APPLICATION for
the partial annulment of Decision
148/04/COL of 30 June 2004 concerning environmental tax measures in Norway, the Court, composed of
Carl Baudenbacher, President and Judge-Rapporteur, Per Tresselt and Thorgeir Örlygsson, Judges, gave
judgment on 21 July 2005, the operative part of which is as follows:

1. Joins Cases E-5/04, E-6/04 and E-7/04 for the purposes of the judgment;

2. Dismisses the applications;

3. Orders the applicants to pay the costs of the proceedings.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3648 — Gruner + Jahr/MPS) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-07-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, press undertaking

21.7.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 179/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3648 — Gruner + Jahr/MPS)

(2005/C 179/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 8 April 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 German 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 32005M3648. 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.3833 — 3i SGR/Giochi Preziosi)

(2005/C 179/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 6 July 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 32005M3833. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-07-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

21.7.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 179/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

20 July 2005

(2005/C 179/01)

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

1,2063

136,35

7,4628

0,69430

9,4220

1,5632

78,48

7,9610

1,9559

0,5738

30,224

15,6466

246,36

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

4,1477

3,5572

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

239,50

39,151

1,6085

1,6002

1,4668

9,3834

1,7815

2,0350

KRW South Korean won

1 257,57

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

8,0613

9,9840

7,2998

Indonesian rupiah

11 876,02

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,584

67,312

34,5990

50,737

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.