do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3911 — BenQ/Siemens Mobile) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-08-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, telecommunications industry

C 199/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.8.2005

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3911 — BenQ/Siemens Mobile)

(2005/C 199/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 4 August 2005, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which BenQ Corporation (‘BenQ’, Taiwan,
Republic of China) will acquire, within the meaning of 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation, control over the
mobile device business of Siemens AG (‘Siemens mobile device business’, Germany) by way of purchase of
assets, and in Germany and the UK, also by purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— BenQ: communication and multimedia including mobile telephones;

— Siemens mobile device business: mobile telephones, accessories, related services and spare parts.

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.3911 — BenQ/Siemens Mobile, 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: 2005-08-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

13.8.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 199/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

12 August 2005

(2005/C 199/01)

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

1,2457

136,32

7,4618

0,68675

9,3016

1,5533

79,02

7,8885

1,9557

0,5733

29,468

15,6466

243,92

3,4528

0,6959

0,4293

4,0395

3,5781

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

239,51

38,515

1,687

1,6105

1,4935

9,6778

1,7616

2,0558

KRW South Korean won

1 262,83

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,9181

10,0877

7,3535

Indonesian rupiah

12 207,86

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,6725

69,292

35,283

50,849

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3887 — Clerical Medical/MLP-Life Insurance) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-08-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, insurance company, merger control

C 199/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.8.2005

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3887 — Clerical Medical/MLP-Life Insurance)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 199/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 5 August 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 Clerical Medical Interna-
tional Holdings B.V., belonging to the HBOS Group (‘HBOS’, United Kingdom) acquires within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking MLP Lebens-
versicherung AG (‘MLP Life’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for HBOS: international bank and financial services group, active also in life insurance;

— for MLP Life: insurance company offering life insurance products.

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.3887 — Clerical Medical/MLP-Life Insurance, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3796 — Omya/J.M. Huber PCC) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-08-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, merger control

13.8.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 199/17

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3796 — Omya/J.M. Huber PCC)

(2005/C 199/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 4 August 2005, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4, and following a referral pursuant to Article 22(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1),
by which the undertaking Omya AG (‘Omya’, Switzerland) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b)
of the Council Regulation control of the precipitated calcium carbonate business (‘J.M. Huber PCC’) of J.M.
Huber Corporation (USA) by way of purchase of shares and assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Omya: production and sale of industrial minerals, including talc, precipitated calcium carbonate
(‘PCC’) and ground calcium carbonate (‘GCC’) for paper, paints, plastic, steel, iron, glass, environmental
and agricultural industries and the supply of chemicals;

— for J.M. Huber PCC: production and supply of on-site filler PCC to the paper industry.

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.3796 — Omya/J.M. Huber PCC, 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.