do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3917 — Goldman Sachs et al./CMP Fonds) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-08-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, insurance company, investment bank, merger control, trust company

18.8.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 201/3

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3917 — Goldman Sachs et al./CMP Fonds)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 201/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 10 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 The Goldman Sachs
Group, Inc. (‘Goldman Sachs’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regu-
lation joint control
together with the undertakings Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG (‘HVB’,
Germany), Gerling-Konzern Versicherungs-Beteiligungs AG (‘Gerling’, Germany) and Nobiscum Verwal-
tungs- und Treuhandgesellschaft mbH (‘Nobiscum’, Germany) of the undertaking CMP Fonds I GmbH
(‘CMP Fonds’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares and shareholders' agreement.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Goldman Sachs: global investment banking, securities and investment company;

— for HVB: banking and financial services company;

— for Gerling: insurance company;

— for Nobiscum: trust company for individual persons;

— for CMP Fonds: venture capital company.

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. 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.3917 — Goldman Sachs et al./CMP Fonds, 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.3881 — Phoenix/A&C Adivar-Comifar) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-08-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, pharmaceutical product, wholesale trade

C 201/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.8.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3881 — Phoenix/A&C Adivar-Comifar)

(2005/C 201/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 9 August 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 Regu-
lation (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 32005M3881. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-08-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

18.8.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 201/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

17 August 2005

(2005/C 201/01)

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

1,2296

134,85

7,4588

0,67930

9,3309

1,5486

78,63

7,9215

1,9560

0,5730

29,444

15,6466

244,24

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

4,0333

3,5777

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

38,603

1,6740

1,6103

1,4773

9,5555

1,7518

2,0396

KRW South Korean won

1 253,02

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,9411

9,9594

7,3645

Indonesian rupiah

12 173,04

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,633

68,704

35,0000

50,727

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3938 — CRH/Quester) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-08-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, building materials, economic concentration, merger control

C 201/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.8.2005

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3938 — CRH/Quester)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 201/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 10 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 CRH plc. (CRH, Ireland)
acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the under-
takings Arcos Beteiligungsverwaltung GmbH and Quester Lizenzmarketing GmbH (Quester, Austria) by
way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for CRH: producer and distributor of building materials,

— for Quester: distributor of building 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.3938 — CRH/Quester, 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1355/2005 of 18 August 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2005-08-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

19.8.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 214/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1355/2005

of 18 August 2005

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and
vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of
21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the
fruit and vegetables (1), and in
import arrangements
particular Article 4(1) thereof,

for

Whereas:

standard values for imports from third countries,
in
respect of the products and periods stipulated in the
Annex thereto.

(2)

In compliance with the above criteria,
the standard
import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the
Annex to this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex
hereto.

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the
outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade nego-
tiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 August 2005.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 August 2005.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1947/2002 (OJ L 299, 1.11.2002, p. 17).

L 214/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.8.2005

to Commission Regulation of 18 August 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry
price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0707 00 05

0709 90 70

0805 50 10

0806 10 10

0808 10 80

0808 20 50

0809 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
999

052
999

052
528
999

388
524
528
999

052
220
400
624
999

388
400
508
512
528
720
804
999

052
388
512
528
999

052
999

052
508
624

66,7
66,7

70,9
70,9

78,8
57,8
68,3

66,9
58,9
60,4
62,1

87,8
65,2
135,2
171,2
114,9

64,5
73,1
55,7
67,3
78,5
44,6
78,3
66,0

101,9
76,0
9,9
38,7
56,6

75,6
75,6

78,9
43,6
64,6

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 750/2005 (OJ L 126, 19.5.2005, p. 12). Code ‘999’ stands for ‘of

other origin’.