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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4069 — Cognis B.V./Golden Hope Plantations BHD/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agro-industry, chemical industry, economic concentration, merger control, plastics industry, rubber industry

C 4/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.1.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4069 — Cognis B.V./Golden Hope Plantations BHD/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 4/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 23 December 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 Cognis B.V.,
controlled by Cognis Group, and Golden Hope Plantations BHD (‘Golden Hope’, Malaysia) acquire within
the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the Cognis Group's global oleo-
chemicals and plastics additives businesses (‘The target business’), currently under the sole control of
Cognis Group, by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Cognis Group: manufacture and sale of specialty chemicals,

— for Golden Hope: cultivation, processing and sales of palm oil, palm kernels, fresh fruit bunches and

rubber,

— for the target business: manufacture and sale of oleochemicals and plastics additives.

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.4069 — Cognis B.V./Golden Hope Plantations BHD/JV to the following
address:

European Commission
Competition DG
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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

7.1.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 4/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

6 January 2006

(2006/C 4/01)

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

1,2093

140,21

7,4604

0,68880

9,3139

1,5452

74,15

7,9295

1,9561

0,5737

28,930

15,6466

250,79

3,4528

0,6961

0,4293

3,8108

3,6843

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

239,49

37,608

1,6181

1,6174

1,4158

9,3764

1,7642

1,9902

KRW South Korean won

1 198,17

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,4441

9,7560

7,3895

Indonesian rupiah

11 573,00

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,539

63,518

34,7200

48,451

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.