do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4155 — BNP Paribas/BNL) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, financial institution, insurance, merger control

C 54/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.3.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4155 — BNP Paribas/BNL)

(2006/C 54/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 27 February 2006, 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 BNP Paribas S.A.
(‘BNPP’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the
undertaking Banca Nazionale del Lavoro S.p.A. (‘BNL’, Italy) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for BNPP: worldwide banking and financial activities, in particular, investment and financial banking,

retail banking and asset management;

— for BNL: banking and financial services and insurance activities, mainly in Italy.

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.4155 — BNP Paribas/BNL, to the following address:

European Commission
Competition DG
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Brussels

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4171 — Bosch/Mann + Hummel/ArvinMeritor Purolator) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, motor vehicle industry, new technology, vehicle parts

4.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 54/5

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4171 — Bosch/Mann + Hummel/ArvinMeritor Purolator)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 54/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 23 February 2006 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 Robert Bosch GmbH
(‘Bosch’, Germany) and Mann + Hummel GmbH (‘Mann + Hummel,’ Germany) acquire within the meaning
of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the PPNA filtration products business in North
America of ArvinMeritor, Inc. (‘The Business’, USA), by way of purchase of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Bosch: development, manufacturing and sales of automotive technologies, industrial technology,

consumer goods and building technology;

— for Mann + Hummel: development, production and sales of filter and air intake systems for the auto-

motive industry;

— for the Business: development, manufacturing and sale of oil, air and fuel filters for the automotive

industry and industrial applications.

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. 4171 — Bosch/Mann + Hummel/ArvinMeritor Purolator,
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: 2006-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

4.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 54/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

3 March 2006

(2006/C 54/01)

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

1,2020

139,96

7,4618

0,68500

9,4603

1,5628

79,11

8,0120

1,9558

0,5747

28,523

15,6466

254,47

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

3,8015

3,4790

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

37,160

1,5660

1,6123

1,3627

9,3258

1,8028

1,9460

KRW South Korean won

1 167,50

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,3909

9,6617

7,3215

Indonesian rupiah

11 040,37

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,454

61,506

33,5780

46,658

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4123 — BC Partners/Hyatt Regency Hotels & Tourism Hellas) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, gaming establishment, hotel industry, investment company, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 54/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.3.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4123 — BC Partners/Hyatt Regency Hotels & Tourism Hellas)

(2006/C 54/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 17 February 2006, 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 32006M4123. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4139 — Sony/NEC/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: computer equipment, computer systems, economic concentration, electronics industry, information technology, merger control

C 54/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.3.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4139 — Sony/NEC/JV)

(2006/C 54/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 24 February 2006, 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 Sony Corporation
(‘Sony’, Japan) and NEC (‘NEC’, Japan) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regu-
lation joint control by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture
(‘JV’, Japan).

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Sony: electronic consumer products and their electronic components,

— NEC: IT products and services and network communications technology,

— JV: optical disk drives for computers.

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.4139 — Sony/NEC/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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4133 — Mellon/West LB) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, financial institution, merger control

4.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 54/3

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4133 — Mellon/West LB)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 54/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 24 February 2006, 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 Mellon Financial
Corporation (‘Mellon’, USA) and WestLB AG (‘WestLB’, Germany) acquire within the meaning of Article
3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control in a newly created company (‘JV’) constituting a joint
venture by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Mellon: global financial services,

— for WestLB: universal bank,

— for JV: asset management.

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.4133 — Mellon/West LB, 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.