do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-08-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

26.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 204/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

25 August 2006

(2006/C 204/01)

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

1,2762

149,64

7,4608

0,67620

9,2231

1,5809

89,36

8,0655

1,9558

0,5761

28,175

15,6466

277,34

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

3,9259

3,5253

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

239,58

37,730

1,8882

1,6797

1,4122

9,9280

2,0083

2,0149

KRW South Korean won

1 227,64

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

9,1118

10,1794

7,3050

Indonesian rupiah

11 654,90

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,696

65,581

34,1960

48,072

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4091 — Linde/Spectra) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-08-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy production, exchange of information, gas industry, gas supply, merger control

26.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 204/33

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4091 — Linde/Spectra)

(2006/C 204/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 16 August 2006, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1)
by which the undertaking Linde AG (‘Linde’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Spectra Gases, Inc. (‘Spectra’, USA) by way
of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Linde: production and distribution of industrial and specialty gases, including plant construction;

— for Spectra: production and distribution of specialty gases.

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 (fax No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.4091 — Linde/Spectra, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4294 — Arcelor/SNCFL/CFL Cargo) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-08-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, iron and steel industry, merger control, provision of services, rail transport, section, steel

26.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 204/35

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4294 — Arcelor/SNCFL/CFL Cargo)

(2006/C 204/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 21 August 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 Arcelor Profil Luxem-
bourg S.A. (‘Arcelor Profil’, Luxembourg) belonging to the Arcelor group and the Société Nationale des
Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois (‘SNCFL’, Luxembourg) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking CFL Cargo S.A. (‘CFL Cargo’, Luxembourg) by way
of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Arcelor Profil: producer and distributor of long carbon steel products;

— for undertaking SNCFL: provider of railway services.

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 (fax No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.4294 — Arcelor/SNCFL/CFL Cargo, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
State aid — United Kingdom (Articles 87 to 89 of the Treaty establishing the European Community) — Commission notice pursuant to Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty, addressed to the other Member States and interested parties — State aid C 16/2005 (ex N 232/2004) — Sale of the Tote   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-08-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, United Kingdom, animal show, control of State aid, equidae, game of chance

C 204/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.8.2006

STATE AID — UNITED KINGDOM

(Articles 87 to 89 of the Treaty establishing the European Community)

Commission notice pursuant to Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty, addressed to the other Member
States and interested parties

State aid C 16/2005 (ex N 232/2004) — Sale of the Tote

(2006/C 204/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

By the following letter dated 5 July 2006, the Commission has informed the United Kingdom of its deci-
sion to close the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) of the Treaty.

‘By decision of 1 June 2005, the Commission initiated the formal investigation procedure referred to in
Article 88 (2) EC Treaty in respect of the above aid. The decision to initiate the procedure was commu-
nicated to the UK authorities on 1 June 2005 and published in the Official Journal on 8 July 2005 (OJ
C 168/41). The UK withdrew its notification of the aid measure in a letter registered on 5 May 2006.

The Commission takes note of the UK Government's statement that it will not pursue the current sale
proposal.

The Commission notes that, according to Article 8 of the Council Regulation 659/99 (1), the Member
State concerned may withdraw the notification in due time before the Commission has taken a deci-
sion on the aid. In cases where the Commission has initiated the formal investigation procedure, the
Commission shall close that procedure.

Consequently, the Commission has decided to close the formal investigation procedure under Article
88(2) of the EC Treaty in respect of the relevant aid, recording that the UK has withdrawn its notifica-
tion.’

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for application of Article 93 of

the Treaty, OJ L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M. 4182 — Hörmann/MN/ACP JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-08-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bus, commercial vehicle, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, motor vehicle industry, technology

C 204/34

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.8.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M. 4182 — Hörmann/MN/ACP JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 204/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 21 August 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 MAN Nutzfahrzeuge
AG (‘MN’, Germany), belonging to the MAN-group (‘MAN’, Germany) and Hörmann GmbH & Co. Beteili-
gungs KG (‘Hörmann’, Germany) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
joint control of the undertaking Automotive Components Penzberg GmbH (‘ACP’, Germany), by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for MN: design, manufacture and marketing of trucks, buses, components and related services;

— for MAN: commercial vehicles, diesel engines, turbo engines, industrial services, engineering services,

construction engineering;

— for Hörmann: electrical, machine and construction engineering, radio engineering and related services;

— for ACP: production of metal structural components for heavy trucks.

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 (fax No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M. 4182 — Hörmann/MN/ACP JV, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.