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Acknowledgement of receipt of Complaint No 2006/4712 — SG(2006)A/6327
Date: 2006-09-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, complaint to the Commission, pharmacy, right of establishment

9.9.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 218/13

Acknowledgement of receipt of Complaint No 2006/4712 — SG(2006)A/6327

(2006/C 218/05)

1.
The European Commission has received and registered under number 2006/4712 — SG/CDC/2006/
A/6327 a number of complaints concerning restrictions on the establishment of pharmacies in Spain. The
Commission has already dealt with a similar issue in Complaint No 2001/5261.

2.
Given the significant number of complaints it has received on this subject, the Commission, anxious
to respond swiftly and to inform those concerned while making the most economical use of its administra-
tive resources, is publishing this acknowledgment of receipt in the Official Journal of the European Union and
on the internet at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/complaints/receipt/index_en.htm

3.
The complaint is currently being examined by the Commission in the light of the Community legisla-
tion on freedom of establishment in the internal market (Article 43 of the EC Treaty). The complainants
will be kept informed, through the same channels, of the results of this examination and of any follow-up
action that the Commission may decide to take. The Commission would also point out that in press
release IP/06/858 of 28 June 2006, it stated that it had decided to send a reasoned opinion to Spain
concerning current national restrictions on the establishment of pharmacies (see

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/858&format=HTML&aged=0&langua-
ge=EN&guiLanguage=en)

4.
Should the Commission need to contact the Spanish authorities, it will do so without mentioning the
identity of the complainants in order to protect their rights. The complainants may, however, authorise the
Commission to reveal their identity in any contacts with the Spanish authorities.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-09-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

9.9.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 218/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

8 September 2006

(2006/C 218/01)

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

1,2713

147,91

7,4607

0,67930

9,3195

1,5817

90,88

8,2185

1,9558

0,5763

28,305

15,6466

274,85

3,4528

0,6961

0,4293

3,9775

3,5220

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

239,59

37,575

1,8802

1,6777

1,4155

9,8878

1,9862

1,9979

KRW South Korean won

1 215,81

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

9,3399

10,1049

7,3640

Indonesian rupiah

11 602,52

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,655

64,137

34,0300

47,610

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4382 — TPG/Aleris) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-09-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aluminium, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control, metallurgical industry

C 218/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.9.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4382 — TPG/Aleris)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 218/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 1 September 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 TPG Advisors IV, Inc.
(‘TPG IV’, USA) and TPG Advisors V, Inc. (‘TPG V’, USA) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Aleris International, Inc. (‘Aleris’, USA) by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking TPG IV : private equity investment fund,

— for undertaking TPG V : private equity investment fund,

— for undertaking Aleris : manufacture of aluminium alloys and aluminium flat rolled products and extru-

sions.

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.4382 — TPG/Aleris, 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.