do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4353 — Permira/ALL3Media Group) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-10-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, private investment, restrictive-practice authorisation, television

11.10.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 244/27

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4358 — REOF/Borletti/Printemps)

(2006/C 244/15)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 25 September 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 website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website 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 32006M4358. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4353 — Permira/ALL3Media Group)

(2006/C 244/16)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 22 September 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 website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website 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 32006M4353. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4182 — Hörmann/MN/ACP JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-10-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bus, commercial vehicle, economic concentration, merger control, motor vehicle industry, restrictive-practice authorisation, technology

11.10.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 244/25

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4361 — KKR/Pages Jaunes)

(2006/C 244/11)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 22 September 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 website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website 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 32006M4361. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

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

(2006/C 244/12)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 25 September 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 website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website 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 32006M4182. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4391 — Deutsche Bank/AIG/Pokrovsky Hills) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-10-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial market, insurance, merger control, provision of services, real property, residence

11.10.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 244/23

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4391 — Deutsche Bank/AIG/Pokrovsky Hills)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 244/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 3 October 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 Deutsche Bank AG
(‘Deutsche Bank’, Germany) and American International Group L.P.
(‘AIG’, USA) acquire within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertakings Pokrovsky Hills
Holding Company I Ltd, Pokrovsky Hills Holding Company II Ltd and Pokrovsky Hills Holding Company
III Ltd (‘Pokrovsky Hills I, II, III’, Cayman Islands) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created
company, Pokrovsky Hills JV Ltd, constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Deutsche Bank: corporation active in deposit and lending operations, issuing business,

asset management, investment banking and financial services;

— for undertaking AIG: a company providing insurance and financial services;

— for undertaking Pokrovsky Hills I, II, III: owner of a residential property complex, Pokrovsky Hills,

located in Moscow.

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 (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.4391 — Deutsche Bank/AIG/Pokrovsky Hills, 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4306 — Shell/Saint-Gobain/Avancis JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-10-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, glass industry, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, solar collector, solar energy, wind energy

C 244/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.10.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4369 — Macquarie/Corona)

(2006/C 244/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 12 September2006, 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 website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website 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 32006M4369. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4306 — Shell/Saint-Gobain/Avancis JV)

(2006/C 244/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 13 September 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 website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website 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 32006M4306. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Notice inviting applications for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block E16 of the Dutch continental shelf
Date: 2006-10-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, continental shelf, energy site, hydrocarbon, mineral prospecting, petroleum exploration

11.10.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 244/21

Notice inviting applications for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block E16 of the
Dutch continental shelf

(2006/C 244/06)

The Minister for Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands hereby gives notice that an applica-
tion has been received for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block E16 as indicated on the
map appended as Annex 3 to the Mining Regulation (Mijnbouwregeling) (Government Gazette (Staatscourant)
2002, No 245).

With reference to Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30
May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and
production of hydrocarbons and the publication required by Article 15 of the Mining Act (Mijnbouwwet)
(Bulletin of Acts and Decrees (Staatsblad) 2002, No 542), the Minister for Economic Affairs hereby invites
interested parties to submit an application for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block E16.

The Minister for Economic Affairs is the competent authority for the granting of authorisations. The
criteria, conditions and requirements referred to in Articles 5(1), 5(2) and 6(2) of the Directive are set out
in the Mining Act (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees 2002, No 542).

Applications may be submitted during the 13 weeks following the publication of this notice in the Official
Journal of the European Union and should be sent to the Minister for Economic Affairs, for the attention of
the Director for the Energy Market, Prinses Beatrixlaan 5, The Hague, Netherlands, and marked ‘personal’.

Applications submitted after the expiry of this period will not be considered.

A decision on the applications will be taken not later than twelve months after this period has expired.

Further information can be obtained from the following telephone number: (31-70) 379 72 98.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4241 — Boeing/Aviall) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-10-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aerospace industry, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 244/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.10.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4241 — Boeing/Aviall)

(2006/C 244/17)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 18 August 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 website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website 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 32006M4241. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4380 — EST/Dalmine) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-10-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical industry, gas industry, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 244/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.10.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4325 — BC Partners/Buziol/Fashion Box Group)

(2006/C 244/13)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 18 September 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 website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website 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 32006M4325. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4380 — EST/Dalmine)

(2006/C 244/14)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 29 September 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 website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website 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 32006M4380. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4325 — BC Partners/Buziol/Fashion Box Group) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-10-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: clothing industry, economic concentration, financial institution, investment, merger control, property development, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 244/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.10.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4325 — BC Partners/Buziol/Fashion Box Group)

(2006/C 244/13)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 18 September 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 website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website 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 32006M4325. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4380 — EST/Dalmine)

(2006/C 244/14)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 29 September 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 website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website 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 32006M4380. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4358 — REOF/Borletti/Printemps) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-10-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commercial bank, economic concentration, investment, investment company, merger control, real property, restrictive-practice authorisation, retail trade, sports equipment

11.10.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 244/27

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4358 — REOF/Borletti/Printemps)

(2006/C 244/15)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 25 September 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 website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website 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 32006M4358. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4353 — Permira/ALL3Media Group)

(2006/C 244/16)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 22 September 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 website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website 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 32006M4353. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-10-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

11.10.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 244/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

10 October 2006

(2006/C 244/01)

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

1,2538

149,97

7,4556

0,67475

9,2740

1,5909

86,08

8,3610

1,9558

0,5767

28,195

15,6466

270,73

3,4528

0,6961

0,4293

3,9094

3,5072

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

239,60

37,023

1,8800

1,6853

1,4154

9,7713

1,8995

1,9944

KRW South Korean won

1 203,21

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

9,7824

9,9191

7,4238

Indonesian rupiah

11 565,68

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,6322

62,753

33,7930

47,049

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Notice inviting applications for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block E13 of the Dutch continental shelf
Date: 2006-10-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, continental shelf, energy site, hydrocarbon, mineral prospecting, petroleum exploration

C 244/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.10.2006

Notice inviting applications for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block E13 of the
Dutch continental shelf

(2006/C 244/07)

The Minister for Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands hereby gives notice that an applica-
tion has been received for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block E13 as indicated on the
map appended as Annex 3 to the Mining Regulation (Mijnbouwregeling) (Government Gazette (Staatscourant)
2002, No 245).

With reference to Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30
May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and
production of hydrocarbons and the publication required by Article 15 of the Mining Act (Mijnbouwwet)
(Bulletin of Acts and Decrees (Staatsblad) 2002, No 542), the Minister for Economic Affairs hereby invites
interested parties to submit an application for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block E13.

The Minister for Economic Affairs is the competent authority for the granting of authorisations. The
criteria, conditions and requirements referred to in Articles 5(1), 5(2) and 6(2) of the Directive are set out
in the Mining Act (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees 2002, No 542).

Applications may be submitted during the 13 weeks following the publication of this notice in the Official
Journal of the European Union and should be sent to the Minister for Economic Affairs, for the attention of
the Director for the Energy Market, Prinses Beatrixlaan 5, The Hague, Netherlands, and marked ‘personal’.

Applications submitted after the expiry of this period will not be considered.

A decision on the applications will be taken not later than twelve months after this period has expired.

Further information can be obtained from the following telephone number: (31-70) 379 72 98.