do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4683 — ABN AMRO/OSG) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-05-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, financial market, merger control, office supplies, provision of services

C 112/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.5.2007

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4683 — ABN AMRO/OSG)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 112/08)

1.
On 10 May 2007, 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 Pearl Mezzanine Limited
(‘PML’, UK) (belonging to the Dutch ABN AMRO Group) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
the Council Regulation control of the whole of OyezStraker Group Holdings Limited (‘OSG’, UK) by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for the ABN AMRO Group: provision of financial services;

— for the OyezStraker Group Holdings Limited: distribution of office products and provision of certain

business services.

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 ((32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under
reference number COMP/M.4683 — ABN AMRO/OSG 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.
European Parliament legislative resolution of 22 May 2007 on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+) (PE-CONS 3611/2007 - C6-0105/2007 - 2004/0218(COD))
Date: 2007-05-22
Institutions: Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: EU environmental policy, EU financial instrument, action programme, economic instrument for the environment, sustainable development

24.4.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 102 E/87

Tuesday 22 May 2007

P6_TA(2007)0187

Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+) ***III

European Parliament legislative resolution of 22 May 2007 on the joint text approved by the
Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning
the Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+) (PE-CONS 3611/2007 — C6-0105/2007 —
2004/0218(COD))

(Codecision procedure: third reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee (PE-CONS 3611/2007 —

C6-0105/2007),

— having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council (COM(2004)0621) (2),

— having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(2004)0621/2) (2),

— having regard to its position at second reading (3) on the Council common position (4),

— having regard to the Commission's opinion on Parliament's amendments to the common position

(COM(2006)0759) (2),

— having regard to Article 251(5) of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Rule 65 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A6-0180/2007);

1.

Approves the joint text and draws attention to the Commission statement thereon;

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of

2.
the EC Treaty;

3.
Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have
been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published in
the Official Journal of the European Union;

4.

Instructs its President to forward this legislative resolution to the Council and Commission.

(1) OJ C 157 E, 6.7.2006, p. 451.
(2) Not yet published in OJ.
(3) Texts Adopted, 24.10.2006, P6_TA(2006)0431.
(4) OJ C 238 E, 3.10.2006, p. 1.
European Parliament legislative resolution of 23 May 2007 on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of the trans-European transport and energy networks (17032/2/2006 - C6-0101/2007 - 2004/0154(COD))
Date: 2007-05-22
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, European Parliament
Subjects: EU aid, aid system, comitology, energy grid, financial aid, sustainable development, trans-European network, transport infrastructure, transport network

C 102 E/276

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

24.4.2008

Wednesday 23 May 2007

P6_TA(2007)0198

TEXTS ADOPTED

Community financial aid in the field of the trans-European transport and energy
networks ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution of 23 May 2007 on the Council common position for
adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down general rules
for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of the trans-European transport and
energy networks (17032/2/2006 — C6-0101/2007 — 2004/0154(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Council common position (17032/2/2006 — C6-0101/2007) (1),

— having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council (COM(2004)0475),

— having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(2006)0245),

— having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the
(A6-0169/2007);

recommendation for

second reading of

the Committee on Budgets

1.

2.

Approves the common position;

Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position;

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of

3.
the EC Treaty;

4.
Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have
been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published in
the Official Journal of the European Union;

5.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) OJ C 103 E, 8.5.2007, p. 26.
(2) OJ C 272 E, 9.11.2006, p. 404.
Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1472/2006 of 5 October 2006 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitely the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain footwear with uppers of leather originating in the People's Republic of China and Vietnam ( OJ L 275, 6.10.2006 )
Date: 2007-05-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: China, Viet Nam, anti-dumping duty, footwear industry, import, leather, originating product

L 130/48

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.5.2007

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1472/2006 of 5 October 2006 imposing a definitive anti-dumping
duty and collecting definitely the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain footwear with uppers of
leather originating in the People's Republic of China and Vietnam

(Official Journal of the European Union L 275 of 6 October 2006)

On page 41, in Article 1(2), last definition:

for:

‘ “slippers and other indoor footwear” shall mean such footwear falling within CN code ex 6405 10 10.’,

read:

‘ “slippers and other indoor footwear” shall mean such footwear falling within CN code ex 6405 10 00.’,

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 243/2007 of 6 March 2007 concerning the authorisation
of 3-phytase (Natuphos) as a feed additive

(Official Journal of the European Union L 73 of 13 March 2007)

On page 5, in the eighth column of the table in the Annex, for the species or category of animal ‘Pigs for fattening’,
point 2:

for:

read:

‘Recommended dose per kilogram of complete feedingstuff: 400500 FTU.’
‘Recommended dose per kilogram of complete feedingstuff: 400–500 FTU.’

On page 5, in the eighth column of the table in the Annex, for the species or category of animal ‘Chickens for fattening’,
point 2:

for:

read:

‘Recommended dose per kilogram of complete feedingstuff: 500700 FTU.’
‘Recommended dose per kilogram of complete feedingstuff: 500–700 FTU.’
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4525 — Kronospan/Constantia) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-05-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, wood product

22.5.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 112/19

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4525 — Kronospan/Constantia)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 112/11)

1.
On 4 May 2007, 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 Kronospan Holding GmbH (‘Kronospan’, Germany) belonging to the group Krono-
span group of companies and acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
control of parts of the undertaking Constantia Industries (‘Constantia’, Austria) by way of purchase of shares
and assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Kronsopan: production and supply of raw particle board, coated particle board laminates and other

wood based products and related products;

— for Constantia: production and supply of raw particle board, coated particle board laminates and other

wood based products and related products.

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 ((32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under
reference number COMP/M.4525 — Kronospan/Constantia, 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.4676 — PPR/PUMA) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-05-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: clothing, clothing industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, footwear industry, luxury products industry, merger control

22.5.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 112/17

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4676 — PPR/PUMA)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 112/09)

1.
On 7 May 2007, 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 PPR S.A. (‘PPR’, France)
acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the under-
taking PUMA Aktiengesellschaft Rudolf Dassler Sport (‘PUMA’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares and
public bid announced on 10 April 2007.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for PPR: retail and luxury goods;

— for PUMA: production, wholesale and retail sale of sport and sport-lifestyle products, including footwear,

apparel and accessories.

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 ((32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under
reference number COMP/M.4676 — PPR/PUMA, 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-05-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 112/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.5.2007

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

21 May 2007

(2007/C 112/02)

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

1,3444

RON

Romanian leu

163,32

7,4534

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,68265

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,2573

33,694

1,7780

1,6408

1,4611

10,5149

1,8452

2,0515

KRW South Korean won

1 250,43

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

9,4145

10,3079

7,3225

11 776,94

4,5602

62,165

34,8440

44,491

9,2187

1,6562

85,23

8,1670

1,9558

0,5832

28,164

15,6466

248,89

3,4528

0,6962

0,4293

3,7695

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4597 — Groupe Arnault/Go Voyages) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-05-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, holding company, luxury products industry, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, ticket, travel agency

22.5.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 112/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4597 — Groupe Arnault/Go Voyages)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 112/01)

On 26 March 2007, 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 Regulation (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 32007M4597. EUR-Lex is the on-

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