do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4827 — Rio Tinto/Alcan) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-09-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aluminium, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, metallurgical industry, mining industry

6.9.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 207/7

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4827 — Rio Tinto/Alcan)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 207/05)

1.
On 28 August 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 undertakings Rio Tinto plc (‘Rio Tinto’,
UK) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the
undertaking Alcan Inc. (‘Alcan’, Canada) by way of public bid announced on 21 August 2007.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Rio Tinto: international mining company active in the production of aluminium, diamond, energy

products (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals and iron ore,

— for Alcan: active in the different stages of aluminium production.

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.4827 — Rio Tinto/Alcan 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4659 — TF1/Artémis/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-09-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, economic concentration, holding company, luxury products industry, merger control, private media, restrictive-practice authorisation, telecommunications

6.9.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 207/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4659 — TF1/Artémis/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 207/01)

On 29 August 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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in French 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 32007M4659. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4747 — IBM/Telelogic) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-09-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: computer systems, economic concentration, exchange of information, information technology, merger control, software

6.9.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 207/9

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4747 — IBM/Telelogic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 207/07)

1.
On 29 August 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 International Business Machines Corporation (‘IBM’, USA) acquires within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Telelogic AB
(‘Telelogic’, Sweden) by way of public bid announced on 11 June 2007.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for IBM: development, production and marketing of

information technology systems, equipment,

services and computer software, including software development tools,

— for Telelogic: development and marketing of software development tools.

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.4747 — IBM/Telelogic, 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1031/2007 of 6 September 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-09-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

7.9.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 235/1

(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory)

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1031/2007

of 6 September 2007

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and
vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of
21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the
fruit and vegetables (1), and in
import arrangements
particular Article 4(1) thereof,

for

Whereas:

in
standard values for imports from third countries,
respect of the products and periods stipulated in the
Annex thereto.

(2)

the standard
In compliance with the above criteria,
import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the
Annex to this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex
hereto.

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the
outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade nego-
tiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the

This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 September 2007.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 6 September 2007.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 756/2007 (OJ L 172, 30.6.2007, p. 41).

L 235/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.9.2007

to Commission Regulation of 6 September 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the
entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0707 00 05

0709 90 70

0805 50 10

0806 10 10

0808 10 80

0808 20 50

0809 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

MK
XS
ZZ

JO
TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

AR
UY
ZA
ZZ

EG
TR
ZZ

AR
BR
CL
CN
NZ
US
ZA
ZZ

CN
TR
ZA
ZZ

TR
US
ZZ

BA
TR
ZZ

30,0
19,8
24,9

162,5
150,3
156,4

92,6
92,6

66,8
59,7
58,0
61,5

164,2
106,3
135,3

53,0
77,5
73,9
89,9
88,5
99,9
88,7
81,6

66,4
125,0
90,5
94,0

147,8
159,9
153,9

41,6
132,0
86,8

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19). Code ‘ZZ’ stands for ‘of

other origin’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4802 — Tishman Speyer/Lehman Brothers/Archstone-Smith) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-09-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment bank, merger control, property development, real property

C 207/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.9.2007

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4802 — Tishman Speyer/Lehman Brothers/Archstone-Smith)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 207/06)

1.
On 29 August 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 undertakings Tishman Speyer Properties
L.P. (‘Tishman Speyer’, USA) and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (‘Lehman Brothers’, USA) acquire within
the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertakings Archstone-Smith
Trust and Archstone-Smith Operating Trust (together ‘Archstone-Smith’, USA).

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Tishman Speyer: owner, developer, fund manager and operator of commercial and resi-

dential real estate,

— for undertaking Lehman Brothers: investment bank,

— for undertaking Archstone-Smith: owner, developer and operator of mainly residential real estate.

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.4802 — Tishman Speyer/Lehman Brothers/Archstone-Smith, 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: 2007-09-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 207/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.9.2007

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

5 September 2007

(2007/C 207/02)

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

1,3588

RON

Romanian leu

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,3248

33,781

1,7717

1,6553

1,4329

10,5897

1,9643

2,0752

KRW South Korean won

1 274,62

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

9,8628

10,2585

7,3216

12 770,68

4,768

63,381

34,909

44,222

157,11

7,4489

0,676

9,3948

1,6462

87,87

7,9105

1,9558

0,5842

27,64

15,6466

255,75

3,4528

0,6987

0,4293

3,8225

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.