do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4944 — SAP/Business Objects) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-10-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, marketing, merger control, provision of services, software

C 255/46

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.10.2007

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4944 — SAP/Business Objects)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 255/17)

1.
On 22 October 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 SAP AG (‘SAP’,
Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of
the undertaking Business Objects S.A. (‘BO’, France/USA) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking SAP: enterprise application software solutions,

— for undertaking BO: business analytics software solutions, training and related 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 ((32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under
reference number COMP/M.4944 — SAP/Business Objects, 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.4885 — Ineos/Nova/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-10-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, disclosure of information, economic concentration, joint venture, merger control, petroleum product

27.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 255/31

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4889 — Barclays Industrial Investments/Gemeaz/Scapa)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 255/05)

On 26 September 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 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 32007M4889. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4885 — Ineos/Nova/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 255/06)

On 28 September 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 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 32007M4885. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-10-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

27.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 255/33

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

26 October 2007

(2007/C 255/09)

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

1,4384

RON

Romanian leu

164,50

7,4549

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,70100

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,3541

33,291

1,7161

1,5734

1,3830

11,1488

1,8792

2,0927

KRW South Korean won

1 308,94

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

9,3630

10,7845

7,3449

13 121,80

4,8122

63,372

35,5790

45,626

9,1800

1,6732

86,85

7,7095

1,9558

0,5842

26,962

15,6466

252,25

3,4528

0,7021

0,4293

3,6309

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4889 — Barclays Industrial Investments/Gemeaz/Scapa) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-10-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: catering industry, disclosure of information, economic concentration, financial market, food industry, investment company, merger control, service

27.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 255/31

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4889 — Barclays Industrial Investments/Gemeaz/Scapa)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 255/05)

On 26 September 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 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 32007M4889. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4885 — Ineos/Nova/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 255/06)

On 28 September 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 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 32007M4885. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4911 — Goldman Sachs/LOMO) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-10-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, distributive trades, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, parking area, petrol

27.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 255/45

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4911 — Goldman Sachs/LOMO)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 255/16)

1.
On 19 October 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 The Goldman Sachs
Group, Inc. (‘Goldman Sachs’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
control of the whole of the undertaking LOMO Group (‘LOMO’, Germany) by way of purchase of securities.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Goldman Sachs:
investment services,

investment banking, trading and principal

investment, asset management, and

— for LOMO: operation of petrol stations and motorways service areas.

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.4911 — Goldman Sachs/LOMO, 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.4822 — Advent International/Takko Holding) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-10-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: clothing industry, disclosure of information, economic concentration, investment company, merger control

C 255/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.10.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4836 — CVC/Univar)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 255/07)

On 17 September 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 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 32007M4836. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4822 — Advent International/Takko Holding)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 255/08)

On 17 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 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 32007M4822. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4836 — CVC/Univar) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-10-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, disclosure of information, distributive trades, economic concentration, financial institution, merger control, provision of services

C 255/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.10.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4836 — CVC/Univar)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 255/07)

On 17 September 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 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 32007M4836. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4822 — Advent International/Takko Holding)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 255/08)

On 17 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 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 32007M4822. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4899 — SCB/Süd-Chemie) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-10-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, merger control

27.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 255/47

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4899 — SCB/Süd-Chemie)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 255/18)

On 19 October 2007,

the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration
1.
to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking
pursuant
SC-Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (SCB, Germany), finally controlled by JP Morgan Chase & Co. (JPMorgan
Chase, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole
of the undertaking Süd-Chemie AG (Süd-Chemie, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for SCB: special purpose vehicle of JPMorgan Chase,

— for JPMorgan Chase: financial services,

— for Süd-Chemie: specialty chemicals.

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. 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.4899 — SCB/Süd-Chemie, 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.