do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4893 — Quebecor World/RSDB) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, printing

17.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 276/11

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4893 — Quebecor World/RSDB)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 276/10)

1.
On 9 November 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 Quebecor World Inc.
(‘Quebecor’, Canada) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation (negative) sole
control of the whole of RSDB NV (‘RSDB’, the Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Quebecor: provider of print solutions,

— for undertaking RSDB: provider of printing 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.4893 — Quebecor World/RSDB, 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.4908 — STV Fund/Smith/@Balance) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy technology, exchange of information, gas industry, investment, merger control, oil industry, petrochemicals, service

C 276/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.11.2007

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4908 — STV Fund/Smith/@Balance)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 276/09)

1.
On 12 November 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 Shell Technology
Ventures B.V. (‘STV Fund’, the Netherlands) will relinquish sole control over the undertaking @Balance
(the Netherlands) in favour of joint control, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation,
together with Smith International Inc. (‘Smith’, USA).

3.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking STV Fund: oil and gas technology venture fund,

— for undertaking @Balance: provision of technology used to assist in drilling oil and gas wells,

— for undertaking Smith: world-wide supplier of premium products and services to the oil and gas explora-

tion and production industry, the petrochemical and other industrial markets.

4.
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

5.
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.4908 — STV Fund/Smith/@Balance, 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.
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products
Date: 2007-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, United Kingdom, agricultural product, control of State aid, exchange of information, small and medium-sized enterprises

17.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 276/7

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State
aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products

(2007/C 276/07)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XA 7039/07

United Kingdom

Northern Ireland

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Agricultural and Forestry Processing and Marketing Grant Scheme

Legal basis

Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 as amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006

Annual expenditure planned under
the scheme or overall amount of indi-
vidual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 4,4 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

—

—

—

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the
Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

1.10.2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2013

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Limited to specific sectors

Coalmining

All manufacturing

or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Yes

No

Yes

Other manufacturing

DA 15

All services

or

Transport services

Financial services

Other services

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Name and address of
authority

the granting

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Dundonald House

Upper Newtownards Road
Belfast BT4 3SB
United Kingdom
Tel: (44) (0) 28 9052 4496
peter.scott@dardni.gov.uk
http://www.dardni.gov.uk

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities
Date: 2007-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, cereal flour, groat, maize, meal

17.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 276/5

Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities

(2007/C 276/05)

Pursuant to Article 9(1)(a), second indent of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the
tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), the Explanatory Notes to the
Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities (2) are amended as follows:

Page 58

In the paragraph ‘1102 20 10 and 1102 20 90’ the following text is inserted after the existing text:

‘These subheadings include also maize flour described as “masa flour”, which is obtained by the
“nixtamalization” method that is characterised by the cooking and soaking of maize grains in a calcium
hydroxide solution and subsequent drying and grinding.

Any additional processing, such as roasting, shall however lead to the exclusion of such a product from
heading 1102 (generally, Chapter 19).’

In the paragraph ‘1103 13 10 and 1103 13 90’ the following text is inserted after the existing text:

‘These subheadings include also groats and meal of maize described as “masa flour”, which is obtained
by the “nixtamalization” method that is characterised by the cooking and soaking of maize grains in a
calcium hydroxide solution and subsequent drying and grinding.

Any additional processing, such as roasting, shall however lead to the exclusion of such a product from
heading 1103 (generally, Chapter 19).’

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1, Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 733/2007 (OJ L 169, 29.6.2007, p. 1).
(2) OJ C 50, 28.2.2006, p. 1.
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1628/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to national regional investment aid (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, investment aid, property leasing, real property, regional aid

C 276/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.11.2007

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1628/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to national
regional investment aid

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 276/06)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XR 154/07

France

87(3)(a), 87(3)(c)

Title of aid scheme or the name of the
undertaking
aid
receiving
supplement

hoc

ad

Legal basis

Type of measure

Annual budget

Aide à l'investissement immobilier et à la location d'immeubles accordées aux
entreprises par les collectivités territoriales et leurs groupements

Articles L 1511-3, R. 1511-4 à R. 1.23.1511, Code général des collectivités
territoriales (CGCT)

Aid scheme

EUR 30 million

Maximum aid intensity

60 %

In conformity with Article 4 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

Duration

30.8.2007

31.12.2013

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for regional investment aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministère de l'intérieur
Direction générale des collectivités locales
Place Beauvau
F-75800 Paris

Internet address of the publication of
the aid scheme

http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=IOCB0755790D

Other information

—
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 276/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.11.2007

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

16 November 2007

(2007/C 276/04)

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

1,4651

RON

Romanian leu

161,98

7,4533

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,71625

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,4850

33,090

1,7343

1,6399

1,4302

11,4076

1,9241

2,1274

KRW South Korean won

1 344,38

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

9,7782

10,8794

7,3472

13 654,73

4,9520

63,732

35,8820

46,214

9,2587

1,6406

89,05

8,0315

1,9558

0,5842

26,655

15,6466

254,17

3,4528

0,6993

0,4293

3,6672

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4935 — Petronas/Selenia) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, gas industry, lubricants, merger control, oil industry, restrictive-practice authorisation

17.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 276/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4788 — Rozier/BHS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 276/02)

On 21 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 32007M4788. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4935 — Petronas/Selenia)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 276/03)

On 8 November 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 32007M4935. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4788 — Rozier/BHS) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, economic concentration, health care, investment transaction, merger control, private investment, provision of services, restrictive-practice authorisation

17.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 276/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4788 — Rozier/BHS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 276/02)

On 21 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 32007M4788. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4935 — Petronas/Selenia)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 276/03)

On 8 November 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 32007M4935. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Poland, State aid, control of State aid, employment policy, processing industry, regional development

17.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 276/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 276/01)

Date of adoption of the decision

19.7.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 256/06

Member State

Poland

Region

Dolnośląskie

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Pomoc dla LG Electronics Wrocław Sp. z o.o. — Urządzenia gospodarstwa
domowego

Legal basis

1) Umowa Inwestycyjna zawarta dnia 23 stycznia 2006 r. pomiędzy i) Minis-
trem Gospodarki Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej;
ii) Ministrem Transportu i
Budownictwa Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej; iii) Agencją Rozwoju Przemysłu SA;
iv) Miastem Wrocław; v) gminą Kobierzyce; vi) powiatem wrocławskim; vii)
samorządem województwa dolnośląskiego; viii) Polską Agencją Informacji i
Inwestycji Zagranicznych S.A. — z jednej strony a ix) LG Electronics Inc. i x)
LG Electronics Wrocław Sp. z o.o. — z drugiej strony

2) Art. 80 Ustawy z dnia 26 listopada 1998 r. o finansach publicznych (tekst

jednolity: Dz.U. z 2003 r., nr 15, poz. 148, z późn. zm.)

3) Uchwała Rady Ministrów nr 331/2005 z dnia 27 grudnia 2005 r.

4) Umowa o Grant pomiędzy Ministrem Gospodarki a LG Electronics Wrocław

Sp. z o.o. z dnia 23 stycznia 2006 r.

5) § 1, § 2.1 pkt 5, § 3, § 4, § 6 i § 7 Uchwały Sejmiku Województwa Dolno-
śląskiego z dnia 31 marca 2005 r. w sprawie określenia szczegółowych
trybu umarzania wierzytelności Terenowego Funduszu Ochrony
zasad i
Gruntów Rolnych Województwa Dolnośląskiego z tytułu należności pienięż-
nych, do których nie stosuje się przepisów ustawy — Ordynacja podatkowa,
udzielania innych ulg w spłacaniu tych należności oraz wskazania organów
do tego uprawnionych (Dziennik Urzędowy Województwa Dolnośląskiego
nr 79, poz. 1724)

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

Form of aid

Regional development, Employment

Direct grant, Tax allowance, Transactions not on market terms

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Budget

Intensity

Duration

Overall budget: PLN 32,382 million

13,26 %

Until 31.12.2017

Economic sectors

Manufacturing industry

Name and address of
authority

the granting

—

Other information

—

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be
found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4939 — Uberior/L&R/Versailles Holdco) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial market, investment, merger control, property development, sports body

17.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 276/9

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4939 — Uberior/L&R/Versailles Holdco)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 276/08)

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

1.
On 8 November 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 Uberior Integrated Ltd
(‘Uberior’, UK), controlled by The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland, itself part of HBOS PLC
group, UK and London & Regional Investment Holdings Ltd (‘L&R’, UK) acquire within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Versailles Holdco Ltd (‘Versailles
Holdco’, UK) by way of purchase of shares.
2.
— for Uberior: equity investments,
— for HBOS: banking services in the UK and elsewhere,
— for L&R: real estate investment and development, based in the UK but active elsewhere in Europe,
— for Versailles Holdco: health and fitness clubs in the UK, Spain, Belgium, Ireland and the Netherlands.
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.
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.4939 — Uberior/L&R/Versailles Holdco to the following address:
European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005 p. 32.