do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-02-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

16.2.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 43/3

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

15 February 2008

(2008/C 43/02)

1 euro =

Currency

Exchange rate

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

LVL

PLN

RON

SKK

US dollar

Japanese yen

Danish krone

Pound sterling

Swedish krona

Swiss franc

Iceland króna

Norwegian krone

Bulgarian lev

Czech koruna

Estonian kroon

Hungarian forint

Lithuanian litas

Latvian lats

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovak koruna

1,4674

TRY

Turkish lira

157,78

AUD Australian dollar

7,4544

0,74780

9,3140

1,6022

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,7603

1,6189

1,4635

11,4454

1,8602

2,0734

98,23

KRW South Korean won

1 386,77

7,9255

1,9558

25,224

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

263,59

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,6965

3,5900

3,6445

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

33,019

MXN Mexican peso

11,2647

10,5396

7,2575

13 456,06

4,7272

59,723

36,0742

46,663

2,5757

15,7900

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5049 — Goldmann Sachs/Colony Capital/BUT) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-02-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, economic concentration, exchange of information, furniture industry, household electrical appliance, investment transaction, merger control, real property

16.2.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 43/27

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5049 — Goldmann Sachs/Colony Capital/BUT)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 43/07)

1.
On 5 February 2008, 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 Goldmann Sachs
Group (‘Goldmann Sachs’, USA) and Colyzeo Investors II, Colony Investors VIII (together ‘Colony Capital’,
USA) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 joint control
of the undertaking BUT (‘BUT’, France) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Goldmann Sachs: investment banking and securities,

— for Colony: investment and property management,

— for BUT: retail of household furniture and electricals.

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.5049 — Goldmann Sachs/Colony Capital/BUT, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussels

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4921 — CDC/Groupe Moniteur/AchatPublic.Com) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-02-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, computer systems, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment, merger control, publishing, service

C 43/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.2.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4921 — CDC/Groupe Moniteur/AchatPublic.Com)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 43/10)

On 11 February 2008,

1.
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 Caisse des
Dépôts et Consignations (‘CDC’, France) and Groupe Moniteur SAS (‘Groupe Moniteur’, France), which is
controlled by Bridgepoint Capital Group Limited (‘Bridgepoint’, United Kingdom), acquire within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking AchatPublic.Com
(‘APC’, France) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking CDC: banking and finance, life insurance, support for local development, saving funds

and social housing,

— for undertaking Groupe Moniteur: edition of newspapers and other publications,

— for undertaking Bridgepoint: private equity fund,

— for undertaking APC: IT services for public procurements.

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.4921 — CDC/Groupe Moniteur/AchatPublic.Com, 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.
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: 2008-02-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, State aid, United Kingdom, aid to undertakings, combined transport, control of State aid

16.2.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 43/1

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)

(2008/C 43/01)

Date of adoption of the decision

5.12.2007

Reference number of the aid

NN 70/07

Member State

Region

United Kingdom

North-East England

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Rescue aid to Northern Rock

Legal basis

Ad-hoc, Bank of England Acts 1694-1998

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Rescue of firms in difficulty

Soft loan, Guarantee

—

—

17.9.2007-17.3.2008

Economic sectors

Financial intermediation

and address of

Name
authority

the

granting

HM Treasury; The Governor and Company of the Bank of England

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/

C 43/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.2.2008

Date of adoption of the decision

14.12.2007

Reference number of the aid

Member State

Region

N 656/07

Belgium

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Prolongation du régime d'aide pour le transport combiné N 249/04
Verlenging van de steunregeling voor gecombineerd vervoer N 249/04

Legal basis

Arrêté royal modifiant l'arrêté royal du 30 septembre 2005 relative à la
promotion du transport ferroviaire combiné de marchandises
Koninklijk besluit tot wijziging van het Koninklijk besluit van 30 september
2005 betreffende de bevordering van het gecombineerde goederenvervoer
per spoor

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

To promote combined transport

Direct grant

EUR 30 million per year

—

2008

Economic sectors

Combined transport

and address of

Name
authority

the

granting

Service public fédéral mobilité et transport
Federale overheidsdienst Mobiliteit en Vervoer

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.5034 — Montagu/GIP/Biffa) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-02-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, investment transaction, merger control, waste management

C 43/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.2.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5034 — Montagu/GIP/Biffa)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 43/08)

1.
On 11 February 2008, 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 Montagu Private Equity
LLP (‘Montagu’, United Kingdom) and Global Infrastructure Partners (‘GIP’, USA) acquire within the meaning
of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Biffa PLC (‘Biffa’, United
Kingdom) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Montagu: private equity fund,

— for GIP: private equity fund,

— for Biffa: collection, treatment, disposal and recycling of municipal, commercial and industrial waste.

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 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.5034 — Montagu/GIP/Biffa, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4999 — Heineken/Scottish & Newcastle assets) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-02-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beer, beverage industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control

16.2.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 43/29

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4999 — Heineken/Scottish & Newcastle assets)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 43/09)

1.
On 12 February 2008, 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 Heineken International
BV (‘Heineken’, the Netherlands) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
control of parts of the undertaking Scottish & Newcastle plc (‘S&N assets’, United Kingdom) by way of
public bid announced on 25 January 2008.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Heineken: the production and distribution of beer and other beverages,

— for S&N assets: the production and distribution of beer and other beverages by the operational busi-

nesses in Belgium, Finland, India, Ireland, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the USA.

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.4999 — Heineken/Scottish & Newcastle assets, 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.