do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5205 — Duferco/Mitsui/Nippon Denko/SAJV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, industrial enterprise, iron and steel industry, merger control

2.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 196/13

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5205 — Duferco/Mitsui/Nippon Denko/SAJV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 196/09)

1.
On 23 July 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 Duferco Investment
(Liechtenstein), belonging to the group Duferco Participation Holding Limited (‘Duferco’)
Partners Inc.
acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking
South Africa Japan Vanadium (proprietary) Limited (‘SAJV’, South Africa) by way of purchase of shares. SAJV
will be jointly controlled by Duferco together with Mitsui & Co. Ltd (‘Mitsui’,
Japan) and Nippon
Denko Co. Ltd (‘Nippon Denko’, Japan), currently also shareholders of SAJV.
2.
— for undertaking Duferco: production and trading of steel as well as trading of raw materials needed for

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

the production of steel,

— for undertaking Mitsui: active in a broad range of industries such as mineral and metal resources,

machinery, infrastructure projects, chemical, energy, food and retail, IT or logistics,

— for undertaking Nippon Denko: active in a broad range of industries such as ferroalloys, chemical, new

materials or environmental recycling systems,

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

— for undertaking SAJV: production of ferrovanadium.
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.
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.5205 — Duferco/Mitsui/Nippon Denko/SAJV, 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.
Corrigendum to Council Directive 94/28/EC of 23 June 1994 laying down the principles relating to the zootechnical and genealogical conditions applicable to imports from third countries of animals, their semen, ova and embryos, and amending Directive 77/504/EEC on pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species ( OJ L 178, 12.7.1994 )
Date: 2008-08-02
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: animal breeding, breeding animal, import, third country, veterinary inspection

L 206/34

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.8.2008

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 717/2008 of 17 July 2008 establishing a Community procedure for
administering quantitative quotas

(Official Journal of the European Union L 198 of 26 July 2008)

On page 1 the cover in the Contents, on page 1 in the title and on page 6 in the closing formula:

for:

read:

‘17 July 2008’,
‘15 July 2008’.

Corrigendum to Council Directive 94/28/EC of 23 June 1994 laying down the principles relating to the
zootechnical and genealogical conditions applicable to imports from third countries of animals, their semen, ova
and embryos, and amending Directive 77/504/EEC on pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species

(Official Journal of the European Union L 178 of 12 July 1994)

On page 67, in Article 3(2)(c):

for:

‘c) be surprised by an official inspection service of the third country,’,

read:

‘(c) be supervised by an official inspection service of the third country,’;

on page 67, in Articles 2(1), 3(1), 3(2) in the introductory sentence, 3(2)(b), 3(2)(d), 4 in the first indent, Article 5 in the
first indent, and

on page 68 in Articles 6 in the first indent and 7 in the first indent;

for:

‘authority’ and ‘authorities’,

read:

‘body’ and ‘bodies’.
Notice concerning a request in accordance with Article 30 of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council — Deadline extension — Request from a contracting entity
Date: 2008-08-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Sweden, application of EU law, award of contract, postal service

2.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 196/15

OTHER ACTS

COMMISSION

Notice concerning a request in accordance with Article 30 of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council — Deadline extension

Request from a contracting entity

(2008/C 196/11)

On 19 June 2008, the Commission received a request in accordance with Article 30(5) of Directive
2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procure-
ment procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (1).

The request, from Posten AB, concerns postal services and other services as referred to in Article 6(2)(b)
and (c) of Directive 2004/17/EC in Sweden. The request was published in OJ C 166, 1.7.2008, p. 26. The
initial deadline was 20 September 2008.

In accordance with the second sentence of Article 30(6), since the Commission needs to obtain and
examine additional information, the period within which the Commission must take a decision on this
request has been extended by three months.

The final deadline is therefore 20 December 2008.

(1) OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5278 — Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel/Citibank Private Banking Germany) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, economic concentration, exchange of information, insurance, merger control

C 196/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.8.2008

(Case COMP/M.5278 — Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel/Citibank Private Banking Germany)

Prior notification of a concentration

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 196/10)

1.
On 28 July 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 Banque Fédérative du
Crédit Mutuel, France (‘Crédit Mutuel’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council
Regulation control of Citigroup's German retail banking business (‘Citibank Germany’), by way of purchase
of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Crédit Mutuel: retail banking, insurance-banking,

— for Citibank Germany: retail banking, insurance business.

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.5278 — Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel/Citibank Private Banking Germany,
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.
Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 4,38 % on 1 August 2008 — Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-08-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, exchange rate, interest

C 196/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.8.2008

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations (1):

4,38 % on 1 August 2008

Euro exchange rates (2)

1 August 2008

(2008/C 196/05)

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

1,5574

TRY

Turkish lira

167,44

AUD Australian dollar

7,4598

0,78785

9,4451

1,6324

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,8050

1,6662

1,5980

12,1535

2,1377

2,1325

123,46

KRW South Korean won

1 581,54

7,9960

1,9558

24,003

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

233,76

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7052

3,2230

3,5167

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,375

MXN Mexican peso

11,4139

10,6565

7,2271

14 166,11

5,0826

68,880

36,5540

52,224

2,4353

15,6067

(1) Rate applied to the most recent operation carried out before the indicated day. In the case of a variable rate tender, the

interest rate is the marginal rate.

(2) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5105 — SEPI/CDTI/INTA/Abertis/Hispasat) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aerospace industry, company with share capital, economic concentration, innovation, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, satellite communications, telecommunications industry

C 196/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.8.2008

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5105 — SEPI/CDTI/INTA/Abertis/Hispasat)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 196/02)

On 26 June 2008, 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 Spanish 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 32008M5105. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5142 — Bosch/Mahle/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 196/03)

On 26 May 2008, 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 German 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 32008M5142. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5142 — Bosch/Mahle/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, pressure equipment, research and development, restrictive-practice authorisation, technology, vehicle parts

C 196/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.8.2008

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5105 — SEPI/CDTI/INTA/Abertis/Hispasat)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 196/02)

On 26 June 2008, 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 Spanish 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 32008M5105. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5142 — Bosch/Mahle/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 196/03)

On 26 May 2008, 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 German 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 32008M5142. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 717/2008 of 17 July 2008 establishing a Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas ( OJ L 198, 26.7.2008 )
Date: 2008-08-02
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: codification of EU law, common commercial policy, export, export licence, import, import licence, management, quantitative restriction

L 206/34

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.8.2008

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 717/2008 of 17 July 2008 establishing a Community procedure for
administering quantitative quotas

(Official Journal of the European Union L 198 of 26 July 2008)

On page 1 the cover in the Contents, on page 1 in the title and on page 6 in the closing formula:

for:

read:

‘17 July 2008’,
‘15 July 2008’.

Corrigendum to Council Directive 94/28/EC of 23 June 1994 laying down the principles relating to the
zootechnical and genealogical conditions applicable to imports from third countries of animals, their semen, ova
and embryos, and amending Directive 77/504/EEC on pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species

(Official Journal of the European Union L 178 of 12 July 1994)

On page 67, in Article 3(2)(c):

for:

‘c) be surprised by an official inspection service of the third country,’,

read:

‘(c) be supervised by an official inspection service of the third country,’;

on page 67, in Articles 2(1), 3(1), 3(2) in the introductory sentence, 3(2)(b), 3(2)(d), 4 in the first indent, Article 5 in the
first indent, and

on page 68 in Articles 6 in the first indent and 7 in the first indent;

for:

‘authority’ and ‘authorities’,

read:

‘body’ and ‘bodies’.