do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5096 — RCA/MÁV Cargo) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, transit, transport company

C 222/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.8.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5096 — RCA/MÁV Cargo)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 222/13)

1.
On 25 August 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 Rail Cargo Austria AG
(‘RCA’), a wholly owned subsidiary of Österreichische Bundesbahn Holding AG (‘ÖBB’, Austria) acquires
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking
MÁV Cargo Árufuvarozási Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság (‘MÁV Cargo’, Hungary) by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for RCA: freight transport and freight forwarding,

— for MÁV Cargo: freight transport and freight forwarding.

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.5096 — RCA/MÁV Cargo, 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.
CORRIGENDUM:#Council Decision of 16 June 2008 concerning the signing and conclusion of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part
Date: 2008-08-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bosnia and Herzegovina, interim agreement (EU), ratification of an agreement, trade agreement (EU)

30.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 233/5

Corrigendum to Council Decision 2008/474/EC of 16 June 2008 concerning the signing and conclusion of the
Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and
Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part

(Official Journal of the European Union L 169 of 30 June 2008)

Decision 2008/474/EC should read as follows:

COUNCIL DECISION

of 16 June 2008

concerning the signing and conclusion of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters
between the European Community, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part

(2008/474/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with
Article 300(2),
first
sentence thereof,

first subparagraph, and Article 300(3),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Pending the entry into force of
the Stabilisation and
Association Agreement between the European Commu-
nities and their Member States, of the one part, and Bosnia
and Herzegovina, of the other part, signed in Luxembourg
on 16 June 2008, it is necessary to approve the Interim
Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the
European Community, of the one part, and Bosnia and
Herzegovina, of the other part (hereinafter referred to as the
Agreement).

The commercial provisions contained in the Agreement are
of an exceptional nature, connected with the policy
implemented within the framework of the Stabilisation
and Association Process and will not constitute, for the
European Union, any precedent in the commercial policy of
the Community with regard to third countries other than
those of the Western Balkans.

(3)

The Agreement should therefore be signed and approved,

Article 1

The Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters
between the European Community, of the one part, and Bosnia
and Herzegovina, of the other part, the Annexes and Protocols
annexed thereto, and the joint declaration and the declaration by
the Community attached to the Final Act, are hereby approved
on behalf of the Community.

The texts referred to in the first paragraph are attached to this
Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered, on behalf of the Community, to sign
the instrument of approval
the Agreement and to deposit
provided for in Article 58 of the Agreement.

Done at Luxembourg, 16 June 2008.

For the Council

The President

D. RUPEL
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5250 — Porsche/Volkswagen) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commercial vehicle, distribution business, economic concentration, merger control, motor car, motor vehicle industry, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 222/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.8.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5197 — HP/EDS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 222/03)

On 25 July 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 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 32008M5197. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5250 — Porsche/Volkswagen)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 222/04)

On 23 July 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 32008M5250. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5265 — ERGO International/Bank Austria Creditanstalt Versicherung) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, holding company, insurance, insurance company, life assurance, merger control, reinsurance

30.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 222/19

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5265 — ERGO International/Bank Austria Creditanstalt Versicherung)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 222/12)

1.
On 20 August 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 ERGO International AG
(‘ERGO International’, Germany) belonging to the group Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG
(‘Munich Re’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of
the whole of the undertaking Bank Austria Creditanstalt Versicherung AG (‘Bank Austria Creditanstalt
Versicherung’, Austria) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for ERGO International: holding of insurance companies, insurance agencies and companies active in

investment management and financial services,

— for Munich Re: professional reinsurer and holding company for companies active in supply of reinsur-

ance and direct insurance services and in asset management,

— for Bank Austria Creditanstalt Versicherung: insurance company primarily active in supply of life-insur-

ance in Austria.

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.5265 — ERGO International/Bank Austria Creditanstalt Versicherung, 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.5266 — Bertelsmann/3i/Buy Vip) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: audiovisual industry, economic concentration, electronic commerce, exchange of information, investment transaction, merger control, publishing, services company

C 222/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.8.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5266 — Bertelsmann/3i/Buy Vip)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 222/11)

1.
On 20 August 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 Bertelsmann AG
(‘Bertelsmann’, Germany), 3i Group plc (‘3i’, United Kingdom), Mr Gustavo García Brusilovsky (‘GGB’, Spain)
and Mr Gerald Heydenreich (‘GH’, Latvia) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regu-
lation joint control of the undertaking Buy Vip SL (‘Buy Vip’, Spain) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Bertelsmann:

international media company active in TV, book, magazine and music publishing,

media services and book and media clubs,

— for 3i: private equity house and venture capital company providing management advice and management

to investment funds,

— for GGB: business consultancy services,

— for GH: business consultancy services,

— for Buy Vip: e-commerce (online selling of consumer products in Germany, Italy and Spain).

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.5266 — Bertelsmann/3i/Buy Vip, 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: 2008-08-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

30.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 222/3

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

29 August 2008

(2008/C 222/05)

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

1,4735

TRY

Turkish lira

160,22

AUD Australian dollar

7,458

0,805

9,4381

1,6164

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,7415

1,7066

1,551

11,5034

2,089

2,0846

122,35

KRW South Korean won

1 602,8

7,9435

1,9558

24,735

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

237,68

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7035

3,3508

3,537

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,336

MXN Mexican peso

11,3597

10,0714

7,1515

13 482,53

5,0003

67,76

36,2401

50,453

2,4071

15,11

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5258 — DSV Air & Sea/ABX) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, logistics, merger control, transport company

C 222/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.8.2008

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5258 — DSV Air & Sea/ABX)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 222/09)

1.
On 19 August 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 DSV Air & Sea Holdings
A/S (Denmark), a wholly owned subsidiary of DSV A/S (Denmark) acquires within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking ABX Logistics Worldwide
SA/NV (Belgium) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for DSV Air & Sea: transport and logistics,

— for ABX Logistics Worldwide: transport and logistics.

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.5258 — DSV Air & Sea/ABX, 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.5205 — Duferco/Mitsui/Nippon Denko/SAJV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, industrial enterprise, iron and steel industry, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

30.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 222/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

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

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 222/01)

On 21 August 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 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 32008M5205. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5242 — Zurich/Caixa Sabadell/Sabadell Vida/Sabadell Generales)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 222/02)

On 29 July 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 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 32008M5242. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5197 — HP/EDS) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: computer applications, economic concentration, merger control, provision of services, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 222/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.8.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5197 — HP/EDS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 222/03)

On 25 July 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 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 32008M5197. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5250 — Porsche/Volkswagen)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 222/04)

On 23 July 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 32008M5250. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5219 — VWAG/OFH/VWGI) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commercial vehicle, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, motor car, motor vehicle industry, wholesale selling

30.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 222/17

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5219 — VWAG/OFH/VWGI)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 222/10)

1.
On 21 August 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 Volkswagen AG (‘VWAG’,
Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of
the undertaking Volkswagen Group Ireland Limited (‘VWGI’, Ireland) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking VWAG: manufacture of passenger cars, commercial vehicles and related spare parts,

— for undertaking VWGI: wholesale of VW passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Ireland.

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.5219 — VWAG/OFH/VWGI, 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.