do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5334 — Ricoh/Ikon) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-09-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, information technology industry, merger control, office automation

C 246/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.9.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5334 — Ricoh/Ikon)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 246/11)

1.
On 19 September 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 Ricoh Company Ltd
(‘Ricoh’, Japan) enters into a full merger within the meaning of Article 3(1)(a) of the Council Regulation
with the undertaking Ikon Office Solutions, Inc. (‘Ikon’, USA) by way of a contribution in cash.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Ricoh: production and distribution of office automation products and related services,

— for Ikon: distribution of office automation products 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.5334 — Ricoh/Ikon, 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.5326 — PTT Chemical/Sime Darby/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-09-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, energy industry, exchange of information, merger control, motor vehicle industry, oil industry, processing industry

27.9.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 246/19

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5326 — PTT Chemical/Sime Darby/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 246/12)

1.
On 18 September 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 PTT Chemical Public
Company Limited (Thailand) and Sime Darby Plantation BHD (Malaysia), a wholly owned subsidiary of Sime
Darby Berhad plc (Malaysia), which is controlled by Permodalan Nasional Berhad Group (Malaysia), a wholly
owned subsidiary of Yayasan Pelaburan Bumiputra (Malaysia), a State-owned company limited by guarantee
acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking
Cognis Oleochemicals SDN BHD (the ‘JV’, Malaysia) by way of purchase of shares in the company consti-
tuting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for PTT Chemical Public Company Limited (Thailand): manufacture of coke and refined petroleum

products and manufacture of other chemical products,

— for Sime Darby Plantation BHD (Malaysia): manufacture of other chemical products, real estate activities,

— for Sime Darby Berhad plc (Malaysia): manufacturing, motor, energy and utilities activities,

— for the JV: manufacture of other organic basic 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.5326 — PTT Chemical/Sime Darby/JV, 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: 2008-09-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 246/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.9.2008

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

26 September 2008

(2008/C 246/05)

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

1,464

TRY

Turkish lira

154,13

AUD Australian dollar

7,4609

0,79475

9,687

1,5879

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,8164

1,7664

1,5148

11,3802

2,1354

2,0856

140,53

KRW South Korean won

1 709,95

8,268

1,9558

24,436

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

240,65

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7082

3,3645

3,6843

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,291

MXN Mexican peso

11,9642

10,0262

7,1047

13 739,64

5,0303

68,22

36,6184

49,703

2,7091

15,8478

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.