do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5372 — Société Générale/la Caixa/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-11-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, merger control

8.11.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 284/3

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5372 — Société Générale/la Caixa/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 284/03)

1.
On 31 October 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 Société Générale
(‘Société Générale’, France), acting through its affiliate Boursorama SA (‘Boursorama’, France) and Caixa
d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona ‘la Caixa’ (‘la Caixa’), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
Council Regulation joint control of a joint venture (‘the JV’, Spain), by way of purchase of shares in a newly
created company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Société Générale: major financial services group, operating in 82 countries,

— for Boursorama: online retail banking and brokerage services in France, Germany, the United Kingdom

and Spain,

— for la Caixa: a major retail and savings bank in Spain,

— for the JV: provision of on-line banking services in Spain.

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.5372 — Société Générale/la Caixa/JV, to the following address:

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

(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.5323 — HMC/HAII) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-11-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, motor vehicle, motor vehicle industry

8.11.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 284/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5323 — HMC/HAII)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 284/01)

On 24 October 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 32008M5323. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5369 — Sodexo/Zehnacker) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-11-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: catering, cheque, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control

C 284/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.11.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5369 — Sodexo/Zehnacker)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 284/06)

1.
On 31 October 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 Sodexo SA (‘Sodexo’,
France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the
undertaking Zehnacker Group GmbH (‘Zehnacker’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Sodexo: food and facilities management services, service vouchers and cards,

— for Zehnacker: full range of facilities management services, food services solutions.

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.5369 — Sodexo/Zehnacker, 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: 2008-11-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 284/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.11.2008

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

7 November 2008

(2008/C 284/02)

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

1,2756

TRY

Turkish lira

124,29

AUD Australian dollar

7,4455

0,80845

10,0545

1,4983

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,9799

1,9096

1,5224

9,8861

2,1712

1,9088

200,00

KRW South Korean won

1 691,51

8,7210

1,9558

25,092

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

269,00

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7091

3,6615

3,7330

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,394

MXN Mexican peso

12,8549

8,7066

7,1421

14 159,16

4,5309

62,060

34,5055

44,589

2,7851

16,5573

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5382 — Kuehne+Nagel/Alloin) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-11-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, economic concentration, exchange of information, insurance, logistics, merger control, property market, transport company

8.11.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 284/5

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5382 — Kuehne+Nagel/Alloin)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 284/05)

1.
On 31 October 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 Kuehne+Nagel
Participations SARL (‘Kuehne+Nagel’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council
Regulation control of the whole of Alloin Holding SAS (‘Alloin’, France) by way of a purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Kuehne+Nagel: freight forwarding, contract logistics, insurance broking, real estate,

— for Alloin: transport services, freight forwarding.

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.5382 — Kuehne+Nagel/Alloin, 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.5263 — Deutsche Bank London/Lloyds TSB Bank/Antin Infrastructure Partners (BNP Paribas)/Porterbrook Leasing) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-11-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, hiring, merger control, rail network

C 284/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.11.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5263 — Deutsche Bank London/Lloyds TSB Bank/Antin Infrastructure Partners
(BNP Paribas)/Porterbrook Leasing)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 284/04)

1.
On 27 October 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 Deutsche Bank AG
(‘DB’, Germany), Lloyds TSB Bank plc (‘Lloyds’, United Kingdom) and Antin Infrastructure Partners FCPR
(‘AIP’, United Kingdom), an investment fund sponsored by BNP Paribas SA (‘BNP’, France) acquire within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of Porterbrook Leasing Company
Limited and subsidiaries (‘Porterbrook’, United Kingdom), by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for DB: global provider of financial services,

— for Lloyds: financial services group providing banking and financial services in the United Kingdom and

overseas,

— for AIP: investment fund sponsored by BNP,

— for BNP: provider of banking and financial services in France and abroad,

— for Porterbrook: supply of operating leases of all types of railway rolling stock and associated equipment
to British passenger train operating companies and freight companies, including rolling stock mainte-
nance 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.5263 — Deutsche Bank London/Lloyds TSB Bank/Antin Infrastructure Partners
(BNP Paribas)/Porterbrook Leasing, 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 to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1379/2007 of 26 November 2007 amending Annexes IA, IB, VII and VIII of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste, for the purposes of taking into account of technical progress and changes agreed under the Basel Convention ( OJ L 309, 27.11.2007 )
Date: 2008-11-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cross-border transport, export of waste, hazardous waste, transport document, waste management

L 299/50

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.11.2008

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1379/2007 of 26 November 2007 amending Annexes IA, IB,
VII and VIII of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of
waste, for the purposes of taking into account of technical progress and changes agreed under the Basel
Convention

(Official Journal of the European Union L 309 of 27 November 2007)

On page 9, Annex I (Annex IA — Notification document for transboundary movements/shipments of waste) and on page
14, Annex II (Annex IB — Movement document for transboundary movements/shipments of waste), the model forms are
replaced, respectively, by the following models:

8.11.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 299/51

‘Notification document for transboundary movements/shipments of waste

L 299/52

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.11.2008

8.11.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 299/53

‘Movement document for transboundary movements/shipments of waste

L 299/54

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.11.2008