do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
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: 2008-11-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, State aid, control of State aid, financial institution

15.11.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 293/1

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 293/01)

Date of adoption of the decision

2.10.2008

Reference number of the aid

NN 44/08

Member State

Region

Germany

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Rettungsbeihilfe für Hypo Real Estate

Legal basis

§ 3 Abs. 1 Satz 1 Nr. 5 des Haushaltsgesetzes 2008

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Rescue of firms in difficulty, Aid to remedy serious disturbances in the economy

Guarantee

Overall budget: EUR 26 500 million

—

1.10.2008-1.4.2009

Economic sectors

Financial intermediation

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Bundesrepublik Deutschland

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 293/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.11.2008

Date of adoption of the decision

27.10.2008

Reference number of the aid

Member State

Region

N 512/08

Germany

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Rettungspacket für Kreditinstitute in Deutschland

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Finanzmarktstabilisierungsgesetz

Aid scheme

Aid to remedy serious disturbances in the economy, Rescue of firms in difficulty

Guarantee, Other forms of equity intervention, Soft loan

Overall budget: EUR 480 000 million

—

23.10.2008-23.4.2009

Economic sectors

Financial intermediation

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Bundesministerium der Finanzen
Wilhelmstraße 97
D-10117 Berlin

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/
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-11-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

15.11.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 293/7

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

14 November 2008

(2008/C 293/03)

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

1,2675

TRY

Turkish lira

122,17

AUD Australian dollar

7,4474

0,8598

9,9948

1,51

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

2,0736

1,9301

1,5504

9,8233

2,2742

1,9243

212

KRW South Korean won

1 788,06

8,7525

1,9558

25,369

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

270,55

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7093

3,7344

3,7475

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,42

MXN Mexican peso

12,9558

8,6497

7,1173

14 956,5

4,5573

62,37

34,7235

44,331

2,9419

16,4395

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5361 — Bank of America/Merrill Lynch) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-11-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, financial market, merger control

C 293/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.11.2008

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5361 — Bank of America/Merrill Lynch)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 293/06)

1.
On 6 November 2008, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Bank of America Corporation (‘BAC’,
United States) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole
of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (‘Merrill’, United States) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for BAC: retail, corporate and investment banking, wealth and investment management,

— for Merrill: global markets and investment banking, wealth management.

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.5361 — Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, to the following address:

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

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.