do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5388 — Diester Industrie/Oleon Group) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, marketing, merger control, motor fuel, vegetable oil

29.11.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 306/27

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5388 — Diester Industrie/Oleon Group)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 306/09)

1.
On 24 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 the undertaking Diester Industrie SAS
(‘Diester Industrie’, France) controlled by Sofiprotéol (France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b)
of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Oleon Holding NV (‘Oleon’, Belgium) by
way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Sofiprotéol and Diester Industrie: production and sale of biodiesel, oleochemicals, glycerin and vege-

table oils,

— for Oleon: production and sale of biodiesel, oleochemicals and glycerin.

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.5388 — Diester Industrie/Oleon Group, 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

29.11.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 306/5

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

28 November 2008

(2008/C 306/03)

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

1,2727

TRY

Turkish lira

121,46

AUD Australian dollar

7,4517

0,8299

10,3057

1,5455

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

2,0097

1,9533

1,5775

9,8641

2,3212

1,923

280

KRW South Korean won

1 860,69

8,92

1,9558

25,209

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

259,56

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7095

3,7748

3,7925

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,322

MXN Mexican peso

12,8495

8,6988

7,1288

15 590,58

4,6116

62,3

35,4978

45,2

2,9707

16,9295

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5390 — MPS Group/Argos Soditic/Bellco) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: company with share capital, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, medicinal product, merger control

C 306/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

29.11.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5390 — MPS Group/Argos Soditic/Bellco)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 306/08)

On 20 November 2008, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
1.
to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which MPS Venture S.p.A.
(‘MPS’, Italy),
belonging to the Monte Paschi banking Group (‘MPS Group’, Italy) and Argos Soditic France SAS (‘Argos
Soditic’, France) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control over
Bellco S.r.l. (‘Bellco’, Italy), which is controlled by Sorin Group Italia S.r.l. (‘Sorin’, Italy), by way of purchase
of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for MPS: investment company,

— for Argos Soditic: private equity firm,

— for Bellco: renal care products.

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.5390 — MPS Group/Argos Soditic/Bellco, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5422 — StatoilHydro/St1/St1 Avifuels) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air transport, aviation fuel, economic concentration, exchange of information, gas industry, merger control, motor fuel, oil industry, oil refining

29.11.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 306/25

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5422 — StatoilHydro/St1/St1 Avifuels)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 306/07)

1.
On 19 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 StatoilHydro ASA (‘StatoilHydro’,
Norway) and St1 Oy (‘St1’, Finland) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
joint control of St1 Avifuels Oy (‘St1 Avifuels’, Finland) by way of purchase of shares in a company consti-
tuting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for StatoilHydro: different businesses in gas and oil sectors,

— for St1: retail supply of motor fuels,

— for St1 Avifuels: sale of jet fuel.

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.5422 — StatoilHydro/St1/St1 Avifuels, 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.