do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Withdrawal of notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4985 — BHP Billiton/Rio Tinto) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: coal industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, metallurgical industry, mining industry

C 312/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.12.2008

Withdrawal of notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4985 — BHP Billiton/Rio Tinto)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 312/10)

(Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004)

On 30 May 2008, the Commission of the European Communities received notification of a proposed
concentration between BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. On 26 November 2008, the notifying parties informed
the Commission that they withdrew their notification.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5353 — ThyssenKrupp/ThyssenKrupp Röhm Kunststoffe) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, building services, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, plastics, printing

C 312/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.12.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5353 — ThyssenKrupp/ThyssenKrupp Röhm Kunststoffe)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 312/03)

On 28 November 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 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 32008M5353. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities
Date: 2008-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, crop production, economic concentration, fruit vegetable, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

6.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 312/5

Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities

(2008/C 312/02)

Pursuant to the second indent of Article 9(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987
on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), the Explanatory Notes to
the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities (2) are hereby amended as follows:

Page 82

The following text is added to the end of paragraph ‘1905’:

‘This heading covers cocktail snacks ready for consumption in the form of e.g. dried peas or peanuts
which are completely coated with dough if, because of its thickness and taste, the dough coating deter-
mines the essential character of the product.’

Page 84

The following text is added after the title to Chapter 20 (PREPARATIONS OF VEGETABLES, FRUIT,
NUTS OR OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS) and before ‘Note 4’:

‘General

This Chapter covers snack-products ready for consumption in the form of e.g. dried peas or peanuts,
which are only partially coated with dough and where the essential character of the product is conse-
quently given by the vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants.’

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 133, 30.5.2008, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5346 — APMM/Broström) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, container, economic concentration, exchange of information, gas, maritime transport, merger control, oil industry, petroleum, retail trade

6.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 312/17

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5346 — APMM/Broström)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 312/11)

1.
On 2 December 2008, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by
which the undertaking A.P. Møller-Mærsk A/S (Denmark) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Broström AB (Sweden) by way of purchase
of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for A.P. Møller-Mærsk A/S: containerized liner shipping, container terminal services, inland transporta-

tion, logistics, harbour towage, tankers, oil and gas exploitation and production and retail,

— for Broström AB: tankers and marine logistics solutions.

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.5346 — APMM/Broström, 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.
Member States notifications in accordance with Article 6 of Decision No 582/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing a simplified regime for the control of persons at the external borders based on the unilateral recognition by Bulgaria, Cyprus and Romania of certain documents as equivalent to their national visas for the purposes of transit through their territories and Article 2 of Decision No 586/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 896/2006/EC establishing a simplified regime for the control of persons at the external borders based on the unilateral recognition by the Member States of certain residence permits issued by Switzerland and Liechtenstein for the purpose of transit through their territory
Date: 2008-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, Cyprus, EU visa policy, Liechtenstein, Romania, Switzerland, border control, external border of the EU, foreign national, third country

C 312/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.12.2008

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

Member States notifications in accordance with Article 6 of Decision No 582/2008/EC (1) of the
European Parliament and of the Council introducing a simplified regime for the control of persons
at the external borders based on the unilateral recognition by Bulgaria, Cyprus and Romania of
certain documents as equivalent to their national visas for the purposes of transit through their
territories

Article 2 of Decision No 586/2008/EC (2) of the European Parliament and of the Council amending
Decision No 896/2006/EC (3) establishing a simplified regime for the control of persons at the
external borders based on the unilateral recognition by the Member States of certain residence
permits issued by Switzerland and Liechtenstein for the purpose of transit through their territory

and

(2008/C 312/05)

The following Member States have notified that they will fully implement Decision No 582/2008/EC and
Decision No 586/2008/EC from the date indicated in the following table:

Date of implementation

Decision No 582/2008/EC:
Visas and residence permits issued by Schengen
Member States and Bulgaria, Cyprus and Romania

Decision No 586/2008/EC:
Residence permits issued by Switzerland and
Liechtenstein

Bulgaria

Cyprus (1)

Romania

18 July 2008

10 July 2008

11 July 2008

(1) Decision No 586/2008/EC does not apply to Cyprus.

18 July 2008

11 July 2008

(1) OJ L 161, 20.6.2008, p. 30.
(2) OJ L 162, 21.6.2008, p. 27.
(3) OJ L 167, 20.6.2006, p. 8.
Mass complaint — Infringement 2006/4524 — AUMSA
Date: 2008-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, business start-up, complaint to the Commission, local government

C 312/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.12.2008

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON
COMMERCIAL POLICY

COMMISSION

Mass complaint — Infringement 2006/4524 — AUMSA

(2008/C 312/08)

Hereby the complainants in these proceedings are informed that:

1. the complaint they have submitted relating to the creation of mixed companies by AUMSA (public
company of the municipality of Valencia), is being dealt together with own initiative Case 2006/2366,
relating to the creation of mixed companies by IVVSA (public company of the regional government of
Valencia);

2. on Joint Cases 2006/4524 and 2006/2366, the Commission sent a reasoned opinion to the Spanish

authorities on 23 September 2008;

3. a journalistic summary of the position of the Commission in those proceedings is published in the Press

Release Website of the European Commission:

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1348&format=HTML&aged=0&language=
ES&guiLanguage=en
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

6.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 312/7

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

5 December 2008

(2008/C 312/04)

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

1,2665

TRY

Turkish lira

116,91

AUD Australian dollar

7,4495

0,86660

10,5788

1,5380

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

2,0100

1,9895

1,6354

9,8164

2,4016

1,9309

290,00

KRW South Korean won

1 860,81

9,1420

1,9558

25,765

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

265,32

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7093

3,8865

3,8558

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,190

MXN Mexican peso

13,0880

8,7150

7,1816

14 754,73

4,6069

62,120

35,7265

45,170

3,2246

17,3099

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5335 — Lufthansa/SN Holding (Brussels Airlines)) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Germany, air transport, competition policy, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control

6.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 312/15

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5335 — Lufthansa/SN Holding (Brussels Airlines))

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 312/09)

1.
On 26 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 Deutsche Lufthansa AG
(‘Lufthansa’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation sole control
of the undertaking SN Airholding SA/NV (‘SNAH’, Belgium) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Lufthansa: air transport of passengers and cargo and related services (in-flight catering, IT-services,

maintenance and repair of aircrafts),

— for SNAH: air transport of passengers and cargo, in-flight catering.

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.5335 — Lufthansa/SN Holding (Brussels Airlines), 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.