do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Re-notification of a previously notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5253 — Sanofi-Aventis/Zentiva) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, pharmaceutical industry

C 319/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.12.2008

Re-notification of a previously notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5253 — Sanofi-Aventis/Zentiva)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 319/12)

1.
On 5 September 2008, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 by which the undertaking Sanofi-Aventis Europe,
société par actions simplifiée (France), belonging to the Sanofi-Aventis group (France), acquires within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Zentiva N.V.
(the Netherlands) by way of a public bid announced on 11 July 2008.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Sanofi-Aventis: research, development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceuticals and human

vaccines,

— for Zentiva: development, manufacturing and marketing of branded generic pharmaceuticals.

3.
This notification has been declared incomplete on 2 October 2008. The undertakings concerned have
now provided the further information required. The notification became complete within the meaning of
Article 10(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on 5 December 2008.

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.5253 — Sanofi-Aventis/Zentiva, to the following address:

Commission of the European Communities
Competition DG
Merger Registry
Rue Joseph II/Jozef II-straat 70
B-1000 Brussels
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

13.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 319/23

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

12 December 2008

(2008/C 319/09)

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

1,3340

TRY

Turkish lira

120,21

AUD Australian dollar

7,4499

0,89235

10,6625

1,5746

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

2,0987

2,0291

1,6598

10,3384

2,4500

1,9876

KRW South Korean won

1 833,58

9,2110

1,9558

25,990

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

264,50

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7095

3,9592

3,9290

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,170

MXN Mexican peso

13,5835

9,1282

7,1805

15 074,20

4,7791

64,230

37,0077

46,710

3,1993

17,8723

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5310 — Jysk Stålindustrie/Volgo-Balt) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Russia, economic concentration, exchange of information, handling, harbour installation, holding company, iron and steel industry, maritime transport, merger control

C 319/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.12.2008

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5310 — Jysk Stålindustrie/Volgo-Balt)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 319/10)

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 Jysk Stålindustrie ApS (‘Jysk’, Denmark), belonging to the Universal Cargo
(UCLH, Netherlands) group which is controlled by Mr Vladimir Lisin who also
Logistics Holding B.V.
controls Novolipetsk Steel (‘NLMK’, Russia), acquires sole control of the undertaking Volgo-Balt Transport
Holding Limited (‘Volgo-Balt’, Cyprus) within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation by
way of purchase of shares.
2.
— for UCLH: sea port and stevedoring services in Russia,
— for Jysk: holding company,
— for NLMK: steel production (carbon steel flat products and electrical steel),
— for Volgo-Balt: transportation of dry cargo by sea around Europe and North Africa, and by inland water-
ways in Russia, transportation of oil products by the inland waterways of Russia, tourism and passenger
services in Russia.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration 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.
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.5310 — Jysk Stålindustrie/Volgo-Balt, 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.5435 — Nexans/SEI/Opticable) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, telecommunications, telecommunications equipment, wire

13.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 319/25

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5435 — Nexans/SEI/Opticable)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 319/11)

1.
On 4 December 2008, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd (‘SEI’,
Japan), and Nexans group (‘Nexans’, France) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council
Regulation joint control over Opticable (‘Opticable’, Belgium), currently solely controlled by Nexans, by way
of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for SEI: manufacture and sale of electric wires, harness and cables, as well as optical fibres and telecom

fibre optic cables for terrestrial applications,

— for Nexans: active in the cable industry offering an extensive range of cables and cabling systems in the
infrastructure, industry, building and local area network markets. As a complementary activity it also
provides fibre optic cables,

— for Opticable: manufacture and sale of fibre optic cables for terrestrial applications in Europe.

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.5435 — Nexans/SEI/Opticable, 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.