do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5643 — Arcelormittal/Miglani/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-10-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, holding company, industrial production, iron and steel product, marketing, merger control








C_2009261EN.01002501.xml










31.10.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/25





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5643 — Arcelormittal/Miglani/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 261/13






1.


On 23 October 2009, 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 ArcelorMittal Netherlands B.V. wholly controlled by ArcelorMittal S.A. (‘ArcelorMittal’ — Luxemburg), and the Miglani family of India acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of Uttam Galva Steels Limited (‘the JV’), India, by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for ArcelorMittal manufacturing and distributing various steel products,










—


for Miglani family various holding company activities,










—


for the JV manufacturing and distributing various steel 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.










4.


The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed 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 22964301 or 22967244) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5643 — Arcelormittal/Miglani/JV, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5599 — Amcor/Alcan Packaging) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-10-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, packaging product








C_2009261EN.01002301.xml










31.10.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/23





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5599 — Amcor/Alcan Packaging)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 261/11






1.


On 23 October 2009, 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 Amcor Limited (‘Amcor’, AUS) acquire(s) within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the Global Tobacco Packaging, Global Pharmaceutical Packaging, Food Packaging Europe and Food Packaging Asia divisions (‘Alcan Packaging’) of Alcan Inc from Rio Tinto plc. (‘Rio Tinto’, UK) by way of purchase of shares and assets.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Amcor: manufacture of packaging products,










—


for Alcan Packaging: manufacture of packaging 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.










4.


The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed 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 22964301 or 22967244) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5599 — Amcor/Alcan Packaging, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
2009/797/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 27 October 2009 appointing one Italian member of the European Economic and Social Committee
Date: 2009-10-31
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Economic and Social Committee, Italy, appointment of members








L_2009285EN.01004001.xml










31.10.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 285/40








            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 27 October 2009
         
appointing one Italian member of the European Economic and Social Committee
(2009/797/EC, Euratom)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 259 thereof,


Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 167 thereof,


Having regard to Council Decisions 2006/524/EC, Euratom (1) and 2006/651/EC, Euratom (2),


Having regard to the proposal of the Italian Government,


Having regard to the opinion of the Commission,


Whereas a member’s seat on the European Economic and Social Committee has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Ms Susanna FLORIO,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1
Mr Stefano PALMIERI, responsabile dell’area di ricerca Sviluppo locale e politica industriale dell’IRES CGIL — Istituto di ricerche economiche e sociali Confederazione generale italiana del lavoro (Group II — Employees Group), is hereby appointed as a member of the European Economic and Social Committee for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 20 September 2010.


Article 2
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption.




Done at Luxembourg, 27 October 2009.


For the Council


The President

C. BILDT
            





(1)  
            OJ L 207, 28.7.2006, p. 30.

(2)  
            OJ L 269, 28.9.2006, p. 13.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5625 — British Land/Blackstone/Broadgate Estate) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-10-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, economic concentration, financial services, management, merger control, property market, real property, restrictive-practice authorisation








C_2009261EN.01000101.xml










31.10.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5625 — British Land/Blackstone/Broadgate Estate)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 261/01
On 16 October 2009, 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 Regulation (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:






—


in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/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 (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32009M5625. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Commission notice on the publication of the electronic templates and file format specifications referred to in Commission Decision 2007/589/EC relating to monitoring and reporting requirements under Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community
Date: 2009-10-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air quality, disclosure of information, electronic government, environmental monitoring, exchange of information, greenhouse gas, reduction of gas emissions, technical specification, tradeable emission permit








C_2009261EN.01000401.xml










31.10.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/4





Commission notice on the publication of the electronic templates and file format specifications referred to in Commission Decision 2007/589/EC relating to monitoring and reporting requirements under Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community
2009/C 261/04
Commission Decision 2007/589/EC (1) sets out guidelines for the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from the activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) and from activities included pursuant to Article 24(1) of that Directive. Decision 2007/589/EC also sets out guidelines for the monitoring and reporting of tonne-kilometre data from aviation activities for the purpose of an application under Articles 3e or 3f of Directive 2003/87/EC.
In order to facilitate monitoring and reporting in connection to aviation activities, the Commission may publish standardised electronic templates or file format specifications pursuant to section 6 and section 7 of Annex XIV, and sections 3 and 6 of Annex XV to Decision 2007/589/EC.
These electronic templates and file format specification can be found under the following web address:
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/emission/mrg_templates_en.htm


(1)  OJ L 229, 31.8.2007, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-10-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2009261EN.01000301.xml










31.10.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/3





Euro exchange rates (1)

30 October 2009
2009/C 261/03

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,4800




JPY


Japanese yen


134,66




DKK


Danish krone


7,4430




GBP


Pound sterling


0,89375




SEK


Swedish krona


10,3845




CHF


Swiss franc


1,5123




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,3915




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


26,458




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


273,39




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7091




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2410




RON


Romanian leu


4,3045




TRY


Turkish lira


2,2110




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6274




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5952




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


11,4702




NZD


New Zealand dollar


2,0346




SGD


Singapore dollar


2,0695




KRW


South Korean won


1 748,02




ZAR


South African rand


11,4519




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


10,1047




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,2295




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 180,74




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,0505




PHP


Philippine peso


70,481




RUB


Russian rouble


43,0100




THB


Thai baht


49,484




BRL


Brazilian real


2,5574




MXN


Mexican peso


19,3214




INR


Indian rupee


69,5750






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5687 — CVC/Subsidiaries of Interbrew Central European Holding) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-10-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, beer, consultancy, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment, marketing, merger control








C_2009261EN.01002401.xml










31.10.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/24





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5687 — CVC/Subsidiaries of Interbrew Central European Holding)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 261/12






1.


On 23 October 2009 the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which CVC Capital Partners SICAV-FIS S.A. and its affiliates (‘CVC’, Luxembourg, part of the CVC group, UK), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of certain companies active in the beer sector in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and certain other non-EEA central European countries (together ‘Target Group’, Luxembourg, currently part of the Anheuser-Busch InBev group, Belgium) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


CVC: investment advice, investment fund management,










—


Target Group: the production, sale, marketing and distribution of beer in Central and Eastern 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.










4.


The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed 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 22964301 or 22967244) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5687 — CVC/Subsidiaries of Interbrew Central European Holding, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.