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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5693 — Hal Holding/Safilo Group) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-11-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, investment, merger control, optical industry








C_2009275EN.01003301.xml










14.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 275/33





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5693 — Hal Holding/Safilo Group)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 275/11






1.


On 9 November 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 Hal Holding N. V. (‘Hal’, Netherlands Antilles), acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, control of the whole of the undertaking Safilo Group S.p.A. (‘Safilo’, Italy) by way of purchase of shares and securities.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Hal: investments, mostly in optical retail,










—


for Safilo: production and distribution of spectacles, sunglasses and fashion eyewear.














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.5693 — Hal Holding/Safilo Group, 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5621 — Univeg/Ciccolella/Subsidiaries of Univeg) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-11-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: crop production, disclosure of information, economic concentration, floriculture, fruit, marketing, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, vegetable








C_2009275EN.01001601.xml










14.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 275/16





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5621 — Univeg/Ciccolella/Subsidiaries of Univeg)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 275/06
On 30 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,










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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32009M5621. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-11-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2009275EN.01001701.xml










14.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 275/17





Euro exchange rates (1)

13 November 2009
2009/C 275/07

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,4868




JPY


Japanese yen


133,51




DKK


Danish krone


7,4407




GBP


Pound sterling


0,89125




SEK


Swedish krona


10,2375




CHF


Swiss franc


1,5098




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,3645




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,535




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


268,80




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7085




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1110




RON


Romanian leu


4,3008




TRY


Turkish lira


2,2030




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6019




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5655




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


11,5227




NZD


New Zealand dollar


2,0172




SGD


Singapore dollar


2,0615




KRW


South Korean won


1 721,20




ZAR


South African rand


11,0692




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


10,1493




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3025




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


13 935,33




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,0187




PHP


Philippine peso


69,389




RUB


Russian rouble


42,9278




THB


Thai baht


49,484




BRL


Brazilian real


2,5876




MXN


Mexican peso


19,5859




INR


Indian rupee


68,7700






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5629 — Normeston/MOL/MET JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-11-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: crude oil, diesel fuel, economic concentration, exchange of information, marketing, merger control, natural gas








C_2009275EN.01003401.xml










14.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 275/34





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5629 — Normeston/MOL/MET JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 275/12






1.


On 9 November 2009, 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 undertakings Normeston Trading Limited (‘Normeston’, Belize) and MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Public Limited Company (‘MOL’, Hungary) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of MOL Energy Trade Ltd. (‘MET’, Hungary) by way of sale and purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Normeston: a private company active in the trading of crude oil and 0,2 gasoil,










—


for MOL: a vertically integrated energy company,










—


for MET: currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of MOL active in natural gas sales and trading, mainly in Hungary.














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.5629 — Normeston/MOL/MET 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.