do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5705 — Marfrig Alimentos/Seara) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal product, economic concentration, exchange of information, food production, livestock farming, meat product, merger control, poultry, swine








C_2009281EN.01005301.xml










21.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 281/53





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5705 — Marfrig Alimentos/Seara)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 281/14






1.


On 16 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 Marfrig Alimentos (Brazil) acquire(s) within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Seara (Brazil) by way of purchase of assets.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for undertaking Marfrig Alimentos: production of food products, in particular food derived from animal protein,










—


for undertaking Seara: rearing of live chickens and pigs for slaughter and production of primary and processed chicken and pork products in Brazil and export of chicken products to 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.










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.5705 — Marfrig Alimentos/Seara, 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.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1097/2009 of 16 November 2009 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for dimethoate, ethephon, fenamiphos, fenarimol, methamidophos, methomyl, omethoate, oxydemeton-methyl, procymidone, thiodicarb and vinclozolin in or on certain products ( OJ L 301, 17.11.2009 )
Date: 2009-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer protection, food safety, foodstuff, foodstuffs legislation, health risk, pesticide residue








L_2009307EN.01000901.xml










21.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 307/9







Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1097/2009 of 16 November 2009 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for dimethoate, ethephon, fenamiphos, fenarimol, methamidophos, methomyl, omethoate, oxydemeton-methyl, procymidone, thiodicarb and vinclozolin in or on certain products
(
Official Journal of the European Union L 301 of 17 November 2009
)

On page 22, Annex, footnotes ‘(*)’ and ‘(**)’ in the table:
for:







‘(*)


Pesticide-code combination for which the MRL as set in Annex III Part B applies.










(**)


Indicates lower limit of analytical determination’,





read:







‘(*)


Indicates lower limit of analytical determination.










(**)


Pesticide-code combination for which the MRL as set in Annex III Part B applies.’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2009281EN.01000901.xml










21.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 281/9





Euro exchange rates (1)

20 November 2009
2009/C 281/05

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,4815




JPY


Japanese yen


131,87




DKK


Danish krone


7,4416




GBP


Pound sterling


0,89915




SEK


Swedish krona


10,3543




CHF


Swiss franc


1,5126




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,4250




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,887




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


269,68




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7083




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1523




RON


Romanian leu


4,2845




TRY


Turkish lira


2,2196




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6299




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5876




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


11,4816




NZD


New Zealand dollar


2,0530




SGD


Singapore dollar


2,0596




KRW


South Korean won


1 717,07




ZAR


South African rand


11,2443




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


10,1154




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3281




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 026,59




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,0156




PHP


Philippine peso


69,779




RUB


Russian rouble


43,0800




THB


Thai baht


49,260




BRL


Brazilian real


2,5734




MXN


Mexican peso


19,3928




INR


Indian rupee


69,0470






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5690 — Occidental Petroleum Corporation/Phibro) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, economic concentration, exchange of information, gas, marketing, merger control, petroleum, petroleum exploration, petroleum production, primary product








C_2009281EN.01005401.xml










21.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 281/54





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5690 — Occidental Petroleum Corporation/Phibro)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 281/15






1.


On 13 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 Occidental Petroleum Corporation (‘Occidental’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of Phibro LLC (‘Phibro’, USA) belonging to Citigroup by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Occidental: oil and gas exploration and production; manufacturing and sale of certain chemicals,










—


for Phibro: trading in oil, gas, metals, commodities and commodities derivatives.














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.5690 — Occidental Petroleum Corporation/Phibro, 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.
Information of the Member States according to Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
Date: 2009-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EC Directive, EU Member State, application of EU law, information, inland transport, transport of dangerous goods, transport safety








C_2009281EN.01001001.xml










21.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 281/10





Information of the Member States according to Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
2009/C 281/06
The following Member States have informed the Commission according to Article 1(3) of Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on the inland transport of dangerous goods that they have decided not to apply the provisions of Annex III, Section III.1 (ADN), to the abovementioned Directive:






—


Kingdom of Denmark










—


Republic of Estonia










—


Ireland










—


Hellenic Republic










—


Kingdom of Spain










—


Republic of Cyprus










—


Republic of Latvia










—


Republic of Lithuania










—


Republic of Malta










—


Portuguese Republic










—


Republic of Slovenia










—


Slovak Republic










—


Republic of Finland










—


Kingdom of Sweden










—


United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1112/2009 of 19 November 2009 suspending submission of applications for import licences for sugar products under certain tariff quotas ( OJ L 306, 20.11.2009 )
Date: 2009-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, import licence, marketing, sugar, tariff quota




L_2009307EN.01000801.xml










21.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 307/8







Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1112/2009 of 19 November 2009 suspending submission of applications for import licences for sugar products under certain tariff quotas
(
Official Journal of the European Union L 306 of 20 November 2009
)

On page 15, Annex, the second and third tables should be read as follows:

‘Balkans Sugar


2009/10 marketing year


Applications lodged from 1.11.2009 to 7.11.2009









Order No


Country


Allocation coefficient
(%)


Further applications




09.4324


Albania


—


 




09.4325


Bosnia and Herzegovina


—


 




09.4326


Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (*1)




 (1)



 




09.4327


Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia


—


 




09.4328


Croatia



 (1)



 











“—”


:


Not applicable: no licence application has been sent to the Commission.












Exceptional import sugar and industrial import sugar


2009/10 marketing year


Applications lodged from 1.11.2009 to 7.11.2009









Order No


Type


Allocation coefficient
(%)


Further applications




09.4380


Exceptional


—


 




09.4390


Industrial



 (2)



 











“—”


:


Not applicable: no licence application has been sent to the Commission.











(*1)  Kosovo under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244/1999.

(1)  Not applicable: the applications do not exceed the quantities available and are fully granted.

(2)  Not applicable: the applications do not exceed the quantities available and are fully granted.’
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5512 — Electrabel/E.ON) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, economic concentration, electrical energy, energy production, heating, merger control, natural gas, provision of services, restrictive-practice authorisation, waste management, water management








C_2009281EN.01000601.xml










21.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 281/6





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5512 — Electrabel/E.ON)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 281/02
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 32009M5512. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Corrigendum to Council Directive 2005/19/EC of 17 February 2005 amending Directive 90/434/EEC 1990 on the common system of taxation applicable to mergers, divisions, transfers of assets and exchanges of shares concerning companies of different Member States ( OJ L 58, 4.3.2005 )
Date: 2009-11-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European company, capital gains tax, corporation tax, demerger, head office, merger, tax system








L_2009307EN.01000902.xml










21.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 307/9







Corrigendum to Council Directive 2005/19/EC of 17 February 2005 amending Directive 90/434/EEC 1990 on the common system of taxation applicable to mergers, divisions, transfers of assets and exchanges of shares concerning companies of different Member States
(
Official Journal of the European Union L 58 of 4 March 2005
)

On page 27, Annex, point (y)
for:






‘(y)


companies under Swedish law known as “aktiebolag”, “försäkringsaktiebolag”, “ekonomiska föreningar”, “sparbanker”, “ömsesidiga försäkringsbolag”;’,




read:






‘(y)


companies under Swedish law known as “aktiebolag”, “bankaktiebolag”, “försäkringsaktiebolag”, “ekonomiska föreningar”, “sparbanker”, “ömsesidiga försäkringsbolag”;’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5683 — Brookfield/BBI/DBCT) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, economic concentration, financial management, harbour installation, investment company, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation








C_2009281EN.01000602.xml










21.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 281/6





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5683 — Brookfield/BBI/DBCT)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 281/03
On 13 November 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 32009M5683. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.