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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5655 — SNCF/LCR/Eurostar) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-05-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, high-speed transport, merger control, rail transport, railway station, transport infrastructure








C_2010112EN.01000601.xml










1.5.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 112/6





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5655 — SNCF/LCR/Eurostar)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 112/04






1.


On 26 April 2010, 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 Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (‘SNCF’, France) and London & Continental Railways Limited (‘LCR’, United Kingdom), belonging to the UK Secretary of State for Transport, acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Eurostar International Limited (‘Eurostar’, United Kingdom) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


SNCF: passenger and other railway transport services on the French railway network including international services and infrastructure management,










—


LCR: operation and management of High Speed 1 (HS1) railway infrastructure and stations in the UK, participation in Eurostar (EIL) and development land interests at Stratford and King's Cross railway stations,










—


Eurostar: provision of cross-Channel high-speed passenger rail services under the Eurostar brand name, mainly connecting London and Kent in the United Kingdom, with Paris and Lille in France and Brussels in Belgium.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the EC Merger Regulation. 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), by e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5655 — SNCF/LCR/Eurostar, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




J-70




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘EC Merger Regulation’).
Commission notice concerning the quantity not applied for to be added to the quantity fixed for the subperiod 1 July to 30 September 2010 under certain quotas opened by the Community for poultrymeat, eggs and egg albumin
Date: 2010-05-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: egg, egg product, import, import licence, poultrymeat, tariff quota








C_2010112EN.01000501.xml










1.5.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 112/5





Commission notice concerning the quantity not applied for to be added to the quantity fixed for the subperiod 1 July to 30 September 2010 under certain quotas opened by the Community for poultrymeat, eggs and egg albumin
2010/C 112/03
Commission Regulations (EC) No 1384/2007 (1) and (EC) No 1385/2007 (2) opened tariff quotas for imports of products in the poultrymeat sector. The import licence applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2010 for the subperiod 1 April to 30 June 2010 do not, for quotas 09.4091, 09.4092 and 09.4411, cover the quantities available. Pursuant to the second sentence of Article 7(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 (3), the quantities that were not applied for are to be added to the quantity fixed for the following quota subperiod, from 1 July to 30 September 2010; they are set out in the Annex to this notice.


(1)  OJ L 309, 27.11.2007, p. 40.

(2)  OJ L 309, 27.11.2007, p. 47.

(3)  OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.


ANNEX






Quota order number


Quantities not applied for, to be added to the quantity fixed for the subperiod 1 July to 30 September 2010
(in kg)




09.4091


280 000




09.4092


634 202




09.4411


2 550 000
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2010-05-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2010112EN.01000401.xml










1.5.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 112/4





Euro exchange rates (1)

30 April 2010
2010/C 112/02

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3315




JPY


Japanese yen


125,81




DKK


Danish krone


7,4425




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87030




SEK


Swedish krona


9,6217




CHF


Swiss franc


1,4341




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,8445




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,527




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


266,82




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7074




PLN


Polish zloty


3,9163




RON


Romanian leu


4,1300




TRY


Turkish lira


1,9757




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4292




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3379




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,3367




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8254




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,8217




KRW


South Korean won


1 475,46




ZAR


South African rand


9,7628




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,0878




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,2530




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


11 996,54




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,2402




PHP


Philippine peso


59,188




RUB


Russian rouble


38,8390




THB


Thai baht


43,081




BRL


Brazilian real


2,2959




MXN


Mexican peso


16,2460




INR


Indian rupee


59,0650






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.