do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5789 — Geely/Daqing/Volvo Cars)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-07-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, financial management, investment, marketing, merger control, motor vehicle industry








C_2010187EN.01000301.xml










10.7.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 187/3





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5789 — Geely/Daqing/Volvo Cars)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 187/02
On 6 July 2010, 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:






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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 32010M5789. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5826 — Anglo Irish Bank/RBS/Arnotts)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-07-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, financial services, merger control








C_2010187EN.01001501.xml










10.7.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 187/15





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5826 — Anglo Irish Bank/RBS/Arnotts)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 187/07






1.


On 2 July 2010, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Limited (‘Anglo Irish Bank’, Ireland) and The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (‘RBS’, UK) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Arnotts Holdings Limited (‘Arnotts’, Ireland) on a contractual basis.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Anglo Irish Bank: banking services, commercial and property finance,










—


for RBS: banking and financial services,










—


for Arnotts: non-specialised retail stores in Ireland.














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.5826 — Anglo Irish Bank/RBS/Arnotts, 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’).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5901 — Montagu/GIP/Greenstar)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-07-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, financial services, merger control








C_2010187EN.01001401.xml










10.7.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 187/14





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5901 — Montagu/GIP/Greenstar)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 187/06






1.


On 30 June 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 Montagu Private Equity LLP (‘Montagu’, United Kingdom) and Global Infrastructure Partners — (‘GIP’, USA), jointly controlled by General Electric Company (‘GE’, USA), Credit Suisse Groupe (‘CSG’, Switzerland) and Global Infrastructure Management Participation LLC (‘GIMP’, USA), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Greenstar Holdings Ltd and its subsidiaries (‘Greenstar’, United Kingdom and Wales), belonging to NTR (‘NTR’, Ireland) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Montagu: private equity investment,










—


GIP: infrastructure investment,










—


GE: diversified technology and services,










—


CSG: investment banking, private banking, asset management and other financial services,










—


GIMP: a holding company relating to the provision of asset management services,










—


Greenstar: waste management,










—


NTR: an international renewable energy group.














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.5901 — Montagu/GIP/Greenstar, 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’).
Communication from the Commission relating to the available quantity for the September 2010 subperiod in the framework of certain quotas opened by the European Union for products in the rice sector
Date: 2010-07-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, import, import licence, originating product, overseas countries and territories, rice, tariff quota








C_2010187EN.01000101.xml










10.7.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 187/1





Communication from the Commission relating to the available quantity for the September 2010 subperiod in the framework of certain quotas opened by the European Union for products in the rice sector
2010/C 187/01
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1274/2009 opened tariff quotas for the import of rice originating in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) (1). No import licence applications have been submitted during the first seven days of May 2010 for the quotas with order numbers 09.4189 and 09.4190.
In accordance with the second sentence of Article 7(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 (2), the quantities for which applications are not submitted are to be added to the following subperiod.
In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 1(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1274/2009 quantities available in the following subperiod are communicated by the Commission before the 25th day of the last month of a given subperiod.
As a result, the total available quantity for the September 2010 subperiod under the quotas with order numbers 09.4189 and 09.4190 as referred to in Regulation (EU) No 1274/2009 are set out in the Annex to this communication.


(1)  OJ L 344, 23.12.2009, p. 3.

(2)  OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.


ANNEX

Quantities available for the following subperiod under Regulation (EU) No 1274/2009









Origin


Order number


Import licence applications introduced for the May 2010 subperiod


Total available quantity for the September 2010 subperiod (in kg)




Netherlands Antilles and Aruba


09.4189



 (1)



24 815 000




Least developed OCTs


09.4190



 (1)



10 000 000






(1)  No allocation coefficient for this subperiod: no licence applications were sent to the Commission.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2010-07-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2010187EN.01000401.xml










10.7.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 187/4





Euro exchange rates (1)

9 July 2010
2010/C 187/03

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2637




JPY


Japanese yen


111,85




DKK


Danish krone


7,4553




GBP


Pound sterling


0,83600




SEK


Swedish krona


9,4767




CHF


Swiss franc


1,3331




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,0420




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,360




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


280,24




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7088




PLN


Polish zloty


4,0699




RON


Romanian leu


4,2373




TRY


Turkish lira


1,9628




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4452




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3072




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,8283




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7854




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7449




KRW


South Korean won


1 513,12




ZAR


South African rand


9,5681




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,5597




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,2056




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


11 429,32




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,0382




PHP


Philippine peso


58,359




RUB


Russian rouble


39,0275




THB


Thai baht


40,868




BRL


Brazilian real


2,2266




MXN


Mexican peso


16,1465




INR


Indian rupee


58,9710






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