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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5958 — Goldman Sachs/TPG/Ontex)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-09-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: distributive trades, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial market, health care, industrial manufacturing, investment bank, merger control, non-durable goods








C_2010239EN.01001201.xml










4.9.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 239/12





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5958 — Goldman Sachs/TPG/Ontex)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 239/06






1.


On 26 August 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 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (‘Goldman Sachs’, USA) and TPG Holdings I, LP (‘TPG’, USA), controlled by TPG Group Holdings (SBS) Advisors, Inc., acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Ontex International NV (‘Ontex’, Belgium) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Goldman Sachs: global investment banking, securities and investment management firm,










—


for TPG: a private equity fund,










—


for Ontex: manufacture and sale of hygienic disposables (baby care products, feminine hygiene products and adult incontinence products).














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.5958 — Goldman Sachs/TPG/Ontex, 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’).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5940 — Groupe Plastic Omnium/Inergy Automotive Systems)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-09-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy industry, environmental protection, exchange of information, fuel, merger control, motor vehicle industry, sustainable development








C_2010239EN.01000101.xml










4.9.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 239/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5940 — Groupe Plastic Omnium/Inergy Automotive Systems)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 239/01
On 31 August 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 French 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 32010M5940. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Winding-up proceedings — Decision to reduce the period of validity of the insurance contracts in respect of International Insurance Corporation (IIC) NV (Publication made in accordance with Article 3:162(5) of the Dutch Act on Financial Supervision)
Date: 2010-09-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, insurance company, judicial proceedings, liquidation








C_2010239EN.01001101.xml










4.9.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 239/11





Winding-up proceedings
Decision to reduce the period of validity of the insurance contracts in respect of International Insurance Corporation (IIC) NV

(Publication made in accordance with Article 3:162(5) of the Dutch Act on Financial Supervision)

2010/C 239/05






Insurance undertaking







International Insurance Corporation (IIC) NV, INEAS and LadyCarOnline




Entrada 123




1096 EB Amsterdam




NEDERLAND








Date, entry into force and nature of the decision


24 June 2010, emergency regulations (noodregeling) (this has already been published on 4 August 2010)
4 August 2010, decision to reduce the period of validity of the insurance contracts (Article 3:195(1)(b) of the Act on Financial Supervision). The insurance contracts will end on 1 September 2010.
This needs to be published now based on Article 3:162(5) of the Act on Financial Supervision. We propose the following text:

‘IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THE INSURED OF INEAS

In a judgment of 4 August 2010 the District Court of Amsterdam granted M. Pannevis and P.H.M. Versteeg, administrators in the emergency regulations of INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE CORPORATION (IIC) NV, doing business as: “INEAS” and “LADYCAR ONLINE” with registered and business offices at Entrada 123, 1096 EB Amsterdam, a special authorisation to reduce the period of validity of the insurance contracts concluded by IIC in its capacity as insurer, as referred to in Article 195(1)(b) of the Dutch Financial Supervision Act (Wet op het Financieel Toezicht). Pursuant to this authorisation the administrators have terminated all INEAS insurances with effect from midnight on 31 August 2010. For more information, please visit the relevant website:






 


http://www.ineas.nl










 


http://www.ineas.de










 


http://www.ladycaronline.de










 


http://www.ineas.es










 


http://www.ineas.fr’









Competent authorities


Rechtbank Amsterdam




Supervisory authority


De Nederlandsche Bank
Supervisory judge M.J.E. Geradts




Liquidator appointed







M. Pannevis and P.H.M. Versteeg




Amstelveenseweg 638




1081 JJ Amsterdam




NEDERLAND








Applicable law


Netherlands, Part 3.5.5. of the Dutch Act on Financial Supervision
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU — Cases where the Commission raises no objections  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-09-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Latvia, State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid








C_2010239EN.01000201.xml










4.9.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 239/2





Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 239/02






Date of adoption of the decision


20.7.2010




Reference number of State Aid


N 146/10




Member State


France




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Cartes des aides à finalité régionale pour la période 2007-2013 — Troisième utilisation de la réserve nationale de zonage




Legal basis


Décret no 2007-732 du 7 mai 2007 modifié relatif aux zones d’aide à finalité régionale et aux zones d’aide à l’investissement des petites et moyennes entreprises




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Regional development




Form of aid


Aid provided for in the regional guidelines




Budget


—




Intensity


15 %




Duration (period)


Until 31.12.2013




Economic sectors


All sectors covered by the regional guidelines




Name and address of the granting authority







DATAR




8 rue de Penthièvre




75800 Paris Cedex 08




FRANCE








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/state_aids_texts_en.htm






Date of adoption of the decision


17.8.2010




Reference number of State Aid


N 256/10




Member State


Latvia




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Grozījumi shēmā par lauksaimniecības produktu pievienotās vērtības radīšanu (N 303/08)




Legal basis


Ministru kabineta 2008. gada 8. aprīļa noteikumi Nr. 255 “Noteikumi par valsts un Eiropas Savienības atbalstu lauku attīstībai Latvijas lauku attīstības programmas pasākuma “Lauksaimniecības produktu pievienotās vērtības radīšana” ietvaros”




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Regional development




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: LVL 55,8 million




Intensity


50 %




Duration (period)


Until 31.12.2013




Economic sectors


Agriculture




Name and address of the granting authority







Lauku atbalsta dienests




Republikas laukums 2




Rīga, LV-1981




LATVIJA








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/state_aids_texts_en.htm
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2010-09-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2010239EN.01000401.xml










4.9.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 239/4





Euro exchange rates (1)

3 September 2010
2010/C 239/03

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2834




JPY


Japanese yen


108,38




DKK


Danish krone


7,4449




GBP


Pound sterling


0,83320




SEK


Swedish krona


9,3131




CHF


Swiss franc


1,3043




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,8890




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


24,698




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


284,50




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7085




PLN


Polish zloty


3,9520




RON


Romanian leu


4,2795




TRY


Turkish lira


1,9330




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4094




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3561




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,9745




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7900




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7272




KRW


South Korean won


1 508,06




ZAR


South African rand


9,2645




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,7320




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,2850




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


11 553,45




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,0035




PHP


Philippine peso


57,290




RUB


Russian rouble


39,3820




THB


Thai baht


40,022




BRL


Brazilian real


2,2124




MXN


Mexican peso


16,7443




INR


Indian rupee


59,8190






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