do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6079 — BBVA/Dogus Holdings/Turkiye Garanti Bankasi JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-01-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control








C_2011005EN.01001201.xml










8.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 5/12





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6079 — BBVA/Dogus Holdings/Turkiye Garanti Bankasi JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 5/10






1.


On 22 December 2010, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (‘BBVA group’, Spain) and Dogus Holdings AS belonging to the Dogus group (‘Dogus group’, Turkey) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS (‘Garanti’, Turkey) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


BBVA group: a global banking group, predominantly active in Spain, Portugal, the United States, as well as South and Central America,










—


Dogus group: a Turkish conglomerate group, active in construction, finance, automotive, tourism, media, real estate and energy businesses,










—


Garanti: a Turkish bank, active in retail and corporate banking predominantly in Turkey.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the EC Merger Regulation (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), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6079 — BBVA/Dogus Holdings/Turkiye Garanti Bankasi JV, 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’).

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32 (‘Notice on a simplified procedure’).
Corrigendum to the notice for the attention of the persons and entities to which restrictive measures provided for in Article 4(1)(b) of Council Decision 2010/801/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d’Ivoire apply (This text annuls and replaces that published in OJ C 353, 28.12.2010, p. 11 )
Date: 2011-01-08
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Côte d'Ivoire, arms control, common foreign and security policy, economic sanctions, import restriction, precious stones, the EU's international role








C_2011005EN.01001501.xml










8.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 5/15





Corrigendum to the notice for the attention of the persons and entities to which restrictive measures provided for in Article 4(1)(b) of Council Decision 2010/801/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d’Ivoire apply
(This text annuls and replaces that published in 
Official Journal of the European Union C 353 of 28 December 2010, p. 11
)
2011/C 5/13


Notice for the attention of the persons and entities to which restrictive measures provided for in Article 4(1)(b) of Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d’Ivoire apply
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons and entities that appear in Annex II to Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP (1) renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d’Ivoire.
The Council of the European Union has decided that the persons and entities that appear in the abovementioned Annex should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2010/656/CFSP.
The persons and entities concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the abovementioned lists should be reconsidered, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




The attention of the persons and entities concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Council’s decision before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 275, 2nd paragraph, and Article 263, 4th and 6th paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.




(1)  OJ L 285, 30.10.2010, p. 28.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6029 — Danish Crown/D&S Fleisch)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-01-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, food industry, merger control








C_2011005EN.01000102.xml










8.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 5/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6029 — Danish Crown/D&S Fleisch)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 5/02
On 22 December 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:






—


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 32010M6029. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Corrigendum to the Council Decision of 31 May 2010 appointing and replacing members of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training ( OJ C 147, 5.6.2010 )
Date: 2011-01-08
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Cedefop, appointment of members








C_2011005EN.01001601.xml










8.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 5/16





Corrigendum to the Council Decision of 31 May 2010 appointing and replacing members of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
(
Official Journal of the European Union C 147 of 5 June 2010
)
2011/C 5/14
On page 19, Sole Article:
for:








‘LATVIA


:


Ms Ruta PORNIECE
Free Trade Confederation of Latvia/Riga’,





read:








‘LATVIA


:


Ms Ruta PORNIECE
Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia/Riga’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6042 — Brose/SEW/JV)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-01-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, motor vehicle industry








C_2011005EN.01000101.xml










8.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 5/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6042 — Brose/SEW/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 5/01
On 21 December 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 German 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 32010M6042. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
Date: 2011-01-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovakia, issuing of currency, monetary union








C_2011005EN.01000801.xml










8.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 5/8





New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
2011/C 5/06




National side of the new commemorative 2-euro coin intended for circulation and issued by Slovakia

Euro coins intended for circulation have legal tender status throughout the euro area. For the purpose of informing the public and all parties who handle the coins, the Commission publishes a description of the designs of all new coins (1). In accordance with the Council conclusions of 10 February 2009 (2), euro-area Member States and countries that have concluded a monetary agreement with the Community providing for the issuing of euro coins are allowed to issue commemorative euro coins intended for circulation, provided that certain conditions are met, particularly that only the 2-euro denomination is used. These coins have the same technical characteristics as other 2-euro coins, but their national face features a commemorative design that is highly symbolic in national or European terms.
Issuing country: Slovakia
Subject of commemoration: The 20th anniversary of the formation of the Visegrad Group
Description of the design: The inner part of the coin depicts a map of the four countries that comprise the Visegrad Group: the Republic of Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, and the Republic of Hungary. The map is supplemented by a stylized abbreviation ‘V IV’. The name of the issuing country, ‘SLOVENSKO’, is located in the lower right part and the year ‘2011’ is in the lower left part of the coin field. The design is surrounded by the legend ‘VYŠEHRADSKÁ SKUPINA • VISEGRAD GROUP’ and the date of the Visegrad Group foundation ‘15.2.1991’. The initials of the author of the coin’s design, Miroslav Rónai ‘MR’, and the mark of the Kremnica Mint, ‘MK’, appear under the name of the country.
The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European Union flag.
Volume of issuance: 1 million coins
Date of issue: January 2011


(1)  See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1 for the national faces of all the coins issued in 2002.

(2)  See the conclusions of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of 10 February 2009 and the Commission Recommendation of 19 December 2008 on common guidelines for the national sides and the issuance of euro coins intended for circulation (OJ L 9, 14.1.2009, p. 52).
Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2011-01-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: South Korea, anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, electrical engineering, household electrical appliance








C_2011005EN.01001001.xml










8.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 5/10





Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
2011/C 5/08
1.   As provided for in Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1), the European Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure, the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below.
2.   Procedure

Union producers may lodge a written request for a review. This request must contain sufficient evidence that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury.
Should the Commission decide to review the measures concerned, importers, exporters, representatives of the exporting country and Union producers will then be provided with the opportunity to amplify, rebut or comment on the matters set out in the review request.
3.   Time limit

Union producers may submit a written request for a review on the above basis, to reach the European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (Unit H-1), N-105 4/92, 1049 Brussels (2) at any time from the date of the publication of the present notice but no later than three months before the date mentioned in the table below.
4.   This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009.









Product


Country(ies) of origin or exportation


Measures


Reference


Date of expiry




Certain side-by-side refrigerators


Republic of Korea


Anti-dumping duty


Council Regulation (EC) No 1289/2006 (OJ L 236, 31.8.2006, p. 11)


1.9.2011






(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 51.

(2)  Fax +32 22956505.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6033 — Johnson & Johnson/Crucell) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-01-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, pharmaceutical industry








C_2011005EN.01001301.xml










8.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 5/13





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6033 — Johnson & Johnson/Crucell)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 5/11






1.


On 20 December 2010, 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 Johnson & Johnson (‘JNJ’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of over Crucell N.V. (‘Crucell’, the Netherlands) by way of public bid announced on 6 October 2010.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


JNJ: consumer health and care products, including beauty, oral care, baby, over-the-counter medicines, nutritional, women's health, wellness and prevention products; medical devices and diagnostics; pharmaceutical products,










—


Crucell: research, development, production and sale of biologic medicinal products (i.e. vaccines, proteins and antibodies) for the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the EC Merger Regulation (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), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6033 — Johnson & Johnson/Crucell, 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’).

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32 (‘Notice on a simplified procedure’).
Special Report No 10/2010 ‘Specific measures for agriculture in favour of the outermost regions of the Union and the smaller Aegean islands’
Date: 2011-01-08
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: EU programme, European Court of Auditors, aid to agriculture, tax inspection








C_2011005EN.01000901.xml










8.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 5/9





Special Report No 10/2010 ‘Specific measures for agriculture in favour of the outermost regions of the Union and the smaller Aegean islands’
2011/C 5/07
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 10/2010 ‘Specific measures for agriculture in favour of the outermost regions of the Union and the smaller Aegean islands’ has just been published.
The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://www.eca.europa.eu
A hard copy version of the report may be obtained free of charge on request to the Court of Auditors:





European Court of Auditors




Communication and Reports Unit




12, rue Alcide De Gasperi




1615 Luxembourg




LUXEMBOURG




Tel. +352 4398-1




E-mail: euraud@eca.europa.eu




or by filling in an electronic order form on EU-Bookshop.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2011-01-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2011005EN.01000701.xml










8.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 5/7





Euro exchange rates (1)

7 January 2011
2011/C 5/05

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2961




JPY


Japanese yen


108,29




DKK


Danish krone


7,4503




GBP


Pound sterling


0,83830




SEK


Swedish krona


8,9378




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2512




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,7260




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


24,565




HUF


Hungarian forint


277,27




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7009




PLN


Polish zloty


3,8768




RON


Romanian leu


4,2583




TRY


Turkish lira


2,0344




AUD


Australian dollar


1,3060




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,2867




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,0738




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7112




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6824




KRW


South Korean won


1 458,71




ZAR


South African rand


8,8673




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,5906




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4035




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


11 703,25




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


3,9784




PHP


Philippine peso


57,455




RUB


Russian rouble


39,8538




THB


Thai baht


39,423




BRL


Brazilian real


2,1917




MXN


Mexican peso


15,8369




INR


Indian rupee


58,9200






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5943 — Abu Dhabi Mar/Thyssen Krupp Marine Systems)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-01-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, submarine








C_2011005EN.01000201.xml










8.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 5/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5943 — Abu Dhabi Mar/Thyssen Krupp Marine Systems)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 5/03
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 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 32010M5943. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Corrigendum to the authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU — Cases where the Commission raises no objections ( OJ C 321, 26.11.2010 )
Date: 2011-01-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Italy, Spain, State aid, United Kingdom, agricultural product, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, floriculture, forestry holding








C_2011005EN.01001401.xml










8.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 5/14





Corrigendum to the authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(
Official Journal of the European Union C 321 of 26 November 2010
)
2011/C 5/12
On page 2, State aid N 164/10:
for:







‘Economic sectors


Shipbuilding’





read:







‘Economic sectors


Recreation, culture and sport’
Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2011-01-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, import, office supplies, originating product








C_2011005EN.01001101.xml










8.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 5/11





Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
2011/C 5/09
1.   As provided for in Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1), the European Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure, the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below.
2.   Procedure

Union producers may lodge a written request for a review. This request must contain sufficient evidence that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury.
Should the Commission decide to review the measures concerned, importers, exporters, representatives of the exporting country and Union producers will then be provided with the opportunity to amplify, rebut or comment on the matters set out in the review request.
3.   Time limit

Union producers may submit a written request for a review on the above basis, to reach the European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (Unit H-1), N-105 4/92, 1049 Brussels (2) at any time from the date of the publication of the present notice but no later than three months before the date mentioned in the table below.
4.   This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009.









Product


Country(ies) of origin or exportation


Measures


Reference


Date of expiry




Lever arch mechanisms


People's Republic of China


Anti-dumping duty


Council Regulation (EC) No 1136/2006 (OJ L 205, 27.7.2006, p. 1)


28.7.2011






(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 51.

(2)  Fax +32 22956505.