do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6277 — Access Industries/Warner Music Group)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-07-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, means of communication, merger control, music, telecommunications








C_2011210EN.01002302.xml










16.7.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 210/23





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6277 — Access Industries/Warner Music Group)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 210/09
On 7 July 2011, 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 32011M6277. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6306 — 3i Group/Action Holding) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-07-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, holding company, international investment, merger control








C_2011210EN.01003101.xml










16.7.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 210/31





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6306 — 3i Group/Action Holding)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 210/15






1.


On 11 July 2011, 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 3i Group plc (United Kingdom), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Action Holding B.V. (The Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for undertaking 3i: a private equity and alternative asset management company, holding investments in various sectors. 3i focuses on private equity, debt management and infrastructure investments, and is active mostly in Europe, Asia and Americas,










—


for undertaking Action Holding B.V.: Action is active in the retail market for non-food and (to a limited extent) food products through retail stores in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.














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.6306 — 3i Group/Action Holding, 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’).
Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union OJ C 204, 9.7.2011
Date: 2011-07-16
Institutions: Court of Justice of the European Union
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union








C_2011211EN.01000101.xml










16.7.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 211/1





2011/C 211/01
Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union



OJ C 204, 9.7.2011



Past publications


OJ C 194, 2.7.2011


OJ C 186, 25.6.2011


OJ C 179, 18.6.2011


OJ C 173, 11.6.2011


OJ C 160, 28.5.2011


OJ C 152, 21.5.2011

These texts are available on:
EUR-Lex: http://eur-lex.europa.eu
Update of the list of border crossing points referred to in Article 2(8) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) ( OJ C 316, 28.12.2007, p. 1 ; OJ C 134, 31.5.2008, p. 16 ; OJ C 177, 12.7.2008, p. 9 ; OJ C 200, 6.8.2008, p. 10 ; OJ C 331, 31.12.2008, p. 13 ; OJ C 3, 8.1.2009, p. 10 ; OJ C 37, 14.2.2009, p. 10 ; OJ C 64, 19.3.2009, p. 20 ; OJ C 99, 30.4.2009, p. 7 ; OJ C 229, 23.9.2009, p. 28 ; OJ C 263, 5.11.2009, p. 22 ; OJ C 298, 8.12.2009, p. 17 ; OJ C 74, 24.3.2010, p. 13 ; OJ C 326, 3.12.2010, p. 17 ; OJ C 355, 29.12.2010, p. 34 ; OJ C 22, 22.1.2011, p. 22 ; OJ C 37, 5.2.2011, p. 12 ; OJ C 149, 20.5.2011, p. 8 ; OJ C 190, 30.6.2011, p. 17 ; OJ C 203, 9.7.2011, p. 14 )
Date: 2011-07-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Schengen Agreement, border control, external border of the EU, foreign national








C_2011210EN.01003001.xml










16.7.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 210/30





Update of the list of border crossing points referred to in Article 2(8) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (OJ C 316, 28.12.2007, p. 1; OJ C 134, 31.5.2008, p. 16; OJ C 177, 12.7.2008, p. 9; OJ C 200, 6.8.2008, p. 10; OJ C 331, 31.12.2008, p. 13; OJ C 3, 8.1.2009, p. 10; OJ C 37, 14.2.2009, p. 10; OJ C 64, 19.3.2009, p. 20; OJ C 99, 30.4.2009, p. 7; OJ C 229, 23.9.2009, p. 28; OJ C 263, 5.11.2009, p. 22; OJ C 298, 8.12.2009, p. 17; OJ C 74, 24.3.2010, p. 13; OJ C 326, 3.12.2010, p. 17; OJ C 355, 29.12.2010, p. 34; OJ C 22, 22.1.2011, p. 22; OJ C 37, 5.2.2011, p. 12; OJ C 149, 20.5.2011, p. 8; OJ C 190, 30.6.2011, p. 17; OJ C 203, 9.7.2011, p. 14)
2011/C 210/14
The publication of the list of border crossing points referred to in Article 2(8) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) is based on the information communicated by the Member States to the Commission in conformity with Article 34 of the Schengen Borders Code.
In addition to the publication in the Official Journal, a regular update is available on the website of the Directorate-General for Home Affairs.
SLOVENIA

Replacement of the information published in OJ C 316, 28.12.2007


Section ‘Sea borders’ is replaced by the following:

Sea borders:







1.


Koper–Capodistria










2.


Piran–Pirano
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6322 — Carlyle/RAC) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-07-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, international investment, investment company, merger control








C_2011210EN.01003301.xml










16.7.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 210/33





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6322 — Carlyle/RAC)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 210/17






1.


On 6 July 2011, 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 Stag Bidco Limited (UK), acquisition vehicle formed and controlled by Carlyle Group (UK) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking RAC Limited (UK) by way of purchase of shares










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Carlyle Group: asset manager, which sponsors funds that invest globally in a range of industries,










—


for RAC Limited: active mainly in breakdown services, as well as insurance broking and legal and motor claims services.














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.6322 — Carlyle/RAC, 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’).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6298 — Schneider Electric/Telvent) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-07-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy industry, energy saving, exchange of information, merger control








C_2011210EN.01003201.xml










16.7.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 210/32





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6298 — Schneider Electric/Telvent)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 210/16






1.


On 11 July 2011, 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 Schneider Electric SA (‘Schneider Electric’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Telvent GIT SA (‘Telvent’, Spain) by way of public bid.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Schneider Electric: holding of an international group of companies that designs, manufactures and sells products and systems in energy management,










—


for Telvent: provision of IT global services and of high added value integrated automation solutions, mainly to the energy, transport, agriculture and environment sectors.














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.6298 — Schneider Electric/Telvent, 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’).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6247 — KKR/Versatel)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-07-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Internet, company with share capital, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, telecommunications industry








C_2011210EN.01002301.xml










16.7.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 210/23





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6247 — KKR/Versatel)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 210/08
On 7 July 2011, 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 32011M6247. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2011-07-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2011210EN.01002401.xml










16.7.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 210/24





Euro exchange rates (1)

15 July 2011
2011/C 210/10

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,4146




JPY


Japanese yen


111,97




DKK


Danish krone


7,4568




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87750




SEK


Swedish krona


9,2121




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1577




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,8665




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


24,490




HUF


Hungarian forint


270,70




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7092




PLN


Polish zloty


4,0348




RON


Romanian leu


4,2633




TRY


Turkish lira


2,3344




AUD


Australian dollar


1,3264




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3549




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


11,0241




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6815




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7237




KRW


South Korean won


1 497,69




ZAR


South African rand


9,7576




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,1426




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4315




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 082,89




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,2523




PHP


Philippine peso


60,709




RUB


Russian rouble


39,7535




THB


Thai baht


42,551




BRL


Brazilian real


2,2283




MXN


Mexican peso


16,5510




INR


Indian rupee


62,9710






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive agreements and dominant position at its meeting of 22 March 2011 concerning a draft decision relating to Case COMP/39.168 — PO/Haberdasheries: Fasteners — Rapporteur: Spain
Date: 2011-07-16
Institutions: Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions
Subjects: Spain, cessation of trading, dominant position, fine, haberdashery, metal product, plastics








C_2011210EN.01002501.xml










16.7.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 210/25





Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive agreements and dominant position at its meeting of 22 March 2011 concerning a draft decision relating to Case COMP/39.168 — PO/Haberdasheries: Fasteners
Rapporteur: Spain
2011/C 210/11






1.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission’s assessment on inability to pay.










2.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission on the final amounts of the fine.










3.


The Advisory Committee recommends the publication of its opinion in the Official Journal of the European Union but asks the Commission to take account of the extremely confidential nature of the case in deciding on timing and content of publication of this Opinion.