do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6367 — ECE/Metro/MEC JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-09-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, real estate business








C_2011261EN.01001001.xml










3.9.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/10





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6367 — ECE/Metro/MEC JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 261/10






1.


On 26 August 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 undertakings ECE Projektmanagement G.m.b.H. & Co. KG (‘ECE’, Germany), ultimately controlled by Mr. Alexander Otto, and METRO Group Asset Management Services (‘MAMS’, Germany), fully owned subsidiary of METRO AG (‘Metro’, Germany), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking MEC Metro-ECE Centermanagement GmbH&Co.KG (‘MEC’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for ECE: acquisition, development, planning and construction of commercial buildings and other real estate property and the rental, management and disposal of such property,










—


for MAMS: leasing, development and management of the portfolio of investment properties of Metro Group real estate activities. It is fully owned by Metro AG, active in wholesale, food retail, non-food specialty stores such as for consumer electronic stores, and department stores,










—


for MEC: property management services for shopping-centers.














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.6367 — ECE/Metro/MEC 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’).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2011-09-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2011261EN.01000501.xml










3.9.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/5





Euro exchange rates (1)

2 September 2011
2011/C 261/05

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,4255




JPY


Japanese yen


109,56




DKK


Danish krone


7,4496




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87890




SEK


Swedish krona


9,1237




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1132




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,6765




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


24,304




HUF


Hungarian forint


275,43




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7093




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1821




RON


Romanian leu


4,2405




TRY


Turkish lira


2,4860




AUD


Australian dollar


1,3328




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3944




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


11,1012




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6737




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7157




KRW


South Korean won


1 513,08




ZAR


South African rand


9,9699




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,0977




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4860




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 161,81




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,2300




PHP


Philippine peso


60,082




RUB


Russian rouble


41,4500




THB


Thai baht


42,651




BRL


Brazilian real


2,3170




MXN


Mexican peso


17,5878




INR


Indian rupee


65,2700






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001
Date: 2011-09-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Estonia, Lithuania, State aid, control of State aid, primary sector, technical cooperation








C_2011261EN.01000601.xml










3.9.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/6





Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001
2011/C 261/06
Aid No: SA.30379 (XA 18/10)
Member State: Lithuania
Region: Lithuania
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Parama veislininkystei (Schemos XA 223/09 pakeitimas)
Legal basis: Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministro 2010 m. vasario 1 d. įsakymas Nr. 3D-65 „Dėl pagalbos veislininkystei taisyklių patvirtinimo“.
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme: LTL 15 million
Maximum aid intensity: 100 %
Date of implementation: —
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 26 March 2010-31 December 2013
Objective of aid: Livestock sector (Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006), Technical support (Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)
Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture, Forestry and fishing
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministerija




Gedimino pr. 19 (Lelevelio g. 6)




LT-01103 Vilnius




LIETUVA/LITHUANIA




Website: http://www.lrs.lt/pls/proj/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=25677&p_query=&p_tr2=&p_org=13&p_fix=y
Other information: —
Aid No: SA.33525 (11/XA)
Member State: Estonia
Region: Estonia
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Maamajanduse infovõrgustiku arendamine
Legal basis: Maaelu ja põllumajandusturu korraldamise seaduse § 3 lõige 3; 2011. aasta riigieelarve seadus
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme: EUR 0,06 million
Maximum aid intensity: 100 %
Date of implementation: —
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2 September 2011-31 December 2011
Objective of aid: Technical support (Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)
Sector(s) concerned: Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Eesti Vabariigi Põllumajandusministeerium




Lai tn 39/Lai tn 41




15056 Tallinn




EESTI/ESTONIA




Website: http://www.agri.ee/siseriiklikud-toetused/
Other information: —
Notice for the attention of the persons and entities to which restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/273/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision 2011/522/CFSP, and in Council Regulation (EU) No 442/2011, as amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 878/2011 concerning restrictive measures against Syria apply
Date: 2011-09-03
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Syria, international sanctions, trade restriction








C_2011261EN.01000401.xml










3.9.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/4





Notice for the attention of the persons and entities to which restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/273/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision 2011/522/CFSP, and in Council Regulation (EU) No 442/2011, as amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 878/2011 concerning restrictive measures against Syria apply
2011/C 261/04
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons and entities that appear in the Annex to Council Decision 2011/273/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision 2011/522/CFSP (1), and in Annex II to Council Regulation (EU) No 442/2011, as amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 878/2011 (2) concerning restrictive measures against Syria.
The Council of the European Union has decided that the persons and entities that appear in the above-mentioned Annexes should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/273/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 concerning restrictive measures against Syria. The grounds for designations of those persons and entities appear in the relevant entries in those Annexes.
The attention of the persons and entities concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated in the web-sites in Annex III to Council Regulation (EU) No 442/2011, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 6 of the Regulation).
The persons and entities concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the above-mentioned list should be reconsidered, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




DG K Coordination




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, second paragraph, and Article 263, fourth and sixth paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.


(1)  OJ L 228, 3.9.2011, p. 16.

(2)  OJ L 228, 3.9.2011, p. 1.
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: 2011-09-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, State aid, control of State aid, venture capital








C_2011261EN.01000201.xml










3.9.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/2





Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 261/02






Date of adoption of the decision


26.7.2011




Reference number of State Aid


SA.32780 (11/N)




Member State


Austria




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Änderung der staatlichen Beihilfe N 160/07 — Risikokapital-Regelung „Eigenkapitalgarantie“




Legal basis


Bundesgesetz über besondere Förderungen von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU-Förderungsgesetz) — Jungunternehmer- und Innovationsförderung für KMU — Haftungsübernahmen (Richtlinien des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend) — Programmdokument Eigenkapitalgarantie




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Risk capital




Form of aid


Provision of risk capital, Guarantee




Budget








 


Annual budget: —










 


Overall budget: EUR 70 million








Intensity


—




Duration (period)


Until 31.12.2013




Economic sectors


All sectors




Name and address of the granting authority







Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH




Ungargasse 37




1030 Wien




ÖSTERREICH








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
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6319 — Triton/Europart)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-09-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, vehicle parts








C_2011261EN.01000801.xml










3.9.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/8





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6319 — Triton/Europart)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 261/08






1.


On 26 August 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 Triton (‘Triton’, Jersey) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertakings Europart (‘Europart’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Triton: a private equity investment firm that provides management advice to, and manages investments in behalf of investment funds in European-based businesses in differing market sectors,










—


for Europart: active in the distribution of spares and wearing parts mainly in the commercial vehicle aftermarket.














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.6319 — Triton/Europart, 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.6176 — Mitsubishi Corporation/Barclays Bank/Walney I Topco/Walney II Topco/Sheringham Shoal Topco)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-09-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, motor vehicle industry, renewable energy, research and development








C_2011261EN.01000101.xml










3.9.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6176 — Mitsubishi Corporation/Barclays Bank/Walney I Topco/Walney II Topco/Sheringham Shoal Topco)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 261/01
On 29 August 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 32011M6176. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6258 — Teva/Cephalon)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-09-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, pharmaceutical industry








C_2011261EN.01000701.xml










3.9.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/7





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6258 — Teva/Cephalon)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 261/07






1.


On 25 August 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 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (Israel) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Cephalon Inc. (USA) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Teva: Manufacture of Pharmaceutical Preparations,










—


for Cephalon: Manufacture of Pharmaceutical Preparations.














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.6258 — Teva/Cephalon, 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.6345 — Cheung Kong Holdings/Northumbrian Water Group) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-09-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, holding company, merger control, waste management, water management








C_2011261EN.01000901.xml










3.9.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/9





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6345 — Cheung Kong Holdings/Northumbrian Water Group)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 261/09






1.


On 26 August 2011, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited (‘CKH’, Hong Kong) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Northumbrian Water Group plc (‘NWG’, England and Wales) by way of public bid.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for CKH: investment holding, property development and investment, hotel and serviced suite operation, property and project management and investment in securities,










—


for NWG: provision of water and waste water services in the North East of England and in parts of the South East of England, waste management, consultancy laboratory testing 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.6345 — Cheung Kong Holdings/Northumbrian Water Group, 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’).