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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6721 — First Reserve Management/SK Capital Partners/TPC) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-10-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, petrochemicals








C_2012310EN.01004101.xml










13.10.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 310/41





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6721 — First Reserve Management/SK Capital Partners/TPC)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 310/07






1.


On 8 October 2012, 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 First Reserve Management, LP (‘First Reserve’, USA) and SK Capital Partners (‘SK’, USA) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, joint control of the undertaking TPC Group Inc. (‘TPC’, USA) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for First Reserve: private equity and infrastructure investment specialising in the energy industry, including oilfield services, energy infrastructure and power and energy reserves,










—


for SK: private investment firm with a focus on the specialty materials, chemicals and healthcare sectors, and,










—


for TPC: manufacture of value added products derived from petrochemical raw materials, such as C4 and C3 hydrocarbons, which are used in the manufacture of performance and specialty chemicals.














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.6721 — First Reserve Management/SK Capital Partners/TPC, 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’).
Notice to economic operators — New round of requests for the suspension of the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain industrial and agricultural products
Date: 2012-10-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, agricultural product, import (EU), industrial product, suspension of customs duties








C_2012310EN.01004001.xml










13.10.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 310/40





Notice to economic operators — New round of requests for the suspension of the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain industrial and agricultural products
2012/C 310/06
Economic operators are informed that the Commission has received requests in accordance with the administrative arrangements foreseen in the Commission communication concerning autonomous tariff suspensions and quotas (2011/C 363/02) (1) for the July round of 2013.
The list of the products for which a duty suspension is requested is now available on the Commission's thematic (Europa) website on the customs union (2).
Economic operators are also informed that the deadline for objections against new requests to reach the Commission, via the national administrations, is 10 December 2012 which is the date of the second scheduled meeting of the Economic Tariff Questions Group.
Interested operators are advised to consult the list regularly in order to be informed on the status of the requests.
More information on the autonomous tariff suspension procedure can be found on the Europa website:
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/customs/customs_duties/tariff_aspects/suspensions/index_en.htm


(1)  OJ C 363, 13.12.2011, p. 6.

(2)  http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/susp/susp_home.jsp?Lang=en
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2012-10-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2012310EN.01003601.xml










13.10.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 310/36





Euro exchange rates (1)

12 October 2012
2012/C 310/04

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2970




JPY


Japanese yen


101,70




DKK


Danish krone


7,4589




GBP


Pound sterling


0,80650




SEK


Swedish krona


8,6830




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2093




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,4005




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


24,950




HUF


Hungarian forint


281,40




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6961




PLN


Polish zloty


4,0978




RON


Romanian leu


4,5648




TRY


Turkish lira


2,3437




AUD


Australian dollar


1,2654




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,2678




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,0541




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5815




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5834




KRW


South Korean won


1 441,35




ZAR


South African rand


11,1779




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,1267




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5223




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 438,76




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


3,9658




PHP


Philippine peso


53,744




RUB


Russian rouble


40,2000




THB


Thai baht


39,740




BRL


Brazilian real


2,6428




MXN


Mexican peso


16,6949




INR


Indian rupee


68,5060






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union OJ C 303, 6.10.2012
Date: 2012-10-13
Institutions: Court of Justice of the European Union
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union








C_2012311EN.01000101.xml










13.10.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 311/1





2012/C 311/01
Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union



OJ C 303, 6.10.2012



Past publications


OJ C 295, 29.9.2012


OJ C 287, 22.9.2012


OJ C 273, 8.9.2012


OJ C 258, 25.8.2012


OJ C 250, 18.8.2012


OJ C 243, 11.8.2012

These texts are available on:
EUR-Lex: http://eur-lex.europa.eu