do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2012-11-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2012335EN.01000101.xml










1.11.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 335/1





Euro exchange rates (1)

31 October 2012
2012/C 335/01

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2993




JPY


Japanese yen


103,78




DKK


Danish krone


7,4598




GBP


Pound sterling


0,80645




SEK


Swedish krona


8,6000




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2076




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,3855




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,064




HUF


Hungarian forint


284,05




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6962




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1390




RON


Romanian leu


4,5420




TRY


Turkish lira


2,3312




AUD


Australian dollar


1,2528




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3005




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,0697




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5810




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5853




KRW


South Korean won


1 417,18




ZAR


South African rand


11,2692




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,1041




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5270




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 481,56




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


3,9597




PHP


Philippine peso


53,527




RUB


Russian rouble


40,7049




THB


Thai baht


39,876




BRL


Brazilian real


2,6389




MXN


Mexican peso


16,9685




INR


Indian rupee


69,9200






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Final Report of the Hearing Officer — COMP/39.611 — Water management products
Date: 2012-11-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: dominant position, fine, infringement of EU law, price agreement, water management








C_2012335EN.01000301.xml










1.11.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 335/3





Final Report of the Hearing Officer (1)

COMP/39.611 — Water management products
2012/C 335/03
On 27 January 2011, the European Commission initiated proceedings pursuant to Article 11(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 (2) against Flamco Wemefa GmbH, Flamco Holding B.V., voestalpine Polynorm B.V. and voestalpine AG (‘Flamco’), Reflex Winkelman GmbH & Co. and Winkelman Group GmbH & Co. KG (‘Reflex’) and TA Hydronics Switzerland AG (formerly ‘Pneumatex AG’ and hereafter referred to as ‘Pneumatex’) (together ‘the parties’).
Following settlement discussions and settlement submissions in accordance with Article 10a(2) of Regulation (EC) No 773/2004 (3), the European Commission adopted a statement of objections (the ‘SO’) addressed to Flamco, Reflex and Pneumatex stating that the parties had participated in a single and continuous infringement of Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The infringement was described as price coordination for water management products, comprising pressurisation systems and products for quality assurance. The parties' respective replies to the SO confirmed that the SO addressed to them reflected the contents of their settlement submissions.
Pursuant to Article 16 of the Terms of Reference, I have examined whether the draft decision deals only with objections in respect of which the parties have been afforded the opportunity of making known their views, and I have come to a positive conclusion.
In view of the above, and taking into account that the parties have not addressed any requests or complaints to me (4), I consider that the effective exercise of the procedural rights of all participants to the proceedings in this case has been respected.

Brussels, 25 June 2012.

Wouter WILS




(1)  Pursuant to Articles 16 and 17 of Decision of the President of the European Commission 2011/695/EU of 13 October 2011 on the function and terms of reference of the hearing officer in certain competition proceedings, OJ L 275, 20.10.2011, p. 29 (the ‘Terms of Reference’).

(2)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty, OJ L 1, 4.1.2003, p. 1.

(3)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 773/2004 of 7 April 2004 relating to the conduct of proceedings by the Commission pursuant to Articles 81 and 82 of the EC Treaty, OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p.18.

(4)  Under Article 15(2) of the Terms of Reference, parties to the proceedings in cartel cases which engage in settlement discussions pursuant to Article 10a of Regulation (EC) No 773/2004 may call upon the hearing officer at any stage of the procedure in order to ensure the effective exercise of their procedural rights. See also paragraph 18 of Commission Notice 2008/C 167/01.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6724 — PAI/Marcolin) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-11-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, optical industry








C_2012335EN.01001801.xml










1.11.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 335/18





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6724 — PAI/Marcolin)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 335/10






1.


On 23 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 undertaking PAI partners S.A.S (‘PAI’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Marcolin SpA (‘Marcolin’, Italy).










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


PAI is a private equity firm, focused on investing in the acquisition of medium to large-sized companies, headquartered or managed in Europe, which operate in different industry sectors,










—


Marcolin is active in Italy and abroad in the manufacturing and wholesale distribution of eyewear, notably eyeglass frames and sunglasses. Marcolin manufactures and distributes under its own brands, but also on behalf of fashion brands.














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.6724 — PAI/Marcolin, 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’).