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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6941 — Piper/G+J/G+J RBA) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-10-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: book trade, broadcasting, economic concentration, merger control, serial publication, television








C_2013290EN.01000301.xml










5.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 290/3





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6941 — Piper/G+J/G+J RBA)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 290/03






1.


On 27 September 2013, 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 Piper Verlag GmbH (‘Piper’, Germany), belonging to the Bonnier Group (‘Bonnier’, Sweden), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking G+J/RBA GmbH & Co. KG (‘G+J/RBA’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares. The other controlling party is G+J AG & Co. KG (‘G+J’, Germany), belonging to the Bertelsmann group (‘Bertelsmann’, Germany). Piper also acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of the newly founded National Geographic Buchgesellschaft mbH (‘NGB’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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Bonnier: Publishing of books, journals, periodicals, radio and tv services,










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Bertelsmann: Publishing and distribution of journals and periodicals and supplementary online offers; radio and TV broadcasting, TV production, publishing of books and business processes outsourcing services,










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G+J/RBA: Publishing of journals, periodicals and related products, especially calendars, travel guidebooks and DVDs,










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NGB: Publishing of books.














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.6941 — Piper/G+J/G+J RBA, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




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 284, 28.9.2013
Date: 2013-10-05
Institutions: Court of Justice of the European Union
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union








C_2013291EN.01000101.xml










5.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 291/1





2013/C 291/01
Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union



OJ C 284, 28.9.2013



Past publications


OJ C 274, 21.9.2013


OJ C 260, 7.9.2013


OJ C 252, 31.8.2013


OJ C 245, 24.8.2013


OJ C 233, 10.8.2013


OJ C 226, 3.8.2013

These texts are available on:
EUR-Lex: http://eur-lex.europa.eu
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6863 — Avnet EMG/MSC Investoren)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-10-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: computer equipment, distributive trades, economic concentration, electronics industry, merger control, technology








C_2013290EN.01000101.xml










5.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 290/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6863 — Avnet EMG/MSC Investoren)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 290/01
On 4 September 2013, 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:






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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,










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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32013M6863. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2013-10-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2013290EN.01000201.xml










5.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 290/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

4 October 2013
2013/C 290/02

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3593




JPY


Japanese yen


132,03




DKK


Danish krone


7,4598




GBP


Pound sterling


0,84690




SEK


Swedish krona


8,6732




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2271




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,1145




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,554




HUF


Hungarian forint


296,92




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7028




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2045




RON


Romanian leu


4,4285




TRY


Turkish lira


2,7152




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4409




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4042




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,5406




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6366




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6942




KRW


South Korean won


1 458,03




ZAR


South African rand


13,5862




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,3192




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6240




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 281,81




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,3207




PHP


Philippine peso


58,659




RUB


Russian rouble


43,7317




THB


Thai baht


42,546




BRL


Brazilian real


2,9926




MXN


Mexican peso


17,8150




INR


Indian rupee


83,6320






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.