do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7635 — Lindsay Goldberg/VDM Metals Group) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: alloy, economic concentration, investment company, iron and steel industry, merger control








C_2015204EN.01000201.xml










20.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 204/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7635 — Lindsay Goldberg/VDM Metals Group)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 204/02)
On 11 June 2015, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in the English language 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/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32015M7635. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Information concerning the signature of the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Algeria, of the other part, on a Framework Agreement between the European Union and Algeria on the general principles for the participation of Algeria in Union programmes
Date: 2015-06-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Algeria, EU programme, European neighbourhood policy, Protocol (EU), Union for the Mediterranean, association agreement (EU), framework agreement








L_2015156EN.01000101.xml










20.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 156/1







Information concerning the signature of the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Algeria, of the other part, on a Framework Agreement between the European Union and Algeria on the general principles for the participation of Algeria in Union programmes

The above Protocol between the European Union and Algeria was signed on 4 June 2015 in Brussels.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7586 — Flextronics/Certain Assets Belonging to Alcatel-Lucent Italia) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronics industry, merger control, telecommunications industry








C_2015204EN.01000202.xml










20.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 204/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7586 — Flextronics/Certain Assets Belonging to Alcatel-Lucent Italia)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 204/03)
On 16 June 2015, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in the English language 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/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32015M7586. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7650 — Katara Hospitality/Starwood Hotel & Resorts Worldwide/Westin Excelsior Hotel) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, franchising, hotel industry, investment company, merger control








C_2015204EN.01001901.xml










20.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 204/19





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7650 — Katara Hospitality/Starwood Hotel & Resorts Worldwide/Westin Excelsior Hotel)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 204/07)






1.


On 11 June 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Katara Hospitality (‘Katara’, Qatar) ultimately controlled by the Qatar Investment Authority (‘QIA’, Qatar), and Starwood Hotel & Resorts Worldwide Inc (‘Starwood’, USA), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the real estate property known as Westin Excelsior Hotel of Rome (Italy) and its related business and management by way of purchase of assets and management contract.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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for Katara: owning, managing and developing hotels globally,










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QIA is the sovereign investment fund of the State of Qatar,










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for Starwood: owning, franchising and managing hotels worldwide.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in this 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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7650 — Katara Hospitality/Starwood Hotel & Resorts Worldwide/Westin Excelsior Hotel), 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 ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Information relating to the entry into force of the amendment of Annexes II, V, VII and VIII to the Agreement between the European Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal products
Date: 2015-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: New Zealand, animal product, health control, live animal, trade agreement (EU)








C_2015204EN.01000101.xml










20.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 204/1





Information relating to the entry into force of the amendment of Annexes II, V, VII and VIII to the Agreement between the European Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal products
(2015/C 204/01)
The internal procedures necessary for the entry into force of the Arrangement on the amendments to Annexes II, V, VII and VIII to the Agreement between the European Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal products (1), signed in Brussels on 17 December 1996, have been completed. The European Union and New Zealand notified each other thereof by exchanges of letters of the European Union to New Zealand on 23 March 2015 and of New Zealand to the European Union on 31 March 2015. In accordance with Article 18(3) of the Agreement, this amending Arrangement entered into force on 1 April 2015.


(1)  Council Decision 97/132/EC of 17 December 1996 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal products (OJ L 57, 26.2.1997, p. 4).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2015-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2015204EN.01001701.xml










20.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 204/17





Euro exchange rates (1)

19 June 2015
(2015/C 204/05)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1299




JPY


Japanese yen


139,19




DKK


Danish krone


7,4611




GBP


Pound sterling


0,71340




SEK


Swedish krona


9,2177




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0449




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,8255




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,211




HUF


Hungarian forint


312,85




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1729




RON


Romanian leu


4,4875




TRY


Turkish lira


3,0645




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4591




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3865




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,7585




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6393




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5110




KRW


South Korean won


1 249,77




ZAR


South African rand


13,8608




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,0160




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5765




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 050,27




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,2298




PHP


Philippine peso


50,887




RUB


Russian rouble


61,4023




THB


Thai baht


38,066




BRL


Brazilian real


3,4665




MXN


Mexican peso


17,3146




INR


Indian rupee


71,8193






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