do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8254 — HP/Printer business of Samsung Electronics) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-11-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: computer equipment, economic concentration, electronics industry, merger control








C_2017401EN.01001601.xml










25.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 401/16





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8254 — HP/Printer business of Samsung Electronics)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 401/02)
On 4 April 2017, 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 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/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32017M8254. 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.8679 — Blackstone/Banco Popular real estate business) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-11-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, real estate business








C_2017401EN.01002001.xml










25.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 401/20





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8679 — Blackstone/Banco Popular real estate business)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 401/08)






1.


On 17 November 2017, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






—


the Blackstone Group L.P. (‘Blackstone’, USA),










—


certain loans and real property of Banco Popular Español SA (Spain) and of its real estate management company, Aliseda Servicios de Gestión Inmobiliaria, SL (Spain) (both ‘the Target’).




Blackstone acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the Target.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Blackstone: global asset manager,
—   for the Target: Banco Popular’s Spanish real estate business, which comprises the Spanish portfolio of repossessed properties, non-performing loans relating to the real estate sector and other assets related to these activities (including deferred tax assets) owned by Banco Popular and its affiliates; and of certain assets and operations of Banco Popular’s real estate management company, Aliseda that provide services to the real estate business.










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 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. The following reference should always be specified:
Case M.8679 — Blackstone/Banco Popular real estate business
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:





E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu




Fax +32 22964301




Postal 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8637 — APG/Hines/JV) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-11-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, real estate business








C_2017401EN.01001602.xml










25.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 401/16





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8637 — APG/Hines/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 401/03)
On 17 November 2017, 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 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/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32017M8637. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8683 — Apollo Capital Management/Intertoys Holding) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-11-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, holding company, investment company, merger control, retail trade, toy industry








C_2017401EN.01001701.xml










25.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 401/17





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8683 — Apollo Capital Management/Intertoys Holding)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 401/04)
On 22 November 2017, 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 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/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32017M8683. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Special Report No 15/2017 — ‘Ex ante conditionalities and performance reserve in Cohesion: innovative but not yet effective instruments’
Date: 2017-11-25
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: Cohesion Fund, European Court of Auditors, European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund, economic and social cohesion, national expenditure, public investment, regional development, structural expenditure








C_2017401EN.01001901.xml










25.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 401/19





Special Report No 15/2017
‘Ex ante conditionalities and performance reserve in Cohesion: innovative but not yet effective instruments’
(2017/C 401/07)
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 15/2017 ‘Ex ante conditionalities and performance reserve in Cohesion: innovative but not yet effective instruments’ has just been published.
The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors' website: http://eca.europa.eu
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8472 — Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha/Mitsui Osk Lines/Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha/JV) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-11-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air transport, carriage of goods, carriage of passengers, economic concentration, maritime transport, merger control








C_2017401EN.01001702.xml










25.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 401/17





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8472 — Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha/Mitsui Osk Lines/Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 401/05)
On 28 June 2017, 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 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/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32017M8472. 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.8689 — Rubis/Phillips 66/Zeller &amp; Cie) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-11-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, chemical product, economic concentration, fertiliser, gas industry, merger control, oil industry, storage








C_2017401EN.01002201.xml










25.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 401/22





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8689 — Rubis/Phillips 66/Zeller & Cie)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 401/09)






1.


On 17 November 2017, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






—


Rubis Terminal (France), belonging to the Rubis Group,










—


Phillips 66 Central Europe Inc. (USA), belonging to the Phillips 66 Group,










—


Zeller et Compagnie (France).




Rubis Terminal and Phillips 66 Central Europe Inc. acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Zeller et Compagnie.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Rubis Terminal: storage of petroleum products, chemicals, agro-products and fertilizers in Europe,
—   for Phillips 66 Central Europe Inc.: processing, transport, storage and marketing of gas and petroleum products globally,
—   for Zeller et Compagnie: non-network sales of fuels, bitumen and oil and other petroleum products in Alsace and Grand Est region in France.










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.










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. The following reference should always be specified:
M.8689 — Rubis/Phillips 66/Zeller & Cie
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:





Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu




Fax +32 229-64301




Postal 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’).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8706 — CVC/Providence/Skybox) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-11-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: communications industry, consultancy, data protection, economic concentration, investment, investment company, mass media, merger control








C_2017401EN.01002301.xml










25.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 401/23





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8706 — CVC/Providence/Skybox)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 401/10)






1.


On 17 November 2017, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






—


CVC Capital Partners SICAV-FIS SA (‘CVC’, Luxembourg),










—


Providence Equity Partners LLC (‘Providence’, United States),










—


Skybox Security, Inc. (‘Skybox’, United States).




CVC and Providence acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Skybox.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for CVC: investment advice to and/or managing investments on behalf of certain investment funds and platforms,
—   for Providence: a private equity investor in the media and communications sectors globally,
—   for Skybox: security and vulnerability management i.e. the assessment, review and audit of its customers' existing security and vulnerability protection and enforcement tools, as well as the provision of actionable intelligence on points of exposure.










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 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. The following reference should always be specified:
M.8706 — CVC/Providence/Skybox
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:





E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu




Fax +32 22964301




Postal 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2017-11-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2017401EN.01001801.xml










25.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 401/18





Euro exchange rates (1)

24 November 2017
(2017/C 401/06)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1877 




JPY


Japanese yen


132,24 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4421 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,89120 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,8638 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1650 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,6608 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,413 




HUF


Hungarian forint


311,83 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2109 




RON


Romanian leu


4,6434 




TRY


Turkish lira


4,6826 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5585 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5093 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,2744 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7256 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5987 




KRW


South Korean won


1 287,36 




ZAR


South African rand


16,6203 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8447 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5635 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 056,52 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8921 




PHP


Philippine peso


60,145 




RUB


Russian rouble


69,4559 




THB


Thai baht


38,802 




BRL


Brazilian real


3,8379 




MXN


Mexican peso


22,1096 




INR


Indian rupee


76,8205 






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