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Document C:2006:023:FULL

Official Journal of the European Union, C 23, 31 January 2006


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ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 23
European flag  

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 49
31 January 2006

Notice No

Contents

page

 

I   Information

 

Commission

2006/C 023/1

Euro exchange rates

1

2006/C 023/2

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises ( 1 )

2

2006/C 023/3

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4108 — T-Systems/Gedas) ( 1 )

8

2006/C 023/4

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4111 — Goldman Sachs/Daiwa/SMBC/Sanyo) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 )

9

 

 

(1)   Text with EEA relevance

EN

 

I Information

Commission

31.1.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 23/1

Euro exchange rates (1)

30 January 2006

(2006/C 23/01)

1 euro=

 

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,2082

JPY

Japanese yen

141,99

DKK

Danish krone

7,4639

GBP

Pound sterling

0,68365

SEK

Swedish krona

9,2265

CHF

Swiss franc

1,5555

ISK

Iceland króna

75,04

NOK

Norwegian krone

8,1275

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CYP

Cyprus pound

0,5739

CZK

Czech koruna

28,393

EEK

Estonian kroon

15,6466

HUF

Hungarian forint

251,64

LTL

Lithuanian litas

3,4528

LVL

Latvian lats

0,6961

MTL

Maltese lira

0,4293

PLN

Polish zloty

3,8186

RON

Romanian leu

3,6101

SIT

Slovenian tolar

239,47

SKK

Slovak koruna

37,360

TRY

Turkish lira

1,6050

AUD

Australian dollar

1,6118

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,3826

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

9,3726

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,7715

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,9706

KRW

South Korean won

1 172,92

ZAR

South African rand

7,4390

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

9,7391

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,3545

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

11 341,98

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,555

PHP

Philippine peso

63,044

RUB

Russian rouble

34,0100

THB

Thai baht

47,291

(1)  

Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

31.1.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 23/2

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises

(2006/C 23/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

XS 10/2004

Member State

Italy

Region

Piedmont

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Refinancing of the XS 62/01 aid scheme — SPD 2000-06 for the Piedmont Region, Measure 2.1 — Support for business investment, Line 2.1.d — Aid for investment in conjunction with EIB loans

Legal basis

1)

Atto deliberativo della Giunta regionale n. 12-3626 del 31 luglio 2001 — Regolamento n. 1260. Obiettivo 2. DOCUP Regione Piemonte, periodo di programmazione 2000/2006. Approvazione progetti di aiuto in esenzione ai sensi del regolamento (CE) n. 70/2001 — Allegato 3 — 2.1.d. Aiuti agli investimenti in connessione con i prestiti BEI.

2)

Decisione della Commissione del 21/10/2003 C(2003) 3983 che rettifica e modifica la decisione C(2001) 2045 del 7 settembre 2001 relativa all'approvazione degli interventi strutturali comunitari concernenti il documento unico di programmazione per gli interventi strutturali comunitari nella Regione Piemonte interessata dall'obiettivo n. 2 in Italia.

3)

Atto deliberativo della Giunta regionale n. 29-11249 del 9 dicembre 2003 — Regolamento (CE) n. 1260/1999 — Documento unico di programmazione obiettivo 2 (programmazione 2000/2006). Presa d'atto della decisione della Commissione dell'UE n. C(2003) 3983 del 21 ottobre 2003 e successive modifiche e/o integrazioni

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 21 million

Loans guaranteed

 

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

 

Loans guaranteed

 

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation

Yes

 

Date of implementation

9.12.2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 30.6.2007

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

 

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Limited to specific sectors

 

—

Coalmining

 

—

All manufacturing

 

or

 

Steel

 

Shipbuilding

 

Synthetic fibres

 

Motor vehicles

 

Other manufacturing

 

—

All services

Yes

or

 

Transport

 

Financial services

 

Other services

 

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Regione Piemonte — Direzione Industria

Address:

Via Pisana n. 6, I-10152 Turin

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

The measure excludes awards of aid or requires prior notification to the Commission of awards of aid,

(a)

if the total eligible costs are at least EUR 25 million and

—

the gross aid intensity is at least 50 %,

—

in areas which qualify for regional aid, the net aid intensity is at least 50 %; or

(b)

if the total gross aid amount is at least EUR 15 million

Yes

 


Aid No

XS 137/04

Member State

Germany

Region

North Rhine-Westphalia

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Measures to promote the sale and use of wood and wood products from small and medium-sized businesses in the timber sector in North Rhine-Westphalia, such as felling companies, forwarding firms and manufacturing and processing firms (see also the attached key issues paper, specifically the measures under point 2.2)

Legal basis

1.

Mitteilung der Kommission zu „Der Stand der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der holzverarbeitenden Industrie und verwandter Industriezweige in der EU“ vom 5. Oktober 1999, KOM (1999) 457 endg.

2.

EU-Entschluss 457-C5-0306/2000, Bundesdrucksache 113/01 vom 2.2.2001

3.

Landesforstgesetz für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen in der Fassung der Bekanntmachung vom 24. April 1980, zuletzt geändert durch Gesetz vom 9. Mai 2000 (§ 60)

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Maximum overall amount per year (covers all measures in the key issues paper)

EUR 1,4 million

Loans guaranteed

 

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 100 000

Loans guaranteed

 

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles (2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation

Yes

 

Date of implementation

1.9.2004

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2008

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

 

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Limited to specific sectors

 

—

Coalmining

 

—

All manufacturing

 

or

 

Steel

 

Shipbuilding

 

Synthetic fibres

 

Motor vehicles

 

Other manufacturing

Wood manufacturing and processing firms

—

All services

 

or

 

Transport

 

Financial services

 

Other services

Felling, skidding, trading and forwarding companies

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Ministerium für Umwelt und Naturschutz, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen

Address:

Schwannstr. 3, D-40476 Düsseldorf

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

 

We undertake to adapt the aid scheme if necessary following any amendment of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 after 31 December 2006. This also applies to all individual measures granted under the scheme which extend beyond 31 December 2006. The Commission will be informed of any such changes


Aid No

XS 7/05

Member State

Germany

Region

Saxony-Anhalt

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Special programme for building the information society in Saxony-Anhalt

Legal basis

Landeshaushaltsordnung (LHO) vom 30.4.1991 (GVBl. LSA S. 45), insbesondere die Verwaltungsvorschriften zu § 44 LHO des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt in der aktuellen Fassung;

Verordnung (EG) Nr. 70/2001 der Kommission vom 12. Januar 2001, geändert durch Verordnung (EG) Nr. 364/2004 der Kommission vom 25. Februar 2004, über die Anwendung der Artikel 87 und 88 EG-Vertrag auf staatliche Beihilfen an kleine und mittlere Unternehmen

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 1 million

Loans guaranteed

 

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

 

Loans guaranteed

 

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles (2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation

Yes

 

Date of implementation

1.1.2005

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award

Until 30.6.2007

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

 

Economic sectors concerned

NB: The following are excluded:

—

Activities relating to the manufacture, processing and marketing of goods listed in Annex 1 to the EC Treaty.

—

Aid for export-related activities

—

Aid which is conditional on the use of indigenous products rather than imported goods

—

Aid to the steel, synthetic fibres, motor vehicle and shipbuilding industries

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

—

All services

Yes

Since special rules apply to agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture and transport and since even small amounts of aid to those sectors might fulfil the criteria of Article 87(1) of the EC Treaty, the sectors in question are excluded from the scheme.

The steel, synthetic fibres, motor vehicle and shipbuilding industries are excluded owing, among other things, to the fact that appropriate measures have been agreed in relation to regional investment aid

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt

Gruppe Sonderprogramm

Address:

Domplatz 12

D-39104 Magdeburg

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

 


Aid No

XS 8/05

Member State

Austria

Region

Vienna

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Viennese structural improvement measures

Legal basis

Beschluss des Wiener Gemeinderates vom 17.12.2004 unter PrZ 05580-2004/0001-GFW

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 4,3 million

Loans guaranteed

 

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

 

Loans guaranteed

 

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation

Yes

 

Date of implementation

1.1.2005

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2008

(Account will be taken of a possible future requirement as to a recent exemption notification based on the period of validity of the SME aid block exemption Regulation.)

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

 

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Magistrat der Stadt Wien

Magistratsabteilung 5

Address:

A-1082 Vienna, Ebendorferstraße 2:

Zuständige Kontaktperson: Robert Mayer-Unterholzner c/o ZT

Zentrum für Innovation und Technologie GmbH, A-1010 Vienna,

Ebendorferstraße 4, Tel. (43-1) 4000-86775; rmu@zit.co.at

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

 


Aid No

XS 53/05

Member State

Germany

Region

North Rhine-Westphalia

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Choren Industries GmbH

Frauensteiner Str. 59

D-09599 Freiberg

Analysis and development of implementation structures for biomass to liquids plants in NRW/Germany

Legal basis

1.

Verordnung (EG) Nr. 70/2001 der Kommission vom 12. Januar 2001, insbesondere Artikel 5 b; Änderungsverordnung VO (EG) Nr. 364/2004 vom 25.2.2004

2.

Landesforstgesetz für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen in der Fassung der Bekanntmachung vom 24. April 1980, zuletzt geändert durch Gesetz vom 9. Mai 2000 (§ 60)

3.

§ 44 Landeshaushaltsordnung NRW

4.

Energie für die Zukunft: Erneuerbare Energieträger — Weißbuch für eine Gemeinschaftsstrategie und Aktionsplan (KOM(97) 599)

5.

Mitteilung der Kommission zu „Der Stand der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der holzverarbeitenden Industrie und verwandter Industriezweige in der EU“ vom 5. Oktober 1999, KOM (1999) 457 endg.

6.

Empfehlung der Kommission betreffend Definition der Kleinstunternehmen sowie der kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (2003/361/EG)

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Maximum overall amount per year (covers all measures in the key issues paper)

 

Loans guaranteed

 

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 175 275

Loans guaranteed

 

Maximum aid intensity

In accordance with Article 4(2)-(6) and Article 5(b) of Reg. (EC) No 70/2001 and Reg. No 364/2004

Yes, 75 %

 

Date of implementation

17.2.2005

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2005

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

 

Limited to specific sectors

 

Other manufacturing

Yes

Other services

Elaboration of feasibility study and memorandum

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Ministerium für Umwelt und Naturschutz, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen

Address:

Schwannstr. 3, D-40476 Düsseldorf

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

 

31.1.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 23/8

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4108 — T-Systems/Gedas)

(2006/C 23/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.

On 23 January 2006, 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 T-Systems Enterprise Services AG (‘T-Systems’, Germany), belonging to the German group Deutsche Telekom AG, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Gedas AG (‘Gedas’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—

for undertaking T-Systems: IT services;

—

for undertaking Gedas: IT services.

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. 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. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.4108 — T-Systems/Gedas, to the following address:

European Commission

Competition DG

Merger Registry

J-70

B-1049 Brussels

(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

31.1.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 23/9

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4111 — Goldman Sachs/Daiwa/SMBC/Sanyo)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 23/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.

On 20 January 2006, 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 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (‘Goldman Sachs’, USA), Daiwa Securities SMBC Principal Investments Co. Ltd. (‘Daiwa’, Japan) and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (‘SMBC’, Japan) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. (‘Sanyo’, Japan) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—

for Goldman Sachs: global investment banking, securities, investment management;

—

for Daiwa: investment, asset management, consulting;

—

for SMBC: banking and financial services;

—

for Sanyo: manufacture of electric and electronic products (home appliances, audiovisual, cameras, air conditioning products, batteries, etc).

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under 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. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.4111 — Goldman Sachs/Daiwa/SMBC/Sanyo, to the following address:

European Commission

Competition DG

Merger Registry

J-70

B-1049 Brussels

(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005 p. 32.

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