27.5.2004

Official Journal of the European Union

C 143/1

Euro exchange rates (1)

2 June 2004

(2004/C 143/01)

1 euro=

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,2198
JPY	Japanese yen	133,24
DKK	Danish krone	7,4377
GBP	Pound sterling	0,66475
SEK	Swedish krona	9,0893
CHF	Swiss franc	1,5276
ISK	Iceland króna	87,22
NOK	Norwegian krone	8,1993
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9475
CYP	Cyprus pound	0,5844
CZK	Czech koruna	31,625
EEK	Estonian kroon	15,6466
HUF	Hungarian forint	251,40
LTL	Lithuanian litas	3,4528
LVL	Latvian lats	0,6576
MTL	Maltese lira	0,4254
PLN	Polish zloty	4,6455
ROL	Romanian leu	40 766
SIT	Slovenian tolar	239,03
SKK	Slovak koruna	39,99
TRL	Turkish lira	1 831 286
AUD	Australian dollar	1,7032
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,6611
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	9,5122
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,9291
SGD	Singapore dollar	2,072
KRW	South Korean won	1 415,03
ZAR	South African rand	7,9345

(1)

Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

27.5.2004

Official Journal of the European Union

C 143/2

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case No. COMP/M.3431 – SONOCO/AHLSTROM/JV)

(2004/C 143/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 18.05.2004, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (2), by which the undertakings Sonoco Luxembourg S.à.r.l. (Luxembourg) belonging to Sonoco Products Company (‘Sonoco’, US) and Ahlstrom Holding GmbH (Germany) belonging to Ahlstrom Corporation (‘Ahlstrom’, Finland) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Sonoco – JV S.à.r.l. (‘the JV’, Luxembourg) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—	for undertaking Sonoco: worldwide manufacturer of industrial and consumer packaging products and provider of packaging services;

—	for undertaking Ahlstrom: worldwide manufacturer of high performance fiber-based materials used in different sectors such as healthcare, transport, packaging and home & office;

—	for the JV: the European core-boards and paper cores businesses of Sonoco and Ahlstrom.

3.	On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

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 (fax no. +32/2/2964301 or 2967244) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.3431–SONOCO/AHLSTROM/JV, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition,

Merger Registry

J-70

B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989 p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 257, 21.9.1990, p. 13.

(2) OJ L 180, 9. 7. 1997, p. 1; corrigendum OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.

27.5.2004

Official Journal of the European Union

C 143/3

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case No. COMP/M.3423 – RWA/AMI/INTER-FERT (JV))

(2004/C 143/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 18/05/2004, 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 RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria Aktiengesellschaft, Austria (‘RWA’) and AMI Agrolinz Melamine International GmbH, Austria (‘AMI’) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking INTER-FERT Düngemittel GmbH, Austria (‘Inter-Fert’) by way of contract of management.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—	RWA: agricultural trading organization active in the purchase and sales of agricultural products, necessities, consumer goods

—	AMI: refining of natural gas to raw materials for agricultural and industry needs, in particular fertilizers

—	Inter-Fert: trade with mineral fertilizers on the economic levels above the retail business

3.	On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition,

Merger Registry

J-70

B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1

27.5.2004

Official Journal of the European Union

C 143/4

Corrigendum to the information concerning the Administrative Commission of the European Communities on social security for migrant workers — Rates for conversion of currencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72

(Official Journal of the European Union C 136 of 14 May 2004)

(2004/C 143/04)

On page 2:

for:

‘Reference period: January 2004’,

read:

‘Reference period: April 2004’.

On page 2:

for:

‘Application period: April, May and June 2004’,

read:

‘Application period: July, August and September 2004’.

		ISSN 1725-2423
Official Journal of the European Union		C 143

English edition	Information and Notices	Volume 47 27 May 2004

Notice No	Contents
	I Information
	Commission
2004/C 143/1	Euro exchange rates
2004/C 143/2	Prior notification of a concentration (Case No. COMP/M.3431 – SONOCO/AHLSTROM/JV)
2004/C 143/3	Prior notification of a concentration (Case No. COMP/M.3423 – RWA/AMI/INTER-FERT (JV))

	Corrigenda
2004/C 143/4	Corrigendum to the information concerning the Administrative Commission of the European Communities on social security for migrant workers — Rates for conversion of currencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 (Official Journal of the European Union C 136 of 14 May 2004)