26.8.2004   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 214/1

26.8.2004   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 214/2

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The Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure, the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below, as provided in Articles 2 of Council Regulations (EC) No 468/2001 and (EC) No 469/2001 of 6 March 2001 (1) imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of electronic weighing scales originating in Japan and Singapore.

4.

This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 (3).

26.8.2004   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 214/3

1.

On 17 August 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 undertakings Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (‘Rabobank’, Netherlands) and KBC Bank N.V. (‘KBC’, Belgium) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of a newly created company, constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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 (fax No +32/2/2964301 or 2967244) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.3509 — Rabobank/KBC Bank/JV, to the following address:

26.8.2004   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 214/4

1.

On 18 August 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 undertakings Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (‘KKR’; USA) and DLJ Merchant Banking III, Inc. (‘DLJ ’; USA), which belongs to the Credit Suisse group (‘CS’; Switzerland), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council regulation joint control over the undertakings Jostens, Inc. (‘Jostens’, USA), The Von Hoffmann Corporation (‘Von Hoffmann’, USA) and AKI, Inc. (‘Arcade’, USA) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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 (EEC) 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 (fax No +32/2/2964301 or 2967244) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.3549 — KKR/DLJ/JOSTENS/VON HOFFMANN/ARCADE, to the following address:

26.8.2004   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 214/5

1.

On 16 August 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 UNIQA Versicherungen AG (‘Uniqa’, Austria) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation sole control of the undertaking Claris Vita S.p.A. (‘Claris Vita’, Italy) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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 (fax No +32/2/2964301 or 2967244) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.3538 — Uniqa/Claris Vita, to the following address:

26.8.2004   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 214/6

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from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/) free of charge. This web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes.

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in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document number 304M3402. CELEX is the computerized documentation system of European Community law. For more information on how to access Celex, see ‘subscriber information’ links below: