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ISSN 1725-2423 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 288 |
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English edition |
Information and Notices |
Volume 47 |
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2004/C 288/1 |
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2004/C 288/2 |
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3576 — ECT/PONL/EUROMAX) ( 1 ) |
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2004/C 288/3 |
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3633 — ALCADIS/ISUZU/MITSUBISHI/ISUZU BENELUX JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 ) |
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2004/C 288/4 |
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3611 — BORGWARNER/BERU) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 ) |
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2004/C 288/5 |
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3655 — CERBERUS/PEGUFORM) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 ) |
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2004/C 288/6 |
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(1) Text with EEA relevance |
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Commission
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25.11.2004 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 288/1 |
Euro exchange rates (1)
24 November 2004
(2004/C 288/01)
1 euro =
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Currency |
Exchange rate |
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USD |
US dollar |
1,3146 |
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JPY |
Japanese yen |
135,26 |
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DKK |
Danish krone |
7,4305 |
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GBP |
Pound sterling |
0,69985 |
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SEK |
Swedish krona |
8,9270 |
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CHF |
Swiss franc |
1,5143 |
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ISK |
Iceland króna |
87,06 |
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NOK |
Norwegian krone |
8,1320 |
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BGN |
Bulgarian lev |
1,9559 |
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CYP |
Cyprus pound |
0,5786 |
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CZK |
Czech koruna |
31,021 |
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EEK |
Estonian kroon |
15,6466 |
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HUF |
Hungarian forint |
245,10 |
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LTL |
Lithuanian litas |
3,4528 |
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LVL |
Latvian lats |
0,6824 |
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MTL |
Maltese lira |
0,4324 |
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PLN |
Polish zloty |
4,2156 |
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ROL |
Romanian leu |
39 474 |
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SIT |
Slovenian tolar |
239,79 |
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SKK |
Slovak koruna |
39,315 |
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TRL |
Turkish lira |
1 877 100 |
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AUD |
Australian dollar |
1,6687 |
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CAD |
Canadian dollar |
1,5537 |
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HKD |
Hong Kong dollar |
10,2181 |
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NZD |
New Zealand dollar |
1,8481 |
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SGD |
Singapore dollar |
2,1578 |
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KRW |
South Korean won |
1 402,28 |
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ZAR |
South African rand |
7,8432 |
Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
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25.11.2004 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 288/2 |
Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.3576 — ECT/PONL/EUROMAX)
(2004/C 288/02)
(Text with EEA relevance)
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On 17 November 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 Europe Container Terminals B.V. (‘ECT’, The Netherlands), belonging to the Hutchison Whampoa Limited Group (‘Hutchison’, Hong Kong), and P&O Nedlloyd B.V. (‘PONL’, The Netherlands), belonging to Royal P&O Nedlloyd N.V. (‘Royal Nedlloyd’, The Netherlands), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Euromax Beheer B.V. (‘Euromax’, The Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture. |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
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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. |
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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.3576 — ECT/PONL/EUROMAX, to the following address:
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25.11.2004 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 288/3 |
Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.3633 — ALCADIS/ISUZU/MITSUBISHI/ISUZU BENELUX JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(2004/C 288/03)
(Text with EEA relevance)
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On 16 November 2004 the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Alcadis (Belgium), Isuzu Motors Ltd (‘Isuzu’, Japan), and Mitsubishi Corporation (‘Mitsubishi’, Japan) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of a newly created joint venture company Isuzu Benelux by way of purchase of shares. |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
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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. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice. |
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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.3633 — Alcadis/Isuzu/Mitsubishi/Isuzu Benelux JV, to the following address:
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(2) Available on DG COMP website:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/legislation/consultation/simplified_tru.pdf.
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25.11.2004 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 288/4 |
Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.3611 — BORGWARNER/BERU)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(2004/C 288/04)
(Text with EEA relevance)
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On 17 November 2004, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking BorgWarner Germany GmbH belonging to the BorgWarner Group (‘BorgWarner’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking BERU AG (‘BERU’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares. |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
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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. |
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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.3611 — BorgWarner/BERU to the following address:
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(2) Available on DG COMP website:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/legislation/consultation/simplified_tru.pdf.
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25.11.2004 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 288/5 |
Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.3655 — CERBERUS/PEGUFORM)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(2004/C 288/05)
(Text with EEA relevance)
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On 18 November 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 Cerberus Group (‘Cerberus’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of substantially the whole of Peguform GmbH Co. KG i.L. (‘Peguform’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares and assets. |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
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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. |
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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.3655 — CERBERUS/PEGUFORM, to the following address:
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(2) Available on DG COMP website:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/legislation/consultation/simplified_tru.pdf.
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25.11.2004 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 288/6 |
UNIFORM APPLICATION OF THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE (CN)
(Classification of goods)
Explanatory notes adopted in accordance with the procedure defined in Article 10(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1558/2004 (2)
(2004/C 288/06)
The ‘Explanatory notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities’ (3) shall be amended as follows:
On page 354 the following text is to be inserted:
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‘9501 00 |
Wheeled toys designed to be ridden by children (for example, tricycles, scooters, pedal cars); dolls' carriages |
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9501 00 90 |
Other This subheading includes wheeled toys powered by internal combustion piston engines designed to be ridden by children, so-called “Quad vehicles”, provided that the following limits are not exceeded:
Unlike most of the wheeled toys classified in this subheading a “Quad vehicle” is designed for being used in rough terrain. Whenever one of the above criteria is not met, the “Quad vehicles” must be classified in heading 8703.’ |
(3) OJ C 256, 23.10.2002, p. 1.