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Official Journal of the European Union |
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Information and Notices |
Volume 48 |
Notice No |
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2005/C 011/1 |
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2005/C 011/2 |
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2005/C 011/3 |
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2005/C 011/4 |
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3668 — DIFA/INVESTKREDIT/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 ) |
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2005/C 011/5 |
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3690 — CNP/Capitalia/Fineco Vita) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 ) |
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2005/C 011/6 |
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3653 — SIEMENS/VA TECH) ( 1 ) |
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2005/C 011/7 |
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3639 — Bridgepoint/SEA) ( 1 ) |
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2005/C 011/8 |
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3633 — Alcadis/Isuzu/Mitsubishi/Isuzu Benelux JV) ( 1 ) |
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2005/C 011/9 |
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3638 — KKR/DSD) ( 1 ) |
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III Notices |
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Commission |
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2005/C 011/0 |
Call for proposals 2005 — Programme of Community action in the field of public health (2003-2008) ( 1 ) |
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(1) Text with EEA relevance |
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I Information
Commission
15.1.2005 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 11/1 |
Euro exchange rates (1)
14 January 2005
(2005/C 11/01)
1 euro=
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Currency |
Exchange rate |
USD |
US dollar |
1,3091 |
JPY |
Japanese yen |
134,32 |
DKK |
Danish krone |
7,4398 |
GBP |
Pound sterling |
0,7006 |
SEK |
Swedish krona |
9,0483 |
CHF |
Swiss franc |
1,5491 |
ISK |
Iceland króna |
82,17 |
NOK |
Norwegian krone |
8,175 |
BGN |
Bulgarian lev |
1,9559 |
CYP |
Cyprus pound |
0,5818 |
CZK |
Czech koruna |
30,365 |
EEK |
Estonian kroon |
15,6466 |
HUF |
Hungarian forint |
246,98 |
LTL |
Lithuanian litas |
3,4528 |
LVL |
Latvian lats |
0,6964 |
MTL |
Maltese lira |
0,4324 |
PLN |
Polish zloty |
4,0626 |
ROL |
Romanian leu |
37 792 |
SIT |
Slovenian tolar |
239,77 |
SKK |
Slovak koruna |
38,58 |
TRY |
Turkish lira |
1,7708 |
AUD |
Australian dollar |
1,7242 |
CAD |
Canadian dollar |
1,5859 |
HKD |
Hong Kong dollar |
10,2051 |
NZD |
New Zealand dollar |
1,873 |
SGD |
Singapore dollar |
2,1444 |
KRW |
South Korean won |
1 366,05 |
ZAR |
South African rand |
7,9051 |
Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
15.1.2005 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 11/2 |
Decision No 1/95 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 22 December 1995 on implementing the final phase of the Customs Union
Decision No 2/97 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 4 June 1997 establishing the list of Community instruments relating to the removal of technical barriers to trade and the conditions and arrangements governing their implementation by Turkey,
Article 4(a) to Annex I
Paragraph V (2) to Annex II
Types of gas and the corresponding supply pressures according to Article 2(2) of Council Directive 90/396/EEC of 29 June 1990
(2005/C 11/02)
(This publication is based on information received by the Commission services from Turkey)
Turkey
Country |
Gas family |
Wobbe index (gross) in |
Supply pressure in mbar (4) |
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MJ/m3 or kWh/m3 (0 °C) |
MJ/m3 or kWh/m3 (15 °C) |
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nom. |
max. |
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TURKEY |
SECOND |
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Group H |
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45,7-54,7 MJ/m3 |
17 (1) |
20 (1) |
25 (1) |
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THIRD |
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Group P |
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72,9-76,8 MJ/m3 (2) |
25 |
37 |
45 |
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Group B/P |
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72,9-87,3 MJ/m3 (3) |
25 |
28-30 |
35 |
(1) Pressure level commonly used in the ‘low pressure’ distribution network. Some other higher pressures may be used, the most usual one is 300 mbar.
(2) Commercial propane.
(3) Commercial propane-butane mixture.
(4) Pressure at the inlet of the gas appliance.
15.1.2005 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 11/3 |
NEW NATIONAL SIDE OF EURO CIRCULATION COINS
(2005/C 11/03)
National side of the new 2-euro commemorative circulation coin issued by Luxembourg
Euro circulation coins have legal tender status throughout the euro area. With a view to informing the parties professionally handling coins and the public at large, the Commission publishes all new euro coin designs (1). In accordance with the relevant Council conclusions of 8 December 2003 (2), Member States and countries that have concluded a Monetary Agreement with the Community providing for the issuance of euro circulation coins are allowed to issue certain quantities of commemorative euro circulation coins under the condition that only a single new coin design at most is issued per country and per year and that the 2 € denomination is used. These coins correspond to the technical features of normal euro circulation coins, but bear a commemorative feature on the obverse national side.
Issuing State: Luxembourg
Commemorative feature: 50th anniversary of the G-D Henri, 5th anniversary of his accession to the throne and 100 years of the death of the G-D Adolphe
Factual description of the design: The coin depicts on the left-hand side of its inner part the effigy of His Royal Highness, the Grand Duke Henri, looking to the right, and superimposed on the effigy of the former Grand Duke Adolphe on the right-hand side of the inner part. Above the effigies appears, in semi-circular form, the legend ‘GRANDS-DUCS DE LUXEMBOURG’. The text ‘HENRI * 1955 ADOLPHE + 1905’ is inscribed below their respective effigies. On the outer ring of the coin, the 12 stars surrounding the design are placed between the letters of the text ‘LËTZEBUERG’. The date 2005 is inscribed below, flanked by the logo of the Mint and the letter ‘S’.
Issuing volume: max. 2.8 million
Approximate issuing period: January 2005
(1) See OJ C 373 of 28.12.2001, pp. 1-30 for a reference to all national sides that have been issued in 2002.
(2) See conclusions of the General Affairs Council of 8 December 2003 on changes in the design of national sides of euro coins. See also Commission Recommendation of 29 September 2003 on a common practice for changes to the design of national obverse sides of euro circulation coins (OJ L 264 of 15.10.2003, p. 38-39).
15.1.2005 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 11/4 |
Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.3668 — DIFA/INVESTKREDIT/JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(2005/C 11/04)
(Text with EEA relevance)
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On 6 January 2005, 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 DIFA Deutsche Immobilien Fonds AG (‘DIFA’, Germany) controlled by DZ Bank AG (‘DZ’, Germany) and Investkredit Bank AG (‘IK’, Austria) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertakings ABP Real Estate Investment KFT (‘ABP’, Hungary), M 1 Business Park KFT (‘M1’, Hungary), Infopark KFT (‘Infopark’, Hungary), Olympia Teplice s.r.o. (‘OCT’, Czech Republic), Olympia Mladá Boleslav s.r.o. (‘OCM’, Czech Republic), RCP Alfa s.r.o. (‘RCP’, Czech Republic) and Europolis Technopark s.r.o. (‘ETP’, Czech Republic), which are currently jointly controlled by IK and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (United Kingdom) 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.3668 — DIFA/INVESTKREDIT/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.
15.1.2005 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 11/5 |
Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.3690 — CNP/Capitalia/Fineco Vita)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(2005/C 11/05)
(Text with EEA relevance)
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On 10 January 2005, 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 CNP Assurances S.A. (‘CNP’, France) and FinecoGroup S.p.A. (‘FinecoGroup’, Italy) controlled by Capitalia S.p.A. (‘Capitalia’, Italy) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of FinecoVita S.p.A. (‘FinecoVita’, Italy), currently controlled by Capitalia, 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.3690 — CNP/Capitalia/Fineco Vita, 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.
15.1.2005 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 11/6 |
Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.3653 — SIEMENS/VA TECH)
(2005/C 11/06)
(Text with EEA relevance)
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On 10 January 2005, 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 Siemens Österreich AG (‘Siemens’, Austria) controlled by Siemens Deutschland AG (‘Siemens’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking VA Tech AG (‘VA Tech’, Austria) by way of public bid announced on 10 December 2004. |
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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.3653 — SIEMENS/VA TECH, to the following address:
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15.1.2005 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 11/7 |
Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.3639 — Bridgepoint/SEA)
(2005/C 11/07)
(Text with EEA relevance)
On 20 December 2004, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in Italian and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:
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from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). 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 on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32004M3639. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex). |
15.1.2005 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 11/7 |
Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.3633 — Alcadis/Isuzu/Mitsubishi/Isuzu Benelux JV)
(2005/C 11/08)
(Text with EEA relevance)
On 21 December 2004, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. 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:
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from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases ). 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 on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32004M3633. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex) |
15.1.2005 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 11/8 |
Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.3638 — KKR/DSD)
(2005/C 11/09)
(Text with EEA relevance)
On 7 January 2005, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. 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:
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from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). 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 on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32004M3638. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex) |
III Notices
Commission
15.1.2005 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 11/9 |
CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2005
Programme of Community action in the field of public health (2003-2008)
(2005/C 11/10)
(Text with EEA relevance)
The Commission is today issuing the call for proposals ‘Public Health 2005’ as part of the Programme of Community action in the field of public health (2003-2008) (1).
The deadline for submission of proposals is 15 April 2005.
All information, including the Commission Decision adopting the 2005 work programme to implement the Programme of Community action in the field of public health (2003-2008), the annual work programme for grants and the rules and criteria for the selection and funding of actions under the public health programme, is available on the following website:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_programme/howtoapply/how_to_apply_en.htm.
(1) Decision No 1786/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002 adopting a programme of Community action in the field of public health (2003-2008) — Commission Statements — Official Journal L 271, 9.10.2002, pp. 1 - 12.