21.1.2005

Official Journal of the European Union

C 17/1

Euro exchange rates (1)

20 January 2005

(2005/C 17/01)

1 euro=

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,2936
JPY	Japanese yen	133,22
DKK	Danish krone	7,4417
GBP	Pound sterling	0,69330
SEK	Swedish krona	9,0217
CHF	Swiss franc	1,5414
ISK	Iceland króna	81,13
NOK	Norwegian krone	8,1790
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9559
CYP	Cyprus pound	0,5820
CZK	Czech koruna	30,373
EEK	Estonian kroon	15,6466
HUF	Hungarian forint	246,98
LTL	Lithuanian litas	3,4528
LVL	Latvian lats	0,6960
MTL	Maltese lira	0,4311
PLN	Polish zloty	4,1137
ROL	Romanian leu	38 488
SIT	Slovenian tolar	239,76
SKK	Slovak koruna	38,680
TRY	Turkish lira	1,7480
AUD	Australian dollar	1,7080
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,5934
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	10,0887
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,8439
SGD	Singapore dollar	2,1186
KRW	South Korean won	1 336,55
ZAR	South African rand	7,8845

(1)

Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

21.1.2005

Official Journal of the European Union

C 17/2

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3686 — HONEYWELL/NOVAR)

(2005/C 17/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 7 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 American undertaking Honeywell International Inc. (‘Honeywell’) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the UK publicly listed company Novar plc (‘Novar’) by way of a public bid announced on 13 December 2004.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—	for Honeywell: aerospace products and services, automotive products, electronic materials, specialty materials, performance polymers, transportation and power systems, home and building controls, and industrial controls.

—	for Novar: Intelligent building systems, Indalex Aluminum Solutions and security printing 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.

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.3686 — HONEYWELL/NOVAR to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition,

Merger Registry

J-70

B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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Official Journal of the European Union		C 17

English edition	Information and Notices	Volume 48 21 January 2005

Notice No	Contents	page
	I Information
	Commission
2005/C 017/1	Euro exchange rates	1

2005/C 017/2	Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3686 — HONEYWELL/NOVAR) ( 1 )	2