ISSN 1725-2423

doi:10.3000/17252423.C_2009.191.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 191
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English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 52
14 August 2009

Notice No

Contents

page

 

II   Information

 

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

 

Commission

2009/C 191/01

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections ( 1 )

1

2009/C 191/02

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5572 — Barclays/CNP/Barclays Vida Y Pensiones) ( 1 )

3

2009/C 191/03

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5488 — Magna/Cadence Innovation) ( 1 )

3

 

IV   Notices

 

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

 

Commission

2009/C 191/04

Euro exchange rates

4

 

V   Announcements

 

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION POLICY

 

Commission

2009/C 191/05

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5575 — Orbeo/Parts of OneCarbon) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 )

5

 

 

(1)   Text with EEA relevance

EN

 

II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

Commission

14.8.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 191/1

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance)

2009/C 191/01

Date of adoption of the decision

17.6.2009

Reference number of State Aid

N 485/08

Member State

Austria

Region

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Beihilfen für Fernwärme- und Fernkälteinfrastruktur sowie für Kühlanlagen

Legal basis

Bundesgesetz, mit dem die Errichtung von Leitungen zum Transport von Nah- und Fernwärme sowie Nah- und Fernkälte gefördert wird (Wärme- und Kälteleitungsausbaugesetz) Bundesgesetzblatt vom 8.8.2008, BGB1. I Nr. 113/2008

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Environmental protection

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 60 million; Overall budget: EUR 360 million

Intensity

50 %

Duration (period)

1.1.2009-31.12.2014

Economic sectors

Energy

Name and address of the granting authority

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit BMWA

Stubenring 1

1011 Wien

ÖSTERREICH

Other information

—

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/index.htm

Date of adoption of the decision

13.7.2009

Reference number of State Aid

N 277/09

Member State

Germany

Region

Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Investitionsbeihilfe zugunsten der Volkswerft Stralsund GmbH

Legal basis

36. Rahmenplan der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur“ and Investitionszulagengesetz 2007

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

Regional development

Form of aid

Direct grant, Provision of risk capital

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 948 600; Overall budget: EUR 948 600

Intensity

22,5 %

Duration (period)

20.2.2008-31.12.2008

Economic sectors

Shipbuilding

Name and address of the granting authority

Bundeswirtschaftsministerium

Scharnhorststr. 34—37

10115 Berlin

DEUTSCHLAND

Other information

—

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/index.htm

14.8.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 191/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5572 — Barclays/CNP/Barclays Vida Y Pensiones)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2009/C 191/02

On 6 August 2009, 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:

—

in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

—

in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32009M5572. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

14.8.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 191/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5488 — Magna/Cadence Innovation)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2009/C 191/03

On 7 May 2009, 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:

—

in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

—

in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32009M5488. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

Commission

14.8.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 191/4

Euro exchange rates (1)

13 August 2009

2009/C 191/04

1 euro =


 

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,4293

JPY

Japanese yen

137,52

DKK

Danish krone

7,4447

GBP

Pound sterling

0,85865

SEK

Swedish krona

10,1960

CHF

Swiss franc

1,5328

ISK

Iceland króna

 

NOK

Norwegian krone

8,6080

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

25,738

EEK

Estonian kroon

15,6466

HUF

Hungarian forint

268,21

LTL

Lithuanian litas

3,4528

LVL

Latvian lats

0,7008

PLN

Polish zloty

4,1085

RON

Romanian leu

4,2150

TRY

Turkish lira

2,1056

AUD

Australian dollar

1,6931

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,5451

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

11,0786

NZD

New Zealand dollar

2,1021

SGD

Singapore dollar

2,0599

KRW

South Korean won

1 759,41

ZAR

South African rand

11,3690

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

9,7674

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,3245

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

14 225,10

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

5,0147

PHP

Philippine peso

68,495

RUB

Russian rouble

45,4120

THB

Thai baht

48,664

BRL

Brazilian real

2,6029

MXN

Mexican peso

18,3544

INR

Indian rupee

68,6920

(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

V Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION POLICY

Commission

14.8.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 191/5

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5575 — Orbeo/Parts of OneCarbon)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2009/C 191/05

1.

On 4 August 2009 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 Orbeo (France), a 50/50 joint venture controlled by Société Générale (France) and Rhodia (France), acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation, control of parts of the undertaking OneCarbon International B.V. (OneCarbon, the Netherlands) by way of purchase of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—

for Société Générale: retail banking and financial services, global investment management and services, and corporate and investment banking,

—

for Rhodia: development and production of specialty chemicals for diversified markets, including automotive, electronics, flavours and fragrances, health, personal and home care, consumer goods and industrial,

—

for Orbeo: trading of carbon emission rights and especially of certified emission reduction (CER) and European Union allowance (EUA) instruments,

—

for OneCarbon: the business activities concerned by the transaction are Added Value Trading (AVT) and Carbon Credit Development (CCD). CCD activities consist in consultancy and assistance services to greenhouse gas emission reduction project developers. AVT activities consist in buying emission reduction credits issued by greenhouse gas emission reduction projects and selling related credits to trading partners.

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 (+32 22964301 or 22967244) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5575 — Orbeo/Parts of OneCarbon, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

J-70

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.