ISSN 1725-2423

doi:10.3000/17252423.C_2010.245.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 245
European flag  

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 53
11 September 2010

Notice No

Contents

page

 

II   Information

 

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

 

European Commission

2010/C 245/01

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5935 — VION/WEYL) ( 1 )

1

 

IV   Notices

 

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

 

European Commission

2010/C 245/02

Euro exchange rates

2

 

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

2010/C 245/03

Winding-up proceedings — Decision to open winding-up proceedings (Voluntary winding-up following a decision of the extraordinary general meeting of the mutual enterprise Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń Wzajemnych Bezpieczny DOM concerning the winding-up of the insurance undertaking) (Publication made in accordance with Article 14 of Directive 2001/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reorganisation and winding-up of insurance undertakings)

3

 

V   Announcements

 

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

 

European Commission

2010/C 245/04

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5946 — Banco Popular/Crédit Mutuel/BPH) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 )

4

2010/C 245/05

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5890 — Heinzel/Europapier) ( 1 )

5

2010/C 245/06

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5953 — Reckitt Benckiser/SSL) ( 1 )

6

 

 

(1)   Text with EEA relevance

EN

 

II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

11.9.2010   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 245/1

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5935 — VION/WEYL)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2010/C 245/01

On 20 August 2010, 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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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,

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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32010M5935. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

11.9.2010   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 245/2

Euro exchange rates (1)

10 September 2010

2010/C 245/02

1 euro =


 

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,2725

JPY

Japanese yen

106,84

DKK

Danish krone

7,4452

GBP

Pound sterling

0,82340

SEK

Swedish krona

9,2019

CHF

Swiss franc

1,3020

ISK

Iceland króna

 

NOK

Norwegian krone

7,8760

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

24,681

EEK

Estonian kroon

15,6466

HUF

Hungarian forint

283,85

LTL

Lithuanian litas

3,4528

LVL

Latvian lats

0,7088

PLN

Polish zloty

3,9338

RON

Romanian leu

4,2740

TRY

Turkish lira

1,9164

AUD

Australian dollar

1,3739

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,3118

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

9,8844

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,7446

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,7054

KRW

South Korean won

1 484,75

ZAR

South African rand

9,1384

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

8,6138

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,2843

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

11 383,90

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

3,9538

PHP

Philippine peso

55,950

RUB

Russian rouble

39,2820

THB

Thai baht

39,165

BRL

Brazilian real

2,1867

MXN

Mexican peso

16,4903

INR

Indian rupee

58,8400

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

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

11.9.2010   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 245/3

Winding-up proceedings

Decision to open winding-up proceedings (Voluntary winding-up following a decision of the extraordinary general meeting of the mutual enterprise Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń Wzajemnych Bezpieczny DOM concerning the winding-up of the insurance undertaking)

(Publication made in accordance with Article 14 of Directive 2001/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reorganisation and winding-up of insurance undertakings)

2010/C 245/03

Insurance undertaking

Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń Wzajemnych Bezpieczny Dom

ul. Żurawia 32/34

00-515 Warszawa

POLSKA/POLAND

Date, entry into force and nature of the decision

22 July 2010, Decision No 2 of 22 July 2010 adopted by extraordinary general meeting of the mutual enterprise Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń Wzajemnych Bezpieczny Dom concerning the opening of winding-up proceedings in respect of Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń Wzajemnych Bezpieczny Dom

Competent authorities

General Meeting of Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń Wzajemnych Bezpieczny Dom

Supervisory authority

Financial Supervision Commission (Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego)

Pl. Powstańców Warszawy 1

00-950 Warszawa

POLSKA/POLAND

Liquidator appointed

Mr Dariusz Lucjan Poniewierka, Mr Jacek Krzysztof Bielecki

ul. Żurawia 32/34

00-515 Warszawa

POLSKA/POLAND

Applicable law

Poland: Article 192 of the Insurance Activity Act (ustawy o działalności ubezpieczeniowej) of 22 May 2003 (Journal of Laws 2010, No 11, item 66, as amended)

V Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

11.9.2010   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 245/4

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5946 — Banco Popular/Crédit Mutuel/BPH)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2010/C 245/04

1.

On 3 September 2010, 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 Banco Popular Español (‘Banco Popular’, Spain) and Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel (‘Crédit Mutuel’, France) acquire(s) within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the newly created joint venture Banco Popular Hipotecario (‘BPH’, Spain), by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—

for Banco Popular: commercial and retail banking and insurance in Spain and Portugal,

—

for Crédit Mutuel: retail banking and insurance in a number of EU Member States, including Spain and Portugal,

—

for BPH: full range of retail banking and insurance services, as before implementation of the proposed transaction Banco Popular will transfer 123 branches of its branches in Spain to BPH.

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the EC Merger Regulation (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), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5946 — Banco Popular/Crédit Mutuel/BPH, 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 (the ‘EC Merger Regulation’).

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32 (‘Notice on a simplified procedure’).

11.9.2010   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 245/5

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5890 — Heinzel/Europapier)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2010/C 245/05

1.

On 2 September 2010, 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 Heinzel Holding GmbH (‘Heinzel’, Austria) acquire(s) within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Europapier AG (‘Europapier’, Austria) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—

for Heinzel: Heinzel is a producer of pulp, and to a limited extent, kraft paper in Central and Eastern Europe as well as a global trading company for pulp and different kinds of paper,

—

for Europapier: Europapier is a paper merchant in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. It offers its customers a wide range of graphical, standard and creative papers, office papers and packaging solutions.

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

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), by e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5890 — Heinzel/Europapier, 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 (the ‘EC Merger Regulation’).

11.9.2010   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 245/6

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5953 — Reckitt Benckiser/SSL)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2010/C 245/06

1.

On 6 September 2010, 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 Reckitt Benckiser plc, belonging to the Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (‘Reckitt Benckiser’, UK) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking SSL International plc (‘SSL’, UK) by way of public bid announced on 18 August 2010.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—

for Reckitt Benckiser: manufacture and sale of food, home care, health and personal care products,

—

for SSL: manufacture and sale of health and personal care products.

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

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), by e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5953 — Reckitt Benckiser/SSL, 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 (the ‘EC Merger Regulation’).