ISSN 1725-2423

doi:10.3000/17252423.C_2011.230.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 230
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Information and Notices

Volume 54
5 August 2011

Notice No

Contents

page

 

II   Information

 

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

 

European Commission

2011/C 230/01

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6259 — Covea/Bipiemme Vita) ( 1 )

1

2011/C 230/02

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6275 — BNP Paribas/BNL Vita) ( 1 )

1

 

IV   Notices

 

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

 

European Commission

2011/C 230/03

Euro exchange rates

2

2011/C 230/04

Communication from the Commission concerning the quantity not applied for to be added to the quantity fixed for the subperiod 1 October to 31 December 2011 under certain quotas opened by the European Union for poultrymeat, eggs and egg albumin

3

2011/C 230/05

Communication from the Commission concerning the quantity not applied for to be added to the quantity fixed for the subperiod 1 October to 31 December 2011 under certain quotas opened by the European Union for pigmeat products

4

 

V   Announcements

 

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

 

European Commission

2011/C 230/06

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6176 — Mitsubishi Corporation/Barclays Bank/Walney I Topco/Walney II Topco/Sheringham Shoal Topco) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 )

5

 

 

(1)   Text with EEA relevance

EN

 

II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

5.8.2011   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 230/1

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.6259 — Covea/Bipiemme Vita)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 230/01

On 19 July 2011, 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 language 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,

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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32011M6259. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

5.8.2011   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 230/1

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.6275 — BNP Paribas/BNL Vita)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 230/02

On 20 July 2011, 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 32011M6275. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

5.8.2011   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 230/2

Euro exchange rates (1)

4 August 2011

2011/C 230/03

1 euro =


 

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,4229

JPY

Japanese yen

113,24

DKK

Danish krone

7,4486

GBP

Pound sterling

0,87145

SEK

Swedish krona

9,1494

CHF

Swiss franc

1,1012

ISK

Iceland króna

 

NOK

Norwegian krone

7,7405

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

24,308

HUF

Hungarian forint

272,09

LTL

Lithuanian litas

3,4528

LVL

Latvian lats

0,7092

PLN

Polish zloty

4,0313

RON

Romanian leu

4,2122

TRY

Turkish lira

2,4567

AUD

Australian dollar

1,3466

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,3829

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

11,0983

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,6764

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,7287

KRW

South Korean won

1 518,34

ZAR

South African rand

9,7581

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

9,1621

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,4492

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

12 110,12

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,2545

PHP

Philippine peso

60,372

RUB

Russian rouble

39,8075

THB

Thai baht

42,459

BRL

Brazilian real

2,2312

MXN

Mexican peso

16,9823

INR

Indian rupee

63,3870

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

5.8.2011   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 230/3

Communication from the Commission concerning the quantity not applied for to be added to the quantity fixed for the subperiod 1 October to 31 December 2011 under certain quotas opened by the European Union for poultrymeat, eggs and egg albumin

2011/C 230/04

Commission Regulations (EC) No 533/2007 (1), (EC) No 536/2007 (2), (EC) No 539/2007 (3), (EC) No 1384/2007 (4) and (EC) No 1385/2007 (5) opened tariff quotas for imports of poultrymeat, eggs and egg albumin. The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of December 2011 for the subperiod 1 July to 30 September 2011 do not, for quotas 09.4068, 09.4070, 09.4169, 09.4015, 09.4402, 09.4091, 09.4092 and 09.4411, cover the quantities available. Pursuant to the second sentence of Article 7(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 (6), the quantities that were not applied for are to be added to the quantity fixed for the following quota subperiod, from 1 October to 31 December 2011; they are set out in the Annex to this notice.

(1)  OJ L 125, 15.5.2007, p. 9.

(2)  OJ L 128, 16.5.2007, p. 6.

(3)  OJ L 128, 16.5.2007, p. 19.

(4)  OJ L 309, 27.11.2007, p. 40.

(5)  OJ L 309, 27.11.2007, p. 47.

(6)  OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.

ANNEX

Quota order number

Quantities not applied for, to be added to the quantity fixed for the subperiod 1 October to 31 December 2011

(in kg)

09.4068

2 002 800

09.4070

300 250

09.4169

4 166 250

09.4015

27 000 000

09.4402

2 836 588

09.4091

420 000

09.4092

360 003

09.4411

3 825 000

5.8.2011   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 230/4

Communication from the Commission concerning the quantity not applied for to be added to the quantity fixed for the subperiod 1 October to 31 December 2011 under certain quotas opened by the European Union for pigmeat products

2011/C 230/05

Commission Regulation (EC) No 442/2009 (1) opened tariff quotas for imports of pigmeat products. The import licence applications lodged during the first seven days of June 2011 for the subperiod 1 July to 30 September 2011 do not, for quotas 09.4038, 09.4170 and 09.4204, cover the quantities available. Pursuant to the second sentence of Article 7(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 (2), the quantities that were not applied for are to be added to the quantity fixed for the following quota subperiod, from 1 October to 31 December 2011; they are set out in the Annex to this notice.

(1)  OJ L 129, 28.5.2009, p. 13.

(2)  OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.

ANNEX

Quota order number

Quantities not applied for, to be added to the quantity fixed for the subperiod 1 October to 31 December 2011

(in kg)

09.4038

8 347 650

09.4170

1 180 500

09.4204

1 156 000

V Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

5.8.2011   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 230/5

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6176 — Mitsubishi Corporation/Barclays Bank/Walney I Topco/Walney II Topco/Sheringham Shoal Topco)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 230/06

1.

On 29 July 2011, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Mitsubishi Corporation, (‘MC’, Japan) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control over Walney I Topco (‘W1 Topco’), Walney II Topco (‘W2 Topco’) and Sheringham Shoal Topco (‘SS Topco’) with Barclays Bank plc (‘Barclays’, England and Wales) by way of acquisition of shares from Macquarie Capital Group Limited.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—

for MC: Global trading company, its activities are related to energy, metals, machinery, chemicals, food and general merchandise,

—

for Barclays: Global financial services provider engaged in retail banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking and wealth management,

—

for W1 Topco: a newly incorporated company which will acquire the offshore transmission activities of Walney I Wind Farm,

—

for W2 Topco and SS Topco: companies that will be created to acquire the offshore electricity transmission assets of the wind farm projects Walney II and Sheringham Shoal.

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.6176 — Mitsubishi Corporation/Barclays Bank/Walney I Topco/Walney II Topco/Sheringham Shoal Topco, 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’).