6.8.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 231/1

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Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance, except for products falling under Annex I to the Treaty)

2011/C 231/01

Date of adoption of the decision	5.7.2011
Reference number of State Aid	SA.32059 (10/N)
Member State	Greece
Region	—	—
Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)	Μέτρα υπέρ των παραγωγών της χώρας που οι γεωργικές τους εκμεταλλεύσεις ζημιώθηκαν από θεομηνίες (πλημμύρες, κατολισθήσεις) και δυσμενείς καιρικές συνθήκες (ανεμοθύελλες, υπερβολικές βροχοπτώσεις, υψηλές θερμοκρασίες), κατά τη χρονική περίοδο Ιανουάριος -Δεκέμβριος 2009
Legal basis	Κοινή Υπουργική Απόφαση (συνημμένη)
Type of measure	Scheme	—
Objective	Adverse weather conditions, Natural disasters or exceptional occurrences
Form of aid	Direct grant
Budget	Overall budget: EUR 25 million   Annual budget: EUR 13 million
Intensity	80 %
Duration (period)	Until 31.12.2013
Economic sectors	Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Name and address of the granting authority	α) Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων Αχαρνών 2 101 76 Αθήνα/Athens ΕΛΛΑΔΑ/GREECE β) ΕΛΓΑ Μεσογείων 45 115 10 Αθήνα/Athens ΕΛΛΑΔΑ/GREECE
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/state_aids_texts_en.htm

Date of adoption of the decision	5.7.2011
Reference number of State Aid	SA.32976 (11/N)
Member State	Germany
Region	Sachsen-Anhalt	—
Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)	Sachsen-Anhalt: Anwendung der Grundsätze für eine nationale Rahmenrichtlinie zur Grwährung staatlicher Zuwendungen zur Bewältigung von durch Naturkatastrophen verursachte Schäden in der Landwirtschaft/Richtlinie über die Gewährung von Zuwendungen zur Bewältigung von Hochwasserschäden in der Landwirtschaft Januar 2011
Legal basis	1. Haushaltsordnung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt (LHO) vom 30. April 1991 2. Verwaltungsvorschriften des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt zur Landeshaushaltsordnung (VV-LHO) 3. Grundsätze für eine nationale Rahmenrichtlinie zur Gewährung staatlicher Zuwendungen zur Bewältigung von durch Naturkatastrophen verursachte Schäden in der Landwirtschaft
Type of measure	Scheme	—
Objective	Natural disasters or exceptional occurrences
Form of aid	Interest subsidy
Budget	Overall budget: EUR 0,80 million   Annual budget: EUR 0,80 million
Intensity	100 %
Duration (period)	Until 30.6.2012
Economic sectors	Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Name and address of the granting authority	Ämter für Landwirtschaft, Flurneuordnung und Forsten Altmark, Anhalt, Mitte und Süd
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/state_aids_texts_en.htm

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6.8.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 231/3

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Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 231/02

Date of adoption of the decision	30.5.2011
Reference number of State Aid	SA.32159 (10/N)
Member State	Belgium
Region	—
Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)	Prolongation du dispositif d'assurance crédit à l'exportation a court terme BELGACAP
Legal basis	Arrêté royal du 11 janvier 2010
Type of measure	Aid scheme
Objective	Aid to remedy serious disturbances in the economy, Export credits
Form of aid	Insurance
Budget	Overall budget: EUR 300 million
Intensity	—
Duration (period)	Until 31.12.2011
Economic sectors	Financial intermediation, Export credits insurance
Name and address of the granting authority	Service Public Fédéral Finances État belge Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 12 1000 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË
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/state_aids_texts_en.htm

Date of adoption of the decision	17.6.2011
Reference number of State Aid	SA.32737
Member State	Greece
Region	Sterea Ellada
Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)	Aid for the renovation and upgrading of the Parnassos ski resort
Legal basis	Directive 2004/18/EC
Type of measure	Aid scheme
Objective	Regional development
Form of aid	Direct grant
Budget	Overall budget: EUR 29,52 million
Intensity	100 %
Duration (period)	Until 31.12.2013
Economic sectors	Recreational, cultural sporting activities
Name and address of the granting authority	Specific Secretary of O.P. ‘Competivness and Enterpreneurship’ Mesogion Av 56 115 27 Athens GREECE
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/state_aids_texts_en.htm

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6.8.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 231/5

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.6168 — RBI/EFG Eurobank/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 231/03

On 29 June 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 32011M6168. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

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6.8.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 231/6

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Euro exchange rates (1)

5 August 2011

2011/C 231/04

1 euro =

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,4155
JPY	Japanese yen	111,25
DKK	Danish krone	7,4489
GBP	Pound sterling	0,86905
SEK	Swedish krona	9,2070
CHF	Swiss franc	1,0847
ISK	Iceland króna
NOK	Norwegian krone	7,7840
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9558
CZK	Czech koruna	24,248
HUF	Hungarian forint	274,10
LTL	Lithuanian litas	3,4528
LVL	Latvian lats	0,7095
PLN	Polish zloty	4,0455
RON	Romanian leu	4,2418
TRY	Turkish lira	2,4556
AUD	Australian dollar	1,3538
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,3899
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	11,0505
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,6900
SGD	Singapore dollar	1,7271
KRW	South Korean won	1 517,34
ZAR	South African rand	9,8154
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	9,1164
HRK	Croatian kuna	7,4470
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	12 141,66
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	4,2699
PHP	Philippine peso	60,398
RUB	Russian rouble	40,0645
THB	Thai baht	42,295
BRL	Brazilian real	2,2469
MXN	Mexican peso	17,0327
INR	Indian rupee	63,3370

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

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6.8.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 231/7

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

2011/C 231/05

Aid No: SA.33427 (11/XA)

Member State: Poland

Region: Poland

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Program pomocy dla rolników, producentów rolnych, rodzin rolniczych, w których gospodarstwach rolnych lub działach specjalnych produkcji rolnej powstały szkody spowodowane wystąpieniem w 2011 r. huraganu, deszczu nawalnego lub przymrozków wiosennych

Legal basis: Uchwała Rady Ministrów z dnia 26 lipca 2011 r. w sprawie ustanowienia programu pomocy dla rolników, producentów rolnych, rodzin rolniczych, w których gospodarstwach rolnych lub działach specjalnych produkcji rolnej powstały szkody spowodowane wystąpieniem w 2011 r. huraganu, deszczu nawalnego lub przymrozków wiosennych oraz art. 11 rozporządzenia Komisji (WE) nr 1857/2006

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme: PLN 200 million

Maximum aid intensity: 90 %

Date of implementation: —

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 30 July 2011-31 July 2013

Objective of aid: Adverse climatic events (Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Name and address of the granting authority: Zgodnie z listą w załączniku

Website: http://bip.minrol.gov.pl/DesktopModules/Announcement/ViewAnnouncement.aspx?ModuleID=1446&TabOrgID=1619&LangId=0&AnnouncementId=14425&ModulePositionId=2016

Other information: —

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6.8.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 231/8

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Act of the French Republic extending the scope of an additional clause to an interbranch agreement concluded by Association nationale interprofessionnelle et technique du tabac — ANITTA (national technical interbranch association in the tobacco sector)

2011/C 231/06

This publication is in accordance with Article 9(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 709/2008 of 24 July 2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, as regards interbranch organisations and agreements in the tobacco sector (OJ L 197, 25.7.2008, p. 23)

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6.8.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 231/10

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6342 — UPM-Kymmene/Myllykoski Paper)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 231/07

1.

On 1 August 2011, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which UPM-Kymmene Corporation (‘UPM’, Finland) acquires within the meaning of Article 3 (1) (b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole Myllykoski Paper Oy (‘Myllykosky Paper’, Finland), by way of purchase of shares. As a result of the notified transaction, UPM will acquire the 35 % stake in Myllykoski Paper, currently held by M-real Corporation (M-real). The remaining 65 % of the shares in Mylllykoski Paper are owned by UPM following its acquisition of Myllykoski Corporation (‘Myllykoski’) on 1 August 2011.

2.	The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — For UPM-Kymmene Corporation: development, production and marketing of paper products. It also produces pulp electricity, sawn timber and wood panel products, — For Myllykosky Paper Oy: production of paper products.

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.6342 — UPM-Kymmene/Myllykoski Paper, to the following address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry J-70 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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(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’).

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6.8.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 231/11

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6335 — Abertis Infraestructuras/Goldman Sachs Group/Autopistas Metropolitanas de Puerto Rico)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 231/08

1.

On 1 August 2011, 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 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (‘Goldman Sachs’, United States of America), and Abertis Infraestructuras SA (‘Abertis’, Spain) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Autopistas Metropolitanas de Puerto Rico, LLC (‘Autopistas’, Puerto Rico) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created joint venture company.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Goldman Sachs: global investment banking, securities and investment management worldwide, — for Abertis: provision of mobility and telecommunications infrastructure services, — for Autopistas Puerto Rico: management and operation of toll road concessions in Puerto Rico.

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.6335 — Abertis Infraestructuras/Goldman Sachs Group/Autopistas Metropolitanas de Puerto Rico, to the following address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry J-70 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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(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’).

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