22.9.2011

Official Journal of the European Union

C 278/1

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.6058 — Bank of Scotland/Barclays Bank/KEW Green Hotels)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 278/01

On 28 February 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 32011M6058. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

22.9.2011

Official Journal of the European Union

C 278/1

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.6185 — Flabeg Holding/Schott Solar CPS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 278/02

On 14 September 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 32011M6185. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

22.9.2011

Official Journal of the European Union

C 278/2

COUNCIL DECISION

of 20 September 2011

appointing a member and an alternate member of the Governing Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for Malta

(2011/0000/)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1365/75 of 26 May 1975 on the creation of a European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,

Having regard to the lists of nominees submitted by the Governments of the Member States and by the workers' and employers' organisations,

Whereas:

(1)

By its Decisions of 22 November 2010 (2) and 7 March 2011 (3), the Council appointed the members and alternate members of the Governing Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the period from 1 December 2010 to 30 November 2013, with the exception of certain members and alternate members.

(2)	The Government of Malta has submitted nominations for two posts to be filled,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following are hereby appointed member and alternate member of the Governing Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the period ending on 30 November 2013:

I. GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES

Country	Member	Alternate
Malta	Mr Noel VELLA	Ms Sylvia GAUCI

Article 2

The Council will appoint the members and alternate members who have not yet been nominated at a later date.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 20 September 2011.

For the Council

The President

M. SAWICKI

(1) OJ L 139, 30.5.1975, p. 1.

(2) OJ C 322, 27.11.2010, p. 8.

(3) OJ C 83, 17.3.2011, p. 4.

22.9.2011

Official Journal of the European Union

C 278/3

COUNCIL ACT

of 12 September 2011

determining the grade and step regarding the extension of the term of office of a Deputy Director of the European Police Office (Europol)

2011/C 278/04

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to its Act of 26 July 2010 extending the term of office of Deputy Director of Europol Mr Eugenio ORLANDI (1),

Having regard to the Europol Staff Establishment Plan for 2010-2012 and in particular point 1.1(C) thereof and the Europol Staff Policy Plan for 2011-2013 and in particular Section 1.2.1 thereof,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Mr Eugenio ORLANDI, whose term of office as a Deputy Director of Europol has been extended from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2015, shall be appointed from 1 August 2011 at grade AD 13, step 2.

Done at Brussels, 12 September 2011.

For the Council

The President

M. DOWGIELEWICZ

(1) OJ C 206, 30.7.2010, p. 1.

22.9.2011

Official Journal of the European Union

C 278/4

Euro exchange rates (1)

21 September 2011

2011/C 278/05

1 euro =

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,3636
JPY	Japanese yen	104,07
DKK	Danish krone	7,4472
GBP	Pound sterling	0,87310
SEK	Swedish krona	9,1170
CHF	Swiss franc	1,2208
ISK	Iceland króna
NOK	Norwegian krone	7,7570
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9558
CZK	Czech koruna	24,930
HUF	Hungarian forint	293,05
LTL	Lithuanian litas	3,4528
LVL	Latvian lats	0,7093
PLN	Polish zloty	4,4333
RON	Romanian leu	4,3030
TRY	Turkish lira	2,4719
AUD	Australian dollar	1,3358
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,3594
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	10,6249
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,6643
SGD	Singapore dollar	1,7417
KRW	South Korean won	1 586,92
ZAR	South African rand	10,8540
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	8,6991
HRK	Croatian kuna	7,4885
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	12 378,35
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	4,2837
PHP	Philippine peso	59,405
RUB	Russian rouble	43,0350
THB	Thai baht	41,656
BRL	Brazilian real	2,4702
MXN	Mexican peso	18,3200
INR	Indian rupee	65,9030

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

22.9.2011

Official Journal of the European Union

C 278/5

Special Report No 7/2011 ‘Is agri-environment support well designed and managed?’

2011/C 278/06

The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 7/2011 ‘Is agri-environment support well designed and managed?’ has just been published.

The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://www.eca.europa.eu

A hard copy version of the report may be obtained free of charge on request to the Court of Auditors:

European Court of Auditors

Unit ‘Audit: Production of Reports’

12, rue Alcide De Gasperi

1615 Luxembourg

LUXEMBOURG

Tel. +352 4398-1

E-mail: euraud@eca.europa.eu

or by filling in an electronic order form on EU-Bookshop.

22.9.2011

Official Journal of the European Union

C 278/6

State aid — Decision to raise no objections

2011/C 278/07

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following State aid measure:

Date of adoption of the decision

9 February 2011

Case number

69042

Decision Number

39/11/COL

EFTA State

Norway

Name of the beneficiary

Finnfjord AS

Type of measure

Individual aid under the Energy Fund Scheme, subject to a detailed assessment under the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection

Scheme

The Energy Fund scheme approved by the EFTA Surveillance Authority with Decision No 125/06/COL on 3 May 2006

Objective

Environmental protection

Form of aid

Grant

Aid amount

NOK 175 million

Economic sectors

Electricity production

Name and address of the granting authority

Enova SF

Professor Borchsgt. 2

7030 Trondheim

NORWAY

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:

http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/

22.9.2011

Official Journal of the European Union

C 278/7

State aid — Decision to raise no objections

2011/C 278/08

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following State aid measure:

Date of adoption of the decision

18 May 2011

Case number

69660

Decision number

144/11/COL

EFTA State

Norway

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Scheme for the grant of temporary exemption to undertakings entering into an environmental agreement with the State relating to the reduction of nitrogen oxide (‘NOx’) emissions

Legal basis

Article 61(3)(c) of the EEA Agreement, Article 159(c) of the Environmental Aid Guidelines

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Reduction of NOx emissions

Form of aid

Tax exemption

Budget

—

Duration

1 January 2011 to 31 December 2017

Economic sectors

Various sectors

Name and address of the granting authority

Ministry of the Environment

PO Box 8013 Dep.

0030 Oslo

NORWAY

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:

http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/

22.9.2011

Official Journal of the European Union

C 278/8

State aid — Decision to raise no objections

2011/C 278/09

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following State aid measure:

Date of adoption of the decision

29 March 2011

Case Number

68962

Decision Number

96/11/COL

EFTA State

Norway

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Notodden airport, Tuven

Legal basis

Article 61(3)(c) and the Chapter on the financing of airports and start-up aid to airlines departing from regional airports in part IV of the Authority’s State Aid Guidelines

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

Airport infrastructure

Form of aid

Grant

Budget

NOK 9 485 000

Economic sectors

Airport

Name and address of the granting authority

Ministry of Transport and Communication

PO Box 8010 Dep.

0030 Oslo

NORWAY

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:

http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/

22.9.2011

Official Journal of the European Union

C 278/9

No State aid within the meaning of Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement

2011/C 278/10

The EFTA Surveillance Authority considers that the following measure does not constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement:

Date of adoption of the decision

1 June 2011

Case number

69131

Decision number

177/11/COL

EFTA State

Liechtenstein

Title

Tax deductions in respect of intellectual property rights (IP Box)

Legal basis

Act No 340/2010, Article 55 and Act No 437/2010, Article 33

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

To promote research and development

Form of aid

Tax deductions (no aid)

Name and address of the granting authority

EEA Coordination Unit

Europark

Austrasse 79

9490 Vaduz

LIECHTENSTEIN

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:

http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/

22.9.2011

Official Journal of the European Union

C 278/10

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6373 — Sungwoo/Mitsubishi/Sungwoo CZ/Sungwoo SK)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 278/11

On 13 September 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 Mitsubishi Corporation (‘Mitsubishi’, Japan) and Sungwoo Hitech Company Limited (‘Sungwoo’, Korea) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertakings Sungwoo Hitech s.r.o (‘Sungwoo CZ’, the Czech Republic) and Sungwoo Hitech Slovakia s.r.o (‘Sungwoo SK’, Slovakia) by way of purchase of shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—	for Mitsubishi: general trading activities in various industries, including energy, metals, machinery, chemicals, food and general merchandise,

—	for Sungwoo: development and production of metal components and assemblies for the automotive industry,

—	for Sungwoo CZ and Sungwoo SK: manufacturing and supply of flat-rolled steel components for the coachwork of light passenger vehicles.

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.

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.6373 — Sungwoo/Mitsubishi/Sungwoo CZ/Sungwoo SK, 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’).

22.9.2011

Official Journal of the European Union

C 278/11

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6330 — Ugitour/CDC/Sogecap/Real estate portfolio)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 278/12

On 14 September 2011, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Ugitour, a member of the AXA Group, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) and Sogecap, a member of the Société Générale group, acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of six hotel properties belonging to Groupe Foncière des Murs by way of purchase of assets.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—	Ugitour is active in real estate asset management in Europe and the rest of the world,

—	Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) is a French public entity engaged in tasks of general interest on the one hand and activities open to competition on the other,

—	Sogecap is active in life insurance and capitalisation,

—	Real estate portfolio: the real estate portfolio consists of six buildings chiefly used as hotels, four in France and two in Belgium. They are operated by the Accor Group under the Mercure and Ibis trade names.

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.6330 — Ugitour/CDC/Sogecap/Real estate portfolio, 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’).

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Official Journal of the European Union		C 278

English edition	Information and Notices	Volume 54 22 September 2011

Notice No	Contents	page
	II Information
	INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES
	European Commission
2011/C 278/01	Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6058 — Bank of Scotland/Barclays Bank/KEW Green Hotels) ( 1 )	1

2011/C 278/02	Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6185 — Flabeg Holding/Schott Solar CPS) ( 1 )	1

	IV Notices
	NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES
	Council
2011/C 278/03	Council Decision of 20 September 2011 appointing a member and an alternate member of the Governing Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for Malta	2

2011/C 278/04	Council Act of 12 September 2011 determining the grade and step regarding the extension of the term of office of a Deputy Director of the European Police Office (Europol)	3

	European Commission
2011/C 278/05	Euro exchange rates	4

	Court of Auditors
2011/C 278/06	Special Report No 7/2011 Is agri-environment support well designed and managed?	5

	NOTICES CONCERNING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA
	EFTA Surveillance Authority
2011/C 278/07	State aid — Decision to raise no objections	6

2011/C 278/08	State aid — Decision to raise no objections	7

2011/C 278/09	State aid — Decision to raise no objections	8

2011/C 278/10	No State aid within the meaning of Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement	9

	V Announcements
	PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY
	European Commission
2011/C 278/11	Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6373 — Sungwoo/Mitsubishi/Sungwoo CZ/Sungwoo SK) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 )	10

2011/C 278/12	Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6330 — Ugitour/CDC/Sogecap/Real estate portfolio) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 )	11