ISSN 1977-091X

doi:10.3000/1977091X.C_2012.062.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 62
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English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 55
1 March 2012

Notice No

Contents

page

 

II   Information

 

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

 

European Commission

2012/C 062/01

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6445 — Eurochem/BASF Antwerp Assets) ( 1 )

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IV   Notices

 

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

 

European Commission

2012/C 062/02

Euro exchange rates

2

 

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

2012/C 062/03

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

3

 

V   Announcements

 

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

 

European Commission

2012/C 062/04

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6453 — Carlyle/Dr. Paeger/Quadriga Capital IV/AMEOS) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 )

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(1)   Text with EEA relevance

EN

 

II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

1.3.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 62/1

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.6445 — Eurochem/BASF Antwerp Assets)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2012/C 62/01

On 17 February 2012, 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 32012M6445. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

1.3.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 62/2

Euro exchange rates (1)

29 February 2012

2012/C 62/02

1 euro =


 

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,3443

JPY

Japanese yen

107,92

DKK

Danish krone

7,4356

GBP

Pound sterling

0,84390

SEK

Swedish krona

8,8088

CHF

Swiss franc

1,2051

ISK

Iceland króna

 

NOK

Norwegian krone

7,4405

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

24,843

HUF

Hungarian forint

288,71

LTL

Lithuanian litas

3,4528

LVL

Latvian lats

0,6985

PLN

Polish zloty

4,1212

RON

Romanian leu

4,3486

TRY

Turkish lira

2,3450

AUD

Australian dollar

1,2414

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,3282

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

10,4252

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,5902

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,6726

KRW

South Korean won

1 502,28

ZAR

South African rand

10,0080

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

8,4608

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,5740

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

12 158,52

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,0275

PHP

Philippine peso

57,438

RUB

Russian rouble

39,1354

THB

Thai baht

40,665

BRL

Brazilian real

2,2872

MXN

Mexican peso

17,1949

INR

Indian rupee

65,8100

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

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

1.3.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 62/3

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

2012/C 62/03

Aid No: SA.34214 (12/XA)

Member State: Italy

Region: Veneto

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Piani integrati a supporto delle imprese venete per la creazione di valore in azienda — Linea 3 — III Fase — Valorizzazione del capitale umano.

Legal basis: LR 10/90 «Ordinamento sistema di formazione professionale e organizzazione delle politiche regionali del lavoro», Dgr n. 1566 del 26 maggio 2009«Politiche attive per il contrasto alla crisi occupazionale», Dgr n. 1735 del 26 ottobre 2011 e Ddr n. 933 del 22 dicembre 2011.

La data di applicazione decorre dalla data di pubblicazione del numero di registro della richiesta di esenzione sul sito della direzione generale dell'Agricoltura e dello sviluppo rurale della Commissione.

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: EUR 0,16 million

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: —

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 16 February 2012-31 December 2013

Objective of aid: Technical support (Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006)

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione del Veneto

Palazzo Balbi

Dorsoduro 3901

30123 Venezia VE

ITALIA

Website: http://www.regione.veneto.it/Servizi+alla+Persona/Formazione+e+Lavoro/SpazioOperatori.htm

Other information: —

V Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

1.3.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 62/4

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6453 — Carlyle/Dr. Paeger/Quadriga Capital IV/AMEOS)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2012/C 62/04

1.

On 16 February 2012, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which funds managed by The Carlyle Group (‘Carlyle’, US), Dr. Axel Paeger and companies affiliated with Quadriga Capital Europe IV GP Ltd (‘Quadriga Capital IV’, Jersey) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of AMEOS Holding AG and AMEOS AG (together referred as ‘AMEOS’, Switzerland) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for Carlyle: alternative asset manager, especially managing pension funds' sponsored assets,

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for Dr. Axel Paeger: co-founder and — since foundation — Chief Executive Officer of AMEOS Holding AG and AMEOS AG,

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for Quadriga Capital IV: investment vehicle sponsored by pension funds and other institutional investors,

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for AMEOS: operators of acute general and acute psychiatric hospitals as well as long-term elderly care and long-term mental care facilities in Germany and in Austria.

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.6453 — Carlyle/Dr. Paeger/Quadriga Capital IV/AMEOS, 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’).