5.5.2012

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 131/1

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.6244 — BNP Paribas/Fortis Commercial Finance Holding)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2012/C 131/01

On 5 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 32011M6244. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

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5.5.2012

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 131/1

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

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

(Text with EEA relevance)

2012/C 131/02

On 22 March 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:

—	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 32012M6453. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

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5.5.2012

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 131/2

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Euro exchange rates (1)

4 May 2012

2012/C 131/03

1 euro =

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,3132
JPY	Japanese yen	105,41
DKK	Danish krone	7,4378
GBP	Pound sterling	0,81195
SEK	Swedish krona	8,9041
CHF	Swiss franc	1,2014
ISK	Iceland króna
NOK	Norwegian krone	7,5610
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9558
CZK	Czech koruna	25,023
HUF	Hungarian forint	284,85
LTL	Lithuanian litas	3,4528
LVL	Latvian lats	0,6990
PLN	Polish zloty	4,1848
RON	Romanian leu	4,4048
TRY	Turkish lira	2,3053
AUD	Australian dollar	1,2830
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,2986
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	10,1925
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,6465
SGD	Singapore dollar	1,6306
KRW	South Korean won	1 486,50
ZAR	South African rand	10,1630
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	8,2812
HRK	Croatian kuna	7,4978
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	12 110,53
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	3,9937
PHP	Philippine peso	55,570
RUB	Russian rouble	38,8750
THB	Thai baht	40,630
BRL	Brazilian real	2,5107
MXN	Mexican peso	17,0670
INR	Indian rupee	70,2230

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

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5.5.2012

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 131/3

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Communication from the Commission concerning the quantity not applied for to be added to the quantity fixed for the subperiod 1 July to 30 September 2012 under certain quotas opened by the Union for poultrymeat, eggs and egg albumin

2012/C 131/04

Commission Regulations (EC) No 1384/2007 (1) and (EC) No 1385/2007 (2) opened tariff quotas for imports of products in the poultrymeat sector. The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of March 2012 for the subperiod 1 April to 30 June 2012 do not, for quotas 09.4091, 09.4092, 09.4411 and 09.4421, cover the quantities available. Pursuant to the second sentence of Article 7(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 (3), the quantities that were not applied for are to be added to the quantity fixed for the following quota subperiod, from 1 July to 30 September 2012; they are set out in the Annex to this communication.

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(1)  OJ L 309, 27.11.2007, p. 40.

(2)  OJ L 309, 27.11.2007, p. 47.

(3)  OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.

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5.5.2012

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 131/4

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6528 — Dow Europe/Aksa Akrilik/Aksa Karbon JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2012/C 131/05

1.

On 26 April 2012, 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 Dow Europe Holding B.V (‘Dow Europe’, the Netherlands), ultimately controlled by The Dow Chemical Company (‘Dow’, United States), and Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayii A.S. (‘Aksa Akrilik’, Turkey), ultimately controlled by Akkök Sanayi Yatirim ve Gelistirme A.S. (‘Akkök’, Turkey) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Aksa Karbon Elyaf Sanayi Anonim Șirketi (‘Aksa Karbon’, Turkey), by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Dow: plastics and chemicals, agricultural sciences, hydrocarbon and energy products and services, — for Akkök: organic, inorganic and performance chemicals; acrylic, technical and carbon fibers; generation and production of electricity; production and dying of textile yarn; real estate construction and management; and port management; and, — for Aksa Karbon: manufacture of polyacrylonitrile (‘PAN’)-based carbon fibers, carbon fiber intermediates and carbon fiber composites, primarily used in wind energy, transportation, automotive, infrastructure, overhead electricity transmission, and offshore oil and gas applications.

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.6528 — Dow Europe/Aksa Akrilik/Aksa Karbon JV, 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’).

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5.5.2012

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 131/5

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Closure of proceedings

(Case COMP/M.6362 — CIN/Tirrenia Business Branch)

Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004

(Text with EEA relevance)

2012/C 131/06

On 21 November 2011, the European Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration by which Compagnia Italiana di Navigazione S.r.l. (Italy) intended to acquire a branch of the undertaking Tirrenia di Navigazione SpA (Italy).

On 18 January 2012, the European Commission decided to initiate proceedings under Article 6(1)(c) of the Merger Regulation. The Commission has closed the proceedings as the notifying parties have demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Commission that they have abandoned the notified concentration.

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5.5.2012

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 131/6

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Notice concerning a request under Article 30 of Directive 2004/17/EC

Request from a contracting entity

2012/C 131/07

On 29 March 2012, the Commission received a request under Article 30(5) of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors. The first working day following receipt of the request was 30 March 2012.

This request, from EniPower SpA, concerns the production and sale of electricity in Italy. The abovementioned Article 30 provides that Directive 2004/17/EC is not applicable when the activity in question is directly exposed to competition on markets to which access is not restricted. These conditions are evaluated solely for the purposes of Directive 2004/17/EC and are without prejudice to the application of competition rules.

The Commission has a period of three months commencing on the working day referred to above to reach a decision on this request. The period therefore ends on 2 July 2012.

This period may be extended by three months. Any such extension must be published.

Pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 30(6), further requests concerning the production and sale of electricity in Italy submitted before the expiry of the period opened in respect of this request will not be considered as new procedures and will be treated in the context of this request.

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