9.11.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 324/1

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Initiation of proceedings

(Case COMP/M.6905 — Ineos/Solvay/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2013/C 324/01

On 5 November 2013, the Commission decided to initiate proceedings in the abovementioned case after finding that the notified concentration raises serious doubts as to its compatibility with the internal market. The initiation of proceedings opens a second phase investigation with regard to the notified concentration, and is without prejudice to the final decision on the case. The decision is based on Article 6(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their observations on the proposed concentration to the Commission.

In order to be fully taken into account in the procedure, observations should reach the Commission not later than 15 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301 / 22967244) or by post, under reference COMP/M.6905 — Ineos/Solvay/JV, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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9.11.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 324/2

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.6983 — Steinhoff International Holdings/Kika/Leiner)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2013/C 324/02

On 5 November 2013, 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 32013M6983. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.

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9.11.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 324/2

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.7034 — Triton/AE Holding)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2013/C 324/03

On 24 October 2013, 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 32013M7034. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.

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9.11.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 324/3

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Euro exchange rates (1)

8 November 2013

2013/C 324/04

1 euro =

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,3431
JPY	Japanese yen	131,58
DKK	Danish krone	7,4586
GBP	Pound sterling	0,83525
SEK	Swedish krona	8,8375
CHF	Swiss franc	1,2302
ISK	Iceland króna
NOK	Norwegian krone	8,1755
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9558
CZK	Czech koruna	26,966
HUF	Hungarian forint	296,22
LTL	Lithuanian litas	3,4528
LVL	Latvian lats	0,7025
PLN	Polish zloty	4,1801
RON	Romanian leu	4,4423
TRY	Turkish lira	2,7178
AUD	Australian dollar	1,4193
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,4042
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	10,4113
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,6101
SGD	Singapore dollar	1,6679
KRW	South Korean won	1 427,51
ZAR	South African rand	13,7370
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	8,1822
HRK	Croatian kuna	7,6213
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	15 323,63
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	4,2690
PHP	Philippine peso	57,976
RUB	Russian rouble	43,7160
THB	Thai baht	42,093
BRL	Brazilian real	3,0874
MXN	Mexican peso	17,7168
INR	Indian rupee	84,3000

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

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9.11.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 324/4

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ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR MIGRANT WORKERS

Rates for conversion of currencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72

2013/C 324/05

Article 107(1), (2) and (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72

Reference period: October 2013

Application period: January, February and March 2014

10-2013	EUR	BGN	CZK	DKK	HRK	LVL	LTL	HUF
1 EUR =	1	1,95580	25,6623	7,45918	7,61935	0,702761	3,45280	294,761
1 BGN =	0,511300	1	13,1211	3,81388	3,89577	0,359321	1,76542	150,711
1 CZK =	0,0389677	0,0762130	1	0,290667	0,296908	0,0273849	0,134548	11,4862
1 DKK =	0,134063	0,262200	3,44037	1	1,02147	0,0942142	0,462893	39,5166
1 HRK =	0,131245	0,256689	3,36804	0,978979	1	0,0922337	0,453162	38,6859
1 LVL =	1,42296	2,78302	36,5164	10,6141	10,8420	1	4,91319	419,433
1 LTL =	0,289620	0,566439	7,43232	2,16033	2,20672	0,203534	1	85,3688
1 HUF =	0,00339258	0,00663520	0,0870613	0,0253058	0,0258492	0,00238417	0,0117139	1
1 PLN =	0,238653	0,466758	6,12439	1,78016	1,81838	0,167716	0,824021	70,3457
1 RON =	0,225000	0,440055	5,77402	1,67832	1,71435	0,158121	0,776880	66,3213
1 SEK =	0,114313	0,223573	2,93353	0,852680	0,870989	0,0803346	0,394699	33,6950
1 GBP =	1,18036	2,30855	30,2908	8,80453	8,99359	0,829512	4,07555	347,925
1 NOK =	0,123141	0,240840	3,16009	0,918532	0,938255	0,0865388	0,425182	36,2973
1 ISK =	0,00607168	0,0118750	0,155813	0,0452897	0,0462622	0,00426694	0,0209643	1,78970
1 CHF =	0,811926	1,58797	20,8359	6,05630	6,18635	0,570590	2,80342	239,324

10-2013	PLN	RON	SEK	GBP	NOK	ISK	CHF
1 EUR =	4,19018	4,44444	8,74792	0,847198	8,12076	164,699	1,23164
1 BGN =	2,14244	2,27244	4,47281	0,433172	4,15214	84,2106	0,629737
1 CZK =	0,163282	0,173190	0,340886	0,0330133	0,316447	6,41794	0,0479941
1 DKK =	0,561749	0,595836	1,17277	0,113578	1,08869	22,0801	0,165117
1 HRK =	0,549940	0,583310	1,14812	0,111190	1,06581	21,6159	0,161646
1 LVL =	5,96246	6,32426	12,4479	1,20553	11,5555	234,360	1,75257
1 LTL =	1,21356	1,28720	2,53357	0,245365	2,35193	47,7002	0,356707
1 HUF =	0,0142155	0,0150781	0,0296780	0,00287418	0,0275503	0,558754	0,00417843
1 PLN =	1	1,06068	2,08772	0,202186	1,93804	39,3060	0,293934
1 RON =	0,942791	1	1,96828	0,190620	1,82717	37,0573	0,277119
1 SEK =	0,478992	0,508057	1	0,0968456	0,928307	18,8272	0,140792
1 GBP =	4,94593	5,24605	10,3257	1	9,58544	194,405	1,45378
1 NOK =	0,515984	0,547294	1,07723	0,104325	1	20,2812	0,151665
1 ISK =	0,0254414	0,0269852	0,0531146	0,00514391	0,0493066	1	0,00747812
1 CHF =	3,40212	3,60856	7,10267	0,687862	6,59346	133,724	1

Note: all cross rates involving ISK are calculated using ISK/EUR rate data from the Central Bank of Iceland

reference: Oct-13	1 EUR in national currency	1 unit of N.C. in EUR
BGN	1,95580	0,511300
CZK	25,6623	0,0389677
DKK	7,45918	0,134063
HRK	7,61935	0,131245
LVL	0,702761	1,42296
LTL	3,45280	0,289620
HUF	294,761	0,00339258
PLN	4,19018	0,238653
RON	4,44444	0,225000
SEK	8,74792	0,114313
GBP	0,847198	1,18036
NOK	8,12076	0,123141
ISK	164,699	0,00607168
CHF	1,23164	0,811926

Note: ISK/EUR rates based on data from the Central Bank of Iceland

1.

Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 determines that the rate for the conversion into a currency of amounts denominated in another currency shall be the rate calculated by the Commission and based on the monthly average, during the reference period specified in paragraph 2, of reference rates of exchange of currencies published by the European Central Bank.

2.

The reference period shall be: — the month of January for rates of conversion applicable from 1 April following, — the month of April for rates of conversion applicable from 1 July following, — the month of July for rates of conversion applicable from 1 October following, — the month of October for rates of conversion applicable from 1 January following. The rates for the conversion of currencies shall be published in the second Official Journal of the European Union (C series) of the months of February, May, August and November.

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9.11.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 324/6

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Update of the list of border crossing points referred to in Article 2(8) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (OJ C 316, 28.12.2007, p. 1; OJ C 134, 31.5.2008, p. 16; OJ C 177, 12.7.2008, p. 9; OJ C 200, 6.8.2008, p. 10; OJ C 331, 31.12.2008, p. 13; OJ C 3, 8.1.2009, p. 10; OJ C 37, 14.2.2009, p. 10; OJ C 64, 19.3.2009, p. 20; OJ C 99, 30.4.2009, p. 7; OJ C 229, 23.9.2009, p. 28; OJ C 263, 5.11.2009, p. 22; OJ C 298, 8.12.2009, p. 17; OJ C 74, 24.3.2010, p. 13; OJ C 326, 3.12.2010, p. 17; OJ C 355, 29.12.2010, p. 34; OJ C 22, 22.1.2011, p. 22; OJ C 37, 5.2.2011, p. 12; OJ C 149, 20.5.2011, p. 8; OJ C 190, 30.6.2011, p. 17; OJ C 203, 9.7.2011, p. 14; OJ C 210, 16.7.2011, p. 30; OJ C 271, 14.9.2011, p. 18; OJ C 356, 6.12.2011, p. 12; OJ C 111, 18.4.2012, p. 3; OJ C 183, 23.6.2012, p. 7; OJ C 313, 17.10.2012, p. 11; OJ C 394, 20.12.2012, p. 22; OJ C 51, 22.2.2013, p. 9; OJ C 167, 13.6.2013, p. 9; OJ C 242, 23.8.2013, p. 2; OJ C 275, 24.9.2013, p. 7; OJ C 314, 29.10.2013, p. 5)

2013/C 324/06

The publication of the list of border crossing points referred to in Article 2(8) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) is based on the information communicated by the Member States to the Commission in conformity with Article 34 of the Schengen Borders Code.

In addition to the publication in the Official Journal, a regular update is available on the website of the Directorate-General for Home Affairs.

CZECH REPUBLIC

Replacement of the information published in OJ C 355, 29.12.2010

LIST OF BORDER CROSSING POINTS

Air borders

A.	Public (1) 1. Brno–Tuřany 2. Karlovy Vary 3. Mnichovo Hradiště 4. Ostrava–Mošnov 5. Pardubice 6. Praha–Ruzyně

B.	Non-public (2) 1. Benešov 2. České Budějovice 3. Havlíčkův Brod 4. Hradec Králové 5. Chomutov 6. Kunovice 7. Letňany 8. Liberec 9. Plzeň–Líně 10. Přerov 11. Roudnice nad Labem 12. Vodochody 13. Vysoké Mýto

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(1)  According to the category of users, the international airports are divided to public and non-public airports. Public airports accept, within the limits of their technical and operating capacity, all aircraft.

(2)  Users of non-public airports are defined by the Office for civil aviation on the proposal of the airport operator.

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9.11.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 324/8

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.7047 — Microsoft/Nokia)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2013/C 324/07

1.

On 29 October 2013, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Microsoft Corporation (‘Microsoft’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of Nokia Corporation's Devices and Services business (the ‘Nokia D&S’ business, Finland) by way of purchase of shares and assets.

2.	The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Microsoft: design, development and supply of computer software, hardware devices and related services, — for Nokia D&S business: produces feature phones and smartphones.

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.7047 — Microsoft/Nokia, to the following address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 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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9.11.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 324/9

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Corrigendum to the List of the bilateral investment agreements referred to in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1219/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing transitional arrangements for bilateral investment agreements between Member States and third countries

( Official Journal of the European Union C 131 of 8 May 2013 )

2013/C 324/08

1.	On page 12, after the row relating to the agreement between the Czech Republic and the Republic of Albania, the following row is inserted:

2.	On page 17, after the row relating to the agreement between the Czech Republic and the Republic of Yemen, the following row is inserted:

3.	On page 19, after the row relating to the agreement between the Kingdom of Denmark and the Republic of Korea, the following row is inserted:

4.	On page 29, after the row relating to the agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Togolese Republic, the following row is inserted:

5.	On page 56, after the row relating to the agreement between Hungary and Mongolia, the following row is inserted:

6.	On page 66, after the row relating to the agreement between the Republic of Austria and the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan, the following row is inserted:

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9.11.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 324/10

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Corrigendum to United Kingdom Government notice concerning Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons

( Official Journal of the European Union C 320 of 6 November 2013 )

2013/C 324/09

The publication of United Kingdom Government notice 2013/C 320/02 is to be considered null and void.

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