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COUNCIL DECISION

of 11 March 2014

appointing four United Kingdom members of the Committee of the Regions

2014/C 74/01

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal of the United Kingdom Government,

Whereas:

(1)	On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU and 2010/29/EU appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015 (1).

(2)	Four members' seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Ms Doris ANSARI, Sir Simon DAY, Mr David PARSONS and Mr Francie MOLLOY,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following are hereby appointed as members to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:

—	Ms Megan FEARON, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Northern Ireland,

—	Mr Andrew LEWER, Councillor, Derbyshire County Council,

—	Ms Jill SHORTLAND, Councillor, Somerset County Council,

—	Mr Harvey SIGGS, Councillor, Somerset County Council.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 11 March 2014.

For the Council

The President

I. STOURNARAS

(1) OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 22 and OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.

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Euro exchange rates (1)

12 March 2014

2014/C 74/02

1 euro =

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,3887
JPY	Japanese yen	142,68
DKK	Danish krone	7,4628
GBP	Pound sterling	0,83590
SEK	Swedish krona	8,8619
CHF	Swiss franc	1,2159
ISK	Iceland króna
NOK	Norwegian krone	8,2870
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9558
CZK	Czech koruna	27,353
HUF	Hungarian forint	313,35
LTL	Lithuanian litas	3,4528
PLN	Polish zloty	4,2272
RON	Romanian leu	4,5121
TRY	Turkish lira	3,1113
AUD	Australian dollar	1,5507
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,5465
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	10,7844
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,6416
SGD	Singapore dollar	1,7603
KRW	South Korean won	1 487,02
ZAR	South African rand	15,1248
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	8,5344
HRK	Croatian kuna	7,6565
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	15 927,57
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	4,5685
PHP	Philippine peso	61,997
RUB	Russian rouble	50,6994
THB	Thai baht	45,049
BRL	Brazilian real	3,2785
MXN	Mexican peso	18,4385
INR	Indian rupee	85,0162

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

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Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1j of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement (Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation))

2014/C 74/03

PART I

Aid No

GBER 19/13/R&D

EFTA State

Norway

Granting authority

Name

Innovation Norway

Address

PO Box 448 Sentrum

N-0104 Oslo

NORWAY

Webpage

http://www.innovationnorway.com

Title of the aid measure

Wood-Based Innovation Scheme

National legal basis (reference to the relevant national official publication)

State Budget, Green Paper 1 (2013-2014), Chapter 1149, item 72

Web link to the full text of the aid measure

http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/Satsinger/Landbruk/Trebasert-innovasjonsprogram/

Type of measure

Scheme

Amendment of an existing aid measure

GBER10/12/R&D

Prolongation

Modification

Duration

Scheme

1.1.2014 to 31.12.2015

Economic sector(s) concerned

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

All sectors may receive aid, as long as the beneficiaries contribute to the overall aim of the scheme — to increase the utilisation of wood

Type of beneficiary

SME

Large enterprises

Budget

Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme

NOK 25 million

Aid instrument

(Article 5)

Grant

PART II

General objectives (list)	Objectives (list)		Maximum aid intensity in % or maximum aid amount in NOK	SME — bonuses in %
SME investment and employment aid (Article 15)			20 %	10 %/20 %
Aid for consultancy in favour of SMEs and SME participation in fairs (Articles 26-27)	Aid for consultancy in favour of SMEs (Article 26)		50 %
	Aid for SME participation in fairs (Article 27)		50 %
Aid for research, development and innovation (Articles 30-37)	Aid for research and development projects (Article 31)	Industrial research (Article 31(2)(b))	50 %	10 %/20 %
		Experimental development (Article 31(2)(c))	25 %	10 %/20 %
	Aid for technical feasibility studies (Article 32)		40 %/65 %	10 %
	Aid for industrial property rights costs for SMEs (Article 33)		50 %
	Aid to young innovative enterprises (Article 35)		NOK 8 million
	Aid for innovation advisory services and for innovation support services (Article 36)		NOK 1,6 million
	Aid for the loan of highly qualified personnel (Article 37)		50 %
Training aid (Articles 38-39)	Specific training (Article 38(1))		25 %	10 %/20 %
	General training (Article 38(2))		60 %	10 %/20 %

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.7115 — Kuraray/GLSV Business)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2014/C 74/05

On 6 March 2014, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Kuraray Co., Ltd. (‘Kuraray’, Japan) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control over the Glass Laminating Solutions/Vinyls Business (‘The Target Business’) of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (‘DuPont’, USA), by way of purchase of assets.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—	for Kuraray: manufacturer of specialty chemicals, fibres and other materials, including functional resins and film, amongst which PVB film used as an interlayer in safety glass,

—	for Target Business: Glass Laminating Solutions/Vinyls Business of DuPont's Performance Materials business unit manufacturing and supplying amongst others PVB film and other glass interlayer products sold under the trademark Sentryglas.

3.	On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

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.7115 — Kuraray/GLSV Business, 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 ‘Merger Regulation’).

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English edition	Information and Notices	Volume 57 13 March 2014

Notice No	Contents	page
	IV Notices
	NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES
	Council
2014/C 074/01	Council Decision of 11 March 2014 appointing four United Kingdom members of the Committee of the Regions	1

	European Commission
2014/C 074/02	Euro exchange rates	2

	NOTICES CONCERNING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA
	EFTA Surveillance Authority
2014/C 074/03	Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1j of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement (Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation))	3

	V Announcements
	ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
	European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO)
2014/C 074/04	Notice of open competition	5

	PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY
	European Commission
2014/C 074/05	Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.7115 — Kuraray/GLSV Business) ( 1 )	6