ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 143
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Information and Notices

Volume 57
13 May 2014

Notice No

Contents

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II   Information

 

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

 

European Commission

2014/C 143/01

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7149 — La Banque Postale/SNCF/SOFIAP) ( 1 )

1

 

IV   Notices

 

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

 

Council

2014/C 143/02

Notice for the attention of the persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision 2014/265/CFSP, and in Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 477/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

2

2014/C 143/03

Notice for the attention of the persons to whom restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP as implemented by Council Implementing Decision 2014/271/CFSP, and in Council Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 479/2014, concerning restrictive measures against certain persons and entities in Côte d'Ivoire apply

4

 

European Commission

2014/C 143/04

Euro exchange rates

5

2014/C 143/05

Euro exchange rates

6

2014/C 143/06

Notice to importers — Imports of tuna from Colombia and El Salvador into the EU

7

 

V   Announcements

 

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

 

European Commission

2014/C 143/07

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7207 — Clayton Dubilier & Rice/Ashland Water Technologies) ( 1 )

8

 

 

(1)   Text with EEA relevance

EN

 

II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

13.5.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 143/1

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.7149 — La Banque Postale/SNCF/SOFIAP)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2014/C 143/01

On 30 April 2014, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in the French language 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 32014M7149. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Council

13.5.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 143/2

Notice for the attention of the persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision 2014/265/CFSP, and in Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 477/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

2014/C 143/02

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons and entities that appear in the Annex to Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP (1), as amended by Council Decision 2014/265 CFSP (2), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 477/2014 (4) concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

The Council of the European Union has decided that the persons and entities that appear in the above-mentioned Annexes should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2014/145/CFSP and in Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. The grounds for designations of those persons appear in the relevant entries in those Annexes.

The attention of the persons and entities concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated in the web sites in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 4 of the Regulation).

The persons and entities concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the above-mentioned list should be reconsidered, to the following address:

Council of the European Union

General Secretariat

DG C 1C

Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175

1048 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

E-mail: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu

The attention of the persons and entities concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Council’s decision before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 275, second paragraph, and Article 263, fourth and sixth paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

(1)  OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 16.

(2)  OJ L 137, 12.5.2014, p. 9.

(3)  OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 6.

(4)  OJ L 137, 12.5.2014, p. 3.

13.5.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 143/4

Notice for the attention of the persons to whom restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP as implemented by Council Implementing Decision 2014/271/CFSP, and in Council Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 479/2014, concerning restrictive measures against certain persons and entities in Côte d'Ivoire apply

2014/C 143/03

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons who appear in Annex II to Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP (1), as implemented by Council Implementing Decision 2014/271/CFSP (2), and in Annex IA to Council Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 479/2014 (4), imposing certain restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in Côte d'Ivoire.

The Council of the European Union has determined that the persons that appear in the abovementioned Annexes should continue to be included in the list of persons subject to restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2010/656/CFSP and in Regulation (EC) No 560/2005.

The attention of the persons concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated on the websites in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 560/2005, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 3 of the Regulation).

For the purpose of the Council's next review of the list of persons subject to restrictive measures, the persons concerned may submit a request to the Council before 31 March 2015, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the said list should be reconsidered, to the following address:

Council of the European Union

General Secretariat

DG C 1C

Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175

1048 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

e-mail: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu.

The attention of the persons concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Council's decision before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 275, 2nd paragraph, and Article 263, 4th and 6th paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

(1)  OJ L 285, 30.10.2010, p. 28.

(2)  OJ L 138, 13.5.2014, p. 108.

(3)  OJ L 95, 14.4.2005, p. 1.

(4)  OJ L 138, 13.5.2014, p. 3.

European Commission

13.5.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 143/5

Euro exchange rates (1)

9 May 2014

2014/C 143/04

1 euro =


 

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,3781

JPY

Japanese yen

140,14

DKK

Danish krone

7,4640

GBP

Pound sterling

0,81725

SEK

Swedish krona

9,0189

CHF

Swiss franc

1,2186

ISK

Iceland króna

 

NOK

Norwegian krone

8,1370

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

27,392

HUF

Hungarian forint

303,98

LTL

Lithuanian litas

3,4528

PLN

Polish zloty

4,1823

RON

Romanian leu

4,4298

TRY

Turkish lira

2,8662

AUD

Australian dollar

1,4714

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,4925

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

10,6826

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,5957

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,7215

KRW

South Korean won

1 413,41

ZAR

South African rand

14,2775

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

8,5821

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,5863

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

15 841,14

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,4492

PHP

Philippine peso

60,161

RUB

Russian rouble

48,5270

THB

Thai baht

44,934

BRL

Brazilian real

3,0506

MXN

Mexican peso

17,8653

INR

Indian rupee

82,7205

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

13.5.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 143/6

Euro exchange rates (1)

12 May 2014

2014/C 143/05

1 euro =


 

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,3765

JPY

Japanese yen

140,31

DKK

Danish krone

7,4642

GBP

Pound sterling

0,81515

SEK

Swedish krona

9,0155

CHF

Swiss franc

1,2211

ISK

Iceland króna

 

NOK

Norwegian krone

8,1395

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

27,396

HUF

Hungarian forint

303,71

LTL

Lithuanian litas

3,4528

PLN

Polish zloty

4,1818

RON

Romanian leu

4,4303

TRY

Turkish lira

2,8634

AUD

Australian dollar

1,4684

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,4976

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

10,6702

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,5955

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,7215

KRW

South Korean won

1 410,66

ZAR

South African rand

14,2285

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

8,5851

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,5803

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

15 858,49

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,4582

PHP

Philippine peso

60,144

RUB

Russian rouble

48,3860

THB

Thai baht

44,899

BRL

Brazilian real

3,0485

MXN

Mexican peso

17,8126

INR

Indian rupee

82,6588

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

13.5.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 143/7

Notice to importers

Imports of tuna from Colombia and El Salvador into the EU

2014/C 143/06

By a notice to importers published in the Official Journal C 132 of 21.5.2010, p. 15, the Commission informed EU traders presenting documentary evidence of origin in order to benefit from preferential treatment for canned tuna and frozen tuna loins of HS subheading 1604 14 imported from Colombia and El Salvador to take all necessary precautions, since the release of the goods in question for free circulation could give rise to a customs debt and lead to fraud against the EU’s financial interests.

Certain measures to remedy this situation have meanwhile been introduced.

In addition, the GSP rules of origin rules have been modified and relaxed in particular for fishery products. The crew composition requirement, whose breach was one of the reasons which gave rise to the above publication, is no longer applicable.

Therefore, the notice to importers published in the Official Journal C 132 of 21.5.2010, p. 15 is hereby withdrawn.

V Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

13.5.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 143/8

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7207 — Clayton Dubilier & Rice/Ashland Water Technologies)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2014/C 143/07

1.

On 2 May 2014, the European Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund IX, L.P. (‘CD&R Fund IX’, US), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control over entities and assets that comprise Ashland Water Technologies (‘AWT’, US) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   CD&R Fund IX: a private equity fund with investments in a variety of sectors,

—   AWT: the supply of specialty chemicals and the provision of different services such as performance-based feed and control systems, proprietary monitoring devices, remote system surveillance, as well as advice on minimising energy, water and other operational costs to different industries.

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the 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 Case M.7207 — Clayton Dubilier & Rice/Ashland Water Technologies, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).