4.11.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 364/1

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.7776 — BTPS/CPPIB/South Bank Tower Estate)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2015/C 364/01)

On 29 October 2015, 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 English 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/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32015M7776. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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4.11.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 364/2

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Euro exchange rates (1)

2 November 2015

(2015/C 364/02)

1 euro =

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,1032
JPY	Japanese yen	133,02
DKK	Danish krone	7,4585
GBP	Pound sterling	0,71320
SEK	Swedish krona	9,3843
CHF	Swiss franc	1,0885
ISK	Iceland króna
NOK	Norwegian krone	9,3370
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9558
CZK	Czech koruna	27,097
HUF	Hungarian forint	312,19
PLN	Polish zloty	4,2532
RON	Romanian leu	4,4383
TRY	Turkish lira	3,0950
AUD	Australian dollar	1,5457
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,4450
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	8,5500
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,6356
SGD	Singapore dollar	1,5466
KRW	South Korean won	1 254,62
ZAR	South African rand	15,1851
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	6,9914
HRK	Croatian kuna	7,5855
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	15 062,24
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	4,7441
PHP	Philippine peso	51,713
RUB	Russian rouble	70,7262
THB	Thai baht	39,276
BRL	Brazilian real	4,2724
MXN	Mexican peso	18,2111
INR	Indian rupee	72,3534

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

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4.11.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 364/3

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Euro exchange rates (1)

3 November 2015

(2015/C 364/03)

1 euro =

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,0976
JPY	Japanese yen	132,65
DKK	Danish krone	7,4587
GBP	Pound sterling	0,71315
SEK	Swedish krona	9,3935
CHF	Swiss franc	1,0869
ISK	Iceland króna
NOK	Norwegian krone	9,3410
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9558
CZK	Czech koruna	27,100
HUF	Hungarian forint	313,48
PLN	Polish zloty	4,2540
RON	Romanian leu	4,4345
TRY	Turkish lira	3,1222
AUD	Australian dollar	1,5301
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,4406
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	8,5065
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,6364
SGD	Singapore dollar	1,5363
KRW	South Korean won	1 245,49
ZAR	South African rand	15,2542
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	6,9545
HRK	Croatian kuna	7,5860
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	14 936,68
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	4,7104
PHP	Philippine peso	51,495
RUB	Russian rouble	69,5445
THB	Thai baht	39,048
BRL	Brazilian real	4,1813
MXN	Mexican peso	18,1848
INR	Indian rupee	72,1429

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

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4.11.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 364/4

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 October 2015

on the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and of Kosovo (1), of the other part

(2015/C 364/04)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 101 thereof,

Having regard to the approval of the Council pursuant to Article 101 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,

Whereas:

(1)	On 21 June 2013 the Council authorised the European Commission to open negotiations with Kosovo for a Stabilisation and Association Agreement. The negotiations were successfully concluded by the initialling of the Agreement on 25 July 2014.

(2)	The Agreement also covers matters falling under competences of the European Atomic Energy Community.

(3)	The Agreement should therefore also be concluded on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community as regards matters falling under the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community.

(4)

The signature and conclusion of the Agreement is subject to a separate procedure as regards matters falling under the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The Stabilisation and Association Agreement will be signed on behalf of the European Union, subject to conclusion at a later date.

(5)	The Agreement is without prejudice to Member States' position on the status of Kosovo, which will be decided in accordance with their national practice and international law.

(6)

In addition, none of the terms, wording or definitions used in this Decision and the Agreement, nor any recourse to the necessary legal bases for the conclusion of Agreement constitute recognition of Kosovo by the European Atomic Energy Community as an independent State nor does it constitute recognition by individual Member States of Kosovo in that capacity where they have not taken such a step.

(7)	The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Kosovo, of the other part, should be concluded on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The conclusion by the European Commission, on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Kosovo, of the other part, is hereby approved.

The text of the Agreement is attached to the Council Decision on the signing, on behalf of the European Union of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Kosovo, of the other part (2).

Article 2

The present Decision is without prejudice to Member States' and the European Atomic Energy Community's position on the status of Kosovo.

Article 3

The Member of the Commission responsible for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations is hereby authorised to sign the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Kosovo, of the other part, and to deposit the act of approval referred to in Article 144 of the Agreement on behalf the European Atomic Energy Community.

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(1)  This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

(2)  Doc 10728/1/15 REV 1 and 10724/2/15 REV 2 COWEB 66 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

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4.11.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 364/6

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Publication of the countervalues in national currency of the financial thresholds expressed in euro in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 116/2009 and in the Annex to Council Directive 93/7/EEC

(2015/C 364/05)

Pursuant to the requirement under Annex I(B) to Council Regulation (EC) No 116/2009 and point B of the Annex to Council Directive 93/7/EEC, as modified by Directives 96/100/EC and 2001/38/EC, the financial thresholds applicable to certain categories of cultural goods should be converted into the national currencies of those Member States which do not have the euro as their currency and published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

The countervalues listed hereafter were calculated on the basis of the average daily value of each of the currencies concerned, expressed in euro, during the 24 months ending on the last day of August 2015. These revised values take effect on 31 December 2015.

EUR	1	15 000	30 000	50 000	150 000
BGN Bulgarian lev	1,9558	29 337	58 674	97 790	293 370
CZK Czech koruna	27,2993	409 490	818 980	1 364 967	4 094 902
DKK Danish krone	7,4566	111 849	223 697	372 829	1 118 487
GBP Pound sterling	0,7844	11 766	23 531	39 219	117 657
HRK Croatian kuna	7,6238	114 357	228 714	381 189	1 143 568
HUF Hungarian forint	306,4634	4 596 950	9 193 901	15 323 168	45 969 503
PLN Polish zloty	4,1759	62 638	125 277	208 795	626 384
RON Romanian leu	4,4450	66 675	133 350	222 250	666 751
SEK Swedish krona	9,1459	137 189	274 378	457 296	1 371 889

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4.11.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 364/7

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7610 — Danish Crown/Westfleisch/WestCrown JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2015/C 364/06)

1.

On 27 October 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Danish Crown A/S (‘Danish Crown’, Denmark) together with Westfleisch SCE mbH (‘Westfleisch’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the newly created joint venture WestCrown JV (‘WestCrown’, Germany).

2.

Both Danish Crown and Westfleisch are active internationally in the food industry, specialised in the slaughtering, de-boning, processing and refining of meat as well as the sale of fresh meat and meat products. — Danish Crown is a wholly owned subsidiary of Leverandørselskabet Danish Crown Amba which is a cooperative company owned by a total of 8 278 (2013/14) farmer members who supply raw materials — live pigs, cattle and calves — to its slaughterhouses, — Westfleisch is a cooperative based in Münster, Germany owned by approximately 4 200 (2014) farmers, — WestCrown shall be active in the de-boning of slaughtered sows and the subsequent marketing and sale of fresh sow meat.

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 M.7610 — Danish Crown/Westfleisch/WestCrown JV, 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 ‘Merger Regulation’).

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4.11.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 364/8

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Corrigendum to Call for proposals — ‘Support for information measures relating to the common agricultural policy (CAP)’ for 2016

( Official Journal of the European Union C 351 of 23 October 2015 )

(2015/C 364/07)

On page 14, Section 9:

for:

read:

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