1.12.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 399/1

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Euro exchange rates (1)

30 November 2015

(2015/C 399/01)

1 euro =

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,0579
JPY	Japanese yen	130,22
DKK	Danish krone	7,4604
GBP	Pound sterling	0,70480
SEK	Swedish krona	9,2070
CHF	Swiss franc	1,0903
ISK	Iceland króna
NOK	Norwegian krone	9,1935
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9558
CZK	Czech koruna	27,030
HUF	Hungarian forint	311,58
PLN	Polish zloty	4,2721
RON	Romanian leu	4,4503
TRY	Turkish lira	3,0789
AUD	Australian dollar	1,4671
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,4143
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	8,1989
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,6120
SGD	Singapore dollar	1,4940
KRW	South Korean won	1 224,21
ZAR	South African rand	15,2894
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	6,7689
HRK	Croatian kuna	7,6330
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	14 645,43
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	4,5067
PHP	Philippine peso	49,921
RUB	Russian rouble	69,9854
THB	Thai baht	37,926
BRL	Brazilian real	4,0709
MXN	Mexican peso	17,5569
INR	Indian rupee	70,5275

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

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1.12.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 399/2

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Calls for proposals and related activities under the 2016-17 work programmes under Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-20) and under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2014-18) complementing Horizon 2020

(2015/C 399/02)

Notice is hereby given of the launch of calls for proposals and related activities under the 2016-17 work programmes under Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-20) and under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2014-18) complementing Horizon 2020.

The Commission has adopted by Decisions C(2015) 6776, and C(2015) 6744 of 13 October 2015 two work programmes which include calls for proposals and related activities.

These are subject to the availability of the appropriations provided for in the draft budget 2016 after the adoption of the budget for 2016 by the budgetary authority or if the budget is not adopted as provided for in the system of provisional twelfths.

These work programmes, including deadlines and budgets for the activities, are available through the Participant Portal website (http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal) along with information on the modalities of the calls and related activities, and guidance for applicants on how to submit proposals. All this information will be updated as necessary on the same Participant Portal.

Proposals can be submitted at this stage only against topics marked ‘2016’ in the calls for proposals shown on the Participant Portal. Information on when proposals can be submitted against topics marked ‘2017’ will be provided at a later stage.

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1.12.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 399/3

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7795 — Ratos/Varma/Real Estate JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2015/C 399/03)

1.

On 23 November 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Ratos AB (‘Ratos’ of Sweden) and Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company (‘Varma’ of Finland), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation indirect joint control of a real estate property portfolio by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — Ratos is a private equity conglomerate active in a number of sectors, — Varma is a Finnish mutual pension insurance company owned by its client companies and self-employed persons, insured employees and owners of the guarantee capital, — the real estate portfolio comprises 22 retail properties located in 14 municipalities in Finland.

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. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in this Notice.

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 email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7795 — Ratos/Varma/Real Estate 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’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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