15.4.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 134/1

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Notice from the Commission pursuant to Article 85 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, implementing the provisions of the Community Customs Code — Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) rules of origin — Extension to Turkey of the bilateral cumulation system established by that article

(2016/C 134/01)

Article 85 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (1), implementing the provisions of the Community Customs Code (the ‘Customs Code Implementing Provisions’ or ‘CCIP’), foresees the possibility for GSP beneficiary countries to use certain materials (2) originating in Norway, Switzerland and Turkey under cumulation of origin (3).

Such a system is already operating in respect of materials originating in Norway and Switzerland (4) and allows GSP beneficiary countries to use materials originating in these two countries under cumulation of origin when producing goods to be exported to the European Union (‘the Union’). For the same system to operate with regard to materials originating in Turkey, this country has to meet two conditions, namely it should:

—	apply for the purpose of its GSP scheme a definition of the concept of origin corresponding to the one defined in the GSP rules of origin of the Union, and

—	allow, by reciprocity, GSP beneficiary countries to use materials originating in the Union under cumulation of origin when producing goods eligible for GSP preference upon importation in Turkey.

By Ministerial Decree No 2014/7064 published in the Turkish Official Gazette on 31 December 2014 and applicable since 1 January 2015, Turkey has aligned its GSP rules of origin with those of the Union. These rules include a provision which mirrors the abovementioned Article 85 and thus provides for reciprocity. Turkey thus meets the two conditions specified above.

Accordingly, as of 1 January 2015, products originating in Turkey, with the exception of products falling within chapters 1 to 24 of the Harmonised System, may be considered as materials originating in a GSP beneficiary country when incorporated into a product in that beneficiary country, provided that the working or processing carried out there goes beyond the operations described in Article 78(1) CCIP (i.e. the so-called ‘insufficient operations’).

The present notice is published in accordance with Article 85(4) CCIP. The attention of customs authorities and economic operators is drawn to the fact that the system of replacement proofs of origin as provided for in Articles 97d and 97p CCIP will not be implemented in the trade between the Union and Turkey, and vice-versa. Accordingly, only Article 85 and the related provisions of Articles 87, 97m(5), 97u(2) and Annex 18 CCIP will apply to Turkey.

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(1)  OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.

(2)  Namely materials other than those falling within chapters 1 to 24 of the Harmonised System.

(3)  This allows GSP beneficiary countries to consider such materials as originating, provided that the working or processing they carry out on those materials goes beyond so-called ‘insufficient operations’.

(4)  See notice to importers published in OJ C 104, 4.4.2001, p. 7.

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15.4.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 134/2

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.7573 — DMK/DOC Kaas)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 134/02)

On 3 March 2016, 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 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/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32016M7573. 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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15.4.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 134/3

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Euro exchange rates (1)

14 April 2016

(2016/C 134/03)

1 euro =

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,1252
JPY	Japanese yen	123,09
DKK	Danish krone	7,4415
GBP	Pound sterling	0,79560
SEK	Swedish krona	9,1580
CHF	Swiss franc	1,0878
ISK	Iceland króna
NOK	Norwegian krone	9,2640
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9558
CZK	Czech koruna	27,028
HUF	Hungarian forint	311,25
PLN	Polish zloty	4,2992
RON	Romanian leu	4,4728
TRY	Turkish lira	3,2203
AUD	Australian dollar	1,4610
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,4434
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	8,7283
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,6395
SGD	Singapore dollar	1,5346
KRW	South Korean won	1 298,53
ZAR	South African rand	16,3938
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	7,2970
HRK	Croatian kuna	7,4822
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	14 844,32
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	4,3737
PHP	Philippine peso	51,982
RUB	Russian rouble	74,2429
THB	Thai baht	39,506
BRL	Brazilian real	3,9586
MXN	Mexican peso	19,6655
INR	Indian rupee	74,8648

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

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15.4.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 134/4

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Corrigendum to the explanatory notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union

( Official Journal of the European Union C 76 of 4 March 2015 )

(2016/C 134/04)

On page 186, CN Code 3912 20 11‘Collodions and celloidin’:

for:

read:

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