ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 265
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Information and Notices

Volume 59
21 July 2016

Notice No

Contents

page

 

II   Information

 

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

 

European Commission

2016/C 265/01

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7877 — Warburg Pincus/General Atlantic/Unicredit/Santander/SAM/Pioneer) ( 1 )

1

2016/C 265/02

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8075 — Partners Group/Infrared Capital Partners/Merkur Offshore) ( 1 )

1

 

IV   Notices

 

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

 

European Commission

2016/C 265/03

Euro exchange rates

2

2016/C 265/04

Information from the Commission pursuant to Council Decision (EU) 2016/833

3

 

V   Announcements

 

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

 

European Commission

2016/C 265/05

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8141 — Watling Street/Sagemcom) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 )

4

 

 

(1)   Text with EEA relevance

EN

 

II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

21.7.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 265/1

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.7877 — Warburg Pincus/General Atlantic/Unicredit/Santander/SAM/Pioneer)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 265/01)

On 26 May 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,

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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32016M7877. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.

(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

21.7.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 265/1

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8075 — Partners Group/Infrared Capital Partners/Merkur Offshore)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 265/02)

On 8 July 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 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 32016M8075. 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

European Commission

21.7.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 265/2

Euro exchange rates (1)

20 July 2016

(2016/C 265/03)

1 euro =


 

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,1013

JPY

Japanese yen

117,33

DKK

Danish krone

7,4384

GBP

Pound sterling

0,83605

SEK

Swedish krona

9,4684

CHF

Swiss franc

1,0882

ISK

Iceland króna

 

NOK

Norwegian krone

9,3552

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

27,022

HUF

Hungarian forint

315,05

PLN

Polish zloty

4,3758

RON

Romanian leu

4,4741

TRY

Turkish lira

3,3463

AUD

Australian dollar

1,4712

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,4382

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

8,5405

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,5658

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,4962

KRW

South Korean won

1 257,06

ZAR

South African rand

15,7296

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

7,3501

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,4855

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

14 433,83

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,4456

PHP

Philippine peso

51,917

RUB

Russian rouble

69,7877

THB

Thai baht

38,583

BRL

Brazilian real

3,5761

MXN

Mexican peso

20,3683

INR

Indian rupee

74,0123

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

21.7.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 265/3

Information from the Commission pursuant to Council Decision (EU) 2016/833

(2016/C 265/04)

Pursuant to Article 2 of Council Decision (EU) 2016/833 of 17 May 2016 establishing the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, at the 54th session of the Committee of Experts for the Carriage of Dangerous Goods set up by the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) as regards certain amendments to Appendix C to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (1), applicable from 1 January 2017, the Commission informs that the decisions taken at the body are available at:

http://www.otif.org/index.php?id=552&L=2

(1)  OJ L 140, 27.5.2016, p. 12.

V Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

21.7.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 265/4

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.8141 — Watling Street/Sagemcom)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 265/05)

1.

On 13 July 2016, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Watling Street Capital Partners LLP (United Kingdom), through its subsidiary Saturn BidCo SAS, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Sagemcom Holding SAS (France) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—

Watling Street Capital Partners LLP is the ultimate parent company of the group Charterhouse, which is composed of companies managing investment funds,

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Sagemcom Holding SAS is the ultimate parent company of the group Sagemcom, which is composed of companies active in the development, production and distribution of added-value communicating terminals, energy management solutions, and telecommunications infrastructure.

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 M.8141 — Watling Street/Sagemcom, 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’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.