RECOMMENDATION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

of 7 December 2018

on the Register of Institutions and Affiliates Data

(ECB/2018/36)

(2019/C 21/01)

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 127(2) and (5), and the third indent of Article 132(1) thereof,

Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular Article 5.1 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

The Register of Institutions and Affiliates Data (RIAD) is the shared dataset of reference data on legal and other statistical institutional units, the collection of which supports business processes across the Eurosystem and the performance of the tasks of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM). The information recorded in RIAD is provided by the members of the Eurosystem and by national central banks (NCBs) of Member States whose currency is not the euro, where such NCBs voluntarily participate in the operation of RIAD.

(2)

NCBs of Member States whose currency is not the euro participating in the operation of RIAD should cooperate with each other, with Eurosystem NCBs and with the European Central Bank in providing, updating and validating reference data for entities recorded in RIAD in accordance with Guideline (EU) 2018/876 of the European Central Bank (ECB/2018/16) (1) and, on a reciprocal basis, have access to, and share data on, on their domestic entities.

(3)	In the interests of a close and effective cooperation across the ESCB for the management of RIAD, and in line with recital 9 of Guideline (EU) 2018/876 (ECB/2018/16), a recommendation should be adopted to complement that Guideline.

(4)	The sharing of RIAD data is subject to the ESCB confidentiality regime or, in the case of non-statistical RIAD data, to other confidentiality protections, and the sharing of data between Member States whose currency is not the euro may be subject to additional legal constraints at national level,

HAS ADOPTED THIS RECOMMENDATION:

I.   Definition

For the purposes of this Recommendation, the term ‘entity’ has the same meaning as defined in point 1 of Article 2 of Guideline (EU) 2018/876 (ECB/2018/16).

II.   Provision of statistical information

The addressees of this Recommendation should apply the provisions addressed to the NCBs of the Member States whose currency is the euro contained in Guideline (EU) 2018/876 (ECB/2018/16).

III.   Final provision

This Recommendation is addressed to the NCBs of Member States whose currency is not the euro.

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(1)  Guideline (EU) 2018/876 of the European Central Bank of 1 June 2018 on the Register of Institutions and Affiliates Data (ECB/2018/16) (OJ L 154, 18.6.2018, p. 3).

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.9046 — Taiyo Nippon Sanso/Praxair EEA Business)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 21/02)

On 16 October 2018, 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 32018M9046. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8951 — Suzano Papel e Celulose/Fibria Celulose)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 21/03)

On 29 November 2018, 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) in conjunction with Article 6(2) 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 32018M8951. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.9202 — Bain Capital/Oscar Holding)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 21/04)

On 8 January 2019, 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 32019M9202. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.9191 — SoftwareONE/Comparex)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 21/05)

On 8 January 2019, 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 32019M9191. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.9201 — Siemens/TUTPL/SPC JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 21/06)

On 9 January 2019, 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 32019M9201. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

Euro exchange rates (1)

16 January 2019

(2019/C 21/07)

1 euro =

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,1389
JPY	Japanese yen	123,91
DKK	Danish krone	7,4642
GBP	Pound sterling	0,88590
SEK	Swedish krona	10,2488
CHF	Swiss franc	1,1269
ISK	Iceland króna	138,50
NOK	Norwegian krone	9,7358
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9558
CZK	Czech koruna	25,564
HUF	Hungarian forint	321,58
PLN	Polish zloty	4,2877
RON	Romanian leu	4,6850
TRY	Turkish lira	6,1166
AUD	Australian dollar	1,5874
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,5101
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	8,9338
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,6817
SGD	Singapore dollar	1,5439
KRW	South Korean won	1 278,36
ZAR	South African rand	15,6086
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	7,7018
HRK	Croatian kuna	7,4268
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	16 115,87
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	4,6803
PHP	Philippine peso	59,468
RUB	Russian rouble	75,9175
THB	Thai baht	36,115
BRL	Brazilian real	4,2271
MXN	Mexican peso	21,6380
INR	Indian rupee	81,0055

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

Special Report No 2/2019

‘Chemical hazards in our food: EU food safety policy protects us but faces challenges’

(2019/C 21/08)

The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 2/2019 ‘Chemical hazards in our food: EU food safety policy protects us but faces challenges’ has just been published.

The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors' website: http://eca.europa.eu.

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9268 — Macquarie/Jera Power International/Ørsted InvestCo/Swancor/Formosa I Wind Power)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 21/09)

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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.