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Official Journal C 177 of the European Union Volume 60 English edition Information and Notices 3 June 2017 Contents II Information INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES European Commission 2017/C 177/01 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8257 — NN Group/Delta Lloyd) (1) ................... 1 2017/C 177/02 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8392 — Bolloré/Vivendi) (1) ............................. 1 IV Notices NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES European Commission 2017/C 177/03 Euro exchange rates .............................................................................................................. 2 2017/C 177/04 Adoption of Commission Decision on the notification by Romania of a modified transitional national plan referred to in Article 32(6) of Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions ............................ 3 EN (1) Text with EEA relevance. V Announcements OTHER ACTS European Commission 2017/C 177/05 Information Notice — Public Consultation — Geographical indications from the People’s Republic of China ................................................................................................................................. 4 2017/C 177/06 Publication of an application pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs 14 3.6.2017 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 177/1 II (Information) INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES EUROPEAN COMMISSION Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8257 — NN Group/Delta Lloyd) (Text with EEA relevance) (2017/C 177/01) On 7 April 2017, 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 32017M8257. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law. (1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1. Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8392 — Bolloré/Vivendi) (Text with EEA relevance) (2017/C 177/02) On 24 April 2017, 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 French 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 32017M8392. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law. (1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1. C 177/2 EN Official Journal of the European Union 3.6.2017 IV (Notices) NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES EUROPEAN COMMISSION Euro exchange rates (1) 2 June 2017 (2017/C 177/03) 1 euro = Currency Exchange rate Currency Exchange rate USD US dollar 1,1217 CAD Canadian dollar 1,5169 JPY Japanese yen 125,02 HKD Hong Kong dollar 8,7413 DKK Danish krone 7,4392 NZD New Zealand dollar 1,5811 GBP Pound sterling 0,87268 SGD Singapore dollar 1,5552 SEK Swedish krona 9,7433 KRW South Korean won 1 259,95 ZAR South African rand 14,4367 CHF Swiss franc 1,0893 CNY Chinese yuan renminbi 7,6507 ISK Iceland króna HRK Croatian kuna 7,4113 NOK Norwegian krone 9,4918 IDR Indonesian rupiah 14 930,95 BGN Bulgarian lev 1,9558 MYR Malaysian ringgit 4,8014 CZK Czech koruna 26,360 PHP Philippine peso 55,553 HUF Hungarian forint 308,45 RUB Russian rouble 63,4621 PLN Polish zloty 4,1925 THB Thai baht 38,306 RON Romanian leu 4,5653 BRL Brazilian real 3,6308 TRY Turkish lira 3,9601 MXN Mexican peso 20,8982 AUD Australian dollar 1,5173 INR Indian rupee 72,2855 (1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB. 3.6.2017 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 177/3 Adoption of Commission Decision on the notification by Romania of a modified transitional national plan referred to in Article 32(6) of Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions (2017/C 177/04) On 2 June 2017, the Commission adopted Commission Decision C(2017) 3619 on the notification by Romania of a modified transitional national plan referred to in Article 32(6) of Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (1). This document is available on the following internet site: https://circabc.europa.eu/w/browse/36205e98-8e7a-47d7-808d- 931bc5baf6ee (1) OJ L 334, 17.12.2010, p. 17. C 177/4 EN Official Journal of the European Union 3.6.2017 V (Announcements) OTHER ACTS EUROPEAN COMMISSION INFORMATION NOTICE — PUBLIC CONSULTATION Geographical indications from the People’s Republic of China (2017/C 177/05) Within the on-going negotiations with the People’s Republic of China for an agreement on cooperation on, and protection of, geographical indications (hereafter the Agreement), the Chinese authorities have presented, for protection under the Agreement, the attached lists of Geographical Indications (GIs) for agricultural products, foodstuffs, wines and spirits. The European Commission is currently considering whether these GIs shall be protected under the Agreement as GIs within the meaning of Article 22(1) of the TRIPS Agreement. The Commission invites any Member State or third country or any natural or legal person having a legitimate interest, resident or established in a Member State or in a third country, to submit oppositions to such protection by lodging a duly substantiated statement. Statements of opposition must reach the Commission within two months of the date of this publication. Statements of opposition should be sent to the following email address: [email protected] Statements of opposition shall be examined only if they are received within the time-limit set out above and if they show that the protection of the name proposed would: (a) conflict with the name of a plant variety or an animal breed and as a result is likely to mislead the consumer as to the true origin of the product; (b) be wholly or partially homonymous with that of a name already protected in the Union under Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricul tural products and foodstuffs (1), Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (2) and Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presen tation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks (3), or contained in the agreements the Union has concluded with the following countries: — Australia (4) — Chile (5) — SADC EPA States (comprising Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and South Africa) (6) — Switzerland (7) (1) OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1. (2) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671. (3) OJ L 39, 13.2.2008, p. 16. (4) Council Decision 2009/49/EC of 28 November 2008 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and Australia on trade in wine (OJ L 28, 30.1.2009, p. 1). (5) Council Decision 2002/979/EC of 18 November 2002 on the signature and provisional application of certain provisions of an Agree ment establishing an association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part (OJ L 352, 30.12.2002, p. 1). (6) Council Decision (EU) 2016/1623 of 1 June 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and provisional application of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part (OJ L 250, 16.9.2016, p. 1). (7) Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom of the Council, and of the Commission as regards the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of 4 April 2002 on the conclusion of seven Agreements with the Swiss Confederation (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 1) and in particular the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Federation on trade in agricultural products – Annex 7. 3.6.2017 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 177/5 — Mexico (1) — Korea (2) — Central America (3) — Colombia and Peru (4) — Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (5) — Canada (6) — United States (7) — Albania (8) — Montenegro (9) — Bosnia and Herzegovina (10) — Serbia (11) — Moldova (12) — Georgia (13) (c) in the light of a trade mark’s reputation and renown and the length of time it has been used, be liable to mislead the consumer as to the true identity of the product; (d) jeopardise the existence of an entirely or partly identical name or of a trade mark or the existence of products which have been legally on the market for at least five years preceding the date of the publication of this notice; (e) or if they can give details from which it can be concluded that the name for which protection is considered is generic.