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Volume 58 English edition Information and Notices 4 November 2015

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II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2015/C 364/01 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7776 — BTPS/CPPIB/South Bank Tower Estate) (1) 1

IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2015/C 364/02 Euro exchange rates ...... 2

2015/C 364/03 Euro exchange rates ...... 3

2015/C 364/04 Commission Decision of 26 October 2015 on the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community , of the one part, and of Kosovo, of the other part ...... 4

2015/C 364/05 Publication of the countervalues in national currency of the financial thresholds expressed in euro in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 116/2009 and in the Annex to Council Directive 93/7/EEC .... 6

EN (1) Text with EEA relevance V Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

2015/C 364/06 Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7610 — Danish Crown/Westfleisch/WestCrown JV) (1) ... 7

Corrigenda

2015/C 364/07 Corrigendum to Call for proposals — ‘Support for information measures relating to the common agricultural policy (CAP)’ for 2016 (OJ C 351, 23.10.2015) ...... 8

(1) Text with EEA relevance 4.11.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 364/1

II (Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7776 — BTPS/CPPIB/South Bank Tower Estate) (Text with EEA relevance) (2015/C 364/01)

On 29 October 2015, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it com patible 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 32015M7776. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1. C 364/2 EN Official Journal of the European Union 4.11.2015

IV (Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1) 2 November 2015

(2015/C 364/02)

1 euro =

Currency Exchange rate Currency Exchange rate USD US dollar 1,1032 CAD Canadian dollar 1,4450 JPY Japanese yen 133,02 HKD Hong Kong dollar 8,5500 DKK Danish krone 7,4585 NZD New Zealand dollar 1,6356 GBP Pound sterling 0,71320 SGD Singapore dollar 1,5466 SEK Swedish krona 9,3843 KRW South Korean won 1 254,62 ZAR South African rand 15,1851 CHF Swiss franc 1,0885 CNY Chinese yuan renminbi 6,9914 ISK Iceland króna HRK Croatian kuna 7,5855 NOK Norwegian krone 9,3370 IDR Indonesian rupiah 15 062,24 BGN Bulgarian lev 1,9558 MYR Malaysian ringgit 4,7441 CZK Czech koruna 27,097 PHP Philippine peso 51,713 HUF Hungarian forint 312,19 RUB Russian rouble 70,7262 PLN Polish zloty 4,2532 THB Thai baht 39,276 RON Romanian leu 4,4383 BRL Brazilian real 4,2724 TRY Turkish lira 3,0950 MXN Mexican peso 18,2111 AUD Australian dollar 1,5457 INR Indian rupee 72,3534

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB. 4.11.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 364/3

Euro exchange rates (1) 3 November 2015

(2015/C 364/03)

1 euro =

Currency Exchange rate Currency Exchange rate USD US dollar 1,0976 CAD Canadian dollar 1,4406 JPY Japanese yen 132,65 HKD Hong Kong dollar 8,5065 DKK Danish krone 7,4587 NZD New Zealand dollar 1,6364 GBP Pound sterling 0,71315 SGD Singapore dollar 1,5363 SEK Swedish krona 9,3935 KRW South Korean won 1 245,49 ZAR South African rand 15,2542 CHF Swiss franc 1,0869 CNY Chinese yuan renminbi 6,9545 ISK Iceland króna HRK Croatian kuna 7,5860 NOK Norwegian krone 9,3410 IDR Indonesian rupiah 14 936,68 BGN Bulgarian lev 1,9558 MYR Malaysian ringgit 4,7104 CZK Czech koruna 27,100 PHP Philippine peso 51,495 HUF Hungarian forint 313,48 RUB Russian rouble 69,5445 PLN Polish zloty 4,2540 THB Thai baht 39,048 RON Romanian leu 4,4345 BRL Brazilian real 4,1813 TRY Turkish lira 3,1222 MXN Mexican peso 18,1848 AUD Australian dollar 1,5301 INR Indian rupee 72,1429

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB. C 364/4 EN Official Journal of the European Union 4.11.2015

COMMISSION DECISION of 26 October 2015 on the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and of Kosovo (*), of the other part (2015/C 364/04)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 101 thereof,

Having regard to the approval of the Council pursuant to Article 101 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,

Whereas:

(1) On 21 June 2013 the Council authorised the European Commission to open negotiations with Kosovo for a Stabilisation and Association Agreement. The negotiations were successfully concluded by the initialling of the Agreement on 25 July 2014.

(2) The Agreement also covers matters falling under competences of the European Atomic Energy Community.

(3) The Agreement should therefore also be concluded on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community as regards matters falling under the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community.

(4) The signature and conclusion of the Agreement is subject to a separate procedure as regards matters falling under the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The Stabilisation and Association Agreement will be signed on behalf of the European Union, subject to conclusion at a later date.

(5) The Agreement is without prejudice to Member States' position on the status of Kosovo, which will be decided in accordance with their national practice and international law.

(6) In addition, none of the terms, wording or definitions used in this Decision and the Agreement, nor any recourse to the necessary legal bases for the conclusion of Agreement constitute recognition of Kosovo by the European Atomic Energy Community as an independent State nor does it constitute recognition by individual Member States of Kosovo in that capacity where they have not taken such a step.

(7) The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Kosovo, of the other part, should be concluded on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The conclusion by the European Commission, on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Kosovo, of the other part, is hereby approved.

The text of the Agreement is attached to the Council Decision on the signing, on behalf of the European Union of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Kosovo, of the other part (1).

Article 2 The present Decision is without prejudice to Member States' and the European Atomic Energy Community's position on the status of Kosovo.

(*) This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence. (1) Doc 10728/1/15 REV 1 and 10724/2/15 REV 2 COWEB 66 (not yet published in the Official Journal). 4.11.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 364/5

Article 3 The Member of the Commission responsible for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations is hereby authorised to sign the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Kosovo, of the other part, and to deposit the act of approval referred to in Article 144 of the Agreement on behalf the European Atomic Energy Community.

Done at Brussels, 26 October 2015.

For the Commission Johannes HAHN Member of the Commission C 364/6 EN Official Journal of the European Union 4.11.2015

Publication of the countervalues in national currency of the financial thresholds expressed in euro in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 116/2009 and in the Annex to Council Directive 93/7/EEC (2015/C 364/05)

Pursuant to the requirement under Annex I(B) to Council Regulation (EC) No 116/2009 and point B of the Annex to Council Directive 93/7/EEC, as modified by Directives 96/100/EC and 2001/38/EC, the financial thresholds applicable to certain categories of cultural goods should be converted into the national currencies of those Member States which do not have the euro as their currency and published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The countervalues listed hereafter were calculated on the basis of the average daily value of each of the currencies concerned, expressed in euro, during the 24 months ending on the last day of August 2015. These revised values take effect on 31 December 2015.

EUR 1 15 000 30 000 50 000 150 000 BGN Bulgarian lev 1,9558 29 337 58 674 97 790 293 370 CZK Czech koruna 27,2993 409 490 818 980 1 364 967 4 094 902 DKK Danish krone 7,4566 111 849 223 697 372 829 1 118 487 GBP Pound sterling 0,7844 11 766 23 531 39 219 117 657 HRK Croatian kuna 7,6238 114 357 228 714 381 189 1 143 568 HUF Hungarian forint 306,4634 4 596 950 9 193 901 15 323 168 45 969 503 PLN Polish zloty 4,1759 62 638 125 277 208 795 626 384 RON Romanian leu 4,4450 66 675 133 350 222 250 666 751 SEK Swedish krona 9,1459 137 189 274 378 457 296 1 371 889 4.11.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 364/7

V (Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7610 — Danish Crown/Westfleisch/WestCrown JV) (Text with EEA relevance) (2015/C 364/06)

1. On 27 October 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Danish Crown A/S (‘Danish Crown’, Denmark) together with Westfleisch SCE mbH (‘Westfleisch’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the newly created joint venture WestCrown JV (‘WestCrown’, Germany). 2. Both Danish Crown and Westfleisch are active internationally in the food industry, specialised in the slaughtering, de-boning, processing and refining of meat as well as the sale of fresh meat and meat products. — Danish Crown is a wholly owned subsidiary of Leverandørselskabet Danish Crown Amba which is a cooperative company owned by a total of 8 278 (2013/14) farmer members who supply raw materials — live pigs, cattle and calves — to its slaughterhouses, — Westfleisch is a cooperative based in Münster, Germany owned by approximately 4 200 (2014) farmers, — WestCrown shall be active in the de-boning of slaughtered sows and the subsequent marketing and sale of fresh sow meat. 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. 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 e-mail to [email protected] or by post, under reference M.7610 — Danish Crown/Westfleisch/WestCrown JV, 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’). C 364/8 EN Official Journal of the European Union 4.11.2015

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Call for proposals — ‘Support for information measures relating to the common agricultural policy (CAP)’ for 2016

(Official Journal of the European Union C 351 of 23 October 2015) (2015/C 364/07)

On page 14, Section 9: for: ‘The different communication tools and activities included in the information measure should be interconnected, clear in their conceptual approach and in the results to be achieved. They should also have a significant impact that can be measured through relevant indicators referred to in section 11.4.’, read: ‘The different communication tools and activities included in the information measure should be interconnected, clear in their conceptual approach and in the results to be achieved.’.

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