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ISSN 1725-2423 Official Journal C 238 of the European Union Volume 52 English edition Information and Notices 3 October 2009 Notice No Contents Page II Information INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES Commission 2009/C 238/01 Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections ( 1) . 1 2009/C 238/02 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5540 — Lion Capital/CEDC/Russian Alcohol Group) ( 1 ) . 4 2009/C 238/03 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5594 — TNT Post Holding Deutschland/Georg von Holtzbrinck/JVS) ( 1) . 4 IV Notices NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES Commission 2009/C 238/04 Euro exchange rates . 5 1 EN 1 ( ) Text with EEA relevance (Continued overleaf) Notice No Contents (continued) Page 2009/C 238/05 Notice of Implementation of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007-2013) — SME Guarantee Facility (SMEG) and High Growth and Innovative SME Facility (GIF) — List of Participating Countries ( 1 ) . 6 V Announcements PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION POLICY Commission 2009/C 238/06 Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5574 — IPIC/OMV/NOVA) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 ) . 7 OTHER ACTS Commission 2009/C 238/07 Publication of an application pursuant to Article 8(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 509/2006 on agricultural products and foodstuffs as traditional specialities guaranteed for agricultural products and foodstuffs . 8 2009/C 238/08 Publication of an amendment application pursuant to Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs . 14 2009/C 238/09 Notice concerning a request in accordance with Article 30 of Directive 2004/17/EC — deadline extension — Request made by a Member State . 18 EN ( 1 ) Text with EEA relevance 3.10.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 238/1 II (Information) INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES COMMISSION Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty Cases where the Commission raises no objections (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/C 238/01) Date of adoption of the decision 28.1.2009 Reference number of State Aid N 437/08 Member State France Region — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Aide au projet Nano 2012 Legal basis régime N 269/07 «Fonds de Compétitivité des entreprises» Type of measure Individual aid Objective Research and development Form of aid Direct grant Budget Overall budget: EUR 457 million Intensity 40 % Duration (period) until 31.12.2012 Economic sectors Manufacturing industry Name and address of the granting authority Ministère de l'Economie, de l'Industrie et de l'Emploi — Direction générale des entreprises (DGE) Le Bervil 12 rue Villiot 75012 Paris FRANCE Other information — The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/state_aids_texts_en.htm C 238/2 EN Official Journal of the European Union 3.10.2009 Date of adoption of the decision 13.7.2009 Reference number of State Aid N 629/08 Member State United Kingdom Region — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Legal basis Part 3 of the Climate Change Act 2008 Type of measure Aid scheme Objective Environmental protection, Energy saving Form of aid Transactions not on market terms Budget Annual budget: GBP 660 million Overall budget: GBP 7 260 million Intensity — Duration (period) 1.10.2011-1.10.2021 Economic sectors All sectors Name and address of the granting authority Department of Energy and Climate Change, Ergon House Horseferry Road London SW1P 2AL UNITED KINGDOM Other information — The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/state_aids_texts_en.htm Date of adoption of the decision 8.7.2009 Reference number of State Aid N 250/09 Member State Germany Region — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Gesundheitsforschung — Forschung für den Menschen Legal basis Jährliche Haushaltsgesetze — Einzelplan 30 für den Geschäftsbereich des Ministeriums für Bildung und Forschung, Kapitel 3005, Titel 68503 und 68504 Type of measure Aid scheme Objective Research and development Form of aid Direct grant Budget Overall budget: EUR 613 million Intensity — 3.10.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 238/3 Duration (period) until 30.6.2011 Economic sectors All sectors Name and address of the granting authority Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Heinemannstraße 2 53175 Bonn DEUTSCHLAND Other information — The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/state_aids_texts_en.htm C 238/4 EN Official Journal of the European Union 3.10.2009 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5540 — Lion Capital/CEDC/Russian Alcohol Group) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/C 238/02) On 4 September 2009, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. 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/en/index.htm) under document number 32009M5540. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law. Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5594 — TNT Post Holding Deutschland/Georg von Holtzbrinck/JVS) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/C 238/03) On 28 September 2009, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in German 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/en/index.htm) under document number 32009M5594. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law. 3.10.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 238/5 IV (Notices) NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES COMMISSION Euro exchange rates ( 1 ) 2 October 2009 (2009/C 238/04) 1 euro = Currency Exchange rate Currency Exchange rate USD US dollar 1,4537 AUD Australian dollar 1,6838 JPY Japanese yen 129,95 CAD Canadian dollar 1,5856 DKK Danish krone 7,4449 HKD Hong Kong dollar 11,2664 GBP Pound sterling 0,91720 NZD New Zealand dollar 2,0358 SEK Swedish krona 10,2490 SGD Singapore dollar 2,0583 CHF Swiss franc 1,5107 KRW South Korean won 1 707,07 ISK Iceland króna ZAR South African rand 11,2356 NOK Norwegian krone 8,4470 CNY Chinese yuan renminbi 9,9234 BGN Bulgarian lev 1,9558 HRK Croatian kuna 7,2580 CZK Czech koruna 25,454 IDR Indonesian rupiah 14 021,41 EEK Estonian kroon 15,6466 MYR Malaysian ringgit 5,0581 HUF Hungarian forint 268,65 PHP Philippine peso 68,368 LTL Lithuanian litas 3,4528 RUB Russian rouble 43,9119 LVL Latvian lats 0,7083 THB Thai baht 48,655 PLN Polish zloty 4,2438 BRL Brazilian real 2,6046 RON Romanian leu 4,2770 MXN Mexican peso 20,0138 TRY Turkish lira 2,1806 INR Indian rupee 69,4100 ( 1 ) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB. C 238/6 EN Official Journal of the European Union 3.10.2009 Notice of Implementation of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007- 2013) SME Guarantee Facility (SMEG) and High Growth and Innovative SME Facility (GIF) List of Participating Countries (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/C 238/05) Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom European Economic Area (EEA) countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway Candidate countries: Croatia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey Countries of the Western Balkans: Montenegro, Serbia (Reference: Notice 2007/C 226/02 published in Official Journal of the European Union C 226, 26.9.2007, page 2 and notice 2007/C 302/09 published in Official Journal of the European Union C 302, 14.12.2007, page 8) 3.10.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 238/7 V (Announcements) PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION POLICY COMMISSION Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5574 — IPIC/OMV/NOVA) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/C 238/06) 1. On 25 September 2009, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1) by which the undertakings International Petroleum Investment Company (‘IPIC’, United Arab Emirates) and OMV Aktiengesellschaft (‘OMV’, Austria) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking NOVA Chemicals Corporation (‘NOVA’, Canada) by way of purchase of shares.