ISSN 1725-2423 Official Journal C 284 of the European Union

Volume 51

English edition Information and Notices 8 November 2008

Notice No Contents Page

II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

Commission

2008/C 284/01 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5323 — HMC/HAII) (1) ...... 1

IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

Commission

2008/C 284/02 Euro exchange rates ...... 2

V Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION POLICY

Commission

2008/C 284/03 Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5372 — Société Générale/la Caixa/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (1) ...... 3

EN (1) Text with EEA relevance (Continued overleaf) 1 Notice No Contents (continued) Page

2008/C 284/04 Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5263 — Deutsche Bank London/Lloyds TSB Bank/Antin Infrastructure Partners (BNP Paribas)/Porterbrook Leasing) (1) ...... 4

2008/C 284/05 Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5382 — Kuehne+Nagel/Alloin) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (1) ...... 5

2008/C 284/06 Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5369 — Sodexo/Zehnacker) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (1) ...... 6

OTHER ACTS

Commission

2008/C 284/07 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 ...... 7

2008/C 284/08 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 ...... 12

Corrigenda

2008/C 284/09 Corrigendum to the annotated presentation of regulated markets and national provisions implementing relevant requirements of ISD (Council Directive 93/22/EEC) (OJ C 280, 4.11.2008) ...... 18

Note to the reader (see page 3 of the cover)

EN (1) Text with EEA relevance 8.11.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 284/1

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INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5323 — HMC/HAII)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 284/01)

On 24 October 2008, 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 Regu- lation (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: — from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/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 under document number 32008M5323. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu). C 284/2EN Official Journal of the European Union 8.11.2008

IV

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NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1) 7 November 2008

(2008/C 284/02)

1 euro =

Currency Exchange rate Currency Exchange rate

USD US dollar 1,2756 TRY Turkish lira 1,9799 JPY Japanese yen 124,29 AUD Australian dollar 1,9096 DKK Danish krone 7,4455 CAD Canadian dollar 1,5224 GBP Pound sterling 0,80845 HKD Hong Kong dollar 9,8861 SEK Swedish krona 10,0545 NZD New Zealand dollar 2,1712 CHF Swiss franc 1,4983 SGD Singapore dollar 1,9088 ISK Iceland króna 200,00 KRW South Korean won 1 691,51 NOK Norwegian krone 8,7210 ZAR South African rand 12,8549 BGN Bulgarian lev 1,9558 CNY Chinese yuan renminbi 8,7066 CZK Czech koruna 25,092 HRK Croatian kuna 7,1421 EEK Estonian kroon 15,6466 IDR Indonesian rupiah 14 159,16 HUF Hungarian forint 269,00 MYR Malaysian ringgit 4,5309 LTL Lithuanian litas 3,4528 PHP Philippine peso 62,060 LVL Latvian lats 0,7091 RUB Russian rouble 34,5055 PLN Polish zloty 3,6615 THB Thai baht 44,589 RON Romanian leu 3,7330 BRL Brazilian real 2,7851 SKK Slovak koruna 30,394 MXN Mexican peso 16,5573

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB. 8.11.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 284/3

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PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5372 — Société Générale/la Caixa/JV) Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 284/03)

1. On 31 October 2008, 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 Société Générale (‘Société Générale’, France), acting through its affiliate Boursorama SA (‘Boursorama’, France) and Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona ‘la Caixa’ (‘la Caixa’), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of a joint venture (‘the JV’, Spain), by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture. 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Société Générale: major financial services group, operating in 82 countries, — for Boursorama: online retail banking and brokerage services in France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Spain, — for la Caixa: a major retail and savings bank in Spain, — for the JV: provision of on-line banking services in Spain. 3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. 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 the 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 ((32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5372 — Société Générale/la Caixa/JV, to the following address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry J-70 B-1049 Bruxelles

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1. (2) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32. C 284/4EN Official Journal of the European Union 8.11.2008

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5263 — Deutsche Bank London/Lloyds TSB Bank/Antin Infrastructure Partners (BNP Paribas)/Porterbrook Leasing)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 284/04)

1. On 27 October 2008, 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 Deutsche Bank AG (‘DB’, Germany), Lloyds TSB Bank plc (‘Lloyds’, United Kingdom) and Antin Infrastructure Partners FCPR (‘AIP’, United Kingdom), an investment fund sponsored by BNP Paribas SA (‘BNP’, France) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of Porterbrook Leasing Company Limited and subsidiaries (‘Porterbrook’, United Kingdom), by way of purchase of shares. 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for DB: global provider of financial services, — for Lloyds: financial services group providing banking and financial services in the United Kingdom and overseas, — for AIP: investment fund sp