Official Journal C42 Volume 44 of the European Communities 8 February 2001

ISSN 0378-6986 Official Journal C42 Volume 44 of the European Communities 8 February 2001

English edition Information and Notices

Notice No Contents Page

I Information

Commission

2001/C 42/01 Euro exchange rates ...... 1

2001/C 42/02 Publication of an application for registration pursuant to Article 6(2) of Council Regu- lation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin ...... 2

2001/C 42/03 Publication of an application for registration pursuant to Article 6(2) of Council Regu- lation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin ...... 5

2001/C 42/04 Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2336 Thomson/Technicolor) Candidate case for simplified procedure (1) ...... 9

2001/C 42/05 Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2305 Vodafone Group plc/Eircell) (1) ...... 10

2001/C 42/06 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.1863 Vodafone/BT/Airtel JV) (1) ...... 11

2001/C 42/07 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.1783 ZF Gotha/Graziano Trasmissioni/JV) (1) ...... 11

2001/C 42/08 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2210 Georg Fischer/West LB/Krupp Werner & Pfleiderer) (1) ...... 12

2001/C 42/09 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.1873 Compagnie de Saint- Gobain/Meyer International) (1) ...... 12

2001/C 42/10 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2035 Doughty Hanson/Rank Hovis McDougall) (1) ...... 13

2001/C 42/11 Notification of cooperation agreements (Case COMP/C1/38.074 Vodafone Eurocall and wholesale preferred roaming scheme) (1) ...... 13 EN 1 (1) Text with EEA relevance (Continued overleaf) Notice No Contents (continued) Page

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA Surveillance Authority

2001/C 42/12 Communication from the EFTA Surveillance Authority under Article 7 of the Act referred to in point 18 of Annex VII to the EEA Agreement (Council Directive 85/384/EEC of 10 June 1985 on the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in architecture, including measures to facilitate the effective exercise of the right of establishment and freedom to provide services) 14

EN 8.2.2001EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 42/1

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1) 7 February 2001

(2001/C 42/01)

1 euro = 7,4631 Danish krone = 8,9125 Swedish krona = 0,6384 Pound sterling

= 0,9325 United States dollar = 1,4092 Canadian dollar = 108,36 Japanese yen = 1,5392 Swiss franc = 8,1875 Norwegian krone = 79,56 Icelandic króna (2) = 1,703 Australian dollar = 2,1062 New Zealand dollar = 7,2945 South African rand (2)

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB. (2) Source: Commission. C 42/2EN Official Journal of the European Communities 8.2.2001

Publication of an application for registration pursuant to Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin

(2001/C 42/02) This publication confers the right to object to the application pursuant to Article 7 of the abovementioned Regulation. Any objection to this application must be submitted via the competent authority in the Member State concerned within a time limit of six months from the date of this publication. The arguments for publication are set out below, in particular under 4.6, and are considered to justify the application within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92.

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2081/92

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION: ARTICLE 5

PDO ( ) PGI (x)

National application No 64

1. Responsible department in the Member State

Name: Subdirección General de Denominaciones de Calidad. Dirección General de Alimentación. Secretaría General de Agricultura y Ganadería. Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesc