Official Journal C 25 of the European Union Volume 58 English edition Information and Notices 24 January 2015 Contents II Information INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES European Commission 2015/C 25/01 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7400 — Federal-Mogul Corporation/TRW Engine Components) (1) ................................................................................................................... 1 IV Notices NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES European Commission 2015/C 25/02 Euro exchange rates .............................................................................................................. 2 2015/C 25/03 Opinion of the Advisory Committee on mergers given at its meeting of 25 September 2013 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/M.6796 — Aegean/Olympic II — Rapporteur: Poland ........... 3 2015/C 25/04 Final Report of the Hearing Officer — Aegean/Olympic II (COMP/M.6796) .................................... 5 EN (1) Text with EEA relevance 2015/C 25/05 Summary of Commission Decision of 9 October 2013 declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/M.6796 — Aegean/Olympic II) (notified under document C(2013) 6561) (1) .................................................................................. 7 V Announcements PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY European Commission 2015/C 25/06 Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7485 — Swisscom/Sixt/Managed Mobility JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (1) .............................................................................................. 16 2015/C 25/07 Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7278 — General Electric/ALSTOM (Thermal Power — Renewable Power & Grid business)) (1) ....................................................................................... 17 OTHER ACTS European Commission 2015/C 25/08 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 ...... 18 (1) Text with EEA relevance 24.1.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 25/1 II (Information) INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES EUROPEAN COMMISSION Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7400 — Federal-Mogul Corporation/TRW Engine Components) (Text with EEA relevance) (2015/C 25/01) On 15 December 2014, 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 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 32014M7400. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law. (1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1. C 25/2 EN Official Journal of the European Union 24.1.2015 IV (Notices) NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES EUROPEAN COMMISSION Euro exchange rates (1) 23 January 2015 (2015/C 25/02) 1 euro = Currency Exchange rate Currency Exchange rate USD US dollar 1,1198 CAD Canadian dollar 1,3937 JPY Japanese yen 132,12 HKD Hong Kong dollar 8,6809 DKK Danish krone 7,4430 NZD New Zealand dollar 1,5032 GBP Pound sterling 0,74730 SGD Singapore dollar 1,5058 SEK Swedish krona 9,3327 KRW South Korean won 1208,90 ZAR South African rand 12,8430 CHF Swiss franc 0,9816 CNY Chinese yuan renminbi 6,9750 ISK Iceland króna HRK Croatian kuna 7,7028 NOK Norwegian krone 8,7055 IDR Indonesian rupiah 13975,38 BGN Bulgarian lev 1,9558 MYR Malaysian ringgit 4,0281 CZK Czech koruna 27,831 PHP Philippine peso 49,359 HUF Hungarian forint 310,91 RUB Russian rouble 72,2195 PLN Polish zloty 4,2279 THB Thai baht 36,517 RON Romanian leu 4,4892 BRL Brazilian real 2,9057 TRY Turkish lira 2,6340 MXN Mexican peso 16,4851 AUD Australian dollar 1,4169 INR Indian rupee 68,8660 (1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB. 24.1.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 25/3 Opinion of the Advisory Committee on mergers given at its meeting of 25 September 2013 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/M.6796 — Aegean/Olympic II Rapporteur: Poland (2015/C 25/03) Concentration 1. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the notified operation constitutes a concentration within the meaning of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (the ‘Merger Regulation’). 2. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the notified operation is examined under the Merger Regulation pursuant to its Article 22(3). Market definition 3. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission’s definitions of the relevant product markets as stated in the draft decision. In particular, concerning the product market definition, does the Advisory Committee agree with the Commission’s approach to leave open in this case (a) the distinction between time-sensitive and non-time sensitive passengers; and (b) the inclusion of ferry services in the relevant market for non-time sensitive passengers and all passengers on the routes of concern (except for the Athens-Mykonos and the Athens-Rhodes routes) specified in the draft decision. Competition assessment 4. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the proposed concentration leads to a significant impedi­ ment of effective competition due to the elimination of actual competition between Aegean and Olympic Air on the following five domestic routes: (a) Athens-Chania; (b) Athens-Santorini; (c) Athens-Mytilini; (d) Athens-Kos; and (e) Athens-Corfu. 5. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the proposed concentration significantly impedes effective competition as a result of the elimination of a credible potential entrant on the following six routes: (a) Athens-Alexandroupolis; (b) Athens-Rhodes; (c) Athens-Thessaloniki; (d) Athens-Heraklion; (e) Athens-Chios; (f) Athens-Samos. 6. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the proposed transaction would not significantly impede effective competition as concerns the market for attribution of PSO routes in Greece. Entry 7. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission’s conclusion that no post-merger timely and sufficient entry by international and/or domestic carriers establishing a base at Athens airport is likely in the foreseeable future. Failing firm defence 8. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the failing firm defence criteria are met in the present case. C 25/4 EN Official Journal of the European Union 24.1.2015 Conclusion 9. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the notified transaction must therefore be declared com­ patible with the internal market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement in accordance with Articles 2(2) and 8(1) of the Merger Regulation and Article 57 of the EEA Agreement. 24.1.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 25/5 Final Report of the Hearing Officer (1) Aegean/Olympic II (COMP/M.6796) (2015/C 25/04) I. BACKGROUND 1. On 28 February 2013, the European Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation (2) by which Aegean Airlines S.A. (‘Aegean’) intends to acquire sole control over Olympic Air S.A. (‘Olympic’) by way of purchase of 100 % of its shares, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation. 2. The proposed transaction (the ‘Transaction’) does not have an EU dimension within the meaning of Article 1 of the Merger Regulation. The Transaction was notified to the European Commission following a referral request from the competition authorities of the Hellenic Republic and of the Republic of Cyprus (under Article 22(1) of the Merger Regulation) on 6 November 2012. The Commission accepted the referral requests by decisions of 3 December 2012. II. PROCEDURE 3. The European Commission initiated proceedings according to Article 6(1)(c) of the Merger Regulation on 23 April 2013. Aegean was given access to non-confidential versions of certain key documents collected during the first phase investigation on 30 April 2013, 3 May 2013 and 8 May 2013. Statement of Objections 4. On 8 July 2013, the European Commission adopted a Statement of Objections (‘SO’) pursuant to Article 18 of the Merger Regulation. In the SO it was preliminarily found that the Transaction would significantly impede effective competition in a substantial part of the internal market and would be incompatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 2 of the Merger Regulation and the EEA Agreement (protocol 21 of the EEA Agreement). 5. In particular, the SO preliminarily concluded that in the market for scheduled passenger air transport services, the Transaction gave rise to horizontal overlaps on a number of Greek domestic routes from Athens. The SO also found that the Transaction would result in the elimination of the most credible potential competitor on a number of other domestic routes. 6. Aegean replied to the SO on 23 July 2013. Aegean did not request an oral hearing. Access to File 7. Aegean received access to the file through CD-ROMs on 9 July, 23 July, 30 July, 29 August and 24 September 2013 respectively. 8. On 12 July 2013, Aegean submitted a request for further access to file to the Directorate-General for Competition (‘DG Competition’). On 15 July 2013, DG Competition rejected Aegean’s request. On 18 July 2013, Aegean referred the matter to me requesting additional access to 11 documents to which access had only been partially granted or had not been granted at all.