Official Journal C 331 of the European Union Volume 58 English edition Information and Notices 8 October 2015 Contents II Information INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES European Commission 2015/C 331/01 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7705 — Benson Elliot/Walton Street/Starwood/ Hotel Portfolio) (1) ................................................................................................................ 1 2015/C 331/02 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7755 — Mahindra/MHI/MAM) (1) ..................... 1 IV Notices NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES European Commission 2015/C 331/03 Euro exchange rates .............................................................................................................. 2 NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES 2015/C 331/04 Commission notice pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community — Invitations to tender in respect of the operation of scheduled air services in accordance with public service obligations (1) ............................................................................................................. 3 EN (1) Text with EEA relevance 2015/C 331/05 Communication from the Minister for Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands pursuant to Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons ...... 4 NOTICES CONCERNING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA EFTA Surveillance Authority 2015/C 331/06 State aid — Decision to raise no objections ............................................................................... 5 V Announcements PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY European Commission 2015/C 331/07 Publication of a list of measures considered by the Commission as existing aid, within the meaning of Article 108(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, upon accession of Croatia to the European Union (1) .......................................................................................................... 6 2015/C 331/08 Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7706 — Kinnevik/Qliro Group) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (1) .......................................................................................................... 7 OTHER ACTS European Commission 2015/C 331/09 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 ...... 8 (1) Text with EEA relevance 8.10.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 331/1 II (Information) INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES EUROPEAN COMMISSION Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7705 — Benson Elliot/Walton Street/Starwood/Hotel Portfolio) (Text with EEA relevance) (2015/C 331/01) On 2 October 2015, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compati­ ble 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 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 32015M7705. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law. (1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1. Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7755 — Mahindra/MHI/MAM) (Text with EEA relevance) (2015/C 331/02) On 11 September 2015, 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 32015M7755. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law. (1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1. C 331/2 EN Official Journal of the European Union 8.10.2015 IV (Notices) NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES EUROPEAN COMMISSION Euro exchange rates (1) 7 October 2015 (2015/C 331/03) 1 euro = Currency Exchange rate Currency Exchange rate USD US dollar 1,1266 CAD Canadian dollar 1,4649 JPY Japanese yen 135,30 HKD Hong Kong dollar 8,7312 DKK Danish krone 7,4615 NZD New Zealand dollar 1,6966 GBP Pound sterling 0,73580 SGD Singapore dollar 1,5870 SEK Swedish krona 9,2924 KRW South Korean won 1 299,71 ZAR South African rand 15,0690 CHF Swiss franc 1,0882 CNY Chinese yuan renminbi 7,1621 ISK Iceland króna HRK Croatian kuna 7,6095 NOK Norwegian krone 9,2580 IDR Indonesian rupiah 15 492,07 BGN Bulgarian lev 1,9558 MYR Malaysian ringgit 4,7400 CZK Czech koruna 27,099 PHP Philippine peso 51,829 HUF Hungarian forint 312,17 RUB Russian rouble 69,9561 PLN Polish zloty 4,2300 THB Thai baht 40,401 RON Romanian leu 4,4174 BRL Brazilian real 4,3238 TRY Turkish lira 3,2997 MXN Mexican peso 18,6678 AUD Australian dollar 1,5586 INR Indian rupee 73,1140 (1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB. 8.10.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 331/3 NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES Commission notice pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community Invitations to tender in respect of the operation of scheduled air services in accordance with public service obligations (Text with EEA relevance) (2015/C 331/04) Member State France Routes concerned Strasbourg-Amsterdam Strasbourg-Madrid Strasbourg-Prague Period of validity of the contract from 9 April 2016 to 8 April 2019 Deadline for the submission of applications 10 December 2015 by 17.00 Paris time (France) and tenders Address where the text of the invitation to ten­ Direction de la Sécurité de l’Aviation civile Nord-Est der and any relevant information and/or docu­ Aéroport de Strasbourg-Entzheim mentation relating to the public tender and the CS 60003 Entzheim public service obligations can be obtained 67836 Tanneries Cedex FRANCE Tel. +33 388596464 E-mail: [email protected] C 331/4 EN Official Journal of the European Union 8.10.2015 Communication from the Minister for Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands pursuant to Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons (2015/C 331/05) The Minister for Economic Affairs hereby gives notice that an application has been received for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in blocks Q8 and Q11 as indicated on the map appended as Annex 3 to the Mining Order (Mijnbouwregeling) (Government Gazette (Staatscourant) 2002, No 245) and block segment Q10b. Block segment Q10b is delimited by the great circles between vertex pairs A-B, B-C, C-D, D-E, E-F and A-F. The vertices are defined as follows: Vertex ° ′ ″ E.L. ° ′ ″ N.L. A 3 59 55,139 52 29 57,162 B 4 10 55,155 52 29 57,170 C 4 16 15,170 52 25 57,166 D 4 19 55,176 52 25 57,168 E 4 19 55,187 52 19 57,157 F 3 59 55,158 52 19 57,143 The above vertices are defined by their geographical coordinates, calculated according to the ETRS89 system. Block segment Q10b covers an area of 367 km2. With reference to the Directive referred to in the introduction and Article 15 of the Mining Act (Mijnbouwwet) (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees (Staatsblad) 2002, No 542), the Minister for Economic Affairs hereby invites interested parties to submit a competing application for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in blocks Q8 and Q11 and block segment Q10b of the Dutch continental shelf. The Minister for Economic Affairs is the competent authority for the granting of authorisations. The criteria, conditions and requirements referred to in Articles 5(1), 5(2) and 6(2) of the above-mentioned Directive are set out in the Mining Act (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees 2002, No 542). Applications may be submitted during the 13 weeks following the publication of this notice in the Official Journal of the European Union and should be sent to: The Minister for Economic Affairs attn.: Ms J.J. van Beek, Energy and Environment Directorate Bezuidenhoutseweg 73 Postbus 20401, 2500 EK Den Haag NEDERLAND Applications received after the expiry of this period will not be considered. A decision on the applications will be taken