Official Journal C 374 of the European Union Volume 63 English edition Information and Notices 5 November 2020 Contents II Information INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES European Commission 2020/C 374/01 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10003 — Alcentra/Brait/New Look Retail Holdings) (1) . 1 IV Notices NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES European Commission 2020/C 374/02 Euro exchange rates — 4 November 2020 . 2 NOTICES CONCERNING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA EFTA Surveillance Authority 2020/C 374/03 State aid – Decision to raise no objections . 3 2020/C 374/04 State aid – Decision to raise no objections . 4 2020/C 374/05 State aid – Decision to raise no objections . 5 EEA Joint Committee 2020/C 374/06 Decisions of the EEA Joint Committee for which the constitutional requirements under Article 103 of the EEA Agreement have been fulfilled in 2019 and related Decisions . 6 EN (1) Text with EEA relevance. V Announcements COURT PROCEEDINGS EFTA Court 2020/C 374/07 Judgment of the Court of 16 July 2020 in Case E-7/19 Tak – Malbik ehf. v the Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration and Þróttur ehf. (Public Procurement – Directive 2014/24/EU – Public works contract – Public service contract) . 44 2020/C 374/08 Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by Norges Høyesterett dated 30 June 2020 in criminal proceedings against N (Case E-8/20) . 45 2020/C 374/09 Judgment of the Court of 16 July 2020 in Case E-8/19 Scanteam AS v The Norwegian Government, represented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Public procurement – Directive 2014/24/EU – Definition of ‘contracting authority’ – Foreign mission of an EFTA State – Applicability of EEA law – Article 126 EEA – Geographic scope of the EEA Agreement) . 47 OTHER ACTS European Commission 2020/C 374/10 Publication of a communication of approval of a standard amendment to a product specification for a name in the wine sector referred to in Article 17(2) and (3) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 . 48 5.11.2020 EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union C 374/1 II (Information) INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES EUROPEAN COMMISSION Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10003 — Alcentra/Brait/New Look Retail Holdings) (Text with EEA relevance) (2020/C 374/01) On 30 October 2020, 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 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/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32020M10003. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1. C 374/2 EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 5.11.2020 IV (Notices) NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES EUROPEAN COMMISSION Euro exchange rates (1) 4 November 2020 (2020/C 374/02) 1 euro = Currency Exchange rate Currency Exchange rate USD US dollar 1,1721 CAD Canadian dollar 1,5411 JPY Japanese yen 122,31 HKD Hong Kong dollar 9,0872 DKK Danish krone 7,4466 NZD New Zealand dollar 1,7541 GBP Pound sterling 0,89954 SGD Singapore dollar 1,5926 KRW South Korean won 1 327,24 SEK Swedish krona 10,3520 ZAR South African rand 18,8090 CHF Swiss franc 1,0675 CNY Chinese yuan renminbi 7,8038 ISK Iceland króna 164,10 HRK Croatian kuna 7,5530 NOK Norwegian krone 10,9583 IDR Indonesian rupiah 16 892,54 BGN Bulgarian lev 1,9558 MYR Malaysian ringgit 4,8853 CZK Czech koruna 26,781 PHP Philippine peso 56,717 HUF Hungarian forint 362,42 RUB Russian rouble 92,4670 PLN Polish zloty 4,5368 THB Thai baht 36,370 RON Romanian leu 4,8675 BRL Brazilian real 6,6760 TRY Turkish lira 9,9037 MXN Mexican peso 24,6474 AUD Australian dollar 1,6346 INR Indian rupee 87,1955 (1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB. 5.11.2020 EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union C 374/3 NOTICES CONCERNING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY State aid – Decision to raise no objections (2020/C 374/03) The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure: Date of adoption of the decision 20 July 2020 Case No 85362 Decision No 094/20/COL EFTA State Norway Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) COVID-19 Compensation scheme for operators of year- round, commercial, long-distance scheduled bus or passen­ ger boat services Legal basis The regulation on a temporary compensation scheme for operators of commercial bus and passenger boat routes with a loss in turnover caused by the COVID-19 outbreak Type of measure Scheme Objective To compensate beneficiaries for damages caused by the COVID-19 outbreak and the Norwegian authorities infection control measures, in order to ensure the continuity of year- round, commercial, long-distance bus and passenger boat services that do not receive compensation from local or other public authorities for public services obligations Form of aid Direct grants Budget NOK 100 million Duration 1.6.2020 – 31.8.2020 Economic sectors Land and sea transport sectors Name and address of the granting authority The Norwegian Railway Directorate Jernbanedirektoratet Postboks 16 Sentrum 0101 Oslo NORWAY The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website: http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/ C 374/4 EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 5.11.2020 State aid – Decision to raise no objections (2020/C 374/04) The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure: Date of adoption of the decision 17 July 2020 Case No 85378 Decision No 093/20/COL EFTA State Norway Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) The Full-Scale CCS Project Legal basis Support Agreements between the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and Norcem AS, Fortum Oslo Varme AS and North­ ern Lights Type of measure Individual aid Objective Environmental protection Form of aid Direct grant Budget Investment aid (P85 estimate): Fortum Oslo Varme AS: NOK 4 365 million Norcem AS: NOK 3 141 million Northern Lights: NOK 8 169 million Operating aid (P85 estimate): Fortum Oslo Varme AS: NOK 2 225 million Norcem AS: NOK 1 172 million Northern Lights: NOK 4 429 million Intensity >100 % Duration Until 2034 (estimate) Economic sectors Production of electricity, Steam and air conditioning supply, Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas, Manufacture of refined petroleum products, Manufacture of articles of concrete, cement and plaster Name and address of the granting authority Ministry of Petroleum and Energy Postboks 8148 Dep N-0033 Oslo NORWAY The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website: http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/ 5.11.2020 EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union C 374/5 State aid – Decision to raise no objections (2020/C 374/05) The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure: Date of adoption of the decision 20 July 2020 Case No 85113 Decision No 095/20/COL EFTA State Norway Title COVID-19 – Increased initial depreciation for investments in assets in Asset Group D Legal basis Act No 14, 26.3.1999 (the Tax Act), as amended by Amendment 143 (2019-2020) Type of measure Scheme Objective To alleviate the liquidity shortage faced by many undertakings and provide a broad stimulus to the economy Form of aid Tax advantage Budget NOK 1 200 million Intensity 0,48 % Duration 20 July 2020 – 31 December 2020 Economic sectors All sectors that invest in assets in Asset Group D Name and address of the granting authority The Norwegian Tax Administration Postboks 9200, Grønland 0134 Oslo NORWAY The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website: http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/ C 374/6 EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 5.11.2020 EEA JOINT COMMITTEE Decisions of the EEA Joint Committee for which the constitutional requirements under Article 103 of the EEA Agreement have been fulfilled in 2019 and related Decisions (2020/C 374/06) Since March 2000, Decisions of the EEA Joint Committee indicate in a footnote whether their date of entry into force depends on the fulfilment of constitutional requirements by any of the Contracting Parties. Such requirements were notified as regards the Decisions listed below. The Contracting Parties in question have now notified the other Contracting Parties that they have completed their internal procedures. The dates of entry into force of the Decisions are as indicated. In addition, certain Decisions of the EEA Joint Committee can only enter into force upon the fulfilment of constitutional requirements of the above-mentioned Decisions and are also listed Decision Date of entry Date of adoption Publication reference Legal act(s) integrated number into force 195/2015 10.7.2015 OJ L 8, 12.1.2017, p.32 Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament 1.4.2019 and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on waste electri­ EEA Supplement No 3 cal and electronic equipment (WEEE) (recast) 12 January 2017, p.