do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3111 — P & O Ports/CMA-CGM/Egis Ports) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-06-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, container, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, provision of services

11.6.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 136/9

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3063 — De Agostini/Holding di partecipazioni/RCS Diffusione/JV)

(2003/C 136/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 12 May 2003 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 Regulation
(EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in Italian and will be made public after it
is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CIT’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 303M3063. CELEX

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3111 — P & O Ports/CMA-CGM/Egis Ports)

(2003/C 136/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 28 May 2003, 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 Regulation
(EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be made public after it
is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 303M3111. CELEX

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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3134 — Arcelor/Umicore/Duology JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-06-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, iron and steel industry, merger control

C 136/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.6.2003

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3134 — Arcelor/Umicore/Duology JV)

(2003/C 136/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 2 June 2003 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (2),
by which the undertakings Arcelor SA (Arcelor), Luxembourg and NV Umicore SA (Umicore), Belgium
acquire, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, joint control of a newly created company
constituting a joint venture (Duology), which will be constituted by the attribution of parts of Considar Inc.
and Considar Europe SA (subsidiaries of Arcelor) and parts of Sogem SA, UMS France and UMS Iberica
(subsidiaries of Umicore).

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Arcelor: production and distribution of steel products, engineering and products for the steel industry

such as non-ferrous metals, and ferro-alloys,

— Umicore: transformation, recycling and refining of non-ferrous metals and production and sale of other

related products (speciality products, copper, zinc and precious metals),

— Duology: distribution and sale of non-ferrous metals, ferro-alloys, oxides, metallic salts, flat-rolled

products, ingots and foundry products.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within

3.
the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit

4.
proposed operation.

their possible observations on the

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference
COMP/M.3134 — Arcelor/Umicore/Duology JV, to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Directorate B — Merger Task Force,
J-70,
B-1049 Brussels.

(1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 257, 21.9.1990, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2003-06-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

11.6.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 136/3

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

10 June 2003

(2003/C 136/03)

1 euro =

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CYP

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

Currency

US dollar

Japanese yen

Danish krone

Pound sterling

Swedish krona

Swiss franc

Iceland króna

Norwegian krone

Bulgarian lev

Cyprus pound

Czech koruna

Estonian kroon

Hungarian forint

Lithuanian litas

Exchange
rate

1,1699

138,22

7,4246

0,7065

9,1157

1,5422

85,65

8,2175

1,9465

LVL

MTL

PLN

ROL

SIT

SKK

TRL

AUD

CAD

Currency

Latvian lats

Maltese lira

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

Australian dollar

Canadian dollar

0,58624

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

31,305

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,657

0,4292

4,463

38 215

233,55

41,49

1 669 000

1,7768

1,59

9,1235

2,0336

2,0273

259,4

KRW

South Korean won

1 397,27

3,4527

ZAR

South African rand

9,3765

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3127 — Wienerberger/Koramic Building Products/JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-06-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, building materials, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control

C 136/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.6.2003

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3114 — Union Fenosa/ENI/Union Fenosa Gas)

(2003/C 136/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 21 May 2003, 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 Regulation
(EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be made public after it
is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 303M3114. CELEX

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3127 — Wienerberger/Koramic Building Products/JV)

(2003/C 136/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 23 May 2003 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 Regulation
(EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in German and will be made public after
it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CDE’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 303M3127. CELEX

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3114 — Union Fenosa/ENI/Union Fenosa Gas) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-06-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical industry, exchange of information, information technology, merger control, oil industry, telecommunications

C 136/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.6.2003

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3114 — Union Fenosa/ENI/Union Fenosa Gas)

(2003/C 136/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 21 May 2003, 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 Regulation
(EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be made public after it
is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 303M3114. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3127 — Wienerberger/Koramic Building Products/JV)

(2003/C 136/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 23 May 2003 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 Regulation
(EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in German and will be made public after
it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 994/2003 of 11 June 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-06-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import, import price, stone fruit

12.6.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 144/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 994/2003

of 11 June 2003

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and
vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(2)

In compliance with the above criteria,
the standard
import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the
Annex to this Regulation,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of
21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the
import arrangements
last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002 (2), and in parti-
cular Article 4(1) thereof,

fruit and vegetables (1), as

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the
outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade nego-
tiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the
standard values for imports from third countries,
in
respect of the products and periods stipulated in the
Annex thereto.

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex
hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 June 2003.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 June 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66.
(2) OJ L 299, 1.11.2002, p. 17.

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Official Journal of the European Union

12.6.2003

to the Commission Regulation of 11 June 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the
entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0707 00 05

0709 90 70

0805 50 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0809 10 00

0809 20 95

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
096
999

052
999

052
999

382
388
528
999

388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
800
804
999

052
999

064
068
400
999

84,6
52,4
68,5

109,0
109,0

92,6
92,6

63,8
58,6
60,5
61,0

79,0
103,1
89,5
75,9
71,0
59,9
68,2
115,0
224,9
102,3
98,9

111,0
111,0

261,1
156,6
289,8
235,8

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2020/2001 (OJ L 273, 16.10.2001, p. 6). Code ‘999’ stands for

‘of other origin’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3063 — De Agostini/Holding di partecipazioni/RCS Diffusione/JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-06-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: distributive trades, economic concentration, exchange of information, holding company, mass media, merger control, publishing

11.6.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 136/9

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3063 — De Agostini/Holding di partecipazioni/RCS Diffusione/JV)

(2003/C 136/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 12 May 2003 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 Regulation
(EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in Italian and will be made public after it
is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CIT’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 303M3063. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3111 — P & O Ports/CMA-CGM/Egis Ports)

(2003/C 136/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 28 May 2003, 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 Regulation
(EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be made public after it
is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

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Fourth update of information communicated by the Member States under Article 23(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters
Date: 2003-06-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU act, application of EU law, civil law, commercial law, postal service

11.6.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 136/11

Fourth update of information communicated by the Member States under Article 23(1) of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial
documents in civil or commercial matters (1)

For Luxembourg

1. Article 14 is replaced by the following:

(2003/C 136/10)

‘Article 14

Service by post

Where service is to be by post, it must be by registered letter with advice of delivery and the rules
governing translations in the Regulation must be applied.’

2. Article 15 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 15

Direct request for service

Luxembourg is not opposed to the possibility provided for by Article 15 regarding Member States that
allow reciprocity, on the understanding that a bailiff in the requested State is not responsible for the
proper form and content of the document sent to him direct by the person concerned but responsible
solely for the service formalities and procedures that he applies in the requested State.’

(1) OJ C 151, 22.5.2001, p. 4. Communication last updated in OJ C 13, 17.1.2002, p. 2.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1000/2003 of 11 June 2003 deferring the final date for sowing certain arable crops in certain areas of the Community in the 2003/04 marketing year
Date: 2003-06-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greece, Italy, Portugal, crop production, maize, marketing year, seed, seed flax, sorghum, soya bean, sunflower

13.6.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 146/29

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1000/2003

of 11 June 2003

deferring the final date for sowing certain arable crops in certain areas of the Community in the
2003/04 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 of 17
May 1999 establishing a support system for producers of
certain arable crops (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1038/2001 (2), and in particular the third indent of the second
paragraph of Article 9 thereof,

(3)

(4)

(5)

As a result of the particular weather conditions this year,
it will not be possible, in the case of certain crops in
certain regions of Portugal and Greece, to comply with
the final dates for sowing in these regions.

In these circumstances, the deadline for sowing maize
for the 2003/04 marketing year should be deferred.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 lays down
in order to qualify for area payments, producers
that,
must have sown the seed no later
than 31 May
preceding the relevant harvest.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The final dates for sowing for the 2003/04 marketing year are
fixed in the Annex for the crops and regions indicated.

Article 2

In view of the weather conditions in the area, the Region
of Lombardy adopted plant-health rules on 15 February
2003 prohibiting the direct sowing of maize before 15
June 2003. Consequently, farmers in the municipalities
concerned will be unable to comply with the 31 May
deadline for sowing.

into force on the third day
This Regulation shall enter
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.

It shall apply to area payments for the 2003/04 marketing
year.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 June 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 16.6.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 16.

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13.6.2003

ANNEX

Final dates for sowing for the 2003/04 marketing year

Crop

Member State

Region

Final date

Maize, soya

Maize, sorghum, sunflower
and linseed

Greece

Portugal

Maize

Italy

The entire country

15 June 2003

Entre Douro e Minho,
Beira Litoral
Ribatejo e Oeste

15 June 2003

Lombardy: the municipali-
ties mentioned in Regional
Decree No 1795

30 June 2003