do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3212 — GDF/Italcogim/JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-08-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, gas industry, merger control

22.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 198/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3212 — GDF/Italcogim/JV)

(2003/C 198/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 25 July 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 303M3212. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3151 — Thyssenkrupp/Sofedit)

(2003/C 198/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 27 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 303M3151. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Euro exchange rates
Date: 2003-08-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

22.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 198/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

21 August 2003

(2003/C 198/01)

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

1,1009

129,76

7,4329

0,6944

9,2093

1,5424

89,13

8,2765

1,9463

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

0,58569

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

32,51

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6338

0,4255

4,363

37 000

235,16

41,925

1 540 000

1,6716

1,5476

8,5854

1,8697

1,908

258,65

3,453

KRW

ZAR

South Korean won

1 291,25

South African rand

8,1848

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1485/2003 of 22 August 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-08-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

23.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 213/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1485/2003

of 22 August 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 23 August 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 August 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.

L 213/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.8.2003

to the Commission Regulation of 22 August 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the
entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0709 90 70

0805 50 10

0806 10 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

0809 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
060
999

052
999

382
388
524
528
999

052
064
400
999

039
388
400
508
512
528
720
800
804
999

052
388
512
528
800
999

052
999

060
064
066
068
093
094
624
999

64,3
44,1
54,2

83,4
83,4

45,4
58,6
51,0
55,1
52,5

110,4
112,4
194,3
139,0

65,0
73,1
85,3
82,1
88,9
69,1
71,9
129,4
85,8
83,4

128,8
88,5
81,5
87,6
148,4
107,0

121,0
121,0

63,5
54,7
50,1
50,0
60,7
56,7
154,7
70,1

(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’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/2003 of 22 August 2003 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2003-08-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

23.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 213/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1488/2003

of 22 August 2003

determining the world market price for unginned cotton

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton, annexed to the Act of
Accession of Greece, as last amended by Council Regulation
(EC) No 1050/2001 (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22
May 2001 on production aid for cotton (2), and in particular
Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No
1051/2001, a world market price for unginned cotton is
to be determined periodically from the price for ginned
cotton recorded on the world market and by reference
to the historical relationship between the price recorded
for ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned
cotton. That historical relationship has been established
in Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/
2001 of 2 August 2001 (3), as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1486/2002 (4). Where the world market price
cannot be determined in this way, it is to be based on
the most recent price determined.

(2)

In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
1051/2001, the world market price for unginned cotton
is to be determined in respect of a product of specific
characteristics and by reference to the most favourable

offers and quotations on the world market among those
considered representative of the real market trend. To
that end, an average is to be calculated of offers and
European
recorded on one or more
quotations
exchanges for a product delivered cif to a port in the
Community and coming from the various supplier coun-
tries considered the most representative in terms of
there is provision for
international
adjusting the criteria for determining the world market
price for ginned cotton to reflect differences justified by
the quality of the product delivered and the offers and
quotations concerned. Those adjustments are specified in
Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001.

trade. However,

(3)

The application of the above criteria gives the world
market price for unginned cotton determined herein-
after,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in Article 4
of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby determined as
equalling EUR 27,751/100 kg.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 August 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 22 August 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 210, 3.8.2001, p. 10.
(4) OJ L 223, 20.8.2002, p. 3.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3151 — Thyssenkrupp/Sofedit) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-08-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, iron and steel industry, logistics, mechanical engineering, merger control, service, vehicle

22.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 198/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3212 — GDF/Italcogim/JV)

(2003/C 198/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 25 July 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 303M3212. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3151 — Thyssenkrupp/Sofedit)

(2003/C 198/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 27 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 303M3151. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3206 — Schroder Ventures Limited/Rodenstock) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-08-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, optical industry, venture capital

C 198/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.8.2003

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3206 — Schroder Ventures Limited/Rodenstock)

(2003/C 198/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 14 July 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 303M3206. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3245 — Vodafone/Singlepoint) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-08-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, mobile phone, service

C 198/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.8.2003

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3245 — Vodafone/Singlepoint)

(2003/C 198/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 13 August 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 undertaking Vodafone UK Limited (‘Vodafone UK’, United Kingdom) belonging to the
Vodafone Group plc (United Kingdom) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation
control of the whole of the undertakings Singlepoint (4U) Limited (‘Singlepoint’, United Kingdom) an
Corporate 4U Limited (‘Corporate 4U’, United Kingdom) belonging to the group Cauldwell Holdings plc
(United Kingdom) by way of the purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Vodafone UK: operation of mobile telecommunications networks and the provision of related tele-

communications services,

— Singlepoint: provision of mobile telecommunications services,

— Corporate 4U: provision of mobile telecommunications services.

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.3245 — Vodafone/Singlepoint, to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Merger Registry,
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.