do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3250 — Permira III/Goldman Sachs Group/Blackstone Group/Debenhams) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-09-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: company with share capital, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, supermarket

18.9.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 222/5

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3250 — Permira III/Goldman Sachs Group/Blackstone Group/Debenhams)

(2003/C 222/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 9 September 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

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(Case COMP/M.3184 — Wolseley/Pinault Bois & Materiaux)

(2003/C 222/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 3 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

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Euro exchange rates
Date: 2003-09-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

18.9.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 222/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

17 September 2003

(2003/C 222/01)

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

1,1212

130,58

7,4286

0,7002

9,0783

1,5493

89,17

8,209

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

0,58391

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

32,743

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6398

0,4269

4,5247

38 027

235,23

41,31

1 542 063

1,6894

1,5338

8,7447

1,9182

1,9632

255,2

KRW

South Korean won

1 312,98

3,4532

ZAR

South African rand

8,3043

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1638/2003 of 18 September 2003 on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, oranges and lemons)
Date: 2003-09-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, citrus fruit, export licence, export refund, fruit vegetable

L 233/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.9.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1638/2003

of 18 September 2003

on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, oranges
and lemons)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 47/2003 (2), and in particular the third subpara-
graph of Article 35(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1499/2003 (3) opens an
invitation to tender setting the indicative refund rates
and indicative quantities for system A3 export licences,
which may be issued, other than those tendered for as
part of food aid.

In the light of the tenders submitted, the maximum
refund rates and the percentages of quantities to be
awarded for
tenders quoting those maximum rates
should be set.

tomatoes, oranges and lemons,

In the case of
the
maximum rate necessary to award licences for the indi-
cative quantity up to the quantities tendered for is not
more than one-and-a-half times the indicative refund
rate,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the case of tomatoes, oranges and lemons, the maximum
refund rates and the percentages for reducing the quantities
awarded under the invitation to tender opened by Regulation
(EC) No 1499/2003 shall be fixed in the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 September 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 September 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8.
(2) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 69.
(3) OJ L 215, 27.8.2003, p. 88.

19.9.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 233/9

Issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetable sector (tomatoes, oranges and lemons)

ANNEX

Product

Maximum refund rate
(EUR/t net)

Percentage awarded of quantities tendered
for quoting the maximum refund rate

Tomatoes

Oranges

Lemons

25

27

30

100 %

59 %

55 %
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1659/2003 of 18 September 2003 prohibiting fishing for common sole by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
Date: 2003-09-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, EU waters, fishing rights, sea fish, ship's flag

20.9.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 234/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1659/2003

of 18 September 2003

prohibiting fishing for common sole by vessels flying the flag of Belgium

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12
October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the
common fisheries policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 806/2003 (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 of 20 December
2002 fixing for 2003 the fishing opportunities and asso-
ciated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of
fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for
Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch
are required (3), as last amended by Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 1407/2003 (4),
for
common sole for 2003.

lays down quotas

In order
to ensure compliance with the provisions
relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks
subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by
which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a
Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota
allocated.

According to the information received by the Commis-
sion, catches of common sole in the waters of ICES zone
VIIIa, b, by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or regis-

tered in Belgium have exhausted the quota allocated for
2003. Belgium has prohibited fishing for this stock from
1 September 2003. This date should be adopted in this
Regulation also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of common sole in the waters of ICES zone VIIIa, b, by
vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium are
hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to
Belgium for 2003.

Fishing for common sole in the waters of ICES zone VIIIa, b,
by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium is
hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment
and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the
date of application of this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 September 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 September 2003.

For the Commission

Jörgen HOLMQUIST

Director-General for Fisheries

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 356, 31.12.2002, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 201, 8.8.2003, p. 3.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1635/2003 of 18 September 2003 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the sixth partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003
Date: 2003-09-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, third country, white sugar

19.9.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 233/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1635/2003

of 18 September 2003

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the sixth partial
invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for
in Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19
June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the
sugar sector (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 680/2002 (2), and in particular Article 27(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003 of 18 July
2003 on a standing invitation to tender to determine
levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar (3), for
the 2003/2004 marketing year, requires partial
invita-
tions to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar
to certain third countries.

Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/
2003 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the
case may be, account being taken in particular of the
state and foreseeable development of the Community
and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to
tender in question.

(3)

(4)

Following an examination of the tenders submitted in
invitation to tender, the
response to the sixth partial
provisions set out in Article 1 should be adopted.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the sixth partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued
to Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003 the maximum
pursuant
amount of the export refund to certain third countries is fixed
at 51,600 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 September 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 September 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 104, 20.4.2002, p. 26.
(3) OJ L 181, 19.7.2003, p. 7.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3184 — Wolseley/Pinault Bois & Materiaux) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-09-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: construction equipment, distributive trades, economic concentration, exchange of information, furniture industry, heating, leisure, luxury products industry, merger control, wood industry

18.9.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 222/5

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3250 — Permira III/Goldman Sachs Group/Blackstone Group/Debenhams)

(2003/C 222/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 9 September 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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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3184 — Wolseley/Pinault Bois & Materiaux)

(2003/C 222/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 3 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:

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Action brought on 18 September 2003 by Transportbedriftenes Landsforening and Nor-Way Bussekspress AS against the EFTA Surveillance Authority — Case E-3/03
Date: 2003-09-18
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EFTA Court, Norway, State aid, action for annulment, transport company

C 294/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.12.2003

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA COURT

Action brought on 18 September 2003 by Transportbedriftenes Landsforening and Nor-Way
Bussekspress AS against the EFTA Surveillance Authority — Case E-3/03

(2003/C 294/07)

An action against the EFTA Surveillance Authority was brought before the EFTA Court on 18 September
2003 by Transportbedriftenes Landsforening and Nor-Way Bussekspress AS, represented by Advokat Jan
Magne Langseth and Advokat fullmektig Gro Bergeius Andersen, Advokatfirmaet Schjødt, Dronning Mauds
gt. 11, N-0201 Oslo, Norway.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

1. annul the EFTA Surveillance Authority's decision dated 16 July 2003 in Case 140/03/COL; and

2. order the EFTA Surveillance Authority to pay the Applicants' costs.

The Applicants plead that the EFTA Surveillance Authority's decision in Case 140/03/COL is characterised
by inadequate statement of reasons, errors in assessment of fact, manifest errors of assessment and errors
in applying the concept of State aid under the EEA Agreement, including, inter alia:

— failure to follow the consultation procedure of Article 2 of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court

Agreement,

— application of Article 5(1) of Directive 92/82/EEC, which is not part of the EEA Agreement,

— erroneously applying Article 61(1) EEA, and having determined that the Norwegian concession system
for scheduled services amounts to State aid, applying Council Regulation 1191/69 as amended by
Council Regulation 1893/91, and

— failure to address Article 59 EEA.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3155 — Deutsche Post/Securicor) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-09-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, postal service

C 222/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.9.2003

Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures

(2003/C 222/03)

Further to the publication of a notice of impending expiry (1), following which no request for a review was
received, the Commission gives notice that the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will shortly
expire.

This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22
December 1995 (2) on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European
Community.

Product

Country(ies) of origin or
exportation

Measures

Reference

Date of expiry

Monosodium glutamate

Brazil
Republic of Korea
Taiwan
Vietnam

Duty

Regulation (EC) No 2051/98
(OJ L 264, 29.9.1998)

30.9.2003

(1) OJ C 331, 31.12.2002, p. 55.
(2) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1972/2002 (OJ L 305, 7.11.2002, p. 1).

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3155 — Deutsche Post/Securicor)

(2003/C 222/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 19 June 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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Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2003-09-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Brazil, South Korea, Taiwan, Viet Nam, anti-dumping duty, chemical product, import

C 222/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.9.2003

Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures

(2003/C 222/03)

Further to the publication of a notice of impending expiry (1), following which no request for a review was
received, the Commission gives notice that the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will shortly
expire.

This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22
December 1995 (2) on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European
Community.

Product

Country(ies) of origin or
exportation

Measures

Reference

Date of expiry

Monosodium glutamate

Brazil
Republic of Korea
Taiwan
Vietnam

Duty

Regulation (EC) No 2051/98
(OJ L 264, 29.9.1998)

30.9.2003

(1) OJ C 331, 31.12.2002, p. 55.
(2) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1972/2002 (OJ L 305, 7.11.2002, p. 1).

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3155 — Deutsche Post/Securicor)

(2003/C 222/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 19 June 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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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1639/2003 of 18 September 2003 on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (table grapes and apples)
Date: 2003-09-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export licence, export refund, grape, pip fruit

L 233/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.9.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1639/2003

of 18 September 2003

on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (table grapes and
apples)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 47/2003 (2), and in particular the third subpara-
graph of Article 35(3) thereof,

Whereas:

must therefore be set in accordance with Article 4(4) of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 of 8
October 2001 laying down detailed rules for imple-
menting Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards
export
last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1176/2002 (5).

refunds on fruit and vegetables (4), as

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1499/2003 (3) opens a
tendering procedure setting the indicative refund rates
and indicative quantities for which system A3 export
licences may be issued.

In the light of the tenders submitted, the maximum
refund rates and the percentages of quantities to be
awarded for
tenders quoting those maximum rates
should be set.

In the case of table grapes and apples, the maximum rate
necessary to award licences for the indicative quantity
up to the quantities tendered for is more than one-and-
rate
a-half

refund rate. The

indicative

times

the

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the case of table grapes and apples, the maximum refund
rates and the percentages of quantities to be awarded under the
tendering procedure opened by Regulation (EC) No 1499/2003
shall be as set out in the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 September 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 September 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 7, 11.1.2002, p. 64.
(3) OJ L 215, 27.8.2003, p. 88.

(4) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8.
(5) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 69.

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 233/11

Issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (table grapes and apples)

ANNEX

Product

Maximum refund rate (EUR/tonne net)

Percentage awarded of quantities tendered
for quoting the maximum refund rate

Table grapes

Apples

35

35

100 %

79 %