do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4411 — AXA IMD/Investkredit/Europolis) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-01-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, management, merger control, real estate credit, real property, restrictive-practice authorisation

18.1.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 12/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4411 — AXA IMD/Investkredit/Europolis)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 12/01)

On 14 November 2006, 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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. 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:

— from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/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 under document number 32006M4411. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4384 — Hombergh/De Pundert/PIB/Ovako)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 12/02)

On 10 November 2006, 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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. 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:

— from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/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 under document number 32006M4384. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4384 — Hombergh/De Pundert/PIB/Ovako) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-01-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building materials, economic concentration, energy industry, environmental policy, iron and steel industry, meat processing industry, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

18.1.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 12/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4411 — AXA IMD/Investkredit/Europolis)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 12/01)

On 14 November 2006, 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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. 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:

— from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/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 under document number 32006M4411. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4384 — Hombergh/De Pundert/PIB/Ovako)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 12/02)

On 10 November 2006, 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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. 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:

— from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/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 under document number 32006M4384. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on international rail passengers' rights and obligations (5892/1/2006 - C6-0311/2006 - 2004/0049(COD))
Date: 2007-01-18
Institutions: Committee on Transport and Tourism, European Parliament
Subjects: common transport policy, consumer information, consumer protection, international transport, provision of services, rail transport, traveller

18.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 244 E/159

Thursday 18 January 2007

ANNEX VII

FREQUENCY OF EXAMINATIONS

The minimum frequency of the periodic checks shall be as follows:

(a)

(b)

linguistic knowledge (only for non-native speakers): every three years or after any absence of more than
one year;

infrastructure knowledge (including route and operation rules knowledge): every three years or after any
absence of more than one year on the relevant route;

(c) knowledge of rolling stock: every three years.

P6_TA(2007)0005

International rail passengers' rights and obligations ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position with a view to the
adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on international rail pas-
sengers' rights and obligations (5892/1/2006 — C6-0311/2006 — 2004/0049(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Council common position (5892/1/2006 — C6-0311/2006) (1),

— having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council (COM(2004)0143) (3),

— having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Rule 62 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Transport and Tourism

(A6-0479/2006),

1.

2.

Approves the common position as amended;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) OJ C 289 E, 28.11.2006, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 227 E, 21.9.2006, p. 490.
(3) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC2-COD(2004)0049

Position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 18 January 2007 with a view to
the adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on rail
passengers' rights and obligations

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 71(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-01-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 12/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.1.2007

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

17 January 2007

(2007/C 12/03)

1 euro =

Currency

Exchange rate

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CYP

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

LVL

MTL

PLN

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

Latvian lats

Maltese lira

Polish zloty

1,2909

RON

Romanian leu

155,75

7,4524

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,65685

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,3984

35,065

1,8459

1,6429

1,5166

10,0737

1,8689

1,9857

KRW South Korean won

1 209,51

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

9,3510

10,0355

7,3625

11 757,52

4,5201

63,060

34,3100

46,255

9,0776

1,6143

90,56

8,3480

1,9558

0,5784

27,868

15,6466

253,95

3,4528

0,6975

0,4293

3,8931

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations ('ROME II') (9751/7/2006 - C6-0317/2006 - 2003/0168(COD))
Date: 2007-01-18
Institutions: Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: application of the law, approximation of laws, civil law, commercial law, consumer protection, jurisdiction, law of obligations

C 244 E/194

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

18.10.2007

Thursday 18 January 2007

P6_TA(2007)0006

Law applicable to non-contractual obligations (‘ROME II’) ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position with a view to the
adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the law applicable to
non-contractual obligations (‘ROME II’) (9751/7/2006 — C6-0317/2006 — 2003/0168(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Council common position (9751/7/2006 — C6-0317/2006) (1),

— having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council (COM(2003)0427) (3),

— having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(2006)0083) (3),

— having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Rule 62 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the recommendation for second reading of

the Committee on Legal Affairs

(A6-0481/2006),

1.

2.

Approves the common position as amended;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.

(1) OJ C 289 E, 28.11.2006, p. 68.
(2) OJ C 157 E, 6.7.2006, p. 370.
(3) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC2-COD(2003)0168

Position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 18 January 2007 with a view to
the adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the
law applicable to non-contractual obligations (‘ROME II’)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 61(c) and 67
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),

Whereas:

(1)

The Community has set itself the objective of maintaining and developing an area of freedom, secur-
ity and justice. For the progressive establishment of such an area, the Community is to adopt mea-
sures relating to judicial cooperation in civil matters with a cross-border impact to the extent necess-
ary for the proper functioning of the internal market.

(1) OJ C 241, 28.9.2004, p. 1.
(2) Position of the European Parliament of 6 July 2005 (OJ C 157 E, 6.7.2006, p. 371), Council Common Position of

25 September 2006 (OJ C 289 E, 28.11.2006, p. 68) and Position of the European Parliament of 18 January 2007.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 43/2007 of 18 January 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-01-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

L 13/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.1.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 43/2007

of 18 January 2007

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
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of
21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the
fruit and vegetables (1), and in
import arrangements
particular Article 4(1) thereof,

for

Whereas:

standard values for imports from third countries,
in
respect of the products and periods stipulated in the
Annex thereto.

(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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

(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

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 January 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 January 2007.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 386/2005 (OJ L 62, 9.3.2005, p. 3).

19.1.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 13/7

to Commission Regulation of 18 January 2007 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 10 20

0805 20 10

0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70,
0805 20 90

0805 50 10

0808 10 80

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

IL
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

JO
MA
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

EG
IL
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

CN
IL
MA
TR
ZZ

AR
TR
ZZ

CA
CN
US
ZZ

CN
US
ZA
ZZ

55,3
73,8
148,3
146,4
106,0

166,3
87,1
167,1
140,2

80,2
132,2
106,2

52,9
48,9
50,8
58,7
56,1
53,5

79,1
45,4
62,3

82,9
61,4
59,8
65,9
67,5

67,1
50,0
58,6

92,3
83,4
124,4
100,0

64,3
100,5
94,5
86,4

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19). Code ‘ZZ’ stands for ‘of

other origin’.
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 91/440/EEC on the development of the Community's railways and Directive 2001/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure (5895/2/2006 - C6-0309/2006 - 2004/0047(COD))
Date: 2007-01-18
Institutions: Committee on Transport and Tourism, European Parliament
Subjects: common transport policy, competition law, liberalisation of the market, rail network, rail transport, transport infrastructure

18.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 244 E/119

1.

Gives its assent to the conclusion of the Agreement;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission, and the governments

2.
and parliaments of the Member States and of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States.

Thursday 18 January 2007

P6_TA(2007)0003

Development of the Community's railways ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position with a view to the
adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive
91/440/EEC on the development of the Community's railways and Directive 2001/14/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and
the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure (5895/2/2006 — C6-0309/2006 —
2004/0047(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Council common position (5895/2/2006 — C6-0309/2006) (1),

— having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council (COM(2004)0139) (3),

— having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Rule 62 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Transport and Tourism

(A6-0475/2006),

1.

2.

Approves the common position as amended;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) OJ C 289 E, 28.11.2006, p. 30.
(2) OJ C 227 E, 21.9.2006, p. 460.
(3) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC2-COD(2004)0047

Position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 18 January 2007 with a view to
the adoption of Directive 2007/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending
Council Directive 91/440/EEC on the development of the Community's railways and Directive
2001/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the allocation of railway infrastruc-
ture capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 71 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

(1) OJ C 221, 8.9.2005, p. 56.
Decision of the European Parliament on the composition of committees
Date: 2007-01-18
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Bulgaria, Romania, accession to the European Union, composition of a parliamentary committee, parliamentary committee

C 244 E/118

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

18.10.2007

Thursday 18 January 2007

TEXTS ADOPTED

P6_TA(2007)0001

Composition of committees

Decision of the European Parliament on the composition of committees

The European Parliament,

— having regard to Rules 174 and 177 of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas there is a need for continuity in its business, and more specifically the business of its commit-

tees and subcommittees,

B. whereas, following accession, the new Romanian and Bulgarian Members are entitled to sit in the

European Parliament and on its bodies in full enjoyment of their rights,

Decides to maintain, on an exceptional and temporary basis, the current composition of the commit-

1.
tees and subcommittees;

Decides that the seats which had been set aside for observers until 31 December 2006 on these bodies

2.
now be allocated to the Bulgarian and Romanian Members as full members;

3.

Decides that this decision will expire at the end of the part-session of 31 January to 1 February 2007.

P6_TA(2007)0002

Agreement amending the Partnership Agreement between the ACP countries and
the EC and its Member States ***

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the
conclusion of the Agreement amending the Partnership Agreement between the members of the
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community
and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (6987/2006 —
C6-0124/2006 — 2005/0071(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the draft Council decision (6987/2006) (1),

— having regard to the draft agreement amending the Partnership Agreement between the members of the
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its
Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000,

— having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 300(3), second

subparagraph, in conjunction with Article 310 of the EC Treaty (C6-0124/2006),

— having regard to Rules 75 and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Development and the opinion of the

Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0469/2006),

(1) Not yet published in OJ.