do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4532 — LUKOIL/CONOCOPHILLIPS) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: distributive trades, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, motor fuel, oil industry, petroleum exploration

24.1.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 16/7

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4532 — LUKOIL/CONOCOPHILLIPS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 16/08)

1.
On 17 January 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking LUKOIL (Russia) acquires
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of parts of the undertaking CONO-
COPHILLIPS (USA) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking LUKOIL: oil and gas exploration and production and production and sale of petroleum

products;

— for undertaking CONOCOPHILLIPS: the target companies are predominantly active in operating motor
fuel retail service stations in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, Luxembourg, Poland, Hungary and
the Slovak Republic.

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

3.
scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed

4.
operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax ((32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under
reference number COMP/M.4532 — LUKOIL/CONOCOPHILLIPS, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition,
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovakia, State aid, control of State aid, cultural promotion

24.1.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 16/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 16/01)

Date of adoption of the decision

11.12.2006

Reference number of the aid

Member State

Region

N 660/06

Slovakia

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Individuálna pomoc periodiku „Kalligram“

Legal basis

a) Zákon č. 523/2004 Z. z. o rozpočtových pravidlách verejnej

správy

a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov,

b) Zákon č. 231/1999 Z. z. o štátnej pomoci v znení zákona č. 203/2004 –

§ 4 ods. 1, písm. d),

c) Výnos Ministerstva kultúry Slovenskej republiky č. MK-2165/2006-110/
6075, ktorým sa mení a dopĺňa výnos MK SR č. MK-12947/05-110/30493
o poskytovaní dotácií v pôsobnosti Ministerstva kultúry Slovenskej republiky

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Individual aid

Culture

Direct grant

Annual budget: SKK 1,3 million;

64 %

1.1.2006-31.12.2006

Economic sectors

Media

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministerstvo kultúry SR
Nám. SNP 33
SK-813 31 Bratislava

Other information

—

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be
found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

24.1.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 16/3

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

23 January 2007

(2007/C 16/04)

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

1,3040

RON

Romanian leu

158,02

7,4541

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,65520

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,3874

34,756

1,8425

1,6436

1,5399

10,1689

1,8548

1,9993

KRW South Korean won

1 226,09

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

9,2682

10,1426

7,3915

11 846,84

4,5660

63,896

34,5140

45,523

9,0855

1,6167

89,32

8,3500

1,9558

0,5784

27,914

15,6466

253,59

3,4528

0,6975

0,4293

3,8600

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4517 — Iberdrola/ScottishPower) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, energy industry, exchange of information, gas, merger control, real estate business, technology

C 16/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.1.2007

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4517 — Iberdrola/ScottishPower)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 16/07)

1.
On 12 January 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Iberdrola, S.A. (‘Iberdrola’,
Spain) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the
undertaking Scottish Power plc (‘Scottish Power’, UK) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Iberdrola: generation, distribution and supply of electricity, wholesale and retail supply of gas, gas

import infrastructures, engineering, construction and real estate services;

— for Scottish Power: generation, transmission, distribution of electricity, supply of electricity and gas as

well as gas storage facilities.

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

3.
scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed

4.
operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax ((32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under
reference number COMP/M.4517 — Iberdrola/ScottishPower, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Corrigendum to Council Joint Action 2006/773/CFSP of 13 November 2006 amending and extending Joint Action 2005/889/CFSP on establishing a European Union Border Assistance Mission for the Rafah Crossing Point (EU BAM Rafah) ( OJ L 313, 14.11.2006 )
Date: 2007-01-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Egypt, Palestine question, border control, the EU's international role

24.1.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 17/23

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Council Joint Action 2006/773/CFSP of 13 November 2006 amending and extending Joint
Action 2005/889/CFSP on establishing a European Union Border Assistance Mission for the Rafah Crossing
Point (EU BAM Rafah)

(Official Journal of the European Union L 313 of 14 November 2006)

Page 15, point 2 of Article 1

For:

‘2. Article 13(1) shall be replaced by the following:

‘1.
The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to the mission shall be
EUR 1 696 659 for 2005 and EUR 5 903 341 for the period from 1 January 2006 until 24 May 2007.’;’

Read:

‘2. Article 13(1) shall be replaced by the following:

The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure for the period from 25 November

‘1.
2005 until 24 May 2007 related to the mission shall be EUR 7 600 000.’;’
Commission Regulation (EC) No 55/2007 of 24 January 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

L 18/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.1.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 55/2007

of 24 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 25 January 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 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).

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to Commission Regulation of 24 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

0709 90 80

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)

MA
TN
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

EG
ZZ

EG
IL
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

EG
IL
MA
TR
ZZ

EG
TR
ZZ

CA
CN
US
ZZ

US
ZA
ZZ

73,2
139,0
181,4
131,2

67,8
170,8
119,3

83,4
129,4
106,4

35,2
35,2

49,3
47,4
51,8
55,0
66,8
54,1

71,1
49,1
60,1

77,2
60,0
60,4
64,3
65,5

53,9
55,9
54,9

126,6
76,4
124,8
109,3

99,9
88,0
94,0

(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’.
2007/505/EC: Commission Decision of 24 January 2007 on the State aid: investment in an on-site environmental sugar beet cleaning method (demonstration project) (notified under document number C(2007) 121)
Date: 2007-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, ecology, investment aid, sugar beet, sugar industry

18.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 186/35

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 24 January 2007

on the State aid: investment in an on-site environmental sugar beet cleaning method (demonstration
project)

(notified under document number C(2007) 121)

(Only the German text is authentic)

(2007/505/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

II. CONCLUSION

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 88(2) thereof,

establishing the European

Having called on interested parties to submit their comments
pursuant to the provision(s) cited above (1),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

I. THE PROCEDURE

By letter of 6 May 1998, received on 11 May 1998, the
German authorities notified the above mentioned aid
pursuant to Article 88(3) of the EC Treaty. Additional
information was provided by letters of 22 September
1998, 5 May 1999 and 19 August 1999, received on
28 September 1998, 7 May 1999 and 24 August 1999,
respectively.

By letter No SG(99) D/8600 of 27 October 1999, the
Commission opened the formal investigation procedure
pursuant to Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty. Germany
subsequently expressed comments by letter of 15
March 2000. No comments
from interested parties
were received by the Commission. The German auth-
orities sent the Commission additional
information by
letter of 16 August 2006.

By letter of 16 August 2006, Germany informed the
Commission that
it was withdrawing the notified
measure. In reply to a question from the Commission,
Germany has also confirmed that the investment aid has
not been paid.

(4)

Up to the date on which it received the notification from
Germany, the Commission had not taken any formal
decision on the notification in question. In these circum-
stances,
the notification
within the meaning of Article 8(1) of Council Regulation
(EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down
detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the
EC Treaty (2).

it accepts the withdrawal of

(5)

The formal investigation procedure should therefore be
closed pursuant to Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No
659/1999 as it is now superfluous,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The formal investigation procedure regarding the investment aid
of DEM 348 930 for the cleaning and filtering system for the
Nordkristall GmbH sugar factory in Güstrow (Mecklenburg-
Vorpommern) is hereby closed pursuant to Article 8(2) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 659/1999.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Done at Brussels, 24 January 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ C 359, 11.12.1999, p. 27.

(2) OJ L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4446 — Arrow Electronics/IN Technology) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: computer, distributive trades, economic concentration, electronic component, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 16/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.1.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4470 — Apollo Group/Jacuzzi Brands)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 16/02)

On 17 January 2007, 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 32007M4470. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4446 — Arrow Electronics/IN Technology)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 16/03)

On 19 December 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 32006M4446. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4470 — Apollo Group/Jacuzzi Brands) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, plumbing equipment, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 16/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.1.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4470 — Apollo Group/Jacuzzi Brands)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 16/02)

On 17 January 2007, 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 32007M4470. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4446 — Arrow Electronics/IN Technology)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 16/03)

On 19 December 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 32006M4446. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 56/2007 of 24 January 2007 determining the extent to which the applications for import licences lodged during the first 15 days of January 2007 for butter originating in New Zealand under quota numbers 09.4195 and 09.4182 can be accepted
Date: 2007-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: New Zealand, butter, import licence, originating product, tariff quota

L 18/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.1.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 56/2007

of 24 January 2007

determining the extent to which the applications for import licences lodged during the first 15 days
of January 2007 for butter originating in New Zealand under quota numbers 09.4195 and 09.4182
can be accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk
and milk products (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001
of 14 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying
Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import
arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff
quotas (2), and in particular Article 35a(3) thereof,

Whereas:

Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 and notified to the Commission
by 18 January 2007, concern quantities greater than those
available. Allocation coefficients should therefore be fixed for
the quantities applied for,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Applications for import licences for butter originating in New
the quota numbers 09.4195 and 09.4182
Zealand under
lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 from 1 to
15 January 2007 and notified to the Commission by 18 January
2007 shall be accepted subject to the application of the allo-
cation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Applications for import licences, lodged from 1 to 15 January
2007 for butter originating in New Zealand under quotas
numbers 09.4195 and 09.4182 referred to in Annex IIIA to

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 January 2007.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

(2) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 29. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2020/2006 (OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 54).

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ANNEX

Quota number

09.4195

09.4182

Allocation coefficient

25,491717 %

100 %
Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2007-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belarus, anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, import, man-made fibre, originating product

24.1.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 16/5

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON
COMMERCIAL AND COMPETITION POLICY

Commission

Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures

(2007/C 16/06)

As provided for in Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 (1) on
1.
protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community, the Commis-
sion gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure, the anti-
dumping measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below.

2. Procedure

Community producers may lodge a written request for a review. This request must contain sufficient
evidence that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of
dumping and injury.

Should the Commission decide to review the measures concerned, importers, exporters, representatives of
the exporting country and Community producers will then be provided with the opportunity to amplify,
rebut or comment on the matters set out in the review request.

3. Time limit

Community producers may submit a written request for a review on the above basis, to reach the European
Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (Division B-1), J-79 5/16, B-1049 Brussels (2) at any time from
the date of the publication of the present notice but no later than three months before the date mentioned
in the table below.

This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of

4.
22 December 1995.

Product

Country(ies) of
origin or
exportation

Measures

Reference

Date of expiry

Polyester staple fibres

Belarus

Anti-dumping duty

12.10.2007

L

Council Regulation (EC) No
274,
(OJ
1799/2002
11.10.2002, p. 1) extended by
the same regulation to polye-
ster filament tow originating in
Belarus

(1) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2117/2005 (OJ L 340, 23.12.2005,

p. 17).

(2) Telefax : (32-2) 295 65 05.