do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4527 — Sun Capital/Golden Gate/Bauer) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-02-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: clothing industry, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, private investment, restrictive-practice authorisation, sale, sport

C 38/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.2.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4527 — Sun Capital/Golden Gate/Bauer)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 38/03)

On 2 February 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 32007M4527. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4408 — Tata/Corus)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 38/04)

On 21 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 32006M4408. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
2007/168/EC: Council Decision of 22 February 2007 appointing the Vice-President of the Community Plant Variety Office
Date: 2007-02-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Community Plant Variety Office, appointment of staff, vice-president of an institution

17.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 78/27

(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

II

DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 22 February 2007

appointing the Vice-President of the Community Plant Variety Office

(2007/168/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Article 2

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of
27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights (1), and in
particular Article 43(3) thereof,

The Chairman of
the Office
shall be empowered to sign the contract of employment with
Mr Carlos PEREIRA GODINHO.

the Administrative Council of

Having regard to the list of candidates proposed by the
Commission on 22 November 2006, after obtaining the
the Community
opinion of
Plant Variety Office and after consultation of the President of
the Community Plant Variety Office,

the Administrative Council of

Article 3

This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 4

Article 1

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

1. Mr Carlos PEREIRA GODINHO is hereby appointed Vice-
President of the Community Plant Variety Office (hereinafter
the Office)
in
accordance with the vacancy notice published in the Official
Journal of 6 April 2006 (2).

five years, at grade AD 12,

for a period of

Done at Brussels, 22 February 2007.

The term of office of Mr Carlos PEREIRA GODINHO shall
2.
run from the date on which he takes up his duties, and this date
shall be agreed between the President and the Administrative
Council of the Office.

For the Council
The President

F. MÜNTEFERING

(1) OJ L 227, 1.9.1994, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 873/2004 (OJ L 162, 30.4.2004, p. 38).

(2) Publication of a vacancy for Vice-President of the Community Plant

Variety Office (Grade A*12) (OJ C 83A, 6.4.2006, p. 1).
Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2006 of 21 December 2006 fixing for 2007 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required ( OJ L 15, 20.1.2007 )
Date: 2007-02-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU waters, authorised catch, fishery management, fishing area, fishing controls, fishing fleet, fishing regulations, sea fish

22.2.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 54/157

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2006 of 21 December 2006 fixing for 2007 the fishing
opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community
waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required

(Official Journal of the European Union L 15 of 20 January 2007)

On page 126, Annex IIA, point 13, Table 1, the entries for ‘Beam trawls’ should read as follows:

Gear
Point
4.1

Special con-
dition Point 8

Denomination1

2.a
Katte-
gat

Areas as defined in point:

2.b
1 — Skagerrak
2 — II, IVa, b,c,
3 — VIId

1

2

3

2.c
VIIa

2.d
VIa

(…)

‘b.i

b.ii

b.iii

b.iv

Beam trawls with mesh size ≥80
and < 90 mm

n.r.

1322

Unl.

132

1432

Beam trawls with mesh size ≥90
and < 100 mm

n.r.

1432

Unl.

143

1432

Beam trawls with mesh size
≥100 and < 120 mm

n.r.

143

Unl.

143

143

Beam trawls with mesh size ≥
120 mm

n.r.

143

Unl.

143

143

b.iii

8.1.(c)

Beam trawls with mesh size
≥100 and < 120 mm track
records shall represent less than
5 % of cod

n.r.

155

Unl.

155

155’
Communication from the EFTA Surveillance Authority under Article 7 of the Act referred to at point 18 of Annex VII to the EEA Agreement (Council Directive 85/384/EEC of 10 June 1985 on the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in architecture, including measures to facilitate the effective exercise of the right of establishment and freedom to provide services) — Change of annex for Norway
Date: 2007-02-22
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EFTA, Norway, freedom to provide services, recognition of diplomas, right of establishment, town-planning profession

22.2.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 38/17

Communication from the EFTA Surveillance Authority under Article 7 of the Act referred to at
point 18 of Annex VII to the EEA Agreement (Council Directive 85/384/EEC of 10 June 1985 on
the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in archi-
tecture, including measures to facilitate the effective exercise of the right of establishment and
freedom to provide services)

Change of annex for Norway

(2007/C 38/14)

Diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in architecture, which are the
object of mutual recognition under the EEA Agreement

The EFTA Surveillance Authority has the task, in accordance with Article 7 of the Act referred to at point
18 of Annex VII to the EEA Agreement (Council Directive 85/384/EEC of 10 June 1985 on the mutual
recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in architecture, including
measures to facilitate the effective exercise of the right of establishment and freedom to provide services), to
publish diplomas in architecture awarded by Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, which meet the criteria laid
down in Articles 3 and 4 of the Act.

Updating of this list shall be published periodically by the EFTA Surveillance Authority pursuant to Article 7
(2) of the Act.

The list of diplomas shall be amended by the following title of a diploma communicated by Norway to the
EFTA Surveillance Authority. This new title is to be recognised by the contracting parties to the EEA Agree-
ment in respect of those students who began their studies in architecture in the academic year 2001/2002.

The following designation is to be deleted from the list of titles of diplomas and the bodies awarding such
diplomas for Norway:

— ‘Sivilarkitekt’

and replaced by the designation:

— ‘Master i Arkitektur’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4401 — Basell/Münchsmünster Cracker And Associated Assets) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-02-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aluminium, chemical industry, coal, economic concentration, electrical energy, holding company, merger control, petroleum, restrictive-practice authorisation, telecommunications

22.2.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 38/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4401 — Basell/Münchsmünster Cracker And Associated Assets)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 38/05)

On 21 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 32006M4401. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 182/2007 of 22 February 2007 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of common wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 936/2006
Date: 2007-02-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, common wheat, export refund, third country

L 55/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.2.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 182/2007

of 22 February 2007

concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of common
wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 936/2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29
September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,

Whereas:

the market for cereals (3), and in particular Article 13(3)
thereof,

(3)

(4)

On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of
Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, a maximum refund should
not be fixed.

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

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of
common wheat to certain third countries was opened
pursuant
(EC) No
to
936/2006 (2).

Commission

Regulation

Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on
the granting of export
refunds on cereals and the
measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from
16 to 22 February 2007 in response to the invitation to
tender for the refund for the export of common wheat issued
in Regulation (EC) No 936/2006.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 February 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 February 2007.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as

(EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ

amended by
L 187,

Commission Regulation
19.7.2005, p. 11).

(2) OJ L 172, 24.6.2006, p. 6.

(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7. Regulation as

last modified by

Regulation (EC) No 777/2004 (OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 50).
Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1 d of Annex XV of the EEA Agreement (Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid)
Date: 2007-02-22
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EFTA, Norway, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, vocational training

22.2.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 38/13

Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred
to in point 1 d of Annex XV of the EEA Agreement (Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 on
the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid)

Aid No

EFTA State

Region

(2007/C 38/10)

Training aid 1/06

Norway

Sunnhordland

Hordaland

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Plan for bruk av kompensasjonsmidlar i Sunnhordland

Plan for the use of compensation funds in Sunnhordland

Legal basis

Statsbudsjettet
utviklingstiltak/kompensasjon for auka arbeidsgjevaravgift.

(St. prp No 1 2005-2006) Kap.551 Post 61: Næringsretta

Referanse nr.: KRD 05401008

Referanse nr.: HFK KA 08-05 og 104-04

Annual expenditure planned under the
scheme

Annual overall amount: EUR 1,25 million (NOK 10 million)

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Date of implementation

15.1.2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 30.12.2009

Objective of the aid

Specific training

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Samarbeidsrådet for Sunnhordland

Boks 444
5402 Stord
Telephone: (47) 53 45 57 90
firmapost@samarbeidsraadet-sunnhordland.no

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation
Commission Regulation (EC) No 176/2007 of 22 February 2007 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 958/2006
Date: 2007-02-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, white sugar

23.2.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 55/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 176/2007

of 22 February 2007

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to
tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 958/2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20
February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in
the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subparagraph
and point (b) of the third subparagraph of Article 33(2) thereof,

Whereas:

in response to the partial invitation to tender ending on
22 February 2007, it is appropriate to fix a maximum
export refund for that partial invitation to tender.

(3)

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

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 958/2006 of 28 June
2006 on a standing invitation to tender to determine
refunds on exports of white sugar for the 2006/2007
marketing year (2) requires the issuing of partial
invi-
tations to tender.

For the partial invitation to tender ending on 22 February 2007,
the maximum export
referred
refund for
to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 958/2006 shall be
28,125 EUR/100 kg.

the product

(2)

Pursuant to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 958/2006
and following an examination of the tenders submitted

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 February 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 February 2007.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1585/2006 (OJ L 294, 25.10.2006, p. 19).

(2) OJ L 175, 29.6.2006, p. 49.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-02-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 38/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.2.2007

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

21 February 2007

(2007/C 38/06)

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

1,3145

RON

Romanian leu

158,91

7,4555

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,67260

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,3815

34,286

1,8185

1,6640

1,5349

10,2709

1,8642

2,0164

KRW South Korean won

1 233,72

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

9,3640

10,1776

7,3467

11 921,20

4,5922

63,162

34,4410

44,470

9,3099

1,6267

87,52

8,0625

1,9558

0,5792

28,167

15,6466

251,45

3,4528

0,7080

0,4293

3,8862

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 179/2007 of 22 February 2007 fixing production refunds on cereals
Date: 2007-02-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: barley, maize, oats, potato, production refund, starch, wheat

23.2.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 55/19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 179/2007

of 22 February 2007

fixing production refunds on cereals

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of
29 September 2003, on the common organisation of
the
market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,

(2)

(3)

The production refunds fixed in this Regulation should
be adjusted by the coefficients listed in the Annex II to
Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 to establish the exact
amount to be paid.

The Management Committee
for Cereals has not
delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
chairman,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 of 30 June
1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulations (EEC) No 1766/92 and (EEC) No
1418/76 concerning production refunds in the cereals
and rice sectors respectively (2) lays down the conditions
for granting production refunds. The basis for calculating
the refund is laid down in Article 3 of that Regulation.
The refund thus calculated, differentiated where necessary
for potato starch, must be fixed once a month and may
be amended if the price of maize and/or wheat changes
significantly.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The refund per tonne of starch referred to in Article 3(2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93, is hereby fixed at:

(a) EUR/tonne 0,00 for starch from maize, wheat, barley and

oats;

(b) EUR/tonne 0,00 for potato starch.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 February 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 February 2007.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as

(EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ

amended by
L 187,

Commission Regulation
19.7.2005, p. 11).

(2) OJ L 159, 1.7.1993, p. 112. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1950/2005 (OJ L 312, 29.11.2005, p. 18).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4408 — Tata/Corus) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-02-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, iron and steel industry, manufactured goods, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, steel

C 38/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.2.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4527 — Sun Capital/Golden Gate/Bauer)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 38/03)

On 2 February 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 32007M4527. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4408 — Tata/Corus)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 38/04)

On 21 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 32006M4408. EUR-Lex is the on-

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