do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 39/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.2.2007

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

22 February 2007

(2007/C 39/08)

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

1,3106

RON

Romanian leu

159,00

7,4555

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,67190

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,3815

34,286

1,8110

1,6610

1,5214

10,2376

1,8560

2,0108

KRW South Korean won

1 230,52

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

9,2551

10,1475

7,3433

11 900,90

4,5805

63,302

34,3900

44,460

9,3155

1,6281

87,15

8,0635

1,9558

0,5792

28,237

15,6466

251,67

3,4528

0,7057

0,4293

3,8762

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4522 — Carrefour/Ahold Polska) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Poland, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, retail trade

23.2.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 39/29

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4522 — Carrefour/Ahold Polska)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 39/14)

1.
On 16 February 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 Carrefour Nederland BV
(‘Carrefour Nederland’, Netherlands), belonging to the group Carrefour (‘Carrefour’, France), acquires within
the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Ahold
Polska Sp. z o.o (‘Ahold Polska’, Poland) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Carrefour: international group active in food and non-food retailing;

— for Ahold Polska: part of the Ahold group, active in food and non-food retailing in Poland.

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 (fax No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.4522 — Carrefour/Ahold Polska, 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4431 — BG Group/Serene) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, energy industry, gas, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

23.2.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 39/3

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4445 — voestalpine/Stamptec)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 39/02)

On 6 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 32007M4445. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4431 — BG Group/Serene)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 39/03)

On 1 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 32007M4431. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4314 — Johnson & Johnson/Pfizer Consumer Healthcare) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cosmetic product, economic concentration, medical device, merger control, pharmaceutical product, restrictive-practice authorisation

23.2.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 39/5

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4314 — Johnson & Johnson/Pfizer Consumer Healthcare)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 39/06)

On 11 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(2) of Council Regulation
(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 32006M4314. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4526 — PAI/Lafarge)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 39/07)

On 15 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 32007M4526. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4319 — Mondi/Schleipen & Erkens) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, mining industry, packaging, pulp and paper industry, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 39/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.2.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4510 — L Capital 2/Calligaris)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 39/04)

On 12 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 32007M4510. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4319 — Mondi/Schleipen & Erkens)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 39/05)

On 24 October 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 32006M4319. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licenses pursuant to Article 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, air transport, carriage of goods, carriage of passengers, carrier, transport licence

23.2.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 39/25

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licenses pursuant to Article
13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers (1) (2)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 39/11)

GERMANY

Operating licences granted

Category B: Operating licences including the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

Name of air carrier

Address of air carrier

Permitted to carry

Hamburg

Air
sellschaft mbH

Luftverkehrsge-

Kleine Bahnstr. 8
D-22525 Hamburg

DVS Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule
GmbH

Flugplatz
D-63329 Egelsbach

passengers, mail,
cargo

passengers, mail,
cargo

Decision effective
since

13.12.2006

31.1.2007

Category A: Operating licences without the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

Operating licences revoked

Name of air carrier

Address of air carrier

Permitted to carry

Lufthansa Flight Training GmbH

Airporting Tor 24
D-60549 Frankfurt/Main

passengers, mail,
cargo

Decision effective
since

22.12.2006

Antares Airtransport Maintenance
und Service AG

Friedenstr. 113
D-02929 Rothenburg/Oberlausitz

passengers, mail,
cargo

31.1.2007

Category B: Operating licences including the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

Name of air carrier

Address of air carrier

Permitted to carry

Helicopter Medical Services

Flugplatz
D-63329 Egelsbach

passengers, mail,
cargo

Decision effective
since

21.12.2006

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p.1.
(2) Communicated to the European Commission before 31.8.2005.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4445 — voestalpine/Stamptec) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, iron and steel industry, merger control, metallurgical industry, restrictive-practice authorisation

23.2.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 39/3

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4445 — voestalpine/Stamptec)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 39/02)

On 6 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 32007M4445. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4431 — BG Group/Serene)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 39/03)

On 1 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 32007M4431. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 190/2007 of 23 February 2007 repealing Regulation (EC) No 1819/2004 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 as regards the period for reflection for the issue of certain export licences for cereals, rice and cereal products
Date: 2007-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EC Regulation, European Commission, cereal product, cereals, export licence, repeal, rice

L 57/8

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24.2.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 190/2007

of 23 February 2007

repealing Regulation (EC) No 1819/2004 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 as regards
the period for reflection for the issue of certain export licences for cereals, rice and cereal products

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 Articles 9(2) and 18 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29
September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (2), and in particular Articles 10(2) and 19 thereof,

(2)

(3)

Whereas:

account the supply situation on the Community market
in cereals and rice for the 2004/05 marketing year.
Under
in question are
issued on the day the application is filed when the
amount of the refund is zero.

this derogation,

the licences

Since the market conditions justifying this derogation no
longer apply, Regulation (EC) No 1819/2004 should be
repealed.

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

(1)

states

The first subparagraph of Article 8(1) of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 of 28 July 2003 laying
down special detailed rules for the application of the
import and export licences for cereals and
system of
rice (3)
the products
licences
referred to in that subparagraph must be issued on the
third working day after applications are lodged, provided
that no special measures are taken in the meanwhile.
1819/2004 (4)
Commission
to take into
derogates

from this provision so as

that export

Regulation

(EC) No

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1819/2004 is hereby repealed.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication 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, 23 February 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(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 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 797/2006 (OJ L 144, 31.5.2006, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 189, 29.7.2003, p. 12. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1996/2006 (OJ L 398, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

(4) OJ L 320, 21.10.2004, p. 13.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4469 — Scholz/voestalpine/Scholz Austria) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, iron, iron and steel industry, merger control, metallurgical industry

C 39/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.2.2007

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4469 — Scholz/voestalpine/Scholz Austria)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 39/13)

1.
On 15 February 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 undertakings Scholz AG (‘Scholz’,
Germany) and voestalpine AG (‘voestalpine’, Austria) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
Council Regulation joint control of Scholz Austria GmbH (‘Scholz Austria’, Austria) by means of purchase
of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Scholz: collection and processing of and trade in metal scrap;

— for voestalpine: production and processing of steel products;

— for Scholz Austria: collection and processing of and trade in metal scrap.

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 (fax No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number Case COMP/M.4469 — Scholz/voestalpine/Scholz Austria, 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 187/2007 of 23 February 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

24.2.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 57/1

(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory)

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 187/2007

of 23 February 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:

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

(2)

the standard
In compliance with the above criteria,
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 24 February 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 February 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 23 February 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
JO
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

JO
MA
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

CU
EG
IL
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

IL
MA
ZZ

AR
IL
MA
PK
TR
ZZ

EG
TR
ZZ

AR
CA
CN
US
ZZ

AR
CL
CN
US
ZA
ZZ

124,2
96,5
65,2
148,3
155,0
117,8

178,3
206,0
175,4
186,6

41,6
116,5
79,1

37,4
50,1
57,8
44,6
50,5
65,3
51,0

105,5
94,8
100,2

112,1
71,3
132,8
58,0
68,5
88,5

63,5
55,7
59,6

90,7
95,4
95,5
114,8
99,1

80,9
78,4
66,5
96,9
108,5
86,2

(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’.