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Commission Regulation (EC) No 246/2007 of 8 March 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 246/2007

of 8 March 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 9 March 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 March 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 8 March 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 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

IL
ZZ

CU
EG
IL
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

EG
IL
TR
ZZ

AR
BR
CA
CL
CN
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

AR
CL
CN
US
ZA
ZZ

121,1
58,4
143,7
146,5
117,4

171,8
67,2
158,0
132,3

73,8
110,1
92,0

119,7
119,7

36,7
52,4
58,2
43,2
49,6
67,0
51,2

61,7
59,9
51,0
57,5

84,4
69,0
99,2
109,6
92,8
113,9
63,9
101,9
91,8

71,7
103,4
75,5
110,6
80,3
88,3

(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’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 254/2007 of 8 March 2007 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 38/2007
Date: 2007-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, award of contract, export refund, intervention agency, white sugar

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 254/2007

of 8 March 2007

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to
tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 38/2007

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:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 38/2007 of 17 January
2007 opening a standing invitation to tender for the
resale for export of sugar held by the intervention
agencies of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Spain, Ireland,
Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden (2) requires
the issuing of partial invitations to tender.

in response to the partial invitation to tender ending on
7 March 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

For the partial invitation to tender ending on 7 March 2007,
referred
refund for
the maximum export
to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 38/2007 shall be
347,70 EUR/tonne.

the product

(2)

Pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 38/2007
and following an examination of the tenders submitted

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 March 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 March 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 11, 18.1.2007, p. 4.
New national side of euro circulation coins
Date: 2007-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Luxembourg, commemoration, euro, issuing of currency, technical specification

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New national side of euro circulation coins

(2007/C 53/02)

National side of the new 2-euro commemorative circulation coin issued by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Euro circulation coins have legal tender status throughout the euro area. The Commission publishes all new
euro coin designs (1) with a view to informing all parties required to handle coins in the course of their
work and the public at large. In accordance with the Council conclusions of 8 December 2003 (2), euro-area
Member States and countries that have concluded a Monetary Agreement with the Community providing
for the issuance of euro circulation coins are allowed to issue certain quantities of commemorative euro
circulation coins on condition that not more than one new coin design is issued per country per year and
that only the 2 euro denomination is used. These coins have the technical features of normal euro circula-
tion coins, but bear a commemorative design on the national side.

Issuing State: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Subject of commemoration: The Grand-Ducal Palace.

Factual description of the design: The coin depicts on the right hand of its inner part the effigy of His
Royal Highness, the Grand-Duke Henri, looking to the left and superimposed on the picture of the grand-
ducal Palace on the left hand side of the inner part. The date 2007 is inscribed on the left side of the inner
part, with the engraver's mark above and the mint mark below. The text ‘LËTZEBUERG’ appears under the
design on the inner part of the coin.

The twelve stars of the European flag surround the design on the outer ring of the coin.

Issuing volume: 1,1 million coins

Approximate issuing date: February 2007

Edge lettering: 2 ★★, repeated six times, alternately upright and inverted

(1) See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, pp. 1 for a reference to all national sides that were issued in 2002.
(2) See conclusions of the General Affairs Council of 8 December 2003 on changes in the design of national sides of euro
coins. See also Commission Recommendation of 29 September 2003 on a common practice for changes to the design of
national obverse sides of euro circulation coins (OJ L 264, 15.10.2003, p. 38).
Action brought on 8 March 2007 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against the Republic of Iceland (Case E-3/07)
Date: 2007-03-08
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EFTA Court, EU law - national law, European Economic Area, Iceland, atmospheric pollutant, combustion gases, motor vehicle, pollution control measures, supervisory body

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(Announcements)

COURT PROCEEDINGS

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA COURT

Action brought on 8 March 2007 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against the Republic of
Iceland

(Case E-3/07)

(2007/C 186/09)

An action against the Republic of Iceland was brought before the EFTA Court on 8 March 2007 by the
EFTA Surveillance Authority, represented by Niels Fenger and Arne Torsten Andersen, acting as Agents of
the EFTA Surveillance Authority, Rue Belliard 35, B-1040 Brussels.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

1. declare that by failing to adopt or to notify the Authority of, the measures necessary to implement the
Act referred at the second indent of point 1a of Chapter XXIV of Annex II to the Agreement on the
European Area (Directive 2002/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 December 2002
amending Directive 97/68/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against
the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road
mobile machinery), as adapted to the EEA Agreement by Protocol 1 thereto, within the time prescribed, the
Republic of Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 2 of that Act and Article 7 EEA; and

2. order the Republic of Iceland to bear the costs of the proceedings.

Legal and factual background and pleas in law adduced in support:

— The present case concerns the non-implementation of an environmental protection directive.

— The EFTA Surveillance Authority pleads that the Government of Iceland has not provided any indication

that it has implemented the directive.

— The EFTA Surveillance Authority pleads that the Government of Iceland has not disputed that it has not

implemented the directive.
54th amendment of the State Aid Guidelines — EFTA Surveillance Authority decision to propose appropriate measures
Date: 2007-03-08
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EFTA, State aid, control of State aid

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NOTICES CONCERNING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY

54th amendment of the State Aid Guidelines

EFTA Surveillance Authority decision to propose appropriate measures

(2007/C 53/04)

Date of adoption: 20 December 2005

EFTA State: n.a.

Case No: 47171

Title: Amending for the fifty-fourth time the procedural and substantive rules in the field of State aid
including proposal for appropriate measures.

Legal basis: College Decision No 329/05/COL

Decision: The appropriate measures, proposed by the Authority and accepted by the EFTA States are as
follows:

— to amend their existing aid schemes relating to State aid covered by the new Chapter 30A of the Author-

ity's State Aid Guidelines so to comply with the Guidelines by 1 June 2007 at the latest.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 255/2007 of 8 March 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: 2007-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, common wheat, export refund, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 255/2007

of 8 March 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
2 to 8 March 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 9 March 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 March 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).
Commission notice pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 — Amendment of public service obligations imposed on certain scheduled air services in Spain (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, air transport, airline, inland transport, provision of services, public service, transportation tariff

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NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

Commission notice pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92

Amendment of public service obligations imposed on certain scheduled air services in Spain

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 53/03)

Pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992, the Spanish Government has
decided to amend the public service obligations imposed on scheduled air services in the Balearic Islands
published in OJ C 307 of 17 December 2003 and amended in OJ C 95 of 22 April 2006.

The maximum fare for a single ticket shall be as follows:

a) Majorca-Ibiza: EUR 85

b) Majorca-Minorca: EUR 85

c) Minorca-Ibiza: EUR 117

The other requirements of the public service obligation published in OJ C 307 of 17 December 2003
remain unchanged.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

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(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

7 March 2007

(2007/C 53/01)

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

1,3135

RON

Romanian leu

152,81

7,4479

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,68120

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,3864

34,330

1,8840

1,6867

1,5451

10,2679

1,9183

2,0058

KRW South Korean won

1 246,84

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

9,7520

10,1665

7,3460

12 097,34

4,6117

63,705

34,4410

43,037

9,2648

1,6050

88,76

8,1475

1,9558

0,5794

28,153

15,6466

252,92

3,4528

0,7087

0,4293

3,9073

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 251/2007 of 8 March 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: 2007-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, white sugar

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 251/2007

of 8 March 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
8 March 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 8 March 2007,
the maximum export
referred
refund for
to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 958/2006 shall be
26,793 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 9 March 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 March 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 253/2007 of 8 March 2007 amending the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
Date: 2007-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, white sugar

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 253/2007

of 8 March 2007

amending the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the
form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

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 market in
the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 33(2)(a) and (4)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

The rates of the refunds applicable from 23 February
2007 to the products listed in the Annex, exported in
the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty,
were
by Commission Regulation (EC) No
181/2007 (2).

fixed

It follows from applying the rules and criteria contained
in Regulation (EC) No 181/2007 to the information at
present available to the Commission that
the export
refunds at present applicable should be altered as
shown in the Annex hereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The rates of refund fixed by Regulation (EC) No 181/2007 are
hereby altered as shown in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 March 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 March 2007.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President

(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 55, 23.2.2007, p. 24.

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Rates of refunds applicable from 9 March 2007 to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form
of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty (1)

ANNEX

CN code

Description

Rate of refund in EUR/100 kg

In case of advance fixing of
refunds

1701 99 10

White sugar

21,79

Other

21,79

(1) The rates set out in this Annex are not applicable to exports to Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo,
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Andorra, Gibraltar, Ceuta, Melilla, Holy See (Vatican City), Liechtenstein, the Communes of
Livigno and Campione d'Italia, Heligoland, Greenland, the Faeroe Islands and to the goods listed in Tables I and II to Protocol No 2 to
the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972 exported to the Swiss Confederation.