do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Judgment of the Court of 14 March 2007 in Case E-1/06 — EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Kingdom of Norway (National legislation transferring the operation of gaming machines to a State-owned monopoly — Restriction of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services — Justification — Legitimate aims — Consistency of national legislation — Necessity of national legislation)
Date: 2007-03-17
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: EFTA Court, EFTA countries, European Economic Area, Norway, game of chance, gaming establishment, right of establishment, supervisory body

C 301/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.12.2007

V

(Announcements)

COURT PROCEEDINGS

EFTA COURT

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 14 March 2007

in Case E-1/06

EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Kingdom of Norway

(National
legislation transferring the operation of gaming machines to a State-owned monopoly — Restriction of
freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services — Justification — Legitimate aims — Consistency of national
legislation — Necessity of national legislation)

(2007/C 301/08)

In Case E-1/06, EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Kingdom of Norway — Application for a declaration
that the Kingdom of Norway has infringed Articles 31 and 36 of the EEA Agreement by adopting Act
No 90 of 29 August 2003 relating to Amendments to the Gaming and Lottery Legislation (Lov av 29. august
2003 nr. 90 om endringer i pengespill- og lotterilovgivningen) which introduced a monopoly for the State-
owned undertaking Norsk Tipping AS to operate gaming machines in Norway, the Court, composed of Carl
Baudenbacher, President and Judge-Rapporteur, Henrik Bull and Thorgeir Örlygsson, Judges, gave judgment
on 14 March 2007, the operative part of which is as follows:

1. Dismisses the application.

2. Orders the EFTA Surveillance Authority to pay the costs of the proceedings.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4616 — Home Retail/Durinicum/Ogalas) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-03-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, United Kingdom, building materials, economic concentration, exchange of information, household article, merger control, retail trade

C 63/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.3.2007

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4616 — Home Retail/Durinicum/Ogalas)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 63/05)

1.
On 12 March 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 Home Retail Group plc
(‘Home Retail’, UK) and Durinicum (Consultancy) Ltd (‘Durinicum’, UK) acquire within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Ogalas Ltd (‘Ogalas’, Ireland) by
way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Home Retail: general merchandise retail, home enhancement and DIY products in the UK and Ireland

(‘Homebase’ and ‘Argos’ brands);

— for Durinicum: construction, development and regeneration;

— for Ogalas: retail of homewares in Ireland (‘Home Store & More’ brand).

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the
scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to
the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council
Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the
procedure set out in the Notice.

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.4616 — Home Retail/Durinicum/Ogalas, 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.
(2) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.
Notice concerning the anti-dumping measures in force in respect of imports into the Community of certain plastic sacks and bags originating, inter alia , in the People's Republic of China: change of the name of one company which is subject to an average anti-dumping duty for co-operating companies
Date: 2007-03-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, import, originating product, packaging product, plastics, registration of a company

C 63/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.3.2007

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Notice concerning the anti-dumping measures in force in respect of imports into the Community of
certain plastic sacks and bags originating, inter alia, in the People's Republic of China: change of the
name of one company which is subject to an average anti-dumping duty for co-operating companies

(2007/C 63/03)

Imports of certain plastic sacks and bags originating, inter alia, in the People's Republic of China ('PRC') are
subject to a definitive anti-dumping duty, imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1425/2006 (1) dated
25.09.2006.

YANTAI LONGQUAN PACKAGING MATERIAL CO., LTD, a company located in the PRC, whose exports to
the Community of certain plastic sacks and bags are subject to an average anti-dumping duty for co-oper-
ating companies of 8,4 % by the above-mentioned Regulation, has informed the Commission that the
company name changed on 21 July 2004 to YANTAI LONGQUAN PLASTIC AND RUBBER PRODUCTS
CO., LTD. The change of Enterprise registration was approved by the ‘Administration of Industry and
Commerce of Yantai City’ on 21 July 2004.

The company substantiated its request for a change of name in Annex I of the Council Regulation (EC) No
1425/2006 with the fact that it mistakenly used its former name within the Anti-Dumping proceeding.
Therefore the company argued that the change of name does not affect the right of the company to benefit
from the average anti-dumping duty for co-operating companies applied to the company under its previous
name of YANTAI LONGQUAN PACKAGING MATERIAL CO., LTD.

The Commission has examined the information provided and has concluded that the change of name in no
way affects the findings of Council Regulation (EC) No 1425/2006. Therefore, the reference to YANTAI
LONGQUAN PACKAGING MATERIAL CO., LTD, should be read as YANTAI LONGQUAN PLASTIC AND
RUBBER PRODUCTS CO., LTD. in Annex I of Council Regulation (EC) No 1425/2006.

The TARIC additional code A766 previously attributed to YANTAI LONGQUAN PACKAGING MATERIAL
CO., LTD, shall apply to YANTAI LONGQUAN PLASTIC AND RUBBER PRODUCTS CO., LTD.

(1) OJ L 270, 29.9.2006, p. 4.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4562 — S&B/Halliburton/Cebo) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-03-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, industrial equipment, merger control, mineral resources, mining operation, oil industry

17.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 63/5

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4562 — S&B/Halliburton/Cebo)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 63/04)

1.
On 9 March 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 S&B Industrial Minerals
S.A. (‘S&B’, Greece) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of
the undertaking Cebo International B.V. (‘Cebo’, Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares. After the trans-
action, Cebo will be jointly controlled by S&B and Halliburton Affiliates LLC (‘Halliburton’, USA).

3.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking S&B: mining of minerals (mainly bentonite, perlite and bauxite) and provision of custo-

mized solutions to several industrial applications based on these minerals;

— for undertaking Cebo: provision of materials and services for oilfield drilling and minerals for other

industrial applications;

— for undertaking Halliburton: well site technical support, drilling fluids and waste minimization services

for the oil and gas exploration industry.

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

4.
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

5.
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.4562 — S&B/Halliburton/Cebo, 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-03-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

17.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 63/1

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

16 March 2007

(2007/C 63/01)

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

1,3325

RON

Romanian leu

155,62

7,4489

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,68420

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,3644

33,961

1,8765

1,6757

1,5637

10,4082

1,9088

2,0342

KRW South Korean won

1 258,88

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

9,9090

10,3082

7,3590

12 294,31

4,6751

64,833

34,6800

43,850

9,2625

1,6059

89,65

8,1395

1,9558

0,5798

27,868

15,6466

249,10

3,4528

0,7098

0,4293

3,8930

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Information concerning the date of entry into force of the Framework Agreement between the European Community and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the general principles for the participation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Community programmes
Date: 2007-03-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bosnia and Herzegovina, EU programme, European Community, agreement (EU), cooperation policy, framework agreement

17.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 78/31

AGREEMENTS

COUNCIL

Information on the date of entry into force of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the
European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco (1)

On 29 May 2006 and 28 February 2007 respectively, the European Community and the Government of the
Kingdom of Morocco notified each other that the procedures necessary for entry into force of the agreement
had been completed.

The Agreement accordingly entered into force on 28 February 2007, in accordance with Article 17 thereof.

___________
(1) OJ L 141, 29.5.2006, p. 4.

Information concerning the date of entry into force of the Framework Agreement between the
European Community and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the general principles for the participation of
Bosnia and Herzegovina in Community programmes

The Framework Agreement between the European Community and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the general
principles for the participation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Community programmes (1), signed in Brussels
on 22 November 2004, entered into force on 8 January 2007,
in accordance with Article 10 of the
Agreement.

___________
(1) OJ L 192, 22.7.2005, p. 8.
Information on the date of entry into force of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco
Date: 2007-03-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU relations, European Community, Morocco, common fisheries policy, fishing agreement

17.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 78/31

AGREEMENTS

COUNCIL

Information on the date of entry into force of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the
European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco (1)

On 29 May 2006 and 28 February 2007 respectively, the European Community and the Government of the
Kingdom of Morocco notified each other that the procedures necessary for entry into force of the agreement
had been completed.

The Agreement accordingly entered into force on 28 February 2007, in accordance with Article 17 thereof.

___________
(1) OJ L 141, 29.5.2006, p. 4.

Information concerning the date of entry into force of the Framework Agreement between the
European Community and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the general principles for the participation of
Bosnia and Herzegovina in Community programmes

The Framework Agreement between the European Community and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the general
principles for the participation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Community programmes (1), signed in Brussels
on 22 November 2004, entered into force on 8 January 2007,
in accordance with Article 10 of the
Agreement.

___________
(1) OJ L 192, 22.7.2005, p. 8.
Corrigendum to Directive 2006/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 amending Directive 95/2/EC on food additives other than colours and sweeteners and Directive 94/35/EC on sweeteners for use in foodstuffs ( OJ L 204, 26.7.2006 )
Date: 2007-03-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: food additive, foodstuff, foodstuffs legislation, labelling, marketing standard, sweetener

L 78/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.3.2007

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Directive 2006/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 amending
Directive 95/2/EC on food additives other than colours and sweeteners and Directive 94/35/EC on sweeteners
for use in foodstuffs

(Official Journal of the European Union L 204 of 26 July 2006)

On page 14, in Annex I, point (3)(b) (amendments to Annex III Part B of Directive 95/2/EC), third indent:

‘Salsicha fresca’ shall be printed in italics.

On page 15, in Annex I, point (3)(c) (amendments to Annex III Part C of Directive 95/2/EC), table, under ‘E 249 and
250’):

(a) Traditional immersion cured meat products (1)

The entry for the maximum residual level of ‘175 mg/kg’ shall be aligned with ‘Wiltshire bacon (1.1);’

(b) Cured tongue (1.3)

For Cured tongue a maximum residual level of ‘50 mg/kg’ shall be inserted;

(c) Traditional dry cured meat products (2)

The entry for the maximum residual level of ‘175 mg/kg’ shall be aligned with ‘Dry cured bacon (2.1);’.

On pages 16 and 17 in the column headings in Annex I, point (3)(c) (amendments to Annex III Part C of Directive
95/2/EC), ‘Maximum amount that may be added during manufacture’ and ‘Maximum residual level’:

for:

read:

‘(expressed as NaNO2)’,
‘(expressed as NaNO3)’.

On page 16, in Annex I, point (3)(c) (amendments to Annex III Part C of Directive 95/2/EC), table, under ‘E 251 and E
252’):

(a) Traditional dry cured meat products (2)

The maximum residual level of ‘250 mg/kg’ shall be aligned with ‘Dry cured bacon and Dry cured ham (2.1);’

(b) Other traditionally cured meat products (3)

The maximum amount of ‘300 mg/kg (without added E 249 or E 250)’ shall be aligned with ‘Rohwürste (Salami and
Kantwurst) (3.3);’.

On page 18, in Annex I, point (3)(d) (amendments to Annex III Part D of Directive 95/2/EC), table under (ii):

The text in the table shall be printed in normal font, not italics.

On page 19, in Annex I, point (4)(a) (amendments to Annex IV of Directive 95/2/EC):

In the list under ‘E 385’, the words ‘Libamáj, egészben és tömbben’ shall be printed in italics.

On page 19 and 20, in Annex I, points (4)(c), (i) and (j) (amendments to Annex IV of Directive 95/2/EC):

The text in the tables under points (4)(c), (i) and (j) shall be printed in Roman font, not italics.
Corrigendum to the publication of an application pursuant to Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 on the protection of geographical indications of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs ( OJ C 128, 1.6.2006 )
Date: 2007-03-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greece, designation of origin, location of production, olive oil, product quality

17.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 63/7

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to the publication of an application pursuant to Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No
510/2006 on the protection of geographical indications of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs

(Official Journal of the European Union C 128 of 1 June 2006)

(2007/C 63/06)

On page 11, in the title and in point 4.1 ‘Name’:

for:

‘Exairetiko partheno elaiolado “Troizinia”’,

read:

‘Εξαιρετικό παρθένο ελαιόλαδο “Τροιζηνία” (exeretiko partheno eleolado “Trizinia”)’.

On page 14, in point 4.8 ‘Labelling’:

for:

‘ΕΞΑΙΡΕΤΙΚΟ ΠΑΡΘΕΝΟ ΕΛΑΙΟΛΑΔΟ “ΤΡΟΙΖΗΝΙΑ”’,

read:

‘Εξαιρετικό παρθένο ελαιόλαδο “Τροιζηνία” (exeretiko partheno eleolado “Trizinia”)’.