do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 345/2007 of 29 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: 2007-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, white sugar

L 90/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.3.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 345/2007

of 29 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
29 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 29 March 2007,
the maximum export
referred
refund for
to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 958/2006 shall be
29,583 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 30 March 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4547 — KKR/Permira/Prosiebensat.1) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, private investment, restrictive-practice authorisation, television

29.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 72/29

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4547 — KKR/Permira/Prosiebensat.1)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 72/12)

On 22 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 web
including company, case

site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions,
number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32007M4547. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4571 — Swiss Life/Capitalleben)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 72/13)

On 19 March 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 Regulation (EC)
No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in German 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 32007M4571. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

29.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 72/41

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

28 March 2007

(2007/C 72/18)

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

1,3348

RON

Romanian leu

156,38

7,4493

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,67950

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,3665

33,518

1,8612

1,6532

1,5477

10,4293

1,8702

2,0260

KRW South Korean won

1 254,11

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

9,7390

10,3173

7,3825

12 212,75

4,6213

64,471

34,6950

42,711

9,3190

1,6164

88,31

8,1335

1,9558

0,5807

28,075

15,6466

249,16

3,4528

0,7097

0,4293

3,8836

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4624 — EQT/Scandic) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, hotel industry, investment company, investment transaction, merger control

C 72/58

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

29.3.2007

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4624 — EQT/Scandic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 72/28)

1.
On 19 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 EQT V Limited (‘EQT’,
United Kingdom) controlled by Investor AB (‘Investor’, Sweden) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)
(b) of the Council Regulation control of parts of the undertakings Scandic Hotels AB (‘Scandic’, Sweden) by
way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Investor: investment company,

— for EQT: investment fund,

— for Scandic: hotel management.

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.4624 — EQT/Scandic, 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.
2007/206/EC: Commission Decision of 29 March 2007 declaring operational the Regional Advisory Council for the High Seas/Long Distance Fleet under the Common Fisheries Policy
Date: 2007-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: advisory committee (EU), common fisheries policy, fishery management, fishing fleet, international waters

L 91/52

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

31.3.2007

COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 March 2007

declaring operational the Regional Advisory Council for the High Seas/Long Distance Fleet under
the Common Fisheries Policy

(2007/206/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Germany, Estonia, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania,
the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and United Kingdom.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Decision 2004/585/EC of 19 July
2004 establishing Regional Advisory Councils under
the
Common Fisheries Policy (1), and in particular Article 3(3)
thereof,

Having regard to the recommendation transmitted by Spain on
7 November 2006 on behalf of Denmark, Germany, Estonia,
Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland,
Portugal and United Kingdom,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December
2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of
fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (2)
and Decision 2004/585/EC provide the framework for
the establishment and operation of Regional Advisory
Councils.

Article 2 of Decision 2004/585/EC establishes a Regional
Advisory Council to cover the High Seas/Long Distance
Fleet in all non-EC waters.

accordance with Article

of Decision
In
2004/585/EC, representatives of the fisheries sector and
other interests groups submitted a request concerning the
operation of that Regional Advisory Council to Denmark,

3(1)

(4)

(5)

As required by Article 3(2) of Decision 2004/585/EC, the
Member States concerned determined whether the appli-
cation concerning the Regional Advisory Council for the
High Seas/Long Distance Fleet was in conformity with
the provisions
laid down in that Decision. On 7
November 2006, the Member States concerned trans-
mitted a recommendation on that Regional Advisory
Council to the Commission.

The Commission has evaluated the application by the
interested parties and the recommendation in the light
of Decision 2004/585/EC and the aims and principles of
the Common Fisheries Policy, and considers that
the
Regional Advisory Council
the High Seas/Long
Distance Fleet is ready to become operational,

for

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The Regional Advisory Council for the High Seas/Long Distance
Fleet, established by Article 2(1)(g) of Decision 2004/585/EC,
shall be operational as from 30 March 2007.

Done at Brussels, 29 March 2007.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 256, 3.8.2004, p. 17.
(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4503 — PBDS/Philips APM) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronic equipment, merger control, motor car, optical medium, restrictive-practice authorisation, vehicle parts

C 72/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

29.3.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4503 — PBDS/Philips APM)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 72/10)

On 16 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 32007M4503. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4502 — LITE-ON/PBDS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 72/11)

On 16 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 32007M4502. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 352/2007 of 29 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: 2007-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, award of contract, export refund, intervention agency, white sugar

L 90/44

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.3.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 352/2007

of 29 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
28 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 28 March 2007,
referred
refund for
the maximum export
to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 38/2007 shall be
363,50 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 30 March 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4554 — Berkshire Hathaway/TTI) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical engineering, holding company, insurance, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

29.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 72/27

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4585 — BMW Intec/Dekra Südleasing Services)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 72/08)

On 23 March 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 Regulation (EC)
No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in German 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 32007M4585. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4554 — Berkshire Hathaway/TTI)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 72/09)

On 21 March 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 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 32007M4554. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4608 — Siemens/UGS) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: automation, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial market, information technology, intelligent transport system, merger control, product life, real property, software

29.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 72/59

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4608 — Siemens/UGS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 72/29)

1.
On 21 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 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
(‘Siemens’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the
whole of the undertaking UGS Capital Corporation (‘UGS’, USA) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Siemens: Information and communication technology, automation and control systems,
power generation systems, medical solutions, transportation systems, lightening, financing and real estate
services;

— for undertaking UGS: Product life cycle management software.

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.4608 — Siemens/UGS, 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.
European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 March 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning structural business statistics (COM(2006)0066 - C6-0063/2006 - 2006/0020(COD))
Date: 2007-03-29
Institutions: Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: EU statistics, branch of activity, business policy, company structure, competitiveness, economic statistics, statistical method

31.1.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 27 E/139

Thursday 29 March 2007

P6_TA(2007)0092

Structural business statistics ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 March 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the
European Parliament and of the Council concerning structural business statistics (COM(2006)0066
— C6-0063/2006 — 2006/0020(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2006)0066) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 285(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0063/2006),

— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0062/2007),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend its proposal

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2006)0020

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 29 March 2007 with a view to the
adoption of Regulation (EC) No … /2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning
structural business statistics (recast)

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the
final legislative act, Regulation (EC) No …/2007.)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 338/2007 of 29 March 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

30.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 90/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 338/2007

of 29 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:

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 30 March 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 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).

L 90/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.3.2007

to Commission Regulation of 29 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
SN
TN
TR
ZZ

JO
MA
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

EG
IL
ZZ

CU
EG
IL
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

IL
TR
ZZ

AR
BR
CA
CL
CN
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

AR
CL
CN
ZA
ZZ

175,4
101,9
320,6
162,2
123,6
176,7

171,8
99,2
117,3
129,4

60,6
109,1
84,9

242,2
80,8
161,5

38,6
43,5
49,2
49,9
53,5
53,8
48,1

62,2
52,4
57,3

84,9
78,1
101,7
84,3
78,3
114,6
110,9
78,7
82,6
90,5

70,6
117,6
54,5
77,0
79,9

(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’.