do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Malaysia pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994
Date: 2007-03-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: CCT duties, EU relations, European Community, GATT, Malaysia, recording equipment, trade agreement (EU), vegetable oil

L 90/92

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.3.2007

AGREEMENTS

COUNCIL

Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the People’s Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6
and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994

The above Agreement (OJ L 154, 8.6.2006, p. 24) has entered into force on 13 April 2006.

Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen
and Matsu pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade (GATT) 1994

The above Agreement (OJ L 176, 30.6.2006, p. 102) has entered into force on 26 June 2006 (1).

(1) The amendment to Annex I of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has been implemented through Council Regulation (EC)

No 838/2006 (OJ L 154, 8.6.2006. p. 1).

Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and Malaysia pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994

The above Agreement (OJ L 335, 1.12.2006, p. 40) has entered into force on 30 October 2006.

Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the Argentine Republic relating to the modification of
concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of
Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic
of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of
accession to the European Community

The above Agreement (pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
1994) (OJ L 355, 15.12.2006, p. 92) has entered into force on 29 November 2006.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4523 — Travelport/Worldspan) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-03-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, provision of services, travel, travel agency

C 73/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.3.2007

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4523 — Travelport/Worldspan)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 73/18)

1.
On 23 March 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by
which the undertaking Travelport Inc. (‘Travelport’ USA) a subsidiary of The Blackstone Group (‘Blackstone’
USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of
Worldspan Technologies Inc. (‘Worldspan’ USA) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Travelport: provision of travel distribution services, mainly through Galileo (an elec-

tronic global distribution system, ‘GDS’);

— for Worldspan: provision of travel distribution services, through the Worldspan GDS system.

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.4523 — Travelport/Worldspan, 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.
Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Brazil relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of accession to the European Community
Date: 2007-03-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Brazil, CCT duties, EU relations, European Community, accession to the European Union, agricultural product, tariff quota, trade agreement (EU)

30.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 90/93

Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and Brazil relating to the modification of concessions in the
schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of
Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of
Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of accession to the
European Community

The above Agreement (pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
1994) (OJ L 397, 30.12.2006, p. 11) has entered into force on 18 December 2006.

Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and Uruguay relating to the modification of concessions in the
schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of
Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of
Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of accession to the
European Community

The above Agreement (pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
1994) (OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 11) has entered into force on 18 December 2006.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4573 — Candover/Parques Reunidos) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-03-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, leisure park, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 73/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.3.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4573 — Candover/Parques Reunidos)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 73/03)

On 12 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 32007M4573. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4499 — Holding Gonvarri/ASSC/ASSC Slovakia)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 73/04)

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 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 32007M4499. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Argentine Republic relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of accession to the European Community
Date: 2007-03-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Argentina, EU relations, European Community, accession to the European Union, tariff quota, trade agreement (EU)

L 90/92

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.3.2007

AGREEMENTS

COUNCIL

Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the People’s Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6
and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994

The above Agreement (OJ L 154, 8.6.2006, p. 24) has entered into force on 13 April 2006.

Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen
and Matsu pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade (GATT) 1994

The above Agreement (OJ L 176, 30.6.2006, p. 102) has entered into force on 26 June 2006 (1).

(1) The amendment to Annex I of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has been implemented through Council Regulation (EC)

No 838/2006 (OJ L 154, 8.6.2006. p. 1).

Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and Malaysia pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994

The above Agreement (OJ L 335, 1.12.2006, p. 40) has entered into force on 30 October 2006.

Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the Argentine Republic relating to the modification of
concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of
Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic
of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of
accession to the European Community

The above Agreement (pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
1994) (OJ L 355, 15.12.2006, p. 92) has entered into force on 29 November 2006.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4631 — Carlyle Riverstone/First Reserve/Dresser) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-03-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy industry, exchange of information, investment transaction, merger control, oil industry, private investment

C 73/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.3.2007

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4631 — Carlyle Riverstone/First Reserve/Dresser)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 73/16)

1.
On 22 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 Carlyle Riverstone Global Energy and
Power Fund III, LP., (‘Carlyle/Riverstone’, USA), which is ultimately jointly owned by Carlyle Group (‘Carlyle’
USA) and Riverstone Holdings LLC (‘Riverstone’ USA), and First Reserve Corporation (‘First Reserve’, USA)
acquire, within the meaning of Article 3(1) (b) of the Council Regulation, joint control over Dresser Inc.
(‘Dresser’, USA), by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Carlyle and Riverstone: private equity firms,

— for Carlyle/Riverstone: private equity fund,

— for First Reserve: private equity firm,

— for Dresser: global producer of energy infrastructure, oilfield products and services.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within
3.
the scope of Regulation (EEC) No139/2004. 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.4631 — Carlyle Riverstone/First Reserve/Dresser 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.
Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994
Date: 2007-03-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU relations, European Community, GATT, Taiwan, World Trade Organisation, market access, tariff preference, trade agreement (EU), two-wheeled vehicle

L 90/92

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.3.2007

AGREEMENTS

COUNCIL

Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the People’s Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6
and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994

The above Agreement (OJ L 154, 8.6.2006, p. 24) has entered into force on 13 April 2006.

Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen
and Matsu pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade (GATT) 1994

The above Agreement (OJ L 176, 30.6.2006, p. 102) has entered into force on 26 June 2006 (1).

(1) The amendment to Annex I of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has been implemented through Council Regulation (EC)

No 838/2006 (OJ L 154, 8.6.2006. p. 1).

Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and Malaysia pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994

The above Agreement (OJ L 335, 1.12.2006, p. 40) has entered into force on 30 October 2006.

Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the Argentine Republic relating to the modification of
concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of
Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic
of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of
accession to the European Community

The above Agreement (pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
1994) (OJ L 355, 15.12.2006, p. 92) has entered into force on 29 November 2006.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4337 — Thales/Alcatel Divisions Transport et Systèmes) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-03-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, information system, merger control, rail transport, restrictive-practice authorisation, signalling device

30.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 73/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4337 — Thales/Alcatel Divisions Transport et Systèmes)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 73/05)

On 7 November 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 French 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 32006M4337. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4578 — LBO France/Santé Partenaires) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-03-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, medical institution, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

30.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 73/1

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(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4511 — Crédit Agricole/Cariparma/Friuladria)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 73/01)

On 27 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 French 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 32007M4511. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4578 — LBO France/Santé Partenaires)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 73/02)

On 8 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 French 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 32007M4578. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the People’s Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994
Date: 2007-03-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: CCT duties, China, EU relations, European Community, GATT, tariff quota, trade agreement (EU)

L 90/92

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.3.2007

AGREEMENTS

COUNCIL

Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the People’s Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6
and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994

The above Agreement (OJ L 154, 8.6.2006, p. 24) has entered into force on 13 April 2006.

Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen
and Matsu pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade (GATT) 1994

The above Agreement (OJ L 176, 30.6.2006, p. 102) has entered into force on 26 June 2006 (1).

(1) The amendment to Annex I of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has been implemented through Council Regulation (EC)

No 838/2006 (OJ L 154, 8.6.2006. p. 1).

Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and Malaysia pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994

The above Agreement (OJ L 335, 1.12.2006, p. 40) has entered into force on 30 October 2006.

Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the Argentine Republic relating to the modification of
concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of
Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic
of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of
accession to the European Community

The above Agreement (pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
1994) (OJ L 355, 15.12.2006, p. 92) has entered into force on 29 November 2006.
Summary of Community decisions on marketing authorizations in respect of medicinal products from 1 January 2007 to 31 January 2007 (Published pursuant to Article 13 or Article 38 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council)
Date: 2007-03-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: market approval, marketing standard, medicinal product, pharmaceutical legislation

C 73/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.3.2007

Summary of Community decisions on marketing authorizations in respect of medicinal products
from 1 January 2007 to 31 January 2007

(Published pursuant to Article 13 or Article 38 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of
the Council (1))

(2007/C 73/09)

— Modification of a marketing authorization (Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the

European Parliament and of the Council): Accepted

Date of the
decision

Name of the
medicinal product

Holder of the marketing authorization

Number of the entry in the
Community Register

Date of
notification

26.1.2007

Ferriprox

Apotex Europe Ltd
Rowan House
41 London Street
Reading
Berkshire RG1 4PS
United Kingdom

EU/1/99/108/001

28.2.2007

(1) OJ L 136, 30.4.2004, p. 1.