do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions given at its 381st meeting on 11 October 2004 concerning a preliminary draft decision in case COMP/C.38.238/B.2 — Raw Tobacco Spain
Date: 2007-04-19
Institutions: Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions
Subjects: Spain, advisory committee (EU), cartel, fine, opinion (EU), restriction on competition, tobacco, unlawful agreement

C 85/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.4.2007

Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions given at
its 381st meeting on 11 October 2004 concerning a preliminary draft decision in case
COMP/C.38.238/B.2 — Raw Tobacco Spain

(2007/C 85/07)

1. The majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that in this decision it is not

necessary to define the relevant market. A minority of the Advisory Committee abstains.

2. The majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the addressees of the draft
decision have participated in two separate, single and continuous, agreements and/or concerted practices
contrary to Article 81(1) EC. A minority of the Advisory Committee abstains.

3. The majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the agreements and/or
concerted practices have as their object the restriction of competition. A minority of the Advisory
Committee abstains.

4. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that a fine should be imposed on the addressees

of the draft decision.

5. The majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission's reasoning on the basic amount

of the fines. A minority of the Advisory Committee abstains.

6. The majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission's reasoning on the aggravating

circumstances. A minority of the Advisory Committee abstains.

7. The majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission's reasoning on the attenuating

circumstances. A minority of the Advisory Committee abstains.

8. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission's reasoning on the application of the 1996

Commission notice on the non-imposition or reduction of fines in cartel cases.

9. The Advisory Committee recommends the publication of its opinion in the Official Journal of the Euro-

pean Union.

10. The Advisory Committee asks the Commission to take into account all the other points raised during

the discussion.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 429/2007 of 19 April 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: 2007-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, white sugar

20.4.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 103/45

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 429/2007

of 19 April 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
19 April 2007,
is appropriate to fix a maximum
export refund for that partial invitation to tender.

it

(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 19 April 2007,
the maximum export
referred
refund for
to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 958/2006 shall be
34,165 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 20 April 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 April 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

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 247/2007 (OJ L 69, 9.3.2007,
p. 3).

(2) OJ L 175, 29.6.2006, p. 49. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 203/2007 (OJ L 61, 28.2.2007, p. 3).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4593 — voestalpine/Dancke) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, iron and steel product, merger control, metal product, sale

C 85/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.4.2007

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4593 — voestalpine/Dancke)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 85/12)

1.
On 4 April 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 voestalpine AG (‘voestalpine’, Austria) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b)
of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertakings Dancke Stanztechnik GmbH & Co.KG
and Dancke Werkzeugbau GmbH & Co.KG (‘Dancke’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for voestalpine: manufacture and sale of steel products;

— for Dancke: manufacture and sale of pressed metal parts and components.

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.4593 — voestalpine/Dancke, 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4589 — Delta Lloyd/Erasmus Groep) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, economic concentration, insurance, investment, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, savings

C 85/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.4.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4570 — AREVA/Repower)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 85/04)

On 2 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 32007M4570. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4589 — Delta Lloyd/Erasmus Groep)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 85/05)

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 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 32007M4589. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 431/2007 of 19 April 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: 2007-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, white sugar

20.4.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 103/47

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 431/2007

of 19 April 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 30 March 2007
to the products listed in the Annex, exported in the form
of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, were
fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 353/2007 (2).

It follows from applying the rules and criteria contained
in Regulation (EC) No 353/2007 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 353/2007 are
hereby altered as shown in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 April 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 April 2007.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President

(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 247/2007 (OJ L 69, 9.3.2007,
p. 3).

(2) OJ L 90, 30.3.2007, p. 45.

L 103/48

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.4.2007

Rates of refunds applicable from 20 April 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

29,17

Other

29,17

(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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

19.4.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 85/13

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

18 April 2007

(2007/C 85/06)

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

1,3577

RON

Romanian leu

160,77

7,4536

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,67730

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,3305

33,458

1,8356

1,6291

1,5386

10,6045

1,8342

2,0519

KRW South Korean won

1 261,30

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

9,5950

10,4839

7,4061

12 341,49

4,6542

64,525

34,9720

44,100

9,2176

1,6367

88,44

8,1100

1,9558

0,5813

27,992

15,6466

246,10

3,4528

0,7040

0,4293

3,8078

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 430/2007 of 19 April 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: 2007-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, award of contract, export refund, intervention agency, white sugar

L 103/46

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.4.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 430/2007

of 19 April 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
18 April 2007,
is appropriate to fix a maximum
export refund for that partial invitation to tender.

it

(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 18 April 2007,
referred
refund for
the maximum export
to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 38/2007 shall be
392,50 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 20 April 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 April 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

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 247/2007 (OJ L 69, 9.3.2007,
p .3).

(2) OJ L 11, 18.1.2007, p. 4. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC)

No 203/2007 (OJ L 61, 28.2.2006, p. 3).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 424/2007 of 19 April 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

L 103/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.4.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 424/2007

of 19 April 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 20 April 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 April 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).

20.4.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 103/25

to Commission Regulation of 19 April 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)

MA
TN
TR
ZZ

JO
MA
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

EG
ZZ

EG
IL
MA
TN
ZZ

IL
TR
ZZ

AR
BR
CA
CL
CN
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

AR
CL
ZA
ZZ

59,2
139,0
146,3
114,8

171,8
54,4
156,4
127,5

35,8
75,5
55,7

242,2
242,2

41,3
69,3
44,6
53,0
52,1

57,2
52,9
55,1

82,2
82,4
105,7
90,8
91,9
129,8
130,8
79,6
89,5
98,1

77,4
86,5
90,3
84,7

(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’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4570 — AREVA/Repower) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy industry, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, wind energy

C 85/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.4.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4570 — AREVA/Repower)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 85/04)

On 2 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 32007M4570. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4589 — Delta Lloyd/Erasmus Groep)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 85/05)

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 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 32007M4589. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions given at its 382nd meeting on 18 October 2004 concerning a preliminary draft decision in case COMP/C.38.238/B.2 — Raw Tobacco Spain
Date: 2007-04-19
Institutions: Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions
Subjects: Spain, advisory committee (EU), cartel, fine, opinion (EU), restriction on competition, tobacco, unlawful agreement

19.4.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 85/15

Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions given at
its 382nd meeting on 18 October 2004 concerning a preliminary draft decision in case
COMP/C.38.238/B.2 — Raw Tobacco Spain

(2007/C 85/08)

1. The majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the basic amounts of the fines.

A minority abstains.

2. The majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the increase of the basic

amount due to aggravating circumstances. A minority abstains.

3. The majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the reduction of the basic

amount due to attenuating circumstances. A minority abstains.

4. The majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the amounts of reduction of
the fines based on the 1996 Commission notice on the non-imposition or reduction of fines in cartel
cases. A minority abstains.

5. The majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the final amounts of the fines.

A minority abstains.

6. The Advisory Committee recommends the publication of its opinion in the Official Journal of the European

Union.

7. The Advisory Committee asks the Commission to take into account all the other points raised during the

discussion.