do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4577 — Blackstone/Cardinal Health (PTS Division)) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-04-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commercial bank, economic concentration, medicinal product, merger control, pharmaceutical industry, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 91/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.4.2007

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4577 — Blackstone/Cardinal Health (PTS Division))

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 91/04)

On 3 April 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 32007M4577. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4594 — OEP/Arvinmeritor Emissions Technologies Business)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 91/05)

On 10 April 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 32007M4594. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-04-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

26.4.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 91/25

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

25 April 2007

(2007/C 91/06)

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

1,3649

RON

Romanian leu

161,95

7,4511

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,68100

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,3315

33,655

1,8168

1,6405

1,5298

10,6702

1,8321

2,0629

KRW South Korean won

1 264,92

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

9,5817

10,5317

7,3745

12 396,02

4,6686

64,498

35,0650

44,200

9,1746

1,6416

87,34

8,1640

1,9558

0,5820

28,106

15,6466

246,30

3,4528

0,7000

0,4293

3,7864

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
European Parliament legislative resolution of 26 April 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 89/391/EEC, its individual Directives and Council Directives 83/477/EEC, 91/383/EEC, 92/29/EEC and 94/33/EC with a view to simplifying and rationalising the reports on practical implementation (COM(2006)0390 - C6-0242/2006 - 2006/0127(COD))
Date: 2007-04-26
Institutions: Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: accident prevention, application of EU law, dissemination of information, humanisation of work, labour law, occupational health, occupational safety, report, worker participation, working time

C 74 E/734

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

20.3.2008

Thursday 26 April 2007

P6_TA(2007)0157

TEXTS ADOPTED

Directives concerning the protection of health and safety of workers: simplifying
and rationalising practical implementation reports ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 26 April 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the
European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 89/391/EEC, its individual
Directives and Council Directives 83/477/EEC, 91/383/EEC, 92/29/EEC and 94/33/EC with a view
implementation (COM(2006)0390 —
to simplifying and rationalising the reports on practical

C6-0242/2006 — 2006/0127(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2006)0390) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 137(2) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0242/2006),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A6-0059/2006);

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

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

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

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

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2006)0127

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 26 April 2007 with a view to the
adoption of Directive 2007/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council
Directive 89/391/EEC,
its individual Directives and Council Directives 83/477/EEC, 91/383/EEC,
92/29/EEC and 94/33/EC with a view to simplifying and rationalising the reports on
practical implementation

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the
final legislative act, Directive 2007/30/EC.)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4654 — IPR/Mitsui (UK Electricity generation business)) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-04-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: biomass, coal, economic concentration, electrical energy, exchange of information, merger control, raw material

C 91/42

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.4.2007

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4654 — IPR/Mitsui (UK Electricity generation business))

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 91/11)

1.
On 19 April 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 International Power plc
(‘IPR’, United Kingdom) and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (‘Mitsui’, Japan) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b)
of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertakings Deeside Power Development Company Limited
(‘Deeside’, United Kingdom), Rugeley Power Limited (‘Rugeley’, United Kingdom), International Power IQ
Limited (‘Indian Queens’, United Kingdom) and International Power Fuel Company Limited (‘IPFC’, United
Kingdom), currently solely controlled by IPR, by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company
constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for IPR: generation of electricity in the United Kingdom and in countries outside the EU;

— for Mitsui: trading in various commodity businesses worldwide;

— for Deeside, Rugeley and Indian Queens: generation of electricity in the United Kingdom;

— for IPFC: coal and biomass purchasing.

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.4654 — IPR/Mitsui
to the following
address:

(UK electricity generation business),

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.
Public holidays in 2007: EEA EFTA States and EEA institutions
Date: 2007-04-26
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EEA joint institution, EFTA countries, European Economic Area, public holiday

26.4.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 91/33

NOTICES CONCERNING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY

Public holidays in 2007: EEA EFTA States and EEA institutions

(2007/C 91/09)

2007

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

EFTA
Surveillance
Authority

EFTA Court

1 January

2 January

6 January

2 February

20 February

19 March

5 April

6 April

9 April

19 April

1 May

17 May

18 May

28 May

7 June

17 June

23 June

6 August

15 August

8 September

1 November

8 December

24 December

25 December

26 December

31 December

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Corrigendum to Decision 2006/609/EC fixing an indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the European territorial cooperation objective for the period 2007-2013 ( OJ L 247, 9.9.2006 )
Date: 2007-04-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, Structural Funds, commitment of expenditure, cross-border cooperation, eligible region

26.4.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 109/51

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Decision 2006/609/EC fixing an indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment
appropriations for the European territorial cooperation objective for the period 2007-2013

(Official Journal of the European Union L 247 of 9 September 2006)

Due to a material error (in table 1 of the Annex, two amounts concerning Latvia and Lithuania had been inversed), the
entries for Latvia and Lithuania in table 1 of the Annex to Decision 2006/609/EC of 4 August 2006 are hereby replaced
by the following:

On page 28, the entries for Latvia and Lithuania in table 1 of the Annex should read as follows:

TABLE 1 — Amount of appropriations (EUR, 2004 prices)

Member State

Regions eligible under the European territorial cooperation objective

Additional funding referred to in
Annex II of Council Regulation (EC)
No 1083/2006 under paragraph:

Cross-border

Internal

Transfer ENPI

Transfer IPA

Total

Transnational

§21

§22

‘Latvija

Lietuva

50 791 319

21 417 000

60 432 203

25 380 000

72 208 319

7 617 737

85 812 203

11 299 892’
Commission Regulation (EC) No 459/2007 of 26 April 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-04-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

27.4.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 110/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 459/2007

of 26 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:

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 27 April 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 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).

L 110/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.4.2007

to Commission Regulation of 26 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

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

TR
ZZ

CU
EG
IL
MA
TN
ZZ

AR
IL
TR
ZZ

AR
BR
CA
CL
CN
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

AR
CL
CN
ZA
ZZ

64,5
139,0
149,0
117,5

171,8
46,9
130,8
116,5

111,4
111,4

41,3
44,3
69,7
44,5
50,1
50,0

37,2
60,7
42,8
46,9

87,7
77,1
99,8
85,6
99,0
125,0
137,6
63,4
89,8
96,1

79,7
94,3
36,6
96,5
76,8

(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’.
European Parliament legislative resolution of 26 April 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a mechanism for the creation of Rapid Border Intervention Teams and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 as regards that mechanism (COM(2006)0401 - C6-0253/2006 - 2006/0140(COD))
Date: 2007-04-26
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: EU Member State, EU office or agency, cooperation policy, customs regulations, external border of the EU

20.3.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 74 E/749

Thursday 26 April 2007

P6_TA(2007)0162

Rapid Border Intervention Teams ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 26 April 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the
European Parliament and of the Council establishing a mechanism for the creation of Rapid Border
Intervention Teams and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 as regards that
mechanism (COM(2006)0401 — C6-0253/2006 — 2006/0140(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2006)0401) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 62(2)(a) and 66 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the

Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0253/2006),

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

— having regard to the report of

the Committee on Civil Liberties,

Justice and Home Affairs

(A6-0135/2007);

1.

2.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Approves the annexed declaration;

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

3.
substantially or replace it with another text;

4.

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

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2006)0140

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 26 April 2007 with a view to the
adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing
a mechanism for the creation of Rapid Border Intervention Teams and amending Council
Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 as regards that mechanism and regulating the tasks and powers of
guest officers

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the
final legislative act, Regulation (EC) No 863/2007.)
European Parliament legislative resolution of 26 April 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing common rules for the provision of basic information on Purchasing Power Parities and for their calculation and dissemination (COM(2006)0135 - C6-0100/2006 - 2006/0042(COD))
Date: 2007-04-26
Institutions: Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: disclosure of information, dissemination of information, purchasing power parity, statistical method, statistics

C 74 E/748

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

20.3.2008

Thursday 26 April 2007

P6_TA(2007)0161

Basic information on purchasing power parities ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 26 April 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the
European Parliament and of the Council establishing common rules for the provision of basic infor-
mation on Purchasing Power Parities and for their calculation and dissemination (COM(2006)0135
— C6-0100/2006 — 2006/0042(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2006)0135),

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

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0100/2006),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the opinion of

the Committee on Regional Development (A6-0077/2007);

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

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

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

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

P6_TC1-COD(2006)0042

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 26 April 2007 with a view to the
adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing
common rules for the provision of basic information on Purchasing Power Parities and for their
calculation and dissemination

(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 469/2007 of 26 April 2007 fixing production refunds on cereals
Date: 2007-04-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: barley, maize, oats, potato, production refund, starch, wheat

27.4.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 110/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 469/2007

of 26 April 2007

fixing production refunds on cereals

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 8(2) thereof,

(2)

(3)

The production refunds fixed in this Regulation should
be adjusted by the coefficients listed in the Annex II to
Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 to establish the exact
amount to be paid.

The Management Committee
for Cereals has not
delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
chairman,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 of 30 June
1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulations (EEC) No 1766/92 and (EEC) No
1418/76 concerning production refunds in the cereals
and rice sectors respectively (2) lays down the conditions
for granting production refunds. The basis for calculating
the refund is laid down in Article 3 of that Regulation.
The refund thus calculated, differentiated where necessary
for potato starch, must be fixed once a month and may
be amended if the price of maize and/or wheat changes
significantly.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The refund per tonne of starch referred to in Article 3(2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93, is hereby fixed at:

(a) EUR/tonne 0,00 for starch from maize, wheat, barley and

oats;

(b) EUR/tonne 0,00 for potato starch.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 April 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 April 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 159, 1.7.1993, p. 112. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1950/2005 (OJ L 312, 29.11.2005, p. 18).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 467/2007 of 26 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: 2007-04-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, award of contract, export refund, intervention agency, white sugar

L 110/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.4.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 467/2007

of 26 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
25 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 25 April 2007,
referred
refund for
the maximum export
to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 38/2007 shall be
399,50 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 27 April 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 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).