do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4649 — Charterhouse/ISTA) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: company with share capital, economic concentration, energy consumption, energy industry, investment, invoicing, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

15.5.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 109/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4649 — Charterhouse/ISTA)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 109/02)

On 8 May 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 32007M4649. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Notice inviting applications for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in part-block Q13b of the Dutch continental shelf
Date: 2007-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, continental shelf, energy site, hydrocarbon, mineral prospecting, petroleum exploration

15.5.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 109/27

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Notice inviting applications for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in part-block Q13b of
the Dutch continental shelf

(2007/C 109/14)

The Minister for Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands hereby gives notice that an application
has been received for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in part-block Q13b as indicated on the
map appended as Annex 3 to the Mining Regulation (Mijnbouwregeling) (Government Gazette (Staatscourant)
2002, No 245).

With reference to Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30
May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and
production of hydrocarbons (1) and the publication required by Article 15 of the Mining Act (Mijnbouwwet)
(Bulletin of Acts and Decrees (Staatsblad) 2002, No 542), the Minister for Economic Affairs hereby invites
interested parties to submit an application for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in part-block
Q13b.

The Minister for Economic Affairs is the competent authority for the granting of authorisations. The criteria,
conditions and requirements referred to in Articles 5(1), 5(2) and 6(2) of the Directive are set out in the
Mining Act (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees 2002, No 542).

Applications may be submitted during the 13 weeks following the publication of this notice in the Official
Journal of the European Union and should be sent to the Minister for Economic Affairs, for the attention of
the Director for the Energy Market, Bezuidenhoutseweg 30, The Hague, Netherlands, and marked ‘personal’.
Applications submitted after the expiry of this period will not be considered.

A decision on the applications will be taken not later than twelve months after this period has expired.

Further information can be obtained from the following telephone number: (31-70) 379 72 98.

(1) OJ L 164, 30.6.1994, p. 3.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 109/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.5.2007

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

14 May 2007

(2007/C 109/03)

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

1,3549

RON

Romanian leu

163,06

7,4513

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,68435

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,2760

33,584

1,8090

1,6276

1,5012

10,5852

1,8334

2,0539

KRW South Korean won

1 252,20

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

9,4204

10,4060

7,3185

11 923,12

4,6087

63,863

34,9440

45,240

9,2313

1,6515

86,23

8,1985

1,9558

0,5832

28,288

15,6466

247,23

3,4528

0,6963

0,4293

3,7648

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
2007/337/EC: Commission Decision of 15 May 2007 approving the systems of automatic suspension of fishing licences in respect of infringements, developed by Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom (notified under document number C(2007) 2036)
Date: 2007-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, fishing licence, fishing regulations, fishing rights

16.5.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 128/49

COMMISSION DECISION

of 15 May 2007

approving the systems of automatic suspension of fishing licences in respect of infringements,
developed by Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom

(notified under document number C(2007) 2036)

(Only the Danish, German and English texts are authentic)

(2007/337/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 of 21
December 2006 fixing for 2007 the fishing opportunities and
associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of
stocks, applicable in Community waters and for Community
vessels in waters where catch limitations are required (1), and
in particular point 8.1.(h) of Annex IIA thereto,

Having regard to the requests made by Denmark, Germany and
the United Kingdom,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Under Regulation (EC) No 41/2007, the development by
Member States of systems of automatic suspension of
fishing licences in respect of infringements constitutes a
condition which increases the maximum number of days
a fishing vessel may be present within the geographical
area defined in Annex IIA to that Regulation during the
period from 1 February 2007 to31 January 2008.

Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom have
provided information to the Commission on systems of
automatic suspension of fishing licences in respect of
infringements as regards vessels carrying on board the
of
to
fishing

point 4.1.(a)(v)

referred

gears

in

Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007, namely
trawls, Danish seines and similar gears, except beam
trawls, of mesh sizes equal to or larger than 120 mm.

(3)

In view of that information, the systems of automatic
suspension of
submitted by those
Member States should be approved as regards such
vessels,

fishing licences

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION

Article 1

fishing licences in
The systems of automatic suspension of
respect of
infringements, developed by Denmark, Germany
and the United Kingdom, are approved for the purposes of
point 8.1.(h) of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007
for vessels carrying on board trawls, Danish seines and similar
gears, except beam trawls, of mesh size equal to or larger than
120 mm.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark, the
Federal Republic of Germany and the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Done at Brussels, 15 May 2007.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 15, 20.1.2007, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 444/2007 (OJ L 106, 24.4.2007, p. 22).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 534/2007 of 15 May 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

16.5.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 128/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 534/2007

of 15 May 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

This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 May 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 15 May 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 128/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.5.2007

to Commission Regulation of 15 May 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

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

MA
TN
TR
ZZ

JO
MK
TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

EG
IL
MA
ZZ

AR
ZZ

AR
BR
CL
CN
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

41,9
81,0
102,4
75,1

171,8
35,1
124,8
110,6

110,7
110,7

43,3
65,0
44,8
51,0

51,4
51,4

108,9
75,1
85,1
94,5
119,2
126,5
64,3
86,7
95,0

(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’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4656 — Deutsche Bank/Aviva/Blackstone/Vitus) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commercial bank, consultancy, economic concentration, exchange of information, holding company, insurance, investment, merger control, property leasing

15.5.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 109/29

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4656 — Deutsche Bank/Aviva/Blackstone/Vitus)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 109/16)

1.
On 2 May 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 Deutsche Bank AG
(‘Deutsche Bank’, Germany), Aviva plc (‘Aviva’, United Kingdom) and the Blackstone Group (‘Blackstone’,
United States) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the
Vitus Group (‘Vitus’, Germany), currently solely controlled by Blackstone, 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 Deutsche Bank: a global investment bank;

— for Aviva: a holding company of an insurance group;

— for Blackstone: mainly active in financial advisory services, private equity investing and property invest-

ment;

— for the Vitus Group: owning, managing and letting mostly residential property as well as some commer-
cial properties, the group comprises seven German real estate companies: BRE/GEWG GmbH — Düssel-
dorf, Beamten-Baugesellschaft Bremen GmbH — Bremen, Bremische Gesellschaft für Stadterneuerung,
Stadtentwickling und Wohnungsbau mbH — Bremen, Kieler Wohnungsbaubesellschaft mbH — Kiel,
GAB Gladbacher Baugesellschaft mbH — Mönchengladbach, RSTE Objektgesellschaft Whonanglagen für
Chemnitz mbH — Wuppertal and VITUS GmbH — Mönchengladbach.

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.4656 — Deutsche Bank/Aviva/Blackstone/Vitus, 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.
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, Spain, State aid, control of State aid, mass media, processing industry

15.5.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 109/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 109/01)

Date of adoption of the decision

28.2.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 892/06

Member State

Region

Finland

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Eriytetyt sähkön verokannat

Legal basis

Laki sähkön ja eräiden polttoaineiden valmisteverosta annetun lain muuttami-
sesta; annettu Helsingissä 1 päivänä joulukuuta 2006.

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Environmental protection

Tax rate reduction

Annual budget: EUR 220 million; Overall budget: EUR 1 100 million

—

28.2.2007-3.2.2011

Economic sectors

Manufacturing industry

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Valtiovarainministeriö

Other information

—

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be
found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

C 109/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.5.2007

Date of adoption of the decision

7.3.2007

Reference number of the aid

NN 8/07 (ex N 840/06)

Member State

Region

Spain

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Financiamiento de las medidas de reducción de plantilla de RTVE

Legal basis

Ley 17/2006 de 5 de junio, de la radio y la televisión de titularidad estatal

Real Decreto legislativo 1/1995 de 24 de marzo, por el que se aprueba el Esta-
tuto de los Trabajadores

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Services of general economic interest

Direct grant

Overall budget: EUR 1 300 million

100 %

1.1.2007-31.12.2022

Economic sectors

Media

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda
Calle Alcalá, 9
E-8071 Madrid

Other information

—

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be
found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/
Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2007/319/EC of 8 September 2006 on State aid C 45/04 (ex NN 62/04) in favour of the Czech steel producer Třinecké železárny, a. s. ( OJ L 119, 9.5.2007 )
Date: 2007-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, State aid, aid for restructuring, control of State aid, iron and steel industry

15.5.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 125/31

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2007/319/EC of 8 September 2006 on State aid C 45/04 (ex NN 62/04) in
favour of the Czech steel producer Třinecké železárny, a. s.
(Official Journal of the European Union L 119 of 9 May 2007)

In the Table of Contents, in the title on page 37 and in the signature on page 44:

for:

‘8 September 2006’;

read:

‘8 November 2006’.