do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4671 — UTC/Initial Electronic Security Group) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-05-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building safety, economic concentration, electronic equipment, exchange of information, fire protection, merger control

C 116/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.5.2007

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4671 — UTC/Initial Electronic Security Group)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 116/12)

1.
On 16 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 undertaking United Technologies
Corporation (‘UTC’, United States) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
control of the whole of Rentokil Initial plc's Electronic Security Group (‘Initial ESG’, United Kingdom) by
way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for UTC: diversified group active in the provision of products and services for the building systems and

aerospace, including electronic security, monitoring, fire detection and suppression systems;

— for Initial ESG: provision of electronic security and fire detection and alarm systems and related services.

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.4671 — UTC/Initial Electronic Security Group, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4628 — Salzgitter/Vallourec Précision Etirage/Werk Zeithain) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-05-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, ingot, iron and steel industry, merger control, steel, tube

C 116/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.5.2007

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4628 — Salzgitter/Vallourec Précision Etirage/Werk Zeithain)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 116/10)

On 21 May 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
1.
Article 4 of Council Regulation No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Salzgitter AG (‘Salzgitter’,
Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of
the undertaking Vallourec Précision Etirage S.A.S. (‘VPE’, France) controlled by Vallourec SA (‘Vallourec’,
France) by purchase of shares and over the steel plant of V&M Deutschland GmbH based in Zeithain, (‘Werk
Zeithain’, Germany), by way of purchase of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Salzgitter: production and sale of various steel products,

including steel tubes, and provision of

related services;

— for Vallourec: production and sale of steel tubes for gas, energy, automotive, petrochemistry and engi-

neering applications;

— for VPE: production and sale of precision steel tubes;

— for Werk Zeithain: production of seamless hollows.

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.4628 — Salzgitter/Vallourec Précision Etirage/Werk Zeithain, 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4559 — Balfour Beatty/Galaxy/Exeter Airport) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-05-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: airport, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, transport company

26.5.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 116/7

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4559 — Balfour Beatty/Galaxy/Exeter Airport)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 116/05)

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 32007M4559. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4665 — The Apollo Group/Claire's Stores)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 116/06)

On 22 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 32007M4665. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-05-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 116/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.5.2007

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

25 May 2007

(2007/C 116/07)

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

1,3441

RON

Romanian leu

163,50

7,4518

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,67750

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,2724

34,025

1,7885

1,6399

1,4570

10,5146

1,8506

2,0546

KRW South Korean won

1 247,66

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

9,5780

10,2860

7,3128

11 760,88

4,5578

61,963

34,8120

44,057

9,1912

1,6499

83,47

8,0945

1,9558

0,5832

28,308

15,6466

249,83

3,4528

0,6961

0,4293

3,8105

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-99/07 P: Appeal brought on 29 March 2007 by Commission of the European Communities against the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal delivered on 16 January 2007 in Case F-92/05, Genette v Commission
Date: 2007-05-26
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: Belgium, European Commission, European official, appeal, regulations for civil servants, transfer of pension rights

C 117/34

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.5.2007

Appeal brought on 29 March 2007 by Commission of the
European Communities
the
against
Civil Service Tribunal delivered on 16 January 2007 in
Case F-92/05, Genette v Commission

the judgment of

(Case T-99/07 P)

(2007/C 117/53)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Appellant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by V. Joris and D. Martin, Agents)

Other party to the proceedings: Emmanuel Genette, Kingdom of
Belgium

Form of order sought by the appellant

— annulment of the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of

16 January 2007 in Case F-92/05;

— a declaration that the action is inadmissible;

— a decision that each of the parties is to bear its own costs in
these proceedings and those brought before the Civil Service
Tribunal.

Pleas in law and main arguments

By judgment of 16 January 2007 in Case F-92/05 Genette v
Commission, the Civil Service Tribunal (CST) upheld the action
brought by Mr Genette for the annulment of the Commission

decision of 25 January 2005 denying him, first, authorisation to
withdraw the application for the transfer of his pension rights
acquired in Belgian pension schemes, which he submitted in
2001, and, secondly, authorisation to apply for a fresh transfer
of his pension rights.

In its appeal, the Commission first raises the issue of the admis-
sibility of the initial action. It submits that the Court of First
Instance ruled ultra petita, by changing the subject-matter of the
dispute, and that it made errors of assessment in its examination
of the alleged new facts on which the applicant at first instance
relied in order to justify the time-limits being re-opened for its
benefit. The Commission maintains
the CST had
correctly assessed both the subject-matter of the proceedings as
defined in the application at first instance and the alleged new
facts relied on by the applicant, it would have been bound to
declare the action inadmissible. The Commission therefore
claims that the CST exceeded the limits of its jurisdiction and
that it also infringed its rights of defence, since it ruled on
several issues without allowing the Commission to submit its
arguments.

that,

if

In support of its appeal
in respect of the assessment of the
substance of the case made by the CST in the judgment under
appeal, the Commission puts forward several pleas alleging the
CST's infringement of various provisions of Community law, in
particular of the Staff Regulations, and principles of case-law, in
so far as the judgment under appeal allows, in its opinion, the
withdrawal of legal measures and, in the alternative, infringes
the Commission's independent right not to withdraw contested
decisions.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4665 — The Apollo Group/Claire's Stores) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-05-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United States, cosmetic product, economic concentration, investment company, jewellery and goldsmith's articles, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, retail trade

26.5.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 116/7

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4559 — Balfour Beatty/Galaxy/Exeter Airport)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 116/05)

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 32007M4559. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4665 — The Apollo Group/Claire's Stores)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 116/06)

On 22 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 32007M4665. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 576/2007 of 25 May 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-05-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

26.5.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 135/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 576/2007

of 25 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 26 May 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 25 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 135/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.5.2007

to Commission Regulation of 25 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

0809 20 95

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

MA
TR
ZZ

JO
TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

EG
IL
MA
ZZ

AR
ZA
ZZ

AR
BR
CL
CN
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

TR
US
ZZ

39,1
106,2
72,7

151,2
139,8
145,5

99,7
99,7

46,5
42,8
46,7
45,3

32,4
66,9
49,7

92,4
77,3
79,2
90,8
113,7
130,3
73,3
96,0
94,1

497,4
325,0
411,2

(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.4609 — Shell/Coller Capital/STV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-05-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, gas, investment transaction, merger control, oil industry, petrochemicals, prospective technological studies, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 116/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.5.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4608 — Siemens/UGS Corporation)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 116/03)

On 27 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 32007M4608. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4609 — Shell/Coller Capital/STV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 116/04)

On 29 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 32007M4609. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4486 — Leitner/Strabag/Nordpark) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-05-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cable transport, economic concentration, exchange of information, holding company, merger control

26.5.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 116/17

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4486 — Leitner/Strabag/Nordpark)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 116/11)

1.
On 21 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 undertaking A-WAY Infrastrukutrpro-
jekt-entwicklungs- und –betriebs GmbH (‘A-WAY’, Austria), part of the group STRABAG SE (‘STRABAG’,
Austria), and the undertaking Leitner GmbH, part of the group Leitner SpA (‘Leitner group’, Italy), acquire
within the meaning of Article 3 (1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Nordpark
Errichtungs- und Betriebs GmbH (‘Nordpark’), a company previously solely controlled by A-WAY, by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Leitner group: construction of cablecars, planning and building of wind power plants and passenger

transport systems;

— Leitner GmbH: construction of cablecars;

— STRABAG: construction sector;

— A-WAY: holding of Nordpark;

— Nordpark: building and operation of cablecars in the region of Innsbruck.

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.4486 — Leitner/Strabag/Nordpark, 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.4608 — Siemens/UGS Corporation) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-05-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: automation, economic concentration, financial market, information technology, intelligent transport system, merger control, product life, real property, restrictive-practice authorisation, software

C 116/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.5.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4608 — Siemens/UGS Corporation)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 116/03)

On 27 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 32007M4608. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4609 — Shell/Coller Capital/STV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 116/04)

On 29 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 32007M4609. EUR-Lex is the on-

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