do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4714 — Oaktree/Duquesne/TI Automotive) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-06-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control, motor vehicle industry, technology

5.6.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 123/7

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4714 — Oaktree/Duquesne/TI Automotive)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 123/05)

1.
On 25 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 Oaktree Capital Manage-
ment, LLC (‘Oaktree’, USA) and Duquesne Capital Management, L.L.C. (‘Duquesne’, USA) acquire within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of TI Automotive Limited (‘TI Automo-
tive’, United Kingdom) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Oaktree: investment management,

— for Duquesne: investment management,

— for TI Automotive: manufacture and supply of fuel storage and delivery systems and components to the

automotive industry.

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.4714 — Oaktree/Duquesne/TI Automotive, 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.
2007/548/EC: Council Decision of 5 June 2007 on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
Date: 2007-06-05
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, European Community, Georgia, Romania, accession to the European Union, cooperation agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement

L 202/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.8.2007

COUNCIL DECISION

of 5 June 2007

on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation
Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and
Georgia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and
Romania to the European Union

(2007/548/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 44(2), the third sentence
of Article 47(2), and Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133
and 181a, in conjunction with the second sentence of the first
subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Republic of
Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of
Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,

the Republic of

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(3)

The Protocol should be applied on a provisional basis
from 1 January 2007, pending completion of
the
relevant procedures for its formal conclusion,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the European
to the
Communities and their Member States,
Partnership
the
European Communities and their Member States, of the one
part, and Georgia, of the other part, to take account of the
accession of
the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the
European Union, subject to possible conclusion at a later stage.

Cooperation Agreement

the Protocol

between

and

Whereas:

The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision (1).

(1)

the Council authorised the
On 23 October 2006,
Commission, on behalf of
the Community and its
Member States, to negotiate with Georgia a Protocol to
the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the
one part, and Georgia, of the other part, to take account
of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania
to the European Union.

(2)

Subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, the
Protocol should be signed on behalf of the European
Communities and their Member States.

Article 2

Pending its entry into force, the Protocol shall be applied on a
provisional basis from 1 January 2007.

Done at Luxembourg, 5 June 2007.

For the Council
The President

P. STEINBRÜCK

(1) See page 31 of this Official Journal.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4300 — Philips/Intermagnetics) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-06-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electro-magnetic equipment, electronic equipment, marketing, medical device, merger control, research and development, restrictive-practice authorisation

5.6.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 123/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4300 — Philips/Intermagnetics)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 123/01)

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 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 32006M4300. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping and countervailing measures
Date: 2007-06-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Indonesia, anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, countervailing charge, import, office supplies, originating product

C 123/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.6.2007

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON
COMMERCIAL POLICY

COMMISSION

Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping and countervailing measures

(2007/C 123/04)

Further to the publication of a notice of impending expiry (1), following which no request for a review was
received, the Commission gives notice that the anti-dumping and countervailing measures mentioned below
will shortly expire.

This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22
December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Com-
munity (2) and with Article 18(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 of 6 October 1997 on protection against
subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Community (3).

Product

Country(ies) of
origin or
exportation

Measures

Reference

Date of expiry

Ring binder mechanisms

Indonesia

Anti-dumping duty

Regulation

No
Council
976/2002 (OJ L 150, 8.6.2002,
p. 1)

(EC)

Ring binder mechanisms

Indonesia

Countervailing duty Council

Regulation

No
977/2002 (OJ L 150, 8.6.2002,
p. 17)

(EC)

8.6.2007

8.6.2007

(1) OJ C 228, 22.9.2006, p. 2.
(2) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2117/2005 (OJ L 340, 23.12.2005, p.

17).

(3) OJ L 288, 21.10.1997, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 461/2004 (OJ L 77, 13.3.2004, p.

12).
2007/547/EC: Council Decision of 5 June 2007 on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
Date: 2007-06-05
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Armenia, Bulgaria, European Community, Romania, accession to the European Union, cooperation agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement

3.8.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 202/25

COUNCIL DECISION

of 5 June 2007

on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation
Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and
the Republic of Armenia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of
Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union

(2007/547/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 44(2), the third sentence
of Article 47(2), and Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133
and 181a, in conjunction with the second sentence of the first
subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Republic of
Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of
Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,

the Republic of

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

the Council authorised the
On 23 October 2006,
the Community and its
Commission, on behalf of
Member States,
to negotiate with the Republic of
Armenia a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation
Agreement between the European Communities and their
Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of
Armenia, of
the
accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to
the European Union.

to take account of

the other part,

(3)

The Protocol should be applied on a provisional basis
from 1 January 2007, pending completion of
the
relevant procedures for its formal conclusion,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

and

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the European
to the
Communities and their Member States,
Partnership
the
European Communities and their Member States, of the one
part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part, to take
account of
the Republic of Bulgaria and
Romania to the European Union, subject to possible conclusion
at a later stage.

Cooperation Agreement

the accession of

the Protocol

between

The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision (1).

Article 2

Pending its entry into force, the Protocol shall be applied on a
provisional basis from 1 January 2007.

Done at Luxembourg, 5 June 2007.

(2)

Subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, the
Protocol should be signed on behalf of the European
Communities and their Member States.

For the Council
The President

P. STEINBRÜCK

(1) See page 26 of this Official Journal.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4650 — Porsche/Volkswagen) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-06-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, motor vehicle industry

C 123/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.6.2007

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4650 — Porsche/Volkswagen)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 123/06)

1.
On 25 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 Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
(‘Porsche’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the
whole of the Volkswagen AG (‘Volkswagen’, Germany) by way of public bid announced on 30 April 2007.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Porsche: Manufacture and distribution of passenger cars;

— Volkswagen: Manufacture and distribution of passenger cars and commercial vehicles.

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.4650 — Porsche/Volkswagen, 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-06-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 123/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.6.2007

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

4 June 2007

(2007/C 123/02)

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

1,3482

RON

Romanian leu

164,34

7,4491

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,67795

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,2595

33,845

1,7670

1,6177

1,4252

10,5223

1,8071

2,0618

KRW South Korean won

1 251,06

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

9,6080

10,3153

7,3472

11 830,46

4,5778

61,491

34,8690

44,345

9,3243

1,6504

84,25

8,1085

1,9558

0,5832

28,323

15,6466

249,80

3,4528

0,6962

0,4293

3,7957

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 619/2007 of 5 June 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-06-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

6.6.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 143/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 619/2007

of 5 June 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

This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 June 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 5 June 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 143/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.6.2007

to Commission Regulation of 5 June 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 50 10

0808 10 80

0809 10 00

0809 20 95

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

MA
TR
ZZ

JO
TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

AR
ZA
ZZ

AR
BR
CL
CN
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

IL
TR
ZZ

TR
US
ZZ

28,8
120,2
74,5

167,1
131,2
149,2

91,9
91,9

44,2
55,7
50,0

96,1
73,7
83,6
69,1
111,2
99,0
72,8
99,1
88,1

195,9
221,4
208,7

357,3
284,2
320,8

(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’.
2007/800/EC: Council Decision of 5 June 2007 on the signing of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Turkey on the participation of the Republic of Turkey in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
Date: 2007-06-05
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Türkiye, access to EU information, agreement (EU), financial regulation, parliamentary immunity, pre-accession strategy, regulations for civil servants

8.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 323/23

COUNCIL DECISION

of 5 June 2007

on the signing of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Turkey on
the participation of the Republic of Turkey in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for
Drugs and Drug Addiction

(2007/800/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 152 in conjunction with
the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2)
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Regulation (EEC) No 302/93 of 8 February 1993
on the establishment of a European Monitoring Centre
for Drugs and Drug Addiction (1) provides, in Article 13
thereof, that the Centre is to be open to the participation
of non-Community countries which share the Com-
munity's interests and those of
its Member States in
the Centre's objectives and work.

the
The Commission has negotiated, on behalf of
Community,
an Agreement with the Republic of
Turkey on the participation of the Republic of Turkey
the European Monitoring Centre for
in the work of
Drugs and Drug Addiction.

Subject
to its conclusion,
signed on behalf of the Community,

the Agreement should be

Article 1

signing of

the Agreement between the European
The
Community and the Republic of Turkey on the participation
of the Republic of Turkey in the work of the European Moni-
toring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction is hereby approved
on behalf of the Community, subject to the Council Decision
concerning the conclusion of the said Agreement.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of
the Community, subject to its conclusion.

Done at Luxembourg, 5 June 2007.

For the Council
The President

P. STEINBRÜCK

(1) OJ L 36, 12.2.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1651/2003 (OJ L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 30).