do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4612 — Accor/Pierre et Vacances/NewCity JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-06-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, hotel industry, merger control, provision of services, tourism

13.6.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 131/21

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4612 — Accor/Pierre et Vacances/NewCity JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 131/12)

1.
On 31 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 group Accor (‘Accor’, France) and the
group Pierre et Vacances (‘Pierre et Vacances’, France), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking NewCity (‘NewCity’, France) by way of purchase of
shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Accor: undertaking active in hotels and in the conception and provision of services to companies and

local authorities;

— Pierre et Vacances: undertaking active in the promotion, construction and commercialisation of tourist
residences, the rental of furnished holiday flats and the management of leisure and urban residences.

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.4612 — Accor/Pierre et Vacances/NewCity JV, 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.4666 — KKR/First Data) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-06-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronic commerce, investment transaction, merger control, payment, restrictive-practice authorisation

13.6.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 131/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4666 — KKR/First Data)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 131/01)

On 1 June 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 32007M4666. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for employment (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-06-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, State aid, control of State aid, employment aid, exchange of information

C 131/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.6.2007

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State
aid for employment

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 131/06)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XE 15/07

France

Alsace

Title of aid scheme

Aide régionale aux bassins en revitalisation économique — ARBRE

Legal basis

Budget

Règlement d'exemption (CE) no 2204/2002 prolongé par le règlement (CE)
no 1976/2006

Annual budget: EUR 3 million; Overall budget: —

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(5), 5 and 6 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

Duration

Objective

1.3.2007

30.6.2008

Article 4: Creation of employment; Article 5: Recruitment of disadvantaged and
disabled workers; Article 6: Employment of disabled workers

Economic sectors

All Community sectors (1) eligible for employment aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministère de l'industrie/DGE
12, rue Villiot
F-75572 Paris CEDEX 12

(1) With the exception of the shipbuilding sector and other sectors subject to special rules in regulations and directives governing all State

aid within the sector.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-06-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 131/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.6.2007

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

12 June 2007

(2007/C 131/02)

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

1,3345

RON

Romanian leu

162,56

7,4481

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,67600

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,2604

34,227

1,7816

1,5845

1,4175

10,4304

1,7753

2,0532

KRW South Korean won

1 240,48

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

9,6158

10,2004

7,3305

11 983,81

4,5960

61,614

34,6920

43,471

9,3923

1,6556

84,72

8,1115

1,9558

0,5835

28,462

15,6466

252,94

3,4528

0,6959

0,4293

3,8282

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 654/2007 of 13 June 2007 on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
Date: 2007-06-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, fresh meat, frozen product, import licence, product quality, refrigerated product

14.6.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 153/25

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 654/2007

of 13 June 2007

on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
beef and veal (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 of
27 May 1997 opening and providing for the administration of
tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and
for frozen buffalo meat (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 936/97 provides in Articles 4 and 5
the conditions for applications and for the issue of
import licences for meat referred to in Article 2(f).

Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 fixes the
amount of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and
veal meeting the definition laid down therein which may

be imported on special terms for the period 1 July 2006
to 30 June 2007 at 11 500 t.

(3)

It should be recalled that licences issued pursuant to this
Regulation will, throughout
the period of validity, be
open for use only in so far as provisions on health
protection in force permit,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

All applications for import licences from 1 to 5 June 2007 for
high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal as referred to
in Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 shall be granted in
full.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 June 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 13 June 2007.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

(2) OJ L 137, 28.5.1997, p. 10. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 317/2007 (OJ L 84, 24.3.2007, p. 4).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4662 — Syniverse/BSG (wireless business)) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-06-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: data processing, economic concentration, electronic money, exchange of information, investment transaction, merger control, private investment, provision of services, radio telecommunications

13.6.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 131/19

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4662 — Syniverse/BSG (wireless business))

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 131/10)

1.
On 5 June 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 Syniverse Technologies, Inc (‘Syniverse’, USA) controlled by GTCR Golder Rauner,
LLC (‘GTCR’, USA) acquire(s) within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the
wireless business of Billing Services Group Limited (‘BSG Target Business’, United Kingdom) by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for GTCR: private equity investment firm;

— for Syniverse: global provider of technology services to wireless telecommunications companies including

roaming data clearing; number portability solutions; and various other interoperability solutions;

— for BSG Target Business: global provider of payment processing, data clearing, financial settlement and

risk management solutions for wireless communication service providers.

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.4662 — Syniverse/BSG (wireless business) 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 650/2007 of 13 June 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-06-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

14.6.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 153/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 650/2007

of 13 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:

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 14 June 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 13 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 153/2

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14.6.2007

to Commission Regulation of 13 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

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

MA
TR
ZZ

JO
TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

AR
ZA
ZZ

AR
BR
CA
CL
CN
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

IL
TR
ZZ

TR
US
ZZ

CL
IL
ZZ

46,7
95,5
71,1

151,2
94,5
122,9

95,3
95,3

49,7
62,9
56,3

92,9
81,3
102,0
79,7
93,8
109,6
109,8
55,1
98,3
91,4

155,5
204,2
179,9

352,5
308,9
330,7

134,4
204,2
169,3

(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.4722 — PAI/Kaufman & Broad) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-06-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, investment transaction, merger control, real estate business

C 131/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.6.2007

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4722 — PAI/Kaufman & Broad)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 131/11)

1.
On 5 June 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 PAI partners S.A.S. (‘PAI’,
France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the
undertaking Kaufman & Broad S.A. (‘Kaufman & Broad’, France) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for PAI: private equity fund;

— for Kaufman & Broad is active in the real estate sector and involved in all stages of the real estate devel-

opment process.

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.4722 — PAI/Kaufman & Broad 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.