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Commission Regulation (EC) No 758/2007 of 29 June 2007 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 laying down detailed rules for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community
Date: 2007-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, accession to the European Union, aid to disadvantaged groups, food aid, foodstuff, intervention stock

30.6.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 172/47

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 758/2007

of 29 June 2007

amending Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 laying down detailed rules for the supply of food from
intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3730/87 of 10
December 1987 laying down the general rules for the supply of
food from intervention stocks to designated organisations for
distribution to the most deprived persons in the Community (1),
and in particular Article 6 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

The second subparagraph of Article 3(2) of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 (2) provides that 70 % of
the products allocated to a Member State must be
withdrawn from stock before 1 July in the year of imple-
mentation of the plan. Given the late participation of
Romania in the 2007 annual plan as a result of the
date of
that
its accession to the Community,
Member State there should be a derogation from that
requirement as regards the 2007 plan.

for

(2)

Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 should be amended
accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92, the second
subparagraph is replaced by the following:

‘70 % of the quantities referred to in Article 2(3)(1)(b) must
be withdrawn from stock before 1 July in the year of plan
implementation. However, this requirement shall not apply to
allocations of 500 tonnes or less. Nor shall this requirement
apply to products allocated to Romania under the 2007
annual plan. Any quantities that have not been withdrawn
from intervention stocks by 30 September in the year of plan
implementation shall no longer be allocated to the Member
State to which they were assigned under the plan in question.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 June 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 June 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 352, 15.12.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2535/95 (OJ L 260, 31.10.1995, p. 3).

(2) OJ L 313, 30.10.1992, p. 50. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 725/2007 (OJ L 165, 27.6.2007, p. 4).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4688 — Nestlé/Gerber) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: baby food, early childhood, economic concentration, exchange of information, food industry, manufactured goods, merger control, pharmaceutical industry

29.6.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 144/25

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4688 — Nestlé/Gerber)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 144/09)

On 22 June 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
1.
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Nestlé S.A.
(‘Nestlé’,
Switzerland) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the Gerber
business (‘Gerber, US’), belonging to Novartis AG (‘Novartis’, Switzerland), by way of purchase of shares and
assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Nestlé: the production, marketing and sale of a large variety of food and beverage products, including

baby food;

— for Gerber: production, marketing and sale of baby food, baby care and baby accessories;

— for Novartis: a major healthcare products company.

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.4688 — Nestlé/Gerber, 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.4674 — KKR/Stefano Pessina/Alliance Boots) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cosmetic product, economic concentration, investment transaction, merger control, pharmaceutical product, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 144/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

29.6.2007

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4569 — GE/Abbott Diagnostics Division)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 144/02)

On 24 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 32007M4569. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4674 — KKR/Stefano Pessina/Alliance Boots)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 144/03)

On 18 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 32007M4674. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 767/2007 of 29 June 2007 concerning the 34th special invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005, Chapter II
Date: 2007-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, concentrated product, cream, minimum price, sales aid, selling price

30.6.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 172/65

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 767/2007

of 29 June 2007

concerning the 34th special invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005, Chapter II

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk
and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

for

the

intervention agencies may

In accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No
1898/2005 of 9 November 2005 laying down detailed
rules
implementing Council Regulation (EC) No
1255/99 as regards measures for the disposal of cream,
butter and concentrated butter on the Community
market (2),
sell by
standing invitation to tender certain quantities of butter
of intervention stocks that they hold and may grant aid
for cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 25 of
that Regulation lays down that in the light of the tenders
invitation to
received in response to each individual
tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for
butter and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream,
butter and concentrated butter. It is further laid down

that the price or aid may vary according to the intended
use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation
procedure. The amount of
the processing security as
referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No
1898/2005 should be fixed accordingly.

On the basis of the examination of the offers received,
the tendering procedure should not proceed.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

(2)

(3)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 34th individual invitation to tender under the standing
invitation to tender provided for
in Regulation (EC) No
1898/2005 Chapter II,
the tendering procedure should not
proceed.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 June 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 29 June 2007.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

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

(2) OJ L 308, 25.11.2005, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2107/2005 (OJ L 337, 22.12.2005, p. 20).