do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

20.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 166/11

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

19 July 2007

(2007/C 166/05)

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

1,382

RON

Romanian leu

168,66

7,441

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,67455

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,1275

33,15

1,7525

1,5722

1,442

10,808

1,7433

2,0905

KRW South Korean won

1 265,84

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

9,508

10,4523

7,2876

12 562,38

4,7506

61,983

35,108

41,384

9,1757

1,6585

82,23

7,9035

1,9558

0,5842

28,281

15,6466

245,87

3,4528

0,6969

0,4293

3,757

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4822 — Advent/Takko) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: clothing industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control

20.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 166/29

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4822 — Advent/Takko)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 166/13)

1.
On 13 July 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 Advent International
Corporation (‘AIC’ referred as ‘Advent’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council
Regulation sole control of the undertaking Takko Holding GmbH (‘Takko’, Germany) by way of purchase of
shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Advent: private equity investor;

— for Takko: distribution and sale of fashion apparel and related accessories in the low-price segment.

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.4822 — Advent/Takko, 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.
Statement issued by the French delegation on the occasion of the Council Decision authorising the Presidency to sign the draft reply to the letter from the US Secretary of the Treasury regarding access to SWIFT data
Date: 2007-07-20
Institutions: France
Subjects: European Union, United States, data protection, disclosure of information, exchange of information, financing, terrorism

20.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 166/27

Statement issued by the French delegation on the occasion of the Council Decision authorising the
Presidency to sign the draft reply to the letter from the US Secretary of the Treasury regarding
access to SWIFT data

(2007/C 166/11)

The French delegation has requested that the following statement be entered in the minutes of the Council
adopting the abovementioned ‘A’ item, and that it be published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(‘C’ series):

‘France accepts the signature by the Presidency of the Council of the letter referred to in 10741/07 JAI 319
ECOFIN 270 ADD 1 REV 1 RESTREINT UE, insofar as the Commission and the Council Legal Service confirm
(see DS 568/2/07 REV 2 and 10908/07) that the commitments by the US authorities, SWIFT's compliance
with Safe Harbour principles, and the procedure followed by the Commission and the Council will ensure that Com-
munity provisions on data protection are complied with. The French delegation stresses the role which will fall to
the eminent European in checking that the US authorities' undertakings are carried out, and considers that Coreper
must be kept closely informed of the proper performance of that mission.’

The Council is therefore invited to decide that this statement should be published in Official Journal of the
European Union (‘C’ series), together with the texts referred to in paragraph 3 of 11039/07 JAI 341
ECOFIN 287.
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: 2007-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, State aid, control of State aid, employment aid, executive, recruitment

C 166/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.7.2007

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regu-
lation (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 166/07)

XE 17/07

France

Toutes les régions de France métropolitaine et les départements d'outre-mer

Aid No

Member State

Region

Title of aid scheme

Aide au recrutement de cadre

Legal basis

Règlement d'exemption (CE) no 2204/2002 prolongé par le règlement (CE)
no 1976/2006
Pour les collectivités territoriales: articles L. 1511-2 et L. 1511-3 du Code
général des collectivités territoriales (CGCT) — Pour l'État, articles L. 2251-1,
L. 3231-1, L. 4211-1 du CGCT.

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 13 million; Overall budget: —

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

Duration

Objective

1.5.2007

30.6.2008

Art. 4 Creation of employment; Art. 5 Recruitment of disadvantaged and
disabled workers; Art. 6 Employment of disabled workers

Economic sectors

All Community sectors (1) eligible for employment aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Soit le Ministère de l'industrie/DGE, soit les collectivités territoriales, chacun en
ce qui le concerne.
Pour le 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.
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: 2007-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, Germany, State aid, aid to undertakings, company in difficulties, control of State aid

C 166/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.7.2007

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 166/02)

Date of adoption of the decision

27.6.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 252/07

Member State

Region

Denmark

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Forebyggelsesfonden

Legal basis

Lov nr. 87 af 30. januar 2007 om Forebyggelsesfonden

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Aid scheme

Public Health

Direct grant

Overall budget: DKK 3 000 million

Up to 100 %

15.9.2007-1.2.2017

Economic sectors

All sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Sekretariatet for Forebyggelsesfonden
Landskronagade 22
DK-2100 København Ø

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/

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 166/5

Date of adoption of the decision

8.6.2007

Reference number of the aid

Member State

Region

N 258/07

Germany

Land Hessen

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Rettungsbeihilfe zugunsten der Erich Rohde KG

Legal basis

Gesetz über die Feststellung des Haushaltsplans des Landes Hessen für das
Haushaltsjahr 2007, Richtlinien für die Übernahme von Bürgschaften und
Garantien durch das Land Hessen für gewerbliche Wirtschaft

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration (period)

Economic sectors

Rescue of firms in difficulty

Guarantee

Annual budget: EUR 2,25 million; Overall budget: EUR 2,25 million

—

6 months

Manufacturing industry

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Hessisches Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Verkehr und Landeswicklung
Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring 75
D-65185 Wiesbaden

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/
Reply from European Union to United States Treasury Department — SWIFT/Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme
Date: 2007-07-20
Institutions: European Union
Subjects: European Union, United States, data protection, disclosure of information, exchange of information, financing, terrorism

C 166/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.7.2007

Reply from European Union to United States Treasury Department — SWIFT/Terrorist Finance
Tracking Programme

(2007/C 166/10)

The European Union acknowledges receipt of your letter of 28th June containing representations regarding
the processing and protection of personal data subpoenaed from SWIFT within the United States under the
Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme.

We welcome these unilateral representations and the opportunity your Department has given the European
Union to have its views and concerns duly reflected in the representations.

Once SWIFT and the financial institutions making use of its services have completed the necessary arrange-
ments to respect EC law, in particular through the provision of information that personal data will be trans-
ferred for commercial purposes to the United States and, as regards SWIFT, the respect of the ‘Safe Harbour’
principles, subject
to lawful access by the US Treasury Department, SWIFT and the said financial
institutions will be in compliance with their respective legal responsibilities under European data protection
law.

The representations provide for oversight by an eminent European to be appointed in consultation with the
Treasury Department. We will now begin the process of identifying appropriate candidates so that this work
can begin in the first semester of 2008. The Commission will make contact with your staff to agree practical
details concerning this oversight work.

We thank you for your cooperation in this matter, which shows the strength of our shared commitment to
civil liberties, the fight against terrorism and the smooth functioning of the international financial system.

Yours sincerely,

For the Commission

Vice-President Frattini

For the Council of the European Union

Federal Minister of Finance Peer Steinbrück
Commission Regulation (EC) No 870/2007 of 20 July 2007 establishing a prohibition of fishing for cod in Baltic Sea subdivisions 25-32 (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of Germany
Date: 2007-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Baltic Sea, Germany, fishing rights, sea fish, ship's flag

L 192/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.7.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 870/2007

of 20 July 2007

establishing a prohibition of fishing for cod in Baltic Sea subdivisions 25-32 (EC waters) by vessels
flying the flag of Germany

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock
and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

regard

Having
to Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of
20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploi-
tation of
the Common Fisheries
Policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,

resources under

fisheries

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of
12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to
common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3)
thereof,

Whereas:

Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in
the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein
for 2007 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out
in that Annex.

Article 2

Prohibitions

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1941/2006 of 11 December
2006 fixing the fishing opportunities and associated
fish
conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of
stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea for 2007 (3),
lays
down quotas for 2007.

Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation
by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State
referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in
that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship
or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.

to

the

information

the
received
According
the stock referred to in the
Commission, catches of
Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of
or registered in the Member State referred to therein
have exhausted the quota allocated for 2007.

by

Article 3

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 July 2007.

For the Commission

Fokion FOTIADIS
Director-General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.
(2) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1967/2006 (OJ L 409, 30.12.2006, as last corrected
by OJ L 36, 8.2.2007, p. 6).
(3) OJ L 367, 22.12.2006, p. 1.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 192/21

No

Member State

Stock

Species

Zone

Date

ANNEX

20

Germany

COD/3DX32.

Cod (Gadus morhua)

Baltic Sea — Subdivisions 25-32 (EC waters)

4.7.2007
Commission Regulation (EC) No 857/2007 of 20 July 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

21.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 190/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 857/2007

of 20 July 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 21 July 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 20 July 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 756/2007 (OJ L 172, 30.6.2007, p. 41).

L 190/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.7.2007

to Commission Regulation of 20 July 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

0808 20 50

0809 10 00

0809 20 95

0809 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

MK
TR
ZZ

MK
TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

AR
UY
ZA
ZZ

AR
BR
CA
CL
CN
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

AR
CL
NZ
TR
ZA
ZZ

TR
ZZ

CA
TR
US
ZZ

TR
ZZ

IL
ZZ

52,4
106,7
79,6

68,1
145,6
106,9

87,6
87,6

55,2
55,7
61,2
57,4

89,3
89,3
101,7
85,0
87,0
99,5
105,3
36,3
97,9
87,9

70,7
82,3
99,2
138,6
112,3
100,6

174,3
174,3

324,1
287,4
354,3
321,9

163,9
163,9

135,2
135,2

(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.4708 — Gerresheimer/Chase/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, glass industry, merger control, pharmaceutical industry, restrictive-practice authorisation, scientific research

C 166/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.7.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4708 — Gerresheimer/Chase/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 166/03)

On 29 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 32007M4708. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4751 — STM/Intel/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronic component, electronics industry, exchange of information, merger control

C 166/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.7.2007

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4751 — STM/Intel/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 166/12)

1.
On 10 July 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 ST Microelectronics
(‘STM’, ITA-FRA) and Intel (‘Intel’, US) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regu-
lation joint control of Newco (The Netherlands), 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 STM: semiconductors;

— for Intel: design, development, manufacturing and market of microprocessors, chipsets, and other semi-

conductor components;

— for Newco: flash memory business (non-volatile memory).

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.4751 — STM/Intel/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.