do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

25.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 172/5

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

24 July 2007

(2007/C 172/05)

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

1,3833

RON

Romanian leu

167,22

7,4409

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,67070

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,1198

33,044

1,7092

1,5631

1,4456

10,8187

1,7103

2,0823

KRW South Korean won

1 264,47

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

9,4350

10,4612

7,2865

12 508,49

4,7053

61,972

35,1140

41,084

9,1775

1,6645

81,68

7,9135

1,9558

0,5842

28,183

15,6466

246,03

3,4528

0,6971

0,4293

3,7605

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4660 — MSREF/Hilton Hotels/Portfolio Hotels) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, economic concentration, financial institution, hotel industry, merger control, property market, restrictive-practice authorisation

25.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 172/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4673 — DB/STRABAG Invest)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 172/02)

On 6 July 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 32007M4673. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4660 — MSREF/Hilton Hotels/Portfolio Hotels)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 172/03)

On 10 July 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 32007M4660. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4673 — DB/STRABAG Invest) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, building materials, civil engineering, consultancy, disclosure of information, economic concentration, investment, merger control, real estate business, restrictive-practice authorisation

25.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 172/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4673 — DB/STRABAG Invest)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 172/02)

On 6 July 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 32007M4673. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4660 — MSREF/Hilton Hotels/Portfolio Hotels)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 172/03)

On 10 July 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 32007M4660. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4447 — Allianz/3i/Scandlines) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Baltic Sea, banking, carriage of passengers, economic concentration, exchange of information, ferryboat, freight rate, insurance, investment transaction, merger control

25.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 172/11

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4447 — Allianz/3i/Scandlines)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 172/09)

1.
On 16 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 ACP Vermögensverwaltung GmbH &
Co. KG Nr. 4c (‘ACP’, Germany), an entity ultimately controlled by the Allianz Group (‘Allianz’, Germany)
and 3i Group plc and investment funds managed by 3i Investments plc and 3i Gestion S.A. (together ‘3i’,
United Kingdom) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of
Scandlines AG (‘Scandlines’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Allianz: insurance services, banking and asset management,

— 3i: private equity investor,

— Scandlines: ferry transport services for passengers and freight in the Baltic Area.

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.4447 — Allianz/3i/Scandlines, 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 879/2007 of 25 July 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

26.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 194/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 879/2007

of 25 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:

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 July 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 25 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).

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Official Journal of the European Union

26.7.2007

to Commission Regulation of 25 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

0806 10 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)

TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

AR
UY
ZA
ZZ

BR
EG
MA
TR
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

90,5
90,5

95,7
95,7

87,5
87,5

64,0
64,7
66,7
65,1

161,0
159,8
217,2
174,0
178,0

87,8
90,0
101,7
94,2
79,1
102,0
105,8
36,3
102,6
88,8

60,7
80,0
119,1
140,9
105,6
101,3

174,2
174,2

324,1
288,1
300,1
304,1

151,5
151,5

73,7
73,7

(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’.
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
Date: 2007-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Monaco, commemoration, euro, issuing of currency, technical specification

C 172/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.7.2007

New national side of euro coins intended for circulation

(2007/C 172/06)

National side of Monaco's new commemorative 2-euro coin intended for circulation

Euro coins intended for circulation have legal tender status throughout the euro area. The Commission
publishes all new euro-coin designs with a view to informing all parties required to handle coins in the
course of their work as well as the public at large (1). In accordance with the Council conclusions of
8 December 2003 (2), euro-area Member States and those countries that have concluded a Monetary Agree-
ment with the Community providing for the issuing of euro coins are allowed to issue certain quantities of
commemorative euro coins for circulation on condition that not more than one new coin design is issued
per country per year and that only the 2-euro denomination is used. These coins have the technical features
of normal euro coins intended for circulation, but bear a commemorative design on the national side.

Issuing country: Monaco

Subject of commemoration: 25th anniversary of the death of Princess Grace

Description of the design: On the inner part of the coin there is an effigy of Princess Grace in profile
facing to the left.
is
engraved in an arc in the bottom right of the inner part. The name of the artist (R.B.BARON) is engraved
under the Princess's hair. The coin's outer ring depicts the twelve stars of the European flag.

‘MONACO’, followed by the mint mark, the year ‘2007’ and the engraver's mark,

Number of coins to be issued: 20 001 max.

Approximate date of issue: July 2007

Edge lettering: 2 ★★, repeated six times, alternately upright and inverted.

(1) See OJ C 373, 28 December 2001, p. 1 for the national sides of all the coins issued in 2002.
(2) See the conclusions of the Council (General Affairs) of 8 December 2003 on changes in the design of national sides of euro
coins. See also the Commission Recommendation of 29 September 2003 on a common practice for changes to the design
of national sides of euro circulation coins (OJ L 264, 15 October 2003, p. 38).
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: 2007-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, Spain, State aid, aid to undertakings, company in difficulties, control of State aid, heritage protection

25.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 172/1

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 172/01)

Date of adoption of the decision

23.4.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 832/06

Member State

Region

Italy

Valle d'Aosta

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Interventi regionali a favore di imprese in difficoltà

Legal basis

Orientamenti comunitari sugli aiuti di Stato per il salvataggio e la ristruttura-
zione di imprese in difficoltà

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Rescue of firms in difficulty, Restructuring of firms in difficulty

Soft loan, Guarantee, Provision of risk capital

Annual budget: EUR 0,5-2 million; Overall budget: EUR 4 million

—

Until 9.10.2009

Economic sectors

All sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Finaosta
Località Grand Chemin, 34
I-11020 Saint-Christophe — Aosta

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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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.7.2007

Date of adoption of the decision

13.6.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 132/07

Member State

Region

Spain

País Vasco

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Programa de ayudas para la consolidación, desarrollo y normalización de medios
de comunicación en euskera (Programa Hedabideak).

Legal basis

Orden, de 14 de febrero de 2007, de la Consejera de Cultura, por la que se
regula la concesión de subvenciones destinadas a la consolidación, desarrollo y
normalización de medios de comunicación en euskera (Convocatoria Hedabi-
deak, Boletín Oficial del País Vasco de 5 de marzo de 2007)

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Sectoral development, Heritage conservation

Direct grant

Annual budget: EUR 5,6 million; Overall budget: EUR 5,6 million

65 %

Until 31.12.2007

Economic sectors

Media

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Dirección de Promoción del Euskara; Viceconsejería de Política Lingüistica;
Departamento de Cultura
Donostia 1
E-01010 Victoria-Gasteiz, Álava, País Vasco

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/
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4788 — Rozier/BHS) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, economic concentration, exchange of information, health care, investment transaction, merger control, private investment, provision of services

C 172/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.7.2007

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4788 — Rozier/BHS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 172/08)

1.
On 16 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 Rozier Acquisition Limited
(‘Rozier’, UK) belonging to the Cinven Group (‘Cinven’, UK) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking BHS (Holdings) Limited (‘BHS’, UK) by way
of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Cinven: a private equity investments,

— for Rozier: acquisition vehicle,

— for BHS: providing acute hospital services in the UK to both the public and private sectors.

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.4788 — Rozier/BHS 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.4576 — AVR/Van Gansewinkel) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, private investment, provision of services, restrictive-practice authorisation, waste management

C 172/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.7.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4576 — AVR/Van Gansewinkel)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 172/04)

On 3 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 32007M4576. EUR-Lex is the

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