do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4657 — Salzgitter/KW/RSE) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-07-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, holding company, iron and steel industry, merger control, preparation for market, restrictive-practice authorisation, textile machine

27.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 174/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4634 — Sabanci/Verbund/Enerjisa JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 174/01)

On 30 May 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 32007M4634. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4657 — Salzgitter/KW/RSE)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 174/02)

On 25 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 German 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 32007M4657. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4830 — CVC/Samsonite) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-07-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, personal effects, private investment, travel

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4830 — CVC/Samsonite)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 174/10)

1.
On 17 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 CVC Capital Partners
Group Sarl (‘CVC’, Luxembourg) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
control of the whole of the undertaking Samsonite Corporation (‘Samsonite’, USA) by way of purchase of
shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for CVC: private equity fund,

— for Samsonite: manufacture and sale of luggage and other travelling items.

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.4830 — CVC/Samsonite, 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.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 96/2007 of 27 July 2007 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
Date: 2007-07-27
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU financial instrument, civil defence, cooperation policy, emergency aid, financial aid

21.2.2008

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L 47/1

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(Other acts)

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 96/2007

of 27 July 2007

amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four
freedoms

THE EEA JOINT COMMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the
Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular
Articles 86 and 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Protocol 31 to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 89/2005 of
10 June 2005 (1).

It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement to include
Council Decision 2007/162/EC, Euratom of 5 March 2007 establishing a Civil Protection Financial
Instrument (2).

(3)

Protocol 31 to the Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended
cooperation to take place from 1 January 2007,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following subparagraph shall be added in Article 10(8) of Protocol 31 to the Agreement:

‘(c) Community acts which shall take effect from 1 January 2007:

— 32007 D 0162: Council Decision 2007/162/EC, Euratom of 5 March 2007 establishing a Civil

Protection Financial Instrument (OJ L 71, 10.3.2007, p. 9).’

(1) OJ L 268, 13.10.2005, p. 25.
(2) OJ L 71, 10.3.2007, p. 9.

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This Decision shall enter into force on the day following the last notification to the EEA Joint Committee
under Article 103(1) of the Agreement (*).

Article 2

It shall apply from 1 January 2007.

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the
European Union.

Done at Brussels, 27 July 2007.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Stefán Haukur JÓHANNESSON

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4634 — Sabanci/Verbund/Enerjisa JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-07-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: conglomerate, economic concentration, electrical energy, energy industry, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

27.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 174/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4634 — Sabanci/Verbund/Enerjisa JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 174/01)

On 30 May 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 32007M4634. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4657 — Salzgitter/KW/RSE)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 174/02)

On 25 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 German 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 32007M4657. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4744 — INEOS/Borealis) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-07-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, plastics industry

27.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 174/39

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4744 — INEOS/Borealis)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 174/11)

1.
On 19 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 INEOS Group Limited
(‘INEOS’, United Kingdom) belonging to the INEOS Group acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Borealis AS (‘Borealis’, Norway) belonging
to the Borealis Group by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for INEOS: production, distribution, sales and marketing of intermediate and specialty chemicals,

— for Borealis: production of polyolefins.

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.4744 — INEOS/Borealis, 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 895/2007 of 27 July 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-07-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

28.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 895/2007

of 27 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 28 July 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 27 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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to Commission Regulation of 27 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
AU
BR
CL
CN
NZ
US
ZA
ZZ

AR
CL
NZ
TR
ZA
ZZ

TR
ZZ

CA
TR
US
ZZ

TR
ZZ

IL
ZZ

90,5
90,5

124,3
124,3

87,5
87,5

62,0
54,4
60,1
58,8

161,0
160,0
144,4
178,8
161,1

94,8
160,4
89,4
98,7
100,6
105,2
106,2
101,5
107,1

84,6
76,9
80,2
137,4
117,4
99,3

172,4
172,4

324,1
283,0
326,2
311,1

155,2
155,2

73,8
73,8

(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’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4769 — Sumitomo/Itochu/Toyo/AK&N) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-07-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, composite materials, economic concentration, exchange of information, firm governed by commercial law, merger control

27.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 174/37

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4769 — Sumitomo/Itochu/Toyo/AK&N)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 174/09)

1.
On 18 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 Sumitomo Chemical Company (‘Sumitomo’,
Japan), Itochu Corporation (‘Itochu’, Japan) and Toyo Ink Mfg. (‘Toyo’, Japan) acquire, within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation, joint control of AK&N UK Ltd (‘AK&N’, UK) by way of purchase of
shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Sumitomo: production of chemicals,

— for Itochu: general trading company,

— for Toyo: printing inks and equipment, chemicals, resins,

— for AK&N: manufacture and marketing of thermoplastic compound materials.

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration 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.4769 — Sumitomo/Itochu/Toyo/AK&N 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 905/2007 of 27 July 2007 fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 68th individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
Date: 2007-07-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, intervention price, minimum price, selling price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 905/2007

of 27 July 2007

fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 68th individual invitation to tender issued under
the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999

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(c) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Pursuant to Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down
detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the
intervention agencies
market
have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender
certain quantities of butter held by them.

in butter and cream (2),

In the light of the tenders received in response to each
individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price
shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make no

award, in accordance with Article 24a of Regulation (EC)
No 2771/1999.

In the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling
price should be fixed.

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

(3)

(4)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 68th individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regu-
lation (EC) No 2771/1999, in respect of which the time limit
tenders expired on 24 July 2007,
for
the submission of
at
butter
the minimum selling
200,00 EUR/100 kg.

price

fixed

for

is

This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 July 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 27 July 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
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005,
p. 2).

(2) OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 688/2007 (OJ L 159, 20.6.2007, p. 36).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-07-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

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IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

26 July 2007

(2007/C 174/03)

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

1,3722

RON

Romanian leu

164,52

7,4413

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,67080

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,1436

33,353

1,7518

1,5561

1,4396

10,7372

1,7262

2,0790

KRW South Korean won

1 260,02

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

9,5685

10,3814

7,2905

12 539,16

4,7190

62,174

34,9750

40,651

9,2266

1,6607

82,79

7,9760

1,9558

0,5842

28,124

15,6466

249,04

3,4528

0,6969

0,4293

3,8060

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4734 — INEOS/Kerling) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-07-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, plastics industry

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27.7.2007

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4734 — INEOS/Kerling)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 174/12)

1.
On 19 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 INEOS Group Limited
(‘INEOS’, United Kingdom) belonging to the INEOS Group acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Kerling ASA (‘Kerling’, Norway) belonging
to the Norsk Hydro Group by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for INEOS: production, distribution, sales and marketing of intermediate and specialty chemicals,

— for Kerling: production and sale of PVC and caustic soda.

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.4734 — INEOS/Kerling, 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.