do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

28.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 176/5

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

27 July 2007

(2007/C 176/04)

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

1,3651

RON

Romanian leu

162,12

7,4408

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,67200

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,1699

33,503

1,7916

1,5839

1,4456

10,6792

1,7568

2,0658

KRW South Korean won

1 258,28

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

9,6864

10,3233

7,2898

12 552,09

4,7219

62,249

34,9160

40,650

9,2272

1,6525

84,36

8,0400

1,9558

0,5842

28,027

15,6466

251,91

3,4528

0,6968

0,4293

3,8039

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature (CN) (Classification of goods)
Date: 2007-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, cereals, common customs tariff, tariff nomenclature

28.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 176/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

UNIFORM APPLICATION OF THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE (CN)

(Classification of goods)

(2007/C 176/01)

Explanatory Notes adopted in accordance with the procedure defined in Article 10(1) of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs
Tariff (1).

The ‘Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities’ (2) are amended as
follows:

Page 57

Under ‘General’ the second paragraph is replaced by the following new text:

‘Cereals remain classified in this chapter although they have undergone heat treatment for preservation
purposes which may cause the grains to partially gelatinise and sometimes burst. The partial gelatinisa-
tion (pregelatinisation) occurs in the drying process and concerns only a small quantity of the grains.
This transformation of the starch is not the aim of the heat treatment, but only a side effect. That treat-
ment is not to be considered as “otherwise worked” within the meaning of Note 1(B) to Chapter 10 of
the Combined Nomenclature.’

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1, Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 733/2007 (OJ L 169, 29.6.2007, p. 1).
(2) OJ C 50, 28.2.2006, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4695 — Alstom/SBB Cargo/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, rail transport, railway industry

28.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 176/29

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4695 — Alstom/SBB Cargo/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 176/16)

1.
On 20 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 Alstom Schienenfahrzeuge AG (‘Alstom’,
Switzerland, part of the Alstom group), and SBB Cargo AG (‘SBB’, Switzerland), acquire within the meaning
of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of Alstom Rail Service (‘ARS’, Switzerland), by way
of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Alstom: rail transport equipment,

— SBB: rail transport services,

— ARS: rail transport maintenance services.

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. 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.4695 — Alstom/SBB Cargo/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.
(2) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.
Commission communication concerning the Agreement between the European Community and the United States of America on trade in wine
Date: 2007-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community certification, European Commission, United States, trade agreement, wine

C 176/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.7.2007

Commission communication concerning the Agreement between the European Community and the
United States of America on trade in wine

(2007/C 176/09)

By letter dated 7 February 2007, the US have notified the Community that in accordance with Article 6(3)
of the Agreement between the European Community and the United States of America on trade in wine (1)
the change of legal status concerning ‘semi-generics’ referred to in the said Article has come into effect. The
relevant US legislation is the ‘Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 — Section 422’ which was signed by
the US President and enacted as law on 20 December 2006.

In accordance with Article 17(2) of the Agreement, Article 4 of the Agreement concerning wine making
practises and specifications and Article 9 concerning the certification of wine and other marketing condi-
tions are therefore applicable in the Community as of 1 April 2007.

(1) OJ L 87, 24.3.2006, p. 2.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4667 — Syral/Tate&Lyle assets) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, food industry, maize, merger control, starch, wheat

C 176/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.7.2007

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4667 — Syral/Tate&Lyle assets)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 176/15)

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 the undertaking Syral SAS (‘Syral’, France),
controlled by the Tereos group (‘Tereos’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
Council Regulation control of parts of the undertaking Tate&Lyle Food and Industrial Ingredients Europe
group (‘Tate&Lyle’, UK) by way of purchase of share and assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Syral: production and trade of starch sweeteners made from maize and wheat, cereal

co-products and alcohol,

— for undertaking Tate&Lyle: production and trade of cereal starches and starch sweeteners made from

maize and wheat, cereals co-products and alcohol.

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.4667 — Syral/Tate&Lyle assets, 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.4367 — APW/APSA/Nordic Capital/Capio) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, health care, investment company, investment transaction, merger control, provision of services, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 176/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.7.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4367 — APW/APSA/Nordic Capital/Capio)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 176/02)

On 16 March 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(2) 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 32007M4367. EUR-Lex is the

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