do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4766 — Flextronics/Solectron) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-07-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronic equipment, electronics industry, exchange of information, merger control

C 177/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

31.7.2007

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4766 — Flextronics/Solectron)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 177/08)

1.
On 23 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 Flextronics International Ltd (‘Flextronics’,
Singapore), acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation, sole control Solectron
Corporation (‘Solectron’, USA) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Flextronics: electronics manufacturing services,

— for Solectron: electronics manufacturing services.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within

3.
the scope of Regulation (EEC) 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.4766 — Flextronics/Solectron 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.4764 — Debitel/Talkline) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-07-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Internet access provider, economic concentration, merger control, mobile phone, restrictive-practice authorisation, telecommunications industry, telephone

31.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 177/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4743 — Warburg Pincus/Bausch)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 177/01)

On 20 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 32007M4743. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4764 — Debitel/Talkline)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 177/02)

On 20 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 32007M4764. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 914/2007 of 31 July 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-07-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

1.8.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 200/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 914/2007

of 31 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 1 August 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 31 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 31 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 20 95

0809 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

MK
TR
XS
ZZ

TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

AR
UY
ZA
ZZ

EG
MA
TR
ZZ

AR
AU
BR
CL
CN
NZ
US
ZA
ZZ

AR
CL
NZ
TR
ZA
ZZ

CA
TR
US
ZZ

TR
ZZ

IL
ZZ

42,6
61,5
44,3
49,5

99,1
99,1

94,4
94,4

61,2
62,3
62,7
62,1

153,1
147,7
181,8
160,9

86,8
160,4
87,0
90,5
67,9
101,8
99,6
100,7
99,3

78,6
79,0
154,7
136,3
129,2
115,6

361,1
285,7
303,7
316,8

154,9
154,9

110,5
110,5

(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’.
Corrigendum to Special Report No 2/2007 concerning the Institutions' expenditure on buildings together with the Institutions' replies ( OJ C 148, 2.7.2007 )
Date: 2007-07-31
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: Council of the European Union, Court of Justice of the European Union, EU expenditure, European Commission, European Economic and Social Committee, European Parliament, audit, financing, interinstitutional cooperation (EU), real property

C 178/24

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CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Special Report No 2/2007 concerning the Institutions’ expenditure on buildings
together with the Institutions’ replies

(Official Journal of the European Union C 148 of 2 July 2007)

(2007/C 178/02)

On page 11, footnote 31:

for:

read:

‘Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Commission of 19 March 2001
(OJ L 114, 24.4.2001, p. 1)’,

‘Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2001
(OJ L 114, 24.4.2001, p. 1)’;

on page 11, footnote 32:

for:

‘of the European Parliament and the Council’,

read:

‘of the European Parliament and of the Council’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4743 — Warburg Pincus/Bausch) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-07-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cosmetic product, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, pharmaceutical product, restrictive-practice authorisation

31.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 177/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4743 — Warburg Pincus/Bausch)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 177/01)

On 20 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 32007M4743. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4764 — Debitel/Talkline)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 177/02)

On 20 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 32007M4764. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4796 — Candover/Stork) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-07-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aerospace industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, food industry, industrial economy, investment company, merger control, printing

31.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 177/11

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4796 — Candover/Stork)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 177/07)

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 the undertaking London Acquisition B.V.
(‘London Acquisition’, The Netherlands), ultimately controlled by Candover Investments plc (‘Candover’, UK),
acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the under-
taking Stork N.V. (‘Stork’, The Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Candover: a private global investment firm. Candover is an arranger and provider of private equity for

large European buy-outs,

— Stork: an industrial group active in the following sectors: Stork Aerospace, Stork Food Systems, Stork

Technical Services and Stork Prints.

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.4796 — Candover/Stork, 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-07-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

31.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 177/3

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

30 July 2007

(2007/C 177/04)

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

1,3659

RON

Romanian leu

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,1702

33,543

1,7947

1,6121

1,46

10,6881

1,8048

2,069

KRW South Korean won

1 261,2

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

9,799

10,3363

7,3135

12 579,94

4,7294

62,012

34,95

40,704

161,58

7,4408

0,6753

9,1945

1,6437

84,96

8

1,9558

0,5842

28,025

15,6466

252,56

3,4528

0,6966

0,4293

3,8096

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
State aid (Articles 87 to 89 of the Treaty establishing the European Community) — Commission notice pursuant to Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty to other Member States and interested parties — State aid C 8/06 (ex N 536/05) — Aid to Dornbirner Sparkasse Bank AG — Austria (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-07-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, State aid, bank, control of State aid, exchange of information

31.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 177/9

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

STATE AID

(Articles 87 to 89 of the Treaty establishing the European Community)

Commission notice pursuant to Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty to other Member States and
interested parties

State aid C 8/06 (ex N 536/05) — Aid to Dornbirner Sparkasse Bank AG — Austria

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 177/06)

By means of the following letter dated 5 June 2007, the Commission notified Germany of its decision to
close the procedure initiated under Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty.

‘Procedure

(1) By e-mail dated 24 October 2005, registered on 25 October 2005, Austria notified to the

Commission the above-mentioned measure.

(2) Following the notification,

the Commission requested additional

information by letter dated

6 December 2005. Austria replied by e-mail of 9 January 2006, registered on the same day.

(3) By letter dated 8 March 2006, the Commission informed Austria that it had decided to initiate the
procedure laid down in Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty in respect of the notified measure. The case
was registered as C 8/06. The decision of the Commission to initiate the procedure was published in
the Official Journal of the European Union (1) and interested parties were invited to submit their
comments.

(4) After a delay extension was granted, Austria submitted its observations by letter dated 20 April 2006,

registered on 21 April 2006. No comments from any interested party were received.

(5) On 21 June 2006, a meeting between the Commission and Austria took place, including representa-
tives of Stadt Dornbirn, of Dornbirner Sparkasse and of the Austrian Savings Banks Association. It
was followed up by two Commission requests for additional information dated 6 July 2006 and
16 August 2006. After a further delay extension requested by Austria and granted by the Commis-
sion, Austria sent the information by letters dated 13 July and 8 November 2006 and by e-mail
dated 12 December 2006.

(6) By letter of 18 April 2007, Austria informed the Commission that they formally withdraw their
notification based on Article 8 of the Procedural Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999)
and asked the Commission to terminate the formal investigation procedure.

(1) OJ C 92, 20.4.2006, p. 4.

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Decision

(7) The Commission has accordingly decided to close the formal

investigation procedure under
Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty, initiated on 8 March 2006 in respect of the aid referred to above,
because it has become without object.’
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4717 — TAC/Tower Automotive) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-07-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, metal product, motor vehicle industry, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 177/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

31.7.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4717 — TAC/Tower Automotive)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 177/03)

On 12 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 32007M4717. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 917/2007 of 31 July 2007 setting, for the 2007/2008 marketing year, the minimum price to be paid to producers for unprocessed dried figs and the production aid for dried figs
Date: 2007-07-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: dried product, minimum price, production aid

L 200/40

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Official Journal of the European Union

1.8.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 917/2007

of 31 July 2007

setting, for the 2007/2008 marketing year, the minimum price to be paid to producers for
unprocessed dried figs and the production aid for dried figs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in
processed fruit and vegetable products (1), and in particular
Articles 6b(3) and 6c(7) thereof,

(3)

(4)

The minimum price and production aid should therefore
be set for the 2007/2008 marketing year in accordance
with the criteria laid down respectively by Articles 6b
and 6c of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vege-
tables,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 3(1)(c) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1535/2003 of 29 August 2003 laying down detailed
rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96
as regards the aid scheme for products processed from
fruit and vegetables (2),
the
marketing year for dried figs.

lays down the dates of

Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1573/1999
of 19 July 1999 laying down detailed rules for the appli-
cation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards
the characteristics of dried figs qualifying for aid under
the production aid scheme (3)
lays down the criteria
which products must meet
from the
to benefit
minimum price and payment of the aid.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2007/2008 marketing year the minimum price for
unprocessed dried figs referred to in Article 6a(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 2201/96 shall be EUR 1 018,38 per tonne net ex-
producer’s premises.

For the 2007/2008 marketing year the production aid for dried
figs referred to in Article 6a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96
shall be EUR 258,57 per tonne net.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
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, 31 July 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29. Regulation as last amended by the Act
concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Bulgaria
and Romania and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the
European Union is founded (OJ L 157, 21.6.2005, p. 203).

(2) OJ L 218, 30.8.2003, p. 14. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1663/2005 (OJ L 267, 12.10.2005, p. 22).

(3) OJ L 187, 20.7.1999, p. 27.