do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4763 — Cerberus/Torex) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-08-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, investment transaction, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, software

8.8.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 185/5

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4763 — Cerberus/Torex)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 185/03)

On 31 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 32007M4763. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4782 — Delek/Texaco Benelux)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 185/04)

On 1 August 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 32007M4782. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
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: 2007-08-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, France, State aid, control of State aid, regional development, research and development, tax relief, venture capital

8.8.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 185/3

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 185/02)

Date of adoption of the decision

13.6.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 758/06

Member State

Region

France

Départements d'Outre Mer: Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique, Réunion

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Régime de capital-risque dans les DOM: sociétés de capital risque et fonds

d'investissement

Legal basis

Modification du régime N 316/04

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Risk capital, Regional development

Provision of risk capital

Overall budget: EUR 35 million

—

1.1.2007-31.12.2013

Economic sectors

All sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Région Guadeloupe, Région Guyane, Région Martinique, Région Réunion

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/

Date of adoption of the decision

19.6.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 771/06

Member State

Region

Belgium

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Extension d'une mesure de dispense partielle de précompte professionnel en
faveur de la R&D (N 649/05)

Legal basis

Loi modifiant le code des impôts sur les revenus 1992 en matière d'emploi de
certains chercheurs

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Research and development

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Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Tax rate reduction

Annual budget: EUR 32 million

Measure does not constitute aid

From 1.1.2007

All sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministère de l'Économie, de l'Énergie, du Commerce extérieur et
de la Politique scientifique
9, Rue Bréderode
B-1000 Bruxelles

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/
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4698 — Apollo/CEVA/EGL) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-08-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, services company

C 185/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.8.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4698 — Apollo/CEVA/EGL)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 185/05)

On 16 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 32007M4698. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
State aids — Decisions to propose appropriate measures pursuant to Article 88(1) of the EC Treaty where the Member State concerned has accepted those measures (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-08-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, State aid, broadcasting, control of State aid, mass media, quasi-fiscal charge, services of general interest

8.8.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 185/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

State aids — Decisions to propose appropriate measures pursuant to Article 88(1) of the EC Treaty
where the Member State concerned has accepted those measures

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 185/01)

Date of adoption of the decision

24.4.2007

Reference number of the aid

E 3/05

Member State

Germany

Region

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Finanzierung des öffentlichen Rundfunks in Deutschland (ARD/ZDF)

Legal basis

Rundfunkstaatsvertrag (in der Fassung vom 1. März 2007), inkl. Rundfunkfinan-
zierungsstaatsvertrag sowie Rundfunkgebührenstaatsvertrag (in der Fassung vom
1. März 2007)

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Services of general economic interest

Form of aid

Parafiscal levy, Guarantee

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Annual budget: EUR 6 800 million (approximate annual licence fee revenues for
ARD and ZDF for the period 2005-2008); Overall budget: EUR 27 200 million
(over a licence fee period of four years)

—

The laws above constitute the basis for the continuous financing of public
service broadcasting entrusted upon ARD and ZDF

Economic sectors

Media

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8.8.2007

Name and address of
authority

the granting

—

Other information

Based on the commitments given by Germany to amend the current financing
regime, the Commission's concerns regarding the incompatibility of the current
financing regime were dispelled and the investigation closed

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.4837 — Wallenius/Antelo/GAL/CAT) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-08-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, logistics, merger control, primary product, service, transport company

8.8.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 185/9

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4837 — Wallenius/Antelo/GAL/CAT)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 185/08)

1.
On 31 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 Vehicle Services
(‘VSI’, Sweden), a joint venture jointly held by Wallenius Lines (‘WL’, Sweden) and
International A.B.
Mr Manuel Antelo an Argentinian entrepreneur who does not carry out any activities nor does he hold
share interests in a company active in Europe, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council
Regulation control of the whole of Global Automotive Logistics/Compagnie d'Affrètement et de Transport
(‘GAL/CAT’, France), by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for VSI: shipping, ship broking,

land transportation and commodity trading business, trade in and

management of real estate, shares and securities and loan extentions,

— for undertaking WL: provider of inland transportation services, deep-sea and short-sea transportation

services,

— for undertaking GAL/CAT: provider of finished vehicles logistics, general contract logistics.

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.4837 — Wallenius/Antelo/GAL/CAT, 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: 2007-08-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

8.8.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 185/7

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

7 August 2007

(2007/C 185/06)

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

1,3794

RON

Romanian leu

163,67

7,443

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,68055

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,1748

33,39

1,7558

1,6141

1,4569

10,7997

1,81

2,0889

KRW South Korean won

1 273,12

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

9,732

10,4425

7,3055

12 876,7

4,7831

62,666

35,06

41,888

9,2162

1,6447

87,13

7,9765

1,9558

0,5842

28,149

15,6466

250,75

3,4528

0,6965

0,4293

3,785

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Final report of the Hearing Officer in Case COMP/M.4523 — Travelport/Worldspan (Pursuant to Article 15 and 16 of Commission Decision 2001/462/EC, ECSC of 23 May 2001 on the terms of reference of Hearing Officers in certain competition proceedings — OJ L 162, 19.6.2001, p. 21 )
Date: 2007-08-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: application of EU law, competition law, economic concentration, merger control, provision of services, restrictive-practice authorisation, travel, travel agency

1.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 289/9

Final report of the Hearing Officer in Case COMP/M.4523 — Travelport/Worldspan

(Pursuant to Article 15 and 16 of Commission Decision 2001/462/EC, ECSC of 23 May 2001 on the terms of
reference of Hearing Officers in certain competition proceedings — OJ L 162, 19.6.2001, p. 21)

(2007/C 289/09)

On 15 January 2007, the Commission received from Travelport LLC a request for referral pursuant to
Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (the Merger Regulation). No Member State competent
to examine the concentration under its national competition law (Austria, Germany, Italy and Poland)
objected to the referral. Accordingly, the concentration was deemed to have a Community dimension
pursuant to Article 4(5) of the Merger Regulation and should therefore be notified to the Commission.

Subsequently, on 23 March 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration by
which Travelport LLC acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, sole control
of the undertaking Worldspan Technologies Inc. by way of purchase of shares.

After a preliminary examination of the notification, the Commission found that the transaction raised
serious doubts as to its compatibility with the common market and the functioning of the EEA agreement.
Accordingly, the Commission decided, on 3 May 2007, to initiate proceedings pursuant to Article 6(1)(c) of
the Merger Regulation.

Travelport LLC was, upon request, granted the opportunity to review, on 15 May 2007, a key document in
the file in accordance with DG Competition's ‘Best Practices on the conduct of EC merger control
proceedings’.

Following an in-depth market investigation the Commission concluded that the proposed transaction would
not significantly impede effective competition in the common market or a substantial part of it and is there-
fore compatible with the common market and the EEA Agreement. Accordingly, no Statement of Objections
was sent to the notifying party.

No queries or submissions have been made to me by the merging parties or any third party. The case does
not call for any particular comments as regards the right to be heard.

Brussels, 8 August 2007.

Karen WILLIAMS
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4781 — Norddeutsche Affinerie/Cumerio) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-08-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: copper, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, metallurgical industry

C 185/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.8.2007

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4781 — Norddeutsche Affinerie/Cumerio)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 185/07)

1.
On 30 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 Norddeutsche Affinerie AG
(‘Norddeutsche Affinerie’, Germany) acquire(s) within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regu-
lation control of the whole of the undertaking Cumerio S.A. (‘Cumerio’, Belgium) by way of a public bid
announced on 27 June 2007.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Norddeutsche Affinerie: production of copper cathodes and processing of copper cathodes into

copper rod, shapes and semi-finished products,

— for Cumerio: production of copper cathodes and the processing of copper cathodes into copper rod and

shapes.

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.4781 — Norddeutsche Affinerie/Cumerio 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 942/2007 of 8 August 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-08-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

9.8.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 208/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 942/2007

of 8 August 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 9 August 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 8 August 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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9.8.2007

to Commission Regulation of 8 August 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
XK
XS
ZZ

TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

AR
UY
ZA
ZZ

EG
MA
ΜΚ
TR
ZZ

AR
BR
CL
CN
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

AR
CL
NZ
TR
ZA
ZZ

CA
TR
US
ZZ

TR
ZZ

IL
ZZ

26,0
41,5
20,2
18,0
26,4

93,6
93,6

86,1
86,1

53,7
56,7
60,7
57,0

122,1
140,9
18,0
110,7
97,9

74,9
85,7
83,0
96,6
94,6
99,3
50,7
86,4
83,9

63,9
82,2
92,4
146,5
96,4
96,3

300,7
308,4
260,6
289,9

153,0
153,0

124,6
124,6

(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.4782 — Delek/Texaco Benelux) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-08-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: distributive trades, economic concentration, investment, management, marketing, merger control, motor fuel, restrictive-practice authorisation

8.8.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 185/5

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4763 — Cerberus/Torex)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 185/03)

On 31 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 32007M4763. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4782 — Delek/Texaco Benelux)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 185/04)

On 1 August 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 32007M4782. EUR-Lex is the

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