do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4633 — AREP LP/Lear) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-08-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, holding company, merger control, motor vehicle industry, restrictive-practice authorisation, shareholding, spare part

C 191/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.8.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4676 — PPR/PUMA)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 191/02)

On 14 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 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 32007M4676. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4633 — AREP LP/Lear)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 191/03)

On 8 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 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 32007M4633. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4864 — DUBAL/Mubadala/EMAL) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-08-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aluminium, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, manufactured goods, merger control

C 191/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.8.2007

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4864 — DUBAL/Mubadala/EMAL)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 191/13)

1.
On 8 August 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 undertakings Dubai Aluminium
Company Limited (‘DUBAL’, Dubai) and Mubadala Development Corporation (‘Mubadala’, Abu Dhabi)
acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking
Emirates Aluminium Company Limited (‘EMAL’, Emirates) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created
company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for DUBAL: production and sale of primary aluminium products,

— for Mubadala: investment company controlled by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi,

— for EMAL: construction, ownership and operation of an aluminium smelting facility and associated

power plants in Abu Dhabi and sale of aluminium products manufactured at this facility.

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.4864 — DUBAL/Mubadala/EMAL, 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: 2007-08-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

17.8.2007

EN

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C 191/15

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

16 August 2007

(2007/C 191/06)

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

1,3405

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

3,2575

33,8

1,8755

1,7072

1,4469

10,4786

1,979

2,0679

KRW South Korean won

1 268,65

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

10,0182

10,1932

7,3062

12 701,24

4,6991

62,199

34,599

44,169

153,19

7,4419

0,6756

9,413

1,6302

92,95

8,035

1,9558

0,5842

27,51

15,6466

260,2

3,4528

0,6968

0,4293

3,838

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-08-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 191/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.8.2007

Euro exchange rates (1)

15 August 2007

(2007/C 191/07)

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

1,3476

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

3,2316

33,667

1,8085

1,6381

1,4508

10,535

1,886

2,0653

KRW South Korean won

1 256,57

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

10,0043

10,2226

7,3062

12 702,48

4,7003

62,259

34,599

43,728

157,39

7,4417

0,6775

9,3633

1,6383

90,72

7,991

1,9558

0,5842

27,935

15,6466

258,92

3,4528

0,6975

0,4293

3,8301

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4756 — AGCO/ARGO/Laverda) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-08-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural machinery, economic concentration, exchange of information, marketing, merger control

17.8.2007

EN

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4756 — AGCO/ARGO/Laverda)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 191/12)

1.
On 9 August 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 undertakings AGCO Deutschland
Holding Limited & Co. KG (‘AGCO’, Germany), belonging to the AGCO Corporation (USA) and
ARGO S.p.A. (‘ARGO’, Italy) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint
control of the undertaking Laverda S.p.A. (‘Laverda’, Italy) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for AGCO: production and distribution of agricultural machines on a world-wide basis,

— for ARGO: production and distribution of agricultural machines, mainly in Europe,

— for Laverda: production and distribution of combine harvesters.

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.4756 — AGCO/ARGO/Laverda, 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 967/2007 of 17 August 2007 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (table grapes)
Date: 2007-08-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, grape

18.8.2007

EN

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 967/2007

of 17 August 2007

on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (table grapes)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

table grapes will shortly be exceeded. This overrun will
prejudice the proper working of
refund
scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector.

the export

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of
28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market
in fruit and vegetables (1),

(3)

To avoid this situation, applications for system B licences
for table grapes after 17 August 2007 should be rejected
until the end of the current export period,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001
of 8 October 2001 on detailed rules for implementing Council
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit
and vegetables (2), and in particular Article 6(6) thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 628/2007 (3) fixes the
indicative quantities for which system B export licences
may be issued.

light of

In the
to the
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative
quantities laid down for the current export period for

information available

the

Article 1

licences for table grapes
Applications for system B export
submitted pursuant
to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
628/2007, export declarations for which are accepted after
17 August and before 1 November 2007, are hereby rejected.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 August 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 17 August 2007.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (OJ L 7, 11.1.2003,
p. 64).

(2) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 548/2007 (OJ L 130, 22.5.2007, p. 3).

(3) OJ L 145, 7.6.2007, p. 7.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4676 — PPR/PUMA) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-08-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: clothing, clothing industry, economic concentration, footwear industry, luxury products industry, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 191/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.8.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4676 — PPR/PUMA)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 191/02)

On 14 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 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 32007M4676. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4633 — AREP LP/Lear)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 191/03)

On 8 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 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 32007M4633. 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: 2007-08-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Lower Normandy, State aid, aid for restructuring, control of State aid, shipbuilding

17.8.2007

EN

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C 191/1

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 191/01)

Date of adoption of the decision

10.7.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 561/06

Member State

Region

France

Basse Normandie

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Aides à la restructuration en faveur des constructions mécaniques de Normandie

Legal basis

Budget ministère de l'économie des finances et de l'industrie, crédits du
«Programme des entreprises», action 6: accompagnement des mutations indus-
trielles, sous action I «construction navale»

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Name and address of
authority

Restructuring of firms in difficulty

Direct grant

Annual budget: —; Overall budget: EUR 10,4 million

—

One-time grant

Shipbuilding

the granting

Ministère de l'économie des finances et de l'industrie

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.4652 — National Grid/TenneT/BritNed JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-08-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical industry, energy grid, gas industry, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

17.8.2007

EN

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C 191/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4652 — National Grid/TenneT/BritNed JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 191/04)

On 3 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 32007M4652. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 970/2007 of 17 August 2007 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1184/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons impeding the peace process and breaking international law in the conflict in the Darfur region in Sudan
Date: 2007-08-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Sudan, economic resources, economic sanctions, establishment of peace, international sanctions

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18.8.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 970/2007

of 17 August 2007

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1184/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures
law in
directed against certain persons impeding the peace process and breaking international

the conflict in the Darfur region in Sudan

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

On 7 August 2007, the Sanctions Committee of the
United Nations Security Council amended the list of
persons, entities and bodies to whom the freezing of
funds and economic resources should apply. Annex I
should therefore be amended accordingly,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1184/2005 of 18
July 2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed
against
impeding the peace process and
breaking international law in the conflict in the Darfur region
in Sudan (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,

certain persons

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1184/2005 is hereby amended
as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

(1)

Annex I
to Regulation (EC) No 1184/2005 lists the
natural or legal persons, entities or bodies covered by
the freezing of
funds and economic resources under
that Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of 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, 17 August 2007.

For the Commission

Eneko LANDÁBURU
Director-General for External Relations

(1) OJ L 193, 23.7.2005, p. 9. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

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ANNEX

Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1184/2005 is amended as follows:

(1) The entry ‘Gaffar Mohamed ELHASSAN. Title: Major General. Other information: Commander of the Western Military

Region for the Sudanese Air Force’ shall be replaced by:

‘Gaffar Mohammed Elhassan (alias Gaffar Mohmed Elhassan). Title: Major General. Function: Commander of the
Western Military Region for the Sudanese Air Force. Date of birth: 24.6.1953.’

(2) The entry ‘Gabril Abdul Kareem BADRI. Other information: Field Commander of the National Movement for Reform

and Development’ shall be replaced by:

‘Gabril Abdul Kareem Badri (alias Gibril Abdul Kareem Barey). Title: General. Function: Field Commander of the
National Movement for Reform and Development.’
Commission Regulation (EC) No 966/2007 of 17 August 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-08-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

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EN

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 966/2007

of 17 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 18 August 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 17 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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to Commission Regulation of 17 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 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
TR
US
ZZ

AR
BR
CL
CN
NZ
US
ZA
ZZ

AR
NZ
TR
ZA
ZZ

TR
US
ZA
ZZ

IL
ZZ

48,8
60,0
43,2
33,5
46,4

134,7
134,7

85,9
85,9

64,0
52,9
54,0
57,0

148,4
138,0
99,7
164,3
137,6

64,4
77,5
77,6
89,9
92,5
101,0
84,9
84,0

52,9
109,7
125,7
94,4
95,7

132,3
172,7
80,5
128,5

153,3
153,3

(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’.