do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Initiation of proceedings (Case COMP/M.4726 — Thomson Corporation/Reuters Group) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-10-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, information, merger control, provision of services, software

12.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 240/3

Initiation of proceedings

(Case COMP/M.4726 — Thomson Corporation/Reuters Group)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 240/02)

On 8 October 2007, the Commission decided to initiate proceedings in the above-mentioned case after
finding that the notified concentration raises serious doubts as to its compatibility with the common
market. The initiation of proceedings opens a second phase investigation with regard to the notified concen-
tration, and is without prejudice to the final decision on the case. The decision is based on Article 6(1)(c) of
Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their observations on the proposed concentration
to the Commission.

In order to be fully taken into account in the procedure, observations should reach the Commission not
later than 15 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.4726 — Thomson
Corporation/Reuters Group, to the following address:
Commission of the European Communities
Competition DG
Merger Registry
Rue Joseph II/Jozef II-straat 70
B-1000 Brussels
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: 2007-10-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Portugal, Slovakia, State aid, control of State aid, regional aid, research and development

12.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 240/1

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 240/01)

Date of adoption of the decision

27.6.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 421/06

Member State

Region

Portugal

Madeira

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Zona Franca da Madeira

Legal basis

Decreto Lei n.o 163/2003, de 24 de Julho — «Alteração do artigo 34.o do
estatuto dos Benefícios Fiscais»

Decreto Lei n.o 500/1980 de 20 de Outubro — «Criação na Região autónoma
da Madeira de uma zona frança»

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Regional development

Form of aid

Tax advantage

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Annual budget: EUR 22,5 million; Overall budget: EUR 300 million

—

Until 31 December 2013

Economic sectors

All sectors

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12.10.2007

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministério das Finanças e da Administração Pública

Other information

Annual report

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

31.8.2007

Reference number of the aid

Member State

Region

N 279/07

Slovakia

Trnavský kraj

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) R&D aid to VUJE, a.s.

Legal basis

— Zákon č. 172/2005 Z. z. o organizácii štátnej podpory výskumu a vývoja
— Ustanovenie § 5 ods. 2 písm. b) zákona č. 231/1999 Z. z. o štátnej pomoci

v znení neskorších predpisov

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Research and development

Direct grant

Annual budget: EUR 2007: 104; 2008: 130; 2009: 110 million; Overall budget:
EUR 0,34 million

100 %

Until 31.12.2009

Economic sectors

Electricity, gas and water supply

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Agentúra na podporu výskumu a vývoja (APVV)
Mýtna 23
SK-811 07 Bratislava

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/
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1197/2007 of 12 October 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-10-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit

13.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 270/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1197/2007

of 12 October 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 13 October 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 12 October 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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13.10.2007

to Commission Regulation of 12 October 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

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

MA
MK
TR
ZZ

EG
JO
TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

AR
TR
UY
ZA
ZW
ZZ

BR
MK
TR
US
ZZ

AR
AU
CA
CL
MK
NZ
US
ZA
ZZ

CN
TR
ZA
ZZ

74,4
39,0
117,1
76,8

151,2
162,5
137,0
150,2

113,4
113,4

67,6
87,6
81,6
55,7
52,6
69,0

250,1
44,5
117,4
199,4
152,9

90,2
188,0
111,7
19,8
13,8
81,4
103,6
86,5
86,9

64,1
124,2
88,3
92,2

(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’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-10-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

12.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 240/5

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

11 October 2007

(2007/C 240/04)

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

1,4199

RON

Romanian leu

166,96

7,4510

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,69700

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,3305

33,560

1,6851

1,5721

1,3874

11,0099

1,8445

2,0764

KRW South Korean won

1 302,62

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

9,7164

10,6573

7,3240

12 864,29

4,7773

62,490

35,3640

44,696

9,1093

1,6733

85,13

7,6815

1,9558

0,5842

27,473

15,6466

249,22

3,4528

0,7041

0,4293

3,7370

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4861 — KESA/EMH) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-10-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical equipment, electronic equipment, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, retail trade, service

C 240/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.10.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4861 — KESA/EMH)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 240/03)

On 4 September 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 Regu-
lation (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 32007M4861. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Case T-392/07: Action brought on 12 October 2007 — Strack v Commission
Date: 2007-10-12
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, access to information, action for annulment (EU), provision of documents

C 297/46

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.12.2007

Action brought on 12 October 2007 — Strack v
Commission

tion, of an appropriate amount, but at
damages in the amount of 1 Euro;

least symbolic

(Case T-392/07)

(2007/C 297/93)

— order the European Commission to pay the costs of the

procedure.

Language of the case: German

Pleas in law and main arguments

Parties

Applicant: Guido Strack (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: H.
Tettenborn, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Form of order sought

— annul the decisions adopted by the Commission — either
actually or in the form of a deemed refusal under Article 8(3)
of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — in the context of the
processing of the applicant's application for access to docu-
ments of 20 June 2007 and his confirmatory application of
23 July 2007 or, in the alternative, his confirmatory applica-
tions of 15 August 2007;

— order

the European Commission to pay the applicant
compensation for the immaterial and moral damage suffered
by the applicant as a result of the processing of his applica-

The applicant applied, on the one hand, for access to certain
documents in connection with confirmatory applications for
access to documents under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 (1)
which the Commission rejected wholly or partially and, on the
other hand, access to documents relating to Case T-110/04. He
was refused access to those documents or access was not
granted within the period provided for.

In support of his application, the applicant submits that the
defendant has infringed Article 255 EC as well as Article 2(1),
In addition, the
(4) and (6)ff of Regulation No 1049/2001.
applicant claims that there has been an infringement of the
principles of good administration and Articles 41 and 42 of the
Charter of Fundamental Rights.

(1) Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ 2001 L 145,
p. 43).