do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4653 — MBDA/Bayern-Chemie)
Date: 2007-10-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aerospace industry, economic concentration, merger control, military equipment, restrictive-practice authorisation

16.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 242/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4653 — MBDA/Bayern-Chemie)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 242/01)

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 32007M4653. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-10-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 242/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.10.2007

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

15 October 2007

(2007/C 242/02)

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

1,4226

RON

Romanian leu

167,52

7,4511

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,69695

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,3381

33,549

1,7183

1,5685

1,3835

11,0284

1,8420

2,0813

KRW South Korean won

1 304,95

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

9,6043

10,7099

7,3197

12 888,76

4,7927

62,452

35,3920

44,855

9,0923

1,6792

85,34

7,6610

1,9558

0,5842

27,523

15,6466

250,09

3,4528

0,7031

0,4293

3,7058

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1206/2007 of 16 October 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-10-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit

17.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 272/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1206/2007

of 16 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:

standard values for imports from third countries,
in
respect of the products and periods stipulated in the
Annex thereto.

(2)

In compliance with the above criteria,
the standard
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 17 October 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 16 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).

L 272/22

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17.10.2007

to Commission Regulation of 16 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
MK
TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

AR
TR
UY
ZA
ZZ

BR
TR
US
ZZ

AU
CA
CL
NZ
US
ZA
ZZ

CN
TR
ZA
ZZ

64,1
31,4
117,9
71,1

151,2
162,5
25,2
160,4
124,8

120,2
120,2

64,4
87,8
81,6
56,5
72,6

254,2
134,8
284,6
224,5

188,0
101,5
17,7
83,4
96,4
78,5
94,3

71,2
127,4
84,6
94,4

(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’.
Political and Security Committee Decision EUPOL AFG/1/2007 of 16 October 2007 concerning the appointment of the Head of Mission of EUPOL AFGHANISTAN
Date: 2007-10-16
Institutions: Political and Security Committee
Subjects: Afghanistan, appointment of staff, peacekeeping, police cooperation, the EU's international role

25.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 281/37

III

(Acts adopted under the EU Treaty)

ACTS ADOPTED UNDER TITLE V OF THE EU TREATY

POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION EUPOL AFG/1/2007

of 16 October 2007

concerning the appointment of the Head of Mission of EUPOL AFGHANISTAN

(2007/685/CFSP)

THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and in
particular the third subparagraph of Article 25 thereof,

Having regard to Council
Joint Action 2007/369/CFSP of
30 May 2007 on the establishment of the European Union
Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL AFGHANISTAN) (1) and
in particular Article 10(1) thereof,

Whereas:

Joint Action 2007/369/CFSP
Article 10 of Council
provides that
the Council authorises the Political and
Security Committee to take the relevant decisions in
including
accordance with Article 25 of
powers
regarding the
appointment of the Head of EUPOL AFGHANISTAN.

to take subsequent decisions

the Treaty,

(1)

(2)

(3)

The Secretary General/High Representative has proposed
the appointment of Mr Jürgen Scholz as the New Head
of Mission of EUPOL AFGHANISTAN,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Mr Jürgen Scholz is hereby appointed Head of EUPOL AFGHA-
NISTAN.

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on 1 November 2007.

Done at Brussels, 16 October 2007.

In a letter dated 6 October 2007, the current Head of
Mission informed the European Commission of his
decision to terminate his contract, with effect from end
of business on 31 October 2007.

For the Political and Security Committee
The President

C. DURRANT PAIS

(1) OJ L 139, 31.5.2007, p. 33.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4878 — Continental/Siemens VDO)
Date: 2007-10-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical engineering, electronic component, exchange of information, mechanical equipment, merger control, motor vehicle industry

16.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 242/3

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4878 — Continental/Siemens VDO)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 242/03)

1.
On 9 October 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 Continental AG
(‘Continental’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of
the whole of the undertaking Siemens VDO Automotive AG (‘SV’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Continental: technical rubber products, tyre and brake systems, other automotive (electronic) compo-

nents,

— for SV: automotive (electronic and mechanic) components.

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.4878 — Continental/Siemens VDO, 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.
Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part, extending the provisions of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement to bilateral trade in textiles, taking account of the expiry of the bilateral textiles Agreement
Date: 2007-10-16
Institutions: Azerbaijan, European Community
Subjects: Azerbaijan, cooperation agreement (EU), cooperation policy, economic development, protocol to an agreement, textile product, trade agreement (EU)

L 17/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.1.2007

PROTOCOL

to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their
Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part, extending the
provisions of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement to bilateral trade in textiles, taking
account of the expiry of the bilateral textiles Agreement

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,

of the one part, and

THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN,

of the other part,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the
one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part, (hereinafter referred to as the PCA) entered into force
on 1 July 1999.

Negotiations have taken place to ensure that the principles in the PCA which apply to trade in other goods are
also extended formally to trade in textile products.

(3)

Appropriate amendments to the PCA should be adopted,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Article 2

The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the one
part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of
is
hereby amended as follows:

the other part,

This Protocol shall form an integral part of the PCA.

Article 3

This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the
month following the date of signature.

1.

in Article 12 the reference to Article 17 is deleted;

Article 4

2. Article 17 is deleted.

This Protocol is drawn up in duplicate in each of the official
languages of the contracting parties, each of these texts being
equally authentic.