do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
New national sides of euro circulation coins
Date: 2007-10-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Malta, euro, euro area, issuing of currency, technical specification

C 248/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.10.2007

New national sides of euro circulation coins

(2007/C 248/08)

On 10 July 2007, the Council of the European Union decided that the Republic of Malta fulfils the necessary
conditions for the adoption of the euro on 1 January 2008 (1).

From 1 January 2008, the Republic of Malta will therefore issue euro coins, subject to the approval by the
ECB of the volume of the issue (cf. Article 106(2) of the Treaty establishing the European Community).

Euro circulation coins have legal tender status throughout the euro area. The Commission publishes all new
euro coin designs (2) with a view to informing all parties required to handle coins in the course of their
work as well as the public at large.

The 10-, 20- and 50-cent coins and the 1- and 2-euro coins will be issued by the Republic of Malta with
the new common sides of the euro coins (3). The smallest denomination coins (1-, 2- and 5-cent) will be
issued with the original common side, since the common side of these denominations has not been modi-
fied.

Issuing State: Republic of Malta

Start of issuing: January 2008

Description of the designs:

1 EURO CENT — 2 EURO CENT — 5 EURO CENT

The centre of the coin depicts the altar at the prehistoric temple of Imnajdra on a horizontal decorative strip
in the background. The name of the country ‘MALTA’ and the year mark ‘2008’ are engraved under the
altar. The engraver's initials ‘NGB’ are positioned on the right hand side under the decorative strip. The
image and the inscription are surrounded by the twelve stars of the European flag.

(1) Council Decision 2007/503/EC of 10 July 2007 in accordance with Article 122(2) of the Treaty on the adoption by Malta

of the single currency on 1 January 2008 (OJ L 186, 18.7.2007, p. 32).

(2) See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1, and OJ C 254, 20.10.2006, p. 6 for a reference to the other euro coins.
(3) See OJ C 225, 19.9.2006, p. 7.

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 248/11

10 EURO CENT — 20 EURO CENT — 50 EURO CENT

The centre of the coin depicts the emblem of Malta. The name of the country ‘MALTA’ and the year mark
‘2008’ are engraved in an interrupted semicircle on the upper left- and right- hand sides of the emblem
respectively. The image and the inscription are surrounded by a ring of concentric circles on which appear
the twelve stars of the European flag.

1 EURO — 2 EURO

The inner circle of the coin depicts the eight-pointed Maltese cross, on a background of vertical stripes. The
letters of ‘MALTA’ appear between the six upper points of the cross, and the year mark ‘2008’ between the
two lower points. The twelve stars of the European flag are positioned on the outer ring of the coin.

Edge lettering of the 2-euro coin: 2 ★★, repeated six times, alternately upright and inverted, where
stands for an eight-pointed Maltese cross.
P6_TA(2007)0438#Community plant variety rights *#European Parliament legislative resolution of 23 October 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 as regards the entitlement to file an application for a Community plant variety right (COM(2007)0445 — C6-0274/2007 — 2007/0161(CNS))
Date: 2007-10-23
Institutions: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, European Parliament
Subjects: administrative formalities, crop production, protection of plant life

C 263 E/150

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

16.10.2008

Tuesday 23 October 2007

— having regard to Article 170 and Article 300(2), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty and Article 101,

second sentence, of the Euratom Treaty,

— having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council

consulted Parliament (C6-0227/2007),

— having regard to Rules 51, 83(7) and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (A6-0377/2007),

1.

Approves the conclusion of the agreement;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission, and the governments

2.
and parliaments of the Member States and of the Swiss Confederation.

P6_TA(2007)0438

Community plant variety rights *

European Parliament legislative resolution of 23 October 2007 on the proposal for a Council
regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 as regards the entitlement to file an application
for a Community plant variety right (COM(2007)0445 — C6-0274/2007 — 2007/0161(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2007)0445),

— having regard to Articles 37 and 308 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted

Parliament (C6-0274/2007),

— having regard to Rules 51 and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A6-0373/2007),

1.

2.

Approves the Commission proposal;

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

Calls for initiation of the conciliation procedure under the Joint Declaration of 4 March 1975 if the

3.
Council intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if

4.
substantially;

it intends to amend the Commission proposal

5.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-10-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

23.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 248/7

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

22 October 2007

(2007/C 248/06)

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

1,4166

RON

Romanian leu

161,40

7,4549

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,69750

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,3980

33,693

1,7628

1,6120

1,3866

10,9798

1,9136

2,0778

KRW South Korean won

1 299,09

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

9,7485

10,6367

7,3476

12 940,64

4,7803

62,472

35,3360

44,608

9,2145

1,6650

87,60

7,7335

1,9558

0,5842

27,215

15,6466

253,55

3,4528

0,7014

0,4293

3,6888

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4671 — UTC/Initial ESG) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-10-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building safety, economic concentration, electronic equipment, fire protection, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 248/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.10.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4671 — UTC/Initial ESG)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 248/03)

On 25 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 32007M4671. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4682 — INEOS/Lanxess' Engineering Thermoplastic Resins Business)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 248/04)

On 8 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 32007M4682. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1238/2007 of 23 October 2007 on laying down rules on the qualifications of the members of the Board of Appeal of the European Chemicals Agency
Date: 2007-10-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Chemicals Agency, appeal to an administrative authority, chemical product, environmental risk prevention, legal profession, professional qualifications, scientific report

L 280/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.10.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1238/2007

of 23 October 2007

on laying down rules on the qualifications of the members of the Board of Appeal of the European
Chemicals Agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee estab-
(EC)
133
lished
No 1907/2006,

under Article

Regulation

of

of Chemicals

the
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of
the Council of 18 December
European Parliament and of
2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation
and Restriction
a
European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC
and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council
Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC,
93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (1), and in particular
Article 76(1)(h) and Article 89 thereof,

establishing

(REACH),

Whereas:

Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 gives power
to the
European Chemicals Agency (the Agency) to take indi-
vidual decisions concerning registration of chemicals
substances, it also establishes a Board of Appeal before
which such individual decisions of the Agency may be
appealed against.

Article 89 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 empowers
the Commission to adopt detailed rules concerning the
qualifications required for the members of the Board.

(1)

(2)

(3)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Qualifications of the members of the Board of Appeal

The Board of Appeal shall consist of

1.
technically and
legally qualified members. The Chairman shall be legally
qualified.

2.
The technically qualified members and their alternates
shall hold a university degree or an equivalent qualification
and shall have substantial professional experience in hazard
assessment, exposure assessment or
risk management with
regard to human health or environment risks of chemical
substances or in related fields.

3.
The legally qualified members and their alternates shall be
graduates in law and have recognised experience in Community
law.

Article 2

Entry into force

The Board should be chaired by a person having
recognised experience in Community law.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation 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, 23 October 2007.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President

(1) OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1, corrected by OJ L 136, 29.5.2007, p. 3.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4890 — Arcelor/SFG) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-10-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, exchange of information, iron and steel industry, merger control, natural gas, provision of services

C 248/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.10.2007

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4890 — Arcelor/SFG)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 248/12)

1.
On 16 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 Arcelor Luxembourg
S.A.
controlled by the ArcelorMittal group (‘ArcelorMittal’,
Luxembourg) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole
of the undertaking Saar Ferngas AG (‘SFG’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

(‘Arcelor Luxembourg’, Luxembourg)

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Arcelor Luxembourg: production of steel and provision of related services,

— for ArcelorMittal: production of steel and provision of related services,

— for SFG: purchase, transport, storage and supply of natural gas to local wholesalers, industrial customers

and power stations and provision of related services.

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.4890 — Arcelor/SFG, 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.
2007/726/EC: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in application of point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management
Date: 2007-10-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: dismissal, financial management, fund (EU), globalisation, motor vehicle industry

13.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 294/21

(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

II

DECISIONS

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 23 October 2007

on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in application of point 28 of
the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and
the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management

(2007/726/EC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the
Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular
point 28 thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
20 December 2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The European Union has created a European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (the ‘Fund’) to provide
additional support to redundant workers who suffer from the consequences of major structural
changes in world trade patterns and to assist their reintegration into the labour market.

The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the Fund within the
annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 contains the provisions whereby the Fund may be mobilised.

(4)

France submitted applications to mobilise the Fund, concerning two cases of redundancies in the
automobile sector: Peugeot SA and Renault SA,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2007, the European Globalisation
Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised for a total amount of EUR 3 816 280.

Article 1

(1) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

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Official Journal of the European Union

13.11.2007

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 2

Done at Strasbourg, 23 October 2007.

For the European Parliament

The President

H.-G. PÖTTERING

For the Council

The President

M. LOBO ANTUNES
P6_TA(2007)0439#Nuclear energy (ratification by Slovenia of the Protocol amending the Paris Convention) ***#European Parliament legislative resolution of 23 October 2007 on the proposal for a Council decision authorising the Republic of Slovenia to ratify, in the interest of the European Community, the Protocol of 12 February 2004 amending the Paris Convention of 29 July 1960 on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy (9453/2007 — C6-0180/2007 — 2006/0260(AVC))
Date: 2007-10-23
Institutions: Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: Slovenia, civil liability, nuclear energy, nuclear safety, ratification of an agreement

16.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 263 E/151

Tuesday 23 October 2007

P6_TA(2007)0439

Nuclear energy (ratification by Slovenia of the Protocol amending the Paris
Convention) ***

European Parliament legislative resolution of 23 October 2007 on the proposal for a Council
decision authorising the Republic of Slovenia to ratify, in the interest of the European Community,
the Protocol of 12 February 2004 amending the Paris Convention of 29 July 1960 on Third Party
Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy (9453/2007 — C6-0180/2007 — 2006/0260(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (9453/2007),

— having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 300(3), second
subparagraph, in conjunction with Article 61(c), Article 67 and Article 300(2), first subparagraph, of the
EC Treaty (C6-0180/2007),

— having regard to Rule 75(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0369/2007),

1.

2.

Gives its assent to the proposal for a Council decision;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.

P6_TA(2007)0440

UN/ECE Espoo Convention *

European Parliament legislative resolution of 23 October 2007 on the proposal for a Council
decision on the approval, on behalf of the European Community, of the first and the second
in a
amendments to the UN/ECE Espoo Convention on Environmental

Impact Assessment

Transboundary Context (COM(2007)0470 — C6-0291/2007 — 2007/0169(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2007)0470),

— having regard to Article 175(1) and Article 300(2), first subparagraph, first sentence, of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council

consulted Parliament (C6-0291/2007),
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: 2007-10-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, State aid, control of State aid, regional development

23.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 248/3

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 248/02)

Date of adoption of the decision

25.9.2007

Reference number of the aid

Member State

Region

N 197/07

Germany

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Methode zur Berechnung des Beihilfelements von Bürgschaften

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

—

Aid scheme

Regional development

Guarantee

—

—

25.9.2007-31.12.2013

Economic sectors

All sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

—

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/
New national sides of euro circulation coins
Date: 2007-10-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cyprus, euro, euro area, issuing of currency, technical specification

C 248/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.10.2007

New national sides of euro circulation coins

(2007/C 248/07)

On 10 July 2007, the Council of the European Union decided that the Republic of Cyprus fulfils the neces-
sary conditions for the adoption of the euro on 1 January 2008 (1).

From 1 January 2008, the Republic of Cyprus will therefore issue euro coins, subject to the approval by the
ECB of the volume of the issue (cf. Article 106(2) of the Treaty establishing the European Community).

Euro circulation coins have legal tender status throughout the euro area. The Commission publishes all new
euro coin designs (2) with a view to informing all parties required to handle coins in the course of their
work as well as the public at large.

The 10-, 20- and 50-cent coins and the 1- and 2-euro coins will be issued by the Republic of Cyprus with
the new common sides of the euro coins (3). The lowest denominations (1-, 2- and 5-cent) will be issued
with the original common side, since the common side of these denominations has not been modified.

Issuing State: Republic of Cyprus

Start of issuing: January 2008

Description of the designs:

1 EURO CENT — 2 EURO CENT — 5 EURO CENT

The centre of the coin depicts a couple of moufflons, the most characteristic species of the country's wildlife.
Flanking the year mark, the name of the island in Greek and Turkish is engraved in a semicircle on the right
hand side above the animals: ‘ΚΥΠΡΟΣ 2008 KIBRIS’. The image and the inscription are surrounded by the
twelve stars of the European flag.

(1) Council Decision of 10 July 2007 in accordance with Article 122(2) of the Treaty on the adoption by Cyprus of the single

currency on 1 January 2008 (OJ L 186, 18.7.2007, p. 29).

(2) See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1, and OJ C 254, 20.10.2006, p. 6 for a reference to the other euro coins.
(3) See OJ C 225, 19.9.2006, p. 7.

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C 248/9

10 EURO CENT — 20 EURO CENT — 50 EURO CENT

The centre of the coin depicts the ship of Kyrenia (4th century B.C.) representing the island's relationship
with the sea and its importance in trade and maritime activities. Flanking the year mark, the name of the
island in Greek and Turkish is engraved in a semicircle on the right hand side above the ship:
‘ΚΥΠΡΟΣ
2008 KIBRIS’. The image and the inscription are surrounded by the twelve stars of the European flag.

1 EURO — 2 EURO

The inner circle of the coin depicts a cross-shaped idol dating back to the chalcolithic period (3000 B.C.),
from the village of Pomos which is a characteristic example of Cypriot prehistoric art. The name of the
island in Greek and Turkish ‘ΚΥΠΡΟΣ KIBRIS’ is engraved in an interrupted semicircle on each upper side of
the idol. The year mark 2008 appears on the bottom right hand side. The twelve stars of the European flag
are positioned on the outer ring of the coin.

Edge lettering of the 2-euro coin: ‘2 ΕΥΡΩ 2 EURO’ repeated twice.