do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Judgment of the Court of 30 October 2007 in Case E-2/07: EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Kingdom of Norway (Widow's and widower's pension rights — Equal treatment of women and men — Article 69 EEA — Directive 79/7/EEC — Directive 86/378/EEC)
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: EFTA Court, European Economic Area, Norway, gender equality, pension scheme, survivor's benefit, transfer of pension rights

7.2.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 33/9

V

(Announcements)

COURT PROCEEDINGS

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA COURT

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 30 October 2007

in Case E-2/07: EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Kingdom of Norway

(Widow's and widower's pension rights — Equal

treatment of women and men — Article 69 EEA —

Directive 79/7/EEC — Directive 86/378/EEC)

(2008/C 33/07)

In Case E-2/07, EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Kingdom of Norway — Application for a declaration
that by maintaining in force rules in lov av 28. juli 1949 nr. 26 om Statens Pensjonskasse (Public Service
Pension Act) relating to pension rights accrued on the basis of periods of employment after 1 January 1994
pursuant to which the survivor's pension of a widower whose spouse became a member of the Public
Service Pension Fund prior to 1 October 1976 is curtailed in relation to his other income whereas a widow
in the same circumstances receives her survivor's pension without curtailment, the Kingdom of Norway has
failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 69(1) EEA and Article 5 of the Act referred to at point 20 in
Annex XVIII to the EEA Agreement (Council Directive 86/378/EEC of 24 July 1986 on the implementation
of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in occupational social security schemes, as amended
by Council Directive 96/97/EC of 20 December 1996), as adapted by Protocol 1 thereto., the Court,
composed of: Carl Baudenbacher, President (Judge-Rapporteur), Henrik Bull, Judge, and Thorgeir Örlygsson,
Judge, gave judgment on 14 March 2007, the operative part of which is as follows:

1. Declares that by maintaining in force rules in lov av 28. juli 1949 nr. 26 om Statens Pensjonskasse
relating to pension rights accrued on the basis of periods of employment after 1 January 1994 pursuant
to which the survivor's pension of a widower whose spouse became a member of the Public Service
Pension Fund prior to 1 October 1976 is curtailed in relation to his other income whereas a widow in
the same circumstances receives her survivor's pension without curtailment, the Kingdom of Norway has
failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 69(1) EEA and Article 5 of the Act referred to at point 20 in
Annex XVIII to the EEA Agreement (Council Directive 86/378/EEC of 24 July 1986 on the implementa-
tion of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in occupational social security schemes, as
amended by Council Directive 96/97/EC of 20 December 1996), as adapted by Protocol 1 thereto.

2. Orders the Kingdom of Norway to pay the costs of the proceedings.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4810 — Toepfer/ThyssenKrupp/Imperial Logistics/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, economic concentration, exchange of information, iron and steel product, logistics, maritime transport, merger control, transport company

30.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 257/49

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4810 — Toepfer/ThyssenKrupp/Imperial Logistics/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 257/12)

On 19 October 2007,

1.
the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration
pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Alfred C. Toepfer
International GmbH (‘Toepfer’, Germany), ThyssenKrupp MinEnergy GmbH (‘ThyssenKrupp’, Germany) and
Imperial Logistics International (‘Imperial’, Germany) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Brouwer Shipping & Chartering GmbH & Co KG
(‘Brouwer’, Germany), currently sole-controlled by Imperial, by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Toepfer: production and sale of agricultural products,

— for ThyssenKrupp: production and sale of steel products,

— for Imperial: transport and logistics,

— for Brouwer: maritime brokerage.

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.4810 — Toepfer/ThyssenKrupp/Imperial Logistics/JV, 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

30.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 257/7

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

29 October 2007

(2007/C 257/06)

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

1,4391

RON

Romanian leu

165,17

7,4546

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,69895

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,3406

33,278

1,7132

1,5652

1,3822

11,1544

1,8720

2,0887

KRW South Korean won

1 305,41

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

9,4050

10,7566

7,3505

13 088,61

4,8044

63,069

35,5740

45,591

9,1920

1,6776

86,77

7,7220

1,9558

0,5842

26,922

15,6466

250,65

3,4528

0,7022

0,4293

3,6246

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4840 — Fiat/Teksid Aluminium) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, economic concentration, merger control, metal product, motor vehicle industry

30.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 257/5

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4840 — Fiat/Teksid Aluminium)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 257/02)

On 28 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 32007M4840. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4894 — Aegon/Caja Cantabria/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 257/03)

On 26 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 32007M4894. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4947 — Vodafone/Tele2 Italia/Tele2 España) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, service, telecommunications, telephone

C 257/48

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.10.2007

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4947 — Vodafone/Tele2 Italia/Tele2 España)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 257/11)

1.
On 19 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 Vodafone Group Plc
(‘Vodafone’, United Kingdom) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
control of the whole of the undertakings Tele2 Italia SpA (‘Tele2 Italia’, Italy) and Tele2 Telecommunications
Services SLU (‘Tele2 España’, Spain) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Vodafone: provision of mobile telecommunications services, fixed line services, broad-

band services,

— for undertaking Tele2 Italia, Tele2 España: fixed line telephony services, broadband services.

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.4947 — Vodafone/Tele2 Italia/Tele2 España, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4779 — Akzo Nobel/ICI) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, paints and varnishes, polymer, starch

C 257/52

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.10.2007

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4779 — Akzo Nobel/ICI)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 257/15)

1.
On 24 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 Akzo Nobel N.V. (‘Akzo Nobel’, the
Netherlands) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole
of Imperial Chemical Industries PLC (‘ICI’, United Kingdom) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Akzo Nobel: healthcare products, coatings and chemicals,

— ICI: coatings, industrial adhesives, specialty starches and polymers and electronic materials.

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.4779 — Akzo Nobel/ICI, 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4871 — KPN/Getronics) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, documentation, economic concentration, information industry, information technology industry, merger control, provision of services, telecommunications

C 257/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.10.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4686 — Louis Delhaize/Magyar Hipermarket KFT)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 257/04)

On 9 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 32007M4686. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4871 — KPN/Getronics)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 257/05)

On 8 October 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 32007M4871. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1280/2007 of 30 October 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit

L 285/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

31.10.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1280/2007

of 30 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 31 October 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 30 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).

31.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 285/27

to Commission Regulation of 30 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

JO
MA
MK
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

AR
TR
ZA
ZZ

BR
MK
TR
US
ZA
ZZ

AU
CA
CL
MK
NZ
US
ZA
ZZ

AR
CN
TR
ZZ

61,6
62,5
65,0
63,0

190,9
40,7
60,0
147,7
109,8

53,5
108,0
80,8

75,3
83,2
47,4
68,6

239,5
26,1
121,9
241,7
189,6
163,8

148,5
102,5
161,2
31,5
45,9
97,4
99,1
98,0

49,5
64,1
127,6
80,4

(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 COPPS/1/2007 of 30 October 2007 concerning the extension of the mandate of the Head of Mission/Police Commissioner of the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS)
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: Political and Security Committee
Subjects: Palestine, common foreign and security policy, operation of the Institutions, police cooperation, staff regulations (EU)

L 298/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.11.2007

III

(Acts adopted under the EU Treaty)

ACTS ADOPTED UNDER TITLE V OF THE EU TREATY

POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION EUPOL COPPS/1/2007

of 30 October 2007

concerning the extension of the mandate of the Head of Mission/Police Commissioner of the
European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS)

(2007/737/CFSP)

THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

(3)

On 18 October 2007 the Secretary General/High
Representative proposed to the PSC that it extend the
mandate of Mr Colin SMITH for an additional year,
until 31 December 2008,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The mandate of Mr Colin SMITH as Head of Mission/Police
Commissioner of the European Union Police Mission for the
Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS) is hereby extended until
31 December 2008.

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption.

It shall apply until 31 December 2008.

Done at Brussels, 30 October 2007.

For the Political and Security Committee
The President

C. DURRANT PAIS

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

Having regard to Council Joint Action 2005/797/CFSP of 14
November 2005 on the European Union Police Mission for the
Palestinian Territories (1), and in particular Article 11(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 11(2) of Joint Action 2005/797/CFSP provides
the Council authorises the Political and Security
that
Committee (PSC)
in
accordance with Article 25 of the Treaty, including the
decision to amend the chain of command, upon a
proposal by the Secretary General/High Representative.

to take the relevant decisions

General/High

On 21 November 2006, upon a proposal by the
Secretary
PSC
appointed by its Decision 2006/853/CFSP (2) Mr Colin
SMITH as Head of Mission/Police Commissioner of
EUPOL COPPS until 31 December 2007.

Representative,

the

(1) OJ L 300, 17.11.2005, p. 65.
(2) OJ L 331, 29.11.2006, p. 21.
Case F-135/07: Action brought on 30 October 2007 — Daniela Smadja v Commission
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Commission, European official, action by staff, administrator, appointment of staff, indemnification, personnel administration

9.2.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 37/35

Action brought on 30 October 2007 — Daniela Smadja v
Commission

RELEX, after the annulment of her first appointment. Applica-
tion for compensation for material and non-material damage

(Case F-135/07)

(2008/C 37/57)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Daniela Smadja (New Delhi, India) (represented by: E.
Boigelot, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Re

Annulment of the decision of the Commission on the appoint-
ment of the applicant, an official initially graded A*15, step 4,
in that it fixes her grade at Grade A*15, step 1, following her
to the post of Director of Directorate B of
re-appointment

Form of order sought

— annul the appointment of the applicant of 21 December
2006, in that it grades her as Director at Grade A*15, step
1, and fixes her length of service in that step as from
1 November 2005,
re-appointment on
following her
15 November 2005 to the post of Director of Directorate B
(Multilateral relations and human rights) of RELEX, a re-ap-
pointment which followed annulment of her first appoint-
ment to the same post in Case T-218/02 Napoli Buzzanca v
Commission;

— order the defendant to pay as compensation for material
and non-material harm, and damage to the applicant's
career, a sum of EUR 25 000;

— order the defendant to pay the costs.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4823 — Yara/Praxair/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical fertiliser, chemical product, economic concentration, exchange of information, gas industry, merger control

30.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 257/51

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4823 — Yara/Praxair/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 257/14)

1.
On 22 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 undertakings Yara International ASA
(‘Yara’, Norway) and Praxair, Inc. (‘Praxair’, USA) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
Council Regulation joint control of a jointly owned undertaking (‘JV’) to be established 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 Yara: production and marketing of fertilizers and nitrogen-based chemicals,

— for Praxair: industrial gases, primarily oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, helium, elec-

tronic gases and specialty gases,

— for JV: production and sale of industrial, specialty and medical gases in Scandinavia.

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.4823 — Yara/Praxair/JV, 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.