do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Communication from the Minister for Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the basis of Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: United Kingdom
Subjects: Netherlands, energy site, hydrocarbon, mineral prospecting, mining operation

30.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 257/47

Communication from the Minister for Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the
basis of Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the
conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of
hydrocarbons

(2007/C 257/10)

The Minister for Economic Affairs hereby gives notice that an application has been received for authorisation
to prospect for hydrocarbons in the block segment Q16b as indicated on the map appended as Annex III to
the Mining Regulation (Mijnbouwregeling) (Government Gazette (Staatscourant) 2002, No 245).

With reference to the Directive 94/22/EC mentioned in the introduction and Article 15 of the Mining Act
(Mijnbouwwet) (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees (Staatsblad) 2002, No 542), the Minister for Economic Affairs
hereby invites interested parties to submit a competing application for authorisation to prospect for hydro-
carbons in block segment Q16b of the Dutch continental shelf.

The Minister for Economic Affairs is the competent authority for the granting of authorisations. The criteria,
conditions and requirements referred to in Articles 5(1), 5(2) and 6(2) of the above-mentioned Directive are
set out in the Mining Act (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees 2002, No 542).

Applications may be submitted during the 13 weeks following the publication of this notice in the
Official Journal of the European Union and should be sent to: The Minister for Economic Affairs, For the atten-
tion of J.C. De Groot, Director for the Energy Market, ALP/562, P.O. Box 20101, 2500 EC The Hague, the
Netherlands.

Applications submitted after the expiry of this period will not be considered.

A decision on the applications will be taken not later than twelve months after this period has expired.

Further information can be obtained from the following telephone number: (31-70) 379 77 62.
Council Common Position 2007/705/CFSP of 30 October 2007 concerning the temporary reception by Member States of the European Union of certain Palestinians
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Member State, Palestine question, admission of aliens, aid to refugees, political asylum, residence permit

L 285/54

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

31.10.2007

III

(Acts adopted under the EU Treaty)

ACTS ADOPTED UNDER TITLE V OF THE EU TREATY

COUNCIL COMMON POSITION 2007/705/CFSP

of 30 October 2007

concerning the temporary reception by Member States of

the European Union of certain

Palestinians

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

for entry and stay granted pursuant
Common Position for a further period of 12 months.

to Article 3 of

that

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular Article 15 thereof,

Article 2

The Council shall evaluate the application of Common Position
2002/400/CFSP within six months of
this
Common Position.

the adoption of

Article 3

This Common Position shall
adoption.

take effect on the day of

its

Article 4

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

Done at Luxembourg, 30 October 2007.

For the Council
The President

F. NUNES CORREIA

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

the

concerning

On 7 November 2006, the Council adopted Common
Position 2006/755/CFSP
temporary
reception by Member States of the European Union of
certain Palestinians (1), which provided for an extension
of the validity of their national permits for entry into,
and stay in, the territory of the Member States referred to
in Common Position 2002/400/CFSP (2)
for a further
period of 12 months.

the application of
On the basis of an evaluation of
Council
Common
considers
those
that
permits be extended for a further period of 12 months,

2002/400/CFSP,

the validity of

it appropriate

Position

the

HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION:

Article 1

The Member States referred to in Article 2 of Common Position
2002/400/CFSP shall extend the validity of the national permits

(1) OJ L 308, 8.11.2006, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 138, 28.5.2002, p. 33. Common Position as last amended by
Common Position 2004/493/CFSP (OJ L 181, 18.5.2004, p. 24).
2007/774/EC: Council Decision of 30 October 2007 on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and its Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, Egypt, Romania, accession to the European Union, association agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement, signature of an agreement

L 312/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.11.2007

COUNCIL DECISION

of 30 October 2007

on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement
establishing an association between the European Communities and its Member States, of the
one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, to take account of the accession of
the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union

(2007/774/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

establishing the European
Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 310,
in conjunction
with Article 300(2), first subparagraph, first sentence, thereof,

Having regard to the 2005 Act of Accession, and in particular
Article 6(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

On 23 October 2006 the Council authorised the
Commission, on behalf of
the European Community
and its Member States, to open negotiations with the
Arab Republic of Egypt with a view to adjusting the
Euro-Mediterranean Agreement
establishing an asso-
ciation between the European Communities and their
the
Member States, of
other part (1), hereinafter referred to as ‘the Euro-Medi-
terranean Agreement’, to take account of the accession of
the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European
Union.

the one part, and Egypt, of

These negotiations have since been completed to the
satisfaction of the Commission.

Article 9(2) of
the Protocol negotiated with Egypt
provides for the provisional application of the Protocol
before its entry into force.

(4)

The Protocol should be signed on behalf of the European
Community and its Member States and applied on a
provisional basis subject to its conclusion at a later date,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the European
Community and its Member States, the Protocol to the Euro-
Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between
the European Communities and their Member States, of the
one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part,
to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and
Romania to the European Union (2).

Article 2

The Protocol shall be applied provisionally from 1 January
2007, subject to its conclusion at a later date.

Done at Luxembourg, 30 October 2007.

For the Council
The President

F. NUNES CORREIA

(1) OJ L 304, 30.9.2004, p. 39.

(2) See page 33 of this Official Journal.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4686 — Louis Delhaize/Magyar Hipermarket KFT) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, distributive trades, economic concentration, foodstuff, merger control, retail selling, supermarket

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).
Addendum to Council Decision 2007/543/EC of 23 July 2007 concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention on the establishment of a European Police Office (Europol Convention) ( OJ L 200, 1.8.2007 )
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, European convention, Europol, Romania, accession to the European Union

L 284/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.10.2007

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II

DECISIONS

COUNCIL

ADDENDUM

to Council Decision 2007/543/EC of 23 July 2007 concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania
to the Convention on the establishment of a European Police Office (Europol Convention)

(Official Journal of the European Union L 200 of 1 August 2007)

The Bulgarian and Romanian language versions of
published in a special edition of the Official Journal at a later date.

the following Convention and Protocols shall be

The Europol Convention and the Protocols of

— 24 July 1996,

— 19 June 1997,

— 30 November 2000,

— 28 November 2002,

— 27 November 2003.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4894 — Aegon/Caja Cantabria/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, disclosure of information, economic concentration, investment, life assurance, merger control, pension scheme, savings

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.4902 — Yamaha Motor Europe/Yamaha Distribution Companies) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, marketing, merger control, motor vehicle, two-wheeled vehicle, vessel

30.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 257/53

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4902 — Yamaha Motor Europe/Yamaha Distribution Companies)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 257/16)

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 Yamaha Motor Europe N.V. (‘YME’, the
Netherlands), controlled the Yamaha Motor Corporation (‘YMC’, Japan), acquires within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of Mitsui Motor Polskia SP.Z.O.O. (Poland),
Yamaha Motor Deutschland GMBH (Germany) and Yamaha Motor UK Ltd. (United Kingdom) (together
‘Yamaha Distribution Companies’), by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— YME: the marketing and sales of YMC products, principally motorcycles, scooters, marine outboard

engines, inflatable boats, waverunners, all-terrain vehicles, golf carts, generators and snowmobiles,

— Yamaha Distribution Companies: the import and wholesale distribution of YMC products, principally
motorcycles, scooters, marine outboard engines, inflatable boats, waverunners, all-terrain vehicles, golf
carts, generators and snowmobiles, in Poland, Germany, and the UK.

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.4902 — Yamaha Motor Europe/Yamaha Distribution Companies,
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.
2007/715/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 30 October 2007 appointing a German member of the European Economic and Social Committee
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Economic and Social Committee, Germany, appointment of staff

7.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 289/13

COUNCIL DECISION

of 30 October 2007

appointing a German member of the European Economic and Social Committee

(2007/715/EC, Euratom)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(2)

A German member’s seat on that Committee has fallen
vacant following the resignation of Mr Heiko STEFFENS,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 259 thereof,

establishing the European

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community, and in particular Article 167 thereof,

Article 1

is hereby appointed a member of

Mr Gerd BILLEN, Vorstand des Verbraucherzentrale Bundes-
the European
verbands,
Economic and Social Committee
in place of Mr Heiko
the latter’s term of office,
STEFFENS for
which ends on 20 September 2010.

the remainder of

Article 2

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

Done at Luxembourg, 30 October 2007.

For the Council
The President

F. NUNES CORREIA

Having regard to the nomination submitted by the German
government,

After receiving the opinion of the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

By Decision 2006/524/EC, Euratom appointing Czech,
German, Estonian, Spanish, French,
Italian, Latvian,
Lithuanian, Luxembourg, Hungarian, Maltese, Austrian,
the European
Slovenian and Slovak members of
Social Committee (1),
the Council
Economic
appointed the German members of
the European
Economic and Social Committee for the period from
21 September 2006 to 20 September 2010.

and

(1) OJ L 207, 28.7.2006, p. 30. Decision amended by Decision

2007/622/EC, Euratom (OJ L 253, 28.9.2007, p. 39).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4898 — Compagnie de Saint-Gobain/Maxit) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building materials, construction equipment, distributive trades, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control

C 257/50

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.10.2007

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4898 — Compagnie de Saint-Gobain/Maxit)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 257/13)

On 22 October 2007,

1.
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 Compagnie de
Saint-Gobain (‘Saint-Gobain’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regu-
lation control of the whole of the undertaking Maxit (‘Maxit’, Sweden) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Saint-Gobain: production, sale and distribution of construction materials,

including mortars and

gypsum,

— for Maxit: production and sale of mortars, gypsum and exclay; design and assembly of premix equipment

for premix manufacturers.

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.4898 — Compagnie de Saint-Gobain/Maxit, 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.
2007/714/EC: Council Decision of 30 October 2007 appointing an Italian member and an Italian alternate member to the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Committee of the Regions, Italy, appointment of staff

L 289/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.11.2007

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

II

DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 30 October 2007

appointing an Italian member and an Italian alternate member to the Committee of the Regions

(2007/714/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(a) as a member:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,

establishing the European

— Ms Marta VINCENZI, Mayor of the Commune of Genoa;

Having regard to the proposal from the Italian Government,

and

Whereas:

(b) as an alternate member:

(1)

(2)

On 24 January 2006 the Council adopted Decision
2006/116/EC appointing the members and alternate
members of
the
period from 26 January 2006 to 25 January 2010 (1).

the Committee of

the Regions for

One member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has
become vacant following the end of the mandate of Ms
SCAGNI. One alternate member’s seat has become vacant
following the end of the mandate Mr TECCE,

— Mr Paolo CARRAZZA, Communal councillor of

the

Commune of Rome.

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

Article 2

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Done at Luxembourg, 30 October 2007.

Article 1

The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the
Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which
ends on 25 January 2010:

For the Council
The President

F. NUNES CORREIA

(1) OJ L 56, 25.2.2006, p. 75.
2008/87/EC: Council Decision of 30 October 2007 on the signing and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and the United Arab Emirates on certain aspects of air services
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Community, United Arab Emirates, air transport, protocol to an agreement, trade agreement (EU)

L 28/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.2.2008

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

II

DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 30 October 2007

on the signing and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and
the United Arab Emirates on certain aspects of air services

(2008/87/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 80(2)
with the first sentence of
300(2) thereof,

establishing the European
in conjunction
the first subparagraph of Article

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The Council authorised the Commission on 5 June 2003
to open negotiations with third countries on the re-
placement of certain provisions
in existing bilateral
Agreements with a Community Agreement.

On behalf of the Community, the Commission has nego-
tiated an Agreement with the United Arab Emirates on
certain aspects of air services in accordance with the
mechanisms and directives in the Annex to the Council
Decision authorising the Commission to open nego-
tiations with third countries on the replacement of
certain provisions in existing bilateral Agreements with
a Community Agreement.

(3)

The Agreement
applied, subject to its conclusion at a later date,

should be signed and provisionally

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

signing of

The
European
Community and the United Arab Emirates on certain aspects

the Agreement between the

of air services is hereby approved on behalf of the Community,
subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of
the Community subject to its conclusion.

Article 3

Pending its entry into force, the Agreement shall be applied
provisionally from the first day of the first month following
the date on which the Contracting Parties have notified each
other of the completion of the necessary procedures for this
purpose.

Article 4

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to make the
notification provided for in Article 9(2) of the Agreement.

Done at Luxembourg, 30 October 2007.

For the Council
The President

F. NUNES CORREIA