do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4918 — Carlyle/Applus) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-11-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment, management, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, roadworthiness tests, vehicle

C 267/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.11.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4918 — Carlyle/Applus)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 267/03)

On 30 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 32007M4918. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4849 — 21 Centrale Partners/Nord Est)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 267/04)

On 19 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 32007M4849. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-11-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

9.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 267/9

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

8 November 2007

(2007/C 267/07)

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

1,4666

RON

Romanian leu

165,90

7,4548

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,69625

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,4030

33,122

1,7359

1,5783

1,3629

11,3896

1,8923

2,1117

KRW South Korean won

1 332,70

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

9,5080

10,8832

7,3365

13 396,66

4,8845

63,284

35,8820

46,271

9,2620

1,6601

87,00

7,7410

1,9558

0,5842

26,894

15,6466

253,34

3,4528

0,7017

0,4293

3,6370

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4849 — 21 Centrale Partners/Nord Est) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-11-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment, management, merger control, packaging, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 267/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.11.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4918 — Carlyle/Applus)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 267/03)

On 30 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 32007M4918. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4849 — 21 Centrale Partners/Nord Est)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 267/04)

On 19 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 32007M4849. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Information on the date of entry into force of Council Regulation (EC) No 1891/2006 and of Commission Regulations (EC) No 876/2007 and (EC) No 877/2007
Date: 2007-11-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, World Intellectual Property Organisation, designs and models, industrial property, intellectual property, trade-mark law

L 291/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.11.2007

INFORMATION ON THE DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
No 1891/2006 AND OF COMMISSION REGULATIONS (EC) No 876/2007 AND (EC) No 877/2007

The Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs,
adopted at Geneva on 2 July 1999, will enter into force with respect to the European Community on
1 January 2008. Consequently, the following Regulations will also enter into force on 1 January 2008:

— Council Regulation (EC) No 1891/2006 of 18 December 2006 amending Regulations (EC) No 6/2002
and (EC) No 40/94 to give effect to the accession of the European Community to the Geneva Act of the
Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs (1),

— Commission Regulation (EC) No 876/2007 of 24 July 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002
implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 on Community designs following the accession of the
European Community to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the international regis-
tration of industrial designs (2),

— Commission Regulation (EC) No 877/2007 of 24 July 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 2246/2002
concerning the fees payable to the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and
Designs)
the Hague
Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs (3).

the European Community to the Geneva Act of

following the accession of

(1) OJ L 386, 29.12.2006, p. 14.
(2) OJ L 193, 25.7.2007, p. 13.
(3) OJ L 193, 25.7.2007, p. 16.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4789 — ELG Haniel/Metal One/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-11-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, iron and steel industry, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

9.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 267/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4789 — ELG Haniel/Metal One/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 267/05)

On 27 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 32007M4789. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4803 — RBS/Sempra) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-11-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, distributive trades, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, raw material

C 267/38

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.11.2007

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4803 — RBS/Sempra)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 267/13)

1.
On 5 November 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 Royal Bank of Scotland
Group Plc (‘RBS’, UK) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of
parts of the Sempra Energy Group (‘Sempra Companies’, USA), by way of creating a partnership RBS
Sempra Commodities LLP (‘Partnership’, UK).

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for RBS: provider of banking services and integrated financial solutions,

— for Sempra Companies: principally physical commodities trading and associated activities, worldwide.

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.4803 — RBS/Sempra, 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1318/2007 of 9 November 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-11-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit

10.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 293/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1318/2007

of 9 November 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 10 November 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 9 November 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 293/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.11.2007

to Commission Regulation of 9 November 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 20 10

0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70,
0805 20 90

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

MA
ZZ

HR
IL
TR
UY
ZZ

AR
TR
ZA
ZZ

BR
TR
US
ZZ

AR
AU
CA
CL
MK
US
ZA
ZZ

AR
CN
TR
ZZ

75,0
46,6
74,3
65,3

196,3
247,0
70,4
103,9
154,4

74,1
105,9
90,0

93,3
93,3

39,1
67,9
77,0
94,2
69,6

62,8
92,2
62,4
72,5

241,5
117,1
291,2
216,6

80,9
183,7
110,6
86,0
31,5
99,6
86,5
97,0

49,3
75,7
139,6
88,2

(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’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4837 — Wallenius/Antelo/GAL/CAT) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-11-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, logistics, merger control, primary product, restrictive-practice authorisation, service, transport company

9.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 267/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4850 — CVC/DSI)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 267/01)

On 25 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 32007M4850. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4837 — Wallenius/Antelo/GAL/CAT)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 267/02)

On 5 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 32007M4837. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4850 — CVC/DSI) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-11-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, technology

9.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 267/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4850 — CVC/DSI)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 267/01)

On 25 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 32007M4850. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4837 — Wallenius/Antelo/GAL/CAT)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 267/02)

On 5 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 32007M4837. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4513 — Arjowiggins/M-real Zanders Reflex) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-11-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, pulp and paper industry

9.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 267/39

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4513 — Arjowiggins/M-real Zanders Reflex)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 267/14)

1.
On 31 October 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by
which the undertaking Arjowiggins SAS (‘Arjowiggins’, France), controlled by Sequana Capital (formerly
known as Worms & Cie) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of
the whole of M-real Zanders Reflex mill situated in Düren, Germany (‘Reflex’), part of M-real Corporation
(‘M-real Group’, Finland), by way of purchase of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Arjowiggins: production and distribution of specialty paper such as graphic paper and carbonless

copy paper,

— for Reflex: production and distribution of carbonless paper and other specialty paper.

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.4513 — Arjowiggins/M-real Zanders Reflex, 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.