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: 2007-11-16
Institutions: Netherlands
Subjects: Netherlands, energy site, hydrocarbon, mineral prospecting, mining operation

16.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 275/29

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 275/13)

The Minister for Economic Affairs hereby gives notice that an application has been received for authorisation
to prospect for hydrocarbons in block G11 as indicated on the map appended as Annex 3 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 G11 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: De Minister van Economische Zaken, ter attentie
van J.C. De Groot, directeur Energiemarkt, ALP/562, Postbus 20101, 2500 EC Den Haag, Nederland.

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 (contact
person: E.J. Hoppel).
Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive agreements and dominant positions given at its meeting of 16 November 2007 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/39.165 — Flat Glass
Date: 2007-11-16
Institutions: Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions
Subjects: fine, glass, glass industry, price agreement, restriction on competition, unlawful agreement

24.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 127/5

Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive agreements and dominant positions given at its
meeting of 16 November 2007 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/39.165 — Flat
Glass

(2008/C 127/08)

1. The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission assessment of the facts as an agreement
and/or concerted practice within the meaning of Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the
EEA Agreement.

2. The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission assessment of the product and the

geographic area affected by the cartel.

3. The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission assessment that the cartel constitutes a

single and continuous infringement.

4. The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission assessment that the agreement and/or
concerted practice between the flat glass manufacturers in the EEA were capable of having an appreciable
effect upon trade between Member States.

5. The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission assessment as regards the addressees of
the draft decision, specifically with reference to imputation of liability to parent companies of the groups
concerned.

6. The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission that a fine should be imposed on the

addressees of the draft decision.

7. The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission assessment of the applications made
under the 2002 Leniency Notice, that is to say that Asahi/Glaverbel will be granted a 30-50 % reduction
of the fine and partial immunity for the period 9 January 2004 to 19 April 2004.

8. The Advisory Committee recommends the publication of its Opinion in the Official Journal of the European

Union.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4790 — Entremont Alliance/Sodiaal Industrie/Cofranlait) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-11-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, foodstuff, merger control, milk product, nutrition, powdered milk

16.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 275/27

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4790 — Entremont Alliance/Sodiaal Industrie/Cofranlait)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 275/11)

1.
On 31 October 2007, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Entremont Alliance (France) and Sodiaal
Industrie (France), which is controlled by Sodiaal Union de Coopératives agricoles, acquire within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of Confranlait SAS (‘Cofranlait’, France)
by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Entremont Alliance: processing and marketing of milk-based products (cheese, milk powder),

— Sodiaal Industrie: processing of milk-based products (drinking milk, cheese, milk powder),

— Cofranlait: milk powder for baby foods, adult nutrition, improved intermediate food products, powdered

milk.

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 third parties to submit to it any observations they might have on the

4.
proposed transaction.

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.4790 — Entremont Alliance/Sodiaal
to the following
address:

Industrie/Cofranlait,

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.
Notice to Community operators importing agricultural and industrial products originating in the ACP States under the trade measures provided for in Annex V to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, known as the Cotonou Agreement
Date: 2007-11-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, Cotonou Agreement, agricultural product, import, industrial product, originating product, trade regulations

C 275/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.11.2007

Notice to Community operators importing agricultural and industrial products originating in the
ACP States under the trade measures provided for in Annex V to the ACP-EC Partnership
Agreement, known as the Cotonou Agreement

(2007/C 275/07)

1. According to Article 37(1) of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, the trade regime applicable to products
originating in the ACP States set out in Annex V of that agreement applies for a preparatory period that
shall end by 31 December 2007 at the latest and that new trading arrangements should enter into force
by 1 January 2008.

2. The Commission approach to establishing those new trading arrangements within the context of
ongoing Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations is set out
in a Communication from the
Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on Economic Partnership Agreements (1). The
full text of this Communication is available through the EUR-Lex system (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).

3. The approach set out in the Communication proposes that, as of 1 January 2008, the trade regime
applicable under the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement should be replaced by arrangements pursuant to
any WTO-compatible agreement for which negotiations have been concluded between ACP Regions or
States and the Community in the context of the ongoing regional Economic Partnership Agreement
negotiations. It further proposes that in the event any ACP Region or State fails to conclude such negotia-
tions, the trade regime applicable to products originating in those Regions or States from 1 January
2008 will be the Generalised System of Preferences, until such time as relevant negotiations are
concluded and the Council approves the application of a new trade regime.

4. The approach set out in the Communication also foresees that the Commission will propose to Council
to repeal or amend as necessary from 1 January 2008 all remaining regulatory provision that either
refers to or provides for the management and implementation of the trade provisions in Annex V of the
ACP-EC Partnership Agreement. As this includes acts providing for quotas under the ACP-EC Partnership
Agreement, operators should take this into account in planning applications for such quotas.

(1) COM(2007) 635 final.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4713 — Aviva/Hamilton) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-11-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, insurance, investment transaction, life assurance, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, savings

16.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 275/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4533 — SCA/P&G (European tissue business))

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 275/01)

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(2) 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 32007M4533. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4713 — Aviva/Hamilton)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 275/02)

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 32007M4713. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions given at its meeting of 16 November 2007 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/38.432 — Professional videotapes
Date: 2007-11-16
Institutions: Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions
Subjects: commercial contract, dominant position, fine, fixing of prices, magnetic medium, restriction on competition, restrictive trade practice

1.3.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 57/9

Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions given at
its meeting of 16 November 2007 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/38.432 —
Professional videotapes

(2008/C 57/07)

1. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the basic amount of the fines.

2. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the increase of the basic amount due to aggra-

vating circumstances.

3. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the increase of the fine to ensure a sufficient

deterrent effect.

4. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the reductions of the fines based on the 2002

Leniency Notice.

5. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the final amounts of the fines.

6. The Advisory Committee recommends the publication of its opinion in the Official Journal of the European

Union.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-11-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

16.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 275/5

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

15 November 2007

(2007/C 275/04)

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

1,4639

RON

Romanian leu

161,98

7,4527

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,71485

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,4580

33,090

1,7320

1,6425

1,4273

11,3961

1,9329

2,1255

KRW South Korean won

1 340,35

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

9,7941

10,8662

7,3525

13 631,84

4,9355

63,240

35,8650

46,210

9,2480

1,6454

88,44

7,9935

1,9558

0,5842

26,624

15,6466

254,42

3,4528

0,7001

0,4293

3,6672

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-31/07: Order of the President of the Court of 16 November 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Ireland
Date: 2007-11-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Ireland, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, air safety, civil aviation, data collection, exchange of information, national implementing measure

C 51/38

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.2.2008

Pleas in law and main arguments

Article 12(1) of the directive provides, as a main rule, that
inspections shall be carried out only by inspectors who fulfil the
qualification criteria set out in Annex VII thereof. Paragraph 5
of Annex VII provides, as an exception to this main rule, that
the criteria in paragraphs 1-4
inspectors who do not
thereof are accepted if they are employed by the competent
authority of a Member State for port State control at the date of
adoption of the directive, in other words, on 19 June 1995.

fulfil

Order of the President of the Sixth Chamber of the Court
of 20 November 2007 — Commission of the European
Communities v Portuguese Republic

(Case C-482/06) (1)

(2008/C 51/64)

Language of the case: Portuguese

The President of the Sixth Chamber has ordered that the case be
removed from the register.

The Act of Accession does not provide for any transitional
measures relating to the application of the directive in respect of
Malta. In accordance with article 2 of the Act of Accession the
provisions of the directive are binding upon Malta from the date
of accession.

(1) OJ C 326, 30.12.2006.

It is the Commission's view that the Merchant Shipping (Port
State Control) Regulations, 2004 (the ‘Regulations’), adopted by
Malta to implement the directive, are incompatible with the
directive, read in conjunction with the Act of Accession, in so
far as they provide that inspectors who do not fulfil the criteria
in paragraphs 1-4 of Annex VII of the directive are accepted if
they have been employed by the competent authority for port
State control between 19 June 1995 and the date of entry into
force of the Regulations — in other words, 1 May 2004.

(1) OJ L 157, p. 1.

Order of the President of the Eighth Chamber of the Court
of 27 November 2007 — Commission of the European
Communities v Republic of Hungary

(Case C-30/07) (1)

(2008/C 51/65)

Language of the case: Hungarian

The President of the Eighth Chamber has ordered that the case
be removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 69, 24.3.2007.

Order of the President of the Fourth Chamber of the Court
of 11 December 2007 — Commission of the European
Communities v Centre de traduction des organes de
l'Union européenne

(Case C-269/06) (1)

(2008/C 51/63)

Language of the case: French

Order of the President of the Court of 16 November 2007
— Commission of the European Communities v Ireland

(Case C-31/07) (1)

(2008/C 51/66)

Language of the case: English

The President of the Fourth Chamber has ordered that the case
be removed from the register.

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 190, 12.8.2006.

(1) OJ C 56, 10.3.2007.
Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2007 of 18 September 2007 amending and updating Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports of dual-use items and technology ( OJ L 278, 22.10.2007 )
Date: 2007-11-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: customs regulations, dual-use good, export monitoring, technology transfer

16.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 298/23

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2007 of 18 September 2007 amending and updating
Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports of dual-use items
and technology

(Official Journal of the European Union L 278 of 22 October 2007)

On page 6, under definition ‘Adjusted Peak Performance’:
for:

‘1012’,
‘1012’.

read:

On page 140, second paragraph:

for:

read:

‘1012’,
‘1012’
Case C-195/07: Order of the President of the Court of 16 November 2007 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Zala Megyei Bíróság — Republic of Hungary) — OTP Bank rt and Merlin Gerin Zala kft v Zala Megyei Közigazgatási Hivatal
Date: 2007-11-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Hungary, interpretation of the law, local tax, tax harmonisation, tax on profits of self-employment, tax relief, transitional period (EU)

23.2.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 51/39

Order of the President of the Court of 20 November 2007
— Commission of the European Communities v Italian
Republic

Order of the President of the Court of 29 November 2007
v
— Commission

European Communities

the

of
Portuguese Republic

(Case C-190/07) (1)

(2008/C 51/67)

Language of the case: Italian

(Case C-234/07) (1)

(2008/C 51/70)

Language of the case: Portuguese

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 129, 9.6.2007.

(1) OJ C 155, 7.7.2007.

Order of the President of the Court of 16 November 2007
(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Zala Megyei
Bíróság — Republic of Hungary) — OTP Bank rt and
Merlin Gerin Zala kft v Zala Megyei Közigazgatási Hivatal

Order of the President of the Court of 5 December 2007
— Commission of the European Communities v Federal
Republic of Germany

(Case C-195/07) (1)

(2008/C 51/68)

Language of the case: Hungarian

(Case C-245/07) (1)

(2008/C 51/71)

Language of the case: German

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 129, 9.6.2007.

(1) OJ C 155, 7.7.2007.

Order of the President of the Court of 20 November 2007
v
— Commission

European Communities

the

of
Portuguese Republic

Order of the President of the Court of 21 November 2007
v
— Commission

European Communities

the

of
Portuguese Republic

(Case C-206/07) (1)

(2008/C 51/69)

(Case C-266/07) (1)

(2008/C 51/72)

Language of the case: Portuguese

Language of the case: Portuguese

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 129, 9.6.2007.

(1) OJ C 183, 4.8.2007.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4533 — SCA/P&G (European tissue business)) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-11-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, mass-consumption product, merger control, pulp and paper industry, restrictive-practice authorisation, toiletries

16.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 275/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4533 — SCA/P&G (European tissue business))

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 275/01)

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(2) 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 32007M4533. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4713 — Aviva/Hamilton)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 275/02)

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 32007M4713. EUR-Lex is the

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