do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Council Common Position 2007/761/CFSP of 22 November 2007 renewing the restrictive measures imposed against Côte d'Ivoire
Date: 2007-11-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Côte d'Ivoire, arms control, economic sanctions, import restriction, precious stones

23.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 305/61

COUNCIL COMMON POSITION 2007/761/CFSP

of 22 November 2007

renewing the restrictive measures imposed against Côte d'Ivoire

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(5)

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

by

imposed

The measures
Position
2004/852/CFSP and Common Position 2006/30/CFSP
should therefore be
from 1
November 2007 until 31 October 2008 in order to
give effect to UNSCR 1782(2007),

renewed with effect

Common

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

On 13 December 2004, the Council adopted Common
Position 2004/852/CFSP concerning restrictive measures
against Côte d'Ivoire (1)
the
imposed against Côte d'Ivoire by United
measures
Nations
(UNSCR)
Security
1572(2004).

to implement

Resolution

in order

Council

renewing

the Council adopted Common
On 23 January 2006,
Position 2006/30/CFSP (2)
restrictive
measures imposed against Côte d'Ivoire by Common
Position 2004/852/CFSP for a further period of 12
months and supplementing them with the restrictive
of UNSCR
measures
1643(2005).

paragraph

imposed

the

by

6

On 12 February 2007, the Council adopted Common
Position 2007/92/CFSP (3)
restrictive
renewing
measures
imposed against Côte d'Ivoire until 31
October 2007.

the

imposed

following a review of

the
On 29 October 2007,
and
measures
1643(2005),
Security Council
adopted UNSCR 1782(2007) renewing the restrictive
measures against Côte d'Ivoire until 31 October 2008.

by UNSCR 1572(2004)

the United Nations

Article 1

The measures imposed by Common Position 2004/852/CFSP
and Common Position 2006/30/CFSP shall be applied until 31
in
October 2008, unless
accordance with any future relevant United Nations Security
Council Resolution.

the Council decides otherwise

Article 2

This Common Position shall
adoption.

take effect on the date of

its

It shall apply from 1 November 2007 until 31 October 2008.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 22 November 2007.

For the Council
The President

M. PINHO

(1) OJ L 368, 15.12.2004, p. 50. Common Position as last amended by

Decision 2006/483/CFSP (OJ L 189, 12.7.2006, p. 23).

(2) OJ L 19, 24.1.2006, p. 36.
(3) OJ L 41, 13.2.2007, p. 16.
Case C-382/07: Order of the President of the Court of 22 November 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic
Date: 2007-11-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Portugal, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, freedom to provide services, freight rate, national implementing measure, rail transport, sustainable mobility, trans-European network, transport network

C 51/40

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.2.2008

Order of the President of the Court of 22 November 2007
v
— Commission

European Communities

the

of
Portuguese Republic

(Case C-382/07) (1)

(2008/C 51/73)

Language of the case: Portuguese

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

Order of the President of the Court of 4 December 2007
(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landesarbeits-
gericht Mecklenburg-Vorpommern — Germany) — Kathrin
Haase, Adolf Oberdorfer, Doreen Kielon, Peter Schulze,
Peter Kliem, Dietmar Bössow, Helge Riedel, André Richter,
Andreas Schneider v Superfast Ferries SA, Superfast
OKTO Maritime Company, Baltic SF VIII LTD

(Case C-413/07) (1)

(2008/C 51/74)

Language of the case: German

(1) OJ C 223, 22.9.2007.

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 283, 24.11.2007.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-11-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

22.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 279/1

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

21 November 2007

(2007/C 279/01)

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

1,4814

RON

Romanian leu

160,92

7,4544

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,71970

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,5421

33,445

1,7861

1,6952

1,4639

11,5250

1,9601

2,1516

KRW South Korean won

1 376,52

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

10,0942

10,9787

7,3360

13 932,57

5,0108

64,100

36,0650

46,615

9,3170

1,6379

92,07

8,0415

1,9558

0,5842

26,781

15,6466

256,25

3,4528

0,6985

0,4293

3,6895

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case F-67/05: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 22 November 2007 — Michail v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Evaluation — Career evaluation report — 2003 evaluation period — Action for annulment — Action for damages)
Date: 2007-11-22
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Commission, European official, action by staff, personnel administration, staff assessment

C 8/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.1.2008

EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber)
of 22 November 2007 — Michail v Commission

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber)
of 22 November 2007 — Michail v Commission

(Case F-67/05) (1)

(Case F-34/06) (1)

(Civil service — Officials — Evaluation — Career evaluation
report — 2003 evaluation period — Action for annulment —
Action for damages)

(Civil service — Officials — Evaluation — Career evaluation
report — 2004 evaluation period — Action for annulment —
Action for damages)

(2008/C 8/52)

Language of the case: French

(2008/C 8/53)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Christos Michail (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by:
C. Meïdanis, lawyer)

Parties

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: H. Tserepa-Lacombe, Agent, assisted by E. Bourtzalas,
lawyer)

Re:

Applicant: Christos Michail (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by:
C. Meïdanis)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented initially by C. Berardis-Kayser and K. Herrmann, Agents,
and later by H. Tserepa-Lacombe, Agent, assisted by E.
Bourtzalas, lawyer)

On the one hand, an application for the annulment of the appli-
cant's career evaluation report for the evaluation period from
1 April 2003 to 31 December 2003 and, on the other, a claim
for damages.

Re:

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

On the one hand, annulment of the applicant's career evaluation
report for the 2004 evaluation period and, on the other, a claim
for damages.

1. Annuls Mr Michail's career evaluation report for the evaluation

period from 1 April 2003 to 31 December 2003;

Operative part of the judgment

2. Dismisses the remainder of the application;

The Tribunal:

3. Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the

costs.

1. Dismisses the application;

(1) OJ C 229 of 17.9.2005, p. 33 (case initially registered before the
the European Communities as Case
the

Court of First
T-284/05 and transferred to the Civil Service Tribunal of
European Union by order of 15.12.2005).

Instance of

2. Orders the parties to bear their own costs.

(1) OJ C 154 of 1.7.2006, p. 24.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1361/2007 of 22 November 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-11-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

23.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 305/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1361/2007

of 22 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 23 November 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 22 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 305/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.11.2007

to Commission Regulation of 22 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

0709 90 80

0805 20 10

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

0805 50 10

0808 10 80

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

IL
MA
MK
TR
ZZ

JO
MA
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

EG
ZZ

MA
ZZ

CN
HR
IL
TR
UY
ZZ

AR
TR
ZA
ZZ

AR
CA
CL
CN
MK
US
ZA
ZZ

AR
CN
TR
ZZ

125,5
55,2
46,0
87,6
78,6

196,3
55,0
85,5
112,3

54,3
110,4
82,4

342,2
342,2

63,3
63,3

63,3
55,3
68,9
76,9
83,0
69,5

64,5
100,3
54,7
73,2

87,7
88,9
86,0
84,2
32,9
98,8
86,3
80,7

48,7
46,6
145,7
80,3

(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’.
Case C-525/04 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 November 2007 — Kingdom of Spain v Commission of the European Communities (Appeal — State aid — Non-recovery of contributions, default surcharges and interest owed — Admissibility — Private creditor test)
Date: 2007-11-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, General Court (EU), Spain, State aid, action for annulment (EU), appeal, control of State aid, textile industry

C 8/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.1.2008

V

(Announcements)

COURT PROCEEDINGS

COURT OF JUSTICE

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 November
2007 — Kingdom of Spain v Commission of the European
Communities

(Case C-525/04 P) (1)

(Appeal — State aid — Non-recovery of contributions, default
surcharges and interest owed — Admissibility — Private
creditor test)

1) Dismisses the appeal;

2) Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay its own costs and those

incurred by Lenzing AG;

3) Orders the Commission of the European Communities to bear its

own costs.

(2008/C 8/02)

(1) OJ C 69, 19.3.2005.

Language of the case: German

Parties

Appellant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by:
Cárcamo, Agent)

J.M. Rodríguez

Other parties to the proceedings: Commission of the European
Communities (represented by: V. Kreuschitz and J. Buendía
Sierra, Agents, M. Núñez-Müller, Rechtsanwalt), Lenzing AG,
(represented by: U. Soltész, Rechtsanwalt)

Re:

annulled Article

Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth
Chamber, Extended Composition) of 21 October 2004 in Case
T-36/99 between Lenzing AG and the Commission in which the
Court
of Commission Decision
1(1)
1999/395/EC of 28 October 1998 on State aid implemented by
Spain in favour of Sniace SA, located in Torrelavega, Cantabria
(OJ 1999 L 149, p. 40), as amended by Commission Decision
2001/43/EC of 20 September 2000 (OJ 2001 L 11, p. 46) —
Admissibility of an action for annulment brought by a compe-
titor of the undertaking benefiting from the aid — Definition of
a person individually concerned by the contested decision —
Agreements on the rescheduling and repayment of debts —
Private creditor test

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 November
2007 — Sniace SA v Commission of
the European
Communities — Republic of Austria, Lenzing Fibers
GmbH, Land Burgenland

(Case C-260/05 P) (1)

(Appeal — State aid — Admissibility — Measure of indivi-
dual concern to the applicant)

(2008/C 8/03)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Appellant: Sniace SA (represented by: J. Baró Fuentes, abogado)

Other parties to the proceedings: Commission of the European
Communities (represented by: V. Kreuschitz and J.L. Buendía
Sierra, Agents), Republic of Austria (represented by: H. Dossi,
Agent), Lenzing Fibers GmbH (formerly Lenzing Lyocell GmbH
& Co. KG)
(represented by U. Soltész, Rechtsanwalt), Land
Burgenland (represented by U. Soltész, Rechtsanwalt)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1366/2007 of 22 November 2007 establishing that no award shall be made in the framework of the standing invitation to tender of white sugar provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007
Date: 2007-11-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, award of contract, export, intervention agency, sale, white sugar

L 305/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.11.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1366/2007

of 22 November 2007

establishing that no award shall be made in the framework of the standing invitation to tender of
white sugar provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No
Pursuant
the
1060/2007 and following an examination of
invitation
tenders submitted in response to the partial
to tender ending on 21 November 2007,
it is appro-
priate to decide that no award shall be made for that
partial invitation to tender.

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20
February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in
the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subparagraph
and point (b) of the third subparagraph of Article 33(2) thereof,

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Sugar,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007 of 14
standing invitation to
September 2007 opening a
tender for the resale for export of sugar held by the
intervention agencies of Belgium, the Czech Republic,
Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and
Spain,
Sweden (2) requires the issuing of partial
invitations to
tender.

Ireland,

For the partial
invitation to tender ending on 21 November
2007, for the product referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 1060/2007, no award shall be made.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 November 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 22 November 2007.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 11, 18.1.2007, p. 4.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4953 — Sony Ericsson/Motorola/UIQ) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-11-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, information technology, merger control, mobile phone, radio telecommunications

C 279/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.11.2007

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4953 — Sony Ericsson/Motorola/UIQ)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 279/05)

1.
On 14 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 undertakings Sony Ericsson Mobile
Communications AB (‘Sony Ericsson’, Sweden), jointly controlled by Sony Corporation and Ericsson, and
Motorola Inc. (‘Motorola’, USA) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
joint control of the undertaking UI Holdings B.V. (‘UI Holdings’, the Netherlands), currently controlled by
Sony Ericsson, by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Sony Ericsson: development, production and marketing of mobile telephones, data

devices and related accessories,

— for undertaking Motorola: wireless and broadband communications technologies, including the develop-

ment, production and marketing of speech-based mobile devices,

— for undertaking UI Holdings: development of mobile phone user interfaces and application frameworks

trough its subsidiary UIQ Technology.

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.4953 — Sony Ericsson/Motorola/UIQ, 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 1365/2007 of 22 November 2007 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 900/2007
Date: 2007-11-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, white sugar

23.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 305/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1365/2007

of 22 November 2007

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to
tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 900/2007

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20
February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in
the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subparagraph
and point (b) of the third subparagraph of Article 33(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 of 27 July
2007 on a standing invitation to tender to determine
refunds on exports of white sugar for the 2007/2008
marketing year (2) requires the issuing of partial
invi-
tations to tender.

in response to the partial invitation to tender ending on
22 November 2007, it is appropriate to fix a maximum
export refund for that partial invitation to tender.

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Sugar,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the partial
invitation to tender ending on 22 November
2007, the maximum export refund for the product referred
to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 shall be
36,395 EUR/100 kg.

(2)

Pursuant to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 900/2007
and following an examination of the tenders submitted

This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 November 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 22 November 2007.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 247/2007 (OJ L 69, 9.3.2007,
p. 3).

(2) OJ L 196, 28.7.2007, p. 26. Regulation as last amended by
L 289,

(EC) No 1298/2007 (OJ

Commission Regulation
7.11.2007, p. 3).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4966 — Cinven/Coor Management Services) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-11-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control, provision of services, type of business

22.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 279/5

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4966 — Cinven/Coor Management Services)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 279/04)

1.
On 14 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 Cinven Limited (‘Cinven’,
UK), belonging to the Cinven Group, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regu-
lation control of the whole of the undertaking Coor Management Services AB (‘Coor’, Sweden) by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Cinven: venture capital business,

— for Coor: provision of facility management 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.4966 — Cinven/Coor Management Services, 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. 12.