do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4887 — Doosan/Bobcat) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-11-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: construction equipment, disclosure of information, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

23.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 280/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4157 — Wendel Investissement/Groupe Materis)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 280/01)

On 30 March 2006, 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 French 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 32006M4157. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4887 — Doosan/Bobcat)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 280/02)

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 32007M4887. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive agreements and dominant positions given at its meeting of 23 November 2007 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/39.165 — Flat Glass
Date: 2007-11-23
Institutions: Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions
Subjects: fine, glass, glass industry, price agreement, restriction on competition, unlawful agreement

C 127/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.5.2008

Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive agreements and dominant positions given at its
meeting of 23 November 2007 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/39.165 — Flat
Glass

(2008/C 127/10)

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 fine to ensure a sufficient

deterrent effect.

3. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the reduction of the fines based on the 2002

Leniency Notice.

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

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

Union.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-11-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

23.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 280/3

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

22 November 2007

(2007/C 280/04)

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

1,4829

RON

Romanian leu

161,22

7,4549

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,71855

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,6405

33,469

1,7773

1,7011

1,4628

11,5358

1,9674

2,1515

KRW South Korean won

1 384,44

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

10,0774

10,9950

7,3300

13 910,34

5,0159

64,061

36,0820

46,568

9,3290

1,6352

93,52

8,0255

1,9558

0,5842

26,765

15,6466

256,64

3,4528

0,6992

0,4293

3,6875

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1373/2007 of 23 November 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-11-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

24.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 307/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1373/2007

of 23 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 24 November 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 23 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).

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Official Journal of the European Union

24.11.2007

to Commission Regulation of 23 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
57,0
46,0
82,9
77,9

196,3
46,9
109,8
117,7

68,7
111,5
90,1

342,2
342,2

64,1
64,1

63,0
55,3
67,9
73,8
83,0
68,6

63,7
104,5
54,7
74,3

87,7
107,4
86,0
68,7
30,6
102,8
86,7
81,4

48,6
40,0
65,0
51,2

(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’.
Additional communication
Date: 2007-11-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Iceland, milk, milk product, originating product, tariff quota

C 280/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.11.2007

ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION

(2007/C 280/05)

Additional communication to the communication of the Commission (2007/C 275/05) (1) on the quantity
of certain products in the milk and milk products sector available for the first half of 2008 under
certain quotas opened by the Community for imports originating in Iceland (Annex I.I, Commission Regu-
lation (EC) 2535/2001 (2)).

ANNEX I.I

Products originating in Iceland

Quota number

Quantity (kilograms)

09.4205

09.4206

175 001

460 000

(1) OJ C 275, 16.11.2007, p. 6.
(2) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 29. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 487/2007 (OJ L 114, 1.5.2007, p. 8).
Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping and countervailing measures
Date: 2007-11-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: India, anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, countervailing charge, import, originating product, textile fibre

C 280/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.11.2007

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON
COMMERCIAL POLICY

COMMISSION

Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping and countervailing measures

(2007/C 280/08)

Further to the publication of a notice of impending expiry (1), following which no request for a review was
received, the Commission gives notice that the anti-dumping and countervailing measures mentioned below
will shortly expire.

This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of
22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European
Community (2) and with Article 18(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 of 6 October 1997 on
protection against subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Community (3).

The partial interim review which was initiated pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 in
order to examine the existence and the level of certain subsidies is terminated accordingly (4).

Product

Country(ies)
of origin or
exportation

Measures

Reference

Date of
expiry

Polyester textured fila-
ment yarn (PTY)

Polyester textured fila-
ment yarn (PTY)

India

Anti-dumping duty

Council Regulation (EC) No 2093/2002
(OJ L 323, 28.11.2002, p. 1)

29.11.2007

India

Countervailing duty Council Regulation (EC) No 2094/2002

29.11.2007

(OJ L 323, 28.11.2002, p. 21)

(1) OJ C 52, 7.3.2007, p. 16.
(2) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2117/2005 (OJ L 340, 23.12.2005, p. 17).
(3) OJ L 288, 21.10.1997, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 461/2004 (OJ L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 12).
(4) OJ C 210, 8.9.2007, p. 5.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4157 — Wendel Investissement/Groupe Materis) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-11-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, disclosure of information, economic concentration, holding company, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

23.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 280/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4157 — Wendel Investissement/Groupe Materis)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 280/01)

On 30 March 2006, 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 French 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 32006M4157. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4887 — Doosan/Bobcat)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 280/02)

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 32007M4887. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive agreements and dominant positions given at its meeting of 23 November 2007 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/38.629 — Chloroprene Rubber (1) — Rapporteur: France
Date: 2007-11-23
Institutions: Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions
Subjects: application of EU law, competition law, fine, market-sharing agreement, price agreement, price increase, restriction on competition, synthetic rubber

C 251/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.10.2008

Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive agreements and dominant positions given at its
meeting of 23 November 2007 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/38.629 —
Chloroprene Rubber (1)

Rapporteur: France

(2008/C 251/04)

1. The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission assessment of the facts as an agree-
ment 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 on the duration of the
infringement, as being from 9 years for Bayer, DuPont, Denka, Enichem and Tosoh and 6 year and a
month for Dow and DPE.

5. The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission assessment that the agreement and/or
concerted practice between chloroprene rubber producers in the EEA were capable of having an appre-
ciable effect upon trade between Member States.

6. 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.

7. The members of the Advisory Committee agree with the European Commission that a fine should be

imposed on the addressees of the draft decision.

8. The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission's reasoning on the basic amount of the

fines.

9. The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission assessment of the mitigating and

aggravating circumstances.

10. The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission on the application of

the

2002 Commission notice on the non-imposition or reduction of fines.

11. 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.4965 — Arques/Skandinavische Actebis-Landesgesellschaften) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-11-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, industrial restructuring, information technology, merger control, wholesale selling

23.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 280/19

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4965 — Arques/Skandinavische Actebis-Landesgesellschaften)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 280/09)

1.
On 16 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 Arques Industries AG
(‘Arques’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the
whole of the undertakings Actebis Computer A/S (Denmark), Actebis Computer A/S (Norway) and Actebis
Computer AB (Sweden) (together ‘Actebis Scandinavian companies’) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Arques and its affiliated subsidiaries: restructuring of companies; wholesale and resale of information

technology products, assembling of information technology products,

— for the Actebis Scandinavian companies: wholesale of information technology products.

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.4965 — Arques/Skandinavische Actebis-Landesgesellschaften, 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.
2007/790/EC: Decision of the European Central Bank of 23 November 2007 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2008 (ECB/2007/16)
Date: 2007-11-23
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, issuing of currency, participating country (euro area)

5.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 317/81

EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

of 23 November 2007

on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2008

(ECB/2007/16)

(2007/790/EC)

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular to Article 106(2)
thereof,

Having regard to Article 1 of Council Decision 2007/503/EC of 10 July 2007 in accordance with Article
122(2) of the Treaty on the adoption by Cyprus of the single currency on 1 January 2008 (1),

Having regard to Article 1 of Council Decision 2007/504/EC of 10 July 2007 in accordance with Article
122(2) of the Treaty on the adoption by Malta of the single currency on 1 January 2008 (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The European Central Bank (ECB) has the exclusive right from 1 January 1999 to approve the
volume of coins issued by the Member States that have adopted the euro (hereinafter the participating
Member States).

The derogation in favour of Cyprus and Malta referred to in Article 4 of the 2003 Act of Accession
has been abrogated with effect from 1 January 2008.

The 13 current participating Member States, Cyprus and Malta have submitted to the ECB for
approval their estimates of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2008, supplemented by
explanatory notes on the forecasting methodology,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Approval of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2008

Article 1

The ECB hereby approves the volume of euro coins to be issued by the participating Member States in 2008
as described in the following table:

Issuance of coins intended for circulation and issuance of collector coins
(not intended for circulation) in 2008

(EUR million)

Belgium

Germany

Ireland

(1) OJ L 186, 18.7.2007, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 186, 18.7.2007, p. 32.

130,0

655,0

114,0

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5.12.2007

Issuance of coins intended for circulation and issuance of collector coins
(not intended for circulation) in 2008

(EUR million)

Greece

Spain

France

Italy

Cyprus

Luxembourg

Malta

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Slovenia

Finland

97,3

550,0

500,0

375,2

147,4

49,0

56,7

57,5

185,0

50,0

39,0

60,0

Article 2

Final provision

This Decision is addressed to the participating Member States.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 23 November 2007.

The President of the ECB

Jean-Claude TRICHET