do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4974 — Gores Group/Sagem Communications) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: communications industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control

12.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 300/37

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4974 — Gores Group/Sagem Communications)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 300/14)

1.
On 30 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 Gores Group LLC (‘Gores Group’,
USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of
Sagem Communications (‘Sagem’, France) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for the Gores Group: private equity investor,

— for Sagem: communications hardware business, producing a broad range of end user equipment used in

mobile (and portable) and broadband communications.

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.4974 — Gores Group/Sagem Communications 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.
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 on the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movements of pet animals as regards the extension of the transitional period COM(2007) 572 final — 2007/0202 COD
Date: 2007-12-12
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: animal disease, domestic animal, health control, health legislation, transport of animals

16.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 120/49

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the
European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 on the animal
health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movements of pet animals as regards the
extension of the transitional period’

COM(2007) 572 final — 2007/0202 COD

(2008/C 120/12)

On 23 October 2007, the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee, under
Articles 37 and 152 (4 (b)) of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 998/2003
on the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movements of pet animals as regards the extension
of the transitional period.

Since the Committee unreservedly endorses the contents of the proposal and has already set out its views
on the subject in its earlier opinion CESE 1411/2000, adopted on 29 November 2000 (1), it decided, at its
440th plenary session, held on 12 and 13 December 2007 (meeting of 12 December), by 131 votes with
4 abstentions to issue an opinion endorsing the proposal and to refer to the position it had taken in the
abovementioned document.

Brussels, 12 December 2007.

The President

of the European Economic and Social Committee

Dimitris DIMITRIADIS

(1) OJ C 116 of 20.4.2001, p. 54-56.
Case C-345/07: Order of the President of the Court of 12 December 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic
Date: 2007-12-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Community certification, European Commission, Greece, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, charges for use of infrastructure, national implementing measure, rail transport, transport capacity, transport safety

C 64/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.3.2008

Order of the President of the First Chamber of the Court
of 11 December 2007 — Tesco Stores Ltd v MIP Metro
Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG, Office for
Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and
Designs)

(Case C-493/06 P) (1)

(2008/C 64/47)

Language of the case: English

Order of the President of the Court of 12 December 2007
— Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic
Republic

(Case C-345/07) (1)

(2008/C 64/49)

Language of the case: Greek

The President of the First 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 56, 10.3.2007.

(1) OJ C 211, 8.7.2007.

Order of the President of the Court of 8 November 2007
— Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom
of Spain

(Case C-210/07) (1)

(2008/C 64/48)

Language of the case: Spanish

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

(1) OJ C 129, 9.6.2007.

Order of the President of the Court of 13 December 2007
— Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic
Republic

(Case C-346/07) (1)

(2008/C 64/50)

Language of the case: Greek

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 211, 8.9.2007.
2007/849/EC: Commission Decision of 12 December 2007 approving amendments to the national programme for the control of salmonella in breeding flocks of Gallus gallus submitted by Finland (notified under document number C(2007) 6097)
Date: 2007-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, breeding animal, disease prevention, food safety, poultry, public health, veterinary inspection, zoonosis

19.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 333/85

COMMISSION DECISION

of 12 December 2007

approving amendments to the national programme for the control of salmonella in breeding flocks
of Gallus gallus submitted by Finland

(notified under document number C(2007) 6097)

(Only the Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic)

(2007/849/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

the
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of
European Parliament and of
the Council of 17 November
2003 on the control of salmonella and other specified food-
borne zoonotic agents (1) and, in particular Article 6(3) thereof,

Whereas:

The national programme for the control of salmonella in
breeding flocks of Gallus gallus submitted by Finland was
approved by Commission Decision 2006/759/EC of 8
November 2006 approving certain national programmes
for the control of salmonella in breeding flocks of Gallus
gallus (2).

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION

Article 1

The amendments which Finland has submitted to its national
programme for the control of salmonella in breeding flocks of
Gallus gallus, as approved by Decision 2006/759/EC, are
approved.

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2008.

Article 2

Finland has now submitted amendments to its national
programme for approval.

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Finland.

Article 3

The proposed amendments to that programme take into
account the evolution in the situation in Finland. They
comply with the relevant Community veterinary legis-
lation and,
in particular, with the requirements laid
down in Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003.

The amendments to the national programme for the
control of salmonella in breeding flocks of Gallus gallus
submitted by Finland should therefore be approved.

Done at Brussels, 12 December 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(1) OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
L 280,

(EC) No 1237/2007 (OJ

Commission Regulation
24.10.2007, p. 5).

(2) OJ L 311, 10.11.2006, p. 46.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4947 — Vodafone/Tele2 Italy/Tele2 Spain) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, service, telecommunications, telephone

C 300/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.12.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4947 — Vodafone/Tele2 Italy/Tele2 Spain)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 300/04)

On 27 November 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 32007M4947. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4581 — Imperial Tobacco/Altadis)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 300/05)

On 18 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(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 32007M4581. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1465/2007 of 12 December 2007 amending Annex V to Council Regulation (EC) No 752/2007 as regards the quantitative limits of certain steel products from Ukraine
Date: 2007-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ukraine, import policy, import restriction, iron and steel product, originating product, quantitative restriction

L 327/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.12.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1465/2007

of 12 December 2007

amending Annex V to Council Regulation (EC) No 752/2007 as regards the quantitative limits of
certain steel products from Ukraine

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Ukraine has not notified the Community of its wish to
denunciate the Agreement. Therefore, the Agreement will
be automatically renewed and the quantities in every
product group increased by 2,5 %.

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 752/2007 of
30 May 2007 on administering certain restrictions on imports
of certain steel products from Ukraine (1),

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 752/2007 should be amended
accordingly,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

The European Community and the Government of
Ukraine signed an agreement on trade in certain steel
products on 18 June 2007 (2) (the Agreement).

that

the Agreement provides

the
Article 10(1) of
Agreement shall be automatically renewed year by year
provided that neither Party gives the other Party written
notice of denunciation of
least six
months before it expires and that with each renewal,
quantities in every product group shall be increased
by 2,5 %.

the Agreement at

Article 1

The quantitative limits for the year 2007 set out in Annex V to
Regulation (EC) No 752/2007 are replaced by those for the year
2008 set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 1 January 2008. It
shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 December 2007.

For the Commission

Peter MANDELSON
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 178, 6.7.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 178, 6.7.2007, p. 24.

13.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 327/7

ANNEX

QUANTITATIVE LIMITS FOR THE YEAR 2008

(tonnes)

Products

SA. Flat-rolled products

SA1. Coils

SA2. Heavy plate

SA3. Other flat-rolled products

SB. Long products

SB1. Beams

SB2. Wire rod

SB3. Other long products

Note: SA and SB are product categories.

SA1 to SA3 and SB1 to SB3 are product groups.

2008

194 750

399 750

143 500

51 250

199 875

363 875
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Council Directive on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco (Codified version) COM(2007) 587 final
Date: 2007-12-12
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: excise duty, tax harmonisation, tax on consumption, tobacco, tobacco industry

C 120/100

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.5.2008

6.3 Wider discussion involving stakeholders would help to
set new concrete objectives for the Open Method of Coordina-
tion. This may include a system of benchmarking,
indicators
and peer reviews to measure the degree of engagement of orga-
nised civil society.

It would also be interesting for the Commission and the
6.4
Council
issues national ESCs are discussing
among themselves. The EESC might list those of horizontal

to know what

European significance. The more these discussions concern
concrete approaches and measures promoting Lisbon objectives,
the more attention they will attract in government circles.

Implementation and the way it

6.5
is secured by goals,
measurable objectives and timetables is key. Organised civil
society as a whole and especially national ESCs can play an
effective role in identifying deficiencies and helping to find
sustainable solutions.

Brussels, 13 December 2007.

The President

of the European Economic and Social Committee

Dimitris DIMITRIADIS

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Directive
on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco (Codified version)’

COM(2007) 587 final

(2008/C 120/21)

On 24 October 2007 the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee, under
Article 262 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the

Proposal for a Council Directive on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco (Codified
version).

Since the Committee unreservedly endorses the content of the proposal and feels that it requires no
comment on its part, it decided, at its 440th plenary session of 12 and 13 December 2007 (meeting of
12 December 2007), by 129 votes in favour with six abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the
proposed text.

Brussels, 12 December 2007.

The President

of the European Economic and Social Committee

Dimitris DIMITRIADIS