do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
2007/853/EC: Commission Decision of 13 December 2007 on the continuation in the year 2008 of Community comparative trials and tests on seeds and propagating material of Asparagus officinalis under Council Directive 2002/55/EC started in 2005 (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: comparative analysis, crop production, plant propagation, seed, testing

20.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 335/59

COMMISSION DECISION

of 13 December 2007

on the continuation in the year 2008 of Community comparative trials and tests on seeds and
propagating material of Asparagus officinalis under Council Directive 2002/55/EC started in 2005

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/853/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Council Directive 2002/55/EC as regards Asparagus offi-
cinalis from 2005 to 2009.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(2)

Trials and tests carried out in 2005, 2006 and 2007
should be continued in 2008,

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June
2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed (1),

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to Commission Decision 2005/5/EC of 27
December 2004 setting out the arrangements for Community
comparative trials and tests on seeds and propagating material
of certain plants of agricultural and vegetable species and vine
66/402/EEC,
under
68/193/EEC,
2002/55/EC,
2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC for the years 2005 to 2009 (2),
and in particular Article 3 thereof,

66/401/EEC,
2002/54/EC,

92/33/EEC,

Directives

Council

Sole Article

Community comparative trials and tests which began in 2005
on seeds and propagating material of Asparagus officinalis shall
be continued in 2008 in accordance with Decision 2005/5/EC.

Done at Brussels, 13 December 2007.

Whereas:

(1)

Decision 2005/5/EC sets out the arrangements for the
comparative trials and tests to be carried out under

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 33. Directive as

last amended by
Commission Directive 2006/124/EC (OJ L 339, 6.12.2006, p. 12).

(2) OJ L 2, 5.1.2005, p. 12.
Case T-182/07: Order of the Court of First Instance of 13 December 2007 — Borco-Marken-Import Matthiesen v OHIM — Tequilas del Señor (TEQUILA GOLD Sombrero Negro)
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), alcoholic beverage, trade-mark law

C 51/60

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.2.2008

Order of the Court of First Instance of 13 December 2007
— Estancia Piedra v OHIM — Franciscan Vineyards
(ESTANCIA PIEDRA)

(Case T-159/06) (1)

(2008/C 51/109)

Language of the case: English

Order of the Court of First Instance of 13 December 2007
v OHIM — Manpower
— Select Appointments

(TELESELECT)

(Case T-202/06) (1)

(2008/C 51/111)

Language of the case: English

The President of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) has
ordered that the case be removed from the register.

The President of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) has
ordered that the case be removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 190, 12.8.2006

(1) OJ C 294, 2.12.2006.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 13 December 2007
— Estancia Piedra v OHIM — Franciscan Vineyards
(ESTANCIA PIEDRA)

(Case T-160/06) (1)

(2008/C 51/110)

Language of the case: English

The President of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) has
ordered that the case be removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 190, 12.8.2006.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 13 December 2007
— Borco-Marken-Import Matthiesen v OHIM — Tequilas
del Señor (TEQUILA GOLD Sombrero Negro)

(Case T-182/07) (1)

(2008/C 51/112)

Language of the case: English

The President of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber)
has ordered that the case be removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 170, 21.7.2007.
Case F-65/05: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of 13 December 2007 — Wandschneider v Commission (Staff case — Officials — Appraisal — Career development report — Appraisal for the year 2003 — Action for annulment — Reasons — Manifest error of assessment)
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Commission, European official, action by staff, staff assessment

C 22/52

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.1.2008

EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of 13 December
2007 — Wandschneider v Commission

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of 13 December
2007 — N v Commission of the European Communities

(Case F-65/05) (1)

(Case F-95/05) (1)

(Staff case — Officials — Appraisal — Career development
report — Appraisal for the year 2003 — Action for annul-
ment — Reasons — Manifest error of assessment)

(Staff case — Temporary agents — Recruitment — Post of
head of administration — Non-member country — Unfavour-
able opinion of the medical service)

(2008/C 22/97)

Language of the case: French

(2008/C 22/98)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Paolo Sequeira Wandschneider
(Brussels, Belgium)
(represented originally by G. Vandersanden and C. Ronzi,
lawyers, and then by G. Vandersanden, C. Ronzi and L. Levi,
lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: G. Berscheid and H. Tserepa-Lacombe, Agents)

Re:

Parties

Applicant: N (Brussels) (originally represented by K.H. Hagenaar,
lawyer,
then by J. van Drooghenbroeck and T. Demaseure,
lawyers, and finally by I. Kletzlen, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: J. Currall and K. Herrmann, Agents)

Re:

Annulment of the Commission's decision not to recruit the
applicant as a temporary agent to the post of head of adminis-
tration in Guinea Conakry as a result of
the unfavourable
opinion of the medical service and a claim for damages

Annulment of the applicant's career development report for the
appraisal year 2003 and also a claim for damages

Operative part of the judgment

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

1. Dismisses the action.

The Tribunal:

1. Annuls the decision of

the Director of Directorate K ‘External
service’ of Directorate-General ‘External Relations’ of the Commis-
sion of the European Communities of 15 April 2005, informing
the applicant that she would not be recruited as head of administra-
tion of the delegation in Guinea;

2. Dismisses the remainder of the action;

2. Orders the parties to bear their own costs.

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

costs.

(1) OJ C 229 of 17.9.2005, p. 32 (Case originally registered before the
Court of First Instance of the European Communities under number
T-282/05 and transferred to the European Union Civil Service
Tribunal by order of 15.12.2005).

(1) OJ C 10 of 14.1.2006, p. 2 (Case originally registered at the Court
of First Instance of the European Communities under T-377/05 and
transferred to the European Union Civil Service Tribunal by order of
15 December 2005).
Corrigendum to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 38/1999 of 30 March 1999 amending Annex XIII (Transport) and Protocol 37 to the EEA Agreement ( OJ L 266, 19.10.2000 )
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: committee (EU), common transport policy, economic and social cohesion, environmental protection, trans-European network, transport network

13.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 328/49

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 38/1999 of 30 March 1999 amending Annex XIII
(Transport) and Protocol 37 to the EEA Agreement

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 266 of 19 October 2000)

On page 27, Article 1 of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 38/1999 is replaced by the following text:

‘1.

In Annex XIII (Transport) to the Agreement, “APPENDIX 1” shall be renamed “APPENDIX 2”, “APPENDIX 2” shall be
renamed “APPENDIX 3”, “APPENDIX 3” shall be renamed “APPENDIX 4” and “APPENDIX 4” shall be renamed
“APPENDIX 5”.

2.

In Annex XIII (Transport) to the Agreement, in adaptations (d) and (e) of point 26a (Council Regulation (EEC) No 881/
92) the words “Appendix 1” shall be replaced by “Appendix 2”.

3.

The Annex to this Decision shall become the new “APPENDIX 1” of Annex XIII (Transport) to the Agreement.’

Corrigendum to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 64/2006 of 2 June 2006 amending Annex XIII
(Transport) to the EEA Agreement

(Official Journal of the European Union L 245 of 7 September 2006)

On page 13, in Article 1 of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 64/2006 the number of the point introduced ‘37’ is
replaced by the number ‘36a’.

Corrigendum to the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 68/2006 of 2 June 2006 amending Annex XVI
(Procurement) to the EEA Agreement

(Official Journal of the European Union L 245 of 7 September 2006)

Article 7 of the Annex of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 68/2006 is amended as follows:

1.

2.

3.

In Appendix 4, under the heading ‘ICELAND’, the words ‘Other entities producing, transporting or distributing
electricity pursuant to Orkulög nr. 58/1967’ shall be replaced by the words ‘Other entities producing, transporting,
distributing or supplying hot water or steam pursuant to Orkulög nr. 58/1967’.

In Appendix 5, under the heading ‘ICELAND’,
words ‘Raforkulög nr. 65/2003’.

the words ‘Orkulög nr. 58/1967’ shall be replaced by the

In Appendix 12, under the heading ‘ICELAND’, the words ‘Hafnalög nr. 23/1994’ shall be replaced by the
words ‘Hafnalög nr. 61/2003’.
Case T-160/06: Order of the Court of First Instance of 13 December 2007 — Estancia Piedra v OHIM — Franciscan Vineyards (ESTANCIA PIEDRA)
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), alcoholic beverage, foodstuff, trade-mark law

C 51/60

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.2.2008

Order of the Court of First Instance of 13 December 2007
— Estancia Piedra v OHIM — Franciscan Vineyards
(ESTANCIA PIEDRA)

(Case T-159/06) (1)

(2008/C 51/109)

Language of the case: English

Order of the Court of First Instance of 13 December 2007
v OHIM — Manpower
— Select Appointments

(TELESELECT)

(Case T-202/06) (1)

(2008/C 51/111)

Language of the case: English

The President of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) has
ordered that the case be removed from the register.

The President of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) has
ordered that the case be removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 190, 12.8.2006

(1) OJ C 294, 2.12.2006.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 13 December 2007
— Estancia Piedra v OHIM — Franciscan Vineyards
(ESTANCIA PIEDRA)

(Case T-160/06) (1)

(2008/C 51/110)

Language of the case: English

The President of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) has
ordered that the case be removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 190, 12.8.2006.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 13 December 2007
— Borco-Marken-Import Matthiesen v OHIM — Tequilas
del Señor (TEQUILA GOLD Sombrero Negro)

(Case T-182/07) (1)

(2008/C 51/112)

Language of the case: English

The President of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber)
has ordered that the case be removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 170, 21.7.2007.
Case T-202/06: Order of the Court of First Instance of 13 December 2007 — Select Appointments v OHIM — Manpower (TELESELECT)
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), service, telephone, trade-mark law

C 51/60

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.2.2008

Order of the Court of First Instance of 13 December 2007
— Estancia Piedra v OHIM — Franciscan Vineyards
(ESTANCIA PIEDRA)

(Case T-159/06) (1)

(2008/C 51/109)

Language of the case: English

Order of the Court of First Instance of 13 December 2007
v OHIM — Manpower
— Select Appointments

(TELESELECT)

(Case T-202/06) (1)

(2008/C 51/111)

Language of the case: English

The President of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) has
ordered that the case be removed from the register.

The President of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) has
ordered that the case be removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 190, 12.8.2006

(1) OJ C 294, 2.12.2006.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 13 December 2007
— Estancia Piedra v OHIM — Franciscan Vineyards
(ESTANCIA PIEDRA)

(Case T-160/06) (1)

(2008/C 51/110)

Language of the case: English

The President of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) has
ordered that the case be removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 190, 12.8.2006.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 13 December 2007
— Borco-Marken-Import Matthiesen v OHIM — Tequilas
del Señor (TEQUILA GOLD Sombrero Negro)

(Case T-182/07) (1)

(2008/C 51/112)

Language of the case: English

The President of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber)
has ordered that the case be removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 170, 21.7.2007.
Initiation of proceedings (Case COMP/M.4513 — Arjowiggins/M-Real Zanders Reflex) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, pulp and paper industry

C 301/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.12.2007

Initiation of proceedings

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

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 301/03)

On 7 December 2007, the Commission decided to initiate proceedings in the above-mentioned case after
finding that the notified concentration raises serious doubts as to its compatibility with the common
market. The initiation of proceedings opens a second phase investigation with regard to the notified concen-
tration, and is without prejudice to the final decision on the case. The decision is based on Article 6(1)(c) of
Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their observations on the proposed concentration
to the Commission.

In order to be fully taken into account in the procedure, observations should reach the Commission not
later than 15 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:
Commission of the European Communities
Competition DG
Merger Registry
Rue Joseph II/Jozef II-straat 70
B-1000 Brussels
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 301/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.12.2007

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

12 December 2007

(2007/C 301/05)

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

1,4675

RON

Romanian leu

163,41

7,4607

0,7196

9,4289

1,6631

89,72

7,9565

1,9558

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,524

33,18

1,7213

1,6644

1,486

11,4436

1,8663

2,1151

KRW South Korean won

1 360,08

0,585274

26,04

15,6466

252,36

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

9,9

10,8257

7,32

Indonesian rupiah

13 648,48

3,4528

0,6973

0,4293

3,5793

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,8684

60,344

35,893

44,363

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.