do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Opinion in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 251(2) point c) of the EC Treaty on the European Parliament's amendments to the Council Common Position on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common framework for business registers for statistical purposes and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2186/93 amending the proposal of the Commission pursuant to Article 250 (2) of the EC Treaty
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU statistics, company structure, information system, statistical method, type of business

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 13.12.2007 
COM(2007) 820 final 

2005/0032 (COD) 

COMMISSION OPINION 

in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 251(2) point c) of the EC Treaty on 
the European Parliament's amendments to the Council  

common position on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of 
the Council establishing a common framework for business registers for statistical 
purposes and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2186/93 

AMENDING THE PROPOSAL OF THE COMMISSION pursuant to Article 250 (2) of the 
EC Treaty 

EN 

   EN 

 
 
 
  
 
2005/0032 (COD) 

COMMISSION OPINION 

in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 251(2) point c) of the EC Treaty 
on the European Parliament's amendments to the Council  

common position on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of 
the Council establishing a common framework for business registers for statistical 
purposes and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2186/93 

1. 

BACKGROUND 

•  Proposal  submitted  to  the  European  Parliament  and  to  the  Council  (COM(2005)112  –– 

2005/0032 (COD)) on 5 April 2005  

•  Opinion of the European Parliament (first reading) (PE A6-0194/2006) on 1 June 2006 

•  Adoption of the common position by the Council on 21 May 2007 

•  Opinion  of  the  European  Parliament  (second  reading)  (P6_TA-PROV(2007)0479  –  A6-

0353/2007) on 25 October 2007 

2. 

PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION PROPOSAL 

The  objective  of  the  proposal  is  to  update  the  existing  Regulation  on  statistical 
business registers in order to account of new requirements, in particular: 

–  globalisation  of  the  economy  has  created  the  need  to  collect  information  on 

enterprise groups; 

–  the integration of activities of the different sectors has called for a full coverage of 

the whole economy; 

–  the Single Market requires improved statistical comparability, which notably 

depends on the availability of harmonised sources for the population of businesses 
operating in the EU.  

3. 

COMMISSION’S OPINION ON THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY PARLIAMENT 

3.1. 

Summary of the Commission's position 

The Parliament adopted two amendments. The Commission can accept both as they 
stand; the amendments are legal clarifications that do not change the substance. 

4. 

Conclusion 

The Commission accepts all the amendments adopted by the Parliament. 

EN 

2 

   EN
Case C-346/07: Order of the President of the Court of 13 December 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, European standard, Greece, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, high-speed transport, national implementing measure, rail transport, trans-European network

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.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1875/2006 of 18 December 2006 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code ( OJ L 360, 19.12.2006 )
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: customs document, customs regulations, export, import

L 327/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.12.2007

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1875/2006 of 18 December 2006 amending Regulation
(EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92
establishing the Community Customs Code

(Official Journal of the European Union L 360 of 19 December 2006)

On page 99, point 15, first paragraph, second sentence:

for:

read:

‘The relevant customs procedure shall be entered in the form of the codes used in the second or third subdivision
of Box 1 of the single administrative document.’,
‘The relevant customs procedure shall be entered in the form of the letters used as column headings (A to K) to
identify customs procedures in the matrix in Annex 37, Title I, point B.’

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1459/2007 of 10 December 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No
1858/2005 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of steel ropes and cables originating, inter alia, in
South Africa

(Official Journal of the European Union L 326 of 12 December 2007)

On page 19, recital 14:

for:

‘Commission Decision 2007/1459/EC …’,

read:

‘Commission Decision 2007/814/EC …’;

and footnote 1:

for:

‘(1) See page 18 of this Official Journal.’,

read:

‘(1) See page 25 of this Official Journal.’
Corrigendum to the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 68/2006 of 2 June 2006 amending Annex XVI (Procurement) to the EEA Agreement ( OJ L 245, 7.9.2006 )
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: award of contract, dissemination of information, energy industry, postal service, public contract, services contract, supplies contract, transport policy, water, works contract

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’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1474/2007 of 13 December 2007 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 introducing detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/90 on certain marketing standards for poultrymeat
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: marketing standard, poultry

L 329/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.12.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1474/2007

of 13 December 2007

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 introducing detailed rules for implementing Council
Regulation (EEC) No 1906/90 on certain marketing standards for poultrymeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/90 of 26
June 1990 on certain marketing standards for poultrymeat (1),
and in particular to Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Annex VIII
to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
1538/91 (2) contains the list of national reference labora-
tories for monitoring the water content in poultrymeat.
communicated to the
The French authorities have
the new
Commission the name and the address of
National Reference Laboratory for France.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Annex VIII to Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 the name and
address of
the National Reference Laboratory for France is
replaced by the following:

‘France
SCL — Laboratoire de Lyon
10, avenue des Saules
BP 74
FR-69922 Oullins’

Article 2

(2)

Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication 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, 13 December 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 173, 6.7.1990, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1029/2006 (OJ L 186, 7.7.2006, p. 6).

(2) OJ L 143, 7.6.1991, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2029/2006 (OJ L 414, 30.12.2006, p. 29).
Case T-159/06: 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), computer network, exchange of information, foodstuff, trade-mark law, wine

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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1469/2007 of 13 December 2007 amending the Annex to Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC as regards the list of divisions
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Portugal, agricultural holding, disclosure of information, economic analysis, farm accountancy data network, farm income

14.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 329/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1469/2007

of 13 December 2007

amending the Annex to Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC as regards the list of divisions

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC of 15 June
1965 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy
data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural
holdings in the European Economic Community (1), and in
particular Article 2a thereof,

Having regard to the request of Portugal,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

A list of divisions within the meaning of Article 2(d) of
Regulation No 79/65/EEC is laid down in the Annex to
that Regulation.

is divided into five
According to that Annex, Portugal
divisions.
Regulation
purposes
No 79/65/EEC Portugal has requested to reduce the

For

the

of

number of divisions by merging the divisions ‘Entre
Douro e Minho e Beira Litoral’ and ‘Trás-os-montes e
Beira Interior’ into one division ‘Norte e Centro’.

Regulation No 79/65/EEC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Community
Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network,

(3)

(4)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation No 79/65/EEC is amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.

It shall apply from the 2008 accounting year.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 December 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ 109, 23.6.1965, p. 1859. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

L 329/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.12.2007

In the Annex to Regulation No 79/65/EEC, the part concerning Portugal is replaced by the following:

ANNEX

‘Portugal

1. Norte e Centro;

2. Ribatejo-Oeste;

3. Alentego e Algarve;
4. Açores e Madeira.’
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1628/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to national regional investment aid (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, State aid, control of State aid, investment aid, regional aid

13.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 301/11

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1628/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to national
regional investment aid

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 301/06)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XR 162/07

Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Title of aid scheme or the name of the
undertaking
aid
receiving
supplement

hoc

ad

Legal basis

Type of measure

Annual budget

Overall budget

Насърчаване на първоначални инвестиции [Nasarchavane na parvonachalni inves-
ticii]

Глава трета от Закона за насърчаване на инвестициите и Глава седма от Правил-
ника за прилагане на Закон за насърчаване на инвестициите (ЗНИ)

Aid scheme

EUR 12 million

EUR 72 million; Paid over: 6 years

Maximum aid intensity

50 %

In conformity with Article 4 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

Duration

1.1.2008

31.12.2013

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for regional investment aid

NACE D

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Министерство на икономиката и енергетиката
България,
BG-София 1052

Internet address of the publication of
the aid scheme

http://www.mee.government.bg/ind/doc_invest/PRAVILNIK_ZNI_DV76_21.09.07.pdf

http://www.mee.government.bg/ind/invest/docs.html?id=101135

Other information

—
Corrigendum to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 64/2006 of 2 June 2006 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement ( OJ L 245, 7.9.2006 )
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: carriage of goods, carriage of passengers, continuing vocational training, drivers, road transport

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’.
Corrigendum to the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 50/2007 of 8 June 2007 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement ( OJ L 266, 11.10.2007 )
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: consolidated account, dissemination of information, official market, securities, standardised accounting system, stock-exchange listing, third country

L 328/50

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.12.2007

Corrigendum to the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 50/2007 of 8 June 2007 amending Annex IX
(Financial services) to the EEA Agreement

(Official Journal of the European Union L 266 of 11 October 2007)

On page 8, in the first recital of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 50/2007, the text of the footnote 1 shall become:
‘OJ L 209, 9.8.2007, p. 38.’
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Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4948 — 3i Group/Global Garden Products) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, hand tool, investment company, kitchen garden, machine tool, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

13.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 301/9

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4948 — 3i Group/Global Garden Products)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 301/04)

On 5 December 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 32007M4948. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1459/2007 of 10 December 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1858/2005 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of steel ropes and cables originating, inter alia , in South Africa ( OJ L 326, 12.12.2007 )
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: South Africa, anti-dumping legislation, anti-dumping measure, import, non-flat product, originating product, steel

L 327/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.12.2007

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1875/2006 of 18 December 2006 amending Regulation
(EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92
establishing the Community Customs Code

(Official Journal of the European Union L 360 of 19 December 2006)

On page 99, point 15, first paragraph, second sentence:

for:

read:

‘The relevant customs procedure shall be entered in the form of the codes used in the second or third subdivision
of Box 1 of the single administrative document.’,
‘The relevant customs procedure shall be entered in the form of the letters used as column headings (A to K) to
identify customs procedures in the matrix in Annex 37, Title I, point B.’

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1459/2007 of 10 December 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No
1858/2005 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of steel ropes and cables originating, inter alia, in
South Africa

(Official Journal of the European Union L 326 of 12 December 2007)

On page 19, recital 14:

for:

‘Commission Decision 2007/1459/EC …’,

read:

‘Commission Decision 2007/814/EC …’;

and footnote 1:

for:

‘(1) See page 18 of this Official Journal.’,

read:

‘(1) See page 25 of this Official Journal.’