do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
State aids — Decisions to propose appropriate measures pursuant to Article 88(1) of the EC Treaty where the Member State concerned has accepted those measures (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, State aid, control of State aid, export aid, tax relief

14.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 302/3

State aids — Decisions to propose appropriate measures pursuant to Article 88(1) of the EC Treaty
where the Member State concerned has accepted those measures

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 302/04)

Date of adoption of the decision

22.3.2006

Reference number of the aid

E 22/04

Member State

Region

Spain

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Ayuda fiscal a la exportación

Legal basis

Art. 37 y 23 del Real Decreto Legislativo no 4.2004, de 5 de marzo, por el que
se aprueba el texto refundido de la Ley del Impuesto sobre Sociedades

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Name and address of
authority

Export and internationalisation

Tax allowance, Tax base reduction

—

—

Unlimited

All sectors

the granting

Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda, Madrid

Other information

—

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be
found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1467/2007 of 13 December 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

14.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 329/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1467/2007

of 13 December 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 14 December 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 13 December 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 329/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.12.2007

to Commission Regulation of 13 December 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 10 20

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
TN
TR
ZZ

JO
MA
TR
ZZ

JO
MA
TR
ZZ

EG
ZZ

AR
AU
BR
TR
ZA
ZW
ZZ

MA
ZZ

IL
TR
ZZ

EG
IL
MA
TR
ZA
ZZ

AR
CA
CN
MK
US
ZZ

AR
CN
TR
US
ZZ

168,9
95,9
157,6
123,9
136,6

209,9
47,6
114,3
123,9

149,8
53,3
109,7
104,3

359,4
359,4

13,9
10,4
25,6
60,8
41,4
20,3
28,7

76,9
76,9

68,5
70,2
69,4

81,3
82,7
119,9
112,3
65,9
92,4

79,2
97,8
92,7
30,1
87,4
77,4

71,4
56,5
145,7
108,8
95,6

(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’.
Judgment of the Court of 14 December 2007 in Case E-5/06 — EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Principality of Liechtenstein (Failure by a Contracting Party to fulfil its obligations — Article 4(1) and (2a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 — Social security benefits and special non-contributory benefits — Legal effect of Annex IIa to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 listing special non-contributory benefits — Decision No 1/95 of the EEA Council on the entry into force of the EEA Agreement for Liechtenstein)
Date: 2007-12-14
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: EFTA Court, European Economic Area, Liechtenstein, social security, social-security benefit, supervisory body

C 113/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.5.2008

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 14 December 2007

in Case E-5/06

EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Principality of Liechtenstein

its obligations — Article 4(1) and (2a) of Council Regulation (EEC)
(Failure by a Contracting Party to fulfil
No 1408/71 — Social security benefits and special non-contributory benefits — Legal effect of Annex IIa to
Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 listing special non-contributory benefits — Decision No 1/95 of the EEA Council on
the entry into force of the EEA Agreement for Liechtenstein)

(2008/C 113/11)

In Case E-5/06, EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Principality of Liechtenstein — application for a declara-
tion that the Principality of Liechtenstein has failed to fulfil its obligations pursuant to Articles 19(1) and (2),
25(1) and 28(1) of the Act referred to at point 1 of Annex VI to the EEA Agreement (Council Regulation
(EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to
self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community), as adapted to the
EEA Agreement by Protocol 1 thereto, the Court, composed of: Carl Baudenbacher, President, Henrik Bull,
Judge-Rapporteur, and Thorgeir Örlygsson, Judge, gave judgment on 14 December 2007, the operative part
of which is as follows:

1. Declares that the Principality of Liechtenstein, by applying a requirement of residence for entitlement to
the helplessness allowance, has failed to fulfil its obligations pursuant to Articles 19(1) and (2), 25(1) and
28(1) of the Act referred to at point 1 of Annex VI to the EEA Agreement (Council Regulation (EEC)
No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to
self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community) as adapted to
the EEA Agreement by Protocol 1 thereto.

2. Orders the Principality of Liechtenstein to bear the costs of the proceedings.
Case F-131/06: Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 14 December 2007 — Steinmetz v Commission (Staff cases — Officials — Amicable settlement — Performance of an agreement — Refusal to reimburse expenditure in connection with a mission — Manifest inadmissibility — No legal interest in bringing proceedings — Apportioning costs — Unreasonable and vexatious costs)
Date: 2007-12-14
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Commission, European official, action for annulment (EU), allowances and expenses, indemnification, rights of civil servants

23.2.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 51/61

EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL

Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of
14 December 2007 — Steinmetz v Commission

Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of
19 December 2007 — Marcuccio v Commission

(Case F-131/06) (1)

(Case F-20/07) (1)

(Staff cases — Officials — Amicable settlement — Perfor-
mance of an agreement — Refusal to reimburse expenditure
in connection with a mission — Manifest inadmissibility —
interest in bringing proceedings — Apportioning
No legal
costs — Unreasonable and vexatious costs)

(Staff cases — Officials — Social security — Sickness insur-
ance — Repayment of medical expenses — Express rejection
of the application)

(2008/C 51/113)

Language of the case: French

(2008/C 51/114)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Parties

Applicant: Robert Steinmetz (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (repre-
sented by: J. Choucroun, lawyer)

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

Re:

Application for annulment of
the Commission's decision of
21 February 2005 not to give full effect to the amicable settle-
ment reached between the parties in Case T-155/05, which was
brought before the Court of First Instance of the European
Communities.

Applicant: Luigi Marcuccio (Tricase,
Cipressa, lawyer)

Italy)

(represented by: G.

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: J. Currall and C. Berardis-Kayser, Agents, and A. Dal
Ferro, lawyer)

Re:

First, application for annulment of a number of Commission
decisions refusing to grant the applicant 100 % reimbursement
of his medical expenses and, second, a claim for damages

Operative part of the order

1. The action is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible.

Operative part of the order

2. Mr Steinmetz is ordered to bear his own costs, with the exception

of an amount of EUR 500.

1. The Civil Service Tribunal declines jurisdiction in Case F-20/07
Marcuccio v Commission in order that the Court of First Instance
of the European Communities may hear and determine that case.

3. In addition to its own costs, the Commission of the European
Communities is ordered to bear Mr Steinmetz's costs in the sum of
EUR 500.

2. The costs are reserved.

(1) OJ C 326, 30.12.2006, p. 86.

(1) OJ C 223, 22.9.2007, p. 19.
Judgment of the Court of 14 December 2007 in Case E-3/07 — EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Republic of Iceland (Failure by a Contracting Party to fulfil its obligations — Directive 2002/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery)
Date: 2007-12-14
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: EFTA Court, EU law - national law, European Economic Area, Iceland, atmospheric pollutant, combustion gases, motor vehicle, pollution control measures, supervisory body

8.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 113/13

COURT PROCEEDINGS

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA COURT

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 14 December 2007

in Case E-3/07

EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Republic of Iceland

(Failure by a Contracting Party to fulfil its obligations — Directive 2002/88/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion
engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery)

(2008/C 113/10)

In Case E-3/07, EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Republic of Iceland — application for a declaration that,
by failing to adopt, within the time-limit prescribed, or to notify the EFTA Surveillance Authority of the
adoption of, the measures necessary to implement the Act referred to at the second indent of point 1a of
Chapter XXIV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement (Directive 2002/88/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council amending Directive 97/68/EC), as adapted to the EEA Agreement by Protocol 1 thereto, the
Republic of Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 2 of that Act and Article 7 of the
EEA Agreement, the Court, composed of: Carl Baudenbacher, President, Henrik Bull, Judge-Rapporteur, and
Thorgeir Örlygsson, Judge, gave judgment on 14 December 2007, the operative part of which is as follows:

1. Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the time-limit prescribed, the measures necessary to implement
the Act referred to at the second indent of point 1a of Chapter XXIV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement
(Directive 2002/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 December 2002 amending
Directive 97/68/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against
the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in
non-road mobile machinery), as adapted to the EEA Agreement by Protocol 1 thereto, the Republic of
its obligations under Article 2 of that Act and under Article 7 of the
Iceland has failed to fulfil
EEA Agreement.

2. Orders the Republic of Iceland to bear the costs of the proceedings.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1483/2007 of 14 December 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

L 330/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.12.2007

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1483/2007

of 14 December 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:

standard values for imports from third countries,
in
respect of the products and periods stipulated in the
Annex thereto.

(2)

In compliance with the above criteria,
the standard
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 15 December 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 14 December 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).

15.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 330/9

to Commission Regulation of 14 December 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 10 20

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
TN
TR
ZZ

JO
MA
TR
ZZ

JO
MA
TR
ZZ

EG
ZZ

AR
AU
BR
TR
ZA
ZW
ZZ

MA
ZZ

IL
TR
ZZ

EG
IL
MA
TR
ZZ

AR
CA
CN
MK
US
ZZ

AR
CN
US
ZZ

168,9
95,9
157,6
121,3
135,9

237,0
47,6
99,6
128,1

149,8
58,4
105,9
104,7

359,4
359,4

13,6
10,4
25,6
68,8
39,5
19,3
29,5

73,0
73,0

68,5
73,7
71,1

81,3
82,7
119,9
110,8
98,7

79,2
97,8
98,4
30,1
92,4
79,4

71,4
58,9
109,9
80,1

(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’.
Update of the national faces of euro coins intended for circulation
Date: 2007-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, euro, euro area, issuing of currency, technical specification

14.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 302/7

Update of the national faces of euro coins intended for circulation

(2007/C 302/08)

Updated national faces of euro coins intended for circulation and issued by the Kingdom of Belgium

Euro coins intended for circulation are legal tender throughout the euro area. For the purpose of informing
the public and professionals who handle the coins, the Commission publishes a description of the designs
of all coins (1).

In order to conform to the common guidelines on the design of national faces of coins (2), Belgium has
updated the design of the Belgian national face of euro coins to be produced from 2008. Coins from
previous years featuring the old Belgian national face will remain valid.

Country of issue: Kingdom of Belgium

Date of issue: From January 2008

Description of the design (identical for all denominations):

The coin's inner section shows an effigy of His Majesty Albert II, King of the Belgians, in profile facing to
the left. To the right of this, the royal monogram is displayed and, below it, the indication of the country
‘BE’. Underneath the effigy, the signature mark of the Master of the Mint is displayed on the left and the
mint mark on the right, either side of the year. The outer ring of the coin depicts the twelve stars of the
European flag.

Edge lettering of the 2-euro coin: 2 ★★, repeated six times, alternately upright and inverted.

(1) See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1 for the national faces of all the euro coins issued in 2002 (OJ C 225, 19.9.2006. p. 7)

(OJ C 254, 20.10.2006. p. 6) (OJ C 248, 23.10.2007. p. 8).

(2) See the Commission Recommendation of 29 September 2003 (OJ L 264, 15.10.2003, p. 38) supported by the General
Affairs Council's conclusions of 8 December 2003 and the Commission Recommendation of 3 June 2005 on common
guidelines on the national faces of euro coins intended for circulation (OJ L 186, 18.7.2005, p. 1), supported by the
Council's conclusions of 7 June 2005.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4933 — Emerson Electric Co./Motorola ECC) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, information technology industry, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, service, technology

14.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 302/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4933 — Emerson Electric Co./Motorola ECC)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 302/01)

On 20 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 32007M4933. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4943 — Groupe Norbert Dentressangle/Christian Salvesen)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 302/02)

On 6 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 32007M4943. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 302/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.12.2007

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

13 December 2007

(2007/C 302/05)

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

1,4683

RON

Romanian leu

164,21

7,4614

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,71935

AUD Australian dollar

9,4398

1,6683

89,6

7,932

1,9558

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,526

33,293

1,7231

1,6724

1,4915

11,4481

1,8766

2,1154

KRW South Korean won

1 358,1

0,585274

26,248

15,6466

252,41

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

9,942

10,8202

7,3174

Indonesian rupiah

13 669,87

3,4528

0,6969

0,4293

3,5864

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,8634

60,215

35,908

44,372

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4943 — Groupe Norbert Dentressangle/Christian Salvesen) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, logistics, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, transport company

14.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 302/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4933 — Emerson Electric Co./Motorola ECC)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 302/01)

On 20 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 32007M4933. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4943 — Groupe Norbert Dentressangle/Christian Salvesen)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 302/02)

On 6 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 32007M4943. EUR-Lex is the

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