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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1534/2007 of 20 December 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

21.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 337/33

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1534/2007

of 20 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 21 December 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 20 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 337/34

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.12.2007

to Commission Regulation of 20 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

MA
TR
ZZ

EG
ZZ

AR
MA
TR
ZA
ZW
ZZ

MA
ZZ

HR
IL
TR
ZZ

EG
MA
TR
ZZ

CA
CN
MK
US
ZZ

AR
CN
US
ZZ

191,0
97,4
148,3
130,3
141,8

237,0
57,0
84,8
126,3

88,7
97,5
93,1

290,4
290,4

42,8
76,3
81,0
35,0
28,6
52,7

75,5
75,5

30,2
66,8
73,2
56,7

49,3
121,9
106,8
92,7

86,7
90,5
29,7
79,6
71,6

71,1
44,6
110,3
75,3

(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’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

20.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 310/3

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

19 December 2007

(2007/C 310/04)

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

1,4385

RON

Romanian leu

162,54

7,4614

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,71750

AUD Australian dollar

9,4754

1,6600

91,21

8,0385

1,9558

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,5355

33,661

1,7187

1,6724

1,4461

11,2227

1,9016

2,1008

KRW South Korean won

1 351,76

0,585274

26,300

15,6466

253,89

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

9,9418

10,6115

7,3020

Indonesian rupiah

13 565,06

3,4528

0,6966

0,4293

3,6148

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,8219

59,856

35,5700

44,160

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
2007/867/EC: Council Decision of 20 December 2007 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and New Zealand pursuant to Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 relating to the modification of the WTO tariff quota for New Zealand butter provided for in EC Schedule CXL annexed to the GATT 1994
Date: 2007-12-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: New Zealand, butter, import, originating product, ratification of an agreement, tariff quota, trade agreement (EU)

22.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 340/95

COUNCIL DECISION

of 20 December 2007

on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European
Community and New Zealand pursuant to Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 relating to the
modification of the WTO tariff quota for New Zealand butter provided for in EC Schedule CXL
annexed to the GATT 1994

(2007/867/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European
in
Community,
conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph
of Article 300(2) thereof,

and in particular Article 133 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

authorised

the Council

On 14 May 2007,
the
Commission to open negotiations under Article XXVIII
of the GATT 1994 with a view to modifying the WTO
tariff quota for New Zealand butter. Accordingly, the
European Community notified the WTO on 3 August
2007 of its intention to modify the WTO tariff quota
for New Zealand butter in EC Schedule CXL.

Negotiations have been conducted by the Commission in
consultation with the Committee established by Article
133 of
the
negotiating directives issued by the Council.

the Treaty and within the framework of

has

successfully

an
The Commission
agreement with New Zealand. The Agreement
in the
form of an Exchange of Letters between the European
Community and New Zealand should therefore be
approved,

negotiated

Article 1

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between
the European Community and New Zealand pursuant to Article
XXVIII of the GATT 1994 relating to the modification of the
WTO tariff quota for New Zealand butter provided for in EC
Schedule CXL annexed to the GATT 1994 is hereby approved
on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in order to
bind the Community.

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2007.

For the Council
The President

F. NUNES CORREIA
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4987 — IBM/Cognos) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: computer systems, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, software

C 310/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.12.2007

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4987 — IBM/Cognos)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 310/09)

1.
On 13 December 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 International Business
Machines Corporation (‘IBM’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
control of the whole of the undertaking Cognos Incorporated (‘Cognos’, Canada) by way of purchase of
shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking IBM: development, production and marketing of Information Technology solutions

comprising hardware, software and services,

— for undertaking Cognos: business analytics software.

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.4987 — IBM/Cognos, 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4878 — Continental/Siemens VDO) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, economic concentration, electrical engineering, electronic component, mechanical equipment, merger control, motor vehicle industry, restrictive-practice authorisation

20.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 310/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4878 — Continental/Siemens VDO)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 310/01)

On 29 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 German 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 32007M4878. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4823 — Yara/Praxair/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 310/02)

On 28 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 32007M4823. EUR-Lex is the

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