do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-01-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

4.1.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 1/1

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

3 January 2008

(2008/C 1/01)

1 euro =

Currency

Exchange rate

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

LVL

PLN

RON

SKK

US dollar

Japanese yen

Danish krone

Pound sterling

Swedish krona

Swiss franc

Iceland króna

Norwegian krone

Bulgarian lev

Czech koruna

Estonian kroon

Hungarian forint

Lithuanian litas

Latvian lats

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovak koruna

1,4753

TRY

Turkish lira

160,68

AUD Australian dollar

7,4532

0,7448

9,4078

1,6422

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,7292

1,6740

1,4666

11,5122

1,9066

2,1144

91,66

KRW South Korean won

1 382,06

7,9250

1,9558

26,175

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

253,67

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,6987

3,6075

3,6060

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

33,446

MXN Mexican peso

10,0850

10,7291

7,3406

13 893,64

4,8523

60,600

36,0170

44,062

2,5979

16,1123

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4926 — Basell/Berre L'Étang Refinery) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-01-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, energy industry, exchange of information, holding company, investment company, merger control

C 1/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.1.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4926 — Basell/Berre L'Étang Refinery)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 1/08)

On 19 December 2007,

1.
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 Basell
Polyéthylène SAS (‘Basell’, Luxembourg) belonging to Access Industries (‘Access’ USA) acquires within
the undertaking Compagnie de
the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
Distribution des Hydrocarbures SAS (‘Berre Refinery’, France) currently controlled by Royal Dutch Shell plc
(‘Shell’, UK/Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares.

the Council Regulation control of

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Basell: chemical company mainly active in the sale of polyolefins,

— for Access: holding company,

— for Berre Refinery: asset portfolio comprising the Berre L'Étang refinery in the south of France and asso-

ciated infrastructure,

— for Shell: a global energy company.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the

3.
scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

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.4926 — Basell/Berre L'Étang Refinery, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4940 — Credit Suisse/General Electric/Mubadala) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-01-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commercial bank, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control

C 1/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.1.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4940 — Credit Suisse/General Electric/Mubadala)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 1/06)

1.
On 19 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 undertakings Credit Suisse Private
(‘CSPE’, USA), belonging to the Credit Suisse Group (‘CSG’, Switzerland), General Electric
Equity Inc.
Company (‘GE’, USA) and Mubadala Development Company PJSC (‘Mubadala’, United Arab Emirates) acquire
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Mubadala
Infrastructure Partners and Related Entities (‘Mubadala Infrastructure’, United Arab Emirates) by way of
purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking CSG: global financial services group,

— for undertaking CSPE: investment banking, private banking and asset management,

— for undertaking GE: diversified technology and services,

— for undertaking Mubadala: direct principal investments,

— for undertaking Mubadala Infrastructure: asset management services.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the
3.
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.4940 — Credit Suisse/General Electric/Mubadala, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4982 — Bouygues/Artemis/Serendipity) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-01-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, holding company, industrial equipment, luxury products industry, merger control, property development, publisher, telecommunications industry

4.1.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 1/7

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4982 — Bouygues/Artemis/Serendipity)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 1/07)

1.
On 20 December 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by
which the undertakings Bouygues (‘Bouygues’, France) and Artemis (‘Artemis’, France), controlled by the
undertaking Financière Pinault (‘FP’, France) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council
Regulation joint control of the undertaking Serendipity Investment (‘Serendipity’) controlled by Bouyges, by
way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Bouygues: construction, real estate, public works, audiovisual (TF1), mobile telephony (Bouygues
Telecom) and construction of electricity production and rail transport equipment (Alstom company),

— for Artemis: luxury and sport articles (Gucci Group et Puma), distribution (FNAC, Conforama, Redcats,
CFAO), auction sales (Christies) and press (Le Point, Histoire, Historia, La Recherche, Le Magazine Littéraire,
Agefi, Agefi Hebdo, Actifs),

— for FP: holding belonging at 100 % to the François Pinault family,

— for Serendipity: provision of M&A advisory services and private equity asset management.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the
3.
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.4982 — Bouygues/Artemis/Serendipity, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4950 — Aviva/Bank Zachodni) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-01-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, exchange of information, insurance company, merger control

4.1.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 1/5

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4950 — Aviva/Bank Zachodni)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 1/05)

1.
On 20 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 undertakings Aviva plc (‘Aviva’,
United Kingdom) and Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. (‘BZ WBK’, Poland) controlled by Allied Irish Banks group
acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertakings
BZ WBK — CU Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń na Życie S.A. (‘JV Life Insurance’, Poland) and BZ WBK —
CU Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń Ogólnych S.A. (‘JV Non-Life Insurance’, Poland) by way of purchase of shares
in two newly created companies constituting joint ventures.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Aviva: underwriting of life and non-life insurances, long term savings and fund manage-

ment,

— for undertaking BZ WBK: universal bank,

— for undertaking JV Life Insurance: underwriting of life insurances,

— for undertaking JV Non-Life Insurance: underwriting of non-life insurances.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the

3.
scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

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.4950 — Aviva/Bank Zachodni, 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 4/2008 of 4 January 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-01-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

L 3/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.1.2008

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 4/2008

of 4 January 2008

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 5 January 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 4 January 2008.

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).

5.1.2008

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 3/11

to Commission Regulation of 4 January 2008 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

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
IL
MA
TR
ZA
ZZ

MA
ZZ

HR
IL
TR
ZZ

EG
TR
ZA
ZZ

CN
MK
US
ZZ

CN
US
ZA
ZZ

175,4
49,1
129,8
126,4
120,2

172,9
54,7
154,4
127,3

59,2
124,8
92,0

64,5
47,6
57,6
70,1
34,0
54,8

78,2
78,2

29,7
64,4
71,9
55,3

129,4
123,5
134,4
129,1

94,1
32,1
106,5
77,6

39,8
107,9
136,8
94,8

(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’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5002 — Wacker Chemie/WPS/APP) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-01-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control

C 1/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.1.2008

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5002 — Wacker Chemie/WPS/APP)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 1/04)

1.
On 14 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 Wacker Chemie AG
(‘Wacker’, Germany) controlled by the Dr Alexander Wacker Familiengesellschaft mbH (Germany) acquires
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation sole control by way of purchase of shares of
two companies, Wacker Polymer Systems GmbH & Co. KG (‘WPS’, Germany) and Air Products Polymers
Holdings, L.P. (‘APP’, USA) each of which is currently jointly controlled by Wacker and Air Products and
Chemicals Inc. (USA).

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Wacker: silicone and polymer chemicals, special and fine chemicals, semiconductor industry and

silicon production,

— for WPS: production of powders based on vinyl acetate monomer,

— for APP: production of dispersions based on vinyl acetate monomer.

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.5002 — Wacker Chemie/WPS/APP, 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-01-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

4.1.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 1/3

Euro exchange rates (1)

2 January 2008

(2008/C 1/03)

1 euro =

Currency

Exchange rate

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

LVL

PLN

RON

SKK

US dollar

Japanese yen

Danish krone

Pound sterling

Swedish krona

Swiss franc

Iceland króna

Norwegian krone

Bulgarian lev

Czech koruna

Estonian kroon

Hungarian forint

Lithuanian litas

Latvian lats

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovak koruna

1,4688

TRY

Turkish lira

163,83

AUD Australian dollar

7,4552

0,7413

9,4257

1,6529

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,7134

1,6673

1,4515

11,4731

1,8949

2,1135

91,99

KRW South Korean won

1 376,19

7,9855

1,9558

26,364

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

253,22

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,6988

3,6013

3,583

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

33,586

MXN Mexican peso

10,0143

10,7125

7,3363

13 777,34

4,8625

60,47

35,947

44,013

2,601

16,0143

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 5/2008 of 4 January 2008 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1282/2001 as regards the final date for submitting harvest and production declarations for the 2007/08 wine year
Date: 2008-01-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: exchange of information, marketing year, production, regulation of agricultural production, viticulture

L 3/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.1.2008

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 5/2008

of 4 January 2008

derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1282/2001 as regards the final date for submitting harvest and
production declarations for the 2007/08 wine year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of
in
wine (1), and in particular Article 73 thereof,

the market

(3)

(4)

To resolve the problem, which is not the fault of the
producers, and to avoid their being unjustly penalised,
those producers should be granted an extension for the
submission of harvest and production declarations.

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 11(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1282/2001 (2) requires wine growers to submit harvest
and production declarations no later than 10 December,
with a view to knowing the volume of Community wine
production in good time.

In one Member State, some of the computer centres to
which producers have to submit those declarations have
experienced a problem of capacity. Those centres are
unable to take delivery of all the declarations by the
deadline.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(EC) No
11(1)
Notwithstanding Article
1282/2001,
the declarations
the 2007/08 wine year
referred to in Articles 2 and 4 of that Regulation may be
submitted up to 31 January 2008.

of Regulation

for

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 10 December 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 January 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

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

(2) OJ L 176, 29.6.2001, p. 14.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-01-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 1/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.1.2008

Euro exchange rates (1)

31 December 2007

(2008/C 1/02)

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

1,4721

RON

Romanian leu

164,93

7,4583

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,73335

AUD Australian dollar

9,4415

1,6547

91,90

7,9580

1,9558

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,6077

33,583

1,7170

1,6757

1,4449

11,4800

1,9024

2,1163

KRW South Korean won

1 377,96

0,585274

26,628

15,6466

253,73

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

10,0298

10,7524

7,3308

Indonesian rupiah

13 826,70

3,4528

0,6964

0,4293

3,5935

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,8682

60,724

35,9860

43,800

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.