do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Partnerships in the framework of the stabilisation and association process * European Parliament legislative resolution of 15 January 2008 on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 533/2004 on the establishment of partnerships in the framework of the stabilisation and association process (COM(2007)0662 — C6-0471/2007 — 2007/0239(CNS))
Date: 2008-01-15
Institutions: Committee on Foreign Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: Western Balkans, aid policy, association agreement (EU), cooperation policy, economic stabilisation, resolution (EU)

19.2.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 41 E/89

Tuesday 15 January 2008

III

(Preparatory acts)

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

TEXTS ADOPTED

Partnerships in the framework of the stabilisation and association process *

P6_TA(2008)0001

European Parliament legislative resolution of 15 January 2008 on the proposal for a Council regula-
tion amending Regulation (EC) No 533/2004 on the establishment of partnerships in the framework
of the stabilisation and association process (COM(2007)0662 — C6-0471/2007 — 2007/0239(CNS))

(2009/C 41 E/14)

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2007)0662),

— having regard to the first sentence of Article 181a(2) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council

consulted Parliament (C6-0471/2007),

— having regard to Rules 51 and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0517/2007),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal;

2.

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if

3.
substantially;

it intends to amend the Commission proposal

4.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.
Case C-97/07: Order of the President of the Court of 15 January 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia (High Court of Justice of Galicia), Spain) — Doña Rosa Méndez López v Instituto Nacional de Empleo (INEM); Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS)
Date: 2008-01-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: interpretation of the law, social legislation, social-security benefit, social-security harmonisation, unemployment insurance, worker (EU)

24.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 128/27

Order of the President of the Court of 13 February 2008
— Commission of the European Communities v Federal
Republic of Germany

Order of the President of the Court of 28 February 2008
— Kingdom of Spain v Council of the European Union

(Case C-485/06) (1)

(2008/C 128/50)

Language of the case: German

(Case C-167/07) (1)

(2008/C 128/53)

Language of the case: Spanish

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 326, 30.12.2006.

(1) OJ C 117, 26.5.2007.

Order of the President of the Eighth Chamber of the Court
of 20 February 2008 — Commission of the European
Communities v Italian Republic

Order of the President of the Court of 13 February 2008
— Commission of the European Communities v Federal
Republic of Germany

(Case C-62/07) (1)

(2008/C 128/51)

Language of the case: Italian

(Case C-216/07) (1)

(2008/C 128/54)

Language of the case: German

The President of the Eighth 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 69, 24.3.2007.

(1) OJ C 129, 9.6.2007.

Order of the President of the Court of 15 January 2008
(reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal
Superior de Justicia de Galicia (High Court of Justice of
Galicia), Spain) — Doña Rosa Méndez López v Instituto
Instituto Nacional de la
Nacional de Empleo (INEM);

Seguridad Social (INSS)

Order of the President of the Court of 12 February 2008
— Commission of the European Communities v Federal
Republic of Germany

(Case C-97/07) (1)

(2008/C 128/52)

Language of the case: Spanish

(Case C-218/07) (1)

(2008/C 128/55)

Language of the case: German

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 95, 28.4.2007.

(1) OJ C 129, 9.6.2007.
Application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 15 January 2008 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community (COM(2007)0159 — C6-0104/2007 — 2007/0054(COD))#P6_TC1-COD(2007)0054 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 15 January 2008 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2008 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community
Date: 2008-01-15
Institutions: Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: EU Member State, free movement of workers, resolution (EU), self-employment, social legislation, social security, social-security benefit, wage earner, worker (EU)

19.2.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 41 E/103

Tuesday 15 January 2008

Application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed
persons and to members of their families moving within the Community ***I

P6_TA(2008)0006

European Parliament legislative resolution of 15 January 2008 on the proposal for a regulation of
the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the
application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to
members of their families moving within the Community (COM(2007)0159 — C6-0104/2007 —
2007/0054(COD))

(2009/C 41 E/19)

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2007)0159),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 42 and 308 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Com-

mission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0104/2007),

— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A6-0515/2007),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.

P6_TC1-COD(2007)0054

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 15 January 2008 with a view to the
adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2008 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 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 an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the
final legislative act, Regulation (EC) No 592/2008.)
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1359/2007 of 21 November 2007 laying down the conditions for granting special export refunds on certain cuts of boned meat of bovine animals (Codified version) ( OJ L 304, 22.11.2007 )
Date: 2008-01-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, boned meat, codification of EU law, export refund

15.1.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 11/23

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1359/2007 of 21 November 2007 laying down the conditions
for granting special export refunds on certain cuts of boned meat of bovine animals (Codified version)

(Official Journal of the European Union L 304 of 22 November 2007)

On page 25, Annex 1, under point 8 ‘Certificate of Issuing Authority’ should read as follows:

for:

‘The undersigned hereby declares that the meat described hereon comes from the forequarters of adult male cattle.’,

read:

‘The undersigned hereby declares that the meat described herein comes from the hindquarters of adult male cattle.’.
Summary of Commission Decision of 11 October 2007 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 82 of the EC Treaty (Case COMP/B-1/37.966 — Distrigaz)
Date: 2008-01-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commercial contract, distributive trades, dominant position, restriction on competition

C 9/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.1.2008

Summary of Commission Decision

of 11 October 2007

relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 82 of the EC Treaty

(Case COMP/B-1/37.966 — Distrigaz)

(Only the English text is authentic)

(2008/C 9/05)

(1) On 11 October 2007, the Commission adopted a decision pursuant to Article 9(1) of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 1/2003 (1). A non-confidential version of the integral text of the decision in the authentic
language as well as the working languages of the Commission is available on the Competition Directo-
rate-General website at the following address:

http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/antitrust/cases/

(2) The case concerns Distrigas, currently a member of the Suez group, and its long-term gas supply agree-
ments in Belgium. In its preliminary assessments, the Commission expressed concerns under Article 82
of the EC Treaty that Distrigas' long-term gas supply contracts would prevent customers from switching
and would thereby limit the scope for other gas suppliers to conclude contracts with customers and so
foreclose their access to the market.

(3) The Commission considers that the commitments offered by Distrigas following the preliminary assess-
ments and the observations submitted by interested third parties are sufficient to address the identified
competition concerns. First, on average a minimum of 70 % of the gas volumes supplied by Distrigas
and connected undertakings to industrial users and electricity producers in Belgium will return to the
market each year. If Distrigas' total sales decrease from their 2007 level, then Distrigas will be able to tie
a certain fixed volume of gas sales, which represents less than 20 % of the total market concerned.
Secondly, contracts with industrial users and electricity producers cannot be longer than five years,
however contracts relating to new power plants with a capacity exceeding 10 MW are not subject to the
commitments. Thirdly, Distrigas undertakes not to conclude any gas supply agreements with resellers
with a duration of over two years. Fourthly, Distrigas confirms that it will not introduce use restrictions
into its supply contracts.

(4) The decision finds that, in view of the commitments, there are no longer grounds for action by the

Commission. The decision shall be binding until 31 December 2010.

(5) The Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions issued a favourable opinion on

17 September 2007.

(1) OJ L 1, 4.1.2003, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 411/2004 (OJ L 68, 8.3.2004, p. 1).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2008 of 15 January 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-01-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

16.1.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 13/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 26/2008

of 15 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 1580/2007
of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules of
Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and
(EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (1), and in
particular Article 138(1) thereof,

Whereas:

the standard values for imports from third countries, in
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 138 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1580/2007 shall be fixed as indicated in the
Annex hereto.

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to
the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade
negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes

This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 January 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 15 January 2008.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 350, 31.12.2007, p. 1.

L 13/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.1.2008

to Commission Regulation of 15 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

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

EG
IL
MA
TN
TR
ZA
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

CN
IL
JM
PK
TR
ZZ

EG
IL
TR
ZA
ZZ

CA
CN
MK
TR
US
ZA
ZZ

CN
US
ZZ

142,5
51,6
129,8
106,9
107,7

187,5
61,3
104,9
117,9

95,0
128,6
111,8

158,5
158,5

52,6
49,6
65,6
53,8
83,3
52,9
59,6

109,7
101,8
105,8

59,7
106,1
110,1
42,8
80,2
79,8

86,2
139,9
120,5
54,7
100,3

96,2
80,7
37,5
118,1
111,8
59,7
84,0

79,0
109,2
94,1

(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’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-01-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 9/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.1.2008

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

14 January 2008

(2008/C 9/02)

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

1,4895

TRY

Turkish lira

160,55

AUD Australian dollar

7,4453

0,76000

9,3987

1,6265

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,7147

1,6555

1,5172

11,6218

1,8852

2,1295

95,05

KRW South Korean won

1 396,18

7,8275

1,9558

25,865

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

253,44

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,6990

3,5822

3,7144

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

33,277

MXN Mexican peso

10,0330

10,8013

7,3495

14 045,99

4,8446

60,392

36,1520

44,180

2,5956

16,2854

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-9/05: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 15 January 2008 — Hoya v OHIM — Indo (AMPLITUDE) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark AMPLITUDE — Earlier national figurative mark AMPLY — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Date: 2008-01-15
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), optical industry, trade-mark law

23.2.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 51/41

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 15 January 2008
— Hoya v OHIM — Indo (AMPLITUDE)

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of
and Terezakis v
16 January 2008 — Scippacercola

(Case T-9/05) (1)

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Appli-
cation for the Community word mark AMPLITUDE — Earlier
national figurative mark AMPLY — Relative ground for
refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of
Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

Commission

(Case T-306/05) (1)

(Competition — Abuse of dominant position — Allegation of
excessive
of Athens
International Airport — Rejection of the complaint — No
Community interest)

applied by

operator

charges

the

(2008/C 51/75)

Language of the case: English

(2008/C 51/76)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Parties

Applicant: Hoya Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, Japan) (represented by:
A. Nordemann, C.-R. Haarmann, F. Schwab and M. Nentwig,
lawyers)

Applicants: Isabella Scippacercola (Brussels, Belgium) and Ioannis
Terezakis
and
G. Stylianakis, lawyers)

(represented by: A. Krystallidis

(Brussels)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks
Folliard-
and Designs)
Monguiral and G. Schneider, acting as Agents)

(represented by: A.

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: P. Hellström, A. Nijenhuis and F. Amato, Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM,
intervener before the Court of First Instance: Indo Internacional SA
(Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain)
(represented by: M. Currel
Aguilà, lawyer)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of
Appeal of OHIM of 3 November 2004 (Case R 433/2004-1),
relating to opposition proceedings between Indo Internacional
SA and Hoya Kabushiki Kaisha

Re:

Application for annulment in part of the Commission's decision
of 2 May 2005 pursuant to Article 7(2) of Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 773/2004 of 7 April 2004 relating to the
conduct of proceedings by the Commission pursuant
to
Articles 81 EC and 82 EC (OJ 2004 L 123, p. 18), rejecting
complaint No COMP/D3/38469 concerning the levy of certain
charges by the operator of Athens International Airport at Spata
and by Olympic Fuel Company.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Hoya Kabushiki Kaisha to pay the costs.

costs.

2. Orders Isabella Scippacercola and Ioannis Terezakis to pay the

(1) OJ C 106, 30.4.2005.

(1) OJ C 271, 29.10.2005.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5021 — Mercapital/Carlyle/Arsys Group) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-01-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Internet, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment, merger control, service

15.1.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 9/31

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5021 — Mercapital/Carlyle/Arsys Group)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 9/09)

1.
On 21 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 Mercapital Private
Equity SGECR, S.A. controlled by Mercapital S.L. (‘Mercapital’, Spain) and CETP Participations SARL SICAR
controlled by the Carlyle Group (‘Carlyle’, USA) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council
Regulation joint control over the Arsys Group (Spain), by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Mercapital: private equity investment fund,

— for Carlyle: global private equity investment fund,

— for the Arsys Group: provider of internet housing and hosting 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.5021 — Mercapital/Carlyle/Arsys Group, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Brussel

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.