do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, State aid, control of State aid, vocational training

17.1.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 12/5

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training
aid

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 12/05)

Reference number of the aid

XT 106/07

Member State

Region

Spain

Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Convocatoria de ayudas para acciones formativas estratégicas que se desa-
rrollen por parte de las empresas

Legal basis

Orden de 13 de noviembre de 2007, del Consejero de Educación, Universi-
dades e Investigación, por la que se convocan ayudas económicas a la financia-
ción de acciones estratégicas formativas que se desarrollen por parte de las
empresas de la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco para el ejercicio 2007
(Boletín Oficial del País Vasco de 19.11.2007)
http://www.euskadi.net/cgi-bin_k54/bopv_20?c&f=20071119&a=200706308

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 6,47 million; overall budget: —

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Date of implementation

Duration

Objective

19.11.2007

31.12.2008

General training; Specific training

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for training aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

HOBETUZ, Fundación Vasca para la Formación Profesional Continua
Gran Vía 35 — 6o
E-48009 Bilbao
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4965 — Arques/Skandinavische Actebis-Landesgesellschaften) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, industrial restructuring, information technology, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, wholesale selling

17.1.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 12/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4816 — Blackstone/Hilton)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 12/01)

On 19 October 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 32007M4816. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4965 — Arques/Skandinavische Actebis-Landesgesellschaften)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 12/02)

On 18 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 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 32007M4965. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5014 — EQT/SAG) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy-generating product, exchange of information, investment company, merger control, provision of services

17.1.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 12/25

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5014 — EQT/SAG)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 12/08)

1.
On 9 January 2008, 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 EQT V Limited (‘EQT’,
Channel Islands) which is part of the EQT group acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking SAG GmbH (‘SAG’, Germany) by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for EQT: investment fund,

— for SAG: provider of energy-related services for the utilities sector, providing in particular the design and

maintenance of utility grids, transmission line installations, substations and geo-survey 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.

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.5014 — EQT/SAG, 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 12/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.1.2008

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

16 January 2008

(2008/C 12/03)

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

1,4792

TRY

Turkish lira

157,29

AUD Australian dollar

7,4461

0,75400

9,4194

1,6142

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,7356

1,6806

1,5122

11,5344

1,9255

2,1142

96,15

KRW South Korean won

1 390,52

7,9420

1,9558

26,051

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

255,18

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,6979

3,6021

3,7155

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

33,465

MXN Mexican peso

10,2508

10,6982

7,3424

13 971,04

4,8348

60,233

36,0410

43,930

2,6127

16,2039

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Winding-up proceedings — Decision to make a winding-up order in respect of Eurolife Assurance (International) Limited (Publication of extract from the winding-up decision made in accordance with Article 14(1) of Directive 2001/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reorganisation and winding-up of insurance undertakings)
Date: 2008-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Gibraltar, insurance company, judicial proceedings, liquidation

C 12/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.1.2008

Winding-up proceedings

Decision to make a winding-up order in respect of Eurolife Assurance (International) Limited

(Publication of extract from the winding-up decision made in accordance with Article 14(1) of Directive 2001/17/EC
of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reorganisation and winding-up of insurance undertakings)

Insurance Undertaking

(2008/C 12/06)

Eurolife Assurance (International) Limited
Eurolife Building
1 Corral Road
Gibraltar

Date, entry into force and nature of decision

14.11.2007

Entry into force: 14.11.2007

Order that the Company be wound up by the Supreme Court of
Gibraltar under the provisions of the Companies Act, the Insurance
Companies Act and the Insurers (Reorganisation and Winding Up)
Act; appointment of liquidator; direction that the liquidator is to
stop carrying on the long term business of the company with
immediate effect

Competent authorities

Supervisory authority

Liquidator appointed

Supreme Court of Gibraltar
Chancery Jurisdiction
277 Main Street
Gibraltar

Financial Services Commission
Suite 943
Europort
Gibraltar

Frederick White
Grant Thornton (Gibraltar) Limited
6A Queensway
Gibraltar

Applicable law

Gibraltar Law
Commission Regulation (EC) No 35/2008 of 17 January 2008 granting no export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004
Date: 2008-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, export refund

18.1.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 15/15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 35/2008

of 17 January 2008

granting no export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided
for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

procedure concerning export refunds for certain milk
products (3)
and following an examination of
the
submitted in response to the invitation to
tenders
tender, it is appropriate not to grant any refund for the
tendering period ending on 15 January 2008.

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk
and milk products (1), and in particular the third subparagraph
of Article 31(3) thereof,

(3)

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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 of 26 March
2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export
refunds concerning certain types of butter (2) provides for
a permanent tender.

the permanent

tender opened by Regulation (EC) No
For
581/2004,
for the tendering period ending on 15 January
2008 no export refund shall be granted for the products and
destinations referred to in Article 1(1) of that Regulation.

(2)

Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
580/2004 of 26 March 2004 establishing a tender

This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 January 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 17 January 2008.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation
L 258,
4.10.2007, p. 3). Regulation (EEC) No 1255/1999 will be replaced
by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as
from 1 July 2008.

(EC) No 1152/2007 (OJ

(2) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 64. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1543/2007 (OJ L 337, 21.12.2007, p. 62).

(3) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 58. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 128/2007 (OJ L 41, 13.2.2007, p. 6).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 32/2008 of 17 January 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

18.1.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 15/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 32/2008

of 17 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)

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 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 18 January 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 17 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 15/4

EN

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18.1.2008

to Commission Regulation of 17 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
TR
ZZ

BR
EG
IL
TR
ZA
ZZ

CA
CN
MK
US
ZA
ZZ

CN
US
ZZ

134,0
53,3
129,8
99,8
104,2

187,5
48,4
114,1
116,7

97,4
140,9
119,2

313,6
313,6

48,6
54,3
72,8
62,9
80,2
52,9
62,0

108,5
101,8
105,2

63,4
76,2
120,0
80,4
85,0

72,8
102,1
123,3
119,8
54,7
94,5

96,2
76,8
40,4
115,5
59,7
77,7

65,6
88,7
77,2

(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’.
Case C-434/07: Order of the President of the Court of 17 January 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic
Date: 2008-01-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Portugal, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, motor vehicle, safety device, technical regulations

C 79/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

29.3.2008

Order of the President of the Court of 11 January 2008 —
the European Communities v French
Commission of

Republic

(Case C-329/07) (1)

(2008/C 79/44)

Language of the case: French

Order of the President of the Court of 17 January 2008 —
Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese
Republic

(Case C-434/07) (1)

(2008/C 79/46)

Language of the case: Portuguese

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 211, 8.9.2007.

(1) OJ C 269, 10.11.2007.

Order of the President of the Court of 24 January 2008 —
Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese
Republic

(Case C-433/07) (1)

(2008/C 79/45)

Language of the case: Portuguese

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 269, 10.11.2007.

Order of the President of the Court of 23 January 2008 —
Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese
Republic

(Case C-435/07) (1)

(2008/C 79/47)

Language of the case: Portuguese

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 269, 10.11.2007.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4816 — Blackstone/Hilton) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial management, hotel industry, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, service

17.1.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 12/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4816 — Blackstone/Hilton)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 12/01)

On 19 October 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 32007M4816. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4965 — Arques/Skandinavische Actebis-Landesgesellschaften)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 12/02)

On 18 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 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 32007M4965. EUR-Lex is the

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