do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4987 — IBM/Cognos) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: computer systems, disclosure of information, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, software

C 57/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.3.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4987 — IBM/Cognos)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 57/03)

On 24 January 2008, 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 32008M4987. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Communication from the Commission on the estimated availability of financial resources for granting of restructuring aid for the 2008/2009 marketing year, in the framework of the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 establishing a temporary restructuring scheme for the sugar industry in the Community
Date: 2008-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing arrangements, aid for restructuring, sugar industry

1.3.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 57/13

Communication from the Commission on the estimated availability of financial resources for
granting of restructuring aid for the 2008/2009 marketing year, in the framework of the implemen-
tation of Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 establishing a temporary restructuring scheme for
the sugar industry in the Community

(2008/C 57/09)

In accordance with Article 10(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 968/2006 of 27 June 2006 laying
down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 establishing a temporary
scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry in the Community (1), the Commission informs the
Member States that the estimated financial resources available in the temporary restructuring fund are suffi-
cient to grant restructuring aid for all the applications submitted by 31 January 2008 in respect of the
2008/2009 marketing year and found eligible by them.

(1) OJ L 176, 30.6.2006, p. 32. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1261/2007 (OJ L 283, 27.10.2007, p. 8).
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, State aid, control of State aid, research and development

1.3.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 57/3

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 57/02)

Date of adoption of the decision

21.1.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 457/07

Member State

Region

Italy

Marche

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Promozione della ricerca industriale e dello sviluppo sperimentale in filiere
tecnologico-produttive — Marche

Legal basis

Bando per la promozione della ricerca industriale e dello sviluppo sperimentale
in filiere tecnologico-produttive

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Research and development

Direct grant

Overall budget: EUR 30 million

80 %

Until 31.12.2013

Economic sectors

All sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Marche
Via Tiziano, 44
I-60100 Ancona

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/
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, Spain, State aid, control of State aid, environmental protection, investment aid

1.3.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 57/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 57/01)

Date of adoption of the decision

17.1.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 179/07

Member State

Italy

Region

Provincia autonoma di Trento

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Modalità del regime di aiuto N 42/2000 — Aiuti agli investimenti nel settore

della co-generazione di elettricità e di calore

Legal basis

L.P. n. 6/99 — Criteri e modalità di attuazione della legge provinciale n. 6/99
approvati con deliberazione di Giunta provinciale n. 2369 del 17.11.2006

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Environmental protection

Investment aid

Overall budget: EUR 10 million

40 %

1.1.2007-31.12.2008

Economic sectors

Co-generation of heat and power

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Provincia autonoma di Trento

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/

C 57/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.3.2008

Date of adoption of the decision

14.1.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 663/07

Member State

Region

Spain

Andalucía

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Modificación del régimen de Ayuda N 538/2000

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Decreto 22/2007

Aid scheme

Environmental protection

Direct grant, Interest subsidy, Other forms of equity intervention

Annual budget: EUR 75,6 million

Overall budget: EUR 75,6 million

50 %

1.1.2008-31.12.2008

Economic sectors

All sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Región Andalucía

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/
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

1.3.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 57/5

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

29 February 2008

(2008/C 57/04)

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

1,5167

TRY

Turkish lira

158,03

AUD Australian dollar

7,4515

0,76520

9,3948

1,5885

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,8183

1,6226

1,4895

11,8027

1,8854

2,1162

99,68

KRW South Korean won

1 425,07

7,9140

1,9558

25,228

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

264,15

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,6970

3,5305

3,7330

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

32,530

MXN Mexican peso

11,7309

10,7860

7,2715

13 800,00

4,8451

61,153

36,4511

46,790

2,5496

16,2363

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4874 — Itema/BarcoVision) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, textile industry, textile machine

C 57/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.3.2008

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4874 — Itema/BarcoVision)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 57/13)

1.
On 20 February 2008, 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 undertaking Itema Holding SpA (‘Itema’, Italy),
jointly controlled by Radici group and Mirco
Radici group, acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation, control of the
whole of the undertaking Gebrueder Loepfe AG (‘BarcoVision’, Switzerland) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Itema: Manufacturing and supply of textile machinery,

— for undertaking BarcoVision: Manufacturing and supply of sensors, inspection systems, and computer-

ized production management for the textiles market.

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.4874 — Itema/BarcoVision, 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.