do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5044 — Bridgepoint/Pret a Manger) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, beverage, economic concentration, exchange of information, foodstuff, investment company, merger control, retail trade

C 60/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.3.2008

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5044 — Bridgepoint/Pret a Manger)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 60/04)

1.
On 22 February 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 Bridgepoint Capital
Group Limited (‘Bridgepoint’, United Kingdom) through an acquisition vehicle acquires within the meaning
of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Pret a Manger Holdings
Limited (‘Pret a Manger’, United Kingdom) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Bridgepoint: private equity company,

— for undertaking Pret a Manger: food and drink retail through chain of sandwich shops in the United

Kingdom.

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.5044 — Bridgepoint/Pret a Manger, 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: 2008-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 60/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.3.2008

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

4 March 2008

(2008/C 60/02)

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

1,5206

TRY

Turkish lira

156,78

AUD Australian dollar

7,4502

0,7656

9,361

1,5773

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,8482

1,6304

1,5035

11,8365

1,8939

2,1116

100,51

KRW South Korean won

1 440,92

7,8535

1,9558

24,916

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

263,27

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,6975

3,5322

3,7288

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

32,38

MXN Mexican peso

11,9466

10,8054

7,271

13 814,65

4,8431

61,66

36,522

48,089

2,5356

16,2583

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Political and Security Committee Decision EU SSR GUINEA-BISSAU/1/2008 of 5 March 2008 concerning the appointment of the Head of Mission of the European Union mission in support of security sector reform in the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, EU SSR GUINEA-BISSAU
Date: 2008-03-05
Institutions: Political and Security Committee
Subjects: EU police cooperation, Guinea-Bissau, appointment of staff, peacekeeping, the EU's international role

L 73/34

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.3.2008

III

(Acts adopted under the EU Treaty)

ACTS ADOPTED UNDER TITLE V OF THE EU TREATY

POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION EU SSR GUINEA-BISSAU/1/2008

of 5 March 2008

concerning the appointment of the Head of Mission of the European Union mission in support of
security sector reform in the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, EU SSR GUINEA-BISSAU

(2008/226/CFSP)

THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and in
particular the third subparagraph of Article 25 thereof,

Having regard to Council
Joint Action 2008/112/CFSP of
12 February 2008 on the European Union mission in support
of security sector reform in the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, EU
SSR GUINEA BISSAU (1), and in particular the second subpara-
graph of Article 8(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 8(1) of
Joint Action 2008/112/CFSP, the PSC is authorised,
in
accordance with Article 25 of the Treaty, to take the
relevant decisions for the purpose of exercising political
control and strategic direction of EU SSR GUINEA-
BISSAU,
including the decision to appoint a Head of
Mission.

The Secretary General/High Representative has proposed
the appointment of Mr Juan Esteban Verástegui as the
Head of EU SSR GUINEA-BISSAU,

Article 1

Mr Juan Esteban Verástegui is hereby appointed Head of Mission
of the European Union mission in support of security sector
reform in the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, EU SSR GUINEA-
BISSAU.

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption.

shall apply until

It
2008/112/CFSP.

the expiry of Council

Joint Action

Done at Brussels, 5 March 2008.

For the Political and Security Committee
The President

M. IPAVIC

(1) OJ L 40, 14.2.2008, p. 11.
Case T-414/06 P: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 5 March 2008 — Combescot v Commisssion (Appeal — Staff cases — Officials — Inadmissibility of the action before the Civil Service Tribunal — Time-limit for bringing an action)
Date: 2008-03-05
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, European official, action by staff, appeal, indemnification, personnel administration, reassignment, regulations for civil servants, sick leave

12.4.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 92/27

2. Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

3. Orders each of the parties to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 249, 14.10.2006.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 5 March 2008
— Combescot v Commisssion

(Case T-414/06 P) (1)

(Appeal — Staff cases — Officials — Inadmissibility of the
action before the Civil Service Tribunal — Time-limit for
bringing an action)

(2008/C 92/54)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Appellant: Philippe Combescot (Popayán, Colombia) (represented
by: A. Maritati and V. Messa, lawyers)

Order of the Court of First Instance of 22 January 2008 —
Efkon v Parliament and Council

(Case T-298/04) (1)

(Annulment — Directive 2004/52/EC — Interoperability of
electronic road toll systems — Not individually concerned —
Inadmissibility)

(2008/C 92/55)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Efkon AG (Graz-Andritz, Austria) (represented by: G.
Zanger, subsequently by M. Novak, lawyers)

Defendants: European Parliament (represented by: U. Rösslein
and A. Neergaard, acting as Agents) and Council of
the
European Union (represented by: A. Lopes Sabino and M. Bauer,
acting as Agents)

in support of

Intervener
the
European Communities (represented by: R. Vidal Puig and G.
Braun, acting as Agents)

the defendants: Commission of

Other party to the proceedings: Commisssion of
the European
Communities (represented by: V. Joris and M. Velardo, Agents,
assisted by S. Corongiu, lawyer)

Re:

Re:

the judgment of

the European Civil Service
Appeal against
Tribunal
(Second Chamber) of 19 October 2006 in Case
F-114/05 Combescot v Commisssion, not yet published in the
ECR, seeking the setting aside of that judgment.

Annulment in its entirety or, in the alternative, in part, of Direc-
tive 2004/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 29 April 2004 on the interoperability of electronic road toll
systems in the Community (OJ 2004 L 166, p. 124, corri-
gendum OJ 2004 L 200, p. 50)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the appeal;

Operative part of the order

1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2. Efkon AG shall bear its own costs and pay those of the Council.

2. Orders Mr Philippe Combescot to bear his own costs and pay those

incurred by the Commission.

3. The Parliament and the Commission shall bear their own costs.

(1) OJ C 42, 24.2.2007.

(1) OJ C 262, 23.10.2004.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 205/2008 of 5 March 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

6.3.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 62/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 205/2008

of 5 March 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 6 March 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 5 March 2008.

For the Commission

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

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

L 62/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.3.2008

to Commission Regulation of 5 March 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 50 10

0808 10 80

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

JO
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

EG
MA
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

EG
IL
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

EG
IL
SY
TR
ZZ

AR
CA
CN
MK
US
UY
ZZ

AR
CL
CN
US
ZA
ZZ

72,2
52,9
120,5
94,7
85,1

178,8
114,7
177,0
156,8

93,0
116,9
105,0

45,4
54,7
58,3
49,0
62,8
54,0

95,9
109,4
56,4
120,8
95,6

97,3
73,8
92,7
42,4
108,1
71,7
81,0

82,4
82,4
60,6
123,2
97,1
89,1

(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’.