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Notification by the Republic of Bulgaria concerning visa reciprocity
Date: 2008-03-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, EU visa policy, Malaysia, admission of aliens, disclosure of information, residence permit, rights of aliens

C 62/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.3.2008

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

Notification by the Republic of Bulgaria concerning visa reciprocity (1)

(2008/C 62/02)

Permanent Representation of
the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Union
Square Marie-Louise 49
B-1000 Brussels
Tel. (32-2) 374 84 68
Fax (32-2) 374 91 88
E-mail: info@bg-permrep.eu
www.bg-permrep.eu

No 94

To

Mr Ivan Bizjak — Director-General
Justice and Home Affairs Directorate-General
Council of the European Union

Dear Sir,

Brussels, 21 January 2008

In accordance with Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 851/2005 amending Regulation (EC)
No 539/2001 as regards the reciprocity mechanism, the Permanent Representation of the Republic of
Bulgaria to the European Union would inform the Secretariat of the Council of the European Union that the
Government of Malaysia has included the Republic of Bulgaria in the list of Member States of the European
Union whose citizens may reside on its territory without a visa for a period of up to 90 days.

A notification with identical contents has been sent to the European Commission.

Boiko KOTZEV

Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria

(1) This notification is published in conformity with Article 2 of the Council Regulation (EC) No 851/2005 of 2 June 2005

(OJ L 141, 4.6.2005, p. 3) amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 (OJ L 81, 21.3.2001, p. 1).
Case C-107/08: Action brought on 7 March 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria
Date: 2008-03-07
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Austria, EU control, European Commission, European standard, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, diesel fuel, national implementing measure, pollution control measures, vessel

26.4.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 107/21

Pleas in law and main arguments

Action brought on 7 March 2008 — Commission of the
European Communities v Republic of Austria

In accordance with the Spanish legislation, the posts of captain
and chief mate of all merchant ships flying the Spanish flag
other than merchant ships with a gross tonnage less than
100 GT, which carry cargo or fewer than 100 passengers and
operate exclusively between ports or points situated in areas in
which Spain has sovereignty, sovereign rights or jurisdiction,
must be occupied by Spanish citizens.

Parties

(Case C-107/08)

(2008/C 107/33)

Language of the case: German

The Commission considers that the requirement, as a general
rule, that those posts be occupied by persons of Spanish nation-
ality infringes Article 39 EC and cannot be justified by the dero-
gation of Article 39(4). The Commission's interpretation is
supported in particular by Case C-405/01 (1),
in which the
Court ruled that the scope of that derogation must be limited to
what is strictly necessary for safeguarding the general interests
of the Member State concerned, and in respect of the posts
concerned, those interests cannot be imperilled if the relevant
rights under powers conferred by public law are exercised only
sporadically, even exceptionally, by nationals of other Member
States. The Kingdom of Spain has not amended the legislation
in the way recommended by the Commission, although it
undertook to make the necessary amendments in its response
to the reasoned opinion.

(1) Colegio

de Oficiales

de

la Marina Mercante Española

[2003]

ECR I-10391.

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: B. Schima and A. Alcover San Pedro, acting as
Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Austria

Form of order sought

— The Republic of Austria has infringed its obligations under
Article 2 of Directive 2005/33/EC of
the European
Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 amending
Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the sulphur content of
marine fuels (1) by failing to adopt
the regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to implement the Direc-
tive or by failing to inform the Commission of their adop-
tion.

— Order the Republic of Austria to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The time-limit for implementation of the Directive expired on
11 August 2006.

(1) OJ 2005 L 191, p. 59.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 210/2008 of 7 March 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-03-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

8.3.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 65/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 210/2008

of 7 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 8 March 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 7 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 65/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.3.2008

to Commission Regulation of 7 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

0709 90 80

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
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

EG
ZZ

EG
IL
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

EG
IL
TR
ZZ

AR
BR
CA
CN
MK
US
UY
ZZ

AR
CL
CN
ZA
ZZ

79,4
63,6
129,8
95,9
92,2

178,8
209,9
194,4

99,9
160,8
130,4

238,6
238,6

46,1
56,9
53,2
50,0
87,7
58,8

95,9
106,9
126,2
109,7

96,2
104,8
73,8
91,5
44,4
106,3
89,9
86,7

85,7
80,2
80,9
114,6
90,4

(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: 2008-03-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

7.3.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 62/1

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

6 March 2008

(2008/C 62/01)

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

1,5319

TRY

Turkish lira

158,55

AUD Australian dollar

7,4495

0,7638

9,3581

1,5818

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,8664

1,6351

1,5097

11,9298

1,9075

2,1226

101,72

KRW South Korean won

1 454,62

7,834

1,9558

25,125

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

263,18

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,6966

3,5371

3,6929

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

32,68

MXN Mexican peso

11,914

10,8855

7,2772

13 879,01

4,85

61,889

36,599

48,354

2,5483

16,4137

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5071 — AAC/Polaris/BabySam) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-03-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: early childhood, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control

C 62/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.3.2008

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5071 — AAC/Polaris/BabySam)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 62/04)

1.
On 29 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 undertakings AAC Capital Partners
(‘AAC’, the Netherlands), belonging to the group ABN AMRO Bank NV (‘ABN AMRO’, the Netherlands) and
Polaris Private Equity (‘Polaris’, Denmark) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regu-
lation joint control of the undertaking BabySam A/S (‘BabySam’, Denmark) 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 AAC: private equity,

— for ABN AMRO: provision of financial services,

— for Polaris: private equity,

— for BabySam: retail of baby clothing and equipment.

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 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.5071 — AAC/Polaris/BabySam, 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.
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1628/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to national regional investment aid (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-03-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Poland, State aid, control of State aid, investment aid, regional aid

7.3.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 62/3

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1628/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to national
regional investment aid

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 62/03)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XR 185/07

Poland

—

Title of aid scheme or the name of
the undertaking receiving ad hoc aid
supplement

Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 23 lipca 2007 r. w sprawie udzielania
przez gminy zwolnień od podatku od nieruchomości, stanowiących regionalną
pomoc inwestycyjną (Dz.U. nr 138, poz. 969)

Legal basis

Art. 20d ust. 1 ustawy z dnia 12 stycznia 1991 r. o podatkach i opłatach lokal-
nych (Dz.U. z 2006 r. nr 121, poz. 844, z późn. zm.)

Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 23 lipca 2007 r. w sprawie udzielania
przez gminy zwolnień od podatku od nieruchomości, stanowiących regionalną
pomoc inwestycyjną (Dz.U. nr 138, poz. 969)

Type of measure

Annual budget

Aid scheme

PLN 45 million

Maximum aid intensity

30 %

In conformity with Article 4 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

Duration

16.8.2007

31.12.2013

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for regional investment aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

http://www2.mswia.gov.pl/portal.php?serwis=pl&dzial=122&id=327

http://www2.mswia.gov.pl/portal.php?serwis=pl&dzial=121&id=326

Internet address of the publication of
the aid scheme

http://www.mf.gov.pl/_files_/podatki/podatki_lokalne/rozporz_rm_w_spr._pomo-
cy_regionalnej_z_23_lipca_2007.pdf

Other information

—
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4884 — FCC/PORR/Autoput) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-03-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control

7.3.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 62/5

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4884 — FCC/PORR/Autoput)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 62/05)

1.
On 28 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 undertakings FCC Construcción SA
(‘FCC’, Spain) and Allgemeine Baugesellschaft — A. Porr Aktiengesellschaft (‘PORR’, Austria) acquire within
the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Sever-Jug Autoput
d.o.o. (‘Autoput’, Serbia), currently solely controlled by FCC, by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for FCC: construction, services, cement and real estate,

— for PORR: construction, building materials and project development,

— for Autoput: design, construction, operation and maintenance of the Horgoš-Požega highway in Serbia.

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.4884 — FCC/PORR/Autoput, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussels

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