do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5052 — INEOS/BP VAM & EtAc Business) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-03-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control

11.3.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 65/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5052 — INEOS/BP VAM & EtAc Business)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 65/01)

On 25 February 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 32008M5052. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5017 — Rank/Alcoa P&C)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 65/02)

On 22 February 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 32008M5017. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5061 — Renault/Russian Technologies/AvtoVaz) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-03-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, motor vehicle industry, trade intermediary

C 65/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.3.2008

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5061 — Renault/Russian Technologies/AvtoVaz)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 65/08)

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 undertaking Renault s.a.s. (‘Renault’,
France,
(‘Russian
Technologies’, Russia) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control
of the undertaking AvtoVaz (Russia) by way of agreement.

and Rosoboronexport/Russian Technologies

controlled by Renault SA (France))

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Renault: vehicle manufacturer,

— for Russian Technologies: Russian State intermediary agency for export and import of military and

dual-purpose products, technologies and services,

— for AvtoVaz: passenger car manufacturer.

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.5061 — Renault/Russian Technologies/AvtoVaz, 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: 2008-03-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

11.3.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 65/3

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

10 March 2008

(2008/C 65/05)

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

1,5340

TRY

Turkish lira

156,87

AUD Australian dollar

7,4576

0,76050

9,3918

1,5696

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,9044

1,6601

1,5194

11,9477

1,9314

2,1303

104,93

KRW South Korean won

1 481,38

7,8855

1,9558

25,041

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

263,47

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,6967

3,5635

3,7129

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

32,379

MXN Mexican peso

12,1895

10,8958

7,2784

14 082,12

4,9088

62,817

36,6180

48,344

2,5839

16,6094

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Statistical classification of economic activities in the EC#European Parliament legislative resolution of  11 March 2008  on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (codified version) (COM(2007)0755 - C6-0437/2007 - 2007/0256(COD))
Date: 2008-03-11
Institutions: Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: European Community, economic activity, statistical nomenclature

C 66 E/86

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.3.2009

Tuesday 11 March 2008

Statistical classification of economic activities in the EC ***I

P6_TA(2008)0077

European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 March 2008 on the proposal for a regulation of the
European Parliament and of the Council on the statistical classification of economic activities in the
European Community (codified version) (COM(2007)0755 — C6-0437/2007 — 2007/0256(COD))

(2009/C 66 E/21)

(Codecision procedure — codification)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament and the Council

(COM(2007)0755),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 285(1) of

the EC Treaty, pursuant

to which the

Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0437/2007),

— having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 December 1994 — Accelerated working

method for official codification of legislative texts (1),

— having regard to Rules 80 and 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0055/2008),

Approves the Commission proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working

1.
Party of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission;

2.

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

(1) OJ C 102, 4.4.1996, p. 2.

Identification and registration of pigs *

P6_TA(2008)0078

European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 March 2008 on the proposal for a Council directive
on the identification and registration of pigs (codified version) (COM(2007)0829 — C6-0037/2008
— 2007/0294(CNS))

(2009/C 66 E/22)

(Consultation procedure — codification)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2007)0829),

— having regard to Article 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament

(C6-0037/2008),

— having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 December 1994 — Accelerated working

method for official codification of legislative texts (1),

(1) OJ C 102, 4.4.1996, p. 2.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4950 — Aviva/Bank Zachodni) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-03-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commercial bank, economic concentration, exchange of information, insurance company, merger control

C 65/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.3.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4962 — Sun Group/neckermann.de GmbH)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 65/03)

On 29 February 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 32008M4962. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4950 — Aviva/Bank Zachodni)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 65/04)

On 5 February 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 32008M4950. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Case F-34/08: Action brought on 11 March 2008 — Simon v Commission
Date: 2008-03-11
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Commission, action by staff, appointment of staff, competition (EU)

C 116/36

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.5.2008

— order the Commission to pay the applicant compensation in
the value of EUR 500 000 for non-material harm suffered,
subject to an increase during the proceedings;

grant and an orphan pension (calculated on the basis of the
pension for a first orphan);

— order the Commission of the European Communities to pay

— order the Commission of the European Communities to pay

the costs.

the costs.

Action brought on 3 March 2008 — Klein v Commission

Action brought on 11 March 2008 — Simon v
Commission

(Case F-32/08)

(2008/C 116/70)

Language of the case: French

(Case F-34/08)

(2008/C 116/71)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Marie-Claude Klein (Grasse, France) (represented by: S.
Rodrigues and C. Bernard-Glanz, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

The subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decision of the appointing authority of 4 May
2007 refusing to recognise the applicant as the beneficiary of a
death grant, death allowance and an orphan pension.

Form of order sought

— Annul the decision adopted by the Director of the Office for
the Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements
of the European Commission of 4 May 2007;

— annul as necessary the decision of the appointing authority

rejecting the applicant's complaint;

— state to the appointing authority the consequences of the
annulment of
in particular,
the contested decisions and,
reconsider the applicant's right to death allowance, a death

Parties

Applicant: Anne Simon (Nouackhott, Mauritania)
by: S. Orlandi, A. Coolen, J.N. Louis and É. Marchal, lawyers)

(represented

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

the decision of 25 October 2007 of

Annulment of
the
European Personnel Selection Office inasmuch as it did not
include the applicant's name on the list of successful candidates
and in the CAST 27/Relex database.

Form of order sought

— Annul the decision of 25 October 2007 of the European
Personnel Selection Office inasmuch as it did not include the
applicant's name on the list of successful candidates and in
the CAST 27/Relex database;

— Order the Commission of the European Communities to

pay the costs.
European Institute of Innovation and Technology#European Parliament legislative resolution of  11 March 2008  on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (15647/1/2007 - C6-0035/2008 - 2006/0197(COD))
Date: 2008-03-11
Institutions: Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, European Parliament
Subjects: EU research policy, higher education, innovation, operation of the Institutions, research and development, research body

20.3.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 66 E/89

Tuesday 11 March 2008

European Institute of Innovation and Technology ***II

P6_TA(2008)0081

European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 March 2008 on the Council common position for
adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European
Institute of Innovation and Technology (15647/1/2007 — C6-0035/2008 — 2006/0197(COD))

(2009/C 66 E/25)

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Council common position (15647/1/2007 — C6-0035/2008),

— having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council (COM(2006)0604),

— having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Industry, Research and

Energy (A6-0041/2008),

Approves the common position;

Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position;

1.

2.

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of

3.
the EC Treaty;

4.
Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have
been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published in
the Official Journal of the European Union;

5.

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

(1) Texts adopted, 26.9.2007, P6_TA(2007)0409.

Mobilisation of the European Union's Solidarity Fund

P6_TA(2008)0082

European Parliament resolution of 11 March 2008 on the proposal for a decision of the European
Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund in application of
point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the
and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management
Council

(COM(2008)0014 — C6-0036/2008 — 2008/2019(ACI))

(2009/C 66 E/26)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament and the Council

(COM(2008)0014),
Common organisation of agricultural markets and specific provisions for certain agricultural products#European Parliament legislative resolution of  11 March 2008  on the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (COM(2008)0027 - C6-0061/2008 - 2008/0011(CNS))
Date: 2008-03-11
Institutions: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, European Parliament
Subjects: common organisation of markets, development aid, farming sector, rural development

20.3.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 66 E/85

1.

2.

Approves the Commission proposal;

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.

Tuesday 11 March 2008

Common organisation of agricultural markets and specific provisions for certain
agricultural products *

P6_TA(2008)0076

European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 March 2008 on the proposal for a Council
Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of
(Single
agricultural markets and on specific provisions

for certain agricultural products

CMO Regulation) (COM(2008)0027 — C6-0061/2008 — 2008/0011(CNS))

(2009/C 66 E/20)

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2008)0027),

— having regard to Articles 36 and 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted

Parliament (C6-0061/2008),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A6-0045/2008),

1.

2.

Approves the Commission proposal;

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.
Marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed#European Parliament legislative resolution of  11 March 2008  on the proposal for a Council directive on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed (codified version) (COM(2007)0852 - C6-0038/2008 - 2007/0296(CNS))
Date: 2008-03-11
Institutions: Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: codification of EU law, marketing, plant propagation, seedling, vegetable

20.3.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 66 E/87

— having regard to Rules 80 and 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0057/2008),

Approves the Commission proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working

1.
Party of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission;

2.

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

Tuesday 11 March 2008

Marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed *

P6_TA(2008)0079

European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 March 2008 on the proposal for a Council directive
on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed (codified version)
(COM(2007)0852 — C6-0038/2008 — 2007/0296(CNS))

(2009/C 66 E/23)

(Consultation procedure — codification)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2007)0852),

— having regard to Article 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament

(C6-0038/2008),

— having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 December 1994 — Accelerated working

method for official codification of legislative texts (1),

— having regard to Rules 80 and 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0056/2008),

Approves the Commission proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working

1.
Party of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission;

2.

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

(1) OJ C 102, 4.4.1996, p. 2.