do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 270/2008 of 19 March 2008 on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products
Date: 2008-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, export restriction, viticulture

20.3.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 81/37

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 270/2008

of 19 March 2008

on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 of
24 April 2001,
laying down detailed rules for implementing
Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards trade with
third countries in products in the wine sector (1), and in
particular Article 7 and Article 9(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 63(7) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999
of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the
market in wine (2), limits the grant of export refunds for
wine-sector products to the volumes and expenditure
contained in the Agreement on Agriculture concluded
during the Uruguay Round multilateral
trade nego-
tiations.

Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 lays down the
conditions under which the Commission may take
specific measures to prevent an overrun of the quantity
the said
laid down or
Agreement.

the budget available under

for destination zones

2008, the quantity still available for the period until
30 April 2008,
(1) Africa,
referred to in Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No
883/2001, could be exceeded unless the issue of export
licences with advance fixing of the refund is restricted.
Therefore, a single percentage for the acceptance of appli-
cations submitted from 16 to 18 March 2008 should be
applied and the submission of applications and the issue
of licences suspended for this zone until 1 May 2008,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Export

licences with advance fixing of

the refund for
1.
for which applications are submitted
wine-sector products
from 16 to 18 March 2008 under Regulation (EC) No
883/2001 shall be issued in concurrence with 64,57 % of the
quantities requested for zone (1) Africa.

The issue of export

for wine-sector products
licences
2.
referred to in paragraph 1 for which applications are submitted
from 19 March 2008 and the submission of export
licence
applications from 20 March 2008 for destination zone (1)
Africa shall be suspended until 1 May 2008.

(3)

On the basis of
information on export licence appli-
cations available to the Commission on 19 March

This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 March 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 19 March 2008.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 128, 10.5.2001, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1211/2007 (OJ L 274, 18.10.2007, p. 5).
last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as
Commission Regulation (EC) No 263/2008 of 19 March 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: 2008-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, export restriction

20.3.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 81/23

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 263/2008

of 19 March 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 18 March 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 subpara-
graph 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
for

tender opened by Regulation (EC) No
For
581/2004,
the tendering period ending on 18 March
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 20 March 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 19 March 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 the
Council (EC) No 1152/2007 (OJ 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.
(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).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5125 — Marel/SFS) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, food processing, machinery, merger control

19.3.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 73/25

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5125 — Marel/SFS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 73/08)

1.
On 12 March 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 Marel Food Systems hf.
Iceland) acquires within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Stork Food Systems (‘SFS’,
Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares and assets.

(‘Marel’,

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Marel: development, manufacture, sale and servicing of machinery and systems for primary proces-

sing of fish and poultry, as well as the further processing of fish, red meat and poultry,

— for SFS: development, manufacture, sale and servicing of machinery and equipment for primary proces-

sing of poultry, as well as the further processing of fish, red meat and poultry.

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.5125 — Marel/SFS, 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 262/2008 of 19 March 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

20.3.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 81/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 262/2008

of 19 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)

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 20 March 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 19 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 81/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.3.2008

to Commission Regulation of 19 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

JO
MA
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

EG
ZZ

EG
IL
MA
TN
TR
ZA
ZZ

IL
SY
TR
ZA
ZZ

AR
BR
CA
CL
CN
MK
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

AR
CL
CN
ZA
ZZ

62,5
57,1
134,4
96,5
87,6

202,1
90,4
156,2
149,6

74,1
127,0
100,6

242,2
242,2

46,0
55,1
53,7
56,7
46,1
43,3
50,2

106,6
109,7
131,9
147,5
123,9

98,4
86,4
98,7
103,2
83,2
44,4
97,3
87,6
69,5
85,4

76,0
72,8
88,9
104,8
85,6

(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: 2008-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 73/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.3.2008

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

18 March 2008

(2008/C 73/07)

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

1,5771

TRY

Turkish lira

154,42

AUD Australian dollar

7,4595

0,7817

9,455

1,561

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,9505

1,6974

1,5674

12,2535

1,9509

2,1708

121,79

KRW South Korean won

1 600,91

8,0675

1,9558

25,25

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

257,51

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,6971

3,5297

3,7285

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

32,408

MXN Mexican peso

12,6424

11,1675

7,255

14 509,32

4,9951

65,134

37,079

49,218

2,6861

16,9262

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.