do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 291/2008 of 1 April 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-04-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

2.4.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 90/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 291/2008

of 1 April 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 2 April 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 1 April 2008.

For the Commission

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

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

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.4.2008

to Commission Regulation of 1 April 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

JO
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

EG
IL
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

IL
TR
ZA
ZZ

AR
BR
CA
CL
CN
MK
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

AR
CL
CN
ZA
ZZ

69,1
43,2
125,1
89,8
81,8

178,8
165,0
171,9

43,9
138,6
91,3

44,4
62,8
53,6
53,6
58,2
54,5

117,7
109,8
148,3
125,3

88,2
83,7
80,7
91,8
81,3
52,2
120,9
63,4
71,7
81,5

78,1
80,1
53,4
88,0
74,9

(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’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.1471 — Statoil/ICA/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-04-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, energy industry, gas, petroleum, restrictive-practice authorisation

1.4.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 80/7

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.1471 — Statoil/ICA/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 80/03)

On 14 July 1999, 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 Regulation (EEC)
No 4064/89. 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 31999M1471. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5029 — Sonepar/Rexel Germany)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 80/04)

On 8 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 32008M5029. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-04-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

1.4.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 80/9

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

31 March 2008

(2008/C 80/07)

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

1,5812

TRY

Turkish lira

157,37

AUD Australian dollar

7,4568

0,7958

9,397

1,5738

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

2,0675

1,7334

1,6226

12,3075

2,0079

2,1819

119,58

KRW South Korean won

1 566,97

8,051

1,9558

25,335

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

259,43

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,6982

3,522

3,7268

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

32,582

MXN Mexican peso

12,8118

11,0874

7,269

14 570,76

5,0575

65,715

37,113

49,784

2,7554

16,8983

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-314/07: Order of the Court of First Instance of 1 April 2008 — Simsalagrimm Filmproduktion v Commission of the European Communities and Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
Date: 2008-04-01
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU programme, European Commission, action for annulment (EU), audiovisual industry, audiovisual production, contract

24.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 128/37

Order of the Court of First Instance of 25 February 2008
— Cemex UK Cement Ltd v Commission of the European
Communities

(Case T-313/07) (1)

(2008/C 128/78)

Language of the case: English

The President of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber)
has ordered that the case be removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 235, 6.10.2007.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 1 April 2008 —
Simsalagrimm Filmproduktion v Commission of
the
European Communities and Education, Audiovisual and
Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)

(Case T-314/07) (1)

(2008/C 128/79)

Language of the case: German

The President of the Court of First Instance (Eighth Chamber)
has ordered that the case be removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 235, 6.10.2007.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5029 — Sonepar/Rexel Germany) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-04-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, air conditioning, control of State aid, electrical equipment, electronic equipment, heating, restrictive-practice authorisation, wholesale trade

1.4.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 80/7

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.1471 — Statoil/ICA/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 80/03)

On 14 July 1999, 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 Regulation (EEC)
No 4064/89. 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 31999M1471. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5029 — Sonepar/Rexel Germany)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 80/04)

On 8 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 32008M5029. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5080 — Oracle/BEA) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-04-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, software

C 80/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.4.2008

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5080 — Oracle/BEA)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 80/08)

1.
On 26 March 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 Oracle Corporation
(‘Oracle’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the
whole of the undertaking BEA Systems Inc. (‘BEA’, USA) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Oracle: development, manufacture and distribution of enterprise software including

middleware, database and enterprise applications software and related services,

— for undertaking BEA: design, development, manufacture and distribution of middleware software.

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.5080 — Oracle/BEA, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5116 — Total France/S-Oil/Total Isu Oil) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-04-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, lubricants, merger control, oil refining

1.4.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 80/11

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5116 — Total France/S-Oil/Total Isu Oil)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 80/09)

1.
On the 27 March 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 Total France SA (‘Total
jointly
France’, France) belonging to Total SA and the undertaking S-Oil Corporation (‘S-Oil’, Korea)
controlled by Aramco Overseas Company BV (which is part of the Saudi Aramco Group, Saudi) and Hanjin
Energy Co. Ltd (which belongs to the Hanjin Group, Korea) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Total Isu Oil Company Ltd (‘TIOC’, Korea) by way
of purchase of shares and purchase of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Total France: refinery and sale of petroleum products, including lubricants, in and outside Europe,

— for S-Oil: refinery and manufacture of base oils and lubricants for sale mainly in Korea (lubricants) as

well as outside Korea (base oils),

— for Total Isu Oil: manufacture, sale and distribution of lubricants mainly in Korea.

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.5116 — Total France/S-Oil/Total Isu Oil 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4691 — Schering-Plough/Organon Biosciences) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-04-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, pharmaceutical product, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 80/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.4.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4691 — Schering-Plough/Organon Biosciences)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 80/05)

On 11 October 2007, 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) in conjunction with
Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (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 32008M4691. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5040 — Investitori Associati/Cognetas/Gruppo Argenta)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 80/06)

On 26 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 32008M5040. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5040 — Investitori Associati/Cognetas/Gruppo Argenta) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-04-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, automatic vending machine, control of State aid, investment company, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 80/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.4.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4691 — Schering-Plough/Organon Biosciences)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 80/05)

On 11 October 2007, 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) in conjunction with
Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (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 32008M4691. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5040 — Investitori Associati/Cognetas/Gruppo Argenta)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 80/06)

On 26 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 32008M5040. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
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: 2008-04-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, United Kingdom, air transport, control of State aid, innovation, regional development, research and development, restrictive-practice authorisation

1.4.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 80/5

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 80/02)

Date of adoption of the decision

5.3.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 585/07

Member State

Region

United Kingdom

Yorkshire and the Humber

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Yorkshire and Humber Research and Development scheme for large companies

Legal basis

Regional Development Agencies Act 1998

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Research and development, Regional development, Innovation

Direct grant

Annual budget: GBP 6 million

Overall budget: GBP 24,2 million

—

1.4.2008-31.3.2013

Economic sectors

All sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Yorkshire Forward
2 Victoria Place
Leeds LS11 5AE
United Kingdom

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/

Date of adoption of the decision

14.2.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 27/08

Member State

Region

United Kingdom

Highlands and Islands of Scotland

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Aid of a Social Character for Air Services in the Highlands and Islands of

Scotland

Legal basis

Section 70 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001

Type of measure

Aid scheme

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Official Journal of the European Union

1.4.2008

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Regional development, connectivity

grant

GBP 21,1 million (EUR 28,3 million)
GBP 7,1 million in 2009/2010 and GBP 7,4 million in 2010/2011)

(GBP 6,6 million in 2008/2009,

—

1.4.2008-31.3.2011

Economic sectors

Transport

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Scottish Executive
Aviation, Ports and Mobility Division
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ
United Kingdom

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/