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Commission Regulation (EC) No 321/2008 of 8 April 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-04-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

9.4.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 96/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 321/2008

of 8 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)

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 9 April 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 8 April 2008.

For the Commission

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

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

L 96/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.4.2008

to Commission Regulation of 8 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

EG
MA
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

EG
IL
MA
TN
TR
US
ZZ

AR
TR
ZA
ZZ

AR
BR
CA
CL
CN
MK
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

AR
CL
CN
UY
ZA
ZZ

74,4
52,4
115,9
98,1
85,2

178,8
101,8
132,4
137,7

80,5
98,4
89,5

55,5
56,2
55,1
53,2
64,5
54,1
56,4

117,4
132,8
125,5
125,2

91,8
85,2
97,5
83,8
90,7
50,7
117,7
45,1
73,1
81,7

83,5
95,4
57,9
89,6
103,7
86,0

(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’.
Case C-167/05: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 April 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Sweden (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Second paragraph of Article 90 EC — Internal taxes imposed on products from other Member States — Taxation liable to protect other products indirectly — Prohibition on discrimination between imported products and competing domestic products — Excise duties — Different tax treatment of beer and wine — Burden of proof)
Date: 2008-04-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Sweden, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, beer, excise duty, restriction on competition, wine

C 128/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.5.2008

V

(Announcements)

COURT PROCEEDINGS

COURT OF JUSTICE

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 April 2008
— Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom
of Sweden

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(Case C-167/05) (1)

1. Dismisses the action;

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Second
paragraph of Article 90 EC — Internal taxes imposed on
products from other Member States — Taxation liable to
protect other products indirectly — Prohibition on discrimina-
tion between imported products and competing domestic
products — Excise duties — Different tax treatment of beer
and wine — Burden of proof)

2. Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the

costs;

3. Orders the Republic of Latvia to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 171, 9.7.2005.

(2008/C 128/02)

Language of the case: Swedish

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: L. Ström van Lier, K. Gross, K. Simonsson and R.
Lyal, Agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of Sweden (represented by: K. Wistrand,
Agent)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Republic of Latvia (repre-
sented by: E. Balode-Buraka and E. Broks, Agents)

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 April 2008
— Commission of the European Communities v Italian
Republic

(Case C-337/05) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Public
supply contracts — Directives 77/62/EEC and 93/36/EEC —
Award of public contracts without prior publication of a
notice — Absence of competitive tendering — Agusta and
Agusta Bell helicopters)

(2008/C 128/03)

Language of the case: Italian

Re:

Parties

Failure of Member State to fulfil its obligations — Infringement
of the second paragraph of Article 90 EC — Internal taxation
of alcohol and alcoholic drinks affecting wine more heavily than
beer

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: D. Recchia and X. Lewis, avocat)

Defendant:
Agent, assisted by G. Fiengo, lawyer)

Italian Republic (represented by:

I.M. Braguglia,
Withdrawal of notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5106 — Candover/Bourne Leisure) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-04-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control, tourism

8.4.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 87/7

Withdrawal of notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5106 — Candover/Bourne Leisure)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 87/06)

(Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004)

On 7 March 2008, the Commission of the European Communities received notification of a proposed
concentration between Candover Partners Limited (‘Candover’, United Kingdom) and Bourne Leisure
Holdings Limited (‘Bourne Leisure’, United Kingdom). On 28 March 2008, the notifying parties informed
the Commission that they withdrew their notification.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-04-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

8.4.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 87/5

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

7 April 2008

(2008/C 87/04)

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

1,5693

TRY

Turkish lira

161,13

AUD Australian dollar

7,4592

0,78935

9,3687

1,5917

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

2,0071

1,6977

1,5804

12,2257

1,9760

2,1682

113,51

KRW South Korean won

1 529,91

7,9685

1,9558

25,019

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

254,05

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,6971

3,4568

3,6808

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

32,388

MXN Mexican peso

12,2705

10,9875

7,2725

14 429,71

5,0037

65,471

36,9900

49,692

2,6703

16,5404

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5049 — Goldman Sachs/Colony Capital/But) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-04-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, economic concentration, furniture industry, household electrical appliance, investment transaction, merger control, real property, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 87/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.4.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4896 — CVC Capital Partners/Katope International)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 87/02)

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 32008M4896. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5049 — Goldman Sachs/Colony Capital/But)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 87/03)

On 11 March 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 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 32008M5049. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Case F-44/08: Action brought on 8 April 2008 — Tsarnavas v Commission
Date: 2008-04-08
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Commission, action by staff, promotion, regulations for civil servants

C 158/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.6.2008

Action brought on 8 April 2008 — Tsarnavas v
Commission

Form of order sought

(Case F-44/08)

(2008/C 158/51)

Language of the case: French

— Annul the decision of the appointing authority of 14 August
2007 rejecting the applicant's request for compensation of
EUR 6 800 for the pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage
suffered in consequence of breaches of procedure or
wrongful acts in the performance of public duties by the
Commission in the promotion years 1998 and 1999;

Parties

Applicant: Vassilios Tsarnavas (Glyfada, Greece) (represented by:
N. Lhoëst)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

The subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decision of the appointing authority rejecting
the applicant's request for compensation of EUR 6 800 for the
pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage suffered in consequence
of breaches of procedure or wrongful acts in the performance
of public duties by the Commission in the promotion years
1998 and 1999, and an order that the Commission pay that
sum.

— So far as necessary, annul

the
Commission rejecting the complaint brought by the appli-
cant on 14 November 2007;

the implicit decision of

— Order the defendant to pay compensation of EUR 6 800 for
the pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage suffered in conse-
quence of repeated breaches of procedure or wrongful acts
in the performance of public duties by the Commission in
in consequence of
the promotion years 1998 and 1999,
judgment of 19 March 2003 (Joined Cases T-188/01 and
T-189/01);

— Order the Commission of the European Communities to

pay the costs.
Case F-134/06: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 8 April 2008 — Bordini v Commission (Staff cases — Officials — Pensions — Correction coefficient — Member State of residence — Concept of residence — Concept of principal residence — Documents in support)
Date: 2008-04-08
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Commission, European official, United Kingdom, action by staff, pension scheme, personnel administration, student residence

C 128/38

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.5.2008

EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of
8 April 2008 — Bordini v Commission

3. Save in respect of half of the costs which he incurred in respect of
the informal meeting of 5 June 2007, orders Mr Bordini bear his
own costs.

(Case F-134/06) (1)

(Staff cases — Officials — Pensions — Correction coefficient
— Member State of residence — Concept of residence —
Concept of principal residence — Documents in support)

(1) OJ C 326, 30.12.2006, p. 87.

(2008/C 128/80)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Giovanni Bordini
sented by: L. Levi, C. Ronzi and I. Perego, lawyers)

(Dover, United Kingdom)

(repre-

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: M.J. Currall and M.D. Martin, Agents)

Re:

Staff case — First, annulment of the Commission decision of
25 January 2006 failing to recognise that the applicant is resi-
dent in the United Kingdom and,
in consequence, failing to
apply to his pension the correction coefficient for that Member
State and, second, a claim for damages

Action brought on 30 March 2008 — Honnefelder v
Commission

(Case F-41/08)

(2008/C 128/81)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Stephanie Honnefelder
sented by: C. Bode, Rechtsanwalt)

(Brussels, Belgium)

(repre-

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

The subject-matter and description of the proceedings

the decision of

to
Annulment of
include the applicant on the reserve list
for competition
EPSO AD/26/05 on the ground that she was not awarded
enough points

the Commission not

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders the Commission of the European Communities to bear its
own costs and to pay half of the costs which Mr Bordini incurred
in respect of the informal meeting of 5 June 2007;

Form of order sought

— Annul the decision of the Commission of 10 May 2007 and
the decision of 14 December 2007 on the applicant's
complaint and order the Commission to assess whether the
applicant can be included on the reserve list in a manner
that does not infringe the principle of equal treatment and
follows proper procedure;

— order the Commission to pay the costs;

— as a precautionary measure, enter a judgment by default.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5113 — Abe Investment/Getty) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-04-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control, telecommunications industry

C 87/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.4.2008

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5113 — Abe Investment/Getty)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 87/05)

1.
On 28 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 Abe Investment, LP (‘Abe
Investment’, USA), controlled by Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners VI, LP (‘HFCP’, USA), acquires within
the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Getty
Images,
(‘Abe
Acquisition’, USA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Abe Investment, with Getty Images.

(‘Getty Images’, USA), by way of an agreement

to merge Abe Acquisition Corp.

Inc.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for HFCP: private equity fund. Investment sectors are financial services, health care, industrial/energy,

insurance, media/marketing, professional services, software/information services,

— for Getty Images: creation and distribution of digital media content.

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.5113 — Abe Investment/Getty, 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.4896 — CVC Capital Partners/Katope International) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-04-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: crop production, economic concentration, floriculture, fruit, investment, merger control, prepared foodstuff, restrictive-practice authorisation, vegetable

C 87/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.4.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4896 — CVC Capital Partners/Katope International)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 87/02)

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 32008M4896. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5049 — Goldman Sachs/Colony Capital/But)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 87/03)

On 11 March 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 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 32008M5049. EUR-Lex is the

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