do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5122 — ArcelorMittal/Borusan) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-05-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, iron and steel industry, merger control

8.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 113/27

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5122 — ArcelorMittal/Borusan)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 113/20)

1.
On 29 April 2008, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which ArcelorMittal SA (‘AM’, Luxembourg) and
Borusan Holdings A.S. (‘Borusan’, Turkey) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regu-
lation joint control of a Joint Venture (‘JV’, Turkey) 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 AM: production of steel on a global basis,

— for Borusan: steel, distribution, logistics, telecommunications,

— for JV: hot strip steel production.

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.5122 — ArcelorMittal/Borusan, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5167 — EMC/Iomega) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-05-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: computer equipment, data recording, economic concentration, exchange of information, information storage, information technology industry, merger control

C 113/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.5.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5167 — EMC/Iomega)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 113/19)

1.
On 28 April 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 EMC Corporation (‘ECM’,
USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the
undertaking Iomega Corporation (‘Iomega’, USA) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for EMC: provision of solutions to companies for storing, protecting and optimizing vast quantities of

information,

— for Iomega: production of electronic portable storage devices for consumers and small businesses.

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.5167 — EMC/Iomega, 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 408/2008 of 8 May 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-05-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

9.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 125/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 408/2008

of 8 May 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 9 May 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 8 May 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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9.5.2008

to Commission Regulation of 8 May 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

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

MA
TN
TR
ZZ

MK
TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

EG
IL
MA
TN
TR
US
ZZ

AR
IL
TR
US
ZA
ZZ

AR
BR
CA
CL
CN
MK
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

59,5
102,3
102,4
88,1

34,5
152,4
93,5

135,5
135,5

46,6
57,7
51,6
52,0
65,0
49,8
53,8

107,8
134,7
131,9
129,7
141,8
129,2

91,7
86,2
92,0
91,0
98,3
57,9
111,7
111,4
76,8
77,8
89,5

(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’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 410/2008 of 8 May 2008 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 900/2007
Date: 2008-05-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, white sugar

9.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 125/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 410/2008

of 8 May 2008

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to
tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 900/2007

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of
the
20 February 2006 on the common organisation of
markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second
subparagraph and point
the third subparagraph of
Article 33(2) thereof,

(b) of

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 of 27 July
2007 on a standing invitation to tender to determine
refunds on exports of white sugar for the 2007/08
marketing year (2) requires the issuing of partial
invi-
tations to tender.

in response to the partial invitation to tender ending on
8 May 2008, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export
refund for that partial invitation to tender.

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Sugar,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the partial invitation to tender ending on 8 May 2008, the
referred
maximum export
to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 shall be
33,848 EUR/100 kg.

product

refund

the

for

(2)

Pursuant to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 900/2007
and following an examination of the tenders submitted

This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 May 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 8 May 2008.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
L 283,
Commission Regulation
27.10.2007, p. 1). Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 will be replaced
by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as
from 1 October 2008.

(EC) No 1260/2007 (OJ

(2) OJ L 196, 28.7.2007, p. 26. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 148/2008 by Commission Regu-
lation (OJ L 46, 21.2.2008, p. 9).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5089 — Domo Chemicals/Carmel Olefins/Domo Propylene JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-05-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, merger control, petrochemicals, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 113/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.5.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5014 — EQT/SAG)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 113/02)

On 13 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 32008M5014. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5089 — Domo Chemicals/Carmel Olefins/Domo Propylene JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 113/03)

On 25 April 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 32008M5089. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Excise duty on beer produced locally in Madeira#European Parliament legislative resolution of 8 May 2008 on the proposal for a Council decision authorising Portugal to apply a reduced rate of excise duty on locally produced beer in the autonomous region of Madeira (COM(2007)0772 — C6-0012/2008 — 2007/0273(CNS))
Date: 2008-05-08
Institutions: Committee on Regional Development, European Parliament
Subjects: Madeira, beer, excise duty, location of production, tax relief








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Thursday 8 May 2008Excise duty on beer produced locally in Madeira *
P6_TA(2008)0188
European Parliament legislative resolution of 8 May 2008 on the proposal for a Council decision authorising Portugal to apply a reduced rate of excise duty on locally produced beer in the autonomous region of Madeira (COM(2007)0772 — C6-0012/2008 — 2007/0273(CNS))
2009/C 271 E/12
(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,
having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2007)0772),
having regard to Article 299(2) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0012/2008),
having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,
having regard to the report of the Committee on Regional Development and the opinion of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A6-0146/2008),






1.


Approves the Commission proposal;










2.


Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;










3.


Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;










4.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
Implementing measures (amendment of Rule 81) #European Parliament decision of 8 May 2008 on amendment of Rule 81 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure on implementing measures (2008/2027(REG))
Date: 2008-05-08
Institutions: Committee on Constitutional Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: European Commission, interinstitutional agreement, power of implementation, powers of the institutions (EU)








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Thursday 8 May 2008Implementing measures (amendment of Rule 81)
P6_TA(2008)0190
European Parliament decision of 8 May 2008 on amendment of Rule 81 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure on implementing measures (2008/2027(REG))
2009/C 271 E/10

The European Parliament,
having regard to the letter from its President of 27 March 2008 transmitting the interinstitutional agreement as approved by the Conference of Presidents on 12 December 2007,
having regard to the interinstitutional agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission on procedures for implementing Council Decision 1999/468/EC, laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission, as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (1),
having regard to Rules 120(2), 201 and 202 of its Rules of Procedure,
having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A6-0108/2008),






1.


Decides to amend its Rules of Procedure as shown below;










2.


Points out that the amendment will enter into force on the first day of the next part-session;










3.


Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission, for information.










PRESENT TEXT


AMENDMENT





Amendment 1






Parliament's Rules of Procedure


Rule 81 — paragraph 4 — point (a)











(a)


the time for scrutiny shall start to run when the draft of measures has been submitted to Parliament in all official languages;












(a)


the time for scrutiny shall start to run when the draft of measures has been submitted to Parliament in all official languages. 
Where shorter time-limits apply (Article 5a(5)(b) of Council Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission) and in cases of urgency (Article 5a(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC), the time for scrutiny shall, unless the Chair of the committee responsible objects, start to run from the date of receipt by Parliament of the final draft implementing measures in the language versions submitted to the members of the committee established in accordance with Decision 1999/468/EC. Rule 138 shall not apply in this case;












(1)  Texts Adopted, 8.5.2008, P6_TA(2008)0189.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 417/2008 of 8 May 2008 amending Annexes I and II to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs
Date: 2008-05-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, cotton, designation of origin, foodstuff, labelling, location of production, product designation, salt

9.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 125/27

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 417/2008

of 8 May 2008

amending Annexes I and II to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 on the protection of
geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of
20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications
and designations of origin for agricultural products and food-
stuffs (1), and in particular Article 1(1),
third subparagraph
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

is a high-quality foodstuff,

Salt
the characteristics of
which are closely linked to the geographical area of
production and the local methods used to obtain it.
The production of salt contributes to the economic and
social development of several regions.

Cotton is an agricultural product of great importance in
certain regions. Extending the scope of Regulation (EC)
No 510/2006 to include cotton would open up new
possibilities for promoting the image and use of cotton.

In order to meet the expectations of certain producers
and operators, for whom the production of salt or cotton
is one of the main sources of income, those products
should be included in Annexes I and II to Regulation

(EC) No 510/2006. This addition does not alter the
essentially agricultural nature of
the products covered
by Regulation (EC) No 510/2006.

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the
accordance with
Standing
of
Committee on Protected Geographical
Indications and
Protected Designations of Origin,

opinion

the

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 is amended as follows:

1. The following indent is added to Annex I:

‘— salt’;

2. The following indent is added to Annex II:

‘— cotton’.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 8 May 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-05-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

8.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 113/5

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

7 May 2008

(2008/C 113/04)

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

1,5430

TRY

Turkish lira

162,55

AUD Australian dollar

7,4623

0,78865

9,2953

1,6300

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,9310

1,6312

1,5462

12,0276

1,9644

2,1063

118,50

KRW South Korean won

1 587,75

7,8545

1,9558

25,142

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

252,03

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,6977

3,4229

3,6588

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

32,050

MXN Mexican peso

11,6126

10,7811

7,2614

14 234,18

4,8921

65,724

36,7100

48,979

2,5652

16,2354

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2008 of 8 May 2008 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007
Date: 2008-05-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, white sugar

L 125/6

EN

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9.5.2008

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 411/2008

of 8 May 2008

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to
tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of
20 February 2006 on the common organisation of
the
markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second
subparagraph and point
the third subparagraph of
Article 33(2) thereof,

(b) of

Whereas:

(1)

(EC) No

1060/2007

Commission Regulation
of
14 September 2007 opening a standing invitation to
tender for the resale for export of sugar held by the
intervention agencies of Belgium, the Czech Republic,
Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and
Spain,
Sweden (2) requires the issuing of partial
invitations to
tender.

Ireland,

to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No
Pursuant
the
1060/2007 and following an examination of
invitation
tenders submitted in response to the partial
to tender ending on 7 May 2008,
it is appropriate to
fix a maximum export refund for that partial invitation
to tender.

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Sugar,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the partial invitation to tender ending on 7 May 2008, the
maximum export
referred
to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007 shall be
414,08 EUR/t.

product

refund

the

for

This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 May 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 8 May 2008.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
L 283,
Commission Regulation
27.10.2007, p. 1). Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 will be replaced
by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as
from 1 October 2008.

(EC) No 1260/2007 (OJ

(2) OJ L 242, 15.9.2007, p. 8. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 148/2008 (OJ L 46, 21.2.2008,
p. 9).