do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5031 — ACE/CICA) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-05-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, health insurance, insurance, life assurance, merger control, personal accident insurance, reinsurance, restrictive-practice authorisation

14.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 117/5

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5035 — Radeberger/Getränke Essmann/Phoenix)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 117/03)

On 27 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 German 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 32008M5035. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5031 — ACE/CICA)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 117/04)

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 32008M5031. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Case T-32/07: Order of the Court of First Instance of 14 May 2008 — Slovak Republic v Commission
Date: 2008-05-14
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU environmental policy, European Commission, Slovakia, action for annulment (EU), greenhouse gas, reduction of gas emissions, tradeable emission permit

5.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 171/49

Order of the Court of First Instance of 6 May 2008 —
Miguel Torres v OHIM — Bodegas Navarro López

Order of the Court of First Instance of 23 May 2008 — RS
Arbeitsschutz v OHIM — RS Components (RS)

(Case T-17/07) (1)

(2008/C 171/94)

Language of the case: Spanish

(Case T-501/07) (1)

(2008/C 171/96)

Language of the case: English

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

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

(1) OJ C 82, 14.4.2007.

(1) OJ C 64, 8.3.2008.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 14 May 2008 —
Slovak Republic v Commission

(Case T-32/07) (1)

(2008/C 171/95)

Language of the case: Slovak

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

(1) OJ C 69, 24.3.2007.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 14 May 2008 —
Winzer Pharma v OHIM — Oftaltech (OFTASIL)

(Case T-30/08) (1)

(2008/C 171/97)

Language of the case: German

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

(1) OJ C 79, 29.3.2008.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5121 — News Corp/Premiere) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-05-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: audiovisual industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, leisure, merger control, pay television

14.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 117/37

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5121 — News Corp/Premiere)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 117/16)

1.
On 5 May 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 News Corporation (‘News
Corp’, United States of America) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
control of the whole of the undertaking Premiere AG (‘Premiere’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for News Corp: diversified entertainment company with operations in eight media industry segments,
including (i) filmed entertainment; (ii) television; (iii) cable network programming; (iv) direct broadcast
satellite television; (v) magazines and inserts; (vi) newspapers; (vii) book publishing; and (viii) other busi-
nesses,

— for Premiere: pay TV platform operator in Germany and Austria.

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.5121 — News Corp/Premiere, 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: 2008-05-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

14.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 117/7

Euro exchange rates (1)

9 May 2008

(2008/C 117/06)

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

1,5458

TRY

Turkish lira

158,81

AUD Australian dollar

7,4614

0,7938

9,2904

1,6086

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,9679

1,6466

1,5592

12,0522

2,0175

2,1151

123,75

KRW South Korean won

1 616,52

7,844

1,9558

25,147

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

252,87

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,6979

3,401

3,694

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

31,992

MXN Mexican peso

11,9105

10,8079

7,2585

14 283,19

4,9427

65,859

36,7455

49,381

2,6279

16,3399

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-30/08: Order of the Court of First Instance of 14 May 2008 — Winzer Pharma v OHIM — Oftaltech (OFTASIL)
Date: 2008-05-14
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), pharmaceutical product, trade-mark law

5.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 171/49

Order of the Court of First Instance of 6 May 2008 —
Miguel Torres v OHIM — Bodegas Navarro López

Order of the Court of First Instance of 23 May 2008 — RS
Arbeitsschutz v OHIM — RS Components (RS)

(Case T-17/07) (1)

(2008/C 171/94)

Language of the case: Spanish

(Case T-501/07) (1)

(2008/C 171/96)

Language of the case: English

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

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

(1) OJ C 82, 14.4.2007.

(1) OJ C 64, 8.3.2008.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 14 May 2008 —
Slovak Republic v Commission

(Case T-32/07) (1)

(2008/C 171/95)

Language of the case: Slovak

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

(1) OJ C 69, 24.3.2007.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 14 May 2008 —
Winzer Pharma v OHIM — Oftaltech (OFTASIL)

(Case T-30/08) (1)

(2008/C 171/97)

Language of the case: German

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

(1) OJ C 79, 29.3.2008.
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: 2008-05-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, Malta, State aid, control of State aid, regional development, small and medium-sized enterprises

14.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 117/3

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

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 117/02)

Date of adoption of the decision

21.2.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 622/07

Member State

Region

Malta

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Small Start-Up Grants Scheme

Legal basis

Regulation 5 of the Assistance to Small and Medium-Sized Undertakings Regula-
tions, 2007

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Regional development, Small and medium-sized enterprises

Direct grant

Annual budget: MTL 2,2 million

Overall budget: MTL 13,2 million

25 %

Until 31.12.2013

Economic sectors

Manufacturing industry, Computer and related activities, Service activities

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Malta Enterprise
Enterprise Centre — Industrial Estate
San Gwann SGN 3000
Malta

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/

C 117/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.5.2008

Date of adoption of the decision

19.3.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 751/07

Member State

Region

Ireland

IE012 — Midland; IE013 — West; IE023 — Mid-West

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Mid-Shannon Corridor Tourism Infrastructure Scheme

Legal basis

Chapter 12 of Part 10 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (as amended by
section 29 of the Finance Act 2007 and section 27 of the Finance Act 2008)

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Regional development

Tax advantage

Overall budget: EUR 35-50 million

12,08 %

Until 31.1.2011

Economic sectors

Hotels and restaurants (tourism), Recreational, cultural sporting activities, Real
Estate

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
23 Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Ireland

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/
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5035 — Radeberger/Getränke Essmann/Phoenix) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-05-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beverage industry, economic concentration, merger control, patents licence, restrictive-practice authorisation, wholesale selling

14.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 117/5

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5035 — Radeberger/Getränke Essmann/Phoenix)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 117/03)

On 27 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 German 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 32008M5035. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5031 — ACE/CICA)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 117/04)

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 32008M5031. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5066 — Eurogate/APMM) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-05-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, container, economic concentration, exchange of information, maritime transport, merger control

C 117/36

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.5.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5066 — Eurogate/APMM)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 117/15)

1.
On 25 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 undertakings Eurogate GmbH &
Co. KGaA, KG (‘Eurogate’, Germany) controlled by Eurokai KGaA and BLG Logistics Group AG & Co. KG,
and A.P. Møller-Mærsk (‘APMM’, Denmark) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council
Regulation joint control of Eurogate Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven GmbH & Co. KG and Eurogate
Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Germany, by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Eurogate: provision of stevedoring services to container shipping lines,

— for APMM: containerised liner shipping, terminal services,

inland transportation,

logistics, harbour

towage, oil and gas exploration and production, retail and air transport.

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.5066 — Eurogate/APMM, 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.
2008/382/EC: Council Decision of 14 May 2008 appointing two Italian members and an Italian alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2008-05-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Committee of the Regions, Italy, appointment of staff

21.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 131/13

COUNCIL DECISION

of 14 May 2008

appointing two Italian members and an Italian alternate member of the Committee of the Regions

(2008/382/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(a) as members:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,

establishing the European

— Mr Graziano MILIA, Presidente della Provincia di Cagliari

(change of position),

Having regard to the proposal from the Italian Government,

— Mr Leonardo DOMENICI, Sindaco del comune di Firenze;

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

On 24 January 2006 the Council adopted Decision
2006/116/EC appointing the members and alternate
members of
the
period from 26 January 2006 to 25 January 2010 (1).

the Committee of

the Regions for

Two seats as members of the Committee of the Regions
have fallen vacant as a result of the resignations of Mr
Bruno MARZIANO and Mr Paolo FONTANELLI. A seat as
an alternate member of the Committee has fallen vacant
as a result of the resignation of Mr CARRAZZA,

and

(b) as an alternate member:

— Mr Giuseppe VARACALLI, Consigliere comunale del

Comune di Gerace.

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Done at Brussels, 14 May 2008.

Article 1

The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the
Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, ending
on 25 January 2010:

For the Council
The President

A. BAJUK

(1) OJ L 56, 25.2.2006, p. 75.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-05-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 117/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.5.2008

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

13 May 2008

(2008/C 117/05)

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

1,5473

TRY

Turkish lira

160,71

AUD Australian dollar

7,4625

0,7938

9,294

1,6227

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,9364

1,6408

1,5562

12,0649

2,0118

2,1204

122,75

KRW South Korean won

1 616,93

7,846

1,9558

24,939

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

250,1

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,6975

3,3838

3,654

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

31,71

MXN Mexican peso

11,7429

10,8139

7,2537

14 328

4,9815

66,124

36,8267

49,97

2,5739

16,2191

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5086 — BAT/Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-05-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, tobacco industry

C 117/38

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.5.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5086 — BAT/Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 117/17)

1.
On 7 May 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 British American Tobacco
plc (‘BAT’, United Kingdom) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
control of the cigarette business and certain snus and roll-your-own tobacco interests of the undertaking
Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni A/S (‘STK’, Denmark) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for BAT: manufacture, marketing and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products,

— for STK: manufacture, marketing and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products.

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.5086 — BAT/Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni, 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 421/2008 of 14 May 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-05-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

15.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 127/7

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 421/2008

of 14 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)

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 15 May 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 14 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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EN

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15.5.2008

to Commission Regulation of 14 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

EG
JO
MK
TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

EG
IL
MA
TN
TR
US
ZZ

AR
MK
TR
US
ZA
ZZ

AR
BR
CA
CL
CN
MK
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

50,7
111,0
105,3
89,0

167,2
196,3
40,9
163,9
142,1

124,2
124,2

44,5
59,9
50,9
52,0
55,2
49,8
52,1

151,8
58,7
147,5
129,7
131,1
123,8

93,2
80,4
95,7
91,0
87,7
65,0
109,3
116,4
76,3
79,5
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’.