do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Notification from the Norwegian authorities concerning the Space Centre support scheme — EFTA Surveillance Authority has decided not to raise objections against the notified measure
Date: 2008-05-15
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EFTA, Norway, State aid, aerospace industry, control of State aid, research and development

15.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 118/29

NOTICES CONCERNING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY

Notification from the Norwegian authorities concerning the Space Centre support scheme

EFTA Surveillance Authority has decided not to raise objections against the notified measure

(2008/C 118/11)

Date of adoption: 13 February 2008

Case No: 62231

EFTA State: Norway

Region: —

Title: Space Centre support scheme

Legal basis: State Budget, Letter of Intent from the Ministry of Trade and Industry and guidelines of the
scheme

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Objective: Research and development

Form of aid: Grant

Budget: NOK 37 million (approximately EUR 4,6 million)
parliamentary budget procedures

for 2007. Annual budget

subject

to

Intensity: According to guidelines

Duration: 2008-2013

Economic sectors: Space industry

Name and address of the granting authority:

Norwegian Space Centre
P.O. Box 113, Skøyen
N-01212 Oslo

Other information: —

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found
at:

http://www.eftasurv.int/fieldsofwork/fieldstateaid/stateaidregistry/
Commission Regulation (EC) No 424/2008 of 15 May 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

16.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 128/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 424/2008

of 15 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 16 May 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 15 May 2008.

For the Commission

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

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

L 128/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.5.2008

to Commission Regulation of 15 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
ZZ

AR
MK
TR
ZA
ZZ

AR
BR
CA
CL
CN
MK
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

53,6
110,8
93,9
86,1

167,2
196,3
40,9
140,9
136,3

111,7
111,7

42,4
59,9
53,0
52,0
60,8
53,6

114,0
58,7
135,7
126,0
108,6

93,6
80,9
95,7
92,9
100,3
66,6
114,1
107,8
76,8
77,4
90,6

(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’.
EFTA Surveillance Authority notice on current State aid recovery interest rates for the EFTA States applicable as from 1 January 2008 (Published in accordance with Article 10 of Decision No 195/04/COL of 14 July 2004 ( OJ L 139 of 25.5.2006, p. 37 and in the EEA Supplement No 26/2006, 25 May 2006 , p. 1))
Date: 2008-05-15
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, State aid, control of State aid, interest

C 118/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.5.2008

EFTA Surveillance Authority notice on current State aid recovery interest rates for the EFTA States
applicable as from 1 January 2008

(Published in accordance with Article 10 of Decision No 195/04/COL of 14 July 2004 (OJ L 139 of 25.5.2006,
p. 37 and in the EEA Supplement No 26/2006, 25 May 2006, p. 1))

(2008/C 118/12)

Recovery interest rates for Iceland: 11,01.

Recovery interest rates for Liechtenstein: 3,82.

Recovery interest rates for Norway: 6,25.

Correction of recovery interest rates for Iceland applicable as from 1 January 2007 (published in the OJ C 126
of 7.6.2007, p. 20 and in the EEA Supplement No 27/2007, 7 June 2007, p. 3):

should read ‘9,84’ and not ‘8,23’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

15.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 118/7

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

14 May 2008

(2008/C 118/03)

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

1,5439

TRY

Turkish lira

162,48

AUD Australian dollar

7,4626

0,79510

9,3078

1,6310

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,9399

1,6558

1,5407

12,0429

2,0295

2,1317

122,88

KRW South Korean won

1 616,46

7,8440

1,9558

25,029

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

249,96

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,6978

3,3991

3,6671

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

31,720

MXN Mexican peso

11,8396

10,8119

7,2525

14 350,55

5,0424

66,241

36,9008

50,107

2,5820

16,2171

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
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: 2008-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, State aid, control of State aid, innovation, research and development, small and medium-sized enterprises

15.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 118/1

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 118/01)

Date of adoption of the decision

11.3.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 195/07

Member State

Region

Germany

Land Brandenburg

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd&Co KG — BR725

Legal basis

Gesetz über die Feststellung des Bundeshaushaltsplans für das Jahr 2006 vom
18. Juli 2006 — Titel 870 94-634 Bundeshaushaltsordnung; ERP-Verwaltungs-
gesetz

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Research and development

Reimbursable grant

Overall budget: EUR 83,6 million

33 %

Until 2011

Economic sectors

Manufacturing industry

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft
Scharnhorststr. 34-37
D-10115 Berlin

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 118/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.5.2008

Date of adoption of the decision

18.3.2008

Reference number of the aid

Member State

Region

N 616/07

Germany

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Spitzencluster Wettbewerb

Legal basis

§ 44 Bundeshaushaltsordnung; Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz,
insbesondere
§§ 48-49a; Richtlinien für den Spitzencluster-Wettbewerb des Bundesministe-
riums für Bildung und Forschung im Rahmen der High-Tech Strategie für
Deutschland

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Research and development, Innovation, Small and medium-sized enterprises

Direct grant

—

100 %

1.10.2008-31.12.2017

Economic sectors

All sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Referat 112 — Neue
Instrumente und Programme der Innovationsförderung
D-11055 Berlin

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/