do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5069 — Tata Motors/Jaguar/Land Rover) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-05-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, motor vehicle industry

16.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 119/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5069 — Tata Motors/Jaguar/Land Rover)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 119/01)

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 32008M5069. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Quality education.
Date: 2008-05-16
Institutions: EuropeAid Co-operation Office
Subjects: development policy, teaching quality

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Information on the date of entry into force of the Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Date: 2008-05-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Guinea-Bissau, cooperation agreement (EU), fishery management, fishing agreement, fishing area, fishing rights

L 128/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.5.2008

AGREEMENTS

COUNCIL

Information on the date of entry into force of the Partnership Agreement between the European
Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau

The European Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau notified each other on
15 April 2008 that the necessary procedures had been completed (1).

The Agreement accordingly entered into force on 15 April 2008 pursuant to Article 19 thereof.

(1) OJ L 342, 27.12.2007, p. 5.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-05-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 119/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.5.2008

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

15 May 2008

(2008/C 119/02)

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

1,5474

TRY

Turkish lira

162,61

AUD Australian dollar

7,4628

0,79720

9,3220

1,6341

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,9315

1,6541

1,5496

12,0703

2,0525

2,1386

119,77

KRW South Korean won

1 619,35

7,8590

1,9558

25,040

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

249,66

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,6981

3,4006

3,6610

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

31,645

MXN Mexican peso

11,7983

10,8234

7,2524

14 406,29

5,0685

66,175

36,9350

50,128

2,5733

16,2121

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5135 — Renolit/Evonik Degussa/Suncoat) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-05-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, thin sheet

C 119/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.5.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5135 — Renolit/Evonik Degussa/Suncoat)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 119/10)

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 undertakings Renolit AG (‘Renolit’,
Germany) controlled by JM Gesellschaft für industrielle Beteiligungen mbH & Co. KGaA and Evonik
Degussa GmbH (‘Evonik Degussa’, Germany) belonging to the RAG group acquire within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of Suncoat GmbH (‘Suncoat’, Germany) by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Renolit: manufacture of high-quality thermoplastic films,

— for Evonik Degussa: manufacture of chemical products,

— for Suncoat: Services concerning technical films.

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.5135 — Renolit/Evonik Degussa/Suncoat, 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 427/2008 of 16 May 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-05-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

L 129/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.5.2008

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 427/2008

of 16 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 17 May 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 16 May 2008.

For the Commission

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

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

17.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 129/7

to Commission Regulation of 16 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
BR
MK
TR
US
ZA
ZZ

AR
BR
CA
CL
CN
MK
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

54,3
113,1
99,2
88,9

167,2
196,3
40,9
166,7
142,8

124,0
124,0

44,1
59,9
50,3
52,0
59,9
60,4
54,4

130,1
156,0
58,7
150,1
135,5
134,9
127,6

94,1
83,1
109,4
91,9
75,0
46,1
110,9
114,9
77,0
77,3
88,0

(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’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5126 — Ineos/BASF Assets) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-05-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control

16.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 119/27

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5126 — Ineos/BASF Assets)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 119/09)

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 Ineos Group Limited
(‘Ineos’, United Kingdom) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control
of a plant of the undertaking BASF plc, controlled by BASF SE (‘BASF’, United Kingdom) by way of purchase
of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Ineos: global manufacturer of specialty and intermediate chemicals,

— for undertaking BASF: chemical company with a product portfolio ranging from chemicals, plastics, agri-

cultural products and fine chemicals to crude oil and natural gas.

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.5126 — Ineos/BASF Assets, 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.