do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Values of thresholds in the field of public procurement
Date: 2008-05-22
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EFTA countries, economic value, euro, national currency, public contract

22.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 125/19

NOTICES CONCERNING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY

Values of thresholds in the field of public procurement

(2008/C 125/10)

The values of thresholds applicable pursuant to the Act referred to at point 2 (1) of Annex XVI to the
EEA Agreement (Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004,
as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1422/2007) and the Act referred to at point 4 (2) of
Annex XVI to the EEA Agreement (Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1422/2007) are the following:

EUR

80 000

133 000

206 000

412 000

750 000

1 000 000

5 150 000

ISK

6 828 496

11 352 374

17 583 377

35 166 754

64 017 150

85 356 200

439 584 430

CHF
(Liechtenstein)

127 173

211 426

327 471

654 943

1 192 250

1 589 667

8 186 785

NOK

642 446

1 068 066

1 654 298

3 308 595

6 022 928

8 030 571

41 357 440

(1) As last amended by Decisions of the EEA Joint Committee No 68/2006 and No 69/2006, both of 2 June 2006, amending

Annex XVI (Procurement) to the EEA Agreement.

(2) Idem.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4746 — Deutsche Bahn/English Welsh & Scottish Railway Holdings (EWS)) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-05-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carriage of passengers, economic concentration, exchange of information, freight rate, logistics, merger control, rail transport, service

C 125/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.5.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4746 — Deutsche Bahn/English Welsh & Scottish Railway Holdings (EWS))

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 125/03)

On 6 November 2007, 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) in conjunction with
Article 6(2) 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 32007M4746. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1628/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to national regional investment aid (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-05-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, Poland, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, investment aid, regional aid

22.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 125/17

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1628/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to national
regional investment aid

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 125/09)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XR 9/08

Poland

Łódzkie

Title of aid scheme or the name of
the undertaking receiving ad hoc aid
supplement

Indesit Company Polska Sp. z o.o.

Legal basis

Uchwała Rady Ministrów z dnia 21 marca 2007 r.: Uchwała nr 45/2007 w
sprawie ustanowienia programu wieloletniego pod nazwą Wsparcie finansowe
inwestycji realizowanej przez Indesit Company Polska Sp. z o.o. w Radomsku
pod nazwą: Fabryka zmywarek i pralek, w latach 2007–2010

Type of measure

Ad hoc aid

Overall budget

PLN 11,486 million; Paid over: 2008-2010

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

Duration

30.5.2007

30.6.2011

Economic sectors

Limited to specific sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

DK29.71, DK29.72

Minister Gospodarki
Plac Trzech Krzyży 3/5
PL-00-507 Warszawa

Internet address of the publication of
the aid scheme

http://www.mg.gov.pl/Przedsiebiorcy/Specjalne+strefy+ekonomiczne/pomoc+regio-
onalna.htm

Other information

—

Aid No

Member State

Region

XR 40/08

Italy

Piemonte

Title of aid scheme or the name of
the undertaking receiving ad hoc aid
supplement

L.R. 34/2004 «Contratto di insediamento e sviluppo»

Legal basis

Legge regionale 34/2004

Determinazione dirigenziale n. 25 del 14 febbraio 2008

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Annual budget

EUR 50 million

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22.5.2008

Maximum aid intensity

10 %

In conformity with Article 4 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

Duration

14.2.2008

31.12.2013

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for regional investment aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Piemonte
Direzione attività produttive
via Pisano, 6
I-10152 Torino
direzioneA16@regione.piemonte.it

Internet address of the publication of
the aid scheme

http://www.regione.piemonte.it/industria/leggi/lr342004.htm

Other information

—
Case C-220/08: Action brought on 22 May 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic
Date: 2008-05-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Greece, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, aid to refugees, foreign national, national implementing measure, right of asylum, stateless person

C 183/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.7.2008

By its third complaint, the Commission states that despite the
positive legislative amendments effected by the defendant, the
requirement that a worker must have been in the service of the
same employer providing the services for at least six months
represents an unjustified restriction on the free provision of
services.

Action brought on 22 May 2008 — Commission of the
European Communities v Hellenic Republic

(Case C-220/08)

(2008/C 183/31)

Language of the case: Greek

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: M. Condou-Durande, acting as Agent)

Defendant: Hellenic Republic

Form of order sought

— declare that, by not adopting the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council
Directive 2004/83/EC (1) of 29 April 2004 on minimum
standards for the qualification and status of third country
nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who
otherwise need international protection and the content of
the protection granted, or in any event by not notifying
those provisions to the Commission, the Hellenic Republic
has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 38 of that
directive;

— order the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The time-limit
domestic law expired on 10 October 2006.

for

transposition of Directive 2004/83 into

(1) OJ L 304, 30.9.2004, p. 12.

Action brought on 30 May 2008 — Commission of the
European Communities v Ireland

(Case C-234/08)

(2008/C 183/32)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: H. Støvlbæk, Agent)

Defendant: Ireland

The applicants claims that the Court should:

— declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council
Directive 2006/100/EC (1), of 20 November 2006 adapting
certain Directives in the field of freedom of movement of
persons, by reason of
the accession of Bulgaria and
Romania, or in any event by failing to communicate them
to the Commission, Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations
under the Directive,

— order Ireland to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The period within which the directive had to be transposed
expired on 1 January 2007.

(1) OJ L 363, p. 141.

Action brought on 2 June 2008 — Commission of the
European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium

(Case C-239/08)

(2008/C 183/33)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: C. Huvelin, acting as Agent)

Defendant: Kingdom of Belgium
New national face of euro coins intended for circulation
Date: 2008-05-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, commemoration, euro, issuing of currency, technical specification

C 125/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.5.2008

New national face of euro coins intended for circulation

(2008/C 125/05)

National face of the new commemorative 2-euro coin intended for circulation and issued by the Kingdom of Belgium

Euro coins intended for circulation are legal tender throughout the euro area. For the purpose of informing
the public and all parties involved who handle the coins, the Commission publishes a description of the
designs of all new coins (1). In accordance with the Council conclusions of 8 December 2003 (2), euro-area
Member States and those countries that have concluded a Monetary Agreement with the Community
providing for the issuance of euro coins intended for circulation are allowed to issue certain quantities of
commemorative euro circulation coins on condition that not more than one new coin design is issued per
country per year and that only the 2-euro denomination is used. These coins have the technical features of
normal euro circulation coins, but bear a commemorative design on the national side.

Issuing country: Belgium

Subject of commemoration: 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Description of the design: The inner part of the coin depicts curved lines around a rectangle marked with
the figure 60. The year 2008 is inscribed above the rectangle and the words ‘UNIVERSAL DECLARATION
OF HUMAN RIGHTS’ underneath it. The name of the country is inscribed in a semi-circle below the design
in its three official languages. ‘BELGIE — BELGIQUE — BELGIEN’. The mintmark and the signature mark of
the Master of the Mint appear to the left and right of the design respectively.

The outer ring of the coin depicts the twelve stars of the European flag.

Number of coins to be issued: 5 million

Date of issue: April-May 2008

Edge lettering: 2 ★★, repeated six times, alternately upright and inverted.

(1) See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1 for the national sides of all the coins issued in 2002.
(2) See the conclusions of the Council (General Affairs) of 8 December 2003 on changes in the design of national sides of euro
coins. See also the Commission Recommendation of 29 September 2003 on a common practice for changes to the design
of national obverse sides of euro circulation coins (OJ L 264, 15.10.2003, p. 38).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5177 — Goldman Sachs/Candover/Expro) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-05-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commercial bank, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment, merger control, oil industry

22.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 125/21

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5177 — Goldman Sachs/Candover/Expro)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 125/12)

1.
On 15 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 Goldman Sachs Group
Inc. (‘Goldman Sachs’, USA) and Candover Partners Limited (‘Candover’, United Kingdom) acquire within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of Expro International Group plc (‘Expro’,
United Kingdom) by way of a public bid announced on 17 April 2008.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Goldman Sachs: a global investment banking, securities and investment management firm,

— for Candover: a global private investment firm,

— for Expro: provision of services and products that measure, improve, control and process flow from

high-value oil and gas wells (‘well flow management’).

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.5177 — Goldman Sachs/Candover/Expro, 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 436/2008 of 21 May 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-05-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

22.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 132/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 436/2008

of 21 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 22 May 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 21 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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22.5.2008

to Commission Regulation of 21 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

JO
TR
ZZ

EG
TR
ZZ

EG
IL
MA
TN
TR
US
ZZ

AR
BR
TR
US
ZA
ZZ

AR
BR
CA
CL
CN
MK
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

50,2
105,3
92,4
82,6

162,5
140,9
151,7

216,7
116,9
166,8

45,4
67,5
53,4
53,1
69,9
55,3
57,4

139,9
156,0
147,0
135,5
127,6
141,2

90,8
82,2
75,2
92,8
68,3
65,0
112,4
114,7
76,8
78,9
85,7

(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 F-101/07: Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 22 May 2008 — Cova v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Remuneration — Article 7(2) of the Staff Regulations — Interim allowance — Inadmissible)
Date: 2008-05-22
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Commission, action by staff, appointment of staff, bonus payment, professional career, regulations for civil servants, temporary employment

19.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 183/31

EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL

Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of
26 May 2008 — Braun-Neumann v Parliament

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: J. Currall and B. Eggers, Agents)

(Case F-79/07) (1)

(Staff case — Officials — Pensions — Survivor's pension —
Payment of 50 % owing to the existence of another surviving
spouse — Inadmissibility — Complaint out of time — Abso-
lute bar to proceeding — Raised by the Civil Service Tribunal
of its own motion — Application ratione temporis of the
Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance)

(2008/C 183/60)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Kurt-Wolfgang Braun-Neumann (Merzig, Germany)
(represented by: P. Ames, lawyer)

Re:

Annulment of the decision to limit to one year the period
during which the applicant, an official called upon to occupy,
on a temporary basis, a post of head of unit, may benefit from
the differential allowance provided for by Article 7(2) of the
Staff Regulations.

Operative part of the order

1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2. The parties shall bear their own costs.

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: J. F. De Wachter,
K. Zejdová)

(1) OJ C 269, 10.11.2007, p. 73.

Re:

Claim for full payment of the survivor's pension.

Operative part of the order

1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2. Each party is ordered to pay its own costs.

(1) OJ C 235, 6.10.2007, p. 31.

Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of
22 May 2008 — Daskalakis v Commission

(Case F-107/07) (1)

(Civil service — Officials — Remuneration — Article 7(2) of
the Staff Regulations — Interim allowance — Inadmissible)

(2008/C 183/62)

Language of the case: English

Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of
22 May 2008 — Cova v Commission

Parties

(Case F-101/07) (1)

Applicant: Constantin Daskalakis (Brussels, Belgium) (represented
by: S.A. Pappas, Advocate)

(Civil service — Officials — Remuneration — Article 7(2) of
the Staff Regulations — Interim allowance — Inadmissible)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: J. Currall and B. Eggers, Agents)

(2008/C 183/61)

Language of the case: English

Re:

Parties

Applicant: Philippe Cova (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: S.A.
Pappas, Advocate)

Annulment of the decision to limit to one year the period
during which the applicant, an official called upon to occupy,
on a temporary basis, a post of head of unit, may benefit from
the differential allowance provided for by Article 7(2) of the
Staff Regulations.
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-05-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, State aid, control of State aid, innovation, research and development

22.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 125/5

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 125/02)

Date of adoption of the decision

3.4.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 726a/07

Member State

Region

Netherlands

Netherlands

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Omnibus Decentraal — „Omnibus regeling voor provincies en gemeenten inzake
de staatssteunaspecten van subsidiemaatregelen ten behoeve van onderzoek,
ontwikkeling en innovatie”

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Algemene wet bestuursrecht (Titel 4,2), Provinciewet, Gemeentewet

Aid scheme

Research and development, Innovation

Direct grant

Annual budget: EUR 468 million

Overall budget: EUR 3 745 million

100 %

Until 31.12.2015

Economic sectors

All sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Nederlandse provincies en gemeenten
Contact Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties
Bezuidenhoutseweg 67
2500 EB Den Haag
Nederland

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/
Commission Regulation (EC) No 443/2008 of 22 May 2008 granting no export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004
Date: 2008-05-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, export refund

L 134/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.5.2008

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 443/2008

of 22 May 2008

granting no export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided
for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

procedure concerning export refunds for certain milk
products (3)
and following an examination of
the
submitted in response to the invitation to
tenders
tender, it is appropriate not to grant any refund for the
tendering period ending on 20 May 2008.

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
milk and milk products (1), and in particular the third subpara-
graph of Article 31(3) thereof,

(3)

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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 of 26 March
2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export
refunds concerning certain types of butter (2) provides for
a permanent tender.

the permanent

For
tender opened by Regulation (EC) No
581/2004, for the tendering period ending on 20 May 2008
no export refund shall be granted for the products and desti-
nations referred to in Article 1(1) of that Regulation.

(2)

Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
580/2004 of 26 March 2004 establishing a tender

This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 May 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 22 May 2008.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1152/2007 (OJ L 258, 4.10.2007, p. 3). Regulation
(EC) No 1255/1999 will be replaced by Regulation (EC) No
1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as from 1 July 2008.
(2) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 64. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1543/2007 (OJ L 337, 21.12.2007, p. 62).

(3) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 58. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 128/2007 (OJ L 41, 13.2.2007, p. 6).