do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 70/2008 of 6 June 2008 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2008-06-06
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Civil Aviation Conference, administrative procedure, civil aviation, harmonisation of standards, marketing, transport safety

25.9.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 257/33

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 70/2008

of 6 June 2008

amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the
Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular
Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Annex XIII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 52/2008 of
25 April 2008 (1).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 8/2008 of 11 December 2007 amending Council Regulation (EEC)
No 3922/91 as regards common technical requirements and administrative procedures applicable to
commercial transportation by aeroplane (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 66a (Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91) of Annex XIII to
the Agreement:

‘— 32008 R 0008: Commission Regulation (EC) No 8/2008 of 11 December 2007 (OJ L 10,

12.1.2008, p. 1).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 8/2008 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the
EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 7 June 2008, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1)
of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of
the European Union.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 6 June 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee
The President

Alan SEATTER

(1) OJ L 223, 21.8.2008, p. 50.
(2) OJ L 10, 12.1.2008, p. 1.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 77/2008 of 6 June 2008 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
Date: 2008-06-06
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU action, action programme, disease prevention, health control, public awareness campaign, public health

L 257/46

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.9.2008

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 77/2008

of 6 June 2008

amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four
freedoms

THE EEA JOINT COMMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the
Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular
Articles 86 and 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Protocol 31 to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 23/2005 of
8 February 2005 (1).

It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement to include
Decision No 1350/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007
establishing a second programme of Community action in the field of health (2008-13) (2).

Protocol 31 to the Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended
cooperation to take place from 1 January 2008,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in Article 16(1) of Protocol 31 to the Agreement:

‘— 32007 D 1350: Decision No 1350/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of
23 October 2007 establishing a second programme of Community action in the field of health
(2008-2013) (OJ L 301, 20.11.2007, p. 3).’

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following the last notification to the EEA Joint Committee
under Article 103(1) of the Agreement (*).

It shall apply from 1 January 2008.

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of
the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 6 June 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee
The President

Alan SEATTER

(1) OJ L 161, 23.6.2005, p. 52.
(2) OJ L 301, 20.11.2007, p. 3.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5123 — Autogrill/World Duty Free) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-06-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: catering industry, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, retail selling

C 140/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.6.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5097 — EADS/Sita France/Tarmac Aerosave)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 140/04)

On 14 May 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 French 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 32008M5097. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5123 — Autogrill/World Duty Free)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 140/05)

On 16 May 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 32008M5123. 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 1857/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001
Date: 2008-06-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, poultry, rabbit, small and medium-sized enterprises, zootechnics

6.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 140/17

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State
aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and
amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

(2008/C 140/12)

Aid No: XA 87/08

Member State: Belgium

Region: Vlaanderen

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Vlaams Interprovinciaal Verbond Van Fokkers Van
Neerhofdieren vzw

Legal basis:
Decreet van 21 december 2007 houdende de algemene uitga-
venbegroting van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap voor het begro-
tingsjaar 2008.

Koninklijk besluit van 2 juni 1998 betreffende de zoötechnische
en genealogische voorschriften voor de verbetering en de
instandhouding van pluimvee- en konijnenrassen.

Ministerieel besluit van 17 maart 2005 houdende de erkenning
en subsidiëring van organisaties in het kader van de aanmoedi-
ging en de verbetering van de pluimvee- en konijnenfokkerij

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 7 500

individual

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity is 100 %
to cover the administrative costs of establishing and maintaining
herd books

Date of implementation:
Aid may be granted from 1 March and, at the earliest, 15 days
after notification.

Aid can be granted by means of an implementing decree. These
decrees are drawn up annually. A draft implementing decree has
yet to be drawn up, and will include a ‘standstill clause’

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The grant
period will run until 31.12.2008

Objective of aid:
The registered association Vlaams Interprovinciaal Verbond van
Fokkers van Neerhofdieren vzw (VIVFN) maintains herd books and
records for a large number of breeds of rabbits and farmyard
animals.

VIVFN has indicated that it will use the aid to cover the costs of
the collection, processing, preparation for use and publication
of registration data.

The aid is granted under Article 16 of Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006 and meets the criteria thereof.

Article 16(1)(a): Aid at a rate of up to 100 % to cover the
administrative costs of the establishment and maintenance of
herd books

Sector(s) concerned: Livestock sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:
Departement Landbouw en Visserij
Duurzame Landbouwontwikkeling
Ellips, 6e verdieping
Koning Albert II laan 35, bus 40
B-1030 Brussel

Website:
http://www2.vlaanderen.be/ned/sites/landbouw/info/steun/eu.html

Other information: —

Jules VAN LIEFFERINGE
Secretaris-generaal
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5077 — Colony Capital/Morgan Stanley/Colfilm) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-06-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, sports body

6.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 140/7

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5077 — Colony Capital/Morgan Stanley/Colfilm)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 140/06)

On 17 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 French 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 32008M5077. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4952 — Carlsberg/Scottish & Newcastle Assets)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 140/07)

On 7 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 32008M4952. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Case C-31/08: Order of the President of the Court of 6 June 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic
Date: 2008-06-06
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Italy, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, engine, motor vehicle, national implementing measure, pollution control measures, reduction of gas emissions, technical regulations

13.9.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 236/13

Order of the President of the Third Chamber of the Court
the European
of 3 June 2008 — Commission of

Order of the President of the Court of 6 June 2008 —
the European Communities v Italian
Commission of

Communities v Italian Republic

(Case C-365/06) (1)

(2008/C 236/21)

Language of the case: Italian

The President of the Third Chamber has ordered that the case
be removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 281, 18.11.2006.

Republic

(Case C-31/08) (1)

(2008/C 236/22)

Language of the case: Italian

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 79, 29.3.2008.
2008/434/EC: Council Decision of 6 June 2008 appointing an Italian member of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2008-06-06
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Committee of the Regions, Italy, appointment of staff

L 153/34

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.6.2008

(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

II

DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 6 June 2008

appointing an Italian member of the Committee of the Regions

(2008/434/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Italian Government,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

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

The seat of a member has fallen vacant following the expiry of the mandate of Mr Giancarlo
GABBIANELLI,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

is hereby appointed a member of the
Mr Giuseppe MICARELLI, Sindaco del Comune di Capodimonte,
Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the term of office, which ends on 25 January 2010.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 6 June 2008.

Article 2

For the Council
The President

A. VIZJAK

(1) OJ L 56, 25.2.2006, p. 75.
2008/460/EC: Council Decision of 6 June 2008 appointing an Irish member to the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2008-06-06
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Committee of the Regions, Ireland, appointment of staff

19.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 160/31

COUNCIL DECISION

of 6 June 2008

appointing an Irish member to the Committee of the Regions

(2008/460/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

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

establishing the European

Having regard to the proposal from the Irish Government,

Whereas:

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

Article 1

Mr John LAHART, Member of South Dublin County Council, is
hereby appointed member of the Committee of the Regions for
the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until
25 January 2010.

Article 2

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

Done at Luxembourg, 6 June 2008.

An alternate member’s seat on the Committee of the
Regions has become vacant following the expiry of Ms
Maria CORRIGAN’s mandate,

For the Council
The President

A. VIZJAK

(1)

(2)

(1) OJ L 56, 25.2.2006, p. 75.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 503/2008 of 6 June 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-06-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

7.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 149/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 503/2008

of 6 June 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 7 June 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 6 June 2008.

For the Commission

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

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

L 149/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.6.2008

to Commission Regulation of 6 June 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 50 10

0808 10 80

0809 10 00

0809 20 95

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

MA
MK
TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

AR
EG
TR
US
ZA
ZZ

AR
BR
CL
CN
MK
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

TR
US
ZZ
TR
US
ZZ

36,3
49,7
71,8
52,6

122,5
122,5

88,4
88,4

130,5
150,8
132,8
130,8
141,5
137,3

90,4
82,3
88,9
87,2
50,7
109,3
120,7
103,7
83,5
90,7

239,1
317,3
278,2
556,5
382,4
469,5

(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’.