do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 574/2008 of 19 June 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: 2008-06-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, export refund

20.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 161/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 574/2008

of 19 June 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 17 June 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 Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products
has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
its chairman,

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 17 June 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 20 June 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 19 June 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).
Case T-237/08: Action brought on 19 June 2008 — Abadía Retuerta v OHIM (CUVÉE PALOMAR)
Date: 2008-06-19
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), product designation, wine

25.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 272/27

Re:

the Commission decision of
Application for annulment of
17 October 2007, which refused the applicant access to certain
documents sent to the Commission by the Italian Government
in the context of the review procedure for a State aid scheme

Pleas in law: The application for the Community mark in ques-
tion does not infringe Article 7(1)(j) of Council Regulation (EC)
No 40/94 (1) since it does not contain or consist of a false
geographic indication.

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the

Community trade mark (OJ 1994 L 11, p. 1).

Operative part of the order

1. There is no need to adjudicate on the application and on the

Kingdom of Denmark's application to intervene;

2. Each party is to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 64, 8.3.2008.

Action brought on 2 July 2008 — Global Digital Disc v
Commission

(Case T-259/08)

(2008/C 272/53)

Language of the case: German

Action brought on 19 June 2008 — Abadía Retuerta v
OHIM (CUVÉE PALOMAR)

(Case T-237/08)

(2008/C 272/52)

Parties

Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

Applicant: Global Digital Disc GmbH & Co. KG (Ottendorf-
Okrilla, Germany) (represented by: D. Ehle, lawyer)

Parties

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Applicant: Abadía Retuerta, S.A. (Sardón de Duero, Spain) (repre-
sented by X. Fàbrega Sabaté and Curell Aguilà, lawyers)

Forms of order sought

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs)

Form of order sought

— Annul the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the
Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) of
2 April 2008 in Case R 1185/2007-1, and

— order the defendant to pay the applicant EUR 8 025 495,25
in damages plus 8 % interest from 1 January 2008 onwards;

— declare that the defendant is under an obligation to compen-
sate the applicant for damage incurred after 1 January 2008
and in the future, plus interest;

— order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings.

— Order OHIM to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

trade mark concerned: The word mark ‘CUVÉE
Community
PALOMAR’ for goods in Class 33 (Application for Registration
No 5.501.937).

Decision of the Examiner: Rejection of the application for registra-
tion.

Pleas in law and main arguments

seeks compensation for damage it

The applicant
incurred
because the Commission failed to impose provisional and defi-
nite anti-dumping duties on imports of recordable compact
discs (‘CD-R’) from the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong
and Malaysia and terminated the anti-dumping proceedings
concerning those imports by decision of 3 November 2006 (1).

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissal of the appeal.

The applicant is a company based in Germany which produces
CD-Rs and DVD-Rs.
Road infrastructure safety ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 19 June 2008 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on road infrastructure safety management (COM(2006)0569 — C6-0331/2006 — 2006/0182(COD))#P6_TC1-COD(2006)0182 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 19 June 2008 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2008/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on road infrastructure safety management
Date: 2008-06-19
Institutions: Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Committee on Transport and Tourism, European Parliament
Subjects: codecision procedure, drafting of EU law, resolution of parliament, road network, road safety, transport infrastructure, transport network








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Thursday 19 June 2008Road infrastructure safety ***I
P6_TA(2008)0303
European Parliament legislative resolution of 19 June 2008 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on road infrastructure safety management (COM(2006)0569 — C6-0331/2006 — 2006/0182(COD))
2009/C 286 E/52
(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,
having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2006)0569),
having regard to Articles 251(2) and 71(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0331/2006),
having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,
having regard to the report of the Committee on Transport and Tourism and the opinion of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (A6-0050/2008),






1.


Approves the Commission proposal as amended;










2.


Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;










3.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.






Thursday 19 June 2008P6_TC1-COD(2006)0182
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 19 June 2008 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2008/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on road infrastructure safety management

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive 2008/96/EC.)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-06-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

19.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 154/15

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

18 June 2008

(2008/C 154/03)

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

1,5493

TRY

Turkish lira

167,62

AUD Australian dollar

7,4593

0,79330

9,3838

1,6160

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,9041

1,6461

1,5797

12,0932

2,0529

2,1215

126,28

KRW South Korean won

1 596,24

8,0405

1,9558

24,000

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

243,44

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7044

3,3779

3,6643

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,360

MXN Mexican peso

12,5086

10,6624

7,2460

14 385,25

5,0468

68,580

36,6550

51,568

2,5015

15,9462

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Withdrawal of notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5126 — Ineos/BASF Assets) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-06-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control

19.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 154/23

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Withdrawal of notification of a concentration

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

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 154/06)

(Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004)

On 7 May 2008, the Commission of the European Communities received notification of a proposed concen-
tration between Ineos and BASF Assets. On 3 June 2008, the notifying parties informed the Commission
that they withdrew their notification.
Inland transport of dangerous goods ***II European Parliament legislative resolution of 19 June 2008 on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inland transport of dangerous goods (6920/3/2008 — C6-0160/2008 — 2006/0278(COD))
Date: 2008-06-19
Institutions: Committee on Transport and Tourism, European Parliament
Subjects: codecision procedure, drafting of EU law, inland waterway transport, intra-EU transport, rail transport, resolution of parliament, road transport, simplification of legislation, transport of dangerous goods, transport regulations, transport safety








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Thursday 19 June 2008Inland transport of dangerous goods ***II
P6_TA(2008)0302
European Parliament legislative resolution of 19 June 2008 on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inland transport of dangerous goods (6920/3/2008 — C6-0160/2008 — 2006/0278(COD))
2009/C 286 E/51
(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,
having regard to the Council common position (6920/3/2008 — C6-0160/2008) (1),
having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2006)0852),
having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,
having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,
having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A6-0227/2008),






1.


Approves the common position;










2.


Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position;










3.


Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of the EC Treaty;










4.


Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Union;










5.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.






(1)  OJ C 117 E, 14.5.2008, p. 1.

(2)  Texts Adopted, 5.9.2007, P6_TA(2007)0370.
Case F-58/08: Action brought on 19 June 2008 — Avogadri and Others v Commission
Date: 2008-06-19
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), competition (EU), equal treatment

C 209/74

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.8.2008

— declare that the applicant was the victim of mobbing;

— order the EIB to desist from the mobbing to which the
applicant has been subjected and to compensate him for the
personal, material and non-material
injury suffered, both
past and future;

— order the defendant to pay the costs.

Action brought on 19 June 2008 — Avogadri and Others v
Commission

(Case F-58/08)

(2008/C 209/137)

Language of the case: French

Action brought on 9 June 2008 — De Britto Patricio-Dias
v Commission

(Case F-56/08)

(2008/C 209/136)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant:
(represented by: L. Massaux, lawyer)

Jorge De Britto Patricio-Dias

(Brussels, Belgium)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the appointing authority's decision to reject the
applicant's request that his children be entitled to primary insur-
ance cover.

Form of order sought

— Annul the appointing authority's decision No R/559/07 of

10 March 2008;

— Rule that his children are entitled to primary insurance

cover;

— Order the Commission of the European Communities to

pay the costs.

Parties

Applicants: Chiara Avogadri and Others
(Brussels, Belgium)
(represented by: S. Orlandi, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis, E. Marchal,
lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Application for annulment of the decisions fixing the applicants'
conditions of employment as members of the contract staff or
members of the temporary staff in so far as the duration of
their contract or its extension is limited to a specific duration.

Form of order sought

The applicants claim the Tribunal should:

— Annul

the decisions fixing the applicants' conditions of
employment in so far as the duration of their contract or its
extension is limited to a specific duration;

— Order the Commission of the European Communities to

pay the costs.

Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 30 June 2008 —
Feral v Comité des Régions

(Case F-59/07) (1)

(2008/C 209/138)

Language of the case: French

The President of the First Chamber has ordered that the case be
removed from the register, following amicable settlement.

(1) OJ C 199, 25.8.2007, p. 51.
Case T-417/07: Order of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of 19 June 2008 — Lodato Gennaro & C. v Commission
Date: 2008-06-19
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, State aid, access to EU information, action for annulment (EU), document, right to information

C 209/66

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.8.2008

Action brought on 24 June 2008 — Wrigley v OHIM —
Mejerigaarden (POLAR ICE)

Order of the Court of First Instance of 4 July 2008 —
Grammatikopoulos v OHIM — National Academy of
Recording Arts and Sciences (GRAMMY)

(Case T-256/08)

(2008/C 209/116)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

(Case T-20/06) (1)

(2008/C 209/117)

Language of the case: English

Parties

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

Applicant: Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (Chicago, United States)
(represented by: M. Kinkeldey, S. Schäffler and A. Bognár,
lawyers)

(1) OJ C 131, 3.6.2006.

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs)

Other party
Mejerigaarden Holding A/S (Thisted, Denmark)

to the proceedings before

the Board of Appeal:

Form of order sought

— Annul the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the
Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks
and Designs) of 15 April 2008 in case R 845/2006-2; and

— Order the defendant to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

Applicant for the Community trade mark: The applicant

Community trade mark concerned: The word mark ‘POLAR ICE’ for
goods in classes 3, 5 and 30

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The
other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

or

sign cited: Community

Mark
trade mark registration
No 1 273 564 of the figurative mark ‘Polar is’ for goods in
class 30; Danish trade mark registration No VR 1971 03528 of
the word mark ‘POLAR IS’ for goods in class 30; Danish trade
mark registration No VR 1994 07979 of
the word mark
‘POLAR MAXI’ for goods in class 30

Decision of the Opposition Division: Rejection of the Community
trade mark application in its entirety

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissal of the appeal

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1) of Council Regulation
No 40/94 as the conflicting trade marks show relevant visual,
phonetic and conceptual dissimilarities to avoid any likelihood
of confusion.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 2 July 2008 — UPS
Europe and UPS Deutschland v Commission

(Case T-100/07) (1)

(2008/C 209/118)

Language of the case: English

The President of the fifth chamber has ordered that the case be
removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 129, 9.6.2007.

Order of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of
19 June 2008 — Lodato Gennaro & C. v Commission

(Case T-417/07) (1)

(2008/C 209/119)

Language of the case: Italian

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

(1) OJ C 8, 12.1.2008.
Corrigendum to the Agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission on procedures for implementing Council Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission, as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC ( OJ C 143, 10.6.2008 )
Date: 2008-06-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: European Commission, European Parliament, application of EU law, comitology, interinstitutional relations (EU), powers of the institutions (EU)

C 154/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.6.2008

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to the Agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission on procedures for
implementing Council Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing
powers conferred on the Commission, as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC

(Official Journal of the European Union C 143 of 10 June 2008)

(2008/C 154/07)

On page 2, footnote number 2:

for:

‘OJ C 121, 24.4.2001, p. 122.’,

read:

‘OJ C 117 E, 18.5.2006, p. 123.’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 570/2008 of 19 June 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-06-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

L 161/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.6.2008

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 570/2008

of 19 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)

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 20 June 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 19 June 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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to Commission Regulation of 19 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

0809 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

MA
MK
TR
ZZ

JO
MK
TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

AR
EG
US
ZA
ZZ

AR
BR
CL
CN
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

IL
TR
US
ZZ

TR
US
ZZ

EG
US
ZZ

IL
TR
ZZ

41,9
36,3
52,4
43,5

151,2
19,4
86,0
85,5

100,9
100,9

126,2
120,2
95,9
114,5
114,2

96,9
95,2
103,4
90,8
120,5
96,3
82,3
86,8
96,5

89,8
185,7
236,6
170,7

365,0
369,3
367,2

182,1
191,8
187,0

121,3
131,9
126,6

(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’.