do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5182 — Shell/BP/AFS/GlobeFuel) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: computer systems, economic concentration, exchange of information, gas industry, merger control, oil industry, oil refining, petroleum exploration, petroleum production, services company

C 155/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.6.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5182 — Shell/BP/AFS/GlobeFuel)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 155/07)

1.
On 10 June 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 Shell Deutschland Oil
GmbH (‘SDO’, Germany), belonging to the Shell group (‘Shell’, United Kingdom), Deutsche BP AG
(‘Deutsche BP’, Germany), belonging to the BP group (‘BP’, United Kingdom) and AFS Aviation Fuel Services
GmbH (‘AFS’, Germany), ultimately jointly controlled by BP and the Lufthansa group (‘Lufthansa’, Germany)
acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control over GlobeFuel
Systems & Services GmbH (‘GlobeFuel’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for SDO: active in the exploration, production and sale of oil and natural gas as well as production and

sale of oil products and chemicals,

— for Deutsche BP: active in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas as well as refining,

manufacturing and marketing of oil products and petrochemicals,

— for AFS: provider of into-plane services, i.e. aircraft refuelling services and active in the construction of
fuel depots, development and advisory services in the field of refuelling vehicle construction, and trans-
port logistics,

— for GlobeFuel: provider of integrated IT solutions for into-plane services.

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.5182 — Shell/BP/AFS/GlobeFuel, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5158 — Strabag/Kirchhoff) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building, building materials, economic concentration, exchange of information, holding company, insurance company, merger control

20.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 155/33

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5158 — Strabag/Kirchhoff)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 155/08)

1.
On 10 June 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 Strabag SE (‘Strabag’,
Austria) which is controlled by Rasperia Trading Limited (‘Rasperia’, Cyprus), which in turn is controlled by
Mr Oleg Deripasky who controls Basic Element Company (‘Basic Element’, Russia), Raiffeisen-Holding
Niederösterreich-Wien reg. Gen.m.b.H (‘Raiffeisen Holding’, Austria), Uniqa Versicherungen AG (‘Uniqa’,
Austria) and Dr Hans Peter Haselsteiner acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council
Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking F. Kirchhoff AG (‘Kirchhoff’, Germany) by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Strabag: construction services and building materials,

— for Rasperia/Basic Element: activities in energy, commodities, aviation, engineering, financial services,

construction, construction materials,

— for Raiffeisen Holding: holding of participations in various industries,

— for Uniqa: insurances,

— for Dr Hans Peter Haselsteiner: participation in Strabag,

— for Kirchhoff: construction and building materials.

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.5158 — Strabag/Kirchhoff, 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.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 553/2008 of 17 June 2008 amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies ( OJ L 158, 18.6.2008 )
Date: 2008-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, disease prevention, health control, public health, veterinary inspection, veterinary legislation

20.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 161/49

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 553/2008 of 17 June 2008 amending Annex VII to Regulation
(EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control
and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

(Official Journal of the European Union L 158 of 18 June 2008)

The publication of this Regulation in the above mentioned Official Journal is annulled.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5046 — Friesland/Campina) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: dairy industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control

20.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 155/31

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5046 — Friesland/Campina)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 155/06)

1.
On 12 June 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 Zuivelcoöperatie Friesland
Foods U.A.
(‘Coöperatie Friesland’, the Netherlands) and its subsidiary Koninklijke Friesland Foods NV
(‘Friesland’, the Netherlands) enter into a full merger within the meaning of Article 3(1)(a) of the Council
Regulation with Zuivelcoöperatie Campina U.A. (‘Coöperatie Campina’, the Netherlands) and its subsidiary
Campina BV (‘Campina’, the Netherlands).

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Friesland: procurement and processing of raw milk, development, production and

selling of dairy and non-dairy products for individual consumers and industrial customers,

— for undertaking Campina: procurement and processing of raw milk, development, production and

selling of dairy and non-dairy products for individual consumers and industrial customers.

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.5046 — Friesland/Campina, 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5044 — Bridgepoint/Pret a Manger) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, beverage, economic concentration, foodstuff, investment company, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, retail trade

20.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 155/23

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5044 — Bridgepoint/Pret a Manger)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 155/03)

On 2 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 32008M5044. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 583/2008 of 20 June 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

21.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 162/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 583/2008

of 20 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 21 June 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 20 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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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.6.2008

to Commission Regulation of 20 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
TR
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

41,8
34,1
59,0
45,0

151,2
24,1
134,5
103,3

101,1
101,1

109,6
120,2
135,6
99,2
103,7
113,7

169,1
88,0
103,6
91,0
118,7
91,0
58,3
97,1
102,1

89,8
193,8
236,6
173,4

388,7
379,0
383,9

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’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 155/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.6.2008

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

19 June 2008

(2008/C 155/04)

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

1,5481

TRY

Turkish lira

166,94

AUD Australian dollar

7,4591

0,78630

9,4030

1,6196

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,9015

1,6344

1,5712

12,0893

2,0432

2,1211

126,95

KRW South Korean won

1 592,61

8,0365

1,9558

24,110

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

240,45

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7040

3,3677

3,6671

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,355

MXN Mexican peso

12,3936

10,6472

7,2482

14 377,20

5,0468

68,898

36,6520

51,738

2,4880

15,9748

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions given at its meeting of 20 June 2008 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/39.180 — Aluminium fluoride (2) — Rapporteur: Austria
Date: 2008-06-20
Institutions: Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions
Subjects: aluminium, dominant position, market-sharing agreement, merger control, restriction on competition








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Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions given at its meeting of 20 June 2008 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/39.180 — Aluminium fluoride (2)
Rapporteur: Austria
2011/C 40/11






1.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the basic amount of the fines.










2.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the proposed decision as regards immunity and the rejection of any reduction of the fines, based on the 2002 Leniency Notice.










3.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the final amounts of the fines.










4.


The Advisory Committee recommends the publication of its opinion in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5186 — Investor AB/Altor/Lindorff JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: claim, economic concentration, exchange of information, holding company, investment company, merger control, private investment

C 155/34

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.6.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5186 — Investor AB/Altor/Lindorff JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 155/09)

On 11 June 2008,

1.
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 Investor AB
(‘Investor’, Sweden), and Altor Fund II and Altor 2003 (together ‘Altor’, Sweden) acquire within the meaning
of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Lindorff Group AB (‘Lindorff’,
Sweden), currently solely controlled by Altor 2003 Fund, by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Investror: investment holding company, listed on the Stockholm Stock exchange,

— for Altor: private equity investment funds, with portfolio companies active in a variety of industrial

sectors,

— for Lindorff: debt collection services to clients in the banking, finance, telecommunications, commerce,

utilities and the public sector.

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.5186 — Investor AB/Altor/Lindorff JV, 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.
2008/547/EC: Commission Decision of 20 June 2008 amending the Appendix to Annex VI to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania as regards certain milk processing establishments in Bulgaria (notified under document number C(2008) 2775) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, Romania, accession to the European Union, agro-industry, dairy industry, food hygiene, harmonisation of standards

4.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 176/11

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

II

DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 June 2008

amending the Appendix to Annex VI to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania as regards
certain milk processing establishments in Bulgaria

(notified under document number C(2008) 2775)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/547/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania,
and in particular the first subparagraph of paragraph (f) of
Section B of Chapter 4 of Annex VI thereto,

Whereas:

(4)

(5)

(1)

processing

Bulgaria has been granted transitional periods by the Act
of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania for compliance by
certain milk
the
requirements of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April
2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of
animal origin (1).

establishments with

(2)

The Appendix to Annex VI to the Act of Accession has
been amended by Commission Decisions 2007/26/EC (2),
2007/689/EC (3), 2008/209/EC (4) and 2008/331/EC (5).

(1) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55; corrected version in OJ L 226,
25.6.2004, p. 22. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1243/2007 (OJ L 281, 25.10.2007, p. 8).

(2) OJ L 8, 13.1.2007, p. 35.
(3) OJ L 282, 26.10.2007, p. 60.
(4) OJ L 65, 8.3.2008, p. 18.
(5) OJ L 114, 26.4.2008, p. 97.

is

and

guarantees

Bulgaria has provided
that one milk
processing establishment has completed its upgrading
process
compliance with
Community legislation. This establishment is allowed to
receive and process non-compliant raw milk. This estab-
lishment should therefore be included in the list of
Chapter I of the Appendix to Annex VI.

now in

full

The Appendix to Annex VI to the Act of Accession of
Bulgaria and Romania should therefore be amended
accordingly.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In Chapter I of
Accession of Bulgaria and Romania,
added:

the Appendix to Annex VI

to the Act of
the following entry is

‘1. BG 1312002 “Milk Grup” EOOD s. Yunacite’.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.7.2008

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 20 June 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission