do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5250 — Porsche/Volkswagen) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-06-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commercial vehicle, distribution business, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, motor car, motor vehicle industry

24.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 159/27

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5250 — Porsche/Volkswagen)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 159/08)

1.
On 17 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 Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
(‘Porsche’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the
whole of the Volkswagen AG (‘Volkswagen’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Porsche: manufacture and distribution of passenger cars,

— for Volkswagen: manufacture and distribution of passenger cars and commercial vehicles.

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.5250 — Porsche/Volkswagen 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 596/2008 of 24 June 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-06-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

L 164/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.6.2008

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 596/2008

of 24 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 25 June 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 24 June 2008.

For the Commission

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

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

25.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 164/11

to Commission Regulation of 24 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

JO
TR
ZZ

AR
TR
US
ZA
ZZ

AR
BR
CL
CN
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

IL
TR
US
ZZ

TR
US
ZZ

IL
US
ZZ

IL
TR
ZZ

41,8
36,3
58,4
45,5

156,8
22,9
111,0
96,9

216,7
98,7
157,7

131,4
135,6
93,5
109,1
117,4

87,1
88,6
108,3
76,2
121,0
94,9
85,9
94,1
94,5

121,6
189,3
236,6
182,5

382,4
353,8
368,1

144,8
245,1
195,0

157,7
131,9
144,8

(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’.
Notice for the attention of those persons, entities and bodies that have been included by the Council on the list of persons, entities and bodies to which Article 7(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 applies (Annex V)
Date: 2008-06-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Iran, economic sanctions, exchange of information, international sanctions, legal person, natural person, nuclear non-proliferation

24.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 159/1

I

(Resolutions, recommendations and opinions)

OPINIONS

COUNCIL

Notice for the attention of those persons, entities and bodies that have been included by the
Council on the list of persons, entities and bodies to which Article 7(2) of Council Regulation (EC)
No 423/2007 applies (Annex V)

(2008/C 159/01)

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons, entities and bodies that appear in the
Annex to Council Decision 2008/475/EC of 23 June 2008 (1).

The Council of the European Union has determined that the persons, entities and bodies that appear on the
above-mentioned list fulfil the criteria set out in Article 7(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 of
19 April 2007 concerning restrictive measures against Iran (2), and they have consequently been included,
by the Decision referred to above, in Annex V to that Regulation. That Regulation provides for a freezing of
all
funds, other financial assets and economic resources belonging to the persons, entities or bodies
concerned and that no funds, other financial assets and economic resources may be made available to them,
whether directly or indirectly.

The attention of the persons, entities and bodies concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an applica-
tion to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated in the websites in Annex III of
the Regulation, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments
(cf. Articles 8, 9 and 10 of the Regulation).

The persons, entities or bodies concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting
documentation, that the decision to include them on the above-mentioned list should be reconsidered.

Any such requests should be sent to the following address:

Council of the European Union
General Secretariat
Rue de la Loi 175
B-1048 Brussels

The attention is also drawn to the possibility for each person, entity or body concerned of challenging the
Council's Decision before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities, in accordance with the
conditions laid down in Article 230(4) and (5) of the Treaty establishing the European Community.

(1) OJ L 163, 24.6.2008.
(2) OJ L 103, 20.4.2007, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 618/2007 (OJ L 143, 6.6.2007, p. 1).
Political and Security Committee Decision EUSEC/2/2008 of 24 June 2008 on the appointment of the Head of Mission for the European Union mission to provide advice and assistance for security sector reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (EUSEC RD Congo)
Date: 2008-06-24
Institutions: Political and Security Committee
Subjects: Democratic Republic of the Congo, appointment of staff, armed forces, military cooperation, public safety, the EU's international role

28.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 168/41

III

(Acts adopted under the EU Treaty)

ACTS ADOPTED UNDER TITLE V OF THE EU TREATY

POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION EUSEC/2/2008

of 24 June 2008

on the appointment of the Head of Mission for the European Union mission to provide advice and
assistance for security sector reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (EUSEC RD Congo)

(2008/490/CFSP)

THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular Article 25, third paragraph thereof,

Having regard to Council
Joint Action 2007/406/CFSP of
12 June 2007 on the European Union mission to provide
advice and assistance for security sector reform in the Demo-
cratic Republic of the Congo (EUSEC RD Congo) (1), and in
particular Article 8 thereof,

(3)

The Secretary General/High Representative has proposed
the appointment of Jean-Paul MICHEL as the new Head of
Mission for EUSEC RD Congo,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Jean-Paul MICHEL is hereby appointed Head of Mission for
EUSEC RD Congo.

Whereas:

(1)

On 1 March 2008 Michel SIDO was appointed Head of
Mission for the European Union mission to provide
advice and assistance for security sector reform in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (‘EUSEC RD Congo’).

(2)

On 23 June 2008 Michel SIDO presented his resignation
as Head of Mission.

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on 1 July 2008.

Done at Brussels, 24 June 2008.

For the Political and Security Committee
The President

M. IPAVIC

(1) OJ L 151, 13.6.2007, p. 52.
Case F-84/07: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 24 June 2008 — Agim Islamaj v Commission (Staff case — Officials — Former members of the temporary staff paid from research appropriations — Promotion — Cancellation of points from the rucksack — Transfer of an official from the research part to the administration part of the general budget)
Date: 2008-06-24
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Commission, European official, Joint Research Centre, action by staff, professional career, promotion, rights of civil servants, servant (EU)

C 260/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.10.2008

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of
24 June 2008 — Agim Islamaj v Commission

Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of
15 July 2008 — Pouzol v European Court of Auditors

(Case F-84/07) (1)

(Case F-28/08) (1)

(Staff case — Officials — Former members of the temporary
staff paid from research appropriations — Promotion —
Cancellation of points from the ‘rucksack’ — Transfer of an
official from the research part to the administration part of
the general budget)

(Staff — Officials — Pensions — Transfer of pension rights
acquired before entry into the Communities' service — Confir-
matory decisions — Inadmissibility)

(2008/C 260/36)

Language of the case: French

(2008/C 260/37)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Agim Islamaj (Grimbergen, Belgium) (represented by:
S. Orlandi, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis and E. Marchal, lawyers)

Parties

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: C. Berardis-Kayser and L. Lozano Palacios, then by C.
Berardis-Kayser and K. Herrmann, acting as Agents)

Applicant: Michel Pouzol (Combaillaux, France) (represented by:
D. Grisay, I. Andoulsi and D. Piccininno, lawyers)

Re:

Application for annulment of
the Commission's decision to
cancel the 38,5 points from the applicant's ‘rucksack’ which he
accumulated as a member of the temporary staff — Application
for a declaration that Article 2 of the Commission Decision on
detailed rules governing the promotion procedure for officials
paid from research appropriations in the general budget
is
unlawful.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

1. Dismisses the action;

Defendant: European Court of Auditors (represented by: T.
Kennedy, J.-M. Stenier and G. Corstens, acting as Agents)

Re:

Annulment of the Court of Auditors' decision of 29 November
2007 and the proposals made by it to the applicant on 10 May
2007 concerning the transfer of his pension rights acquired in
France — Claim for damages

Operative part of the order

2. Orders Mr Islamaj to bear two thirds of his own costs;

1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

3. Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay, in

addition to its own costs, one third of Mr Islamaj's costs.

2. Mr Pouzol is ordered to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 235, 6.10.2007, p. 33.

(1) OJ C 116, 9.5.2008, p. 35.
Case T-256/08: Action brought on 24 June 2008 — Wrigley v OHIM — Mejerigaarden (POLAR ICE)
Date: 2008-06-24
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), confectionery product, trade-mark law

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.
Case F-15/05: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Full Court) of 24 June 2008 — Carlos Andres and Others v European Central Bank (Staff case — ECB staff — Remuneration — Consultation of the ECB staff committee — Method of calculation of annual salary adjustment — Enforcement of a judgment of a Community judicature — Retroactivity)
Date: 2008-06-24
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European official, action by staff, wage determination

11.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 260/19

EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal
(Full Court) of
24 June 2008 — Carlos Andres and Others v European
Central Bank

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of
10 July 2008 — Cathy Sapara v Eurojust

(Case F-15/05) (1)

(Case F-61/06) (1)

(Staff case — ECB staff — Remuneration — Consultation of
the ECB staff committee — Method of calculation of annual
salary adjustment — Enforcement of a judgment of a Com-
munity judicature — Retroactivity)

(2008/C 260/34)

Language of the case: French

(Staff cases — Members of the temporary staff — Recruit-
ment — Probationary period — Extension of probationary
period — Dismissal at the end of the probationary period —
Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based
— Rights of the defence — Manifest error of assessment —
Psychological harassment)

(2008/C 260/35)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: Carlos Andrés and Others (Frankfurt am Main,
Germany)
(represented by: G. Vandersanden and L. Levi,
lawyers)

Parties

Defendant: European Central Bank (represented by: C. Zilioli and
K. Sugar, Agents, assisted by B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)

Re:

First, application for annulment of the applicants' salary slips for
the month of July 2004,
in so far as they contain an salary
increase set in accordance with an allegedly unlawful method of
annual salary adjustment and that increase does not have retro-
active effect with regard to the years 2001, 2002 and 2003,
and, secondly, an application for damages.

Applicant: Cathy Sapara (The Hague, Netherlands) (represented
by: G. Vandersanden and C. Ronzi, lawyers)

Defendant: Eurojust (represented by: L. Defalque, lawyer)

Re:

Staff case — First, annulment of the decision by EUROJUST of
temporary agent
6 July 2005 terminating her applicant's
contract at the end of her probationary period and, secondly, a
claim for damages.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders each party to bear its own costs.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

1. Dismisses the action.

2. Orders each party to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 132, 28.5.2005, p. 32 (Case initially registered before the
Court of First Instance of the European Communities under number
T-131/05 and transferred to the Civil Service Tribunal of
the
European Union by order of 15.12.2005).

(1) OJ C 165, 15.7.2006, p. 35.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5080 — Oracle/BEA) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-06-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, software

C 159/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.6.2008

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5080 — Oracle/BEA)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 159/02)

On 29 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 32008M5080. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2008/269/EC of 19 March 2008 amending Decision 2001/618/EC to include the departments of Côtes-d’Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan and Nord, France, in the list of regions free of Aujeszky’s disease ( OJ L 85, 27.3.2008 )
Date: 2008-06-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, France, animal disease, department (France), health control, intra-EU trade, swine, veterinary inspection

24.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 163/53

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2008/269/EC of 19 March 2008 amending Decision 2001/618/EC to
include the departments of Côtes-d’Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan and Nord, France, in the list of
regions free of Aujeszky’s disease
(Official Journal of the European Union L 85 of 27 March 2008)

The publication of Decision 2008/269/EC should be considered as null and void.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-06-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

24.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 159/3

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

23 June 2008

(2008/C 159/03)

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

1,5521

TRY

Turkish lira

167,46

AUD Australian dollar

7,4583

0,79155

9,3931

1,6223

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,9068

1,6305

1,5768

12,1177

2,0468

2,1249

130,74

KRW South Korean won

1 615,35

8,0130

1,9558

24,125

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

239,51

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7025

3,3633

3,6726

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,347

MXN Mexican peso

12,5057

10,6691

7,2499

14 392,62

5,0637

69,068

36,6790

51,910

2,4956

15,9346

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.