do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Notification by Romania concerning visa reciprocity
Date: 2008-06-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Brunei, EU visa policy, Romania, admission of aliens, disclosure of information, residence permit, rights of aliens

C 161/2

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25.6.2008

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COUNCIL

Notification by Romania concerning visa reciprocity (1)

(2008/C 161/03)

Brussels, 22 April 2008

Ref. No 3668

The Permanent Representation of Romania to the European Union presents its compliments to the General
Secretariat of the Council of the European Union and, further to the Permanent Representation's Verbal
Note No 1629 of 21 February 2007 and on the basis of Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 851/2005
of 2 June 2005 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 as regards the recipro-
city mechanism, has the honour to communicate that, following the decision of the Government of Brunei
Darussalam concerning the abolition of the visa obligation, as of 1 February 2008, Romanian citizens are
exempt from the visa obligation for a stay of up to 30 days.

A similar notification has been sent to the European Commission.

The Permanent Representation of Romania takes this opportunity to once again assure the Council of the
European Union of its highest consideration.

(1) This notification is published in conformity with Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 851/2005 of 2 June 2005

(OJ L 141, 4.6.2005, p. 3) amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 (OJ L 81, 21.3.2001, p. 1).
2008/598/EC: Commission Decision of 25 June 2008 amending Decision 2004/706/EC as regards the list of members of the European Corporate Governance Forum
Date: 2008-06-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: appointment of staff, consultancy, corporate governance

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Official Journal of the European Union

22.7.2008

COMMISSION DECISION

of 25 June 2008

amending Decision 2004/706/EC as regards the list of members of the European Corporate
Governance Forum

(2008/598/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Whereas:

As one of the actions announced in the Commission’s
Action Plan on Modernising Company
Law and
enhancing Corporate Governance of May 2003 (1), the
European Corporate Governance Forum was set up by
Commission Decision 2004/706/EC (2).

The objective of
the European Corporate Governance
Forum is to foster the identification and exchange of
best practices existing in Member States in order to
ensure
governance
throughout the European Union and to act as a body
of reflection and debate, giving advice to the Commission
in the field of corporate governance.

a high standard of

corporate

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

The three-year mandate of the current members expired
on 17 October 2007. According to Article 4 of Decision
2004/706/EC, the members shall remain in office until a
decision on their replacement or a renewal of
their
appointment has been taken.

The list of members contained in the Annex to Decision
2004/706/EC should therefore be replaced by a new list
of members for the next term of three years,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The list of members contained in the Annex to Decision
2004/706/EC is replaced by the list reproduced in the Annex.

Done at Brussels, 25 June 2008.

The European Corporate Governance Forum, in its three
years of existence, has made a significant contribution to
the corporate governance discussion in the European
Union and has given important input to the work of
the Commission in this area.

For the Commission

Charlie McCREEVY
Member of the Commission

(1) COM(2003) 284 final.
(2) OJ L 321, 22.10.2004, p. 53.

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ANNEX

— Bistra Boeva,

— Antonio Borges,

— Niklas Bruun,

— Bertrand Collomb,

— David Devlin,

— Jose Maria Garrido Garcia,

— Peter Montagnon,

— Klaus-Peter Müller,

— Colette Neuville,

— Roland Oetker,

— Rolf Skog,

— Marek Sowa,

— Trelawny Williams,

— Jaap Winter,

— Eddy Wymeersch.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5094 — Nokia/Trolltech) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-06-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, software, transmission network

25.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 161/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5032 — Roxel/Protac)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 161/01)

On 21 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 32008M5032. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5094 — Nokia/Trolltech)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 161/02)

On 4 June 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 32008M5094. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 603/2008 of 25 June 2008 on the allocation of import rights for applications lodged for the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009 under tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 412/2008 for frozen beef intended for processing
Date: 2008-06-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, beef, food processing, frozen product, import, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 603/2008

of 25 June 2008

on the allocation of import rights for applications lodged for the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June
2009 under tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 412/2008 for frozen beef intended for
processing

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
beef and veal (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006
of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the admi-
nistration of
tariff quotas for agricultural products
managed by a system of import licences (2) and in particular
Article 7(2) thereof,

import

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 412/2008 of 8 May
2008 opening and providing for the administration of
an import
intended for
processing (3) opened import tariff quotas for beef and
veal products.

tariff quota for

frozen beef

those

The applications for import rights lodged for the period
1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009 relate to quantities in
excess of
rights under quota
09.4057. The extent
to which import rights may be
granted should therefore be determined and the allo-
cation coefficient
applied to the quantities
requested should be laid down,

available

to be

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Applications for import rights lodged for the period 1 July
2008 to 30 June 2009 under Regulation (EC) No 412/2008
shall be weighted by an allocation coefficient of 9,748767 % for
rights under quota 09.4057.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 June 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 25 June 2008.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2). Regulation
(EC) No 1254/1999 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 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 289/2007 (OJ L 78, 17.3.2007, p. 17).

(3) OJ L 125, 9.5.2008, p. 7.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5032 — Roxel/Protac) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-06-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: arms industry, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

25.6.2008

EN

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C 161/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5032 — Roxel/Protac)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 161/01)

On 21 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 32008M5032. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5094 — Nokia/Trolltech)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 161/02)

On 4 June 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 32008M5094. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Case T-9/08: Order of the Court of First Instance of 25 June 2008 — Volkswagen v OHIM (Silhouette of a car with its headlights) (Community trade mark — Waiver of registration of national mark — No need to adjudicate)
Date: 2008-06-25
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, Germany, action for annulment (EU), motor vehicle industry, trade-mark law

C 223/44

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.8.2008

Re:

2. The applicant and the defendant are ordered to bear their own

costs.

Three actions brought against the decisions of the First Board of
Appeal of OHIM of 28 June 2007 (Cases R 567/2006-1,
R 566/2006-1 and R 565/2006-1)
concerning invalidity
proceedings between Pfizer Ltd and Isdin, SA.

(1) OJ C 37, 9.2 2008.

Operative part of the order

1. There is no need to adjudicate on the action.

2. Isdin, SA is order to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred
by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade
Marks and Designs) (OHIM). Pfizer Ltd is ordered to bear its own
costs.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 25 June 2008 —
Volkswagen v OHIM (Silhouette of a car with its
headlights)

(1) OJ C 269, 10.11.2007.

(Case T-9/08) (1)

(Community trade mark — Waiver of registration of national
mark — No need to adjudicate)

(2008/C 223/77)

Language of the case: German

Order of the Court of First Instance of 11 July 2008 —
WellBiz v OHIM — Wild (WELLBIZ)

(Case T-451/07) (1)

Parties

(Community trade mark — Opposition — Withdrawal of
opposition — No need to adjudicate)

Applicant: Volkswagen (Wolfsburg, Germany)
H.-P. Schrammek, C. Drzymalla, S. Risthaus and R.
lawyers)

(represented by:
Jepsen,

(2008/C 223/76)

Language of the case: German

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, Agent)

Parties

Applicant: WellBiz Verein (Eschen, Liechtenstein) (represented by:
M. Schnetzer, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Schäffner, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM:
Rudolf Wild GmbH & Co. KG (Eppelheim, Germany)

Re:

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of
Appeal of OHIM of 6 November 2007 (Case R 1306/2007-4)
concerning a national registration, pursuant
to the Protocol
relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the international
registration of marks, adopted at Madrid on 27 June 1989, of
the figurative mark representing the silhouette of a car with its
headlights.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal
of OHIM of 2 October 2007 (Case R 1575/2006-1) concerning
opposition proceedings between WellBiz Verein and Rudolf
Wild GmbH & Co. KG.

1. There is no need to adjudicate on the action.

2. The applicant is ordered to pay the costs.

Operative part of the order

1. There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the action;

(1) OJ C 64, 8.3.2006.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1214/2007 of 20 September 2007 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff ( OJ L 286, 31.10.2007 )
Date: 2008-06-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, customs regulations, tariff nomenclature

L 164/46

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25.6.2008

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1214/2007 of 20 September 2007 amending Annex I to
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common
Customs Tariff

(Official Journal of the European Union L 286 of 31 October 2007)

On page 6, Chapter 54:

for:

read:

‘Man-made filaments’,
‘Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials’.

On page 54:

delete: footnote 3;

CN code 0304 19 99, third column:

for:

read:

‘15 (2) (3)’,
‘15 (2)’.

On page 56:

insert the following footnote:
‘(3) Lower applied duty rate of 11,4 % until 16 December 2009 (Council Regulation (EC) No 1839/2006 (OJ L 355,

15.12.2006, p. 1)).’;

CN code 0304 29 99, third column:

for:

read:

‘15 (1)’,
‘15 (1) (3)’.

On page 118, CN code 1511 90 11, third column:

for:

read:

‘12,8 (1)’,
‘12,8’;

CN code 1511 90 19:
‘10,9’,
‘10,9 (1)’.

read:

for:

On page 813, below the title of Annex 4:

insert:

‘Prefixes and suffixes can be combined (for example, hydrochloride phosphate). They can be preceded by a
multiplying prefix such as bi, bis, di, hemi, hepta, hexa, mono, penta, sesqui, tetra, tri, tris, … (for example,
diacetate). Synonyms and systematic names can also be used, in the same way.

INN means International Nonproprietary Names for pharmaceutical substances, World Health Organisation.

INNRG means International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances, names for radicals and
groups, comprehensive list 2004.

INNCN means chemical or systematic name listed in International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical
substances, names for radicals and groups, comprehensive list 2004.’
Final report of the Hearing Officer in Case COMP/M.4781 — Norddeutsche Affinerie/Cumerio (Pursuant to Articles 15 and 16 of Commission Decision 2001/462/EC, ECSC of 23 May 2001 on the terms of reference of Hearing Officers in certain competition proceedings — OJ L 162, 19.6.2001, p. 21 )
Date: 2008-06-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: audit, competition law, copper, economic concentration, merger control, metallurgical industry, report

25.6.2008

EN

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C 161/5

Final report of the Hearing Officer in Case COMP/M.4781 — Norddeutsche Affinerie/Cumerio

(Pursuant to Articles 15 and 16 of Commission Decision 2001/462/EC, ECSC of 23 May 2001 on the terms of
reference of Hearing Officers in certain competition proceedings — OJ L 162, 19.6.2001, p. 21)

(2008/C 161/06)

On 30 July 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4
of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (‘EC Merger Regulation’) by which the undertaking Norddeutsche
Affinerie AG (‘NA’, Germany) would acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the EC Merger Regu-
lation control of the whole of the undertaking Cumerio SA (‘Cumerio’, Belgium) by way of a public bid
announced on 27 June 2007.

After a preliminary examination of the notification, the Commission concluded that the proposed transac-
tion consists of the acquisition of sole control over Cumerio by NA via a public takeover offer for all
outstanding shares, options and warrants and therefore constituted a concentration within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the EC Merger Regulation.

In order for the Commission to be able to dismiss any possible serious doubts in Phase I, the parties
submitted a remedy proposal on 28 August 2007.

The Commission concluded that, after examination of the notification and market testing of the remedy
proposal and based on the information available in Phase I, its doubts could not be dismissed and decided
on 18 September 2007 to initiate proceedings pursuant to Article 6(1)(c) of the EC Merger Regulation.

NA did not request to be given access to key documents in the file in accordance with the Best Practices
rules for merger cases.

Following an in-depth market investigation, the Commission services concluded that the proposed transac-
tion would not significantly impede effective competition in the common market or a substantial part
thereof and was therefore compatible with the common market and the EEA Agreement. Accordingly, no
Statement of Objections was sent to the notifying party.

No queries or submissions have been made to me by the parties or any third party. The case does not call
for any particular comments as regards the right to be heard.

Brussels, 8 January 2008.

Karen WILLIAMS
Commission Regulation (EC) No 600/2008 of 25 June 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-06-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

26.6.2008

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Official Journal of the European Union

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 600/2008

of 25 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 26 June 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 25 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 25 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
ZZ

TR
US
ZZ

IL
US
ZZ

IL
TR
ZZ

60,9
34,1
59,6
51,5

156,8
22,9
83,4
87,7

216,7
100,0
158,4

103,2
135,6
85,8
154,5
119,8

87,3
79,0
90,0
73,8
121,7
94,9
88,3
90,6
90,7

121,6
194,6
158,1

365,3
353,8
359,6

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’.