do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Information on the date of entry into force of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Kiribati
Date: 2008-06-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Kiribati, common fisheries policy, financial compensation of an agreement, fishery management, fishing agreement, fishing area, fishing rights

L 165/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.6.2008

AGREEMENTS

COUNCIL

Information on the date of entry into force of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the
European Community and the Republic of Kiribati

On 15 November 2007 and 29 April 2008 respectively, the European Community and the Government of
the Republic of Kiribati notified each other that the procedures necessary for entry into force of the
Agreement had been completed (1).

The Agreement accordingly entered into force on 29 April 2008, in accordance with Article 18 thereof.

(1) OJ L 205, 7.8.2007, p. 3.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 612/2008 of 26 June 2008 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007
Date: 2008-06-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, white sugar

L 166/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.6.2008

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 612/2008

of 26 June 2008

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to
tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of
20 February 2006 on the common organisation of
the
markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second
subparagraph and point
the third subparagraph of
Article 33(2) thereof,

(b) of

Whereas:

(1)

(EC) No

1060/2007

Commission Regulation
of
14 September 2007 opening a standing invitation to
tender for the resale for export of sugar held by the
intervention agencies of Belgium, the Czech Republic,
Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and
Spain,
Sweden (2) requires the issuing of partial
invitations to
tender.

Ireland,

to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No
Pursuant
the
1060/2007 and following an examination of
invitation
tenders submitted in response to the partial
to tender ending on 25 June 2008, it is appropriate to
fix a maximum export refund for that partial invitation
to tender.

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Sugar,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the partial invitation to tender ending on 25 June 2008, the
maximum export
referred
to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007 shall be
389,53 EUR/t.

product

refund

the

for

This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 June 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 26 June 2008.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
L 283,
Commission Regulation
27.10.2007, p. 1). Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 will be replaced
by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as
from 1 October 2008.

(EC) No 1260/2007 (OJ

(2) OJ L 242, 15.9.2007, p. 8. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 148/2008 (OJ L 46, 21.2.2008,
p. 9).
Case T-172/06: Order of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 26 June 2008 — Expasa v OHMI — Gallardo Blanco (H)
Date: 2008-06-26
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), livestock, trade-mark law

C 247/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.9.2008

Order of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of
26 June 2008 — Expasa v OHMI — Gallardo Blanco (H)

Order of the Court of First Instance of 9 July 2008 —
SIMSA v Commission

(Case T-172/06) (1)

(2008/C 247/48)

Language of the case: Spanish

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

(1) OJ C 190, 12.8.2006.

(Case T-480/07) (1)

(2008/C 247/49)

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 64, 8.3.2008.
Case T-185/08 R: Order of the President of the Court of First Instance of 26 June 2008 — VDH Projektentwicklung and Edeka Rhein-Ruhr v Commission (Interim measures — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2008-06-26
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, action for failure to act, building industry, building plot, foodstuff, public contract, retail trade, supermarket

C 209/54

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.8.2008

Order of the Court of First Instance of 17 June 2008 —
Dow AgroSciences v EFSA

Order of the President of the Court of First Instance of
26 June 2008 — VDH Projektentwicklung and Edeka
Rhein-Ruhr v Commission

(Case T-397/06) (1)

(Action for annulment — Action for damages — Directive
91/414/EEC — Plant protection products — Opinion of the
European Food Safety Authority — Non-actionable measure
— Preparatory measure — Inadmissibility)

(Case T-185/08 R)

(Interim measures — Inadmissibility)

(2008/C 209/97)

Language of the case: German

(2008/C 209/96)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Parties

Applicants: VDH Projektentwicklung GmbH (Erkelenz, Germany)
and Edeka Handelsgesellschaft Rhein-Ruhr mbH (Moers,
Germany) (represented by: C. Antweiler, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: R. Sauer, D. Kukovec and O. Weber, Agents)

Applicant: Dow AgroSciences Ltd (Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United
Kingdom)
(represented by: K. Van Maldegem and C. Mereu,
lawyers)

Re:

Defendant: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) (represented
initially by: A. Cuvillier and D. Detken, and subsequently by
A. Cuvillier and S. Gabbi, Agents)

Application for interim measures under Article 243 EC in rela-
tion to an action for failure to act against the Commission.

the Defendant: Commission of
Parpala
(represented by:

L.

the
and

The President of the Court:

Operative part of the order

1. Dismisses the application for interim measures as inadmissible;

2. Orders the applicants to bear their own costs.

Intervener
in support of
European Communities
B. Doherty, Agents)

Re:

APPLICATION for (i) annulment of the opinion of EFSA of
28 July 2006 on the assessment of the active substance halox-
yfop-R under Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991
concerning the placing of plant protection products on the
market (OJ 1991 L 230, p. 1), and (ii) compensation for the
damage sustained.

Operative part of the order

1. The action is dismissed.

Appeal brought on 2 May 2008 by Erika Krcova against
the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal delivered on
18 October 2007 in Case F-112/06, Krcova v Court of
Justice

(Case T-498/07 P)

(2008/C 209/98)

Language of the case: French

2. Dow AgroSciences Ltd,

the European Food Safety Authority

(EFSA) and the Commission shall each bear their own costs.

Parties

(1) OJ C 42 of 24.2.2007.

Appellant: Erika Krcova (Trnava, Slovakia)
Rooy, lawyer)

(represented by J.

Other party to the proceedings: Court of Justice of the European
Communities
Commission Regulation (EC) No 611/2008 of 26 June 2008 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 900/2007
Date: 2008-06-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, white sugar

27.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 166/25

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 611/2008

of 26 June 2008

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to
tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 900/2007

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of
the
20 February 2006 on the common organisation of
markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second
subparagraph and point
the third subparagraph of
Article 33(2) thereof,

(b) of

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 of 27 July
2007 on a standing invitation to tender to determine
refunds on exports of white sugar for the 2007/08
marketing year (2) requires the issuing of partial
invi-
tations to tender.

in response to the partial invitation to tender ending on
26 June 2008, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export
refund for that partial invitation to tender.

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Sugar,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the partial invitation to tender ending on 26 June 2008, the
referred
maximum export
to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 shall be
30,700 EUR/100 kg.

product

refund

the

for

(2)

Pursuant to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 900/2007
and following an examination of the tenders submitted

This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 June 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 26 June 2008.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
L 283,
Commission Regulation
27.10.2007, p. 1). Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 will be replaced
by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as
from 1 October 2008.

(EC) No 1260/2007 (OJ

(2) OJ L 196, 28.7.2007, p. 26. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 148/2008 by Commission Regu-
lation (OJ L 46, 21.2.2008, p. 9).
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1628/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to national regional investment aid (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2008-06-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, investment aid, regional aid

C 163/36

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.6.2008

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1628/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to national
regional investment aid

Aid No

Member State

Region

Title of aid scheme or the name of the
undertaking receiving ad hoc
aid
supplement

Legal basis

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 163/07)

XR 77/08

Netherlands

Noord-Nederland (ex parte Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe)

Uitvoeringsbesluit Investeringspremieregeling Noord-Nederland 2008 (verkort:
uitvoeringsbesluit IPR 2008)

Verordening van (12 december en 19 december) van Provinciale Staten van
Friesland, Groningen en Drenthe op grond van artikel 145 van de Provinciewet
houdende regels betreffende de subsidiering van activiteiten op het terrein van
investeringen aan stuwende ondernemingen

Type of measure

Annual budget

Overall budget

Aid scheme

EUR 12,8 million

EUR 12,8 million; Paid over: 1 year

Maximum aid intensity

15 %

In conformity with Article 4 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

Duration

1.1.2008

31.12.2008

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for regional investment aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Samenwerkingsverband Noord-Nederland
Laan Corpus den Hoorn 200
9728 JS Groningen
Nederland

Internet address of the publication of
the aid scheme

Postbus 779
9700 AT Groningen
Nederland

www.snn.eu

http://www.snn.eu/infotype/webpage/view.asp?objectID=565

Other information

—
Commission Regulation (EC) No 604/2008 of 26 June 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-06-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

27.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 166/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 604/2008

of 26 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 27 June 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 26 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 166/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.6.2008

to Commission Regulation of 26 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
ZZ

36,3
32,3
57,8
42,1

156,8
22,9
114,6
98,1

216,7
100,3
158,5

103,2
135,6
79,1
119,7
109,4

110,2
85,9
102,9
86,8
116,8
94,9
88,3
89,9
97,0

121,6
187,7
154,7

393,4
377,8
385,6

144,8
245,1
195,0

157,4
157,4

(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’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5174 — Iberia/ST Aerospace/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-06-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aeronautical industry, air transport, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 163/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.6.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5174 — Iberia/ST Aerospace/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 163/02)

On 10 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 32008M5174. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-06-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

26.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 163/5

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

25 June 2008

(2008/C 163/03)

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

1,5599

TRY

Turkish lira

168,40

AUD Australian dollar

7,4584

0,79070

9,4128

1,6218

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,9098

1,6308

1,5786

12,1771

2,0609

2,1345

126,91

KRW South Korean won

1 618,01

7,9405

1,9558

24,070

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

236,96

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7024

3,3573

3,6680

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,335

MXN Mexican peso

12,4642

10,7092

7,2425

14 436,87

5,0900

69,416

36,7690

52,381

2,5021

16,0490

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case F-136/07: Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 26 June 2008 — Nijs v Court of Auditors (Staff — Officials — Previous complaint — Defect — Time-limit for instituting proceedings — Lateness — Manifest inadmissibility)
Date: 2008-06-26
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Court of Auditors, European official, action by staff, disciplinary proceedings, promotion, staff assessment

C 223/62

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.8.2008

Operative part of the order

Action brought on 29 May 2008 — Bernard v Europol

1. The action is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible.

2. Mr Nijs is ordered to pay all the costs.

(1) OJ C 22 of 26.1.2008, p. 56.

(Case F-54/08)

(2008/C 223/118)

Language of the case: Dutch

Parties

Applicant: Marjorie Bernard (The Hague, Netherlands)
sented by: P. de Casparis, lawyer)

(repre-

Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 26 June 2008 — Nijs
v Court of Auditors

Defendant: European Police Office (Europol)

(Case F-136/07) (1)

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

(Staff — Officials — Previous complaint — Defect —
Time-limit for instituting proceedings — Lateness — Mani-
fest inadmissibility)

Annulment of the decision of Europol to extend the applicant's
contract of employment
for only the minimum period of
9 months.

(2008/C 223/117)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Bart Nijs (Béreldange, Luxembourg) (represented initi-
and
ally by: F. Rollinger;
A. Hertzog, lawyers)

subsequently by: F. Rollinger

Defendant: Court of Auditors of
(represented by: T. Kennedy,
acting as Agents)

the European Communities
J.-M. Stenier and G. Corstens,

Form of order sought

— annul the decision of 31 July 2007 to renew the applicant's
contract of employment only until 1 June 2008 and the
decision on the complaint of 29 February 2008;

— order Europol to pay the costs.

Action brought on 30 June 2008 — Klug v European
Medicines Agency

Re:

Annulment, on the one hand, of the decision of the Appointing
Authority of 5 September 2007 to demote the applicant to
Grade AD9, step 5, following a disciplinary procedure and, on
the other, of the decisions to suspend him from his post, to
open an administrative enquiry with regard to him and not to
promote him to Grade AD 11 in 2007 — Claim for compensa-
tion for non-material and material harm

Parties

(Case F-59/08)

(2008/C 223/119)

Language of the case: German

Operative part of the order

1. The action is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible.

Applicant: Bettina Klug (Wiesbaden, Germany) (represented by:
S. Zickgraf, lawyer)

Defendant: European Medicines Agency

2. Mr Nijs is ordered to pay all the costs.

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

(1) OJ C 79, 29.3.2008, p. 37.

Annulment of the performance evaluation report drawn up by
the defendant in respect of the applicant for the period from
31 December 2004 to 31 December 2006, and order for
payment by the defendant of compensation for material and
non-material damage.