do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

1.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 166/1

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

30 June 2008

(2008/C 166/01)

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

1,5764

TRY

Turkish lira

166,44

AUD Australian dollar

7,4579

0,79225

9,4703

1,6056

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,9323

1,6371

1,5942

12,2943

2,0632

2,1446

125,42

KRW South Korean won

1 652,22

8,009

1,9558

23,893

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

235,43

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7047

3,3513

3,6415

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,205

MXN Mexican peso

12,3426

10,8051

7,2365

14 550,17

5,1509

70,867

36,9477

52,738

2,5112

16,2298

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-290/08 P: Appeal brought on 1 July 2008 by Carlos Correia de Matos against the order of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 9 April 2008 in Case T-38/08 Corriea de Matos v Commission
Date: 2008-07-01
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, General Court (EU), appeal








C_2009129EN.01000201.xml










6.6.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 129/2





Appeal brought on 1 July 2008 by Carlos Correia de Matos against the order of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 9 April 2008 in Case T-38/08 Corriea de Matos v Commission
(Case C-290/08 P)
2009/C 129/02
Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties


Appellant: Carlos Correia de Matos (represented by: C.I. Correia de Matos, advogada)

Other party to the proceedings: Commission of the European Communities
By order of 10 February 2009, the Court of Justice (Eighth Chamber) dismissed the appeal.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5184 — Arcapita/Freightliner) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment, merger control, rail transport

1.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 166/19

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5184 — Arcapita/Freightliner)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 166/05)

1.
On 18 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 Arcapita Bank B.S.C. (‘Arcapita’, Bahrain)
acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation, sole control of Freightliner Group
Limited (‘Freightliner’, United Kingdom) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Arcapita: asset-based investment (infrastructure and energy), corporate investment, real estate invest-

ment and venture capital in more than 20 countries,

— for Freightliner: rail freight haulage in the United Kingdom, Poland and Germany.

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration 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.5184 — Arcapita/Freightliner 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.5181 — Delta Airlines/Northwest Airlines) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air transport, carriage of goods, carriage of passengers, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control

C 166/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.7.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5181 — Delta Airlines/Northwest Airlines)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 166/06)

1.
On 23 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 Delta Airlines, Inc. (‘Delta’,
USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the
undertaking Northwest Airline Corporation (‘NWA’, USA) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Delta:
services,

— for NWA:
services.

international airline providing scheduled air passenger and cargo transport and related

international airline providing scheduled air passenger and cargo transport and related

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.5181 — Delta Airlines/Northwest Airlines, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5150 — UPM RUS/BRIST/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, holding company, merger control, pulp and paper industry, wood industry

C 166/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.7.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5150 — UPM RUS/BRIST/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 166/08)

1.
On 20 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 B.R.I.S.T. Limited (‘BRIST’,
Malta) and UPM-Kymmene RUS Holdings Oy (‘UPM RUS’, Finland), a wholly owned subsidiary of UPM-
Kymmene Corporation (‘UPM’, Finland), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regu-
lation joint control of a joint venture (‘JV’, the Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created
company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for BRIST: a holding company ultimately controlled by Mr Mordashov, a Russian entrepreneur who
controls a number of businesses in the steel and mining sector, banking, insurance, woodworking and
solutions for effective power production,

— for UPM: a global forest products group with core businesses in printing papers, specialty papers, label

materials and wood products,

— for JV: it will produce sawn timber, OSB and pulp in the Vologda region of Russia, as of 2010-2012.

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.5150 — UPM RUS/BRIST/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.
Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 620/2008 of 27 June 2008 correcting Commission Regulation (EC) No 386/2008 fixing the export refunds on milk and milk products ( OJ L 168, 28.6.2008 )
Date: 2008-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, milk, milk product

1.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 171/65

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 620/2008 of 27 June 2008 correcting Commission Regulation (EC)
No 386/2008 fixing the export refunds on milk and milk products

(Official Journal of the European Union L 168 of 28 June 2008)

On page 28, in the Annex, in the title:

for:

read:

‘Export refunds on milk and milk products applicable from 27 June 2008’,
‘Export refunds on milk and milk products applicable from 30 April 2008’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5188 — Mars/Wrigley) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: confectionery, economic concentration, exchange of information, food industry, merger control

1.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 166/23

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5188 — Mars/Wrigley)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 166/09)

1.
On 20 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 Mars Incorp. (‘Mars’, USA)
acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the under-
taking Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (‘Wrigley’, USA) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Mars: confectionary, ice cream, human food (e.g. rice and sauces), pet care and drinks,

— for Wrigley: gum and sugar confectionary.

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.5188 — Mars/Wrigley, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5197 — HP/EDS) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: computer systems, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, provision of services

1.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 166/21

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5197 — HP/EDS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 166/07)

1.
On 19 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 Hewlett-Packard Company
(‘HP’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of
Electronic Data Systems Corporation (‘EDS’, USA) by way purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for HP: provision of information technology solutions to consumers, business and governments,

— for EDS: provision of information technology services to business and governments.

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.5197 — HP/EDS, 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.
Case C-291/08: Action brought on 1 July 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria
Date: 2008-07-01
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Austria, Council of the European Union, EC Directive, European Commission, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, free movement of persons, national implementing measure

C 272/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.10.2008

V

(Announcements)

COURT PROCEEDINGS

COURT OF JUSTICE

Action brought on 1 July 2008 — Commission of the
European Communities v Republic of Austria

(Case C-291/08)

(2008/C 272/06)

Language of the case: German

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der
Nederlanden (Netherlands)
lodged on 2 July 2008 —
German Graphics Graphische Maschinen GmbH v A. van
der Schee, acting as liquidator of Holland Binding BV

(Case C-292/08)

(2008/C 272/07)

Language of the case: Dutch

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: H. Støvlbæk and C. Egerer, Agents)

Referring court

Defendant: Republic of Austria

Hoge Raad der Nederlanden

Form of order sought

— Declare that, by not adopting the laws,

regulations or
administrative provisions necessary to transpose Council
Directive 2006/100/EC of 20 November 2006 (1) adapting
certain Directives in the field of freedom of movement of
persons, by reason of
the accession of Bulgaria and
Romania, or by not communicating them to the Commis-
sion, the Republic of Austria has infringed its obligations
under Article 2 of that directive;

— Order the Republic of Austria to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The deadline for
expired on 1 January 2007.

transposition of Directive 2006/100/EC

(1) OJ 2006 L 363, p. 141.

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellant: German Graphics Graphische Maschinen GmbH

Respondent: A. van der Schee, acting as liquidator of Holland
Binding BV

Questions referred

the words

‘provided that

1. Must Article 25(2) of the Insolvency Regulation (1) be inter-
preted as meaning that
that
Convention [that is to say, the Brussels I Regulation (2)] is
applicable’ featuring in that provision imply that, before it
can be concluded that
the recognition and enforcement
provisions of the Brussels I Regulation are applicable to judg-
ments other than those referred to in Article 25(1) of the
first necessary to examine
is
Insolvency Regulation,
whether, pursuant to Article 1(2)(b) of the Brussels I Regu-
lation, such judgments fall outside the material scope of that
regulation?

it
2008/496/EC: Commission Decision of 1 July 2008 appointing members of the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: appointment of staff, committee (EU), medicinal product

L 172/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.7.2008

COMMISSION DECISION

of 1 July 2008

appointing members of the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/496/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(3)

(4)

The European Medicines Agency has recommended two
persons for nomination.

The members of the Committee shall be appointed for a
period of three years starting on 2 July 2008,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 141/2000 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1999 on orphan
medicinal products (1), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the
Medicines Agency of 19 December 2007,

recommendation of

the European

Whereas:

Sole Article

On the recommendation of the European Medicines Agency, the
following are hereby appointed members of the Committee for
a term of three years from 2 July 2008:

(1)

(2)

Three members of the Committee for Orphan Medicinal
Products, hereinafter ‘the Committee’ were appointed by
the Commission Decision 2006/286/EC of 12 April
2006 (2) on the
the European
Medicines Agency for a term of
from
16 April 2006.

recommendation of

three years

Dr János BORVENDÉG

Mr Bruno SEPODES

Done at Brussels, 1 July 2008.

The membership of two of these members ended respec-
tively in December 2006 (Prof Gianmartino Benzi) and
August 2007 (Dr Julia Dunne). It is necessary, therefore,
to appoint two new members to the Committee.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President

(1) OJ L 18, 22.1.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 104, 13.4.2006, p. 54.
Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for 27 Member States applicable as from 1 July 2008 (Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 ( OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1 ))
Date: 2008-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, interest

Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for
27 Member States applicable as from 1 July 2008

(Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 (OJ L 140,
30.4.2004, p. 1))

(2008/C 166/02)

Base rates calculated in accordance with the Communication from the Commission on the revision of the
method for setting the reference and discount rates (OJ C 14, 19.1.2008, p. 6). Depending on the use of the
reference rate, the appropriate margins have still to be added as defined in this Communication. For the
discount rate this means that a margin of 100 basis points has to be added. The Commission Regulation
(EC) No 271/2008 of 30 January 2008 amending the implementing Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 foresees
that, unless otherwise provided for in a specific decision, the recovery rate will also be calculated by adding
100 basis points to the base rate.

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CY

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DK

EE

EL

ES

FI

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HU

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IT

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LV

MT

NL

PL

PT

RO

SE

SI

SK

UK

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 625/2008 of 1 July 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

2.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 172/7

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 625/2008

of 1 July 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri-
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri-
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),

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 (2), and in
particular Article 138(1) thereof,

Whereas:

negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes
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

This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 July 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 1 July 2008.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 510/2008 (OJ L 149, 7.6.2008,
p. 61).

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

L 172/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.7.2008

to Commission Regulation of 1 July 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

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

MA
MK
TR
ZZ

JO
MK
TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

AR
IL
US
ZA
ZZ

AR
BR
CL
CN
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

TR
ZZ

TR
US
ZZ

CL
ZZ

IL
ZZ

39,1
32,3
76,3
49,2

156,8
11,6
47,5
72,0

99,1
99,1

94,2
116,0
72,2
107,5
97,5

80,8
91,3
94,5
89,1
117,1
105,8
88,5
90,9
94,8

192,2
192,2

343,5
354,9
349,2

244,7
244,7

162,8
162,8

(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’.
Schedule of public holidays for 2010
Date: 2008-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, European Commission, Luxembourg, public holiday

C 166/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.7.2008

SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC HOLIDAYS FOR 2010

(2008/C 166/04)

1 January

Friday, New Year's Day

1 April

2 April

5 April

13 May

14 May

24 May

21 July

1 November

2 November

23 December to

Maundy Thursday

Good Friday

Easter Monday

Thursday, Ascension Day

Friday, day following Ascension Day

Whit Monday

Wednesday, Belgian National Holiday

Monday, All Saints' Day

Tuesday, All Souls' Day
)

Thursday

31 December

Friday

TOTAL: 17 days

7 days: Christmas and end of year

LUXEMBOURG: the above-mentioned dates also apply to Luxembourg, except that Wednesday, 21 July is
replaced by Wednesday, 23 June, Luxembourg National Holiday.

Work will resume as normal on Monday 3 January 2011.

The Commission reserves the right to modify the decisions, should the needs of service so require.