do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 4,07 % on 1 July 2008 — Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-07-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, exchange rate, interest

2.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 167/7

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations (1):

4,07 % on 1 July 2008

Euro exchange rates (2)

1 July 2008

(2008/C 167/02)

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

1,5775

TRY

Turkish lira

166,57

AUD Australian dollar

7,4574

0,79090

9,4578

1,6055

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,9569

1,6519

1,6063

12,3023

2,0740

2,1466

125,64

KRW South Korean won

1 661,03

8,0040

1,9558

23,825

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

235,96

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7051

3,3611

3,6476

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,196

MXN Mexican peso

12,4690

10,8155

7,2388

14 544,55

5,1529

71,153

36,9910

52,830

2,5371

16,3177

(1) Rate applied to the most recent operation carried out before the indicated day. In the case of a variable rate tender, the

interest rate is the marginal rate.

(2) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5211 — Outokumpu/Sogepar) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, iron and steel industry, merger control, steel

2.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 167/25

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5211 — Outokumpu/Sogepar)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 167/07)

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 Outokumpu Oyj.
(‘Outokumpu’, Finland) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of
the whole of the undertaking So.Ge.Par Group (‘Sogepar’, Italia) by way of a purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Outokumpu: a Finnish company which is active in the production and distribution of stainless steel

products worldwide,

— for undertaking Sogepar: Italian Group active in the distribution of stainless steel products across the EU

and Turkey.

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.5211 — Outokumpu/Sogepar 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 T-100/07: Order of the Court of First Instance of 2 July 2008 — UPS Europe and UPS Deutschland v Commission
Date: 2008-07-02
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), complaint to the Commission, dominant position, postal service, restriction on competition

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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5198 — Ramius/Morgan Stanley/Phoenix Dichtungstechnik) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, investment, manufactured goods, merger control

C 167/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.7.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5198 — Ramius/Morgan Stanley/Phoenix Dichtungstechnik)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 167/08)

1.
On 24 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 RCG International Opportunities SARL
(‘Ramius’, Luxembourg), and Morgan Stanley & Co. International (‘Morgan Stanley’, USA) acquire within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of Phoenix Dichtungstechnik GmbH
(‘PDT’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Ramius: investment firm,

— for Morgan Stanley: global financial services,

— for PDT: sealing membranes, profile seals.

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. 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.5198 — Ramius/Morgan Stanley/Phoenix Dichtungstechnik, 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.
Case T-41/08: Order of the Court of First Instance of 2 July 2008 — Vakakis v Commission
Date: 2008-07-02
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), award of contract, invitation to tender, rural development, services contract, technical cooperation

15.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 209/67

Order of the Court of First Instance of 30 June 2008 —
Ryanair v Commission

Order of the Court of First Instance of 2 July 2008 —
Vakakis v Commission

(Case T-433/07) (1)

(2008/C 209/120)

Language of the case: English

The President of the Sixth Chamber has ordered that the case be
removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 22, 26.1.2008.

(Case T-41/08) (1)

(2008/C 209/121)

Language of the case: English

The President of the Seventh Chamber has ordered that the case
be removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 92, 12.4.2008.