do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-07-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 178/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.7.2008

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

14 July 2008

(2008/C 178/13)

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

1,5847

TRY

Turkish lira

169,24

AUD Australian dollar

7,4607

0,79750

9,4674

1,6232

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,9230

1,6369

1,5995

12,3657

2,0830

2,1485

121,55

KRW South Korean won

1 592,62

8,0525

1,9558

23,310

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

230,21

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7028

3,2533

3,5754

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,295

MXN Mexican peso

12,0730

10,8473

7,2325

14 502,38

5,1194

71,652

36,8440

53,325

2,5316

16,3002

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 670/2008 of 15 July 2008 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Arroz Carolino das Lezírias Ribatejanas (PGI))
Date: 2008-07-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Portugal, designation of origin, location of production, product designation, rice

L 188/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.7.2008

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 670/2008

of 15 July 2008

entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical
indications (Arroz Carolino das Lezírias Ribatejanas (PGI))

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

As no objection pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EC)
No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, this
name should be entered in the register,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of
20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications
and designations of origin for agricultural products and food­
stuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4)
thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation shall be
entered in the register.

(1)

In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 6(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Portugal’s application
to enter the name ‘Arroz Carolino das Lezírias Riba­
tejanas’
in the register was published in the Official
Journal of the European Union (2).

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 July 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12. Regulation last amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 417/2008 (OJ L 125, 9.5.2008, p. 27).

(2) OJ C 258, 31.10.2007, p. 12.

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ANNEX

Agricultural products intended for human consumption listed in Annex I to the Treaty:

Class 1.6.

Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed

PORTUGAL

Arroz Carolino das Lezírias Ribatejanas (PGI).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5002 — Wacker Chemie/WPS/APP) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 178/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.7.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5002 — Wacker Chemie/WPS/APP)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 178/10)

On 31 January 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 Regu-
lation (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 32008M5002. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5085 — Platinum Equity/Delphi Steering)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 178/11)

On 3 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 32008M5085. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5108 — Sofinco/Agos) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer credit, credit institution, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

15.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 178/5

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5108 — Sofinco/Agos)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 178/04)

On 22 May 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 French 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 32008M5108. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5062 — Sofinco/Saracen/Forso)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 178/05)

On 23 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 32008M5062. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
2008/647/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 15 July 2008 appointing a Finnish member of the Economic and Social Committee
Date: 2008-07-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Economic and Social Committee, Finland, appointment of staff

8.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 213/37

(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

II

DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 15 July 2008

appointing a Finnish member of the Economic and Social Committee

(2008/647/EC, Euratom)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 259 thereof,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community, and in particular Article 167 thereof,

Having regard to Decision 2006/651/EC, Euratom (1),

Article 1

Mr Thomas PALMGREN, Manager of
International Relations,
Suomen Yrittäjät (Federation of Finnish Enterprises), is hereby
appointed a member of the Economic and Social Committee for
the
term of office, which runs until
20 September 2010.

remainder of

the

Having regard to the proposal
Government,

submitted by the Finnish

This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.

Article 2

Having obtained the opinion of the Commission,

Done at Brussels, 15 July 2008.

Whereas:

A member’s seat on the Economic and Social Committee has
fallen vacant following the resignation of Mr Eero LEHTI,

For the Council
The President

M. BARNIER

(1) OJ L 269, 28.9.2006, p. 13. Decision as amended by Decision

2007/622/EC, Euratom (OJ L 253, 28.9.2007, p. 39).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 667/2008 of 15 July 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-07-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

16.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 188/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 667/2008

of 15 July 2008

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and
vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Whereas:

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),

Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the
outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations,
the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values
for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and
periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007
of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for
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,

The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regu­
lation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 July 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 15 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. Regulation as last amended by Regu­

lation (EC) No 590/2008 (OJ L 163, 24.6.2008, p. 24).

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Official Journal of the European Union

16.7.2008

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

0808 20 50

0809 10 00

0809 20 95

0809 30

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

MA
MK
TR
ME
ZZ

MK
TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

AR
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

AR
BR
CL
CN
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

AR
CL
NZ
ZA
ZZ

TR
XS
ZZ

TR
US
ZZ

TR
ZZ

IL
XS
ZZ

37,7
23,8
79,4
17,1
39,5

21,3
102,9
62,1

92,6
92,6

85,1
67,4
56,8
104,3
78,4

85,0
95,8
101,4
69,1
114,8
118,0
81,3
104,1
96,2

90,1
113,1
116,2
120,6
110,0

178,3
127,0
152,7

336,9
305,5
321,2

166,2
166,2

153,3
107,3
130,3

(1) Nomenclature of countries laid down 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.5015 — Sagard/BPEF/Fläkt Woods JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air conditioning, economic concentration, financial institution, insurance, investment, management, merger control, provision of services, restrictive-practice authorisation

15.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 178/9

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5015 — Sagard/BPEF/Fläkt Woods JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 178/12)

On 15 February 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 Regu-
lation (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 32008M5015. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5054 — Schwenk-Gruppe/Paul Hartmann) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building materials, economic concentration, merger control, pharmaceutical industry, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 178/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.7.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5030 — Swiss Life/AWD)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 178/02)

On 28 February 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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in German 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 32008M5030. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5054 — Schwenk-Gruppe/Paul Hartmann)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 178/03)

On 3 March 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 German 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 32008M5054. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Information concerning the date of entry into force of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part
Date: 2008-07-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bosnia and Herzegovina, free-trade area, interim agreement (EU), ratification of an agreement, trade agreement (EU)

15.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 186/41

AGREEMENTS

COUNCIL

Information concerning the date of entry into force of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-
related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of
the other part

The Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one
part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part, was signed in Luxembourg on 16 June 2008. The
Agreement has been published for the EU in OJ L 169 of 30 June 2008 on page 13, and for Bosnia and
Herzegovina in the official gazette of international agreements number 5 of 20 June 2008. By virtue of
Article 58 of the Interim Agreement, which states that it will come into force ‘on the first day of the first
month following the date of the deposit of the last instrument of ratification or approval’, the Agreement
came into force on 1 July 2008.
Case F-28/08: Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 15 July 2008 — Pouzol v European Court of Auditors (Staff — Officials — Pensions — Transfer of pension rights acquired before entry into the Communities' service — Confirmatory decisions — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2008-07-15
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Court of Auditors, European official, action by staff, indemnification, pension scheme, transfer of pension rights

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 C-322/08: Action brought on 15 July 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Sweden
Date: 2008-07-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Sweden, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, foreign national, national implementing measure, refugee, right of asylum, stateless person

C 223/38

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.8.2008

Pleas in law and main arguments

Action brought on 15 July 2008 — Commission of the
European Communities v Kingdom of Sweden

The prescribed period for transposing the directive into national
law expired on 30 December 2006.

(1) OJ 2006 L 221, p. 13.

(Case C-322/08)

(2008/C 223/63)

Language of the case: Swedish

Action brought on 15 July 2008 — Commission of the
European Communities v Kingdom of Spain

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: M. Condou-Durande and J. Enegren, acting as Agents)

Parties

(Case C-321/08)

(2008/C 223/62)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: W. Wils and E. Adsera Ribera, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of Spain

Form of order sought

of

2005

11 May

concerning

the European Parliament and of

— Declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive
2005/29/EC (1) of
the
Council
unfair
business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal
market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Direc-
tives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European
and Regulation (EC)
Parliament
the Council
and of
No 2006/2004 of
the
Council (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’), or in any
event, by failing to inform the Commission thereof, the
Kingdom of Spain has failed to fulfil its obligations under
that directive.

the European Parliament and of

Defendant: Kingdom of Sweden

Form of order sought

— Declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council
Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 (1) or in any event
by failing to notify the Commission thereof, the Kingdom of
Sweden has failed to fulfil its obligations under that direc-
tive;

— order the Kingdom of Sweden to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The period prescribed for the implementation of the Directive
expired on 10 October 2006.

(1) on minimum standards for the qualification and status of

third
country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who
the
otherwise need international protection and the content of
protection granted (OJ 2004 L 304, p. 12).

Action brought on 16 July 2008 — Commission of the
European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany

— order the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The period prescribed for bringing national law into conformity
with Directive 2005/29 expired on 12 June 2007.

Parties

(Case C-326/08)

(2008/C 223/64)

Language of the case: German

(1) OJ 2005 L 149, p. 22.

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: W. Wils and B. Kotschy, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Federal Republic of Germany