do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-07-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

17.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 180/7

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

16 July 2008

(2008/C 180/04)

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

1,5888

TRY

Turkish lira

165,66

AUD Australian dollar

7,4587

0,79395

9,5163

1,6040

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,9303

1,6270

1,5920

12,3906

2,0591

2,1435

124,08

KRW South Korean won

1 603,50

8,0660

1,9558

23,213

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

232,37

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7029

3,2217

3,5935

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,302

MXN Mexican peso

12,1245

10,8218

7,2259

14 523,22

5,1279

72,235

36,8453

53,157

2,5310

16,3527

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5193 — Schlumberger/First Reserve/Saxon) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, gas industry, merger control, oil industry, oil technology, services company, supplier

17.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 180/25

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5193 — Schlumberger/First Reserve/Saxon)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 180/15)

1.
On 9 July 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 Schlumberger Limited
(‘Schlumberger’, Netherlands Antilles) and First Reserve Corporation (‘First Reserve’, USA) acquire within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Saxon Energy Services
Inc. (‘Saxon’, Canada) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Schlumberger: global oilfield services supplying technology, project management and

information solutions to the oil and gas industry,

— for undertaking First Reserve: private equity firm specializing in the energy industry,

— for undertaking Saxon: provider of equipment, products and services to support the exploration, devel-

opment and production of oil and gas.

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.5193 — Schlumberger/First Reserve/Saxon, 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 679/2008 of 17 July 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-07-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

18.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 190/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 679/2008

of 17 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 18 July 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 17 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).

L 190/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.7.2008

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
XS
ZZ

MK
TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

AR
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

AR
BR
CL
CN
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

AR
AU
CL
NZ
ZA
ZZ

TR
XS
ZZ

TR
US
ZZ

TR
ZZ

IL
XS
ZZ

32,2
26,5
40,6
25,6
23,8
29,7

21,3
106,2
63,8

92,6
92,6

98,5
67,7
101,5
100,5
92,1

86,4
98,7
99,3
69,1
111,4
118,0
81,3
92,5
94,6

83,3
143,2
114,7
116,2
93,0
110,1

174,9
127,0
151,0

345,9
305,5
325,7

166,2
166,2

154,0
99,1
126,6

(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’.
Summary information communicated by Member States on State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products
Date: 2008-07-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, State aid, aid to undertakings, air quality, animal production, control of State aid, exchange of information, poultry, small and medium-sized enterprises

C 180/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.7.2008

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

Summary information communicated by Member States on State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid
to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production, processing and marketing of
agricultural products

(2008/C 180/05)

Aid No: XA 116/06

Member State: The Netherlands

Region: Provincie Noord-Brabant

Title of aid scheme/name of company receiving an indivi-
dual aid:
Maatschap van Zeeland, De Kampen 12 te Gemert

Legal basis:
Volgens AWB (art. 4:23 lid 3 sub d) en provinciale ASV
(art. 33) aangemerkt als incidentele subsidie

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 34 000 in 2006

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 40 %

Date of implementation: 9 November 2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: December
2006

Objective of aid:
Implementation and demonstration of
non-statutory environmental measures for the improvement of
air quality

Articles used (from Articles 4 to 12) and eligible costs
under the scheme or individual aid: Article 4(2)(b), (3)(d) and
(4)(a)

Economic sector(s): Animal husbandry, in particular primary
poultry farming

the granting authority: Provincie

Name and address of
Noord-Brabant
Brabantlaan 1
Postbus 90151
5200 MC 's-Hertogenbosch
Nederland

Website:

http://wettenbank.sdu.nl/wettenbank.sdu.nl/demo/awb_main.
html

http://www.brabant.nl/Beleid/Regels%20en%20kaders/Algemene
%20subsidieverordening.aspx?docindexid={6E5EE4A7-1D3F-
480A-900D-975DD48879C6}

Other information: —
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-07-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises, tourism

C 180/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.7.2008

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 180/03)

Date of adoption of the decision

21.1.2008

Reference number of the aid

Member State

Region

N 75/07

Austria

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Haftungsregelung für die Umstrukturierung von KMU in Österreich

Legal basis

Richtlinie des Bundesministers für Wirtschaft und Arbeit für die Übernahme
von Haftungen für die Tourismus- und Freizeitwirtschaft

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Restructuring of firms in difficulty, Small and medium-sized enterprises

Guarantee

Annual budget: EUR 3,3 million
Overall budget: EUR 6,6 million

—

9.2.2007-9.10.2009

Economic sectors

Hotels and restaurants (tourism)

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit

Other information

—

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be
found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/
Notification of request under Article 30 of Directive 2004/17/EC — Request from an EEA EFTA State
Date: 2008-07-17
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Norway, award of contract, competition law, extraction of oil, gas industry, gas pipeline, natural gas, petroleum exploration

C 180/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.7.2008

Notification of request under Article 30 of Directive 2004/17/EC

Request from an EEA EFTA State

(2008/C 180/10)

On 10 June 2008, the EFTA Surveillance Authority received a request pursuant to Article 30(4) of the Act
referred to at point 4 of Annex XVI to the EEA Agreement (Directive 2004/17/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities oper-
ating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors) (1). The first working day following receipt
of the request is 11 June 2008.

This request, from Norway, concerns the exploration for or extraction of oil and gas on the Norwegian
Continental Shelf as well as the transportation of natural gas through upstream pipeline network in that
country. The above-mentioned Article 30 provides that the Act is not applicable when the activity in ques-
tion is directly exposed to competition on markets to which access is not restricted. These conditions are
evaluated solely for the purpose of the Act and are without prejudice to the application of competition
rules.

The EFTA Surveillance Authority is allowed a period of three months to take a decision on this request,
commencing on the working day referred to above. The period therefore expires on 11 September 2008.

The provisions of the third subparagraph of the above mentioned paragraph 4 are not applicable. Conse-
quently, the period allowed to the EFTA Surveillance Authority may be extended by three months. Any such
extension must be published.

(1) OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5202 — Triton/Altor/Papyrus Group) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: distributor, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control, paper, private investment

C 180/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.7.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5202 — Triton/Altor/Papyrus Group)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 180/16)

1.
On 8 July 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 Triton Managers II Limited
(‘Triton’, Jersey) and Altor Fund II GP Limited (‘Altor’, Jersey) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Papyrus AB (‘Papyrus’, Sweden) by way of purchase
of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Triton: private equity firm specializing in companies in German-speaking and northern European

countries,

— for Altor: private equity fund specializing in Nordic companies,

— for Papyrus: a company mainly active in distribution of paper and paper products in the EU and

Norway, among other countries.

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.5202 — Triton/Altor/Papyrus Group, 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.
Announcement from Norway concerning Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons — Announcement of invitation to apply for petroleum production licences on the Norwegian Continental Shelf — 20th Licensing Round
Date: 2008-07-17
Institutions: Norway
Subjects: Norway, extraction of oil, petroleum exploration

17.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 180/19

Announcement from Norway concerning Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration
and production of hydrocarbons

Announcement of

invitation to apply for petroleum production licences on the Norwegian

Continental Shelf — 20th Licensing Round

(2008/C 180/11)

The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy hereby announces an invitation to apply for petroleum
production licences on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in accordance with Article 3(2)(a) of Directive
94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting
and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons.

Applications for petroleum production licences shall be submitted to:

The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
PO Box 8148 Dep.
N-0033 Oslo

by 7 November 2008.

The award of petroleum production licences in the 20th Licensing Round on the Norwegian Continental
Shelf is planned to take place during spring of 2009.

Further
www.npd.no/20runde or by contacting the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (tel. (47) 22 24 62 09).

information including detailed maps of

areas may be obtained by

available

visiting
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5240 — GE/GMT/Bigpoint) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Internet, economic concentration, exchange of information, gaming, investment company, merger control, services company

17.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 180/23

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5240 — GE/GMT/Bigpoint)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 180/13)

1.
On 9 July 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 General Electric Company
(‘GE’, USA) and GMT Communications Partners LLP (‘GMT’, United Kingdom) acquire within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Bigpoint GmbH (‘Bigpoint’,
Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for GE: diversified activities in manufacturing, technology and service businesses, including banking and

credit services,

— for GMT: private equity funds,

— for Bigpoint: developing and hosting online games.

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.5240 — GE/GMT/Bigpoint, 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.