do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2008-07-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, Italy, State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid

19.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 182/13

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2008/C 182/04)

Date of adoption of the decision

5.12.2007

Reference number of the aid

NN 40/A/05

Member State

Region

Title

Legal Basis

Italy

—

Misure urgenti nel settore agroalimentare, legge n. 71/2005, articolo 1, commi
1, 1bis, 1ter e 3ter, e legge n. 231/2005, articolo 1, commi 1-4

Legge n. 71/2005, articolo 1, commi 1, 1bis, 1ter e 3ter
Legge n. 231/2005, articolo 1, commi 1-4

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

To compensate for loss of income caused by the agricultural markets crisis in
2005. De minimis aid.
To compensate for damage to agricultural production caused by adverse weather
conditions (Reference NN 54/A/04)

Direct grant

— EUR 109 million to compensate for the markets crisis,
— EUR 120 million to compensate for damage to agricultural production

caused by adverse weather conditions (Reference NN 54/A/04)

Variable depending on the measure

Until the final payment is made

Economic sector(s)

Agriculture

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministero delle Politiche agricole alimentari e forestali
Via XX Settembre, 20
I-00187 Roma

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/

Date of adoption of the decision

10.10.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 163/07

Member State

Region

Ireland

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Commercial Horticulture
Sector 2007-2013

C 182/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.7.2008

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

National Development Plan 2007-2013

Scheme

Development of the horticulture sector by grant aiding investments in specia-
lized plant and equipment in commercial horticulture

Direct grant

EUR 49 million

40 %
50 % for young farmers

Date of Commission letter until 31.12.2013

NACE code
A001 — Agriculture, hunting and related service activities

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Department of Agriculture and Food
Agriculture House
Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Ireland

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/
Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures concerning imports of silicon originating in Russia
Date: 2008-07-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Russia, anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, chemical product, import, originating product

C 182/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.7.2008

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON
COMMERCIAL POLICY

COMMISSION

Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures concerning imports of silicon
originating in Russia

(2008/C 182/10)

As provided for in Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on
1.
protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1), the
Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure, the
anti-dumping measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below.

2. Procedure

Community producers may lodge a written request for a review. This request must contain sufficient
evidence that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of
dumping and injury.

Should the Commission decide to review the measures concerned, importers, exporters, representatives of
the exporting country and Community producers will then be provided with the opportunity to amplify,
rebut or comment on the matters set out in the review request.

3. Time limit

Community producers may submit a written request for a review on the above basis, to reach the
European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (Unit H-1), J-79 4/23, B-1049 Brussels (2) at any time
from the date of the publication of the present notice but no later than three months before the date
mentioned in the table below.

4.

This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96.

Product

Country(ies) of
origin or
exportation

Measures

Reference

Date of expiry

Silicon

Russia

Anti-dumping duty

Undertaking

25.12.2008

Council Regulation (EC) No 2229/2003
(OJ L 339, 24.12.2003, p. 3) as last
amended by Council Regulation (EC)
No 821/2004 (OJ L 127, 29.4.2004,
p. 1)

Commission Decision 2004/445/EC
(OJ L 127, 29.4.2004, p. 114)

(1) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2117/2005 (OJ L 340, 23.12.2005, p. 17).
(2) Fax (32-2) 295 65 05.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5221 — Kenwood/JVC/Holdco) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronic equipment, electronics industry, exchange of information, merger control

19.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 182/25

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5221 — Kenwood/JVC/Holdco)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 182/12)

1.
On 14 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 undertaking Kenwood Corporation
(‘Kenwood’, Japan) enters in a full merger within the meaning of Article 3(1)(a) of the Council Regulation
with the undertaking Victor Company of Japan Ltd (‘JVC’, Japan), by way of transfer of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Kenwood: provider of electronic equipment. It focuses on car electronics, home electronics, and

communications equipment,

— for JVC: active in the research, development, manufacturing and sales of electronic products and acces-

sories for consumer and professional use.

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.5221 Kenwood/JVC/Holdco, 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-07-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 182/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.7.2008

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

18 July 2008

(2008/C 182/07)

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

1,5816

TRY

Turkish lira

169,03

AUD Australian dollar

7,4599

0,79315

9,4496

1,6207

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,8795

1,6288

1,5901

12,3335

2,0719

2,1432

125,16

KRW South Korean won

1 603,74

8,0590

1,9558

23,063

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

228,16

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7030

3,2188

3,5528

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,335

MXN Mexican peso

11,9170

10,7816

7,2231

14 468,48

5,1315

70,025

36,7559

52,711

2,5179

16,1469

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Opinion 1/08: Request for an opinion submitted by the Commission of the European Communities pursuant to Article 300(6) EC
Date: 2008-07-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, World Trade Organisation, competence of the Member States, division of powers, opinion, powers of the institutions (EU), ratification of an agreement

C 183/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.7.2008

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 3 June 2008 —
the European Communities v French
Commission of

Request for an opinion submitted by the Commission of
the European Communities pursuant to Article 300(6) EC

Republic

(Case C-507/07) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Regulation
(EC) No 6/2002 — Industrial and commercial property —
Community designs — Article 80(2) — Failure to communi-
cate the list of courts)

(Opinion 1/08)

(2008/C 183/10)

Language of the case: all the official languages

(2008/C 183/09)

Applicant:

Language of the case: French

Commission of the European Communities (represented by: E.
White, M. Huttunen and L. Prete, Agents)

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: H. Krämer, Agent)

Defendant: French Republic (represented by: G. de Bergues and
A. Hare, Agents)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community
designs (OJ 2002 L 3, p. 1) — Failure to communicate the list,
provided for in Article 80(2) of the regulation referred to above,
of Community design courts, indicating their names and their
territorial jurisdiction.

Operative part of the judgment

1. By not

communicating to the Commission of

the European
Communities the list of Community design courts,
the French
Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 80(2) of
Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on
Community designs;

2. The French Republic is ordered to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 8, 12.1.2008.

Questions submitted to the Court:

1. Does the conclusion of the agreements with the affected
WTO [World Trade Organisation] members, pursuant
to
Article XXI of the GATS [General Agreement on Trade in
Services], as described in this request for an Opinion, fall
within the sphere of exclusive competence of
the Com-
munity or within the sphere of shared competence of the
Community and the Member States?

2. Do Article 133(1) and (5), in conjunction with Article 300(2)
of the EC Treaty, constitute the appropriate legal basis for
the act concluding, on behalf of the European Community,
or of the Community and its Member States, the aforemen-
tioned agreements?

Order of the Court of 14 May 2008 (reference for a preli-
minary ruling from the Cour d'appel de Bruxelles
(Belgium)) — Tiercé Ladbroke SA (C-231/07) and Derby
SA (C-232/07) v Belgian State

(Joined Cases C-231/07 and C-232/07) (1)

(Rules of Procedure — First subparagraph of Article 104(3)
— Sixth VAT Directive — Article 13(B)(d)(3) — Exemptions
— Concepts of ‘deposit accounts’ and of ‘payments’ —
Refusal of exemption)

(2008/C 183/11)

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Cour d'appel de Bruxelles (Belgium)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5182 — Shell/BP/AFS/Globefuel) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: computer systems, economic concentration, gas industry, merger control, oil industry, oil refining, petroleum exploration, petroleum production, restrictive-practice authorisation, services company

19.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 182/15

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5182 — Shell/BP/AFS/Globefuel)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 182/05)

On 11 July 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 32008M5182. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5134 — Spar/Plus Hungary)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 182/06)

On 25 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 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 32008M5134. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5134 — Spar/Plus Hungary) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer goods, economic concentration, foodstuff, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, retail trade

19.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 182/15

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5182 — Shell/BP/AFS/Globefuel)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 182/05)

On 11 July 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 32008M5182. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5134 — Spar/Plus Hungary)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 182/06)

On 25 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 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 32008M5134. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Extract of winding-up measure decided under Article 9 of Directive 2001/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reorganization and winding-up of credit institutions concerning JSC OGRES KOMERCBANKA
Date: 2008-07-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Latvia, credit institution, liquidation

19.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 182/21

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

Extract of winding-up measure decided under Article 9 of Directive 2001/24/EC of the European
institutions
Parliament and of

the Council on the reorganization and winding-up of credit

concerning JSC OGRES KOMERCBANKA

(2008/C 182/09)

The Board of Financial and Capital Market Commission of the Republic of Latvia on 21 December 2006
took the Decision No 215 and decided to:

1. withdraw the licence granted to JSC OGRES KOMERCBANKA (legal address: 12 E. Birznieka-Upisa St.,

LV-1050 Riga; registration No 40003150023);

2. file a petition for liquidation of the JSC OGRES KOMERCBANKA to the Riga District Court.

The Riga District Court on 23 January 2007 took the decision to open liquidation proceedings of
JSC OGRES KOMERCBANKA and to appoint the liquidator (published in the issue: OJ C 28, 8.2.2007, p. 5).

The Riga District Court on 20 May 2008 took the decision to change and appoint new liquidator of
JSC OGRES KOMERCBANKA.

Credit Institution

Date

Entry into force

JSC OGRES KOMERCBANKA
12 E. Birznieka-Upisa St.
LV-1050 Riga
Registration No 40003150023

20 May 2008

20 May 2008

Nature of the decision

Change of the liquidator

Competent authority

Riga District Court

Supervisory authority

Appointed liquidator

Financial and Capital Market Commission
1 Kungu St.
LV-1050 Riga
Tel. (371) 6 777 4800
E-mail: fktk@fktk.lv

Mrs Dace Valds
72 Brivibas St.
LV-1011 Riga
Tel. (371) 2 912 0310, (371) 6 781 3892
E-mail: rukmanis@ar.lv