do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5066 — Eurogate/APMM) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, container, economic concentration, maritime transport, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 186/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.7.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5066 — Eurogate/APMM)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 186/03)

On 5 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 32008M5066. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5179 — Eramet/Tinfos)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 186/04)

On 3 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 32008M5179. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Corrigendum to notice for the attention of the persons, groups and entities on the list provided for in Article 2(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism ( OJ C 179, 16.7.2008 )
Date: 2008-07-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, restriction of liberty, terrorism

23.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 186/41

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to notice for the attention of the persons, groups and entities on the list provided for in
Article 2(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain
persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism

(Official Journal of the European Union C 179 of 16 July 2008)

(2008/C 186/16)

On page 1, in the first paragraph:

for:

‘Council Decision 2008/584/EC’,

read:

‘Council Decision 2008/583/EC’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5155 — Mondi/Loparex Assets) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, pulp and paper industry

C 186/38

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.7.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5155 — Mondi/Loparex Assets)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 186/13)

1.
On 14 July 2008, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by
which the undertaking Mondi Coating BV (The Netherlands) controlled by Mondi plc (‘Mondi’, United
Kingdom) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of parts of the
undertaking Loparex Holding BV (‘Loparex Assets’, The Netherlands) by way of purchase of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Mondi: manufacture of packaging paper, converted packaging products and uncoated fine paper as

well as merchant operations and newsprint operations,

— for Loparex Assets: manufacture of release liners, kraft paper and extrusion coating products.

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.5155 — Mondi/Loparex Assets, 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5179 — Eramet/Tinfos) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: alloy, economic concentration, electrical energy, merger control, metallurgical industry, non-ferrous metal, raw material, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 186/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.7.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5066 — Eurogate/APMM)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 186/03)

On 5 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 32008M5066. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5179 — Eramet/Tinfos)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 186/04)

On 3 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 32008M5179. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 695/2008 of 23 July 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-07-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

L 195/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.7.2008

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 695/2008

of 23 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 24 July 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 23 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).

24.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 195/5

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

0806 10 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)

MK
TR
ME
XS
ZZ

MK
TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

AR
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

CL
EG
IL
TR
ZZ

AR
BR
CL
CN
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

AR
CL
NZ
ZA
ZZ

TR
US
ZZ

TR
US
ZZ

TR
ZZ

IL
XS
ZZ

27,8
77,7
25,6
23,3
38,6

27,4
106,2
66,8

92,6
92,6

100,7
78,4
64,9
100,8
86,2

94,4
108,9
143,0
137,7
121,0

105,0
102,8
100,8
85,6
111,6
101,6
80,0
88,1
96,9

81,6
86,1
110,0
97,3
93,8

156,4
186,2
171,3

406,2
437,5
421,9

167,0
167,0

117,4
82,7
100,1

(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’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5201 — Total Produce/Haluco/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: distributive trades, economic concentration, exchange of information, fresh product, merger control

23.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 186/37

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5201 — Total Produce/Haluco/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 186/12)

1.
On 4 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 Total Produce plc
(‘Total Produce’, Ireland) and Haluco Beheer BV (‘Haluco’, the Netherlands) acquire within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of
the undertakings TP Haluco Holding BV
(‘TP Haluco’, the Netherlands) and Total Produce will acquire sole control of Haluco UK Ltd (‘Haluco UK’,
United Kingdom) by way of purchase of shares.

the Council Regulation joint control of

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Total Produce: procurement, importation, marketing and distribution of fruit and vegeta-

bles, pot plants and household items,

— for undertaking Haluco: procurement, importation, marketing and distribution of fresh products,

— for undertaking TP Haluco: procurement, importation, marketing and distribution of fresh products,

— for undertaking Haluco UK: wholesale distribution of fresh products.

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.5201 — Total Produce/Haluco/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.
Initiation of proceedings (Case COMP/M.5046 — Friesland/Campina) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: dairy industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, infringement procedure (EU), merger control

23.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 186/5

Initiation of proceedings

(Case COMP/M.5046 — Friesland/Campina)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 186/02)

On 17 July 2008, the Commission decided to initiate proceedings in the above-mentioned case after finding
that the notified concentration raises serious doubts as to its compatibility with the common market. The
initiation of proceedings opens a second phase investigation with regard to the notified concentration, and
is without prejudice to the final decision on the case. The decision is based on Article 6(1)(c) of Council
Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their observations on the proposed concentration
to the Commission.

In order to be fully taken into account in the procedure, observations should reach the Commission not
later than 15 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 COMP/M.5046 — Friesland/Campina, to
the following address:
Commission of the European Communities
Competition DG
Merger Registry
Rue Joseph II/Jozef II-straat 70
B-1000 Brussels
Communication from the Commission to all farmers concerning set aside from 2009
Date: 2008-07-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agrarian law, common agricultural policy, fallow, land use

C 186/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.7.2008

Communication from the Commission to all farmers concerning set aside from 2009

(2008/C 186/06)

The Commission wishes to draw the attention of Community farmers to the Health Check proposal
(COM(2008) 306 final (1)) to abolish compulsory set aside as from 2009 onwards. The proposal was
adopted by the Commission on 20 May 2008 and it is currently under discussion in the Council, the
European Parliament and the other European Institutions.

The proposal
compulsory set aside at zero in 2008.

is the logical follow-up of Council Regulation (EC) No 1107/2007 (2) fixing the rate for

Under the proposal, farmers will not be obliged to set aside land from production in order to be entitled to
the amount fixed by the set-aside entitlements. The set-aside entitlements will be turned to normal entitle-
ments. Farmers could already benefit from the measure as from their autumn 2008 and spring 2009
sowings.

(1) COM(2008) 306: Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers
under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers; proposal for a Council Regu-
lation on modifications to the common agricultural policy by amending Regulations (EC) No 320/2006,
(EC)
No 1234/2007, (EC) No 3/2008 and (EC) No […]/2008; proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC)
No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).
(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 1107/2007 of 26 September 2007 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 estab-
lishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support
schemes for farmers, as regards set aside for the year 2008 (OJ L 253, 28.9.2007, p. 1).
2008/668/EC,Euratom: Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of 23 July 2008 appointing a judge to the Court of First Instance of the European Communities
Date: 2008-07-23
Institutions: Representatives of the Governments of the Member States
Subjects: General Court (EU), appointment of staff, member of the Court of Justice (EU)

14.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 219/63

CONFERENCE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES

DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES

of 23 July 2008

appointing a judge to the Court of First Instance of the European Communities

(2008/668/EC, Euratom)

THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER
STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 224 thereof,

establishing the European

Article 1

Mr Kevin O’Higgins is hereby appointed judge to the Court of
First Instance of the European Communities for the period from
1 September 2008 to 31 August 2013.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community, and in particular Article 140 thereof,

Article 2

Whereas:

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

Pursuant to Articles 5 and 7, in conjunction with Article 47, of
the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice and following
the resignation of Mr John D. Cooke, a judge should be
appointed to the Court of First
the European
Communities for the remainder of the term of office of Mr
John D. Cooke, which runs until 31 August 2013,

Instance of

Done at Brussels, 23 July 2008.

The President

P. SELLAL
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-07-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

23.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 186/7

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

22 July 2008

(2008/C 186/05)

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

1,5919

TRY

Turkish lira

169,26

AUD Australian dollar

7,4610

0,79355

9,4763

1,6174

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,9054

1,6284

1,5943

12,4119

2,0876

2,1540

126,67

KRW South Korean won

1 618,96

8,0555

1,9558

23,013

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

229,07

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7034

3,2308

3,5635

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,363

MXN Mexican peso

12,0362

10,8595

7,2175

14 562,70

5,1530

70,760

36,9075

53,090

2,5168

16,1339

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Corrigendum to Information on the date of entry into force of the Fisheries Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Kiribati ( OJ L 165, 26.6.2008 )
Date: 2008-07-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Kiribati, common fisheries policy, financial compensation of an agreement, fishery management, fishing agreement, fishing area, fishing rights

L 194/42

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.7.2008

Corrigendum to Information on the date of entry into force of the Fisheries Agreement between the European
Community and the Republic of Kiribati

(Official Journal of the European Union L 165 of 26 June 2008)

On page 10, second paragraph:

for:

‘The Agreement accordingly entered into force on 29 April 2008, …’,

read:

‘The Agreement accordingly entered into force on 30 April 2008, …’.

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1352/2007 of 16 November 2007 amending Annex I to
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Customs Tariff

(Official Journal of the European Union L 303 of 21 November 2007)

On page 4, in the Annex:

for:

‘ANNEX

In Chapter 15 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, Additional note 2 is amended as follows:

(1) Additional note 2.B.1 is amended as follows:

(a) Point (a) is replaced by the following:

“(a) one of the following wax contents:

(i) a wax content not more than 300 mg/kg or

(ii) a wax content more than 300 mg/kg but not more than 350 mg/kg provided that:

— the total aliphatic alcohol content is not more than 350 mg/kg or
— the erythrodiol and uvaol content is not more than 3,5 %.”

(b) Point (c) is replaced by the following:

“(c) one of the following two characteristics:

(i) a content in 2-glyceryl monopalmitate not more than 0,9 % if palmitic acid is not more than 14 % of the

total content in fatty acids;

(ii) a content in 2-glyceryl monopalmitate not more than 1,1 % if palmitic acid is not more than 14 % of the

total content in fatty acids;”

(2) Additional note 2.B.2 is amended as follows:

(a) Point (ij) is replaced by the following:

“(ij) one of the following two characteristics:

(i) a content in 2-glyceryl monopalmitate not more than 0,9 % if palmitic acid is not more than 14 % of the

total content in fatty acids;

(ii) content in 2-glyceryl monopalmitate not more than 1,0 % if palmitic acid is not more than 14 % of the

total content in fatty acids;”

(b) Point (l) is replaced by the following:

“(l) a content in stigmastadienes not more than 0,10 mg/kg;”
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5268 — Goldman Sachs/PAI/Xella International) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building materials, commercial bank, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment, merger control

23.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 186/39

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5268 — Goldman Sachs/PAI/Xella International)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 186/14)

1.
On 15 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 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (‘Goldman
Sachs’, USA) and PAI Partners SAS (‘PAI’, France) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
Council Regulation joint control of Xella International GmbH (‘Xella’, Germany) by way of purchase of
shares

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Goldman Sachs: global investment banking, financial services,

— for PAI: private equity,

— for Xella: building materials for walls, limestone products.

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.5268 — Goldman Sachs/PAI/Xella International, 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.