do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Legislative proposals adopted by the Commission
Date: 2008-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, drafting of EU law, official document, proposal (EU)

C 188/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.7.2008

III

(Preparatory Acts)

COMMISSION

Legislative proposals adopted by the Commission

(2008/C 188/02)

Document

Part

Date

Title

COM(2008) 372

19.6.2008

COM(2008) 374

19.6.2008

Proposal for a Council Decision on a Community position within
the EU/Mexico Joint Council concerning the amendments to the
Joint Council Decision No 2/2001

Proposal for a Council Decision on a Community position within
the EU/Mexico Joint Council concerning the amendments to the
Joint Council Decision No 2/2000, as amended by Joint Council
Decision No 3/2004 of 29 July 2004

These texts are available on EUR-Lex: http://eur-lex.europa.eu
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

25.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 188/5

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

24 July 2008

(2008/C 188/03)

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

1,5677

TRY

Turkish lira

168,92

AUD Australian dollar

7,4617

0,78900

9,4665

1,6273

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,8883

1,6319

1,5832

12,2271

2,1145

2,1349

126,37

KRW South Korean won

1 577,89

8,1000

1,9558

23,580

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

232,30

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7035

3,2202

3,5743

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,364

MXN Mexican peso

11,8606

10,7057

7,2208

14 316,24

5,0997

69,065

36,6645

52,455

2,4718

15,7123

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-504/06: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 July 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 92/57/EEC — Implementation of minimum safety and health requirements at temporary or mobile construction sites — Article 3(1) — Incorrect transposition)
Date: 2008-07-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Italy, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, building industry, national implementing measure, occupational safety, public health, public works, safety standard

C 236/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.9.2008

V

(Announcements)

COURT PROCEEDINGS

COURT OF JUSTICE

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 July 2008 —
the European Communities v Italian
Commission of

Republic

(Case C-504/06) (1)

temporary or mobile construction sites (eighth individual Directive
within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC),
the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that
directive;

2. Orders each party to bear its own costs.

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive
92/57/EEC — Implementation of minimum safety and health
requirements at temporary or mobile construction sites —
Article 3(1) — Incorrect transposition)

(1) OJ C 42, 24.2.2007.

(2008/C 236/02)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: L. Pignataro-Nolin and I. Kaufmann-Bühler, Agents)

Defendant: Italian Republic (represented by: I. Braguglia, Agent
and W. Ferrante, avvocato dello Stato)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Incorrect trans-
position of Article 3(1) of Council Directive 92/57/EEC of
24 June 1992 on the implementation of minimum safety and
health requirements at temporary or mobile construction sites
(eighth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1)
of Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ 1992 L 245, p. 6) — Appoint-
ment of health and safety coordinators for a construction site
where a number of undertakings are operating

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 25 July 2008
(reference for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo
Contencioso-Administrativo de Madrid — Spain) —
Ecologistas en Acción-CODA v Ayuntamiento de Madrid

(Case C-142/07) (1)

(Directives 85/337/EEC and 97/11/EC — Assessment of the
effects of projects on the environment — Refurbishment and
improvement works on urban roads — Whether subject to
assessment)

(2008/C 236/03)

Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo de Madrid

Parties to the main proceedings

1. Declares that, by failing correctly to transpose in Italian law
Article 3(1) of Council Directive 92/57/EEC of 24 June 1992 on
the implementation of minimum safety and health requirements at

Applicant: Ecologistas en Acción-CODA

Defendant: Ayuntamiento de Madrid
Commission Regulation (EC) No 719/2008 of 25 July 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

26.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 198/15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 719/2008

of 25 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 26 July 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 25 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 198/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.7.2008

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

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
XS
ZZ

MK
TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

AR
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

CL
EG
IL
TR
ZZ

AR
BR
CL
CN
NZ
US
ZA
ZZ

AR
CL
NZ
ZA
ZZ

TR
US
ZZ

TR
US
ZZ

TR
ZZ

BA
IL
TR
XS
ZZ

29,6
83,4
27,8
46,9

27,4
106,2
66,8

92,7
92,7

87,6
51,0
61,3
89,1
72,3

83,0
143,0
145,5
112,2
120,9

100,4
101,7
109,0
85,5
117,2
99,9
91,9
100,8

111,3
86,3
97,1
99,2
98,5

174,0
186,2
180,1

402,5
410,1
406,3

149,7
149,7

95,0
117,3
115,5
74,5
100,6

(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’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4922 — EMCC) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, electricity supply, exchange of information, merger control, transmission network

25.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 188/57

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4922 — EMCC)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 188/08)

1.
On 16 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 Energinet.dk (‘ENDK’,
Denmark), E.ON Netz GmbH (‘ENE’, Germany), Vattenfall Europe Transmission GmbH (‘VE-T’,
Germany/Sweden), Nord Pool Spot AS (‘NPS’ Norway) and European Energy Exchange AG (‘EEX’, Germany)
acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of a newly
created joint venture — European Market Coupling Company (‘EMCC’) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for ENDK, ENE and VE-T: electricity transmission system operators,

— for EEX and NPS: power exchanges,

— for EMCC: congestion management services for cross border electricity transmission networks by market

coupling.

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.4922 — EMCC, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5260 — BNP Paribas Assurance/Chomette/Sophia GE/Capital France Hôtel) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, hotel industry, insurance, management, merger control, property market, shareholding

C 188/58

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.7.2008

(Case COMP/M.5260 — BNP Paribas Assurance/Chomette/Sophia GE/Capital France Hôtel)

Prior notification of a concentration

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 188/09)

1.
On 16 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 BNP Paribas Assurance SA
(‘BNPP Assurance’, France) belonging to the BNP Paribas SA group (‘BNPP’, France), Sophia GE SA (‘Sophia
GE’, France) belonging to the General Electric Company Inc. group (‘GE’, USA) and Mr Jean-Philippe
Chomette (‘Chomette’, France) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint
control of the undertaking Capital France Hôtel SCF (‘CFH’, France) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for BNP Paribas Assurance: provision of insurance services, notably savings, protection and property and

casualty insurance,

— for BNP Paribas: worldwide banking and financial activities,

in particular,

investment and financial

banking, retail banking and asset management,

— for Sophia GE: ownership and management of commercial real estate mainly located in France,

— for GE: a diversified company active in various fields such as manufacturing, technology and services,

— for Chomette: a private investor controlling Algonquin SA, a Belgian investment company holding

stakes in small- and medium-sized enterprises,

— for CFH: ownership and management of hotel properties in urban locations in France.

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.5260 — BNP Paribas Assurance/Chomette/Sophia GE/Capital France Hôtel, 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.