do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
State aid — France (Articles 87 to 89 of the Treaty establishing the European Community) — Commission notice pursuant to Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty — Withdrawal of notification — State aid C 51/07 (ex N 530/07) — Support by the Industrial Innovation Agency in favour of the VHD programme (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-07-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, State aid, control of State aid, electric vehicle, innovation

C 189/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.7.2008

STATE AID — FRANCE

(Articles 87 to 89 of the Treaty establishing the European Community)

Commission notice pursuant to Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty — Withdrawal of notification

State aid C 51/07 (ex N 530/07) — Support by the Industrial Innovation Agency in favour of the
VHD programme

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 189/08)

By decision of 29 January 2008, the Commission decided to close the formal investigation procedure under
Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty, initiated on 13 November 2007 in respect of the measure referred to above,
recording that France had withdrawn its notification on 29 November 2007.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5184 — Arcapita/Freightliner) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, disclosure of information, economic concentration, investment, merger control, rail transport, restrictive-practice authorisation

26.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 189/5

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5184 — Arcapita/Freightliner)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 189/02)

On 18 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 32008M5184. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5229 — OMV/Lehman/Met/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-07-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consultancy, consumer protection, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, gas, merger control, power plant, renewable energy, telecommunications

26.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 189/13

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5229 — OMV/Lehman/Met/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 189/07)

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 undertakings OMV Power International
GmbH (‘OPI’, Austria) controlled by OMV AG, Austria, Lehman ALI Inc. (‘Lehman’, USA) belonging to the
Lehman Brothers Group, and the Met Group (‘Met Group’, Turkey) controlled by Dr Celal Metin acquire
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of Borasco Elektrik Üretim
Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (‘Borasco Elektrik’, Turkey) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company
constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for OPI: development of power plant projects for gas and renewable energy,

— for Lehman: financial services,

— for the Met Group: consultancy services focused on energy, telecommunication and consumer sectors,

— for Borasco Elektrik: development and operation of a gas power plant in Turkey.

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.5229 — OMV/Lehman/Met/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.
(2) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.
Notice of the impending expiry of certain countervailing measures concerning imports of bedlinen originating in India
Date: 2008-07-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: India, cotton, countervailing charge, import, originating product, textile product

C 189/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.7.2008

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON
COMMERCIAL POLICY

COMMISSION

Notice of the impending expiry of certain countervailing measures concerning imports of bedlinen
originating in India

(2008/C 189/06)

As provided for in Article 18(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 of 6 October 1997 on
1.
protection against subsidised 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
countervailing 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 subsidi-
sation 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 18(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2026/97.

Product

Country(ies) of
origin or
exportation

Measures

Reference

Date of expiry

Bedlinen
type)

(cotton

India

Countervailing duty

Regulation

Council
(EC)
No 74/2004 (OJ L 12, 17.1.2004,
p. 1) as last amended by Regu-
1840/2006
No
lation
(OJ L 355, 15.12.2006, p. 4)

(EC)

18.1.2009

(1) OJ L 288, 21.10.1997, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 461/2004 (OJ L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 12).
(2) Fax (32-2) 295 65 05.
Notice concerning a request in accordance with Article 30 of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council — Deadline extension — Request made by a Member State
Date: 2008-07-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Poland, award of contract, electrical energy, energy production, wholesale selling

26.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 189/15

OTHER ACTS

COMMISSION

Notice concerning a request in accordance with Article 30 of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council — Deadline extension

Request made by a Member State

(2008/C 189/09)

On 19 May 2008, the Commission received a request in accordance with Article 30(4) of Directive
2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procure-
ment procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (1).

This request, made by the Republic of Poland, concerns the production and wholesale of electricity in that
country. The request was published in OJ C 134 of 31.5.2008, p. 43. The initial deadline was 20 August
2008.

Given that the Commission needs to obtain and examine further information, and in keeping with the
provisions contained in the third sentence of Article 30(6), the period in which the Commission must take a
decision on this request is extended by one month.

The final deadline is therefore 20 September 2008.

(1) OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 385/2008 of 29 April 2008 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 renewing and strengthening the restrictive measures in respect of Burma/Myanmar and repealing Regulation (EC) No 817/2006 ( OJ L 116, 30.4.2008 )
Date: 2008-07-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Myanmar/Burma, common foreign and security policy, economic sanctions, human rights, international sanctions, restriction of liberty, trade restriction

L 198/74

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.7.2008

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 385/2008 of 29 April 2008 amending Council Regulation (EC)
No 194/2008 renewing and strengthening the restrictive measures in respect of Burma/Myanmar and repealing
Regulation (EC) No 817/2006

(Official Journal of the European Union L 116 of 30 April 2008)

On page 8, point (5)(a):

for:

‘(a) entries D7a (duplicate), D8a, D20c and D31a (duplicate) shall be replaced by the following (changes shown in

bold):’,

read:

‘(a) entries D7b, D8a, D20c and D32a shall be replaced by the following (changes shown in bold):’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-07-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

26.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 189/9

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

25 July 2008

(2008/C 189/04)

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

1,5734

TRY

Turkish lira

168,77

AUD Australian dollar

7,4619

0,78880

9,4610

1,6268

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,8966

1,6438

1,5968

12,2698

2,1159

2,1407

127,51

KRW South Korean won

1 584,41

8,0815

1,9558

23,595

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

231,35

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7032

3,2080

3,5675

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,385

MXN Mexican peso

11,9481

10,7275

7,2182

14 352,55

5,1129

69,143

36,7435

52,608

2,4808

15,7525

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.