do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5139 — Empik/HDS/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: distributive trades, economic concentration, merger control, press, restrictive-practice authorisation, retail outlet, retail selling, wholesale trade

8.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 202/7

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5139 — Empik/HDS/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 202/03)

On 28 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 32008M5139. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5234 — Thomas Cook France/Jet Tours)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 202/04)

On 1 August 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 32008M5234. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-08-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

8.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 202/15

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

7 August 2008

(2008/C 202/06)

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

1,5471

TRY

Turkish lira

169,16

AUD Australian dollar

7,4609

0,79255

9,4127

1,6322

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,8050

1,6986

1,6201

12,0760

2,1537

2,1440

123,88

KRW South Korean won

1 572,55

7,9970

1,9558

24,105

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

234,20

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7051

3,2458

3,4805

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,363

MXN Mexican peso

11,5027

10,6153

7,2126

14 078,61

5,0822

67,760

36,4730

51,971

2,4356

15,3828

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
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: 2008-08-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, Portugal, State aid, control of State aid, research and development

8.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 202/5

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 202/02)

Date of adoption of the decision

1.7.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 543/07

Member State

Region

Czech Republic

Czech Republic

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Resortní program obranného výzkumu a vývoje Ministerstva obrany České

republiky (Rozvoj dosažených schopností ozbrojených sil České republiky)

Legal basis

Zákon č. 130/2002 Sb., o podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných prostředků
a o změně některých souvisejících zákonů, v platném znění; nařízení vlády
č. 461/2002 Sb., o účelové podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných prostředků
a o veřejné soutěži ve výzkumu a vývoji

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Research and development

Direct grant

Overall budget: CZK 328,802 million

100 %

Until 31.12.2012

Economic sectors

All sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministerstvo obrany
Sekce vyzbrojování
Náměstí Svobody 471
CZ-160 01 Praha 6

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

17.6.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 780/07

Member State

Region

Portugal

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Sistema de incentivos à investigação e desenvolvimento tecnológico

Legal basis

Portaria n.o 1462/2007 de 15 de Novembro de 2007

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Research and development, Innovation

C 202/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.8.2008

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Direct grant, Soft loan

Overall budget: EUR 500 million

80 %

Until 31.12.2013

Economic sectors

All sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

—

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/
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5234 — Thomas Cook France/Jet Tours) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: distance selling, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, supermarket, travel agency

8.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 202/7

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5139 — Empik/HDS/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 202/03)

On 28 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 32008M5139. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5234 — Thomas Cook France/Jet Tours)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 202/04)

On 1 August 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 32008M5234. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Case C-368/08: Action brought on 8 August 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic
Date: 2008-08-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Greece, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, environmental liability, national implementing measure, polluter pays principle, pollution control measures, prevention of pollution

27.9.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 247/11

Pleas in law and main arguments

Pleas in law and main arguments

The time-limit for transposition of Directive 2005/14/EC into
domestic law expired on 11 June 2007.

The time-limit for transposition of Directive 2004/35/EC into
domestic law expired on 30 April 2007.

(1) OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 14.

(1) OJ L 143, 30.4.2004, p. 56.

Action brought on 8 August 2008 — Commission of the
European Communities v Hellenic Republic

(Case C-368/08)

(2008/C 247/19)

Language of the case: Greek

Order of the President of the Court of 30 May 2008
(reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht
Klagenfurt — Austria) — A-Punkt Schmuckhandels GmbH
v Claudia Schmidt

(Case C-315/07) (1)

(2008/C 247/20)

Language of the case: German

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

Parties

(1) OJ C 269, 10.11.2007.

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: U. Wölker and I. Dimitriou)

Defendant: Hellenic Republic

Form of order sought

the European Parliament and of

— declare that, by not adopting the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive
2004/35/EC (1) of
the
Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with
regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental
damage, and in any event by not notifying those provisions
to the Commission, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil
its obligations under Article 19(1) of that directive;

the President of

Order of
the Court of 3 June 2008
(reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht
Berlin — Germany) — M.C.O. Congres v Suxess GmbH

(Case C-476/07) (1)

(2008/C 247/21)

Language of the case: German

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

— order the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 22, 26.1.2008.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 799/2008 of 8 August 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-08-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

9.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 214/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 799/2008

of 8 August 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 9 August 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 8 August 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 214/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.8.2008

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 20 95

0809 30

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

MK
XS
ZZ

TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

AR
CL
UY
ZA
ZZ

CL
EG
IL
MK
TR
ZZ

AR
BR
CL
CN
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

AR
CL
TR
ZA
ZZ

CA
TR
US
ZZ

TR
ZZ

BA
IL
MK
XS
ZZ

29,6
27,8
28,7

106,2
106,2

93,9
93,9

77,4
63,1
60,8
88,5
72,5

82,1
152,6
157,1
68,7
141,6
120,4

85,8
80,4
97,5
85,2
107,6
95,0
148,0
86,8
98,3

67,2
99,3
144,3
98,0
102,2

242,0
554,5
462,0
419,5

159,2
159,2

66,2
136,9
59,0
62,1
81,1

(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’.