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 (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-08-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Germany, State aid, control of State aid, development aid, regional development, research and development

C 206/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.8.2008

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 206/02)

Date of adoption of the decision

16.7.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 439/07

Member State

Region

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Germany

Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg

Bundesbürgschaften unter
Vorhaben in den neuen Ländern und im Regionalfördergebiet Berlin

Einbindung paralleler

Landesbürgschaften für

Legal basis

Bundeshaushaltsgesetz in der jährlichen Fassung, insbes. § 3(1) Nr. 5

Bundeshaushaltsordnung

Original title: Bundeshaushaltsplan

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Regional development

Guarantee

Overall budget: EUR 1 020 million

—

Until 31.12.2013

Economic sectors

All sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie
Scharnhorststr. 34-37
D-10115 Berlin

Bundesministerium der Finanzen
Wilhelmstr. 97
D-10117 Berlin

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

16.7.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 647/07

Member State

Region

France

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Aide individuelle à la R&D pour le projet

‘PAMELAT, pointe avant mixte

Latécoère, Recherche et innovation dans la filière composite aéronautique’

Legal basis

Régime N 51/06

13.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 206/5

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Research and development

Direct grant

Overall budget: EUR 14 million

43 %

Until 2010

Economic sectors

Manufacturing industry

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Direction Générale des Entreprises
1-12 rue Villiot
F-75012 Paris

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/
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-08-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

13.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 206/7

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

12 August 2008

(2008/C 206/05)

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

1,4907

TRY

Turkish lira

163,97

AUD Australian dollar

7,4597

0,7844

9,3889

1,6215

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,7609

1,7048

1,5936

11,6396

2,1389

2,1029

121,93

KRW South Korean won

1 541,01

8,012

1,9558

23,954

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

236,47

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7042

3,2753

3,539

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,343

MXN Mexican peso

11,571

10,231

7,2065

13 669,72

4,9588

66,58

36,154

50,222

2,4134

15,1288

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1628/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to national regional investment aid (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-08-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, investment aid, regional aid

C 206/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.8.2008

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1628/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to national
regional investment aid

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 206/06)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XR 113/07

Austria

Niederösterreich

Title of aid scheme or the name of
the undertaking receiving ad hoc aid
supplement

Ecoplus Richtlinien für regionale betriebliche Investitionsprojekte in Niederöster-
reich

Legal basis

Gesellschaftsvertrag der ecoplus Niederösterreichs Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH
sowie Aufsichtsratsbeschluss vom 5.4.2007

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Annual budget

EUR 30 million

Maximum aid intensity

15 %

In conformity with Article 4 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

1.4.2007

Duration

31.12.2007

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for regional investment aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ecoplus Niederösterreichische Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH
Lugeck 1
A-1011 Wien
E-mail: headoffice@ecoplus.at

Internet address of the publication of
the aid scheme

www.ecoplus.at/regionalfoerderung

Other information

—

Aid No

Member State

Region

XR 115/07

Austria

Oberösterreich

Title of aid scheme or the name of
the undertaking receiving ad hoc aid
supplement

Wirtschafts-
Zeitraum 1.6.2007-31.12.2013

Impulsprogramm (WIP) des Landes Oberösterreich für den

13.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 206/9

Legal basis

Type of measure

Annual budget

Beschluss der oö Landesregierung vom 21.5.2007

Aid scheme

EUR 2 million

Maximum aid intensity

15 %

In conformity with Article 4 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

Duration

1.6.2007

31.12.2013

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for regional investment aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Land Oberösterreich
Amt der oö. Landesregierung, Abteilung Gewerbe/Wirtschaftspolitik
Tel. (43) 732 7720-15158
E-mail: ge.post@ooe.gv.at

Internet address of the publication of
the aid scheme

www.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at

http://www.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3DCFCFC3-E83B4377/
ooe/hs.xsl/26536_DEU_HTML.htm

Other information

—
Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2008 of 13 August 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-08-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

14.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 219/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 809/2008

of 13 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 14 August 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 13 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 219/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.8.2008

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 30

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

MK
XS
ZZ

MK
TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

AR
UY
ZA
ZZ

CL
EG
MK
TR
ZZ

AR
BR
CL
CN
NZ
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

AR
CL
TR
ZA
ZZ

TR
ZZ

IL
MK
TR
XS
ZZ

29,1
27,8
28,5

31,0
89,6
60,3

92,6
92,6

70,2
59,6
81,5
70,4

82,1
128,5
68,7
120,5
100,0

87,4
86,3
92,4
80,2
108,2
96,6
148,0
83,2
97,8

75,6
83,0
161,7
91,7
103,0

154,7
154,7

138,3
59,0
90,9
62,1
87,6

(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’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5190 — Nordic Capital/Convatec) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, marketing, medical device, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 206/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.8.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5176 — CVC/Schuitema)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 206/03)

On 26 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 32008M5176. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5190 — Nordic Capital/Convatec)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 206/04)

On 15 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) in conjunction with Article 6(2)
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 32008M5190. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5176 — CVC/Schuitema) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, consultancy, economic concentration, investment, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, retail trade, wholesale trade

C 206/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.8.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5176 — CVC/Schuitema)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 206/03)

On 26 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 32008M5176. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5190 — Nordic Capital/Convatec)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 206/04)

On 15 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) in conjunction with Article 6(2)
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 32008M5190. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Case C-374/08: Action brought on 13 August 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Hungary
Date: 2008-08-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Hungary, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, credit institution, financial instrument, investment company, management audit, national implementing measure

C 260/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.10.2008

Action brought on 13 August 2008 — Commission of the
European Communities v Republic of Hungary

(Case C-374/08)

(2008/C 260/22)

Language of the case: Hungarian

2006/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 14 June 2006 on the capital adequacy of investment
firms and credit institutions (1) or by failing to inform the
Commission of such provisions, the Republic of Hungary
has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;

— order Republic of Hungary to pay the costs.

Parties

Applicant(s): Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: P. Dejmek and B.D. Simon, acting as Agent(s))

Pleas in law and main arguments

Defendant(s): Republic of Hungary

Form of order sought

The time limit
for
31 December 2006.

implementing the directive expired on

— Declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive

(1) OJ L 177, p. 201.