do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-08-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 207/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.8.2008

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

13 August 2008

(2008/C 207/05)

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

1,4903

TRY

Turkish lira

162,05

AUD Australian dollar

7,4594

0,7942

9,3771

1,6211

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,7583

1,712

1,5916

11,6362

2,1369

2,0931

122,3

KRW South Korean won

1 549,17

7,996

1,9558

23,942

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

237,14

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7036

3,2861

3,5463

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,337

MXN Mexican peso

11,6612

10,219

7,2177

13 680,95

4,9441

66,56

36,1045

50,201

2,4127

15,1556

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4963 — Rexel/Hagemeyer) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air conditioning, economic concentration, electrical equipment, electronic equipment, heating, merger control, protective equipment, restrictive-practice authorisation, wholesale trade

C 207/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.8.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4963 — Rexel/Hagemeyer)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 207/02)

On 22 February 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 32008M4963. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5086 — BAT/Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 207/03)

On 27 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) 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 32008M5086. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 of 20 December 2007 on the establishment of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking to implement a Joint Technology Initiative in Embedded Computing Systems ( OJ L 30, 4.2.2008 )
Date: 2008-08-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU programme, EU research policy, computer system, information technology, innovation, intelligent transport system, joint venture, legal status

14.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 219/73

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 of 20 December 2007 on the establishment of the
ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking to implement a Joint Technology Initiative in Embedded Computing Systems

(Official Journal of the European Union L 30 of 4 February 2008)

On page 66, in the Annex — Statutes of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking, Article 19(3)

for:

read:

‘3.
The Annual Implementation Plan shall specify the plan for the execution of all the activities of the ARTEMIS
Joint Undertaking for a particular year, including planned calls for proposals and actions needing to be implemen­
ted through calls for proposals. (…)’,

‘3.
The Annual Implementation Plan shall specify the plan for the execution of all the activities of the ARTEMIS
Joint Undertaking for a particular year, including planned calls for proposals and actions needing to be implemen­
ted through calls for tenders. (…)’.
Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 72/2008 of 20 December 2007 setting up the ENIAC Joint Undertaking ( OJ L 30, 4.2.2008 )
Date: 2008-08-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU programme, EU research policy, joint venture, legal status, nanotechnology, new technology, public-private partnership

L 219/72

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.8.2008

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 72/2008 of 20 December 2007 setting up the ENIAC Joint
Undertaking

(Official Journal of the European Union L 30 of 4 February 2008)

On page 35, Annex, ‘Statutes of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking’, Article 19(3):
for:

‘3.
The annual implementation plan shall specify the plan for the execution of all the activities of the ENIAC
Joint Undertaking for a particular year, including planned calls for proposals and actions needing to be implemen­
ted through calls for proposals. …’,
‘3.
The annual implementation plan shall specify the plan for the execution of all the activities of the ENIAC
Joint Undertaking for a particular year, including planned calls for proposals and actions needing to be implemen­
ted through calls for tenders. …’;

read:

on page 37, Annex, ‘Statutes of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking’, Article 23, point 3.4.2:
for:

‘3.4.2. Subject to its obligations concerning confidentiality, where a project participant is required to pass on its
obligations to provide access rights, it shall give at least 45 days' prior notice to the other participants of
the envisaged transfer, …’,

read:

‘3.4.2. Subject to its obligations concerning confidentiality, where a project participant is required to pass on its
obligations to provide access rights, it shall give at least 45 days' prior notice to the other participants of
the envisaged transfer, (1) …

___________
(1) The participants may, by written agreement, agree on a different time limit or waive their right to prior notice

in the case of transfers of ownership from one participant to a specifically identified third party.’
Corrigendum to the 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 Treaty to national regional investment aid ( OJ C 180, 2.8.2007 )
Date: 2008-08-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, Hungary, Romania, Spain, State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, exchange of information, investment aid, regional aid

C 207/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.8.2008

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to the 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 Treaty to national
regional investment aid

(Official Journal of the European Union C 180 of 2 August 2007)

(2008/C 207/12)

On page 12, aid No XR 102/07, under ‘Annual budget’:

for:

‘RON 20 000 million’,

read:

‘RON 20 million’;

on page 13, aid No XR 103/07, under ‘Annual budget’:

for:

‘RON 16 000 million’,

read:

‘RON 16 million’;

on page 14:

— aid No XR 104/07, under ‘Annual budget’:

for:

‘RON 3 000 million’,

read:

‘RON 3 million’;

— aid No XR 105/07, under ‘Annual budget’:

for:

‘RON 3 200 million’,

read:

‘RON 3,2 million’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5272 — Sony/Sony BMG) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: audiovisual industry, economic concentration, electronics industry, exchange of information, merger control, music

C 207/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.8.2008

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5272 — Sony/Sony BMG)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 207/10)

1.
On 8 August 2008, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Sony Corporation of America (‘Sony’,
Japan), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (‘Sony BMG’, USA), by way of purchase of Bertelsmann AG 50 % equity
interest in Sony BMG.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Sony: electronic and electronic consumer products, entertainment and various other businesses,

— for Sony BMG: recorded music.

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.5272 — Sony/Sony BMG, 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.
Information on the date of entry into force of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles
Date: 2008-08-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Community, Seychelles, economic development, fishery management, fishing agreement, fishing rights

L 219/64

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.8.2008

AGREEMENTS

COUNCIL

Information on the date of entry into force of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the
European Community and the Republic of Seychelles

On 28 February 2007 and 24 July 2008 respectively, the European Community and the Government of the
Republic of Seychelles notified each other of the completion of the procedures necessary for entry into force
of the Agreement (1).

The Agreement accordingly entered into force on 24 July 2008, in accordance with Article 16 thereof.

(1) OJ L 290, 20.10.2006, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5252 — Hombergh-De Pundert/RSDB) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, holding company, investment company, merger control, printing, provision of services

14.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 207/15

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5252 — Hombergh-De Pundert/RSDB)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 207/11)

1.
On 5 August 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 undertakings Hombergh Holdings BV (‘Hombergh’, The Netherlands) and De Pundert Ventures BV
(‘De Pundert’, The Netherlands) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint
control of the undertaking RSDB NV (‘RSDB’, The Netherlands) by way of public bid.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Hombergh: manufacturer of concrete as well as wire and wire products for core wire, site fences and

accessories,

— for De Pundert: holding and investment company,

— for RSDB: provider of printing services.

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.5252 — Hombergh-De Pundert/RSDB, 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 814/2008 of 14 August 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-08-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

15.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 220/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 814/2008

of 14 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 15 August 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 14 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 220/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.8.2008

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
ZA
ZZ

AR
CL
TR
ZA
ZZ

TR
ZZ

IL
MK
TR
ZZ

28,3
27,8
28,1

27,4
72,3
49,9

92,6
92,6

69,5
59,6
86,6
71,9

82,1
128,8
68,7
122,9
100,6

66,9
93,0
96,5
88,3
100,2
94,8
81,5
88,7

126,0
83,0
148,5
87,1
111,2

151,2
151,2

138,3
59,0
90,9
96,1

(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’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5086 — BAT/Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, tobacco industry

C 207/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.8.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4963 — Rexel/Hagemeyer)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 207/02)

On 22 February 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 32008M4963. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5086 — BAT/Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 207/03)

On 27 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) 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 32008M5086. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2008-08-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, United Kingdom, advertising, aid to agriculture, control of State aid

14.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 207/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2008/C 207/01)

Date of adoption of the decision

2.7.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 697/07

Member State

Region

United Kingdom

Scotland

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) QMS Meat Generic Advertising Scheme

Legal basis

Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006

Quality Meat Scotland Order 2007

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Generic advertising

Provision of services on preferential terms

Annual amount: GBP 1 million (approximately EUR 1,25 million)

Overall budget: GBP 6 million (approximately EUR 7,5 million)

100 %

Date of Commission's approval until 31 March 2014

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Division
Pentland House
Area 1e
Robbs Loan
Edinburgh EH14 1TY
United Kingdom

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/