do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case C-203/05: Order of the President of the Court of 20 August 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Special Commissioner of Income Tax, London — United Kingdom) — Vodafone 2 v Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
Date: 2008-08-20
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: corporation tax, interpretation of the law, tax exemption, tax on profits of self-employment

6.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 313/21

— order United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The period within which the directive had to be transposed
expired on 11 June 2007.

(1) OJ L 149, p. 14.

Order of the President of the Court of 20 August 2008
(reference for a preliminary ruling from the Special
Commissioner of Income Tax, London — United Kingdom)
— Vodafone 2 v Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs

(Case C-203/05) (1)

(2008/C 313/32)

Language of the case: English

Action brought on 21 October 2008 — Commission of the
European Communities v Portuguese Republic

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 182, 23.7.2005.

(Case C-459/08)

(2008/C 313/31)

Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: H. Støvlbæk and M. França, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Portuguese Republic

Form of order sought

— Declare that, by failing to adopt and publish the laws, regula-
tions and administrative provisions necessary to comply
with Directive 2005/36/EC (1) of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition
of professional qualifications or, in any event, by failing to
notify the Commission of such measures, the Portuguese
Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that direc-
tive;

Order of the President of the Court of 5 September 2008
(reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale
Amministrativo Regionale per la Lombardia — Italy) —
Colasfalti S.r.l. v Provincia di Milano, ATI Legrenzi Srl,
Impresa Costruzioni Edili e Stradali dei F. 11i Paccani Snc

(Case C-214/06) (1)

(2008/C 313/33)

— order the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.

Language of the case: Italian

Pleas in law and main arguments

The period prescribed for transposing the directive expired on
20 October 2007.

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ 2005 L 255, p. 22.

(1) OJ C 178, 29.7.2006.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5254 — Acea/Ondeo Italia/Acque Blu JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical industry, environmental protection, exchange of information, gas industry, institution of public utility, merger control, water supply, water treatment

20.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 212/31

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5254 — Acea/Ondeo Italia/Acque Blu JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 212/11)

1.
On 11 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 the undertakings Acea SpA (‘Acea’, Italy)
and Ondeo Italia SpA (‘Ondeo’, Italy) belonging to the group Suez SA (‘Suez’, France) acquire within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Acque Blu Srl (‘Acque
Blu’, Italy) 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 Acea: an Italian public utility company,

— for Ondeo: water treatment and supply, wastewater collection and treatment in Italy,

— for Suez: active in the gas and electricity sectors, in energy services and in water and environmental

services,

— for Acque Blu: water treatment and supply, wastewater collection and treatment in Tuscany, Italy.

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.5254 — Acea/Ondeo Italia/Acque Blu 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5304 — Indaver/NEIF/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, hazardous waste, investment company, merger control, waste management

C 212/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.8.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5304 — Indaver/NEIF/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 212/12)

1.
On 12 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 the undertakings Indaver NV (‘Indaver’,
Belgium) and NEIF Infrastructure Investments Holding I BV (‘NEIF’, Netherlands) controlled by JC Flowers
(‘JCF’, USA) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of
the undertakings SAV Betiligungs GmbH and SAV Verwaltungs GmbH (together ‘SAV’, Germany) by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Indaver: integrated services and total waste management solutions in Europe,

— for undertaking NEIF: an investment found, subsidiary of NIBC, a merchant bank offering corporate

financial services,

— for undertaking SAV: hazardous waste management mainly in Germany,

— for undertaking JCF: consultancy and private equity fund.

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.5304 — Indaver/NEIF/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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 825/2008 of 20 August 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

21.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 223/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 825/2008

of 20 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 21 August 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 20 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 223/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.8.2008

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

EG
IL
MK
TR
ZZ

AR
BR
CL
CN
NZ
US
ZA
ZZ

AR
CL
TR
ZA
ZZ

MK
TR
ZZ

IL
MK
TR
XS
ZZ

25,6
23,8
24,7

23,5
95,1
59,3

92,6
92,6

64,5
56,8
81,9
67,7

180,5
87,5
56,1
116,4
110,1

83,8
87,5
90,3
63,7
98,0
94,5
87,6
86,5

48,3
75,8
155,0
98,6
94,4

34,9
148,4
91,7

129,2
66,2
106,0
70,3
92,9

(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’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

20.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 212/1

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

19 August 2008

(2008/C 212/01)

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

1,4677

TRY

Turkish lira

161,11

AUD Australian dollar

7,4585

0,78850

9,3600

1,6109

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,7480

1,6931

1,5637

11,4637

2,0688

2,0818

121,27

KRW South Korean won

1 540,35

7,9525

1,9558

24,398

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

235,78

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7032

3,3308

3,5190

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,306

MXN Mexican peso

11,3827

10,0765

7,1801

13 485,23

4,8933

66,710

36,0550

50,034

2,4132

14,9698

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5261 — CLN/Wagon/WM JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commercial vehicle, cycle and motorcycle industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, motor vehicle industry, plate

C 212/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.8.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5261 — CLN/Wagon/WM JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 212/10)

1.
On 12 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 the undertakings CLN Coils Lamiere Nastri
SpA (‘CLN’, Italy) and Wagon plc (‘Wagon’, United Kingdom) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b)
of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking WM Srl (‘WM’, Italy) 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 undertaking CLN: Development, production and sales of metal components, flat rolled steel products

and wheels for cars, commercial vehicles and motorbikes,

— for undertaking Wagon: Development, production and sales of vehicle body structures for the automo-

tive industry,

— for undertaking WM: Development, production and sales of roll-formed steel beams for commercial

vehicles and truck chassis.

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.5261 — CLN/Wagon/WM 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5183 — Centrex/ZMB/Enìa/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, energy production, exchange of information, gas industry, merger control, natural gas, petrochemicals, water supply

20.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 212/29

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5183 — Centrex/ZMB/Enìa/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 212/09)

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 the undertakings Centrex Europe Energy &
Gas AG (Austria), belonging to Centrex Group Holding Ltd (‘Centrex’, Cyprus) and ultimately controlled by
the Bank for Foreign Trade of the Russian Federation, ZMB GmbH (‘ZMB’, Germany), ultimately controlled
by OAO Gazprom (‘Gazprom’, Russia), and Enìa SpA (‘Enìa’,
Italy) acquire within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertakings Enìa Energia SpA (‘Enìa Energia’,
Italy), currently wholly owned by Enìa, and SPV JV (Italy), a vehicle company constituting a joint venture, by
way of purchase of shares and contribution of assets.
2.
— for Centrex: development and utilization of energy production facilities mainly in EU and Community of

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

Independent States,

— for Gazprom: exploration, production, transportation, refining and marketing of natural gas and petro-

chemical products,

— for Enìa: supply of electricity and gas, water distribution, sewage, urban waste, district heating and

related services in the municipalities of Parma, Piacenza and Reggio Emilia,

— for Enìa Energia: energy trading subsidiary of Enìa, active in the supply of gas and electricity,
— for SPV JV: purchase, import and sale of gas to industrial customers and to other commercial compa-

nies.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed

3.
scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.
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.5183 — Centrex/ZMB/Enìa/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.