do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5239 — Cinven/JOST Holding) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commercial vehicle, disclosure of information, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, motor vehicle industry, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 216/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.8.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5239 — Cinven/JOST Holding)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 216/03)

On 31 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 32008M5239. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5268 — Goldman Sachs/PAI/Xella International)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 216/04)

On 14 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 32008M5268. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5237 — Sodexo Pass International/Sofinco/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: catering industry, consumer credit, economic concentration, exchange of information, management, merger control, service

C 216/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.8.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5237 — Sodexo Pass International/Sofinco/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 216/12)

1.
On 13 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 Sofinco, belonging to the
group Crédit Agricole SA (France) and Sodexo Pass International, belonging to the group Sodexo SA,
acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of, by purchase of
shares, a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Sofinco: consumer credit,

— for Sodexo Pass International: food collective restaurant activities, facilities management, service cards

and bills.

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.5237 — Sodexo Pass International/Sofinco/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.5286 — Lion Capital/Foodvest) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: catering industry, distributive trades, economic concentration, exchange of information, foodstuff, investment company, merger control, private investment, retail trade

23.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 216/25

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5286 — Lion Capital/Foodvest)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 216/11)

1.
On 13 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 undertaking Lion Capital LLP (‘Lion
Capital’, the United Kingdom) acquire(s) within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
control of the whole of the undertaking Foodvest Equity Co. SA (‘the Foodvest Group’, the United Kingdom)
by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Lion Capital: private equity investor,

— for Foodvest Group: processing and distribution of food products, serving the retail and food service

sectors.

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.5286 — Lion Capital/Foodvest, 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 notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for 27 Member States applicable as from 1 September 2008 (Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 ( OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1 ))
Date: 2008-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, interest

Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for
27 Member States applicable as from 1 September 2008

(Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 (OJ L 140, 30.4.2004,
p. 1))

(2008/C 216/06)

Base rates calculated in accordance with the Communication from the Commission on the revision of the
method for setting the reference and discount rates (OJ C 14, 19.1.2008, p. 6). Depending on the use of the
reference rate, the appropriate margins have still to be added as defined in this Communication. For the
discount rate this means that a margin of 100 basis points has to be added. The Commission Regulation
(EC) No 271/2008 of 30 January 2008 amending the implementing Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 foresees
that, unless otherwise provided for in a specific decision, the recovery rate will also be calculated by adding
100 basis points to the base rate.

From

1.9.2008

To

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BE

BG

CY

CZ

DE

DK

EE

EL

ES

FI

FR

HU

IE

IT

LT

LU

LV

MT

NL

PL

PT

RO

SE

SI

SK

UK

4,59 4,59 6,70 4,59 4,20 4,59 5,55 6,43 4,59 4,59 4,59 4,59 8,58 4,59 4,59 6,10 4,59 9,44 4,59 4,59 6,42 4,59 11,02 5,49 4,59 4,34 5,66

1.7.2008

31.8.2008

4,59 4,59 6,70 4,59 4,20 4,59 4,81 6,43 4,59 4,59 4,59 4,59 8,58 4,59 4,59 6,10 4,59 9,44 4,59 4,59 6,42 4,59 11,02 4,75 4,59 4,34 5,66

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 832/2008 of 22 August 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

23.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 225/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 832/2008

of 22 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 23 August 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 22 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 225/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.8.2008

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

23,3
22,4
22,9

23,5
128,2
75,9

94,1
94,1

62,8
56,0
78,0
65,6

180,5
87,5
56,1
120,3
111,1

79,4
85,6
93,0
78,2
104,7
94,5
84,3
88,5

131,9
75,8
147,3
109,8
116,2

34,9
143,1
89,0

129,2
66,2
114,4
70,3
95,0

(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.5268 — Goldman Sachs/PAI/Xella International) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building materials, commercial bank, disclosure of information, economic concentration, investment, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 216/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.8.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5239 — Cinven/JOST Holding)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 216/03)

On 31 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 32008M5239. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5268 — Goldman Sachs/PAI/Xella International)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 216/04)

On 14 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 32008M5268. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5308 — Teck Cominco/Fording Canadian Coal Trust) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: coal industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment, merger control, metallurgical industry, mining operation

23.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 216/27

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5308 — Teck Cominco/Fording Canadian Coal Trust)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 216/13)

1.
On 14 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 undertaking Teck Cominco Limited
(‘Teck’, Canada) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the
whole of the undertaking Fording Canadian Coal Trust (‘Fording’, Canada) by way of purchase of assets,
which consist principally of a royalty in respect of Fording's interest in the Elk Valley Coal Partnership
(‘EVCP’).

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Teck: mining, smelting and refining of zinc, production of other metals and by-products through its

mining activities,

— for Fording: mutual trust fund established in connection with the creation of EVCP,

— for EVCP: production of coking coal from its mines in Canada.

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.5308 — Teck Cominco/Fording Canadian Coal Trust, 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

23.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 216/15

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

22 August 2008

(2008/C 216/05)

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

1,4808

TRY

Turkish lira

162,55

AUD Australian dollar

7,4599

0,79660

9,3777

1,6228

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,7562

1,7020

1,5502

11,5608

2,0782

2,0882

120,77

KRW South Korean won

1 573,28

7,9335

1,9558

24,373

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

233,68

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7033

3,2963

3,5213

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,308

MXN Mexican peso

11,3757

10,1188

7,1708

13 534,51

4,9459

67,380

36,0899

50,281

2,3893

14,9576

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for employment (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, State aid, control of State aid, employment aid

23.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 216/21

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State
aid for employment

Aid No

Member State

Region

Title of aid scheme

Legal basis

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 216/08)

XE 24/08

Germany

—

zum ESF-Bundesprogramm „Soziale

Förderrichtlinie
Stadt — Bildung,
Wirtschaft, Arbeit im Quartier (BI-WAQ)“ für Teilhabe und Chancengerechtigkeit
in den Gebieten des Städtebauförderungsprogramms „Stadtteile mit besonderem
Entwicklungsbedarf — Soziale Stadt“ vom 2. April 2008

Förderrichtlinie „Soziale Stadt — Bildung, Wirtschaft, Arbeit
im Quartier
(BIWAQ)“ für Teilhabe und Chancengerechtigkeit in den Gebieten des Städtebau-
förderungsprogramms „Stadtteile mit besonderem Entwicklungsbedarf — Soziale
Stadt“ vom 2. April 2008 veröffentlicht im Bundesanzeiger — Amtlicher Teil —
Nr. 56, Seite 1316, vom 11. April 2008

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 8 million

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(5), 5 and 6 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

Duration

Objective

11.4.2008

31.10.2012

Art. 4: Creation of employment; Art. 5: Recruitment of disadvantaged and
disabled workers; Art. 6: Employment of disabled workers

Economic sectors

All Community sectors (1) eligible for employment aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Bundesverwaltungsamt Projektgruppe ESF
Barbarastr. 1
D-50735 Köln
Tel. (49) (0)22 899 358-0
E-mail: poststelle@bva.bund.de

(1) With the exception of the shipbuilding sector and other sectors subject to special rules in regulations and directives governing all State

aid within the sector.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5259 — Mitsui/Bamesa Celik/Bami JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: distributive trades, economic concentration, exchange of information, iron and steel industry, merger control, steel

C 216/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.8.2008

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5259 — Mitsui/Bamesa Celik/Bami JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 216/10)

1.
On 13 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 Mitsui & Co. Europe
jointly controlled by
(‘Mitsui’, UK) and Bamesa Celik Service Sanayi ve Ticaret (‘Bamesa Celik’, Turkey),
Bamesa Aceros SL (‘Bamesa’, Spain) and ArcelorMittal Group (‘ArcelorMittal’, Luxembourg) acquire within
the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the whole of a newly created joint
venture, Bami Celik Service Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (‘Bami’, Turkey) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Mitsui: operates in the worldwide trading of a number of commodities, including steel products,

— for ArcelorMittal: is worldwide integrated steel group whose activities include the manufacture of steel

inputs and the processing and distribution of steel,

— for Bamesa Aceros: operates a network of service centers which are active in the iron and steel sector,

— for Bamesa Celik: processing and distribution of steel,

— for Bami: steel processing in Turkey.

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. 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.5259 — Mitsui/Bamesa Celik/Bami 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.