do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
Date: 2008-09-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Holy See, commemoration, euro, issuing of currency, technical specification

C 228/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.9.2008

New national side of euro coins intended for circulation

(2008/C 228/06)

National side of the new 2-euro commemorative coin intended for circulation and issued by the Vatican City State

Euro coins intended for circulation are legal tender throughout the euro area. For the purpose of informing
the public and all parties involved who handle the coins, the Commission publishes a description of the
designs of all new coins (1). In accordance with the Council conclusions of 8 December 2003 (2), euro-area
Member States and those countries that have concluded a Monetary Agreement with the Community
providing for the issuance of euro coins intended for circulation are allowed to issue certain quantities of
commemorative euro coins for circulation, on condition that not more than one new coin design is issued
per country per year and that only the 2-euro denomination is used. These coins have the technical features
of normal euro circulation coins, but bear a commemorative design on the national side.

Issuing country: Vatican City State

Subject of commemoration: 2008, The Year of Saint Paul

Description of the design: The inner part of the coin depicts the conversion of Saint Paul on the road to
Damascus (the city is visible in the background); the saint, dazzled by a light from the sky, falls from his
rearing horse. Two inscriptions are engraved around the portrait: on the left hand side, an inscription
denoting the issuing country ‘CITTÀ DEL VATICANO’; on the right hand side, the legend ‘ANNO SANCTO
PAULO DICATO’. The year ‘2008’ is inscribed to the right of the portrait, as well as the mintmark ‘R’
and the artist's name ‘VEROI’. Beneath the portrait are the initials of the engraver Luciana De Simoni,
‘L.D.S. INC.’.

The twelve stars of the European flag are depicted on the outer ring.

Number of coins to be issued: 100 000 units

Date of issue: October 2008

Edge lettering: 2 ★, repeated six times, alternately upright and inverted.

(1) See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1 for the national sides of all the coins issued in 2002.
(2) See the conclusions of the Council (General Affairs) of 8 December 2003 on changes in the design of national sides of euro
coins. See also the Commission Recommendation of 29 September 2003 on a common practice for changes to the design
of national sides of euro circulation coins (OJ L 264, 15.10.2003, p. 38).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5193 — Schlumberger/First Reserve/Saxon) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-09-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, gas industry, merger control, oil technology, restrictive-practice authorisation, services company, supplier

5.9.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 228/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5193 — Schlumberger/First Reserve/Saxon)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 228/01)

On 11 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 Regu-
lation (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 32008M5193. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5246 — Goldman Sachs/Leg and Westphalian Companies)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 228/02)

On 6 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 32008M5246. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 873/2008 of 5 September 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 712/2007 opening standing invitations to tender for the resale on the Community market of cereals held by the intervention agencies of the Member States
Date: 2008-09-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU market, award of contract, cereals, intervention agency

6.9.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 239/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 873/2008

of 5 September 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 712/2007 opening standing invitations to tender for the resale on the
Community market of cereals held by the intervention agencies of the Member States

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 (1), and in particular Article 43 in conjunction
with Article 4 thereof,

(3)

(4)

Management Committee for the Common Organisation
of Agricultural Markets.

Regulation (EC) No 712/2007 should be amended
accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural
Markets,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 712/2007 (2) opens
standing invitations to tender
the resale on the
Community market of cereals held by the intervention
agencies of the Member States. The closing date for the
submission of tenders for the last partial
invitation to
tender is 10 September 2008.

for

In order to guarantee livestock farmers and the livestock-
feed industry supplies at competitive prices in the first
few months of the 2008/09 marketing year, the inter­
vention stocks held by the Hungarian intervention
agency, the only agency with stocks currently still at its
disposal, should continue to be made available on the
cereal market, and the days and dates on which tenders
may be submitted by operators should be specified in
the
accordance with the meetings

scheduled

by

Article 1

The following subparagraph is hereby added to Article 3(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 712/2007:

the closing dates

‘From 15 September 2008,
the
submission of tenders for partial invitations to tender shall
be 13:00 (Brussels time) on Wednesday 24 September 2008,
15 October 2008, 29 October 2008, 12 November 2008,
26 November 2008, 3 December 2008 and 17 December
2008.’

for

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 5 September 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 163, 23.6.2007, p. 7.
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-09-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, vocational training

5.9.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 228/17

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training
aid

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 228/10)

Reference number of the aid

XT 79/08

Member State

Region

Italy

Calabria

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Piani di formazione aziendali

Legal basis

Decreto Dirigente generale Dipartimento n. 10 Regione Calabria — n. 6837 del
3 giugno 2008 — pubblicato in data 5 giugno 2008 sul supplemento straordi-
nario n. 1 al BURC — parte 111 — 30 maggio 2008 n. 22 — Avviso pubblico
piani di formazione aziendali. POR Calabria 2000/2006, Asse HI Risorse umane
(FSE). Misura 3.9 — Sviluppo della competitività delle imprese pubbliche e
private con priorità alle PIMI, azione 3.9.a — Formazione. POR Calabria FSF
2007/2013, Asse I Adattabilità, Obiettivo specifico A — Sviluppare sistemi di
formazione continua e sostenere l'adattabilità dei lavoratori

Type of measure

Individual aid

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 0,1 million

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Date of implementation

Duration

Objective

9.6.2008

31.12.2008

General training; Specific training

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for training aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Calabria — Dipartimento n. 10 Lavoro, Politiche della famiglia,
Formazione professionale
Cooperazione e volontariato
Via Lucrezia della Valle
I-88100 Catanzaro
Case C-214/06: 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
Date: 2008-09-05
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: award of contract, free competition, interpretation of the law, public contract, works contract

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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-09-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

5.9.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 228/3

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

4 September 2008

(2008/C 228/05)

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

1,4488

TRY

Turkish lira

156,76

AUD Australian dollar

7,4561

0,813

9,4839

1,6035

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,768

1,7328

1,5344

11,31

2,1107

2,0692

123,23

KRW South Korean won

1 635,19

8,022

1,9558

24,782

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

238,73

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7042

3,386

3,5555

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,278

MXN Mexican peso

11,4275

9,9047

7,138

13 344,9

4,9658

67,48

36,6433

49,883

2,4315

15,0936

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 871/2008 of 5 September 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-09-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

6.9.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 239/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 871/2008

of 5 September 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 6 September 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 5 September 2008.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 350, 31.12.2007, p. 1.

L 239/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.9.2008

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
ZZ

JO
MK
TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

AR
UY
ZA
ZZ

IL
TR
US
XS
ZZ

BR
CL
CN
NZ
US
ZA
ZZ

CN
TR
ZA
ZZ

TR
US
XS
ZZ

IL
MK
TR
XS
ZZ

20,7
20,7

156,8
64,6
106,2
109,2

95,3
95,3

73,6
72,4
81,4
75,8

235,4
102,2
188,9
61,0
146,9

55,2
104,1
111,7
104,5
94,6
81,6
92,0

60,9
139,7
93,1
97,9

138,3
166,3
61,2
121,9

137,8
53,9
69,0
53,4
78,5

(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’.
Case T-466/07: Order of the Court of First Instance of 5 September 2008 — Osram v Council
Date: 2008-09-05
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: Council of the European Union, action for annulment (EU), anti-dumping duty, import, lighting equipment, originating product, third country

C 272/50

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.10.2008

Order of the Court of First Instance of 5 September 2008
— Osram v Council

Order of the Court of First Instance of 2 September 2008
— Shetland Islands Council v Commission

(Case T-466/07) (1)

(2008/C 272/96)

Language of the case: English

The President of the Fourth Chamber has ordered that the case
be removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 51, 23.2.2008.

(Case T-42/08) (1)

(2008/C 272/97)

Language of the case: English

The President of the Third Chamber has ordered that the case
be removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 92, 12.4.2008.
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: 2008-09-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, State aid, control of State aid, employment aid, exchange of information, worker with disabilities

C 228/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.9.2008

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 228/11)

XE 27/08

Italy

Calabria

Progetto integrato di formazione finalizzato al conseguimento delle licenze di
manutentore aeronautico («LMA») categorie «al
/b 1.1. a2/b. 1.2. a.Vh 1.3»
(meccanico certificante di manutenzione di linea) e di erogazione di incentivi
finalizzati all'occupazione

Decreto Dirigente generale Dipartimento n. 10 Regione Calabria — n. 7797 del
17 giugno 2008 — pubblicato in data 27 giugno 2007 sull'HL1RC — parte III
— Avviso pubblico per la presentazione di un progetto integrato di formazione
finalizzato al conseguimento delle licenze di manutentore aeronautico («[.MA»)
categorie «al/b. l.l, a2/b. l.2, a3/b. l.3» (meccanico certificante di manutenzione di
linea) e di erogazione di
finalizzati all'occupazione. POR Calabria
2000/2006. Asse III Risorse umane (FSE), Misura 3.2 «Inserimento e reinseri-
mento nel mercato del lavoro» e POR Calabria FSE 2007/2013. Asse II Occup-
abilità. Obiettivo operativo E.2 — Favorire la diffusione di azioni formative inte-
grale rivolte ai giovani
incentrate sull'alternanza tra formazione e luoghi
dell'imprese

incentivi

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 0,9 million

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

Duration

Objective

28.6.2008

31.12.2008

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

Economic sectors

Other (1)

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Calabria — Dipartimento n. 10 Lavoro, Politiche della famiglia,
Formazione professionale, Cooperazione e volontariato
Via Lucrezia della Valle
I-88100 Catanzaro

(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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5246 — Goldman Sachs/Leg and Westphalian Companies) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-09-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment bank, merger control, property leasing, restrictive-practice authorisation

5.9.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 228/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5193 — Schlumberger/First Reserve/Saxon)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 228/01)

On 11 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 Regu-
lation (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 32008M5193. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5246 — Goldman Sachs/Leg and Westphalian Companies)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 228/02)

On 6 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 32008M5246. EUR-Lex is the

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