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Commission Regulation (EC) No 876/2008 of 9 September 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-09-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

10.9.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 241/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 876/2008

of 9 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 10 September 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 9 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.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.9.2008

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
ZZ

BR
CL
CN
NZ
US
ZA
ZZ

CN
TR
ZA
ZZ

TR
US
XS
ZZ

IL
MK
TR
XS
ZZ

21,6
21,6

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

94,6
94,6

65,2
65,0
70,3
66,8

235,4
105,1
158,2
166,2

55,2
105,3
72,7
102,9
98,9
80,5
85,9

65,0
138,0
100,3
101,1

129,0
182,4
61,2
124,2

121,1
22,0
76,3
64,2
70,9

(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’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5241 — American Express/Fortis/Alpha Card) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-09-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, economic concentration, electronic money, exchange of information, insurance, merger control, provision of services, travel

C 230/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.9.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5241 — American Express/Fortis/Alpha Card)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 230/16)

1.
On 29 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 American Express
Company (‘American Express’, USA) and Fortis Bank SA/NV (‘Fortis’, Belgium) acquire within the meaning
of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Alpha Card S.C.R.L./C.V.B.A.
(‘Alpha Card’, Belgium) by way of restructuring of the joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking American Express: worldwide payment card issuing and merchant acquiring; travel and

insurance services,

— for undertaking Fortis: worldwide banking and insurance to personal, business and institutional custo-

mers; investment services,

— for undertaking Alpha Card: payment card issuing and merchant acquiring services in Belgium and

Luxembourg.

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.5241 — American Express/Fortis/Alpha Card, 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 pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 — Modification by Italy of the public service obligation in respect of the following scheduled air services: Alghero-Rome, Alghero-Milan, Cagliari-Rome, Cagliari-Milan, Olbia-Rome and Olbia-Milan (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-09-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, air freight rate, air transport, airline, inland transport, public service

C 230/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.9.2008

Commission notice pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92

Modification by Italy of the public service obligation in respect of the following scheduled air
services: Alghero-Rome, Alghero-Milan, Cagliari-Rome, Cagliari-Milan, Olbia-Rome and Olbia-Milan

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 230/14)

In accordance with Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on access for
Community air carriers to intra-Community air routes, the Italian Government has decided to modify the
public service obligation in respect of the following scheduled air services: Alghero-Rome, Alghero-Milan,
Cagliari-Rome, Cagliari-Milan, Olbia-Rome and Olbia-Milan, published in Official Journal of the European
Union C 72 of 24.3.2006, and amended in Official Journal of the European Union C 141 of 26.6.2007, Official
Journal of the European Union C 195 of 23.8.2007 and Official Journal of the European Union C 121 of
17.5.2008.

In accordance with point 4.6 of the public service obligation, the fares are revised as follows:

Route

Maximum reduced fare
VAT included

Maximum full fare
VAT included

Alghero-Rome or vice versa

Alghero-Milan or vice versa

Cagliari-Rome or vice versa

Cagliari-Milan or vice versa

Olbia-Rome or vice versa

Olbia-Milan or vice versa

EUR 50

EUR 61

EUR 50

EUR 61

EUR 50

EUR 61

EUR 112

EUR 128

EUR 112

EUR 128

EUR 112

EUR 128

The other requirements of the public service obligation published in Official Journal of the European Union
C 72 of 24.3.2006 remain unchanged.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-09-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

9.9.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 230/3

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

8 September 2008

(2008/C 230/05)

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

1,4214

TRY

Turkish lira

154,42

AUD Australian dollar

7,4568

0,80720

9,4591

1,6052

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,7359

1,7346

1,5091

11,0912

2,1086

2,0285

123,98

KRW South Korean won

1 536,68

7,9975

1,9558

24,938

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

241,10

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7039

3,4720

3,5908

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,290

MXN Mexican peso

11,1397

9,7271

7,1360

13 217,60

4,8832

66,130

36,1680

49,067

2,4199

14,7939

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5279 — Linde/Flowserve/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-09-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy transport, merger control, natural gas, pump, restrictive-practice authorisation

9.9.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 230/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

(Case COMP/M.5278 — Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel/Citibank Private Banking Germany)

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 230/01)

On 28 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 32008M5278. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5279 — Linde/Flowserve/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 230/02)

On 27 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 32008M5279. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Case C-392/08: Action brought on 9 September 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain
Date: 2008-09-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Spain, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, dangerous substance, environmental risk prevention, industrial hazard, public health, safety standard

C 272/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.10.2008

Action brought on 9 September 2008 — Commission of
the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain

(Case C-392/08)

(2008/C 272/24)

Language of the case: Spanish

The objective of this application is to seek a declaration that by
failing to draw up external emergency plans for all establish-
ments to which Article 9 applies, the Kingdom of Spain has
failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 11(1)(c) of Directive
96/82/EC.

(1) OJ 1996 L 10, p. 13.

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: S. Pardo Quintillán and A. Sipos, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of Spain

Form of order sought

— Declare that, by failing to draw up external emergency plans
for all establishments to which Article 9 of Council Directive
96/82/EC (1) of 9 December 1996 on the control of major-
accident hazards involving dangerous substances applies, the
Kingdom of Spain has failed to fulfil its obligations under
Article 11(1)(c) of Directive 96/82/EC.

— order the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

According to Article 2(1) of Directive 96/82/EC, Article 9 of
the directive, the Directive is to apply to establishments where
dangerous substances are present in quantities equal to or in
excess of
the quantities listed in Annex I, Parts 1 and 2,
column 3.

Under Article 11(1)(c) of that directive, Member States are to
ensure that, for all establishments to which Article 9 applies, the
authorities designated for that purpose are to draw up an
external emergency plan for the measures to be taken outside
the establishment.

Action brought on 15 September 2008 — Commission of
the European Communities v Portuguese Republic

(Case C-397/08)

(2008/C 272/25)

Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: N. Yerrell and M. Telles Romão, 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 2003/59/EC (1) of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 15 July 2003 on the initial qualifica-
tion and periodic training of drivers of certain road vehicles
for the carriage of goods or passengers, amending Council
Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 and Council Directive
91/439/EEC and repealing Council Directive 76/914/EEC
and,
in any event, by failing to notify the Commission
thereof, the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obliga-
tions under that directive;

— order the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The period prescribed for transposing the directive expired on
10 September 2006.

(1) OJ 2003 L 226, p. 4.