do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 4,65 % on 1 October 2008 — Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-10-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, exchange rate, interest

C 250/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.10.2008

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations (1):

4,65 % on 1 October 2008

Euro exchange rates (2)

1 October 2008

(2008/C 250/03)

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

KRW South Korean won

1 680,57

1,4081

TRY

Turkish lira

149,55

AUD Australian dollar

7,4604

0,7919

9,7268

1,5818

156,68

8,26

1,9558

24,513

15,6466

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

241,65

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7091

3,3819

3,7364

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,304

MXN Mexican peso

1,792

1,7658

1,4912

10,9381

2,0839

2,0196

11,6408

9,6434

7,1123

13 370,85

4,8474

66,67

36,1395

47,854

2,6829

15,3976

(1) Rate applied to the most recent operation carried out before the indicated day. In the case of a variable rate tender, the

interest rate is the marginal rate.

(2) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
2008/774/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 2 October 2008 appointing a Luxembourg member of the European Economic and Social Committee
Date: 2008-10-02
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Economic and Social Committee, Luxembourg, appointment of staff

L 266/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.10.2008

(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

II

DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 2 October 2008

appointing a Luxembourg member of the European Economic and Social Committee

(2008/774/EC, Euratom)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 259 thereof,

establishing the European

Article 1

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community, and in particular Article 167 thereof,

Mr Patrick SEYLER, General Manager, ArcelorMittal,
is hereby
appointed a member of the European Economic and Social
the term of office, which
Committee for the remainder of
ends on 20 September 2010.

Having regard to Decision 2006/524/EC, Euratom (1),

Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Luxembourg
Government,

This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.

Article 2

Having obtained the opinion of the Commission,

Done at Luxembourg, 2 October 2008.

Whereas a member’s seat on the European Economic and Social
Committee has fallen vacant following the resignation of Mr
Paul JUNCK,

For the Council
The President

X. BERTRAND

(1) OJ L 207, 28.7.2006, p. 30.
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2008-10-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, State aid, aid for restructuring, animal production, control of State aid, small business

2.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 250/1

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 250/01)

Date of adoption of the decision

29.8.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 747/07

Member State

Region

Italy

Veneto

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Aiuti alla ristrutturazione a favore delle imprese attive nel settore della produ-

zione animale

Legal basis

Legge regionale n. 40/2003 «Nuove norme per gli
in agricoltura»;
deliberazione della Giunta regionale 3486 del 6.11.2007: «Nuove norme per gli
interventi in agricoltura, articoli 59 e 60. Aiuti per il salvataggio e la ristruttura-
zione»

interventi

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Aid to restructure small enterprises in the sector of animal production

Interest subsidy

EUR 2 500 000

—

2008

Economic sectors

Agricultural sector

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Giunta regionale del Veneto
Dorsoduro 3901
I-30123 Venezia

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/
Commission Regulation (EC) No 968/2008 of 2 October 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-10-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit

3.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 264/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 968/2008

of 2 October 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 3 October 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 2 October 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 264/4

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Official Journal of the European Union

3.10.2008

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

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

MA
MK
TR
ZZ

JO
TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

AR
BR
EG
TR
UY
ZA
ZZ

TR
US
ZZ

CL
CN
CR
NZ
US
ZA
ZZ

CN
TR
ZA
ZZ

91,4
39,4
88,1
73,0

156,8
74,9
115,9

120,2
120,2

79,0
51,8
71,4
92,0
95,7
71,1
76,8

87,7
162,4
125,1

127,5
93,4
67,4
109,1
92,2
92,6
97,0

69,9
137,5
92,0
99,8

(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 C-157/06: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 2 October 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Public supply contracts — Directive 93/36/EEC — Award of public contracts without prior publication of a notice — Light helicopters for the police and the national fire service)
Date: 2008-10-02
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Italy, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, award of contract, derogation from EU law, helicopter, police, public contract, supplies contract

22.11.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 301/5

V

(Announcements)

COURT PROCEEDINGS

COURT OF JUSTICE

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 2 October
the European Communities v
2008 — Commission of

Italian Republic

(Case C-157/06) (1)

Italian Republic has failed to fulfil
its obligations under Council
Directive 93/36/EEC of 14 June 1993 coordinating procedures for
the award of public supply contracts, and in particular under Arti-
cles 2(1)(b), 6 and 9 thereof;

2. Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Public
supply contracts — Directive 93/36/EEC — Award of public
contracts without prior publication of a notice — Light heli-
copters for the police and the national fire service)

(1) OJ C 131, 3.6.2006.

(2008/C 301/08)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: X. Lewis and D. Recchia, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Italian Republic (represented by: I.M. Braguglia, acting
as Agent, and by G. Fiengo, lawyer)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Council Direc-
tive 93/36/EEC of 14 June 1993 coordinating procedures for
the award of public supply contracts (OJ 1993 L 199, p. 1) —
Failure to establish the existence of grounds capable of allowing
a contracting authority to have recourse to the negotiated proce-
dure without prior publication of a tender notice — Light heli-
copters acquired for the use of the police and fire service

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 2 October
2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanz-
gericht Hamburg — Germany) — Heinrich Bauer Verlag
Beteiligungs GmbH v Finanzamt für Großunternehmen in
Hamburg

(Case C-360/06) (1)

(Freedom of establishment — Tax legislation — Corporation
tax — Valuation of unlisted shares in limited companies)

(2008/C 301/09)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Finanzgericht Hamburg

Parties to the main proceedings

1. Declares that by adopting Decree No 558/A/04/03/RR of the
Minister for the Interior of 11 July 2003, authorising the deroga-
tion from the Community rules on public supply contracts in
respect of the purchase of
light helicopters for the use of police
forces and the national fire service, without any of the conditions
the
capable of

justifying that derogation having been satisfied,

Applicant: Heinrich Bauer Verlag BeteiligungsGmbH

Defendant: Finanzamt für Großunternehmen in Hamburg

Intervener: Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG
Europe in figures : Eurostat yearbook 2008.
Date: 2008-10-02
Institutions: Publications Office of the European Union
Subjects: EU publication, EU statistics, Publications Office of the European Union, dissemination of EU information

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are used in policy-making, macro-economic analysis, social justice eff orts
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Case C-112/06: Order of the President of the Court of 2 October 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic
Date: 2008-10-02
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Greece, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, waste management

C 69/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.3.2009

Order of the President of the Court of 2 October 2008 —
the European Communities v Hellenic
Commission of

Republic

(Case C-112/06) (1)

(2009/C 69/55)

Language of the case: Greek

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

Order of the President of the Court of 17 December 2008
— European Parliament v Commission of the European
Communities

(Case C-474/07) (1)

(2009/C 69/58)

Language of the case: English

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 121, 20.5.2006.

(1) OJ C 297, 8.12.2007.

Order of the President of the Court of 25 November 2008
(reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de
commerce de Charleroi — Belgium) — SA Sporting du
Pays de Charleroi, G-14 Groupement des clubs de football
Football
européens

Internationale

Fédération

de

v

Association (FIFA)

(Case C-243/06) (1)

(2009/C 69/56)

Language of the case: French

Order of the President of the Court of 22 October 2008 —
the European Communities v Hellenic
Commission of

Republic

(Case C-494/07) (1)

(2009/C 69/59)

Language of the case: Greek

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 212, 2.9.2006.

(1) OJ C 8, 12.1.2008.

Order of the President of the Third Chamber of the Court
of 1 December 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling
from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale del Lazio —
Italy) — CEPAV DUE — Consorzio ENI per l'Alta Velocità,
Consorzio COCIV, Consorzio IRICAV DUE v Office of the
the Council of Ministers, Ministry of
President of

Order of the President of the Seventh Chamber of the
the
Court of 14 November 2008 — Commission of

European Communities v Hellenic Republic

Transport and Others

(Case C-351/07) (1)

(2009/C 69/57)

Language of the case: Italian

(Case C-541/07) (1)

(2009/C 69/60)

Language of the case: Greek

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

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

(1) OJ C 247, 20.10.2007.

(1) OJ C 22, 26.1.2008.
2008/778/EC: Council Decision of 2 October 2008 appointing an Austrian member and alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2008-10-02
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Austria, European Committee of the Regions, appointment of staff

L 267/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.10.2008

COUNCIL DECISION

of 2 October 2008

appointing an Austrian member and alternate member of the Committee of the Regions

(2008/778/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,

establishing the European

The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the
Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which
runs until 25 January 2010:

Article 1

Having regard to the proposal of the Austrian Government,

(a) as a member:

Dr Herwig VAN STAA, Präsident des Tiroler Landtages.

Whereas:

(b) as an alternate member:

(1)

(2)

On 24 January 2006,
the Council adopted Decision
2006/116/EC appointing the members and alternate
members of
the
period from 26 January 2006 to 25 January 2010 (1).

the Committee of

the Regions for

Mr Günther PLATTER, Landeshauptmann, Tirol.

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption.

Done at Luxembourg, 2 October 2008.

A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has
become vacant following the expiry of the mandate of Dr
Herwig VAN STAA. An alternate members’
seat has
become vacant following the expiry of the mandate of
Ms Elisabeth ZANON,

For the Council
The President

X. BERTRAND

(1) OJ L 56, 25.2.2006, p. 75.
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-10-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, small and medium-sized enterprises

C 250/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.10.2008

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid
to small and medium-sized enterprises

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 250/05)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 136/07

Netherlands

—

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Regeling LNV-subsidies (onderdeel: Beroepsopleiding en voorlichting voor agro-
MKB ondernemingen (niet zijnde primaire landbouwondernemingen) en bos-
bouwondernemingen, onderdeel demonstratieprojecten)

Legal basis

— Regeling LNV-subsidies: artikel 1:2, artikel 1:3, artikel 1:20, artikel 2:14;

artikel 2:16 tot en met 2:20;
— Openstellingsbesluit LNV-subsidies

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 11,32 million

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

Duration

Objective

1.4.2007

30.6.2008

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministerie van Landbouw Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit
Postbus 20401
2500 EK Den Haag
Nederland
Notice concerning a request under Article 30 of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council — Deadline extension — Request made by a Member State
Date: 2008-10-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, application of EU law, award of contract, competition law, electrical energy, electrical industry

C 250/48

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.10.2008

OTHER ACTS

COMMISSION

Notice concerning a request under Article 30 of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council — Deadline extension

Request made by a Member State

(2008/C 250/12)

On 3 July 2008, the Commission received a request under Article 30(4) of Directive 2004/17/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of
entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (1).

This request, made by the Czech Republic, concerns electricity production in that country. The request was
published in OJ C 178, 15.7.2008, p. 29. The initial deadline was 4 October 2008.

Since the Commission needs to obtain and examine additional information, the period within which the
Commission must take a decision on this request has been extended by three months, in accordance with
the second sentence of Article 30(6).

The final deadline is therefore 4 January 2009.

(1) OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5315 — STAK Van der Sluijs Groep/Frisol Beheer/North Sea Petroleum Holding) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-10-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, holding company, merger control, oil industry

2.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 250/47

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

(Case COMP/M.5315 — STAK Van der Sluijs Groep/Frisol Beheer/North Sea Petroleum Holding)

Prior notification of a concentration

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 250/11)

On 23 September 2008,

1.
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 Stichting
Administratiekantoor Van der Sluijs Groep Holding (‘STAK Van der Sluijs Groep’, Netherlands) and Frisol
Beheer BV (‘Frisol Beheer’, Netherlands) belonging to the group Reggeborgh Groep (Netherlands) ultimately
controlled by Mr D. Wessels acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint
control of the undertaking North Sea Petroleum Holding BV (‘North Sea Petroleum Holding’, Netherlands)
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 STAK Van der Sluijs Groep: trade in petroleum products for land use, i.e. non-retail sales, transport,

operation of depots and logistical services,

— for Frisol Beheer: trade with petroleum products for ships and bulk sales on the spot market for

petroleum products and derivates,

— for Reggeborgh Groep: in addition to energy, mainly the construction industry,

— for North Sea Petroleum Holding: the combination of the activities of STAK van der Sluijs Groep and

Frisol Beheer.

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.5315 — STAK Van der Sluijs Groep/Frisol Beheer/North Sea Petroleum Holding
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.