do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Winding-up proceedings — Decision to open winding-up proceedings in respect of Black Sea and Baltic General Insurance Company Limited (Publication made in accordance with Article 14 of Directive 2001/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reorganisation and winding-up of insurance undertakings)
Date: 2008-10-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, insurance company, judicial proceedings, liquidation

C 251/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.10.2008

Winding-up proceedings

Decision to open winding-up proceedings in respect of Black Sea and Baltic General Insurance
Company Limited

(Publication made in accordance with Article 14 of Directive 2001/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council on the reorganisation and winding-up of insurance undertakings)

(2008/C 251/09)

Insurance undertaking

Black Sea and Baltic General Insurance Company Limited, 12 Plum-
tree Court, London, EC4A 4HT, United Kingdom

Date, entry into force and nature of the decision On 23 July 2008, pursuant

to Section 125 of

the Insolvency
Act 1986, a compulsory Winding-up Order was made against Black
Sea and Baltic General Insurance Company Limited and pursuant to
Section 136 of the Insolvency Act 1986 the Official Receiver was
appointed Liquidator

Competent authorities

Supervisory authority

Liquidator appointed

Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary
Wharf, London, E14 5HS, United Kingdom

Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary
Wharf, London, E14 5HS, United Kingdom

The Official Receiver, Public Interest Unit, 21 Bloomsbury Street,
London WC1B 3SS, United Kingdom

E-mail: piu.or@insolvency.gsi.gov.uk

Applicable law

United Kingdom

In the Matter of Black Sea and Baltic General Insurance Company
Limited

and

In the Matter of The Insolvency Act 1986

And

In the Matter of The Insurers (Reorganisation and Winding-up) Regu-
lations 2004
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-10-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

3.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 251/7

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

2 October 2008

(2008/C 251/03)

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

1,3903

TRY

Turkish lira

146,45

AUD Australian dollar

7,4599

0,78720

9,7273

1,5732

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,8130

1,7676

1,4804

10,8014

2,0754

2,0057

162,02

KRW South Korean won

1 704,58

8,2910

1,9558

24,764

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

243,88

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7097

3,4088

3,8095

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,331

MXN Mexican peso

11,6734

9,5215

7,1094

13 110,53

4,7917

65,350

35,9529

47,381

2,7201

15,3667

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 970/2008 of 3 October 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-10-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit

4.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 265/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 970/2008

of 3 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 4 October 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 3 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 265/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.10.2008

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
TR
UY
ZA
ZZ

TR
US
ZZ

CL
CN
CR
NZ
US
ZA
ZZ

CN
TR
ZA
ZZ

91,4
51,5
98,5
80,5

156,8
89,6
123,2

106,5
106,5

75,3
51,8
96,3
95,7
87,9
81,4

87,0
162,4
124,7

113,9
61,6
67,4
116,4
101,9
86,0
91,2

68,8
143,9
172,1
128,3

(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.5284 — Klépierre/ABP/Steen & Strøm) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-10-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment, merger control, property leasing, real estate business, real property, restrictive-practice authorisation, supplementary pension

C 251/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.10.2008

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5284 — Klépierre/ABP/Steen & Strøm)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 251/02)

On 23 September 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 32008M5284. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Political and Security Committee Decision EUPOL AFGHANISTAN/1/2008 of 3 October 2008 concerning the appointment of the Head of Mission of the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL AFGHANISTAN)
Date: 2008-10-03
Institutions: Political and Security Committee
Subjects: Afghanistan, appointment of staff, peacekeeping, police cooperation, the EU's international role

L 285/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

29.10.2008

III

(Acts adopted under the EU Treaty)

ACTS ADOPTED UNDER TITLE V OF THE EU TREATY

POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION EUPOL AFGHANISTAN/1/2008

of 3 October 2008

concerning the appointment of the Head of Mission of the European Union Police Mission in
Afghanistan (EUPOL AFGHANISTAN)

(2008/821/CFSP)

THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and in
particular Article 25(3) thereof,

Joint Action 2007/369/CFSP of
Having regard to Council
30 May 2007 on establishment of the European Union Police
Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL AFGHANISTAN) (1), and in
particular Article 10(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Under Article 10(1) of Joint Action 2007/369/CFSP the
Council authorised the Political and Security Committee
(PSC),
in accordance with Article 25 of the Treaty, to
take appropriate decisions for the purpose of exercising
political control and the strategic direction of the EUPOL
AFGHANISTAN mission, and in particular to appoint a
Head of Mission.

(2)

By letter dated 14 August 2008, the current Head of
Mission informed the Commission of his decision to
terminate his contract on 30 September 2008.

(3)

The Secretary-General/High Representative has proposed
the appointment of Mr Kai VITTRUP as Head of Mission
of the EUPOL AFGHANISTAN mission,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Mr Kai VITTRUP is hereby appointed Head of Mission of the
European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL
AFGHANISTAN) from 16 October 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 3 October 2008.

For the Political and Security Committee
The Chairperson

C. ROGER

(1) OJ L 139, 31.5.2007, p. 33.
Case C-11/08: Order of the President of the Court of 3 October 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Malta
Date: 2008-10-03
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Malta, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, common ports policy, harbour installation, maritime safety, professional qualifications, transport safety

C 6/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.1.2009

Order of the President of the Court of 26 September 2008
— Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom
of Belgium

Order of the President of the Court of 16 October 2008 —
Commission of the European Communities v Republic of
Estonia

(Case C-187/06) (1)

(2009/C 6/31)

Language of the case: French

(Case C-68/08) (1)

(2009/C 6/34)

Language of the case: Estonian

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

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 154, 1.7.2008.

(1) OJ C 92, 12.4.2008.

Order of the President of the Eighth Chamber of the Court
of 8 October 2008 — Cain Cellars,
Inc. v Office for
Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and
Designs)

Order of the President of the Eighth Chamber of the Court
the European
of 14 October 2008 — Commission of

Communities v Czech Republic

(Case C-508/07 P) (1)

(2009/C 6/32)

Language of the case: German

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

(Case C-71/08) (1)

(2009/C 6/35)

Language of the case: Czech

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

(1) OJ C 22, 26.1.2008.

(1) OJ C 92, 12.4.2008.

Order of the President of the Court of 3 October 2008 —
Commission of the European Communities v Republic of
Malta

(Case C-11/08) (1)

(2009/C 6/33)

Language of the case: English

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 51, 23.2.2008.

Order of the President of the Court of 28 October 2008 —
Commission of the European Communities v Republic of
Hungary

(Case C-270/08) (1)

(2009/C 6/36)

Language of the case: Hungarian

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 209, 15.8.2008.
Council Common Position 2008/822/CFSP of 27 October 2008 concerning the temporary reception by Member States of the European Union of certain Palestinians
Date: 2008-10-03
Institutions: Political and Security Committee
Subjects: EU Member State, Palestine question, admission of aliens, aid to refugees, political asylum, residence permit

29.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 285/21

COUNCIL COMMON POSITION 2008/822/CFSP

of 27 October 2008

concerning the temporary reception by Member States of

the European Union of certain

Palestinians

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

for entry and stay granted pursuant
Common Position for a further period of 12 months.

to Article 3 of

that

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular Article 15 thereof,

Article 2

The Council shall evaluate the application of Common Position
this
2002/400/CFSP within six months of
Common Position.

the adoption of

Article 3

This Common Position shall take effect from the day of its
adoption.

Article 4

This Common Position shall be published in the Official Journal
of the European Union.

Done at Luxembourg, 27 October 2008.

For the Council
The President

M. BARNIER

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

the

concerning

On 30 October 2007, the Council adopted Common
Position 2007/705/CFSP
temporary
reception by Member States of the European Union of
certain Palestinians (1), which provided for an extension
of the validity of their national permits for entry into,
and stay in, the territory of the Member States referred to
in Common Position 2002/400/CFSP (2)
for a further
period of 12 months.

the application of
On the basis of an evaluation of
Council
Common
those
that
considers
permits be extended for a further period of 12 months,

2002/400/CFSP,

the validity of

it appropriate

Position

the

HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION:

Article 1

The Member States referred to in Article 2 of Common Position
2002/400/CFSP shall extend the validity of the national permits

(1) OJ L 285, 31.10.2007, p. 54.
(2) OJ L 138, 28.5.2002, p. 33.