do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Information of Member States that intend to postpone the implementation of Directive 2008/6/EC until 31 December 2012 , in order to continue to reserve services to universal service provider(s) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-10-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, derogation from EU law, provision of services, services of general interest, universal service

C 265/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.10.2008

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

Information of Member States that intend to postpone the implementation of Directive 2008/6/EC
until 31 December 2012, in order to continue to reserve services to universal service provider(s)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 265/08)

Article 3, paragraph 1 of Directive 2008/6/EC states that, by way of a derogation to Article 2, certain
Member States,
the said Directive until
31 December 2012, in order to continue to reserve services to universal service provider(s).

listed subsequently, may postpone the implementation of

Article 3, paragraph 2 requires the relevant Member States to notify the Commission of their intention to
make use of the derogation by 27 August 2008.

The following Member States have notified the Commission by 1 August 2008 of their intention to make
use of the derogation set out in Article 3, paragraph 1 of Directive 2008/6/EC:

— Czech Republic,

— Greece,

— Cyprus,

— Latvia,

— Lithuania,

— Luxembourg,

— Hungary,

— Malta,

— Poland,

— Romania,

— Slovakia.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5336 — Allianz/Generali/TopTorony and Shaza/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-10-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, disclosure of information, economic concentration, financial market, insurance, merger control, property leasing, restrictive-practice authorisation

18.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 265/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5336 — Allianz/Generali/TopTorony and Shaza/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 265/03)

On 10 October 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 32008M5336. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5299 — Goldman Sachs/Deutsche Bank/Befraco)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 265/04)

On 13 October 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 32008M5299. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-10-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

18.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 265/5

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

17 October 2008

(2008/C 265/06)

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

1,3404

TRY

Turkish lira

135,57

AUD Australian dollar

7,4523

0,7751

10,0191

1,5213

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

2,0321

1,9617

1,5936

10,3971

2,1852

1,9848

305

KRW South Korean won

1 742,52

8,895

1,9558

25,232

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

268,5

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7093

3,57

3,713

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,515

MXN Mexican peso

13,7626

9,1603

7,1664

13 139,27

4,7269

64,21

35,3465

45,922

2,8745

17,2979

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Communication from the Commission on the final percentage take-up for 2008 of rice import quotas provided for by Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007
Date: 2008-10-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import, originating product, overseas countries and territories, rice, tariff quota

C 265/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.10.2008

Communication from the Commission on the final percentage take-up for 2008 of rice import
quotas provided for by Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007

(2008/C 265/02)

The final percentage take-up of each quota provided for in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007 of
21 December 2007 opening and providing for the administration in 2008 and 2009 of import quotas for
rice originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) forming part of the Cariforum
region and the overseas countries and territories (OCT) (1) for 2008 is established as follows:

Origin/product

Order number

Final percentage take-up of the
quota for 2008

States forming part of the Cariforum region (Article 1(1)(a)
of Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007)

— codes under CN 1006, except CN code 1006 10 10

(Article 1(2)(a)

OCTs
No 1529/2007)

— CN code 1006

and

(b) of Regulation (EC)

09.4219

94,403 %

(a) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba

(b) Least-developed OCTs

09.4189

09.4190

18,957 %

0 %

(1) OJ L 348, 31.12.2007, p. 155.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5233 — APMM/Swift Tankers Pool) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-10-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air transport, container, economic concentration, energy production, exchange of information, logistics, maritime transport, merger control, retail trade, service

C 265/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.10.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5233 — APMM/Swift Tankers Pool)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 265/10)

1.
On 10 October 2008, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by
which A.P. Møller-Mærsk (‘APMM’, Denmark) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council
Regulation control of the whole of Swift Tankers Pool (‘Swift’, Denmark) by way of purchase of shares and
assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for APMM:

inter alia containerized liner shipping, container terminal services,
logistics, harbor towage, tankers, oil and gas exploration and production, retail and air transport,

inland transportation,

— for Swift: seaborne transport of primarily petroleum products.

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.5233 — APMM/Swift Tankers Pool, 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.5362 — SHV/Vanderlande) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-10-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, handling, holding company, machinery, management, merger control

18.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 265/27

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5362 — SHV/Vanderlande)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 265/09)

1.
On 10 October 2008, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which SHV Holdings NV (‘SHV’,
The Netherlands) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of
Vanderlande Industries BV (‘Vanderlande’, The Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for SHV: holding company with divers activities in oil, gas and LPG; consumer articles, private equity;

heavy lifting and renewable energy,

— for Vanderlande: production of automatic handling material systems and accompanying services; active

in baggage handling at airports, distribution centres and express parcel sorting facilities.

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.5362 — SHV/Vanderlande, 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5325 — Alliance Boots/Megapharm) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-10-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cosmetic product, disclosure of information, economic concentration, merger control, pharmaceutical product, restrictive-practice authorisation, sale

C 265/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.10.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5325 — Alliance Boots/Megapharm)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 265/05)

On 10 October 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 32008M5325. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5299 — Goldman Sachs/Deutsche Bank/Befraco) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-10-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commercial bank, disclosure of information, economic concentration, financial market, hire purchase, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

18.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 265/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5336 — Allianz/Generali/TopTorony and Shaza/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 265/03)

On 10 October 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 32008M5336. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5299 — Goldman Sachs/Deutsche Bank/Befraco)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 265/04)

On 13 October 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 32008M5299. EUR-Lex is the

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