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Case C-500/08: Action brought on 19 November 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic
Date: 2008-11-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Italy, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, animal disease, fine

C 6/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.1.2009

Form of order sought

— order the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.

— Declare that by not adopting all the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive
2005/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 16 November 2005 on reinsurance and amending
Council Directives 73/239/EEC and 92/49/EEC as well as
Directives 98/78/EC and 2002/83/EC (1) or, in any event, by
not communicating those measures to the Commission, the
Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under
that directive;

— order the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The period for transposition of Directive 2005/68/EC expired
on 10 December 2007. At the date of bringing the present
action, the defendant had still not adopted the necessary trans-
posing measures or, in any event, had not yet communicated
them to the Commission.

(1) OJ 2005 L 323, p. 1.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The period for the transposition of that directive into national
law expired on 15 December 2007.

(1) OJ L 310, 25.11.2005, p. 1.

Action brought on 19 November 2008 — Commission of
the European Communities v Italian Republic

(Case C-500/08)

(2009/C 6/27)

Language of the case: Italian

Action brought on 14 November 2008 — Commission of
the European Communities v Hellenic Republic

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: F. Erlbacher and E. Vesco, acting as Agents)

Parties

(Case C-493/08)

(2009/C 6/26)

Defendant: Italian Republic

Language of the case: Greek

Form of order sought

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: Iro Dimitriou and P. Dejmek, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Hellenic Republic

Form of order sought

— Declare that by not bringing into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with
Directive 2005/56/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 26 October 2005 on cross-border mergers of
limited liability companies the Hellenic Republic has failed
to fulfil its obligations under the first paragraph of Article 19
of that directive;

— Declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council
Directive 2005/94/EC of 20 December 2005 on Com-
munity measures for the control of avian influenza and
repealing Directive 92/40/EEC (1), the Italian Republic has
failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive.

— order the Italian Republic to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The period prescribed for transposing Directive 2005/94/EC
into national law expired on 1 July 2007.

(1) OJ 2005 L 10, p. 16.
Information relating to the entry into force of an Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Cuba on the conclusion of GATT Article XXIV:6 negotiations
Date: 2008-11-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Cuba, negotiation of an agreement (EU), trade agreement (EU)

19.11.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 308/51

AGREEMENTS

COUNCIL

Information relating to the entry into force of an Agreement between the European Community
and the Government of Cuba on the conclusion of GATT Article XXIV:6 negotiations

The above Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Cuba (OJ L 308,
19.11.2008) will enter into force on 24 December 2008.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5102 — Danfoss/VKR Holding/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-11-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air conditioning, disclosure of information, economic concentration, heating, merger control, solar energy

C 296/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.11.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5102 — Danfoss/VKR Holding/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 296/10)

1.
On 7 November 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 undertakings Danfoss A/S (‘Danfoss’,
Denmark) and undertaking SolarCAP A/S (‘SolarCAP’, Denmark), the latter controlled by VKR Holding A/S
(‘VKR Holding’, Denmark), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation, joint
control of the newly created company constituting a joint venture (‘JV’, Austria) by way of purchase of
shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Danfoss: manufacturing and sale of

thermostats, valves and controls for heating,

refrigeration and industrial automation,

— for undertaking SolarCAP: sale of solar collectors for combined heating systems,

— for undertaking VKR Holding: manufacturing and sale of windows, decoration for windows, natural

ventilation and thermal solar energy,

— for the JV: development and sale of integrated solar pump.

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.5102 — Danfoss/VKR Holding/JV, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Brussels

(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.5243 — CVC/RAG/Evonik) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-11-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: capital market, chemical industry, economic concentration, energy industry, exchange of information, investment, merger control, mining industry, real property

19.11.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 296/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

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

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 296/01)

On 11 November 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 32008M5233. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5243 — CVC/RAG/Evonik)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 296/02)

On 8 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 32008M5243. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1148/2008 of 19 November 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-11-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit

20.11.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 309/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1148/2008

of 19 November 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 20 November 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 19 November 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 309/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.11.2008

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 20 10

0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70,
0805 20 90

0805 50 10

0806 10 10

0808 10 80

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

AL
MA
TR
ZZ

JO
MA
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

MA
ZZ

CN
HR
IL
MA
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZA
ZZ

BR
TR
US
ZA
ZZ

CA
CL
CN
MK
US
ZA
ZZ

CL
CN
KR
TR
ZZ

25,7
60,9
73,4
53,3

167,2
46,2
85,9
99,8

60,6
121,2
90,9

65,6
65,6

57,6
50,0
69,8
82,1
66,3
65,2

65,5
71,0
60,1
65,5

212,8
128,6
272,9
108,3
180,7

87,1
67,1
55,8
33,4
102,5
90,5
72,7

58,0
46,9
112,1
103,0
80,0

(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’.