do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-11-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 296/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.11.2008

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

18 November 2008

(2008/C 296/03)

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

1 839,11

1,2653

TRY

Turkish lira

121,92

AUD Australian dollar

7,4484

0,8421

10,1845

1,5166

215

8,9

1,9558

25,655

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

271,09

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7093

3,8295

3,838

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,38

MXN Mexican peso

2,0995

1,9511

1,5554

9,8061

2,2983

1,9312

12,99

8,64

7,134

15 278,5

4,5582

63,01

34,687

44,317

2,9279

16,6767

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5402 — Caja Navarra/Aegon/Can Soluciones De Salud) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-11-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, credit, disclosure of information, economic concentration, insurance, merger control, pension scheme

C 296/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.11.2008

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5402 — Caja Navarra/Aegon/Can Soluciones De Salud)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 296/08)

1.
On 12 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 undertaking(s) Aegon Spanje (‘Aegon
Spanje’, Spain) controlled by Aegon NV (‘Aegon’, the Netherlands) and Caja de Ahorros y del Monte
de Piedad de Navarra, SA (‘Caja Navarra’, Spain), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
Council Regulation joint control of CAN Soluciones de Salud, S.A.U. (‘CAN Salud’, Spain), which is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Caja Navarra, by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Aegon Spanje: production and distribution, directly and indirectly, of insurance and pension products

in Spain,

— for Aegon: insurance, pension and related products world-wide,

— for Caja Navarra: credit and finance operations in Spain,

— for CAN Salud: non-life insurance products in Spain.

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 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.5402 — Caja Navarra/Aegon/Can Soluciones De Salud, 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.
Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work#European Parliament legislative resolution of 19 November 2008 on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work (9815/3/2008 — C6-0343/2008 — 2007/0020(COD))
Date: 2008-11-19
Institutions: Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: EU statistics, codecision procedure, drafting of EU law, occupational health, occupational safety, public health, resolution of parliament








CE2010016EN.01011101.xml










22.1.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CE 16/111





Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work ***II
P6_TA(2008)0546
European Parliament legislative resolution of 19 November 2008 on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work (9815/3/2008 — C6-0343/2008 — 2007/0020(COD))
(2010/C 16 E/32)
(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,







—


having regard to the Council common position (9815/3/2008 — C6-0343/2008) (1),










—


having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2007)0046),










—


having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,










—


having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0425/2008),




1.   Approves the common position;
2.   Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position;
3.   Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of the EC Treaty;
4.   Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Union;
5.   Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.


(1)  OJ C 280 E, 4.11.2008, p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 282 E, 6.11.2008, p. 109.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5233 — APMM/Swift Tankers Pool) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-11-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, economic concentration, maritime transport, merger control, oil industry, petroleum

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).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5222 — Sofinco/Banco Popolare/Agos/Ducato) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-11-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, consumer credit, disclosure of information, economic concentration, financial institution, merger control

C 296/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.11.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5222 — Sofinco/Banco Popolare/Agos/Ducato)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 296/12)

1.
On 12 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 undertaking Sofinco SA (‘Sofinco’,
France), controlled by undertaking Crédit Agricole SA (‘CASA’, France) and undertaking Banco Popolare
Soc. Coop. (‘Banco Popolare’, Italy) acquire(s) within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
joint control of their respective subsidiaries Agos SpA (‘Agos’, Italy), and Ducato SpA (‘Ducato’, Italy) by way
of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Sofinco: products and services associated to the consumer credit in France and interna-

tionally,

— for undertaking Banco Popolare: undertaking at the head of the banking group ‘Gruppo Banco Popolare’,

active in the financial and banking intermediation,

— for undertaking Agos: subsidiary of Sofinco, specialized in consumer credit in Italy,

— for undertaking Ducato: subsidiary of Banco Popolare, specialized in certain types of consumer credit in

Italy.

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.5222 — Sofinco/Banco Popolare/Agos/Ducato, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5339 — Santander/LASG/DCS) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-11-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, disclosure of information, economic concentration, electronic money, financial institution, merger control

19.11.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 296/27

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5339 — Santander/LASG/DCS)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 296/11)

1.
On 10 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 Banco Santander, SA
(‘Santander’, Spain) and Lufthansa AirPlus Servicekarten GmbH (‘LASG’, Germany), which is controlled by
the Deutsche Lufthansa Group, acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint
control of Diners Club Spain (‘DCS’, Spain), which is at present controlled by Santander, by way of purchase
of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Santander: Spanish financial group globally active in the banking and financial sectors and operating

mainly in Spain, the UK and some European countries, as well as in Latin America,

— for LASG: German financial services institution, active in the segment of payment cards for business-

related expenses,

— for DCS: card acquiring and issuing businesses, in particular the creation and operation of all manner of

payment cards and related services and operations mainly in the Spanish territory.

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.5339 — Santander/LASG/DCS, 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.
Case T-173/08: Order of the Court of First Instance of 19 November 2008 — Messe Düsseldorf v OHIM — Canon Communications (MEDTEC)
Date: 2008-11-19
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), advertising, education, leisure, marketing, pulp and paper industry, trade-mark law

10.1.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 6/43

Order of the Court of First Instance of 14 November 2008
— Abruzzo v Commission

Order of the Court of First Instance of 12 November 2008
— Nölle v OHIM — Viña Carta Vieja (Puzzle)

(Case T-384/05) (1)

(2009/C 6/84)

Language of the case: Italian

(Case T-303/07) (1)

(2009/C 6/86)

Language of the case: German

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

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

(1) OJ C 330, 24.12.2005.

(1) OJ C 235, 6.10.2007.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 17 November 2008
— Reitz and von Gadomski v OHIM (CMD-CLINIC)

(Case T-241/06) (1)

(2009/C 6/85)

Language of the case: German

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

(1) OJ C 261, 28.10.2006.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 19 November 2008
— Messe Düsseldorf v OHIM — Canon Communications
(MEDTEC)

(Case T-173/08) (1)

(2009/C 6/87)

Language of the case: English

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

(1) OJ C 171, 5.7.2008.
European Statistics#European Parliament legislative resolution of 19 November 2008 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Statistics (COM(2007)0625 — C6-0346/2007 — 2007/0220(COD))#P6_TC1-COD(2007)0220 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 19 November 2008 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities
Date: 2008-11-19
Institutions: Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: EU statistics, Eurostat, access to EU information, codecision procedure, confidentiality, data protection, dissemination of information, drafting of EU law, international cooperation, resolution of parliament, statistics








CE2010016EN.01011601.xml










22.1.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CE 16/116





European Statistics ***I
P6_TA(2008)0548
European Parliament legislative resolution of 19 November 2008 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Statistics (COM(2007)0625 — C6-0346/2007 — 2007/0220(COD))
(2010/C 16 E/34)
(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,







—


having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2007)0625),










—


having regard to Articles 251(2) and 285(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0346/2007),










—


having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0349/2008),




1.   Approves the Commission proposal as amended;
2.   Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;
3.   Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.


P6_TC1-COD(2007)0220

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 19 November 2008 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities


(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EC) No 223/2009.)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5364 — Iberia/Vueling/Clickair) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-11-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air transport, carriage of passengers, disclosure of information, economic concentration, freight rate, maintenance, merger control

19.11.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 296/25

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5364 — Iberia/Vueling/Clickair)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 296/09)

1.
On 11 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 Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España, SA
(‘Iberia’, Spain) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of Vueling
Airlines, SA (‘Vueling’, Spain) and Clickair, SA (‘Clickair’, Spain) by way of exchange and purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Iberia: scheduled air transport of passengers, air cargo transport, aircraft maintenance and handling

services,

— for Clickair: scheduled air transport of passengers,

— for Vueling: scheduled air transport of passengers and air cargo transport.

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.5364 — Iberia/Vueling/Clickair, 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.
Case T-367/05: Order of the Court of First Instance of 19 November 2008 — UPC v Commission
Date: 2008-11-19
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, France, State aid, action for annulment (EU), control of State aid, service, telecommunications, transmission network

C 19/36

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.1.2009

Form of order sought

— The contested decision be annulled;

— the defendant be ordered to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

Applicant for a Community trade mark: Vasileios Ginis.

Community
products’ (application No 4.215.273) for goods in Class 3.

Figurative mark ‘BILLY'S

trade mark

concerned:

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings:
Laboratorios Byly.

Mark or sign cited in opposition: Community word marks ‘BYLY’
(application No 156.216) for goods in Class 3, and ‘byly’ (appli-
cation No 2.604.015) for goods in Classes 3 and 5, and services
in Class 35.

Decision of the Opposition Division: Opposition rejected.

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal dismissed.

Pleas in law: Incorrect interpretation of Article 8(1)(b) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 25 November 2008
— Commission v Northumbrian Water

(Case T-334/06) (1)

(2009/C 19/69)

Language of the case: English

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

(1) OJ C 326, 30.12.2006.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 27 November 2008
— Kuiburi Fruit Canning v Council

(Case T-330/07) (1)

(2009/C 19/70)

Language of the case: English

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

(1) OJ C 269, 10.11.2007.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 19 November 2008
— UPC v Commission

(Case T-367/05) (1)

(2009/C 19/68)

Language of the case: French

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

Order of the Court of First Instance of 27 November 2008
— Dow AgroSciences and Others v Commission

(Case T-367/07) (1)

(2009/C 19/71)

Language of the case: English

(1) OJ C 315, 10.12.2005.

The President of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber)
has ordered that the case be removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 283, 24.11.2007.