do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1195/2008 of 2 December 2008 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Scottish Farmed Salmon (PGI))
Date: 2008-12-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, aquaculture, designation of origin, human nutrition, location of production, product designation

L 323/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.12.2008

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1195/2008

of 2 December 2008

approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of
protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Scottish Farmed Salmon
(PGI))

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of
20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications
and designations of origin for agricultural products and food­
stuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

By virtue of the first subparagraph of Article 9(1), and in
accordance with Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No
the Commission has examined the United
510/2006,
Kingdom’s application for the approval of amendments
to the specification for the protected geographical indi­
cation ‘Scottish Farmed
under
as
Commission Regulation
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1437/2004 (3).

Salmon’
(EC) No 2400/96 (2),

registered

Since the amendments in question are not minor within
the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No
510/2006, the Commission published the amendment
of
application in the Official
the European
Union (4) as
subparagraph of
Article 6(2) of
that Regulation. As no statement of
objection within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation
(EC) No 510/2006 has been sent to the Commission, the
amendments should be approved,

Journal
required by the first

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The amendments to the specification published in the Official
Journal of the European Union regarding the name in the Annex
to this Regulation are hereby approved.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 December 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 327, 18.12.1996, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 265, 12.8.2004, p. 3.

(4) OJ C 76, 27.3.2008, p. 28.

3.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 323/19

ANNEX

Agricultural products intended for human consumption listed in Annex I to the Treaty:

Class 1.7. Fresh fish, molluscs and crustaceans and products derived therefrom

UNITED KINGDOM

Scottish Farmed Salmon (PGI)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5352 — Omron/Ficosa/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-12-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: driving mechanism, economic concentration, electronics industry, exchange of information, merger control, vehicle parts

C 307/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.12.2008

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5352 — Omron/Ficosa/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 307/03)

On 21 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 32008M5352. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5005 — Galp Energia/ExxonMobil Iberia)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 307/04)

On 31 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 32008M5005. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-12-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 307/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.12.2008

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

1 December 2008

(2008/C 307/06)

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

1,2608

TRY

Turkish lira

118,42

AUD Australian dollar

7,4497

0,84155

10,3588

1,5262

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

2,0189

1,9649

1,5725

9,7739

2,3610

1,9292

290,00

KRW South Korean won

1 849,59

8,8915

1,9558

25,613

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

262,20

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7092

3,8445

3,8200

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,312

MXN Mexican peso

12,9137

8,6804

7,1275

15 633,92

4,5761

61,720

35,3145

45,036

2,9823

17,2604

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5389 — Aéroports de Paris/The Nuance Group) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-12-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air transport, airport, catering, economic concentration, exchange of information, maritime transport, merger control, retail trade

2.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 307/9

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5389 — Aéroports de Paris/The Nuance Group)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 307/09)

1.
On 21 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 Aéroports de Paris
(‘ADP’, France) and The Nuance Group (‘TNG’, Switzerland) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
the Council Regulation joint control of a newly created undertaking JV (‘JV’, France) 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 ADP: operation and management of airport installations, notably of the airports Paris-Charles de

Gaulle and Paris-Orly,

— for TNG: retail services and catering in airports, on board sales in airplanes and ships, specialized shops,

— for JV: operation of retail shops ‘Fashion and Accessories’ on the airports of Paris-Charles de Gaulle and

Paris-Orly.

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.5389 — Aéroports de Paris/The Nuance Group, 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 C-531/08: Action brought on 2 December 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic
Date: 2008-12-02
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Portugal, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, company with share capital, cultural policy, disclosure of information, fine, merger

24.1.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 19/21

Pleas in law and main arguments

Action brought on 2 December 2008 — Commission of
the European Communities v Portuguese Republic

The period within which the directive had to be transposed
expired on 15 July 2007.

(1) OJ L 310, p. 28.

(Case C-531/08)

(2009/C 19/39)

Language of the case: Portuguese

Action brought on 2 December 2008 — Commission of
the European Communities v Republic of Hungary

(Case C-530/08)

(2009/C 19/38)

Language of the case: Hungarian

Parties

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by P. Guerra e Andrade and P. Demjek, Agents)

Defendant: Portuguese Republic

Form of order sought

— a declaration that, by failing to adopt 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
in any case, by failing to
limited liability companies or,
communicate such provisions to the Commission, the Portu-
guese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that
directive;

— an order that the Portuguese Republic should pay the costs.

Applicant(s): Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: H. Støvlbaek and B. Béres, acting as Agent(s))

Pleas in law and main arguments

Defendant(s): Republic of Hungary

The period prescribed for the transposition of the Directive
expired on 15 December 2007.

Form of order sought

(1) OJ 2005 L 310, p. 1.

— Declare that by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to implement Directive
2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional
qualifications (1) or, at least, by failing to communicate those
provisions to the Commission, the Republic of Hungary has
failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive.

— order the Republic of Hungary to pay the costs.

Action brought on 4 December 2008 — Commission of
the European Communities v Portuguese Republic

(Case C-543/08)

(2009/C 19/40)

Pleas in law and main arguments

Language of the case: Portuguese

The period prescribed for
2005/36/EC expired on 20 October 2007.

the implementation of Directive

Parties

(1) OJ 2005 L 255, p. 22.

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by G. Braun, P. Guerra e Andrade and M. Teles Romão,
Agents)

Defendant: Portuguese Republic
Case T-66/08: Order of the Court of First Instance of 2 December 2008 — British Sky Broadcasting Group v OHIM — Vortex (SKY)
Date: 2008-12-02
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), advertising, leisure, telecommunications, trade-mark law

C 32/48

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.2.2009

Action brought on 2 December 2008 — Diputación Foral
de Vizcaya v Commission

(Case T-531/08)

(2009/C 32/92)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Territorio Histórico de Vizcaya — Diputación Foral de
Vizcaya (represented by: I. Sáenz-Cortabarría Fernández and M.
Morales Isasi, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Form of order sought

— Declaration that the letter from the Directorate General of
the European Commission D/53778
Competition of
[COMP/H4/NM/ed D(2008) 247], of 2 October 2008,
is
null and void, in so far as it requires the interest referred to
in Decisions 2003/27/EC and 2002/806/EC, of 11 July
2001 (infringement file 2007/2215), to be recovered on a
compound basis; and

— An order that the Commission should pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The pleas in law and main arguments are those put forward in
Case T-529/08 Diputación Foral de Álava v Commission.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 10 December 2008
— Stichting IEA Secretariaat Nederland and Others v
Commission

(Case T-56/08) (1)

(2009/C 32/93)

Language of the case: English

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

(1) OJ C 107, 26.4.2008.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 2 December 2008
— British Sky Broadcasting Group v OHIM — Vortex
(SKY)

(Case T-66/08) (1)

(2009/C 32/94)

Language of the case: English

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

(1) OJ C 116, 9.5.2008.