do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Communication in accordance with Article 12(5)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 on the information provided by the customs authorities of the Member States concerning the classification of goods in the customs nomenclature
Date: 2008-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, customs regulations, exchange of information, tariff nomenclature

12.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 317/3

Communication in accordance with Article 12(5)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 on the
information provided by the customs authorities of the Member States concerning the classification
of goods in the customs nomenclature

(2008/C 317/03)

Binding Tariff Information ceases to be valid from this day if it becomes incompatible with the interpretation
of the customs nomenclature as a result of the following international tariff measures:

Amendments to the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes and the Compendium of Classification
Opinions, approved by the Customs Cooperation Council (CCC doc. NC1310) — report of the 41st Session
of the HS Committee):

AMENDMENTS TO THE EXPLANATORY NOTES TO BE DONE UNDER ARTICLE 8 PROCEDURE OF THE
HS CONVENTION AND CLASSIFICATION OPINIONS EDITED BY THE HS COMMITTEE OF THE WORLD
CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION

(41st SESSION OF THE HSC IN MARCH 2008)

DOC. NC1310

Amendments of the Explanatory Notes of the Nomenclature annexed to the HS Convention

17.01

28.01 General Explanatory Note

28.14

29.16

Chapter 29 List II

30.02

33.01

41.01

4101.20 Subheading Explanatory Note

57.02

84.36

85.08

90.06

90.21

90.25

90.27

N/13

N/5

N/16

N/8

N/8

N/11

N/12

N/14

N/14

N/23

N/26

N/26

N/29

N/28

N/15

N/15

Classification Opinions approved by the HS Committee

0210.99/1

0902.20/1

1517.90/3

2208.90/3

3504.00/1

3907.20/3

6110.30/1

6211.33/1

8504.40/2-5

9503.00/4

9503.00/7

N/17

N/18

N/19

N/20

N/21

N/22

N/24

N/25

N/27

N/30

N/30

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Official Journal of the European Union

12.12.2008

Information regarding the contents of these measures can be obtained from the Directorate-General for
Taxation and Customs Union of the European Commission (rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussels)
or can be downloaded from the Internet site of this Directorate-General:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/taxation_customs/customs/customs_duties/tariff_aspects/harmonised_system/
index_en.htm
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1241/2008 of 12 December 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, common agricultural policy, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

13.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 335/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1241/2008

of 12 December 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 13 December 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 12 December 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.

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Official Journal of the European Union

13.12.2008

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 10 20

0805 20 10

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

0805 50 10

0808 10 80

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

MA
TR
ZZ

JO
MA
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

AR
BR
CL
MA
TR
ZA
ZW
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

CN
HR
IL
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

CA
CL
CN
MK
US
ZA
ZZ

CN
TR
US
ZZ

81,9
108,0
95,0

167,2
47,6
128,4
114,4

109,9
136,5
123,2

18,1
44,6
50,9
64,4
72,2
42,5
43,9
48,1

71,0
72,0
71,5

54,6
54,2
70,6
56,2
58,9

64,0
69,2
66,6

89,2
43,7
76,4
35,3
111,7
123,2
79,9

49,6
104,0
138,0
97,2

(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’.
Commission communication on the enquiry and registration under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) of substances that were lawfully on the market before 1 June 2008 but which do not have phase-in status (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, dangerous substance, disclosure of information, environmental risk prevention, marketing standard, quantitative restriction, scientific report

C 317/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.12.2008

Commission communication on the enquiry and registration under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006
(REACH) of substances that were lawfully on the market before 1 June 2008 but which do not have
phase-in status

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 317/02)

Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration,
Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) requires that substances that do not fall
under the definition of ‘phase-in substance’ that are manufactured or imported into the Community, on
their own, in preparations or in articles, in quantities of one tonne or more per year are registered as from
1 June 2008 in accordance with Article 10 of the REACH Regulation.

Prior to the registration of non phase-in substances, an enquiry to the European Chemicals Agency — as
foreseen under Article 26 of the REACH Regulation — is required. It is noted that the provisions of the
REACH Regulation governing the enquiry process entered into force on 1 June 2008. It follows that it was
impossible in practice for a non phase-in substance to be registered on 1 June 2008. In addition, it is also
noted that
in accordance with
the regulation containing the test methods for use under REACH,
Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, was only adopted on 30 May 2008.

Some substances that have been lawfully manufactured and/or placed on the market before 1 June 2008
may not qualify as ‘phase-in substances’ under Article 3(20) of the REACH Regulation. To avoid disruptions
of trade and manufacturing activities regarding such substances, and provided that it is demonstrated that
the substance was legally on the Community market before 1 June 2008, potential registrants are reminded
of the obligation to submit an enquiry to the European Chemicals Agency. For any specific information item
missing, the registrant will provide a justification. The missing information will be submitted without undue
delay.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

12.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 317/9

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

11 December 2008

(2008/C 317/07)

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

1,3215

TRY

Turkish lira

120,67

AUD Australian dollar

7,4503

0,88690

10,5800

1,5737

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

2,0504

1,9889

1,6383

10,2417

2,3990

1,9704

KRW South Korean won

1 800,54

9,2065

1,9558

25,965

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

264,45

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7092

3,9865

3,9138

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,175

MXN Mexican peso

13,3991

9,0540

7,1818

14 602,58

4,7138

63,130

36,7912

46,345

3,1663

17,5615

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5317 — IBM/ILOG) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, information technology industry, merger control, software

12.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 317/5

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5317 — IBM/ILOG)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 317/04)

On 10 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 32008M5317. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5241 — American Express/Fortis/Alpha Card)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 317/05)

On 3 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 32008M5241. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5324 — Centrica/Segebel) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, energy distribution, energy production, exchange of information, gas supply, merger control

12.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 317/17

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5324 — Centrica/Segebel)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 317/10)

1.
On 4 December 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 Centrica Overseas
(belonging to the group Centrica plc, United Kingdom)
Holdings Limited (‘Centrica’, United Kingdom)
acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the under-
taking Segebel S.A. (‘Segebel’, Belgium) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Centrica: electricity and gas production, energy product supply and trading, gas shipping and gas

storage,

— for Segebel: electricity generation and supply of electricity and gas.

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.5324 — Centrica/Segebel, 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 F-99/08: Action brought on 12 December 2008 — Di Prospero v Commission
Date: 2008-12-12
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: EPSO, European Commission, action for annulment (EU), candidate, competition (EU)

C 69/54

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.3.2009

EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL

Action brought on 12 December 2008 — Di Prospero v
Commission

Form of order sought

(Case F-99/08)

(2009/C 69/119)

Language of the case: French

The applicant claims that the Tribunal should:

— Annul the decisions of the Appointing Authority of 11 April

2008 and 21 October 2008;

— Order the Commission of the European Communities to

pay the costs.

Parties

Applicant: Rita Di Prospero (Uccle, Belgium) (represented by: S.
Rodriguez and C. Bernard-Glanz, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of EPSO's decision not to accept the applicant's
application for competition EPSO/AD/117/08

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Tribunal should:

— Annul

the decision of

the European Personnel Selection
Office (EPSO) not to have allowed the applicant to submit
an application for competition EPSO/AD/117/08;

— Order the Commission of the European Communities to

pay the costs.

Action brought on 21 January 2009 — De Britto
Patricio-Dias v Commission

(Case F-4/09)

(2009/C 69/120)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant:
(represented by: L. Massaux, lawyer)

Jorge De Britto Patricio-Dias

(Brussels, Belgium)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Application for annulment of the decision to reassign the appli-
cant to unit TREN.B.3

Action brought on 2 February 2009 — Fares v
Commission

(Case F-6/09)

(2009/C 69/121)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Soukaïna Fares
(represented by: L. Vogel, lawyer)

(Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Belgium)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Application for annulment of the decision to classify the appli-
cant in function group III, grade 8.

Form of order sought

The applicant claims the Tribunal should:

— Annul the decision adopted by the Authority Authorised to
Conclude Contracts on 17 October, by which it rejected the
complaint brought by the applicant on 21 June 2008
seeking annulment of the decision classifying the applicant
in function group III, at grade 8, and applying for entitle-
ment for classification at grade 9, with effect on the same
date;

— So far as necessary, also annul the original decision, by
which the applicant was classified in function group III, at
grade 8;

— Order the Commission of the European Communities to

pay the costs.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5385 — Avnet/Abacus) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronic component, exchange of information, information technology industry, innovation, merger control

C 317/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.12.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5385 — Avnet/Abacus)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 317/11)

1.
On 4 December 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 Avnet Inc. (‘Avnet’,
United States) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole
of the undertaking Abacus Group plc (‘Abacus’, United Kingdom) by way of a public bid announced on
10 October 2008.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Avnet: distribution of electronic components (including semiconductors, interconnect, passive, elec-

tromechanical devices and embedded products), computer products and technology services,

— for Abacus: distribution of electronic components (including semiconductors, interconnect, passive, elec-

tromechanical devices and embedded products) as well as manufacturing/assembly of components.

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.5385 — Avnet/Abacus, 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5241 — American Express/Fortis/Alpha Card) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, economic concentration, electronic money, exchange of information, insurance, merger control, provision of services, travel

12.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 317/5

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5317 — IBM/ILOG)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 317/04)

On 10 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 32008M5317. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5241 — American Express/Fortis/Alpha Card)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 317/05)

On 3 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 32008M5241. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2008-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, poultry farming

12.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 317/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2008/C 317/01)

Date of adoption of the decision

10.7.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 322/A/06

Member State

Region

Italy

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Misure urgenti per la prevenzione dell'influenza aviaria

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Decreto Ministero delle politiche agricole e forestali del 2 maggio 2006

Investment aid, aid for closing production capacity, aid to combat epizootic
diseases

To prevent and combat avian influenza

Direct grants

EUR 100 million (for all measures laid down in the Decree)

Varies depending on the measures

26.8.2005-31.12.2006

Economic sectors

Poultry sector

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministero delle politiche agricole e forestali
Via XX Settembre 20
I-00187 Roma

Other information

—

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be
found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/