do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5361 — Bank of America/Merrill Lynch) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, financial market, merger control

18.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 323/7

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5183 — Centrex/ZMB/ENIA/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 323/03)

On 15 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 32008M5183. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5361 — Bank of America/Merrill Lynch)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 323/04)

On 4 December 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 32008M5361. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Disclosure requirements for medium-sized companies and obligation to draw up consolidated accounts ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 18 December 2008 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC as regards certain disclosure requirements for medium-sized companies and obligation to draw up consolidated accounts (COM(2008)0195 — C6-0173/2008 — 2008/0084(COD))#P6_TC1-COD(2008)0084 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 18 December 2008 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2009/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC as regards certain disclosure requirements for medium-sized companies and the obligation to draw up consolidated accounts
Date: 2008-12-18
Institutions: Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: codecision procedure, company law, consolidated account, drafting of EU law, publication of accounts, resolution of parliament, small and medium-sized enterprises








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P6_TA(2008)0631
European Parliament legislative resolution of 18 December 2008 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC as regards certain disclosure requirements for medium-sized companies and obligation to draw up consolidated accounts (COM(2008)0195 — C6-0173/2008 — 2008/0084(COD))
(2010/C 45 E/59)
(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2008)0195),










—


having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 44(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0173/2008),










—


having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0462/2008),




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(2008)0084
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 18 December 2008 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2009/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC as regards certain disclosure requirements for medium-sized companies and the obligation to draw up consolidated accounts

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive 2009/49/EC.)
Communication from the Commission to the competent authorities in the framework of the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91
Date: 2008-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, animal production, consumer protection, crop production, labelling, organic farming, organic product

C 323/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.12.2008

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

Communication from the Commission to the competent authorities in the framework of the
implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of
organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 (1)

(2008/C 323/09)

ESO (1)

Reference and title of the harmonised standard (and reference document) referred to in
Article 27(5)(c) and in Article 32(2)

First publication
OJ

CEN/Cenelec

EN 45011:1998 E
General requirements for bodies operating product certification systems (ISO/IEC
Guide 65:1996)

—

(1) ESO: European Standardisation Organisation:

— CEN: rue de Stassart 36, B-1050 Brussels, tel. (32-2) 550 08 11; fax (32-2) 550 08 19 (http://www.cenorm.be),
— Cenelec: rue de Stassart 35, B-1050 Brussels, tel. (32-2) 519 68 71; fax (32-2) 519 69 19 (http://www.cenelec.org),
— ETSI: 650, route des Lucioles, F-06921 Sophia Antipolis, tel. (33) 492 94 42 00; fax (33) 493 65 47 16 (http://www.etsi.org).

Note:

— any information concerning the availability of the standard can be obtained either from the European
Standardisation Organisations or from the national standardisation bodies of which the list is annexed to
the Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) amended by the Directive
98/48/EC (3),

— publication of the references in the Official Journal of the European Union does not imply that the stan-

dards are available in all the Community languages,

— the Commission ensures the updating of this list.

More information about harmonised standards on the Internet at:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/newapproach/standardization/harmstds/

(1) OJ L 189, 20.7.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1287/2008 of 18 December 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, common commercial policy, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

19.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 340/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1287/2008

of 18 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 19 December 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 18 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.

L 340/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.12.2008

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)

CR
MA
TR
ZZ

JO
MA
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

AR
BR
CL
EG
MA
TR
UY
ZA
ZW
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

CN
IL
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

CA
CN
MK
US
ZA
ZZ

CN
TR
US
ZZ

110,3
82,5
72,9
88,6

167,2
66,0
124,5
119,2

111,8
82,6
97,2

17,0
44,6
52,1
51,1
76,3
68,4
30,6
42,4
25,4
45,3

76,3
64,0
70,2

50,3
74,7
52,1
59,0

64,0
57,5
60,8

82,7
83,1
37,6
101,1
118,0
84,5

82,8
42,4
117,7
81,0

(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’.
Draft amending budget No 10/2008 European Parliament resolution of 18 December 2008 on Draft amending budget No 10/2008 of the European Union for the financial year 2008, Section III — Commission (16264/2008 — C6-0461/2008 — 2008/2316(BUD))
Date: 2008-12-18
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, European Parliament
Subjects: Cohesion Fund, Cyprus, EU aid, amending budget, draft budget (EU), drought, financial year, general budget (EU), resolution of parliament








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P6_TA(2008)0621
European Parliament resolution of 18 December 2008 on Draft amending budget No 10/2008 of the European Union for the financial year 2008, Section III — Commission (16264/2008 — C6-0461/2008 — 2008/2316(BUD))
(2010/C 45 E/51)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to Article 272 of the EC Treaty and Article 177 of the Euratom Treaty,










—


having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (1), and particularly Articles 37 and 38,










—


having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2008, as finally adopted on 13 December 2007 (2),










—


having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (3),










—


having regard to Preliminary draft amending budget No 11/2008 of the European Union for the financial year 2008, which the Commission presented on 7 November 2008 (COM(2008)0731),










—


having regard to Draft amending budget No 10/2008, which the Council established on 27 November 2008 (16264/2008 — C6-0461/2008),










—


having regard to Rule 69 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0481/2008),










A.


whereas Draft amending budget (DAB) No 10 to the General Budget 2008 covers the following items:






—


mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund for an amount of EUR 7,6 million in commitment and payment appropriations following a serious drought in Cyprus,










—


a corresponding reduction in payment appropriations of EUR 7,6 million from the budget line 13 04 02 — Cohesion fund,














B.


whereas the purpose of DAB No 10/2008 is to formally enter this budgetary adjustments into the 2008 budget,










C.


whereas the Council has adopted Preliminary draft amending budget (PDAB) No 11/2008 as DAB No 10/2008, following the cancellation of DAB No 8/2008,




1.   Takes note of Preliminary draft amending budget No 11/2008;
2.   Approves DAB No 10/2008 unamended;
3.   Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.


(1)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 71, 14.3.2008.

(3)  OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
Council Regulation (EC) No 47/2009 of 18 December 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 2183/2004 extending to the non-participating Member States the application of Regulation (EC) No 2182/2004 concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins
Date: 2008-12-18
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European symbol, derogation from EU law, economic offence, euro, honour, market approval, non-participating country (euro area), technical specification

22.1.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 17/7

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 47/2009

of 18 December 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 2183/2004 extending to the non-participating Member States the
application of Regulation (EC) No 2182/2004 concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 2183/2004 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 308 thereof,

establishing the European

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bank (1),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2183/2004 (2) extended the
application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2182/2004 (3)
to Member States other than the participating Member
States as defined in Regulation (EC) No 974/98 of 3 May
1998 on the introduction of the euro (4).

Regulation (EC) No 2182/2004 has been amended by
Council Regulation (EC) No 46/2009 (5). It is important
that the rules concerning medals and tokens similar to
the
euro
Community, and the requisite provisions
should be
adopted to that end.

uniform throughout

should

coins

be

Article 1

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2183/2004 shall be replaced by
the following:

‘Article 1

The application of Regulation (EC) No 2182/2004 as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 46/2009 (*)
shall be
extended to Member States other
than the participating
Member States as defined in Article 1(a) of Regulation (EC)
No 974/98.

___________
(*) Council Regulation (EC) No 46/2009 of 18 December
2008
2182/2004
concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins (OJ
L 17, 22.1.2009, p. 5).’

amending Regulation

(EC) No

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, 18 December 2008.

For the Council
The President

M. BARNIER

(1) OJ C 283, 7.11.2008, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 373, 21.12.2004, p. 7.
(3) OJ L 373, 21.12.2004, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 139, 11.5.1998, p. 1.
(5) See page 5 of this Official Journal.