do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 9/2009 of 7 January 2009 fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for import licences lodged from 1 January 2009 to 2 January 2009 under the Community tariff quota for maize opened by Regulation (EC) No 969/2006
Date: 2009-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, import, import licence, maize, tariff quota

L 4/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.1.2009

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 9/2009

of 7 January 2009

fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for import licences lodged from
1 January 2009 to 2 January 2009 under the Community tariff quota for maize opened by
Regulation (EC) No 969/2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006
of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the admin­
istration of
for agricultural products
managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular
Article 7(2) thereof,

tariff quotas

import

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 969/2006 (3) opened an
annual import tariff quota of 242 074 tonnes of maize
(order number 09.4131).

Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 969/2006 fixes a
subperiod 1 from
quantity of 121 037 tonnes
1 January to 30 June 2009.

for

Based on the notification made under Article 4(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 969/2006, the applications lodged
time) on
from 1 January 2009 to 13:00 (Brussels

to quantities

2 January 2009 in accordance with Article 4(1) of that
those
Regulation relate
available. The extent to which import licences may be
issued should therefore be determined and the allocation
coefficient
laid down to be applied to the quantities
applied for.

in excess of

(4)

Import licences should no longer be issued under Regu­
lation (EC) No 969/2006 for
current quota
subperiod,

the

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Each import licence application for maize under the quota
referred to in Regulation (EC) No 969/2006 and lodged from
1 January 2009 to 13:00 (Brussels time) on 2 January 2009
shall give rise to the issue of a licence for the quantities applied
for, multiplied by an allocation coefficient of 0,880928 %.

2.
The issue of licences for the quantities applied for from
13:00 (Brussels time) on 2 January 2009 is hereby suspended
for the current quota subperiod.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi­
cation 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, 7 January 2009.

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 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.
(3) OJ L 176, 30.6.2006, p. 44.
Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 2,5 % on 1 January 2009 — Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, exchange rate, interest

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 2/25

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations (1):

2,5 % on 1 January 2009

Euro exchange rates (2)

6 January 2009

(2009/C 2/07)

1 euro =

Currency

Exchange rate

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

LVL

PLN

RON

TRY

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

Turkish lira

1,3332

AUD Australian dollar

125,84

7,4530

0,91760

10,5675

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,8727

1,5850

10,3369

2,2700

1,9719

1,5018

KRW South Korean won

1 753,58

9,3850

1,9558

26,410

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

15,6466

MYR Malaysian ringgit

266,67

3,4528

0,7070

4,0200

4,0675

2,0256

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

MXN Mexican peso

INR

Indian rupee

12,4521

9,1138

7,2835

14 665,20

4,6789

62,570

38,8859

46,755

2,9517

17,7949

64,8270

(1) Rate applied to the most recent operation carried out before the indicated day. In the case of a variable rate tender, the

interest rate is the marginal rate.

(2) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2009-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, Spain, State aid, agricultural holding, agricultural production, control of State aid, exchange of information, investment, natural disaster

7.1.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 2/23

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2009/C 2/06)

Date of adoption of the decision

4.12.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 645/07

Member State

Region

Spain

—

Title (and/or name of beneficiary)

Proyecto de Orden APA de medidas urgentes para reparar los daños causados
por inundaciones acaecidas por el desbordamiento del río Ebro en marzo y abril
de 2007

Legal basis

Proyecto de Orden APA/2007, por la que se desarrolla el artículo 4 del Real
Decreto-Ley no 3/2007, de 13 de abril, por el que se adoptan medidas urgentes
para reparar los daños causados por las inundaciones producidas por desborda-
mientos en la cuenca del río Ebro durante la última semana del mes de marzo y
la primera del mes de abril de 2007

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

To compensate for losses resulting from an exceptional occurrence

Direct grant and tax benefits

EUR 2 287 535

Max. 80 %

Ad hoc

Agriculture

Entidad Estatal de Seguros Agrarios
Ministerio de Agricultura
C/ Miguel Angel 23, 5a planta
28010 Madrid
ESPAÑA

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/

Date of adoption of the decision

4.12.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 358/08

Member State

Region

The Netherlands

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Garantstelling landbouwondernemingen

Legal basis

Kaderwet LNV-subisdies en Regeling LNV-subsidies

Type of measure

Guarantee

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Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

The measure concerns a general subsidy for the agricultural sector in the form
of a guarantee to support the investment in the resurrection, overtaking, the up
keeping or improvement of a small or medium sized agricultural enterprise

After payment of a premium, guarantee of 80 % of a loan for agricultural invest-
ments

The factual payments on the guarantees will amount to a maximum of on
average EUR 3,6 million per year

General guarantee: 3,33 %, Young farmer guarantee: 5,83 %, Guarantee
plus: 3,33 %, Guarantee plus on non-preferential loan: 3,15 %

2009-2014

Economic sectors

Agricultural sector

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit
Postbus 20401
2500 EK Den Haag
NEDERLAND

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/
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 983/2008 of 3 October 2008 adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2009 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community ( OJ L 268, 9.10.2008 )
Date: 2009-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, aid to disadvantaged groups, food aid, foodstuff, intervention stock, poverty

L 3/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.1.2009

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 983/2008 of 3 October 2008 adopting the plan allocating to
the Member States resources to be charged to the 2009 budget year for the supply of food from intervention
stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community

(Official Journal of the European Union L 268 of 9 October 2008)

On page 5, Annex I, table (b), second column, ‘Sugar’, tenth line, ‘Polska’:

for:

‘49 554’,

read:

‘49 544’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 7/2009 of 7 January 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2009-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, common agricultural policy, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

8.1.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 4/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 7/2009

of 7 January 2009

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 8 January 2009.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 7 January 2009.

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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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
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

BR
CL
EG
MA
TR
ZA
ZZ

MA
ZZ

CN
IL
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

CN
MK
US
ZZ

CN
US
ZZ

55,4
96,4
75,9

167,2
146,2
156,7

86,5
153,2
119,9

44,6
44,1
32,0
56,3
63,4
44,1
47,4

64,2
64,2

54,4
57,2
70,8
60,8

59,6
59,6
59,6

78,1
39,4
106,7
74,7

66,2
113,3
89,8

(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’.
Case C-148/08: Order of the President of the Court of 7 January 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil n o  1 de Málaga — Spain) — Finn Mejnertsen v Betina Mandal Barsoe
Date: 2009-01-07
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Denmark, EU Member State, EU law - national law, financial solvency, interpretation of the law, judicial cooperation, judicial proceedings

C 69/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.3.2009

Order of the President of the Sixth Chamber of the Court
of 17 December 2008 — Commission of the European
Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland

Order of the President of the Court of 7 January 2009
(reference for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo
Mercantil no 1 de Málaga — Spain) — Finn Mejnertsen v
Betina Mandal Barsoe

(Case C-122/08) (1)

(2009/C 69/67)

(Case C-148/08) (1)

(2009/C 69/70)

Language of the case: English

Language of the case: Spanish

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

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 116, 9.5.2008.

(1) OJ C 142, 7.6.2008.

Order of the President of the Court of 22 October 2008 —
the European Communities v Hellenic
Commission of

Republic

(Case C-130/08) (1)

(2009/C 69/68)

Order of the President of the Court of 3 December 2008
— Commission of the European Communities v Republic
of Austria

(Case C-181/08) (1)

(2009/C 69/71)

Language of the case: Greek

Language of the case: German

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 128, 24.5.2008.

(1) OJ C 158, 21.6.2008.

Order of the President of the Sixth Chamber of the Court
of 18 December 2008 — Commission of the European
Communities v Republic of Poland

Order of the President of the Court of 3 December 2008
— Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom
of Belgium

(Case C-142/08) (1)

(2009/C 69/69)

(Case C-187/08) (1)

(2009/C 69/72)

Language of the case: Polish

Language of the case: French

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

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 142, 7.6.2008.

(1) OJ C 158, 21.6.2008.