do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-01-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

15.1.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 10/15

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

14 January 2009

(2009/C 10/05)

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

1,3173

AUD Australian dollar

117,66

7,4508

0,90830

10,9475

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,9769

1,6144

10,2177

2,4262

1,9664

1,4761

KRW South Korean won

1 777,43

9,4310

1,9558

26,917

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

15,6466

MYR Malaysian ringgit

277,45

3,4528

0,7050

4,1440

4,2880

2,1085

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

MXN Mexican peso

INR

Indian rupee

13,2389

9,0040

7,3347

14 657,60

4,7061

62,080

41,8400

45,987

3,0598

18,2710

64,0270

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4920 — Haniel/Schmidt-Ruthenbeck/Metro) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-01-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: distribution business, economic concentration, exchange of information, hotel industry, merger control, supermarket

15.1.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 10/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4920 — Haniel/Schmidt-Ruthenbeck/Metro)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/C 10/01)

On 9 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 German 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 32008M4920. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5295 — Teva/Barr)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/C 10/02)

On 19 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) in conjunction with
Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (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 32008M5295. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5295 — Teva/Barr) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-01-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, medicinal product, merger control, pharmaceutical industry, pharmaceutical product

15.1.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 10/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4920 — Haniel/Schmidt-Ruthenbeck/Metro)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/C 10/01)

On 9 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 German 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 32008M4920. EUR-Lex is the

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5295 — Teva/Barr)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/C 10/02)

On 19 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) in conjunction with
Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (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 32008M5295. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Case T-306/08 P: Order of the Court of First Instance of 15 January 2009 — Braun-Neumann v Parliament (Appeal — Staff case — Pensions — Survivor's pension — Payment of 50% owing to the existence of another surviving spouse — Act adversely affecting an official — Complaint out of time)
Date: 2009-01-15
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: General Court (EU), action by staff, appeal, civil service, divorced person, married person, survivor's benefit








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18.4.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 90/27





Order of the Court of First Instance of 15 January 2009 — Braun-Neumann v Parliament
(Case T-306/08 P) (1)

(Appeal - Staff case - Pensions - Survivor's pension - Payment of 50% owing to the existence of another surviving spouse - Act adversely affecting an official - Complaint out of time)
2009/C 90/43
Language of the case: German

Parties


Appellant: Kurt-Wolfgang Braun-Neumann (Lohr a. Main, Germany) (represented by: P. Ames, lawyer)

Other party to the proceedings: European Parliament (represented by: K. Zejdová and S. Seyr, Agents)

Re:

Appeal against the order of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 23 May 2008 in Case F-79/07 Braun-Neumann v Parliament [2008] ECR-SC I-A-000, seeking annulment of that order.

Operative part of the order







1.


The Appeal is dismissed.










2.


Each party is ordered to bear its own costs incurred at first instance.






(1)  OJ C 247, 27.9.2008.
Case C-16/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof (Germany) lodged on 15 January 2009 — Gudrun Schwemmer v Agentur für Arbeit Villingen-Schwenningen — Familienkasse
Date: 2009-01-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU employment policy, family benefit, free movement of workers, interpretation of the law, social security








C_2009090EN.01000702.xml










18.4.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 90/7





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof (Germany) lodged on 15 January 2009 — Gudrun Schwemmer v Agentur für Arbeit Villingen-Schwenningen — Familienkasse
(Case C-16/09)
2009/C 90/11
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesfinanzhof

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Gudrun Schwemmer

Respondent: Agentur für Arbeit Villingen-Schwenningen — Familienkasse

Questions referred







1.


Is the rule in Article 76(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of the Council of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community (1) to be applied mutatis mutandis to Article 10(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 of the Council of 21 March 1972 fixing the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 (2) in cases where the parent with a right to claim does not apply for the family benefits to which he is entitled in the country of employment?










2.


In the event that Article 76(2) of Regulation No 1408/71 is to be applied mutatis mutandis: on the basis of which discretionary considerations may the institution competent for family benefits in the country of residence apply Article 10(a) of Regulation No 574/72 as if benefits had been granted in the country of employment? May the discretion to assume that family benefits have been received in the country of employment be restricted where the person entitled intentionally does not apply for the family benefits to which he is entitled in the country of employment in order to cause detriment to the person entitled to child benefit in the country of residence?






(1)  OJ English Special Edition 1971(II), p. 416.

(2)  OJ English Special Edition 1972(I), p. 159.
Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2008/984/EC of 10 December 2008 amending Annex C to Council Directive 64/432/EEC and Decision 2004/226/EC as regards diagnostic tests for bovine brucellosis ( OJ L 352, 31.12.2008 )
Date: 2009-01-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, animal health, brucellosis, cattle, health legislation, intra-EU trade, medical diagnosis, swine

15.1.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 10/35

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2008/984/EC of 10 December 2008 amending Annex C to Council
Directive 64/432/EEC and Decision 2004/226/EC as regards diagnostic tests for bovine brucellosis

(Official Journal of the European Union L 352 of 31 December 2008)

On page 40, point 1:

for:

‘1. Annex C to Directive 64/432/EEC is replaced by the following:’,

read:

‘1. In Annex C to Directive 64/432/EEC points 1, 2 and 3 are replaced by the following:’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5423 — Costa/MSC/MPCT) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-01-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carriage of passengers, economic concentration, exchange of information, maritime transport, merger control, travel, vessel

C 10/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.1.2009

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5423 — Costa/MSC/MPCT)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/C 10/10)

1.
On 6 January 2009, 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 Costa Crociere S.p.A.
(‘Costa’, Italy) controlled by Carnival Corporation & plc (USA) and MSC CROCIERE S.A. (‘MSC’, Switzerland)
controlled by the Mediterranean Shipping Company Holding S.A. acquire within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of Marseille Provence Cruise terminal S.A.S. (‘MPCT’,
France), a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Costa: operation of cruise ships,

— for MSC: operation of cruise ships,

— for MPCT: management of the cruise terminal covered by the concession awarded by Port Autonome de

Marseille.

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.5423 — Costa/MSC/MPCT, 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-261/07: Order of the Court of First Instance of 15 January 2009 — Commission v Banca di Roma
Date: 2009-01-15
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, General Court (EU), action for annulment (EU), ordinance

21.3.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 69/53

Decision of the Opposition Division: Opposition upheld in part.

Decision of
mark applicant upheld.

the Board of Appeal: Action brought by the trade

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) and of Articles 73
and 74 of Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December
1993 on the Community trade mark.

Pleas in law: Incorrect application of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation
(EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark.

Action brought on 3 February 2009 — Cachuera v OHIM
— Gelkaps (Ayanda)

(Case T-43/09)

(2009/C 69/115)

Order of the Court of First Instance of 16 January 2009 —
Italy v Commission

(Case T-431/04) (1)

(2009/C 69/116)

Language of the case: Italian

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

Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

(1) OJ C 314, 18.12.2004.

Parties

Applicant: La Cachuera SA (Misiones, Argentina) (represented by:
E. Armijo Chávarri, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM:
Gelkaps GmbH (Pritzwalk, Germany).

Form of order sought

— Declare the action against the Decision of the Second Board
of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal
Market (OHIM) of 19 November 2008 lodged in time and
in the required form and, via the appropriate procedure,
order the annulment of that decision and order expressly
that OHIM pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

Applicant for a Community trade mark: Gelkaps GmbH.

Community trade mark concerned: Word mark ‘AYANDA’ (Appli-
cation No 3.315.405) for goods and services in Classes 3, 5, 28,
29, 30, 32 and 44.

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceed-
ings: The applicant.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 15 January 2009 —
Commission v Banca di Roma

(Case T-261/07) (1)

(2009/C 69/117)

Language of the case: Italian

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

(1) OJ C 211, 8.9.2007.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 3 February 2009 —
Comtec Translations v Commission

(Case T-239/08) (1)

(2009/C 69/118)

Language of the case: English

Mark or sign cited in opposition: Spanish figurative and word
marks ‘AMANDA’, for goods in Class 30.

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

Decision of the Opposition Division: Opposition upheld in part.

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal dismissed.

(1) OJ C 209, 15.8.2008.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5418 — Blackfriars/Vink Holding) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-01-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, United Kingdom, United States, building industry, economic concentration, electrical equipment, exchange of information, merger control, plastics, wholesale selling

15.1.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 10/21

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5418 — Blackfriars/Vink Holding)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/C 10/09)

1.
On 5 January 2009, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Blackfriars Corporation (‘Blackfriars’, United
Kingdom, part of the Blackfriars Group, USA), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council
Regulation control of the whole of Vink Holding B.V. (Netherlands) Vink Nordic Holding AS (Denmark) and
Vink Kunststoffe GmbH (Germany), collectively ‘Vink Holding’, by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Blackfriars: wholesale and distribution of electrical and plastic products to the industrial, building

and sign-manufacturing sectors, in the USA and UK,

— for Vink Holding: wholesale and distribution of semifinished plastic products to the industrial, building

and sign-manufacturing sectors, in several countries in continental mainland Europe.

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.5418 — Blackfriars/Vink Holding, 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2009 of 15 January 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2009-01-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, common agricultural policy, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

16.1.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 11/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 26/2009

of 15 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 16 January 2009.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 15 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.

L 11/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.1.2009

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)

IL
JO
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

JO
MA
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

EG
IL
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

CN
EG
IL
JM
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

CA
CN
MK
US
ZZ

CN
KR
US
ZZ

147,8
75,8
44,5
134,4
103,5
101,2

155,5
64,8
138,1
119,5

136,6
116,4
126,5

45,7
56,2
64,3
47,4
64,7
55,7

77,5
58,0
67,8

61,5
96,8
59,1
94,4
69,2
76,2

65,8
64,1
65,0

87,4
64,4
34,5
109,1
73,9

66,0
148,7
111,8
108,8

(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’.