do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5453 — OEP/CCH) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-02-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: coal, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment, marketing, merger control

C 28/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.2.2009

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5453 — OEP/CCH)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/C 28/06)

1.
On 26 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 undertaking One Equity Partners II L.P.
(‘OEP’, USA), controlled by JPMorgan Chase & Co (USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Columbian Chemicals Holding LLC (‘CCH’,
USA) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking OEP: private equity fund,

— for undertaking CCH: production and sales of carbon black.

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.5453 — OEP/CCH, 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5388 — Diester Industrie/Oleon Group) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-02-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, marketing, merger control, motor fuel, vegetable oil

4.2.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 28/5

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5388 — Diester Industrie/Oleon Group)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/C 28/02)

On 8 January 2009, 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 Regulation (EC)
No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in French 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 32009M5388. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5289 — Agusta/CAE/Rotorsim) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-02-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aerospace industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, helicopter, merger control, provision of services, simulation, technology, theft, vocational training

4.2.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 28/13

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5289 — Agusta/CAE/Rotorsim)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/C 28/07)

1.
On 26 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 Agusta S.p.A. (‘Agusta’,
Italy), controlled by Finmeccanica — Societa per Azioni (Italy), and CAE Aviation Training B.V. (‘CAE’,
The Netherlands), belonging to CAE Inc. (Canada) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
Council Regulation, joint control over Rotorsim Srl. (‘Rotorsim’, Italy) 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 Agusta: manufacturing of helicopters and provision of related services,

— for CAE: provision of simulation and control technologies and training solutions for aerospace,

— for Rotorsim: operation of flight simulators.

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.5289 — Agusta/CAE/Rotorsim, 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.
Sanctions against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals ***I Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council providing for sanctions against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals (COM(2007)0249 – C6-0143/2007 – 2007/0094(COD))#P6_TC1-COD(2007)0094 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 19 February 2009 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2009/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council providing for minimum standards on sanctions and measures against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals
Date: 2009-02-04
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: EU employment policy, EU migration policy, codecision procedure, drafting of EU law, foreign national, illegal migration, penalty








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Sanctions against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals ***I

P6_TA(2009)0043

Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council providing for sanctions against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals (COM(2007)0249 – C6-0143/2007 – 2007/0094(COD))
(2010/C 67 E/23)

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The proposal was amended on 4 February 2009 (1) and approved on 19 February 2009 as thus amended (2).


(1)  The matter was then referred back to committee pursuant to Rule 51(2), second subparagraph, read in conjunction with Rule168(2) (A6-0026/2009).

(2)  Texts adopted, P6_TA(2009)0069.


P6_TC1-COD(2007)0094
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 19 February 2009 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2009/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council providing for minimum standards on sanctions and measures against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive 2009/52/EC.)
Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 2,00 % on 1 February 2009 — Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-02-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 28/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.2.2009

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

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

2,00 % on 1 February 2009

Euro exchange rates (2)

3 February 2009

(2009/C 28/03)

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

1,2849

AUD Australian dollar

115,02

7,453

0,9029

10,7506

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

2,0113

1,6058

9,9629

2,5418

1,9456

1,4898

KRW South Korean won

1 785,41

9,039

1,9558

28,398

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

15,6466

MYR Malaysian ringgit

299,25

3,4528

0,7014

4,5495

4,3065

2,1138

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

MXN Mexican peso

INR

Indian rupee

13,0019

8,7891

7,4047

15 001,21

4,6507

61,22

46,5075

44,927

2,9841

18,6413

62,189

(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.
2009/124/EC: Commission Decision of 4 February 2009 appointing members representing the private sector in the Joint Transfer Pricing Forum, expert group on transfer pricing
Date: 2009-02-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: appointment of staff, private sector, self-employed person, tax system, transfer pricing

L 42/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.2.2009

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 4 February 2009

appointing members representing the private sector in the Joint Transfer Pricing Forum, expert
group on transfer pricing

(2009/124/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having
regard to Commission Decision 2007/75/EC of
22 December 2006 setting up an expert group on transfer
pricing (1) to advise the Commission on transfer pricing tax
issues, and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Having regard to the call for applications for business members
and chairperson for the Joint Transfer Pricing Forum, published
on 22 December 2006 on the website of Taxation and Customs
Union Directorate-General,

Having regard to Commission Decision 2007/233/EC of
12 April 2007 on appointment of members representing the
private sector in the Joint Transfer Pricing Forum, expert group
on transfer pricing (2) for a two-year renewable term of office,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

the
According to Article 4 of Decision 2007/75/EC,
Commission
a
and
appoint
maximum of 15 specialists from the private sector with
experience and competence in transfer pricing,

chairperson

shall

a

The term of office of
private sector

the members representing the
in the Joint Transfer Pricing Forum

expires on 28 February 2009. It is necessary therefore,
to appoint a replacement for one member and to renew
the term of the chairperson and other existing members.

(3)

The members of the Joint Transfer Pricing Forum should
be appointed for a period of
two years starting on
1 March 2009,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Commission herewith appoints for a period of two years
the chairperson and 15 members representing the private sector
in the Joint Transfer Pricing Forum, expert group, whose names
are reproduced in the Annex.

Article 2

The Decision shall take effect on 1 March 2009.

Done at Brussels, 4 February 2009.

For the Commission

Robert VERRUE
Director-General for Taxation and
Customs Union

(1) OJ L 32, 6.2.2007, p. 189.
(2) OJ L 100, 17.4.2007, p. 25.

13.2.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 42/19

ANNEX

Reappointed Chairperson

Bruno GIBERT

Members representing the private sector

Reappointed Members

Dirk VAN STAPPEN

Isabel VERLINDEN

Svetla MARINOVA

Werner STUFFER

Heinz-Klaus KROPPEN

Kennet PETTERSSON

Sabine WAHL

Guglielmo MAISTO

Guy KERSCH

Theo KEIJZER

Monique VAN HERKSEN

Eduardo GRACIA

Michael SUFRIN

Nicholas DEE

New Member

Andrea BONZANO
Commission Regulation (EC) No 106/2009 of 4 February 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2009-02-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, common agricultural policy, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

L 36/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.2.2009

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 106/2009

of 4 February 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 5 February 2009.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 4 February 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.

5.2.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 36/7

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

0709 90 80

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)

JO
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

JO
MA
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

EG
ZZ

EG
IL
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

IL
MA
TR
ZZ

CN
IL
JM
MA
PK
TR
ZZ

EG
MA
TR
ZZ

CA
CL
CN
MK
US
ZZ

AR
CL
CN
US
ZA
ZZ

73,2
46,2
134,4
94,0
87,0

155,5
134,2
172,1
153,9

114,4
150,8
132,6

84,3
84,3

48,3
51,0
60,0
47,0
58,5
53,0

148,2
96,1
49,1
97,8

72,2
76,4
75,5
136,4
73,9
70,9
84,2

48,0
67,1
58,8
58,0

86,3
67,8
69,8
32,6
114,6
74,2

104,9
73,7
33,6
118,1
118,6
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’.