do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission communication pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community — Public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2009-03-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU office or agency, Ireland, air transport, airline, inland transport, public service

7.3.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 54/73

Commission communication pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the
European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the
Community

Public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/C 54/05)

Member State

Concerned route

Ireland

Galway/Mina-Árainn, Inis Meáin/Oírr and vice versa

Date of entry into force of the public
service obligations

Date of publication of this notice

Address where the text and any rele-
vant information and/or documenta-
tion related to the public service obli-
gation can be obtained

Mrs Bairbre Ní Ghoill
Department of Community Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Na Forbacha
Galway
IRELAND
E-mail: bgill@pobail.ie
Website: www.pobail.ie
Tel. +353 91503736
Fax +353 91503750
Notice by the Ministry of the Economy of the Republic of Latvia
Date: 2009-03-07
Institutions: Latvia
Subjects: Latvia, economy, exchange of information, exploitation of resources, extraction of oil, hydrocarbon, mining extraction, ministry

7.3.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 54/75

V

(Announcements)

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

Notice by the Ministry of the Economy of the Republic of Latvia

(2009/C 54/07)

Pursuant to Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 and
Cabinet Regulation No 597 of 4 September 2007 on hydrocarbon prospection, exploration and production
and the amounts of and procedures for paying Government duties, the Ministry of the Economy of the
Republic of Latvia is preparing a call for tenders for hydrocarbon exploration and production within the
exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Latvia.

Pursuant to Article 5 of Directive 94/22/EC, the criteria by which the tender appraisal committee will
evaluate tenders for hydrocarbon exploration and production within the exclusive economic zone of the
Republic of Latvia have been published by the Ministry of the Economy on page 43 of the Latvian official
gazette Latvijas Vēstnesis No 14 (4000) of 27 January 2009.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5492 — Oaktree/Apollo/Countrywide) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-03-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, investment, merger control, property market, transfer of businesses

7.3.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 54/77

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5492 — Oaktree/Apollo/Countrywide)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/C 54/09)

1.
On 2 March 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(s) Oaktree (USA) belonging
to the Oaktree Group acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control
of Countrywide plc (UK) which today is solely controlled by Apollo Group (USA) by way of purchase of
shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for the Oaktree Group: is an investment management firm which advises and/or manages certain invest-

ment funds. In Europe, the Oaktree Group's real estate investments are limited to Germany only,

— for Apollo: manages investment funds that have investments in companies involved in numerous busi-
nesses throughout the world. In addition to Countrywide, Apollo also controls Realogy Corporation, a
provider of real estate and relocation services and real estate brokerage franchisor based in the USA,

— for Countrywide: provides customers in the UK with services in the residential and commercial property
sector. Its main business revolves around estate and letting agencies. Countrywide is also active in ancil-
lary services to its real estate and lettings agency business including financial services, surveying and
valuation, relocation services and conveyancing.

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.5492 — Oaktree/Apollo/Countrywide, 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.
Notice pursuant to and for the purposes of Article 10 of Directive 94/22/EEC on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons
Date: 2009-03-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, exploitation of resources, gas industry, hydrocarbon, oil industry, petroleum exploration

C 54/76

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.3.2009

Notice pursuant to and for the purposes of Article 10 of Directive 94/22/EEC on the conditions for
granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons

(2009/C 54/08)

Pursuant to and for the purposes of Article 10 of the Directive, the competent authority, by virtue of
is DGEG (Direcção-Geral de Energia e Geologia —
Decree-Law No 139/2007 of 27 April 2007,
Directorate-General for Energy and Geology).

Within the Directorate-General, technical competence in the field concerned rests with DPEP (Divisão para a
Pesquisa e Exploração de Petróleo — Petroleum Exploration Division), which was set up by Order
No 27237/2007 (Series 2) of 29 November 2007.

Contact:
Direcção-Geral de Energia e Geologia
Director-General José Perdigoto (e-mail: José.Perdigoto@dgge.pt)
Deputy Director-General Carlos Caxaria (e-mail: Carlos.Caxaria@dgge.pt)
Av. 5 de Outubro 87
1069-039 Lisbon
PORTUGAL
Tel. +351 217922704
Fax +351 217939540
www.dgge.pt

Divisão para a Pesquisa e Exploração de Petróleo
Head of Division Teresinha Abecasis (e-mail: Teresinha.Abecasis@dgge.pt)
Av. da República 45-5.o Esq
1050-187 Lisbon
PORTUGAL
Tel. +351 217954871
Fax +351 217954926

Directorate-General for Energy and Geology, 23 October 2008.

José PERDIGOTO

Director-General
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities
Date: 2009-03-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, crop production, economic concentration, fruit vegetable, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

7.3.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 54/5

Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities

(2009/C 54/02)

Pursuant to Article 9(1)(a), second indent, of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the
tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), the Explanatory Notes to the
Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities (2) are amended as follows:

Page 173

In the paragraph ‘3824 90 15’, the following new text is inserted after indent (b):

‘(c) artificial zeolites, not containing binders (subheading 2842 10 00), in conformity with point B,

indent (14) of the Explanatory Note of the Harmonized System related to position 3824’.

The present indent (c) becomes indent (d).

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 133, 30.5.2008, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-03-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 54/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.3.2009

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

6 March 2009

(2009/C 54/03)

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

1,2658

AUD Australian dollar

122,53

7,4505

0,89000

11,7135

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,9783

1,6258

9,8175

2,5134

1,9562

1,4637

KRW South Korean won

1 958,55

8,9530

1,9558

28,038

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

15,6466

MYR Malaysian ringgit

316,50

3,4528

0,7076

4,7311

4,2915

2,2650

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

MXN Mexican peso

INR

Indian rupee

13,3247

8,6581

7,4224

15 303,52

4,7056

61,230

45,2865

45,675

3,0244

19,3799

65,4360

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission communication pursuant to Article 17(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community — Invitation to tender in respect of the operation of scheduled air services in accordance with public service obligations (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2009-03-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU office or agency, Ireland, air transport, airline, inland transport, public service

C 54/74

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.3.2009

Commission communication pursuant to Article 17(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the
European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the
Community

Invitation to tender in respect of the operation of scheduled air services in accordance with public
service obligations

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/C 54/06)

Member State

Concerned route

Ireland

Galway/Mina-Árainn, Inis Meáin/Oírr and vice versa

Period of validity of the contract

1 June 2009-31 May 2013

Deadline for submission of tenders

2 months after the date of publication of this notice

Address where the text of the invita-
tion to tender and any relevant infor-
mation and/or documentation related
to the pubic tender and the public
service obligation can be obtained

Mrs Bairbre Ní Ghoill
Department of Community Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Na Forbacha
Galway
IRELAND
E-mail: bgill@pobail.ie
Website: www.pobail.ie
Tel. +353 91503736
Fax +353 91503750