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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5557 — SNCF-P/CDPQ/Keolis/Effia) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-09-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carriage of passengers, economic concentration, exchange of information, insurance, marketing, merger control, pension scheme, provision of services, rail network, rail transport








C_2009227EN.01003001.xml










22.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 227/30





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5557 — SNCF-P/CDPQ/Keolis/Effia)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 227/12






1.


On 15 September 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 SNCF-Participations (France), belonging to the SNCF group, and the Caisse de Dépôt et de Placement du Québec (CDPQ — Quebec) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the whole of Keolis and Effia.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


SNCF group: passenger rail transport, distribution, marketing and derived services, mainly in France,










—


CDPQ: management of pension and insurance funds, mainly in Quebec,










—


Keolis: private operator which provides public transport services and is engaged in other transport-related activities,










—


Effia: services designed to facilitate passenger mobility and encourage the intermodality of public transport.














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.










4.


The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed 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 22964301 or 22967244) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5557 — SNCF-P/CDPQ/Keolis/Effia, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-9/09: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 22 September 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Public Health — Directive 2004/23/EC — Setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
Date: 2009-09-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Belgium, European Commission, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, disclosure of information, free movement of goods, stem cell, stock








C_2009282EN.01001601.xml










21.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 282/16





Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 22 September 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium
(Case C-9/09) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Public Health - Directive 2004/23/EC - Setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
2009/C 282/30
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: C. Cattabriga and J. Sénéchal, Agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: D. Haven, Agent)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to adopt or to communicate, within the prescribed period, the measures necessary to comply with Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells (OJ 2004 L 102, p. 48)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by not adopting, within the prescribed period, all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive.










2.


Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 69, 21.3.2009.
Case F-79/09: Action brought on 22 September 2009 — Schlienger v Commission
Date: 2009-09-22
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Commission, action by staff, damages, occupational disease








C_2009282EN.01006601.xml










21.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 282/66





Action brought on 22 September 2009 — Schlienger v Commission
(Case F-79/09)
2009/C 282/126
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Marc Schlienger (Muchamiel, Spain) (represented by: L. Levi and M. Vandenbussche, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Application for (i) annulment of the decision of the appointing authority of 15 December 2008, received on 16 January 2009, rejecting the applicants’ request for recognition of the ailment suffered by him as an occupational disease within the meaning of Article 73 of the Staff Regulations and (ii) so far as necessary annulment of the decision of 11 June 2009 rejecting the applicant’s complaint.
Application for EUR 12 000 in damages as compensation for the non-material damage suffered.

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision of the appointing authority of 15 December 2008, received on 16 January 2009, rejecting the applicants’ request for recognition of the ailment suffered by him as an occupational disease within the meaning of Article 73 of the Staff Regulations;










—


So far as necessary, annul the decision of 11 June 2009 rejecting the complaint;










—


order the defendant to pay the sum of EUR 12 000 in compensation for non-material damage;










—


order the defendant to pay the costs.
Case C-376/09: Action brought on 22 September 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Malta
Date: 2009-09-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Malta, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, dangerous substance, fire protection, ozone, stratospheric pollution, vessel, waste recycling








C_2009267EN.01005101.xml










7.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 267/51





Action brought on 22 September 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Malta
(Case C-376/09)
2009/C 267/85
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: A. Alcover San Pedro, E. Depasquale, Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Malta

The applicant claims that the Court should:







—


declare that, by not decommissioning non-critical uses of halons in fire protection systems and fire extinguishers on ships and by not recovering these halons, the Republic of Malta has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 4(4)(v) and 16 of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 June 2000 on substances that deplete the ozone layer;










—


order Republic of Malta to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

It follows from the provisions of Articles 4(4)(v) and 16 of the Regulation, read in conjunction with the provisions of Article 2 of the Act of Accession, that the Republic of Malta was required to decommission fire protection systems and fire extinguishers containing halons before 1 May 2004, with the exception of the critical uses listed in Annex VII to the regulation, and to recover these halons by appropriate technologies.
In the absence of any information to the effect that that the Republic of Malta has decommissioned non-critical uses of halons in fire protection systems and file extinguishers on all the ships listed in the form attached to its reply to the letter of formal notice and has recovered these halons, the Commission concludes that the Republic of Malta has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 4(4)(v) and 16 of the regulation.


(1)  OJ L 244, p. 1
Withdrawal of notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5601 — RREEF FUND, UFG/SAGGAS) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-09-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, bank, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, financial services, gas supply, merger control, natural gas








C_2009227EN.01003101.xml










22.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 227/31





Withdrawal of notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5601 — RREEF FUND, UFG/SAGGAS)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 227/13
(Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004)
On 26 August 2009, the Commission of the European Communities received notification of a proposed concentration between RREEF FUND, UFG and SAGGAS. On 16 September 2009, the notifying parties informed the Commission that they withdrew their notification.
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2009-09-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, Finland, State aid, control of State aid, economic recession, exchange of information, insurance








C_2009227EN.01000101.xml










22.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 227/1





Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 227/01






Date of adoption of the decision


22.6.2009




Reference number of State Aid


N 258/09




Member State


Finland




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Short-term export-credit insurance




Legal basis


Act on the State's Export Credit Guarantees No 442/2001




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Export credits insurance




Form of aid


—




Budget


—




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


until 31.12.2010




Economic sectors


Financial intermediation




Name and address of the granting authority


Finnvera plc




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/state_aids_texts_en.htm






Date of adoption of the decision


17.8.2009




Reference number of State Aid


N 415/09 & NN 46/09




Member State


Denmark




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Prolongation and amendment of the recapitalisation scheme and prolongation of the guarantee scheme




Legal basis


Act on State-Funded Capital Injections into Credit Institutions of 3 February 2009




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Aid to remedy serious disturbances in the economy




Form of aid


Other forms of equity intervention, Guarantee




Budget


Recapitalization: max DKK 100 000 million;
New guarantee scheme: max DKK 600 000 million




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


8.2009-2.2010




Economic sectors


Financial intermediation




Name and address of the granting authority


Kingdom of Denmark




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/state_aids_texts_en.htm
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
Date: 2009-09-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, commemoration, euro, issuing of currency, technical specification








C_2009227EN.01000401.xml










22.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 227/4





New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
2009/C 227/03




National side of the new commemorative 2-euro coin intended for circulation and issued by Finland

Euro coins intended for circulation have legal tender status throughout the euro area. The Commission publishes all new euro coin designs with a view to informing all parties required to handle coins in the course of their work as well as the public at large (1). In accordance with the Council conclusions of 10 February 2009 (2), the Member States and countries that have concluded a monetary agreement with the Community providing for the issuing of euro coins are allowed to issue commemorative euro coins intended for circulation, provided that certain conditions are met, particularly that only the 2-euro denomination is used. These coins have the same technical characteristics as other 2-euro coins, but their national side features a commemorative design that is highly symbolic in national or European terms.
Issuing country: Finland
Subject of commemoration: 200th anniversary of the first Diet of Finland and the founding of Central Government Institutions in Finland
Description of the design: The inner part of the coin depicts the profile of the Porvoo Cathedral, which was the site of opening of the first Diet of Finland. The date 1809 appears on the top. The year mark 2009 is on the right hand side. The indication of the issuing country ‘FI’ and the mintmark are on the left hand side.
The coin’s outer ring depicts the twelve stars of the European flag.
Number of coins to be issued: 1,6 million
Date of issue: October 2009


(1)  See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1 for the national sides of all the coins issued in 2002.

(2)  See the conclusions of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of 10 February 2009 and the Commission Recommendation of 19 December 2008 on common guidelines for the national sides and the issuance of euro coins intended for circulation (OJ L 9, 14.1.2009, p. 52).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-09-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2009227EN.01000301.xml










22.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 227/3





Euro exchange rates (1)

21 September 2009
2009/C 227/02

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,4658




JPY


Japanese yen


135,46




DKK


Danish krone


7,4413




GBP


Pound sterling


0,90660




SEK


Swedish krona


10,1390




CHF


Swiss franc


1,5182




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,6500




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,167




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


272,37




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7038




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1590




RON


Romanian leu


4,2678




TRY


Turkish lira


2,1875




AUD


Australian dollar


1,7017




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5780




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


11,3609




NZD


New Zealand dollar


2,0830




SGD


Singapore dollar


2,0788




KRW


South Korean won


1 766,41




ZAR


South African rand


11,0155




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


10,0098




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,2915




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 218,74




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,1010




PHP


Philippine peso


69,903




RUB


Russian rouble


44,5400




THB


Thai baht


49,434




BRL


Brazilian real


2,6625




MXN


Mexican peso


19,5318




INR


Indian rupee


70,3730






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-113/06: Order of the Court of First Instance of 22 September 2009 — Fjord Seafood Norway and Others v Council
Date: 2009-09-22
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: Council of the European Union, Norway, action for annulment (EU), anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, import, originating product, sea fish








C_2009267EN.01008202.xml










7.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 267/82





Order of the Court of First Instance of 22 September 2009 — Fjord Seafood Norway and Others v Council
(Case T-113/06) (1)

2009/C 267/146

Language of the case: English

The President of the Fifth Chamber has ordered that the case be in part removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 131, 3.6.2006.
Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive agreements and dominant positions given at its meeting of 8 May 2009 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/C-3/37.990 — Intel (2) — Rapporteur: Spain
Date: 2009-09-22
Institutions: Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions
Subjects: EC opinion, advisory committee (EU), aggravating circumstances, competition law, computer equipment, fine, marketing, restriction on competition, spare part








C_2009227EN.01000601.xml










22.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 227/6





Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive agreements and dominant positions given at its meeting of 8 May 2009 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/C-3/37.990 — Intel (2)
Rapporteur: Spain
2009/C 227/05






1.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the basic amount of the fine.
A minority abstains.










2.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that there are no mitigating or aggravating circumstances to be taken into account.










3.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the final amount of the fine.










4.


The Advisory Committee recommends the publication of its opinion in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 871/2009 of 22 September 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2009-09-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, common agricultural policy, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit








L_2009249EN.01000101.xml










23.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 249/1








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 871/2009
of 22 September 2009
         
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables


THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (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,

Whereas:

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
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 September 2009.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 September 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.




ANNEX
Standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables







(EUR/100 kg)




CN code


Third country code (1)



Standard import value




0702 00 00 


MK 


36,7 




ZZ 


36,7 




0707 00 05 


MK 


33,2 




TR 


125,1 




ZZ 


79,2 




0709 90 70 


TR 


108,8 




ZZ 


108,8 




0805 50 10 


AR 


102,0 




CL 


113,6 




TR 


91,7 




UY 


117,8 




ZA 


85,7 




ZZ 


102,2 




0806 10 10 


EG 


104,8 




IL 


115,4 




TR 


85,8 




ZZ 


102,0 




0808 10 80 


AR 


62,2 




BR 


113,8 




CL 


62,5 




NZ 


80,6 




US 


85,4 




ZA 


73,6 




ZZ 


79,7 




0808 20 50 


CN 


45,1 




TR 


120,5 




ZA 


70,3 




ZZ 


78,6 




0809 30 


TR 


118,9 




US 


243,3 




ZZ 


181,1 




0809 40 05 


IL 


112,9 




TR 


90,9 




ZZ 


101,9 






(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’.