Official Journal C57 - EUR-Lex - European Union

II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

Commission

2008/C 57/01 Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where theCommission raises no objections (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2008/C 57/02 Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where theCommission raises no objections (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2008/C 57/03 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4987 — IBM/Cognos) (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

Commission

2008/C 57/04 Euro exchange rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2008/C 57/05 Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive agreements and dominant positions given atits meeting of 26 October 2007 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/38.432 —Professional videotapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Official Journalof the European Union

EN(1) Text with EEA relevance (Continued overleaf)

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ISSN 1725-2423

English edition

Volume 51

C57

Information and Notices 1 March 2008

2008/C 57/06 Final report of the Hearing Officer in Case COMP/38.432 — Professional videotape (pursuant toArticles 15 and 16 of Commission Decision 2001/462/EC, ECSC of 23 May 2001 on the terms of reference ofHearing Officers in certain competition proceedings — OJ L 162, 19.6.2001, p. 21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2008/C 57/07 Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions given atits meeting of 16 November 2007 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/38.432 —Professional videotapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2008/C 57/08 Summary of Commission Decision of 20 November 2007 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 ofthe EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/38.432 — Professional videotapes)(notified under document number C(2007) 5469 final) (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2008/C 57/09 Communication from the Commission on the estimated availability of financial resources for grantingof restructuring aid for the 2008/2009 marketing year, in the framework of the implementation ofCouncil Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 establishing a temporary restructuring scheme for the sugarindustry in the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

2008/C 57/10 Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licenses pursuant toArticle 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2008/C 57/11 Annotated presentation of regulated markets and national provisions implementing relevantrequirements of ISD (Council Directive 93/22/EEC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

V Announcements

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

Cedefop

2008/C 57/12 Open call for proposals — GP/RPA/ReferNet-FPA/002/08 — ReferNet — European Networkof Reference and Expertise in Vocational Education and Training (VET) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION POLICY

Commission

2008/C 57/13 Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4874 — Itema/BarcoVision) (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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EN

OTHER ACTS

Commission

2008/C 57/14 Update of the list of residence permits referred to in Article 2(15) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 ofthe European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Code on the rules governing themovement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (OJ C 247, 13.10.2006, p. 1, OJ C 153,6.7.2007, p. 5, OJ C 192, 18.8.2007, p. 11, OJ C 271, 14.11.2007, p. 14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

2008/C 57/15 Update of reference amounts for the crossing of the external borders, as referred to in Article 5(3) ofRegulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing aCommunity Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen BordersCode) (OJ C 247, 13.10.2006, p. 19, OJ C 153, 6.7.2007, p. 22, OJ C 182, 4.8.2007, p. 18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

2008/C 57/16 Publication of an application pursuant to Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 onthe protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products andfoodstuffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

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)

(2008/C 57/01)

Date of adoption of the decision 17.1.2008

Reference number of the aid N 179/07

Member State Italy

Region Provincia autonoma di Trento

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Modalità del regime di aiuto N 42/2000 — Aiuti agli investimenti nel settoredella co-generazione di elettricità e di calore

Legal basis L.P. n. 6/99 — Criteri e modalità di attuazione della legge provinciale n. 6/99approvati con deliberazione di Giunta provinciale n. 2369 del 17.11.2006

Type of measure Aid scheme

Objective Environmental protection

Form of aid Investment aid

Budget Overall budget: EUR 10 million

Intensity 40 %

Duration 1.1.2007-31.12.2008

Economic sectors Co-generation of heat and power

Name and address of the grantingauthority

Provincia autonoma di Trento

Other information —

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can befound at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

1.3.2008 C 57/1Official Journal of the European UnionEN



Member State Spain

Region Andalucía

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Modificación del régimen de Ayuda N 538/2000

Legal basis Decreto 22/2007


Objective Environmental protection

Form of aid Direct grant, Interest subsidy, Other forms of equity intervention

Budget Annual budget: EUR 75,6 million

Overall budget: EUR 75,6 million

Intensity 50 %

Duration 1.1.2008-31.12.2008

Economic sectors All sectors


Región Andalucía




1.3.2008C 57/2 Official Journal of the European UnionEN

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections


(2008/C 57/02)



Member State Italy

Region Marche

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Promozione della ricerca industriale e dello sviluppo sperimentale in filieretecnologico-produttive — Marche

Legal basis Bando per la promozione della ricerca industriale e dello sviluppo sperimentalein filiere tecnologico-produttive


Objective Research and development

Form of aid Direct grant

Budget Overall budget: EUR 30 million

Intensity 80 %

Duration Until 31.12.2013

Economic sectors All sectors


Regione MarcheVia Tiziano, 44I-60100 Ancona





Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4987 — IBM/Cognos)


(2008/C 57/03)

On 24 January 2008, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and todeclare 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 English and will be made publicafter 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/). Thiswebsite provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, casenumber, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32008M4987. EUR-Lex is theon-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).


IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS ANDBODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

29 February 2008

(2008/C 57/04)

1 euro =

Currency Exchange rate

USD US dollar 1,5167

JPY Japanese yen 158,03

DKK Danish krone 7,4515

GBP Pound sterling 0,76520

SEK Swedish krona 9,3948

CHF Swiss franc 1,5885

ISK Iceland króna 99,68

NOK Norwegian krone 7,9140

BGN Bulgarian lev 1,9558

CZK Czech koruna 25,228

EEK Estonian kroon 15,6466

HUF Hungarian forint 264,15

LTL Lithuanian litas 3,4528

LVL Latvian lats 0,6970

PLN Polish zloty 3,5305

RON Romanian leu 3,7330

SKK Slovak koruna 32,530

Currency Exchange rate

TRY Turkish lira 1,8183

AUD Australian dollar 1,6226

CAD Canadian dollar 1,4895

HKD Hong Kong dollar 11,8027

NZD New Zealand dollar 1,8854

SGD Singapore dollar 2,1162

KRW South Korean won 1 425,07

ZAR South African rand 11,7309

CNY Chinese yuan renminbi 10,7860

HRK Croatian kuna 7,2715

IDR Indonesian rupiah 13 800,00

MYR Malaysian ringgit 4,8451

PHP Philippine peso 61,153

RUB Russian rouble 36,4511

THB Thai baht 46,790

BRL Brazilian real 2,5496

MXN Mexican peso 16,2363


(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive agreements and dominant positions given atits meeting of 26 October 2007 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/38.432 —

Professional videotapes

(2008/C 57/05)

1. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the addressees of the draft decision haveparticipated in agreements and/or concerted practices within the meaning of Article 81(1) of theEC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement.

2. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission's assessment of the product and the geographicscope of the agreement and/or concerted practice.

3. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the addressees of the draft decision haveparticipated in a single and continuous infringement.

4. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the agreement and/or concerted practicebetween professional videotape suppliers in the EEA were capable of having an appreciable effect upontrade between Member States.

5. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the object and the effect of the agreementand/or concerted practice was to restrict competition within the meaning of Article 81(1) of theEC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement.

6. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission's assessment on the addressees of the draft deci-sion, specifically with reference to imputation of liability to parent companies of the groups concerned.

7. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission's assessment on aggravating circumstances.

8. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission's assessment on mitigating circumstances.

9. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the application of the 2002 Leniency Notice.

10. The Advisory Committee recommends the publication of its opinion in the Official Journal of theEuropean Union.

11. The Advisory Committee asks the Commission to take into account other points raised during thediscussion.


Final report of the Hearing Officer in Case COMP/38.432 — Professional videotape

(pursuant to Articles 15 and 16 of Commission Decision 2001/462/EC, ECSC of 23 May 2001 on the terms ofreference of Hearing Officers in certain competition proceedings — OJ L 162, 19.6.2001, p. 21)

(2008/C 57/06)

The draft decision gives rise to the following observations:

Introduction

In May 2002, the Commission carried out inspections at premises belonging to members of the Sony, Fujiand Maxell groups in five Member States. Following these inspections leniency applications were submittedand the Commission carried out further investigation. The Commission came to the preliminary conclusionthat Fuji, Maxell and Sony discussed and entered into agreements and/or concerted practices in violation ofArticle 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area with a viewto increasing and maintaining or stabilising prices for two formats of professional videotapes, Betacam SPand Digital Betacam, in the EEA, and also exchanged information to facilitate and/or monitor their imple-mentation from at least as early as 23 August 1999 and at least until 16 May 2002.

Statement of Objections and the time to reply

On 8 March 2007 the Commission initiated proceedings and adopted a Statement of Objections (‘SO’). Theaddressees of the SO were Sony France SA and its parent companies Sony Europe Holding BV, SonyCorporation (hereinafter jointly referred to as ‘Sony’), FUJIFILM Recording Media GmbH and its parentcompanies FUJIFILM Corporation and FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation (hereinafter jointly referred to as‘Fuji’) and Maxell Europe Limited and its parent company Hitachi Maxell Limited (hereinafter jointly referredas ‘Maxell’).

The addressees received the SO between 13 and 16 March 2007, with a two-month deadline to reply. Upontheir reasoned requests, I granted extensions to Fuji and Sony until 16 and 21 May 2007, respectively. Allparties replied in due time.

Access to file

The parties had access to the Commission file in the form of CD-ROMs which they received together withthe SO. None of the parties addressed any issues relating to access to file to me.

Maxell's leniency application

On 10 April 2007, Maxell applied for leniency under the terms of the 2002 Leniency Notice (1) which wassent to the other parties.

Oral hearing

An oral hearing was held on 12 June 2007. All addressees of the SO attended the oral hearing andpresented their views.

The draft decision

In the draft decision, the Commission included a favourable assessment of Maxell's leniency application,stating that Maxell's reply corroborated to a very significant extent to the interpretation of the facts, andgranted a reduction of the fine which otherwise would have been imposed on Maxell.


(1) OJ C 45, 19.2.2002, p. 3.

The draft decision is the first Commission decision in which the 2006 Guidelines on fines (1) are applied.

The draft decision submitted to the Commission only contains objections in respect of which the partieshave been afforded the opportunity of making known their views.

I conclude that the rights of the parties to be heard have been respected in the present case.

Brussels, 8 November 2007.

Karen WILLIAMS


(1) OJ C 210, 1.9.2006, p. 2.

Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions given atits meeting of 16 November 2007 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/38.432 —

Professional videotapes

(2008/C 57/07)

1. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the basic amount of the fines.

2. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the increase of the basic amount due to aggra-vating circumstances.

3. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the increase of the fine to ensure a sufficientdeterrent effect.

4. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the reductions of the fines based on the 2002Leniency Notice.

5. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the final amounts of the fines.

6. The Advisory Committee recommends the publication of its opinion in the Official Journal of the EuropeanUnion.


Summary of Commission Decision

of 20 November 2007

relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement

(Case COMP/38.432 — Professional videotapes)

(notified under document number C(2007) 5469 final)

(Only the English text is authentic)


(2008/C 57/08)

I. INTRODUCTION

(1) On 20 November 2007, the Commission adopted a deci-sion relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of theEC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement. Inaccordance with the provisions of Article 30 of CouncilRegulation (EC) No 1/2003 (1), the Commission herewithpublishes the names of the parties and the main contentof the decision, including any penalties imposed, havingregard to the legitimate interest of undertakings in theprotection of their business secrets. A non-confidentialversion of the full text of the decision can be found inthe authentic language of the case at the DirectorateGeneral for Competition's web-site: http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/index_en.html

II. CASE DESCRIPTION

1. Procedure

(2) This case started as an ex officio investigation with dawnraids on 28 and 29 May 2002 at a total of elevenpremises belonging to members of the Sony, Fuji andMaxell groups in five Member States. Two incidentsoccurred at Sony's premises, one involving the destructionof documents, the other a refusal to reply to questions.

(3) On 5 December 2006, Fuji formally applied for a reduc-tion of fines under the 2002 Leniency Notice (2). Itsapplication made reference to information previouslysubmitted to the Commission since June 2002. By letterof 23 February 2007, the Commission informed Fuji ofits intention to grant Fuji a reduction of 30 to 50 % ofthe fine under the 2002 Leniency Notice.

(4) The Statement of Objections was adopted on 8 March2007 and notified to all the parties by 16 March 2007.

(5) On 10 April 2007 Maxell formally applied for a reductionof fines under the 2002 Leniency Notice. Its applicationmade reference to information previously submitted to theCommission since October 2004.

(6) An oral hearing was held on 12 June 2007.

2. Summary of the infringement

(7) TV-stations and independent producers of TV-content andadvertising films are the main customers of professionalvideotape. The decision concerns only the two mostpopular professional videotape formats at the time of theinfringement: Betacam SP and Digital Betacam, whichtogether represented 77 % of all professional videotapesales in the EEA in 2001. The estimated EEA market valuefor these two formats was approximately EUR 118 millionin 2001. For that year, the three undertakings involved inthe infringement held an estimated market share of 89 %.

(8) The decision concludes that Sony, Fuji and Maxell oper-ated between 23 August 1999 and 16 May 2002 a cartelwith a view to increasing and maintaining or stabilisingprices for Betacam SP and Digital Betacam videotape inthe EEA market, and also exchanged information to facili-tate and/or monitor their implementation.

(9) The companies organised three (successful) rounds ofprice increases and otherwise endeavoured to stabilise theprices. They also regularly discussed past and forthcomingtenders, typically from public and private TV-stations.

(10) There were 11 meetings between representatives of thethree undertakings during the period of the infringement,in all of which they discussed and agreed prices and/orexchanged sensitive commercial information, as well ascontinuous contacts between meetings to discuss pricesand specific clients and to follow-up the implementationof the cartel agreements.

(11) The decision further concludes that it has been establishedthat the agreements on prices were generally imple-mented.

3. Addressees

(12) The decision is addressed to the following legal entities,which belong to the three participating undertakings(Sony, Fuji and Maxell):

(a) Sony Corporation;

(b) Sony Europe Holding BV;


(1) OJ L 1, 4.1.2003, p. 1.(2) Commission notice on immunity from fines and reduction of fines in

cartel cases (OJ C 45, 19.2.2002, p. 3).

(c) Sony France SA;

(d) FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation;

(e) FUJFILM Corporation;

(f) FUJIFILM Recording Media GmbH;

(g) Hitachi Maxell, Ltd; and

(h) Maxell Europe Limited.

(13) Liability of the ultimate parent companies is establishedboth because of their direct participation in one of thecartel meetings, which was held in Japan, and on the basisof the presumption of the exercise of decisive influenceover their wholly-owned subsidiaries, which is reinforcedby several additional indicia.

4. Remedies

(14) This is the first cartel case in which the 2006 Guidelineson Fines (1) have been applied.

4.1. Basic amount of the fine

(15) The basic amount of the fine is determined as a propor-tion of the value of the sales of the relevant product madeby each undertaking in the relevant geographic areaduring the last full business year of the infringement(‘variable amount’), multiplied by the number of years ofinfringement, plus an additional amount (‘entry fee’), alsocalculated as a proportion of the value of sales, which ismeant to enhance deterrence in respect of horizontalprice fixing agreements.

(16) Having considered different factors, in particular thenature, the combined market share and the geographicscope of the infringement, the decision applies in this casea variable amount of 18 % and an entry fee of 17 %.

(17) Taking into account that the infringement lasted for atleast 2 years and 8 months, the variable amount is multi-plied by 3.

4.2. Adjustments to the basic amount

4.2.1. Aggrava t ing c i r cumstances : r e fusa l tocoopera te or obs t r uc t ion

(18) As mentioned in paragraph 2, two separate incidentsoccurred at Sony's premises during the inspection. Thedecision concludes that both incidents constitutedobstruction and justify an increase of 30 % in the basicamount imposed on Sony.

4.2.2. Mi t iga t ing c i r cumstances

(19) The parties argued for the application of a series of miti-gating circumstances such as early termination of theinfringement, limited involvement in the infringement,effective co-operation outside the Leniency Notice, isolatedand unauthorized conduct without senior management'sknowledge and introduction of a compliance programafter the infringement. These claims are all rejected.

4.2.3. Spec i f i c inc rease for de te r r ence

(20) Taking into account the need to ensure that fines have asufficiently deterrent effect, and in consideration of thelarge size of Sony's turnover beyond the sales of goods orservices to which the infringement relates, the decisionincreases the fine to be imposed to this undertakingby 10 %.

4.3. Application of the 10 % turnover limit

(21) The 10 % worldwide turnover limit provided for inArticle 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 is not attainedin respect of the fine to be imposed on any of the under-takings.

4.4. Application of the 2002 Leniency Notice: reduction offines

(22) As mentioned under paragraphs 5 and 6 above, both Fujiand Maxell filed applications for a reduction of finesunder the 2002 Leniency Notice.

(23) The decision grants a reduction of the fine of 40 % forFuji and 20 % for Maxell. These percentages of reductiontake into account the extent to which the evidencesubmitted by each company represented added value, aswell as the time at which this evidence was submitted.

(24) Sony's contribution to this case was limited to notcontesting most of the facts after having received theStatement of Objections. The decision concludes that thisdoes not constitute significant added value under theLeniency Notice.

III. DECISION

(25) The following undertakings infringed Article 81 of theTreaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement by partici-pating, from 23 August 1999 until 16 May 2002, in acomplex of agreements and concerted practices with aview to increasing and to maintaining or stabilising pricesfor Betacam SP and Digital Betacam videotape in the EEAmarket:

(a) Sony Corporation;

(b) Sony Europe Holding BV;

(c) Sony France SA;


(1) Guidelines on the method of setting fines imposed pursuant toArticle 23(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 (OJ C 210, 1.9.2006,p. 2).

(d) FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation;

(e) FUJFILM Corporation;

(f) FUJIFILM Recording Media GmbH;

(g) Hitachi Maxell, Ltd; and

(h) Maxell Europe Limited.

(26) For the infringement referred to in the previous para-graph, the following fines are imposed:

(a) Sony Corporation, Sony Europe Holding BV and SonyFrance SA, jointly and severally: EUR 47 190 000;

(b) FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation, FUJFILM Corporationand FUJIFILM Recording Media GmbH, jointly andseverally: EUR 13 200 000;

(c) Hitachi Maxell, Ltd and Maxell Europe Limited, jointlyand severally: EUR 14 400 000.

(27) The undertakings listed above are ordered to immediatelybring to an end the infringement insofar as they have notalready done so and to refrain from repeating any act orconduct described in paragraph 25 and from any act orconduct having the same or similar object or effect.


Communication from the Commission on the estimated availability of financial resources forgranting of restructuring aid for the 2008/2009 marketing year, in the framework of the implemen-tation of Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 establishing a temporary restructuring scheme for

the sugar industry in the Community

(2008/C 57/09)

In accordance with Article 10(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 968/2006 of 27 June 2006 layingdown detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 establishing a temporaryscheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry in the Community (1), the Commission informs theMember States that the estimated financial resources available in the temporary restructuring fund are suffi-cient to grant restructuring aid for all the applications submitted by 31 January 2008 in respect of the2008/2009 marketing year and found eligible by them.


(1) OJ L 176, 30.6.2006, p. 32. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1261/2007 (OJ L 283, 27.10.2007, p. 8).

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licenses pursuant toArticle 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers (1) (2)


(2008/C 57/10)

Operating licences granted

Category A: Operating licences without the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

GERMANY

Name of air carrier Address of air carrier Permitted to carry Decisioneffective since

TRIPLE ALPHA — Luftfahrt-gesellschaft mbH

Airport Trade CenterWanheimer Str. 90-92D-40468 Düsseldorf

Passengers, mail,cargo

27.8.2007

HELOG Lufttransport KG Sägewerkstr. 3D-83404 Ainring


27.8.2007

DCA GmbH Epplestr. 225 — HPC 3000D-70567 Stuttgart


12.4.2007

AUSTRIA


A-Jet Aviation & AircraftManagement GmbH

Wächtergasse 1A-1010 Wien


7.1.2008

Mjet Aviation GmbH Tegetthoffstraße 7A-1010 Wien


20.12.2007

Business Express Luftfahrtge-sellschaft GmbH

Wielandgasse 14-16/4A-8010 Graz


18.12.2007

Vienna Jet BedarfsluftfahrtGmbH

Franz Josefs Kai 13A-1010 Wien


19.12.2007

BANNERT AIR Bedarfsflugunter-nehmen GmbH

Wagramer Straße 56A-1220 Wien


5.12.2007

Austrien Airlines AG Office Park 2A-1300 Wien-Flughafen


10.9.2007

BFS Business Flight SalzbourgBedarfsflug GesmbH-Fläche

Franz Brötzner-Straße 12A-5073 Wals-Himmelreich


10.9.2007


(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 1.(2) Communicated to the European Commission before 31 August 2005.


Flynext LuftverkehrsgesellschaftmbH

Flughafen (1300 Wien Flughafen)A-2320 Schwechat


30.10.2007

Goldeck — Fluggesellschaftm.b.H (Fläche)

Ortenburgerstr.27A-9800 Spittal an der Drau


9.1.2008

Lauda Air Luftfahrt — GmbH Flughafen, Office Park 2A-1300 Wien


16.10.2007

Amerer Air GesmbH Flughafenstr. 22A-4063 Hörsching


15.1.2008

Majestic Executive Aviation AG Landstraßer Hauptstraße 140A-1030 Wien


23.1.2008

FRANCE


Pan Européenne Aéroport de Chambéry-Aix-les-BainsF-73420 Le Vivier du Lac


2.1.2007

Transavia France 18, Avenue Louis BlériotF-91551 Paray Vielle Poste


11.5.2007

Société de Transportde l'Archipel Guadeloupéeen

Aéroport de Fort-de-FranceF-97232 Le Lamentin


27.6.2007

Air Corporate Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget85, allée de StockholmF-93350 Le Bourget


8.10.2007

Europe Air Lines Aérogare d'affairesAéroport de MontpellierF-34130 Mauguio


8.8.2007

Aéro Services Corporate Bât H5 — Zone aviation d'affairesAéroport du BourgetF-93350 Le Bourget


31.12.2007

GREECE


K2smartJets — Athens Airport — Eleftherios VenizekosAdministration Office 17GR-19019 Spata


7.9.2007

LITHUANIA


JSC HC Airways A. Tumeno 4LT-01109 Vilnius


22.8.2007


ROMANIA


S.C. Jetran Air s.r.l. 77 Nicolae Caramfil Str., sector 1,Bucharest — Romania


10.12.2007

SWEDEN


Aerosyncro Aviation AB556597-0919

Parklindsvägen 13S-531 58 Lidköping


7.9.2007

NEX Time Jet AB556640-5170

Djupdalsvägen 25S-192 51 Sollentuna


12.10.2007

Category B: Operating licences including the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

GERMANY


Mediair GmbH Flugdienst Haidenburger Str. 2D-94501 Haidenbach


5.2.2007

AUSTRIA


Avcon Jet AG Obere Donaustraße 37A-1020 Wien


21.11.2007

Pink Aviation ServicesLuftverkehrsunternehmen

Endresstraße 79/4A-1238 Wien


17.1.2008

FRANCE


Aéralp Aéroport de GrenobleF-38590 Saint-Etienne de Saint Geoirs


18.4.2007

Chamonix Mont BlancHélicoptères

130, chemin des morillesF-74400 Chamonix Mont Blanc


2.5.2007

JDP France 20, rue RoyaleF-75008 Paris


2.7.2007

Yankee Lima Hélicoptères PK 16 Route Degrad des CannesF-97354 Remire Montjoly


5.7.2007

Aquit'Air 9, allées Don Helder CamaraF-33600 Pessac


1.10.2007

Smart Aviation 6, rue GaliléeF-75116 Paris


2.10.2007



Iroise Aéro Services Aéroport de Brest-BretagneF-29490 Guipavas


28.11.2007

Take Air Lines Zone aviation généraleAéroport de Fort-de-FranceF-97232 Le Lamentin


3.10.2007

Atlantique Hélicoptère Aéroport de Nantes-AtlantiqueF-44340 Bourguenais


29.10.2007

SPAIN


Canarias Aeronáutica, S.L. c/ Luis Saavedra Miranda, 26E-34014 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria


13.12.2007

IRELAND


Vision Air Limited Weston Airport, LeixlipCo. KildareIreland


17.1.2008

LITHUANIA


UAB Joanos avialinijos Laisves av. 13-6LT-06118 Vilnius


9.11.2007

NETHERLANDS


Bikkair B.V. RTM Airportlaan 553045 AP RotterdamNederland


21.12.2007

SWEDEN


Nordways Sweden AB556383-5932

Box 23S-230 32 Malmö-Sturup


4.9.2007

Petter Solberg Aviation AB556252-9544

Box 14S-685 21 Torsby


1.12.2007

Svensk Flygambulans AB556061-5949

Säve flygplatsväg 16S-423 73 Säve


28.11.2007


Operating licences revoked


GERMANY


TRIPLE ALPHA — Luftfahrt-gesellschaft mbH

Flughafenstr. 61D-40474 Düsseldorf


27.8.2007

HELOG Lufttransport KG Scholssplatz 7D-91217 Hersbruck


27.8.2007

DaimlerChrysler Aviation GmbH Epplestr. 225 — HPC 3000D-70567 Stuttgart


12.4.2007

AUSTRIA


LTU Flug LufttransportUntemehmen GmbH

Flughafen (1300 Wien Flughafen)A-2320 Schwechat


30.10.2007

Lauda Air Luftfahrt — GmbH Flughafen, World Trade CenterA-1300 Wien


16.10.2007

FRANCE


Europe Air Lines Aérogare d'affairesAéroport de MontpellierF-34130 Mauguio


8.8.2007

Aéro Services Corporate Bât H5 — Zone aviation d'affairesAéroport du BourgetF-93350 Le Bourget


31.12.2007

Category B: Operating licences including the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

GERMANY


CityHeli HelicopterdiensteGmbH & Co

Am Coloneum 1D-50829 Köln


4.4.2007

HFD Hubschrauber & Flugzeug-dienst GmbH

FlugplatzD-14959 Schönhagen


2.5.2007

Rieker Air Service Flugzeug-handel und Charter GmbH

Flughafen StuttgartGeneral Aviation Terminal, EG 20-21D-70629 Leinfelden-Echterdingen


14.8.2007


AUSTRIA


Business Express Luftfahrtge-sellschaft GmbH

Wielandgasse 14-16/4A-8010 Graz


18.12.2007

Vienna Jet BedarfsluftfahrtGmbH

Franz Josefs Kai 13A-1010 Wien


19.12.2007

BANNERT AIR Bedarfsflugunter-nehmen GmbH

Wagramer Straße 56A-1220 Wien


5.12.2007

Goldeck — Flug Gesellschaftm.b.H (Fläcge)

Ortenburgerstr.27A-9800 Spittal an der Drau


9.1.2008

Austrien Airlines AG Office Park 2A-1300 Wien-Flughafen


10.9.2007

BFS Business Flight SalzbourgBedarfsflug GesmbH-Fläche

Franz Brötzner-Straße 12A-5073 Wals-Himmelreich


10.9.2007

FRANCE


Take Air Lines Zone aviation généraleAéroport de Fort-de-FranceF-97232 Le Lamentin


3.10.2007

Atlantique Hélicoptère Aéroport de Nantes-AtlantiqueF-44340 Bourguenais


29.10.2007

IRELAND


Vision Air Limited Weston Airport, LeixlipCo. KildareIreland


17.1.2008

LITHUANIA


UAB Joanos avialinijos Laisves av. 13-6LT-06118 Vilnius


9.11.2007

SWEDEN


HT Helikopter Transport556363-2313

Box 42S-740 81 Grillby


31.10.2007

Just Air Scandinavian AB556601-5458

Österskärsvägen 9S-184 52 Österskär


7.9.2007

SWT Aero AB556591-3257

Box 7092S-170 07 Solna


31.12.2005


Change of name of license holder


AUSTRIA

New name of air carrier Address of air carrier Permitted to carry Decisioneffective since

Pink Aviation ServicesLuftverkehrsunternehmen

Endresstraße 79/4A-1238 Wien


17.1.2008

Majestic Executive Aviation AG Landstraßer Hauptstraße 140A-1030 Wien


23.1.2008


Annotated presentation of regulated markets and national provisions implementing relevantrequirements of ISD (Council Directive 93/22/EEC)

(2008/C 57/11)

Article 47 of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parlia-ment and of the Council, OJ L 145, 30.4.2004, p. 1) authorises each Member State to confer the status of‘regulated market’ on those markets constituted on its territory and which comply with its regulations.

Article 4, paragraph 1, point 14 of Directive 2004/39/EC defines a ‘regulated market’ as a multilateralsystem operated and/or managed by a market operator, which brings together or facilitates the bringingtogether of multiple third-party buying and selling interests in financial instruments — in the system and inaccordance with its non-discretionary rules — in a way that results in a contract, in respect of the financialinstruments admitted to trading under its rules and/or systems, and which is authorized and functions regu-larly and in accordance with the provisions of Title III of Directive 2004/39/EC.

Article 47 of Directive 2004/39/EC requires that each Member State maintains an updated list of regulatedmarkets authorised by it. This information should be communicated to other Member States and the Euro-pean Commission. Under the same article (Article 47 of Directive 2004/39/EC), the Commission is requiredto publish a list of regulated markets, notified to it, on a yearly basis in the Official Journal of the EuropeanUnion. The present list has been compiled pursuant to this requirement.

The attached list indicates the title of the individual markets which are recognised by national competentauthorities as complying with the definition of ‘regulated market’. In addition, it indicates the entity respon-sible for managing these markets and the competent authority responsible for issuing or approving the rulesof the market.

As a result of reduced entry barriers and specialisation in trading segments, the list of ‘regulated markets’ issubject to greater turnover than under the Council Directive 93/22/EEC on investment services. Article 47of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive also requires the European Commission to publish the listof regulated markets on its website and to update it regularly.

Consequently, the European Commission will, in addition to yearly publication of a list in the OfficialJournal, maintain an updated version of this list on its official website (http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/securities/isd/mifid_en.htm). This list will be updated regularly on the basis of information communicated bynational authorities. The latter are called upon to continue to advise the Commission of any additions to ordeletions from the list of regulated markets for which it is the home Member State.

Country Title of regulated market Operating entity Competent authority for designation andoversight of market

Austria 1. Amtlicher Handel (official market) Wiener Börse AG (1-2) Finanzmarktaufsichtsbehörde (FMA —

Financial Markets Authority)

2. Geregelter Freiverkehr (second regu-lated market)

Belgium 1. Bourse de valeurs mobilières deBruxelles (Euronext Brussels):

— le marché ‘Eurolist Brussels’,

— le marché des instruments dérivés

1. Euronext Brussels SA 1. Ministre des Finances sur avis de lacommission bancaire, financière et desassurances (CBFA)

Autorité de marché = CBFA

2. Le marché hors bourse des obligationslinéaires, des titres scindés et des certi-ficats de trésorerie

2. Fonds des rentes 2. Législateur (art.144, §2 de la loi du2.8.2002)

Autorité de marché = Comité du Fondsdes rentes, pour compte de la CBFA



Bulgaria 1. Официален пазар (official market) Българска Фондова Борса — София АД(Bulgarian Stock Exchange — Sofia JSCo)

Комисия за финансов надзор (FinancialSupervision Commission)

2. Неофициален пазар (unofficial market)

Cyprus Cyprus Stock Exchange Cyprus Stock Exchange Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commis-sion

Czech Republic 1. Main market (Hlavni Trh) 1.-3. Prague Stock Exchange (Burzacennych papírů Praha, a.s.)

Czech National Bank

2. Secondary market (Vedlejsi trh)

3. Free market (Volny trh)

4. RM SYSTEM official market 4. RM SYSTEM a.s. — Organizer ofregulated market

Denmark 1. Københavns Fondsbørs (CopenhagenStock Exchange)

— Equity market

— Bond market

— Derivatives market

1. Copenhagen StockExchange Ltd

Finanstilsynet (Danish Financial Supervi-sory Authority)

2. Dansk Autoriseret Markedsplads A/S(Danish Authorised Market Place Ltd(DAMP)) [authorised market place =regular trade in securities admitted fortrading but not listed on stockexchange]

2. Danish Authorised Market Place Ltd(DAMP)

Estonia 1. Väärtpaberibörs (Stock Exchange)

— Põhinimekiri (main list)

— Investorinimekiri (investor list)

— Võlakirjade nimekiri (list for debtinstruments)

— Fondiosakute nimekri (list for fundshares)

AS Tallinna Börs (Tallinn Stock ExchangeLtd)

Finantsinspektsioon (Estonian FinancialSupervision Authority)

2. Reguleeritud turg (regulated market)

— Vabaturg (free market)

Finland Arvopaperipörssi (Stock Exchange)

— Pörssilista (official list)

— Pre-lista ja Muut arvopaperit -lista(pre list and other securities list)

OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki Oy(OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki Ltd)

Designation: Ministry of Finance

Oversight:

— Approval of rules: Ministry of Finance

— Supervision of compliance: Rahoitus-tarkastus/Finnish Financial SupervisionAuthority



France 1. Euronext Paris Euronext Paris (1-3) Proposition de l'Autorité des marchésfinanciers (AMF)

Reconnaissance par le ministre chargé del'économie (cf. article L. 421-1 du codemonétaire et financier)

2. MATIF

3. MONEP

Germany Börsenaufsichtsbehörden der Länder (StockExchange supervisory authorities of thefederal states) and the Bundesanstalt fürFinanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin)

State authorities:

1. Börse Berlin-Bremen (AmtlicherHandel, Geregelter Markt)

1. Börse Berlin AG 1. Senatsverwaltung für Wirtschaft,Technologie und Frauen, Berlin

2. Düsseldorfer Börse (AmtlicherHandel, Geregelter Markt)

2. Börse Düsseldorf AG 2. Finanzministerium des LandesNordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf

3. Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (Amt-liche Markt, Geregelter Markt)

3. Deutsche Börse AG 3. & 4. Hessisches Ministerium fürWirtschaft, Verkehr und Landes-entwicklung, Wiesbaden

4. Eurex Deutschland 4. Eurex Frankfurt AG

5. Hanseatische Wertpapierbörse Ham-burg (Amtlicher Markt, GeregelterMarkt, startup market)

5. BÖAG Börsen AG 5. Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg,Behörde für Wirtschaft undArbeit

6. Niedersächsische Börse zu Hannover(Amtlicher Markt, Geregelter Markt)

6. BÖAG Börsen AG 6. Niedersächsisches Ministerium fürWirtschaft, Arbeit und Verkehr,Hannover

7. Börse München (Amtlicher Markt,Geregelter Markt)

7. Bayerische Börse AG 7. Bayerisches Staatsministerium fürWirtschaft, Infrastruktur, Verkehrund Technologie, München

8. Baden-Württembergische Wertpa-pierbörse (Amtlicher Markt, Gere-gelter Markt)

8. Börse-Stuttgart AG 8. WirtschaftsministeriumBaden-Württemberg, Stuttgart

9. Risk Management Exchange Hann-over (Geregelter Markt)

9. RMX Hannover 9. Niedersächsisches Ministerium fürWirtschaft, Arbeit und Verkehr,Hannover

10. European Energy Exchange 10. European Energy Exchange AG,Leipzig

10. Sächsisches Staatsministerium fürWirtschaft und Arbeit, Dresden

Greece 1. Athens Exchange

— Securities market


1. Athens Exchange 1. Hellenic Capital Market Commission(HCMC)

2. Electronic Secondary Securities'Market (HDAT-Debt Instrument'sMarket)

2. Bank of Greece 2. Hellenic Capital Market Commission(HCMC)

Hungary 1. Budapesti Értéktőzsde Zrt. (BudapestStock Exchange)

— Részvényszekció (Equities Section)

— Hitelpapír szekció (Debt SecuritiesSection)

— Származékos szekció (DerivativesSection)

— Áru szekció (CommoditiesSection)

Budapesti Értéktőzsde Zrt. (BudapestStock Exchange)

Pénzügyi Szervezetek Állami Felügyelete(Hungarian Financial SupervisoryAuthority)



Ireland Main Market of the Irish Stock Exchange Irish Stock Exchange Ltd. The Irish Financial Services RegulatoryAuthority (‘Financial Regulator’) authorises‘regulated markets’ and (excluding listingconditions) vets and approves rules foroperations as prepared by the marketoperator of the regulated market

Italy 1. Electronic share market (MTA) 1.-7. Borsa Italiana SpA Consob authorises companies whichmanage markets and approve their by-lawsand regulations

For wholesale markets for Governmentsecurities, the operating company isauthorised by the Ministry of Economyand Finance having regard to the opinionof Consob and Banca d'Italia

2. MTAX market (MTAX)

3. Expandi market

4. Electronic bond market (MOT)

5. Electronic open-end funds and ETCsmarket (ETF-Plus)

6. Electronic securitised derivativesmarket (SeDeX)

7. Italian derivatives market for thetrading of the financial instrumentsreferred to in Articles 1(2)(f) and1(2)(i) of the Consolidated Law onFinance (IDEM)

8. Wholesale italian and foreign govern-ment bond market (MTS)

8.-10. Società per il Mercato dei Titoli diStato — MTS SpA

9. Wholesale trading in non-govern-ment bonds and securities issued byinternational organisations withgovernment participation (MTSCorporate)

10. Wholesale online trading in govern-ment bonds (BondVision)

11. TLX market 11. TLX SpA

Latvia Riga Stock Exchange:

— Main list

— Debt list

— Secondary list

— Funds list

JSC Rigas Fondu Birza Financial and Capital Market Commission

Lithuania Vilnius Stock Exchange:

— The main list of the Vilnius StockExchange

— The secondary list of the VilniusStock Exchange

— The debt securities list of the VilniusStock Exchange

Vilnius Stock Exchange Lithuanian Securities Commission

Luxembourg Bourse de Luxembourg Société de la Bourse de Luxembourg SA Commission de surveillance du secteurfinancier

Malta Malta Stock Exchange Malta Stock Exchange Malta Financial Services Authority



Netherlands 1. (a) Euronext Amsterdam cash market:

— Euronext Amsterdam

(b) Euronext Amsterdam derivativesmarket

1. NYSE Euronext (International) BV,NYSE Euronext (Holding) BV,Euronext NV, Euronext (Holdings) NVand Euronext Amsterdam NV

License by the Minister of Finance afteradvice from the Netherlands Authority forthe Financial Markets Supervision by theNetherlands Authority for the FinancialMarkets and the Dutch Ministry of Finance

2. Endex 2. ENDEX European Energy DerivativesExchange NV

3. MTS Amsterdam 3. MTS Amsterdam NV

Poland 1. Rynek podstawowy (main market) 1. and 2. Gielda Papierów Wartościo-wych w Warszawie (WarsawStock Exchange)

Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego (FinancialSupervisory Commission)

2. Rynek równolegly (parallel market)

3. Rynek Papierów Wartosciowych CeTO(regulowany rynek pozagieldowy)(CeTO securities market regulatedoff-exchange market)

3. MTS-CeTO SA

Portugal 1. Eurolist by Euronext Lisbon (Officiallisting market)

Markets 1 and 2:

Euronext Lisbon — Sociedade Gestora deMercados Regulamentados, SA

Finance Ministry authorises markets byproposal from the Comissão do Mercadode Valores Mobiliários (CMVM, responsiblefor market regulation and supervision)

2. Mercado de Futuros e Opções (Futuresand options market)

3. MEDIP — Mercado Especial de DívidaPública (Special market for publicdebt)

Market 3:

MTS Portugal — Sociedade Gestora doMercado Especial de Dívida Pública,SGMR, SA

Romania 1. Piaţa reglementată (Spot regulatedmarket — BVB)

1. and 2. S.C. Bursa de Valori BucureştiSA (Bucharest Stock ExchangeSA)

Comisia Naţională a Valorilor Mobiliare(Romanian National Securities Commis-sion)

2. Piaţa reglementată la termen (Deriva-tives regulated market — BVB)

3. Piaţa reglementată (Derivatives regu-lated market — BMFMS)

3. S.C. Bursa Monetar-Financiarăşi de Mărfuri SA Sibiu(Monetary-Financial and Com-modities Exchange SA Sibiu)

Comisia Naţională a Valorilor Mobiliare(Romanian National Securities Commis-sion)

Slovak Republic 1. Market of listed securities

— Main listed market

— Parallel listed market

— New listed market

Bratislava Stock Exchange National Bank of Slovakia

2. Regulated free market



Slovenia 1. Borzni trg (Ljubljana Stock Exchangeofficial market)

Ljubljana Stock Exchange (Ljubljanskaborza)

Securities Markets Agency (Agencija za trgvrednostnih papirjev)

2. Prosti trg (Ljubljana Stock Exchangesemi-official market)

Spain A. Bolsas de Valores (all comprise first,second and new market segments)

1. Bolsa de Valores de Barcelona

2. Bolsa de Valores de Bilbao

3. Bolsa de Valores de Madrid

4. Bolsa de valores de Valencia

A.1: Sociedad Rectora de la Bolsa deValores de Barcelona SA

A.2. Soc. Rectora de la Bolsa de Valoresde Bilbao SA

A.3. Soc. Rectora de la Bolsa de Valoresde Madrid SA

A.4. Soc. Rectora de la Bolsa de Valoresde Valencia SA

CNMV (Comisión Nacional del Mercado deValores) Banco de España, responsible formarket for public debt

B. Mercados oficiales de Productos Finan-cieros Derivados

1. MEFF Renta Fija

2. MEFF Renta Variable

B.1. Soc. Rectora de Productos Finan-cieros Derivados de RENTA Fija SA

B.2. Soc. Rectora de Productos Finan-cieros Derivados de Renta VariableSA

C. Mercado MFAO de Futuros del Aceitede Oliva

C. (MFAO) Sociedad Rectora delMercado de Futuros del Aceite deOliva, SA

D. AIAF Mercado de Renta Fija D. AIAF Mercado de Renta Fija

E. Mercados de Deuda Pública en Anota-ciones

E. Banco de España

Sweden 1. OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm

— Equity market

— Bond market


1. OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm AB Finansinspektionen (Financial SupervisoryAuthority)

2. Nordic Growth Market

— Equity market

— Bond market


2. Nordic Growth Market NGM AB

United Kingdom 1. EDX 1. EDX London Limited 1.-7. Financial Services Authority

2. PLUS-listed market 2. PLUS Markets plc

3. virt-x Exchange Limited 3. virt-x Exchange Limited

4. The London International FinancialFutures and Options Exchanges (LIFFE)

4. LIFFE Administration andManagement

5. The London Metal Exchange 5. The London Metal Exchange Limited

6. ICE Futures Europe 6. ICE Futures Europe

7. London Stock Exchange — RegulatedMarket

7. London Stock Exchange plc



Iceland 1. OMX Nordic Exchange á Íslandi (regu-lated market)

1. OMX Nordic Exchange Fjármálaeftirlitið (Financial SupervisoryAuthority)

2. First North (multilateral tradingfacility)

2. OMX Nordic Exchange

Norway 1. Oslo Stock Exchange (official listing)

— Equity market

— Derivatives market (financial)

— Bonds market

1. Oslo Børs ASA Kredittilsynet (Financial SupervisoryAuthority of Norway)

2. Oslo Axess

— Equity market

— Bonds market

2. Oslo Børs ASA

3. Nord Pool (official listing)

— Derivatives market (commodity)

3. Nord Pool ASA

4. Imarex


4. Imarex ASA

5. Fish Pool


5. Fish Pool ASA

6. Fishex


6. Fishex ASA


V

(Announcements)

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

CEDEFOP

OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS — GP/RPA/ReferNet-FPA/002/08

ReferNet — European Network of Reference and Expertise in Vocational Education and Training(VET)

(2008/C 57/12)

1. Objectives and description

The European Network of Reference and Expertise in VET (ReferNet) comprises a national consortium ineach Member State, Iceland and Norway, made up of organisations representative of VET. Each consortiumis led by a national consortium leader.

To facilitate these activities this call invites proposals from national consortia or key organisations involvedin VET. For each eligible country one beneficiary shall be selected. The national consortium will cooperatewith the national ReferNet representative and Cedefop in implementing and validating the activities.

The overall objective of this call is to select and conclude a three years framework partnership agreementwith one successful applicant (one organisation or one consortium) in each of the eligible countries toset-up and lead a representative national consortium of key organisations in the field of VET in order tosupport Cedefop and carry out, with the consortium partners, activities agreed each year in an annual actionplan.

Activities in each consortium's action plan will be selected from those listed in the ‘scope of activities’.Although the consortium leader must demonstrate that the consortium has the capacity to carry out all ofthe activities listed, it should be noted that not all of the activities listed need to be carried out by theconsortium every year.

The consortium's annual action will be financed by a specific grant agreement concluded each year. Thegrant will vary according to the country size and the action (set of activities) carried out.

2. Budget and project duration

The estimated budget available for the duration of the framework partnership agreements amounts toEUR 4 000 000 for all participating countries (EU-27, NO and IS), depending on the decisions of theBudget Authority.

The yearly total available budget (approx. EUR 1 million) will be distributed amongst all participating coun-tries on the basis of three country groups based on population:

Country group 1: Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovenia and Iceland.

Country group 2: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland,the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Sweden and Norway.

Country group 3: France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom.


The Community grant is a financial contribution to the beneficiary's (and/or co-beneficiaries) costs whichmust be supplemented by own financial contribution and/or local, regional, national and/or private contri-butions. The total Community contribution shall not exceed 70 % of the eligible costs.

Cedefop reserves the right not to award the total budget available.

3. Eligibility criteria

Applications which comply with the eligibility criteria will be the subject of an evaluation.

3.1. Eligible organisations

To be eligible, the applicant (national Consortium Leader) must satisfy the following requirements:

— be a public or a private organisation, with a legal status and legal personality (consequently, naturalpersons — i.e. individuals — may not submit applications),

— lead a national consortium whose composition represents the stakeholders' diversity within the country,

— be able to carry out all activities within the scope of those detailed in section 3 of the call for proposalfull text (collection and analysis of information, research, documentation and databases, disseminationand promotion).

3.2. Eligible countries

Applications from the following countries are eligible:

— Luxembourg, Malta, Romania and Norway.

Organisations established in countries other than the countries listed above are not eligible.

3.3. Eligible proposals

Submission deadline and all other formal eligibility criteria specified in the call for proposal full text must becomplied with.

Cedefop reserves the right to disregard proposals that are still incomplete by the deadline. It also reservesthe right to request additional information necessary to take a final decision on the award of financialsupport.

4. Deadline

Applications for the framework partnership agreement must be sent at the latest on 21 April 2008.

5. Further information

The detailed specifications of the call for proposals, the application form and its annexes are available onCedefop's website at the following address:

http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/index.asp?section=3

Applications must comply with the requirements set out in the full text of the call and be submitted usingthe official forms provided.

The evaluation of proposals will be based on the principles of transparency and equal treatment.

All eligible applications will be evaluated by a Committee against the quantitative and qualitative awardcriteria defined in the full text version of the call. External experts will be invited to participate in the evalua-tion procedure.


PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITIONPOLICY

COMMISSION

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4874 — Itema/BarcoVision)


(2008/C 57/13)

1. On 20 February 2008, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuantto Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) bywhich the undertaking Itema Holding SpA (‘Itema’, Italy), jointly controlled by Radici group and MircoRadici group, acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation, control of thewhole of the undertaking Gebrueder Loepfe AG (‘BarcoVision’, Switzerland) by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Itema: Manufacturing and supply of textile machinery,

— for undertaking BarcoVision: Manufacturing and supply of sensors, inspection systems, and computer-ized production management for the textiles market.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within thescope 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 proposedoperation 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, underreference number COMP/M.4874 — Itema/BarcoVision, to the following address:

European CommissionDirectorate-General for CompetitionMerger RegistryJ-70B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel


(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

OTHER ACTS

COMMISSION

Update of the list of residence permits referred to in Article 2(15) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Code on the rulesgoverning the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (OJ C 247,13.10.2006, p. 1, OJ C 153, 6.7.2007, p. 5, OJ C 192, 18.8.2007, p. 11, OJ C 271, 14.11.2007, p. 14)

(2008/C 57/14)

The publication of the list of residence permits referred to in Article 2(15) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 establishing a Community Code on therules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) is based on the informa-tion communicated by the Member States to the Commission in conformity with Article 34 of the SchengenBorders Code.

In addition to publication in the OJ, a monthly update is available on the website of Directorate-General forJustice, Freedom and Security.

THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Replacement of the list published in OJ C 247, 13.10.2006

Residence permits:

In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002:

— Povolení k pobytu

(Residence permit, uniform sticker affixed to travel docu-ment — issued from 1 May 2004 to third-country nationalsfor permanent or long-term stays (relevant purpose of resi-dence is indicated on sticker)

Other:

— Průkaz o pobytu rodinného příslušníka občana Evropskéunie

(Residence card of a family member of a European Unioncitizen — issued to third-country nationals — familymembers of EU nationals for temporary stays)

— Průkaz o povolení k trvalému pobytu

(Permanent residence card, green booklet — issued from27 April 2006 to third-country nationals — familymembers of EU nationals and to EEA/Switzerland nationals(until 21 December 2007))

— Potvrzení o přechodném pobytu na území

(Certificate of temporary residence, folding document —

issued from 27 April 2006 to EU/EEA/Switzerlandnationals)

— Povolení k pobytu

(Residence permit, sticker affixed to travel document —

issued from 15 March 2003 to 30 April 2004 to perma-nently resident third-country nationals)

— Průkaz o povolení k pobytu pro cizince

(Residence permit, green booklet — issued from 1996 to1 May 2004 to permanently resident third-countrynationals, from 1 May 2004 to 27 April 2006 for perma-nent or temporary residence of EEA/Switzerland nationalsand their family members; issued for permanent residence ofSwitzerland nationals)

— Průkaz o povolení k pobytu pro cizince

(Residence permit, green booklet — issued from the date ofaccession of the Czech Republic to the Schengen Area toEEA/Switzerland nationals)

— Průkaz povolení k pobytu azylanta

(Residence permit for persons granted asylum, grey booklet— issued to persons granted asylum)


— Průkaz oprávnění k pobytu osoby požívající doplňkovéochrany

(Residence permit for persons granted subsidiary protection,yellow booklet — issued to persons granted subsidiaryprotection)

Other documents:

— Cestovní doklad Úmluva z 28. července 1951

(Travel document Convention of 28 July 1951 — issuedfrom 1 January 1995 (from 1 September 2006 as e-pass-port))

— Cizinecký pas

(Alien's passport — if issued to a stateless person (markedon inside pages with official stamp with the words ‘Úmluvaz 28. září 1954/Convention of 28 September 1954’ —

issued from 17 October 2004) (from 1 September 2006 ase-passport))

— Seznam cestujících na školní výlet v rámci Evropské unie

(List of participants on a school trip within the EuropeanUnion, paper document — issued from 1 April 2006)

Documents issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Diplomatické identifikační průkazy s označením

(Diplomatic Identity cards with the following codes)

— D — pro členy diplomatického personálu diplomatickýchmisí

(D — members of diplomatic personnel of diplomaticmissions)

— K — pro konzulární úředníky konzulárních úřadů

(K — consular officers of consulates)

— MO/D — pro úředníky mezinárodních vládních organizací,kteří požívají diplomatických výsad a imunit ve stejnémrozsahu jako diplomatičtí zástupci.

(MO/D — officers of international governmental organisa-tions who enjoy, under the provisions of an internationaltreaty or domestic legislation, the same privileges and immu-nities as the diplomatic staff of diplomatic missions)

Identifikační průkazy s označením

(Identity card with the following codes)

— ATP — pro členy administrativního a technického personáludiplomatických misí

(ATP — members of administrative and technical staff ofdiplomatic missions)

— KZ — pro konzulární zaměstnance konzulárních úřadů

(KZ — consular employees of consulates)

— MO/ATP — pro úředníky mezinárodních vládních organi-zací, kteří požívají diplomatických výsad a imunit ve stejnémrozsahu jako členové administrativního a technického perso-nálu diplomatické mise

(MO/ATP — officers of international governmental organisa-tions who enjoy, under the provisions of an internationaltreaty or domestic legislation, the same privileges and immu-nities as the administrative and technical staff of diplomaticmissions)

— MO — pro úředníky mezinárodních vládních organizací,kteří požívají výsad a imunit podle příslušné mezinárodnísmlouvy

(MO — officers of international governmental organisationswho enjoy immunities and privileges under relevant interna-tional treaties)

— SP, resp. SP/K — pro členy služebního personálu diplomat-ické mise, resp. konzulárního úřadu

(SP or SP/K — members of service personnel of diplomaticmissions or consulates)

— SSO, resp. SSO/K — pro soukromé služebné osoby členůpersonálu diplomatické mise, resp. konzulárního úřadu.

(SSO or SSO/K — personal servants of members of diplo-matic missions or consulates).

FRANCE

Replacement of the lists published in OJ C 153, 6.7.2007

1. Adult aliens should be in possession of the following docu-ments:

— Carte de séjour temporaire comportant une mentionparticulière qui varie selon le motif du séjour autorisé

(Temporary residence permit containing particular detailswhich vary according to the reasons for the authorisedstay)

— Carte de séjour portant la mention ‘compétences ettalents’

(Residence permit containing detail ‘skills and expertise’)

— Carte de séjour portant la mention ‘retraité’

(Residence permit containing detail ‘retired’)

— Carte de résident

(Resident's card)


— Carte de résident portant la mention ‘résident de longuedurée-CE’

(Residence permit containing detail ‘long-term EC resi-dent’)

— Carte de résident délivrée aux ressortissants andorrans

(Residence permit issued to Andorran nationals)

— Certificat de résidence d'Algérien portant une mentionparticulière qui varie selon le motif du séjour autorisé

(Algerian residence certificate containing a particularreference depending on reasons for the authorised stay)

— Carte de résidence d'Algérien portant la mention ‘retraité’

(Algerian residence permit containing detail ‘retired’)

— Carte de séjour délivrée aux citoyens de l'Union europé-enne, aux ressortissants des Etats parties à L'Espace écon-omique européenne et aux ressortissants suisses ainsiqu'aux membres de leur famille

(les membres de la famille peuvent être ressortissants depays tiers)

(Residence permit issued to citizens of the EU, nationalsof EEA/Switzerland and their family members.

Family members can also be third-country nationals)

— Autorisation provisoire de séjour portant la mention‘Volontariat associatif’

(Temporary authorisation to stay containing detail‘Voluntary community service’)

— Autorisation provisoire de séjour portant la mention‘Etudiant en recherche d'emploi’

(Temporary authorisation to stay containing detail‘Student looking for employment’)

— Autorisation provisoire de séjour portant la mention‘Parent accompagnant’

(Temporary authorisation to stay containing detail‘Accompanying parent’)

— Autorisation provisoire de séjour portant la mention‘Bénéficiaire de la protection temporaire’

(Temporary authorisation to stay containing detail‘Beneficiary of temporary protection’)

Up to 31 December 2006, residence permits valid for upto one year may be presented in the form of stickeraffixed to the holder's passport.

Otherwise, since 13 May 2002, all residence permits, ofwhatever length validity, have been in the form of a lami-nated plastic card following the uniform Europeanmodel.

Production of plastic residence permits following theFrench model was stopped on 12 May 2002, but willremain in circulation until 12 May 2012 at the latest.

— Cartes officielles valant de titre de séjour, délivrées par leMinistère des Affaires Etrangères

(Official permits with the same status as residencepermits issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

(a) Titres de séjours spéciaux(Special residence permits)

— Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention CMD/Adélivrée aux Chefs de Mission diplomatique

(Special residence permit marked ‘CMD/A’ issued toheads of diplomatic missions)

— Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention CMD/Mdélivrée aux Chefs de Mission d'Organisation Interna-tionale

(Special residence permit marked ‘CMD/M’ issued toheads of mission of international organisations)

— Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention CMD/Ddélivrée aux Chefs d'une délégation permanenteauprès d'une Organisation Internationale

(Special residence permit marked ‘CMD/D’ issued toheads of permanent delegations to international orga-nisations)

— Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention CD/Adélivrée aux agents du Corps Diplomatique

(Special residence permit marked ‘CD/A’ issued todiplomatic officials)

— Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention CD/Mdélivrée aux Hauts Fonctionnaires d'une organisationInternationale

(Special residence permit marked ‘CD/M’ issued tosenior officials of an international organisation)

— Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention CD/Ddélivrée aux assimilés diplomatiques membres d'unedélégation permanente auprès d'une OrganisationInternationale

(Special residence permit marked ‘CD/D’ issued toofficials comparable to diplomatic officials who aremembers of permanent delegations to internationalorganisations)

— Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention CC/Cdélivrée aux Fonctionnaires Consulaires

(Special residence permit marked ‘CC/C’ issued toconsular officials)

— Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention AT/Adélivrée au personnel Administratif ou Techniqued'une Ambassade

(Special residence permit marked ‘AT/A’ issued toadministrative or technical staff of an Embassy)

— Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention AT/Cdélivrée au personnel Administratif ou Techniqued'un Consulat

(Special residence permit marked ‘AT/C’ issued toadministrative or technical staff of a Consulate)


— Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention AT/Mdélivrée au personnel Administratif ou Techniqued'une Organisation Internationale

(Special residence permit marked ‘AT/M’ issued toadministrative or technical staff οf an internationalorganisation)

— Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention AT/Ddélivrée au personnel Administratif ou Techniqued'une Délégation auprès d'une Organisation Interna-tionale

(Special residence permit marked ‘AT/D’ issued toadministrative or technical staff of a delegation to aninternational organisation)

— Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention SE/Adélivrée au personnel de Service d'une Ambassade

(Special residence permit marked ‘SE/A’ issued toservice staff of an Embassy)

— Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention SE/Cdélivrée au personnel de Service d'un Consulat

(Special residence permit marked ‘SE/C’ issued toservice staff of a Consulate)

— Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention SE/Mdélivrée au personnel de Service d'une OrganisationInternationale

(Special residence permit marked ‘SE/M’ issued toservice staff of an international organisation)

— Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention SE/Ddélivrée au personnel de Service d'une Délégationauprès d'une Organisation Internationale

(Special residence permit marked ‘SE/D’ issued toservice staff of a delegation to an international orga-nisation)

— Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention PP/Adélivrée au Personnel Privé d'un diplomate

(Special residence permit marked ‘PP/A’ issued toprivate staff of a diplomat)

— Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention PP/Cdélivrée au Personnel Privé d'un Fonctionnaire consu-laire

(Special residence permit marked ‘PP/C’ issued toprivate staff of a consular official)

— Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention PP/Mdélivrée au Personnel Privé d'un membre d'une Orga-nisation Internationale

(Special residence permit marked ‘PP/M’ issued toprivate staff of a member of an international organi-sation)

— Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention PP/Ddélivrée au Personnel Privé d'un membre d'une Délé-

gation permanente auprès d'une Organisation Inter-nationale

(Special residence permit marked ‘PP/D’ issued toprivate staff of a member of a permanent delegationto an international organisation)

— Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention EM/Adélivrée aux Enseignants ou Militaires à statut spécialattachés auprès d'une Ambassade

(Special residence permit marked ‘EM/A’ issued toteachers or military staff with special status attachedto an Embassy)

— Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention EM/Cdélivrée aux Enseignants ou Militaires à statut spécialattachés auprès d'un Consulat

(Special residence permit marked ‘EM/C’ issued toteachers or military staff with special status attachedto a Consulate)

— Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention EF/Mdélivrée aux Fonctionnaires internationaux domiciliésà l'étranger

(Special residence permit marked ‘EF/M’ issued tointernational officials domiciled abroad)

(b) Monegasque permits

— la carte de séjour de résident temporaire de Monaco

(Temporary resident's permit)

— la carte de séjour de résident ordinaire de Monaco

(Ordinary resident's permit)

— la carte de séjour de résident privilégié de Monaco

(Privileged resident's permit)

— la carte de séjour de conjoint de ressortissant moné-gasque

(Residence permit for the spouse of a person ofMonegasque nationality)

2. Aliens who are minors should be in possession of thefollowing documents:

— Document de circulation pour étrangers mineurs

(Travel document for alien minors)

— Titre d'identité républicain

(French Republic identity document)

— Visa de retour (sans condition de nationalité et sansprésentation du titre de séjour, auquel ne sont passoumis les enfants mineurs)

(Return visas; alien minors are not subject to nationalityconditions or to production of residence permits)


— Passeport diplomatique/de service/ordinaire des enfantsmineurs des titulaires d'une carte spéciale du Ministèredes Affaires étrangères revêtu d'un visa de circulation

(Diplomatic/service/ordinary passports for minors whoare children of holders of a Special Pass issued by theMinistry of Foreign Affairs containing a travel visa)

3. List of persons participating in a school trip within theEuropean Union

NB 1:

It should be noted that acknowledgement of first-time appli-cations for residence permits does not give entitlement toentry without a visa. In contrast, acknowledgement ofrequests to renew residence permits or to amend permits isconsidered valid when these are accompanied by the oldpermit.

NB 2:

The ‘attestation de fonctions’ (certificate of appointment)issued by the protocol department of the Ministry of ForeignAffairs does not amount to a replacement of a residencepermit. Holders must also be in possession of one of thestandard residence permits.

ITALY

Additional type of residence permit:

— Special Italian Post Office receipt for residence permitrenewal application

The use of the Special Italian Post Office receipt is possibleexclusively in conjunction with the passport of the alien andthe expired residence permit. This receipt will be used from14 December 2007 until 31 March 2008.

LATVIA


— Pastāvīgās uzturēšanās atļauja

(Permanent residence permit — in the form of a sticker,green in colour)

— Uzturēšanās atļauja

(Residence permit — in the form of a sticker, issued as from1 May 2004 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002)

— Nepilsoņa pase

(Alien's passport, violet in colour)

— Savienības pilsoņa ģimenes locekļa uzturēšanās atļauja

(Temporary residence permit for a family member of anEU/EEA/CH national who is a third-country national;A5 format with incorporated security features)

— Savienības pilsoņa ģimenes locekļa pastāvīgās uzturēšanāsatļauja

(Permanent residence permit for a family member of anEU/EEA/CH national who is a third-country national;A5 format with incorporated security features)

— Ceļotāju saraksts izglītības iestādes ekskursijām EiropasSavienībā

(List of travellers on school trips within the EuropeanUnion)

ID cards issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

— A category ID card — for Diplomatic staff (red in colour)

A category ID cards are issued to the diplomatic staff of themission (e.g. Ambassador, First Secretary, Attaché) and theirfamily members; on the reverse side there is a text that theholder of the card enjoys all the privileges and immunitiesunder the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations: ‘Šīsapliecības uzrādītājs bauda visas privilēģijas un imunitātes,kas paredzētas 1961. gada 18. aprīļa Vīnes konvencijā “Pardiplomātiskajām attiecībām”’.

— B category ID card — for Administrative and technical staff(yellow in colour)

B category ID cards are issued to the administrative andtechnical staff of the mission; on the reverse side there is atext that the holder enjoys partial privileges and immunitiesfor administrative and technical staff as specified inArticle 37(2) of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Rela-tions: ‘Šīs apliecības uzrādītājs bauda daļējas privilēģijas unimunitātes, kas paredzētas administratīvajiem un tehniska-jiem darbiniekiem saskaņā ar 1961. gada 18. aprīļa Vīneskonvencijas “Par diplomātiskajām attiecībām” 37. panta2. punktu’.

— C category ID card — for the staff of international organisa-tions (white in colour)

C category ID cards are issued to the staff of internationalorganisations and their family members; on the reverse thereis a text that the holder of this card enjoys privileges andimmunities in accordance with the Agreement between theRepublic of Latvia and the respective international organisa-tion: ‘Šīs apliecības uzrādītājs bauda privilēģijas un imuni-tātes, kas paredzētas līgumā starp Latvijas Republiku unattiecīgo starptautisko organizāciju’.

— D category ID card — for Career Consular office staff (bluein colour)

D category ID cards are issued to the career consular officersof the consular mission; on the reverse side there is a textthat the holder of this card enjoys all the privileges andimmunities under the Vienna Convention on Consular Rela-tions: ‘Šīs apliecības uzrādītājs bauda visas privilēģijas unimunitātes, kas paredzētas 1963. gada 24. aprīļa Vīneskonvencijā “Par konsulārajām attiecībām”’.


— F category ID cards (green in colour) — there are two kindsof cards

F category ID cards are issued to the service staff of themission; on the reverse side there is a text that the holderenjoys partial privileges and immunities for service staff asspecified in Article 37(3) of the Vienna Convention onDiplomatic Relations: ‘Šīs apliecības uzrādītājs bauda daļējasprivilēģijas un imunitātes, kas paredzētas vēstniecību apkal-pojošam personālam saskaņā ar 1961. gada 18. aprīļa Vīneskonvencijas “Par diplomātiskajām attiecībām” 37. panta3. punktu’.

F category ID cards are issued to the private servants of thestaff of the mission; on the reverse side there is a text thatthe holder enjoys partial privileges and immunities forservice staff as specified in Article 37(4) of the ViennaConvention on Diplomatic Relations: ‘Šīs apliecības uzrādī-tājs bauda daļējas privilēģijas un imunitātes, kas paredzētasvēstniecību apkalpojošam personālam saskaņā ar 1961. gada18. aprīļa Vīnes konvencijas “Par diplomātiskajām attie-cībām” 37. panta 4. punktu’.

LITHUANIA


— Leidimas laikinai gyventi Lietuvos Respublikoje

(Permit of temporary residence in the Republic of Lithuania— card)

— Leidimas nuolat gyventi Lietuvos Respublikoje (galioja iki15.11.2009)

(Permit of permanent residence in the Republic of Lithuania— card (valid until 15.11.2009))

— Europos Sąjungos valstybės narės piliečio šeimos narioleidimas gyventi Lietuvos Respublikoje

(Residence permit in the Republic of Lithuania of a familymember of a citizen of an EU Member State — card)

— Lietuvos Respublikos ilgalaikio gyventojo leidimas gyventiEuropos Bendrijoje

(Permit of a long-term resident of the Republic of Lithuaniato reside in the European Community — card)

Asmens grįžimo pažymėjimas

(Repatriation certificate, only to return to the Republic ofLithuania — yellow-light green colour)

— ‘A’ kategorijos akreditacijos pažymėjimas (gelsvos/žalsvos/rausvos spalvos su raudona šonine juostele) suteikiamasdiplomatiniams agentams, konsuliniams pareigūnams irtarptautinių organizacijų atstovybių nariams, kurie pagaltarptautinę teisę naudojasi diplomatinėmis privilegijomis irimunitetais

(Accreditation certificate, ‘A’ category (yellowish/greenish/pink colour with red side strip) — issued to diplomaticagents, consular officers and members of representative

offices of international organisations, who enjoy diplomaticimmunities and privileges under international law)

— ‘B’ kategorijos akreditacijos pažymėjimas (gelsvos/žalsvos/rausvos spalvos su žalia šonine juostele) suteikiamas admin-istracinio techninio personalo nariams ir konsuliniamsdarbuotojams

(Accreditation certificate, ‘B’ category (yellowish/greenish/pink colour with green side strip) — issued to members ofadministrative and technical staff and consular employees)

— ‘C’ kategorijos akreditacijos pažymėjimas (gelsvos/žalsvos/rausvos spalvos su geltona šonine juostele) suteikiamasaptarnaujančiojo personalo nariams ir privatiems namųdarbininkams

(Accreditation certificate, ‘C’ category (yellowish/greenish/pink colour with yellow side strip) — issued to the servicingpersonnel of diplomatic missions and private servants indiplomatic households)

— ‘E’ kategorijos akreditacijos pažymėjimas (gelsvos/žalsvos/rausvos spalvos su pilka šonine juostele) suteikiamas tarptau-tinių organizacijų atstovybių nariams, kurie pagal tarptautinęteisę naudojasi ribotais imunitetais ir privilegijomis

(Accreditation certificate, ‘E’ category (yellowish/greenish/pink colour with grey side strip) — issued to members ofrepresentative offices of international organisations, whoenjoy limited privileges and immunities under internationallaw).

SLOVAKIA


— Povolenie na prechodný pobyt vo forme nálepky alebo iden-tifikačnej karty

(Temporary residence permits in the form of a sticker orID card)

— Povolenie na trvalý pobyt vo forme identifikačnej karty

(Permanent residence permit in the form of an ID card)

— Cestovný doklad pre utečenca (Dohovor OSN z 28. júla1951)

(Travel document for refugees (UN Convention of 28 July1951))

— Cestovný doklad pre osoby bez štátnej príslušnosti (DohovorOSN z 28. septembra 1954)

(Travel document for stateless persons (UN Convention of28 September 1954))

— Cudzinecký pas v ktorom sa nachádza povolenie na pobytvo forme nálepky vydanej osobe, ktorej bola poskytnutádoplnková ochrana na území Slovenskej republiky

(Alien's passport into which a residence permit in the formof a sticker is affixed which was issued to the person withsubsidiary protection on the territory of Slovak Republic)


— Zoznam osôb zúčastňujúcich sa na školských výletochv rámci Európskej únie

(List of pupils travelling on a school trip within theEuropean Union)

— Identifikačný preukaz diplomatického zástupcu

(Diplomatic identity card)

— Identifikačný preukaz administratívneho a technickéhopersonálu (vydávaný pre administratívny a technickýpersonál veľvyslanectva alebo konzulátu)

(Identity card issued to the administrative and technical staffof an embassy or a consulate)

— Identifikačný preukaz služobného a súkromného personálu(vydávaný pre služobný personál veľvyslanectva alebokonzulátu alebo pre súkromný personál diplomatickéhoalebo administratívneho a technického alebo služobnéhopersonálu veľvyslanectva alebo konzulátu)

(Identity card issued to the service staff of an embassy or aconsulate and to the private servants of the embassy or theconsulate staff)

— Identifikačný preukaz pracovníkov medzinárodných organi-zácií

(International Organisations' staff identity card).

SLOVENIA


— Dovoljenje za prebivanje (nalepka 74 × 105 mm)

Vrsta dovoljenja za prebivanje se označi na nalepki in seizda kot:

(a) dovoljenje za stalno prebivanje

(b) dovoljenje za začasno prebivanje

(Residence permits (sticker form 74 × 105 mm)

The type of residence permit is indicated on the sticker andis issued as:

(a) Permanent residence permit

(b) Temporary residence permit)

— Dovoljenje za stalno prebivanje (kartonček velikosti12,5 × 8,8 cm)

Dovoljenje za stalno prebivanje v obliki kartončka se izdatujcu, katerega istovetnost ni sporna, nima in si ne morepriskrbeti potne listine svoje matične države. Navedenodovoljenje tujcu dovoljuje prebivanje v Republiki Sloveniji,ne dovoljuje pa mu prehajanja državne meje

(Permanent residence permit (card form 12,5 × 8,8 mm)

A permanent residence permit in card form is issued to analien whose identity is not disputable, who does not possessa passport or cannot provide a passport from his/her

country of origin. With this permit an alien may reside inthe Republic of Slovenia, but he/she is not allowed to crossthe State border)

— Dovoljenje za prebivanje za družinskega člana državljanaEGP (kartična izvedba 91 × 60 mm)

Vrsta dovoljenja za prebivanje se označi na izkaznici in seizda kot:



(Residence card of a family member of an EEA citizen (cardform 91 × 60 mm)

The type of residence permit is indicated on the card and isissued as:



— Dovoljenje za prebivanje za družinskega člana slovenskegadržavljana (kartična izvedba 91 × 60 mm)

Vrsta dovoljenja za prebivanje se označi na izkaznici in seizda kot:



(Residence card of a family member of a Slovenian citizen(card form 91 × 60 mm)

The type of residence permit is indicated on the card and isissued as:



— Seznam potnikov za šolska potovanja znotraj Evropske unije

(List of persons participating in a school trip within theEuropean Union)

Special residence permits issued by the Ministry of ForeignAffairs:

— Diplomatska izkaznica (kartična izvedba 54 × 85 mm)

(Diplomatic Identity Card (card form 54 × 85 mm))

— Službena izkaznica (kartična izvedba 54 × 85 mm)

(Official Identity Card (card form 54 × 85 mm))

— Konzularna izkaznica (kartična izvedba 54 × 85 mm)

(Consular Identity Card (card form 54 × 85 mm))

— Konzularna izkaznica za častne konzularne funkcionarje(kartična izvedba 54 × 85 mm)

(Consular Identity Card for Honorary Consuls (card form54 × 85 mm)).


Update of reference amounts for the crossing of the external borders, as referred to in Article 5(3)of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing aCommunity Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (SchengenBorders Code) (OJ C 247, 13.10.2006, p. 19, OJ C 153, 6.7.2007, p. 22, OJ C 182, 4.8.2007, p. 18)

(2008/C 57/15)

The publication of reference amounts for the crossing of the external borders, as referred to in Article 5(3)of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 estab-lishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (SchengenBorders Code), is based on the information communicated by the Member States to the Commission inconformity with Article 34 of the Schengen Borders Code.

In addition to publication in the OJ, a monthly update is available on the website of Directorate-General forJustice, Freedom and Security.

SPAIN

Replacement of the information published in OJ C 182, 4.8.2007, p. 18

The Order of the Ministry of the Presidency (PRE/1282/2007) of 10 May 2007 on the financial meansaliens are required to have in order to enter Spain specifies the amount that aliens have to prove is availableto them in order to be able to enter Spain:

(a) for the costs of their stay in Spain, the amount they have available to them must represent, in euros,10 % of the gross national minimum wage (EUR 60,00 for 2008) or its legal equivalent in foreigncurrency multiplied by the number of days they intend to stay in Spain and by the number of dependentpersons travelling with them. The minimum amount at their disposal must represent 90 % of the grossnational minimum wage (EUR 540,00 for 2008) or its legal equivalent in foreign currency per person,regardless of the intended duration of the stay;

(b) for their return to the state of provenance or for transit via third states, aliens must be able to produce apersonal, untransferable and fixed-date ticket or tickets for the planned means of transport.

Aliens must prove that they have the above means of subsistence either by producing them if they are incash, or by producing certified cheques, traveller's cheques, receipts or credit cards, which must be accompa-nied by a recent bank statement (bank letters or Internet bank statements are not acceptable) or by otherevidence clearly showing the amount of credit available on the card or bank account.

ROMANIA

Replacement of the information published in OJ C 77, 5.4.2007, p. 11

Article 6 of Aliens Act No 194/2002 provides that aliens are allowed to enter Romania providing they canprove they have the necessary means for personal expenses and for returning to the origin country or fortransit towards another state which will allow them to enter.

As far as the reference amounts required for the crossing of external borders are concerned, obtaining anentry visa to Romania is possible by showing proof of the necessary means for personal expenses in theamount of EUR 50 per day, or the equivalent in convertible foreign currency, for the entire period.

The citizens of EU member states and EEA countries are allowed to enter Romania without meeting theseconditions.


Publication of an application pursuant to Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 onthe protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and

foodstuffs

(2008/C 57/16)

This publication confers the right to object to the application pursuant to Article 7 of Council Regulation(EC) No 510/2006 (1). Statements of objection must reach the Commission within six months of the date ofthis publication.

SUMMARY

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 510/2006

‘EDAM HOLLAND’

EC No: NL/IGP/005/0329/27.11.2003

PDO ( ) PGI ( X )

This summary sets out the main elements of the product specification for information purposes.

1. Responsible department in the Member State:

Name: Hoofdproductschap Akkerbouw

Address: Postbus 297392502 LS 's-GravenhageNederland

Tel. (31-70) 370 87 08

Fax (31-70) 370 84 44

E-mail: [email protected]

2. Group:

Name: Nederlandse Zuivel Organisatie (NZO)

Address: Postbus 1652700 AD ZoetermeerNederland

Tel. (31-79) 343 03 00

Fax (31-79) 343 03 20


Composition: Producers/processors ( X ) Other ( )

3. Type of product:

Class 1.3: cheese

4. Specification:

(summary of requirements under Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006)

4.1. Name: ‘Edam Holland’

4.2. Description: Edam Holland is a naturally matured semi-hard cheese. It is produced in the Netherlandsfrom cows' milk obtained from Dutch dairy farms and is matured to a consumer-ready product inDutch maturing rooms.


(1) OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.

Composi t ion

Edam Holland is produced from one or more of the following raw materials:

— milk, cream and skimmed or semi-skimmed cows' milk (exclusively cows' milk) from Dutch dairyfarms.

Character i s t ic proper t ies

The cheese is shaped like a ball with a flattened top and bottom, or it may be shaped like a loaf or ablock. The specifications are given in the table.

Type Weight Fat in dry matter Moisture content(max.)

Salt in dry matter(max.)

Baby Edam max. 1,5 kg 40,0-44,0 % 46,5 % 5,4 %

Edam (ball) 1,5-2,5 kg 40,0-44,0 % 45,5 % 5,0 %

Edam Bros (hard) 1,5-2,5 kg 40,0-44,0 % 47,5 % 5,3 %

Edam Stip (speckled) 1,5-2,5 kg 40,0-44,0 % 45,5 % 6,0 %

Edam (block-shaped) max. 20 kg 40,0-44,0 % 46,0 % 4,6 %

Edam (large loaf-shaped) 4-5 kg 40,0-44,0 % 46,0 % 4,6 %

Edam (small loaf-shaped) 2-3 kg 40,0-44,0 % 47,0 % 4,8 %

The moisture content applies 12 days from the first day of preparation, with the exception of BabyEdam Holland, where it applies 5 days after the first day of preparation.

The other characteristic properties are as follows:

— Flavour: mild to piquant depending on age and type.

— Cross-section: must be uniform in colour with a few small round holes. Bros Edam has a largenumber of small holes. The colour of the cheese varies from ivory to yellow.

— Rind: the rind is firm, smooth, dry, clean and has no fungal flora. It is produced by drying duringthe maturing stage.

— Texture: young Edam Holland must be sufficiently firm and cuttable. Once the cheese has maturedfurther, it becomes firmer and tighter in structure. Bros Edam must be sufficiently firm and hard.

— Maturing period: a minimum of 28 days (a minimum of 21 days for Baby Edam Holland). EdamHolland is a naturally matured cheese. Foil maturing is not permitted for Edam Holland.

— Maturing temperature: at least 12 °C.

— Age: the shelf-life varies from a minimum of 28 days after manufacture (Baby Edam Holland) tomore than a year.

Spec ia l qual i ty cr i ter ia

— When they reach and are stored by the cheesemaker, the milk, cream or semi-skimmed milk haveundergone either no heat treatment at all or a non-pasteurising heat treatment.


— The cream and the skimmed or semi-skimmed milk should undergo pasteurisation immediatelybefore being made into Edam Holland so as to meet the following criteria:

— phosphatase activity is undetectable, unless peroxidase activity is undetectable,

— measured on the basis of the fat-free product, acidity levels for cream are no higher than20 mmol NaOH per litre, unless the lactate content is 200 mg per 100 g of fat-free matter orless,

— no coliform micro-organisms are detectable in 0,1 ml.

— Immediately before being made into Edam Holland, all raw materials must be pasteurised in such away that the undenatured whey protein content does not deviate or deviates only slightly from thatof unpasteurised raw material of a similar type and quality.

— Only non-genetically modified cultures of lactic-acid-forming and aroma-forming micro-organismsmay be added when manufacturing Edam Holland. These cultures consist of appropriate mesophilicstarter cultures for Edam Holland: Lactococcus and Leuconostoc L or LD, possibly in combinationwith thermophilic Lactobacillus and/or Lactococcus cultures. The available starter cultures play a veryimportant role in the ripening process and formation of the typical taste and aroma.

— Rennet: only calf rennet is used to manufacture Edam Holland. Other types of rennet may be usedonly in exceptional circumstances, such as if an animal disease makes it necessary. The rennet usedwill then have to comply with the Warenwetbesluit Zuivel (Dairy Products (Commodities Act)Decree).

— The nitrite content of Edam Holland, in terms of nitrite ions, is no higher than 2 mg per kgcheese.

4.3. Geographical area: The geographical area covered by the application is Holland, i.e. the European partof the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

4.4. Proof of origin: A mark made from casein is placed on each Edam Holland cheese before the curds arepressed (see diagram). The mark contains the designation ‘Edam Holland’, together with a combinationof figures and letters that is unique for each cheese (in ascending alphabetical and numerical order).

The COKZ (the Dutch dairy inspection institute) keeps a register of these unique numbers, which alsocontains a record of all test data (including time and place). The indication is easily recognisable toconsumers, and can be verified by an approval authority on the basis of the casein mark and theCOKZ register.

4.5. Method of production: Edam Holland cheese is made from milk obtained from dairy farms in theNetherlands. The milk is cooled on the farm to a maximum of 6 °C and stored in a cooling tank onthe farm. It is transported to the cheese factory within 72 hours. When it arrives at the cheese factory,it is either processed immediately or thermised (a non-pasteurising, light heat treatment) and put intocold storage for a short period of time before being turned into cheese milk.


The fat content of the milk is standardised so that the fat/protein ratio is such that the cheese even-tually produced has a fat content of between 40 % and 44 % fat in dry matter. The cheese milk ispasteurised at a temperature of at least 72 °C for 15 seconds. It is curdled at a temperature of approxi-mately 30 °C. The separation and coagulation of the milk proteins that occurs during this process istypical of Edam Holland.

The curds obtained by coagulation are separated from the whey and processed and washed to ensurethat the moisture content and pH reach the desired levels. The curds are pressed into the correct shapeand desired weight in vats. The resulting ‘cheese’ is then immersed in the brine bath. Edam Holland isonly ever matured naturally, i.e. it is left open to the air to mature, and is regularly turned andchecked. As the cheese matures, a dry rind forms. Time and temperature play an important role inensuring that the enzymatic and ageing processes are given sufficient opportunity to allow the cheeseto develop the physical and organoleptic quality that is so characteristic of Edam Holland. It can takemore than a year for Edam Holland to mature, depending on the type of flavour desired.

Edam Holland may be cut and pre-packaged either in or outside the Netherlands, provided that thepre-packager has a comprehensive administrative monitoring system to ensure that the cut EdamHolland can be traced by means of the unique combination of figures and letters on the mark and thatthe consumer can be sure of its origin.

4.6. Link: The geographical component of this product name is ‘Holland’. As is common knowledge,‘Holland’ is a synonym of the more official name, ‘the Netherlands’. During the time of the Republic ofthe United Netherlands (from the 17th to the 19th century), Holland was the most influential of theseven provinces. Since then, the name has gradually come to refer to the whole territory of the Nether-lands. In many countries the Netherlands is better known or even exclusively known as ‘Holland’(Ollanda, etc.).

His tor i ca l background

Edam Holland is an exponent of the Dutch tradition of cheese making, which stretches back to theMiddle Ages and reached maturity as early as the 17th century (the Golden Age).

It is largely the geographical position of the Netherlands (mostly below sea level), its climate (a mari-time climate) and the composition of the grass that grows there (predominantly on sandy and claysoils) that make the milk so suitable for producing a high-quality cheese that is packed with flavour.

The quality assurance systems in place on dairy farms and the intensive quality assessment system(each delivery of milk is tested and assessed according to various quality parameters) together guaranteethe quality of the milk. Furthermore, there is an unbroken cold chain until the moment the milk isprocessed, with the milk being put into cold storage on the farm (maximum 6 °C) and transported tothe factory in refrigerated tankers. The relatively short distances involved also help maintain the qualityof the milk.

From its beginnings in farm-based production, Edam Holland has developed, by way of production inlocal factories, to become a nationally produced product of worldwide renown, and is an important,stable factor in optimising the quality of farm milk. At the beginning of the 20th century, nationallaws were introduced on Edam cheese, and the name of Edam Holland was established in theLandbouwkwaliteitsbeschikking kaasproducten (Agricultural Quality Decision on Cheese Products).

Edam Hol land 's image among European consumers

A large-scale survey carried out in six European countries showed that European consumers see theNetherlands as the most important producer of Edam (and Gouda). Furthermore, the reputation andstanding of Edam (and Gouda) are associated with the Netherlands.

Edam (and Gouda) are symbols of Dutch cultural heritage. European consumers regard them as brands.They are synonymous with Dutch quality. Market research (carried out on a representative sample of1 250 respondents per Member State, with 97,5 % reliability) in the six Member States where Edam(and Gouda) consumption is highest shows that:

— there is a strong association between Edam and the Netherlands,

— Edam Holland is more popular than Edam produced outside the Netherlands,


— almost half of consumers in the Member States surveyed believe that all Edam is produced in theNetherlands (which is potentially misleading for European consumers, because this is not the case),

— Edam Holland scores significantly higher on the variables ‘excellent quality’, ‘traditionally manufac-tured’ and ‘the original product’.

Over a number of centuries, various measures and laws have been introduced, both by the DutchGovernment and by the industry, to ensure that the very high quality of Edam (and Gouda) is main-tained. Moreover, the Dutch dairy industry has invested a substantial amount of money in meetingthese high quality standards and opening up, cultivating and maintaining markets. Since 1950, morethan NLG 1,4 billion (EUR 635 million) has been invested in advertising, awareness-raising andpromotion in Europe (excluding investment in the Netherlands).

4.7. Inspection body:

Name: Stichting Centraal Orgaan voor Kwaliteitsaangelegenheden in de Zuivel (COKZ)

Address: Kastanjelaan 73833 AN LeusdenNederland

Tel. (31-33) 496 56 96

Fax (31-33) 496 56 66


4.8. Labelling: ‘Edam Holland’ is a European Union Protected Geographical Indication (PGI).

This indication must be displayed in a prominent position on all whole cheeses on the label applied tothe flat side of the cheese and/or on the band around the cheese. This is not compulsory if the cheeseis sold in pre-cut and pre-packaged form as described in section 4.5. In that case, ‘Edam Holland’ mustbe displayed on the packaging.

A clear distinguishing mark must be displayed on the packaging to enable consumers to identify EdamHolland on the shelves. By giving the product a name, creating an own identity (a logo is being devel-oped) and displaying the EU's PGI symbol, it must be made clear to consumers that Edam Holland is adifferent product from all other ‘Edam’ cheeses. The aim of the application is to prevent Europeanconsumers from potentially being misled.
