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ISSN 1725-2423 Official Journal C 161 of the European Union Volume 51 English edition Information and Notices 25 June 2008 Notice No Contents Page II Information INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES Commission 2008/C 161/01 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5032 — Roxel/Protac) (1) ......................... 1 2008/C 161/02 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5094 — Nokia/Trolltech) (1) ..................... 1 IV Notices NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES Council 2008/C 161/03 Notification by Romania concerning visa reciprocity .................................................................... 2 2008/C 161/04 Notification by Romania concerning visa reciprocity .................................................................... 3 Commission 2008/C 161/05 Euro exchange rates ............................................................................................................... 4 2008/C 161/06 Final report of the Hearing Officer in Case COMP/M.4781 — Norddeutsche Affinerie/Cumerio (Pursuant to Articles 15 and 16 of Commission Decision 2001/462/EC, ECSC of 23 May 2001 on the terms of reference of Hearing Officers in certain competition proceedings — OJ L 162, 19.6.2001, p. 21) ............................. 5 EN (1) Text with EEA relevance (Continued overleaf) 1 Notice No Contents (continued) Page 2008/C 161/07 Opinion of the Advisory Committee on Mergers given at its meeting of 9 January 2008 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/M.4781 — Norddeutsche Affinerie/Cumerio — Rapporteur: Czech Republic .................................................................................................................... 6 2008/C 161/08 Summary of Commission Decision of 23 January 2008 declaring a concentration compatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/M.4781 — Norddeutsche Affinerie/Cumerio) (1) ............................................................................................................. 7 NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES 2008/C 161/09 Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 ................................................................................................... 13 V Announcements ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES Court of Justice 2008/C 161/10 Call for applications — Director-General (Grades AD15-AD16) of the Library, Research and Documentation at the Court of Justice of the European Communities ............................................. 16 European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) 2008/C 161/11 Notice of open competition EPSO/AST/66/08 ............................................................................ 18 PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION POLICY Commission 2008/C 161/12 State aid — France — State aid C 24/08 (ex NN 38/07) — Fund for the prevention of risks to fishing: fiscal measures — Invitation to submit comments pursuant to Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty (1) 19 EN (1) Text with EEA relevance 25.6.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 161/1 II (Information) INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES COMMISSION Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5032 — Roxel/Protac) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/C 161/01) On 21 April 2008, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available: — from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, — in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32008M5032. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu). Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5094 — Nokia/Trolltech) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/C 161/02) On 4 June 2008, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available: — from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, — in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32008M5094. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu). C 161/2EN Official Journal of the European Union 25.6.2008 IV (Notices) NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES COUNCIL Notification by Romania concerning visa reciprocity (1) (2008/C 161/03) Brussels, 22 April 2008 Ref. No 3668 The Permanent Representation of Romania to the European Union presents its compliments to the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union and, further to the Permanent Representation's Verbal Note No 1629 of 21 February 2007 and on the basis of Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 851/2005 of 2 June 2005 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 as regards the recipro- city mechanism, has the honour to communicate that, following the decision of the Government of Brunei Darussalam concerning the abolition of the visa obligation, as of 1 February 2008, Romanian citizens are exempt from the visa obligation for a stay of up to 30 days. A similar notification has been sent to the European Commission. The Permanent Representation of Romania takes this opportunity to once again assure the Council of the European Union of its highest consideration. (1) This notification is published in conformity with Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 851/2005 of 2 June 2005 (OJ L 141, 4.6.2005, p. 3) amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 (OJ L 81, 21.3.2001, p. 1). 25.6.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 161/3 Notification by Romania concerning visa reciprocity (1) (2008/C 161/04) Brussels, 9 May 2008 Ref. No 4185 The Permanent Representation of Romania to the European Union presents its compliments to the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union and, further to the Permanent Representation's Verbal Note No 1629 of 21 February 2007 and on the basis of Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 851/2005 of 2 June 2005 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 as regards the recipro- city mechanism, has the honour to communicate that, as of 19 March 2008, the Republic of Singapore has decided to extend the length of stay without visa for Romanian citizens travelling to that State from 30 to 90 days. On arrival in the Republic of Singapore, Romanian citizens will be permitted to enter the territory of that State without a visa for a period of 30 days, which may subsequently be extended by the immigra- tion authorities of the Republic of Singapore to up to 90 days. A similar notification has been sent to the European Commission. The Permanent Representation of Romania takes this opportunity to once again assure the General Secre- tariat of the Council of the European Union of its highest consideration. (1) This notification is published in conformity with Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 851/2005 of 2 June 2005 (OJ L 141, 4.6.2005, p. 3) amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 (OJ L 81, 21.3.2001, p. 1). C 161/4EN Official Journal of the European Union 25.6.2008 COMMISSION Euro exchange rates (1) 24 June 2008 (2008/C 161/05) 1 euro = Currency Exchange rate Currency Exchange rate USD US dollar 1,5568 TRY Turkish lira 1,9173 JPY Japanese yen 168,00 AUD Australian dollar 1,6326 DKK Danish krone 7,4589 CAD Canadian dollar 1,5823 GBP Pound sterling 0,79095 HKD Hong Kong dollar 12,1544 SEK Swedish krona 9,4026 NZD New Zealand dollar 2,0576 CHF Swiss franc 1,6185 SGD Singapore dollar 2,1305 ISK Iceland króna 131,35 KRW South Korean won 1 609,73 NOK Norwegian krone 7,9745 ZAR South African rand 12,5556 BGN Bulgarian lev 1,9558 CNY Chinese yuan renminbi 10,6951 CZK Czech koruna 24,075 HRK Croatian kuna 7,2473 EEK Estonian kroon 15,6466 IDR Indonesian rupiah 14 420,64 HUF Hungarian forint 239,16 MYR Malaysian ringgit 5,0666 LTL Lithuanian litas 3,4528 PHP Philippine peso 69,200 LVL Latvian lats 0,7025 RUB Russian rouble 36,7520 PLN Polish zloty 3,3663 THB Thai baht 52,200 RON Romanian leu 3,6793 BRL Brazilian real 2,5089 SKK Slovak koruna 30,344 MXN Mexican peso 16,1096 (1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB. 25.6.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 161/5 Final report of the Hearing Officer in Case COMP/M.4781 — Norddeutsche Affinerie/Cumerio (Pursuant to Articles 15 and 16 of Commission Decision 2001/462/EC, ECSC of 23 May 2001 on the terms of reference of Hearing Officers in certain competition proceedings — OJ L 162, 19.6.2001, p. 21) (2008/C 161/06) On 30 July 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (‘EC Merger Regulation’) by which the undertaking Norddeutsche Affinerie AG (‘NA’, Germany) would acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the EC Merger Regu- lation control of the whole of the undertaking Cumerio SA (‘Cumerio’, Belgium) by way of a public bid announced on 27 June 2007.