ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 231

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 50
3 October 2007

Notice No

Contents

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II   Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

Commission

2007/C 231/01

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections (1)

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2007/C 231/02

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4749 — PSB/OVAKO) (1)

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2007/C 231/03

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4820 — Bain Capital/Brake Bros) (1)

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2007/C 231/04

Amendments to the Explanatory Note to Article 17 of the pan-Euro-Mediterranean protocols on rules of origin

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

Commission

2007/C 231/05

Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 4,27 % on 1 October 2007 — Euro exchange rates

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2007/C 231/06

Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for 25 Member States applicable as from 1 October 2007(Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 (OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1) and the Commission notice on the method for setting the reference and discount rates (OJ C 273, 9.9.1997, p. 3))

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European Defence Agency

2007/C 231/07

Publication of the final accounts for the financial year 2006

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NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

2007/C 231/08

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for employment (1)

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V   Announcements

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

Commission

2007/C 231/09

Call for applications in connection with the renewal of members of the ‘European Energy and Transport Forum’

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PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION POLICY

Commission

2007/C 231/10

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4906 — CPI Europe Fund/Corpus/Real Estate Portfolio) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (1)

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2007/C 231/11

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4918 — Carlyle/Applus) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (1)

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2007/C 231/12

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4738 — OEP/MSP-Stiftung/DVG/Dailycer Group) (1)

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2007/C 231/13

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4895 — MOL/Italiana Energia e Servizi) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (1)

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(1)   Text with EEA relevance

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