ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 329

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 51
24 December 2008

Notice No

Contents

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II   Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

Commission

2008/C 329/01

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

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2008/C 329/02

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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2008/C 329/03

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5195 — Pfizer/SP Assets) (1)

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2008/C 329/04

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5402 — Caja Navarra/Aegon/Can Soluciones De Salud) (1)

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2008/C 329/05

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5407 — CSN/Itochu/Nacional Minérios) (1)

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

Commission

2008/C 329/06

Euro exchange rates

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2008/C 329/07

Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for 27 Member States applicable as from 1 January 2009(Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 (OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1))

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NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

2008/C 329/08

Binding origin information

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V   Announcements

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

Commission

2008/C 329/09

Call for proposals — EACEA/34/08 — EU-US Cooperation in Higher Education and Vocational Training — Atlantis: Actions for Transatlantic Links and Academic Networks in Training and Integrated Studies — Call for proposals 2009

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PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION POLICY

Commission

2008/C 329/10

State aid — Germany — State aid C 7/04 (ex NN 159/02) — Aid in favour of the Gesellschaft für Weinabsatz (Wine marketing company) — Invitation to submit comments pursuant to Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty

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2008/C 329/11

State aid — Portugal — State aid C 85/01 — Ad hoc measures in favour of RTP — Invitation to submit comments pursuant to Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty (1)

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2008/C 329/12

Communication from the Minister for Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the basis of Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons

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2008/C 329/13

Communication from Ireland pursuant to Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons (Announcement of 2009 Licensing Round — Rockall Basin)

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2008/C 329/14

Note to the reader(see page 3 of the cover)

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(1)   Text with EEA relevance

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