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I Information

Commission

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Euro exchange rates (1)

27 October 2005

(2005/C 268/01)

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(1)

Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

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Summary of Community decisions on marketing authorizations in respect of medicinal products from 1 September 2005 to 30 September 2005

(Published pursuant to Article 12 or Article 34 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93 (1))

(2005/C 268/02)

—   Issuing of a marketing authorization (Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93): Accepted

—   Modification of a marketing authorization (Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93): Accepted

—   Withdrawal of a marketing authorization (Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93)

—   Modification of a marketing authorization (Article 34 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93): Accepted

Anyone wishing to consult the public assessment report on the medicinal products in question and the decisions relating thereto is invited to contact:

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(1)OJ L 214 of 24.8.1993, p. 1.

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Summary of Community decisions on marketing authorizations in respect of medicinal products from 1 September 2005 to 30 September 2005

(Decisions taken pursuant to Article 34 of Directive 2001/83/EC (1) or Article 38 of Directive 2001/82/EC (2))

(2005/C 268/03)

Issuing, maintenance or modification of a national marketing authorisation

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(1)OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67.

(2)OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 1.

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ANNEX I

LIST OF THE NAMES, PHARMACEUTICAL FORM, STRENGTHS OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCTS, ROUTE OF ADMINISTRATION, APPLICANT, MARKETING AUTHORISATION HOLDERS IN THE MEMBER STATES

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ANNEX II

LIST OF THE NAMES, PHARMACEUTICAL FORM, STRENGTHS OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCTS, ROUTE OF ADMINISTRATION, APPLICANT, MARKETING AUTHORISATION HOLDERS IN THE MEMBER STATES

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid

(2005/C 268/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

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UNIFORM APPLICATION OF THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE (CN)

(Classification of goods)

(2005/C 268/05)

Explanatory notes adopted in accordance with the procedure defined in Article 10(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1)

The explanatory notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities (2) shall be amended as follows:

On page 321 insert the following text:

with laser reading system

This subheading covers radio-broadcast receivers, combined with a sound recording or reproducing apparatus with a laser reading system, whether or not combined with other sound recording or reproducing apparatus (for example of the cassette-type) or a clock.’

with laser reading system

The explanatory notes to subheading 8527 13 10 apply, mutatis mutandis.’

with laser reading system

The explanatory notes to subheading 8527 13 10 apply, mutatis mutandis.’

with laser reading system

The explanatory notes to subheading 8527 13 10 apply, mutatis mutandis.’

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(1)OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 493/2005 (OJ L 82, 31.3.2005, p. 1).

(2)OJ C 256, 23.10.2002, p. 1.

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises

(2005/C 268/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 125/03

Member State: Germany

Region: Saxony-Anhalt

Title of aid scheme: Special programme for building the information society in Saxony-Anhalt

Legal basis: 

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: Approx. EUR 2,5 million

Maximum aid intensity: 

—   Investment grants

The aid intensity is limited to a maximum of 50 % gross (35 % gross regional aid plus 15 % gross SME bonus).

—   Consultancy aid

towards expenditure on services provided by outside consultants to existing or new SMEs and expenditure on assessing feasibility. The aid intensity is limited to 50 % gross of the eligible expenditure

Date of implementation: 

Duration of scheme: Until 31.12.2004

Objective: 

Economic sector(s) concerned: All economic sectors. All services

Comments: The following are excluded:

Activities relating to the manufacture, processing and marketing of goods listed in Annex 1 to the EC Treaty

Aid for export-related activities

Aid which is conditional on the use of indigenous products rather than imported goods.

Aid to the steel, synthetic fibres, motor vehicle and shipbuilding industries

Since special rules apply to agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture and transport and since even small amounts of aid to those sectors might fulfil the criteria of Article 87(1) of the EC Treaty, the sectors in question are excluded from the scheme.

The steel, synthetic fibres, motor vehicle and shipbuilding industries are excluded owing, among other things, to the fact that appropriate measures have been agreed in relation to regional investment aid

Name and address of the granting authority: 

Other information: 

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 of 12 December 2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for employment

(2005/C 268/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XE 9/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Campania

Title of aid scheme: Recruitment of disadvantaged workers

‘IN LA’ project — Jobs for the long-term unemployed in the Province of Naples.

Under this project firms are given a grant of EUR 5 164,66 for each long-term unemployed person they recruit on a permanent basis or fixed-term contract of at least twelve months' duration, in the tourism and agriculture sectors

Legal basis: L. 23.12.1996, n. 662, art. 2 comma 203, lett. b)

Intesa Istituzionale di programma del 16.9.2003

D. D. 19 giugno 2003

Annual expenditure planned: EUR 15 494 000

Maximum aid intensity under: Article 5: recruitment of disadvantaged workers

The maximum special grant for each beneficiary firm is 50 % of the wage costs calculated over a period of one year following recruitment. Both figures are gross, i.e. before taxes. Under Article 8(4) the special grant may be cumulated with other national or Community incentives applicable for the same recruitment, given that these are measures for getting the long-term unemployed back into work; in any case the cumulation of aid cannot exceed the ceilings laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002, therefore the gross aid intensity resulting from the cumulation cannot exceed 100 % of the wage costs over any period for which the worker or workers are employed.

This means that, in addition to the grant of EUR 5 164,66, for every person recruited on a permanent basis firms are also entitled to the incentives for recruitment of long-term unemployed persons on a permanent full-time or part-time basis under Article 8(9) of Law No 407/90 (100 % exemption from employer's social security contributions for 36 months in the case of firms operating in the Mezzogiorno and craft firms; 50 % exemption from the same contributions for the same period in the case of private-sector employers such as professional practices, foundations, associations, etc. in the Mezzogiorno, and also firms in North Central Italy).

The incentives under Article 8(9) of Law No 407/90 do not apply to recruitment in the tourist industry or in agriculture if the contract is for a fixed term, even if for 12 months or more

Date of implementation: 

Duration of scheme: 

Objective of aid: Article 5: recruitment of disadvantaged workers

Recruitment of some 3 000 long-term unemployed persons in the Province of Naples at serious risk of social exclusion

Economic sector(s) concerned: All EC sectors

Name and address of the granting authority: 

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3735 — Finmeccanica/AMS)

(2005/C 268/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 14 March 2005, 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:

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3649 — Finmeccanica/Baes Avionics & Communications)

(2005/C 268/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 14 March 2005, 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:

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