# Official Journal C 57/9 Ma

| | ISSN 1725-2423 |
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| Official Journal
  of the European Union | C 57 |
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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 499 March 2006 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 57

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 499 March 2006

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | I   Information |
| | Council |
| 2006/C 057/1 | EU Action Plan on biological and toxin weapons, complementary to the EU Joint Action in support of the BTWC | 1 |
| | Commission |
| 2006/C 057/2 | Euro exchange rates | 3 |
| 2006/C 057/3 | Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections | 4 |
| 2006/C 057/4 | Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections | 7 |
| 2006/C 057/5 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M. 4148 — Nouveaux Constructeurs/Goldman Sachs Group/Deutsche Bank/Lone Star/Zapf) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  ) | 10 |
| 2006/C 057/6 | Information procedure — Technical rules (
  1
  ) | 11 |
| 2006/C 057/7 | Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of Directive 94/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 March 1994 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (
  1
  ) | 17 |
| | EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA |
| | EFTA Court |
| 2006/C 057/8 | Judgment of the Court of 24 November 2005 in Case E-2/05 — EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Republic of Iceland (State aid — Failure of a Contracting Party to fulfil its obligations — Second subparagraph of Article 1(2) of Part I of Protocol 3 SCA — Validity of a decision by the EFTA Surveillance Authority — Termination of tax measures and recovery of aid — Absolute impossibility to implement a decision of the EFTA Surveillance Authority) | 23 |
| 2006/C 057/9 | Judgment of the Court of 25 November 2005 in Case E-1/05 — EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Kingdom of Norway (Failure of a Contracting Party to fulfil its obligations — life assurance services — freedom to provide services and right of establishment — Article 33 of Directive 2002/83/EC — justification of restriction based on general good — proportionality) | 24 |
| | EFTA Surveillance Authority |
| 2006/C 057/10 | Authorisation of State measure pursuant to Article 61 of the EEA Agreement and Article 1(3) in Part I of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement | 25 |
| 2006/C 057/11 | Authorisation of State measure pursuant to Article 61 of the EEA Agreement and Article 1(3) in Part I of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement | 26 |

Notice No

Contents

page

I   Information

Council

2006/C 057/1

EU Action Plan on biological and toxin weapons, complementary to the EU Joint Action in support of the BTWC

1

Commission

2006/C 057/2

Euro exchange rates

3

2006/C 057/3

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

4

2006/C 057/4

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

7

2006/C 057/5

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M. 4148 — Nouveaux Constructeurs/Goldman Sachs Group/Deutsche Bank/Lone Star/Zapf) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  )

1

10

2006/C 057/6

Information procedure — Technical rules (
  1
  )

1

11

2006/C 057/7

Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of Directive 94/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 March 1994 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (
  1
  )

1

17

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA Court

2006/C 057/8

Judgment of the Court of 24 November 2005 in Case E-2/05 — EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Republic of Iceland (State aid — Failure of a Contracting Party to fulfil its obligations — Second subparagraph of Article 1(2) of Part I of Protocol 3 SCA — Validity of a decision by the EFTA Surveillance Authority — Termination of tax measures and recovery of aid — Absolute impossibility to implement a decision of the EFTA Surveillance Authority)

(State aid — Failure of a Contracting Party to fulfil its obligations — Second subparagraph of Article 1(2) of Part I of Protocol 3 SCA — Validity of a decision by the EFTA Surveillance Authority — Termination of tax measures and recovery of aid — Absolute impossibility to implement a decision of the EFTA Surveillance Authority)

23

2006/C 057/9

Judgment of the Court of 25 November 2005 in Case E-1/05 — EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Kingdom of Norway (Failure of a Contracting Party to fulfil its obligations — life assurance services — freedom to provide services and right of establishment — Article 33 of Directive 2002/83/EC — justification of restriction based on general good — proportionality)

(Failure of a Contracting Party to fulfil its obligations — life assurance services — freedom to provide services and right of establishment — Article 33 of Directive 2002/83/EC — justification of restriction based on general good — proportionality)

24

EFTA Surveillance Authority

2006/C 057/10

Authorisation of State measure pursuant to Article 61 of the EEA Agreement and Article 1(3) in Part I of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement

25

2006/C 057/11

Authorisation of State measure pursuant to Article 61 of the EEA Agreement and Article 1(3) in Part I of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement

26

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