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I Acts whose publication is obligatory

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            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1247/2006

of 18 August 2006         

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 August 2006.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 August 2006.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY            

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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(1)OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 386/2005 (OJ L 62, 9.3.2005, p. 3).

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ANNEX

to Commission Regulation of 18 August 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

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(1)  Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 750/2005 (OJ L 126, 19.5.2005, p. 12). Code ‘            999            ’ stands for ‘of other origin’.

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            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC, EURATOM) No 1248/2006

of 7 August 2006         

amending Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (1), and in particular Article 183 thereof,

Having consulted the European Parliament, the Council, the Court of Justice of the European Communities, the Court of Auditors, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions, the Ombudsman and the European Data Protection Supervisor,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 is amended as follows:

Article 2

Public procurement and grant award procedures launched before the entry into force of this Regulation shall continue to be subject to the rules applicable at the time when those procedures were launched.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 August 2006.

For the Commission

Dalia GRYBAUSKAITĖ            

Member of the Commission

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(1)OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

(2)OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1261/2005 (OJ L 201, 2.8.2005, p. 3).

(3)OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 114. Directive as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2083/2005 (OJ L 333, 20.12.2005, p. 28).

(4)OJ L 37, 10.2.2005, p. 14.

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            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1249/2006

of 18 August 2006         

fixing the complementary quantity of raw cane-sugar originating in the ACP States and India for supply to refineries in the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 September 2007         

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 29(4) thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 September 2007, the complementary quantity of raw cane-sugar for refining falling within CN code 1701 11 10, as referred to in Article 29(4) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, shall be:

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 August 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL            

Member of the Commission

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(1)OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1.

(2)OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 1.

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            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1250/2006

of 18 August 2006         

amending Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 as regards the support schemes provided for in Titles IV and IVa of that Regulation and the use of land set aside for the production of raw materials

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001, (EC) No 1454/2001, (EC) No 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001 (1), and in particular Article 145 thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 is amended as follows:

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 August 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL            

Member of the Commission

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(1)OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1156/2006 (OJ L 208, 29.7.2006, p. 3).

(2)OJ L 345, 20.11.2004, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 660/2006 (OJ L 116, 27.4.2006, p. 27).

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ANNEX I

                     ‘ANNEX III

CROP-SPECIFIC PAYMENT FOR RICE

referred to in Article 3(1)(c)(i)

TOTAL DETERMINED AREA, used for the calculation of the coefficient of reduction

TRANSMISSION DEADLINE: 15 NOVEMBER EACH YEAR

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(*1)  Article 81 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.

(*2)  Article 80(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.’         

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ANNEX II

                     ‘ANNEX VI

referred to in Articles 59, 60 and 69
Text of image

ARABLE CROPS AREA PAYMENTS

CALCULATION OF OVERRUN ON BASE AREA

TRANSMISSION DEADLINE: 15 NOVEMBER EACH YEAR

Product:

CLAIMED YEAR:

All crops

MEMBER STATE:

Irrigated

Non-irrigated

Maize

Base area:

Crops other than maize

Area actually found:

All producers

Durum wheat, Article 105(1)

1

ha

Maize (separate base area)

2

ha

Other crops, as listed in Annex IX of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003

3

ha

Voluntary set-aside

4

ha

Total

= 1 + 2 + 3 + 4

5

ha

Forage (bovine animals — sheep)

Total for products concerned

6

ha

Total

for applications

= 5 + 6

7

ha

BASE AREA (*)

8

ha

Any balance from another base area

9

ha

Total base area applicable

= 8 + 9

10

ha

Overrun or deficit

= 7 – 10

11

ha

Overrun as percentage

= (7/10 – 1,00)

12

%

(*) Base area as referred to in Annex VI.’                     

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ANNEX III

                     ‘ANNEX IX

referred to in Article 3(1)(a)(i), (c)(i) and (e)(i)

ARABLE CROPS AREA PAYMENTS

The information is to be presented in the form of a series of tables drawn up in accordance with the model described below:

The tables are to be sent in hard copy and in computerised form.

Notes:

Each table must quote the region in question.

Line 1 relates only to durum wheat eligible for the supplement to the area payment provided for in Article 105(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.

Line 5, “Arable crops declared as fodder areas for premiums for bovine animals and sheep”, corresponds to the areas referred to in Article 102(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.

Model:

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ANNEX IV

‘ANNEX XI

referred to in Article 3(1)(e)(iv)

APPLICATIONS FOR EWE AND SHE-GOAT PREMIUMS

TRANSMISSION DEADLINE: 1 SEPTEMBER EACH YEAR

‘ANNEX XII

referred to in Article 3

PAYMENTS FOR EWE AND SHE-GOAT PREMIUMS

TRANSMISSION DEADLINE: 31 JULY EACH YEAR

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(1)  In accordance with Articles 72 and 73 of this Regulation (Less favoured areas).

(*1)  Where Article 71 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 applies (transitional period).

(*2)  In accordance with Articles 72 and 73 of this Regulation (Less favoured areas).

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ANNEX V

                     ‘ANNEX XVIII

referred to in Articles 106(3) and 131

BEEF AND VEAL PAYMENTS

1.   SPECIAL PREMIUM

Number of animals

Number of producers

2.   DESEASONALISATION PREMIUM

3.   SUCKLER COW PREMIUM

4.   EXTENSIFICATION PAYMENT

4.1   Application of the single stocking density (first subparagraph of Article 132(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003)

4.2   Application of the two stocking density (second subparagraph of Article 132(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003)

5.   PREMIUM EXEMPT THE DENSITY FACTOR

6.   SLAUGHTER PREMIUM

Number of animals

Number of producers

AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUMS ACTUALLY PAID

TRANSMISSION DEADLINE: 31 JULY EACH YEAR

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ANHANG VI

                     ‘ANNEX XXVIII

MOISTURE CONTENT

as referred to in Article 171cj

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            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1251/2006

of 18 August 2006         

amending the representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1002/2006 for the 2006/2007 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular of the Article 36,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The representative prices and additional duties on imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1002/2006 for the 2006/2007 marketing year are hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 August 2006.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 August 2006.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY            

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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(1)OJ L 55, 28.2.2006, p. 1.

(2)OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 24.

(3)OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 36.

(4)OJ L 225, 17.8.2006, p. 24.

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ANNEX

Amended representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and products covered by CN code 1702 90 99  applicable from 19 August 2006

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(1)  Fixed for the standard quality defined in Annex I.III to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 (OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1).

(2)  Fixed for the standard quality defined in Annex I.II to Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.

(3)  Fixed per 1 % sucrose content.

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            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1252/2006

of 18 August 2006         

amending Regulation (EC) No 796/2006 as regards the list of Member States where buying-in of butter by tendering is open for the period expiring on 31 August 2006         

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2006 of 29 May 2006 suspending the buying-in of butter at 90 % of the intervention price and opening the buying-in by tendering for the period expiring on 31 August 2006 (2), and in particular Article 2(2) thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 796/2006, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.   Buying-in of butter by tendering, as provided for in the third subparagraph of Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, is hereby open from 19 to 31 August 2006 in the following Member States, under the conditions provided for in Section 3a of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999: Czech Republic, Spain, Ireland, Latvia, Poland and Portugal.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 August 2006.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY            

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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(1)OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

(2)OJ L 142, 30.5.2006, p. 4.

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            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1253/2006

of 18 August 2006         

on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 of 10 December 2002 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003 of 19 December 2003 laying down detailed rules for the application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) (3), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The following Member States shall issue on 21 August 2006 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities and countries of origin:

Article 2

Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003, during the first 10 days of September 2006 for the following quantities of boned beef and veal:

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 August 2006.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 August 2006.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY            

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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(1)OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

(2)OJ L 348, 21.12.2002, p. 5.

(3)OJ L 333, 20.12.2003, p. 37. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1118/2004 (OJ L 217, 17.6.2004, p. 10).

(4)OJ L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 807/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 36).

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            COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2006/72/EC

of 18 August 2006         

amending for the purposes of adapting to technical progress Directive 97/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain components and characteristics of two or three-wheel motor vehicles

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Directive 2002/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 March 2002 relating to the type-approval of two- and three-wheel motor vehicles and repealing Council Directive 92/61/EEC (1), and in particular Article 17 thereof,

Having regard to Directive 97/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1997 on certain components and characteristics of two- or three-wheel motor vehicles (2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Annex II of Chapter 5 to Directive 97/24/EC is amended in accordance with the text set out in the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

1.   Member States shall adopt and publish, before 1 July 2007, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.

They shall apply those provisions from 1 July 2007.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law, which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 August 2006.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN            

Vice-President

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(1)OJ L 124, 9.5.2002, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2005/30/EC (OJ L 106, 27.4.2005, p. 17).

(2)OJ L 226, 18.8.1997, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2006/27/EC (OJ L 66, 8.3.2006, p. 7).

(3)OJ L 252, 20.09.2002, p. 20.

(4)OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/40/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 161, 14.6.2006, p. 12).

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ANNEX

Annex II of Chapter 5 to Directive 97/24/EC is amended as follows:

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(*1)  UN/ECE Global Technical Regulation No 2 “Measurement procedure for two wheeled motorcycles equipped with a positive or compression ignition engine with regard to the emissions of gaseous pollutants, CO2 emissions and fuel consumption” (ECE/TRANS/180/Add2 of 30 August 2005).’         ”

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Commission

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            COMMISSION DECISION         

of 14 December 2004         

on a German aid scheme for Bavarian machinery rings

(notified under document number C(2004) 4771)

(Only the German text is authentic)

(2006/570/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 88(2)(1) thereof,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and in particular Article 62(1)(a) thereof,

Having called on interested parties to submit their comments in accordance with the Articles cited above (1) and having regard to those comments,

Whereas:

I.   PROCEDURE

II.   DESCRIPTION OF THE AID

II.1.   Objective and legal basis

II.2.   Recipients

The Bavarian machinery rings

KBM

II.3.   Budget

II.4.   Nature and scope of the aid

II.5.   Reasons for initiating the formal investigation procedure

III.   COMMENTS FROM INTERESTED PARTIES

III.1.   Objections to the measure

III.2.   Comments of interested parties during the formal investigation procedure

IV.   COMMENTS FROM GERMANY

V.   ASSESSMENT OF THE AID

V.1.   Existence of aid

V.1.1.   Aid to KBM

V.1.2.   Aid to machinery rings

V.I.3.   Aid to the machinery rings’ subsidiaries

V.1.4.   Services of general economic interest

V.I.5.   Aid to farmers

V.I.6.   Conclusion

V.2.   Application of Article 87(3) of the EC Treaty

V.2.1.   Compatibility of aid to KBM

V.2.2.   Compatibility of aid to the machinery rings and their subsidiaries

V.3.   Selection of KBM

VI.   CONCLUSIONS

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The financial contributions granted by Germany to Bavarian farmers through the Bavarian machinery rings in the form of subsidised services involving the coordination of provision of machinery and labour do not constitute aid within the meaning of Article 87(1) of the Treaty.

Article 2

The State aid which Germany has granted to the Kuratorium bayerischer Maschinen- und Betriebshilferinge e.V., in so far as it has not been passed on to the machinery rings, and in so far as it exceeds the ceiling of EUR 100 000 per beneficiary over any period of three years laid down in Regulation (EC) No 69/2001, is incompatible with the common market.

Article 3

The State aid which Germany has granted to machinery rings and their subsidiaries, in so far as it has not been passed on to farmers as demonstrated by the German authorities in accordance with Article 4, and in so far as it exceeds the ceiling of EUR 100 000 per beneficiary over any period of three years laid down in Regulation (EC) No 69/2001, is incompatible with the common market.

Article 4

For the purposes of establishing the incompatible aid referred to in Articles 2 and 3, the German authorities shall submit a calculation of the average cost of services provided to farmers by machinery rings having no commercial subsidiary.

Article 5

Germany shall take all necessary measures to recover from the beneficiaries the aid unlawfully paid to them referred to in Articles 2 and 3.

Recovery shall be effected without delay and in accordance with the procedures of national law provided that they allow the immediate and effective execution of this Decision. The aid to be recovered shall include interest from the date on which it was at the disposal of the beneficiaries up to the date of its recovery. Interest shall be calculated as laid down in Chapter V of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 (20).

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Done at Brussels, 14 December 2004.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL            

Member of the Commission

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(1)OJ C 82, 5.4.2003, p. 12.

(2)OJ C 28, 1.2.2000, p. 2.

(3)  See footnote 1.

(4)  C(2004) 1629 final.

(5)  For the purposes of this Decision, ‘core tasks’ means those activities which are eligible for aid under German law.

(6)OJ L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.

(7)OJ L 10, 13.1.2001, p. 30.

(8)OJ L 10, 13.1.2001, p. 33. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 364/2004 (OJ L 63, 28.2.2004, p. 22).

(9)  As the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance of the European Communities have ruled, operating aid, i.e. aid intended to relieve an undertaking of the expenses which it would itself normally have had to bear in its day-to-day management or its usual activities, in principle distorts competition (judgment of the Court of First Instance in Case T-459/93 Siemens SA v Commission [1995] ECR II-1675, paragraphs 48 and 77 and the case law cited therein).

(10)  [2003] ECR I-7747.

(11)  The Court of Justice of the European Communities has consistently held that, in the context of competition law, the concept of an undertaking covers any entity engaged in an economic activity, regardless of the legal status of the entity or the way in which it is financed (see, inter alia, the judgment in joined Cases C-180/98 to C-184/98 Pavlov and others v Stichting Pensionsfonds Meidische Specialisten [2000] ECR I-6451, paragraph 74). It has also been consistently held that any activity consisting in offering goods and services on a given market is an economic activity (judgements in Case C-118/85 Commission v Italy [1987] ECR 2599, paragraph 7 and in Case C-35/96 Commission v Italy [1998] ECR I-3851, paragraph 36, as well as the previously cited Pavlov judgment, paragraph 75).

(12)  See footnote 10.

(13)  See footnote 10.

(14)  See footnote 10.

(15)OJ L 325, 28.10.2004, p. 4.

(16)  C(2004) 2669 of 14 July 2004 — France — aid to milk producers who suffered losses as a result of the bankruptcy of Parmalat.

(17)  See footnote 4.

(18)  See footnote 11.

(19)OJ L 10, 13.1.2001, p. 20. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 363/2004 (OJ L 63, 28.2.2004, p. 20).

(20)OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1.

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            COMMISSION DECISION         

of 14 August 2006         

amending Decision 2005/648/EC concerning protection measures in relation to Newcastle disease in Bulgaria

(notified under document number C(2006) 3622)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/571/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), and in particular Article 18(7) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (2), and in particular Article 22(6) thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In Decision 2005/648/EC the Annex is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

Member States shall immediately take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision and publish those measures. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 14 August 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU            

Member of the Commission

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(1)OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56. Directive as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.

(2)OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1, as corrected by OJ L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 1).

(3)OJ L 238, 15.9.2005, p. 16. Decision as last amended by Decision 2006/354/EC (OJ L 132, 19.5.2006, p. 34).

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ANNEX

                     ‘ANNEX

Administrative district of Blagoevgrad

Administrative district of Burgas, excluding the municipalities of Burgas and Sungurlare

Administrative district of Vratsa

Adminsitrative district of Kardzhali’               

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            COMMISSION DECISION         

of 18 August 2006         

amending Decision 2005/393/EC as regards the restricted zones in relation to bluetongue in Spain and Portugal

(notified under document number C(2006) 3700)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/572/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 laying down specific provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue (1), and in particular Article 8(3)(c) and the third paragraph of Article 19 thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex I to Decision 2005/393/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 August 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU            

Member of the Commission

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(1)OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 74.

(2)OJ L 130, 24.5.2005, p. 22. Decision as last amended by Decision 2006/273/EC (OJ L 99, 7.4.2006, p. 35).

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ANNEX

1.   
In Annex I to Decision 2005/393/EC, the list of restricted zones in Zone E (serotype 4) which relates to Spain is replaced by the following:
                  ‘                  Spain:

2.   
In Annex I to Decision 2005/393/EC, the list of restricted zones in Zone E (serotype 4) which relates to Portugal is replaced by the following:
                  ‘                  Portugal:

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