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I Information

Commission

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Euro exchange rates (1)

11 August 2005

(2005/C 197/01)

1 euro= 

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(1)

Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

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Notification according to Article 95(4) of the EC Treaty

Request for an authorisation to extend the application of national legislation derogating from the provisions of a Community Harmonisation Measure

(2005/C 197/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

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(1)OJ L 304, 21.11.2003, p. 1.

(2)  This directive is repealed and its content is integrated into Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003. Article 7 of this Directive corresponds to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003.

(3)OJ L 18, 23.1.1999, p. 60.

(4)OJ L 132, 17.5.2002, p. 65.

(5)  ERM is a consultant which had worked on behalf of the Commission.

(6)OJ L 77, 16.3.2001, p. 1.

(7)  Scientific Committee for Food.

(8)OJ L 140, 30.5.2002, p. 10.

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Notification according to Article 95(4) of the EC Treaty

Request for an authorisation to extend the application of national legislation derogating from the provisions of a Community Harmonisation Measure

(2005/C 197/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

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(1)OJ L 304, 21.11.2003, p. 1.

(2)  This directive is repealed and its content is integrated into Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003. Article 7 of this Directive corresponds to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003

(3)OJ L 18, 23.1.1999, p. 60.

(4)OJ L 138, 28.5.2002, p. 15.

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Notification according to Article 95(4) of the EC Treaty

Request for an authorisation to extend the application of national legislation derogating from the provisions of a Community Harmonisation Measure

(2005/C 197/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

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(1)OJ L 304, 21.11.2003, p. 1.

(2)  This directive is repealed and its content is integrated into Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003. Article 7 of this Directive corresponds to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003.

(3)OJ L 18, 23.1.1999, p. 60.

(4)OJ L 138, 28.5.2002, p. 24.

(5)OJ L 84, 5.4.1993, p. 1.

(6)  World Health Organization

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NOTICE TO IMPORTERS

Imports of garlic into the Community

(2005/C 197/05)

The European Commission informs Community operators that there is reasonable doubt as to the origin of garlic of tariff heading CN 0703 20 00, which is released for free circulation into the Community in order to benefit:

From various investigations, it results that important quantities of garlic of Chinese origin are declared with another origin and then benefit from the tariff measures mentioned above, beyond the annual quota of 13 200 tonnes allocated to China.

Community operators declaring and/or presenting documentary evidence of origin for garlic of tariff heading CN 0703 20 00 are therefore advised to take all the necessary precautions, since the release of the goods in question for free circulation may give rise to a customs debt and lead to fraud against the Community's financial interests.

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(1)  Decision 2001/404/EC of 28 May 2001 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and Argentina pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 for the modification of concessions with respect to garlic provided for in Schedule CXL annexed to GATT (OJ L 142, 29.5.2001, p. 7) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 565/2002 of 2 April 2002 establishing the method for managing tariff quotas and introducing a system of certificates of origin for garlic imported from third countries (OJ L 86, 3.4.2002, p. 11).

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M. 3915 — Apax/Versatel)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 197/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

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(1)OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

(2)OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case No. COMP/M.3914 — Tele2/Versatel)

(2005/C 197/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

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(1)OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3845 — PAI/CHR. Hansen)

(2005/C 197/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 18 July 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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