# Official Journal C 305/2006

| | ISSN 1725-2423 |
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| Official Journal
  of the European Union | C 305 |
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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 4914 December 2006 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 305

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 4914 December 2006

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | I   Information |
| | Commission |
| 2006/C 305/1 | Euro exchange rates | 1 |
| 2006/C 305/2 | Information on complaint 2005/4347 | 2 |
| 2006/C 305/3 | Summary information on State aid granted in conformity with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004 of 8 September 2004 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production, processing and marketing of fisheries products (
  1
  ) | 3 |
| 2006/C 305/4 | Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections (
  1
  ) | 8 |
| 2006/C 305/5 | Commission notice pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 — Imposition of a public service obligation on scheduled air services within Italy (
  1
  ) | 13 |
| 2006/C 305/6 | Guidelines on the end-use ‘for industrial manufacture’ for the application of certain tariff quotas for fishery products originating in Norway and in Iceland (
  1
  ) | 16 |
| 2006/C 305/7 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4455 — Schmolz + Bickenbach/Swiss Steel) (
  1
  ) | 17 |
| 2006/C 305/8 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4449 — KKR/SIF (Tarkett)) (
  1
  ) | 17 |
| 2006/C 305/9 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4239 — Plastic Omnium/Inopart) (
  1
  ) | 18 |
| | EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA |
| | EFTA Surveillance Authority |
| 2006/C 305/10 | EFTA Surveillance Authority Notice on the co-operation between the EFTA Surveillance Authority and the courts of the EFTA States in the application of Articles 53 and 54 of the EEA Agreement | 19 |
| 2006/C 305/11 | Notification from the Norwegian authorities concerning regionally differentiated social security contributions — The EFTA Surveillance Authority has decided not to raise objections against the notified measure | 32 |
| 2006/C 305/12 | Values of thresholds in the field of public procurement | 33 |
| 2006/C 305/13 | EFTA Surveillance Authority Notice on informal guidance relating to novel questions concerning Articles 53 and 54 of the EEA Agreement that arise in individual cases (guidance letters) | 34 |
| 2006/C 305/14 | Authorisation of State aid pursuant to Article 61 of the EEA Agreement and Article 1(3) in Part I of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement — EFTA Surveillance Authority decision not to raise objections | 38 |
| 2006/C 305/15 | Invitation to submit comments pursuant to Article 1(2) in Part I of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement on State aid with regard to the application of Article 3 of the Norwegian VAT Compensation Act | 39 |

Notice No

Contents

page

I   Information

Commission

2006/C 305/1

Euro exchange rates

1

2006/C 305/2

Information on complaint 2005/4347

2

2006/C 305/3

Summary information on State aid granted in conformity with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004 of 8 September 2004 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production, processing and marketing of fisheries products (
  1
  )

1

3

2006/C 305/4

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections (
  1
  )

1

8

2006/C 305/5

Commission notice pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 — Imposition of a public service obligation on scheduled air services within Italy (
  1
  )

1

13

2006/C 305/6

Guidelines on the end-use ‘for industrial manufacture’ for the application of certain tariff quotas for fishery products originating in Norway and in Iceland (
  1
  )

1

16

2006/C 305/7

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4455 — Schmolz + Bickenbach/Swiss Steel) (
  1
  )

1

17

2006/C 305/8

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4449 — KKR/SIF (Tarkett)) (
  1
  )

1

17

2006/C 305/9

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4239 — Plastic Omnium/Inopart) (
  1
  )

1

18

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA Surveillance Authority

2006/C 305/10

EFTA Surveillance Authority Notice on the co-operation between the EFTA Surveillance Authority and the courts of the EFTA States in the application of Articles 53 and 54 of the EEA Agreement

19

2006/C 305/11

Notification from the Norwegian authorities concerning regionally differentiated social security contributions — The EFTA Surveillance Authority has decided not to raise objections against the notified measure

32

2006/C 305/12

Values of thresholds in the field of public procurement

33

2006/C 305/13

EFTA Surveillance Authority Notice on informal guidance relating to novel questions concerning Articles 53 and 54 of the EEA Agreement that arise in individual cases (guidance letters)

34

2006/C 305/14

Authorisation of State aid pursuant to Article 61 of the EEA Agreement and Article 1(3) in Part I of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement — EFTA Surveillance Authority decision not to raise objections

38

2006/C 305/15

Invitation to submit comments pursuant to Article 1(2) in Part I of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement on State aid with regard to the application of Article 3 of the Norwegian VAT Compensation Act

39

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| | III   Notices |
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| | Commission |
| 2006/C 305/16 | Call addressed to individuals for the establishment of a database of prospective independent experts to assist the Commission's services for tasks in connection with the Seventh RTD Framework Programme | 52 |
| 2006/C 305/17 | Call addressed to organisations to propose lists of prospective independent experts to assist the Commission's services for tasks in connection with the Seventh RTD Framework Programme | 54 |

III   Notices

Commission

2006/C 305/16

Call addressed to individuals for the establishment of a database of prospective independent experts to assist the Commission's services for tasks in connection with the Seventh RTD Framework Programme

52

2006/C 305/17

Call addressed to organisations to propose lists of prospective independent experts to assist the Commission's services for tasks in connection with the Seventh RTD Framework Programme

54

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