# Official Journal C 209/2006

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| Official Journal
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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 4931 August 2006 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 209

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 4931 August 2006

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | I   Information |
| | Commission |
| 2006/C 209/1 | Euro exchange rates | 1 |
| 2006/C 209/2 | Amended list of experts appointed as members of the scientific committees | 2 |
| 2006/C 209/3 | Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections (
  1
  ) | 7 |
| 2006/C 209/4 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4377 — Doughty Hanson/Caudwell Group Mobile Distribution Business) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  ) | 11 |
| 2006/C 209/5 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4057 — Korsnäs/Assidomän Cartonboard) (
  1
  ) | 12 |
| 2006/C 209/6 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4283 — Fogeca/Mapfre/JV) (
  1
  ) | 12 |
| 2006/C 209/7 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4255 — Evraz/Strategic Minerals) (
  1
  ) | 13 |
| 2006/C 209/8 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4228 — Mibau Holding/Foster Yeoman Baumineralien/Figdor Baustoffhandel JV) (
  1
  ) | 13 |

Notice No

Contents

page

I   Information

Commission

2006/C 209/1

Euro exchange rates

1

2006/C 209/2

Amended list of experts appointed as members of the scientific committees

2

2006/C 209/3

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

1

7

2006/C 209/4

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4377 — Doughty Hanson/Caudwell Group Mobile Distribution Business) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  )

1

11

2006/C 209/5

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4057 — Korsnäs/Assidomän Cartonboard) (
  1
  )

1

12

2006/C 209/6

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4283 — Fogeca/Mapfre/JV) (
  1
  )

1

12

2006/C 209/7

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4255 — Evraz/Strategic Minerals) (
  1
  )

1

13

2006/C 209/8

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4228 — Mibau Holding/Foster Yeoman Baumineralien/Figdor Baustoffhandel JV) (
  1
  )

1

13

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I Information

Commission

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Euro exchange rates (1)

30 August 2006

(2006/C 209/01)

1 euro=

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| USD | US dollar | 1,2818 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 150,08 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4597 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,67405 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 9,2520 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,5768 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | 88,87 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 8,0655 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CYP | Cyprus pound | 0,5763 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 28,249 |
| EEK | Estonian kroon | 15,6466 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 276,28 |
| LTL | Lithuanian litas | 3,4528 |
| LVL | Latvian lats | 0,6960 |
| MTL | Maltese lira | 0,4293 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 3,9587 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 3,5328 |
| SIT | Slovenian tolar | 239,58 |
| SKK | Slovak koruna | 37,752 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 1,8855 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,6790 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,4190 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 9,9697 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,9785 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 2,0179 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 232,19 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 9,1081 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 10,2015 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,3290 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 11 690,02 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,7170 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 65,308 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 34,2830 |
| THB | Thai baht | 48,170 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,2818

JPY

Japanese yen

150,08

DKK

Danish krone

7,4597

GBP

Pound sterling

0,67405

SEK

Swedish krona

9,2520

CHF

Swiss franc

1,5768

ISK

Iceland króna

88,87

NOK

Norwegian krone

8,0655

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CYP

Cyprus pound

0,5763

CZK

Czech koruna

28,249

EEK

Estonian kroon

15,6466

HUF

Hungarian forint

276,28

LTL

Lithuanian litas

3,4528

LVL

Latvian lats

0,6960

MTL

Maltese lira

0,4293

PLN

Polish zloty

3,9587

RON

Romanian leu

3,5328

SIT

Slovenian tolar

239,58

SKK

Slovak koruna

37,752

TRY

Turkish lira

1,8855

AUD

Australian dollar

1,6790

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,4190

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

9,9697

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,9785

SGD

Singapore dollar

2,0179

KRW

South Korean won

1 232,19

ZAR

South African rand

9,1081

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

10,2015

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,3290

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

11 690,02

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,7170

PHP

Philippine peso

65,308

RUB

Russian rouble

34,2830

THB

Thai baht

48,170

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(1)

Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

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AMENDED LIST OF EXPERTS APPOINTED AS MEMBERS OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES

(2006/C 209/02)

Amended list in alphabetical order of the scientists appointed by the Commission as members of the Scientific Committees established by Commission Decision 2004/210/EC of 4 March 2004. This list replaces the lists published in the Official Journal C 188 of 23 July 2004.

Scientific Committee on Consumer Products

| Dr. Claire Chambers | Consultant Toxicologist, Chambers Toxicological Consulting. Research associate at the University of Dublin, Ireland. |
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| Prof. Gisela Degen | Head of Biochemical-Toxicological Laboratory, Institut für Arbeitsphysiologie, University of Dortmund, Germany. |
| Prof. Ruta Dubakiene | Head of Allergy Centre, Vilnius University Antakalnis Clinical Hospital, Lithuania. |
| Dr. Ramon Grimalt | Assistant Professor dermatologist at Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Spain. |
| Dr. Bozena Jazwiec-Kanyion | Environmental scientist at the Institute of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, Poland. |
| Prof. Em. Vassilios Kapoulas | Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry, University of Ioannina, Greece. |
| Prof. Jean Krutmann | Director, Institut für Umweltmedizinische Forschung (IUF), Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany. |
| Prof. Carola Lidén | Head of Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Stockholm Centre for Public Health, Sweden. |
| Prof. Jean-Paul Marty | Professor of Pharmacology, Laboratory of Dermopharmacology and Cosmetology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Paris South, France. |
| Prof. Thomas Platzek | Professor, Dr. Rer. Nat., Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung, Germany. |
| Dr. Suresh Chandra Rastogi | Senior Research Scientist, Department of Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology, National Environmental Institute, Denmark. |
| Prof. Jean Revuz | Chef de service, Service universitaire de Dermatologie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, France. |
| Prof. Vera Maria Rogiers | Head of Department, Department of Toxicology, Dermato-Cosmetology and Pharmacognosy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium. |
| Prof. Tore Sanner | Head of Department of Environmental and Occupational Cancer, The Norwegian Radium Hospital Institute for Cancer Research, Norway. |
| Prof. Günter Speit | Professor for Human Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, University Clinic Ulm, Germany. |
| Dr. Jacqueline van Engelen | Centre for Substances and Integrated Risk Assessment, Senior scientist, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, (RIVM), Netherlands. |
| Dr. Ian White | Consultant Dermatologist, St. John's Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas' Hospital, United Kingdom. |

Dr. Claire Chambers

Consultant Toxicologist, Chambers Toxicological Consulting. Research associate at the University of Dublin, Ireland.

Prof. Gisela Degen

Head of Biochemical-Toxicological Laboratory, Institut für Arbeitsphysiologie, University of Dortmund, Germany.

Prof. Ruta Dubakiene

Head of Allergy Centre, Vilnius University Antakalnis Clinical Hospital, Lithuania.

Dr. Ramon Grimalt

Assistant Professor dermatologist at Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Spain.

Dr. Bozena Jazwiec-Kanyion

Environmental scientist at the Institute of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, Poland.

Prof. Em. Vassilios Kapoulas

Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry, University of Ioannina, Greece.

Prof. Jean Krutmann

Director, Institut für Umweltmedizinische Forschung (IUF), Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.

Prof. Carola Lidén

Head of Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Stockholm Centre for Public Health, Sweden.

Prof. Jean-Paul Marty

Professor of Pharmacology, Laboratory of Dermopharmacology and Cosmetology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Paris South, France.

Prof. Thomas Platzek

Professor, Dr. Rer. Nat., Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung, Germany.

Dr. Suresh Chandra Rastogi

Senior Research Scientist, Department of Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology, National Environmental Institute, Denmark.

Prof. Jean Revuz

Chef de service, Service universitaire de Dermatologie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, France.

Prof. Vera Maria Rogiers

Head of Department, Department of Toxicology, Dermato-Cosmetology and Pharmacognosy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium.

Prof. Tore Sanner

Head of Department of Environmental and Occupational Cancer, The Norwegian Radium Hospital Institute for Cancer Research, Norway.

Prof. Günter Speit

Professor for Human Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, University Clinic Ulm, Germany.

Dr. Jacqueline van Engelen

Centre for Substances and Integrated Risk Assessment, Senior scientist, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, (RIVM), Netherlands.

Dr. Ian White

Consultant Dermatologist, St. John's Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas' Hospital, United Kingdom.

Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks

| Prof. Herman Autrup | Professor of Environmental Medicine, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, University of Arhus, Denmark. |
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| Prof. Peter Calow | Guest Professor at the Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, Denmark. |
| Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Dekant | Professor at the Institut für Toxikologie Universität Würzburg, Germany. |
| Prof. Em. Helmut Greim | Professor of Toxicology at the Institute of Toxicology and Environmental Hygiene, Technical University of Munich, Germany. |
| Prof. Wojciech Hanke | Head of Environmental Reproductive Hazard Unit, Department of Environmental Epidemiology, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Poland. |
| Prof. Dr. Colin Janssen | Professor of Ecotoxicology, Ghent University, Belgium. |
| Prof. Bo Oscar Jansson | Professor at the Institute of Applied Environmental Research, Stockholm University, Sweden. |
| Dr. Hannu Komulainen | Head of Laboratory of Toxicology, Division of Environmental Health, National Public Health Institute, Finland. |
| Dr. Ole Ladefoged | Senior Scientist Danish Food and Veterinary Research, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Denmark. |
| Prof. Johannes Linders | Risk evaluator, expert in Pesticides, Centre for Substances and Risk Assessment, National Institute of Public Health and Environment (IRVM), Netherlands. |
| Dr. Inge Mangelsdorf | Head of Department of Chemical Risk Assessment, Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Germany. |
| Prof. Marco Nuti | Professor, Dipartimento di Chimica e Biotecnologie Agrarie, Pisa University, Italy. |
| Prof. Jerzy Sokal | Director of Occupational Medecine and Environmental Health Institute, Poland. |
| Prof. Anne Steenhout | Professor of Ecotoxicology, Institute for Environmental Management and Physical Planning (GEEPSIH), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. |
| Dr. Jose Tarazona | Director of Department of the Environment INIA, Spanish National Institute For Agriculture and Food Research and Technology, Spain. |
| Dr. Emanuela Testai | Senior Scientist, Environment and Primary Prevention Mechanisms of Toxicity Unit, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy. |
| Prof. Marco Vighi | Professor of Ecology and Applied Ecology, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy. |
| Dr. Matti Viluksela | Senior researcher on Toxicology, Environmental Health Department, National Public Health Institute, Finland. |

Prof. Herman Autrup

Professor of Environmental Medicine, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, University of Arhus, Denmark.

Prof. Peter Calow

Guest Professor at the Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, Denmark.

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Dekant

Professor at the Institut für Toxikologie Universität Würzburg, Germany.

Prof. Em. Helmut Greim

Professor of Toxicology at the Institute of Toxicology and Environmental Hygiene, Technical University of Munich, Germany.

Prof. Wojciech Hanke

Head of Environmental Reproductive Hazard Unit, Department of Environmental Epidemiology, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Poland.

Prof. Dr. Colin Janssen

Professor of Ecotoxicology, Ghent University, Belgium.

Prof. Bo Oscar Jansson

Professor at the Institute of Applied Environmental Research, Stockholm University, Sweden.

Dr. Hannu Komulainen

Head of Laboratory of Toxicology, Division of Environmental Health, National Public Health Institute, Finland.

Dr. Ole Ladefoged

Senior Scientist Danish Food and Veterinary Research, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Denmark.

Prof. Johannes Linders

Risk evaluator, expert in Pesticides, Centre for Substances and Risk Assessment, National Institute of Public Health and Environment (IRVM), Netherlands.

Dr. Inge Mangelsdorf

Head of Department of Chemical Risk Assessment, Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Germany.

Prof. Marco Nuti

Professor, Dipartimento di Chimica e Biotecnologie Agrarie, Pisa University, Italy.

Prof. Jerzy Sokal

Director of Occupational Medecine and Environmental Health Institute, Poland.

Prof. Anne Steenhout

Professor of Ecotoxicology, Institute for Environmental Management and Physical Planning (GEEPSIH), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.

Dr. Jose Tarazona

Director of Department of the Environment INIA, Spanish National Institute For Agriculture and Food Research and Technology, Spain.

Dr. Emanuela Testai

Senior Scientist, Environment and Primary Prevention Mechanisms of Toxicity Unit, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy.

Prof. Marco Vighi

Professor of Ecology and Applied Ecology, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy.

Dr. Matti Viluksela

Senior researcher on Toxicology, Environmental Health Department, National Public Health Institute, Finland.

Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks

| Prof. Anders Ahlbom | Professor and Head of Division of Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine. Director of Division of Epidemiology, Stockholm County Council, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. |
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| Prof. James Bridges | Professor of Toxicology and Environmental Health, United Kingdom. |
| Dr. Wilhelmus De Jong | Toxicological Pathologist Laboratory for Toxicology Pathology and Genetics, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Netherlands. |
| Prof. Dr. Jana Hajslová | Head of the Laboratory Contaminants and Toxicants, Institute of Chemical Technology, Czech Republic. |
| Prof. Philippe Hartemann | Professeur de Santé Publique, Département Environnement et Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Nancy, France. |
| Dr. Thomas Jung | Research group leader, Laboratory of Micro- and Nanostructure, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland. |
| Prof. Mats-Olof Mattsson | Professor in Biology, Department of Natural Sciences, Orebro University, Sweden. |
| Dr. Jean-Marie Pagès | Directeur de Recherche, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Faculté de Médecine, Université de Marseille, France. |
| Prof. Konrad Rydzynski | Director General Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Poland. |
| Dr. Dorothea Stahl | Assistant Medical Director, Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Transplantation Immunology, University of Muenster, Germany. |
| Dr. Mogens Thomsen | Research Director, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Rangeuil, France. |
| Prof. David Williams | Director Centre for Tissue Engineering, Department of Clinical Engineering, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. |

Prof. Anders Ahlbom

Professor and Head of Division of Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine. Director of Division of Epidemiology, Stockholm County Council, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.

Prof. James Bridges

Professor of Toxicology and Environmental Health, United Kingdom.

Dr. Wilhelmus De Jong

Toxicological Pathologist Laboratory for Toxicology Pathology and Genetics, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Netherlands.

Prof. Dr. Jana Hajslová

Head of the Laboratory Contaminants and Toxicants, Institute of Chemical Technology, Czech Republic.

Prof. Philippe Hartemann

Professeur de Santé Publique, Département Environnement et Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Nancy, France.

Dr. Thomas Jung

Research group leader, Laboratory of Micro- and Nanostructure, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland.

Prof. Mats-Olof Mattsson

Professor in Biology, Department of Natural Sciences, Orebro University, Sweden.

Dr. Jean-Marie Pagès

Directeur de Recherche, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Faculté de Médecine, Université de Marseille, France.

Prof. Konrad Rydzynski

Director General Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Poland.

Dr. Dorothea Stahl

Assistant Medical Director, Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Transplantation Immunology, University of Muenster, Germany.

Dr. Mogens Thomsen

Research Director, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Rangeuil, France.

Prof. David Williams

Director Centre for Tissue Engineering, Department of Clinical Engineering, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Reserve list of experts

List in alphabetical order of the scientists constituting the reserve list of experts as set out in Article 4 of Commission Decision 2004/210/EC of 4 March 2004. This list replaces the lists published in the Official Journal C 188 of 23 July 2004.

| Dr. Andrew Bailey | Manager, Viral Safety Baxter AG, Austria. |
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| Prof. Alfred Bernard | Research Director of National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS), Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. |
| Prof. Ronny Blust | Professor of Environmental Physiology and Toxicology, Biology Department, University of Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Anders Sverre Boman | Dermatoxicologist, Stockholm centre for Public Health, Stockholm County Council, Sweden. |
| Dr. Paul George Brantom | Manager, Brantom Risk Assessment, United Kingdom. |
| Prof. David Briggs | Professor of Environmental and Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College London, United Kingdom. |
| Dr. Samuele Burastero | Department of Allergology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. |
| Prof. Giorgio Cantelli Forti | Head of Toxicololgy Unit, Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, University of Bologna, Italy. |
| Dr. María Argelia Castaño | Head of Laboratory on Alternative methods in Ecotoxicology, Ministry of Science and Technology CISA-INIA, Spain. |
| Dr. Leonardo Celleno | Dermatologist, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore — Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Roma, Italy. |
| Dr. Sydney Christian | SD Christian Limited, United Kingdom. |
| Ing. Dr. Natale Consonni | Chemical engeneer, President and General Manager, Istituto Italiano Sicurezza dei Giocattoli, Italy. |
| Prof. Slawomir Czerczak | Professor, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Poland. |
| Prof. Kenneth Adrian Dawson | Chair of Physical Chemistry, University College Dublin, Ireland. |
| Dr. Jean-François Doré | Research Director, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), France. |
| Prof. Brigitte Dreno | Professeur de Dermatologie, Université et CHU de Nantes, France. |
| Dr. Enzo Funari | Director of the Quality of the Aquatic Environment & Bathing Waters Section, Environmental and Related Primary Prevention Department, National Institute of Health, Italy. |
| Dr. Antonietta Gatti | Universtiy Researcher and lecturer in Dental Materials and of Biomaterials and in Biomechanics, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy. |
| Prof. Carlo Giunta | Professor of Biochemistry Department of Animal and Human Biology, University of Torino, Italy. |
| Dr. Rémi Glomot | Consultant, expert toxicologist, France. |
| Dr. Donato Greco | Director of National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy. |
| Prof. Charles L. Greenblatt | Professor of Parasitology, Hebrew University, Israel. |
| Prof. Dr. Thomas Haertlé | Directeur de Recherches, Professeur des Sciences Biologiques, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Nantes, France. |
| Dr. Monka Herrchen | Head of Department, Department of Risk Assessment and Consulting, Fraunhofer-Institute Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Germany. |
| Prof. Rolf F. Hertel | Professor of Toxicology, Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung, Germany. |
| Dr. Walter Janssens | Teamleader, Division of Toxicology, Wetenschappelijk Instituut Volksgezondheid, Brussels, Belgium. |
| Prof. Bengt Järvholm | Head of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Department, Public Health and Clinical Medicine Department, Umea University, Sweden. |
| Dr. Allan Astrup Jensen | Technical Vice President, Head Force Technology, Energy and Environment Department, Denmark. |
| Dr. Dagmar Jirova | Czech Republic National Reference Centre for Cosmetics, National Institute of Public Health, Praha, Czech Republic. |
| Dr. Bjorn Karlsson | Director Iceland Fire Authority, Iceland. |
| Prof. Fritz Kemper | Former Director of the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Münster, Germany. |
| Prof. Wlodzimierz Klonowski | Associate Professor, Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland. |
| Prof. Claude René Lambré | Conseiller Scientifique du Directeur Général de la Santé — Risque Chimiques, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), France. |
| Dr. Alberto Mantovani | Senior scientist, Dipartimento di Sanità Alimentare ed Animale, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy. |
| Prof. Hans Marquardt | Director, Medical School Institute for Experimental and Clinical Toxicology, University of Hamburg, Germany. |
| Dr. Gilberte Noëlle Marti-Mestres | Laboratoire de Technique Pharmaceutique Industrielle, Faculté de Pharmacie — Université de Montpellier, France. |
| Prof. Philippe, Raymond, Clément Masson | Directeur Scientifique et PDG Laboratoires EVIC, France. |
| Prof. Dieter Mayer | Pharmaceutical Technology Department, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. |
| Dr. Henricus Miedema | Head of the Department Environment and Health, Organisation for applied Scientific Research (TNO), Netherlands. |
| Dr. Maurizio Muraca | Head of Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Centre for Cell Therapy of Metabolic Disorders, Italy. |
| Prof. Anders Neil | Associated Professor, Division of Clinical Trials, Medical Products Agency, Sweden. |
| Prof. Benoît Nemery | Professor of Toxicology and Occupational Medicine, Department of Pneumology, Occupational, Environmental and Insurance Medicine, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. |
| Prof. Maud Monica Nordberg | Professor of Environmental Medicine, Environmental Medicine Institute, Karolinska Institute, Sweden. |
| Dr. Claudius Nübling | Head of Molecular Pathology Section, Federal Agency for Sera and Vaccines Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Germany. |
| Prof. Günter Oberdörster | Director UR-EPA, Department of Environmental Medicine — Medical Center, University of Rochester, United States. |
| Prof. Franz Oesch | Director of the Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz, Germany. |
| Prof. Rodolfo Paoletti | Director, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan, Italy. |
| Prof. Hans Persson | Professor, Department of Ecology and Environmental Research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Sweden. |
| Dr. Claudia Pölloth | Independent Toxicology Consultant, Germany. |
| Dr. Elisabeth Robert-Gnansia | Directeur Scientifique, Institut Européen des Génomutations, France. |
| Prof. Eduardo Rodriguez-Farré | Research Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Barcelona Institute of Biomedical Research (IIBB), Spain. |
| Dr. Axel Schnuch | Universitätshautklinik Göttingen, Germany. |
| Prof. Fina Simeonova | Professor of Toxicology (retired), Bulgaria. |
| Prof. Amadeu Soares | Head of Biology Department, Faculty of Biology, University of Aveiro, Portugal. |
| Prof. Walter Steurbaut | Professeur de Phytopharmacie, Département de Défense des Végétaux, Université de Gand, Belgique. |
| Prof. Dusan Suput | Professor of Pathophysilogy, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
| Prof. Benedetto Terracini | Professor of Cancer Epidemiology (retired), Italy. |
| Prof. Antonella Tosti | Director Center of Allergology, Institute of Clinical Dermatology, University of Bologna, Italy. |
| Prof. Tatiana Varadinova | Associated Professor in Virology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology Laboratory of Virology, Sofia University, Bulgaria. |
| Dr. Theodorus Vermeire | Head of Integration and Exposure Department, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Netherlands. |
| Dr. Martine Vigan | Head of Unit, Allergologie Dermatologie, Hôpital St Jacques, France. |
| Prof. Denis Zmirou | Directeur Scientifique, Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire Environnementale (AFSSE), France. |

Dr. Andrew Bailey

Manager, Viral Safety Baxter AG, Austria.

Prof. Alfred Bernard

Research Director of National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS), Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium.

Prof. Ronny Blust

Professor of Environmental Physiology and Toxicology, Biology Department, University of Antwerp, Belgium.

Anders Sverre Boman

Dermatoxicologist, Stockholm centre for Public Health, Stockholm County Council, Sweden.

Dr. Paul George Brantom

Manager, Brantom Risk Assessment, United Kingdom.

Prof. David Briggs

Professor of Environmental and Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College London, United Kingdom.

Dr. Samuele Burastero

Department of Allergology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

Prof. Giorgio Cantelli Forti

Head of Toxicololgy Unit, Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, University of Bologna, Italy.

Dr. María Argelia Castaño

Head of Laboratory on Alternative methods in Ecotoxicology, Ministry of Science and Technology CISA-INIA, Spain.

Dr. Leonardo Celleno

Dermatologist, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore — Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Roma, Italy.

Dr. Sydney Christian

SD Christian Limited, United Kingdom.

Ing. Dr. Natale Consonni

Chemical engeneer, President and General Manager, Istituto Italiano Sicurezza dei Giocattoli, Italy.

Prof. Slawomir Czerczak

Professor, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Poland.

Prof. Kenneth Adrian Dawson

Chair of Physical Chemistry, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Dr. Jean-François Doré

Research Director, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), France.

Prof. Brigitte Dreno

Professeur de Dermatologie, Université et CHU de Nantes, France.

Dr. Enzo Funari

Director of the Quality of the Aquatic Environment & Bathing Waters Section, Environmental and Related Primary Prevention Department, National Institute of Health, Italy.

Dr. Antonietta Gatti

Universtiy Researcher and lecturer in Dental Materials and of Biomaterials and in Biomechanics, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy.

Prof. Carlo Giunta

Professor of Biochemistry Department of Animal and Human Biology, University of Torino, Italy.

Dr. Rémi Glomot

Consultant, expert toxicologist, France.

Dr. Donato Greco

Director of National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy.

Prof. Charles L. Greenblatt

Professor of Parasitology, Hebrew University, Israel.

Prof. Dr. Thomas Haertlé

Directeur de Recherches, Professeur des Sciences Biologiques, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Nantes, France.

Dr. Monka Herrchen

Head of Department, Department of Risk Assessment and Consulting, Fraunhofer-Institute Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Germany.

Prof. Rolf F. Hertel

Professor of Toxicology, Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung, Germany.

Dr. Walter Janssens

Teamleader, Division of Toxicology, Wetenschappelijk Instituut Volksgezondheid, Brussels, Belgium.

Prof. Bengt Järvholm

Head of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Department, Public Health and Clinical Medicine Department, Umea University, Sweden.

Dr. Allan Astrup Jensen

Technical Vice President, Head Force Technology, Energy and Environment Department, Denmark.

Dr. Dagmar Jirova

Czech Republic National Reference Centre for Cosmetics, National Institute of Public Health, Praha, Czech Republic.

Dr. Bjorn Karlsson

Director Iceland Fire Authority, Iceland.

Prof. Fritz Kemper

Former Director of the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Münster, Germany.

Prof. Wlodzimierz Klonowski

Associate Professor, Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.

Prof. Claude René Lambré

Conseiller Scientifique du Directeur Général de la Santé — Risque Chimiques, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), France.

Dr. Alberto Mantovani

Senior scientist, Dipartimento di Sanità Alimentare ed Animale, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy.

Prof. Hans Marquardt

Director, Medical School Institute for Experimental and Clinical Toxicology, University of Hamburg, Germany.

Dr. Gilberte Noëlle Marti-Mestres

Laboratoire de Technique Pharmaceutique Industrielle, Faculté de Pharmacie — Université de Montpellier, France.

Prof. Philippe, Raymond, Clément Masson

Directeur Scientifique et PDG Laboratoires EVIC, France.

Prof. Dieter Mayer

Pharmaceutical Technology Department, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.

Dr. Henricus Miedema

Head of the Department Environment and Health, Organisation for applied Scientific Research (TNO), Netherlands.

Dr. Maurizio Muraca

Head of Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Centre for Cell Therapy of Metabolic Disorders, Italy.

Prof. Anders Neil

Associated Professor, Division of Clinical Trials, Medical Products Agency, Sweden.

Prof. Benoît Nemery

Professor of Toxicology and Occupational Medicine, Department of Pneumology, Occupational, Environmental and Insurance Medicine, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium.

Prof. Maud Monica Nordberg

Professor of Environmental Medicine, Environmental Medicine Institute, Karolinska Institute, Sweden.

Dr. Claudius Nübling

Head of Molecular Pathology Section, Federal Agency for Sera and Vaccines Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Germany.

Prof. Günter Oberdörster

Director UR-EPA, Department of Environmental Medicine — Medical Center, University of Rochester, United States.

Prof. Franz Oesch

Director of the Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz, Germany.

Prof. Rodolfo Paoletti

Director, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan, Italy.

Prof. Hans Persson

Professor, Department of Ecology and Environmental Research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Sweden.

Dr. Claudia Pölloth

Independent Toxicology Consultant, Germany.

Dr. Elisabeth Robert-Gnansia

Directeur Scientifique, Institut Européen des Génomutations, France.

Prof. Eduardo Rodriguez-Farré

Research Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Barcelona Institute of Biomedical Research (IIBB), Spain.

Dr. Axel Schnuch

Universitätshautklinik Göttingen, Germany.

Prof. Fina Simeonova

Professor of Toxicology (retired), Bulgaria.

Prof. Amadeu Soares

Head of Biology Department, Faculty of Biology, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

Prof. Walter Steurbaut

Professeur de Phytopharmacie, Département de Défense des Végétaux, Université de Gand, Belgique.

Prof. Dusan Suput

Professor of Pathophysilogy, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Prof. Benedetto Terracini

Professor of Cancer Epidemiology (retired), Italy.

Prof. Antonella Tosti

Director Center of Allergology, Institute of Clinical Dermatology, University of Bologna, Italy.

Prof. Tatiana Varadinova

Associated Professor in Virology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology Laboratory of Virology, Sofia University, Bulgaria.

Dr. Theodorus Vermeire

Head of Integration and Exposure Department, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Netherlands.

Dr. Martine Vigan

Head of Unit, Allergologie Dermatologie, Hôpital St Jacques, France.

Prof. Denis Zmirou

Directeur Scientifique, Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire Environnementale (AFSSE), France.

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| 31.8.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 209/7 |
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C 209/7

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Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2006/C 209/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption:

Member State: Spain (Catalonia)

Aid No: N 4/2006

Title: Programa Beatriz Pinós

Objective: Research and development

Legal basis: Resolución UNI/2429/2005, de 3 de agosto, por la que se aprueban las bases y se abre la convocatoria de ayudas posdoctorales dentro del programa Beatriu de Pinós (BP) 2005, DOGC número 4458 de 30 de agosto de 2005

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: EUR 3 453 750

Maximum aid intensity: 75 %, 50 %, 25 %

Duration:

Economic sectors: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

| Agencia de gestión de ayudas universitarios y de investigación (AGAUR) |
| --- |
| Via Laietana, núm. 28 |
| E-08003 Barcelona |

Agencia de gestión de ayudas universitarios y de investigación (AGAUR)

Via Laietana, núm. 28

E-08003 Barcelona

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member State: Germany — Saxony

Aid No: N 52/A/2006

Title: Pollution control and climate protection — prolongation and modification of an aid scheme

Objective: Protection of environment

Legal basis: Richtlinie des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft über die Gewährung von Fördermitteln für Vorhaben des Immissions- und Klimaschutzes einschließlich der Nutzung erneuerbarer Energien im Freistaat Sachsen

Budget: EUR 15 910 000

Intensity or amount: Between 40 % and 50 % maximum of additional costs

Duration: Until 31 December 2008

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member State: Sweden

Aid No: N 112/2004

Title: Energy and CO2 tax exemption for biofuels

Objective: Environment (Biofuel producers and fuel traders)

Legal basis: Lagen 1994:1776 om skatt på energi

Budget: EUR 129 million per year

Duration: until 31.12.2008

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 149/2006

Title: Financing of M3 Clonee to North of Kells and Limerick tunnel

Objective: Transport

Legal basis: Irish Roads Act

Budget: No accurate estimate available; total construction cost: EUR 600 million/EUR 400 million

Duration: 30 to 45 years

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member States: Lithuanian Republic

Aid No: N 294/2005

Title: Aid for development of biofuel production

Objective: Environmental protection, sectoral development

Legal basis:

| — | Lietuvos Respublikos biokuro ir bioalyvų įstatymas (Žin., 2004 Nr. 28-870), |
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Lietuvos Respublikos biokuro ir bioalyvų įstatymas (Žin., 2004 Nr. 28-870),

| — | Biokuro gamybos ir naudojimo skatinimo 2004-2010 metais programa (Žin., 2004 Nr. 133-4786) |
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Biokuro gamybos ir naudojimo skatinimo 2004-2010 metais programa (Žin., 2004 Nr. 133-4786)

Budget: EUR 17,4 million (LTL 60 million) in the period 2006-2011

Duration:

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 339/05

Title: Funding of the construction of the waste-fuelled power station MHKW Rothensee

Objective: Energy

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 412/2005

Title: Extension and prolongation of Waste & Resources Action Programme

Objective: Environmental protection

Legal basis: Section 153 of the Environmental Projection Act 1990 and the Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (No 2) Order 2000 (SI 2000:2211)

Budget: EUR 28 million per year

Intensity or amount: Up to 55 % for SMEs in an Art 87(3)(a) region

Duration: Until 31.12.2010

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 478/2004

Title: State guarantee for capital borrowings by Coràs Iompair Eirann (CIÉ) for infrastructure investment

Objective: Transport

Legal basis: Transport Act 1964

Budget: EUR 800 million

Aid intensity or amount: Measure not constituting aid

Duration: 10 years

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 478/2005

Title: Program COST

Objective: Research and development

Legal basis: Zákon č. 130/2002 Sb., o podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných prostředků, Nařízení vlády č. 461/2002 Sb., o účelové podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných prostředků

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: CZK 719 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Duration: End date: 31.12.2012

Economic sectors: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 479/2005

Title: Program EUREKA

Objective: Research and development

Legal basis: Zákon č. 130/2002 Sb., o podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných prostředků, Nařízení vlády č. 461/2002 Sb., o účelové podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných prostředků

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: CZK 749 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 50 %

Duration: End date: 31.12.2012

Economic sectors: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 480/2005

Title: Program EUPRO

Objective: Research and development

Legal basis: Zákon č. 130/2002 Sb., o podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných prostředků, Nařízení vlády č. 461/2002 Sb., o účelové podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných prostředků

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: CZK 445 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Duration: End date: 31.12.2012

Economic sectors: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 481/2005

Title: Program KONTAKT

Objective: Research and development

Legal basis: Zákon č. 130/2002 Sb., o podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných prostředků, Nařízení vlády č. 461/2002 Sb., o účelové podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných prostředků

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: CZK 697 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %, 50 %

Duration: End date: 31.12.2012

Economic sectors: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 482/2005

Title: Program INGO

Objective: Research and development

Legal basis: Zákon č. 130/2002 Sb., o podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných prostředků, Nařízení vlády č. 461/2002 Sb., o účelové podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných prostředků

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: CZK 823 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Duration: End date: 31.12.2012

Economic sectors: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Aid No: N 604/2005

Title: Public funding for bus operators in the rural district of Wittenberg

Objective: Public bus transport service

Legal basis: Personenbeförderungsgesetz; Regionalisierungsgesetz; Gesetz über den öffentlichen Personennahverkehr des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt; Landkreisordnung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt; Nahverkehrsplan des Landkreises Wittenberg; Satzung zur Förderung eigenwirtschaftlicher Verkehrsleistungen im Landkreis Sachsen-Anhalt

Budget: EUR 1 million a year

Aid intensity or amount: This measure does not constitute aid

Duration: 2007-2015

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member State: Ireland (Border Midlands and West region)

Aid No: N 639/2005

Title: Abbott Vascular Devices Ireland. R&D Capability Grant

Objective: Regional development. Research and development

Legal basis: Research Programme NN 34/87

Type of measure: Individual aid

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: EUR 14 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 35 %

Duration: 2005-2007

Economic sectors: Limited to the manufacturing industry

Name and address of the granting authority:

| Industrial Development Agency Ireland |
| --- |
| Wilton Park House, Wilton Place |
| Dublin 2 |

Industrial Development Agency Ireland

Wilton Park House, Wilton Place

Dublin 2

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 649/2005

Title: Mesures de dispense partielle de précompte professionnel en faveur de la R&D

Objective: Research and development

Legal basis: Loi relative au pacte de solidarité entre les générations (Moniteur belge du 30.12.2005 p. 57266-57300)

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Form of aid: Tax advantage

Budget: EUR 116 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 18 %

Duration: Unlimited

Duration (end date): ‘Young Innovative Company’: 1.7.2016

Economic sectors: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

| Ministre de l'Économie, de l'Énergie, du Commerce extérieur et de la Politique scientifique |
| --- |
| Rue Bréderode, 9 |
| B-1000 Bruxelles |

Ministre de l'Économie, de l'Énergie, du Commerce extérieur et de la Politique scientifique

Rue Bréderode, 9

B-1000 Bruxelles

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Italy

Aid No: NN 81/2002

Title: Compensation for traders and other operators in the fisheries sector following the events in Kosovo (1999)

Objective: Compensation for processing and marketing undertakings affected by those events

Legal basis: Articolo 2 bis della legge n. 405 del 9 novembre 1999

Budget: EUR 16 000 000

Duration: Aid paid in 2001 and 2002

Form of aid and intensity: Up to the loss incurred

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4377 — Doughty Hanson/Caudwell Group Mobile Distribution Business)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 209/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

| 1. | On 17 August 2006, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Doughty Hanson & Co. Limited (‘Doughty Hanson’, UK) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the Caudwell Group Mobile Distribution Business (‘Mobile Distribution Business’, UK) by way of purchase of shares. |
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1.

On 17 August 2006, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Doughty Hanson & Co. Limited (‘Doughty Hanson’, UK) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the Caudwell Group Mobile Distribution Business (‘Mobile Distribution Business’, UK) by way of purchase of shares.

| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






  — | for the undertaking Doughty Hanson: private equity fund manager; |
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2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for the undertaking Doughty Hanson: private equity fund manager;

| — | for the Mobile Distribution Business: distribution and repair of mobile handsets and accessories, as well as ancillary services (e.g. customisation/kitting of mobile phones and packaging, sale of tariff-based contracts to consumers and businesses, sale of mobile phone top-up vouchers) and recruitment of professionals. |
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for the Mobile Distribution Business: distribution and repair of mobile handsets and accessories, as well as ancillary services (e.g. customisation/kitting of mobile phones and packaging, sale of tariff-based contracts to consumers and businesses, sale of mobile phone top-up vouchers) and recruitment of professionals.

| 3. | On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice. |
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3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

| 4. | The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
  Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (fax No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.4377 — Doughty Hanson/Caudwell Group Mobile Distribution Business, to the following address:





  European Commission |
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| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| J-70 |
| B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |

4.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (fax No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.4377 — Doughty Hanson/Caudwell Group Mobile Distribution Business, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

J-70

B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

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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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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4057 — Korsnäs/Assidomän Cartonboard)

(2006/C 209/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 12 May 2006, 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:

| — | from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |
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from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

| — | in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32006M4057. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex) |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32006M4057. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4283 — Fogeca/Mapfre/JV)

(2006/C 209/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 18 August 2006, 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:

| — | from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |
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from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

| — | in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32006M4283. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex) |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32006M4283. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4255 — Evraz/Strategic Minerals)

(2006/C 209/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 17 August 2006, 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:

| — | from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |
| --- | --- |

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from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

| — | in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32006M4255. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex) |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32006M4255. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4228 — Mibau Holding/Foster Yeoman Baumineralien/Figdor Baustoffhandel JV)

(2006/C 209/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 17 August 2006, 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:

| — | from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |
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from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

| — | in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32006M4228. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex) |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32006M4228. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)

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