ddrg/super_eurlex huggingface dataset:
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 331/19

Notice inviting applications for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block M8 of the Dutch continental shelf

(2005/C 331/14)

(Text with EEA relevance)

The Minister for Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands hereby gives notice that an application has been received for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block M8 as indicated on the map appended as Annex 3 to the Mining Regulation (Mijnbouwregeling) (Government Gazette (Staatscourant) 2002, No 245).

With reference to Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons and the publication required by Article 15 of the Mining Act (Mijnbouwwet) (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees (Staatsblad) 2002, 542), the Minister for Economic Affairs hereby invites interested parties to submit an application for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block M8.

The Minister for Economic Affairs is the competent authority for the granting of authorisations. The criteria, conditions and requirements referred to in Articles 5(1), 5(2) and 6(2) of the Directive are set out in the Mining Act (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees 2002, No 542).

Applications may be submitted during the 13 weeks following the publication of this notice in the Official Journal of the European Union and should be sent to the Minister for Economic Affairs, for the attention of the Director of Energy Production, Prinses Beatrixlaan 5, The Hague, Netherlands, and marked ‘personal’. Applications submitted after the expiry of this period will not be considered.

A decision on the applications will be taken not later than 12 months after the period has expired.

Further information can be obtained from the following telephone number: (31-70) 379 66 94.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 329/2

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2005/C 329/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption:

Member State: Lithuania

Aid No: N 44/2005

Title: Excise tax reduction on biofuels

Objective (sector): Environmental protection. Tax advantage in favour of biofuel producers

Legal basis:

— Lietuvos Respublikos akcizų įstatymas (Žin., 2001, Nr. 98-3482; 2004, Nr. 26-802);

— Lietuvos Respublikos biokuro, biodegalų ir bioalyvų įstatymas (Žin., 2000, 64-1940; 2004, Nr. 28-870);

Budget: EUR 72 000 000 (LTL 250 000 000) in the period 2006-2010

Duration: 5 years

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

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Austria

Aid No: N 263/2005

Title: Broadband for Kärnten

Objective: To support the provision of basic and advanced broadband services, at conditions similar to urban areas, in certain areas of Kärnten which are currently not served and where there are no plans for coverage in the near future

Legal basis: The measure is based on the tender documentation for a broadband service concession by the Land of Kärnten and linked to the general development policy of the government of Kärnten as well as to the Austrian national broadband strategy

Budget: The maximum amount of public funds is EUR […] (1)

Aid intensity: only known after signature of procurement contract

Duration of project: 3 years subject to a possible extension of 1 year

Other information: The selected provider(s) will be mandated to provide non-discriminatory wholesale access to third party operators

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

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/

(1) Business secret.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 334/35

Summary of Community decisions on marketing authorizations in respect of medicinal products from 1 November 2005 to 19 November 2005

(Decisions taken pursuant to Article 34 of Directive 2001/83/EC (1) or Article 38 of Directive 2001/82/EC (2))

(2005/C 334/07)

Issuing, maintenance or modification of a national marketing authorisation

Date of the decision Name(s) of the medicinal product Holder(s) of the marketing authorization Member State concerned Date of notification 7.11.2005 Coversyl See Annex See Annex 24.11.2005

(1) OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67.

(2) OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 260/18

Corrigendum to the Explanatory notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities

( Official Journal of the European Union C 50 of 28 February 2006 )

(2006/C 260/08)

On page 238, Figure 1 is replaced by the following Figure 1:

On page 253, the illustration at the bottom of the page is replaced by the following illustration:
Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors — craft enterprises entered in the register specified in Section 5 of Law No 443 of 8 August 1985 on the Framework Law on craft enterprises, as subsequently amended and consolidated; — enterprises classified as small or medium-sized for the purposes of Commission Recommendation 96/280/EC of 3 April 1996 concerning the definition of small and medium-sized enterprises and duly entered in the register specified in Law No 580 of 29 December 1993, in accordance with the terms and procedures specified in Order No 581 of 7 December 1995 of the President of the Republic. Enterprises operating in the agricultural and fisheries sector while also engaging in the production, processing and marketing of the products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty are not eligible. Likewise, aid for exports or linked to export activities and aid that is conditional on the use of national rather than imported products cannot be granted. Similarly, shipbuilding, synthetic fibres, motor vehicle and transport enterprises are ineligible for aid (other than those included in the Istat — Ateco '91 codes at Nos 602, 6021, 6022, 6023, 6024, 6025, 631, 6311, 6312, 632 and 6321).
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 19/31

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 of 12 December 2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for employment

(2006/C 19/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No XE 8/04 Member State Greece Region Karditsa, Trikala Title of aid scheme Programme of integrated intervention in the Prefectures of Karditsa and Trikala to provide subsidies for firms to recruit unemployed people (new jobs), 2004 Legal basis Άρθρο 29 του Ν. 1262/82 «Για την παροχή κινήτρων ενίσχυσης της οικονομικής και περιφερειακής ανάπτυξης της χώρας και τροποποίηση συναφών διατάξεων» όπως συμπληρώθηκε με το άρθρο 8 παρ. 1 του Ν. 1545/85 «Εθνικό Σύστημα Προστασίας από την ανεργία και άλλες διατάξεις» που τροποποιήθηκε με το άρθρο 6 του Ν. 1836/89 «Προώθηση της απασχόλησης και της επαγγελματικής κατάρτισης και άλλες διατάξεις» και το άρθρο 6 του Ν. 2434/96 «Μέτρα πολιτικής για την απασχόληση και την επαγγελματική κατάρτιση και άλλες διατάξεις». Κοινή Απόφαση των Υπουργών Οικονομίας & Οικονομικών και Απασχόλησης & Κοινωνικής Προστασίας (33390/29.12.2003). Κανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 2204/2002 της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής Annual expenditure planned Annual overall amount EUR 4 million for 2004 EUR 4 million for 2005 EUR 2 million for 2006 Total amount: EUR 10 million Loans guaranteed Maximum aid intensity In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(5), 5 and 6 of the Regulation Yes Date of implementation February 2004 Duration of scheme Until June 2006 Objective of aid Article 4: Creation of employment Yes Article 5: Recruitment of disadvantaged and disabled workers Yes Article 6: Employment of disabled workers No Economic sectors concerned — All Community sectors (1) eligible for employment aid Yes — All manufacturing (1) Yes — All services (1) Yes — Other Yes Name and address of the granting authority Name: Hellenic Republic Ministry of Employment and Social Protection Organisation for Employment of the Workforce (OAED) General Directorate for the Workforce Directorate for Employment Address: Ethn. Antistaseos 8, GR-16610 Alimos Enquiries: E. Harhalou Tel. 210-9989135-136, www.oaed.gr Other information The cost of the programme is entirely covered by the state budget Aid subject to prior notification to the Commission The measure excludes awards of aid or requires prior notification to the Commission of awards of aid in conformity with Article 9 of the Regulation Yes

(1) With the exception of the shipbuilding sector and other sectors which are the subject of special rules in regulations and directives governing all state aid within the sector.
proVision. Provision for nature and society — 1. Description

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 21/2

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2006/C 21/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption:

Number of the aid: N 274/2005

Member State: Poland

Title in original language: Huta Cynku Miasteczko Śląskie

Legal basis: Ustawa z dnia 30 sierpnia 1996 r. o komercjalizacji i prywatyzacji — art. 56 ust. 1 pkt 2 oraz art. 56 ust. 5

Objective: Rescue of firms in difficulty

Duration: 6 months

Further information:

1) Form of aid: Guarantee

2) Name and address of the granting authority: ARP S.A. Domaniewska 41, Budynek ‘MARS’, klatka A, PL-02-672 Warszawa

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

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member State: Germany

Aid number: N 501/2003

Title: Prolongation of the programme for the employment of innovation assistants in Berlin

Objective: employment

Legal basis: Verwaltungsvorschriften zu §44 Landeshaushaltsordnung

Budget: EUR 1,8 million per year

Intensity or amount: Up to 65 %

Duration: 1.1.2004 — 31.12.2006

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

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: France

Aid No: N 531/05

Title: Measures relating to the creation and operation of the Banque Postale (post office bank)

Objective: Banking and insurance

Legal basis: Loi no 2005-516 du 20 mai 2005 relative à la régulation des activités postales; Décret no 2005-1068 du 30 août 2005 pris pour l'application de l'article 16 de la loi no 2005-516 du 20 mai 2005 relatives à la régulation des activités postales

Aid intensity or amount: Measures not constituting aid

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

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/
Art. 4: Creation of employment

Objective of the original aid measure:

The objective of the 2003 Friesland Jobs Plan is to promote employment (by providing aid for labour costs where an initial investment of a minimum of EUR 50 000 is made) as a result of a limited initial investment.

The objective of the present amendment is to broaden slightly the range of workers eligible to take up posts created through aid by adding the category of ‘workers at risk of becoming unemployed’
With regard to the minimum frequency of flights and minimum number of seats available each week on the following routes:

— Athens — Karpathos

— Athens — Sitia

— Thessaloniki — Kerkira (Corfu)

Athens — Karpathos

Three return flights a week and a total of 150 seats a week in each direction throughout the winter.

Seven return flights a week and a total of 350 seats a week in each direction throughout the summer.

Athens — Sitia

Three return flights a week and a total of 90 seats a week in each direction throughout the winter.

Four return flights a week and a total of 120 seats a week in each direction throughout the summer.

Thessaloniki — Kerkira (Corfu)

Three return flights a week and a total of 180 seats a week in each direction throughout the winter.

Four return flights a week and a total of 240 seats a week in each direction throughout the summer.
Aid No XS 59/05

Member State Italy

Region Lazio

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid Meccano Aeronautica SpA, Via Nettuno n. 288, Cisterna di Latina (LT), Italy.

Legal basis Art. 17 della Legge Finanziaria Regionale per l'esercizio 2002 del 16 aprile 2002 n. 8, pubblicata nel Bollettino Ufficiale Lazio del 20 aprile 2002, n. 11 S.O. n. 8

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company The assistance given to Meccano Aeronautica SpA amounts to EUR 3 450 000. This figure consists of (a) EUR 3 200 000 in aid towards investment in tangible assets within the meaning of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001; (b) EUR 250 000 in aid towards services provided by outside consultants within the meaning of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001. The assistance will be paid out on the basis of a six-monthly check on the costs actually borne by Meccano Aeronautica SpA for staff (a) and services (b). Full payment is to be made no later than 31 December 2009.

Maximum aid intensity The maximum intensity will be within the ceilings laid down in the aid map approved by the Commission for Italy for the period 2000-2006, which was published in OJ L 105, 20.4.2003, over and above the rates provided for in Article 4(3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001.

Date of implementation The contract granting the aid is to be concluded on 15 March 2005. It provides that the aid is to be granted only in respect of eligible costs actually borne, and only provided regular checks establish that the recipient is meeting the other obligations it has undertaken, in particular that the aid will not be combined with aid under any other scheme, that the investment will be no less than 75% of the assistance (a), that the services (b) will not be of a routine nature, and that the increase in jobs will be maintained for at least five years. For the performance of the other obligations there are properly secured guarantees.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award Full payment is to be made no later than 31 December 2009.

Objective of aid The aid is intended primarily as aid to an SME. It also pursues the broader objective of reindustrialisation and reuse of the industrial plant of Goodyear Italia SpA in order to provide new jobs for the former Goodyear employees who have been dismissed or are in redeployment in a disadvantaged area covered by Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty.

Economic sectors concerned Limited to specific sectors: manufacturing

Name and address of the granting authority Name: Regione Lazio
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 73/12

Communication in accordance with Article 12(5)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992, on the information provided by the customs authorities of the Member States concerning the classification of goods in the customs nomenclature

(2006/C 73/05)

Binding Tariff Information ceases to be valid from this day if it becomes incompatible with the interpretation of the customs nomenclature as a result of the following international tariff measures:

Amendments to the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes and the Compendium of Classification Opinions, approved by the Customs Cooperation Council (CCC doc. NC0892, NC0938 — reports of the 34th and 35th Sessions of the HS Committee):

AMENDMENTS TO THE EXPLANATORY NOTES TO BE DONE UNDER ARTICLE 8 PROCEDURE OF THE HS CONVENTION AND CLASSIFICATION OPINIONS EDITED BY THE HS COMMITTEE OF THE WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION

(34th SESSION OF THE HSC IN SEPTEMBER 2004, 35th SESSION OF THE HSC IN MARCH 2005)

DOC. NC0892, NC0938

Amendments of the Explanatory Notes of the Nomenclature annexed to the HS Convention

HSC/35 — March 2005

0210.9 O/25 15.16 O/5 15.17 O/5 15.18 O/5 29.36 O/16 29.41 O/6 Chapter 29: List III, Precursors O/8 34.07 O/4 42.02 O/11 73.04 O/23 73.12 O/12 83.06 O/13 84.24 O/9 84.79 O/9 85.24 O/24 Section XVII: General O/12 95.07 O/13 96.03 O/22

Classification Opinions approved by the HS Committee

HSC/34 — September 2004

8471.80/7 IJ/10 8471.80/8 IJ/10 8525.30/1 IJ/10

HSC/35 — March 2005

2106.90/24 O/15 3926.90/9 O/17 3926.90/10 O/17 4418.30/3 O/18 4418.30/4 O/18 4418.30/5 O/18 6405.20/1 O/19 8533.29/1 O/20 9503.90/3 O/14 9503.90/4 O/14 9504.90/1 O/21

Information regarding the contents of these measures can be obtained from the Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union of the European Commission (rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussels) or can be downloaded from the internet site of this Directorate-General:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/taxation_customs/customs/customs_duties/tariff_aspects/harmonised_system/index_en.htm
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 68/12

Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licenses pursuant to Article 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers (1) (2)

(2006/C 68/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

SWEDEN

Operating licences granted

Category B: Operating licences including the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

Name of air carrier Address of air carrier Permitted to carry Decision effective since Fly Logic Sweden AB 556383-5932 Box 45 S-230 32 MALMÖ-STURUP passengers, mail, cargo 17.1.2006 Osterman Helikopter i Göteborg AB 556318-1691 Säve Flygplatsväg 38 S-423 73 SÄVE passengers, mail, cargo 24.2.2006

Operating licences revoked

Category B: Operating licences including the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

Name of air carrier Address of air carrier Permitted to carry Decision effective since Ostermans Helicopter i Göteborg AB 556404-8121 PI 2005 S-423 73 SÄVE passengers, mail, cargo 5.12.2005 European Executive Express AB 556158-7501 PO Box 599 S-651 13 KARLSTAD passengers, mail, cargo 20.2.2006

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 1.

(2) Communicated to the European Commission before 31.8.2005.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 87/7

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2006/C 87/03)

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: France (Alsace)

Aid No: N 68/2005

Title: Compensation for farmers in the Alsace region obliged to alter their crops due to measures for controlling and preventing the spread of western corn rootworm, for the loss of revenue caused by the change in crops

Objective: Preventative measure under the prevention plan against western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera Le Conte)

Legal basis: Articles L 251-1 et suivants du Code rural

Budget: EUR 600 000

Aid intensity or amount: The aid is capped at EUR 160 per hectare of corn lost in the focus zone, i.e. around 60 % of loss, and EUR 80 per hectare of corn lost in the safety zone, i.e. around 50 % of the loss

Duration:

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

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: France

Aid No: N 273/2005

Title: Aid for diversification of the production of cut flowers (ONIFLHOR)

Objective: To support investment in horticultural holdings producing cut flowers, enabling them to diversify flower production and adapt supply to the new demands of consumers

Budget: EUR 4 million over four years

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % in a less favoured area, 40 % in other areas (55 % and 45 % for young farmers)

Duration: Maximum four years

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

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/
COM(2004) 774

6.12.2004
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 104/18

NOTICE

(2006/C 104/08)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2193/2003 of 8 December 2003 (1) established additional customs duties on imports of certain products originating in the United States of America as a result of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body's earlier adoption of the rulings and recommendations of the WTO Panel and Appellate Body in the dispute relating to the Foreign Sales Corporation (‘FSC’).

Council Regulation (EC) No 2193/2003 was amended and its application suspended by Council Regulation (EC) No 171/2005 of 31 January 2005 (2) pending the determination of the WTO compatibility of certain aspects of the FSC successor legislation, i.e. the American Jobs Creation Act (‘AJCA’).

On 13 February 2006 the WTO Appellate body issued its report confirming the WTO-incompatibility of the contested aspects of the AJCA.

According to Council Regulation (EC) No 171/2005, which temporarily suspended the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2193/2003 and amended the applicable ad valorem rate and annexed product list, additional customs duties will be automatically reintroduced absent United States' compliance with previous rulings and recommendations adopted by the WTO Dispute Settlement Body. On 14 March 2006 the WTO Dispute Settlement Body confirmed that certain aspects of the AJCA are inconsistent with the United States' WTO obligations. In accordance with Article 2(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 171/2005, the reintroduction of the additional duties should take place 60 days after this confirmation.

The Commission hereby gives notice that the additional customs duties will be reintroduced as of 16 May 2006. In accordance with the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 2193/2003, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 171/2005, the rate of the ad valorem additional customs duties will be 14 %, applying to the products listed in the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 171/2005.

(1) OJ L 328, 17.12.2003, p. 3.

(2) OJ L 28, 1.2.2005, p. 31.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 123/3

Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures

(2006/C 123/03)

1. As provided for in Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 (1) on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community, the Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure, the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below.

2. Procedure

Community producers may lodge a written request for a review. This request must contain sufficient evidence that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury.

Should the Commission decide to review the measures concerned, importers, exporters, representatives of the exporting country and Community producers will then be provided with the opportunity to amplify, rebut or comment on the matters set out in the review request.

3. Time limit

Community producers may submit a written request for a review on the above basis, to reach the European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (Division B-1), J-79 5/16, B-1049 Brussels (2) at any time from the date of the publication of the present notice but no later than three months before the date mentioned in the table below.

4. This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995. Product Country(ies) of origin or exportation Measures Reference Date of expiry Ferro molybdenum People's Republic of China Anti-dumping duty Council Regulation (EC) No 215/2002 (OJ L 35, 6.2.2002, p. 1) 7.2.2007

(1) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2117/2005 (OJ L 340, 23.12.2005, p. 17).

(2) Telefax : (32-2) 295 65 05.