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Communication from the Commission — Communication pursuant to Article 23(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 802/2004 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings
Date: 2004-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: competition law, economic concentration, merger control

C 139/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.5.2004

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION

Communication pursuant to Article 23(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 802/2004 (1) imple-
menting Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) on the control of concentrations between under-
takings

(2004/C 139/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Address of the Commission's Directorate General for Competition

European Commission
Directorate General for Competition
Merger Registry
Rue Joseph II / Jozef II Straat, 70
B-1000 Bruxelles / Brussel

(1) OJ L 133, 30.04.2004, pages 1-39.
(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings,

OJ L 24, 29.01.2004, pages 1-22.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1003/2004 of 19 May 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2004-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

L 183/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.5.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1003/2004

of 19 May 2004

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vege-
tables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

In compliance with the above criteria,
the standard
import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the
Annex to this Regulation,

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

and vegetables (1),

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the
outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade nego-
tiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the
standard values for imports from third countries,
in
respect of the products and periods stipulated in the
Annex thereto.

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

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 May 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 May 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1947/2002 (OJ L 299, 1.11.2002, p. 17).

20.5.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 183/21

to the Commission Regulation of 19 May 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry
price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0707 00 05

0709 90 70

0805 10 10, 0805 10 30, 0805 10 50

0805 50 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
212
999

052
096
999

052
204
999

052
204
220
388
400
624
999

388
528
999

388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
804
999

97,3
64,3
89,5
83,7

106,9
64,5
85,7

93,6
54,4
74,0

55,0
45,7
39,6
49,5
35,9
58,5
47,4

73,7
51,4
62,6

81,0
125,2
105,0
60,7
69,7
68,7
71,8
101,4
96,6
86,7

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2081/2003 (OJ L 313, 28.11.2003, p. 11). Code ‘999’ stands

for ‘of other origin’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

19.5.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 139/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

18 May 2004

(2004/C 139/01)

1 euro =

Currency

Exchange rate

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CYP

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

US dollar

Japanese yen

Danish krone

Pound sterling

Swedish krona

Swiss franc

Iceland króna

Norwegian krone

Bulgarian lev

Cyprus pound

Czech koruna

Estonian kroon

Hungarian forint

Lithuanian litas

1,1983

LVL

Latvian lats

136,43

MTL Maltese lira

7,4408

0,6774

9,162

1,5346

88,05

PLN

ROL

SIT

SKK

TRL

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

8,274

AUD Australian dollar

1,9462

0,5861

CAD

HKD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

31,905

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

253,51

KRW South Korean won

3,4527

ZAR

South African rand

0,658

0,4268

4,7358

40 620

238,7493

40,12

1 855 202

1,7423

1,6733

9,3466

1,9882

2,0666

1 419,93

8,1066

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case No. COMP/M.3401 – Danish Crown/Flagship Foods)
Date: 2004-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, meat processing industry, merger control

19.5.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 139/3

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case No. COMP/M.3401 – Danish Crown/Flagship Foods)

(2004/C 139/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1. On 13.05.2004, 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 Danish Crown AmbA
(‘Danish Crown’, Denmark), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
control of the whole of the undertaking Flagship Foods Ltd (‘Flagship Foods’, United Kingdom), by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Danish Crown: slaughtering of pigs and cattle, processing of meat and supply of fresh and

processed meat;

— for Flagship Foods: slaughtering of pigs, processing of meat and supply of fresh and processed meat

primarily in the United Kingdom.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within
the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

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

4.
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. +32/2/2964301 or 2967244) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.?CASE?, to the following address:

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

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1006/2004 of 19 May 2004 establishing the extent to which import licences applied for under subquota II for frozen meat of bovine animals, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 780/2003, may be granted
Date: 2004-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, beef, frozen product, import licence, tariff quota

20.5.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 183/31

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1006/2004

of 19 May 2004

establishing the extent to which import licences applied for under subquota II for frozen meat of
bovine animals, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 780/2003, may be granted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2341/2003
of 29 December 2003 derogating from Regulation (EC) No
780/2003 as regards a tariff subquota for frozen meat of
bovine animals covered by CN code 0202 and products
covered by CN code 0206 29 91 (2), and in particular Article
1(3) thereof,

Whereas:

Article 1(2)(a)(ii) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2341/
2003 sets at 5 742 tonnes the quantity for which approved
licences under subquota II
operators may apply for import

during the period 3 to 7 May 2004. This quantity was reduced
to 5 708,65929 tonnes by Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 385/
2004. Since the import licences applied for exceed the quantity
available, a reduction coefficient should be fixed in accordance
with Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2341/2003,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Each import licence application lodged in accordance with the
first subparagraph of Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 780/
2003 (3) during the period 3 to 7 May 2004 shall be accepted
up to a limit of 3,67984 % of the quantities requested.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 May 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 May 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1782/2003 (OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 346, 31.12.2003, p. 33. Regulation amended by Regulation

(EC) No 385/2004 (JO L 64, 2.3.2004, p. 24).

(3) OJ L 114, 8.5.2003, p. 8.