do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Initiation of proceedings (Case No COMP/M.3431 — SONOCO/AHLSTROM/JV)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer goods, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, packaging product, pulp and paper industry

C 180/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.7.2004

Initiation of proceedings

(Case No COMP/M.3431 — SONOCO/AHLSTROM/JV)

(2004/C 180/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 5 July 2004, the Commission decided to initiate proceedings in the above-mentioned case after finding
that the notified concentration raises serious doubts as to its compatibility with the common market. The
initiation of proceedings opens a second phase investigation with regard to the notified concentration. The
decision is based on Article 6(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89.

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

In order to be fully taken into account in the procedure, observations should reach the Commission not
later than 15 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by
fax (fax No 32/2/296.43.01 - 296.72.44) or by post, under reference No COMP/M.3431 — SONOCO/
AHLSTROM/JV, to the following address:

Commission of the European Communities
Competition DG
Merger Registry
Rue Joseph II / Jozef II-straat 70
B - 1000 Brussels
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

13.7.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 180/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

12 July 2004

(2004/C 180/01)

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

1,2397

LVL

Latvian lats

134,12

MTL Maltese lira

7,4353

PLN

Polish zloty

0,6623

0,4264

4,4952

0,66670

ROL

Romanian leu

40 850

9,2002

1,5183

88,27

SIT

SKK

TRL

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

8,4580

AUD Australian dollar

1,9558

CAD

Canadian dollar

0,58180

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

31,498

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

251,58

KRW South Korean won

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

239,7900

39,850

1 790 800

1,7072

1,6328

9,6693

1,8830

2,1043

1 422,74

7,5343

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case No COMP/M.3403 — JP MORGAN / BANK ONE)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial institution, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 180/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.7.2004

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case No COMP/M.3403 — JP MORGAN / BANK ONE)

(2004/C 180/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 10 May 2004, 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
(EEC) No 4064/89. 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 web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/) free of
charge. This web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including
company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document number 304M3403.
CELEX is the computerized documentation system of European Community law. For more information
on how to access Celex, see ‘subscriber information’ links below:

CELEX: subscriber information

http://publications.eu.int/general/en/eulaw_en.htm
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case No COMP/M.3374 — SR TECHNICS / FLS AEROSPACE)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aeronautical industry, building materials, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, venture capital

13.7.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 180/9

(Case No COMP/M.3388 — FORD MOTOR COMPANY LTD / POLAR MOTOR GROUP LTD)

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(2004/C 180/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 30 April 2004, 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
(EEC) No 4064/89. 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 web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/) free of
charge. This web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including
company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document number 304M3388.
CELEX is the computerized documentation system of European Community law. For more information
on how to access Celex, see ‘subscriber information’ links below:

CELEX: subscriber information

http://publications.eu.int/general/en/eulaw_en.htm

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case No COMP/M.3374 — SR TECHNICS / FLS AEROSPACE)

(2004/C 180/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 14 April 2004, 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
(EEC) No 4064/89. 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 web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/) free of
charge. This web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including
company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document number 304M3374.
CELEX is the computerized documentation system of European Community law. For more information
on how to access Celex, see ‘subscriber information’ links below:

CELEX: subscriber information

http://publications.eu.int/general/en/eulaw_en.htm
Appointment of members of the Group of Experts to advise the Commission on a strategy for dealing with accidents in the transport sector
Date: 2004-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: appointment of staff, consultancy, transport safety

13.7.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 180/11

Appointment of members of the Group of Experts to advise the Commission on a strategy for
dealing with accidents in the transport sector

(2004/C 180/10)

Pursuant to Article 3 of Commission Decision 2003/425/EC of 11 June 2003, setting up a group of
experts to advise the Commission on a strategy for dealing with accidents in the transport sector (1) and to
the call for applications published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2), the Commission appointed
the following members to the Group of Experts on 15 June 2004, with a two-year renewable mandate,
starting on the 1 July 2004.

ARSLANIAN Paul-Louis

DOMINGUEZ CHALA Antonio

FURNARI Salvatore

LANG John Stewart

LÖWENADLER Lars-Göran

MAIER Reinhold

MONCLUS Jesús

RISOTA Victor

SIMONS Servatius Johannes Maria

SMART Ken

VAN VOLLENHOVEN Pieter

VALKAMA-JOUTSEN Pirjo

(1) OJ L 144, 12.6.2003, p. 10.
(2) OJ C 172, 22.7.2003, p. 20.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case No COMP/M.3375 — STATOIL / SDS)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, oil industry, petrol, restrictive-practice authorisation, sale

C 180/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.7.2004

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case No COMP/M.1859 — ENI / GALP)

(2004/C 180/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 29 June 2000, 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
(EEC) No 4064/89. 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 web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/) free of
charge. This web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including
company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document number 300M1859.
CELEX is the computerized documentation system of European Community law. For more information
on how to access Celex, see ‘subscriber information’ links below:

CELEX: subscriber information

http://publications.eu.int/general/en/eulaw_en.htm

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case No COMP/M.3375 — STATOIL / SDS)

(2004/C 180/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 1 July 2004, 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 web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/) free of
charge. This web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including
company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document number 304M3375.
CELEX is the computerized documentation system of European Community law. For more information
on how to access Celex, see ‘subscriber information’ links below:

CELEX: subscriber information

http://publications.eu.int/general/en/eulaw_en.htm
Prior notification of a concentration (Case No COMP/M.3439 — AGFA / LASTRA)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, printing

13.7.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 180/7

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case No COMP/M.3439 — AGFA / LASTRA)

(2004/C 180/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1. On 2 July 2004, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by
which the undertaking Agfa-Gevaert N.V. (‘Agfa’, Belgium) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b)
of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Lastra S.p.A. (‘Lastra’, Italy) by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Agfa: production of pre-press equipment and pre-press plates for the printing sector and imaging

products for the health care and consumer markets,

— for Lastra: production of pre-press plates and pre-press equipment for the printing sector.

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.

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.3439 — AGFA / LASTRA, 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 1283/2004 of 13 July 2004 prohibiting fishing for yellowtail flounder by vessels flying the flag of a Member State
Date: 2004-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, catch quota, fishing area, fishing rights, sea fish, ship's flag

14.7.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 242/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1283/2004

of 13 July 2004

prohibiting fishing for yellowtail flounder by vessels flying the flag of a Member State

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12
October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the
common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 21(3)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 of 19 December
2003 fixing for 2004 the fishing opportunities and asso-
ciated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of
for
fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and,
Community vessels,
in
in waters where limitations
for yellowtail
catch are required lays down quotas
flounder for 2004 (2).

In order
to ensure compliance with the provisions
relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks
subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by
which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a
Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota
allocated.

to

the

information

by
the
According
Commission,
in the
waters of NAFO zone 3LNO by vessels flying the flag
of a Member State or registered in a Member State have

catches of yellowtail

flounder

received

exhausted the quota allocated for 2004. The Community
has prohibited fishing for this stock from 30 March
2004. This date should be adopted in this Regulation
also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of yellowtail flounder in the waters of NAFO zone
3LNO by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered
in a Member State are hereby deemed to have exhausted the
quota allocated to the Community for 2004.

Fishing for yellowtail flounder in the waters of NAFO zone
3LNO by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered
in a Member State is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on
board, transshipment and landing of this stock caught by the
above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 30 March 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 July 2004.

For the Commission

Jörgen HOLMQUIST
Director-General for Fisheries

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1954/2003 (OJ L 289, 7.11.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 344, 31.12.2003, p. 1.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1282/2004 of 13 July 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2004-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

14.7.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 242/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1282/2004

of 13 July 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

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.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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 14 July 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 July 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).

L 242/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.7.2004

to the Commission Regulation of 13 July 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 50 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

0809 10 00

0809 20 95

0809 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
096
999

052
999

052
999

382
388
508
524
528
999

388
400
404
508
512
528
720
804
999

052
388
512
528
999

052
624
999

052
068
400
999

052
624
999

388
512
624
999

52,9
46,2
49,6

83,6
83,6

80,5
80,5

134,1
52,5
63,6
60,5
50,1
72,2

80,4
114,7
86,1
71,6
87,7
72,8
85,6
90,0
86,1

120,3
89,3
91,7
67,4
92,2

209,3
203,1
206,2

315,6
222,3
354,7
297,5

163,0
75,4
119,2

108,3
91,6
170,4
123,4

(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’.