do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (9257/2004 — COM(2004)0358 — C6-0027/2004 — 2004/0118(CNS))
Date: 2004-10-26
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Armenia, accession to the European Union, cooperation agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement

C 174 E/40

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

14.7.2005

Tuesday 26 October 2004

Approves the Commission proposal;

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substan-

1.

2.

3.
tially;

4.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

P6_TA(2004)0027

Partnership and Cooperation Agreement — Armenia *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision
on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of
the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the
Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the
Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the
European Union (9257/2004 — COM(2004)0358 — C6-0027/2004 — 2004/0118(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the proposal for a Council and Commission decision (COM(2004)0358) (1),

— having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with the Republic of Armenia (9257/

2004),

— having regard to Article 44(2), the last sentence of Article 47(2), and Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93,

94, 133 and 181a, in conjunction with the second sentence of Article 300(2) of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council

consulted Parliament (C6-0027/2004),

— having regard to Rules 43(1), 51 and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0023/2004),

1.

Approves the proposal for a Council and Commission decision;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission and to the govern-

2.
ments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of Armenia.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

26.10.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 263/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

25 October 2004

(2004/C 263/01)

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

1,2792

LVL

Latvian lats

136,30

MTL Maltese lira

7,4347

PLN

Polish zloty

0,69455

ROL

Romanian leu

9,0775

1,5326

87,77

SIT

SKK

TRL

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

8,2265

AUD Australian dollar

1,9559

0,5762

CAD

HKD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

31,567

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

247,15

KRW South Korean won

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

0,6761

0,4309

4,3276

41 095

239,81

39,99

1 887 100

1,7127

1,5629

9,9486

1,822

2,1277

1 449,33

7,8834

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1854/2004 of 26 October 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2004-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit

27.10.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 324/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1854/2004

of 26 October 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 27 October 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 October 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 324/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.10.2004

to Commission Regulation of 26 October 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

0806 10 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
624
999

052
999

052
204
628
999

052
388
524
528
999

052
400
999

388
400
404
442
512
720
800
804
999

052
388
720
999

56,3
43,3
74,2
57,9

117,6
117,6

96,3
42,0
48,8
62,4

60,5
52,2
68,0
51,4
58,0

118,7
179,6
149,2

60,3
93,9
82,3
61,0
107,5
99,6
212,5
107,4
103,1

109,5
105,3
75,4
96,7

(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’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3577 — 3i/SKANSKA FM) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, service industry

26.10.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 263/9

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3577 — 3i/SKANSKA FM)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2004/C 263/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 19 October 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 3i Group plc (‘3i’, UK)
acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the under-
taking Skanska Facilities Management AB (‘Skanska FM’, Sweden), by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for 3i: management advice to and management of investment funds,

— for Skanska FM:

(integrated) facilities management services (workplace support, property support,

production support, telephony/security support).

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.

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.3577 — 3i/Skanska FM, 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.
(2) Available on DG COMP website:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/legislation/consultation/simplified_tru.pdf.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3530 — TELIASONERA/ORANGE DK)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, telecommunications industry

26.10.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 263/7

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3465 — SYNGENTA CP/ADVANTA)

(2004/C 263/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 17 August 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(2) of Council Regu-
lation (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 32004M3465.
CELEX is the computerized documentation system of European Community law. (http://europa.eu.int/
celex)

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3530 — TELIASONERA/ORANGE DK)

(2004/C 263/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 24 September 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 Regu-
lation (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 32004M3530.
CELEX is the computerized documentation system of European Community law. (http://europa.eu.int/
celex)
Acceptance of Community guidelines for State aid in the agricultural sector
Date: 2004-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid

C 263/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.10.2004

ACCEPTANCE OF COMMUNITY GUIDELINES FOR STATE AID IN THE AGRICULTURAL
SECTOR

(2004/C 263/07)

In accordance with Article 26(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down
detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty (1), the Commission announces the
following:

A. Community guidelines for State aid for TSE tests, fallen stock and slaughterhouse waste (2)

Pursuant to point 52 of these guidelines, Member States were asked to confirm in writing that they accept
these proposals for appropriate measures no later than 31 March 2003.

All the Member States have notified their acceptance of these guidelines, by letter on the following dates:
14 March 2003 (France), 26 March 2003 (Spain), 31 March 2003 (Austria), 31 March 2003 (Sweden), 31
March 2003 (United Kingdom), 4 April 2003 (Ireland), 4 April (Belgium), 10 April 2003 (Portugal), 6 May
2003 (Italy), 12 May 2003 (Greece), 15 May 2003 (Denmark), 23 May 2003 (Netherlands), 22 September
2003 (Finland), 3 March 2004 (Germany) and 30 March 2004 (Luxembourg).

B. Community guidelines applicable to State aid for publicity for products listed in Annex I to the EC

Treaty and certain products not listed in Annex I (3)

Pursuant to point 72 of the guidelines, Member States were all asked to confirm in writing that they accept
these proposals for appropriate measures no later than 1 October 2001. Failure to do so by any Member
State would be taken by the Commission to signify acceptance of the proposals, unless that Member State
had notified the Commission in writing of their explicit disagreement.

Since it has not received any letters to this effect, the Commission must assume that the Member States
have all accepted the proposals and that all current aid schemes were brought in line with the guidelines
by 31 December 2001.

C. Community guidelines for State aid in the agriculture sector (4)

Pursuant to point 23.4 of the guidelines, Member States were asked to confirm in writing that they accept
these proposals for appropriate measures no later than 1 March 2000.

Failure to do so by any Member State would be taken by the Commission to signify acceptance of the
proposals, unless that Member State had notified the Commission in writing of their explicit disagreement.

Since it has not received any letters to this effect, the Commission must assume that the Member States
have all accepted the proposals and that all current aid schemes were brought in line with the guidelines
by 30 June 2000 and 31 December 2000 respectively.

(1) OJ L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 324, 24.12.2002, p. 2.
(3) OJ C 252, 12.9.2001, p. 5.
(4) OJ C 28, 1.2.2000, p. 2.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3574 — RABOBANK/BGZ)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, merger control

C 263/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.10.2004

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3574 — RABOBANK/BGZ)

(2004/C 263/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 18 October 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 undertakings Rabobank International
(‘Rabobank’, Netherlands) belonging to Rabobank Group and the State Treasury of the
Holding B.V.
Republic of Poland (‘State Treasury’, Poland) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council
Regulation joint control of the undertaking Bank Gospodarki Żywnościowej S.A. (BGZ) by way of purchase
of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Rabobank: banking and asset management,

— for undertaking State Treasury: directly controls Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego and Powszechna Kasa
Oszczędności Bank Polski S.A. and indirectly controls, Bank Ochrony Środowiska S.A., Bank Inicjatyw
Społeczno-Ekonomicznych S.A. and Bank Pocztowy S.A.,

— for undertaking BGZ: commercial banking specialising in the financing of agriculture and food

economy regional infrastructure and individuals.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the

3.
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.3574 — RABOBANK/BGZ, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3601 — APAX/CINVEN/WORLD DIRECTORIES) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, publishing

C 263/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.10.2004

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3601 — APAX/CINVEN/WORLD DIRECTORIES)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2004/C 263/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 20 October 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 undertakings Apax Europe V
controlled by the Hirzell Trust (‘Apax’, Guernsey) and Cinven Limited belonging to the Cinven group
(‘Cinven’, UK) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the
undertaking VNU World Directories Inc. (‘World Directories’, US) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Apax: investment funds,

— for undertaking Cinven: venture capital business,

— for World Directories: publication of yellow pages directories and telephone books in printed, on-line

and mobile phone format.

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.

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.3601 — Apax/Cinven/World Directories, 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.
(2) Available on DG COMP website:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/legislation/consultation/simplified_tru.pdf.
Notice inviting applications for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block segment F17a of the Dutch continental shelf
Date: 2004-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, oil industry, petroleum exploration

26.10.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 263/5

Notice inviting applications for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block segment F17a
of the Dutch continental shelf

(2004/C 263/03)

The Minister of Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands serves notice that an application for
authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons has been received for the segment of block F17 indicated on
the map appended as Annex 3 to the Mining Regulation (Government Gazette 2002, 245), known as
‘block segment F17a’.

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 as described in Article 15 of the Mining Act (Bulleting of
Acts and Decrees 2002, 542), the Minister of Economic Affairs invites interested parties to submit an appli-
cation for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons for block segment F17a.

Applications may be submitted for 13 weeks after publication of this notice in the Official Journal of the
European Union and should be sent to the Minister of Economic Affairs, for the attention of the Director of
Energy Production, specifying ‘personal’, Princess Beatrixlaan 5-7, The Hague, The Netherlands. Applica-
tions submitted after this deadline will not be considered.

A decision on the applications will be taken not later than nine months after this period.

Further information can be requested by telephone ((31-70) 379 66 94).
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community (Codified version) (COM(2003)0847 — C5-0003/2004 — 2003/0333(COD))
Date: 2004-10-26
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: EU Member State, EU environmental policy, dangerous substance, water pollution

14.7.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 174 E/39

TEXTS ADOPTED

Tuesday 26 October 2004

P6_TA(2004)0025

Dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Com-
munity ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the
aquatic environment of the Community (Codified version) (COM(2003)0847 — C5-0003/2004 —
2003/0333(COD))

(Codecision procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2003)

0847) (1),

— having regard to Articles 251(2) and 175(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission sub-

mitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0003/2004),

— having regard to Rules 51, 80 and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0012/2004),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend its proposal

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2004)0026

Control of certain diseases affecting bivalve molluscs *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive introducing mini-
mum Community measures for the control of certain diseases affecting bivalve molluscs (Codified
version) (COM(2004)0326 — C6-0026/2004 — 2004/0100(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2004)0326) (1),

— having regard to Article 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament

(C6-0026/2004),

— having regard to Rules 51, 80 and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0011/2004),

(1) Not yet published in OJ.