do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2027/2004 of 25 November 2004 fixing the maximum export refund on oats in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1565/2004
Date: 2004-11-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, Sweden, award of contract, export refund, oats

L 351/42

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.11.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2027/2004

of 25 November 2004

fixing the maximum export refund on oats in connection with the invitation to tender issued in
Regulation (EC) No 1565/2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29
September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the appli-
cation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting
of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in
the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (2), and in
particular Article 4 thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2004
of 3 September 2004 on a special intervention measure for oats
in Finland and Sweden for the 2004/2005 marketing year (3),

Whereas:

(1)

An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of
oats produced in Finland and Sweden for export from
third countries with the
Finland or Sweden to all

exception of Bulgaria, Norway, Romania and Switzerland
was opened pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1565/2004.

On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of
Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, a maximum refund should
be fixed.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

(2)

(3)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For tenders notified from 19 to 25 November 2004, pursuant
issued in Regulation (EC)
to the
No 1565/2004, the maximum refund on exportation of oats
shall be 31,40/EUR t.

invitation to tender

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 November 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 November 2004.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78.
(2) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1431/2003 (OJ L 203, 12.8.2003, p. 16).

(3) OJ L 285, 4.9.2004, p. 3.
Council Decision appointing the members of the Scientific and Technical Committee
Date: 2004-11-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EAEC, appointment of staff, scientific committee (EU)

16.12.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 311/3

Council Decision appointing the members of the Scientific and Technical Committee

(2004/C 311/02)

Michael KAUFMANN

Jørgen KJEMS

Zdeněk KŘÍŽ

Peter LIŠKA

Carlo LOMBARDI

José Maria MARTÍNEZ-VAL PEÑALOSA

Júlio Martins MONTALVÃO E SILVA

Jerzy Wiktor NIEWODNICZAŃSKI

Tom O'FLAHERTY

Derek POOLEY

Enn REALO

Francesco ROMANELLI

Juan Antonio RUBIO RODRIGUEZ

Rainer SALOMAA

Jean-Paul SAMAIN

Edouard SINNER

Borut SMODIŠ

Michael SAILER

Zoltán SZATMÁRY

Eugenijus USPURAS

Theofiel VAN RENTERGEM

Carlos VARANDAS

Adrianus H. M.VERKOOIJEN

Andreas M.VERSTEEGH

Sándor ZOLETNIK

Done at Brussels, 25 November 2004.

For the Council

The President

L. BRINKHORST

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community, and in particular Article 134 thereof,

Having regard to the opinion of the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

By its Decision of 22 December 2003 (1), the Council
appointed the members of the Scientific and Technical
Committee for the period 1 April 2003 to 31 March
2008. However, by virtue of Article 50 of
the Act
concerning the conditions of accession (2), their terms of
office expired on 1 May 2004 and new members should
be appointed.

In order to allow the Scientific and Technical Committee
to make full use of the wide range of expertise required
in fulfilling its tasks, the Committee may, subject to its
internal rules, call on alternates to the members to parti-
cipate in its meetings,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following are hereby appointed members of the Scientific
and Technical Committee for the period 1 May 2004 to 30
April 2009:

Bertrand BARRE

Janis BERZINS

Sten BJURSTRÖM

Michel BOURGUIGNON

Udo BROCKMEIER

Leonidas CAMARINOPOULOS

Michel CHATELIER

Pavel CHRÁSKA

Maurizio CUMO

Allan DUNCAN

Manfred HEINDLER

Sue ION

(1) OJ C 8, 13.1.2004, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3655 — CERBERUS/PEGUFORM) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-11-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, manufactured goods, merger control, vehicle parts

25.11.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 288/5

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3655 — CERBERUS/PEGUFORM)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2004/C 288/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 18 November 2004, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration
1.
to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which The Cerberus Group
pursuant
(‘Cerberus’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of
substantially the whole of Peguform GmbH Co. KG i.L. (‘Peguform’, Germany) by way of purchase of
shares and assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Cerberus: investment, including investments in the manufacturing and informatics sectors,

— Peguform: automotive components.

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 (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.3655 — CERBERUS/PEGUFORM, 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.
Uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature (CN) (Classification of goods) — Explanatory notes adopted in accordance with the procedure defined in Article 10(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1558/2004
Date: 2004-11-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, toy industry

C 288/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.11.2004

UNIFORM APPLICATION OF THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE (CN)

(Classification of goods)

Explanatory notes adopted in accordance with the procedure defined in Article 10(1) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the
Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1558/2004 (2)

(2004/C 288/06)

The ‘Explanatory notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities’ (3) shall be amended
as follows:

On page 354 the following text is to be inserted:

‘9501 00

Wheeled toys designed to be ridden by children (for example, tricycles, scooters,
pedal cars); dolls' carriages

9501 00 90

Other

This subheading includes wheeled toys powered by internal combustion piston engines
designed to be ridden by children, so-called “Quad vehicles”, provided that the following
limits are not exceeded:

— a speed not exceeding 20 km/h,
— a net weight not exceeding 50 kg,
— a cylinder capacity not exceeding 49 cm3,
— one-speed transmission,
— only one back-wheel brake system.

Unlike most of the wheeled toys classified in this subheading a “Quad vehicle” is designed
for being used in rough terrain.

Whenever one of the above criteria is not met, the “Quad vehicles” must be classified in
heading 8703.’

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 283, 2.9.2004, p. 7.
(3) OJ C 256, 23.10.2002, p. 1.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2011/2004 of 25 November 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2004-11-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

26.11.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 351/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2011/2004

of 25 November 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 26 November 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 November 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(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 351/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.11.2004

to Commission Regulation of 25 November 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 20 10

0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70,
0805 20 90

0805 50 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
070
204
999

052
204
999

052
204
999

052
204
999

052
624
999

052
388
528
999

052
388
400
404
720
800
999

052
720
999

76,4
77,2
106,9
86,8

105,8
32,5
69,2

90,4
74,2
82,3

59,1
51,3
55,2

73,7
101,2
87,5

47,4
49,8
25,5
40,9

90,5
139,3
81,8
82,5
60,5
194,0
108,1

120,9
50,4
85,7

(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’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2018/2004 of 25 November 2004 fixing the maximum export refund for skimmed milk powder in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 582/2004
Date: 2004-11-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, skimmed milk powder

26.11.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 351/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2018/2004

of 25 November 2004

fixing the maximum export refund for skimmed milk powder in the framework of the standing
invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 582/2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk
and milk products (1), and in particular the third subparagraph
of Article 31(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 582/2004 of 26 March
2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export
refunds for skimmed milk powder (2) provides for a
permanent tender.

Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
580/2004 of 26 March 2004 establishing a tender
procedure concerning export refunds for certain milk
products (3)
the
and following an examination of
submitted in response to the invitation to
tenders

tender,
refund
the
November 2004.

it
for

is appropriate to fix a maximum export
ending on 24

tendering period

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

the permanent

tender opened by Regulation (EC) No
For
582/2004, for the tendering period ending on 24 November
2004, the maximum amount of refund for the product and
destinations referred to in Article 1(1) of that Regulation shall
be 31,00 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 November 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 November 2004.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 (OJ L 29, 3.2.2004, p. 6).

(2) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 67.
(3) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 58.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3611 — BORGWARNER/BERU) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-11-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: after-sales service, economic concentration, engine, exchange of information, merger control, spare part, supplier, vehicle parts

C 288/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.11.2004

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3611 — BORGWARNER/BERU)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2004/C 288/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 17 November 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 BorgWarner Germany GmbH belonging to the BorgWarner Group
(‘BorgWarner’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of
the whole of the undertaking BERU AG (‘BERU’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for BorgWarner: global supplier of parts and components primarily for engine and drivetrain applica-

tions for automotive OEMs,

— for BERU: supplier of parts, components and systems for automotive and industrial OEMs and the after-

market.

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 (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.3611 — BorgWarner/BERU 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.
Corrigendum to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 78/2004 of 8 June 2004 amending Annex XIV (Competition rules), Protocol 21 (on the implementation of competition rules applicable to undertakings), Protocol 22 (concerning the definition of undertaking and turnover (Article 56) and Protocol 24 (on cooperation in the field of control of concentrations) to the EEA Agreement (OJ L 219, 19.6.2004)
Date: 2004-11-25
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, competition law, economic concentration, enlargement of the Union, merger control, turnover, type of business

L 349/70

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.11.2004

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 78/2004 of 8 June 2004 amending Annex XIV
(Competition rules), Protocol 21 (on the implementation of competition rules applicable to undertakings),
Protocol 22 (concerning the definition of ‘undertaking’ and ‘turnover’
(Article 56) and Protocol 24 (on

cooperation in the field of control of concentrations) to the EEA Agreement

(Official Journal of the European Union L 219 of 19 June 2004)

On page 22, in Annex IV, Article 8, point 7:

for:

‘7. Where the EC Commission carries out investigations …’,

read:

‘7. Where the EC Commission carries out inspections …’.

Corrigendum to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 79/2004 of 8 June 2004, amending Annex XIV
(Competition rules), Protocol 21 (on the implementation of competition rules applicable to undertakings) and
Protocol 24 (on cooperation in the field of control of concentrations) to the EEA Agreement

(Official Journal of the European Union L 219 of 19 June 2004)

On page 25, in Article 3, point 2, in indents 4, 5 and 6 the word ‘investigations’ shall be replaced by ‘inspections’.

Corrigendum to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 91/2003 of 11 July 2003 amending Annex XIII
(Transport) to the EEA Agreement

(Official Journal of the European Union L 272 of 23 October 2003)

On page 27, after the second recital, a third recital shall be added as follows:

‘(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 980/2002 is not to apply to Iceland,’.

In Article 2 of the Decision,

for:

‘… in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages,’

read:

‘… in the Norwegian language,’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3576 — ECT/PONL/EUROMAX)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-11-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, economic concentration, exchange of information, harbour installation, maritime transport, merger control

C 288/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.11.2004

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3576 — ECT/PONL/EUROMAX)

(2004/C 288/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 17 November 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 Europe
Container Terminals B.V. (‘ECT’, The Netherlands), belonging to the Hutchison Whampoa Limited Group
(‘Hutchison’, Hong Kong), and P&O Nedlloyd B.V. (‘PONL’, The Netherlands), belonging to Royal P&O
Nedlloyd N.V. (‘Royal Nedlloyd’, The Netherlands), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Euromax Beheer B.V. (‘Euromax’, The Netherlands) by
way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for ECT: port services in the Port of Rotterdam,

— for Hutchison: inter alia, telecommunications, retail, energy, property and port services world-wide,

— for PONL: containerised liner shipping services,

— for Royal Nedlloyd: holding company, with interest in containerised liner shipping services world-wide

and air transport services,

— for Euromax: development and operation of a terminal to be constructed in the Port of Rotterdam.

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 (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.3576 — ECT/PONL/EUROMAX, 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-11-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

25.11.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 288/1

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(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

24 November 2004

(2004/C 288/01)

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

1,3146

LVL

Latvian lats

135,26

MTL Maltese lira

7,4305

PLN

Polish zloty

0,69985

ROL

Romanian leu

8,9270

1,5143

87,06

SIT

SKK

TRL

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

8,1320

AUD Australian dollar

1,9559

0,5786

CAD

HKD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

31,021

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

245,10

KRW South Korean won

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

0,6824

0,4324

4,2156

39 474

239,79

39,315

1 877 100

1,6687

1,5537

10,2181

1,8481

2,1578

1 402,28

7,8432

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.