do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

18.12.2004

EN

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(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

17 December 2004

(2004/C 313/01)

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

1,3264

LVL

Latvian lats

138,37

MTL Maltese lira

7,4318

PLN

Polish zloty

0,68585

ROL

Romanian leu

8,9980

1,5367

84,09

SIT

SKK

TRL

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

8,2170

AUD Australian dollar

1,9559

0,5788

CAD

HKD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

30,445

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

245,58

KRW South Korean won

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

0,6849

0,4311

4,1465

38 736

239,79

38,631

1 864 100

1,7479

1,6351

10,3193

1,8583

2,1843

1 406,12

7,6747

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Removal from the register of Case C-186/03 P
Date: 2004-12-18
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Belgium, Council of the European Union, action for annulment (EU), administrative procedure, public contract, works contract

C 314/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.12.2004

Action brought on 10 November 2004 by the Commission
the Hellenic
of

against

the European Communities
Republic

(Case C-474/04)

(2004/C 314/20)

Justice of

An action against the Hellenic Republic was brought before the
the European Communities on 10
Court of
November 2004 by the Commission of the European Commu-
nities, represented by Maria Kondou Durande and Carmel
O'Reilly, Legal Advisers in the Commission's Legal Service.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

— declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with Direc-
tive 2002/58/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of
personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic
communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic
communications), or in any event by failing to inform the
Commission thereof, the Hellenic Republic has failed to
fulfil its obligations under that directive.

— order the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The applicant claims that the Court should:

The period prescribed for
national law expired on 31 July 2003.

transposing the directive into

— declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with Council
Directive 2001/40/EC of 28 May 2001 (1) on the mutual
recognition of decisions on the expulsion of third country
nationals, or in any event by failing to notify the measures
in question to the Commission, the Hellenic Republic has
failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive.

— order the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The period prescribed for
national law expired on 2 December 2002.

transposing the directive into

(1) OJ L 149 of 28.5.2001, p. 34.

Action brought on 10 November 2004 by the Commission
the Hellenic
of

against

the European Communities
Republic

(Case C-475/04)

(2004/C 314/21)

(1) OJ L 201 of 31.7.2002, p. 37.

Removal from the register of Case C-154/03 (1)

(2004/C 314/22)

By order of 15 September 2004 the President of the Court of
Justice of the European Communities has ordered the removal
from the register of Case C-154/03: Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities v Ireland.

(1) OJ C 146 of 21.6.2003.

Removal from the register of Case C-186/03 P (1)

(2004/C 314/23)

By order of 23 September 2004 the President of the Court of
Justice of the European Communities has ordered the removal
from the register of Case C-186/03 P: Strabag Benelux NV v
Council of the European Union.

Justice of

An action against the Hellenic Republic was brought before the
the European Communities on 10
Court of
November 2004 by the Commission of the European Commu-
nities, represented by Georgios Zavvos and Michael Shotter,
Members of the Commission's Legal Service.

(1) OJ C 213 of 6.9.2003.
New national side of euro circulation coins
Date: 2004-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, euro, technical specification

18.12.2004

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C 313/3

NEW NATIONAL SIDE OF EURO CIRCULATION COINS

(2004/C 313/03)

National side of the new EUR 2 commemorative circulation coin issued by the Italian Republic

Euro circulation coins have legal tender status throughout the euro area. The Commission publishes all
new euro coin designs (1) with a view to informing anyone required to handle coins in the course of their
work and the public at large. In accordance with the Council conclusions of 8 December 2003 (2), Member
States and countries that have concluded a Monetary Agreement with the Community providing for the
issuance of euro circulation coins are allowed to issue certain quantities of commemorative euro circulation
coins on condition that not more than one new coin design is issued per country per year and that only
the EUR 2 denomination is used. These coins have the technical features of normal euro circulation coins,
but bear a commemorative design on the obverse national side.

Issuing State:

Italian Republic

Subject of commemoration: Fifth decade of the World Food Programme

Factual description of the design: The foreground shows the globe, tilted to the right and bearing the
inscription ‘WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME’, from which emerges an ear of wheat, an ear of maize and an
ear of rice, the three grains representing the world's basic sources of nourishment. To the right of the
globe is the I superimposed on an R denoting ‘Repubblica Italiana’, below which there appears a smaller
combination of the letters U and P, the initials of the engraver, Uliana Pernazza. To the upper left of the
globe there appears the mint mark ‘R’ and under the globe the year mark ‘2004’. The 12 stars of the Euro-
pean Union are positioned around the outer circle.

Issue volume: maximum 16 million coins

Approximate issue period: from 15 December 2004

(1) See OJ C 373 of 28.12.2001, pages 1 to 30 for a reference to all national sides that were issued in 2002.
(2) See conclusions of the General Affairs Council of 8 December 2003 on changes in the design of national sides of
euro coins. See also Commission Recommendation of 29 September 2003 on a common practice for changes to the
design of national obverse sides of euro circulation coins (OJ L 264, 15.10.2003, p. 38).
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 26 October 2004 in Case C-406/03: Commission of the European Communities v Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 — Substances that deplete the ozone layer — Incomplete implementation)
Date: 2004-12-18
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Ireland, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, atmospheric pollutant, environmental protection

18.12.2004

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(Information)

COURT OF JUSTICE

COURT OF JUSTICE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Third Chamber)

of 14 October 2004

in Case C-279/02 P: Nuno Antas de Campos v European
Parliament (1)

(Appeal — Officials — Council Regulation (EC, Euratom,
ECSC) No 2688/95 — Refusal of application for voluntary
termination of service)

(2004/C 314/01)

(Language of the case: Portuguese)

In Case C-279/02: Nuno Antas de Campos, official at the Euro-
(Lawyers: C.
pean Parliament, residing in Lisbon (Portugal)
Botelho Moniz and E. Maia Cadete), the other party to the
proceedings being the European Parliament (Agents: R. da Silva
Passos and J.F de Wachter) – appeal under Article 49 of the EC
Statute of the Court of Justice, brought on 29 July 2002 – the
Court (Third Chamber), composed of: A. Rosas, acting as Presi-
dent of the Chamber, N. Colneric and K. Schiemann (Rappor-
teur), Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General; R. Grass, Regis-
trar, has given a judgment on 14 October 2004, in which it:

1. Dismisses the appeal.

2. Orders Mr Antas de Campos to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 274 of 9.11.2002

(Fifth Chamber)

of 26 October 2004

in Case C-406/03: Commission of the European Commu-
nities v Ireland (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Regulation
(EC) No 2037/2000 — Substances that deplete the ozone
layer — Incomplete implementation)

(2004/C 314/02)

(Language of the case: English)

In Case C-406/03: action under Article 226 EC for failure to
fulfil obligations, brought on 29 September 2003, between
Commission of the European Communities (Agents: U. Wölker
and M. Shotter) and Ireland (Agents: F. O'Dubhghaill and D.
O'Hagan,
(Fifth
Chamber), composed of: R. Silva de Lapuerta, President of the
Chamber (Rapporteur), C. Gulmann and J. Makarczyk, Judges;
A. Tizzano, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a
judgment on 26 October 2004, in which it:

assisted by D. McGrath) — the Court

1. Declares that, by failing to provide the reports referred to in
Article 16(5) and (6) and Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No
2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29
June 2000 on substances that deplete the ozone layer, and by
failing to take all precautionary measures practicable to prevent
and minimise leakages of methyl bromide and to define the
minimum qualification requirements for the personnel involved in
accordance with Artic1e 17(2) of
the Regulation, Ireland has
failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 16(5) and (6) and
Article 17(1) and (2) of the Regulation;

2. Orders Ireland to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 289 of 29.11.2003.
Removal from the register of Case C-479/03
Date: 2004-12-18
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Luxembourg, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, deadline for payment, payment, trading operation

18.12.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 314/11

Removal from the register of Case C-274/03 (1)

Removal from the register of Case C-21/04 (1)

(2004/C 314/24)

(2004/C 314/27)

By order of 16 September 2004 the President of the Court of
Justice of the European Communities has ordered the removal
from the register of Case C-274/03: Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities v Ireland.

By order of 8 September 2004 the President of
the Fifth
Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Communities
has ordered the removal from the register of Case C-21/04:
Commission of the European Communities v Ireland.

(1) OJ C 200 of 23.8.2003.

(1) OJ C 55 of 8.3.2003.

Removal from the register of Case C-424/03 (1)

(2004/C 314/25)

By order of 23 September 2004 the President of the Court of
Justice of the European Communities has ordered the removal
from the register of Case C-424/03: Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities v Kingdom of Spain.

Removal from the register of Case C-72/04 (1)

(2004/C 314/28)

By order of 24 September 2004 the President of the Court of
Justice of the European Communities has ordered the removal
from the register of Case C-72/04: Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities v Republic of Finland.

(1) OJ C 275 of 15.11.2003.

(1) OJ C 94 of 17.4.2004.

Removal from the register of Case C-479/03 (1)

(2004/C 314/26)

By order of 23 September 2004 the President of the Court of
Justice of the European Communities has ordered the removal
from the register of Case C-479/03: Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

(1) OJ C 7 of 10.1.2004.

Removal from the register of Case C-115/04 (1)

(2004/C 314/29)

By order of 23 September 2004 the President of the Court of
Justice of the European Communities has ordered the removal
from the register of Case C-115/04: Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities v Republic of Finland.

(1) OJ C 94 of 17.4.2004.
Removal from the register of Case C-72/04
Date: 2004-12-18
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Finland, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, confidentiality, cooperation agreement (EU), exchange of information, third country

18.12.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 314/11

Removal from the register of Case C-274/03 (1)

Removal from the register of Case C-21/04 (1)

(2004/C 314/24)

(2004/C 314/27)

By order of 16 September 2004 the President of the Court of
Justice of the European Communities has ordered the removal
from the register of Case C-274/03: Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities v Ireland.

By order of 8 September 2004 the President of
the Fifth
Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Communities
has ordered the removal from the register of Case C-21/04:
Commission of the European Communities v Ireland.

(1) OJ C 200 of 23.8.2003.

(1) OJ C 55 of 8.3.2003.

Removal from the register of Case C-424/03 (1)

(2004/C 314/25)

By order of 23 September 2004 the President of the Court of
Justice of the European Communities has ordered the removal
from the register of Case C-424/03: Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities v Kingdom of Spain.

Removal from the register of Case C-72/04 (1)

(2004/C 314/28)

By order of 24 September 2004 the President of the Court of
Justice of the European Communities has ordered the removal
from the register of Case C-72/04: Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities v Republic of Finland.

(1) OJ C 275 of 15.11.2003.

(1) OJ C 94 of 17.4.2004.

Removal from the register of Case C-479/03 (1)

(2004/C 314/26)

By order of 23 September 2004 the President of the Court of
Justice of the European Communities has ordered the removal
from the register of Case C-479/03: Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

(1) OJ C 7 of 10.1.2004.

Removal from the register of Case C-115/04 (1)

(2004/C 314/29)

By order of 23 September 2004 the President of the Court of
Justice of the European Communities has ordered the removal
from the register of Case C-115/04: Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities v Republic of Finland.

(1) OJ C 94 of 17.4.2004.
Removal from the register of Case C-21/04
Date: 2004-12-18
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Ireland, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, pressure equipment, transport of dangerous goods, transport safety

18.12.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 314/11

Removal from the register of Case C-274/03 (1)

Removal from the register of Case C-21/04 (1)

(2004/C 314/24)

(2004/C 314/27)

By order of 16 September 2004 the President of the Court of
Justice of the European Communities has ordered the removal
from the register of Case C-274/03: Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities v Ireland.

By order of 8 September 2004 the President of
the Fifth
Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Communities
has ordered the removal from the register of Case C-21/04:
Commission of the European Communities v Ireland.

(1) OJ C 200 of 23.8.2003.

(1) OJ C 55 of 8.3.2003.

Removal from the register of Case C-424/03 (1)

(2004/C 314/25)

By order of 23 September 2004 the President of the Court of
Justice of the European Communities has ordered the removal
from the register of Case C-424/03: Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities v Kingdom of Spain.

Removal from the register of Case C-72/04 (1)

(2004/C 314/28)

By order of 24 September 2004 the President of the Court of
Justice of the European Communities has ordered the removal
from the register of Case C-72/04: Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities v Republic of Finland.

(1) OJ C 275 of 15.11.2003.

(1) OJ C 94 of 17.4.2004.

Removal from the register of Case C-479/03 (1)

(2004/C 314/26)

By order of 23 September 2004 the President of the Court of
Justice of the European Communities has ordered the removal
from the register of Case C-479/03: Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

(1) OJ C 7 of 10.1.2004.

Removal from the register of Case C-115/04 (1)

(2004/C 314/29)

By order of 23 September 2004 the President of the Court of
Justice of the European Communities has ordered the removal
from the register of Case C-115/04: Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities v Republic of Finland.

(1) OJ C 94 of 17.4.2004.
Removal from the Register of Case T-187/04
Date: 2004-12-18
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), administrative procedure, equal treatment, professional career, regulations for civil servants, staff assessment

C 314/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.12.2004

Removal from the Register of Case T-105/02 (1)

Removal from the Register of Case T-187/04 (1)

(2004/C 314/63)

(Language of the case: German)

the Court of First

By order of 21 October 2004, the President of the Fourth
Chamber of
the European
Communities has ordered the removal from the Register of
Case T-105/02, Matratzen Concord GmbH v Office for Harmo-
nisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs)
(OHIM).

Instance of

(1) OJ C 144 of 15.6.2002.

(2004/C 314/64)

(Language of the case: French)

By  order  of  13  October  2004,  the  President  of  the  Fourth 
Chamber  of  the  Court  of  First  Instance  of  the  European 
Communities  has  ordered  the  removal  from  the  Register  of 
Case  T-187/04,  DJ  (*)  v  Commission  of  the  European 
Communities.

(1) OJ C 201 of 7.8.2004.

(*)   Information erased or replaced within the framework of 

protection of personal data and/or confidentiality.
Legislative proposals adopted by the Commission
Date: 2004-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU publication, European Commission, drafting of EU law, proposal (EU)

18.12.2004

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C 313/5

II

(Preparatory Acts)

COMMISSION

Legislative proposals adopted by the Commission

(2004/C 313/05)

Document

Part

Date

Title

COM(2004) 665

14.10.2004

Proposal for a Council Decision establishing the Community position
with respect to the prolongation of the International Agreement on
olive oil and table olives, 1986

COM(2004) 614

27.9.2004

Proposal for a Council Regulation on administering imports of certain
steel products from Ukraine

COM(2004) 646

6.10.2004

COM(2004) 670

18.10.2004

COM(2004) 348

29.4.2004

COM(2004) 662

13.10.2004

COM(2004) 678

19.10.2004

COM(2004) 680

19.10.2004

Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the signature of an Agree-
ment between the Community and the Swiss Confederation in the
audiovisual field, establishing the terms and conditions for the partici-
pation of the Swiss Confederation in the Community programmes
MEDIA Plus and MEDIA Training and a Final Act

Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the accession by the
Republic of Moldova to the Agreement to establish a science and tech-
nology centre in Ukraine, of 25 October 1993, between Canada,
Sweden, Ukraine and the United States of America

Proposal
for a Council Regulation imposing certain restrictive
measures in support of effective implementation of the mandate of
the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

Proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 2001/865/EC
authorising the Kingdom of Spain to apply a measure derogating
from Article 11 of the sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC on the
harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover
taxes

Proposal for a Council Regulation imposing a definitive anti-dumping
duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on
imports of okoumé plywood originating in the People's Republic of
China

Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of an Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Com-
munity and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) for the benefit
of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of
Protocols 1 and 2 to the EC-Palestinian Authority Interim Association

These texts are available on EUR-Lex: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2129/2004 of 14 December 2004 fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 (OJ L 368, 15.12.2004)
Date: 2004-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal protein, egg, poultrymeat, representative price

L 371/52

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CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2129/2004 of 14 December 2004 fixing representative prices
in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95

(Official Journal of the European Union L 368 of 15 December 2004)

On page 21, in the table which appears in Annex 1, fifth column, ‘Origin’, on the last line:
for:

‘02’,
‘03’.

read:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3641 — BT/INFONET)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, telecommunications industry

C 313/2

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18.12.2004

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3641 — BT/INFONET)

(2004/C 313/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 13 December 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 British Tele-
communications plc (‘BT’, United Kingdom) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council
Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Infonet Services Corporation (‘Infonet’, USA) by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking BT: a provider of telecommunications services,

— for undertaking Infonet: a provider of telecommunications services.

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.3641 — BT/INFONET, 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.
Removal from the Register of Case T-105/02
Date: 2004-12-18
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), trade mark, trade-mark law

C 314/28

EN

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18.12.2004

Removal from the Register of Case T-105/02 (1)

Removal from the Register of Case T-187/04 (1)

(2004/C 314/63)

(Language of the case: German)

the Court of First

By order of 21 October 2004, the President of the Fourth
Chamber of
the European
Communities has ordered the removal from the Register of
Case T-105/02, Matratzen Concord GmbH v Office for Harmo-
nisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs)
(OHIM).

Instance of

(1) OJ C 144 of 15.6.2002.

(2004/C 314/64)

(Language of the case: French)

By  order  of  13  October  2004,  the  President  of  the  Fourth 
Chamber  of  the  Court  of  First  Instance  of  the  European 
Communities  has  ordered  the  removal  from  the  Register  of 
Case  T-187/04,  DJ  (*)  v  Commission  of  the  European 
Communities.

(1) OJ C 201 of 7.8.2004.

(*)   Information erased or replaced within the framework of 

protection of personal data and/or confidentiality.