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Commission Regulation (EC) No 288/2005 of 18 February 2005 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2005-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

L 48/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.2.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 288/2005

of 18 February 2005

determining the world market price for unginned cotton

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton, annexed to the Act of
Accession of Greece, as last amended by Council Regulation
(EC) No 1050/2001 (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of
22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton (2), and in particular
Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No
1051/2001, a world market price for unginned cotton
is to be determined periodically from the price for ginned
cotton recorded on the world market and by reference to
the historical relationship between the price recorded for
ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned cotton.
That historical relationship has been established in Article
2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2
August 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the
cotton aid scheme (3). Where the world market price
cannot be determined in this way, it is to be based on
the most recent price determined.

(2)

In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
for unginned
the world market price
1051/2001,

the

considered representative of

cotton is to be determined in respect of a product of
specific characteristics and by reference to the most
favourable offers and quotations on the world market
real
among those
market trend. To that end, an average is to be calculated
of offers and quotations recorded on one or more
European exchanges for a product delivered cif
to a
port in the Community and coming from the various
supplier countries considered the most representative in
terms of international trade. However, there is provision
for adjusting the criteria for determining the world
market price for ginned cotton to reflect differences
justified by the quality of the product delivered and the
offers and quotations concerned. Those adjustments
are specified in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1591/2001.

(3)

The application of the above criteria gives the world
market price for unginned cotton determined hereinafter,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in Article 4
of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby determined as
equalling 18,370 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 February 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2005.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 210, 3.8.2001, p. 10. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1486/2002 (OJ L 223, 20.8.2002, p. 3).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3666 — Nordic Capital/Plastal Holding)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, merger control, motor car, plastics industry

18.2.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 42/29

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3666 — Nordic Capital/Plastal Holding)

(2005/C 42/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 2 February 2005, 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/ ). This
web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes.

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32005M3666. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3676 — Warburg/Providence/Telcordia)

(2005/C 42/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 25 January 2005, 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/ ). This
web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes.

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32005M3676. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3676 — Warburg/Providence/Telcordia)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, information technology, investment transaction, merger control, service, software

18.2.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 42/29

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3666 — Nordic Capital/Plastal Holding)

(2005/C 42/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 2 February 2005, 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/ ). This
web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes.

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32005M3666. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3676 — Warburg/Providence/Telcordia)

(2005/C 42/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 25 January 2005, 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/ ). This
web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes.

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32005M3676. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3519 — Electra/ThyssenKrupp Fahrzeuggus)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control, motor vehicle industry

C 42/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.2.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3662 — Xstrata/WMC Resources)

(2005/C 42/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 24 January 2005, 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/ ). This
web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes.

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32005M3662. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3519 — Electra/ThyssenKrupp Fahrzeuggus)

(2005/C 42/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 28 January 2005, 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/ ). This
web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes.

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32005M3519. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3662 — Xstrata/WMC Resources)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, mining industry

C 42/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.2.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3662 — Xstrata/WMC Resources)

(2005/C 42/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 24 January 2005, 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/ ). This
web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes.

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32005M3662. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3519 — Electra/ThyssenKrupp Fahrzeuggus)

(2005/C 42/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 28 January 2005, 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/ ). This
web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes.

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32005M3519. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3697 — SYMANTEC/VERITAS)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, software

C 42/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.2.2005

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3697 — SYMANTEC/VERITAS)

(2005/C 42/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 9 February 2005, 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 Symantec Corporation
(‘Symantec’), USA, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the
whole of the undertaking Veritas Software Corporation (‘Veritas’), USA, by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Symantec: Security software,

— for undertaking Veritas: Data protection and storage software.

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.3697 — SYMANTEC/VERITAS, 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 279/2005 of 18 February 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2005-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

19.2.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 48/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 279/2005

of 18 February 2005

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and
vegetables

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 19 February 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2005.

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 48/2

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19.2.2005

to Commission Regulation of 18 February 2005 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 10 00

0709 90 70

0805 10 20

0805 20 10

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

0805 50 10

0808 10 80

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
212
624
628
999

052
068
204
999

220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
421
448
624
999

204
624
999

052
204
220
400
464
528
624
662
999

052
999

400
404
508
512
528
720
999

388
400
528
999

133,2
79,2
167,7
181,1
104,0
133,0

180,3
116,3
68,5
121,7

42,9
42,9

213,7
217,9
215,8

38,1
42,3
53,1
37,9
30,9
35,8
64,5
43,2

82,6
80,9
81,8

42,7
89,7
35,5
77,0
143,4
96,4
61,0
40,8
73,3

55,2
55,2

103,5
107,3
85,1
124,4
88,0
52,5
93,5

83,2
93,4
58,9
78,5

(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’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3668 — DIFA/Investkredit/JV)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, building, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control, shopping centre

C 42/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.2.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3668 — DIFA/Investkredit/JV)

(2005/C 42/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 3 February 2005, 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 German 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/ ). This
web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes.

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32005M3668. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3690 — CNP/Capitalia/Fineco Vita)

(2005/C 42/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 14 February 2005, 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 Italian 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/ ). This
web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes.

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32005M3690. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3690 — CNP/Capitalia/Fineco Vita)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, holding company, life assurance, merger control

C 42/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.2.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3668 — DIFA/Investkredit/JV)

(2005/C 42/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 3 February 2005, 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 German 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/ ). This
web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes.

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32005M3668. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3690 — CNP/Capitalia/Fineco Vita)

(2005/C 42/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 14 February 2005, 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 Italian 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/ ). This
web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes.

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32005M3690. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Corrigendum to Commission Communication 2003/C 118/03 regarding the explanatory note regarding the types of enterprise to be taken into account for calculating the headcount and the financial amounts (OJ C 118, 20.5.2003)
Date: 2005-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: administrative formalities, form, size of business, small and medium-sized enterprises, support policy

C 42/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.2.2005

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Communication 2003/C 118/03 regarding the explanatory note regarding the
types of enterprise to be taken into account for calculating the headcount and the financial amounts

(Official Journal of the European Union C 118 of 20 May 2003)

(2005/C 42/12)

On page 8 of the Official Journal, in the explanatory note regarding the types of enterprise to be taken into account for
calculating the headcount and the financial amounts, under the section ‘Type 2: Partner Enterprise’, the first two indents
of the second paragraph are replaced by the following:

‘— it has a holding or voting rights equal to or greater than 25 % in the other enterprise, or the other enterprise

has a holding or voting rights equal to or greater than 25 % in the applicant enterprise,

— the enterprises are not linked enterprises within the meaning defined below, which means, among other things,

that the voting rights of one in the other do not exceed 50 %, and

— […]’

Footnote (3) is deleted.

In the first sentence of the first subparagraph of the section ‘Type 3: Linked Enterprise’, the words ‘the capital or’ are
deleted.