do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, 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 (5100/2005 — COM(2004)0428 — C6-0027/2005 — 2004/0131(AVC))
Date: 2005-02-23
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Egypt, Mediterranean third countries, accession to the European Union, association agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement, ratification of an agreement

C 304 E/182

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

1.12.2005

Wednesday 23 February 2005

P6_TA(2005)0036

TEXTS ADOPTED

EC-Egypt Euro-Mediterranean Agreement ***

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the
conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Commun-
ities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, 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 (5100/2005 — COM(2004)0428 — C6-0027/2005 — 2004/0131(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (5100/2005 — COM(2004)0428) (1),

— having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 300(3), second
subparagraph, in conjunction with Article 310 and the second sentence of Article 300(2), first subpara-
graph of the EC Treaty (C6-0027/2005),

— having regard to Rules 43(1), 75 and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0041/2005),

1.

Gives its assent to the conclusion of the Protocol;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments

2.
and parliaments of the Member States and the Arab Republic of Egypt.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2005)0037

Community Customs Code ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a regu-
the Council amending Council Regulation (EEC)
lation of
No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (12060/2/2004 — C6-0211/2004 — 2003/
0167(COD))

the European Parliament and of

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Council common position (12060/2/2004 — C6-0211/2004),

— having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council (COM(2003)0452) (2),

(1) Texts Adopted, 20.4.2004, P5_TA(2004)0281.
(2) Not yet published in OJ.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3511 — WIENER BÖRSE ET AL/BUDAPEST STOCK EXCHANGE/BUDAPEST COMMODITY EXCHANGE/KELER/JV)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial institution, financial market, merger control

C 47/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.2.2005

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3511 — WIENER BÖRSE ET AL/BUDAPEST STOCK EXCHANGE/BUDAPEST
COMMODITY EXCHANGE/KELER/JV)

(2005/C 47/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 15 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 undertakings Wiener Börse AG
(‘WBAG’, Austria), Oesterreichische Kontrollbank Aktiengesellschaft (‘OeKB’, Austria), Raiffeisen Zentral-
bank Österreich AG (‘RZB’, Austria), Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG (‘Erste’, Austria) and
HVB Bank Hungary Rt (‘HVBH’, Hungary) belonging to the HVB Group (Germany), acquire within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
the undertakings Budapesti
Értéktőzsde Rt. (Budapest Stock Exchange, ‘BSE’, Hungary), Budapesti Árutőzsde Rt. (Budapest Commodity
(‘KELER’, Hungary) by way of
Exchange,
purchase of shares and shareholders agreement.

‘BCE’, Hungary) and Központi Elszámolóház és Értékár Rt.

the Council Regulation joint control of

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for WBAG: stock exchange and general commodity exchange in Austria,

— for OeKB: Austrian Central Securities Depositary, banking and financial services,

— for RZB, Erste and HVB: Austrian banks active in banking and financial services,

— for BSE: stock exchange in Hungary,

— for BCE: commodity exchange in Hungary, and

— for KELER: Central Clearing House and Depositary for BSE.

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.3511 — WIENER BÖRSE ET AL/BUDAPEST STOCK EXCHANGE/
BUDAPEST COMMODITY EXCHANGE/KELER/JV, 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: 2005-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

23.2.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 47/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

22 February 2005

(2005/C 47/01)

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

1,3193

LVL

Latvian lats

137,42

MTL Maltese lira

7,4432

0,69130

9,0993

1,5380

80,43

8,2700

1,9559

0,5830

PLN

ROL

SIT

SKK

TRY

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

29,845

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

242,97

KRW South Korean won

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

0,6960

0,4315

3,9674

36 649

239,74

38,045

1,7120

1,6639

1,6205

10,2894

1,8066

2,1474

1 327,08

7,7113

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3727 — 3i/Berkenhoff) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, metallurgical industry

23.2.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 47/11

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3727 — 3i/Berkenhoff)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 47/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 16 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 3i Group plc (‘3i’, UK)
and Granville Private Equity Managers (Deutschland) Fund Limited Partnership and GBCP (D) II LP (together
referred to as ‘GB-Funds’, Germany) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
joint control of the undertaking Berkenhoff Management Holding GmbH (‘Berkenhoff Holding’, Germany)
by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking 3i: venture capital and private equity company,

— for undertaking GB-Funds: private equity funds,

— for undertaking Berkenhoff Holding: active in development, production and distribution of fine wire

solutions in non-ferrous alloys.

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.3727 — 3i/Berkenhoff, 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 296/2005 of 23 February 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2005-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

24.2.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 51/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 296/2005

of 23 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 24 February 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 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 51/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.2.2005

to Commission Regulation of 23 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
999

052
068
204
999

220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
421
624
999

204
624
999

052
204
400
464
528
624
662
999

052
999

400
404
508
512
528
720
999

388
400
512
528
999

128,0
77,6
166,8
185,9
139,6

176,2
116,1
111,5
134,6

36,6
36,6

185,6
196,9
191,3

49,3
47,2
50,4
40,9
30,9
67,3
47,7

79,4
84,0
81,7

60,7
91,9
78,4
56,0
96,4
85,4
49,9
74,1

59,4
59,4

115,5
91,2
80,2
114,6
83,3
56,7
90,3

68,5
96,3
63,8
68,6
74,3

(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’.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1937/2004 of 9 November 2004 amending Annexes I, II, III and IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (OJ L 334, 10.11.2004)
Date: 2005-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European judicial area, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, accession to the European Union, appeal, civil law, commercial law, jurisdiction

L 50/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.2.2005

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1937/2004 of 9 November 2004 amending Annexes I, II, III
and IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of
judgments in civil and commercial matters

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 334 of 10 November 2004)

The publication of Regulation (EC) No 1937/2004 is considered null and void.