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Commission Regulation (EC) No 376/2005 of 4 March 2005 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States
Date: 2005-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, butter, intervention buying

5.3.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 59/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 376/2005

of 4 March 2005

suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

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),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the appli-
cation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards
in butter and cream (2), and in
intervention on the market
particular Article 2 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 lays down
that buying-in is to be opened or suspended by the
Commission in a Member State, as appropriate, once it
is observed that, for two weeks in succession, the market
price in that Member State is below or equal to or above
92 % of the intervention price.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 337/2005 (3) establishes
the most recent list of Member States in which inter-
vention is suspended. This list must be adjusted as a
the market prices communicated by France
result of
and the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 8 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 2771/1999. In the interests of clarity, the
list in question should be replaced and Regulation (EC)
No 337/2005 should be repealed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Buying-in of butter as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby suspended in Belgium, the Czech
Republic, Denmark,
Cyprus, Hungary, Malta, Greece,
Luxembourg,
the Netherlands, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Finland and Sweden.

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 337/2005 is hereby repealed.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 March 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 March 2005.

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 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2250/2004 (OJ L 381, 28.12.2004, p. 25).

(3) OJ L 53, 26.2.2005, p. 24.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 375/2005 of 4 March 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2005-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

5.3.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 59/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 375/2005

of 4 March 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
fruit
arrangements
import
and in
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 5 March 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 March 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 59/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.3.2005

to Commission Regulation of 4 March 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 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

052
220
624
999

388
400
404
508
512
528
720
999

052
388
400
512
528
720
999

107,2
82,9
123,3
182,8
124,1

168,5
159,6
139,6
155,9

24,0
24,0

181,5
149,3
165,4

59,3
49,9
52,8
52,0
41,6
61,4
52,8

66,5
76,3
51,0
64,6

81,1
112,5
71,0
77,7
53,6
71,0
66,6
76,2

208,3
70,0
92,1
85,3
65,6
45,1
94,4

(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’.
Ex-post publicity of Eurostat grants in 2004
Date: 2005-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Eurostat, dissemination of EU information, economic support

4.3.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 55/5

Ex-post publicity of Eurostat grants in 2004

(2005/C 55/05)

In accordance with Article 110(2) of the Financial Regulation and Article 169 of its implementing rules,
the public is hereby informed of the actions which benefited from a Eurostat grant during 2004.

The electronic file covering the actions in question can be found in the form of a list on the EUROPA
server (http://europa.eu.int). This list can be accessed via ‘Institutions’ — ‘European Commission’ — ‘Statis-
tics’ — ‘other activities’ — ‘Calls for tenders and grants’ and then by entering the file ‘Eurostat — List of
grants awarded in 2004’.

The list indicates the file number, the unit concerned, the name and the country of the beneficiary, the title
of the action, the amount of the commitment (grant) and the percentage of co-financing.

All these actions were the subject of ex-ante publicity.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

4.3.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 55/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

3 March 2005

(2005/C 55/01)

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

1,3144

LVL

Latvian lats

137,83

MTL Maltese lira

7,4436

0,6878

9,0464

1,5461

79,88

8,2210

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

29,585

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

242,23

KRW South Korean won

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

0,6962

0,4310

3,9040

36 443

239,73

37,896

1,6784

1,6746

1,6341

10,252

1,8049

2,1381

1 322,68

7,7793

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3708 — Apollo/DirecTV/Hughes Network Systems) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, programmes industry, telecommunications industry

C 55/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.3.2005

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3708 — Apollo/DirecTV/Hughes Network Systems)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 55/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 23 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 Apollo Group Inc.
(‘Apollo’), USA, and DirecTV Group Inc. (‘DirecTV’), USA, belonging to News Corporation group, acquire
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the newly created under-
taking Hughes Network Systems LLC (‘HNS’), USA, by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Apollo: Investment fund,

— for undertaking DirecTV: Provision of digital television entertainment, broadband satellite networks and

services, global video and data broadcasting,

— for undertaking HNS: Broadband satellite networks and services, consumer satellite terminals and

mobile satellite networks and equipment.

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.3708 — Apollo/DirecTV/Hughes Network Systems to the following
address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition,
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Brussels

(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.
COM documents other than legislative proposals adopted by the Commission
Date: 2005-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU publication, European Commission

C 55/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.3.2005

COM documents other than legislative proposals adopted by the Commission

(2005/C 55/04)

Document

Part

Date

Title

COM(2004) 603

1.10.2004

Report from the Commission to the Council, the European Parlia-
ment and the European Economic and Social Committee on the
application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 on the
service in the Member States of Judicial and Extrajudicial documents
in civil or commercial matters

COM(2004) 723

26.10.2004

Communication from the Commission: The EU Economy: 2004
Review — Summary and main conclusions

COM(2004) 745

9.11.2004

Report from the Commission to the Council and the European
Parliament on incentives for EMAS registered organisations

COM(2004) 837

28.12.2004

COM(2004) 855

10.1.2005

COM(2005) 30

8.2.2005

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament
and the Council: Technical adjustment of the financial perspective
for 2006 in line with movements in GNI and prices (Point 15 of
the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary disci-
pline and improvement of the budgetary procedure)

Report from the Commission to the Council and the European
Parliament: Fifth report under Article 12 of Regulation (EEC,
Euratom) No 1553/89 on VAT collection and control procedures

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the Euro-
pean Parliament: Report on the implementation of the European
Charter for Small Enterprises

These texts are available on EUR-Lex: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3700 — EDP/LogicaCMG/Edinfor) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical industry, information technology industry, merger control, telecommunications industry

4.3.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 55/3

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3700 — EDP/LogicaCMG/Edinfor)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 55/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 23 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 LogicaCMG Corporate
Holdings Ltd, controlled by LogicaCMG plc (‘LogicaCMG’, UK) acquires within the meaning of Article
3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Edinfor – Sistemas Informáticos, S.A.
(‘Edinfor’, Portugal), currently solely controlled by the group EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. (‘EDP’,
Portugal), by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for EDP: generation, distribution and supply of electricity, telecommunications, information technology,

engineering, professional training and real estate;

— for LogicaCMG: IT services;

— for Edinfor: IT services.

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) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.3700 — EDP/LogicaCMG/Edinfor, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition,
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Brussels

(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.