do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 414/2005 of 11 March 2005 concerning the 78th special invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999
Date: 2005-03-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, animal nutrition, award of contract, skimmed milk, skimmed milk powder

L 66/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.3.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 414/2005

of 11 March 2005

concerning the 78th special invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender
referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999

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 Article 10 thereof,

(3)

(4)

Whereas:

(1)

Pursuant to Article 26 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2799/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down
detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No
1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed-milk
and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and
the sale of such skimmed-milk powder (2),
intervention
agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation to
tender certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder held
by them.

(2)

According
2799/1999,

to Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No
the tenders received in
in the light of

response to each individual
invitation to tender a
minimum selling price shall be fixed or a decision shall
be taken to make no award.

On the basis of the examination of the offers received,
the tendering procedure should not be proceeded with.

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

For the 78th individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regu-
lation (EC) No 2799/1999, in respect of which the time limit
for the submission of tenders expired on 8 March 2005, no
award shall be made.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 March 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 March 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 (OJ L 29, 3.2.2004, p. 6).

(2) OJ L 340, 31.12.1999, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2250/2004 (OJ L 381, 28.12.2004, p. 25).
New national side of euro circulation coins
Date: 2005-03-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Luxembourg, commemoration, economic union, euro, issuing of currency

11.3.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 61/7

NEW NATIONAL SIDE OF EURO CIRCULATION COINS

(2005/C 61/08)

National side of the new 2-euro commemorative circulation coin issued by Belgium

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: Belgium

Subject of commemoration: Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union

Factual description of the design: The effigies of Grand-Duke Henri of Luxembourg and King Albert II
of Belgium are depicted in profile in the centre of the design. The profile of King Albert II is slightly super-
imposed on that of Grand-Duke Henri. Under the effigies appears the year mark ‘2005’. To the lower right
there is a combination of the letters ‘LL’, the engraver's initials. The two effigies and the date are
surrounded by the twelve stars and by the monograms of Grand-Duke Henri to the left and of King Albert
II to the right. The mintmarks each appear between two stars, one on the left and one on the right of the
bottom part of the outer circle.

Issue volume: max. 6 million coins

Approximate issue period: March/April 2005

(1) See OJ C 373 of 28.12.2001, pp. 1-30 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 of 15.10.2003, p. 38-39).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 417/2005 of 11 March 2005 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled and parboiled long grain B rice to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2032/2004
Date: 2005-03-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export, export refund, rice, third country

L 66/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.3.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 417/2005

of 11 March 2005

fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled and parboiled long grain B rice to certain third
countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2032/2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of
the
29 September 2003 on the common organisation of
market
thereof,

in rice (1), and in particular Article 14(3)

(3)

(4)

The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
current market situation for the rice in question results
in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount
specified in Article 1.

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice
was issued pursuant
to Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2032/2004 (2).

Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 (3)
in accordance with the
allows the Commission to fix,
procedure laid down in Article 26(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 1785/2003 and on the basis of the tenders
submitted, a maximum export refund.
In fixing this
maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 14(4) of
Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 must be taken into
account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose
tender is equal to or less than the maximum export
refund.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The maximum export refund on wholly milled and parboiled
long grain B rice to be exported to certain third countries
pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC)
No 2032/2004 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders
submitted from 7 to 10 March 2005 at 57,00 EUR/t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 March 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 March 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96.
(2) OJ L 353, 27.11.2004, p. 6.
(3) OJ L 61, 7.3.1975, p. 25. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1948/2002 (OJ L 299, 1.11.2002, p. 18).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3556 — Fortis/BCP)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-03-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: access to information, bank, economic concentration, financial institution, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

11.3.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 61/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3709 — Orkla/Elkem)

(2005/C 61/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 4 March 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 Regulation
(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 32005M3709. 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.3556 — Fortis/BCP)

(2005/C 61/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 19 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 32005M3556. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 35/2005 of 11 March 2005 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2005-03-11
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU Member State, Iceland, Norway, dangerous substance, environmental protection, evaluation method, exchange of information, health risk, public health

L 198/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.7.2005

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 35/2005

of 11 March 2005

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA
Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting
the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in
particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 166/2004 of

3 December 2004 (1).

(2) Commission Recommendation 2004/394/EC of 29 April 2004 on the results of the risk evaluation
and the risk reduction strategies for the substances: Acetonitrile; Acrylamide; Acrylonitrile; Acrylic
acid; Butadiene; Hydrogen fluoride; Hydrogen peroxide; Methacrylic acid; Methyl methacrylate;
Toluene; Trichlorobenzene (2), as corrected by OJ L 199, 7.6.2004, p. 41, is to be incorporated into
the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL TAKE NOTE’, the following
point shall be inserted after point 24 (Commission Recommendation 2002/576/EC) of Chapter XV of
Annex II:

‘25. 32004 H 0394: Commission Recommendation 2004/394/EC of 29 April 2004 on the results of
the risk evaluation and the risk reduction strategies for the substances: Acetonitrile; Acrylamide;
Acrylonitrile; Acrylic acid; Butadiene; Hydrogen fluoride; Hydrogen peroxide; Methacrylic acid;
Methyl methacrylate; Toluene; Trichlorobenzene (OJ L 144, 30.4.2004, p. 72), as corrected by OJ
L 199, 7.6.2004, p. 41.’

Article 2

The texts of Recommendation 2004/394/EC, as corrected by OJ L 199, 7.6.2004, p. 41, in the Icelandic
and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European
Union, shall be authentic.

(1) OJ L 133, 26.5.2005, p. 11.
(2) OJ L 144, 30.4.2004, p. 72.

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Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 12 March 2005, provided that all the notifications under
Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal
of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 11 March 2005.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Richard WRIGHT

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 41/2005 of 11 March 2005 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2005-03-11
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Iceland, Norway, approximation of laws, rail transport, transport company, transport licence

L 198/40

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.7.2005

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 41/2005

of 11 March 2005

amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting
the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in
particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex XIII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 16/2005 of

8 February 2005 (1).

(2) Commission Recommendation 2004/358/EC of 7 April 2004 on the use of a common European
Directive

format
95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

accordance

documents

Council

licence

issued

with

for

in

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 94 (Commission Recommendation 2001/290/EC) of
Annex XIII to the Agreement:

‘95. 32004 H 0358: Commission Recommendation 2004/358/EC of 7 April 2004 on the use of a
common European format for licence documents issued in accordance with Council Directive 95/
18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings (OJ L 113, 20.4.2004, p. 37).’

Article 2

The texts of Recommendation 2004/358/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in
the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 12 March 2005, provided that all the notifications under
Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

(1) OJ L 161, 23.6.2005, p. 37.
(2) OJ L 113, 20.4.2004, p. 37.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

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Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal
of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 11 March 2005.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Richard WRIGHT
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 37/2005 of 11 March 2005 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2005-03-11
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EC conformity marking, European standard, Iceland, Norway, harmonisation of standards, pleasure craft

L 198/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.7.2005

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 37/2005

of 11 March 2005

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA
Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting
the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in
particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 44/94 of

15 December 1994 (1).

(2) Directive 2003/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 2003 amending
Directive 94/25/EC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of
the Member States relating to recreational craft (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following shall be added in point 1 (Directive 94/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council) of Chapter XXXI of Annex II to the Agreement:

‘, as amended by:

— 32003 L 0044: Directive 2003/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June

2003 (OJ L 214, 26.8.2003, p. 18).’

Article 2

The texts of Directive 2003/44/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA
Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

(1) OJ L 372, 31.12.1994, p. 20.
(2) OJ L 214, 26.8.2003, p. 18.

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Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 12 March 2005, provided that all the notifications under
Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal
of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 11 March 2005.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Richard WRIGHT

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-03-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

11.3.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 61/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

10 March 2005

(2005/C 61/01)

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

1,3409

LVL

Latvian lats

139,62

MTL Maltese lira

7,4459

0,69645

9,0693

1,5484

79,14

8,174

1,9559

0,5825

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

29,503

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

0,6962

0,4327

3,9725

36 051

239,7

37,761

1,7215

1,6938

1,6112

10,458

1,8147

2,1731

243,88

KRW South Korean won

1 341,3

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

7,8918

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 418/2005 of 11 March 2005 concerning tenders submitted under tendering procedure for the refund on consignment of husked long grain B rice to the island of Réunion referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2033/2004
Date: 2005-03-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Réunion, award of contract, export, export subsidy, rice

12.3.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 66/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 418/2005

of 11 March 2005

concerning tenders submitted under tendering procedure for the refund on consignment of husked
long grain B rice to the island of Réunion referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2033/2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29
September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (1), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 of
6 September 1989 laying down detailed rules for exports of rice
to Réunion (2), and in particular Article 9(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2033/2004 (3) opens an
invitation to tender for the subsidy on rice exported to
Réunion.

to

Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 allows the
Commission
the
procedure laid down in Article 2b(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 1785/2003 and on the basis of
tenders
submitted, to make no award.

accordance with

decide,

the

in

(3)

(4)

On the basis of the criteria laid down in Articles 2 and 3
of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89, a maximum subsidy
should not be fixed.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

No action shall be taken on the tenders submitted from 7 to 10
March 2005 in response to the invitation to tender referred to
in Regulation (EC) No 2033/2004 for the subsidy on exports to
Réunion of husked long grain B rice falling within CN code
1006 20 98.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 March 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 March 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96.
(2) OJ L 261, 7.9.1989, p. 8. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1275/2004 (OJ L 241, 13.7.2004, p. 8).

(3) OJ L 353, 27.11.2004, p. 9.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 32/2005 of 11 March 2005 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2005-03-11
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Iceland, Norway, blood transfusion, health control, public health, quality standard, safety standard

L 198/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.7.2005

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 32/2005

of 11 March 2005

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA
Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting
the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in
particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 7/2005 of

8 February 2005 (1).

(2) Commission Directive 2004/33/EC of 22 March 2004 implementing Directive 2002/98/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain technical requirements for blood and
blood components (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 15u (Directive 2002/98/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council) of Chapter XIII of Annex II to the Agreement:

‘15v. 32004 L 0033: Commission Directive 2004/33/EC of 22 March 2004 implementing Directive
the Council as regards certain technical

2002/98/EC of
requirements for blood and blood components (OJ L 91, 30.3.2004, p. 25).’

the European Parliament and of

Article 2

The texts of Directive 2004/33/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA
Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 12 March 2005, provided that all the notifications under
Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

(1) OJ L 161, 23.6.2005, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 91, 30.3.2004, p. 25.
(*)

Constitutional requirements indicated.

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Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal
of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 11 March 2005.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Richard WRIGHT