do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-03-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 76/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.3.2005

Euro exchange rates (1)

24 March 2005

(2005/C 76/02)

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

1,2982

LVL

Latvian lats

138,10

MTL Maltese lira

7,4497

0,69440

9,1087

1,5538

79,68

8,2000

1,9558

0,5842

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

30,097

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

247,28

KRW South Korean won

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

0,6960

0,4314

4,1207

36 600

239,68

39,035

1,7575

1,6803

1,5809

10,1258

1,8211

2,1383

1 315,73

8,0565

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-03-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

30.3.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 76/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

29 March 2005

(2005/C 76/01)

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

1,2926

LVL

Latvian lats

138,61

MTL Maltese lira

7,4493

0,68995

9,1197

1,5522

79,43

8,219

1,9558

0,5843

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

30,205

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

248,25

KRW South Korean won

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

0,696

0,4307

4,1571

36 429

239,71

39,148

1,8019

1,6736

1,5683

10,0821

1,8203

2,1348

1 317,42

8,2239

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Corrigendum to the notice ‘Holidays in 2005’ (OJ C 65, 17.3.2005)
Date: 2005-03-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, public holiday

C 76/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.3.2005

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to the notice ‘Holidays in 2005’

(Official Journal of the European Union C 65 of 17 March 2005)

(2005/C 76/07)

On page 3, against the entry ‘FRANCE’ add ‘11.11,’.
Public holidays in 2005: EEA EFTA States and EEA institutions
Date: 2005-03-30
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EEA joint institution, EFTA countries, European Economic Area, public holiday

C 76/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.3.2005

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY

Public holidays in 2005: EEA EFTA States and EEA institutions

(2005/C 76/05)

2005

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

EFTA
Surveillance
Authority

EFTA Court

1 January

2 January

3 January

6 January

2 February

8 February

19 March

24 March

25 March

28 March

21 April

1 May

5 May

6 May

16 May

17 May

26 May

17 June

23 June

1 August

15 August

8 September

1 November

8 December

24 December

25 December

26 December

27 December

31 December

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X
2005/352/EC: Decision No 2/2005 of 30 March 2005 of the Committee established under the Agreement on Mutual Recognition between the EC and the Swiss Confederation on amending Chapter 3 of Annex 1
Date: 2005-03-30
Institutions: EC–Switzerland Joint Committee
Subjects: Switzerland, agreement (EU), approval, product safety, revision of an agreement, toy industry

L 110/78

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.4.2005

DECISION No 2/2005

of 30 March 2005

of the Committee established under the Agreement on Mutual Recognition between the EC and the
Swiss Confederation on amending Chapter 3 of Annex 1

(2005/352/EC)

THE COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Mutual
Recognition in relation to Conformity Assessment (the Agreement) signed on 21 June 1999, and in
particular Article 10(4)(e) and 18(2) thereof;

Whereas by means of Ordinance of EDI of 27 March 2002 on the safety of toys (RO 2002 1082) as last
amended on 2 October 2003 (RO 2003 3733), the Swiss Confederation has amended its legislative,
regulatory and administrative provisions relating to toys in such a way that those provisions can be
deemed equivalent under Article 1(2) of the Agreement to the corresponding European Community legis-
lation;

Whereas Chapter 3, (Toys), of Annex 1 should be amended to reflect this;

Whereas according to Article 10(4)(e) and 18(2), the Committee may modify Annex 1 to this Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

1. Chapter 3, Toys, Annex I, Section I, to the Agreement is amended in accordance with the provisions set

out in the Annex to this Decision.

2. This Decision, done in duplicate, shall be signed by the Co-Chairs or other persons authorised to act on
behalf of the Parties. This Decision shall be effective from the date of the latter of these signatures.

Done at Bern, 30 March 2005.
On behalf of the Swiss Confederation

Done at Brussels, 23 March 2005.
On behalf of the European Community

Heinz HERTIG

Joanna KIOUSSI

30.4.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 110/79

ANNEX

AMENDMENTS TO THE AGREEMENT

In Annex 1, Product Sectors, Chapter 3,
‘Provisions covered by Article 1(1)’ is deleted and replaced by ‘Provisions covered by Article 1(2)’.

(Toys), Section I,

(Legislative, regulatory and administrative provisions),

In Annex 1, Product Sectors, Chapter 3, Toys, Section I, in the list headed ‘Switzerland’, the Swiss legal references should
be deleted and replaced by the following list:

‘Federal Law of 9 October 1992 on foodstuffs and commodities (RO 1995 1469) as last amended on 21 March 2003
(RO 2003 4803)

Ordinance of 1 March 1995 on commodities (RO 1995 1643) as last amended on 15 December 2003 (RO 2004 1111)

Ordinance of EDI of 27 March 2002 on the safety of toys (RO 2002 1082) as last amended on 2 October 2003
(RO 2003 3733)’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3767 — BHP/WMC)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-03-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy industry, exchange of information, fertiliser industry, merger control, metalworking, mining operation

30.3.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 76/3

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3767 — BHP/WMC)

(2005/C 76/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 21 March 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 BHP Billiton Limited
(‘BHP’, Australia) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the
whole of the undertaking WMC Resources Ltd (‘WMC’, Australia) by way of public bid announced on 8
March 2005.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking BHP: international, diversified resources company with operations in mining, metals

and energy;

— for undertaking WMC: production of mining products and fertilizers.

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.3767 — BHP/WMC, 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.