do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3785 — TPG/APAX/TIM Hellas) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, telecommunications industry

C 101/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.4.2005

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3785 — TPG/APAX/TIM Hellas)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 101/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 15 April 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 US undertaking TPG Advisors IV, Inc.
(TPG) and the British undertaking APAX Europe VI (APAX), controlled by the Guernsey-based company
Hirzell, acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the Greek
undertaking TIM Hellas Telecommunications S.A. (TIM Hellas) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for TPG: private equity fund,

— for APAX: pan-European investment fund,

— for TIM Hellas: supplier of mobile telecommunications products and services to end-users in Greece.

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. 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.3785 — TPG/APAX/TIM Hellas, 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) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.
Final report of the Hearing Officer in case COMP /M.3178 — Bertelsmann/Springer  (pursuant to Article 15 of Commission Decision 2001/462/EC, ECSC of  23 May 2001  on the terms of reference of Hearing Officers in certain competition proceedings —  OJ L 162, 19.6.2001, p. 21 )
Date: 2005-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: advisory committee (EU), audiovisual industry, economic concentration, merger control, press

2.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 52/3

Final report of the Hearing Officer in case COMP /M.3178 — Bertelsmann/Springer

(pursuant to Article 15 of Commission Decision 2001/462/EC, ECSC of 23 May 2001 on the terms of reference of
Hearing Officers in certain competition proceedings — OJ L 162, 19.6.2001, p. 21)

(2006/C 52/03)

On 4 November 2004 the Commission received notification of a proposed merger by which the undertak-
ings Bertelsmann AG (Germany), its solely controlled subsidiary Gruner+Jahr AG & Co. KG (Germany), and
Axel Springer AG (Germany), acquire joint control of the undertaking NewCo by way of purchase of
shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

Having examined the information submitted by the parties to the proposed merger and conducted a
market survey, the Commission concluded that the merger raised serious doubts as to compatibility with
the common market and the EEA Agreement. On 23 December 2004, therefore, the Commission initiated
the procedure provided for by Article 6(1)(c) of the Merger Regulation.

Following a detailed market investigation, the Commission concluded that the proposed concentration did
not significantly impede effective competition in the common market or a substantial part of it, in particu-
lar as a result of the creation or strengthening of a dominant position, and that it did not restrict competi-
tion within the meaning of Article 2 (4) of the Merger Regulation and Article 81 of the Treaty. Accord-
ingly, no statement of objections was sent to the parties. In the course of the market investigation, the
parties were granted access to key documents under section 7.2 of DG Competition Best Practices on the
conduct of merger control proceedings.

The case does not call for any particular comments as regards the right to be heard.

Brussels, 27 April 2005.

Karen WILLIAMS
Commission Regulation (EC) No 640/2005 of 27 April 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2005-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

28.4.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 107/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 640/2005

of 27 April 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 28 April 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 April 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 107/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.4.2005

to Commission Regulation of 27 April 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 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
204
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
388
400
624
999

052
220
388
400
528
624
999

388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
804
999

388
512
528
720
999

141,5
98,7
129,8
168,0
134,5

146,6
58,8
102,7

94,6
44,2
69,4

49,7
51,3
56,1
48,3
62,0
51,2
71,9
55,8

43,5
65,0
67,8
59,9
61,5
65,4
60,5

88,0
91,6
94,3
69,6
69,9
70,0
68,3
69,8
106,8
80,9

91,0
73,9
62,2
72,2
74,8

(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’.
Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol defining for the period 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2006 the Tuna fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the agreement between the European Economic Community and the Democratic Republic of Madagascar on fishing off Madagascar
Date: 2005-04-27
Institutions: European Community, Madagascar
Subjects: Madagascar, agreement (EU), financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, interim agreement (EU)

13.4.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 94/3

AGREEMENT IN THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS

concerning the provisional application of the Protocol defining for the period 1 January 2004 to
31 December 2006 the Tuna fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the
agreement between the European Economic Community and the Democratic Republic of
Madagascar on fishing off Madagascar

Sir,

A. Letter from the Government of Madagascar

With reference to the Protocol initialled on 8 September 2003 in Antananarivo defining the tuna fishing
opportunities and the financial contribution for the period 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2006, I have
the honour to inform you that the Government of the Republic of Madagascar is prepared to apply this
Protocol on a provisional basis with effect from 1 January 2004, pending its entry into force in accordance
with Article 7 of the said Protocol, provided the Community is prepared to do likewise.

It is understood that, this being the case, the financial compensation provided for in Article 2 of the
Protocol is to be paid before 30 September 2004.

I should be obliged if you would confirm the Community's agreement to such provisional application.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

For the Government of the Republic of Madagascar

L 94/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.4.2005

Sir,

B. Letter from the Community

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date which reads as follows:

‘With reference to the Protocol initialled on 8 September 2003 in Antananarivo defining the tuna
fishing opportunities and the financial contribution for the period 1 January 2004 to 31 December
2006, I have the honour to inform you that the Government of the Republic of Madagascar is
prepared to apply this Protocol on a provisional basis with effect from 1 January 2004, pending its
entry into force in accordance with Article 7 of the said Protocol, provided the Community is prepared
to do likewise.

It is understood that, this being the case, the financial compensation provided for in Article 2 of the
Protocol is to be paid before 30 September 2004.

I should be obliged if you would confirm the Community's agreement to such provisional application.’

I have the honour to confirm the Community's agreement to such provisional application.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

On behalf of the Council of the European Union
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3628 — Gilde/Bekaert Fencing)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, metallurgical industry

27.4.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 101/23

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3628 — Gilde/Bekaert Fencing)

(2005/C 101/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 16 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 32005M3628. 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.3706 — Övag/Investkredit)

(2005/C 101/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 15 April 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 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 32005M3706. 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.3697 — Symantec/Veritas)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, software

C 101/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.4.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3745 — Severstal/Lucchini)

(2005/C 101/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 11 April 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 32005M3745. 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.3697 — Symantec/Veritas)

(2005/C 101/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 15 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 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 32005M3697. 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.3745 — Severstal/Lucchini)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, metallurgical industry

C 101/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.4.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3745 — Severstal/Lucchini)

(2005/C 101/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 11 April 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 32005M3745. 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.3697 — Symantec/Veritas)

(2005/C 101/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 15 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 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 32005M3697. 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.3706 — Övag/Investkredit)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, merger control, property development

27.4.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 101/23

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3628 — Gilde/Bekaert Fencing)

(2005/C 101/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 16 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 32005M3628. 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.3706 — Övag/Investkredit)

(2005/C 101/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 15 April 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 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 32005M3706. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 643/2005 of 27 April 2005 repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 2909/2000 on the accounting management of the European Communities’ non-financial fixed assets
Date: 2005-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: financial regulation, general budget (EU), management accounting

28.4.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 107/17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 643/2005

of 27 April 2005

repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 2909/2000 on the accounting management of the
European Communities’ non-financial fixed assets

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No
1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation
applicable to the general budget of
the European Commu-
nities (1), and in particular Article 133(1) thereof,

(4)

(5)

The third subparagraph of Article 181(2) provides that
the provisions of Title VII of the Regulation shall be fully
effective for the budgetary year 2005.

Regulation (EC) No 2909/2000 should therefore be
repealed with effect from 1 January 2005, with the stipu-
it shall continue to apply to accounting
lation that
operations relating to budgetary years preceding 2005.

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2909/2000 of 29
December 2000 on the accounting management of the
European Communities’ non-financial fixed assets (2) lays
down accounting rules and methods regarding non-
financial
fixed assets in accordance with the Financial
Regulation of 21 December 1977.

The Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 has been
replaced by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002.

Article 133 of Title VII of the new Financial Regulation
provides that the accounting rules and methods shall be
adopted by the Commission’s accounting officer.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2909/2000 is hereby repealed.

It shall, however, continue to apply to accounting operations
relating to budgetary years preceding 2005.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 April 2005.

For the Commission
Dalia GRYBAUSKAITĖ
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 336, 30.12.2000, p. 75.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3311 — Van Oord/BHD/Bagger Holding JV)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building, civil engineering, dredging, economic concentration, merger control

27.4.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 101/25

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3311 — Van Oord/BHD/Bagger Holding JV)

(2005/C 101/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 11 December 2003, 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 (EEC) No 4064/89. 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 32003M3311. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

27.4.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 101/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

26 April 2005

(2005/C 101/01)

1 euro =

Currency

Exchange rate

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CYP

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

LVL

MTL

PLN

ROL

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

Latvian lats

Maltese lira

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

1,2981

137,54

7,4489

0,68115

9,1453

1,5418

82,46

8,1315

1,9559

0,5821

30,247

15,6466

249,23

3,4528

0,6962

0,4298

4,2054

36 183

SIT

SKK

TRY

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

NZD New Zealand dollar

SGD

Singapore dollar

239,61

39,695

1,7662

1,6661

1,6112

10,1235

1,7831

2,1384

KRW South Korean won

1 296,54

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,9119

10,7437

7,3850

Indonesian rupiah

12 572,10

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,933

70,519

36,0350

51,257

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.