do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3810 — Investcorp/Polyconcept) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-05-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: advertising, economic concentration, investment company, merger control

3.5.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 107/15

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3810 — Investcorp/Polyconcept)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 107/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 22 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 undertaking Metropolitan Management
B.V. (‘Metropolitan’, the Netherlands), belonging to the Investcorp group, acquires within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Polyconcept Holding B.V.
(‘Polyconcept’, the Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Metropolitan/Investcorp:

international

investment

transactions and global asset

management;

— for undertaking Polyconcept: development, sourcing, marketing and distribution of promotional and

lifestyle products (such as pens, lighters, watches, bags, audio products and telephones).

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.3810 — Investcorp/Polyconcept, 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.
Notice inviting applications for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block segment L16b of the Dutch continental shelf (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-05-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, oil industry, petroleum exploration

3.5.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 107/13

Notice inviting applications for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block segment L16b
of the Dutch continental shelf

(2005/C 107/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

The Minister for Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands serves notice that an application for
authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons has been received for the segment of block L16 indicated on
the map appended as Annex 3 to the Mining Regulation (Government Gazette 2002, 245), known as
‘block segment L16b’.

With reference to Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of
30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and
production of hydrocarbons and the publication as described in Article 15 of the Mining Act (Bulletin of
Acts and Decrees 2002, 542), the Minister for Economic Affairs invites interested parties to submit an
application for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons for block segment L16b.

Applications may be submitted for 13 weeks following the publication of this invitation in the Official
Journal of the European Union and must be sent to the Minister for Economic Affairs, for the attention of the
Director of Energy Production, Prinses Beatrixlaan 5, The Hague, the Netherlands, and marked ‘personal’.

Applications submitted following the expiry of this period will not be considered. A decision on applica-
tions will be taken not later than nine months after the expiry of the period.

Further information can be obtained by telephoning the following number: (31) 70 379 66 94.
Amending budget of the European Aviation Safety Agency 2004
Date: 2005-05-03
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: EU office or agency, air safety, amending budget

3.5.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 113/61

Amending budget of the European Aviation Safety Agency 2004

(Summary table)

(2005/333/EC)

L 113/62

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.5.2005

Title

Title 1

Title 2

Title 3

Title 4

Title 5

Title 1

Title 2

Title 3

Heading

Revenue

Fees collected

Subsidy from the Commission

Third country contribution

Other contributions

Administrative operations

Outturn 2003

Initial
budget 2004

Amended
budget 2004

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

1 029 956

11 050 000

11 050 000

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

287 413

Total revenue

1 029 956

11 050 000

11 337 413

Expenditure

Staff and related expenditure

Buildings and equipment expenditure

Operational expenditure

679 944

152 977

197 035

8 028 050

2 026 950

995 000

8 028 050

2 314 363

995 000

Total expenditure

1 029 956

11 050 000

11 337 413

The detailed amended statement of revenue and expenditure of the European Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2004 can be con-
sulted on the Agency website: http://www.easa.eu.int/
Adoption of two reference documents for the purpose of Council Directive 96/61/EC concerning integrated pollution prevention and control
Date: 2005-05-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural waste, iron and steel industry, meat processing industry, metallurgical industry, pollution control measures, prevention of pollution

C 107/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.5.2005

Adoption of two reference documents for the purpose of Council Directive 96/61/EC concerning
integrated pollution prevention and control (1)

(2005/C 107/05)

On 15 April 2005, the Commission adopted the complete texts of the reference documents on:

— best available techniques in smitheries and foundries,

— best available techniques in slaughterhouses and animal by-products industries.

These documents are available on the Internet site http://eippcb.jrc.es.

(1) OJ L 257 of 10.10.1996, p. 26.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 696/2005 of 3 May 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2005-05-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

4.5.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 114/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 696/2005

of 3 May 2005

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and
vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of
21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the
fruit and vegetables (1), and in
import arrangements
particular Article 4(1) thereof,

for

Whereas:

standard values for imports from third countries,
in
respect of the products and periods stipulated in the
Annex thereto.

(2)

In compliance with the above criteria,
the standard
import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the
Annex to this Regulation,

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.

(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

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 May 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 May 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 114/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.5.2005

to Commission Regulation of 3 May 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

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
212
999

052
204
999

052
204
624
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

120,1
93,8
124,2
112,7

137,2
63,3
100,3

100,6
125,1
50,3
92,0

58,8
42,9
59,0
51,6
78,0
44,3
68,8
57,6

46,9
65,0
66,1
61,1
59,9
70,3
61,6

88,7
103,0
95,1
62,9
66,0
84,1
65,0
70,4
102,7
82,0

(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 Council Regulation (EC) No 2133/2004 of 13 December 2004 on the requirement for the competent authorities of the Member States to stamp systematically the travel documents of third country nationals when they cross the external borders of the Member States and amending the provisions of the Convention implementing the Schengen agreement and the common manual to this end (OJ L 369, 16.12.2004)
Date: 2005-05-03
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: admission of aliens, border control, document, external border of the EU, foreign national, illegal migration

L 112/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.5.2005

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 2133/2004 of 13 December 2004 on the requirement for the
competent authorities of the Member States to stamp systematically the travel documents of third country
nationals when they cross the external borders of the Member States and amending the provisions of the
Convention implementing the Schengen agreement and the common manual to this end

(Official Journal of the European Union L 369 of 16 December 2004)

Page 7, Article 6, second subparagraph:

For:

Read:

‘It shall apply from 1 December 2005.’
‘It shall apply from 1 January 2005.’
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3811 — Lagardère/France Télévisions/Jeunesse TV JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-05-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: audiovisual production, communications industry, economic concentration, merger control, television

C 107/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.5.2005

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3811 — Lagardère/France Télévisions/Jeunesse TV JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 107/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 26 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 undertakings Lagardère Active Broad-
cast belonging to the Lagardère SCA group (‘Lagardère’, France) and France Télévisions (‘FTV’, France)
controlled by the French State acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint
control of a newly created company constituting a joint venture (‘Gulliver’, France) by purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Lagardère: media, communication and high-tech industries;

— for FTV: broadcasting of public TV channels, audiovisual production and commercialisation of audiovi-

sual rights;

— for Gulliver: edition and commercialisation of a TV channel for young people.

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. 3811 — Lagardère/France Télévisions/Jeunesse TV JV, 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-05-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

3.5.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 107/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

2 May 2005

(2005/C 107/01)

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

1,2863

135,54

7,4454

0,67625

9,1994

1,5402

81,20

8,1365

1,9559

0,5823

30,385

15,6466

252,05

3,4528

0,6961

0,4288

4,2637

36 226

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

239,58

39,345

1,7838

1,6481

1,6189

10,0288

1,7621

2,1067

KRW South Korean won

1 287,71

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,8403

10,6461

7,3550

Indonesian rupiah

12 264,87

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,888

69,557

35,7580

50,830

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.