do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3595 — Sony/MGM) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: access to information, audiovisual equipment, communications industry, economic concentration, film industry, investment company, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

8.6.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 139/37

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3595 — Sony/MGM)

(2005/C 139/13)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 30 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 32005M3595. 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.3680 — Alcatel/Finmeccanica/Alcatel Alenia Space & Telespazio)

(2005/C 139/14)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 28 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(2) 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 32005M3680. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Information communicated by Member States regarding state aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Calabria, State aid, aid to undertakings, application of EU law, control of State aid, vocational training

8.6.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 139/21

Information communicated by Member States regarding state aid granted under Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC
Treaty to training aid

(2005/C 139/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid number: XT 13/01

Member State: Italy

Region: Calabria

Title of aid scheme: Aid towards vocational training

Legal basis: Legge regionale 2 maggio 2001, n. 7, articolo 31
quater, commi 7 e 8, Programma operativo regionale Calabria
n. 1999 IT 16 1 PO006. Decisione Comunità europea
C(2000)2345 dell'8.8.2000.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 15
million

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum admissible intensity
is 35 % of eligible costs in the case of specific training and
60 % in the case of general training.

These percentages are increased by 10 percentage points for
training for the weakest categories (poorly qualified workers,
disabled people, older people, women re-entering the labour
market, etc.).

Date of implementation: 2001

Duration of scheme: Period 2001-2006.

Objective of aid: To help firms in Calabria, all of them small,
by relieving them of some of the cost of training at a time
when technical progress and the introduction of new technolo-
gies obliges them to provide continuous training for their staff,
whose skills grow obsolete very rapidly.

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Name and address of granting authority:

Regione Calabria
Dipartimento formazione professionale e Politiche del lavoro
Via Lucrezia della Valle
I-88100 Catanzaro

Other information: General manager of
Giovanni Benussi

the scheme: Dr

Tel. 09 61 85 84 64
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3680 — Alcatel/Finmeccanica/Alcatel Alenia Space & Telespazio) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: access to information, aerospace industry, economic concentration, merger control, provision of services, restrictive-practice authorisation, satellite

8.6.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 139/37

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3595 — Sony/MGM)

(2005/C 139/13)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 30 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 32005M3595. 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.3680 — Alcatel/Finmeccanica/Alcatel Alenia Space & Telespazio)

(2005/C 139/14)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 28 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(2) 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 32005M3680. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 868/2005 of 8 June 2005 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain from third countries
Date: 2005-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Spain, award of contract, import licence, maize, originating product, tariff reduction, third country

L 145/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.6.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 868/2005

of 8 June 2005

opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain from
third countries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Article 1

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of
the
29 September 2003 on the common organisation of
market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Pursuant to the Community’s international obligations in
the context of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade
negotiations (2), it is necessary to create the conditions to
import a certain quantity of maize into Spain.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26 July
1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of
tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into
Spain and imports of maize into Portugal (3),
lays
down the special additional detailed rules necessary for
implementing the invitation to tender.

In view of the current market demand in Spain, an invi-
tation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize is
appropriate.

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

1.
An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the reduction
in the import duty referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 1784/2003 on maize to be imported into Spain.

Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 shall apply save as otherwise

2.
provided for in this Regulation.

Article 2

The invitation to tender shall be open until 28 July 2005.
During that period, weekly invitations shall be issued with
quantities and closing dates as shown in the notice of invitation
to tender.

Article 3

Import licences issued under these invitations to tender shall be
valid 50 days from the date they are issued within the meaning
of Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 June 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78.
(2) OJ L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 22.
(3) OJ L 177, 28.7.1995, p. 4. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 777/2004 (OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 50).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 871/2005 of 8 June 2005 laying down the reduction coefficient to be applied under tariff subquota III for common wheat of a quality other than high quality opened by Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002
Date: 2005-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common wheat, import, import licence, tariff quota, third country

L 145/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.6.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 871/2005

of 8 June 2005

laying down the reduction coefficient to be applied under tariff subquota III for common wheat of
a quality other than high quality opened by Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of
29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market
in cereals (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002
of 27 December 2002 opening and providing for the adminis-
tration of Community tariff quotas for common wheat of a
quality other than high quality from third countries and dero-
gating from Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (2), and in
particular Article 5(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002 opens an annual tariff
quota of 2 981 600 tonnes of common wheat of a
quality other than high quality. That quota is divided
into three subquotas.

(2)

(3)

Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002 fixes a
quantity of 592 900 tonnes for subquota III
for the
period 1 April to 30 June 2005.

The quantities applied for on 6 June 2005, in accordance
with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002,
exceed the quantities available. The extent
to which
licences may be issued should therefore be determined
and a reduction coefficient laid down to be applied to the
quantities applied for,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

licence for subquota III

Each application for an import
for
common wheat of a quality other than high quality lodged
and forwarded to the Commission on 6 June 2005 in
accordance with Article 5(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC)
No 2375/2002 shall be accepted at a rate of 6,19683 % of
the quantity applied for.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 June 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 June 2005.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78.
(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 88. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1111/2003 (OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 21).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/ M.3804 — Continental/Xtra Print) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, motor vehicle industry, pneumatic tyre, printing, rubber industry

C 139/34

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.6.2005

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/ M.3804 — Continental/Xtra Print)

(2005/C 139/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 30 May 2005, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4, and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1), by
which Continental AG (‘Continental’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
Council Regulation control of the whole of Xtra Print Holding GmbH (‘Xtra Print’, Germany) by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Continental: manufacturing and sale of technical rubber products, tyres and braking systems for

cars, and automotive components,

— for Xtra Print: manufacturing and sale of printing blankets for offset printing applications.

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.3804 — Continental/Xtra Print to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition,
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3801 — CVC/Gilde/Bekaert Fencing) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: access to information, credit institution, economic concentration, investment company, manufactured goods, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, wire

C 139/36

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.6.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3801 — CVC/Gilde/Bekaert Fencing)

(2005/C 139/11)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 31 May 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 32005M3801. 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.3733 — DOW/DDE)

(2005/C 139/12)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 26 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 32005M3733. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3843 — Macquarie/CDPQ/YBR Group) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: book trade, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, investment bank, merger control, telephone, yearbook

8.6.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 139/33

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3843 — Macquarie/CDPQ/YBR Group)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 139/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 27 May 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 Macquarie Bank Limited
(‘Macquarie’, United Kingdom) and Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (‘CDPQ’, Canada) acquire
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control over Yellow Brick Road
Group (‘YBR Group’, The Netherlands), by purchase of shares of its three subsidiaries, Yellow Brick Road
(LH1) S.à.r.l., Yellow Brick Road (DH1) B.V., Mediatel Holding GmbH and their subsidiaries.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Macquarie: provider of specialist financial and investment banking services,

— for undertaking CDPQ: manager of funds for public and private pension and insurance funds,

— for undertaking YBR Group: publication and supply of a wide variety of telephone directories, both in
printed and electronic form, the sale of advertising space in these directories, and the provision of
directory assistance 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 (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.3843 — Macquarie/CDPQ/Yellow Brick Road, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition,
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1
(2) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32
Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2005-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, magnetic medium, originating product

C 139/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.6.2005

Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures

(2005/C 139/02)

1.
The Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following
procedure, the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table
below, as provided in Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 311/2002 of 18 February 2002 imposing a
definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of magnetic disks (3,5'' microdisks) originating in Hong Kong and
the Republic of Korea (1) and in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 312/2002 of 18 February 2002
imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of magnetic disks (3,5'' microdisks) originating in the
People's Republic of China and Japan (2).

2. Procedure

Community producers may lodge a written request for a review. This request must contain sufficient
evidence that the removal of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of
dumping and injury.

Should the Commission decide to review the measures concerned, importers, exporters, representatives of
the exporting country and Community producers will then be provided with the opportunity to amplify,
rebut or comment on the matters set out in the review request.

3. Time limit

Community producers may submit a written request for a review on the above basis, to reach the Euro-
pean Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (Division B-1), J-79 5/16, B-1049 Brussels (3) at any time
from the date of the publication of the present notice but no later than three months before the date
mentioned in the table below.

This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of

4.
22 December 1995 (4).

Product

Country(ies) of origin
or exportation

Measures

Reference

Date of expiry

Magnetic disks
(3,5'' microdisks)

Hong Kong
Republic of Korea

Anti-dumping duty

Council Regulation (EC) No
50,
(OJ
311/2002
21.2.2002, p. 13)

L

22.2.2006

Magnetic disks
(3,5'' microdisks)

People's Republic of
China
Japan

Anti-dumping duty

Regulation (EC) No 312/2002
(OJ L 50, 21.2.2002, p. 24)

22.2.2006

(1) OJ L 50, 21.2.2002, p. 13
(2) OJ L 50, 21.2.2002, p. 24
(3) Telefax : (32-2) 295 65 05.
(4) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 461/2004 (OJ L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 12).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3732 — Procter & Gamble/Gillette) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer goods, cosmetic product, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, polishing and scouring preparations, toiletries

8.6.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 139/35

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3732 — Procter & Gamble/Gillette)

(2005/C 139/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 27 May 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 The Procter & Gamble
Company (‘P&G’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of
the whole of the undertaking The Gillette Company (‘Gillette’, USA) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking P&G: manufacture of consumer goods (household care, beauty care, health, baby and

family care products),

— for undertaking Gillette: manufacture of consumer products (oral care, small electric appliances,

portable power, blades and razors, personal care).

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.3732 — Procter & Gamble/Gillette, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition,
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1