do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 878/2005 of 9 June 2005 fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1757/2004
Date: 2005-06-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, barley, export refund, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 878/2005

of 9 June 2005

fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in
Regulation (EC) No 1757/2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose
bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.

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), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,

(3)

(4)

Whereas:

The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
current market
in question
results in the maximum export refund being fixed.

situation for

the cereal

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

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of
barley to certain third countries was opened pursuant to
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1757/2004 (2).

In accordance with Article 7 of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain
detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on
cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of
disturbance on the market for cereals (3), the Commission
may, on the basis of the tenders notified, decide to fix a
maximum export refund taking account of the criteria
referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For tenders notified on 3 to 9 June 2005, pursuant to the
invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1757/2004,
the maximum refund on exportation of barley shall be
13,44 EUR/t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 June 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 June 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78.
(2) OJ L 313, 12.10.2004, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 777/2004 (OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 50).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3776 — Vodafone/Oskar Mobile) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-06-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, Romania, access to information, economic concentration, merger control, mobile phone, restrictive-practice authorisation, telecommunications industry

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3776 — Vodafone/Oskar Mobile)

(2005/C 140/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 25 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 32005M3776. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 876/2005 of 9 June 2005 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 28th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004
Date: 2005-06-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, white sugar

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 876/2005

of 9 June 2005

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 28th partial
invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for
in Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of
19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in
the sugar sector (1) and in particular the second indent of
Article 27(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004 of 19 July
2004 on a standing invitation to tender to determine
levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar (2), for
invi-
the 2004/2005 marketing year, requires partial
tations to tender to be issued for the export of this
sugar to certain third countries.

the

as the case may be, account being taken in particular
the
of
Community and world markets in sugar, for the partial
invitation to tender in question.

and foreseeable development of

state

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 28th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued
to Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004 the maximum
pursuant
amount of the export refund shall be 39,291 EUR/100 kg.

(2)

Pursuant
to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1327/2004 a maximum export refund shall be fixed,

This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 June 2005.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 9 June 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2004, p. 16).
(2) OJ L 246, 20.7.2004, p. 23. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1685/2004 (OJ L 303, 30.9.2004, p. 21).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3833 — 3i SGR/Giochi Preziosi) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-06-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, holding company, merger control, retail selling, toy industry, wholesale selling

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3833 — 3i SGR/Giochi Preziosi)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 140/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 1 June 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 3i Group plc (‘3i’, United
Kingdom) and Fingiochi S.p.A. (‘Fingiochi’, Italy), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Giochi Preziosi S.p.A. (‘Giochi Preziosi’, Italy), currently
controlled by Fingiochi, by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking 3i: private equity house and venture capital company,

— for undertaking Fingiochi: holding company of the Giochi Preziosi Group,

— for undertaking Giochi Preziosi: wholesale and retail sale of toys.

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.3833 — 3i SGR/Giochi Preziosi, 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.
Corrigendum to Council Directive 89/682/EEC of 21 December 1989 amending Directive 86/298/EEC on rear-mounted roll-over protection structures of narrow-track wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors (OJ L 398, 30.12.1989)
Date: 2005-06-09
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EC conformity marking, agricultural vehicle, approximation of laws, protective equipment, safety standard, tractor

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CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Council Directive 89/682/EEC of 21 December 1989 amending Directive 86/298/EEC on rear-
mounted roll-over protection structures of narrow-track wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 398 of 30 December 1989)

On page 30, Article 1, point 4:

for:

read:

‘4.
‘7.3.

‘4.
‘7.3.

in Annex VI, the following point is inserted:
Indication and results of any additional dynamic test’,’

in Annex V, the following point is inserted:
Indication and results of any additional dynamic test’.’
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3785 — TPG/APAX/TIM Hellas) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-06-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: access to information, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, telecommunications industry

C 140/6

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9.6.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

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

(2005/C 140/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 26 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 32005M3785. 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.3609 — Cinven/France Telecom Cable — NC Numericable)

(2005/C 140/07)

(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 French 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 32005M3609. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-06-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

9.6.2005

EN

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I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

8 June 2005

(2005/C 140/01)

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

1,2324

131,69

7,4446

0,67095

9,1930

1,5336

78,54

7,9000

1,9557

0,5744

30,094

15,6466

249,98

3,4528

0,6962

0,4293

4,0611

36 144

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

239,52

38,575

1,6840

1,6013

1,5351

9,5893

1,7221

2,0462

KRW South Korean won

1 239,49

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

8,2235

10,20

7,3150

Indonesian rupiah

11 812,55

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,6831

67,418

34,9500

49,995

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3609 — Cinven/France Telecom Cable — NC Numericable) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-06-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Internet, access to information, cable distribution, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, transmission network

C 140/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.6.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

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

(2005/C 140/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 26 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 32005M3785. 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.3609 — Cinven/France Telecom Cable — NC Numericable)

(2005/C 140/07)

(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 French 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 32005M3609. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 879/2005 of 9 June 2005 fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 115/2005
Date: 2005-06-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, common wheat, export refund

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 879/2005

of 9 June 2005

fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender
issued in Regulation (EC) No 115/2005

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), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,

(3)

(4)

Whereas:

In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose
bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.

The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
current market
in question
results in the maximum export refund being fixed.

situation for

the cereal

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

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of
common wheat to certain third countries was opened
pursuant
(EC) No
to
115/2005 (2).

Commission

Regulation

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In accordance with Article 7 of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain
detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on
cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of
disturbance on the market for cereals (3), the Commission
may, on the basis of the tenders notified, decide to fix a
maximum export refund taking account of the criteria
referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.

For tenders notified on 3 to 9 June 2005, pursuant to the
invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 115/2005,
the maximum refund on exportation of common wheat shall
be 8,00 EUR/t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 June 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 June 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78.
(2) OJ L 24, 27.1.2005, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 777/2004 (OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 50).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 872/2005 of 9 June 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2005-06-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 872/2005

of 9 June 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 10 June 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 June 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).

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to Commission Regulation of 9 June 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 50 10

0808 10 80

0809 10 00

0809 20 95

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
999

052
999

052
999

388
528
624
999

204
388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
804
999

052
624
999

052
068
400
999

84,2
50,1
67,2

92,9
92,9

92,6
92,6

64,9
47,8
63,4
58,7

70,2
91,2
121,4
78,8
73,7
72,8
61,3
64,1
82,3
95,4
81,1

198,2
183,0
190,6

344,6
238,7
426,9
336,7

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 750/2005 (OJ L 126, 19.5.2005, p. 12). Code ‘999’ stands for ‘of

other origin’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3836 — Goldman Sachs/Pirelli cavi e sistemi energia/Pirell cavi e sistemi telecom) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-06-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commercial bank, economic concentration, electrical engineering, exchange of information, investment company, merger control, telecommunications equipment

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9.6.2005

(Case COMP/M.3836 — Goldman Sachs/Pirelli cavi e sistemi energia/Pirell cavi e sistemi telecom)

Prior notification of a concentration

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 140/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 2 June 2005, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which investment funds controlled by Goldman
Sachs & Co (‘Goldman Sachs’, USA), part of the Goldman Sachs Group, acquire within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the energy and telecommunications cables
business (‘Cables’, Italy) of Pirelli & C. SpA by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Goldman Sachs: investment banking, securities, investment management,

— Cables: energy cables (general and electrical), telecommunications cable (optical fibre, copper).

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.3836 — Goldman Sachs/Pirelli cavi e sistemi energia/Pirell cavi e sistemi
telecom, 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.