do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
2005/458/EC: Commission Decision of 21 June 2005 granting Italy the derogation provided for in Article 3(2) of Council Directive 92/102/EEC on the identification and registration of animals (notified under document number C(2005) 1826)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-06-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, agricultural census, derogation from EU law, veterinary legislation

23.6.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 160/31

COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 June 2005

granting Italy the derogation provided for in Article 3(2) of Council Directive 92/102/EEC on the
identification and registration of animals

(notified under document number C(2005) 1826)

(Only the Italian text is authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/458/EC)

(3)

(4)

Therefore Italy should be authorised to apply the dero-
gation.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee for the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Italy is authorised to apply the derogation provided for in
Article 3(2) of Directive 92/102/EEC as regards holdings with
no more than one pig.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.

Done at Brussels, 21 June 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 92/102/EEC of 27
November 1992 on the identification and registration of
animals (1), and in particular Article 3(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 3(2) of Council Directive 92/102/EEC provides
for
to
the possibility to authorise Member States
exclude from the list of holdings required by Article
3(1) those holdings with no more than three sheep or
goats for which no premiums are sought, or one pig,
provided that
the animals are intended for use or
consumption by the owner, and that they are subject
to the controls required by the Directive before any
movement.

The Italian authorities have requested this authorisation
as regards holdings with no more than one pig and have
given the appropriate assurances in respect of veterinary
controls.

(1) OJ L 355, 5.12.1992, p. 32. Directive as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 21/2004 (OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 8).
Cancellation by France of public service obligation imposed on scheduled air services between Corsica and Lyon and between Corsica and Montpellier   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-06-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Corsica, Languedoc-Roussillon, Rhône-Alpes, airline, services of general interest

21.6.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 149/17

Cancellation by France of public service obligation imposed on scheduled air services between
Corsica and Lyon and between Corsica and Montpellier

(2005/C 149/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on access for Com-
munity air carriers to intra-Community air routes, France has decided, in accordance with the decision of
the Territorial Collectivity of Corsica of 31 March 2005, to cancel the public service obligation imposed on
the following scheduled air-services, with effect from 30 October 2005:

— between Lyon and Ajaccio, Lyon and Bastia, Lyon and Calvi, and Lyon and Figari, as published in the

Official Journal of the European Communities C 297 of 19 October 2000;

— between Montpellier and Ajaccio and between Montpellier and Bastia, as published in the Official

Journal of the European Communities C 9 of 15 January 2003.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 944/2005 of 21 June 2005 suspending the application of certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 331/2005
Date: 2005-06-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: butter, cream, private stock, storage premium

L 159/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.6.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 944/2005

of 21 June 2005

suspending the application of certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 331/2005

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
milk and milk products (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 331/2005 of
25 February 2005 determining the aid referred to in Council
Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 for the private storage of butter
and
(EC)
from Regulation
derogating
No 2771/1999 (2), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,

cream and

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The applications for private storage contracts, provided
for in Article 1(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 331/2005,
have reached 110 000 tonnes.

Since this condition is met, the application of Article
1(1)(b) and (2) of that Regulation has to be suspended,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The application of Article 1(1)(b) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No
331/2005 is suspended as from 23 June 2005.

Article 2

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, 21 June 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 (OJ L 29, 3.2.2004,
p. 6).

(2) OJ L 53, 26.2.2005, p. 15.
Council Regulation (EC) No 1039/2005 of 21 June 2005 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 as regards the marking of eggs
Date: 2005-06-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: derogation from EU law, egg, labelling, marketing standard, regional market

5.7.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 172/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1039/2005

of 21 June 2005

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 as regards the marking of eggs

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in
eggs (1), and in particular Article 2(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

parliaments in the European Union, annexed to the
Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties estab-
lishing the European Communities.

(3)

Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

Whereas:

(1)

and permitting the

From 1 July 2005, eggs sold on a local public market
must be stamped with a code designating the producer’s
distinguishing number
farming
method to be identified in accordance with Article
7(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 of 26
June 1990 on certain marketing standards for eggs (2). In
some Member States, this requirement could create diffi-
culties
egg
production is often only a sideline. As the possibility
of selling these table eggs on local public markets is of
great economic and social importance for such holdings,
Member States should be permitted to exempt
them
from the compulsory marking requirement. A derogation
should therefore be laid down to this end for holdings
with up to 50 laying hens.

low-income holdings, where

small,

for

(2)

Given the urgency of the matter, it is imperative to grant
an exception to the six-week period referred to in
paragraph I(3) of the Protocol on the role of national

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The last subparagraph of Article 2(3) of Regulation (EEC) No
1907/90 is hereby replaced by the following:

‘However, eggs sold by the producer on a local public market
shall carry the code defined in Article 7(1)(a). Member States
may exempt producers of eggs whose holding does not
exceed 50 laying hens from this requirement, provided that
those eggs are sold on a local public market in the region of
the
production of
name and address of the holding are indicated at the place
of sale.’

the Member State concerned and that

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 July 2005.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 21 June 2005.

For the Council
The President

F. BODEN

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 49. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003,
p. 1).

(2) OJ L 173, 6.7.1990, p. 5. Regulation as

(EC) No 2052/2003 (OJ

last amended by
L 305,

Commission Regulation
22.11.2003, p. 1).
Amendment by France of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services between Tarbes (Lourdes-Pyrénées) and Paris (Orly)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-06-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ile-de-France, Midi-Pyrenées, airline, services of general interest

C 149/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.6.2005

Amendment by France of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services between
Tarbes (Lourdes-Pyrénées) and Paris (Orly)

(2005/C 149/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
France has decided to alter, with effect from 1 June 2005, the public service obligations imposed on
scheduled air services between Tarbes (Lourdes-Pyrénées) and Paris (Orly) published in the Official Journal of
the European Union C 22 of 27 January 2004 pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on access for Community air carriers to intra-Community air routes.

2.

The public service obligations are amended as follows:

The obligations set out in Point 2 regarding the type of aircraft used and the capacity to be provided are
replaced by the following:

‘The minimum daily capacity which must be available throughout the year is 360 seats from Monday
to Friday and 180 on Saturdays and Sundays. The services must be operated with a pressurised
aircraft.’
Imposition by France of a public service obligation on scheduled air services between Grenoble (Saint Geoirs) and Paris (Orly)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-06-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ile-de-France, Rhône-Alpes, airline, services of general interest

21.6.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 149/3

Imposition by France of a public service obligation on scheduled air services between Grenoble
(Saint Geoirs) and Paris (Orly)

(2005/C 149/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
Pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on access for
Community air carriers to intra-Community air routes, France has decided to impose a public service obli-
gation on scheduled air services between Grenoble (Saint Geoirs) and Paris (Orly).

2.

The public service obligation is as follows:

Minimum frequency

The minimum level of service provided must be two return trips per day from Monday to Friday, excluding
public holidays, throughout the year.

The service must be operated without a stopover between Grenoble (Saint Geoirs) and Paris (Orly).

Minimum capacity

The service must be operated with twin jet or twin turbo prop aircraft having a seating capacity of at least
45.

Timetables

Timetables must be such as to enable passengers on business trips to make the round trip within the day
and to spend at least eight hours at their destination, whether Grenoble or Paris.

Flight bookings

Seats on these flights must be sold using at least one computerised booking system.

Continuity of service:

Except in cases of force majeure, the number of flights cancelled for reasons directly attributable to the
carrier must not exceed 3 % of the number of flights scheduled in any year. The carrier must give six
months' notice before discontinuing these services.

Community carriers are hereby informed that the operation of air services without regard to the above-
mentioned public service obligations may result in administrative and/or legal sanctions.

Slots have been reserved at Paris (Orly) airport for the scheduled Grenoble (Saint Geoirs) — Paris
3.
(Orly) service pursuant to Article 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 95/93 of 18 January 1993 on
common rules for the allocation of slots at Community airports, as amended by Regulation (EC) No
793/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004. Air carriers interested in this
route can obtain information about the allocation of these slots from the Paris airports coordinator.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3812 — Goldman Sachs/Euramax) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-06-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, building industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, industrial product, investment company, merger control, motor vehicle industry

21.6.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 149/19

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3812 — Goldman Sachs/Euramax)

(2005/C 149/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 6 June 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 32005M3812. 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.3845 — PAI/Chr. Hansen) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-06-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agro-industry, economic concentration, investment company, merger control

C 149/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.6.2005

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3845 — PAI/Chr. Hansen)

(2005/C 149/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 13 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 undertaking PAI partners S.A.S. (‘PAI’,
France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of
the food ingredients activities collectively named Chr. Hansen (‘Chr. Hansen’) of Chr. Hansen Holding A/S
(‘Chr. Hansen A/S’, Denmark) by way of purchase of shares and assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for PAI: private equity fund;

— for Chr. Hansen: production and sale of food ingredients (in particular dairy enzymes, diary cultures,

natural colours, flavours).

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.3845 — PAI/Chr. Hansen, 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-06-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

21.6.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 149/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

20 June 2005

(2005/C 149/01)

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

1,2210

133,09

7,4455

0,66855

9,2273

1,5446

79,64

7,8770

1,9557

0,5735

29,968

15,6466

248,47

3,4528

0,6959

0,4293

4,0725

36 155

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

239,53

38,449

1,6609

1,5695

1,5031

9,4928

1,7003

2,0411

KRW South Korean won

1 231,01

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

8,1926

10,1056

7,3257

Indonesian rupiah

11 773,49

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,641

68,040

34,7930

50,195

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
2005/599/EC: Council Decision of 21 June 2005 concerning the signing, on behalf of the European Community, of the Agreement amending the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000
Date: 2005-06-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Cotonou Agreement, revision of an agreement, signature of an agreement

L 209/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.8.2005

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 21 June 2005

concerning the signing, on behalf of the European Community,of the Agreement amending the
Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of
States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part,
signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000

(2005/599/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 310 thereof,
in
conjunction with the second sentence of the first subpara-
graph of Article 300(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The Council, by virtue of its Decision of 27 April 2004,
authorised the Commission to open negotiations with
the ACP States with a view to amending the Partnership
Agreement between the members of
the African,
Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part,
and the European Community and its Member States, of
the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (1)
(hereinafter referred to as the ‘Cotonou Agreement’). The
negotiations were concluded in February 2005.

(2) The Agreement amending the Cotonou Agreement
should therefore be signed on behalf of the European
Community,

Article 1

The signing of
the Agreement amending the Partnership
Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean
and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European
Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in
Cotonou on 23 June 2000, together with the declarations
made by the Community unilaterally or jointly with other
Parties that are attached to the Final Act, is hereby approved
on behalf of the Community, subject to the Council Decision
concerning the conclusion of the said Agreement.

The texts of the Agreement and of the Final Act are attached
to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of
the Community subject to its conclusion.

Done at Luxembourg, 21 June 2005.

The Council
The President
F. BODEN

(1) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3. Agreement as rectified by OJ L 385,

29.12.2004, p. 88.
Notice concerning the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession
Date: 2005-06-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Accession Treaty

L 157/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.6.2005

NOTICE CONCERNING THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE TREATY OF ACCESSION

Subject to the ratification procedure, the Treaty of Accession will enter into force on 1 January 2007,
unless a decision of the Council is taken under Article 4(2) thereof to postpone the date of accession for
Bulgaria and/or Romania until 1 January 2008.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 942/2005 of 21 June 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2005-06-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

L 159/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.6.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 942/2005

of 21 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 22 June 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 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).

22.6.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 159/5

to Commission Regulation of 21 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

0809 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
999

052
999

052
999

388
528
624
999

388
400
404
508
512
528
720
804
999

052
624
999

052
400
999

052
999

052
624
999

52,7
35,2
44,0

87,7
87,7

92,6
92,6

55,4
59,8
69,7
61,6

93,7
110,9
90,8
80,1
66,9
62,0
99,5
90,9
86,9

204,5
189,0
196,8

305,8
399,2
352,5

173,1
173,1

130,1
165,3
147,7

(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’.