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Commission Regulation (EC) No 949/2005 of 22 June 2005 closing the invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on sorghum imported into Spain from third countries
Date: 2005-06-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Spain, award of contract, sorghum, tariff reduction

L 160/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.6.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 949/2005

of 22 June 2005

closing the invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on sorghum imported into Spain from
third countries

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 12(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

In accordance with the Community’s international obli-
gations within the framework of the Uruguay Round
multilateral negotiations (2), conditions must be laid
down for importing a certain quantity of sorghum 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) provides
certain substitute
for
products, referred to in Article 2 thereof,
to ensure
compliance with the quantities laid down under these
quotas.

the booking of

imports of

(3)

(4)

(5)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2275/2004 (4) opened
an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on
sorghum imported into Spain from third countries.

As the annual quantity for this quota laid down in Article
1 of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 has been reached, the
invitation to tender should be closed and Regulation (EC)
No 2275/2004 should be repealed.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
The invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty
referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003
on sorghum imported into Spain, opened by Regulation (EC)
No 2275/2004, is hereby closed.

2.

Regulation (EC) No 2275/2004 is hereby repealed.

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, 22 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 as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 777/2004 (OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 50).

(4) OJ L 396, 31.12.2004, p. 32.
Final report of the Hearing Officer in Case COMP/M.3431 — Sonoco/Ahlstrom (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)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-06-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, packaging

22.6.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 151/3

Final report of the Hearing Officer in Case COMP/M.3431 — Sonoco/Ahlstrom

(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)

(2005/C 151/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 18 May 2004, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article
4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 by which the undertakings Sonoco Luxembourg S.à r.l. (Luxem-
bourg), belonging to Sonoco Products Company (‘Sonoco’, US), and Ahlstrom Holding GmbH (Germany),
belonging to Ahlstrom Corporation (‘Ahlstrom’, Finland), acquire joint control of the undertaking Sonoco
— JV S.à r.l. (‘the JV’, Luxembourg), a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

Upon examination of the evidence submitted by the parties to the proposed concentration and after
conducting a market investigation, the Commission concluded that the concentration raised serious doubts
as to its compatibility with the common market and with the EEA Agreement. Commitments submitted by
the parties that modified the original concentration plan were considered not sufficient to prevent serious
doubts at that stage, following an initial market test. The Commission therefore initiated proceedings in
accordance with Article 6(1)c of the Merger Regulation.

On 6 August 2004 the parties offered alternative commitments that modified the original concentration
plan, which were also market tested. On 25 August 2004 another set of commitments were offered, which
were closer to the initial commitments presented in Phase I. Having by this stage undertaken a detailed
market analysis and following comments from market participants, the relevant Commission service
considered that the serious doubts had been removed. Accordingly, no statement of objections was sent to
the parties. No queries were raised before the Hearing Officer by the parties or other companies as to the
market test. The case does not call for any particular comments as regards the right to be heard.

Brussels, 27 September 2004.

Karen WILLIAMS
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-06-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

22.6.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 151/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

21 June 2005

(2005/C 151/01)

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

1,2092

132,2

7,4469

0,6645

9,2373

1,5425

79,71

7,874

1,9561

0,5736

29,913

15,6466

247,92

3,4528

0,6959

0,4293

4,0593

36 174

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

239,44

38,439

1,6485

1,5617

1,4971

9,4

1,6945

2,0257

KRW South Korean won

1 225,52

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

8,1643

10,0079

7,324

Indonesian rupiah

11 686,31

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,596

67,298

34,603

49,837

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 946/2005 of 22 June 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2005-06-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

L 160/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.6.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 946/2005

of 22 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 23 June 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 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).

23.6.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 160/11

to Commission Regulation of 22 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

55,3
35,2
45,3

72,7
72,7

81,6
81,6

59,1
48,3
71,4
59,6

92,9
97,4
90,8
90,3
70,9
69,7
51,3
91,0
81,8

187,7
188,8
188,3

300,3
358,1
329,2

158,3
158,3

130,1
165,1
147,6

(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.3853 — Solvay/Fournier) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-06-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, pharmaceutical industry

C 151/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.6.2005

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3853 — Solvay/Fournier)

(2005/C 151/05)

(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 Solvay S.A. (‘Solvay’,
Belgium) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of
the undertaking Fournier Industrie et Santé S.A. (‘Fournier’, France) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Solvay: global sales of chemicals and pharmaceuticals,

— for undertaking Fournier: sales of pharmaceutical products.

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.3853 — Solvay/Fournier, 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 947/2005 of 22 June 2005 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States
Date: 2005-06-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, butter, intervention buying

L 160/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.6.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 947/2005

of 22 June 2005

suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

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 2771/1999
of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the appli-
cation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards
in butter and cream (2), and in
intervention on the market
particular Article 2 thereof,

Whereas:

Commission Regulation (EC) No 877/2005 (3) establishes
the most recent list of Member States in which inter-
vention is suspended. This list must be adjusted as a
communicated by the
result of
United Kingdom pursuant
to Article 8 of Regulation
(EC) No 2771/1999. In the interests of clarity, the list
in question should be replaced and Regulation (EC)
No 877/2005 should be repealed,

the market prices

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Buying-in of butter as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby suspended in Belgium, Denmark,
Cyprus, Hungary, Malta, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands,
Austria, Slovenia, Sweden, Finland and the United Kingdom.

(1)

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 lays down
that buying-in is to be opened or suspended by the
Commission in a Member State, as appropriate, once it
is observed that, for two weeks in succession, the market
price in that Member State is below or equal to or above
92 % of the intervention price.

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 877/2005 is hereby repealed.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 June 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 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 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2250/2004 (OJ L 381, 28.12.2004, p. 25).

(3) OJ L 146, 10.6.2005, p. 11.