do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3872 — United Services Group/Solvus) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-07-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, temporary employment agency

7.7.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 166/13

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3872 — United Services Group/Solvus)

(2005/C 166/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 30 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 United Services Group
N.V. (‘USG’, the Netherlands) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
control of the whole of the undertaking Solvus N.V. (‘Solvus’, Belgium) by way of public bid announced on
14 June 2005.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for USG: provider of temporary employment services in several EU-countries;

— for Solvus: provider of temporary employment services in several EU-countries.

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.3872 — United Services Group/Solvus, 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3819 — DaimlerChrysler/MAV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-07-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aerospace industry, distributive trades, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, motor vehicle industry

C 166/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.7.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3819 — DaimlerChrysler/MAV)

(2005/C 166/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 3 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 German 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 32005M3819. 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.3826 — Trimoteur/Nibcapital/Fortis/Sandd)

(2005/C 166/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 21 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 32005M3826. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning the latter's association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (13054/2004 - COM(2004)0593 - C6-0241/2004 - 2004/0199(CNS))
Date: 2005-07-07
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: EU visa policy, Schengen Agreement, Switzerland, accession to an agreement, administrative cooperation, joint body (EU), judicial cooperation, mixed agreement, signature of an agreement

C 157 E/464

Thursday 7 July 2005

P6_TA(2005)0293

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

6.7.2006

EU — EC-Switzerland Agreement (Schengen) *

Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the
Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation
concerning the latter's association with the implementation, application and development of the
Schengen ‘acquis’ (13054/2004 — COM(2004)0593 — C6-0241/2004 — 2004/0199(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The proposal was amended as follows (1):

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 3
Citation 1

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Articles 62, 63(3), 66 and 95 in con-
junction with the second sentence of the first subparagraph of
Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3)
thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Articles 62, 63(3), 66 and 95 in con-
junction with the second sentence of the first subparagraph of
Article 300(2) and the second subparagraph of Article 300(3)
thereof,

Having regard the opinion of the European Parliament,

Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament,

(1) The matter was then referred back to committee pursuant to Rule 53(2) (A6-0201/2005).

Amendment 4
Citation 3

P6_TA(2005)0294

EC-Canada Agreement on passenger data *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion
of an Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on the pro-
cessing of Advance Passenger Information (API)/Passenger Name Record (PNR) data (COM(2005)
0200 — C6-0184/2005 — 2005/0095(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2005)0200) (1),

— having regard to the draft Commission Decision on the adequate protection of personal data contained
in the Passenger Name Record of air passengers transferred to the Canada Border Services Agency, and
to the Commitments by the Canada Border Service Agency, annexed to that Commission Decision,

(1) Not yet published in OJ.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3803 — EADS/Nokia) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-07-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aeronautical industry, economic concentration, merger control, telecommunications industry

C 166/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.7.2005

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3803 — EADS/Nokia)

(2005/C 166/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1. On 23 June 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 the undertaking EADS (‘EADS’, France and Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article
3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of Nokia's professional mobile radio business
(‘the PMR Business’, Finland) by way of purchase of shares and purchase of assets.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for EADS: production and commercialisation of commercial and military aircrafts, telecommunica-

tions equipment, and defence and security systems;

— for the PMR Business: development, sales, operation and maintenance of professional mobile radio

equipment.

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.

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed

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.3803 — EADS/Nokia, 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.
European Parliament legislative resolution on the initiative by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg with a view to adopting a Council decision adjusting the basic salaries and allowances applicable to Europol staff (5429/2005 - C6-0037/2005 - 2005/0803(CNS))
Date: 2005-07-07
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: Europol, Luxembourg, allowances and expenses, pay, social-security benefit

C 157 E/450

Thursday 7 July 2005

P6_TA(2005)0290

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

6.7.2006

TEXTS ADOPTED

Basic salaries and allowances of Europol staff *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the initiative by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
with a view to adopting a Council decision adjusting the basic salaries and allowances applicable
to Europol staff (5429/2005 — C6-0037/2005 — 2005/0803(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the initiative of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (5429/2005) (1),

— having regard to Article 44 of the Council Act of 3 December 1998 laying down the staff regulations

applicable to Europol employees (hereinafter referred to as the ‘staff regulations’),

— having regard to Article 39(1) of the EU Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament

(C6-0037/2005),

— having regard to Rules 93 and 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the Commission communication to the European Parliament and the Council —

Democratic Control over Europol (COM(2002)0095),

— having regard to its recommendation to the Council of 30 May 2002 on the future development of
Europol and its automatic incorporation into the institutional system of the European Union (2),

— having regard to its recommendation to the Council of 10 April 2003 on the future development of

Europol (3),

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0139/

2005),

A. whereas Parliament has not been consulted on, or informed of, any of the operational and organisa-
tional measures concerning Europol, or Europol's current activities and future programmes in response
to the needs of the EU and the Member States; whereas this lack of information makes it impossible for
Parliament to assess the relevance and adequacy of the proposed decision;

1.

2.

Rejects the initiative by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg;

Calls on the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to withdraw its initiative;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission and to the Government

3.
of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

(1) OJ C 51, 1.3.2005, p. 15.
(2) OJ C 187 E, 7.8.2003, p. 144.
(3) OJ C 64 E, 12.3.2004, p. 588.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1076/2005 of 7 July 2005 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2005-07-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

8.7.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 175/15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1076/2005

of 7 July 2005

determining the world market price for unginned cotton

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton, annexed to the Act of
Accession of Greece, as last amended by Council Regulation
(EC) No 1050/2001 (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of
22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton (2), and in particular
Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No
1051/2001, a world market price for unginned cotton
is to be determined periodically from the price for ginned
cotton recorded on the world market and by reference to
the historical relationship between the price recorded for
ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned cotton.
That historical relationship has been established in Article
2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2
August 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the
cotton aid scheme (3). Where the world market price
cannot be determined in this way, it is to be based on
the most recent price determined.

(2)

In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
for unginned
the world market price
1051/2001,

the

considered representative of

cotton is to be determined in respect of a product of
specific characteristics and by reference to the most
favourable offers and quotations on the world market
real
among those
market trend. To that end, an average is to be calculated
of offers and quotations recorded on one or more
European exchanges for a product delivered cif
to a
port in the Community and coming from the various
supplier countries considered the most representative in
terms of international trade. However, there is provision
for adjusting the criteria for determining the world
market price for ginned cotton to reflect differences
justified by the quality of the product delivered and the
offers and quotations concerned. Those adjustments
are specified in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1591/2001.

(3)

The application of the above criteria gives the world
market price for unginned cotton determined hereinafter,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in Article 4
of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby determined as
equalling 22,569 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 July 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 July 2005.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 210, 3.8.2001, p. 10. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1486/2002 (OJ L 223, 20.8.2002, p. 3).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3826 — Trimoteur/Nibcapital/Fortis/Sandd) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-07-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, industrial restructuring, investment company, merger control, postal service, private investment

C 166/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.7.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3819 — DaimlerChrysler/MAV)

(2005/C 166/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 3 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 German 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 32005M3819. 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.3826 — Trimoteur/Nibcapital/Fortis/Sandd)

(2005/C 166/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 21 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 32005M3826. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-07-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

7.7.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 166/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

6 July 2005

(2005/C 166/01)

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

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

RON

Romanian leu

1,1913

133,23

7,4534

0,67850

9,3693

1,5545

78,27

7,9140

1,9559

0,5733

30,043

15,6466

247,22

3,4528

0,6959

0,4293

4,0605

3,5995

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

239,45

38,395

1,6089

1,6050

1,4803

9,2603

1,7629

2,0204

KRW South Korean won

1 251,64

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

8,1422

9,8598

7,3295

Indonesian rupiah

11 650,91

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,528

66,915

34,3510

49,572

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1072/2005 of 7 July 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2005-07-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit, stone fruit

8.7.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 175/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1072/2005

of 7 July 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 8 July 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 July 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 175/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.7.2005

to Commission Regulation of 7 July 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

0808 20 50

0809 10 00

0809 20 95

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
096
999

052
999

052
999

388
528
999

388
400
404
508
512
528
720
804
999

388
512
528
800
999

052
999

052
400
999

624
999

45,3
42,0
43,7

102,8
102,8

82,1
82,1

58,3
53,7
56,0

84,5
96,1
94,3
64,4
76,0
56,8
76,1
89,2
79,7

80,7
47,8
60,4
35,3
56,1

180,1
180,1

282,8
316,1
299,5

113,7
113,7

(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’.
Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion on behalf of the European Community of the Agreement between the European Community and Switzerland concerning the criteria and mechanisms for establishing the State responsible for examining a request for asylum lodged in a Member State or in Switzerland (13049/2004 - COM(2004)0593 - C6-0240/2004 - 2004/0200(CNS))
Date: 2005-07-07
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: EU visa policy, Schengen Agreement, Switzerland, accession to an agreement, admission of aliens, joint body (EU), judicial cooperation, mixed agreement, ratification of an agreement

6.7.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 157 E/463

Thursday 7 July 2005

ANNEX III

PROMOTION OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS
PRIMARILY ACTIVE IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

LIFE+ shall co-fund operating or action grants for NGOs which are primarily active in protecting and
enhancing the environment at European level.

In order to qualify for a grant, an NGO shall have the following characteristics:

— it must be an independent and non-profit-making legal person primarily active in protecting and
enhancing the environment for the common good and with a view to achieving sustainable devel-
opment;

— it must be active at European level, either alone or in the form of a association with a structure

(membership base) and activities covering at least three European countries;

— it must be involved in the development and implementation of EU policy and legislation.

P6_TA(2005)0292

EC-Switzerland Agreement (asylum requests) *

Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion on behalf of the European Community of the
Agreement between the European Community and Switzerland concerning the criteria and mech-
anisms for establishing the State responsible for examining a request for asylum lodged in a
Member State or in Switzerland (13049/2004 — COM(2004)0593 — C6-0240/2004 — 2004/0200
(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The proposal was amended as follows (1):

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1
Citation 1

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 63(1)(a), in conjunction with
the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2)
and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 63(1)(a), in conjunction with
the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2)
and the second subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,

Amendment 2
Citation 3

Having regard the opinion of the European Parliament,

Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament,

(1) The matter was then referred back to committee pursuant to Rule 53(2) (A6-0201/2005).