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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3931 — TransGourmet/Prodirest) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-09-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-foodstuffs, economic concentration, merger control, retail trade, wholesale trade

2.9.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 215/3

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3931 — TransGourmet/Prodirest)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 215/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 25 August 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 transGourmet Holding
AG (‘transGourmet’, Switzerland) which is jointly controlled by the Rewe-Group (‘REWE’, Germany) and
the Coop-Group (‘Coop’, Switzerland) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regu-
lation control of the whole of the undertakings Prodirest S.N.C. (‘Prodirest’, France), SA Discol (‘Discol’,
France) and Goninet S.N.C. (‘Goninet’, France) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for transGourmet: holding company for investments in the wholesaling sector, through Aldis Service

Plus S.A.S. delivery wholesale of food and hygiene products in France,

— for REWE: retail and wholesale of food, tourism,

— Coop: retail and wholesale of food,

— for Prodirest: delivery wholesale of food and hygiene products in France,

— for Discol: holding company for investments in businesses in the food sector,

— for Goninet: retail of food- and hygiene products.

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.3931 — TransGourmet/Prodirest, 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1439/2005 of 2 September 2005 fixing the additional amount to be paid for peaches in Hungary under Regulation (EC) No 416/2004
Date: 2005-09-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, accession to the European Union, agro-industry, common organisation of markets, production aid, stone fruit, transitional period (EU)

3.9.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 228/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1439/2005

of 2 September 2005

fixing the additional amount to be paid for peaches in Hungary under Regulation (EC) No 416/2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 416/2004 of
5 March 2004 laying down transitional measures for the appli-
cation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 and Regulation
(EC) No 1535/2003 by reason of the accession of the Czech
Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union (1), and
in particular Article 3(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

The quantities of peaches covered by aid applications for
the 2004/05 marketing year, as notified by Member
States under Article 39(2) of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1535/2003 of 29 August 2003 laying down

the

regards

aid scheme

detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No
2201/96 as
for products
processed from fruit and vegetables (2), do not exceed
is
the Community threshold. An additional amount
therefore to be paid after
the 2004/05
marketing year in the Member States that joined the
European Union on 1 May 2004.

the end of

(2)

Producers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia lodged no
aid applications
for processing in the
2004/05 marketing year. No additional amount for the
2004/05 marketing year should therefore be paid in
those Member States,

for peaches

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

An additional amount of EUR 11,92 per tonne of peaches for
processing referred to in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No
416/2004 shall be paid in Hungary after the end of
the
2004/05 marketing year.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication 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, 2 September 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 68, 6.3.2004, p. 12. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 550/2005 (OJ L 93, 12.4.2005, p. 3).

(2) OJ L 218, 30.8.2003, p. 14. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 180/2005 (OJ L 30, 3.2.2005,
p. 7).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1437/2005 of 2 September 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2005-09-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

3.9.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 228/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1437/2005

of 2 September 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 3 September 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 September 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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Official Journal of the European Union

3.9.2005

to Commission Regulation of 2 September 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

0806 10 10

0808 10 80

0808 20 50

0809 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
096
999

052
068
096
999

052
999

388
524
528
999

052
220
624
999

388
400
508
512
528
720
800
804
999

052
388
512
528
800
999

052
999

052
066
093
098
624
999

70,1
14,0
42,1

44,5
65,2
25,9
45,2

70,2
70,2

67,4
52,3
58,6
59,4

89,5
167,2
146,7
134,5

83,8
67,3
67,7
78,3
73,1
20,6
126,8
77,0
74,3

97,3
103,9
9,6
37,7
152,8
80,3

97,1
97,1

115,5
76,4
42,5
42,5
112,6
77,9

(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’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3825 — EHA/REWE Austria/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-09-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: distributive trades, economic concentration, financial institution, merger control

C 215/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.9.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3825 — EHA/REWE Austria/JV)

(2005/C 215/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 27 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 32005M3825. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 2,05 % on 1 September 2005 — Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-09-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, exchange rate, interest

2.9.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 215/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations (1):

2,05 % on 1 September 2005

Euro exchange rates (2)

1 September 2005

(2005/C 215/01)

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

1,2388

136,95

7,4584

0,68335

9,3325

1,5463

76,98

7,8445

1,9559

0,5729

29,340

15,6466

243,86

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

3,9821

3,5093

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

239,51

38,550

1,6653

1,6374

1,4708

9,6263

1,7747

2,0841

KRW South Korean won

1 280,67

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,8986

10,0280

7,4352

Indonesian rupiah

12 821,58

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,672

69,503

35,2090

50,927

(1) Rate applied to the most recent operation carried out before the indicated day. In the case of a variable rate tender,

the interest rate is the marginal rate.

(2) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1444/2005 of 2 September 2005 establishing a prohibition of fishing for redfish in NAFO zone 3M by vessels flying the flag of Spain
Date: 2005-09-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, fishing area, fishing rights, sea fish

L 229/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.9.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1444/2005

of 2 September 2005

establishing a prohibition of fishing for redfish in NAFO zone 3M by vessels flying the flag of Spain

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock
and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

regard

Having
to Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of
20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploi-
the common fisheries
tation of
policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,

resources under

fisheries

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of
12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to
common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3)
thereof,

Whereas:

Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in
the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein
for 2005 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out
in that Annex.

Article 2

Prohibitions

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 of 22 December
2004 fixing for 2005 the fishing opportunities and asso-
ciated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of
fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and for
in waters where catch limitations
Community vessels,
are required (3), lays down quotas for 2005.

Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation
by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State
referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in
that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship
or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.

to

the

information

the
received
According
the stock referred to in the
Commission, catches of
Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of
or registered in the Member State referred to therein
have exhausted the quota allocated for 2005.

by

Article 3

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication 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, 2 September 2005.

For the Commission

Jörgen HOLMQUIST
Director-General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.
(2) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 768/2005 (OJ L 128, 21.5.2005, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 12, 14.1.2005, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1300/2005 (OJ L 207, 10.8.2005, p. 1).

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 229/5

Member State

Stock

Species

Zone

Date

ANNEX

SPAIN

RED/N3M.

Redfish (Sebastes spp.)

NAFO 3M

10.8.2005
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3930 — LBO/Wheelabrator Allevard) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-09-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, iron and steel industry, merger control

2.9.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 215/7

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3930 — LBO/Wheelabrator Allevard)

(2005/C 215/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 25 August 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 WHA Holding SAS
(France), controlled by LBO France Gestion (‘LBO’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Wheelabrator Allevard SA (‘WHA’, France)
by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking LBO: investment company;

— for undertaking WHA: metallic abrasives and diamond tools.

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.3930 — LBO/Wheelabrator Allevard, 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.