do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3831 — Oranje-Nassau Group/SHV Holding/Edinburgh Oil & Gas) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-09-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, gas industry, merger control, oil industry, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 222/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.9.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3908 — ABN AMRO/IMCD)

(2005/C 222/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 31 August 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 Regu-
lation (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 32005M3908. 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.3831 — Oranje-Nassau Group/SHV Holding/Edinburgh Oil & Gas)

(2005/C 222/09)

(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 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 32005M3831. 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.3820 — AVNET/MEMEC) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-09-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: distributor, economic concentration, electronic component, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

9.9.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 222/5

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3907 — Bertelsmann/Channel 5)

(2005/C 222/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 26 August 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 Regu-
lation (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 32005M3907. 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.3820 — AVNET/MEMEC)

(2005/C 222/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 24 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 32005M3820. 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.3752 — Verizon/MCI) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-09-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Internet access provider, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, service, telecommunications

9.9.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 222/3

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3752 — Verizon/MCI)

(2005/C 222/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 2 September 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 Verizon Communica-
tions Inc. (‘Verizon’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control
of the whole of the undertaking MCI Inc (‘MCI’, USA) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Verizon: a provider of telecommunications services in the United States;

— MCI: a global provider of telecommunications and internet services.

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.3752 — Verizon/MCI, 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 1475/2005 of 9 September 2005 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2005-09-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

10.9.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 234/7

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1475/2005

of 9 September 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 20,206 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 September 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 September 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.3908 — ABN AMRO/IMCD) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-09-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, distributive trades, economic concentration, financial institution, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, service

C 222/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.9.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3908 — ABN AMRO/IMCD)

(2005/C 222/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 31 August 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 Regu-
lation (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 32005M3908. 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.3831 — Oranje-Nassau Group/SHV Holding/Edinburgh Oil & Gas)

(2005/C 222/09)

(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 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 32005M3831. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

9.9.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 222/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

8 September 2005

(2005/C 222/01)

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

1,2418

137,16

7,4564

0,6762

9,32

1,543

77,74

7,7895

1,9557

0,5729

29,172

15,6466

244,38

3,4528

0,6962

0,4293

3,9281

3,4942

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

239,41

38,145

1,66

1,6129

1,4686

9,6443

1,7622

2,0832

KRW South Korean won

1 273,71

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,8606

10,0518

7,435

Indonesian rupiah

12 852,63

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,6807

69,634

35,102

50,934

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1476/2005 of 9 September 2005 on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
Date: 2005-09-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, fresh meat, frozen product, import licence, refrigerated product

L 234/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.9.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1476/2005

of 9 September 2005

on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
beef and veal (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 of
27 May 1997 opening and providing for the administration of
tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and
for frozen buffalo meat (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 936/97 provides in Articles 4 and 5
the conditions for applications and for the issue of
import licences for meat referred to in Article 2(f).

Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 fixes the
amount of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and
veal meeting the definition laid down therein which may
be imported on special terms for the period 1 July 2005
to 30 June 2006 at 11 500 t.

It should be recalled that licences issued pursuant to this
Regulation will, throughout
the period of validity, be
open for use only in so far as provisions on health
protection in force permit,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

for

All

applications

1.
from 1 to 5
import
September 2005 for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef
and veal as referred to in Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No
936/97 shall be granted in full.

licences

2.
Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance
with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 936/97, during the first
five days of October 2005 for 3 391,363 t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 September 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 September 2005.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1782/2003 (OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 137, 28.5.1997, p. 10. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1118/2004 (OJ L 217, 17.6.2004, p. 10).