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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1571/2005 of 28 September 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2005-09-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

29.9.2005

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Official Journal of the European Union

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1571/2005

of 28 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 29 September 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 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 386/2005 (OJ L 62, 9.3.2005, p. 3).

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to Commission Regulation of 28 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
204
999

052
999

052
999

052
382
388
524
528
999

052
096
220
624
999

388
400
508
512
528
800
804
999

052
388
720
999

052
624
999

052
066
388
508
624
999

29,5
29,4
40,8
33,2

97,0
97,0

64,1
64,1

65,0
63,8
67,7
62,6
60,6
63,9

77,3
52,6
86,5
181,7
99,5

84,1
88,6
31,4
86,3
46,8
143,1
80,1
80,1

89,6
69,4
75,4
78,1

89,7
73,7
81,7

68,5
64,4
18,0
24,5
110,9
57,3

(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’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1575/2005 of 28 September 2005 fixing the definitive rate of refund and the percentage of system B export licences to be issued in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, oranges, table grapes, apples and peaches)
Date: 2005-09-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, export licence, fruit vegetable, grape, pip fruit, stone fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1575/2005

of 28 September 2005

fixing the definitive rate of refund and the percentage of system B export licences to be issued in
the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, oranges, table grapes, apples and peaches)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of
28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market
in fruit and vegetables (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001
of 8 October 2001 on detailed rules for implementing Council
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit
and vegetables (2), and in particular Article 6(7) thereof,

Whereas:

The definitive rate of refund for tomatoes, oranges, table
grapes, apples and peaches covered by licences applied
system B between 1 July 2005 to 15
for under
September 2005, should be fixed at the indicative rate,
and the percentage of licences to be issued for the quan-
tities applied for should be laid down,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

for

system B export

submitted
For applications
to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2005
pursuant
between 1 July 2005 and 15 September 2005, the percentages
of licences to be issued and the rates of refund applicable are
fixed in the Annex hereto.

licences

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2005 (3) fixed the
indicative quantities for the issue of B system export
licences.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 September 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 September 2005.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (OJ L 7, 11.1.2003,
p. 64).

(2) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 386/2005 (OJ L 62, 9.3.2005, p. 3).

(3) OJ L 160, 23.6.2005, p. 19. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1078/2005 (OJ L 177, 9.7.2005, p. 3).

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Percentages for the issuing of licences and rates of refund applicable to system B licences applied for between
1 July 2005 to 15 September 2005 (tomatoes, oranges, table grapes, apples and peaches)

ANNEX

Product

Rate of refund
(EUR/t net)

Percentages of licences to
be issued for the quan-
tities applied for

Tomatoes

Oranges

Table grapes

Apples

Peaches

35

38

25

36

13

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-09-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

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(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

27 September 2005

(2005/C 238/01)

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

1,2005

136,01

7,4622

0,68025

9,3875

1,5578

75,49

7,8205

1,9557

0,5731

29,381

15,6466

247,25

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

3,8963

3,5323

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

38,588

1,6150

1,5907

1,4095

9,3129

1,7647

2,0321

KRW South Korean won

1 243,42

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,6764

9,7144

7,4515

Indonesian rupiah

12 335,14

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,526

67,576

34,2850

49,529

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the  Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organisation of the market in raw tobacco (COM(2005) 235 final — 2005/0105 (CNS))
Date: 2005-09-28
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: common organisation of markets, tobacco

C 24/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

31.1.2006

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Regu-
lation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organisation of the market in raw
tobacco’

(COM(2005) 235 final — 2005/0105 (CNS))

(2006/C 24/06)

On 14 June 2005, the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee, under
Article 37 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the abovementioned proposal.

The Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment, which was responsible for preparing
the Committee's work on this subject, adopted its opinion on 7 September 2005. The rapporteur (working
without a study group) was Mr Fakas.

At its 420th plenary session of 28/29 September 2005 (meeting of 28 September 2005), the European
Economic and Social Committee adopted the following opinion by 151 votes in favour, 3 against and 14
abstentions.

1. Introduction

2. Comments

Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organisation of
the market in raw tobacco provides for a system of premiums
and production quotas in Titles I and II respectively. This
support system will be applied for the last time for the 2005
harvest.

Under the second package of the CAP reform agreed in April
2004 for Mediterranean products the premium and production
quota system is to be discontinued from the 2006 harvest.

In addition, it is no longer necessary to maintain the provision
for the quota buy-back programme in respect of the 2005
harvest. Consequently certain articles and the Annex to Regu-
lation (EEC) 2075/92 will become ineffective and will have to
be abolished for reasons of legal clarity and transparency.

2.1
The EESC considers the Commission's proposal to be
the corollary of the reform in the tobacco regime adopted in
April 2004, which provided for the system of premiums and
production quotas to be abandoned and for the new system of
decoupled support to be established.

The EESC believes that

2.2
for reasons of simplification
following the 2004 reform and the discussions ongoing in the
‘direct aid’ management committee, it would be more useful
and practical for the Commission to submit a proposal for a
consolidated version of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 rather
than recommending amendments to, and removal of, certain
articles.

On 3 June 2005 the Commission therefore submitted to the
Council a proposal for a Regulation adapting Regulation (EEC)
No 2075/92 further to the 2004 reform in relation to tobacco.

2.3
The EESC sees the proposal as a formal document,
required for reasons of legal clarity and transparency. It is a
move in the right direction and is accepted by the Committee.

Brussels, 28 September 2005.

The President

of the European Economic and Social Committee

Anne-Marie SIGMUND
Decision No 1776/2005/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 September 2005 amending Council Decision 2000/819/EC on a multiannual programme for enterprise and entrepreneurship, and in particular for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) (2001 to 2005)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-09-28
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU programme, aid to undertakings, entrepreneurship, financial aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

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3.11.2005

DECISION No 1776/2005/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 28 September 2005

amending Council Decision 2000/819/EC on a multiannual programme for enterprise and
entrepreneurship, and in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) (2001 to
2005)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(4) The Committee of the Regions was consulted, but has

not delivered an opinion,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Decision 2000/819/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1.

2.

in Article 7(1), the financial reference amount of ‘EUR
450 million’ shall be replaced by ‘EUR 538 500 000’;

in Article 8, the date of 31 December 2005 shall be
replaced by that of 31 December 2006.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

into force on the day of

its

Done at Strasbourg, 28 September 2005.

For the European Parliament
The President
J. BORRELL FONTELLES

For the Council
The President
D. ALEXANDER

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 157(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and
Social Committee (1),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 251 of the Treaty (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

It is essential to ensure the continuity of Community
for enterprise and entrepreneurship, and in
support
particular
and medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs).

small

for

It is therefore appropriate to extend the period of validity
of Decision 2000/819/EC (3) by another year until
31 December 2006 and increase the financial reference
amount by EUR 88,5 million.

(3) Decision 2000/819/EC should be amended accordingly.

(1) Opinion delivered on 9 March 2005 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(2) Opinion of the European Parliament of 26 May 2005 (not yet
Journal) and Council Decision of

published in the Official
18 July 2005.

(3) OJ L 333, 29.12.2000, p. 84. Decision as last amended by
Decision No 593/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council (OJ L 268, 16.8.2004, p. 3).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3964 — Berkshire Hathaway/MEHC) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-09-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, exchange of information, gas, insurance, merger control, undisclosed partnership

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3964 — Berkshire Hathaway/MEHC)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 238/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 20 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 Berkshire
Hathaway Inc (‘BHI’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control
of the whole of the undertaking MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company (‘MEHC’, USA) by way of
converting its Preferred Stock into common voting shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for BHI: holding company mainly active in the provision of insurance services,

— for MEHC: holding company mainly active in the generation, transmission, distribution and selling of

electricity and gas.

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. 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.3964 — Berkshire Hathaway/MEHC, 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.