do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1630/2005 of 5 October 2005 laying down the reduction coefficient to be applied under tariff subquota III for common wheat of a quality other than high quality opened by Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002
Date: 2005-10-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common wheat, import, import licence, tariff quota, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1630/2005

of 5 October 2005

laying down the reduction coefficient to be applied under tariff subquota III for common wheat of
a quality other than high quality opened by Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002

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),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002
of 27 December 2002 opening and providing for the adminis-
tration of Community tariff quotas for common wheat of a
quality other than high quality from third countries and dero-
gating from Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (2), and in
particular Article 5(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002 opens an annual tariff
quota of 2 981 600 tonnes of common wheat of a
quality other than high quality. That quota is divided
into three subquotas.

(2)

(3)

Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002 fixes a
quantity of 592 900 tonnes for subquota III
for the
period 1 October to 31 December 2005.

The quantities applied for on 3 October 2005,
in
accordance with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No
2375/2002, exceed the quantities available. The extent
to which licences may be issued should therefore be
determined and a reduction coefficient laid down to be
applied to the quantities applied for,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

licence for subquota III

Each application for an import
for
common wheat of a quality other than high quality lodged
and forwarded to the Commission on 3 October 2005 in
accordance with Article 5(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC)
No 2375/2002 shall be accepted at a rate of 0,3 % of the
quantity applied for.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 October 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 October 2005.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as

(EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ

amended by
L 187,

Commission Regulation
19.7.2005, p. 11).

(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 88. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 777/2004 (OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 50).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3960 — Barclays Private Equity/Alstom Power Conversion) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-10-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical industry, investment company, merger control

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5.10.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3960 — Barclays Private Equity/Alstom Power Conversion)

(2005/C 245/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 26 September 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 32005M3960. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1627/2005 of 5 October 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2005-10-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit

6.10.2005

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1627/2005

of 5 October 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 6 October 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 October 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 5 October 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

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
096
999

052
999

052
999

052
388
524
528
999

052
388
624
999

388
400
508
512
528
720
800
804
999

052
388
999

47,4
34,2
40,8

102,5
102,5

83,4
83,4

74,4
69,8
67,9
62,7
68,7

86,9
79,9
163,0
109,9

97,7
134,2
26,4
82,6
45,5
28,0
164,2
72,9
81,4

92,8
67,1
80,0

(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’.
Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 2,06 % on 1 October 2005 — Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-10-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, exchange rate, interest

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(Information)

COMMISSION

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

2,06 % on 1 October 2005

Euro exchange rates (2)

4 October 2005

(2005/C 245/01)

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

1,1938

136,44

7,4627

0,67860

9,3210

1,5508

73,48

7,8815

1,9559

0,5731

29,608

15,6466

250,49

3,4528

0,6965

0,4293

3,9328

3,5490

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

239,54

38,815

1,6151

1,5627

1,3935

9,2606

1,7183

2,0220

KRW South Korean won

1 243,88

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,6898

9,6602

7,4045

Indonesian rupiah

12 170,79

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,501

66,859

34,1710

49,081

(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.
Initiation of proceedings (Case COMP/M.3796 — Omya/J.M. Huber PCC) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-10-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, merger control

5.10.2005

EN

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C 245/3

Initiation of proceedings

(Case COMP/M.3796 — Omya/J.M. Huber PCC)

(2005/C 245/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 23 September 2005, the Commission decided to initiate proceedings in the above-mentioned case after
finding that the notified concentration raises serious doubts as to its compatibility with the common
market. The initiation of proceedings opens a second phase investigation with regard to the notified
concentration. The decision is based on Article 6(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.

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

In order to be fully taken into account in the procedure, observations should reach the Commission not
later than 15 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by
fax (fax (32-2) 296 43 01 — 296 72 44) or by post, under reference COMP/M.3796 — Omya/J.M. Huber
PCC, to the following address:
Commission of the European Communities
Competition DG
Merger Registry
Rue Joseph II/Jozef II-straat 70
B-1000 Brussels