do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Annual Report 2004
Date: 2005-11-18
Institutions: European Ombudsman
Subjects: European Ombudsman, activity report

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EUROPEAN OMBUDSMAN

Annual Report 2004

(2005/C 287/07)

The European Ombudsman has presented his Annual Report for the year 2004 to the European Parlia-
ment, in accordance with Article 195(1) of the Treaty establishing the European Community and Article
3(8) of the Decision of the European Parliament on the Regulations and General Conditions Governing the
performance of the Ombudsman's Duties.

The Annual Report as well as a shorter version containing only the Executive Summary and the Statistics
are available on the European Ombudsman's website in all 20 official
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Paper copies of these publications can be requested free of charge from the European Ombudsman's office:
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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1893/2005 of 18 November 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2005-11-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit

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19.11.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1893/2005

of 18 November 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 19 November 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 November 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 18 November 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 20 10

0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70,
0805 20 90

0805 50 10

0806 10 10

0808 10 80

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
999

052
204
999

052
204
999

204
388
999

052
624
999

052
388
999

052
400
508
720
999

388
400
404
512
720
800
999

052
720
999

56,5
39,1
47,8

124,0
30,3
77,2

108,7
76,2
92,5

74,4
85,5
80,0

67,6
113,6
90,6

67,2
74,2
70,7

110,8
241,9
275,3
86,9
178,7

69,3
102,0
101,3
132,0
42,6
141,8
98,2

95,1
67,8
81,5

(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 1896/2005 of 18 November 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 887/2005 opening crisis distillation as provided for in Article 30 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for certain wines in Greece
Date: 2005-11-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greece, agricultural surplus, distillation, market intervention, viticulture

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1896/2005

of 18 November 2005

amending Regulation (EC) No 887/2005 opening crisis distillation as provided for in Article 30 of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for certain wines in Greece

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
wine (1), and in particular Article 33(1)(f) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 887/2005 (2) opened
crisis distillation under Article 30 of Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999 for certain wines produced in Greece.

Since this is the first time that crisis distillation has been
applied in Greece, some practical problems have been
encountered in launching the system. Certain producers
wishing to deliver their wine for distillation may be
unable to do so by the deadline set. To ensure that the
measure is effective, therefore, the period for delivering
the wine to distilleries as provided for in Regulation (EC)
No 887/2005 should be extended until 31 January 2006.

(4)

(5)

To ensure continuity of
the measure,
should apply from 15 November 2005.

this Regulation

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Wine,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The first paragraph of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No
887/2005 is hereby replaced by the following:

‘1.
The quantities of wine covered by approved contracts
shall be delivered to the distilleries not later than 31 January
2006. The alcohol obtained shall be delivered to the inter-
vention agency in accordance with Article 6(1) not later than
15 March 2006.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 887/2005 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

It shall apply from 15 November 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 November 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by the 2003

Act of Accession.

(2) OJ L 148, 11.6.2005, p. 34.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3932 — ThyssenKrupp/Hellenic Shipyards) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-11-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: capital goods, economic concentration, exchange of information, industrial building, merger control, shipbuilding, steel

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Initiation of proceedings

(Case COMP/M.3916 — T-Mobile Austria/Tele.ring)

(2005/C 287/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 14 November 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 (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference No COMP/M.3916 — T-Mobile
Austria/Tele.ring, to the following address:
European Commission
Competition DG
Merger Registry
J-70
BE-1049 Brussels

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3932 — ThyssenKrupp/Hellenic Shipyards)

(2005/C 287/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 10 November 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 32005M3932. 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.3982 — Technip/Subsea 7/Asia Pacific JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-11-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, gas industry, merger control, oil industry, services company

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3982 — Technip/Subsea 7/Asia Pacific JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 287/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 14 November 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 Technip S.A.
(‘Technip’, France) and Subsea 7 Pty Ltd (‘Subsea 7’, Singapore) acquire within the meaning of Article
3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of a company (‘JV’), by way of purchase of shares in a newly
created company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Technip: services for engineering, procurement, construction, installation and maintenance of facil-

ities for subsea production and transportation of oil and gas,

— for Subsea 7: services for engineering, procurement, construction, installation and maintenance of facil-

ities for subsea production and transportation of oil and gas,

— for JV: services for engineering, procurement, construction, installation and maintenance of facilities for
subsea production and transportation of oil and gas, including supply of flexible pipe, in the Asia
Pacific region.

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.3982 — Technip/Subsea 7/Asia Pacific JV, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
Merger Registry
J-70
BE-1049 Brussels

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.
Corrigendum to Council Decision 2005/696/EC, Euratom of 3 October 2005 amending the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice, in order to lay down the conditions and limits for the review by the Court of Justice of decisions given by the Court of First Instance (OJ L 266, 11.10.2005)
Date: 2005-11-18
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union, General Court (EU), operation of the Institutions

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CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Council Decision 2005/696/EC, Euratom of 3 October 2005 amending the Protocol on the
Statute of the Court of Justice, in order to lay down the conditions and limits for the review by the Court of
Justice of decisions given by the Court of First Instance

(Official Journal of the European Union L 266 of 11 October 2005)

Page 61, introductory words to Article 1

For:

Read:

‘The following Articles shall be inserted between Articles 62 and 63 of the Protocol of the Statute of the Court of
Justice:’;
‘The existing Article 62a of the Protocol of the Statute of the Court of Justice shall become Article 62c and the
following Articles shall be inserted:’.
Initiation of proceedings (Case COMP/M.3916 — T-Mobile Austria/Tele.ring) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-11-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, telecommunications industry

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C 287/5

Initiation of proceedings

(Case COMP/M.3916 — T-Mobile Austria/Tele.ring)

(2005/C 287/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 14 November 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 (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference No COMP/M.3916 — T-Mobile
Austria/Tele.ring, to the following address:
European Commission
Competition DG
Merger Registry
J-70
BE-1049 Brussels

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3932 — ThyssenKrupp/Hellenic Shipyards)

(2005/C 287/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 10 November 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 32005M3932. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1897/2005 of 18 November 2005 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2005-11-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1897/2005

of 18 November 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 22,102 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 November 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 November 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).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4035 — Telefónica/O2) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-11-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, telecommunications industry

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4035 — Telefónica/O2)

(2005/C 287/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 14 November 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 Telefónica
S.A. (‘Telefónica’, Spain) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of
the whole of O2 PLC (‘O2’, UK) by way of public bid announced on 31 October 2005.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Telefónica: global telecommunications company present in Europe, Africa and South America,

— for undertaking O2: mobile communications services in the UK, Germany, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

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.4035 — Telefónica/O2, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
Merger Registry
J-70
BE-1049 Brussels

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1880/2005 of 17 November 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2005-11-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit

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I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1880/2005

of 17 November 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 18 November 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 November 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 17 November 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 20 10

0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70,
0805 20 90

0805 50 10

0806 10 10

0808 10 80

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
096
204
999

052
204
999

052
204
999

204
388
999

052
624
999

052
388
999

052
400
508
624
720
999

388
400
404
512
800
999

052
720
999

56,5
36,8
37,6
43,6

134,2
30,3
82,3

109,2
71,8
90,5

74,1
85,5
79,8

87,3
88,1
87,7

70,4
71,6
71,0

104,8
214,6
267,0
162,5
99,7
169,7

99,6
118,3
99,0
132,0
141,8
118,1

126,0
43,1
84,6

(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’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-11-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

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(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

17 November 2005

(2005/C 287/01)

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

1,1692

138,82

7,4560

0,67950

9,6133

1,5467

72,40

7,8545

1,9557

0,5734

29,344

15,6466

252,23

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

3,9755

3,6357

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

38,684

1,5890

1,5944

1,3892

9,0655

1,7028

1,9882

KRW South Korean won

1 210,71

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,8480

9,4524

7,3570

Indonesian rupiah

11 750,46

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,420

63,581

33,7380

48,146

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.