do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-11-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

22.11.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 289/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

21 November 2005

(2005/C 289/01)

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

1,1811

140,41

7,4594

0,68675

9,5722

1,5488

73,17

7,8935

1,9558

0,5736

29,250

15,6466

253,85

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

3,9787

3,6551

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

38,700

1,6119

1,6022

1,4062

9,1580

1,7128

2,0051

KRW South Korean won

1 226,51

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,8363

9,5472

7,4049

Indonesian rupiah

11 852,34

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,464

64,642

33,9450

48,640

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3920 — France Telecom/Amena) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-11-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Spain, access to information, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, telecommunications

22.11.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 289/5

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3920 — France Telecom/Amena)

(2005/C 289/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 24 October 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 32005M3920. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
2006/112/EC: Decision No 7/2005 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers of  22 November 2005  concerning the use of a second allocation of EUR  250000000  from the conditional EUR  1000000000  under the ninth EDF to be used for the second instalment of the ACP-EU Water Facility
Date: 2005-11-22
Institutions: ACP Council of Ministers
Subjects: ACP countries, European Development Fund, development aid, drinking water, financing of aid

18.2.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 48/21

DECISION No 7/2005 OF THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

of 22 November 2005

concerning the use of
second allocation of EUR 250 000 000 from the conditional
EUR 1 000 000 000 under the ninth EDF to be used for the second instalment of the ACP-EU
Water Facility

a

(2006/112/EC)

THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS,

EUR 1 000 000 000 referred to in Article 2(2) of the
Internal Agreement for purposes to be agreed,

Having regard to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (1), and in
particular paragraph 8 of Annex I thereto,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Whereas:

Article 1

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

In accordance with the EU Declaration on the Financial
Protocol, annexed as Declaration XVIII to the ACP-EC
the total amount of
Partnership Agreement, out of
the ninth European Devel-
EUR 13 500 000 000 of
opment
only
for ACP
Fund
EUR 12 500 000 000 were immediately released upon
the Financial Protocol on 1
the entry into force of
April 2003.

countries,

(EDF)

On 22 March 2004 the Council of the EU agreed on the
establishment of a ‘Water Facility’ for ACP countries of
an amount of EUR 500 000 000 and to release a first
allocation of EUR 250 000 000. This decision was taken
on the basis that the level of commitments and disburs-
ements at the end of 2003 in conjunction with forecasts
the period 2004 to 2007 presented by the
for
Commission indicated that ninth EDF resources
for
ACP countries could be fully committed.

This first allocation of EUR 250 000 000 was released
and distributed.

By the said decision, the Council of the EU decided, in
the light of the outcome of the mid-term reviews of the
country strategies and of the performance review of the
EDF undertaken by the Council before the end of 2004,
to decide, before the end of 2005, on the mobilisation
second allocation of EUR 250 000 000 and
of
the conditional
the remaining EUR 500 000 000 of

a

The second allocation of EUR 250 000 000 shall be provided
out of the following funds:

1. EUR 185 000 000 from the envelope for support for long-
term development, referred to in paragraph 3(a) of
the
Financial Protocol;

2. EUR 24 000 000 from the envelope for regional cooperation
and integration, and paragraph 3(b) of the Financial Protocol;

3. EUR 41 000 000 from the Investment Facility in paragraph

3(c) of the Financial Protocol.

The amounts referred to in points 1 and 3 shall be transferred
to the intra-ACP allocation of the envelope for regional coop-
eration and integration.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 22 November 2005.

For the ACP-EC Council of Ministers
The President

A. JOHNSON

(1) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3871 — RBC/Dexia/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-11-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, merger control

C 289/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.11.2005

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3871 — RBC/Dexia/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 289/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 4 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 Dexia Banque Interna-
tionale a Luxembourg (‘Dexia’, Luxembourg) belonging to the Dexia group and Royal Bank of Canada
(‘RBC’, Canada) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the
undertaking RBC Dexia Investor Services (‘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 undertaking Dexia: retail banking, financial services, insurance,

— for undertaking RBC: banking, asset management, insurance,

— for undertaking JV: asset management

including mutual

funds, pension funds and institutional

accounts.

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.3871 — RBC/Dexia/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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1906/2005 of 22 November 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2005-11-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

L 304/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.11.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1906/2005

of 22 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 23 November 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 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 22 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

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
624
999

052
624
999

052
388
999

388
400
404
512
720
800
999

052
720
999

56,5
39,3
47,9

111,7
41,3
76,5

110,5
75,4
93,0

66,4
63,3
64,9

67,2
95,2
81,2

64,3
74,2
69,3

73,8
109,6
93,5
132,0
49,3
141,8
100,0

95,1
53,8
74,5

(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’.
Extract from the winding-up decision according to Article 14 of Directive 2001/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2001 on the reorganisation and winding-up of insurance undertakings concerning INGO BALTIC UADB
Date: 2005-11-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Lithuania, insurance company, judicial cooperation, judicial proceedings, liquidation

22.11.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 289/3

Extract from the winding-up decision according to Article 14 of Directive 2001/17/EC of the Euro-
pean Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2001 on the reorganisation and winding-up of
insurance undertakings concerning INGO BALTIC UADB

(2005/C 289/03)

The bankruptcy proceedings were initiated against private insurance company INGO BALTIC UADB
(company code 110426768) under a respective ruling of Vilnius Regional Court on 18 August 2005. The
court ruling came into effect on 30 August 2005.

Public company Jupoga (company code 5008557, Pramones str. 21a, Alytus, Lithuania, authorization No
48a for the rendering of bankruptcy administration services as issued by the Ministry of Economy of the
Republic of Lithuania, phone (370) 685 67424) has been appointed as the administrator of the company
that is subject to bankruptcy proceedings. Juozas Dzekunskas (certificate of competence No 468a) has been
appointed to act as assignee for the administrator.

Please send any creditors' claims immediately to the following address: Odminiu str. 3, LT-01122 Vilnius,
Lithuania. Further information is available by phone (370) 5 264 90 90, fax (370) 5 23 13 117, e-mail:
ingo@ingo.lt.

The authority authorized by the State to supervise the bankruptcy proceedings against the company shall
be the Insurance Supervisory Commission of the Republic of Lithuania (Ukmerges str. 222, Vilnius,
Lithuania, phone: (370) 5 243 13 70, fax: (370) 5 272 36 896, e-mail: dpk@dpk.lt).

Bankruptcy proceedings are governed by Lithuania's law.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1907/2005 of 22 November 2005 on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, oranges, lemons, table grapes and apples)
Date: 2005-11-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, export licence, fruit vegetable, grape, pip fruit

L 304/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.11.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1907/2005

of 22 November 2005

on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, oranges,
lemons, table grapes and apples)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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), and in particular the third subpar-
agraph of Article 35(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1756/2005 (2) opens an
invitation to tender setting the indicative refund rates and
indicative quantities for system A3 export licences, which
may be issued, other than those tendered for as part of
food aid.

the maximum
the tenders submitted,
In the light of
refund rates and the percentages of quantities to be
awarded for
tenders quoting those maximum rates
should be set.

lemons, table grapes
In the case of tomatoes, oranges,
and apples,
the maximum rate necessary to award
licences for the indicative quantity up to the quantities
tendered for is not more than one-and-a-half times the
indicative refund rate,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the case of tomatoes, oranges,
lemons, table grapes and
the maximum refund rates and the percentages for
apples,
reducing the quantities awarded under the invitation to tender
opened by Regulation (EC) No 1756/2005 shall be fixed in the
Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 November 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 November 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 285, 28.10.2005, p. 3.

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ANNEX

Issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetable sector (tomatoes, oranges, lemons, table grapes
and apples)

Product

Maximum refund rate
(EUR/t net)

Percentage awarded of quantities tendered
for quoting the maximum refund rate

Tomatoes

Oranges

Lemons

Table grapes

Apples

0

53

70

0

45

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %