do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4042 — Toepfer/InVivo/Soulès) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-11-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural production, animal nutrition, economic concentration, exchange of information, marketing, merger control

30.11.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 300/37

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4042 — Toepfer/InVivo/Soulès)

(2005/C 300/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 18 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 Union
InVivvo (‘InVivo’, France) and Alfred C. Toepfer International Netherlands B.V. (‘ACTI’, the Netherlands)
belonging to the group Archer Daniel Midlands Company (‘ADM’, USA) acquire within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Soulès CAF S.A. (‘Soulès’, France)
by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking InVivo: agricultural purchasing, sales and services;

— for undertaking ACTI: trading of agricultural commodities;

— for undertaking ADM: procuring, processing and merchandising of agricultural products;

— for undertaking Soulès: distribution of non-grain feed ingredients.

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.4042 — Toepfer/InVivo/Soulès, to the following address:

European Commission
Competition DG
Merger Registry
J-70
BE-1049 Brussels

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Public presentation of the preliminary findings of the energy sector inquiry   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-11-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU control, competition law, disclosure of information, electrical energy, exchange of information, gas

30.11.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 300/35

Public presentation of the preliminary findings of the energy sector inquiry

(2005/C 300/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

The European Commission has conducted a sector inquiry into the gas and electricity sectors under Article
17 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003. A public presentation of the preliminary findings of this inquiry will be
held in Brussels on 16 February 2006 and an opportunity to comment will be given. Interest in attending
this public presentation should be expressed before 13 January 2006 by e-mail to:

comp-energy-sector-inquiry@cec.eu.int

Further information can be found on the website of the Competition DG:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/antitrust/others/sector_inquiries/energy/
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4037 — Gerdau/Grupo Santander/Bogey/Sidenor) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-11-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, financial market, holding company, iron and steel industry, merger control, shareholding

C 300/36

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.11.2005

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4037 — Gerdau/Grupo Santander/Bogey/Sidenor)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 300/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 18 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 Gerdau S.A.
(‘Gerdau’, Brazil), Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A. (‘Grupo Santander’, Spain) and Bogey Holding
Company Spain S.L. (‘Bogey’, Spain) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regu-
lation joint control of Corporación Sidenor, S.A. (‘Sidenor’, Spain) by way of purchase of shares and
contract of management.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Gerdau: manufacture and distribution of steel;

— for undertaking Grupo Santander: financial and banking activities;

— for undertaking Bogey: holding of securities;

— for undertaking Sidenor: manufacture and distribution of specialty steel.

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.4037 — Gerdau/Grupo Santander/Bogey/Sidenor,
to the following
address:

European Commission
Competition DG
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 1958/2005 of  30 November 2005  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2005-11-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

1.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 315/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1958/2005

of 30 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 1 December 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 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).

L 315/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.12.2005

to Commission Regulation of 30 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
220
999

388
400
404
720
999

052
400
720
999

50,9
30,1
40,5

138,0
51,4
94,7

119,0
79,5
99,3

57,3
79,3
68,3

72,0
107,8
89,9

65,9
47,3
56,6

68,7
94,4
89,9
63,0
79,0

73,0
92,7
49,3
71,7

(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’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3885 — Apax/Barclays/Tchenguiz/Somerfield/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-11-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, provision of services, restrictive-practice authorisation, retail trade

C 300/38

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.11.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3885 — Apax/Barclays/Tchenguiz/Somerfield/JV)

(2005/C 300/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 18 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 32005M3885. 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.3925 — UPS/LYNX)

(2005/C 300/11)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 23 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 32005M3925. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1960/2005 of  30 November 2005  determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2005-11-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

L 315/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.12.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1960/2005

of 30 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 21,547 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 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).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3925 — UPS/LYNX) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-11-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: delivery, disclosure of information, economic concentration, freight rate, logistics, merger control, postal service, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 300/38

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.11.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3885 — Apax/Barclays/Tchenguiz/Somerfield/JV)

(2005/C 300/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 18 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 32005M3885. 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.3925 — UPS/LYNX)

(2005/C 300/11)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 23 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 32005M3925. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-11-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

30.11.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 300/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

29 November 2005

(2005/C 300/01)

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

1,1793

140,57

7,4551

0,68430

9,5020

1,5476

74,77

7,9490

1,9555

0,5735

28,990

15,6466

251,46

3,4528

0,6961

0,4293

3,9038

3,6476

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

239,50

37,868

1,6004

1,5933

1,3787

9,1441

1,6790

1,9936

KRW South Korean won

1 222,23

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,6361

9,5283

7,3990

Indonesian rupiah

11 840,17

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,458

63,614

33,9010

48,589

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.