do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
2005/918/EC: Decision of the European Central Bank of  9 December 2005  on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2006  (ECB/2005/14)
Date: 2005-12-09
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: EU Member State, European Central Bank, euro, euro area, issuing of currency, money

20.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 333/55

EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

of 9 December 2005

on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2006

(ECB/2005/14)

(2005/918/EC)

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular to Article 106(2) thereof,

establishing the European

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The European Central Bank (ECB) has the exclusive right
from 1 January 1999 to approve the volume of coins
issued by the Member States that have adopted the euro
(the participating Member States).

The participating Member States have submitted to the
ECB for approval their estimates of the volume of euro
coins to be issued in 2006, supplemented by explanatory
notes on the forecasting methodology,

Belgium

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

(EUR million)

Issuance of coins intended for circulation
and issuance of collector coins (not
intended for circulation) in 2006

145,5

500,0

71,4

625,0

362,0

76,0

772,4

45,0

60,0

177,0

150,0

60,0

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Article 2

Final provision

This Decision is addressed to the participating Member States.

Approval of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2006

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 9 December 2005.

The ECB hereby approves the volume of coins to be issued by
the participating Member States in 2006 as described in the
following table:

The President of the ECB

Jean-Claude TRICHET
2005/886/EC: Commission Decision of  9 December 2005  releasing Cyprus and Malta from the obligation to apply Council Directive 2002/54/EC on the marketing of beet seed  (notified under document number C(2005) 4756)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cyprus, Malta, derogation from EU law, marketing, root vegetable, seed

13.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 326/39

COMMISSION DECISION

of 9 December 2005

releasing Cyprus and Malta from the obligation to apply Council Directive 2002/54/EC on the
marketing of beet seed

(notified under document number C(2005) 4756)

(Only the Greek and Maltese texts are authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/886/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/54/EC of 13 June
2002 on the marketing of beet seed (1), and in particular
Article 30a thereof,

(3)

(4)

As long as those conditions remain, the relevant Member
States should be released from the obligation to apply
the provisions of Directive 2002/54/EC to the material in
question.

in this Decision are in
The measures provided for
accordance with
Standing
the
Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agri-
culture, Horticulture and Forestry,

opinion

the

of

Having regard to the requests submitted by Cyprus and Malta,

Article 1

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Directive 2002/54/EC sets out certain provisions for the
marketing of beet seed. This Directive also provides that,
subject
to certain conditions, Member States may be
wholly or partly released from the obligation to apply
this Directive.

Seed of beet is not normally reproduced or marketed in
Cyprus and Malta. In addition, the growing of beet is of
minimal economic importance in the abovementioned
countries.

Cyprus and Malta are hereby released from the obligation to
apply Directive 2002/54/EC, with the exception of Article 20.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Cyprus and the
Republic of Malta.

Done at Brussels, 9 December 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 12. Directive as last amended by Directive

2004/117/EC (OJ L 14, 18.1.2005, p. 18).
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1997/2005 of  7 December 2005  fixing the export refunds on pigmeat ( OJ L 320, 8.12.2005 )
Date: 2005-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, pigmeat

L 322/38

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.12.2005

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1997/2005 of 7 December 2005 fixing the export refunds on
pigmeat

(Official Journal of the European Union L 320 of 8 December 2005)

On page 41, in the Annex, in the second column ‘Destination’, for all products:

for:

read:

‘P06’,
‘P08’.

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 of 14 December 2001 laying down detailed rules
for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk
products and opening tariff quotas

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 341 of 22 December 2001)

On page 48, in Annex I.E, seventh column ‘six-monthly’, with regard to CN code 0406 90 78:
for:

‘3 375’,
‘3 250’.

read:
Commission Communication recognising the obsolescence of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2677/75 of  6 October 1975  applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 3254/74 of  17 December 1974 , applying Regulation (EEC) No 1055/72 on notifying the Commission of imports of crude oil and natural gas, to petroleum products falling within subheadings 27.10 A, B, C I and C II of the Common Customs Tariff
Date: 2005-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community acquis, EU law, disclosure of information, hydrocarbon, import policy, simplification of legislation

9.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 311/15

COMMISSION COMMUNICATION

recognising the obsolescence of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2677/75 of 6 October 1975
applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 3254/74 of 17 December 1974, applying Regulation (EEC)
No 1055/72 on notifying the Commission of imports of crude oil and natural gas, to petroleum
products falling within subheadings 27.10 A, B, C I and C II of the Common Customs Tariff

(2005/C 311/04)

In accordance with the guidelines on the reduction of the active Community acquis, and in the context of
simplifying Commission acts, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2677/75 is hereby removed from the
active Community acquis and consequently will no longer appear in the Directory of Community legislation
in force.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 of  14 December 2001  laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas ( OJ L 341, 22.12.2001 )
Date: 2005-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: extra-EU trade, import licence, intra-EU trade, milk, milk product, quantitative restriction

L 322/38

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.12.2005

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1997/2005 of 7 December 2005 fixing the export refunds on
pigmeat

(Official Journal of the European Union L 320 of 8 December 2005)

On page 41, in the Annex, in the second column ‘Destination’, for all products:

for:

read:

‘P06’,
‘P08’.

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 of 14 December 2001 laying down detailed rules
for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk
products and opening tariff quotas

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 341 of 22 December 2001)

On page 48, in Annex I.E, seventh column ‘six-monthly’, with regard to CN code 0406 90 78:
for:

‘3 375’,
‘3 250’.

read:
Opinion of the European Central Bank of  9 December 2005  at the request of the Council of the European Union on a proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2004/39/EC on markets in financial instruments, as regards certain deadlines (CON/2005/53)
Date: 2005-12-09
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: European Central Bank, application of EU law, financial instrument, financial market, investment company, national implementing measure

20.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 323/31

EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

of 9 December 2005

at the request of the Council of the European Union on a proposal for a directive of the European
Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2004/39/EC on markets in financial instruments,
as regards certain deadlines

(CON/2005/53)

(2005/C 323/10)

1. On 20 October 2005, the European Central Bank (ECB) received a request from the Council of the
European Union for an opinion on a proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the
Council amending Directive 2004/39/EC on markets in financial instruments, as regards certain dead-
lines (1) (hereinafter the ‘proposed directive’).

2. The ECB's competence to deliver an opinion is based on the first indent of Article 105(4) of the Treaty
establishing the European Community, since the proposed directive contains provisions which have a
bearing on the functioning and integration of EU financial markets and which could possibly affect
financial stability. In accordance with the first sentence of Article 17.5 of the Rules of Procedure of the
European Central Bank, the Governing Council has adopted this opinion.

3. The ECB welcomes the extension by six months until October 2006 of the deadline by which Member
States must transpose Directive 2004/39/EC (2) into national
law and the granting of an extra six
months after transposition for the effective application of Directive 2004/39/EC, steps which have
proven necessary for both Member States and investment firms. Moreover, the ECB understands that
the Council and the European Parliament are currently considering extending the deadlines by a further
three months to nine months. The ECB would have no objections to such an extension either.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 9 December 2005.

The President of the ECB

Jean-Claude TRICHET

(1) (COM(2005) 253 final).
(2) Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in financial
instruments amending Council Directives 85/611/EEC and 93/6/EEC and Directive 2000/12/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 93/22/EEC (OJ L 145, 30.4.2004, p. 1).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2020/2005 of  9 December 2005  determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2005-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

10.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 324/25

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2020/2005

of 9 December 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 21,677 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 December 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 December 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).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2013/2005 of  9 December 2005  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2005-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

10.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 324/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2013/2005

of 9 December 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 10 December 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 December 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 324/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.12.2005

to Commission Regulation of 9 December 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 10 20

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
212
999

052
204
220
999

052
204
999

052
204
382
388
508
524
999

052
204
999

052
400
624
999

052
999

400
404
720
999

052
400
720
999

124,3
48,4
90,9
87,9

114,6
58,0
147,3
106,6

137,4
95,4
116,4

72,7
70,8
31,4
22,0
13,2
38,5
41,4

73,9
66,4
70,2

74,4
78,4
80,1
77,6

65,1
65,1

107,7
89,1
74,1
90,3

104,1
125,5
63,1
97,6

(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’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3959 — Goldman Sachs/Ihr Platz) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chain store, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, securities

C 311/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.12.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3959 — Goldman Sachs/Ihr Platz)

(2005/C 311/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 9 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 32005M3959. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

9.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 311/13

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

8 December 2005

(2005/C 311/02)

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

1,1764

141,82

7,4491

0,67495

9,4217

1,5387

76,08

7,9250

1,9561

0,5733

29,098

15,6466

255,65

3,4528

0,6980

0,4293

3,8593

3,6480

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

38,020

1,5996

1,5762

1,3677

9,1220

1,6833

1,9833

KRW South Korean won

1 217,10

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,4911

9,5030

7,3933

Indonesian rupiah

11 499,31

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,441

63,108

34,1030

48,548

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.