do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4047 — Aviva/Ark Life) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, life assurance, merger control

16.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 321/21

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4047 — Aviva/Ark Life)

(2005/C 321/13)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 8 December 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 Hibernian Life Holdings
belonging to Aviva plc (‘Aviva’, UK) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regu-
lation control of the whole of Ark Life Assurance Company Limited (‘Ark Life’, Ireland) by way of purchase
of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Aviva: provision of life insurance products including protection, pensions and savings and investment

products and the provision of investment management services;

— Ark Life: provision of life insurance products including protection, pensions and savings and invest-

ment products.

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.4047 — Aviva/Ark Life, to the following address:

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

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3980 — Canon/Canon España) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, economic concentration, electronics industry, merger control, office supplies

C 321/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.12.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3963 — Philips/Lumileds)

(2005/C 321/14)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 24 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 32005M3963. 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.3980 — Canon/Canon España)

(2005/C 321/15)

(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 32005M3980. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2064/2005 of  16 December 2005  concerning the 95th special invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999
Date: 2005-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, skimmed milk powder

17.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 331/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2064/2005

of 16 December 2005

concerning the 95th special invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender
referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

(3)

(4)

Whereas:

(1)

Pursuant to Article 26 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2799/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down
detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No
1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed-milk
and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and
the sale of such skimmed-milk powder (2),
intervention
agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation to
tender certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder held
by them.

(2)

According
2799/1999,

to Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No
the tenders received in
in the light of

response to each individual
invitation to tender a
minimum selling price shall be fixed or a decision shall
be taken to make no award.

On the basis of the examination of the offers received,
the tendering procedure should not be proceeded with.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 95th individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regu-
lation (EC) No 2799/1999, in respect of which the time limit
for the submission of tenders expired on 13 December 2005,
no award shall be made.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 December 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 December 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 (OJ L 29, 3.2.2004, p. 6).

(2) OJ L 340, 31.12.1999, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2250/2004 (OJ L 381, 28.12.2004, p. 25).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2065/2005 of  16 December 2005  fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 32nd individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
Date: 2005-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, intervention price, minimum price, selling price

L 331/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.12.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2065/2005

of 16 December 2005

fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 32nd individual invitation to tender issued under
the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk
and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10(c) thereof,

award, in accordance with Article 24a of Regulation (EC)
No 2771/1999.

In the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling
price should be fixed.

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

(3)

(4)

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Pursuant to Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down
detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the
market
intervention agencies
have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender
certain quantities of butter held by them.

in butter and cream (2),

In the light of the tenders received in response to each
individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price
shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make no

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 32nd individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regu-
lation (EC) No 2771/1999, in respect of which the time limit
for the submission of tenders expired on 13 December 2005,
the minimum selling
at
256,00 EUR/100 kg.

butter

price

fixed

for

is

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 December 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 December 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 (OJ L 29, 3.2.2004,
p. 6).

(2) OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2250/2004 (OJ L 381, 28.12.2004, p. 25).
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of  12 January 2001  on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, service, small and medium-sized enterprises

C 321/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.12.2005

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC
Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises

(2005/C 321/12)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 102/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Sardinia

Title of aid scheme: Financing of networks of services for firms in industrial districts and in local produc-
tive clusters

Legal basis: L.R. 24.12.1998, n. 37, art. 4

Delibera di Giunta n. 21/23 del 21.7.2003

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 6 713 940,38

Maximum aid intensity: 35 % net grant equivalent + 15 % gross grant equivalent

Date of implementation: From 11 August 2003

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2003

Objective of aid: To promote the development and competitiveness of industrial districts and local
productive clusters in Sardinia by improving the networks of services to firms via the introduction of inno-
vative productive, commercial and promotion processes and productive, technological and commercial
interaction between firms operating in the same district or local productive cluster

Economic sector(s) concerned: All economic sectors excluding activities relating to the production,
processing or marketing of products listed in Annex 1 to the Treaty.

For the cork sector only the following sectors in the EC combined nomenclature are eligible:

— CN code 4502 (Natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in rectangular (including square) blocks,

plates, sheets or strip (including sharp-edged blanks for corks or stoppers);

— CN code 4503 (Articles of natural cork);

— CN code 4504 (Agglomerated cork (with or without a binding substance) and articles of agglomerated

cork)

Name and address of granting authority:
Regione Autonoma della Sardegna
Assessorato dell'Industria — Servizio Infrastrutture
Viale Trento n. 69
I-09123 Cagliari

Other information: The aid recipients are consortia and companies set up by consortia of SMEs operating
in the industrial districts identified by decree No 377 of 7 August 1997 of the Assessore responsible for
industry and local productive clusters identified by Delibera Giunta Regionale No 21/38 of 2 July 2002.
The recipients retain their status as SMEs
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2069/2005 of  16 December 2005  on the issue of import licences for certain preserved mushrooms imported under the autonomous tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1981/2005
Date: 2005-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, import licence, mushroom-growing, preserved product, tariff quota

17.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 331/17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2069/2005

of 16 December 2005

on the issue of import licences for certain preserved mushrooms imported under the autonomous
tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1981/2005

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1981/2005
of 5 December 2005 opening and providing for the adminis-
tration of
preserved
mushrooms (1), and in particular Article 6(3) thereof,

an autonomous

quota

tariff

for

Whereas:

Licence applications submitted by traditional and new importers
to the competent authorities of the Member States under Article
4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1981/2005 exceed the available
quantities. The extent to which licences may be issued should
therefore be determined,

Article 1

Import

licences applied for by traditional

importers
1.
pursuant
to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1981/2005
and submitted to the Commission on 15 December 2005
shall be issued for 8,407 % of the quantity applied for.

2.
Import licences applied for by new importers pursuant to
Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1981/2005 and submitted to
the Commission on 15 December 2005 shall be issued for
15,625 % of the quantity applied for.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 December 2005.

It shall apply until 31 March 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 December 2005.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 318, 6.12.2005, p. 4.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2066/2005 of  16 December 2005  fixing the minimum selling price for skimmed-milk powder for the 31st individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 214/2001
Date: 2005-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, intervention price, minimum price, selling price, skimmed milk powder

17.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 331/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2066/2005

of 16 December 2005

fixing the minimum selling price for skimmed-milk powder for the 31st individual invitation to
tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 214/2001

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10(c)
thereof,

shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make no
award, in accordance with Article 24a of Regulation (EC)
No 214/2001.

(3)

(4)

In the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling
price should be fixed.

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

Whereas:

(1)

Pursuant to Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 214/2001 of 12 January 2001 laying down detailed
rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No
in
1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market
skimmed milk (2), intervention agencies have put up for
sale by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of
skimmed-milk powder held by them.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 31st individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regu-
lation (EC) No 214/2001, in respect of which the time limit for
the submission of tenders expired on 13 December 2005, the
minimum selling price
fixed at
185,50 EUR/100 kg.

skimmed milk is

for

(2)

In the light of the tenders received in response to each
individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price

This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 December 2005.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 16 December 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 (OJ L 29, 3.2.2004,
p. 6).

(2) OJ L 37, 7.2.2001, p. 100. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2250/2004 (OJ L 381, 28.12.2004, p. 25).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2060/2005 of  16 December 2005  amending Regulation (EC) No 1065/2005 as regards the quantity covered by the standing invitation to tender for the export of barley held by the German intervention agency
Date: 2005-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, award of contract, barley, export, intervention agency

17.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 331/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2060/2005

of 16 December 2005

amending Regulation (EC) No 1065/2005 as regards the quantity covered by the standing invitation
to tender for the export of barley held by the German intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

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

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of
the
29 September 2003 on the common organisation of
market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1065/2005 is replaced by the
following:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (2) lays down
the procedure and conditions for the disposal of cereals
held by intervention agencies.

‘Article 2

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1065/2005 (3) has
opened a standing invitation to tender for the export
of 530 000 tonnes of barley held by the German inter-
vention agency.

Germany has informed the Commission of
its inter-
vention agency’s
intention to increase by 102 272
In
tonnes the quantity put out to tender for export.
view of this request, of the quantity available and of
the market situation,
the request made by Germany
should be granted.

The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of 632 272
tonnes of barley for export
to third countries with the
exception of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Canada, Croatia,
of
Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Romania, Serbia and
Montenegro (*), Switzerland and the United States of
America.

former Yugoslav Republic

the

___________
(*) Including Kosovo, as defined by UN Security Council

Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.’

Article 2

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 1065/2005 should therefore be
amended.

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

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

Done at Brussels, 16 December 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(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 191, 31.7.1993, p. 76. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 749/2005 (OJ L 126, 19.5.2005, p. 10).

(3) OJ L 174, 7.7.2005, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1868/2005 (OJ L 300, 17.11.2005, p. 5).