do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

16.12.2005

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(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

15 December 2005

(2005/C 321/01)

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

1,1999

139,28

7,4517

0,67670

9,4180

1,5420

74,81

7,9595

1,9558

0,5735

28,952

15,6466

252,67

3,4528

0,6964

0,4293

3,8445

3,6442

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

239,49

37,918

1,6180

1,6026

1,3888

9,3024

1,7279

2,0003

KRW South Korean won

1 214,90

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,6685

9,6880

7,3850

Indonesian rupiah

11 801,02

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,532

63,853

34,4000

49,072

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2072/2005 of  16 December 2005  providing for the rejection of applications for export licences in relation to certain processed products and cereal-based compound feedingstuffs
Date: 2005-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cereal product, export licence

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2072/2005

of 16 December 2005

providing for the rejection of applications for export licences in relation to certain processed
products and cereal-based compound feedingstuffs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003
of 28 July 2003 laying down special detailed rules for the
application of the system of import and export licences for
cereals and rice (2), and in particular Article 8(1) thereof,

Whereas:

The quantity covered by applications for advance fixing of
refunds on potato starch and maize-based products is of great
importance and could give rise to speculation. It has therefore

been decided to reject all applications for export licences of
such products made on 14, 15 and 16 December 2005,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

refunds

In accordance with Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1342/2003, applications
licences with advance
for export
falling within CN codes
fixing of
1103 13 90,
1102 20 10,
1104 23 10,
1702 30 51,
1702 30 91, 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90 and 1702 90 50 made
on 14, 15 and 16 December 2005 shall be rejected.

1102 20 90,
1108 12 00,

1103 13 10,
1108 13 00,

for products

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

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

(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 189, 29.7.2003, p. 12. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1092/2004 (OJ L 209, 11.6.2004, p. 9).
Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2005-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, import, manufactured goods, plastics, thin sheet, third country

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Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures

(2005/C 321/04)

As provided for in Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 (1) on
1.
protection against dumped imports from countries not members of
the European Community, the
Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure, the
anti-dumping measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below.

2. Procedure

Community producers may lodge a written request for a review. This request must contain sufficient
evidence that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of
dumping and injury.

Should the Commission decide to review the measures concerned, importers, exporters, representatives of
the exporting country and Community producers will then be provided with the opportunity to amplify,
rebut or comment on the matters set out in the review request.

3. Time limit

Community producers may submit a written request for a review on the above basis, to reach the Euro-
pean Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (Division B-1), J-79 5/16, B-1049 Brussels (2) at any time
from the date of the publication of the present notice but no later than three months before the date
mentioned in the table below.

This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of

4.
22 December 1995.

Product

Country(ies) of origin
or exportation

Polyethylene
terephthalate
film

India
Republic of Korea

(PET)

Measures

Reference

Date of expiry

Anti-dumping duty Council

Regulation

(EC) No
1676/2001 (OJ L 227, 23.8.2001,
p. 1) extended as concerns India to
imports consigned from Brazil and
from Israel by Regulation (EC) No
342,
(OJ
1975/2004
18.11.2004, p. 1)
Commission
2001/645/EC
23.8.2001, p. 56)

Decision
L
(OJ

No
227,

L

24.8.2006

24.8.2006

19.9.2006

India

Undertaking

Gas-fuelled,
non-
refillable pocket flint
and refill-
lighters
able
flint
lighters

pocket

People's Republic
of China
Taiwan

Anti-dumping duty Council

Regulation

(EC) No
1824/2001 (OJ L 248, 18.9.2001,
p. 1) as last amended by Council
Regulation (EC) No 155/2003 (OJ
L 25, 30.1.2003, p. 27)

(1) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 461/2004 (OJ L 77, 13.3.2004,

p. 12).

(2) Telefax : (32-2) 295 65 05.
Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of  21 June 2005  on the financing of the common agricultural policy ( OJ L 209, 11.8.2005 )
Date: 2005-12-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU financing arrangements, common agricultural policy

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CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common
agricultural policy

(Official Journal of the European Union L 209 of 11 August 2005)

On page 17 in Article 33(3), under point (c):

for:

read:

‘(c) amounts of Community financing which are cancelled and amounts recovered, as well as the interest thereon,
shall be reallocated to the programme concerned. However, the cancelled or recovered Community funds may
be reused by Member States only for an operation under the same rural development programme and
provided the funds are reallocated to operations which have been the subject of a financial adjustment.’,
‘(c) amounts of Community financing which are cancelled and amounts recovered, as well as the interest thereon,
shall be reallocated to the programme concerned. However, the cancelled or recovered Community funds may
be reused by Member States only for an operation under the same rural development programme and
provided the funds are not reallocated to operations which have been the subject of a financial adjustment.’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2063/2005 of  16 December 2005  fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 348th special invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 429/90
Date: 2005-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, concentrated product, farm price support

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2063/2005

of 16 December 2005

fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 348th special invitation to tender opened
under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 429/90

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,

Whereas:

(1)

In accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 429/90 of 20 February 1990 on the granting by
invitation to tender of an aid for concentrated butter
intended for direct consumption in the Community (2),
the intervention agencies are opening a standing invi-
tation to tender for the granting of aid for concentrated
butter. Article 6 of that Regulation provides that in the
light of the tenders received in response to each special
invitation to tender, a maximum amount of aid is to be
fixed for concentrated butter with a minimum fat
content of 96 % or a decision is to be taken to make
no award; the end-use security must be fixed accordingly.

(2)

(3)

In the light of the tenders received, the maximum aid
should be fixed at the level specified below and the end-
use security determined accordingly.

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 348th tender under the standing invitation to tender
opened by Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 the maximum aid and
the end-use security are fixed as follows:

— maximum aid:

— end-use security:

45,5 EUR/100 kg,

50 EUR/100 kg.

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 45, 21.2.1990, p. 8. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2250/2004 (OJ L 381, 28.12.2004, p. 25).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2059/2005 of  16 December 2005  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2005-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2059/2005

of 16 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 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

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 16 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
628
999

052
204
999

052
204
999

052
204
999

052
220
400
464
624
999

052
999

096
400
404
720
999

052
400
404
720
999

49,3
55,1
92,7
65,7

106,5
60,2
155,5
107,4

131,8
113,3
122,6

64,3
45,9
55,1

63,2
58,8
61,0

73,5
34,8
80,1
143,2
90,4
84,4

59,6
59,6

18,3
94,6
98,3
66,9
69,5

138,4
119,3
53,1
63,7
93,6

(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.3963 — Philips/Lumileds) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, economic concentration, electronics industry, lighting equipment, merger control

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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)
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of  12 January 2001  on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, State aid, continuing education, control of State aid, large business, small and medium-sized enterprises, vocational training

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC
Treaty to training aid

(2005/C 321/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT 50/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Basilicata

Title of aid scheme: Priority III, Measure III.1.D.1, Public Notice (A.P.) No 01-2003 — ‘Continuing
Training’

Legal basis:

— P.O.R. Basilicata 2000/2006 approvato con decisione 2372 del 22.8.2000

— Complemento di programmazione

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: The total sum of resources provided for 2003 for
Measure III.1.D.1 is EUR 6 240 693

Maximum aid intensity: The amount of aid is governed by the limits and maximum intensities indicated
in the following table in terms of gge, according to the size of the business and the type of training given

For general training programmes

For specific training programmes

Large enterprises

SMEs

60 %

80 %

35 %

45 %

Regarding the final recipient, the intensities specified are increased by 10 percentage points if the aid is
intended for training disadvantaged workers as referred to in Article 2(g) of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001

Date of implementation: 23 July 2003

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2005

Objective of aid: To put in place ‘Continuing training’ schemes for companies located in the Basilicata
region. Whether the training is general or specific will be established ex ante by the Evaluation Committee,
based on the specific, defined criteria in the attached public announcement

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors except those in Article 32 of the EC Treaty

Name and address of granting authority:
Regione Basilicata
Dipartimento Formazione Lavoro Cultura e Sport
C.so Umberto I, 28
I-85100 Potenza

Other information: Public notice (A.P.) No 01-2003 ‘Continuing training’ provides for two aid schemes:

1. Exempted training aid, Former Regulation (EC) No 68/2001

2. De minimis training aid, Former Regulation (EC) No 69/2001
Commission communication pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 — Modification by the United Kingdom of a public service obligation in respect of a scheduled air service between Glasgow and Barra   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, air transport, airline, inland transport, public service, transport capacity, transportation tariff

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Commission communication pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92

Modification by the United Kingdom of a public service obligation in respect of a scheduled air
service between Glasgow and Barra

(2005/C 321/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
The United Kingdom has decided to modify the public service obligation in respect of the scheduled
air service between Glasgow and Barra as set out in the Notice published in Official Journal of the European
Communities C 387/06 of 21 December 1996, as modified in Official Journal of the European Communities/
Union by C 355/04 of 8 December 1999, C 310/08 of 13 December 2002, and C 278/06 of 19 November
2003, pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on access for
Community air carriers to intra-Community air routes.

2.

The modified public service obligation is as follows:

— Minimum frequencies

One return trip per day except Sunday between Glasgow and Barra

— Capacity

The capacity of the aircraft used should be not less than:

— 13 seats on the Glasgow to Barra route and 15 seats on the Barra to Glasgow route (Monday to

Friday); and

— 12 seats on the Glasgow to Barra route and 15 seats on the Barra to Glasgow route (Saturday).

— Aircraft types

The aircraft used should be suitable for landing on Barra airstrip which is located on Traigh Mhor
beach.

— Fares

The price of a single ticket must not exceed GBP 71 (including passenger service charge and security
charge but excluding air passenger duty).

The maximum fare on the route may be increased once every year with the prior written consent of
the Scottish Ministers in line with the United Kingdom's Retail Price Index (all items) or any successor
index to this.

No other changes may be made to the fare levels without the prior written consent of the Scottish
Ministers.

The new maximum fare on the route must be notified to the Civil Aviation Authority and will not
enter into force prior to its notification to the European Commission which may publish it in the Offi-
cial Journal of the European Union.
Opinion of the Advisory Committee on concentrations given at its 133rd meeting on  29 June 2005  concerning a draft decision relating to case COMP/M.2139 — Bombardier/ADtranz   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-12-16
Institutions: Advisory Committee on Concentrations
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical industry, merger control, railway industry

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Opinion of the Advisory Committee on concentrations given at its 133rd meeting on 29 June
2005 concerning a draft decision relating to case COMP/M.2139 — Bombardier/ADtranz

(2005/C 321/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the undertaking given by Bombardier in
case COMP/M.2139 — Bombardier/ADtranz of 4 April 2001 to only purchase electrical traction for
trams of the type Cityrunner Linz from Elin EBG Traction, a subsidiary of VA Tech, for a period of 5
years, is no longer warranted as soon as the Commission clearance decision with conditions and obliga-
tions in case 3653 Siemens/VA Tech is adopted and in force, and, subsequently, VA Tech becomes part
of Siemens.

2. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that, consequently, the undertaking as described
in Annex 1(b) to the decision COMP/M.2139 — Bombardier/ADtranz is repealed by the proposed deci-
sion.

3. The Advisory Committee asks the Commission to take into account all the other points raised during

the discussion.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2068/2005 of  16 December 2005  on the issue of import licences for garlic imported under the autonomous tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1982/2005
Date: 2005-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bulb vegetable, import, import licence, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2068/2005

of 16 December 2005

on the issue of import licences for garlic imported under the autonomous tariff quota opened by
Regulation (EC) No 1982/2005

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 1982/2005
of 5 December 2005 opening and providing for the adminis-
tration of an autonomous tariff quota for garlic (1), and in
particular Article 6(3) thereof,

Whereas:

Licence applications submitted by traditional and new importers
to the competent authorities of the Member States pursuant to
Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1982/2005, exceed the
available quantities. The extent
to which licences may be
issued should therefore be determined,

Article 1

for

import

Applications

licences made by traditional
1.
importers pursuant
to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1982/2005 and submitted to the Commission by the Member
States on 15 December 2005 shall be issued for 2,362 % of the
quantity applied for.

2.
Applications for import licences made by new importers
pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1982/2005 and
submitted to the Commission by the Member States on
15 December 2005 shall be issued for 0,639 % 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. 8.