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Criteria for the assignment of cases to Chambers
Date: 2005-12-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union, European civil service, operation of the Institutions

17.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 322/17

Criteria for the assignment of cases to Chambers

(2005/C 322/09)

On 30 November 2005, in accordance with Article 4 of Annex I to the Statute of the Court of Justice and
Article 12 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, the Tribunal decided, for an initial
period, from the day of publication in the OJ of the decision of the President of the Court of Justice
recording that the Civil Service Tribunal has been constituted in accordance with the law to 30 September
2006, as follows:

— the First Chamber shall hear all cases, with the exception of those principally concerning questions of
recruitment, assessment/promotion and termination of service, which shall be heard by the Second
Chamber;

— a number of cases shall be assigned to the Third Chamber, regardless of the subject-matter involved, at

regular intervals to be determined at a meeting of the full Tribunal;

— derogations from the above rules for assignment may be made for reasons of connections between

cases and to ensure a balanced and reasonably diversified workload within the Tribunal.

Designation of the Judge replacing the President of the Tribunal as Judge hearing applications for
interim measures

(2005/C 322/10)

On 30 November 2005, in accordance with Article 3(4) of Decision 2004/752 and Article 106 of the
Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, the Tribunal decided that, for the period from the day of
publication in the OJ of the decision of the President of the Court of Justice recording that the Civil Service
Tribunal has been constituted in accordance with the law to 30 September 2006, Judge S. Van Raepen-
busch, President of the Second Chamber, shall replace the President of the Tribunal as Judge hearing appli-
cations for interim measures in the event of the President's absence or his being prevented from attending.

Notice

(2005/C 322/11)

On 30 November 2005, Ms Waltraud Hakenberg, Registrar of
the European Union Civil Service
Tribunal (1), took the oath in accordance with Articles 4 and 20 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of
First Instance and Article 3(4) of Council Decision 2004/752/EC, Euratom of 2 November 2004 estab-
lishing the European Union Civil Service Tribunal, and took up her duties for a term of six years expiring
on 29 November 2011.

(1) OJ 2005 C 296, p. 39.
Designation of the Judge replacing the President of the Tribunal as Judge hearing applications for interim measures
Date: 2005-12-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union, European civil service, appointment of staff, member of the Court of Justice (EU)

17.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 322/17

Criteria for the assignment of cases to Chambers

(2005/C 322/09)

On 30 November 2005, in accordance with Article 4 of Annex I to the Statute of the Court of Justice and
Article 12 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, the Tribunal decided, for an initial
period, from the day of publication in the OJ of the decision of the President of the Court of Justice
recording that the Civil Service Tribunal has been constituted in accordance with the law to 30 September
2006, as follows:

— the First Chamber shall hear all cases, with the exception of those principally concerning questions of
recruitment, assessment/promotion and termination of service, which shall be heard by the Second
Chamber;

— a number of cases shall be assigned to the Third Chamber, regardless of the subject-matter involved, at

regular intervals to be determined at a meeting of the full Tribunal;

— derogations from the above rules for assignment may be made for reasons of connections between

cases and to ensure a balanced and reasonably diversified workload within the Tribunal.

Designation of the Judge replacing the President of the Tribunal as Judge hearing applications for
interim measures

(2005/C 322/10)

On 30 November 2005, in accordance with Article 3(4) of Decision 2004/752 and Article 106 of the
Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, the Tribunal decided that, for the period from the day of
publication in the OJ of the decision of the President of the Court of Justice recording that the Civil Service
Tribunal has been constituted in accordance with the law to 30 September 2006, Judge S. Van Raepen-
busch, President of the Second Chamber, shall replace the President of the Tribunal as Judge hearing appli-
cations for interim measures in the event of the President's absence or his being prevented from attending.

Notice

(2005/C 322/11)

On 30 November 2005, Ms Waltraud Hakenberg, Registrar of
the European Union Civil Service
Tribunal (1), took the oath in accordance with Articles 4 and 20 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of
First Instance and Article 3(4) of Council Decision 2004/752/EC, Euratom of 2 November 2004 estab-
lishing the European Union Civil Service Tribunal, and took up her duties for a term of six years expiring
on 29 November 2011.

(1) OJ 2005 C 296, p. 39.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3995 — Belgacom/Telindus) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-12-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, telecommunications industry

C 322/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.12.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3995 — Belgacom/Telindus)

(2005/C 322/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 1 December 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 32005M3995. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Constitution and composition of the Chambers, election of their Presidents and assignment of the Judges to Chambers
Date: 2005-12-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union, European civil service, appointment of staff, member of the Court of Justice (EU), operation of the Institutions

C 322/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.12.2005

COURT OF JUSTICE

EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL

Constitution and composition of the Chambers, election of their Presidents and assignment of the
Judges to Chambers

(2005/C 322/08)

On 30 November 2005,
in accordance with Article 3(3) and (4) and Article 4 of Council Decision
2004/752/EC, Euratom of 2 November 2004 establishing the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (1)
and Article 4(2) and (3) of Annex I to the Statute of the Court of Justice and Article 10 of the Rules of
Procedure of the Court of First Instance, the Civil Service Tribunal decided to sit in three Chambers and as
a full Court. In addition, for the period from 30 November 2005 to 30 September 2008, it elected as Presi-
dents of Chambers Judges H. KREPPEL and S. VAN RAEPENBUSCH and assigned the Judges to the Cham-
bers as follows:

First Chamber

H. KREPPEL, President of Chamber,

H. TAGARAS and S. GERVASONI, Judges,

Second Chamber

S. VAN RAEPENBUSCH, President of Chamber,

I. BORUTA and H. KANNINEN, Judges,

Third Chamber, sitting with three Judges

P. MAHONEY, President of the Tribunal (2);

I. BORUTA, H. KANNINEN, H. TAGARAS and S. GERVASONI, Judges.

In the Third Chamber, the President will sit, alternately, either with Judges I. BORUTA and H. TAGARAS
or with Judges H. KANNINEN and S. GERVASONI, subject always to connections between cases.

(1) OJ 2004 L 333, p. 7.
(2) OJ 2005 C 271, p. 27.
Information concerning the extension of the International Sugar Agreement, 1992
Date: 2005-12-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: information, renewal of an agreement, sugar

17.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 322/3

COUNCIL

Information concerning the extension of the International Sugar Agreement, 1992

(2005/C 322/02)

The International Sugar Organisation agreed unanimously, under the provisions of the International Sugar
Agreement, 1992 (1), to extend the convention for two years until 31 December 2007.

(1) OJ L 379, 23.12.1992, p. 15 (Council Decision 92/580/EEC).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3942 — adidas/Reebok) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-12-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, sports equipment

17.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 322/5

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3942 — adidas/Reebok)

(2005/C 322/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 12 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 adidas-
Salomon AG (‘adidas’, Germany), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
control of the whole of the undertaking Reebok International Ltd. (‘Reebok’, USA) by way of purchase of
shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for adidas: manufacture of sport footwear, apparel and equipment;

— for Reebok: manufacture of sport footwear, apparel and equipment.

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.3942 — adidas/Reebok, to the following address:

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

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-12-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 322/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.12.2005

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

16 December 2005

(2005/C 322/03)

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

1,1983

139,28

7,4521

0,67745

9,4790

1,5460

74,67

7,9685

1,9559

0,5735

29,025

15,6466

253,13

3,4528

0,6966

0,4293

3,8720

3,6569

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

37,975

1,6185

1,6122

1,3860

9,2900

1,7376

2,0001

KRW South Korean won

1 217,59

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,7176

9,6745

7,3900

Indonesian rupiah

11 839,20

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,528

64,019

34,3570

49,086

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Notice
Date: 2005-12-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union, European civil service, appointment of staff, member of the Court of Justice (EU)

17.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 322/17

Criteria for the assignment of cases to Chambers

(2005/C 322/09)

On 30 November 2005, in accordance with Article 4 of Annex I to the Statute of the Court of Justice and
Article 12 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, the Tribunal decided, for an initial
period, from the day of publication in the OJ of the decision of the President of the Court of Justice
recording that the Civil Service Tribunal has been constituted in accordance with the law to 30 September
2006, as follows:

— the First Chamber shall hear all cases, with the exception of those principally concerning questions of
recruitment, assessment/promotion and termination of service, which shall be heard by the Second
Chamber;

— a number of cases shall be assigned to the Third Chamber, regardless of the subject-matter involved, at

regular intervals to be determined at a meeting of the full Tribunal;

— derogations from the above rules for assignment may be made for reasons of connections between

cases and to ensure a balanced and reasonably diversified workload within the Tribunal.

Designation of the Judge replacing the President of the Tribunal as Judge hearing applications for
interim measures

(2005/C 322/10)

On 30 November 2005, in accordance with Article 3(4) of Decision 2004/752 and Article 106 of the
Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, the Tribunal decided that, for the period from the day of
publication in the OJ of the decision of the President of the Court of Justice recording that the Civil Service
Tribunal has been constituted in accordance with the law to 30 September 2006, Judge S. Van Raepen-
busch, President of the Second Chamber, shall replace the President of the Tribunal as Judge hearing appli-
cations for interim measures in the event of the President's absence or his being prevented from attending.

Notice

(2005/C 322/11)

On 30 November 2005, Ms Waltraud Hakenberg, Registrar of
the European Union Civil Service
Tribunal (1), took the oath in accordance with Articles 4 and 20 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of
First Instance and Article 3(4) of Council Decision 2004/752/EC, Euratom of 2 November 2004 estab-
lishing the European Union Civil Service Tribunal, and took up her duties for a term of six years expiring
on 29 November 2011.

(1) OJ 2005 C 296, p. 39.