do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Notice inviting applications for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block F14 of the Dutch continental shelf   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, hydrocarbon, oil industry, petroleum exploration

28.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 331/21

Notice inviting applications for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block F14 of the
Dutch continental shelf

(2005/C 331/16)

(Text with EEA relevance)

The Minister for Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands hereby gives notice that an applica-
tion has been received for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block F14 as indicated on the
map appended as Annex 3 to the Mining Regulation (Mijnbouwregeling) (Government Gazette (Staatscourant)
2002, No 245).

With reference to Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30
May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and
production of hydrocarbons and the publication required by Article 15 of the Mining Act (Mijnbouwwet)
(Bulletin of Acts and Decrees (Staatsblad) 2002, No 542), the Minister for Economic Affairs hereby invites
interested parties to submit an application for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block F14.

Applications may be submitted during the 13 weeks following the publication of this notice in the Official
Journal of the European Union and should be sent to the Minister for Economic Affairs, for the attention
of the Director of Energy Production, Prinses Beatrixlaan 5, The Hague, Netherlands, and marked ‘personal’.
Applications submitted after the expiry of this period will not be considered.

A decision on the applications will be taken not later than 12 months after the period has expired.

The Minister for Economic Affairs is the competent authority for the granting of authorisations. The
criteria, conditions and requirements referred to in Articles 5(1), 5(2) and 6(2) of the Directive are set out
in the Mining Act (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees 2002, No 542).

Further information can be obtained from the following telephone number: (31-70) 379 66 94.
Notice inviting applications for authorisation to extract hydrocarbons in the Oosterwolde area on Dutch territory   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, hydrocarbon, oil industry, petroleum exploration

28.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 331/13

Notice inviting applications for authorisation to extract hydrocarbons in the Oosterwolde area on
Dutch territory

(2005/C 331/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

The Minister for Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands hereby gives notice that an applica-
tion for authorisation to extract hydrocarbons has been received for the Oosterwolde area. The area is
delimited by the following points and the straight lines between them:

A. x = 214665

y = 550806

B.

C.

x = 217620

y = 550551

x = 217476

y = 549132

D. x = 214513

y = 549373

The coordinates correspond to the system used by the Rijks Driehoeksmeting

In accordance with Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30
May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospecting, exploration and
production of hydrocarbons and Article 15 of the Mining Act (Mijnbouwwet) (Staatsblad 2002, No 542),
the Minister for Economic Affairs invites interested parties to submit an application for authorisation to
extract hydrocarbons for the Oosterwolde area.

Applications may be submitted for 13 weeks following the publication of this invitation in the Official
Journal of the European Union and must be sent to the Minister for Economic Affairs, for the attention of
the Director of Energy Production, and marked ‘personal’, Prinses Beatrixlaan 5, The Hague, the Nether-
lands. Applications submitted after the expiry of this period will not be considered.

A decision on the applications will be taken not later than 12 months after the period has expired.

The Minister for Economic Affairs is the competent authority for the granting of authorisations. The
criteria, conditions and requirements referred to in Articles 5(1), 5(2) and 6(2) of the Directive are set out
in the Mining Act (Mijnbouwwet) (Staatsblad 2002, No 542).

Further information can be requested by telephone (31-70) 379 73 82.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

28.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 331/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

27 December 2005

(2005/C 331/01)

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

1,1852

138,61

7,4605

0,68295

9,4753

1,5573

75,45

8,0180

1,9555

0,5735

28,915

15,6466

251,36

3,4528

0,6962

0,4293

3,8258

3,6616

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

239,51

37,705

1,6014

1,6261

1,3832

9,1890

1,7555

1,9752

KRW South Korean won

1 199,96

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,5219

9,5693

7,3860

Indonesian rupiah

11 644,59

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,480

63,035

34,1500

48,522

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2170/2005 of  28 December 2005  fixing the import duties applicable to semi-milled or wholly milled rice from  1 September 2005
Date: 2005-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, import, rice

L 346/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

29.12.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2170/2005

of 28 December 2005

fixing the import duties applicable to semi-milled or wholly milled rice from 1 September 2005

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

This amendment must take effect on 1 September 2005
in order to take account of the application on that date
of Regulation (EC) No 2152/2005. Because this duty is
being fixed retroactively, provision must be made to
repay the traders concerned any overpayments of duty,
at their request,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1549/2004
of 30 August 2004 derogating from Council Regulation (EC)
No 1785/2003 as
for
importing rice and laying down separate transition rules for
imports of basmati rice (1), and in particular Article 1b,

import arrangements

regards

the

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The import duty for semi-milled or wholly milled rice falling
with CN code shall be EUR 145 per tonne.

Whereas:

Article 2

(1)

Based on the information provided by the competent
authorities, the Commission notes that import licences
for semi-milled and wholly milled rice falling within
CN code 1006 30 have been issued in respect of
193 841 tonnes for 1 September 2004 to 31 August
2005. The import duty for
semi-milled or wholly
milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30 must
therefore be amended.

The amounts of duty exceeding the amount legally due booked
since 1 September 2005 shall be repaid or remitted.

To this end, the traders concerned are invited to lodge appli-
cations in accordance with Article 236 of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 2913/92 (2) and the relevant implementing provisions
contained in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (3).

Article 3

(2)

As the applicable duty must be fixed no later than three
days from the end of the period referred to above, this
Regulation must enter into force immediately.

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

It shall apply from 1 September 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 December 2005.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 280, 31.8.2004, p. 13. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2152/2005 (OJ L 342, 24.12.2005, p. 30).

(2) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 648/2005 of the European Parliament and of the
Commission (OJ L 117, 4.5.2005, p. 13).

(3) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 883/2005 (OJ L 148, 11.6.2005, p. 5).