do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3946 — Renolit/Solvay) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, plastics, thin sheet

C 6/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.1.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3946 — Renolit/Solvay)

(2006/C 6/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 4 January 2006, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by
which the undertaking Renolit AG (‘Renolit’, Germany) controlled by JM Gesellschaft für industrielle Beteili-
gungen mbH & Co. KGaA acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control
of the whole of the entire industrial foils business of Solvay S.A. (‘industrial foil Solvay’, Belgium) by way
of purchase of shares and assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Renolit: development, production and sale of a wide range of thermoplastic foils for industrial

processing;

— for industrial foil Solvay: development, production and sale of thermoplastic foils for industrial proces-

sing.

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.3946 — Renolit/Solvay, to the following address:

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

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4082 — Cargill/Pagnan II) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, foodstuff, inland waterway transport, merger control, primary product, service, theory of marketing

C 6/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.1.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4082 — Cargill/Pagnan II)

(2006/C 6/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 3 January 2006, 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 Cargill International S.A.
(‘Cargill’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of part of
the undertaking Pagnan S.p.A. (‘Pagnan’, Italy) by way of purchase of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Cargill is an international company active in a wide variety of business, including commodity trading

and processing, and the marketing of non-branded food ingredients;

— the part of Pagnan acquired by Cargill is active in the provision of inland water transport services.

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.4082 — Cargill/Pagnan II, to the following address:

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

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3787 — Heinemann/HDS Retail) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: airport, consumer goods, economic concentration, merger control, press, sale

C 6/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.1.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3787 — Heinemann/HDS Retail)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 6/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 4 January 2006, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Gebr. Heinemann
(‘Heinemann’, Germany) and HDS Retail Deutschland GmbH (‘HDS Retail’, Germany), controlled by
Lagardère SCA (‘Lagardère’, France), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
joint control of the undertaking FERS Flughafeneinzelhandelsgesellschaft Relay Services GmbH (‘FERS’,
Germany) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Heinemann: Wholesale and retail trade of consumer goods at airports, borders and on ships;

— HDS Retail: Retail of press and media products as well as consumer goods;

— FERS: Retail of press and media products as well as consumer goods at airports.

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the
scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to
the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council
Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the
procedure set out in the Notice.

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.3787 — Heinemann/HDS Retail, to the following address:

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

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3985 — EADS/BAES/FNM/NLFK) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aerospace industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, missile

11.1.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 6/9

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3985 — EADS/BAES/FNM/NLFK)

(2006/C 6/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 3 January 2006, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings MBDA (‘MBDA’, France),
which is controlled by EADS, BAE Systems (‘BAES’, UK) and Finmeccanica (‘FNM’, Italy) acquire within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of LFK — Lenkflugkörpersysteme GmbH
— TDW (‘NLFK’, Germany), currently jointly controlled by EADS Deutschland and MBDA, by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for MBDA: supplier of guided weapons and guided weapons systems;

— for LFK: aerospace and defence technology, in particular tactical missiles;

— for EADS, BAE Systems and FNM: aerospace and defence technology.

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.3985 — EADS/BAES/FNM/NLFK, to the following address:

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

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 34/2006 of  11 January 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

L 7/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.1.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 34/2006

of 11 January 2006

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 12 January 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 January 2006.

For the Commission

J. L. DEMARTY
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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L 7/7

to Commission Regulation of 11 January 2006 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
999

052
204
999

052
204
220
624
999

052
204
999

052
204
400
464
624
662
999

052
999

400
404
720
999

400
720
999

85,0
40,5
88,1
71,2

150,1
79,9
115,0

113,0
72,4
92,7

48,5
57,8
49,9
51,9
52,0

74,2
81,7
78,0

71,2
62,8
86,4
143,2
70,6
35,9
78,4

50,7
50,7

111,9
102,5
88,2
100,9

87,5
63,2
75,4

(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’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

11.1.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 6/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

10 January 2006

(2006/C 6/01)

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

1,2064

138,12

7,4585

0,68330

9,3530

1,5437

73,92

7,9810

1,9559

0,5737

28,800

15,6466

250,60

3,4528

0,6961

0,4293

3,7868

3,6485

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

37,465

1,6307

1,6045

1,4092

9,3512

1,7408

1,9715

KRW South Korean won

1 184,75

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,3593

9,7346

7,3820

Indonesian rupiah

11 406,51

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,522

63,523

34,3800

48,025

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4090 — West LB/Odewald/ASH) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, commercial vehicle, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment bank, merger control, vehicle parts

11.1.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 6/7

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4090 — West LB/Odewald/ASH)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 6/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 3 January 2006, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings WestLB AG (‘WestLB’,
Germany) and Odewald & Compagnie Gesellschaft für Beteiligungen mbH (‘Odewald’, Germany) acquire
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking ASH Auto-
motive Systems Holding GmbH (‘ASH’, Germany), holding company of the Westfalia group, by way of
purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for WestLB: international universal bank;

— for Odewald: investment funds;

— for ASH: development, manufacturing and distribution of tow bars and related products (electrical

systems) for cars.

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the
scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to
the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council
Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the
procedure set out in the Notice.

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.4090 — West LB/Odewald/ASH, to the following address:

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

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.