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Commission Regulation (EC) No 176/2006 of  31 January 2006  determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2006-01-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 176/2006

of 31 January 2006

determining the world market price for unginned cotton

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton, annexed to the Act of
Accession of Greece, as last amended by Council Regulation
(EC) No 1050/2001 (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of
22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton (2), and in particular
Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No
1051/2001, a world market price for unginned cotton
is to be determined periodically from the price for ginned
cotton recorded on the world market and by reference to
the historical relationship between the price recorded for
ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned cotton.
That historical relationship has been established in Article
2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2
August 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the
cotton aid scheme (3). Where the world market price
cannot be determined in this way, it is to be based on
the most recent price determined.

(2)

In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
for unginned
the world market price
1051/2001,

the

considered representative of

cotton is to be determined in respect of a product of
specific characteristics and by reference to the most
favourable offers and quotations on the world market
real
among those
market trend. To that end, an average is to be calculated
of offers and quotations recorded on one or more
European exchanges for a product delivered cif
to a
port in the Community and coming from the various
supplier countries considered the most representative in
terms of international trade. However, there is provision
for adjusting the criteria for determining the world
market price for ginned cotton to reflect differences
justified by the quality of the product delivered and the
offers and quotations concerned. Those adjustments
are specified in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1591/2001.

(3)

The application of the above criteria gives the world
market price for unginned cotton determined hereinafter,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in Article 4
of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby determined as
equalling 22,347 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 January 2006.

For the Commission

J. L. DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 210, 3.8.2001, p. 10. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1486/2002 (OJ L 223, 20.8.2002, p. 3).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 168/2006 of  31 January 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-01-31
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 168/2006

of 31 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 1 February 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 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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to Commission Regulation of 31 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 10 00

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
624
999

052
204
628
999

220
624
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
624
999

204
999

052
204
400
464
624
662
999

052
220
999

400
404
720
999

388
400
720
999

86,2
42,8
90,9
149,2
92,3

71,8
102,3
180,0
118,0

74,5
91,7
83,1

111,8
136,6
124,2

46,3
52,1
44,3
50,9
53,5
49,4

80,8
80,8

61,3
108,7
87,9
135,7
77,0
36,9
84,6

47,6
61,7
54,7

128,6
108,7
73,3
103,5

83,5
84,6
64,3
77,5

(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’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/2006 of  31 January 2006  fixing the production refund on white sugar used in the chemical industry for the period from  1  to  28 February 2006
Date: 2006-01-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, production refund, white sugar

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Official Journal of the European Union

1.2.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 174/2006

of 31 January 2006

fixing the production refund on white sugar used in the chemical industry for the period from 1 to
28 February 2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of
19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in
the sugar sector (1), and in particular the fifth indent of Article
7(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

of

Regulation

to Article

Pursuant
(EC)
7(3)
No 1260/2001, production refunds may be granted on
the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) and (f) of that Regu-
lation, on syrups listed in Article 1(1)(d) thereof and on
by CN code
chemically
1702 50 00 as an intermediate product, that are in one
of the situations referred to in Article 23(2) of the Treaty
and are used in the manufacture of certain products of
the chemical industry.

fructose

covered

pure

regards
Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 as
granting
the production refund on certain sugar
products used in the chemical industry (2) provides that
these refunds shall be determined according to the refund
fixed for white sugar.

(3)

(4)

Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 provides that
the production refund on white sugar is to be fixed at
monthly intervals commencing on the first day of each
month.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The production refund on white sugar referred to in Article 4
of Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 shall be
to
30,408 EUR/100 kg net
the period from 1 to 28
February 2006.

equal

for

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 of 27 June
2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 2006.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 31 January 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2004,
p. 16).

(2) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 63.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-01-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

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(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

30 January 2006

(2006/C 23/01)

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

1,2082

141,99

7,4639

0,68365

9,2265

1,5555

75,04

8,1275

1,9558

0,5739

28,393

15,6466

251,64

3,4528

0,6961

0,4293

3,8186

3,6101

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

239,47

37,360

1,6050

1,6118

1,3826

9,3726

1,7715

1,9706

KRW South Korean won

1 172,92

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,4390

9,7391

7,3545

Indonesian rupiah

11 341,98

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,555

63,044

34,0100

47,291

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4111 — Goldman Sachs/Daiwa/SMBC/Sanyo) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-01-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, electrical engineering, electronics industry, investment company, merger control

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4111 — Goldman Sachs/Daiwa/SMBC/Sanyo)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 23/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 20 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 Goldman Sachs Group
Inc. (‘Goldman Sachs’, USA), Daiwa Securities SMBC Principal Investments Co. Ltd. (‘Daiwa’, Japan) and
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (‘SMBC’, Japan) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. (‘Sanyo’, Japan) by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Goldman Sachs: global investment banking, securities, investment management;

— for Daiwa: investment, asset management, consulting;

— for SMBC: banking and financial services;

— for Sanyo: manufacture of electric and electronic products (home appliances, audiovisual, cameras, air

conditioning products, batteries, etc).

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.4111 — Goldman Sachs/Daiwa/SMBC/Sanyo, 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.4108 — T-Systems/Gedas) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-01-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: computer systems, economic concentration, merger control, service, telecommunications

C 23/8

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4108 — T-Systems/Gedas)

(2006/C 23/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 23 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 T-Systems Enterprise
Services AG (‘T-Systems’, Germany), belonging to the German group Deutsche Telekom AG, acquires
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking
Gedas AG (‘Gedas’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking T-Systems: IT services;

— for undertaking Gedas: IT 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.4108 — T-Systems/Gedas, to the following address:

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

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 143/2006 of  26 January 2006  fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice ( OJ L 23, 27.1.2006 )
Date: 2006-01-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cereal product, export refund, rice

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CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 143/2006 of 26 January 2006 fixing the export refunds on
products processed from cereals and rice

(Official Journal of the European Union L 23 of 27 January 2006)

On page 57, in the Annex, in the table, second part, last line, second column ‘Destination’, concerning product code
‘2106 90 55 9000’:
‘C10’,
for:
‘C14’.

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