do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-02-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 27/2

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Official Journal of the European Union

3.2.2006

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

2 February 2006

(2006/C 27/02)

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

1,2066

143,04

7,4654

0,67880

9,2835

1,5555

76,34

8,0505

1,9558

0,5739

28,513

15,6466

250,78

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

3,8175

3,6055

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

37,371

1,6030

1,6029

1,3786

9,3604

1,7557

1,9708

KRW South Korean won

1 173,30

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,3826

9,7262

7,3300

Indonesian rupiah

11 281,71

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,523

62,852

34,0080

47,480

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
2006/100/EC: Commission Decision of  3 February 2006  amending Decision 2005/7/EC authorising a method for grading pig carcases in Cyprus  (notified under document number C(2006) 215)
Date: 2006-02-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cyprus, carcase, pigmeat, statistical method, swine

L 46/38

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.2.2006

COMMISSION DECISION

of 3 February 2006

amending Decision 2005/7/EC authorising a method for grading pig carcases in Cyprus

(notified under document number C(2006) 215)

(Only the Greek text is authentic)

(2006/100/EC)

(3)

(4)

Decision 2005/7/EC should therefore be
accordingly.

amended

The measures provided for
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Pigmeat,

in this Decision are in
the Management

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2005/7/EC is amended in accordance
with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Cyprus.

Done at Brussels, 3 February 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 of 13
November 1984 determining the Community scale for grading
pig carcases (1), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

carcases

Due to technical adaptations, Cyprus has requested the
Commission to authorise the application of a new
formula for the calculation of the lean meat content of
carcases in the framework of the method for grading
by Commission Decision
pig
2005/7/EC (2), and has submitted the details required in
Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85
of 24 October 1985 laying down detailed rules for the
application of
the Community scale for grading pig
carcases (3).

authorised

(2)

The evaluation of
the
conditions for authorising the new formula are fulfilled.

this request has revealed that

(1) OJ L 301, 20.11.1984, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 3513/93 (OJ L 320, 22.12.1993, p. 5).

(2) OJ L 2, 5.1.2005, p. 19.
(3) OJ L 285, 25.10.1985, p. 39. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 3127/94 (OJ L 330, 21.12.1994, p. 43).

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ANNEX

Point 3 of the Annex to Decision 2005/7/EC is replaced by the following:

‘3. The lean meat content of the carcase shall be calculated according to the following formula:

= 61,436 – 0,815 X + 0,144 W

Where:

= the estimated percentage of lean meat in the carcase,

X = the thickness of back-fat (including rind) in millimetres, measured at 6 cm off the midline of the carcase

between the third and fourth last rib,

W = the thickness of muscle in millimetres measured at the same time and in the same place as X.

The formula shall be valid for carcases weighing between 55 and 120 kilograms.’
Commission Regulation (EC) No 195/2006 of  3 February 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 1377/2005 as regards the quantity covered by the standing invitation to tender for the export of barley held by the Finish intervention agency
Date: 2006-02-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, award of contract, barley, export, intervention agency

4.2.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 32/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 195/2006

of 3 February 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 1377/2005 as regards the quantity covered by the standing invitation
to tender for the export of barley held by the Finish intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

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

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of
the
29 September 2003 on the common organisation of
market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1377/2005 is replaced by the
following:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (2) lays down
the procedure and conditions for the disposal of cereals
held by intervention agencies.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1377/2005 (3) has
opened a standing invitation to tender for the export
of 27 780 tonnes of barley held by the Finnish inter-
vention agency.

Finland has informed the Commission of its intervention
agency’s intention to increase by 35 000 tonnes the
quantity put out to tender for export. In view of this
request, of
the market
the quantity available and of
situation, the request made by Finland should be granted.

‘Article 2

The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of 62 780
tonnes of barley for export
to third countries with the
exception of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
of
Canada, Croatia,
former Yugoslav Republic
Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Romania, Serbia
and
Montenegro (*) Switzerland and the United States of America.
___________
(*) Including Kosovo, at defined by UN Security Council

the

Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.’

Article 2

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 1377/2005 should therefore be
amended.

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

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

Done at Brussels, 3 February 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 11).

(2) OJ L 191, 31.7.1993, p. 76. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 749/2005 (OJ L 126, 19.5.2005, p. 10).

(3) OJ L 219, 24.8.2005, p. 21.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 194/2006 of  3 February 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-02-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

4.2.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 194/2006

of 3 February 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 4 February 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 February 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 3 February 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
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
448
624
999

204
999

052
204
400
464
624
662
999

052
999

400
404
720
999

388
400
720
999

89,0
50,3
103,5
111,0
88,5

105,4
102,1
167,7
125,1

66,1
66,1

161,6
115,9
138,8

45,4
48,8
45,0
49,4
47,8
81,8
53,0

87,4
87,4

57,2
112,0
87,6
135,7
71,7
36,9
83,5

61,9
61,9

125,0
104,7
82,0
103,9

92,4
90,3
57,9
80,2

(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 202/2006 of  3 February 2006  determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2006-02-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

4.2.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 32/43

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 202/2006

of 3 February 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 24,357 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 February 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 February 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).
Notification by the Republic of Estonia concerning visa reciprocity
Date: 2006-02-03
Institutions: Estonia
Subjects: EU visa policy, Estonia, Uruguay, admission of aliens, disclosure of information, residence permit, rights of aliens

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(Information)

COUNCIL

Notification by the Republic of Estonia concerning visa reciprocity (1)

(2006/C 27/01)

The Permanent Representation of the Republic of Estonia to the European Union presents its compliments
to the Council of the European Union and has the honour of notifying that, pursuant to Article 1(4)(f) of
Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 851/
2005 of 2 June 2005, on 26 December 2005 the Government of Uruguay has decided to abolish the visa
requirement for Estonian nationals for stays in Uruguay not exceeding three months.

The Permanent Representation of the Republic of Estonia to the European Union avails itself of this oppor-
tunity to assure to the Council of the European Union of its highest consideration.

(1) This notification is published in conformity with Article 1(4)(f) of Council Regulation (EC) No 851/2005 of 2 June
2005 (OJ L 141, 4.6.2005, p. 3) amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 (OJ L 81, 21.3.2001,
p. 1).
Communication from the Commission to sugar beet and sugar producers
Date: 2006-02-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, crop production, marketing, production quota, sugar, sugar beet

C 27/8

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3.2.2006

Communication from the Commission to sugar beet and sugar producers

(2006/C 27/06)

The Commission draws the attention of sugar beet and sugar producers to the situation on the Community
sugar market as scheduled for the 2006/07 marketing year.

As a result of the stocks accumulated during the 2004/05 marketing year and the rules and limits on
exports laid down by the World Trade Organisation, the 2006/07 marketing year may commence with
considerable quantities of sugar available in stock, but with fewer possibilities for disposal than in the past.

Under these circumstances, the reform of the common market organisation for sugar and the resultant
restructuring of sugar production will not be sufficiently advanced to ensure market balance in the
2006/07 marketing year.

Therefore, the possibility cannot be ruled out that the Commission may have to take special management
measures for sugar beet sown for harvest in 2006/07.

Such measures, to be laid down as transitional measures under the powers which the Council could confer
on the Commission, may relate to the quantity of production eligible under the quotas for the 2006/07
marketing year and provisions on the disposal of C sugar produced during the 2005/06 marketing year.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3678 — Goldman Sachs/Cerberus/TET) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-02-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment bank, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, vehicle rental

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3678 — Goldman Sachs/Cerberus/TET)

(2006/C 27/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 23 March 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 website (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website 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 32005M3678. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)