do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4073 — Conoco Phillips/Louis Dreyfus Refining and Marketing/Louis Dreyfus Energy Holding) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-02-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, oil industry, restrictive-practice authorisation

8.2.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 32/31

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4073 — Conoco Phillips/Louis Dreyfus Refining and Marketing/Louis Dreyfus
Energy Holding)

(2006/C 32/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 31 January 2006, 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 32006M4073. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4069 — Cognis/Golden Hope Plantations BHD/JV)

(2006/C 32/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 1 February 2006, 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 32006M4069. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 221/2006 of  8 February 2006  laying down the reduction coefficient to be applied in the context of subquota III for common wheat of a quality other than high quality provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 169/2006
Date: 2006-02-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common wheat, import, import licence, tariff quota, third country

9.2.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 38/27

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 221/2006

of 8 February 2006

laying down the reduction coefficient to be applied in the context of subquota III for common
wheat of a quality other than high quality provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002, pursuant
to Regulation (EC) No 169/2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002
of 27 December 2002 opening and providing for the adminis-
tration of Community tariff quotas for common wheat of a
quality other than high quality from third countries and dero-
gating from Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (2), and in
particular Article 5(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002 opened an annual tariff
quota of 2 981 600 tonnes of common wheat of a
quality other than high quality. That quota is divided
into three subquotas.

Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 169/2006
of 31 January 2006 derogating from Regulation (EC) No
2375/2002 as regards the issue of import licences under
tranche No 1 of subquota III for common wheat of a

quality other than high quality (3) fixed at 464 879,874
tonnes the quantity under subquota III still available for
the period from 1 January to 31 March 2006.

(3)

The quantities applied for on 6 February 2006,
in
accordance with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No
2375/2002, exceed the quantities available. The extent
to which licences may be issued should therefore be
determined and the reduction coefficient for the quan-
tities applied for laid down,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Each application for an import licence under subquota III for
common wheat of a quality other than high quality lodged and
forwarded to the Commission on 6 February 2006 in
accordance with Article 5(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No
2375/2002 shall be accepted at a rate of 80,56049 % of the
quantity applied for.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 February 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 February 2006.

For the Commission

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

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

(EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ

amended by
L 187,

Commission Regulation
19.7.2005, p. 11).

(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 88. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 777/2004 (OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 50).

(3) OJ L 27, 1.2.2006, p. 3.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 212/2006 of  8 February 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-02-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

9.2.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 38/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 212/2006

of 8 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 9 February 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 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).

L 38/2

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9.2.2006

to Commission Regulation of 8 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
624
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
528
720
999

84,2
47,8
113,2
111,0
89,1

98,6
101,8
167,7
122,7

72,5
101,9
87,2

158,8
99,3
129,1

53,6
51,8
46,9
42,6
47,8
60,7
50,6

89,3
89,3

61,1
110,2
79,6
145,9
92,1
45,3
89,0

52,1
52,1

133,2
103,9
86,4
107,8

89,3
82,4
111,0
45,5
82,1

(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’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4066 — CVC/SLEC) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-02-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, holding company, investment company, merger control, sporting event

C 32/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.2.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4066 — CVC/SLEC)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 32/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 31 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 investment funds managed or
advised by CVC Capital Partners Group Sàrl (CVC, Luxemburg) acquire within the meaning of Article
3(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 sole control of the whole of the undertaking Speed Invest-
ments Limited (‘Speed’, Jersey) by means of purchase of shares. Through its control of Speed, CVC will
obtain control of SLEC Holdings Limited (SLEC), which is the holding company of the Formula One group
of companies.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking CVC: investment and management advice to investment funds;

— for Speed: holding company for SLEC;

— for undertaking SLEC: holding company to the Formula One group of companies, which is active in

the promotion of the FIA Formula One World Championship.

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.4066 — CVC/SLEC, to the following address:
European Commission
Competition DG
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Brussels

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4069 — Cognis/Golden Hope Plantations BHD/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-02-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agro-industry, chemical industry, economic concentration, merger control, plastics industry, restrictive-practice authorisation, rubber industry

8.2.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 32/31

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4073 — Conoco Phillips/Louis Dreyfus Refining and Marketing/Louis Dreyfus
Energy Holding)

(2006/C 32/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 31 January 2006, 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 32006M4073. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4069 — Cognis/Golden Hope Plantations BHD/JV)

(2006/C 32/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 1 February 2006, 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 32006M4069. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-02-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

8.2.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 32/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

7 February 2006

(2006/C 32/01)

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

1,1973

141,24

7,4674

0,68590

9,3070

1,5549

75,09

8,0465

1,9558

0,5740

28,430

15,6466

249,90

3,4528

0,6961

0,4293

3,8168

3,5868

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

37,580

1,5922

1,6123

1,3734

9,2899

1,7546

1,9485

KRW South Korean won

1 159,29

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,3158

9,6462

7,3400

Indonesian rupiah

11 003,19

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,470

61,835

33,8500

47,359

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.