do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3869 — Tessenderlo/Siemens/Advanced Power/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, electrical energy, energy industry, investment, merger control, telecommunications industry, transport infrastructure

C 45/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.2.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3869 — Tessenderlo/Siemens/Advanced Power/JV)

(2006/C 45/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 9 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 32006M3869. 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.4041 — Basell/Société du Craqueur de l'Aubette)

(2006/C 45/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 22 December 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 32005M4041. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 332/2006 of  23 February 2006  fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on sorghum imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2094/2005
Date: 2006-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Spain, award of contract, import, sorghum, tariff reduction

24.2.2006

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 332/2006

of 23 February 2006

fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on sorghum imported in connection with the invitation
to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2094/2005

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), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,

(3)

(4)

Whereas:

The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
current market
in question
results in the maximum reduction in the import duty
being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.

situation for

the cereal

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

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in
the duty on sorghum imported into Spain from third
countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 2094/2005 (2).

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

the Commission, acting under

Pursuant to Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1839/95 (3),
the
procedure laid down in Article 25 of Regulation (EC)
No 1784/2003, may decide
a maximum
reduction in the import duty. In fixing this maximum
the criteria provided for in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation
(EC) No 1839/95 must be taken into account. Whereas a
contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal
to or less than the maximum reduction in the duty.

to fix

invitation to tender

For tenders notified from 17 to 23 February 2006, pursuant to
the
issued in Regulation (EC) No
2094/2005, the maximum reduction in the duty on sorghum
imported shall be 32,47 EUR/t and be valid for a total
maximum quantity of 35 000 t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 February 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 February 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(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 335, 21.12.2005, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 177, 28.7.1995, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1558/2005 (OJ L 249, 24.9.2005, p. 6).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

23.2.2006

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(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

22 February 2006

(2006/C 45/01)

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

1,1875

140,91

7,4620

0,68280

9,3762

1,5593

80,48

8,0575

1,9558

0,5746

28,553

15,6466

253,31

3,4528

0,6961

0,4293

3,8130

3,4975

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

37,445

1,5805

1,6162

1,3640

9,2168

1,8055

1,9389

KRW South Korean won

1 157,34

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,2828

9,5590

7,3155

Indonesian rupiah

11 109,06

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,419

61,513

33,5210

46,926

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4041 — Basell/Société du Craqueur de l'Aubette) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, plastics industry, special chemicals

C 45/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.2.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3869 — Tessenderlo/Siemens/Advanced Power/JV)

(2006/C 45/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 9 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 32006M3869. 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.4041 — Basell/Société du Craqueur de l'Aubette)

(2006/C 45/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 22 December 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 32005M4041. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 333/2006 of  23 February 2006  fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2093/2005
Date: 2006-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Spain, award of contract, import, maize, tariff reduction

L 54/20

EN

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24.2.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 333/2006

of 23 February 2006

fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to
tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2093/2005

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), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,

(3)

(4)

The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
current market
in question
results in the maximum reduction in the import duty
being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.

situation for

the cereal

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in
the duty on maize imported into Spain from third
countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 2093/2005 (2).

the Commission, acting under

Pursuant to Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1839/95 (3)
the
procedure laid down in Article 25 of Regulation (EC)
No 1784/2003, may decide to fix maximum reduction
in the import duty. In fixing this maximum the criteria
provided for in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC)
No 1839/95 must be taken into account. A contract is
awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less
than the maximum reduction in the duty.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

invitation

For tenders notified from 17 to 23 February 2006, pursuant to
(EC)
in
to
the
No 2093/2005,
the maximum reduction in the duty on
maize imported shall be 32,94 EUR/t and be valid for a total
maximum quantity of 30 024 t.

Regulation

tender

issued

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 February 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 February 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(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 335, 21.12.2005, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 177, 28.7.1995, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1558/2005 (OJ L 249, 24.9.2005, p. 6).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 323/2006 of  23 February 2006  derogating from Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 as regards the term of validity of export licences with advance fixing of the refund in the milk and milk products sector
Date: 2006-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: derogation from EU law, export licence, export refund, milk, milk product

24.2.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 54/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 323/2006

of 23 February 2006

derogating from Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 as regards the term of validity of export licences
with advance fixing of the refund in the milk and milk products sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 31(14)
thereof,

As a precautionary measure, with a view to protect the
Community budget from unnecessary expenditures and
to avoid a speculative application of the export refund
regime in the dairy sector, the validity of export licences
with advance fixing of the refund should be limited until
30 June 2006.

(4)

The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products
has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
its Chairman,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/1999
of 26 January 1999 laying down special detailed rules for
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
as regards export licences and export refunds in the case
of milk and milk products (2) lays down the terms of
validity of export licences.

The reductions of the intervention prices for butter and
skimmed milk powder as from 1 July 2006 are likely to
affect the difference between those prices and the world
market prices.

Article 1

By way of derogation from Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No
174/1999, export licences with advance fixing of the refund
in respect of the products referred to in points (a) to (d) of
that Article for which the applications are submitted as from
1 March 2006 shall be valid until 30 June 2006.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication 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, 23 February 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

(2) OJ L 20, 27.1.1999, p. 8. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2107/2005 (OJ L 337, 22.12.2005, p. 20).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 335/2006  23 February 2006  on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products
Date: 2006-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, export refund, viticulture

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24.2.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 335/2006

23 February 2006

on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 of
24 April 2001,
laying down detailed rules for implementing
Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards trade with
third countries in products in the wine sector (1), and in
particular Article 7 and Article 9(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 63(7) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999
of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the
market in wine (2), limits the grant of export refunds for
wine-sector products to the volumes and expenditure
contained in the Agreement on Agriculture concluded
during the Uruguay Round multilateral
trade nego-
tiations.

Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 lays down the
conditions under which the Commission may take
specific measures to prevent an overrun of the quantity
the said
laid down or
Agreement.

the budget available under

2006, the quantity still available for the period until
15 March 2006,
for destination zone (4) western
Europe, referred to in Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC)
No 883/2001, could be exceeded unless the issue of
the refund is
export
restricted. Therefore,
the
for
acceptance of applications submitted from 15 to 21
February 2006 should be applied and the submission
of applications and the issue of licences suspended for
this zone until 16 March 2006,

licences with advance fixing of
a

single percentage

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Export

licences with advance fixing of

1.
the refund for
for which applications are submitted
wine-sector products
from 15 to 21 February 2006 under Regulation (EC)
No 883/2001 shall be issued in concurrence with 100,00 %
of the quantities requested for zone (4) western Europe.

The issue of export

2.
for wine-sector products
licences
referred to in paragraph 1 for which applications are submitted
from 22 February 2006 and the submission of export licence
applications from 24 February 2006 for destination zone (4)
western Europe shall be suspended until 16 March 2006.

(3)

On the basis of
information on export licence appli-
cations available to the Commission on 22 February

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 February 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 February 2006.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 128, 10.5.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2079/2005 (OJ L 333, 20.12.2005, p. 6).

(2) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2165/2005 (OJ L 345, 28.12.2005, p. 1).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 321/2006 of  23 February 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

24.2.2006

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 321/2006

of 23 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 24 February 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 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 23 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
624
999

204
999

052
204
220
464
624
662
999

052
220
999

400
404
528
720
999

052
388
400
512
528
720
999

82,3
43,2
112,1
111,0
87,2

137,9
90,1
131,0
119,7

60,4
60,4

140,9
50,7
95,8

49,5
51,2
42,9
49,6
62,1
51,1

101,2
101,2

62,9
126,6
48,0
141,8
75,6
54,4
84,9

41,4
39,9
40,7

137,9
100,9
107,3
80,3
106,6

105,2
85,1
94,8
69,6
63,5
46,6
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’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4126 — LBO France/Cegelec) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical industry, investment company, mechanical engineering, merger control

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C 45/9

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4126 — LBO France/Cegelec)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 45/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 13 February 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 Financière Cegelec SAS,
a subsidiary controlled by LBO France Gestion (‘LBO France’, France), acquires within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Cegelec Holdings SAS
(‘Cegelec’, France) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for LBO France: Management of Investment Funds;

— for Cegelec: electrical and mechanical contracting services, project management, servicing and mainte-

nance.

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. 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.4126 — LBO France/Cegelec, 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.