do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

1.3.2006

EN

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(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

28 February 2006

(2006/C 51/01)

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

138,18

7,4610

0,67960

9,4490

1,5661

77,78

8,0240

1,9558

0,5747

28,320

15,6466

253,23

3,4528

0,6962

0,4293

3,7875

3,4802

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

37,108

1,5585

1,6051

1,3532

9,2133

1,7993

1,9281

KRW South Korean won

1 153,06

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,3520

9,5493

7,3045

Indonesian rupiah

10 904,22

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,412

61,192

33,3680

46,526

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 364/2006 of  1 March 2006  fixing the import duties applicable to certain husked rice from  2 March 2006
Date: 2006-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, import, rice

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 364/2006

of 1 March 2006

fixing the import duties applicable to certain husked rice from 2 March 2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1549/2004
of 30 August 2004 derogating from Council Regulation (EC)
for
No 1785/2003 as
importing rice and laying down separate transition rules for
imports of basmati rice (1), and in particular Article 1,

import arrangements

regards

the

Whereas:

milled or wholly milled rice falling within CN code
1006 20, other than Basmati rice, must
therefore be
amended.

(2)

As the applicable duty must be fixed no later than ten
days from the end of the period referred to above, this
Regulation must enter into force immediately,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(1)

Based on the information provided by the competent
authorities, the Commission notes that import licences
falling within CN code 1006 20
for husked rice
licences for Basmati rice have been
excluding import
issued in respect of 289 488 tonnes for 1 September
2005 to 28 February 2006. The import duty for semi-

The import duty for husked rice falling within CN code
1006 20 shall be EUR 65 per tonne.

Article 2

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, 1 March 2006.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 280, 31.8.2004, p. 13. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2152/2005 (OJ L 342, 24.12.2005, p. 30).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4101 — Matlin Patterson/Deutsche Bank/Michel Thierry) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid to undertakings, bank, company in difficulties, economic concentration, merger control, motor vehicle industry, textile product, vehicle parts

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4101 — Matlin Patterson/Deutsche Bank/Michel Thierry)

(2006/C 51/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 10 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 32006M4101. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Group of experts on the property consequences of marriage and other forms of union and on succession and wills in the European Union ( PRM-III/IV )
Date: 2006-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: advisory committee (EU), inheritance, marriage, self-employed person

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Group of experts on the property consequences of marriage and other forms of union and on
succession and wills in the European Union (‘PRM-III/IV’)

(2006/C 51/03)

Name

Country

Alice PERSCHA

Hélène CASMAN

Lenka LESZAY

Christian BALDUS

Félix ODERSKY

Barbara REINHARTZ

Hubertus ROHLFING

Olivier REMIEN

António GALLARDO PIQUERAS

José Luis IGLESIAS BUHIGUES

Juan Francisco DELGADO DE MIGUEL

Edmond JACOBY

Paul LAGARDE

Cyril NOURISSAT

François TREMOSA

Dervla BROWNE

Domenico DAMASCELLI

Emanuele CALO

Franco SALERNO CARDILLO

Patrick GALEA

Bente BRAAT

Guilherme FREIRE FALCAO DE OLIVEIRA

Ulf BERGQUIST

Richard FRIMSTON

Clare RENTON

Francis BARLOW

Roslyn Ann INNOCENT

Paul MATTHEWS

Gordon WYLLIE

AT

BE

CZ

DE

DE

DE

DE

DE

ES

ES

ES

FR

FR

FR

FR

IE

IT

IT

IT

MT

NL

PT

SE

UK

UK

UK

UK

UK

UK
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4130 — ENI/Grupo Amorim/CGD/Galp) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, energy industry, merger control, wood industry

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4130 — ENI/Grupo Amorim/CGD/Galp)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 51/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 20 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 undertakings ENI Portugal Invest-
ment (‘ENI’) belonging to the group ENI S.p.A. (Italy), Amorim Energia, B.V. (‘Amorim Energia’) controlled
by Amorim Holding II SGPS, S.A. (Portugal) and Caixa Geral de Depósitos Group (‘CGD’, Portugal) acquire,
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation, joint control of the undertaking Galp
Energia, SGPS, S.A. (‘GALP’) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for ENI: exploration, production, refining, marketing and transportation of crude oil, natural gas, petro-
leum products and petrochemicals, power generation and engineering and construction of energy
plants and infrastructure;

— for Amorim: production and distribution of cork and cork related products, real estate, forestry and

financial services;

— for CGD: retail and corporate banking services, investment banking and asset management;

— for GALP: exploration, production, refining, marketing and storage and transportation of crude oil,

natural gas, petroleum products and petrochemicals, power co-generation.

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.4130 — ENI/Grupo Amorim/CGD/Galp, 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.3786 — BPI/Euler Hermes/COSEC) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commercial bank, credit insurance, economic concentration, investment bank, merger control

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3786 — BPI/Euler Hermes/COSEC)

(2006/C 51/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 22 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 undertakings Banco BPI S.A. (‘BPI’,
Portugal) and Euler Hermes SFAC S.A. (‘EH SFAC’, France) controlled by the Allianz Group (‘Allianz’,
Germany) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of
Companhia de Seguro de Créditos, S.A. (‘COSEC’, Portugal) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for BPI: commercial banking, investment banking, life-capitalisation insurance;

— for EH SFAC: credit insurance business;

— for Allianz: insurance business;

— for COSEC: credit insurance business.

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.3786 — BPI/Euler Hermes/COSEC, to the following address:

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

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Notice concerning the anti-dumping measures in force in respect of imports into the Community of certain iron or steel ropes and cables originating,  inter alia , in Russia: change of the name of a company from which an undertaking was accepted
Date: 2006-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Russia, anti-dumping legislation, iron and steel industry, wire

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Notice concerning the anti-dumping measures in force in respect of imports into the Community
of certain iron or steel ropes and cables originating, inter alia, in Russia: change of the name of a
company from which an undertaking was accepted

(2006/C 51/02)

Imports of certain iron or steel ropes and cables (‘SWR’) originating, inter alia, in Russia are subject to a
definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1601/2001 (1).

An undertaking was accepted by Commission Decision 2001/602/EC (2) from Open Joint Stock Company
Cherepovetsky Staleprokatny Zavod (‘ChSPZ’). ChSPZ has informed the Commission that on 1 January
2006, as a result of a merger with Open Joint Stock Company Orlovsky Staleprokatny Zavod (‘OSPAZ’)
and Closed Joint Stock Company Severstal-Metiz, it changed its name into Closed Joint Stock Company
Severstal-Metiz (‘SSM’).

The company has argued that the change of name does not affect the right of the merged company to
benefit from the undertaking given by the company under its previous name of ChSPZ.

The name change applies as of 1 January 2006, i.e. the date when ChSPZ and OSPAZ ceased to exist as
legal entities. The address of the merged company is the same as that of ChSPZ. It should be noted that a
review under Article 11(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (3) is currently ongoing (4). Since the
publication of the result of that review is still pending, it was considered necessary to clarify already at this
time in a notice that the merged company SSM is entitled to benefit from the terms of the undertaking.

The Commission has examined the information supplied and concluded that the change of name in no
way affects the findings of Council Regulation (EC) No 1601/2001, as amended. Therefore, the reference
to Open Joint Stock Company Cherepovetsky Staleprokatny Zavod should be read as Closed Joint Stock
Company Severstal-Metiz in Articles 1 and 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1601/2001 and in Article 1 of
Commission Decision 2001/602/EC.

The Taric additional code A217 previously attributed to Open Joint Stock Company Cherepovetsky Stale-
prokatny Zavod shall apply to Closed Joint Stock Company Severstal-Metiz.

(1) OJ L 211, 4.8.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 564/2005 (OJ L 97, 15.4.2005, p. 1).
(2) OJ L 211, 4.8.2001, p. 47.
(3) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2117/2005 (OJ L 340, 23.12.2005, p.

17).

(4) OJ C 202, 10.8.2004, p. 12.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 361/2006 of  1 March 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 361/2006

of 1 March 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 2 March 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 March 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 1 March 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 50 10

0808 10 80

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
212
624
999

052
068
204
628
999

220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
400
624
999

052
624
999

388
400
404
528
720
999

220
388
400
512
528
720
999

86,5
42,4
139,7
92,6
90,3

122,1
138,2
68,2
155,5
121,0

57,6
57,6

132,8
57,4
95,1

56,9
44,8
45,1
39,4
61,8
58,4
51,1

49,2
67,2
58,2

115,2
134,0
105,3
89,4
89,3
106,6

60,6
76,0
77,1
65,7
72,5
45,0
66,2

(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’.