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Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 20/2006 of  10 March 2006  amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2006-03-10
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: approximation of laws, electromagnetic interference, electronic equipment, motor vehicle, remote sensing, vehicle registration

L 147/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.6.2006

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 20/2006

of 10 March 2006

amending Annex II

(Technical regulations, standards,

testing and certification)

to the EEA

Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the
Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular
Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 2/2006 of
27 January 2006 (1).

Commission Directive 2005/49/EC of 25 July 2005 amending, for the purposes of their adaptation
to technical progress, Council Directive 72/245/EEC relating to the radio interference (electro-
magnetic compatibility) of vehicles and Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of
the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (2)
is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Chapter I of Annex II to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

Article 1

1. The following indent shall be added in points 1 (Council Directive 70/156/EEC) and 11 (Council

Directive 72/245/EEC):

‘— 32005 L 0049: Commission Directive 2005/49/EC of 25 July 2005 (OJ L 194, 26.7.2005, p. 12).’

2. The following point shall be inserted after point 45zg (Commission Directive 2005/30/EC):

‘45zh. 32005 L 0049: Commission Directive 2005/49/EC of 25 July 2005 amending, for the purposes
of their adaptation to technical progress, Council Directive 72/245/EEC relating to the radio
interference (electromagnetic compatibility) of vehicles and Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles
and their trailers (OJ L 194, 26.7.2005, p. 12).’

The texts of Directive 2005/49/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA
Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on 11 March 2006, provided that all the notifications under Article
103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

Article 3

(1) OJ L 92, 30.3.2006, p. 20.
(2) OJ L 194, 26.7.2005, p. 12.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

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This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of
the European Union.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 10 March 2006.

For the EEA Joint Committee
The President

R. WRIGHT
Commission Regulation (EC) No 418/2006 of  10 March 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 opening the buying-in of butter in certain Member States for the period  1 March  to  31 August 2006
Date: 2006-03-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, butter, intervention buying

L 72/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.3.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 418/2006

of 10 March 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 opening the buying-in of butter in certain Member States
for the period 1 March to 31 August 2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Article 1

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 is replaced by the
following text:

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),

‘Article 1

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the appli-
cation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards
in butter and cream (2), and in
intervention on the market
particular Article 2 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 (3) establishes
the list of Member States in which buying-in for butter is
open, as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1255/1999.

On the basis of most recent communications by Italy,
pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999,
the Commission has observed that butter market prices
have been below 92 % of the intervention price for two
should
consecutive weeks.
Intervention
therefore be opened in those Member States.
Italy
should therefore be added to the list established in Regu-
lation (EC) No 343/2006.

buying-in

Buying-in of butter as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby open in the following
Member States:
— Germany
— Estonia
— Spain
— France
— Italy
— Ireland
— Latvia
— Netherlands
— Poland
— Portugal
— Finland
— Sweden
— United Kingdom.’

Article 2

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 March 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 March 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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

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

(2) OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2107/2005 (OJ L 337, 22.12.2005, p. 20).

(3) OJ L 55, 25.2.2006, p. 17. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 387/2006 (OJ L 63, 4.3.2006, p. 10).
Council Common Position 2006/204/CFSP of  10 March 2006  renewing measures in support of the effective implementation of the mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
Date: 2006-03-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: International Criminal Tribunal, common foreign and security policy, natural person, restriction of liberty, war crime

11.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 72/15

(Acts adopted under Title V of the Treaty on European Union)

COUNCIL COMMON POSITION 2006/204/CFSP

of 10 March 2006

renewing measures in support of the effective implementation of the mandate of the International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION:

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular Article 15 thereof,

Common Position 2004/293/CFSP shall be extended until 16
March 2007.

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

On 30 March 2004,
the Council adopted Common
Position 2004/293/CFSP renewing measures in support
of the effective implementation of the mandate of the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
(ICTY) (1). These measures were renewed by Common
Position 2005/227/CFSP (2) and are due to expire on
16 March 2006.

(2)

The Council considers it necessary to renew the measures
imposed by Common Position 2004/293/CFSP for a
further period of 12 months,

Article 2

This Common Position shall
adoption.

take effect on the date of

its

Article 3

This Common Position shall be published in the Official Journal
of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 10 March 2006.

For the Council
The President

M. BARTENSTEIN

(1) OJ L 94, 31.3.2004, p. 65. Common Position as last amended by

Decision 2005/83/CFSP (OJ L 29, 2.2.2005, p. 50).

(2) OJ L 71, 17.3.2005, p. 74.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3787 — Heinemann/HDS Retail/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-03-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: airport, consumer goods, economic concentration, merger control, press, restrictive-practice authorisation, sale

10.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 58/11

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3787 — Heinemann/HDS Retail/JV)

(2006/C 58/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 8 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 German 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 32006M3787. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 419/2006 of  10 March 2006  on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
Date: 2006-03-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, fresh meat, frozen product, import licence, refrigerated product

11.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 72/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 419/2006

of 10 March 2006

on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
beef and veal (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 of
27 May 1997 opening and providing for the administration of
tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and
for frozen buffalo meat (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 936/97 provides in Articles 4 and 5
the conditions for applications and for the issue of
import licences for meat referred to in Article 2(f).

Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 fixes the
amount of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and
veal meeting the definition laid down therein which may

be imported on special terms for the period 1 July 2005
to 30 June 2006 at 11 500 t.

(3)

It should be recalled that licences issued pursuant to this
the period of validity, be
Regulation will, throughout
open for use only in so far as provisions on health
protection in force permit,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
All applications for import licences from 1 to 5 March
2006 for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal as
referred to in Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 shall be
granted in full.

2.
Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance
with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 936/97, during the first
five days of April 2006 for 8 574,695 t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 March 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 March 2006.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

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

(2) OJ L 137, 28.5.1997, p. 10. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2186/2005 (OJ L 347, 30.12.2005, p. 74).
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 40/2006 of  10 March 2006  amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
Date: 2006-03-10
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU aid, EU programme, aid to undertakings, entrepreneurship, small and medium-sized enterprises

1.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 147/63

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 40/2006

of 10 March 2006

amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four
freedoms

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the
Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular
Articles 86 and 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Protocol 31 to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 74/2005 of
29 April 2005 (1).

It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement to include
Decision No 1776/2005/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 September 2005
amending Council Decision 2000/819/EC on a multiannual programme for enterprise and entrepre-
neurship, and in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) (2001 to 2005) (2).

Protocol 31 to the Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended
cooperation to take place from 1 January 2006,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following sub-indent shall be added in the seventh indent (Council Decision 2000/819/EC) of Article
7(5) of Protocol 31 to the Agreement:

‘— 32005 D 1776: Decision No 1776/2005/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of

28 September 2005 (OJ L 289, 3.11.2005, p. 14).’

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following the last notification to the EEA Joint Committee
under Article 103(1) of the Agreement (*).

Article 2

It shall apply from 1 January 2006.

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of
the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 10 March 2006.

For the EEA Joint Committee
The President

R. WRIGHT

(1) OJ L 239, 15.9.2005, p. 67.
(2) OJ L 289, 3.11.2005, p. 14.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 31/2006 of  10 March 2006  amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2006-03-10
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: facilities for people with disabilities, marketing, medical device, standardisation

L 147/48

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.6.2006

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 31/2006

of 10 March 2006

amending Annex II

(Technical

regulations,

standards,

testing

and certification)

to the

EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the
Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular
Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Annex II to the Agreement was amended by the Agreement on the participation of the Czech
Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic
of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of
Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the European Economic Area signed on 14 October 2003 in
Luxembourg (1).

Commission Directive 2005/50/EC of 11 August 2005 on the reclassification of hip, knee and
shoulder joint replacements in the framework of Council Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical
devices (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 5 (Commission Directive 2003/32/EC) of Chapter XXX of
Annex II to the Agreement:

‘6. 32005 L 0050: Commission Directive 2005/50/EC of 11 August 2005 on the reclassification of
hip, knee and shoulder joint replacements in the framework of Council Directive 93/42/EEC
concerning medical devices (OJ L 210, 12.8.2005, p. 41).’

Article 2

The texts of Directive 2005/50/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA
Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 11 March 2006, provided that all the notifications under Article
103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of
the European Union.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 10 March 2006.

For the EEA Joint Committee
The President

R. WRIGHT

(1) OJ L 130, 29.4.2004, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 210, 12.8.2005, p. 41.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 35/2006 of  10 March 2006  amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2006-03-10
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: crew, maritime transport, recognition of diplomas, recognition of vocational training qualifications

1.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 147/53

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 35/2006

of 10 March 2006

amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the
Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular
Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Annex XIII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 11/2006 of
27 January 2006 (1).

Directive 2005/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the
mutual recognition of seafarers’ certificates issued by the Member States and amending Directive
2001/25/EC (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Annex XIII to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

Article 1

1. The following point shall be inserted after point 56r (Commission Regulation (EC) No 884/2005):

‘56s. 32005 L 0045: Directive 2005/45/EC of

the Council of
7 September 2005 on the mutual recognition of seafarers’ certificates issued by the Member
States and amending Directive 2001/25/EC (OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 160).’

the European Parliament and of

2. The following indent shall be added in point 56j (Directive 2001/25/EC of the European Parliament and

of the Council):

‘— 32005 L 0045: Directive 2005/45/EC of

7 September 2005 (OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 160).’

the European Parliament and of

the Council of

The texts of Directive 2005/45/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA
Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on 11 March 2006, provided that all the notifications under Artį-
cle 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

Article 3

(1) OJ L 92, 30.3.2006, p. 34.
(2) OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 160.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

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1.6.2006

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of
the European Union.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 10 March 2006.

For the EEA Joint Committee
The President

R. WRIGHT