do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4110 — E.ON/Endesa) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical industry, gas industry, merger control

C 68/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.3.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4110 — E.ON/Endesa)

(2006/C 68/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 16 March 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 E.ON AG (E.ON,
Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of
the undertaking Endesa S.A. (Endesa, Spain) by way of public bid announced on 21 February 2006.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking E.ON: energy company supplying electricity and gas all over Europe and in the United

States along with other related activities;

— for undertaking Endesa: Spanish electricity operator also active in the gas sector. Endesa is also active
in the electricity sector in other European countries, especially Portugal, France, Italy, Germany and
Poland. In addition Endesa is active in South America and North Africa.

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.4110 — E.ON/Endesa, to the following address:

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

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

21.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 68/9

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

20 March 2006

(2006/C 68/04)

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

1,2174

141,07

7,4620

0,69370

9,3340

1,5717

84,70

7,9535

1,9558

0,5754

28,590

15,6466

261,58

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

3,8853

3,5075

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

239,54

37,398

1,6210

1,6921

1,4213

9,4456

1,9453

1,9646

KRW South Korean won

1 177,29

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,6354

9,7696

7,3548

Indonesian rupiah

11 136,78

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,502

62,087

33,6760

47,085

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 468/2006 of  21 March 2006  on granting import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements
Date: 2006-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cane sugar, import licence, preferential agreement, tariff quota, third country

22.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 83/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 468/2006

of 21 March 2006

on granting import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential
agreements

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

zero duty for products falling within CN code 1701
expressed as white sugar equivalent for imports origi-
to the ACP
nating in countries which are parties
Protocol and the India Agreement.

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19
June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the
sugar sector (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18
June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in
Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the
GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (2),

(2)

(3)

The weekly totals referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation
still
(EC) No 1159/2003 show that
the delivery obligations for preferential
available for
sugar originating in India for
the 2005/06 delivery
period which have already reached their limits.

some sugar

is

the Commission must
Under
indicate that the limits concerned have not been reached,

circumstances,

these

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003
of 30 June 2003 laying down detailed rules of application for
the 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 marketing years for the
import of cane sugar under certain tariff quotas and preferential
agreements and amending Regulations (EC) No 1464/95 and
(EC) No 779/96 (3), and in particular Article 5(4) thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The limits for the delivery obligations for preferential sugar
originating in India for the 2005/06 delivery period have not
yet been reached.

(1)

Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 lays down
detailed rules on determining the delivery obligations at

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 March 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 March 2006.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 987/2005 (OJ L 167, 29.6.2005,
p. 12).

(2) OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 162, 1.7.2003, p. 25. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 568/2005 (OJ L 97, 15.4.2005, p. 9).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 464/2006 of  21 March 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 80/2006 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of rye held by the German intervention agency
Date: 2006-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, award of contract, intervention agency, rye, sale

22.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 83/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 464/2006

of 21 March 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 80/2006 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the
Community market of rye held by the German intervention agency

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 6 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 80/2006 (2) opens a
standing invitation to tender
the resale on the
Community market of rye held by the German inter-
vention agency.

for

In view of market requirements and the quantities held
by the German intervention agency, Germany has
informed the Commission that its intervention agency
intends to increase the amount put out to tender by
In view of the market situation, the
100 000 tonnes.
request made by Germany should be granted.

(3)

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 80/2006 should be
accordingly.

amended

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 80/2006 is hereby amended as follows:

in Article 1,
tonnes’.

‘100 000 tonnes’

is replaced by ‘200 000

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 21 March 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 14, 19.1.2006, p. 5. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC)

No 307/2006 (OJ L 51, 22.2.2006, p. 11).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 466/2006 of  21 March 2006  determining the extent to which applications lodged in March 2006 for import licences for certain pigmeat sector products under the regime provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for pigmeat and certain other agricultural products can be accepted
Date: 2006-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, pigmeat, tariff quota

22.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 83/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 466/2006

of 21 March 2006

determining the extent to which applications lodged in March 2006 for import licences for certain
pigmeat sector products under the regime provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94
opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for pigmeat and
certain other agricultural products can be accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1432/94 of
22 June 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application in
the pigmeat sector of the import arrangements provided for in
Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for
the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for
pigmeat and certain other agricultural products (1), and in
particular Article 4(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The applications for import licences lodged for the 2nd
quarter of 2006 are for quantities less than the quantities
available and can therefore be met in full.

The quantity available for the following period should be
determined.

It is appropriate to draw the attention of operators to the
fact that licences may only be used for products which
comply with all veterinary rules currently in force in the
Community,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Applications for import licences for the period 1 April to
to Regulation (EC) No

1.
30 June 2006 submitted pursuant
1432/94 shall be met as referred to in Annex I.

2.
For the period 1 July to 30 September 2006, applications
may be lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1432/94 for
import licences for a total quantity as referred to in Annex II.

3.
Licences may only be used for products which comply
with all veterinary rules currently in force in the Community.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 March 2006.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 156, 23.6.1994, p. 14. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 341/2005 (OJ L 53, 26.2.2005, p. 28).

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Official Journal of the European Union

22.3.2006

ANNEX I

Percentage of acceptance of import licences submitted for the
period 1 April to 30 June 2006

—

ANNEX II

(t)

Total quantity available for the period
1 July to 30 September 2006

5 250,0

Group No

1

Group

1
Commission Regulation (EC) No 467/2006 of  21 March 2006  determining the extent to which applications lodged in March 2006 for import licences under the regime provided for by tariff quotas for certain products in the pigmeat sector for the period  1 April  to  30 June 2006  can be accepted
Date: 2006-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, pigmeat, tariff quota

22.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 83/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 467/2006

of 21 March 2006

determining the extent to which applications lodged in March 2006 for import licences under
the regime provided for by tariff quotas for certain products in the pigmeat sector for the
period 1 April to 30 June 2006 can be accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1458/2003
of 18 August 2003 opening and providing for the adminis-
tration of
tariff quotas for certain products in the pigmeat
sector (1) , and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,

Whereas:

Article 1

to
Applications for import
30 June 2006 submitted pursuant
to Regulation (EC)
No 1458/2003 shall be met as referred to in the Annex.

licences for the period 1 April

The applications for import
licences lodged for the period
1 April to 30 June 2006 are for quantities less than the quan-
tities available and can therefore be met in full.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 March 2006.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 208, 19.8.2003, p. 3. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 341/2005 (OJ L 53, 26.2.2005, p. 28).

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.3.2006

ANNEX

Group

Percentage of acceptance of import licences submitted for the
period 1 April to 30 June 2006

G2

G3

G4

G5

G6

G7

100

—

—

—

—

—
Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licenses pursuant to Article 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Sweden, air transport, carrier, transport licence

C 68/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.3.2006

Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licenses pursuant to
Article 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers (1) (2)

(2006/C 68/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

SWEDEN

Operating licences granted

Category B: Operating licences including the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

Name of air carrier

Address of air carrier

Permitted to carry

Decision effective
since

Fly Logic Sweden AB
556383-5932

Osterman Helikopter
borg AB
556318-1691

Box 45
S-230 32 MALMÖ-STURUP

passengers, mail, cargo

17.1.2006

i Göte-

Säve Flygplatsväg 38
S-423 73 SÄVE

passengers, mail, cargo

24.2.2006

Operating licences revoked

Category B: Operating licences including the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

Name of air carrier

Address of air carrier

Permitted to carry

Decision effective
since

Ostermans Helicopter
borg AB
556404-8121

i Göte-

PI 2005
S-423 73 SÄVE

passengers, mail, cargo

5.12.2005

European Executive Express AB
556158-7501

PO Box 599
S-651 13 KARLSTAD

passengers, mail, cargo

20.2.2006

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 1.
(2) Communicated to the European Commission before 31.8.2005.
Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licenses pursuant to Article 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, air transport, carrier, transport licence

C 68/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.3.2006

Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licenses pursuant to
Article 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers (1) (2)

(2006/C 68/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

AUSTRIA

Operating licences revoked

Category B: Operating licences including the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

Name of air carrier

Address of air carrier

Permitted to carry

Decision effective
since

Zenith Airways GmbH

Promenadenweg 8
A-2522 Oberwaltersdorf

passengers, mail, cargo

16.2.2006

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 1.
(2) Communicated to the European Commission before 31.8.2005.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4079 — Mitsui/Evraz/Deniskovskaya Coal Mine JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, coal industry, economic concentration, electronics industry, holding company, iron and steel industry, merger control

C 68/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.3.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4079 — Mitsui/Evraz/Deniskovskaya Coal Mine JV)

(2006/C 68/12)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 13 March 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 32006M4079. 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.4042 — Toepfer/Invivo/Soulès)

(2006/C 68/13)

(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 32005M4042. 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.4042 — Toepfer/Invivo/Soulès) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural production, animal nutrition, economic concentration, exchange of information, marketing, merger control

C 68/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.3.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4079 — Mitsui/Evraz/Deniskovskaya Coal Mine JV)

(2006/C 68/12)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 13 March 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 32006M4079. 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.4042 — Toepfer/Invivo/Soulès)

(2006/C 68/13)

(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 32005M4042. 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.4072 — NEC/Philips Business Communications) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, information technology industry, merger control, telecommunications industry

21.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 68/21

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4072 — NEC/Philips Business Communications)

(2006/C 68/14)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 13 March 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 32006M4072. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4092 — Andritz/Küsters) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, machine-tool industry, merger control, pulp and paper industry

21.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 68/13

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4092 — Andritz/Küsters)

(2006/C 68/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 13 March 2006, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by
which the undertaking Andritz GmbH, controlled by Andritz AG (‘Andritz’; Austria) acquires within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Eduard
Küsters Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co KG, controlled by Jagenberg AG (‘Küsters’; Germany) by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Andritz: manufacture of paper-producing machinery, for tissue,board, and fine paper; also, produc-

tion systems for the steel, environment, feed technology, hydraulic technology, and other sectors;

— for Küsters: supply of paper, non-woven and textile calenders.

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.4092 — Andritz/Küsters, to the following address:

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

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.