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Commission Regulation (EC) No 487/2006 of  24 March 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

25.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 88/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 487/2006

of 24 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 25 March 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 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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Official Journal of the European Union

25.3.2006

to Commission Regulation of 24 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
999

624
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
624
999

052
624
999

388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
999

388
512
524
528
720
999

97,9
52,9
102,0
101,8
88,7

121,0
121,0

103,6
103,6

77,4
53,8
65,6

40,8
43,0
54,3
43,9
59,3
48,3

42,2
67,2
54,7

76,6
127,9
92,9
82,7
76,3
62,5
79,9
80,0
84,9

82,6
76,3
58,2
57,2
122,5
79,4

(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’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

24.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 72/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

23 March 2006

(2006/C 72/01)

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

1,2055

141,12

7,4614

0,69175

9,3525

1,5770

86,06

7,9670

1,9558

0,5757

28,683

15,6466

263,00

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

3,8805

3,5076

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

239,60

37,438

1,6107

1,6783

1,4049

9,3540

1,9183

1,9490

KRW South Korean won

1 175,97

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,5537

9,6797

7,3398

Indonesian rupiah

10 867,58

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,449

61,649

33,4760

47,075

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Information concerning the entry into force of Council Decision 2006/232/EC on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the United States of America on trade in wine
Date: 2006-03-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: United States, information, trade agreement (EU), wine

24.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 87/75

Information concerning the entry into force of Council Decision 2005/798/EC (1) on the conclusion of
an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the United
States of America on matters related to trade in wine

This Agreement entered into force on the date of signature, 23 November 2005.

(1) OJ L 301, 18.11.2005, p. 14.

Information concerning the entry into force of Council Decision 2006/232/EC (1) on the conclusion of
the Agreement between the European Community and the United States of America on trade in wine

This Agreement entered into force on the date of signature, 10 March 2006 .

(1) OJ L 87, 24.3.2006, p. 1.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 488/2006 of  24 March 2006  fixing the exchange rates applicable to structural or environmental measures in 2006
Date: 2006-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, aid to agriculture, euro, exchange rate, national currency

25.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 88/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 488/2006

of 24 March 2006

fixing the exchange rates applicable to structural or environmental measures in 2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15
December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the
euro (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 of
22 December 1998 laying down detailed rules for the appli-
cation of the agrimonetary system for the euro in agriculture (2),
and in particular the second sentence of Article 4(3) thereof,

Whereas:

In accordance with the first sentence of Article 4(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 the exchange rate to be
used is the average of
the exchange rates applicable
during the month preceding the date of the operative
event, calculated pro rata temporis,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In 2006, the exchange rate shown in the Annex shall apply to
the amounts of a structural or environmental character referred
to in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98.

(1)

the operative event

In accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No
2808/98,
for the amounts of a
structural or environmental character is 1 January of
the year during which the decision to grant the aid is
taken.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of 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, 24 March 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 36 Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1044/2005 (OJ L 172, 5.7.2005, p. 76).

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Official Journal of the European Union

25.3.2006

ANNEX

Exchange rates referred to in Article 1

(EUR 1 = average for 1 December 2005 to 31 December 2005)

0,573458

28,9712

7,45403

15,6466

252,791

3,4528

0,696729

0,4293

3,85493

37,8743

239,505

9,43950

0,679103

Cyprus pound

Czech koruna

Danish krone

Estonian kroon

Hungarian forint

Lithuanian litas

Latvian lats

Maltese lira

Polish zloty

Slovak koruna

Slovenian tolar

Swedish krona

Pound sterling
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4162 — Merck/Schering) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, pharmaceutical industry, research and development

C 72/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.3.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4162 — Merck/Schering)

(2006/C 72/04)

(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 Merck KgaA (‘Merck’,
Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the under-
taking Schering Aktiengesellschaft (‘Schering’, Germany) by way of tender offer.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Merck: a global research-based pharmaceutical and chemical company;

— for undertaking Schering:a global research-based pharmaceutical company.

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.4162 — Merck/Schering, to the following address:

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

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on the processing of Advance Passenger Information and Passenger Name Record Data
Date: 2006-03-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Canada, agreement (EU), data processing, data protection, disclosure of information, traveller

24.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 86/19

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on the processing of
Advance Passenger Information and Passenger Name Record Data (1)

The procedures necessary for the entry into force of the Agreement between the European Community and
the Government of Canada on the processing of Advance Passenger Information and Passenger Name
Record Data, signed in Luxembourg on 3 October 2005, have been completed on 22 March 2006.
According to Art. 9 of the Agreement, it entered into force on that same day.

(1) OJ L 82, 21.3.2006, p. 15.
Information concerning the entry into force of Council Decision 2005/798/EC on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the United States of America on matters related to trade in wine
Date: 2006-03-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: United States, information, trade agreement (EU), wine

24.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 87/75

Information concerning the entry into force of Council Decision 2005/798/EC (1) on the conclusion of
an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the United
States of America on matters related to trade in wine

This Agreement entered into force on the date of signature, 23 November 2005.

(1) OJ L 301, 18.11.2005, p. 14.

Information concerning the entry into force of Council Decision 2006/232/EC (1) on the conclusion of
the Agreement between the European Community and the United States of America on trade in wine

This Agreement entered into force on the date of signature, 10 March 2006 .

(1) OJ L 87, 24.3.2006, p. 1.