do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2006-04-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid to agriculture, control of State aid

11.4.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 87/7

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2006/C 87/03)

Date of adoption of the decision: 12.1.2006

Date of adoption of the decision: 3.2.2006

Member State: France (Alsace)

Aid No: N 68/2005

Title: Compensation for farmers in the Alsace region obliged
their crops due to measures for controlling and
to alter
preventing the spread of western corn rootworm, for the loss
of revenue caused by the change in crops

Objective: Preventative measure under the prevention plan
against western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera Le
Conte)

Legal basis: Articles L 251-1 et suivants du Code rural

Budget: EUR 600 000

Aid intensity or amount: The aid is capped at EUR 160 per
hectare of corn lost in the focus zone, i.e. around 60 % of loss,
and EUR 80 per hectare of corn lost in the safety zone, i.e.
around 50 % of the loss

Member State: France

Aid No: N 273/2005

Title: Aid for diversification of the production of cut flowers
(ONIFLHOR)

Objective: To support
in horticultural holdings
flowers, enabling them to diversify flower
producing cut
production and adapt supply to the new demands of consu-
mers

investment

Budget: EUR 4 million over four years

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % in a less favoured area, 40 %
in other areas (55 % and 45 % for young farmers)

Duration: 31 December 2005

Duration: Maximum four years

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confiden-
tial information has been removed, can be found at:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confiden-
tial information has been removed, can be found at:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-04-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

11.4.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 87/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

10 April 2006

(2006/C 87/01)

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

1,2099

143,22

7,4619

0,6938

9,3669

1,5756

88,93

7,8575

1,9558

0,5762

28,623

15,6466

267,28

3,4528

0,6961

0,4293

3,974

3,5006

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

239,63

37,55

1,6275

1,6616

1,3878

9,3856

1,9904

1,9436

KRW South Korean won

1 155,45

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,4351

9,684

7,3245

Indonesian rupiah

10 867,93

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,4385

61,947

33,538

46,144

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 585/2006 of  11 April 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-04-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

12.4.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 103/27

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 585/2006

of 11 April 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 12 April 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 April 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).

L 103/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.4.2006

to Commission Regulation of 11 April 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
204
999

220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
400
624
999

052
624
999

388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
804
999

388
512
524
528
720
999

117,1
103,7
139,0
149,3
127,3

129,4
47,6
88,5

226,6
226,6

127,4
56,7
92,1

72,0
35,5
46,1
35,7
62,7
66,5
53,1

44,7
60,5
52,6

78,3
113,6
65,0
85,5
76,1
57,0
75,3
86,6
105,4
82,5

81,5
79,1
48,6
62,4
69,8
68,3

(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.4141 — Linde/BOC) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-04-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, gas, gas industry, gas supply, management, merger control

C 87/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.4.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4141 — Linde/BOC)

(2006/C 87/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 6 April 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 Linde AG (‘Linde’,
Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of
the undertaking The BOC Group plc (‘BOC’, United Kingdom) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Linde: production and distribution of industrial and specialty gases, including plant construction, as

well as manufacture of forklift trucks and warehouse equipment;

— for BOC: production and distribution of industrial and specialty gases as well as logistics services.

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.4141 — Linde/BOC, to the following address:

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

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