do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 91/2

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Official Journal of the European Union

19.4.2006

Euro exchange rates (1)

13 April 2006

(2006/C 91/02)

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

1,2094

143,48

7,4624

0,6903

9,326

1,5705

92,25

7,8562

1,9558

0,5764

28,645

15,6466

267,73

3,4528

0,6961

0,4293

3,9476

3,4904

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

239,61

37,49

1,635

1,6634

1,3885

9,3822

1,9605

1,9444

KRW South Korean won

1 162,96

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,4242

9,7052

7,3075

Indonesian rupiah

10 869,48

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,4397

61,982

33,516

46,127

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 606/2006 of  19 April 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such skimmed-milk powder
Date: 2006-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, animal nutrition, award of contract, sale, skimmed milk, skimmed milk powder

20.4.2006

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 606/2006

of 19 April 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Council
Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk
powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such skimmed-milk powder

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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), and in particular Article 15 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
2799/1999 (2)
fixes the amount of aid for skimmed
milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal
feed taking into account the factors set out in Article
11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.
In view of
the developments in the market price of skimmed-milk
powder, of
for
competing proteins, and of the reduction of the supply
of skimmed-milk powder, the amount of aid should be
reduced.

the increase in the market prices

Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products
has not delivered an opinion within the time-limit set by
its chairman,

Article 1

In Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999, paragraph 1 is
replaced by the following:

‘1.

Aid is fixed at:

(a) EUR 1,62 per 100 kg of skimmed milk with a protein
content of not less than 35,6 % of the non-fatty dry
extract;

(b) EUR 1,42 per 100 kg of skimmed milk with a protein
content of not less than 31,4 % but less than 35,6 % of
the non-fatty dry extract;

(c) EUR 20,00 per 100 kg of skimmed-milk powder with a
protein content of not less than 35,6 % of the non-fatty
dry extract;

(d) EUR 17,64 per 100 kg of skimmed-milk powder with a
protein content of not less than 31,4 % but less than
35,6 % of the non-fatty dry extract.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 19 April 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 340, 31.12.1999, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1194/2005 (OJ L 194, 26.7.2005, p. 7).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 604/2006 of  19 April 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

20.4.2006

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 604/2006

of 19 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 20 April 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 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).

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to Commission Regulation of 19 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

624
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
624
999

624
999

388
400
404
508
512
528
720
804
999

052
388
512
528
720
999

118,6
50,1
139,0
138,6
111,6

129,4
47,4
88,4

119,2
119,2

127,1
114,1
120,6

70,7
40,1
52,8
32,1
75,4
54,2

54,5
54,5

87,8
129,3
95,9
73,4
80,3
96,6
78,2
112,8
94,3

75,0
99,4
78,5
80,3
76,1
81,9

(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’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4172 — Barclays/Tuja) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, employment service, financial institution, merger control, temporary employment

C 91/36

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.4.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4121 — Allianz Group/Sofinim/United Broadcast Facilities)

(2006/C 91/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 22 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 32006M4121. 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.4172 — Barclays/Tuja)

(2006/C 91/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 30 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 32006M4172. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 609/2006 of  19 April 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 1374/2005 as regards the quantity covered by the standing invitation to tender for the export of barley held by the Slovak intervention agency
Date: 2006-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovakia, award of contract, barley, export, intervention agency

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20.4.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 609/2006

of 19 April 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 1374/2005 as regards the quantity covered by the standing invitation
to tender for the export of barley held by the Slovak intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

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)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (2) lays down
the procedure and conditions for the disposal of cereals
held by intervention agencies.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1374/2005 (3) has
opened a standing invitation to tender for the export
of 64 016 tonnes of barley held by the Slovak inter-
vention agency.

Slovakia has informed the Commission of
vention agency’s
tonnes the quantity put out to tender for export.
view of
Slovakia should be granted.

its inter-
intention to increase by 26 366
In
the request made by

the market situation,

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

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1374/2005 is replaced by the
following:

‘Article 2

The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of 90 382
tonnes of barley for export
to third countries with the
exception of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
of
former Yugoslav Republic
Canada, Croatia,
Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Romania, Serbia
and
Montenegro (*), Switzerland and the United States of
America.

the

___________
(*) Including Kosovo as defined by United Nations Security

Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.’

Article 2

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 1374/2005 should therefore be
amended.

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, 19 April 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 11).
(2) OJ L 191, 31.7.1993, p. 76. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 749/2005 (OJ L 126, 19.5.2005, p. 10).

(3) OJ L 219, 24.8.2005, p. 3.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4087 — Eiffage/Macquarie/APRR) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, economic concentration, investment, merger control, transport infrastructure

19.4.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 91/37

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

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

(2006/C 91/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 24 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 32006M4130. 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.4087 — Eiffage/Macquarie/APRR)

(2006/C 91/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 15 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 32006M4087. 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.4114 — Lottomatica/GTECH) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: communications industry, economic concentration, financial institution, game of chance, insurance company, merger control

19.4.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 91/35

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4114 — Lottomatica/GTECH)

(2006/C 91/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 7 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 Lottomatica S.p.A. (‘Lotto-
matica’, Italy) controlled by De Agostini S.p.A. (‘De Agostini’, Italy) acquires within the meaning of Article
3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking GTECH Holdings Corporation
(‘GTECH’, USA) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Lottomatica: active in the lotteries and gambling sector as well as in automatic payment services in

Italy;

— for De Agostini: active in the media, publishing, financial and insurance sectors;

— for GTECH: active in the gambling sector and in automatic payment services at a world-wide level.

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.4114 — Lottomatica/GTECH, to the following address:

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

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
2006/337/EC: Commission Decision of  19 April 2006  establishing standard forms for the transmission of applications and decisions pursuant to Council Directive 2004/80/EC relating to compensation to crime victims
Date: 2006-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: area of freedom, security and justice, crime, form, indemnification, victim

12.5.2006

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 19 April 2006

establishing standard forms for the transmission of applications and decisions pursuant to Council
Directive 2004/80/EC relating to compensation to crime victims

(2006/337/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

The standard forms to be used for the transmission of
applications for compensation and decisions relating to
applications
compensation in such cross-border
for
situations should be established,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The standard form for the transmission of applications for
in Article 6(2) of Directive

1.
compensation provided for
2004/80/EC shall be as set out in Annex I.

2.
The standard form for the transmission of decisions on
applications for compensation provided for in Article 10 of
Directive 2004/80/EC shall be as set out in Annex II.

Done at Brussels, 19 April 2006.

For the Commission

Franco FRATTINI
Vice-President

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 2004/80/EC of 29 April
2004 relating to compensation to crime victims (1), and in
particular Article 14 thereof,

After consulting the Committee established by Article 15(1) of
the Directive 2004/80/EC,

Whereas:

(1)

Directive 2004/80/EC requires Member
to
introduce a system of cooperation to facilitate access to
compensation in cases where a crime is committed in a
Member State other than that of the victim’s residence by
1 January 2006.

States

(1) OJ L 261, 6.8.2004, p. 15.

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ANNEX I

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ANNEX II

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12.5.2006
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4130 — ENI/Grupo Amorim/CGD/GALP) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, energy industry, merger control, wood industry

19.4.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 91/37

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

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

(2006/C 91/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 24 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 32006M4130. 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.4087 — Eiffage/Macquarie/APRR)

(2006/C 91/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 15 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 32006M4087. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

19.4.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 91/1

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(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

18 April 2006

(2006/C 91/01)

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

1,2252

144,53

7,4621

0,6915

9,3068

1,5645

93,15

7,854

1,9558

0,5762

28,565

15,6466

266,67

3,4528

0,696

0,4293

3,9268

3,4876

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

239,6

37,48

1,6464

1,66

1,4029

9,5029

1,9576

1,9626

KRW South Korean won

1 168,6

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,4234

9,8188

7,3048

Indonesian rupiah

11 005,36

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,5008

63,037

33,778

46,482

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.