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Communication by the Government of the Slovak Republic of a list of the competent authorities and concerning Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of  30 May 1994  on the conditions for granting and using authorizations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-04-20
Institutions: Slovakia
Subjects: Slovakia, evaluation of resources, exploitation of resources, hydrocarbon, management of resources, petroleum exploration

C 92/2

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Official Journal of the European Union

20.4.2006

Communication by the Government of the Slovak Republic of a list of the competent authorities
and concerning Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994
on the conditions for granting and using authorizations for the prospection, exploration and
production of hydrocarbons (1)

(2006/C 92/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

In accordance with Article 10 of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30
May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorizations for the prospection, exploration and
production of hydrocarbons, the Slovak Republic has notified the European Commission of the following
list of the competent authorities:

1. Main Mining Office, Banská Štiavnica:

Address:

Hlavný banský úrad
Kammerhofská č. 2
SK-969 50 Banská Štiavnica

Phone:

(421-45) 692 15 46, (421-45) 692 15 53

fax:

(421-45) 692 15 49

e-mail:

hbubs@isternet.sk

www.hbu.sk

2. District Mining Office, Bratislava:

Address: Obvodný banský úrad
Prievozská 30
SK-821 05 Bratislava

Phone:

(421-2) 534 17 309

fax:

(421-2) 534 17 300

e-mail:

obuba@isternet.sk

3. District Mining Office, Banská Bystrica:

Address: Obvodný banský úrad

ul. 9. mája č. 2
SK-975 90 Banská Bystrica

Phone:

(421-48) 414 29 56

fax:

(421-48) 414 29 41

e-mail:

obubb@isternet.sk

4. District Mining Office, Košice:

Address: Obvodný banský úrad

Timonova č. 23
SK-041 57 Košice

Phone:

(421-55) 625 03 55

fax:

(421-55) 729 65 05

e-mail:

obuke@isternet.sk

(1) OJ L 164, 30.6.1994, p. 3.

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5. District Mining Office, Prievidza:

Address: Obvodný banský úrad

Matice slovenskej 10
SK-971 22 Prievidza

Phone:

(421-46) 542 20 05

fax:

(421-46) 542 20 05

e-mail:

obupd@isternet.sk

6. District Mining Office, Spišská Nová Ves:

Address: Obvodný banský úrad

Markušovská 1
SK-052 80 Spišská Nová Ves

Phone:

(421-53) 442 52 56

fax:

(421-53) 442 55 68

e-mail:

obusnv@isternet.sk
Commission Regulation (EC) No 624/2006 of  20 April 2006  fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005
Date: 2006-04-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, barley, export refund

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Official Journal of the European Union

21.4.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 624/2006

of 20 April 2006

fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in
Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose
bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.

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 13(3) thereof,

(3)

(4)

Whereas:

The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
current market
in question
results in the maximum export refund being fixed.

situation for

the cereal

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

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of
barley to certain third countries was opened pursuant to
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005 (2).

In accordance with Article 7 of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain
detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on
cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of
disturbance on the market for cereals (3), the Commission
may, on the basis of the tenders notified, decide to fix a
maximum export refund taking account of the criteria
referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For tenders notified from 14 to 20 April 2006, pursuant to the
invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005,
the maximum refund on exportation of barley shall be
5,90 EUR/t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 April 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 April 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 174, 7.7.2005, p. 12.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 777/2004 (OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 50).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 622/2006 of  20 April 2006  fixing production refunds on cereals
Date: 2006-04-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cereals, production refund

21.4.2006

EN

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L 108/19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 622/2006

of 20 April 2006

fixing production refunds on cereals

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 8(2) thereof,

(2)

(3)

The production refunds fixed in this Regulation should
be adjusted by the coefficients listed in the Annex II to
Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 to establish the exact
amount to be paid.

The Management Committee
for Cereals has not
delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
chairman,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 of 30 June
1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulations (EEC) No 1766/92 and (EEC) No
1418/76 concerning production refunds in the cereals
and rice sectors respectively (2) lays down the conditions
for granting production refunds. The basis for calculating
the refund is laid down in Article 3 of that Regulation.
The refund thus calculated, differentiated where necessary
for potato starch, must be fixed once a month and may
be amended if the price of maize and/or wheat changes
significantly.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The refund per tonne of starch referred to in Article 3(2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93, is hereby fixed at:

(a) EUR/tonne 9,74 for starch from maize, wheat, barley and

oats;

(b) EUR/tonne 20,14 for potato starch.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 April 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 April 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 159, 1.7.1993, p. 112. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1548/2004 (OJ L 280, 31.8.2004, p. 11).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4007 — Reckitt Benckiser/Boots Healthcare International) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-04-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, foodstuff, merger control, pharmaceutical product, polishing and scouring preparations, restrictive-practice authorisation

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Official Journal of the European Union

20.4.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4108 — T-Systems/Gedas)

(2006/C 92/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 27 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 32006M4108. 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.4007 — Reckitt Benckiser/Boots Healthcare International)

(2006/C 92/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 6 January 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 32006M4007. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 625/2006 of  20 April 2006  fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1059/2005
Date: 2006-04-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, common wheat, export refund

21.4.2006

EN

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 625/2006

of 20 April 2006

fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender
issued in Regulation (EC) No 1059/2005

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 13(3) thereof,

(3)

(4)

Whereas:

In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose
bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.

The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
current market
in question
results in the maximum export refund being fixed.

situation for

the cereal

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

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of
common wheat to certain third countries was opened
pursuant
(EC) No
to
1059/2005 (2).

Commission

Regulation

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In accordance with Article 7 of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain
detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on
cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of
disturbance on the market for cereals (3), the Commission
may, on the basis of the tenders notified, decide to fix a
maximum export refund taking account of the criteria
referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.

For tenders notified from 14 to 20 April 2006, pursuant to the
invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1059/2005,
the maximum refund on exportation of common wheat shall be
5,00 EUR/t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 April 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 April 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 174, 7.7.2005, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 777/2004 (OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 50).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-04-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

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(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

19 April 2006

(2006/C 92/01)

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

1,2346

144,60

7,4609

0,69135

9,3220

1,5688

95,95

7,8105

1,9558

0,5761

28,525

15,6466

264,55

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

3,8977

3,4802

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

239,59

37,380

1,6430

1,6596

1,4063

9,5736

1,9462

1,9722

KRW South Korean won

1 167,38

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,3624

9,8926

7,2995

Indonesian rupiah

10 994,11

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,523

63,347

33,9110

46,567

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Notice inviting applications for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block B14 of the Dutch continental shelf
Date: 2006-04-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, application of EU law, continental shelf, petroleum exploration

20.4.2006

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Notice inviting applications for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block B14 of the
Dutch continental shelf

(2006/C 92/04)

The Minister for Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands hereby gives notice that an applica-
tion has been received for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block B14 as indicated on the
map appended as Annex 3 to the Mining Regulation (Mijnbouwregeling) (Government Gazette (Staatscourant)
2002, No 245).

With reference to Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30
May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and
production of hydrocarbons and the publication required by Article 15 of the Mining Act (Mijnbouwwet)
(Bulletin of Acts and Decrees (Staatsblad) 2002, No 542), the Minister for Economic Affairs hereby invites
interested parties to submit an application for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block B14.

The Minister for Economic Affairs is the competent authority for the granting of authorisations. The
criteria, conditions and requirements referred to in Articles 5(1), 5(2) and 6(2) of the Directive are set out
in the Mining Act (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees 2002, No 542).

Applications may be submitted during the 13 weeks following the publication of this notice in the Official
Journal of the European Union and should be sent to the Minister for Economic Affairs, for the attention of
the Director for the Energy Market, Prinses Beatrixlaan 5, The Hague, Netherlands, and marked ‘personal’.

Applications submitted after the expiry of this period will not be considered.

A decision on the applications will be taken not later than twelve months after the period has expired.

Further information can be obtained from the following telephone number: (31-70) 379 72 98.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 618/2006 of  20 April 2006  fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 24th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005
Date: 2006-04-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, third country, white sugar

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21.4.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 618/2006

of 20 April 2006

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 24th partial
invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for
in Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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) and in particular the second indent of
Article 27(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005 of 15 July
2005 on a standing invitation to tender to determine
levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar (2), for
invi-
the 2005/2006 marketing year, requires partial
tations to tender to be issued for the export of this
sugar to certain third countries.

(2)

Pursuant
to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1138/2005 a maximum export refund shall be fixed,

the

as the case may be, account being taken in particular
the
of
Community and world markets in sugar, for the partial
invitation to tender in question.

and foreseeable development of

state

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 24th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued
to Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005 the maximum
pursuant
amount of the export refund shall be 28,395 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 April 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 April 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2004, p. 16).

(2) OJ L 185, 16.7.2005, p. 3.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 613/2006 of  20 April 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-04-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

21.4.2006

EN

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 613/2006

of 20 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 21 April 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 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 20 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
628
999

624
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
624
999

052
624
999

388
400
404
508
512
528
720
804
999

052
388
512
528
720
999

101,8
51,4
139,0
138,6
107,7

120,0
47,4
147,3
104,9

119,2
119,2

120,7
111,0
115,9

70,7
36,5
52,1
36,3
75,9
54,3

43,0
60,9
52,0

87,6
130,8
92,4
68,6
80,5
86,7
76,8
108,6
91,5

75,0
110,8
74,4
72,2
76,1
81,7

(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.4108 — T-Systems/Gedas) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-04-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: computer systems, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, service, telecommunications

C 92/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.4.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4108 — T-Systems/Gedas)

(2006/C 92/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 27 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 32006M4108. 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.4007 — Reckitt Benckiser/Boots Healthcare International)

(2006/C 92/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 6 January 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 32006M4007. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)