do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
State aid — France, Ireland and Italy — State aid No C 78/2001 (ex NN 22/2001) — Ireland — Exemption from excise duty on mineral oils used as fuel for alumina production in the Shannon region — State aid No C 79/2001 (ex NN 23/2001) — France — Exemption from excise duty on mineral oils used as fuel for alumina production in the Gardanne region — State aid No C 80/2001 (ex NN 26/2001) — Italy — Exemption from excise duty on mineral oils used as fuel for alumina production in Sardinia — Invitation to submit comments pursuant to Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-05-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, excise duty, fuel, mineral oil

C 109/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.5.2006

STATE AID — FRANCE, IRELAND AND ITALY

State aid No C 78/2001 (ex NN 22/2001) — Ireland

Exemption from excise duty on mineral oils used as fuel for alumina production in the Shannon
region

State aid No C 79/2001 (ex NN 23/2001) — France

Exemption from excise duty on mineral oils used as fuel for alumina production in the Gardanne
region

State aid No C 80/2001 (ex NN 26/2001) — Italy

Exemption from excise duty on mineral oils used as fuel for alumina production in Sardinia

Invitation to submit comments pursuant to Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty

(2006/C 109/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

By means of the letter dated 7 December 2001, the Commission notified France, Ireland and Italy of its
final decision on the abovementioned measures as regards the period until 31 December 2003 and its deci-
sion to extend the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty as regards the period as from 1
January 2004. The full text of the decision is published in OJ L 119 of 4.5.2006

The letters by which the Commission notified these Member States of its original decisions to initiate the
procedure, and a meaningful summary, have been published in OJ C 30 of 2.2.2002, p. 17, p. 21 and
p. 25.

Interested parties may submit their comments on the measures in respect of which the Commission is
extending the procedure within one month of the date of publication of this notice and its decision, to:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
State Aid Greffe
SPA 3 6/5
B-1049 Brussels
Fax No: (32-2) 296 12 42

These comments will be communicated to France, Ireland and Italy. Confidential treatment of the identity
of the interested party submitting the comments may be requested in writing, stating the reasons for the
request.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4173 — Nippon Sheet Glas/Pilkington) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-05-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, glass fibre, glass industry, merger control

9.5.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 109/9

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4173 — Nippon Sheet Glas/Pilkington)

(2006/C 109/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 28 April 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 Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd (‘NSG’, Japan) acquires within the meaning of Article
3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Pilkington plc (‘Pilkington’,
United Kingdom) by way of public bid announced on 27 February 2006.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for NSG: manufacture of float glass and fibreglass, mainly active in East Asia;

— for Pilkington: manufacture of glass and glazing products, active worldwide but predominantly in

Europe.

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.4173 — Nippon Sheet Glas/Pilkington, 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: 2006-05-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

9.5.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 109/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

8 May 2006

(2006/C 109/01)

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

1,2756

141,88

7,4573

0,68460

9,2985

1,5581

91,10

7,7865

1,9558

0,5752

28,238

15,6466

259,51

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

3,8315

3,4609

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

37,313

1,6865

1,6515

1,4137

9,8874

2,0067

2,0002

KRW South Korean won

1 183,50

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,7081

10,2137

7,2748

Indonesian rupiah

11 142,37

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,583

65,451

34,5450

47,822

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.