do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 725/2006 of  12 May 2006  fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 9th individual invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005
Date: 2006-05-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, concentrated product, farm price support

13.5.2006

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 725/2006

of 12 May 2006

fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 9th individual invitation to tender opened
under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 10 thereof,

Whereas:

ensure the taking over of the concentrated butter by
the retail trade.

(3)

(4)

In the light of the tenders received, the maximum aid
should be fixed at the appropriate level and the end-use
security should be determined accordingly.

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

(1)

and

In accordance with Article 47 of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1898/2005 of 9 November 2005 laying down
detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC)
No 1255/99 as regards measures for the disposal of
concentrated
cream,
the
butter
Community market (2),
the intervention agencies are
opening a standing invitation to tender for the granting
of aid for concentrated butter. Article 54 of that Regu-
lation provides that in the light of the tenders received in
response to each special invitation to tender, a maximum
amount of aid is to be fixed for concentrated butter with
a minimum fat content of 96 %.

butter

on

(2)

An end-use security provided for in Article 53(4) of
Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 is to be lodged to

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 9th individual tender under the standing invitation to
tender opened in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
1898/2005 the maximum amount of the aid for concentrated
butter with a minimum fat content of 96 %, as referred to in
Article 47(1) of that Regulation, is fixed at 32,8 EUR/100 kg,

The end-use security provided for in Article 53(4) of Regulation
(EC) No 1898/2005 is fixed at 36 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 May 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 May 2006.

For the Commission

J. L. DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(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 308, 25.11.2005, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2107/2005 (OJ L 337, 22.12.2005, p. 20).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-05-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

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(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

11 May 2006

(2006/C 112/01)

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

1,2716

141,41

7,4571

0,68240

9,3379

1,5592

89,52

7,7610

1,9558

0,5751

28,233

15,6466

260,79

3,4528

0,6963

0,4293

3,8230

3,4642

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

239,68

37,359

1,7305

1,6484

1,4044

9,8593

2,0206

1,9939

KRW South Korean won

1 189,71

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,7495

10,1807

7,2715

Indonesian rupiah

11 101,07

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,553

65,665

34,4520

48,090

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
List of Member States' authorisations of food and food ingredients which may be treated with ionising radiation  (According to Article 4(6) of Directive 1999/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning foods and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation)
Date: 2006-05-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: foodstuff, ionising radiation, irradiation, perishable goods

C 112/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.5.2006

List of Member States' authorisations of food and food ingredients which may be treated with
ionising radiation

(According to Article 4(6) of Directive 1999/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approxima-
tion of the laws of the Member States concerning foods and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation)

(This text cancels and replaces the text published in Official Journal C 56 of 11 March 2003, p. 5)

(2006/C 112/05)

Product

Authorised at the given maximum overall average absorbed
radiation dose
[kGy]

Deep frozen aromatic herbs

Potatoes

Yams

Onions

Garlic

Shallots

Vegetables, incl. pulses

Pulses

Fruit (incl. fungi, tomato, rhubarb)

Strawberries

Dried vegetables and fruits

Cereals

Flakes and germs of cereals for milk products

10

10

Flakes from cereals

Rice flour

Gum arabic

Chicken meat

Poultry

Poultry (domestic fowls, geese, ducks, guinea fowls, pigeons,
quails, and turkeys)

Mechanically recovered poultry meat

Offal of poultry

Frozen frog legs

4

3

5

7

5

5

5

4

3

5

5

5

5

Dehydrated blood, plasma, coagulates

10

10

FR

10

BE

10

0,15

IT

NL

PL

UK

0,15

0,1

0,15

0,075

0,15

0,15

0,075

0,15

0,15

0,075

0,06

0,15

1

2

2

1

1

1

0,2

0,2

0,2

0,2

0,2

1

2

1

7

1

1

1

3

7

5

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Product

Authorised at the given maximum overall average absorbed
radiation dose
[kGy]

Fish and shellfish (incl. eels, crustaceans and molluscs)

Frozen peeled or decapitated shrimps

Shrimps

Egg white

Casein, caseinates

UK

3

BE

FR

IT

NL

PL

3

5

3

6

5

3

6

3

3
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4199 — De Lage Landen/Athlon) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-05-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: credit institution, economic concentration, general mechanical engineering, hire purchase, merger control

C 112/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.5.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4199 — De Lage Landen/Athlon)

(2006/C 112/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 3 May 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 De Lage Landen Interna-
tional B.V.
(‘DLL’, the Netherlands) belonging to the Rabobank Group (‘Rabobank’, the Netherlands)
acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the under-
taking Athlon Holding N.V. (‘Athlon’, the Netherlands) by way of public bid.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for the undertaking Rabobank: credit institution;

— for the undertaking DLL: car leasing;

— for the undertaking Athlon: car leasing and car body repair.

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.4199 — De Lage Landen/Athlon, to the following address:

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

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 726/2006 of  12 May 2006  fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 41st individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
Date: 2006-05-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, intervention price, minimum price, selling price

L 126/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.5.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 726/2006

of 12 May 2006

fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 41st individual invitation to tender issued under
the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 10(c) thereof,

award, in accordance with Article 24a of Regulation (EC)
No 2771/1999.

In the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling
price should be fixed.

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

(3)

(4)

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Pursuant to Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down
detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the
market
intervention agencies
have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender
certain quantities of butter held by them.

in butter and cream (2),

In the light of the tenders received in response to each
individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price
shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make no

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 41st individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regu-
lation (EC) No 2771/1999, in respect of which the time limit
tenders expired on 9 May 2006,
the submission of
for
the minimum selling
at
butter
255,00 EUR/100 kg.

price

fixed

for

is

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 May 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 May 2006.

For the Commission

J. L. DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005,
p. 2).

(2) OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1802/2005 (OJ L 290, 4.11.2005, p. 3).
Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licenses pursuant to Article 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-05-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, air transport, carrier, transport licence

12.5.2006

EN

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C 112/3

Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licenses pursuant to
Article 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers (1) (2)

(2006/C 112/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

SPAIN

Operating licences revoked

Category A: Operating licences without the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

Name of air carrier

Address of air carrier

Permitted to carry

Decision effective
since

GESTAVI, S.L.

Avda. Alejandro Roselló, 15, 6°
E–07002 Palma de Mallorca

passengers, mail, cargo

7.4.2006

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 1.
(2) Communicated to the European Commission before 31.8.2005.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 722/2006 of  12 May 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-05-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

13.5.2006

EN

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 722/2006

of 12 May 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 13 May 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 May 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 12 May 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 90 70

0805 10 20

0805 50 10

0808 10 80

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
212
999

052
628
999

052
204
999

204
212
220
400
448
624
999

052
388
508
528
624
999

388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
804
999

100,5
92,4
153,3
115,4

94,0
155,5
124,8

112,0
25,1
68,6

34,0
64,4
40,9
20,3
50,4
48,0
43,0

43,6
50,9
40,3
56,7
54,7
49,2

86,3
124,0
104,4
79,6
81,7
84,1
94,9
79,5
111,1
94,0

(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.4048 — Sonae Indústria/Tarkett/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-05-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, plastics industry, wood industry

12.5.2006

EN

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C 112/11

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4048 — Sonae Indústria/Tarkett/JV)

(2006/C 112/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 2 May 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 Sonae Indústria — SGPS,
SA (‘Sonae Indústria’, Portugal) belonging to the group Sonae and Tarkett AG (‘Tarkett’, Germany)
controlled by Tarkett SA acquire joint control within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regu-
lation by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture (‘JV’, Luxem-
bourg).

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Sonae Indústria: production of wood-based products, such as fibre boards;

— for Tarkett: production and distribution of different floor coverings, such as resilient flooring (PVC),

wood-based flooring and laminate flooring;

— JV: manufacturing and selling of laminate flooring.

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.4048 — Sonae Indústria/Tarkett/JV to the following address:

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

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2006-05-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, Russia, aluminium, anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, thin sheet

C 112/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.5.2006

Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures

(2006/C 112/02)

Further to the publication of a notice of impending expiry (1), following which no request for a review was
received, the Commission gives notice that the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will shortly
expire.

This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22
December 1995 (2) on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European
Community.

Product

Country(ies) of origin or
exportation

Measures

Reference

Aluminium foil

People's Republic of
China
Russia

Anti-dumping duty

Council Regulation
(EC) No
950/2001 (OJ L 134, 17.5.2001,
p. 1) as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 161/2006 (OJ L
26, 31.1.2006, p. 1)

Date of
expiry

18.5.2006

(1) OJ C 209, 26.8.2005, p. 2.
(2) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2117/2005 (OJ L 340,

23.12.2005, p. 17).