do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of Directive 94/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of  16 June 1994  on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to recreational craft   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-05-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European standard, pleasure craft, technical regulations, technical standard

13.5.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 113/17

Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of Directive 94/25/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 1994 on the approximation of the laws, regula-
tions and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to recreational craft

(2006/C 113/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards under the directive)

ESO (1)

Reference and title of the harmonised standard
(and reference document)

Reference of
superseded standard

Date of cessation of
presumption of confor-
mity of superseded
standard
Note 1

CEN

EN ISO 10087:2006
Small craft — Craft identification — Coding system (ISO 10087:2006)

EN ISO 10087:1996

30.9.2006

(1) ESO: European Standardisation Organisation:

— CEN: rue de Stassart 36, B-1050 Brussels, tel. (32-2) 550 08 11; fax (32-2) 550 08 19 (http://www.cenorm.be)
— CENELEC: rue de Stassart 35, B-1050 Brussels, tel. (32-2) 519 68 71; fax (32-2) 519 69 19 (http://www.cenelec.org)
— ETSI: 650, route des Lucioles, F-06921 Sophia Antipolis, tel. (33) 492 94 42 00; fax (33) 493 65 47 16 (http://www.etsi.org)

Note 1 Generally the date of cessation of presumption of conformity will be the date of withdrawal
(‘dow’), set by the European Standardisation Organisation, but attention of users of these standards
is drawn to the fact that in certain exceptional cases this can be otherwise.

NOTE:

— Any information concerning the availability of the standards can be obtained either from the European
Standardisation Organisations or from the national standardisation bodies of which the list is annexed
to Directive 98/34/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council amended by Directive
98/48/EC (2).

— Publication of the references in the Official Journal of the European Union does not imply that the stan-

dards are available in all the Community languages.

More information about harmonised standards on the Internet at:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/newapproach/standardization/harmstds/

(1) OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37.
(2) OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4219 — ABN Amro/Nextiraone Europe) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-05-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial institution, merger control, telecommunications industry

13.5.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 113/19

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4219 — ABN Amro/Nextiraone Europe)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 113/05)

(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 undertakings ABN Amro Capital
France and ABN Amro Capital BO Funds BV, both belonging to the group ABN (‘ABN Amro’, Netherlands)
acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the under-
taking NextiraOne Europe Holdings B.V. (‘Nextiraone Europe’, Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for ABN Amro: Financial services, private equity and asset management,

— for Nextiraone Europe: telecommunications solutions for corporate customers.

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the
scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to
the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council
Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the
procedure set out in the Notice.

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.4219 — ABN Amro/Nextiraone Europe, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition,
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Brussels

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4133 — Mellon/WestlB/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-05-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, financial institution, merger control

C 113/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.5.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4133 — Mellon/WestlB/JV)

(2006/C 113/06)

(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 web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
web site 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 32006M4133. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-05-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

13.5.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 113/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

12 May 2006

(2006/C 113/01)

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

1,2914

141,56

7,4554

0,68080

9,3700

1,5496

91,23

7,7645

1,9558

0,5751

28,263

15,6466

265,03

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

3,8768

3,4844

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

239,65

37,573

1,8130

1,6609

1,4214

10,0130

2,0525

2,0183

KRW South Korean won

1 204,36

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

7,9796

10,3418

7,2680

Indonesian rupiah

11 280,38

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,624

66,740

34,7650

48,861

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4167 — Mitsui/Vopak) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-05-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy industry, merger control, oil industry, storage of hydrocarbons

C 113/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.5.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4167 — Mitsui/Vopak)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 113/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 5 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 undertakings Mitsui & Co (‘Mitsui’,
USA) and Koninklijke Vopak N.V. (‘Vopak’, The Netherlands) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b)
of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking VOPAK ITC (‘VOPAK ITC’, USA) by way of
contribution of assets in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Mitsui: trading in commodities, including, inter alia, power and energy-related products; iron and

steel;

— for Vopak: operation of tank terminals for the storage of crude oil, petroleum products, chemicals, LPG
and vegetable oils; the inland waterway transportation of these products and the provision of related
services;

— for Vopak ITC: provision of storage facilities and related services in North America for chemicals,

petrochemicals, LPG, petroleum products as well as pipeline and other distribution systems.

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the
scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to
the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council
Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the
procedure set out in the Notice.

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.4167 — Mitsui/Vopak, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition,
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Brussels

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.