do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
2006/371/EC: Decision taken by common accord of the Governments of the Member States having the euro as their currency at the level of Heads of State or Government of  19 May 2006  appointing a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank
Date: 2006-05-19
Institutions: The Member States having adopted the euro: Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland
Subjects: European Central Bank, appointment of staff

24.5.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 136/41

CONFERENCE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES

DECISION TAKEN BY COMMON ACCORD OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES
HAVING THE EURO AS THEIR CURRENCY AT THE LEVEL OF HEADS OF STATE OR
GOVERNMENT

appointing a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank

of 19 May 2006

(2006/371/EC)

THE HEADS OF STATE OR GOVERNMENT OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY HAVING
THE EURO AS THEIR CURRENCY,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 112(2)(b) and
122(4) thereof, and to Articles 11.2 and 43.3 of the Protocol on the Statute of the European System of
Central Banks and of the European Central Bank,

Having regard to the recommendation of the Council (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Having regard to the opinion of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (3),

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Mr Jürgen STARK is hereby appointed a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank for a
term of office of eight years as from 1 June 2006.

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 19 May 2006.

The President

U. PLASSNIK

(1) OJ L 47, 17.2.2006, p. 58.
(2) Opinion delivered on 17 May 2006 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
(3) OJ C 58, 10.3.2006, p. 12.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 118/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.5.2006

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

18 May 2006

(2006/C 118/02)

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

1,2770

141,94

7,4528

0,67755

9,3755

1,5493

91,44

7,8390

1,9558

0,5750

28,375

15,6466

265,28

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

3,9705

3,5330

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

239,62

37,723

1,9160

1,6739

1,4235

9,9022

2,0469

2,0187

KRW South Korean won

1 209,45

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

8,2494

10,2390

7,2695

Indonesian rupiah

11 729,25

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,603

67,157

34,5340

48,770

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 766/2006 of  19 May 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

L 134/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.5.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 766/2006

of 19 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 20 May 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 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).

20.5.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 134/13

to Commission Regulation of 19 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
999

052
204
212
220
448
624
999

052
388
508
528
999

388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
804
999

122,4
46,4
113,4
94,1

82,4
151,2
116,8

103,4
103,4

36,5
37,4
64,4
41,5
46,6
48,2
45,8

42,5
59,4
51,3
58,6
53,0

86,8
108,8
115,5
72,5
87,1
88,6
94,9
107,3
109,3
96,8

(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.4154 — Degussa/DOW (superabsorbent polymers)) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, economic concentration, merger control

19.5.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 118/21

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4154 — Degussa/DOW (superabsorbent polymers))

(2006/C 118/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 11 May 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 Degussa AG (‘Degussa’, Germany), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
the Council Regulation control over the Superabsorbent Polymer Business of The Dow Chemical Company
(‘Dow SAP business’, USA) by way of purchase of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Degussa: development, production and distribution of speciality chemicals, including superabsor-

bent polymers;

— for Dow SAP business: production and distribution of superabsorbent polymers.

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.4154 — Degussa/DOW (superabsorbent polymers), to the following
address:

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

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Corrigendum to the Statement of revenue and expenditure of Eurojust for the financial year 2006 ( OJ L 67 of 8 March 2006 )
Date: 2006-05-19
Institutions: European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation
Subjects: Eurojust, expenditure, financial year, general budget (EU), publication of accounts, revenue

19.5.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 133/35

CORRIGENDA
Corrigendum to the Statement of revenue and expenditure of Eurojust for the financial year 2006
(Official Journal of the European Union L 67 of 8 March 2006)

The text and tables on pages 574 to 576 are to be replaced by the following text and tables:

REVENUE

Title
Chapter

9

9 0

INCOME

ANNUAL INCOME

Heading

Financial year 2006

Financial year 2005

Financial year 2004

Title 9 — Total

14 700 000

14 700 000

13 000 000

13 000 000

9 300 000

9 300 000

GRAND TOTAL

14 700 000

13 000 000

9 300 000

TITLE 9

INCOME

CHAPTER 9 0 — ANNUAL INCOME

Article
Item

9 0 1

9 0 2

Heading

Financial year 2006

Financial year 2005

Financial year 2004

CHAPTER 9 0

Subsidy from the EU general budget

14 700 000

13 000 000

9 300 000

Others

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

CHAPTER 9 0 — TOTAL

14 700 000

13 000 000

9 300 000

Title 9 — Total

14 700 000

13 000 000

GRAND TOTAL

14 700 000

13 000 000

9 300 000

9 300 000

CHAPTER 9 0 — ANNUAL INCOME

9 0 1

Subsidy from the EU general budget

Financial year 2006

Financial year 2005

Financial year 2004

14 700 000

13 000 000

9 300 000

9 0 2

Others

Financial year 2006

Financial year 2005

Financial year 2004

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4194 — Crédit Agricole/TV-ESS) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, insurance, life assurance, merger control

C 118/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.5.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4194 — Crédit Agricole/TV-ESS)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 118/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 10 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 Crédit Agricole SA
(‘CASA’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the
whole of the undertakings Companhia de Seguros Tranquilidade–Vida SA (‘TV’, Portugal) and Espirito
Santo Companhia de Seguros SA (‘ESS’, Portugal), both controlled by Espirito Santo Financial Group
(Portugal), by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for CASA: life and non-life insurance, retail banking, private banking, specialized financial services;

— for TV: life insurance;

— for ESS: non-life insurance.

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.4194 — Crédit Agricole/TV-ESS, to the following address:

European Commission
Competition DG
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.