do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Notice
Date: 2006-05-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, United States, common commercial policy, suspension of customs duties, trade relations

30.5.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 126/7

NOTICE

(2006/C 126/07)

In accordance with Article 1(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 728/2006 of 15 May 2006 (1), the Commis-
sion hereby gives notice that the Bill (2) repealing the grandfathering provisions of the FSC-ETI Act and of
the JOBS Act adopted by the Congress of the United States on 11 May 2006 was signed into law by the
President of the United States on 17 May 2006.

As a result and in accordance with Article 1(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 728/2006, Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 2193/2003 as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 171/2005 is repealed with effect
from 29 May 2006.

(1) OJ L 127 of 15.5.2006, p. 1.
(2) H.R. 4297, the ‘Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005’
Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2006 of  30 May 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-05-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

L 144/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

31.5.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 798/2006

of 30 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 31 May 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 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).

31.5.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 144/5

to Commission Regulation of 30 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

0809 20 95

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
999

052
999

052
999

204
220
388
624
999

388
528
999

388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
804
999

052
999

93,9
37,5
65,7

107,3
107,3

92,2
92,2

38,1
34,2
69,7
52,0
48,5

83,1
53,4
68,3

109,8
126,4
100,2
79,3
85,9
88,5
89,4
86,0
108,1
97,1

227,5
227,5

(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’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 801/2006 of  30 May 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 1384/2005 as regards the quantity covered by the standing invitation to tender for the export of barley held by the Hungarian intervention agency
Date: 2006-05-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, award of contract, barley, export, intervention agency

L 144/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

31.5.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 801/2006

of 30 May 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 1384/2005 as regards the quantity covered by the standing invitation
to tender for the export of barley held by the Hungarian intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

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 6 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (2) lays down
the procedure and conditions for the disposal of cereals
held by intervention agencies.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1384/2005 (3) has
opened a standing invitation to tender for the export
of 60 323 tonnes of barley held by the Hungarian inter-
vention agency.

Hungary has informed the Commission of
vention agency’s
tonnes the quantity put out to tender for export.
view of
Hungary should be granted.

its inter-
intention to increase by 88 652
In
the request made by

the market situation,

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1384/2005 is hereby amended as follows:

‘Article 2

The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of 148 975
tonnes of barley for export
to third countries with the
exception of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
of
former Yugoslav Republic
Canada, Croatia,
Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Romania, Serbia
and
Montenegro (*), Switzerland and the United States of
America.
___________
(*) Including Kosovo as defined by United Nations Security

the

Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.’

Article 2

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 1384/2005 should therefore be
amended.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 May 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 191, 31.7.1993, p. 76. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 749/2005 (OJ L 126, 19.5.2005, p. 10).

(3) OJ L 220, 25.8.2005, p. 27. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1522/2005 (OJ L 245, 21.9.2005, p. 3).
2006/499/CFSP Political and Security Committee Decision MONUC SPT/1/2006 of  30 May 2006  on the acceptance of third States’ contributions to the European Union military operation in support of the United Nations Organisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) during the election process
Date: 2006-05-30
Institutions: Political and Security Committee
Subjects: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Türkiye, common foreign and security policy, military intervention, multinational force, peacekeeping, the EU's international role

L 197/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.7.2006

(Acts adopted under Title V of the Treaty on European Union)

POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION MONUC SPT/1/2006

of 30 May 2006
on the acceptance of third States’ contributions to the European Union military operation in
support of the United Nations Organisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(MONUC) during the election process

(2006/499/CFSP)

THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular third subparagraph of Article 25 thereof,

Having regard to Council Joint Action 2006/319/CFSP of 27
April 2006 on the European Union military operation in
the United Nations Organisation Mission in the
support of
the Congo (MONUC) during the
Democratic Republic of
election process (1)
(Operation EUFOR RD Congo), and in
particular Article 10(2) thereof,

Whereas:

At the request of the Political and Security Committee
and in accordance with the tasking by the European
Union Military Committee (EUMC), the EU Operation
Commander and EU Force Commander held the Force
Generation and Manning Conferences on 3 and 10 May
2006.

European Community, Denmark does not participate in
the elaboration and implementation of decisions and
actions of the European Union which have defence impli-
cations,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Third States’ contributions

Following the Force Generation and Manning Conferences, the
contribution from Turkey shall be accepted for the EU military
operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in support
of MONUC during the election process.

Article 2

Entry into force

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Following recommendations on a contribution from
Turkey by the EU Operation Commander and the
EUMC, the contribution from Turkey should be accepted.

Done at Brussels, 30 May 2006.

In accordance with Article 6 of
the Protocol on the
position of Denmark annexed to the Treaty on
European Union and to the Treaty establishing the

For the Political and Security Committee
The Chairperson

F.J. KUGLITSCH

(1)

(2)

(3)

(1) OJ L 116, 29.4.2006, p. 98.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3877 — Costa Crociere/Royal Caribbean/Marinvest/RCT JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-05-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, travel agency

C 126/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.5.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4176 — Deutsche Bank ET AL/Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer)

(2006/C 126/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 10 May 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 Regulation
(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://ec.europa.eu/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 32006M4176. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3877 — Costa Crociere/Royal Caribbean/Marinvest/RCT JV)

(2006/C 126/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 4 May 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 Regulation (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://ec.europa.eu/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 32006M3877. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4100 — Seagate/Maxtor) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-05-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: computer equipment, economic concentration, merger control

C 126/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.5.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4092 — Andritz/Küsters)

(2006/C 126/12)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 19 April 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 Regulation
(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://ec.europa.eu/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 32006M4092. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4100 — Seagate/Maxtor)

(2006/C 126/13)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 27 April 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 Regulation
(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://ec.europa.eu/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 32006M4100. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4092 — Andritz/Küsters) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-05-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, machine-tool industry, merger control, pulp and paper industry

C 126/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.5.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4092 — Andritz/Küsters)

(2006/C 126/12)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 19 April 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 Regulation
(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://ec.europa.eu/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 32006M4092. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4100 — Seagate/Maxtor)

(2006/C 126/13)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 27 April 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 Regulation
(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://ec.europa.eu/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 32006M4100. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-05-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

30.5.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 126/3

Euro exchange rates (1)

26 May 2006

(2006/C 126/03)

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

1,2797

143,5

7,458

0,685

9,3065

1,5589

92,81

7,823

1,9558

0,575

28,174

15,6466

261,16

3,4528

0,6961

0,4293

3,9319

3,525

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

37,75

1,9735

1,6884

1,4182

9,9256

2,0067

2,0218

KRW South Korean won

1 209,96

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

8,4031

10,2652

7,267

Indonesian rupiah

11 850,02

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,6613

67,549

34,57

48,934

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-05-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, State aid, control of State aid

C 126/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.5.2006

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2006/C 126/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption: 27.6.2005

Member State: Austria (Land of Tyrol)

Aid No: N 76/2005

Date of adoption: 13.9.2005

Member State: Austria

Aid No: N 350/2005

Title: Support of generators of green electricity from solid
biomass — Tyrol

Title: Amendment for Fine Dust Reduction to the Austrian
Guidelines for Environmental Aid 2002

Objective: Environmental aid (not sector specific)

Legal basis: Ökostromgesetz, BGBl. I Nr. 149/2002

Richtlinie des Landes Tirol zur Förderung von Ökostroman-
lagen auf Basis fester Biomasse

Budget: EUR 3,4 million for the whole duration

Intensity or amount: 25 %

Duration: until 31.12.2007

Objective: Environmental protection

Legal basis:

1) Umweltförderungsgesetz (UFG) BGBl. Nr. 185/1993

2) Förderungsrichtlinien 2002 für die Umweltförderung im

Inland (FRL-UFI)

Budget: Total EUR 7,5 million (2005: EUR 2,5 million, 2006:
EUR 5 million)

Intensity or amount: Maximal 30 %. SME bonus (10 %) and
Regional bonuses (5 % or 10 %) possible

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confiden-
tial information has been removed, can be found at:

Duration: until 31.12.2007

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confiden-
tial information has been removed, can be found at:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-05-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

30.5.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 126/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

29 May 2006

(2006/C 126/01)

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

1,2758

143,23

7,4575

0,68550

9,2955

1,5617

92,58

7,8195

1,9558

0,5750

28,203

15,6466

260,96

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

3,9223

3,5175

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

239,64

37,735

1,9555

1,6812

1,4088

9,8957

2,0111

2,0144

KRW South Korean won

1 208,82

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

8,2627

10,2424

7,2675

Indonesian rupiah

11 759,69

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,632

67,337

34,5130

48,744

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-05-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Poland, State aid, control of State aid

30.5.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 126/5

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2006/C 126/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.6.2005

Budget: EUR 84 million

Member State: Poland

Aid No: N 249/2005

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confiden-
tial information has been removed, can be found at:

Individual Aid — Energetyka Wisłosan — Electricity

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/

Title:
Supply

Objective: To allow for further operation of the company in
difficulty until the restructuring programme is elaborated

Legal basis: Ustawa z dnia 30 sierpnia 1996 r. o komer-
cjalizacji i prywatyzacji (Dz.U. z 2002 r., 171, poz. 1397)

Budget: PLN 2,3 million (about EUR 0,55 million)

Aid intensity or amount: The amount necessary is based on
the liquidity needs of the company.
It was calculated with
application of the formula set out in the Annex of the Com-
munity Guidelines on aid for rescue and restructuring of firms
in difficulty

Duration: Six months

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confiden-
tial information has been removed, can be found at:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision: 20.4.2004

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 603/2003

Title: Measures to promote night working and shift working

Objective: Reduce the costs of shift working and night
working

Legal basis:

Loi programme du 22 décembre 2003, articles 301 et 302

Date of adoption: 13.2.2006

Member State: Poland [Południowy]

Aid No: N 630/2005

Title: Pomoc regionalna dla MAN Trucks Sp. z o.o.

Objective: Regional development [Limited to motor vehicles]

Legal basis:

Umowa ramowa o udzielenie dotacji celowej z dnia 16 sierpnia
2005 r. pomiędzy Ministrem Gospodarki
i Pracy a MAN
Trucks Sp. z o.o.

Uchwała nr 201/2005 z dnia 2 sierpnia 2005 r. w sprawie
ustanowienia programu wieloletniego pod nazwą „Wsparcie
finansowe inwestycji realizowanej przez MAN Trucks Sp. z o.o.
w Niepołomicach k/Krakowa pod nazwą: MAN Zakład
Montażu Ciężarówek, w latach 2005-2008”

Art. 80 ustawy z dnia 26 listopada 1998 r. o finansach publicz-
nych (Dz.U. z 2003 r., nr 15, poz. 148)

Budget: Overall aid amount granted: PLN 52 494 007

Duration: End date: 31.12.2008

Maximum aid intensity: 13,6 %

Other information: Individual aid — Direct grant

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confiden-
tial information has been removed, can be found at:

Programmawet van 22 december 2003, artikelen 301 en 302

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/