do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 821/2006 of  1 June 2006  fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 27th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005
Date: 2006-06-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, third country, white sugar

L 148/36

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Official Journal of the European Union

2.6.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 821/2006

of 1 June 2006

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 27th partial
invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for
in Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of
19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in
the sugar sector (1) and in particular the second indent of
Article 27(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005 of 15 July
2005 on a standing invitation to tender to determine
levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar (2), for
invi-
the 2005/2006 marketing year, requires partial
tations to tender to be issued for the export of this
sugar to certain third countries.

(2)

Pursuant
to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1138/2005 a maximum export refund shall be fixed,

the

as the case may be, account being taken in particular
the
of
Community and world markets in sugar, for the partial
invitation to tender in question.

and foreseeable development of

state

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 27th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued
to Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005 the maximum
pursuant
amount of the export refund shall be 31,523 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 June 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 June 2006.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2004, p. 16).

(2) OJ L 185, 16.7.2005, p. 3.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4226 — DSGI/Fotovista) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-06-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer goods, economic concentration, electrical equipment, merger control, retail selling

C 128/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.6.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4226 — DSGI/Fotovista)

(2006/C 128/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 23 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 DSG International plc (‘DSGI’, UK) acquires
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of Fotovista S. A.
(‘Fotovista’, France) by way of purchase of securities.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— DSGI: retailing of electrical consumer goods;

— Fotovista: retailing of electrical consumer goods.

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.4226 — DSGI/Fotovista 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: 2006-06-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

1.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 128/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

31 May 2006

(2006/C 128/01)

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

1,2868

144,32

7,4578

0,68590

9,2757

1,5600

92,33

7,8155

1,9558

0,5750

28,208

15,6466

262,09

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

3,9367

3,5400

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

37,770

2,0039

1,6953

1,4107

9,9826

2,0141

2,0284

KRW South Korean won

1 216,93

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

8,5459

10,3186

7,2650

Indonesian rupiah

11 909,33

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,672

68,072

34,6750

49,051

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Ex-post  publicity of Eurostat grants in 2005
Date: 2006-06-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, Eurostat, dissemination of EU information

C 128/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.6.2006

Ex-post publicity of Eurostat grants in 2005

(2006/C 128/07)

In accordance with Article 110(2) of the Financial Regulation and Article 169 of its implementing rules,
the public is hereby informed of the actions which benefited from Eurostat grants during 2005.

The electronic file covering the actions in question can be found in the form of a list on the EUROPA
server (http://europa.eu.int). This list can be accessed via ‘Institutions’,
‘Grants’,
‘Statistics’ and ‘Eurostat grants’ and then by entering the file ‘List of grants awarded in 2005’.

‘European Commission’,

The list indicates the file number, the unit concerned, the name and the country of the beneficiary, the title
of the action, the amount of the grant and the rate of Community co-financing.
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007-2013) (COM(2005)0121 - C6-0098/2005 - 2005/0050(COD))
Date: 2006-06-01
Institutions: Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, European Parliament
Subjects: EU programme, competitiveness, innovation, small and medium-sized enterprises

C 298 E/138

Thursday 1 June 2006

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

8.12.2006

IDENTIFICATION
CHARACTERISTICS

4.11

4.12a

Identity number of the global group

Name of the global group

4.12b

Optional

4.13a

4.13b

Optional

4.14

4.15

4.16

4.17

Optional

Optional

Optional

Optional

Country of registration, postal, electronic mail and
web site addresses of the global head office

Identity number of the global group head, if the
group head is resident (equals the identity number of
the legal unit, which is the group head).
If the global group head is non-resident, its country of
registration.

Global group head identity number or name and
address, if non-resident

Number of persons employed globally

Consolidated global turnover

Country of global decision-centre

Countries where enterprises or local units are located

ECONOMIC/ STRATIFI-
CATION CHARACTER-
ISTICS

P6_TA(2006)0230

Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007-2013) ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council establishing a Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme
(2007-2013) (COM(2005)0121 — C6-0098/2005 — 2005/0050(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2005)

0121) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 156, 157(3) and 175(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which

the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0098/2005),

— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the opinions of the
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, the Committee on the Environment,
Public Health and Food Safety, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Committee on
Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Committee on Budgets (A6-0180/2006),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) Not yet published in the Official Journal.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 826/2006 of  1 June 2006  fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on sorghum imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2094/2005
Date: 2006-06-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Spain, award of contract, import, sorghum, tariff reduction, third country

L 148/46

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.6.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 826/2006

of 1 June 2006

fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on sorghum imported in connection with the invitation
to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2094/2005

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 12(1) thereof,

(3)

(4)

Whereas:

The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
current market
in question
results in the maximum reduction in the import duty
being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.

situation for

the cereal

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

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in
the duty on sorghum imported into Spain from third
countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 2094/2005 (2).

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

the Commission, acting under

Pursuant to Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1839/95 (3),
the
procedure laid down in Article 25 of Regulation (EC)
No 1784/2003, may decide
a maximum
reduction in the import duty. In fixing this maximum
the criteria provided for in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation
(EC) No 1839/95 must be taken into account. Whereas a
contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal
to or less than the maximum reduction in the duty.

to fix

invitation to tender

For tenders notified from 26 May to 1 June 2006, pursuant to
the
issued in Regulation (EC) No
2094/2005, the maximum reduction in the duty on sorghum
imported shall be 51,38 EUR/t and be valid for a total
maximum quantity of 27 000 t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 June 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 June 2006.

For the Commission

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

(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 335, 21.12.2005, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 177, 28.7.1995, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1558/2005 (OJ L 249, 24.9.2005, p. 6).
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (15623/7/2005 - C6-0089/2006 - 2004/0084(COD))
Date: 2006-06-01
Institutions: Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, European Parliament
Subjects: employment policy, equal treatment, gender equality, labour market

8.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 298 E/203

Thursday 1 June 2006

P6_TA(2006)0233

Equal opportunities and equal treatment in employment and occupation ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a directive
of the European Parliament and of the Council on the implementation of the principle of equal
opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation
(15623/7/2005 — C6-0089/2006 — 2004/0084(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Council common position (15623/7/2005 — C6-0089/2006),

— having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council (COM(2004)0279) (2),

— having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(2005)0380) (2),

— having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Women's Rights and

Gender Equality (A6-0165/2006),

Approves the common position;

Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position;

1.

2.

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of

3.
the EC Treaty;

4.
Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have
been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published in
the Official Journal of the European Union;

5.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) Texts Adopted, 6.7.2005, P6_TA(2005)0283.
(2) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2006)0234

European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (2008) ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council on the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (2008) (COM(2005)0467 —
C6-0311/2005 — 2005/0203(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2005)

0467) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and the first indent of Article 151(5) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which

the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0311/2005),

(1) Not yet published in OJ.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 818/2006 of  1 June 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-06-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

L 148/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.6.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 818/2006

of 1 June 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 2 June 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 June 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 1 June 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 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

388
508
528
999

388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
804
999

052
999

88,0
53,2
70,6

111,9
111,9

97,5
97,5

52,6
52,4
54,0
53,0

92,9
121,7
107,3
72,5
83,5
88,5
91,0
107,1
102,4
96,3

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’.
Council decision 2006/386/CFSP of  1 June 2006  implementing Common Position 2005/411/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Sudan
Date: 2006-06-01
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Sudan, arms trade, common foreign and security policy, economic sanctions, international sanctions, restriction of liberty

2.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 148/61

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

COUNCIL DECISION 2006/386/CFSP

of 1 June 2006

implementing Common Position 2005/411/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Sudan

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(3)

The Annex to Common Position 2005/411/CFSP should
be completed accordingly,

Having regard to Common Position 2005/411/CFSP (1), and in
particular Article 6 thereof, in conjunction with Article 23(2) of
the Treaty on European Union,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

the Council adopted Common
On 30 May 2005,
Position 2005/411/CFSP in order
the
measures imposed against Sudan by United Nations
Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1591 (2005).

to implement

On 25 April 2006 the Security Council adopted Reso-
lution 1672 (2006) whereby, acting under Chapter VII of
the Charter of the United Nations,
it decided that all
States were to implement
the measures specified in
paragraph 3 of Resolution 1591 (2005) with respect to
in respect of whom the
certain named individuals
to Resolution 1591
Committee established pursuant
(2005) produced the necessary detailed justification.
That Committee will also maintain and update the list
of individuals, as appropriate, and will consider requests
for exemptions in accordance with the role assigned to
the Committee in subparagraph 3a of Resolution 1591
(2005).

The list of persons set out in the Annex to this Decision shall
be inserted in the Annex to Common Position 2005/411/CFSP.

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.

Article 3

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

Done at Luxembourg, 1 June 2006.

For the Council
The President

L. PROKOP

(1) OJ L 139, 2.6.2005, p. 25.

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‘1. Surname, first name(s): ELHASSAN Gaffar Mohamed

ANNEX

Other information: Major-General and Commander of the Western Military Region for the Sudanese Armed Forces

2. Surname, first name(s): HILAL Sheikh Musa

Other information: Paramount Chief of the Jalul Tribe in North Darfur

3. Surname, first name(s): SHANT Adam Yacub

Other information: Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) Commander

4. Surname, first name(s): BADRI Gabril Abdul Kareem

Other information: National Movement for Reform and Development (NMRD) Field Commander’
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common framework for business registers for statistical purposes and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2186/93 (COM(2005)0112 - C6-0089/2005 - 2005/0032(COD))
Date: 2006-06-01
Institutions: Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: EU statistics, company structure, information system, statistical method, type of business

C 298 E/138

Thursday 1 June 2006

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

8.12.2006

IDENTIFICATION
CHARACTERISTICS

4.11

4.12a

Identity number of the global group

Name of the global group

4.12b

Optional

4.13a

4.13b

Optional

4.14

4.15

4.16

4.17

Optional

Optional

Optional

Optional

Country of registration, postal, electronic mail and
web site addresses of the global head office

Identity number of the global group head, if the
group head is resident (equals the identity number of
the legal unit, which is the group head).
If the global group head is non-resident, its country of
registration.

Global group head identity number or name and
address, if non-resident

Number of persons employed globally

Consolidated global turnover

Country of global decision-centre

Countries where enterprises or local units are located

ECONOMIC/ STRATIFI-
CATION CHARACTER-
ISTICS

P6_TA(2006)0230

Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007-2013) ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council establishing a Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme
(2007-2013) (COM(2005)0121 — C6-0098/2005 — 2005/0050(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2005)

0121) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 156, 157(3) and 175(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which

the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0098/2005),

— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the opinions of the
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, the Committee on the Environment,
Public Health and Food Safety, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Committee on
Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Committee on Budgets (A6-0180/2006),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) Not yet published in the Official Journal.