do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-06-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

3.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 130/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

2 June 2006

(2006/C 130/01)

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

1,2815

144,59

7,4585

0,68685

9,2315

1,5629

91,74

7,7765

1,9558

0,5750

28,238

15,6466

261,86

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

3,9198

3,5193

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

239,66

37,693

1,9705

1,7151

1,4148

9,9424

2,0479

2,0236

KRW South Korean won

1 214,86

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

8,5399

10,2794

7,2575

Indonesian rupiah

11 873,10

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,665

67,714

34,4330

48,962

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-152/06: Action brought on  21 March 2006  — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Finland
Date: 2006-06-03
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Finland, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, dangerous substance, electrical equipment, electronic equipment, national implementing measure, waste management

3.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 131/31

The applicant claims that the Court should:

Pleas in law and main arguments

— declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with Direc-
tive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council, relating to the assessment and management of
noise (1), or in any event by failing to communicate them to
the Commission, the United Kingdom has failed to fulfil its
obligations under the Directive:

— order United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern

Ireland to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The period prescribed for implementation of
expired on 13 August 2004.

the directive

(1) OJ L 37, 13.02.2003, p. 19.

The period within which the directive had to be transposed
expired on 18 July 2004.

Action brought on 21 March 2006 — Commission of the
European Communities v Republic of Finland

(1) OJ L 189, p. 12

(Case C-153/06)

(2006/C 131/58)

Language of the case: Swedish

Action brought on 21 March 2006 — Commission of the
European Communities v Republic of Finland

Parties

(Case C-152/06)

(2006/C 131/57)

Language of the case: Swedish

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: M. Konstantinidis and K. Nyberg, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Finland

Form of order sought

the European Parliament and of

— Declare that, with regard to the province of Åland, by
failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative
provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2002/95/EC
of
the Council of 27
January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazar-
dous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (1) or
in any case by failing to inform the Commission thereof,
the Republic of Finland has failed to fulfil its obligations
under that directive;

— order the Republic of Finland to pay the costs.

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: M. Konstantinidis and K. Nyberg, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Finland

Form of order sought

the European Parliament and of

— Declare that, with regard to the province of Åland, by
failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative
provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2002/96/EC
of
the Council of 27
January 2003 on waste electrical and electronic equipment
(WEEE) (1) or in any case by failing to inform the Commis-
sion thereof, the Republic of Finland has failed to fulfil its
obligations under that directive;

— order the Republic of Finland to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The period prescribed for implementation of
expired on 13 August 2004.

the directive

(1) OJ L 37, 13.02.2003, p. 24.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4234 — Carlson/One Equity Partners/Carlson Wagonlit) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-06-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, hotel industry, investment, merger control, travel agency

C 130/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.6.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4234 — Carlson/One Equity Partners/Carlson Wagonlit)

(2006/C 130/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 24 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 Carlson Companies, Inc
(‘CCI’, US) and One Equity Partners II, L.P. (‘OEP’, US) controlled by JP Morgan Chase & CO acquire within
the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Carlson Wagonlit
B.V. (‘CWT’, The Netherlands) currently jointly controlled by CCI and Accor S.A. by way of purchase of
shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking CCI: active mainly in the provision of services in the marketing, travel and hospitality

industries;

— for undertaking OEP: private equity company;

— for undertaking CWT: active in business and leisure travel agency services.

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 (fax No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.4234 — Carlson/One Equity Partners/Carlson Wagonlit, to the following
address:

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

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-137/06: Action brought on  10 March 2006  — Commission of the European Communities v Ireland
Date: 2006-06-03
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Ireland, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, action programme, evaluation method, national implementing measure, noise, noise pollution, noise protection, pollution control measures

C 131/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.6.2006

Pleas in law and main arguments

Action brought on 10 March 2006 — Commission of the
European Communities v Ireland

The Commission maintains that the above-mentioned agree-
ments delegating the supply of services in question constitute
public service contracts which were awarded directly, without
recourse to any form of tendering procedure, and thus in
breach of Community law on public contracts.

(1) OJ L 209 of 24/07/1992, p. 1.

(Case C-137/06)

(2006/C 131/55)

Language of the case: English

Action brought on 10 March 2006 — Commission of the
European Communities v Republic of Malta

(Case C-136/06)

(2006/C 131/54)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: A. Alcover San Pedro and D. Lawunmi, Agents)

Defendant: Ireland

The applicant claims that the Court should:

— declare that by failing to adopt the laws, regulations or
administrative provisions necessary to comply with Direc-
tive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and
management of environmental noise (1) or, in any event, by
failing to notify such provisions to the Commission, Ireland
has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 14 of that
Directive.

Parties

— order Ireland to pay the costs.

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: M. Konstantinidis and D. Lawunmi, Agents)

Pleas in law and main arguments

Defendant: Republic of Malta

The period within which the directive had to be transposed
expired on 18 July 2004.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

(1) OJ L 189, p. 12

— declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with the
following Directives of the European Parliament and of the
Council, namely, 2002/96/EC on Waste Electrical and Elec-
tronic Equipment (1) and 2003/108/EC of 8 December
2003 amending Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical
and electronic equipment (2), or in any event by failing to
communicate them to the Commission, Malta has failed to
fulfil its obligations under the Directive;

— order the Republic of Malta to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The period within which the directives had to be transposed
expired on 13 August 2004.

(1) OJ L 37, 13.02.2003, p. 24
(2) OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 106

Action brought on 10 March 2006 — Commission of the
European Communities v United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland

(Case C-138/06)

(2006/C 131/56)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: A. Alcover San Pedro and D. Lawunmi, Agents)

Defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland