do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4106 — Isola/Polyclad) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronics industry, investment company, merger control

20.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 144/15

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4217 — Providence/Carlyle/UPC Sweden)

(2006/C 144/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 2 June 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 web site (http://ec.europa.eu/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 32006M4217. 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.4106 — Isola/Polyclad)

(2006/C 144/11)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 12 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 web site (http://ec.europa.eu/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 32006M4106. 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.4217 — Providence/Carlyle/UPC Sweden) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, international investment, merger control, multimedia, private investment, shareholding, telecommunications industry

20.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 144/15

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4217 — Providence/Carlyle/UPC Sweden)

(2006/C 144/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 2 June 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 web site (http://ec.europa.eu/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 32006M4217. 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.4106 — Isola/Polyclad)

(2006/C 144/11)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 12 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 web site (http://ec.europa.eu/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 32006M4106. 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.4223 — Macquarie/Westscheme/Statewide/MTAA/ARF/Moto UK) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, motorway, services company

C 144/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.6.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4222 — EQT IV/SSP)

(2006/C 144/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 6 June 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 web site (http://ec.europa.eu/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 32006M4222. 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.4223 — Macquarie/Westscheme/Statewide/MTAA/ARF/Moto UK)

(2006/C 144/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 6 June 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 web site (http://ec.europa.eu/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 32006M4223. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4221 — ACP/MAN Roland) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial institution, insurance company, investment, merger control, printing

20.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 144/13

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4221 — ACP/MAN Roland)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 144/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 9 June 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 ACP Vermögensverwaltung
GmbH & Co. KG Nr. 4a (‘ACP’, Germany) controlled by Allianz AG (‘Allianz’, Germany) acquires within
the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking MAN
Roland Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft Offenbach (‘MAN Roland’, Germany) by way of purchase of
shares and purchase of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for ACP: investment,

— for Allianz: finance, insurance, asset management,

— for MAN Roland: manufacturing and sales of offset printing machines.

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 (fax No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.4221 — ACP/MAN Roland, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition,
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005 p. 32.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

20.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 144/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

19 June 2006

(2006/C 144/01)

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

1,2591

145,43

7,4547

0,68175

9,2809

1,5573

94,43

7,8555

1,9558

0,5750

28,515

15,6466

275,47

3,4528

0,6961

0,4293

4,0640

3,5248

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

38,130

2,0215

1,7060

1,4130

9,7783

2,0426

2,0114

KRW South Korean won

1 210,31

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

8,7196

10,0751

7,2600

Indonesian rupiah

11 810,36

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,619

67,085

34,0450

48,435

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4222 — EQT IV/SSP) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: catering, economic concentration, investment company, merger control

C 144/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.6.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4222 — EQT IV/SSP)

(2006/C 144/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 6 June 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 web site (http://ec.europa.eu/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 32006M4222. 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.4223 — Macquarie/Westscheme/Statewide/MTAA/ARF/Moto UK)

(2006/C 144/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 6 June 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 web site (http://ec.europa.eu/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 32006M4223. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 905/2006 of  20 June 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 835/2006 as regards the quantity covered by the standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of common wheat held by the Polish intervention agency
Date: 2006-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Poland, award of contract, common wheat, intervention agency, sale

21.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 168/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 905/2006

of 20 June 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 835/2006 as regards the quantity covered by the standing invitation
the resale on the Community market of common wheat held by the
to tender

for

Polish intervention agency

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 6 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 835/2006 (2) opened a
standing invitation to tender
the resale on the
Community market of 150 000 tonnes of common
wheat held by the Polish intervention agency.

for

Given the current market situation,
the quantities of
common wheat put up for sale by the Polish intervention
agency on the internal market should be increased,
taking the permanent invitation to tender to 250 000
tonnes.

(3)

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 835/2006 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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 835/2006 is hereby amended as follows:

1.

in Article 1,
tonnes’;

‘150 000 tonnes’

is replaced by ‘250 000

2.

in the title of the Annex,
‘250 000 tonnes’.

‘150 000 tonnes’

is replaced by

Article 2

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, 20 June 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 152, 7.6.2006, p. 3.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4273 — Sungrebe/Severstal/Arcelor) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, iron and steel industry, merger control

C 144/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.6.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4273 — Sungrebe/Severstal/Arcelor)

(2006/C 144/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 8 June 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 Arcelor S.A. (‘Arcelor’,
Luxembourg) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the
undertakings OAO Severstal (‘Severstal’, Russia) and Lucchini SpA (‘Lucchini’, Italy) and some mining assets
by way of purchase of shares and of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Council Regu-
lation by which the undertaking Sungrebe Investments Limited (‘Sungrebe’, British Virgin Islands) acquires
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking
Arcelor by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Arcelor: manufacture and distribution of steel,

— for Severstal: manufacture and distribution of steel,

— for Lucchini: manufacture and distribution of steel,

— for Sungrebe: investment holding.

The Commission will assess whether the notified transactions fall within the scope of Regulation (EC)

3.
No 139/2004 and reserves the final decision on this point.

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.4273 — Sungrebe/Arcelor/Severstal, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition,
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4219 — ABN Amro/Nextiraone Europe) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial institution, merger control, telecommunications industry

C 144/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.6.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

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

(2006/C 144/12)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 12 June 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 French 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://ec.europa.eu/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 32006M4219. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 904/2006 of  20 June 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

21.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 168/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 904/2006

of 20 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 21 June 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 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).

L 168/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.6.2006

to Commission Regulation of 20 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 10 00

0809 20 95

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
999

052
068
999

052
999

052
388
528
999

388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
804
999

052
204
624
999

052
068
999

624
999

73,6
44,5
59,1

71,1
46,6
58,9

82,3
82,3

54,6
59,1
51,5
55,1

99,3
102,2
101,4
81,6
87,6
88,5
81,6
112,6
104,9
95,5

230,8
61,1
217,3
169,7

315,9
127,8
221,9

194,4
194,4

(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.4259 — Arcelor/Severstal) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, iron and steel industry, merger control

20.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 144/11

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4259 — Arcelor/Severstal)

(2006/C 144/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 6 June 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 Arcelor S.A. (‘Arcelor’,
Luxembourg) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the
whole of the undertakings OAO Severstal (‘Severstal’, Russia) and Lucchini SpA (‘Lucchini’, Italy) and
certain mining assets by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Arcelor: manufacture and distribution of steel,

— for Severstal: manufacture and distribution of steel,

— for Lucchini: manufacture and distribution of steel.

The Commission will assess whether the notified transactions fall within the scope of Regulation (EC)

3.
No 139/2004 and reserves the final decision on this point.

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.4259 — Arcelor/Severstal, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition,
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.