do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4229 — APHL/L&R/Netcare/General Healthcare Group) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-06-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, health care, investment, merger control

C 147/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.6.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4229 — APHL/L&R/Netcare/General Healthcare Group)

(2006/C 147/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 19 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 private equity investment advisor Apax
Partners Holdings Limited (‘APHL’, UK) and Network Healthcare Holdings Limited (‘Netcare’, South-Africa)
acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control over the General
Healthcare Group Limited (‘GHG’, UK) by way of a modification to the partnership rights in the holding
partnership Hold LLP established for the purpose of implementing the concentration.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for the undertaking APHL: provider of investment management and investment advisory services to

private equity funds;

— for the undertaking Netcare: provider of various healthcare services;

— for the undertaking GHG: provider of independent health care services throughout the UK.

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 ((32-2) 2964301 or 2967244) or by post, under refer-
ence number COMP/M.4229 — APHL/L&R/Netcare/General Healthcare Group, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4252 — SCA Forest/Jämtlamell Industri) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-06-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, wood product

23.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 147/9

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4252 — SCA Forest/Jämtlamell Industri)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 147/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 14 June 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 SCA Forest Products AB (‘SCA Forest’, Sweden) belonging to the group Svenska
Cellulosa AB SCA (publ) (‘SCA’, Sweden) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council
Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Jämtlamell Industri AB (‘Jämtlamell’, Sweden) by way of
purchase of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for SCA Forest: production and sale of publication papers, pulp, sawn timber and forest based biofuel;

— for SCA: production and sale of forest products, and personal care, tissue and packaging products;

— for Jämtlamell: production and sale of sawn timber and forest based biofuel.

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) No139/2004 (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 ((32-2) 2964301 or 2967244) or by post, under refer-
ence number COMP/M.4252 — SCA Forest/Jämtlamell Industri, 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.
Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2006-06-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, import, originating product, oxide, zinc

23.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 147/7

Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures

(2006/C 147/04)

As provided for in Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 (1) on
1.
protection against dumped imports from countries not members of
the European Community, the
Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure, the
anti-dumping measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below.

2. Procedure

Community producers may lodge a written request for a review. This request must contain sufficient
evidence that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of
dumping and injury.

Should the Commission decide to review the measures concerned, importers, exporters, representatives of
the exporting country and Community producers will then be provided with the opportunity to amplify,
rebut or comment on the matters set out in the review request.

3. Time limit

Community producers may submit a written request for a review on the above basis, to reach the Euro-
pean Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (Division B-1), J-79 5/16, B-1049 Brussels (2) at any time
from the date of the publication of the present notice but no later than three months before the date
mentioned in the table below.

This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of

4.
22 December 1995.

Product

Country(ies) of origin
or exportation

Zinc oxides

People's Republic
of China

Measures

Reference

Date of expiry

6.3.2007

Anti-dumping duty Council

Regulation

Regulation

(EC) No
408/2002 (OJ L 62, 5.3.2002, p.
7) extended to imports consigned
from Vietnam, whether declared as
originating in Vietnam or not by
(EC) No
Council
1623/2003 (OJ L 232, 18.9.2003,
p. 1) and extended to imports of
zinc oxides mixed with silica
originating
People's
Republic of China by Council
Regulation (EC) No 1623/2003
(OJ L 232, 18.9.2003, p. 1)

the

in

(1) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2117/2005 (OJ L 340,

23.12.2005, p. 17).

(2) Telefax : (32-2) 295 65 05.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 934/2006 of  23 June 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-06-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

24.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 172/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 934/2006

of 23 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 24 June 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 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 172/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.6.2006

to Commission Regulation of 23 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
999

052
999

388
528
999

388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
800
804
999

052
204
624
999

052
068
999

624
999

60,8
44,1
52,5

92,2
92,2

95,6
95,6

55,2
57,7
56,5

90,7
104,3
105,9
93,6
98,8
55,6
84,2
112,2
180,6
107,6
103,4

185,7
61,1
217,3
154,7

315,7
107,3
211,5

193,7
193,7

(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 940/2006 of  23 June 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 796/2006, as regards the list of Member States where buying-in of butter by tendering is open for the period expiring on  31 August 2006
Date: 2006-06-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, award of contract, butter, intervention buying, intervention price

L 172/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.6.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 940/2006

of 23 June 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 796/2006, as regards the list of Member States where buying-in of
butter by tendering is open for the period expiring on 31 August 2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
milk and milk products (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2006 of
29 May 2006 suspending the buying-in of butter at 90 % of the
intervention price and opening the buying-in by tendering for
the period expiring on 31 August 2006 (2), and in particular
Article 2(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 796/2006 has opened the buying-in
of butter by tendering for
the period expiring on
31 August 2006 in accordance with the third subpar-
agraph of Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.

On the basis of most recent communications by Latvia,
the Commission has observed that
the butter market
prices have been below 92 % of the intervention price
for two consecutive weeks.
Intervention buying-in by
tendering should therefore be opened in this Member

State. This Member State should therefore be added to
the list set out in Regulation (EC) No 796/2006.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 796/2006 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 796/2006, paragraph 1 is
replaced by the following:

‘1.
Buying-in of butter by tendering, as provided for in
the third subparagraph of Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No
is hereby open from 24 June to 31 August
1255/1999,
2006 in the following Member States, under the conditions
provided for
in Section 3a of Regulation (EC) No
2771/1999: Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Estonia,
Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Nether-
Spain, France,
lands, Poland, Portugal,
Finland, Sweden and United
Kingdom.’

Ireland,

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, 23 June 2006.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

(2) OJ L 142, 30.5.2006, p. 4.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4243 — International Automotive Components/Lear Corporation (European Interior Business)) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-06-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, motor vehicle, vehicle parts

C 147/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.6.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4243 — International Automotive Components/Lear Corporation (European
Interior Business))

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 147/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 14 June 2006, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
1.
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which International Automotive Components
Group LLC, (‘IAC’, USA, controlled by WL Ross & Co), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
the Council Regulation control of Lear Corporation's European Interior System Division (‘LEI’, part of the
Lear Group, USA ), by way of purchase of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— IAC: automotive interior components and systems;

— LEI: automotive interior components and systems.

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. Pursuant to
the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council
Regulation (EC) No139/2004 (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 ((32-2) 2964301 or 2967244) or by post, under refer-
ence number COMP/M.4243 — International Automotive Components/Lear Corporation (European
Interior Business), 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: 2006-06-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

23.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 147/5

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

22 June 2006

(2006/C 147/02)

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

1,2582

145,48

7,4558

0,68735

9,2349

1,5636

94,62

7,9710

1,9558

0,5750

28,525

15,6466

279,03

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

4,0975

3,5923

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

38,272

2,1263

1,7112

1,4023

9,7712

2,0578

2,0040

KRW South Korean won

1 201,83

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

9,3025

10,0625

7,2680

Indonesian rupiah

11 773,61

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,601

66,949

34,0350

48,355

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 939/2006 of  23 June 2006  setting the amount of the aid for pears for processing for the 2006/07 marketing year
Date: 2006-06-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: food processing, marketing, pip fruit, production aid

24.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 172/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 939/2006

of 23 June 2006

setting the amount of the aid for pears for processing for the 2006/07 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of
28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets
in processed fruit and vegetable products (1), and in particular
Article 6(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 3(3)(c) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1535/2003 of 29 August 2003 laying down detailed
rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96
as regards the aid scheme for products processed from
fruit and vegetables (2) provides that the Commission is
to publish the amount of aid applicable to pears for
processing no later than 15 June.

The average quantity of pears processed under the aid
scheme in the last three marketing years is 8 574 tonnes
higher than the Community threshold.

those Member States

For
that have overrun their
processing threshold, the amount of the aid for pears
for processing for the 2006/07 marketing year must
in
therefore be adjusted in relation to the level set
Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96,
in
accordance with Article 5(2) of that Regulation.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vege-
tables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2006/07 marketing year, the amount of the aid for
pears under Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be:

— EUR 161,70 per tonne in the Czech Republic,

— EUR 101,58 per tonne in Greece,

— EUR 150,77 per tonne in Spain,

— EUR 161,70 per tonne in France,

— EUR 148,47 per tonne in Italy,

— EUR 161,70 per tonne in Hungary,

— EUR 41,99 per tonne in the Netherlands,

— EUR 161,70 per tonne in Austria,

— EUR 161,70 per tonne in Portugal.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication 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, 23 June 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29. Regulation last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 386/2004 (OJ L 64, 2.3.2004,
p. 25).

(2) OJ L 218, 30.8.2003, p. 14. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1663/2005 (OJ L 267, 12.10.2005, p. 22).