do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4236 — Wendel-Carlyle/Stahl) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, economic concentration, investment company, leather industry, merger control, private investment, restrictive-practice authorisation

28.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 150/59

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4236 — Wendel-Carlyle/Stahl)

(2006/C 150/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 19 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 32006M4236. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

28.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 150/33

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

27 June 2006

(2006/C 150/03)

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

1,2567

146,42

7,4572

0,69070

9,2313

1,5669

95,45

7,9435

1,9558

0,5750

28,462

15,6466

279,13

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

4,0639

3,5972

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

38,149

2,0626

1,7170

1,4112

9,7605

2,0847

2,0072

KRW South Korean won

1 204,92

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

9,1437

10,0525

7,2565

Indonesian rupiah

11 756,43

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,631

67,202

33,9980

48,339

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Initiation of proceedings (Case COMP/M.4180 — Gaz de France/Suez) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: administrative procedure, economic concentration, energy industry, exchange of information, gas industry, merger control, water supply

C 150/34

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.6.2006

Initiation of proceedings

(Case COMP/M.4180 — Gaz de France/Suez)

(2006/C 150/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 19 June 2006, the Commission decided to initiate proceedings in the above-mentioned case after
finding that the notified concentration raises serious doubts as to its compatibility with the common
market. The initiation of proceedings opens a second phase investigation with regard to the notified
concentration. The decision is based on Article 6(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their observations on the proposed concentration
to the Commission.

In order to be fully taken into account in the procedure, observations should reach the Commission not
later than 15 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by
fax (fax No (32-2) 296 43 01 — 296 72 44) or by post, under reference COMP/M.4180 — Gaz de France/
Suez, to the following address:
Commission of the European Communities
Competition DG
Merger Registry
Rue Joseph II/Jozef II-straat 70
B-1000 Brussels
Commission Regulation (EC) No 960/2006 of  28 June 2006  determining the quantity of certain products in the milk and milk products sector available for the second half of 2006 under quotas opened by the Community on the basis of an import licence alone
Date: 2006-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, South Africa, Türkiye, import licence, milk, milk product, quantitative restriction, tariff quota

L 175/56

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

29.6.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 960/2006

of 28 June 2006

determining the quantity of certain products in the milk and milk products sector available for the
second half of 2006 under quotas opened by the Community on the basis of an import licence
alone

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 2535/2001
of 14 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying
Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import
arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff
quotas (2), and in particular Article 16(2) thereof,

Whereas:

When import licences were allocated for the first half of 2006
for certain quotas referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001,
licences covered quantities less than those
applications for

available for the products concerned. As a result, the quantity
available for each quota for the period 1 July to 31 December
2006 should be fixed, taking account of the unallocated quan-
tities
(EC)
from Commission
No 160/2006 (3) determining the extent to which the appli-
cations for import
licences submitted in January 2006 for
certain dairy products under certain tariff quotas opened by
Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 can be accepted,

Regulation

resulting

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The quantities available for the period 1 July to 31 December
2006 for the second half of the year of importation of certain
quotas referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 shall be as
set out in the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 June 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 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
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005,
p. 2).

(2) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 29. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 926/2006 (OJ L 170, 23.6.2006, p. 8).

(3) OJ L 25, 28.1.2006, p. 21.

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ANNEX I.C

Products originating in ACP countries

Quota number

Quantity (t)

09.4026

09.4027

1 000

1 000

ANNEX I.D

Products originating in Turkey

Quota number

09.4101

Quantity (t)

1 500

ANNEX I.Ε

Products originating from South Africa

Quota number

09.4151

Quantity (t)

6 500
Commission Regulation (EC) No 959/2006 of  28 June 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 647/2006 on the issue of rice import licences for applications lodged in the first 10 working days of April 2006 under Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Date: 2006-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, import licence, rice, tariff quota, third country

L 175/54

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

29.6.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 959/2006

of 28 June 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 647/2006 on the issue of rice import licences for applications lodged
in the first 10 working days of April 2006 under Regulation (EC) No 327/98

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29
September 2003 on the common organisation of the markets
in the rice sector (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 of 10
February 1998 opening and providing for the administration of
certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice (2), and
in particular Article 5(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 647/2006 (3) sets the
reduction percentages to apply to the quantities for
April 2006 and the quantities carried over
to July
2006 for the quota of semi-milled or milled rice under
the CN code 1006 30.

Following an administrative error made by a Member
State, the quantity of quota 09.4128 to be carried over
to July 2006 does not correspond to the actual quantity
carried over.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 647/2006 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Point (a)
in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 647/2006 is
replaced by the table contained in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 June 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 June 2006.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 797/2006 (OJ L 144, 31.5.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 37, 11.2.1998, p. 5. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2152/2005 (OJ L 342, 24.12.2005, p. 30).

(3) OJ L 115, 28.4.2006, p. 18.

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‘(a) Quota of milled or semi-milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30 provided for in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation

ANNEX

(EC) No 327/98.

Origin

United States of America

Thailand

Australia

Other origins

(1) To be issued for the quantity in the application.’

Serial No

09.4127

09.4128

09.4129

09.4130

Reduction percentage for
April 2006

Quantity carried over to
July 2006
(t)

0 (1)

0 (1)

0 (1)

98,7985

11 635

1 161,419

531,5

0
Commission Regulation (EC) No 955/2006 of  28 June 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

29.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 175/39

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 955/2006

of 28 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 29 June 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 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 28 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
096
204
999

052
096
999

052
999

388
528
999

388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
800
804
999

052
999

052
068
999

624
999

45,8
65,4
44,1
51,8

72,2
30,2
51,2

93,9
93,9

60,9
57,3
59,1

88,8
114,5
105,3
92,8
84,4
50,0
76,5
108,8
180,6
100,4
100,2

215,7
215,7

323,9
127,8
225,9

193,2
193,2

(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.4253 — Bridgepoint/Limoni) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cosmetic product, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control, sale

28.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 150/47

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4253 — Bridgepoint/Limoni)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 150/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 16 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 Bridgepoint Europe III
belonging to the Bridgepoint Capital Group Ltd. (‘Bridgepoint’, UK) acquires within the meaning of Article
3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Limoni Holdings S.p.A and its
subsidiaries (‘Limoni’, Italy), by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Bridgepoint: a private equity company investing in companies active in a wide range of industry

sectors across the EU and beyond;

— for Limoni: wholesale and retail sales of perfumes and cosmetics in Italy, Croatia and Slovenia.

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) 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 (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.4253 — Bridegpoint/Limoni, 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.