do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

29.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 151/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

28 June 2006

(2006/C 151/01)

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

1,2570

146,12

7,4572

0,69035

9,2337

1,5631

96,16

7,9035

1,9558

0,5750

28,433

15,6466

280,26

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

4,0744

3,5884

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

38,243

2,0325

1,7228

1,4138

9,7641

2,1122

2,0079

KRW South Korean won

1 203,83

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

9,1097

10,0554

7,2630

Indonesian rupiah

11 741,01

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,631

67,350

34,0110

48,319

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 978/2006 of  29 June 2006  granting no refund for skimmed milk powder in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 582/2004
Date: 2006-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, skimmed milk powder

L 176/76

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30.6.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 978/2006

of 29 June 2006

granting no refund for skimmed milk powder in the framework of the standing invitation to tender
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 582/2004

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), and in particular the third sub-
paragraph of Article 31(3) thereof,

Whereas:

tenders
submitted in response to the invitation to
tender, it is appropriate not to grant any refund for the
tendering period ending on 27 June 2006.

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 582/2004 of 26 March
2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export
refunds of skimmed milk powder (2), provides for a
permanent tender.

the permanent

tender opened by Regulation (EC)
For
No 582/2004,
for the tendering period ending on 27 June
2006, no refund shall be granted for the product and desti-
nations referred to in Article 1(1) of that Regulation.

Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 580/2004 of 26 March 2004 establishing a tender
procedure concerning export refunds for certain milk
products (3)
the

and following an examination of

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, 29 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 90, 27.3.2004, p. 67. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 409/2006 (OJ L 71, 10.3.2006, p. 5).

(3) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 58. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1814/2005 (OJ L 292, 8.11.2005, p. 3).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 966/2006 of  29 June 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 219/2006 opening and providing for the administration of the tariff quota for bananas falling under CN code  08030019  originating in ACP countries for the period  1 March  to  31 December 2006
Date: 2006-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import, import licence, originating product, tariff quota, tropical fruit

30.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 176/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 966/2006

of 29 June 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 219/2006 opening and providing for the administration of the tariff
quota for bananas falling under CN code 0803 00 19 originating in ACP countries for the period
1 March to 31 December 2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1964/2005 of 29
November 2005 on the tariff rates for bananas (1), and in
particular Article 2 thereof,

(2)

(3)

Article 6(2)(b) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
219/2006 (3), which provides
such notification,
should therefore be amended accordingly.

for

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

Whereas:

(1)

The import licences issued in accordance with Article
6(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2015/2005 of
9 December 2005 on imports during January and
February 2006 of bananas originating in ACP countries
under the tariff quota opened by Council Regulation (EC)
No 1964/2005 on the tariff rates for bananas (2) were
valid from 1 January 2006 to 7 April 2006. In order to
ensure that all these imports of bananas are adequately
monitored,
the
Commission of the quantities released into free circu-
lation on the basis of licences used in March and April
2006 in addition to the quantities released into free
circulation on the basis of licences used in January and
February.

the Member States

should notify

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 6(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 219/2006 is hereby
replaced by the following:

‘(b) as soon as possible and not later than 30 June 2006,
the quantities of bananas released into free circulation,
on the basis of the licences issued in accordance with
Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2015/2005’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 29 June 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 316, 2.12.2005, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 324, 10.12.2005, p. 5.

(3) OJ L 38, 9.2.2006, p. 22. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 566/2006 (OJ L 99, 7.4.2006, p. 6).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 977/2006 of  29 June 2006  fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004
Date: 2006-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, butter oil, export refund

L 176/74

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30.6.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 977/2006

of 29 June 2006

fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004

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), and in particular the third sub-
paragraph of Article 31(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 of 26 March
2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export
refunds concerning certain types of butter (2) provides for
a permanent tender.

Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 580/2004 of 26 March 2004 establishing a tender
procedure concerning export refunds for certain milk
products (3)
the

and following an examination of

tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender,
it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for the
tendering period ending on 27 June 2006.

(3)

The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products
has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

the permanent

For
No 581/2004,
2006,
referred to in Article 1(1) of
shown in the Annex to this Regulation.

tender opened by Regulation (EC)
for the tendering period ending on 27 June
the products
that Regulation shall be as

the maximum amount of

refund for

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 June 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 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 90, 27.3.2004, p. 64. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 409/2006 (OJ L 71, 10.3.2006, p. 5).

(3) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 58. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1814/2005 (OJ L 292, 8.11.2005, p. 3).

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ANNEX

Product

Export refund Code

(EUR/100 kg)

Maximum amount of export refund for export to
the destinations referred to in the second
subparagraph of Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 581/2004

Butter

Butter

Butteroil

ex 0405 10 19 9500

ex 0405 10 19 9700

ex 0405 90 10 9000

103,00

108,90

130,00
Commission Regulation (EC) No 974/2006 of  29 June 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 877/2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards notification of the prices recorded on the markets for certain fresh fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, common organisation of markets, exchange of information, fresh fruit, fresh vegetable, representative market price, root vegetable

L 176/68

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.6.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 974/2006

of 29 June 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 877/2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards notification of the prices recorded on the markets for
certain fresh fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of
28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market
in fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 28(2) thereof,

(3)

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 877/2004 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The Annex
to Commission Regulation (EC) No
877/2004 (2) sets out a list of representative markets
on which a substantial part of the national output of a
given product is marketed throughout the marketing year
or during one of the periods into which the year is
divided.

In Germany, there has been a shift of the representative
market for carrots from Schleswig-Holstein to Nordrhein-
Westfalen.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 877/2004, for the product
‘Carrots’ the market ‘Schleswig-Holstein (DE)’ is replaced by the
market ‘Nordrhein-Westfalen (DE)’.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 29 June 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (OJ L 7, 11.1.2003,
p. 64).

(2) OJ L 162, 30.4.2004, p. 54.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4185 — CVCI/Amber Trust II/AB Sanitas) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial institution, merger control, pharmaceutical product, private investment, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 151/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

29.6.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4185 — CVCI/Amber Trust II/AB Sanitas)

(2006/C 151/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 20 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 32006M4185. 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.4216 — CVC/Bocchi/De Weide Blik) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, horticulture, investment company, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

29.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 151/13

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4216 — CVC/Bocchi/De Weide Blik)

(2006/C 151/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 30 May 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 32006M4216. 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.4237 — Bouygues/Alstom)

(2006/C 151/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 20 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 32006M4237. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 996/2006 of  29 June 2006  amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
Date: 2006-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, customs regulations, tariff nomenclature

L 179/26

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1.7.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 996/2006

of 29 June 2006

amending Annex I

to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical

nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23
July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the
Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a)
thereof,

Whereas:

(3)

(4)

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 makes it necessary to
revise
the
additional note 2 to Chapter 17 of
Combined Nomenclature set out in Annex I to Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2658/87.

Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 should be amended
accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Customs Code
Committee,

(1)

(2)

living for

In order to stabilise the markets and to ensure a fair
standard of
community
the
within the sugar sector, a fundamental review of the
common organisation of the market in the sugar sector
took place.

agricultural

In the light of these developments Council Regulation
(EC) No 1260/2001 (2) on the common organisation of
repealed and
the markets
replaced by Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 (3).

in the sugar

sector, was

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 shall be amended as
set out in the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 June 2006.

For the Commission

László KOVÁCS
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 838/2006 (OJ L 154, 8.6.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 178, 30.6.2004, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1.

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ANNEX

In Chapter 17 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, Additional Note 2 is amended as follows:

‘2. The duty applicable to raw sugar of subheadings 1701 11 10 and 1701 12 10 whose yield established according
to Annex I, point III, of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 differs from 92 % is fixed in the following
manner:

the relevant rate is multiplied by a correcting coefficient obtained by dividing the percentage yield established
according to the above provisions by 92.’
Commission Regulation (EC) No 964/2006 of  29 June 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

L 176/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.6.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 964/2006

of 29 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 30 June 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 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 29 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

45,4
65,4
37,6
49,5

129,4
30,2
79,8

94,4
94,4

63,1
38,6
50,9

88,5
114,4
104,4
89,1
102,8
50,0
89,7
113,4
180,6
103,8
103,7

215,9
215,9

335,5
127,8
231,7

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’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4237 — Bouygues/Alstom) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, capital goods, economic concentration, electrical energy, energy production, merger control, rail transport, restrictive-practice authorisation, telecommunications

29.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 151/13

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4216 — CVC/Bocchi/De Weide Blik)

(2006/C 151/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 30 May 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 32006M4216. 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.4237 — Bouygues/Alstom)

(2006/C 151/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 20 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 32006M4237. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)