do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-07-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

5.7.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 156/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

4 July 2006

(2006/C 156/01)

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

1,2791

146,57

7,4605

0,69285

9,1883

1,5677

96,15

7,9700

1,9558

0,5750

28,443

15,6466

279,96

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

4,0138

3,5586

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

38,385

1,9740

1,7150

1,4205

9,9360

2,0951

2,0197

KRW South Korean won

1 206,70

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

8,9853

10,2245

7,2490

Indonesian rupiah

11 593,76

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,658

67,357

34,3500

48,454

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4246 — Merrill Lynch/Farallon/Barcelo/Playa) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-07-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial institution, hotel industry, investment, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 156/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.7.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4246 — Merrill Lynch/Farallon/Barcelo/Playa)

(2006/C 156/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 27 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 32006M4246. 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.4205 — Aleris International/Corus Group)

(2006/C 156/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 16 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 32006M4205. 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.4062 — SKF/SNFA) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-07-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, mechanical engineering, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

5.7.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 156/7

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4062 — SKF/SNFA)

(2006/C 156/05)

(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 32006M4062. 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.4210 — Agravis Raiffeisen/Baywa/DR Graub)

(2006/C 156/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 19 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 German 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 32006M4210. 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.4205 — Aleris International/Corus Group) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-07-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: alloy, aluminium, economic concentration, merger control, metalworking, plate, restrictive-practice authorisation, steel

C 156/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.7.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4246 — Merrill Lynch/Farallon/Barcelo/Playa)

(2006/C 156/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 27 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 32006M4246. 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.4205 — Aleris International/Corus Group)

(2006/C 156/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 16 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 32006M4205. 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.4210 — Agravis Raiffeisen/Baywa/DR Graub) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-07-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural equipment, building industry, crop production, economic concentration, energy industry, merger control, pharmaceutical industry, restrictive-practice authorisation

5.7.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 156/7

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4062 — SKF/SNFA)

(2006/C 156/05)

(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 32006M4062. 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.4210 — Agravis Raiffeisen/Baywa/DR Graub)

(2006/C 156/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 19 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 German 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 32006M4210. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1025/2006 of  5 July 2006  fixing the definitive rate of refund and the percentage of system B export licences to be issued in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples)
Date: 2006-07-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, export licence, export refund, fruit vegetable, pip fruit

6.7.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 184/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1025/2006

of 5 July 2006

fixing the definitive rate of refund and the percentage of system B export licences to be issued in
the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

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),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001
of 8 October 2001 on detailed rules for implementing Council
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit
and vegetables (2), and in particular Article 6(7) thereof,

Whereas:

refund for

The definitive rate of
tomatoes, oranges,
lemons and apples covered by licences applied for
under system B between 16 May and 30 June 2006,
should be fixed at the indicative rate, and the percentage
of licences to be issued for the quantities applied for
should be laid down,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

for

system B export

submitted
For applications
to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 557/2006
pursuant
between 16 May and 30 June 2006,
the percentages of
licences to be issued and the rates of refund applicable are
fixed in the Annex hereto.

licences

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 557/2006 (3) fixed the
indicative quantities for the issue of B system export
licences.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 July 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 July 2006.

For the Commission

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

(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 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 386/2005 (OJ L 62, 9.3.2005, p. 3).

(3) OJ L 98, 6.4.2006, p. 65.

L 184/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.7.2006

Percentages for the issuing of licences and rates of refund applicable to system B licences applied for between
16 May to 30 June 2006 (tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples)

ANNEX

Product

Rate of refund
(EUR/t net)

Percentages of licences to
be issued for the quantities
applied for

Tomatoes

Oranges

Lemons

Apples

30

39

60

33

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Council Directive on control of San José Scale COM(2006) 123 final — 2006/0040 (CNS)
Date: 2006-07-05
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: codification of EU law, fruit-growing, insect, plant disease, plant health control

16.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 309/71

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Council Directive
on control of San José Scale

COM(2006) 123 final — 2006/0040 (CNS)

(2006/C 309/15)

On 2 May 2006 the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee, under Arti-
cles 37 and 94 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the abovementioned proposal.

The Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment, which was responsible for preparing
the Committee's work on the subject, adopted its opinion on 24 May 2006. The rapporteur was
Mr Siecker.

At its 428th plenary session, held on 5 and 6 July 2006 (meeting of 5 July), the European Economic and
Social Committee adopted the following opinion by 166 votes to two with one abstention.

1. Introduction

1.1
The purpose of this proposal is to undertake a codifica-
tion of Council Directive 69/466/EEC of 8 December 1969 on
control of San José Scale. The new Directive will supersede the
various acts incorporated in it; this proposal fully preserves the
content of the acts being codified and hence does no more
than bring them together with only such formal amendments
as are required by the codification exercise itself.

2. General comments

2.1
The Committee regards it as very useful to have all the
texts integrated into one Directive. In the context of a People's

Brussels, 5 July 2006.

Europe, the Committee,
like the Commission, attaches great
importance to simplifying and clarifying Community law so as
to make it clearer and more accessible to ordinary citizens,
thus giving them new opportunities and the chance to make
use of the specific rights it gives them.

It has been ensured that this compilation of provisions
2.2
contains no changes of substance and serves only the purpose
of presenting Community law in a clear and transparent way.
The Committee expresses its total support for this objective
and, in the light of these guarantees, welcomes the proposal.

The President

of the European Economic and Social Committee

Anne-Marie SIGMUND
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1017/2006 of  4 July 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 1472/2003 opening and providing for the management of a Community tariff quota for grape juice and must as from the 2003/2004 marketing year, as far as the tariff quota is concerned
Date: 2006-07-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fruit juice, fruit product, grape, tariff quota

5.7.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 183/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1017/2006

of 4 July 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 1472/2003 opening and providing for the management of a
Community tariff quota for grape juice and must as from the 2003/2004 marketing year, as far
as the tariff quota is concerned

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of
in
wine (1), and in particular Article 62(1) thereof,

the market

Whereas:

add that quantity of grape juice and must under the tariff
quota 09.0067 referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC)
No 1472/2003.

(3)

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 1472/2003 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1472/2003 (2) provides
for the opening of a tariff quota for the importation of
14 000 tonnes of grape juice and must falling within
2009 69 19,
CN codes
2009 69 51 and 2009 69 90.

2009 69 11,

2009 61 90,

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the United States
of America pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII
by Council Decision
of GATT 1994,
2006/333/CE (3), provides
an increase by 29
tonnes, as from 15 June 2006, of the annual
import
tariff quota of grape juice. It is therefore appropriate to

approved

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the first subparagraph of Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1472/2003, ‘14 000 tonnes’ is replaced by ‘14 029 tonnes’.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 15 June 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 July 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by (EC) No

2165/2005 (OJ L 345, 28.12.2005, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 211, 21.8.2003, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 13.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4195 — Inchcape/Lind) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-07-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, motor vehicle, restrictive-practice authorisation, retail trade

C 156/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.7.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4184 — Boeing/Carmen)

(2006/C 156/03)

(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 32006M4184. 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.4195 — Inchcape/Lind)

(2006/C 156/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 14 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 32006M4195. 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.4184 — Boeing/Carmen) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-07-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aeronautical industry, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, services company

C 156/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.7.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4184 — Boeing/Carmen)

(2006/C 156/03)

(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 32006M4184. 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.4195 — Inchcape/Lind)

(2006/C 156/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 14 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 32006M4195. EUR-Lex is the on-

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