do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1070/2006 of  13 July 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: 2006-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, butter oil, export refund

14.7.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1070/2006

of 13 July 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 11 July 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 11 July
the products
that Regulation shall be as

the maximum amount of

refund for

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 July 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 July 2006.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc 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

102,00

108,50

130,00
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1071/2006 of  13 July 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: 2006-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, skimmed milk powder

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1071/2006

of 13 July 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 11 July 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

(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 11 July
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, 13 July 2006.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc 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).
Notice of invitation to tender for the reduction in the import duty on sorghum originating in third countries
Date: 2006-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, award of contract, import, originating product, sorghum, tariff reduction, third country

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Notice of invitation to tender for the reduction in the import duty on sorghum originating in
third countries

(2006/C 162/03)

I. SUBJECT

1. A tendering procedure is opened for the reduction in the import duty on sorghum falling within CN

code 1007 00 90 originating in third countries.

2. The quantity for which the import duty may be reduced is 130 000 tonnes.

3. This notice is published, and the tendering procedure conducted, in accordance with Commission Regu-

lation (EC) No 1059/2006 (1).

II. TIME LIMITS

1. The period during which tenders may be submitted in response to the first weekly invitation will begin

on 14.7.2006 and expire at 10.00 on 20.7.2006.

2. For the subsequent weekly invitations to tender the period for the submission of tenders will start on

Friday each week and end at 10.00 on the following Thursday.

This notice is published for the purposes of the present invitation to tender only. Until such time as it is
amended or replaced, its terms will apply to each weekly award held during the period of validity of
this invitation.

However, the submission of tenders will be suspended for weeks in which there is no meeting of the
Management Committee for Cereals.

III TENDERS

1. Tenders must be submitted in writing and delivered no later than the dates and times indicated in Title
II, either by personal delivery against a receiptor by electronic transmission, to the following address:

Fondo Español de Garantía Agraria (FEGA)
C/Beneficencia 8
E-28004 Madrid
e-mail: secreint@fega.mapya.es
fax (34-91) 521 98 32 or (34-91) 522 43 87

Tenders not submitted by electronic transmissionmust be enclosed in two sealed envelopes, one being
inserted inside the other. The inner envelope must be marked ‘Tender under invitation to tender for the
reduction in the import duty on sorghum — Regulation (EC) No 1059/2006’.

Once submitted, no tender may be withdrawn before the Member State concerned has informed the
tenderer of the result of the tender.

2. The tender, as well as the proof and statement referred to in Article 6(3) of Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 1839/95, must be worded in the official language or one of the official languages of the
Member State whose competent authority receives the tender.

IV. TENDERING SECURITY

The tendering security must be made out in favour of the competent authority concerned.

V. AWARD OF CONTRACTS

Award of the contract will establish:

(a) the successful tenderer's entitlement to be issued,

in the Member State in which the tender was
submitted, with an import licence stating the reduction in the import duty mentioned in the tender for
the quantity in offered;

(b) the obligation to apply in the Member State referred to in point (a) for an import licence for that quan-

tity.

(1) OJ L 192, 13.7.2006, p. 11.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1079/2006 of  13 July 2006  fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 936/2006
Date: 2006-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, common wheat, export refund, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1079/2006

of 13 July 2006

fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender
issued in Regulation (EC) No 936/2006

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 13(3) thereof,

(3)

(4)

Whereas:

In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose
bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.

The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
current market
in question
results in the maximum export refund being fixed.

situation for

the cereal

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

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of
common wheat to certain third countries was opened
pursuant
(EC) No
to
936/2006 (2).

Commission

Regulation

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In accordance with Article 7 of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain
detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on
cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of
disturbance on the market for cereals (3), the Commission
may, on the basis of the tenders notified, decide to fix a
maximum export refund taking account of the criteria
referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.

For tenders notified from 7 to 13 July 2006, pursuant to the
invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 936/2006, the
maximum refund on exportation of common wheat shall be
1,99 EUR/t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 July 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 July 2006.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(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 172, 24.6.2006, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 777/2004 (OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 50).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1074/2006 of  13 July 2006  fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 958/2006
Date: 2006-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, white sugar

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1074/2006

of 13 July 2006

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to
tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 958/2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20
February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in
the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subparagraph
and point (b) of the third subparagraph of Article 33(2) thereof,

Whereas:

in response to the partial invitation to tender ending on
13 July 2006, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export
refund for that partial invitation to tender.

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 958/2006 of 28 June
2006 on a standing invitation to tender to determine
refunds on exports of white sugar for the 2006/2007
marketing year (2) requires the issuing of partial
invi-
tations to tender.

For the partial invitation to tender ending on 13 July 2006, the
maximum export refund for the product referred to in Article
1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 958/2006 shall be 28,424
EUR/100 kg.

(2)

Pursuant to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 958/2006
and following an examination of the tenders submitted

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 July 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 July 2006.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 175, 29.6.2006, p. 49.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

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I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

12 July 2006

(2006/C 162/01)

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

1,2722

146,56

7,4594

0,69150

9,1625

1,5658

94,55

7,9475

1,9558

0,5750

28,490

15,6466

277,50

3,4528

0,6961

0,4293

4,0458

3,5743

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

38,715

1,9854

1,6880

1,4452

9,8933

2,0633

2,0151

KRW South Korean won

1 207,00

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

9,0749

10,1669

7,2530

Indonesian rupiah

11 589,74

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,650

66,371

34,2280

48,208

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1076/2006 of  13 July 2006  fixing production refunds on cereals
Date: 2006-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cereals, production refund, rice

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1076/2006

of 13 July 2006

fixing production refunds on cereals

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 8(2) thereof,

(2)

(3)

The production refunds fixed in this Regulation should
be adjusted by the coefficients listed in the Annex II to
Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 to establish the exact
amount to be paid.

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

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 of 30 June
1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulations (EEC) No 1766/92 and (EEC) No
1418/76 concerning production refunds in the cereals
and rice sectors respectively (2) lays down the conditions
for granting production refunds. The basis for calculating
the refund is laid down in Article 3 of that Regulation.
The refund thus calculated, differentiated where necessary
for potato starch, must be fixed once a month and may
be amended if the price of maize and/or wheat changes
significantly.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The refund per tonne of starch referred to in Article 3(2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93, is hereby fixed at:

(a) EUR/tonne 0,00 for starch from maize, wheat, barley and

oats;

(b) EUR/tonne 12,02 for potato starch.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 July 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 July 2006.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(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 159, 1.7.1993, p. 112. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1548/2004 (OJ L 280, 31.8.2004, p. 11).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1068/2006 of  13 July 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

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14.7.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1068/2006

of 13 July 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 14 July 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 July 2006.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc 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 13 July 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

0808 20 50

0809 10 00

0809 20 95

0809 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
096
999

052
999

052
999

388
524
528
999

388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
800
804
999

388
512
528
720
999

052
999

052
400
999

052
999

624
999

93,3
77,4
85,4

86,7
86,7

76,9
76,9

61,4
54,3
57,7
57,8

88,7
104,6
83,3
88,4
77,8
48,2
78,0
86,6
162,7
104,9
92,3

99,5
98,9
96,2
35,3
82,5

127,7
127,7

283,5
375,3
329,4

124,8
124,8

140,6
140,6

(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’.
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, France, Lithuania, State aid, control of State aid, decommissioning of power stations, regional development, research and development

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Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2006/C 162/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption: 18.5.2006

Member State: France

Aid no: N 120/2006

Title: Prolongation du régime d'aides de
recherche et au développement N 84/2003

l'ADEME à la

Objective: Research and development

Form of aid: Direct grant

Legal basis: Délibération no 06-1-4 du 2 février 2006 du
Conseil d'administration de l'ADEME

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Budget: EUR 50 000 000 — 60 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 75 %

Duration (period): 1.1.2006 — 31.12.2006

Economic sectors: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Agence de l'environnement et de la maîtrise de l'énergie
(ADEME)
2 square La Fayette
BP 406
F-49004 Angers Cedex 01

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confiden-
tial information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption: 7.12.2005

Member State: Lithuania

Aid no: N 337/2005

Objective: To facilitate decommissioning of Ignalina's Units 1
and 2

Legal basis: Lietuvos Respublikos valstybės įmonės Ignalinos
atominės elektrinės ir po jos pertvarkymo veiksiančios uždaro-
sios akcinės bendrovės atleidimo nuo mokesčių mokėjimo įsta-
tymo projektas

Budget: maximum LTL 51 million (about EUR 14,8 million)

Aid intensity or amount: The total aid amount consists of
corporate tax exemption, exemption from charges for the use
of the State property and/or exemption from tax on immovable
property.

Duration: 2006-2009

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confiden-
tial information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption: 22.2.2006

Member State: Denmark

Aid no: NN 59/2005

Title: Afgiftsfritagelse for biobrændstoffer, der anvendes som
motorbrændstof

Objective: Regional development

Legal basis: Lov nr. 1391 af 20. december 2004

Duration: 1.1.2005 — 31.12.2010

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confiden-
tial information has been removed, can be found at:

Title: Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant — Tax Exemptions

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/