do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

28.7.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 176/13

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

27 July 2006

(2006/C 176/03)

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

1,2737

147,25

7,4614

0,68420

9,2495

1,5743

91,81

7,9065

1,9558

0,5750

28,403

15,6466

271,64

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

3,9254

3,5520

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

239,67

38,005

1,9200

1,6671

1,4420

9,9008

2,0495

2,0106

KRW South Korean won

1 212,94

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

8,7854

10,1651

7,2595

Indonesian rupiah

11 552,46

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,678

65,596

34,1780

48,156

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
COM documents other than legislative proposals adopted by the Commission
Date: 2006-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, directory, official document

C 176/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.7.2006

COM documents other than legislative proposals adopted by the Commission

(2006/C 176/11)

Document

Part

Date

Title

COM(2006) 75

15.2.2006

COM(2006) 173

25.4.2006

COM(2006) 181

27.4.2006

Commission working document — Contribution to the interinstitu-
tional negotiations on the Proposal for renewal of the interinstitu-
tional agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the
budgetary procedure

Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European
Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the
Committee of the Regions — i2010 eGovernment Action Plan:
Accelerating eGovernment in Europe for the Benefit of All

Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European
Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the
Committee of the Regions Towards a Global Partnership in the
Information Society: Follow-up to the Tunis Phase of the World
Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

COM(2006) 211

10.5.2006

Communication from the Commission to the European Council: A
citizens' agenda — delivering results for Europe

COM(2006) 215

19.5.2006

COM(2006) 223

16.5.2006

COM(2006) 224

16.5.2006

COM(2006) 246

24.5.2006

COM(2006) 251

31.5.2006

COM(2006) 253

24.5.2006

COM(2006) 260

23.5.2006

Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European
Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the
Committee of the Regions: i2010 — First Annual Report on the
European Information Society

Report
from the Commission: Convergence report 2006 on
Lithuania (prepared in accordance with Article 122(2) of the Treaty
at the request of Lithuania)

Report
from the Commission — Convergence report 2006 on
Slovenia (prepared in accordance with Article 122(2) of the Treaty
at the request of Slovenia)

and
Communication from the Commission to the Council
the European Parliament — Improving consultation on Community
fisheries management

Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European
Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the
Committee of the Regions: A strategy for a Secure Information
Society — ‘Dialogue, partnership and empowerment’

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the Euro-
pean Parliament: A Concept for European Community Support for
Security Sector Reform

Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the
Council on EAGGF Guarantee Section expenditure — Early warning
system No 1–4/2006

These texts are available on EUR-Lex: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1163/2006 of  28 July 2006  fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 46th individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
Date: 2006-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, intervention price, minimum price, selling price

L 208/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

29.7.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1163/2006

of 28 July 2006

fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 46th individual invitation to tender issued under
the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999

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 Article 10(c) thereof,

award, in accordance with Article 24a of Regulation (EC)
No 2771/1999.

In the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling
price should be fixed.

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

(3)

(4)

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Pursuant to Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down
detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the
market
intervention agencies
have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender
certain quantities of butter held by them.

in butter and cream (2),

In the light of the tenders received in response to each
individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price
shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make no

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 46th individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regu-
lation (EC) No 2771/1999, in respect of which the time limit
tenders expired on 25 July 2006,
the submission of
for
the minimum selling
at
butter
235,00 EUR/100 kg.

price

fixed

for

is

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 July 2006.

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

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

(2) OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1802/2005 (OJ L 290, 4.11.2005, p. 3).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4240 — Teck Cominco/INCO) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, metalworking, mining operation, restrictive-practice authorisation

28.7.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 176/15

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4240 — Teck Cominco/INCO)

(2006/C 176/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 7 July 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 32006M4240. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1155/2006 of  28 July 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

29.7.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 208/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1155/2006

of 28 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 29 July 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 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).

L 208/2

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29.7.2006

to Commission Regulation of 28 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

0806 10 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
388
524
999

052
999

388
524
528
999

052
204
220
388
400
508
512
624
999

388
400
508
512
524
528
720
800
804
999

052
388
512
528
720
804
999

052
999

052
400
999

052
999

093
098
624
999

71,2
41,9
56,6

78,5
52,4
46,9
59,3

69,2
69,2

57,0
54,9
58,4
56,8

160,1
133,3
142,0
8,7
200,9
48,4
56,7
158,2
113,5

95,5
104,3
76,8
88,4
67,7
90,3
78,9
152,2
98,3
94,7

70,3
103,0
90,4
83,8
30,3
128,9
84,5

135,5
135,5

297,9
365,8
331,9

101,7
101,7

64,8
75,9
131,5
90,7

(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 1165/2006 of  28 July 2006  correcting Regulation (EC) No 1001/2006 fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 12th individual invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005
Date: 2006-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, concentrated product, sales aid

29.7.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 208/27

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1165/2006

of 28 July 2006

correcting Regulation (EC) No 1001/2006 fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the
12th individual invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in
Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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 Article 10 thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005
of 9 November 2005 laying down detailed rules for imple-
menting Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards
measures for the disposal of cream, butter and concentrated
butter on the Community market (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1001/2006 (3) fixed the
amount of the end-use security provided for in Article
53(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 for the 12th
individual
the
standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation
(EC) No 1898/2005.

invitation to tender opened under

As a result of an administrative error, the level of the
end-use security fixed in the second paragraph of Article
1 of Regulation (EC) No 1001/2006 does not correspond
to the real level to be fixed.

Regulation (EC) No 1001/2006 should therefore be
the
corrected accordingly. As the correct amount of
security is lower than the amount originally provided
for, this correction should be applied from the date of
entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 1001/2006,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

second paragraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EC)

The
No 1001/2006 is hereby replaced by the following:

‘The end-use security provided for in Article 53(4) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1898/2005 is fixed at EUR 22 per 100 kg.’

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 1 July 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 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 308, 25.11.2005, p. 1. Regulation amended by Regulation (EC)

No 2107/2005 (OJ L 337, 22.12.2005, p. 20).

(3) OJ L 179, 1.7.2006, p. 35.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4071 — Apollo/Akzo Nobel IAR) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 176/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.7.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

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

(2006/C 176/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 14 July 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 32006M4253. 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.4071 — Apollo/Akzo Nobel IAR)

(2006/C 176/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 29 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 32006M4071. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Corrigenda to information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of  12 January 2001 , as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 363/2004 of  25 February 2004 , on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid  ( OJ C 32, 8.2.2006 ) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, vocational training

C 176/34

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.7.2006

CORRIGENDA

Corrigenda to information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 363/2004 of
25 February 2004, on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid

(‘Official Journal of the European Union’ C 32 of 8 February 2006)

(2006/C 176/15)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On page 15, the information form for Aid No XT 9/05 is replaced by the following text:

‘Aid No

Member State

Region

XT 9/05

United Kingdom

Objective 2 East Wales And Transitional Programme

Title of
company receiving individual aid

aid scheme or name of

Splotlands Credit Union

Legal basis

Annual expenditure planned under the
scheme or overall amount of individual
aid granted to the company

Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999
The Structural Funds (National Assembly for Wales) Regulations 2000
(No/906/2000)
The Structural Funds (National Assembly for Wales) Designation 2000

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount GBP 17 112

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

From 1.1.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

NB As noted above, the grant was committed prior to 31 December 2006.
Payments against
this commitment will, potentially (in line with N+2),
continue until 31 December 2007

Objective of aid

General training

Limited to specific sectors

Other services (Financial Services)

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
National Assembly for Wales

Yes

Yes

Yes

Address:
C/o Welsh European funding Office
Cwm Cynon Business Park
Mountain Ash
CF45 4ER

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes’
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1160/2006 of  28 July 2006  fixing the maximum buying-in price for butter for the 4th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 796/2006
Date: 2006-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, market intervention, maximum price, purchase price

29.7.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 208/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1160/2006

of 28 July 2006

fixing the maximum buying-in price for butter for the 4th individual invitation to tender under the
standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 796/2006

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), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

award, in accordance with Article 17a of Regulation (EC)
No 2771/1999.

In the light of the tenders received for the 4th individual
invitation to tender, a maximum buying-in price should
be fixed.

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

(3)

(4)

(1)

Pursuant to Article 16(2) of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down
detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the
market in butter and cream (2), a notice of invitation to
tender was published in the Official Journal of the European
Union for the purpose of the buying-in of butter by
standing invitation to tender, as opened by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 796/2006 (3).

(2)

In the light of the tenders received in response to indi-
vidual invitations to tender, a maximum buying-in price
is to be fixed or a decision is to be taken to make no

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 4th individual invitation to tender under the standing
invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 796/2006,
in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders
expired on 25 July 2006, the maximum buying-in price for
butter is fixed at 232,00 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 July 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 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 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2107/2005 (OJ L 337, 22.12.2005, p. 20).

(3) OJ L 142, 30.5.2006, p. 4.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4253 — Bridgepoint/Limoni) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cosmetic product, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, sale

C 176/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.7.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

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

(2006/C 176/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 14 July 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 32006M4253. 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.4071 — Apollo/Akzo Nobel IAR)

(2006/C 176/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 29 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 32006M4071. EUR-Lex is the on-

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