do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4262 — Carlyle/Vista/Turmed) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-08-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial institution, investment company, merger control, tourism

C 179/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.8.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4262 — Carlyle/Vista/Turmed)

(2006/C 179/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 20 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 website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website 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 32006M4262. 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.4278 — PAI Partners SAS/AMEC SPIE SA)

(2006/C 179/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 20 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 website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website 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 32006M4278. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1178/2006 of  1 August 2006  setting, for the 2006/2007 marketing year, the minimum price to be paid to producers for unprocessed dried figs and the production aid for dried figs
Date: 2006-08-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: dried product, marketing, minimum price, pip fruit, production aid

L 212/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.8.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1178/2006

of 1 August 2006

setting, for the 2006/2007 marketing year, the minimum price to be paid to producers for
unprocessed dried figs and the production aid for dried figs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in
processed fruit and vegetable products (1), and in particular
Articles 6b(3) and 6c(7) thereof,

(3)

(4)

The minimum price and production aid should therefore
be set for the 2006/2007 marketing year in accordance
with the criteria laid down respectively by Articles 6b
and 6c of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vege-
tables,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 3(1)(c) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1535/2003 of 29 August 2003 laying down detailed
rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96
as regards the aid scheme for products processed from
fruit and vegetables (2),
the
marketing year for dried figs.

lays down the dates of

Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1573/1999
of 19 July 1999 laying down detailed rules for the appli-
cation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards
the characteristics of dried figs qualifying for aid under
the production aid scheme (3)
lays down the criteria
from the
to benefit
which products must meet
minimum price and payment of the aid.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2006/2007 marketing year the minimum price for
unprocessed dried figs referred to in Article 6a(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 2201/96 shall be EUR 967,69 per tonne net ex-
producer's premises.

For the 2006/2007 marketing year the production aid for dried
figs referred to in Article 6a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96
shall be EUR 258,57 per tonne net.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 1 August 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29. Regulation last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 386/2004 (OJ L 64, 2.3.2004,
p. 25).

(2) OJ L 218, 30.8.2003, p. 14. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1663/2005 (OJ L 267, 12.10.2005, p. 22).

(3) OJ L 187, 20.7.1999, p. 27.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4233 — BP France/Vitogaz/Energaz JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-08-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, gas industry, merger control, oil industry

1.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 179/13

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4233 — BP France/Vitogaz/Energaz JV)

(2006/C 179/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 10 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 website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website 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 32006M4233. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-08-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

1.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 179/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

31 July 2006

(2006/C 179/01)

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

1,2767

145,82

7,4618

0,68430

9,2330

1,5713

92,92

7,8615

1,9558

0,5750

28,528

15,6466

272,23

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

3,9365

3,5447

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

239,66

38,110

1,9010

1,6672

1,4346

9,9216

2,0708

2,0138

KRW South Korean won

1 219,89

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

8,7961

10,1753

7,2520

Indonesian rupiah

11 611,59

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,669

65,725

34,2240

48,315

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Withdrawal of notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4009 — CIMC/Burg)
Date: 2006-08-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: container, economic concentration, merger control, metalwork

C 179/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.8.2006

Withdrawal of notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4009 — CIMC/Burg)

(2006/C 179/05)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004

On 6 February 2006, the Commission of the European Communities received notification of a proposed
concentration between China International Marine Containers CO., Ltd. and Burg Industries B.V. On 20
July 2006, the notifying parties informed the Commission that they withdrew their notification.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1176/2006 of  1 August 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-08-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

2.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 212/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1176/2006

of 1 August 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 2 August 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 August 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 212/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.8.2006

to Commission Regulation of 1 August 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry
price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0707 00 05

0709 90 70

0805 50 10

0806 10 10

0808 10 80

0808 20 50

0809 20 95

0809 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
388
524
999

052
999

388
524
528
999

052
204
220
400
508
512
999

388
400
508
512
524
528
720
804
999

052
388
512
528
720
804
999

052
400
404
999

052
999

093
098
624
999

80,2
52,4
46,9
59,8

74,5
74,5

75,6
68,3
54,5
66,1

116,4
133,3
184,3
200,9
55,0
56,7
124,4

95,5
103,4
79,5
90,1
66,4
132,8
88,6
106,2
95,3

129,4
99,7
89,2
86,3
31,1
186,5
103,7

307,7
388,6
385,7
360,7

129,1
129,1

55,2
61,4
124,7
80,4

(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’.
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of  12 January 2001  on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-08-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

1.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 179/9

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC
Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises

(2006/C 179/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 149/05

United Kingdom

UK wide

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

The Micro and Nanotechnology Capital Project Fund

Legal basis

Section 5 of the Science and Technology Act 1965

Annual expenditure planned under
the scheme or overall amount of indi-
vidual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount GBP 8 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regu-
lation

Yes

Date of implementation

From 15.8.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
The Department of Trade and Industry

Yes

Yes

Address:
151 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 9SS
United Kingdom

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes
Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licenses pursuant to Article 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-08-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, air transport, carrier, transport licence

C 179/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.8.2006

Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licenses pursuant to
Article 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers (1) (2)

(2006/C 179/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

AUSTRIA

Operating licences granted

Category A: Operating licences without the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

Name of air carrier

Address of air carrier

Permitted to carry

Decision effective since

VistaJet Luftfahrtunter-
nehmen mbH

Sterneckstraße 31
A-5020 Salzburg

passengers, mail, cargo

9.6.2006

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 1.
(2) Communicated to the European Commission before 31.8.2005.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4305 — Nokia/Giesecke & Devrient) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-08-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronic money, merger control, mobile phone, paper money, transmission network

1.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 179/11

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4305 — Nokia/Giesecke & Devrient)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 179/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 24 July 2006, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Nokia Corporation
(‘Nokia’, Finland) and Giesecke & Devrient (‘G&D’, Germany) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b)
of the Council Regulation joint control of a newly created company constituting a joint venture (‘Trus-
tonic’, Finland) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Nokia: supply of mobile devices and telecommunications networks;

— for G&D: supply of banknotes and smart cards;

— for Trustonic: provision of services enabling the management of consumer applications to mobile

devices.

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the
scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to
the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council
Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the
procedure set out in the Notice.

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

4.
operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.4305 — Nokia/Giesecke & Devrient, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Brussels

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4278 — PAI Partners SAS/AMEC SPIE SA) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-08-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment, merger control, service, technology

C 179/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.8.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4262 — Carlyle/Vista/Turmed)

(2006/C 179/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 20 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 website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website 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 32006M4262. 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.4278 — PAI Partners SAS/AMEC SPIE SA)

(2006/C 179/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 20 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 website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website 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 32006M4278. EUR-Lex is the on-

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