do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4232 — Scottish & Newcastle/Kuehne + Nagel/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-08-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: alcohol, beer, beverage industry, distributive trades, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control

4.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 182/13

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4232 — Scottish & Newcastle/Kuehne + Nagel/JV)

(2006/C 182/13)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 28 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 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 32006M4232. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Withdrawal of notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4156 — Lactalis/Nestlé/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-08-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agro-industry, economic concentration, merger control, milk product

4.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 182/9

Withdrawal of notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4156 — Lactalis/Nestlé/JV)

(2006/C 182/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004)

On 7 June 2006, the Commission of the European Communities received notification of a proposed
concentration between Lactalis and Nestle. On 20 July 2006, the notifying parties informed the Commis-
sion that they withdrew their notification.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4322 — Morgan Stanley/IHG/Portfolio Hotels) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-08-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, hotel industry, merger control, property development

C 182/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.8.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4322 — Morgan Stanley/IHG/Portfolio Hotels)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 182/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 27 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 Morgan Stanley Real
Estate F International Funding, L.P. (‘MSREF’, US) and InterContinental Hotels Group plc (‘IHG’, UK) acquire
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of seven InterContinental-
branded hotels located in the European Union (the ‘Portfolio Hotels’), currently owned by IHG, via
purchase of shares and management contracts.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for MSREF: real estate investment and management,

— for IHG: ownership, management and franchising of hotels on a world-wide basis.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the
3.
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 (fax (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M. 4322 — Morgan Stanley/IHG/Portfolio Hotels, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(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.4211 — Schmolz + Bickenbach/Ugitech)
Date: 2006-08-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, iron and steel industry, merger control, steel

4.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 182/11

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4198 — Bayer/Schering)

(2006/C 182/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 24 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 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 32006M4198. 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.4211 — Schmolz + Bickenbach/Ugitech)

(2006/C 182/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 3 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 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 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 32006M4211. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1190/2006 of  4 August 2006  establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-08-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

5.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 215/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1190/2006

of 4 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 5 August 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 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 215/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.8.2006

to Commission Regulation of 4 August 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 20 95

0809 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
999

052
999

052
999

388
524
528
999

052
204
220
508
999

388
400
508
512
524
528
720
804
999

052
388
512
528
720
804
999

052
400
404
999

052
999

068
093
098
624
999

44,8
44,8

65,5
65,5

48,9
48,9

70,6
50,3
56,3
59,1

109,1
174,2
190,2
31,3
126,2

87,1
104,7
86,3
89,0
66,4
124,2
81,3
98,1
92,1

125,6
98,3
83,4
73,7
31,1
186,4
99,8

246,5
293,8
365,2
301,8

133,4
133,4

110,8
50,3
56,5
124,4
85,5

(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.4296 — Goldman Sachs/Borealis/Associated British Ports) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-08-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, harbour installation, investment bank, investment company, merger control

C 182/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.8.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4164 — Ferrovial/Quebec/GIC/BAA)

(2006/C 182/11)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 23 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 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 32006M4164. 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.4296 — Goldman Sachs/Borealis/Associated British Ports)

(2006/C 182/12)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 26 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 32006M4296. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licenses pursuant to Article 13(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-08-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, air transport, carrier, transport licence

C 182/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.8.2006

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

(2006/C 182/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

AUSTRIA

Operating licences revoked

Category B: Operating licences including 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

Charter Air GmbH

Weiherburggasse 7
A-6020 Innsbruck

passengers, mail, cargo

2.6.2006

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 1.
(2) Communicated to the European Commission before 31.8.2005.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4164 — Ferrovial/Quebec/GIC/BAA) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-08-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: airport, economic concentration, insurance, investment, merger control, service

C 182/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.8.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4164 — Ferrovial/Quebec/GIC/BAA)

(2006/C 182/11)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 23 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 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 32006M4164. 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.4296 — Goldman Sachs/Borealis/Associated British Ports)

(2006/C 182/12)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 26 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 32006M4296. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
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: 2006-08-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, air transport, carrier, transport licence

4.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 182/7

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 182/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

SPAIN

Operating licences granted

Category B: Operating licences including 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

EUROAIRLINES, S.L.

Virgen de Monserrat, 37
E-08340 La Roca del Valles
(Barcelona)

passengers, mail, cargo

28.6.2006

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 1.
(2) Communicated to the European Commission before 31.8.2005.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-08-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

4.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 182/5

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

3 August 2006

(2006/C 182/03)

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

1,2781

146,84

7,4611

0,67805

9,2035

1,5746

90,25

7,8705

1,9558

0,5750

28,435

15,6466

273,25

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

3,9232

3,5338

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

239,65

37,960

1,9145

1,6772

1,4380

9,9355

2,0559

2,0177

KRW South Korean won

1 234,33

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

8,8138

10,1951

7,2650

Indonesian rupiah

11 640,30

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,706

66,020

34,2380

48,401

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Information concerning the entry into force of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2005
Date: 2006-08-04
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: agreement (EU), international agreement, olive, olive oil

4.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 182/1

I

(Information)

COUNCIL

Information concerning the entry into force of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and
Table Olives, 2005

(2006/C 182/01)

Following completion of the necessary procedures, the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table
Olives (2005) (1) has provisionally entered into force on 1 January 2006 and shall remain in force until 31
December 2014 unless the International Olive Council, acting through its Council of Members, decides to
prolong it, extend it, renew it or terminate it in advance in accordance with the provisions of the Agree-
ment.

(1) OJ L 302, 19.11.2005, p. 46.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4288 — SAAB/EMW) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-08-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aeronautical industry, arms industry, economic concentration, electronics industry, merger control

C 182/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.8.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4288 — SAAB/EMW)

(2006/C 182/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 26 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 undertaking Saab AB (‘Saab’, Sweden, a
company jointly controlled by BAE Systems Plc. (‘BAE Systems’, UK) and Investor AB (‘Investor’, Sweden)
acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the under-
taking Ericsson Microwave Systems AB (‘EMW’, Sweden) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Saab: defense, aviation, space and civil security products;

— EMW: defense electronic and avionics, in particular radar systems.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the

3.
scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

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.4288 — SAAB/EMW, 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4198 — Bayer/Schering) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-08-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, pharmaceutical industry, research and development

4.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 182/11

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4198 — Bayer/Schering)

(2006/C 182/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 24 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 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 32006M4198. 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.4211 — Schmolz + Bickenbach/Ugitech)

(2006/C 182/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 3 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 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 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 32006M4211. EUR-Lex is the on-

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