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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1216/2006 of 10 August 2006 amending the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
Date: 2006-08-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, white sugar

11.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1216/2006

of 10 August 2006

amending the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the
form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

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 market in
the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 33(2)(a) and (4)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

The rates of the refunds applicable from 28 July 2006 to
the products listed in the Annex, exported in the form of
goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, were fixed
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1151/2006 (2).

It follows from applying the rules and criteria contained
in Regulation (EC) No 1151/2006 to the information at
present available to the Commission that
the export
refunds at present applicable should be altered as
shown in the Annex hereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The rates of refund fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1151/2006 are
hereby altered as shown in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 August 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 August 2006.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President

(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 207, 28.7.2006, p. 23.

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Rates of refunds applicable from 11 August 2006 to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form
of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty (1)

ANNEX

CN code

Description

Rate of refund in EUR/100 kg

In case of advance fixing of
refunds

1701 99 10

White sugar

28,21

Other

28,21

(1) The rates set out in this Annex are not applicable to exports to Bulgaria, with effect from 1 October 2004, to Romania with effect
from 1 December 2005, and to the goods listed in Tables I and II to Protocol No 2 to the Agreement between the European
Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972 exported to the Swiss Confederation or to the Principality of Liechtenstein
with effect from 1 February 2005.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1215/2006 of 10 August 2006 on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
Date: 2006-08-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, fresh meat, frozen product, import licence, product quality, refrigerated product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1215/2006

of 10 August 2006

on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
beef and veal (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 of
27 May 1997 opening and providing for the administration of
tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and
for frozen buffalo meat (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 936/97 provides in Articles 4 and 5
the conditions for applications and for the issue of
import licences for meat referred to in Article 2(f).

Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 fixes the
amount of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and
veal meeting the definition laid down therein which may

be imported on special terms for the period 1 July 2006
to 30 June 2007 at 11 500 t.

(3)

It should be recalled that licences issued pursuant to this
Regulation will, throughout
the period of validity, be
open for use only in so far as provisions on health
protection in force permit,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
All applications for import licences from 1 to 5 August
2006 for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal as
referred to in Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 shall be
granted in full.

2.
Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance
with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 936/97, during the first
five days of September 2006 for 2 514,507 t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 August 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 August 2006.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

(2) OJ L 137, 28.5.1997, p. 10. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 408/2006 (OJ L 71, 10.3.2006, p. 3).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1214/2006 of 10 August 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: 2006-08-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, white sugar

11.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1214/2006

of 10 August 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
10 August 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 10 August
2006, the maximum export refund for the product referred
to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 958/2006 shall be
33,213 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 11 August 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 August 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.
Information relating to the entry into force of the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union
Date: 2006-08-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Israel, accession to the European Union, agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement, revision of an agreement

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II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

Information relating to the entry into force of the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement
between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of
Israel, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of
Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of
Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak
Republic to the European Union

All parties having accomplished the necessary procedures for the entry into force of the Protocol to the
Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one
part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the
Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic
of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak
Republic to the European Union, the Prococol, signed in Brussels, on 23 February 2006, has entered
into force on 1 May 2006.

The Protocol had been provisionally applied as from 1 May 2004. The text of the Protocol has been
published in OJ L 149 of 2 June 2006, p. 2.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4318 — Veolia/Cleanaway) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-08-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, services company, waste management

10.8.2006

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C 187/17

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4318 — Veolia/Cleanaway)

(2006/C 187/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 2 August 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 Veolia ES Holdings plc
(‘VES’, UK), controlled by Veolia Environnement (‘VE’) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Cleanaway Holdings Limited (‘Cleanaway’, UK)
by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for VES: waste management services, including the collection and disposal of municipal, industrial and

commercial waste;

— for VE: global provider of environmental management services;

— for Cleanaway: provider of waste management services in the UK, including the collection and disposal/

treatment of municipal, commercial and industrial waste.

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 (fax No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.4318 — Veolia/Cleanaway, 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4048 — Sonae Industria/Tarkett/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-08-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, plastics industry, wood industry

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4048 — Sonae Industria/Tarkett/JV)

(2006/C 187/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 12 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 32006M4048. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-08-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

10.8.2006

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(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

9 August 2006

(2006/C 187/01)

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

1,2879

148,17

7,4606

0,67530

9,1655

1,5754

90,91

7,9450

1,9558

0,5760

28,093

15,6466

269,58

3,4528

0,6960

0,4293

3,8679

3,5138

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

37,355

1,8720

1,6846

1,4420

10,0163

2,0449

2,0252

KRW South Korean won

1 235,68

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

8,6907

10,2738

7,2802

Indonesian rupiah

11 707,01

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,718

66,134

34,3690

48,393

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1219/2006 of 10 August 2006 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of common wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 936/2006
Date: 2006-08-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, common wheat, export refund, third country

11.8.2006

EN

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1219/2006

of 10 August 2006

concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of common
wheat 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,

Whereas:

the market for cereals (3), and in particular Article 13(3)
thereof,

(3)

(4)

On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of
Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, a maximum refund should
not be fixed.

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

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from
4 to 10 August 2006 in response to the invitation to tender
for the refund for the export of common wheat
issued in
Regulation (EC) No 936/2006.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 August 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 August 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. 6.

(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7. Regulation as

last modified by

Regulation (EC) No 777/2004 (OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 50).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1212/2006 of 10 August 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-08-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

11.8.2006

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1212/2006

of 10 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 11 August 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 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).

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to Commission Regulation of 10 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 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
999

052
999

052
999

052
388
512
524
528
999

052
204
220
508
999

388
400
508
512
524
528
720
800
804
999

052
388
512
528
804
999

052
999

093
098
624
999

44,8
44,8

99,9
99,9

92,6
92,6

63,2
63,6
41,8
44,8
49,9
52,7

103,4
143,0
130,2
23,9
100,1

85,7
86,5
84,9
85,7
43,0
75,4
81,5
140,3
94,8
86,4

131,0
86,1
83,4
54,2
78,4
86,6

144,6
144,6

50,3
52,3
133,6
78,7

(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’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4293 — Nordic Capital Fund VI/ICA Meny) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-08-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, wholesale trade

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Official Journal of the European Union

10.8.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4293 — Nordic Capital Fund VI/ICA Meny)

(2006/C 187/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 3 August 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 Nordic Capital Fund VI
(‘Nordic Capital Fund VI’, Jersey) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
control of the whole of the undertaking ICA Meny AB (‘ICA Meny’, Sweden) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Nordic Capital Fund VI: private equity fund;

— for undertaking ICA Meny: wholesaler of daily consumer goods.

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 (fax No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.4293 — Nordic Capital Fund VI/ICA Meny, 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.