do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4179 — Huntsman/Ciba TE Business) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-08-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, textile industry

22.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 197/9

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4179 — Huntsman/Ciba TE Business)

(2006/C 197/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 30 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 32006M4179. 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.4258 — IVECO/AFIN)

(2006/C 197/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 11 August 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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in Italian 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 32006M4258. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4291 — voestalpine/Profilafroid/Société Automatique de Profilage (SAP) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-08-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, iron and steel industry, merger control, section

C 197/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.8.2006

(Case COMP/M.4291 — voestalpine/Profilafroid/Société Automatique de Profilage (SAP)

Prior notification of a concentration

(2006/C 197/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 14 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 voestalpine Profilform GmbH
(‘Profilform’ Austria), controlled by voestalpine AG (‘voestalpine’, Austria) acquires within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of both Profilafroid Société Anonyme (‘Profi-
lafroid’, France) and Société Automatique de Profilage (‘SAP’, France) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for voestalpine: producer of steel products, primarily for the European automotive, construction, and

white goods industries;

— for Profilform: focused on custom roll forming;

— for Profilafroid and SAP: producer of cold formed steel strip.

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.4291 — voestalpine/Profilafroid/Société Automatique de Profilage (SAP),
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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4340 — FCC/WRG) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-08-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, cement, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, waste disposal, waste management, waste recycling

C 197/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.8.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4340 — FCC/WRG)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 197/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 11 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 Formento de Construc-
ciones y Contratas S.A. (‘FCC’, Spain) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regu-
lation control of the whole of the undertaking Waste Recycling Group Ltd.
(‘WRG’, UK) by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for FCC: services, construction and cement, including waste management services, in several countries;

— for WRG: reception, recycling and disposal of waste in the UK.

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 (fax No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M. 4340 — FCC/WRG, 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1258/2006 of 22 August 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-08-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

23.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 229/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1258/2006

of 22 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 23 August 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 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 229/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.8.2006

to Commission Regulation of 22 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 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
999

052
999

388
524
528
999

052
220
624
999

388
400
404
508
512
528
720
800
804
999

052
388
999

052
999

052
098
624
999

86,9
86,9

83,7
83,7

73,9
58,2
59,5
63,9

86,1
68,2
138,6
97,6

86,1
86,2
87,6
90,7
82,5
82,0
81,3
149,6
94,4
93,4

127,7
93,7
110,7

133,7
133,7

39,5
47,3
166,6
84,5

(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.4258 — IVECO/AFIN) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-08-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commercial vehicle, economic concentration, hire purchase, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, sale

22.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 197/9

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4179 — Huntsman/Ciba TE Business)

(2006/C 197/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 30 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 32006M4179. 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.4258 — IVECO/AFIN)

(2006/C 197/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 11 August 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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in Italian 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 32006M4258. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-08-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

22.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 197/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

21 August 2006

(2006/C 197/01)

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

1,2919

149,43

7,4612

0,68080

9,2095

1,5785

90,10

8,0480

1,9558

0,5759

28,137

15,6466

278,56

3,4528

0,6959

0,4293

3,9026

3,5258

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

239,58

37,653

1,8672

1,6920

1,4440

10,0448

2,0158

2,0286

KRW South Korean won

1 235,83

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

9,0358

10,2908

7,2880

Indonesian rupiah

11 711,72

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,741

66,055

34,4360

48,389

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4369 — Macquarie/Corona) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-08-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commercial bank, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, gas supply, merger control

22.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 197/7

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4369 — Macquarie/Corona)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 197/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 14 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 Macquarie Internationale Investments
Limited (United Kingdom), controlled by Macquarie Bank Limited (‘Macquarie’, Australia) acquires within
the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of Corona Energy Holdings
Limited (‘Corona’, United Kingdom) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Macquarie: provider of financial and investment banking services, with interests, inter alia, in a

regional gas distribution network and a gas metering business in Great Britain;

— for Corona: supply of natural gas to non-domestic customers in Great Britain.

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 No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.4369 — Macquarie/Corona, 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.