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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4320 — Onex Corporation/Aon Warranty Group) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-10-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer credit, consumer goods, economic concentration, exchange of information, insurance, merger control, shareholding

C 254/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.10.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4320 — Onex Corporation/Aon Warranty Group)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 254/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 11 October 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 Warrior Acquisition
Corp., controlled by Onex Corporation (Canada) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
Council Regulation sole control of the whole of AON Warranty Group (USA) by way of purchase of shares
and certain assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Onex Corporation: acquisition, administration and divestment of participations in undertakings in a

wide range of markets;

— Aon Warranty Group: warranties of consumer goods, consumer credit insurance, other non-life insur-

ance products.

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.4320 — Onex Corporation/Aon Warranty Group, 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, 05.3.2005, p. 32
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1577/2006 of 20 October 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-10-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit

21.10.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 291/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1577/2006

of 20 October 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 21 October 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 October 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 291/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.10.2006

to Commission Regulation of 20 October 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

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
096
204
999

052
096
999

052
204
999

052
388
524
528
999

052
066
400
999

388
400
404
800
804
999

052
388
720
999

63,6
29,2
41,1
44,6

110,8
30,8
70,8

100,0
51,8
75,9

62,9
64,7
66,9
58,3
63,2

88,6
54,3
172,2
105,0

79,6
115,6
100,0
129,5
140,2
113,0

96,6
102,9
57,0
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’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-10-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

20.10.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 254/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

19 October 2006

(2006/C 254/01)

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

1,2561

149,08

7,4552

0,67230

9,2485

1,5897

85,62

8,4760

1,9558

0,5767

28,363

15,6466

263,37

3,4528

0,6961

0,4293

3,8832

3,5171

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

239,68

36,635

1,8300

1,6603

1,4266

9,7826

1,8895

1,9776

KRW South Korean won

1 202,46

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

9,4560

9,9360

7,3925

Indonesian rupiah

11 505,88

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,6168

62,824

33,8120

46,873

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4428 — AXA/Gerflor) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-10-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, floor coverings, investment company, merger control, plastics, private investment

20.10.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 254/13

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4428 — AXA/Gerflor)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 254/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 13 October 2006 the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which AXA LBO III (‘AXA’, France), part of the
AXA Group, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole
of Gerflor SAS (‘Gerflor’), France, by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— AXA: private equity investment,

— Gerflor: PVC floor coverings.

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.4428 — AXA/Gerflor, 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, 05.3.2005, p. 32.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4127 — Edison/EDF Energia Italia) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-10-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical industry, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 254/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.10.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4127 — Edison/EDF Energia Italia)

(2006/C 254/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 31 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 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 32006M4127. EUR-Lex is the on-

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