do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4314 — Johnson & Johnson/Pfizer Consumer Healthcare) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cosmetic product, economic concentration, exchange of information, medical device, merger control, pharmaceutical product

26.10.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 258/25

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4314 — Johnson & Johnson/Pfizer Consumer Healthcare)

(2006/C 258/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 19 October 2006, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Johnson & Johnson (‘J&J’,
USA), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of part of the
undertaking Pfizer Inc. (‘Pfizer’, USA), namely Pfizer's entire consumer healthcare division, Pfizer Consumer
Health Care (‘PCH’, USA), by way of purchase of shares and assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Johnson & Johnson: consumer care products, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostics;

— for Pfizer Consumer Healthcare: personal care and over-the-counter pharmaceutical products.

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.4314 — Johnson & Johnson/Pfizer Consumer Healthcare,
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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

26.10.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 258/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

25 October 2006

(2006/C 258/01)

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

1,2580

149,93

7,4551

0,6702

9,2125

1,5916

85,71

8,338

1,9558

0,5766

28,383

15,6466

262,87

3,4528

0,6961

0,4293

3,8855

3,5179

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

239,6

36,576

1,8475

1,6561

1,4191

9,7905

1,9038

1,9784

KRW South Korean won

1 202,46

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

9,6349

9,9407

7,385

Indonesian rupiah

11 485,54

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,625

62,837

33,83

46,691

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Council Decision laying down Community criteria for the eradication and monitoring of certain animal diseases (codified version) COM(2006) 315 final — 2006/0104 (CNS)
Date: 2006-10-26
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: animal disease, animal health, codification of EU law, decontamination, financial aid, protection of animals

C 324/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.12.2006

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Council Decision
laying down Community criteria for the eradication and monitoring of certain animal diseases
(codified version)

COM(2006) 315 final — 2006/0104 (CNS)

(2006/C 324/13)

On 11 July 2006 the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee, under
Article 24 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the abovementioned proposal.

The Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment, which was responsible for preparing
the Committee's work on the subject, adopted its opinion on 8 September 2006. The rapporteur, working
without a study group, was Mr Coupeau.

In view of the renewal of the Committee's term of office, the Plenary Assembly has decided to vote on this
opinion at its October plenary session and has adopted Mr Coupeau as rapporteur-general under Rule 20
of the Rules of Procedure.

At its 430th plenary session, held on 26 October 2006, the European Economic and Social Committee
adopted the following opinion unanimously.

1. Introduction

3. Specific comments

1.1
The purpose of the Commission proposal is to undertake
a codification of Council Decision 90/638/EEC of 27 November
1990 laying down Community criteria for the eradication and
monitoring of certain animal diseases. The new Decision will
supersede the various acts incorporated in it. It preserves their
content and hence does no more than bring them together with
only such formal amendments as are required by the codifica-
tion exercise itself.

2. General comments

2.1
Accordingly, the Committee approves the proposed codi-
fication, which will give the public easier access to the law and
contribute towards better lawmaking.

Brussels, 26 October 2006.

3.1
The issue of whether other simplification procedures
could be used without undermining the effectiveness of the
current system of monitoring and eradicating animal diseases
should also be addressed.

3.2
Increasingly, the pathogens which affect animals tend to
come from countries outside the European Union. In the very
near future, the European Union and its Member States will
need to become more vigilant and to pool their skills in the
area of combating animal diseases in order to preserve public
health and ensure that citizens can eat meat products safely.

The President

of the European Economic and Social Committee

Dimitris DIMITRIADIS
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning misleading and comparative advertising COM(2006) 222 final — 2006/0070 (COD)
Date: 2006-10-26
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: EC Directive, advertising malpractice, codification of EU law, comparative advertising

C 324/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.12.2006

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the
European Parliament and of the Council concerning misleading and comparative advertising

COM(2006) 222 final — 2006/0070 (COD)

(2006/C 324/04)

On 6 June 2006, the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee, under
Article 95 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the abovementioned proposal.

The Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption, which was responsible for preparing the
Committee's work on the subject, adopted its opinion on 20 September 2006. The rapporteur was Mr
Westendorp.

In view of the renewal of the Committee's term of office, the plenary assembly decided to vote on this
opinion at its October plenary session and appointed Mr Westendorp as rapporteur-general under Rule 20
of the Rules of Procedure. In the absence of Mr Westendorp, the opinion was presented by Mr Pegado Liz.

At its 430th plenary session, held on 26 October 2006, the European Economic and Social Committee
adopted the following opinion by 86 votes in favour, with one abstention.

1. Conclusions and recommendations

In a ‘people's Europe’, it is important that Community
1.1
law should be both understandable and transparent. The Euro-
pean Parliament, Council and Commission have therefore also
highlighted the need to codify legislative acts that have been
frequently amended, and have agreed by interinstitutional agree-

ment that an accelerated procedure may be used. Codification
may not involve any substantive changes to the acts in question.

1.2
The Commission proposal under discussion here is fully
consonant with the objective of codification and with the rules
involved. The EESC therefore endorses it.

Brussels, 26 October 2006.

The President

of the European Economic and Social Committee

Dimitris DIMITRIADIS
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the quality required of shellfish waters (codified version) COM(2006) 205 final — 2006/0067 (COD)
Date: 2006-10-26
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: EC Directive, approximation of laws, codification of EU law, quality standard, shellfish farming, water analysis, water pollution

30.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 324/25

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a directive of the
European Parliament and of the Council on the quality required of shellfish waters (codified
version)

COM(2006) 205 final — 2006/0067 (COD)

(2006/C 324/10)

On 6 June 2006 the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee, under
Article 175 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the abovementioned proposal.

The Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment, which was responsible for preparing
the Committee's work on the subject, adopted its opinion on 8 September 2006. The rapporteur was Seppo
Kallio.

In view of the renewal of the Committee's term of office, the Plenary Assembly has decided to vote on this
opinion at its October plenary session and has adopted Mr Kallio as rapporteur-general under Rule 20 of
the Rules of Procedure.

At its 430th plenary session, held on 26 October 2006, the European Economic and Social Committee
adopted the following opinion by 111 votes with one abstention.

1. Introduction

1.1
The purpose of this proposal is to undertake a codifica-
tion of Council Directive 79/923/EEC of 30 October 1979 on
the quality required of shellfish waters. The new Directive will
supersede the various acts incorporated in it; this proposal fully
preserves the content of the acts being codified and hence does
no more than bring them together with only such formal
amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself.

importance to simplifying and clarifying Community law so as
to make it clearer and more accessible to ordinary citizens, thus
giving them new opportunities and the chance to make use of
the specific rights it gives them.

The Committee believes that codification must be under-
2.2
taken in full compliance with the normal Community legislative
procedure.

2. General comments

2.1
The Committee regards it as very useful to have all the
texts integrated into one Directive. In the context of a People's
like the Commission, attaches great
Europe, the Committee,

2.3
It has been ensured that this compilation of provisions
contains no changes of substance and serves only the purpose
of presenting Community law in a clear and transparent way.
The Committee expresses its total support for this objective and,
in the light of these guarantees, welcomes the proposal.

Brussels, 26 October 2006.

The president

of the European Economic and Social Committee

Dimitrios DIMITRIADIS
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4405 — Walter Frey Holding/Mitsubishi Motors Europe) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: distributive trades, economic concentration, import, merger control, motor car, restrictive-practice authorisation, wholesale trade

C 258/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.10.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4405 — Walter Frey Holding/Mitsubishi Motors Europe)

(2006/C 258/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 17 October 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 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 32006M4405. 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.4294 — Arcelor/SNCFL/CFL Cargo)

(2006/C 258/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 9 October 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 French 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 32006M4294. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1602/2006 of 26 October 2006 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the import of maize issued in Regulation (EC) No 1421/2006
Date: 2006-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Spain, award of contract, import, maize, tariff reduction, third country

27.10.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 298/19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1602/2006

of 26 October 2006

concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the import of maize issued in
Regulation (EC) No 1421/2006

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 12(1) thereof,

(3)

(4)

On the basis of the criteria laid down in Articles 6 and 7
of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 a maximum reduction in
the duty should not be fixed.

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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in
the duty on maize imported into Spain from third
countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1421/2006 (2).

Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 (3),
allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No
1784/2003 and on the basis of the tenders notified, to
make no award.

Article 1

No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 20
October to 26 October 2006 in response to the invitation to
tender for the reduction in the duty on imported maize issued
in Regulation (EC) No 1421/2006.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 October 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 October 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 269, 28.9.2006, p. 6.
(3) OJ L 177, 28.7.1995, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1558/2005 (OJ L 249, 24.9.2005, p. 6).
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the space for mounting the rear registration plate of two or three-wheel motor vehicles COM(2006) 478 final — 2006/0161 (COD)
Date: 2006-10-26
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: approval, codification of EU law, harmonisation of standards, motor vehicle, technical regulations, two-wheeled vehicle, vehicle registration

30.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 324/11

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the
European Parliament and of the Council relating to the space for mounting the rear registration
plate of two or three-wheel motor vehicles

COM(2006) 478 final — 2006/0161 (COD)

(2006/C 324/05)

On 27 September 2006, the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee,
under Article 95 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the abovementioned proposal.

The Committee Bureau instructed the Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption to
prepare its work on the subject.

Given the urgent nature of the work, the European Economic and Social Committee appointed Mr Janson as
rapporteur-general at its 430th plenary session, held on 26 October 2006, and adopted the following
opinion by 104 votes to 0 with 1 abstentions.

1. Conclusions and recommendations

A codification of

1.1
that have frequently been
amended is also essential if Community law is to be clear and
transparent.

rules

Codification must be undertaken in full compliance with

1.2
the normal Community legislative procedure.

1.3
The purpose of the proposal is to undertake a codifica-
tion of Council Directive 93/94/EEC of 29 October 1993

Brussels, 17 October 2006.

relating to the space for mounting the rear registration plate of
two or three-wheel vehicles. The new Directive will supersede
the various acts incorporated in it; this proposal fully preserves
the content of the acts being codified and hence does no more
than bring them together with only such formal amendments as
are required by the codification exercise itself.

1.4
The Commission proposal under discussion here is fully
consonant with the objective of codification and with the rules
involved. The EESC therefore endorses it.

The President

of the European Economic and Social Committee

Dimitrios DIMITRIADIS
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1603/2006 of 26 October 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: 2006-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, common wheat, export refund, third country

L 298/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.10.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1603/2006

of 26 October 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
20 to 26 October 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 27 October 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 October 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 1600/2006 of 26 October 2006 fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004
Date: 2006-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, butter oil, export refund

L 298/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.10.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1600/2006

of 26 October 2006

fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
milk and milk products (1), and in particular the third sub-
paragraph of Article 31(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 of 26 March
2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export
refunds concerning certain types of butter (2) provides for
a permanent tender.

Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 580/2004 of 26 March 2004 establishing a tender
procedure concerning export refunds for certain milk
products (3)
the

and following an examination of

tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender,
it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for the
tendering period ending on 24 October 2006.

(3)

The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products
has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

tender opened by Regulation (EC)
the permanent
For
tendering period ending on 24
for
No 581/2004,
October 2006,
the
the maximum amount of
products referred to in Article 1(1) of that Regulation shall be
as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.

refund for

the

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 October 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 October 2006.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

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

(2) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 64. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 975/2006 (OJ L 176, 30.6.2006, p. 69).

(3) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 58. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1814/2005 (OJ L 292, 8.11.2005, p. 3).

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ANNEX

Product

Export refund Code

(EUR/100 kg)

Maximum amount of export refund for export to
the destinations referred to in the second
subparagraph of Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 581/2004

Butter

Butter

Butteroil

ex 0405 10 19 9500

ex 0405 10 19 9700

ex 0405 90 10 9000

—

107,00

129,80