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Council Common Position 2006/755/CFSP of 7 November 2006 concerning the temporary reception by Member States of the European Union of certain Palestinians
Date: 2006-11-07
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Member State, Palestine question, aid to refugees, political asylum, residence permit

L 308/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.11.2006

(Acts adopted under Title V of the Treaty on European Union)

COUNCIL COMMON POSITION 2006/755/CFSP

of 7 November 2006

concerning the temporary reception by Member States of

the European Union of certain

Palestinians

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

for entry and stay granted pursuant
Common Position for a further period of 12 months.

to Article 3 of

that

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular Article 15 thereof,

Article 2

The Council shall evaluate the application of Common Position
2002/400/CFSP within six months of
this
Common Position.

the adoption of

Article 3

This Common Position shall
adoption.

take effect on the day of

its

Article 4

This Common Position shall be published in the Official Journal
of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 7 November 2006.

For the Council
The President

E. HEINÄLUOMA

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

On 14 November 2005, the Council adopted Common
Position 2005/793/CFSP (1) concerning the temporary
reception by Member States of the European Union of
certain Palestinians, which provided for an extension of
the validity of their national permits for entry into, and
stay in, the territory of the Member States referred to in
Common Position 2002/400/CFSP (2)
further
period of 12 months.

for

a

the application of
On the basis of an evaluation of
Council
Common
considers
those
that
permits be extended for a further period of 12 months,

2002/400/CFSP,

the validity of

it appropriate

Position

the

HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION:

Article 1

The Member States referred to in Article 2 of Common Position
2002/400/CFSP shall extend the validity of the national permits

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2005, p. 80.
(2) OJ L 138, 28.5.2002, p. 33. Common Position as last amended by
Common Position 2004/493/CFSP (OJ L 181, 18.5.2004, p. 24).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-11-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

7.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 270/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

6 November 2006

(2006/C 270/01)

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

1,2702

150,45

7,4568

0,66980

9,1465

1,5965

86,55

8,2510

1,9558

0,5777

27,931

15,6466

259,32

3,4528

0,6962

0,4293

3,8263

3,5158

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

239,63

36,177

1,8393

1,6507

1,4418

9,8847

1,9073

1,9911

KRW South Korean won

1 196,97

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

9,4015

10,0106

7,3530

Indonesian rupiah

11 601,37

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,6464

63,440

33,9850

46,648

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Notice concerning a request in accordance with Article 30 of Directive 2004/17/EC
Date: 2006-11-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, award of contract, competition, electrical energy, gas, services contract

C 270/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.11.2006

Notice concerning a request in accordance with Article 30 of Directive 2004/17/EC

(2006/C 270/05)

Request made on behalf of a Member State

On 24 October 2006 the Commission received a request in accordance with Article 30(4) of Directive
2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procure-
ment procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (1). The
first working day following receipt of the request is 25 October 2006.

This request, which comes from the United Kingdom, concerns the supply of electricity and gas in that
country, with the exception of Northern Ireland (the request therefore concerns the supply of electricity
and gas in England, Scotland and Wales). The abovementioned Article 30 provides that Directive
2004/17/EC is not applicable when the relevant activity is directly exposed to competition in markets to
which access is not restricted. These conditions are evaluated solely for the purposes of Directive
2004/17/EC and are without prejudice to the application of competition rules.

The Commission is allowed a period of three months to take a decision on this request, commencing on
the working day referred to above. The period therefore expires on 25 January 2007.

The provisions of the third subparagraph of the abovementioned paragraph 4 are applicable. Consequently,
the period allowed to the Commission may be extended by one month. Any such extension must be
published.

(1) OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
Council Decision of 7 November 2006 regarding the position to be taken by the Community within the International Tropical Timber Council on the extension of the International Agreement on Tropical Timber, 1994
Date: 2006-11-07
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Community, UNO, forest conservation, international agreement, renewal of an agreement, trade agreement, tropical wood

8.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 298/1

I

(Information)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 7 November 2006

regarding the position to be taken by the Community within the International Tropical Timber
Council on the extension of the International Agreement on Tropical Timber, 1994

(2006/C 298/01)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(5)

The European Community's position in the International
Tropical Timber Council should be established,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with
Article 300(2) thereof,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The International Agreement on Tropical Timber of
1994 has been signed and provisionally applied by the
Community by Council Decision 96/493/EC (2).

The successor Agreement to the International Tropical
Timber Agreement of 1994 was successfully concluded
within UNCTAD in January 2006.

The International Tropical Timber Agreement of 1994
remains in force until 31 December 2006 unless,
in
it is
accordance with the provisions of Article 46(3),
extended beyond that date by decision of the Interna-
tional Tropical Timber Council until such time as the
successor Agreement enters into force.

(4)

The extension of that Agreement is in the interest of the
Community.

The European Community's position within the International
Tropical Timber Council shall be to vote in favour of extending
of the International Agreement on Tropical Timber, 1994, until
the provisional or definitive entry into force of the successor
Agreement of 2006.

Article 2

seek for an International
The European Community will
Tropical Timber Council decision aiming at limiting the dura-
tion of
the International Agreement on
Tropical Timber, 1994 or establishing a review clause.

the extension of

Done at Brussels, 7 November 2006.

For the Council

The President

E. HEINÄLUOMA

(1) Doc. 12953/06 — COM(2006)469 final
(2) OJ L 208, 17.8.1996, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4392 — DSGI/FR-Invest/F-group JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-11-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: after-sales service, economic concentration, electronic device, exchange of information, investment company, merger control, retail trade

C 270/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.11.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4392 — DSGI/FR-Invest/F-group JV)

(2006/C 270/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 24 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 undertakings Elkjøp Nordic AS
(‘Elkjøp’, Norway), belonging to the group DSG International plc (‘DSGi’, United Kingdom), and FR Invest
A/S (‘FR Invest’, Denmark), controlled by MMP Invest af 1998 A/S (‘MMP Invest’, Denmark), acquire within
the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking F Group A/S (‘F
Group’, Denmark) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Elkjøp: retail sale of consumer electronics, personal computers, domestic appliances,

communication products and related financial and after-sales services;

— for undertaking FR Invest: investment vehicle with no other activities than the F Group;

— for undertaking F Group: retail sale of consumer electronics (including music and films, computers and

communications) and related financial and after-sales services.

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.4392 — DSGI/FR-Invest/F-group JV, 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.
Council Regulation (EC) No 1646/2006 of 7 November 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 on the management of fishing fleets registered in the Community outermost regions
Date: 2006-11-07
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: common fisheries policy, derogation from EU law, fishery management, fishing fleet, peripheral region, structural policy

9.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 309/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1646/2006

of 7 November 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 on the management of fishing fleets registered in the
Community outermost regions

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 37 and Article 299(2)
thereof,

(3)

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

the derogations provided for in Article 2(4) of Regulation
(EC) No 639/2004 should be
extended until 31
December 2006.

On account of the extension of the period of validity of
the derogation provided for in Article 2(4) of Regulation
(EC) No 639/2004, the derogation provided for in Article
2(5) of
that Regulation should be extended until 31
December 2008 to allow the entry into the fleet of
capacity having benefited from public aid for
the
renewal of fishing vessels,

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 of 30 March
2004 on the management of fishing fleets registered in
the Community outermost regions (2) allows derogations
from Article 9(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No
2792/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down the
detailed rules and arrangements regarding Community
and
structural
Article 13 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002
of 20 December 2002 on the
conservation and
sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the
Common Fisheries Policy (4).

assistance

sector (3)

fisheries

in the

Following the political agreement reached in the Council
on 19 June 2006 concerning the European Fisheries
Fund,
the particular
to take account of
structural, social and economic situation in the fisheries
sector in the outermost regions, the period of validity of

in order

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 is amended as follows:

1.

2.

3.

in Article 2(4),
‘31 December 2006’;

‘31 December 2005’ shall be replaced by

in Article 2(5),
‘31 December 2008’;

‘31 December 2007’ shall be replaced by

in Article 6,
‘31 December 2007’.

‘31 December 2006’ shall be replaced by

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 November 2006.

For the Council
The President

E. HEINÄLUOMA

(1) Opinion of the European Parliament of 26 October 2006 (not yet

published in the Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 102, 7.4.2004, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 337, 30.12.1999, p. 10. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1198/2006 (OJ L 223, 15.8.2006, p. 1).

(4) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.