do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4439 — Ryanair/Aer Lingus) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-11-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Europe, air transport, discount sale, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control

10.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 274/45

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4439 — Ryanair/Aer Lingus)

(2006/C 274/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 30 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 Ryan Air Holdings Plc
(‘Ryanair’, Ireland), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the
whole of the undertaking Aer Lingus Group Plc (‘Aer Lingus’, Ireland), by way of public bid announced on
23 October 2006.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Ryanair: low cost airline operating mainly in Europe;

— for Aer Lingus: airline operating worldwide.

This notification is without prejudice to the final conclusion whether the transaction falls under the

3.
jurisdiction of the Commission according to the Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.

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.4439 — Ryanair/Aer Lingus, 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.
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 of 12 December 2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for employment   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-11-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Poland, State aid, control of State aid, employment aid, exchange of information, job creation

10.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 274/33

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 of 12 December 2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of
the EC Treaty to State aid for employment

(2006/C 274/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XE 20/06

Republic of Poland

Południowy — 1.2

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Resolution No XXXVII/935/2005 of Gliwice Town Council dated 24 November
2005 establishing property tax exemptions as part of horizontal aid for job
creation

Legal basis

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Uchwała nr XXXVII/935/2005 Rady Miejskiej w Gliwicach z dnia 24 listopada
2005 roku w sprawie określenia zwolnień z podatku od nieruchomości w
ramach pomocy horyzontalnej na tworzenie nowych miejsc pracy. Art. 7 ust.
3 ustawy z dnia 12 stycznia 1991 r. o podatkach i opłatach lokalnych (1) (tekst
jednolity z 2002 r. Dz.U. nr 9 poz. 84 z późn. zmianami)

or
aid

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

EUR 0,8 million

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(5), 5 and 6 of the
Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

1.1.2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Art. 4 Creation of employment

Yes

Art. 5 Recruitment of disadvantaged and disable
workers

Art. 6 Employment of disabled workers

Economic sectors concerned

— All Community sectors (1) eligible for employment

Yes

aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Rada Miejska w Gliwicach

PL-44-100 Gliwice, ul. Zwycięstwa 21

Aid subject to prior notification to the
Commission

In conformity with Article 9 of the Regulation

Yes

(1) With the exception of the shipbuilding sector and of other sectors subject to special rules in regulations and directives governing all

state aid within the sector.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1668/2006 of 10 November 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-11-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit

L 312/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.11.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1668/2006

of 10 November 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 November 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 November 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).

11.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 312/5

to Commission Regulation of 10 November 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 20 10

0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70,
0805 20 90

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
204
220
628
999

052
204
999

204
999

052
400
528
624
999

052
388
524
528
999

052
400
508
999

388
400
720
800
999

052
400
720
999

86,5
30,1
44,7
53,8

116,3
49,7
155,5
196,3
129,5

101,8
147,8
124,8

84,0
84,0

67,8
84,2
40,7
86,7
69,9

63,9
46,8
56,1
39,6
51,6

111,3
211,5
268,1
197,0

79,1
106,4
73,5
160,8
105,0

83,1
216,1
83,9
127,7

(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.4336 — MAN/Scania) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-11-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bus, commercial vehicle, economic concentration, engine, exchange of information, merger control, vessel

C 274/44

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.11.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4336 — MAN/Scania)

(2006/C 274/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 30 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 MAN AG (‘MAN’,
Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of
Scania AB (‘Scania’, Sweden) by way of public offer on the entire shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for MAN: manufacture and sale of trucks, buses, industrial and marine engines,

— for Scania: manufacture and sale of trucks, buses, industrial and marine engines.

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.4336 — MAN/Scania, 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.
Corrigendum to Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directives 91/157/EEC ( OJ L 266, 26.9.2006 )
Date: 2006-11-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: approximation of laws, electricity storage device, environmental protection, marketing, marketing restriction, quality of the environment, waste management

L 311/58

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.11.2006

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on
batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directives 91/157/EEC

(Official Journal of the European Union L 266 of 26 September 2006)

On page 7, in Article 12(4):

for:

read:

‘… no later than 26 September 2010, …’,
‘… no later than 26 September 2011, …’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-11-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

10.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 274/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

9 November 2006

(2006/C 274/01)

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

1,2796

151,16

7,4583

0,67240

9,1195

1,5967

86,88

8,2315

1,9558

0,5777

28,038

15,6466

259,78

3,4528

0,6962

0,4293

3,8225

3,5055

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

239,65

36,085

1,8575

1,6689

1,4489

9,9613

1,9259

1,9989

KRW South Korean won

1 198,47

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

9,3504

10,0660

7,3376

Indonesian rupiah

11 671,87

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,6648

63,910

34,1460

47,002

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1671/2006 of 10 November 2006 on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
Date: 2006-11-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, fresh meat, frozen product, import licence, product quality, refrigerated product

11.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 312/41

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1671/2006

of 10 November 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

All applications for import

1.
licences from 1 to 5 No-
vember 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 December 2006 for 4 832,45 t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 November 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 November 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).