do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1687/2006 of 15 November 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-11-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit

16.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1687/2006

of 15 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 16 November 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 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).

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to Commission Regulation of 15 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
204
999

052
204
628
999

052
204
999

204
999

052
092
400
528
999

052
388
528
999

052
388
508
999

096
388
400
404
720
800
999

052
400
720
999

71,2
37,3
54,3

114,5
65,9
196,3
125,6

118,2
132,8
125,5

86,5
86,5

65,4
17,6
86,5
40,7
52,6

52,6
62,4
37,8
50,9

114,7
229,6
265,8
203,4

29,0
88,8
104,6
100,1
70,3
140,1
88,8

113,3
216,1
39,3
122,9

(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.4467 — Blackstone/PAI/United Biscuits) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-11-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commercial bank, confectionery product, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control

C 277/24

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4467 — Blackstone/PAI/United Biscuits)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 277/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 7 November 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 The Blackstone Group
(‘Blackstone’, USA) and PAI Partners (‘PAI’, France), through an acquisition vehicle, acquire within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation indirect joint control of the undertaking United
Biscuits (‘United Biscuits’, UK) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Blackstone: private merchant banking firm,

— for PAI: private equity firm,

— for United Biscuits: production and sale of sweet and savoury biscuits, cakes and snacks.

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.4467 — Blackstone/PAI/United Biscuits, 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, 5.3.2005, p. 32.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1689/2006 of 15 November 2006 on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, oranges, lemons, table grapes and apples)
Date: 2006-11-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, export licence, export refund, fruit vegetable, grape, pip fruit

16.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1689/2006

of 15 November 2006

on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, oranges,
lemons, table grapes and apples)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of
28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market
in fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular the third subpar-
agraph of Article 35(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1579/2006 (2) opens an
invitation to tender setting the indicative refund rates and
indicative quantities for system A3 export licences, which
may be issued, other than those tendered for as part of
food aid.

the maximum
the tenders submitted,
In the light of
refund rates and the percentages of quantities to be
awarded for
tenders quoting those maximum rates
should be set.

lemons, table grapes
In the case of tomatoes, oranges,
and apples,
the maximum rate necessary to award
licences for the indicative quantity up to the quantities
tendered for is not more than one-and-a-half times the
indicative refund rate,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the case of tomatoes, oranges,
lemons, table grapes and
the maximum refund rates and the percentages for
apples,
reducing the quantities awarded under the invitation to tender
opened by Regulation (EC) No 1579/2006 shall be fixed in the
Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 November 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 November 2006.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 64).

(2) OJ L 291, 21.10.2006, p. 5.

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ANNEX

Issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetable sector (tomatoes, oranges, lemons, table grapes
and apples)

Product

Maximum refund rate
(EUR/t net)

Percentage awarded of quantities tendered
for quoting the maximum refund rate

Tomatoes

Oranges

Lemons

Table grapes

Apples

—

40

60

—

35

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1636/2006 of 6 November 2006 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds ( OJ L 306, 7.11.2006 )
Date: 2006-11-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Community certification, export monitoring, import policy, international trade, precious stones

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and in Nos 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the table in recital 30 and pages 13 and 14 and in Nos 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the table
to Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1480/2003:

for:

read:

‘price of the multi-combinational form of DRAM’,
‘price of the (non-customised) multi-combinational form of DRAM’.

On page 13 in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1480/2003, second subparagraph, fifth indent:

for:

read:

‘— chips and/or mounted DRAMs incorporated in multi-combinational forms of DRAMs provided the multi-

combinational form of DRAM …’,

‘— chips and/or mounted DRAMs incorporated in (non-customised) multi-combinational

provided the (non-customised) multi-combinational form of DRAM …’.

forms of DRAMs

On page 16, in the Annex, point 4, heading above the two right hand columns:

for:

read:

‘Price of the DRAM chips and/or mounted DRAMs manufactured by all companies other than Samsung and
incorporated in the multi-combinational form of DRAMs’,
‘Price of the DRAM chips and/or mounted DRAMs originating in the Republic of Korea, manufactured by all
companies other than Samsung and incorporated in the multi-combinational form of DRAMs’.

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1636/2006 of 6 November 2006 amending Council Regulation
(EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in
rough diamonds

(Official Journal of the European Union L 306 of 7 November 2006)

On page 11, in the Annex:

for:

read:

‘BULGARIA
Ministry of Economy
Multilateral Trade and Economic Policy and Regional Cooperation Directorate
12, Al. Batenberg str.
1000 Sofia
Bulgaria’,

‘BULGARIA
Ministry of Finance
External Finance Directorate
102, G. Rakosky Street
1040 Sofia
Bulgaria’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4352 — Goldman Sachs/Matlinpatterson/Securlog) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-11-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, company in difficulties, economic concentration, investment, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, service

15.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 277/25

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4352 — Goldman Sachs/Matlinpatterson/Securlog)

(2006/C 277/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 11 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 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 32006M4352. 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.4368 — Edison/Eneco Energia)

(2006/C 277/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 19 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 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 32006M4368. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-11-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

15.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 277/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

14 November 2006

(2006/C 277/01)

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

1,2824

150,88

7,4589

0,67605

9,0723

1,5956

89,98

8,2120

1,9558

0,5777

28,067

15,6466

258,38

3,4528

0,6963

0,4293

3,8143

3,5045

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

239,66

35,975

1,8565

1,6765

1,4602

9,9837

1,9437

1,9961

KRW South Korean won

1 201,67

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

9,3100

10,0885

7,3295

Indonesian rupiah

11 706,39

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,6660

63,979

34,1860

46,684

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4391 — Deutsche Bank/AIG/Pokrovsky Hills) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-11-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, financial market, insurance, merger control, provision of services, real property, residence, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 277/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.11.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4391 — Deutsche Bank/AIG/Pokrovsky Hills)

(2006/C 277/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 30 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 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 32006M4391. 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.4385 — HSBC/Lamda/Olympia Village)

(2006/C 277/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 27 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 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 32006M4385. 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.4368 — Edison/Eneco Energia) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-11-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, energy industry, hydrocarbon, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

15.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 277/25

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4352 — Goldman Sachs/Matlinpatterson/Securlog)

(2006/C 277/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 11 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 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 32006M4352. 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.4368 — Edison/Eneco Energia)

(2006/C 277/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 19 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 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 32006M4368. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Action brought on 15 November 2006 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against the Principality of Liechtenstein (Case E-5/06)
Date: 2006-11-15
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EFTA Court, European Economic Area, Liechtenstein, social security, social-security benefit, supervisory body

C 72/48

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

29.3.2007

V

(Announcements)

COURT PROCEEDINGS

EFTA COURT

Action brought on 15 November 2006 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against the Principality
of Liechtenstein

(Case E-5/06)

(2007/C 72/23)

An action against the Principality of Liechtenstein was brought before the EFTA Court on 15 November
2006 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority, represented by Niels Fenger and Arne Torsten Andersen, acting as
Agents of the EFTA Surveillance Authority, 35, Rue Belliard, B-1040 Brussels.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

1. Declare that by applying a requirement of residence in Liechtenstein for the entitlement to helplessness
allowance, the Principality of Liechtenstein has failed to fulfil its obligations pursuant to Articles 19(1)
and (2), 25(1) and 28(1) of the Act referred to at point 1 of Annex VI to the EEA Agreement (Council
Regulation EEC No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons,
to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community), as adapted to the EEA
Agreement by Protocol 1 thereto; and

2. Order the Principality of Liechtenstein to bear the costs of the proceedings.

Legal and factual background and pleas in law adduced in support:

— The present case concerns the Liechtenstein Hilflosenentschädigung, (helplessness allowance) for persons
who permanently require a considerable degree of help from a third person or personal surveillance to
carry out daily tasks. The allowance is not supplementing any other social security benefit, and is
granted without regard to income. The allowance is not linked to past contributions to the State, and
the recipient is not required to suffer from a sickness.

— Liechtenstein law requires that the recipient of the allowance reside in Liechtenstein.

— The Liechtenstein helplessness allowance is listed in Annex IIa to Regulation 1408/71 (cf. Articles 4(2a)
(c) and 10a of the Regulation) as a special non-contributory cash benefit, which would as such not be
an exportable benefit under the Regulation.

— The EFTA Surveillance Authority pleads, however, that the correct classification of the helplessness
allowance would be as a sickness benefit in cash (cf. Article 4(1) of the Regulation), exportable in
accordance with Articles 19 (1) and (2), 25 (1) and 28 (1) of the Regulation.

— The correct classification of the allowance is decisive as to whether the Principality of Liechtenstein is
obliged to grant the benefit to applicants residing outside Liechtenstein but otherwise fulfilling the rele-
vant criteria as set out in the Regulation.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4385 — HSBC/Lamda/Olympia Village) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-11-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment, merger control, property development, property leasing, real property, restrictive-practice authorisation, retail trade

C 277/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.11.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4391 — Deutsche Bank/AIG/Pokrovsky Hills)

(2006/C 277/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 30 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 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 32006M4391. 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.4385 — HSBC/Lamda/Olympia Village)

(2006/C 277/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 27 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 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 32006M4385. EUR-Lex is the on-

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