do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Withdrawal of notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4267 — Deutsche Börse/Euronext) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: computer systems, economic concentration, information, merger control, spot market, stock-exchange listing, stock-exchange transaction

C 283/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.11.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4412 — Permira Holdings/Borsodchem)

(2006/C 283/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 8 November 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 32006M4412. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Withdrawal of notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4267 — Deutsche Börse/Euronext)

(2006/C 283/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004

On 13 October 2006, the Commission of the European Communities received notification of a proposed
concentration between Deutsche Börse AG and Euronext N.V. On 17 November 2006, the notifying
parties informed the Commission that they withdrew their notification.
2006/853/CFSP Political and Security Committee Decision EUPOL COPPS/2/2006 of 21 November 2006 concerning the appointment of the Head of Mission/Police Commissioner of the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS)
Date: 2006-11-21
Institutions: Political and Security Committee
Subjects: EU police cooperation, Palestine, appointment of staff

29.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 331/21

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

POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION EUPOL COPPS/2/2006

of 21 November 2006

concerning the appointment of the Head of Mission/Police Commissioner of the European Union
Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS)

(2006/853/CFSP)

THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and in
particular the third paragraph of Article 25 thereof,

Having regard to Council Joint Action 2005/797/CFSP of 14
November 2005 on the European Union Police Mission for the
Palestinian Territories (1), and in particular Article 11(2) thereof,

Article 1

Mr Colin SMITH is hereby appointed Head of Mission/Police
Commissioner of the European Union Police Mission for the
Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS), from 1 January 2007.

Article 2

Whereas:

This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption.

(1)

Article 11(2) of Joint Action 2005/797/CFSP provides
the Council authorises the Political and Security
that
Committee to take the relevant decisions in accordance
with Article 25 of the Treaty, including the decision to
appoint, upon a proposal by the Secretary-General/High
Representative, a Head of Mission/Police Commissioner.

(2)

The Secretary-General/High Representative has proposed
the appointment of Mr Colin SMITH,

It shall apply until 31 December 2007.

Done at Brussels, 21 November 2006.

For the Political and Security Committee
The President

T. TANNER

(1) OJ L 300, 17.11.2005, p. 65.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4418 — Nycomed Group/Altana Pharma) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, financial market, merger control, pharmaceutical product, private investment, research and development

21.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 283/7

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4418 — Nycomed Group/Altana Pharma)

(2006/C 283/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 8 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 undertaking Nycomed Group
(‘Nycomed’, Denmark) jointly controlled by Nordic Capital Fund V (‘Nordic Capital’, Jersey) and Credit
Suisse Group (‘CSG’, Switzerland) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation
control of the whole of the undertaking Altana Pharma AG (‘Altana’, Germany) by way of purchase of
shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Nycomed: manufacturing and sale of hospital products and pharmaceuticals;

— for Altana: research, development, manufacturing and sale of pharmaceuticals;

— for Nordic Capital: private equity fund;

— for CSG: global financial services group.

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.4418 — Nycomed Group/Altana Pharma, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4423 — Merck/Serono) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, pharmaceutical industry, research

C 283/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.11.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4423 — Merck/Serono)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 283/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 13 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 undertaking Merck KGaA
(‘Merck’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the
undertaking Serono S.A. (‘Serono’, Switzerland) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Merck: a global research-based pharmaceutical and chemical company;

— for undertaking Serono: a global research-based pharmaceutical company.

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.4423 — Merck/Serono, 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 1721/2006 of 21 November 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

22.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 322/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1721/2006

of 21 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 22 November 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 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).

L 322/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.11.2006

to Commission Regulation of 21 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

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
400
999

052
388
528
999

388
400
404
720
800
999

052
720
999

71,7
28,5
50,1

144,7
66,2
171,8
127,6

148,5
135,1
141,8

67,5
67,5

73,3
77,8
75,6

45,9
46,4
25,4
39,2

93,6
103,6
99,2
66,8
152,5
103,1

106,4
54,8
80,6

(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’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4412 — Permira Holdings/Borsodchem) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, holding company, merger control, plastics industry, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 283/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.11.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4412 — Permira Holdings/Borsodchem)

(2006/C 283/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 8 November 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 32006M4412. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Withdrawal of notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4267 — Deutsche Börse/Euronext)

(2006/C 283/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004

On 13 October 2006, the Commission of the European Communities received notification of a proposed
concentration between Deutsche Börse AG and Euronext N.V. On 17 November 2006, the notifying
parties informed the Commission that they withdrew their notification.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

21.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 283/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

20 November 2006

(2006/C 283/01)

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

1,2841

151,57

7,4578

0,67680

9,0823

1,5928

90,61

8,2620

1,9558

0,5777

28,005

15,6466

258,78

3,4528

0,6980

0,4293

3,8093

3,4968

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

35,678

1,8741

1,6687

1,4676

9,9993

1,9225

2,0005

KRW South Korean won

1 201,21

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

9,3553

10,1110

7,3681

Indonesian rupiah

11 754,01

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,6870

64,000

34,2040

47,000

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.