do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4168 — Österreichische Post/trans-o-flex) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-11-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: delivery, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, postal service, universal service

24.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 287/27

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4168 — Österreichische Post/trans-o-flex)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 287/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 14 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 Österrei-
chische Post AG (Austria) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control
of the whole of trans-o-flex GmbH (Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Österreichische Post AG: universal postal services, document and parcel delivery, freight forwarding;

mainly in the Republic of Austria;

— for trans-o-flex GmbH: document and parcel delivery, freight forwarding, contract logistics, mainly in

the Federal Republic of Germany.

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.4168 — Österreichische Post/ trans-o-flex, 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.
Guidelines on National Regional aid for 2007-2013 — National regional State aid map: Latvia
Date: 2006-11-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Latvia, State aid, aid system, eligible region, investment aid, regional aid

C 287/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.11.2006

Guidelines on National Regional aid for 2007-2013 (1) — National regional State aid map: Latvia

(2006/C 287/08)

N 447/2006 — LATVIA

National regional State aid map 1.1.2007-31.12.2013

(Approved by the Commission on 13.09.2006)

Zone Code

Zone Name

Ceiling for regional investment aid (1)
(applicable to large enterprises)

1. Regions eligible for aid under Article 87(3)(a) of the EC Treaty until 31.12.2013

LV 0

LATVIA

50 %

(1) For investment projects with eligible expenditure not exceeding EUR 50 million, this ceiling is increased by 10 percentage points for
medium sized companies and 20 percentage points for small companies as defined in the Commission Recommendation of 6 May
2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36). For large investment
projects with eligible expenditure exceeding EUR 50 million, this ceiling is subject to adjustment in accordance with paragraph 67 of
the Guidelines on national regional aid for 2007-2013.

(1) OJ C 54, 4.3.2006, p. 13.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1740/2006 of 24 November 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-11-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

25.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 329/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1740/2006

of 24 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 25 November 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 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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25.11.2006

to Commission Regulation of 24 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
096
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

57,3
65,2
33,8
52,1

112,6
71,5
171,8
118,6

168,5
103,1
135,8

63,6
63,6

67,7
77,8
72,8

61,3
46,4
34,4
47,4

107,1
103,7
96,2
78,9
152,5
107,7

83,3
63,8
73,6

(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’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-11-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

24.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 287/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

23 November 2006

(2006/C 287/01)

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

1,2953

150,61

7,4547

0,67650

9,0595

1,5843

91,78

8,2600

1,9558

0,5779

27,950

15,6466

258,63

3,4528

0,6974

0,4293

3,8211

3,4874

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

35,653

1,9080

1,6725

1,4769

10,0822

1,9321

2,0057

KRW South Korean won

1 205,21

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

9,3050

10,1836

7,3433

Indonesian rupiah

11 826,74

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,7117

64,396

34,3820

47,319

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
2006/889/EC: Decision of the European Central Bank of 24 November 2006 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2007 (ECB/2006/19)
Date: 2006-11-24
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, issuing of currency, participating country (euro area)

L 348/52

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.12.2006

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

of 24 November 2006

on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2007

(ECB/2006/19)

(2006/889/EC)

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity, and in particular to Article 106(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The European Central Bank (ECB) has the exclusive right
from 1 January 1999 to approve the volume of coins
issued by the Member States that have adopted the euro
(hereinafter the ‘participating Member States’).

Pursuant to Article 1 of Council Decision 2006/495/EC
of 11 July 2006 in accordance with Article 122(2) of the
Treaty on the adoption by Slovenia of the single currency
on 1 January 2007 (1), the derogation in favour of Slov-
enia referred to in Article 4 of the 2003 Act of Acces-
sion (2) is abrogated with effect from 1 January 2007.

The twelve current participating Member States and Slov-
enia have submitted to the ECB for approval their esti-
mates of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2007,
supplemented by explanatory notes on the forecasting
methodology,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Approval of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2007

The ECB hereby approves the volume of euro coins to be issued
by the participating Member States in 2007 as described in the
following table:

(EUR million)

Issuance of coins intended for circulation
and issuance of collector coins
(not intended for circulation) in 2007

117,5

635,0

76,9

480,0

362,0

81,0

366,9

45,0

71,2

166,0

110,0

104,7

60,0

Belgium

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Slovenia

Finland

Article 2

Final provision

This Decision is addressed to the participating Member States.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 24 November 2006.

The President of the ECB
Jean-Claude TRICHET

(1) OJ L 195, 15.7.2006, p. 25.
(2) OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4350 — Hewlett Packard/Mercury Interactive) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-11-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, information technology industry, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, software

C 287/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.11.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4350 — Hewlett Packard/Mercury Interactive)

(2006/C 287/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 20 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 32006M4350. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

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

(2006/C 287/11)

Request made by 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).

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 request was published in OJ C 270 of 7 November 2006.
The initial period expires on 25 January 2007.

Given that the Commission departments need to obtain and examine further information and in compli-
ance with the provisions laid down in the third sentence of Article 30(6), the period within which the
Commission must take a decision on this request is extended by one month.

The final period will therefore expire on 26 February 2006.

(1) OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licenses pursuant to Article 13(4) of Regulation No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-11-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, air transport, carrier, transport licence

C 287/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.11.2006

Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licenses pursuant to
Article 13(4) of Regulation No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers (1) (2)

(2006/C 287/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

AUSTRIA

Operating licences revoked

Category B: Operating licences including the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation No 2407/92

Name of air carrier

Address of air carrier

Permitted to carry

Decision effective
since

Top Speed
Verband der allgemeinen Luft-
fahrt

A-1030 Wien, Weissgerber-
lände 50/12

passengers, mail, cargo

11/10/06

Flyers GmbH — Fläche

A-8073 Feldkirchen bei Graz
— Flughafen Graz, Büroge-
bäude neu, 2.OG

passengers, mail, cargo

9.10.2006

SPAIN

Operating licences granted

Category B: Operating licences including the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation No 2407/92

Name of air carrier

Address of air carrier

Permitted to carry

Decision effective
since

Aeródromo de la Mancha, S.I

Centro de Carga Aérea, Calle 5
Norte, Parcela 1.4b, Nave 2,
Aeropuerto de Madrid/Barajas
28042 Madrid

passengers, mail, cargo

17.7.2006

PORTUGAL

Operating licences revoked

Category A: Operating licences without the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation No 2407/92

Name of air carrier

Address of air carrier

Permitted to carry

Decision effective
since

Air Luxor, SA

Av. Republica, 26
1050-192 Lisboa

Passangers, cargo, freight

15.09.06

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 1.
(2) Communicated to the European Commission before 31.8.2005

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C 287/21

SWEDEN

Operating licences granted

Category A: Operating licences without the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation No 2407/92

Name of air carrier

Address of air carrier

Permitted to carry

Decision effective
since

Nordic Airways AB
556647-3541

Frösundaviks Allé 15
S-169 70 Solna

passengers, mail, cargo

30/06/06

Operating licences revoked

Category A: Operating licences without the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation No 2407/92

Name of air carrier

Address of air carrier

Permitted to carry

Decision effective
since

Falcon Air AB
556204-3702

Swe Fly AB
556490-0271

Box 36
S-230 32 Malmö-Sturup

Box 627
S-611 10 Nyköping

passengers, mail, cargo

25/09/06

passengers, mail, cargo

25/09/06
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1746/2006 of 24 November 2006 correcting Regulation (EC) No 1279/2006 fixing for the 2005/2006 marketing year the specific agricultural conversion rate applicable to the minimum sugar beet prices and the production levy and additional levy in the sugar sector for the currencies of those Member States which have not adopted the single currency
Date: 2006-11-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: minimum price, non-participating country (euro area), representative rate, sugar, sugar beet, sugar levy

L 329/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.11.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1746/2006

of 24 November 2006

correcting Regulation (EC) No 1279/2006 fixing for the 2005/2006 marketing year the specific
agricultural conversion rate applicable to the minimum sugar beet prices and the production levy
and additional levy in the sugar sector for the currencies of those Member States which have not
adopted the single currency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20
February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in
the sugar sector (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1713/93 of
30 June 1993 establishing special detailed rules for applying the
agricultural conversion rate in the sugar sector (2), and in
particular Article 1(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(2)

(3)

The error should be corrected by replacing the exchange
rate of 39,0739 indicated for the Slovak koruna with the
rate 38,0739.

In order to cover the 2005/2006 marketing year the
corrected rate must apply from the date of application
of Regulation (EC) No 1279/2006,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1279/2006 is replaced by the
text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

(1)

The Annex
to Commission Regulation (EC) No
1279/2006 (3) contains an error as regards the specific
agricultural conversion rate fixed for the Slovak koruna.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 July 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 November 2006.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1585/2006 (OJ L 294, 25.10.2006, p. 19).

(2) OJ L 159, 1.7.1993, p. 94. Regulation as

(EC) No 1509/2001 (OJ

last amended by
L 200,

Commission Regulation
25.7.2001, p. 19).

(3) OJ L 233, 26.8.2006, p. 10.

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L 329/25

EUR 1=

ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Specific exchange rate

29,0021

7,45928

15,6466

0,574130

0,696167

3,45280

254,466

0,429300

3,92889

239,533

38,0739

9,37331

0,684339

Czech koruna

Danish krone

Estonian kroon

Cyprus pound

Latvian lats

Lithuanian litas

Hungarian forint

Maltese lira

Polish zloty

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Swedish krona

Pound sterling’
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4464 — Goldman Sachs/Cerberus/Harpen) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-11-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment, merger control, property leasing

24.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 287/25

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4464 — Goldman Sachs/Cerberus/Harpen)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 287/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 10 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 Goldman
Sachs Group Inc.
(‘Goldman Sachs’, USA) and Cerberus Group (‘Cerberus’, USA) acquire within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertakings Harpen Immobilien
GmbH & Co. KG and Harpen Immobilien Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (together ‘Harpen’, Germany) by
way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Goldman Sachs: investment banking;

— for undertaking Cerberus: private equity fund;

— for undertaking Harpen: rental and development of property.

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.4464 — Goldman Sachs/Cerberus/Harpen, 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.
Notice concerning a request in accordance with Article 30 of Directive 2004/17/EC
Date: 2006-11-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, award of contract, competition, decision-making, electrical energy, gas, services contract

C 287/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.11.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4350 — Hewlett Packard/Mercury Interactive)

(2006/C 287/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 20 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 32006M4350. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

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

(2006/C 287/11)

Request made by 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).

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 request was published in OJ C 270 of 7 November 2006.
The initial period expires on 25 January 2007.

Given that the Commission departments need to obtain and examine further information and in compli-
ance with the provisions laid down in the third sentence of Article 30(6), the period within which the
Commission must take a decision on this request is extended by one month.

The final period will therefore expire on 26 February 2006.

(1) OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 1.