do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-11-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

28.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 289/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

27 November 2006

(2006/C 289/01)

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

1,3114

152,24

7,4549

0,67770

9,0423

1,5855

91,96

8,2690

1,9558

0,5780

28,040

15,6466

258,25

3,4528

0,6977

0,4293

3,8239

3,4776

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

35,662

1,9250

1,6848

1,4866

10,1972

1,9591

2,0324

KRW South Korean won

1 220,45

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

9,2965

10,2861

7,3220

Indonesian rupiah

11 988,16

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,7702

65,111

34,5880

47,750

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Council Regulation (EC) No 1756/2006 of 28 November 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 on the European Agency for Reconstruction
Date: 2006-11-28
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, European Agency for Reconstruction

L 332/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.11.2006

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1756/2006

of 28 November 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 on the European Agency for Reconstruction

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European
Community, and in particular the first sentence of Article
181a(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(3)

(4)

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

(5)

Whereas:

(1)

Community assistance provided for in Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 2666/2000 of 5 December 2000 on
assistance for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, repealing Regulation
(EC) No 1628/96 and amending Regulations (EEC) No
(EEC) No 1360/90 and Decisions
3906/89 and
CARDS
97/256/EC
programme) is implemented in Serbia and Montenegro,
including Kosovo as defined by United Nations Security
Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999, and in the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia by the European
Agency for Reconstruction established by Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 2667/2000 (3).

1999/311/EC (2)

(the

and

Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 provides for a report
from the Commission to the Council on the future of
the mandate of the European Agency for Reconstruction.

The Commission submitted the said report
to the
Council, and to the European Parliament for information,
on 23 December 2005.

In that report, the Commission proposed to discontinue
the European Agency for Reconstruction, but never-
theless to extend its existence for two years, until 31
December 2008, with its current mandate and status,
the CARDS
so as to phase out
programme.

its activities under

(6)

Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000, the date ‘31
December 2006’ shall be replaced by ‘31 December 2008’.

Article 2

(2)

Regulation
31 December 2006.

(EC)

No

2667/2000

applies

until

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, 28 November 2006.

For the Council
The President

E. HEINÄLUOMA

(1) Opinion delivered on 12 October 2006 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 306, 7.12.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2112/2005 (OJ L 344, 27.12.2005, p. 23).

(3) OJ L 306, 7.12.2000, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 389/2006 (OJ L 65, 7.3.2006, p. 5).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3958 — Arcadis/Dura Vermeer/Imtech/Asset Rail/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-11-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, building industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, maintenance, merger control, rail network, technology

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Official Journal of the European Union

28.11.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3958 — Arcadis/Dura Vermeer/Imtech/Asset Rail/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 289/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(‘Arcadis’, The Netherlands), Dura Vermeer Railinfra B.V.

1.
On 17 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 Arcadis Infra
B.V.
(‘Dura Vermeer’, The Netherlands) and
Imtech Infra B.V. (‘Imtech’, The Netherlands) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council
Regulation joint control of the undertaking Asset Rail B.V.
(‘Asset Rail’, The Netherlands) 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 Arcadis: project management, consulting and engineering services with regard to infrastructure,

buildings, environment and communication;

— for Dura Vermeer: project development and housing, commercial and industrial building and infrastruc-

ture;

— for Imtech: electric and mechanical technical services and ICT;

— for Asset Rail: maintenance of railway infrastructure in the Netherlands.

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.3958 — Arcadis/Dura Vermeer/Imtech/Asset Rail/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.
(2) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1751/2006 of 28 November 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-11-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

29.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1751/2006

of 28 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 29 November 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 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 28 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
528
999

388
400
404
720
999

052
720
999

82,9
65,2
40,3
62,8

135,8
73,9
171,8
127,2

155,3
85,0
120,2

56,5
56,5

65,4
71,8
68,6

52,5
34,1
43,3

107,1
96,8
96,2
57,6
89,4

97,8
64,4
81,1

(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’.
New composition of the European Consumer Consultative Group
Date: 2006-11-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community body, European Commission, appointment of staff, consumer protection

28.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 289/23

New composition of the European Consumer Consultative Group

(2006/C 289/09)

The European Consumer Consultative Group was set up by Commission Decision 2003/709/EC of 9 October
2003 (1)

By Decision of 14 November 2006, the Commission appointed the following as members and alternates of
the Group for the three-year term of office:

Members

Alternates

Mr Harald GLATZ (AT)

Dr Christine WEBER (AT)

To be advised (BE)

To be advised (BE)

Mr Petros MARKOU (CY)

Mr Athos TSINONTIDES (CY)

Mr Karel PAVLÍK (CZ)

Mr Jiří VILÍMOVSKÝ (CZ)

Ms Anne-Lore KÖHNE (DE)

Mr Carl-Heinz MORITZ (DE)

Ms Benedicte FEDERSPIEL (DK)

Mr Rasmus KJELDAHL (DK)

Ms Linda LÄÄNESAAR (EE)

Mr Enn-Toivo ANNUK (EE)

Mr Konstantinos DAGOS (EL)

AndromachiDELIKOSTOPOULOU(EL)

Ms Conchy MARTIN REY (ES)

Mr Eugenio RIBÓN SEISDEDOS (ES)

Ms Sinikka TURUNEN (FI)

Ms Gun WINTER (FI)

Mr Daniel FOUNDOULIS (FR)

Mr Emmanuel RODRIGUEZ (FR)

Mr György BARANOVSZKY (HU)

Mr István GARAI (HU)

Mr Dermott JEWELL (IE)

Mr Michael KILCOYNE (IE)

Ms Anna BARTOLINI (IT)

Dr Massimiliano DONA (IT)

Ms Ruta BRAZAUSKIENE (LT)

Mr Rimantas ZABARAUSKAS (LT)

Mr Mario CASTEGNARO (LU)

Mr Bob SCHMITZ (LU)

Ms Silvija VĪKSNIŅA (LV)

Mr Janis PENKA (LV)

Mr Benny BORG BONELLO (MT)

Dr Paul E MICALLEF (MT)

Ms Klaske de JONGE (NL)

Mr Rogier KLIMBIE (NL)

Ms Małgorzata NIEPOKULCZYCKA (PL)

Ms Anna GUT (PL)

Ms Patricia Cruz GOMES GAMITO (PT)

Ms Anna Margarida Godinho NUÑEZ DA SILVA MOURA (PT)

Mr Jens HENRIKSSON (SE)

Ms Inger PERSSON(SE)

Ms Breda KUTIN (SI)

Ms Živa DROL NOVAK (SI)

Ms Božena STAŠENKOVÁ (SK)

Mr Miroslav TULÁK (SK)

Mr Nick STACE (UK)

Ms Barbara SAUNDERS (UK)

Ms Gottlobe FABISCH (ANEC)

Ms Nina KLEMOLA (ANEC)

Mr Jim MURRAY (BEUC)

Ms Willemien BAX (BEUC)

(1) OJ L 258, 10.10.2003, p. 35.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4401 — Basell/Münchsmünster Cracker and associated assets) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-11-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aluminium, chemical industry, coal, economic concentration, electrical energy, exchange of information, holding company, merger control, petroleum, telecommunications

C 289/22

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Official Journal of the European Union

28.11.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4401 — Basell/Münchsmünster Cracker and associated assets)

(2006/C 289/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 20 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 Basell Polyole-
fine GmbH (‘Basell’, Germany) owned by AI International S.à.r.l. (Luxembourg) a member of the Access
Industries group (‘Access Industries’, USA), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council
Regulation control of a cracker facility based in Münchsmünster, Germany, together with certain other
associated assets (‘Münchsmünster Cracker’, Germany) by way of purchase of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Basell: manufacture and sale of olefins, polyolefins and related products;

— for Access: group of holding companies with interests in the oil (including TNK-BP, Slavneft), coal,

aluminium, power and telecommunication sectors;

— for Münchsmünster Cracker: a steam cracking facility located in Münchsmünster, Bavaria, producing
olefins such as ethylene and propylene, which are used as feedstocks for the petrochemical industry.

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.4401 — Basell/Münchsmünster Cracker and associated assets, 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.
2006/852/EC: Council Decision of 28 November 2006 amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditor of Banka Slovenije
Date: 2006-11-28
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Slovenia, accountant, appointment of staff, auditing, central bank

29.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 28 November 2006

amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as
regards the external auditor of Banka Slovenije

(2006/852/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

the 2003 Act of Accession (3) should be abrogated with
effect from 1 January 2007.

Having regard to the Protocol on the Statute of the European
System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank
annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
and in particular to Article 27.1 thereof,

(3)

Following the abrogation of the derogation for Slovenia,
the Governing Council of the ECB recommended that the
Council approve Deloitte & Touche revizija d.o.o. as
the
external
financial years 2007 and 2008,
starting from the
financial year 2007.

the Banka Slovenije

auditors

for

for

the
Having regard to Recommendation ECB/2006/14 of
European Central Bank of 9 October 2006 to the Council of
the European Union on the external auditors of the Banka
Slovenije (1),

(4)

It is appropriate to follow the Recommendation of the
Governing Council of the ECB and to amend Decision
1999/70/EC (4) accordingly,

Whereas:

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

(1)

(2)

The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and of
the national central banks of the Eurosystem are to be
audited by independent external auditors recommended
by the Governing Council of the ECB and approved by
the Council of the European Union.

Article 1

The following paragraph shall be added to Article 1 of Decision
1999/70/EC:

‘13.
as the external auditors of
financial years 2007 and 2008.’

Deloitte & Touche revizija d.o.o. is hereby approved
the

the Banka Slovenije for

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 (2), Slovenia now fulfils the necessary
conditions for the adoption of the euro and the dero-
gation in favour of Slovenia referred to in Article 4 of

Article 2

This Decision shall be notified to the ECB.

(1) OJ C 257, 25.10.2006, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 195, 15.7.2006, p. 25.

(3) OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33.
(4) OJ L 22, 29.1.1999, p. 69. Decision as last amended by Decision

2006/476/EC (OJ L 188, 1.7.2006, p. 7).

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

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 28 November 2006.

For the Council
The President

E. HEINÄLUOMA
2006/874/EC: Council Decision of 28 November 2006 on the accession of the Community to United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Regulation No 107 on uniform provisions concerning the approval of category M 2 or M 3 vehicles with regard to their general construction   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-11-28
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Ecosoc, approval, motor vehicle, technical regulations

5.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 337/45

COUNCIL DECISION

of 28 November 2006

on the accession of
the Community to United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Regulation No 107 on uniform provisions concerning the approval of category M2 or M3
vehicles with regard to their general construction

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/874/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Article 1

Having regard to Council Decision 97/836/EC of 27 November
1997 with a view to accession by the European Community to
the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission
for Europe concerning the adoption of uniform technical
prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which
can be fitted to and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the
conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on
the basis of these prescriptions (Revised 1958 Agreement) (1),
and in particular Article 3(3) and the second indent of Article
4(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament,

1.
The Community shall apply Regulation No 107 of the
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on uniform
provisions concerning the approval of category M2 or M3
vehicles with regard to their general construction.

2.

The text of the Regulation is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

the United Nations

Regulation No 107 of
Economic
Commission for Europe on uniform provisions concerning the
approval of category M2 or M3 vehicles with regard to their
general construction shall become part of the Community type-
approval system for motor vehicles.

Whereas:

Article 3

(1)

(2)

The standardised requirements of Regulation No 107 on
uniform provisions concerning the approval of category
M2 or M3 vehicles with regard to their general
construction are intended to remove technical barriers
to the trade in motor vehicles between the Contracting
Parties and to ensure a high level of safety and protection
in the operation of vehicles.

The Commission therefore considers that Regulation No
107 should become part of the Community system for
the type approval of motor vehicles,

The Commission shall notify the Secretary-General of
United Nations of this Decision.

the

Done at Brussels, 28 November 2006.

For the Council
The President

E. HEINÄLUOMA

(1) OJ L 346, 17.12.1997, p. 78.
Council Decision of 28 November 2006 replacing a an alternate member of the Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Date: 2006-11-28
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, Sweden, appointment of staff

C 298/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.12.2006

COUNCIL DECISION

of 28 November 2006

replacing a an alternate member of the Governing Board of the European Agency for Safety and
Health at Work

(2006/C 298/02)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2062/94 of
18 July 1994 establishing a European Agency for Safety and
Health at Work (1), and in particular Article 8 thereof,

Whereas:

By its Decisions of 3 June 2002 (2) and 29 April 2004 (3),
the Council appointed the members and alternate
members of
the European
the Governing Board of
Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the period
ending on 2 June 2005; that period has been extended
of Regulation
in
No 1112/2005.

accordance with Article

1(5)

(1)

(2)

(3)

An alternate member's seat in the category of govern-
ment representatives on that Governing Board has fallen
vacant following the resignation of Mr Bo BARREFELT.

The Swedish Government has submitted a nomination
for the vacant seat,

Done at Brussels, 28 November 2006.

For the Council

The President

E. HEINÄLUOMA

Sole Article

Ms Anna-Lena HULTGÅRD SANCINI is hereby appointed an
alternate member of the Governing Board of the European
Agency for Safety and Health at Work in place of Mr Bo
BARREFELT for the remainder of the current term of office,
which ends upon inauguration of a new Governing Board in
accordance with Article 1(5) of Regulation No 1112/2005.

(1) OJ

L 216, 20.8.1994, p. 1. Regulation as

amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1643/95 (OJ L 156, 7.7.1995, p. 1) and
Regulation (EC) No 1112/2005 (OJ L 184, 15.7.2005, p. 5).

(2) OJ C 161, 5.7.2002, p. 5.
(3) OJ C 116, 30.4.2004, p. 16.