do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

29.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 290/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

28 November 2006

(2006/C 290/01)

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

1,3147

152,99

7,4545

0,67625

9,0683

1,5866

91,71

8,2810

1,9558

0,5780

28,060

15,6466

258,59

3,4528

0,6978

0,4293

3,8368

3,4695

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

239,67

35,641

1,9470

1,6861

1,4863

10,2217

1,9525

2,0385

KRW South Korean won

1 223,79

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

9,4510

10,3072

7,3435

Indonesian rupiah

12 076,18

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,7855

65,623

34,6370

47,772

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Communication from the Commission to the Council - Accession negotiations with Turkey
Date: 2006-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU relations, Türkiye, accession negotiations, accession to the European Union, free movement of goods, trade restriction

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 29.11.2006 
COM(2006) 773 final 

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL  

Accession negotiations with Turkey  

EN 

   EN 

 
 
 
  
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL  

Accession negotiations with Turkey  

(1) 

(2) 

The Commission notes that Turkey has not fully implemented the Additional 
Protocol to the Ankara Agreement, and that restrictions to the free movement 
of goods, including restrictions on means of transport, remain in force. 

In these circumstances and with reference to the declaration of 21 September 
2005  of  the  European  Community  and  its  Members  States,  the  Commission 
recommends  that  the  Intergovernmental  Conference  on  Accession  with 
Turkey  should  not  open  negotiations  on  chapters  covering  policy  areas 
relevant  to  Turkey's  restrictions  as  regards  the  Republic  of  Cyprus  until  the 
Commission  confirms  that  Turkey  has  fulfilled  its  commitments.  These 
chapters  are:  Chapter  1  Free  movement  of  goods,  Chapter  3  Right  of 
establishment and freedom to provide services, Chapter 9 Financial services, 
Chapter 11 Agriculture and rural development, Chapter 13 Fisheries, Chapter 
14  Transport  policy,  Chapter  29  Customs  union,  and  Chapter  30  External 
relations. 

(3)  Moreover,  the  Commission  recommends  that  no  chapter  be  provisionally 
that  Turkey  has  fully 

closed  until 
implemented its commitments with respect to the Additional Protocol.  

the  Commission  has  confirmed 

(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

The  Commission  will  inform  the  Council  on  any  progress  on  the  issues 
covered  by  the  declaration  of  21  September  2005  in  its  annual  progress 
reports.  

Given  the  progress  achieved,  work  should  now  focus  on  completing  the 
screening  process.  Such  chapters  for  which  the  technical  preparations  have 
been  completed  should  continue  to  be  opened,  in  line  with  the  Negotiating 
Framework. 

The  Commission  underlines  the  importance  of  the  resumption  of  a  process 
leading rapidly to fully-fledged negotiations in 2007 under UN auspices on a 
comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus issue. 

EN 

2 

   EN
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4474 — BC Partners/Techem) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumption, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, measuring equipment, merger control, services company

29.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 290/31

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4474 — BC Partners/Techem)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 290/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 22 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 CIE Manage-
ment II Limited (‘CIEM’, Guenersey), general partner and manager of BC European Capital VIII (‘BC’,
Guenersey), acquires control within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation of the whole
of Techem AG (‘TECHEM’, Germany), a German public listed company, by means of a public takeover bid
addressed to Techem's shareholders, announced on 22 November 2006.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for CIEM: general partner and manager acting for BC;

— for BC: private equity fund;

— for TECHEM: sub-metering of utilities consumption and the market for energy contracting.

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 (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number Case COMP/M.4474 — BC Partners/Techem, 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4398 — Veolia Cargo/RAIL LINK/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, combined transport, economic concentration, energy industry, land transport, maritime transport, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, water treatment

C 290/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

29.11.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4398 — Veolia Cargo/RAIL LINK/JV)

(2006/C 290/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 9 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 French 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 32006M4398. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1757/2006 of 29 November 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

30.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 332/19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1757/2006

of 29 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 30 November 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 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 332/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.11.2006

to Commission Regulation of 29 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
508
720
999

052
720
999

74,6
65,2
40,3
60,0

131,2
73,9
171,8
125,6

153,6
72,5
113,1

51,2
51,2

65,1
71,8
68,5

53,4
44,1
39,8
45,8

62,2
141,6
96,2
80,5
70,9
90,3

97,8
70,1
84,0

(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.4376 — Dresdner Bank/Gazprombank/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, banking, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control

29.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 290/27

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4376 — Dresdner Bank/Gazprombank/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2006/C 290/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 22 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 Dresdner
Bank AG (‘Dresdner Bank’, Germany), part of the group Allianz, (‘Allianz’, Germany), and the Joint-Stock
Bank of the Gas Industry (‘Gazprombank’, Russia), part of the group Gazprom, (‘Gazprom’, Russia) acquire
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Carbon
Trade & Finance S.A (‘CTF’, Luxembourg) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company consti-
tuting a joint venture.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

2.
— for Dresdner Bank: full range of banking and financial services, including the trading of EU CO2 emis-

sion credits,

— for Gazprombank: full range of banking and financial services,
— for CTF: Investment in primary projects generating Kyoto CO2 emission credits and repackaging such

credits for trading at a secondary market level.

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.4376 — Dresdner Bank/Gazprombank/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.
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, State aid, control of State aid, interest, investment aid, loan, small and medium-sized enterprises

C 290/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

29.11.2006

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC
Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises

(2006/C 290/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 61/05

Spain

La Rioja

Title of
company receiving individual aid

aid scheme or name of

Rules for granting aid in the form of interest rebates on loans to finance
corporate investments by small and medium-sized enterprises

Legal basis

Resolución del Presidente de la Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja
por la que se aprueban las Bases Reguladoras de la concesión de subvenciones
en forma de bonificación de intereses de préstamos destinadas a financiar
inversiones empresariales realizadas por pequeñas y medianas empresas.

Annual expenditure planned or overall
amount of aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 869 000

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

18.2.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Limited to specific sectors

Other industrial sectors (only extractive and manufac-
turing industries, except for the agri-food industry,
will be eligible for aid)

Other services (only technical services related to
industries, except for the agri-food industry, will be
eligible for aid)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja

C/Muro de la Mata 13-14
E-26071 Logroño (La Rioja)

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes