do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4438 — Macquairie/Thames Water) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial market, investment bank, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, wastewater, water supply, water treatment

C 296/50

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.12.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4438 — Macquairie/Thames Water)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/C 296/11)

On 28 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 32006M4438. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Opinion No 8/2006 concerning a proposal for a Council Regulation repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 2040/2000 on budgetary discipline
Date: 2006-12-06
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: Council of the European Union, EAGGF Guarantee Section, EC Regulation, budgetary discipline (EU), repeal

12.1.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 8/3

concerning a proposal for a Council Regulation repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 2040/2000
on budgetary discipline

OPINION No 8/2006

(pursuant to Article 248(4), second subparagraph, EC)

(2007/C 8/02)

THE COURT OF AUDITORS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity, and in particular Articles 37, 248, 279 and 308 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal (1) for a Council Regulation repea-
ling Council Regulation (EC) No 2040/2000 (2) on budgetary
discipline,

HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING OPINION:

1. Council Regulation (EC) No 2040/2000 of 26 September
2000 on budgetary discipline lays down rules designed to
ensure the proper management of Community expenditure
for the period 2000 to 2006.

2.

For the period 2007 to 2013 the Interinstitutional Agree-
ment between the European Parliament, the Council and the
Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial
management applies (3). The Court draws attention to the

fact that it has no opportunity to comment on budgetary dis-
cipline and sound financial management issues if they are
arranged by interinstitutional agreements instead of Council
regulations.

3. The Court agrees that with the new Interinstitutional Agree-
ment Regulation (EC) No 2040/2000 will become obsolete
from 1 January 2007 and should be repealed to enable the
new Interinstitutional Agreement to be fully applied from
this date.

4. However,

in the proposal

to repeal Regulation (EC)
No 2040/2000 the Commission points out that there is no
longer any need for specific provisions. In this context the
Court notes that the proposed mechanism for provisioning
for the Guarantee Fund for external action (4) has not yet
been founded on a new legal basis.

This opinion was adopted by the Court of Auditors in Luxembourg at its meeting of
6 December 2006.

For the Court of Auditors
Hubert WEBER
President

(1) COM(2006) 448 final of 9 August 2006.
(2) OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 27.
(3) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

(4) Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC, Euratom)
No 2728/94 establishing a Guarantee Fund for external actions
(COM(2005) 130 final of 5 April 2005).
Corrigendum to Council Directive 79/923/EEC of 30 October 1979 on the quality required of shellfish waters ( OJ L 281, 10.11.1979 )
Date: 2006-12-06
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: approximation of laws, quality standard, restriction on competition, shellfish farming, water analysis, water pollution

6.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 339/39

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Council Directive 79/923/EEC of 30 October 1979 on the quality required of shellfish waters

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 281 of 10 November 1979)

The Corrigendum published on page 99 of Official Journal of the European Union L 190 of 12 July 2006 is annulled.
Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2006-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Thailand, Türkiye, Ukraine, anti-dumping duty, import, originating product, piping, tube

6.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 296/25

Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures

(2006/C 296/04)

As provided for in Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 (1) on
1.
protection against dumped imports from countries not members of
the European Community, the
Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure, the
anti-dumping measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below.

2. Procedure

Community producers may lodge a written request for a review. This request must contain sufficient
evidence that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of
dumping and injury.

Should the Commission decide to review the measures concerned, importers, exporters, representatives of
the exporting country and Community producers will then be provided with the opportunity to amplify,
rebut or comment on the matters set out in the review request.

3. Time limit

Community producers may submit a written request for a review on the above basis, to reach the Euro-
pean Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (Division B-1), J-79 5/16, B-1049 Brussels (2) at any time
from the date of the publication of the present notice but no later than three months before the date
mentioned in the table below.

This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of

4.
22 December 1995.

Product

Country(ies) of origin
or exportation

Measures

Reference

Date of expiry

Welded tubes and
pipes, of iron or
non-alloy steel

Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine

Anti-dumping duty

Regulation

Council
(EC) No
1697/2002 (OJ L 259, 27.9.2002,
p. 8)

28.9.2007

(1) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2117/2005 (OJ L 340,

23.12.2005, p. 17).

(2) Telefax : (32-2) 295 65 05.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1793/2006 of 6 December 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

7.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 341/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1793/2006

of 6 December 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 7 December 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 December 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 341/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.12.2006

to Commission Regulation of 6 December 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 10 20

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

388
508
528
999

052
204
999

052
388
999

052
388
528
999

388
400
404
720
999

052
400
528
720
999

76,7
45,8
61,3

124,3
74,1
171,8
123,4

138,7
63,7
101,2

46,7
15,3
26,3
29,4

63,5
55,9
59,7

65,4
111,5
88,5

48,8
44,4
28,7
40,6

59,7
106,4
99,8
68,2
83,5

98,8
109,0
106,5
51,2
91,4

(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’.
Notice concerning anti-dumping measures on imports of para-cresol originating in the People's Republic of China
Date: 2006-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, chemical product, import, originating product, redemption

C 296/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.12.2006

Notice concerning anti-dumping measures on imports of para-cresol originating in the People's
Republic of China

(2006/C 296/06)

By its judgment of 13 July 2006 in case T-413/03, the Court of First Instance of the European Commu-
nities annulled Regulation (EC) No 1656/2003 (1) imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting
definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of para-cresol originating in the People's Republic of
China, insofar as it concerns imports into the European Community manufactured by Shandong Reipu
Biochemicals Co. Ltd (2).

Consequently, the definitive anti-dumping duties paid pursuant to the above-mentioned regulation on
imports into the European Community of para-cresol falling within CN code ex 2907 12 00 manufactured
by the above-mentioned company (under TARIC additional code A435), including provisional duties defi-
nitively collected in accordance with Article 2 of the regulation, should be reimbursed. The reimbursement
should be requested from national customs authorities in accordance with the applicable Community
customs legislation.

As a consequence of the judgment of 13 July 2006, the above-mentioned company is no longer subject to
the anti-dumping measures imposed by Regulation (EC) No 1656/2003 of 11 September 2003.

(1) OJ L 234, 20.9.2003, p. 1.
(2) The company is listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1656/2003 under the name ‘Shandong Reipu Chemicals

Co. Ltd’.
Opinion of the Advisory Committee on concentrations given at its 146th meeting on 6 December 2006 concerning a draft decision relating to Case COMP/M.4215 — Glatfelter/Crompton Assets
Date: 2006-12-06
Institutions: Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions
Subjects: competition, economic concentration, merger control, pulp and paper industry

13.6.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 131/3

Opinion of the Advisory Committee on concentrations given at its 146th meeting on 6 December
2006 concerning a draft decision relating to Case COMP/M.4215 — Glatfelter/Crompton Assets

(2007/C 131/03)

1. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission's definitions of the relevant product markets as

stated in the draft decision.

2. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission's definitions of the relevant geographic markets as

stated in the draft decision.

3. The majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the concentration as notified
does not significantly impede effective competition in the common market or in a substantial part of it.

4. The majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the notified concentration
should be declared compatible with the Common Market and with the functioning of the EEA Agree-
ment in accordance with Articles 2(2) and 8(1) of the Merger Regulation and Article 57 of the EEA
Agreement.

5. The Advisory Committee asks the Commission to take into account all the other points raised during the

discussion.
Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 3,30 % on 1 December 2006 — Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, exchange rate, interest

6.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 296/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations (1):

3,30 % on 1 December 2006

Euro exchange rates (2)

5 December 2006

(2006/C 296/01)

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

1,3331

152,74

7,4559

0,67430

9,0495

1,5885

90,65

8,1300

1,9558

0,5781

28,019

15,6466

255,50

3,4528

0,6980

0,4293

3,8140

3,4415

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

35,535

1,9330

1,6946

1,5204

10,3598

1,9422

2,0509

KRW South Korean won

1 232,25

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

9,5170

10,4272

7,3617

Indonesian rupiah

12 151,87

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,7412

66,095

34,8930

47,489

(1) Rate applied to the most recent operation carried out before the indicated day. In the case of a variable rate tender,

the interest rate is the marginal rate.

(2) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.