do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4501 — HAL/Egeria/NB) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-12-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, insurance company, investment company, merger control, private investment

7.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 297/47

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4501 — HAL/Egeria/NB)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/C 297/13)

1.
On 29 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 HAL Invest-
ments B.V. (‘HAL’, The Netherlands) and Egeria Capital B.V. (‘Egeria’, The Netherlands) acquire within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of N.V. Nationale Borg-Maatschappij
(‘NB’, The Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for HAL: an international investment company investing in companies in a wide range of sectors;

— for Egeria: private equity firm making investments in companies in the Netherlands or in companies

having a Dutch link;

— for NB: insurance company specialised in issuing bonds and guarantees.

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 Case COMP/M.4501 — HAL/Egeria/NB, 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.
Corrigendum to State aid N. 625/06 — Italy ( OJ C 291, 30.11.2006 )
Date: 2006-12-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, France, Italy, Netherlands, State aid, control of State aid

7.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 297/53

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to State aid N. 625/06 — Italy

(Official Journal of the European Union C 291 of 30 November 2006)

(2006/C 297/20)

On page 16, in the second line, ‘Reference number of aid’:

for:

‘N. 625/06’,

read:

‘N 625/06’.

Corrigendum to State aid N. 51/06 — Italy

(Official Journal of the European Union C 291 of 30 November 2006)

(2006/C 297/21)

On page 17, in the second line, ‘Reference number of aid’:

for:

‘N. 51/06’,

read:

‘NN 51/06’.

UK-Cardiff: operation of scheduled air service

Corrigendum to the invitation to tender issued by the United Kingdom under Article 4(1)(d) of Council Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2408/92 in respect of the operation of a scheduled air service between Cardiff and RAF Valley,
Anglesey.

(‘Official Journal of the European Union’ C 248 of 14.10.2006)

(‘Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union’ No S 197 of 14.10.2006, open procedure, 208709-
2006)

(2006/C 297/22)

Head of Procurement, Procurement Branch 6, RNR Division, Room 2-045, National Assembly for Wales, Cathays Park,
Cardiff CF10 3NQ, United Kingdom.

for:

9. Deadline for submission of bids: One month after the date of publication of this notice.

read: 9. Deadline for submission of bids: 20.12.2006
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-12-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Malta, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, vocational training

C 297/44

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.12.2006

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC
Treaty to training aid

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/C 297/11)

Aid No

Member State

XT 44/06

Malta

Title of
company receiving individual aid

aid scheme or name of

Training Assistance

Legal basis

Business Promotion Regulations (S.L. 325.06)

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

Aid scheme

EUR 6 million

Annual overall
amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regu-
lation

Yes

Date of implementation

1.8.2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2007

Objective of aid

General training

Specific training

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Other manufacturing

Other services

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Malta Enterprise Corporation

Enterprise Center
Industrial Estate
MT-San Gwann SGN 09

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

XT 46/06

Malta

Title of
company receiving individual aid

aid scheme or name of

ETC Training Aid Programme

Legal basis

Employment and Training Services Act (Cap. 343)

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

Aid scheme

EUR 1,2 million

Annual overall
amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

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Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regu-
lation

Yes

Date of implementation

1.9.2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2007 (*)

Objective of aid

General training

Specific training

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Employment and Training Corporation

Head Office
Hal-Far, P.O. Box 20,
MT-Birzebbuga, BBG 01

Yes

Yes

Yes

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

(*) This scheme will be adapted according to the rules applicable after review of Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001.
Notice regarding the application of anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard measures in force in the Community following enlargement to include the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania and the possibility of review
Date: 2006-12-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, Romania, accession to the European Union, anti-dumping measure, anti-subsidy proceeding, common commercial policy, import, protective clause

C 297/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.12.2006

Notice regarding the application of anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard measures in force in
the Community following enlargement to include the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania and the
possibility of review

(2006/C 297/04)

When enlargement takes place on 1 January 2007, all anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard measures
in force will automatically apply to imports into the enlarged twenty-seven Member State Community.
Accordingly, these measures will also apply to imports into the two new Member States (1). On enlarge-
ment, there will be a number of pending investigations initiated before 1 January 2007. Should such inves-
tigations lead to measures, these will equally apply to imports into the twenty-seven Member State Com-
munity.

The Commission gives notice that it is prepared to review anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard
measures pursuant to Article 11 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (2), Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No
2026/97 (3), and Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 3285/94 (4) where any interested party so requests and
submits evidence that the measures would have been significantly different if they were based on informa-
tion including the new Member States. In this regard, it should be noted that enlargement per se, in the
absence of such evidence, is not a sufficient basis for a review to be initiated. Interested parties are invited
to visit the DG Trade trade defence enlargement website:

(under http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/respectrules/tdi_enlarg/index_en.htm)
for details of a helpdesk facility.

for further information and

(1) The Republic of Bulgaria and Romania.
(2) As last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2117/2005 of 21.12.2005, OJ L 340 of 23.12. 2005, p. 17.
(3) As last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 461/2004 of 8.3.2004, OJ L 77 of 13.3. 2004, p. 12.
(4) As last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/2004 of 13.12.2004, OJ L 374 of 22.12. 2004, p. 1.
Notice to importers — Imports into the Community of products from Montenegro
Date: 2006-12-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Montenegro, import, originating product, tariff preference

7.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 297/13

NOTICE TO IMPORTERS

Imports into the Community of products from Montenegro

(2006/C 297/05)

By a notice to importers published in Official Journal No C 14 of 20.1.2004, page 2, the Commission
informed operators presenting documentary evidence of origin with a view to securing preferential treat-
ment for all products imported from Serbia and Montenegro to take all the necessary precautions, since
the release of the goods in question for free circulation may give rise to a customs debt. The notice was
based on the existence of doubts that products imported from Serbia and Montenegro under the preferen-
tial arrangements were actually and properly subject to the verification of their originating status as
required by Community law. The notice did not apply to Kosovo as defined by the United Nations Security
Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.

Council Regulation (EC) 1946/2005 of 14 November 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000
introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Euro-
pean Union's Stabilisation and Association process, introduced, as of 1.1.2006, three separate origins in
relation to the autonomous trade measures in line with the three separate customs territories:
‘Serbia’
origin, ‘Montenegro’ origin and ‘Kosovo’ origin. This distinction remains valid following the decision on
the independence of Montenegro last May.

The main findings of the monitoring mission conducted by the Commission's services in Serbia and in
Montenegro indicate that in Serbia the necessary elements are in place for the customs administration to
properly manage and control the preferential arrangements when exporting the products to the Com-
munity as well as to other Balkan countries. In relation to Montenegro, however, some improvements are
still needed concerning the legal aspects and the practice when performing controls on origin.

The conditions for a proper functioning of the preferential arrangements having thus been restored in the
case of Serbia, the notice to importers concerning imports into the Community of products from Serbia
and Montenegro shall be withdrawn with regard to Serbia but maintained with regard to imports into the
Community of all products from Montenegro. The notice does not apply to Kosovo as defined by the
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.

Therefore, Community operators presenting documentary evidence of origin with a view to securing
preferential treatment for all products imported from Montenegro are advised to take all the necessary
precautions, since the release of the goods in question for free circulation may give rise to a customs debt.

This notice replaces the one published in Official Journal No C 14 of 20.1.2004, page 2.
Corrigendum to State aid N. 51/06 — Italy ( OJ C 291, 30.11.2006 )
Date: 2006-12-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, France, Italy, Netherlands, State aid, control of State aid

7.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 297/53

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to State aid N. 625/06 — Italy

(Official Journal of the European Union C 291 of 30 November 2006)

(2006/C 297/20)

On page 16, in the second line, ‘Reference number of aid’:

for:

‘N. 625/06’,

read:

‘N 625/06’.

Corrigendum to State aid N. 51/06 — Italy

(Official Journal of the European Union C 291 of 30 November 2006)

(2006/C 297/21)

On page 17, in the second line, ‘Reference number of aid’:

for:

‘N. 51/06’,

read:

‘NN 51/06’.

UK-Cardiff: operation of scheduled air service

Corrigendum to the invitation to tender issued by the United Kingdom under Article 4(1)(d) of Council Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2408/92 in respect of the operation of a scheduled air service between Cardiff and RAF Valley,
Anglesey.

(‘Official Journal of the European Union’ C 248 of 14.10.2006)

(‘Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union’ No S 197 of 14.10.2006, open procedure, 208709-
2006)

(2006/C 297/22)

Head of Procurement, Procurement Branch 6, RNR Division, Room 2-045, National Assembly for Wales, Cathays Park,
Cardiff CF10 3NQ, United Kingdom.

for:

9. Deadline for submission of bids: One month after the date of publication of this notice.

read: 9. Deadline for submission of bids: 20.12.2006
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1813/2006 of 7 December 2006 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of common wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 936/2006
Date: 2006-12-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, common wheat, export refund, third country

8.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 343/81

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1813/2006

of 7 December 2006

concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of common
wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 936/2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29
September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,

Whereas:

the market for cereals (3), and in particular Article 13(3)
thereof,

(3)

(4)

On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of
Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, a maximum refund should
not be fixed.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Cereals,

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of
common wheat to certain third countries was opened
pursuant
(EC) No
to
936/2006 (2).

Commission

Regulation

Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on
the granting of export
refunds on cereals and the
measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from
1 to 7 December 2006 in response to the invitation to
tender for the refund for the export of common wheat issued
in Regulation (EC) No 936/2006.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 December 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 December 2006.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as

(EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ

amended by
L 187,

Commission Regulation
19.7.2005, p. 11).

(2) OJ L 172, 24.6.2006, p. 6.

(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7. Regulation as

last modified by

Regulation (EC) No 777/2004 (OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 50).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1802/2006 of 7 December 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-12-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

8.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 343/61

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1802/2006

of 7 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 8 December 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 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).

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8.12.2006

to Commission Regulation of 7 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

73,0
46,0
59,5

150,2
74,2
155,5
126,6

148,7
58,0
103,4

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

63,5
53,6
58,6

68,4
111,5
90,0

60,1
44,4
35,4
46,6

59,7
97,4
99,8
69,7
81,7

134,0
116,4
106,5
51,2
102,0

(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’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4242 — Thermo Electron/Fisher Scientific) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-12-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, life sciences, medical science, merger control, research body, restrictive-practice authorisation, scientific apparatus

C 297/48

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.12.2006

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4242 — Thermo Electron/Fisher Scientific)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/C 297/14)

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(2) 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 32006M4242. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4271 — Daikin/OYL)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/C 297/15)

On 2 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 32006M4271. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1803/2006 of 7 December 2006 amending Regulations (EC) No 2771/1999 and (EC) No 1898/2005 as regards the entry into storage of intervention butter put on sale
Date: 2006-12-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: butter, intervention price, intervention stock, market intervention, sales aid

8.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 343/63

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1803/2006

of 7 December 2006

amending Regulations (EC) No 2771/1999 and (EC) No 1898/2005 as regards the entry into storage
of intervention butter put on sale

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk
and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

21

Article
(EC) No
of Commission Regulation
2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down
detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the
inter-
market
vention butter placed on sale must have entered into
storage before 1 May 2006.

in butter and cream (2)

lays down that

for

Article 1(a) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1898/2005 of 9 November 2005 laying down detailed
implementing Council Regulation (EC) No
rules
the disposal of
1255/1999 as regards measures for
cream,
the
on
butter
and
butter
Community market (3)
intervention
butter bought in under Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 1255/1999 to be sold at reduced prices must have
been taken into storage before 1 May 2006.

lays down that

concentrated

(3)

(4)

(5)

Given the situation on the butter market and the quan-
tities of butter in intervention storage it is appropriate
that butter in storage before 1 September 2006 should
be available for sale.

Regulations (EC) No 2771/1999 and (EC) No 1898/2005
should therefore be amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 21 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, ‘1 May 2006’
is replaced by ‘1 September 2006’.

Article 2

In Article 1(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005, ‘1 May 2006’
is replaced by ‘1 September 2006’.

Article 3

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, 7 December 2006.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

(2) OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1633/2006 (OJ L 305, 4.11.2006, p. 3).

(3) OJ L 308, 25.11.2005, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1633/2006.