do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Decision of 22 December 2006 amending Decision 2002/613/EC as regards the approved porcine semen collection centres of Canada (notified under document number C(2006) 6812)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Canada, animal breeding, health control, import, swine, veterinary inspection, veterinary legislation

L 7/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.1.2007

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 December 2006

amending Decision 2002/613/EC as regards the approved porcine semen collection centres of
Canada

(notified under document number C(2006) 6812)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/14/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

has been officially
to the
Community by the veterinary services of that country.

approved for

exports

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(4)

Decision 2002/613/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

Having regard to Council Directive 90/429/EEC of 26 June
1990 laying down the animal health requirements applicable
to intra-Community trade
semen of
domestic animals of the porcine species (1) and in particular
Article 8(1) thereof,

in and imports of

Whereas:

Commission Decision 2002/613/EC of 19 July 2002
laying down the importation conditions of semen of
domestic animals of the porcine species (2) establishes a
list of
from which
Member States are to authorise the importation of
semen of domestic animals of the porcine species.

including Canada,

third countries,

(5)

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex V to Decision 2002/613/EC is amended in accordance
with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from the third day following that of
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Canada has requested that an amendment be made to the
list of semen collection centres approved under Decision
2002/613/EC as regards entries for that country.

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2006.

Canada has provided guarantees regarding compliance
in Directive
rules
with the
90/429/EEC and the new centre to be added to the list

appropriate

set out

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1)

(2)

(3)

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 62. Directive as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 196, 25.7.2002, p. 45. Decision as last amended by Decision

2006/271/EC (OJ L 99, 7.4.2006, p. 29).

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In Annex V to Decision 2002/613/EC, the following row is added to the list for Canada:

ANNEX

‘CA

1-AI-01

International Genetics PEI Ltd
P.O. Box 43, Mount Stewart
Prince-Edward-Island, C1A 7Z5’
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1970/2006 of 22 December 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2006-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, pip fruit

L 368/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.12.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1970/2006

of 22 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 23 December 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 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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to Commission Regulation of 22 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

052
204
220
388
999

204
999

052
204
624
999

052
528
999

388
400
404
512
720
999

400
720
999

130,3
74,9
102,6

141,5
61,5
155,5
119,5

126,6
48,9
87,8

61,4
60,5
53,3
72,9
62,0

62,8
62,8

65,4
135,9
71,6
91,0

52,4
35,6
44,0

120,0
83,1
93,1
57,4
91,8
89,1

93,9
51,1
72,5

(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’.
Uniform Application of the Combined Nomenclature (CN) (Classification of goods)
Date: 2006-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, clothing

22.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 316/9

UNIFORM APPLICATION OF THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE (CN)

(Classification of goods)

(2006/C 316/03)

Publication of Explanatory Notes adopted under Article 10(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2658/87 of 23 July 1987, on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs
Tariff (1),

The Explanatory Notes to the combined nomenclature of the European Communities (2) shall be amended
as follows:

Page 233

Insert the following text after the Explanatory Note to Chapter 61, General, point 3:

‘4. Garments covering the upper part of the body in distinction to garments covering the lower part of

the body and to garments covering the body (e.g. overcoats, dresses) are garments that:

— from their objective characteristics (style, cut etc.) are clearly meant to be worn as e.g. anoraks,
(suit) jackets and uppers of ensembles, shirts and blouses, uppers of pyjamas, pullovers, cardigans
and waistcoats, upper parts of ski suits etc. (Unless otherwise specified, these garments need not
completely cover the upper part of the body.)

and

— do not extend below the mid-thigh area. However, mainly due to fashion some parts of these
garments can extend down below mid-thigh area (e.g. fancy fashionable fringes, but also the
traditional tails of tailcoats) and are negligible as far as the length of the garment is concerned,
because they do not change the function of these garments, which is to cover the upper part of
the body.’

Page 243

Insert the following text after the Explanatory Note to Chapter 62, General, 4:

‘5. The Explanatory Notes to Chapter 61, General, point 4 apply mutatis mutandis.’

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 486/2006 (OJ L 88, 25.3.2006, p. 1).
(2) OJ C 50, 28.2.2006, p. 1.
Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2006/944/EC of 14 December 2006 determining the respective emission levels allocated to the Community and each of its Member States under the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to Council Decision 2002/358/EC ( OJ L 358, 16.12.2006 )
Date: 2006-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: UN convention, climate change, environmental policy, greenhouse gas, reduction of gas emissions

L 367/80

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.12.2006

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2006/944/EC of 14 December 2006 determining the respective emission
levels allocated to the Community and each of its Member States under the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to Council
Decision 2002/358/EC

(Official Journal of the European Union L 358 of 16 December 2006)

On page 87, in recital 1, on the third line, in recital 2 on the first line, in Article 1 on the first line and in the first line of
the title of the Annex:

for:

read:

‘… emission levels’,
‘… respective emission levels’;

On page 87, in recital 4, on the fifth line:

for:

read:

‘11 393 397 tonnes’,
‘11 403 608 tonnes’;

On page 87, delete recital 5 and renumber recital 6 as recital 5, and recital 7 as recital 6;

On page 88, in Article 2, on the first line:

for:

read:

‘11 393 397 tonnes’,
‘11 403 608 tonnes’;

On page 88, in Article 2, delete the second paragraph, beginning ‘The Commission shall …’;

On page 89, in the Annex, on the first line ‘European Community’, in the second column:
for:

‘19 683 181 601’,
‘19 682 555 325’;

read:

On page 89, in the Annex, on the ninth line ‘Italy’, in the second column:
for:

‘2 429 132 197’,
‘2 428 495 710’;

read:

On page 89, in the Annex, on the 12th line ‘Austria’, in the second column:
for:

‘343 405 392’,
‘343 473 407’.

read:
Uniform Application of the Combined Nomenclature (CN) (Classification of goods)
Date: 2006-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, footwear industry

C 316/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.12.2006

UNIFORM APPLICATION OF THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE (CN)

(Classification of goods)

(2006/C 316/04)

Publication of Explanatory Notes adopted under Article 10(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2658/87 of 23 July 1987, on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs
Tariff (1),

The Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities (2) shall be amended
as follows:

Page255

Insert the following text after the Explanatory Note to ‘6402 99 31 and 6402 99 39’:

‘6402 99 31

With sole and heel combined having a height of more than 3 cm.

For the purposes of this subheading, it is irrelevant if the heel can be distinguished from the sole or if the
heel is an indistinguishable part of the sole (e.g. wedged sole, plateau sole).

The diagrams below give an example of how to measure:

A

B

is the point, where the upper begins

> 3 cm

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No /200 (OJ L 179, 1.7.2006, p. 26).
(2) OJ C 50, 28.2.2006, p. 1.

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’

Page 256

Insert the following text after the Explanatory Note to ‘6403 59 11 to 6403 59 39’:

‘6403 59 11
With sole and heel combined having a height of more than 3 cm

The Explanatory Notes to subheading 6402 99 31 apply, mutatis mutandis.’

Page 256

Insert the following text after the Explanatory Note to ‘6403 99 11 to 6403 99 38’:

‘6403 99 11
With sole and heel combined having a height of more than 3 cm

The Explanatory Notes to subheading 6402 99 31 apply, mutatis mutandis.’
Commission Decision of 22 December 2006 approving monitoring plans for the detection of residues or substances in live animals and animal products pursuant to Council Directive 96/23/EC as submitted by Bulgaria and Romania (notified under document number C(2006) 6815)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, Romania, animal product, health risk, import, live animal, veterinary inspection, veterinary legislation

L 7/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.1.2007

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 December 2006

approving monitoring plans for the detection of residues or substances in live animals and animal
products pursuant to Council Directive 96/23/EC as submitted by Bulgaria and Romania

(notified under document number C(2006) 6815)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/15/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Article 1

Having regard to Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996
on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof
in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives
85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and
91/664/EEC (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of
Article 8(1) thereof,

Whereas:

Directive 96/23/EC lays down the measures to monitor
certain substances and residues thereof in live animals
and animal products and provides that Member States
are to submit their monitoring plans for the detection
to the Commission for
substances)
of
approval (‘monitoring plans’).

residues or

As Bulgaria and Romania are due to accede to the
Community on 1 January 2007, they have submitted
monitoring plans to the Commission for approval.

The monitoring plan for the detection of residues or substances,
as provided for in Article 5(1) of Directive 96/23/EC, submitted
by Bulgaria to the Commission on 25 April 2006 is approved.

Article 2

The monitoring plan for the detection of residues or substances,
as provided for in Article 5(1) of Directive 96/23/EC, submitted
by Romania to the Commission on 20 March 2006 is
approved.

Article 3

The Decision shall apply subject to and as from the date of
entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and
Romania.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Those monitoring plans comply with the requirements of
Directive 96/23/EC and should therefore be approved.

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2006.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(1) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10. Directive as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 1).
New national faces of euro coins intended for circulation
Date: 2006-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Monaco, euro, euro area, issuing of currency, technical specification

22.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 316/21

New national faces of euro coins intended for circulation

(2006/C 316/09)

National faces of new euro coins intended for circulation and issued by the Principality of Monaco

Euro coins intended for circulation are legal tender throughout the euro area. For the purpose of informing
the public and professionals who handle the coins, the Commission publishes a description of the designs
of all new coins (1).

Country of issue: Principality of Monaco

Date of issue: December 2006

Description of the designs

1 EURO CENT, 2 EURO CENT, 5 EURO CENT

The coat of arms of the Sovereign Princes of Monaco is depicted on the inner part of the coin. ‘MONACO’
is engraved in a semi-circle above the coat of arms and ‘2006’ appears in a semi-circle below it, with the
mint mark of the Paris mint to the left and the mint mark of the Engraver General to the right. The twelve
stars of the European flag are depicted around the edge.

10 EURO CENT, 20 EURO CENT, 50 EURO CENT

Prince Albert's monogram is depicted on the inner part of the coin. ‘MONACO’ is engraved in a semi-circle
above the coat of arms and ‘2006’ appears in a semi-circle below it, with the mint mark of the Paris mint to
the left and the mint mark of the Engraver General to the right. The twelve stars of the European flag are
depicted around the edge.

(1) See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, pp. 1-30 for the national faces of all the euro coins issued in 2002.

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22.12.2006

1 EURO, 2 EURO

On the inner part of the coin there is an effigy of Prince Albert in profile facing to the right. ‘MONACO’ is
engraved in a semi-circle above the coat of arms and ‘2006’ appears in a semi-circle below it, with the mint
mark of the Paris mint to the left and the mint mark of the Engraver General to the right. The twelve stars
of the European flag are depicted around the edge.

Edge lettering of the 2 euro coin: 2 ★★, repeated six times, alternately upright and inverted.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4509 — Philips/PLI) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2006-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronics industry, lighting equipment, merger control

C 316/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.12.2006

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4509 — Philips/PLI)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/C 316/05)

1.
On 13 December 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 Koninklijke Philips Elec-
tronics NV (‘Philips’, The Netherlands) acquire(s) within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regu-
lation control of the whole of the undertaking Lighting Group PLI Holding NV (‘PLI’, Belgium) by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Philips: development, manufacture and sales of electronic products,

including lighting products,

consumer electronics and medical systems;

— for PLI: development, manufacture and sales of lighting products.

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.4509 — Philips/PLI, 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2006-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

22.12.2006

EN

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C 316/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

21 December 2006

(2006/C 316/01)

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

RON

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

Romanian leu

1,3178

155,85

7,4545

0,67160

8,9661

1,6032

91,57

8,1330

1,9558

0,5781

27,525

15,6466

252,05

3,4528

0,6977

0,4293

3,8040

3,3759

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

239,69

34,585

1,8836

1,6785

1,5155

10,2456

1,8946

2,0303

KRW South Korean won

1 222,26

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

9,2280

10,3012

7,3594

Indonesian rupiah

11 952,45

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

4,6591

64,928

34,6730

48,159

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles (COM(2005)0457 - C6-0312/2005 - 2005/0194(COD))
Date: 2006-12-22
Institutions: Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European Parliament
Subjects: EC conformity marking, consumer protection, explosive, harmonisation of standards, leisure, marketing standard, product safety, technical standard

22.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 316 E/199

Thursday 30 November 2006

The amounts recovered from the Fund during the Seventh Framework Programme will constitute

4.
revenue assigned to it within the meaning of Article 18(2) of the Financial Regulation.

Once the implementation of all grants under the Seventh Framework Programme is complete, any sums
outstanding from the Fund will be recovered by the Commission and entered into the budget of the Com-
munity, subject to decisions on the Eighth Framework Programme

P6_TA(2006)0515

The placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council on the placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles (COM(2005)0457 —
C6-0312/2005 — 2005/0194(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2005)

0457) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 95 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0312/2005),

— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

(A6-0289/2006),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2005)0194

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 30 November 2006 with a view to
the adoption of Directive 2007/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the placing
on the market of pyrotechnic articles

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),

(1) OJ C 195, 18.8.2006, p. 7.
(2) Position of the European Parliament of 30 November 2006.