do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

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IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

16 January 2007

(2007/C 11/06)

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

1,2953

RON

Romanian leu

156,27

7,4524

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,65920

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,3844

34,767

1,8575

1,6511

1,5127

10,1032

1,8585

1,9936

KRW South Korean won

1 211,82

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

9,3670

10,0904

7,3600

11 751,61

4,5361

63,081

34,3880

46,486

9,0621

1,6138

91,42

8,3140

1,9558

0,5784

27,763

15,6466

252,84

3,4528

0,6975

0,4293

3,8828

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3786 — BPI/Euler Hermes/COSEC) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commercial bank, credit insurance, economic concentration, investment bank, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3786 — BPI/Euler Hermes/COSEC)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 11/02)

On 29 March 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 Regulation (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 32006M3786. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4170 — LSG Lufthansa Service Holding/Gate Gourmet Switzerland)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 11/03)

On 19 July 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 Regulation (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 32006M4170. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, State aid, control of State aid, industrial free zone, tax exemption

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II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 11/01)

Date of adoption of the decision

17.11.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 658/06

Member State

France

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Aide d'État N 658/2006 — Extension du périmètre de 3 Zones Franches
Urbaines — France — Modification du régime N 70 A/2006 — Prorogation et
extension du dispositif des Zones Franches Urbaines (ZFU)

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Duration

Economic sectors

Loi sur l'égalité des chances

Aid scheme

The objective of the scheme is to promote and develop depressed urban areas in
France, determined on a geographical basis.
The measures notified aim to strengthen the local economic fabric, comprising
for the most part small businesses, allowing for new developments and the crea-
tion of businesses, via incentives in the form of specific tax exemptions and
exemptions from social security contributions that will help promote employ-
ment

Reduction of social security contributions

Annual budget: EUR 35 million; Overall budget: EUR 100 million

31.12.2011

All sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Délégation interministérielle à la ville
194, Av. du Président Wilson
F-93217 La Plaine Saint Denis

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be
found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4373 — OTTO/Cdiscount/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: distance selling, economic concentration, electronic commerce, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

17.1.2007

EN

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4373 — OTTO/Cdiscount/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 11/04)

On 7 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 32006M4373. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4444 — GE/Banque Artesia Nederland)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 11/05)

On 7 December 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 32006M4444. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4170 — LSG Lufthansa Service Holding/Gate Gourmet Switzerland) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air transport, airport, economic concentration, hotel industry, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 11/2

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17.1.2007

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3786 — BPI/Euler Hermes/COSEC)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 11/02)

On 29 March 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 Regulation (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 32006M3786. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4170 — LSG Lufthansa Service Holding/Gate Gourmet Switzerland)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 11/03)

On 19 July 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 Regulation (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 32006M4170. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Council Directive on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to certain levies, duties, taxes and other measures COM(2006) 605 final — 2006/0192 (CNS)
Date: 2007-01-17
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: CCT duties, EAGGF, VAT, agricultural levy, distribution of EU funding, excise duty

27.4.2007

EN

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C 93/15

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Council Directive
on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to certain levies, duties, taxes and other
measures

COM(2006) 605 final — 2006/0192 (CNS)

(2007/C 93/03)

On 10 November 2006, the Council of the European Union decided to consult the European Economic and
Social Committee, under Article 262 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the abovemen-
tioned proposal.

The Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion, which was responsible
for preparing the Committee's work on the subject, adopted its opinion on 7 December 2006.

At its 432nd plenary session, held on 17 January 2007, the European Economic and Social Committee
adopted the following opinion by 156 votes to none and with four abstentions.

The Commission has presented a proposal for the codifi-
1.
cation of the directive in question in order to comply with the
decision taken by the Council on 1 April 1987 on the clear
formulation of Community legislation (1).

2. Most of the proposal's 26 articles are the result of the
adaptation of the original 1976 text to the many modifications
introduced by subsequent
legislation. This will have been a
lengthy and painstaking task, carried out with the appropriate
resources.

For the EESC to check the exact correspondence of the
3.
Commission's work would mean repeating the complex work
already done without the necessary resources and with a very
short deadline: clearly an impossible task.
In any event, the
Commission is well known for its professional expertise and
this offers assurance that on this occasion as in previous cases
of codification, the result will be faultless.

In view of the above, the EESC approves the text of the

4.
proposal.

Brussels, 17 January 2007.

The President

of the European Economic and Social Committee

Dimitris DIMITRIADIS

(1) COM(87) 868 PV.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 39/2007 of 17 January 2007 correcting the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish versions of Regulation (EEC) No 821/68 on the definition, applicable to the granting of export refunds, of hulled grains and pearled grains of cereals
Date: 2007-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agro-industry, cereals, export refund, quality standard

18.1.2007

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 39/2007

of 17 January 2007

correcting the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian,
Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish
versions of Regulation (EEC) No 821/68 on the definition, applicable to the granting of export
refunds, of hulled grains and pearled grains of cereals

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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 the first paragraph of
Article 18 thereof,

Article 1

Point A.1 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 821/68 is
replaced by the following text:

Whereas:

‘1. Shelled grains:

(1)

Portuguese,

The Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish,
Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian,
French, Greek, Hungarian,
Maltese,
Slovak,
Polish,
Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish versions of point A.1
of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 821/68 of the
Commission (2) differ from the text of the other official
languages of the Community. To ensure the proper appli-
cation of that provision, the necessary corrections must
be made to those language versions.

Romanian,

are cereal grains which have a large part of the pericarp
removed or bracted cereal grains (see Explanatory Notes to
tariff heading No 10.03: grains) with the bracts removed
which cling to the pericarp (as for example with bearded
barley) or which enclose the pericarp so firmly that the
bracts cannot be detached by threshing etc. (as with oats).’

Article 2

(2)

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

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 17 January 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as last amended by
L 187,

(EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ

Commission Regulation
19.7.2005, p. 11).

(2) OJ L 149, 29.6.1968, p. 46. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EEC) No 1634/71 (OJ L 170, 29.7.1971, p. 13).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4444 — GE/Banque Artesia Nederland) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commercial bank, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, secondary sector, service, technology

17.1.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 11/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4373 — OTTO/Cdiscount/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 11/04)

On 7 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 32006M4373. EUR-Lex is the on-

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4444 — GE/Banque Artesia Nederland)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 11/05)

On 7 December 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 32006M4444. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 36/2007 of 17 January 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

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(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory)

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 36/2007

of 17 January 2007

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:

in
standard values for imports from third countries,
respect of the products and periods stipulated in the
Annex thereto.

(2)

the standard
In compliance with the above criteria,
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 18 January 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 January 2007.

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 17 January 2007 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)

IL
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

JO
MA
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

EG
IL
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

CN
IL
MA
TR
ZZ

AR
TR
ZZ

CA
CN
US
ZZ

CN
US
ZA
ZZ

55,3
73,2
120,5
151,6
100,2

166,3
87,1
153,8
135,7

77,7
135,7
106,7

54,3
48,9
57,5
68,9
59,4
57,8

78,1
78,2
78,2

82,9
61,6
60,0
67,4
68,0

67,1
55,4
61,3

92,3
74,5
114,0
93,6

64,3
101,2
80,8
82,1

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19). Code ‘ZZ’ stands for ‘of

other origin’.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1551/2006 of 17 October 2006 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain frozen strawberries originating in the People's Republic of China ( OJ L 287, 18.10.2006 )
Date: 2007-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, anti-dumping duty, frozen product, import, originating product, soft fruit

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CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1551/2006 of 17 October 2006 imposing a provisional anti-
dumping duty on imports of certain frozen strawberries originating in the People's Republic of China

(Official Journal of the European Union L 287 of 18 October 2006)

On page 8, in recital 29:

for:

read:

‘… exporting producer concerned whether its total domestic sales … represented at least 5 % of its total volume of
export sales’,
‘… exporting producers concerned whether their total domestic sales … represented at least 5 % of the total
volume of their export sales’.

for:

On page 11, in recital 50:
‘… frontier price.’,
‘frontier price, duty unpaid.’

read:

On page 11, in recital 53:

for:

read:

‘… together with other Community producers …’,
‘… together with the other Community producer …’.

On page 13, in recital 63:

for:

read:

‘… net of discounts and adjusted …’
‘… net of discounts and rebates and adjusted …’