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Commission Regulation (EC) No 233/2007 of 2 March 2007 fixing the import duties applicable to certain husked rice from 3 March 2007
Date: 2007-03-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, import, rice

3.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 65/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 233/2007

of 2 March 2007

fixing the import duties applicable to certain husked rice from 3 March 2007

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29
September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (1), and in particular Article 1a,

Whereas:

1006 20, other than Basmati rice, must
amended.

therefore be

(2)

As the applicable duty must be fixed no later than ten
days from the end of the period referred to above, this
Regulation must enter into force immediately,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(1)

Based on the information provided by the competent
authorities, the Commission notes that import licences
falling within CN code 1006 20
for husked rice
excluding import
licences for Basmati rice have been
issued in respect of 352 809 tonnes for 1 September
2006 to 28 February 2007. The import duty for semi-
milled or wholly milled rice falling within CN code

The import duty for husked rice falling within CN code
1006 20 shall be EUR 65,00 per tonne.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation 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, 2 March 2007.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 797/2006 (OJ L 144, 31.5.2006, p. 1).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 231/2007 of 2 March 2007 fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 26th individual invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005
Date: 2007-03-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, concentrated product, farm price support, sales aid

3.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 65/7

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 231/2007

of 2 March 2007

fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 26th individual invitation to tender opened
under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005

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:

ensure the taking over of the concentrated butter by
the retail trade.

(3)

(4)

In the light of the tenders received, the maximum aid
should be fixed at the appropriate level and the end-use
security should be determined accordingly.

The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products
has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
its chairman,

(1)

In accordance with Article 47 of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1898/2005 of 9 November 2005 laying down
detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC)
No 1255/1999 as regards measures for the disposal of
cream, butter and concentrated butter on the Community
market (2),
the intervention agencies are opening a
standing invitation to tender for the granting of aid for
that Regulation
concentrated butter. Article 54 of
the tenders received in
provides that
response
a
maximum amount of aid is to be fixed for concentrated
butter with a minimum fat content of 96 %.

invitation to tender,

to each special

in the light of

(2)

An end-use security provided for in Article 53(4) of
Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 is to be lodged to

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 26th individual tender under the standing invitation to
tender opened in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
1898/2005 the maximum amount of the aid for concentrated
butter with a minimum fat content of 96 %, as referred to in
Article 47(1) of that Regulation, is fixed at 16,27 EUR/100 kg.

The end-use security provided for in Article 53(4) of Regulation
(EC) No 1898/2005 is fixed at 18 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 March 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 March 2007.

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 308, 25.11.2005, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2107/2005 (OJ L 337, 22.12.2005, p. 20).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 228/2007 of 2 March 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-03-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

3.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 65/1

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

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 228/2007

of 2 March 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 3 March 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 March 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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Official Journal of the European Union

3.3.2007

to Commission Regulation of 2 March 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

0709 90 80

0805 10 20

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
MK
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

IL
ZZ

CU
EG
IL
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

EG
IL
TR
ZZ

AR
CA
CL
CN
US
ZA
ZZ

AR
CL
US
ZA
ZZ

140,9
53,3
148,3
134,6
119,3

180,0
96,4
57,6
122,4
114,1

58,7
75,5
67,1

140,6
140,6

36,3
48,1
58,4
43,9
47,8
65,9
50,1

63,4
60,9
49,1
57,8

93,0
99,2
110,6
96,1
112,0
96,7
101,3

76,9
74,4
88,2
85,1
81,2

(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’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 232/2007 of 2 March 2007 fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 58th individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
Date: 2007-03-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, intervention price, minimum price, selling price

L 65/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.3.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 232/2007

of 2 March 2007

fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 58th individual invitation to tender issued under
the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999

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(c) thereof,

award, in accordance with Article 24a of Regulation (EC)
No 2771/1999.

In the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling
price should be fixed.

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

(3)

(4)

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Pursuant to Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 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
market
intervention agencies
have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender
certain quantities of butter held by them.

in butter and cream (2),

In the light of the tenders received in response to each
individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price
shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make no

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 58th individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regu-
lation (EC) No 2771/1999, in respect of which the time limit
for the submission of tenders expired on 27 February 2007,
the minimum selling
at
237,00 EUR/100 kg.

butter

price

fixed

for

is

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 March 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 March 2007.

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
Commission Regulation (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 1802/2005 (OJ L 290, 4.11.2005, p. 3).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4556 — Advent/OXO Group) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-03-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, primary product, restrictive-practice authorisation

2.3.2007

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 48/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4556 — Advent/OXO Group)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 48/01)

On 20 February 2007, 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 32007M4556. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 3,56 % on 1 March 2007 — Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-03-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, exchange rate, interest

C 48/2

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Official Journal of the European Union

2.3.2007

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

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

3,56 % on 1 March 2007

Euro exchange rates (2)

1 March 2007

(2007/C 48/02)

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

1,3225

RON

Romanian leu

155,42

7,4507

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,67365

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,3919

34,436

1,8928

1,6814

1,5497

10,3312

1,9036

2,0180

KRW South Korean won

1 245,46

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

9,7075

10,2408

7,3400

12 104,18

4,6380

64,009

34,5490

44,678

9,2777

1,6100

88,28

8,1090

1,9558

0,5794

28,225

15,6466

256,20

3,4528

0,7068

0,4293

3,9215

(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.