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ISSN 1725-2423 Official Journal C258 of the European Union Volume 49 English edition Information and Notices 26 October 2006 Notice No Contents Page I Information Commission 2006/C 258/01 Euro exchange rates .......................................................................................................... 1 2006/C 258/02 Summary information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commis- sion Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products .................................................................................. 2 2006/C 258/03 Summary information communicated by the Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products ................................................................... 8 2006/C 258/04 Publication of an application pursuant to Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and food- stuffs ............................................................................................................................. 13 2006/C 258/05 Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regu- lation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises (1) ............................................................... 17 2006/C 258/06 Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regu- lation (EC) No 2204/2002 of 12 December 2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for employment (1) ................................................................................... 21 2006/C 258/07 Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the Council Directive 88/378/EEC of 3 May 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the safety of toys (1) ............................................................................................................... 23 2006/C 258/08 Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4314 — Johnson & Johnson/Pfizer Consumer Healthcare) (1) .................................................................................................................. 25 EN (1) Text with EEA relevance (Continued overleaf) 2 Notice No Contents (continued) Page 2006/C 258/09 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4405 — Walter Frey Holding/Mitsubishi Motors Europe) (1) ............................................................................................................ 26 2006/C 258/10 Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4294 — Arcelor/SNCFL/CFL Cargo) (1) ..... 26 EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA EFTA Court 2006/C 258/11 Action brought on 31 July 2006 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against the Kingdom of Norway (Case E-2/06) ................................................................................................................... 27 EFTA Surveillance Authority 2006/C 258/12 Invitation to submit comments pursuant to Article 1(2) in Part I of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement on a newly proposed scheme in Norway on the grant of financial support to unpaid labour in research and development activities, the ‘Unpaid R&D Labour Scheme’ ............................ 28 2006/C 258/13 Invitation to submit comments pursuant to Article 1(2) in Part I of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement on state aid granted by the Research Council of Norway in connection with the soft- ware programme Turborouter ............................................................................................. 42 EN (1) Text with EEA relevance 26.10.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 258/1 I (Information) COMMISSION Euro exchange rates (1) 25 October 2006 (2006/C 258/01) 1 euro = Currency Exchange rate Currency Exchange rate USD US dollar 1,2580 SIT Slovenian tolar 239,6 JPY Japanese yen 149,93 SKK Slovak koruna 36,576 DKK Danish krone 7,4551 TRY Turkish lira 1,8475 GBP Pound sterling 0,6702 AUD Australian dollar 1,6561 SEK Swedish krona 9,2125 CAD Canadian dollar 1,4191 CHF Swiss franc 1,5916 HKD Hong Kong dollar 9,7905 ISK Iceland króna 85,71 NZD New Zealand dollar 1,9038 NOK Norwegian krone 8,338 SGD Singapore dollar 1,9784 BGN Bulgarian lev 1,9558 KRW South Korean won 1 202,46 CYP Cyprus pound 0,5766 ZAR South African rand 9,6349 CZK Czech koruna 28,383 CNY Chinese yuan renminbi 9,9407 EEK Estonian kroon 15,6466 HRK Croatian kuna 7,385 HUF Hungarian forint 262,87 LTL Lithuanian litas 3,4528 IDR Indonesian rupiah 11 485,54 LVL Latvian lats 0,6961 MYR Malaysian ringgit 4,625 MTL Maltese lira 0,4293 PHP Philippine peso 62,837 PLN Polish zloty 3,8855 RUB Russian rouble 33,83 RON Romanian leu 3,5179 THB Thai baht 46,691 (1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB. C 258/2EN Official Journal of the European Union 26.10.2006 Summary information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the produc- tion, processing and marketing of agricultural products (2006/C 258/02) Aid No: XA 42/06 for the transmission of data via radio frequency, and other hardware equipment). For the purposes of this aid, general costs such as fees, studies and licences are only eligible for Member State: Spain up to 12 % of the investment cost of equipment and systems Region: Navarre Sector(s) concerned: Processing and marketing sector. The Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi- subsectors concerned may be any within the sectors mentioned, vidual aid: Aid for 2006 towards traceability in Navarre's agri- as long as the agricultural products involved are listed in food industry Annex I to the Treaty, with the exception of the manufacture and marketing of products which imitate or substitute for milk and milk products, and with the exception of processing and Legal basis: Orden foral del Consejero de agricultura, ganadería marketing activities in the sugar sector y alimentación, por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras que regirán la concesión de ayudas a la trazabilidad en la indus- tria agroalimentaria de Navarra y se aprueba la convocatoria de Name and address of the granting authority: ayudas para el año 2006 Gobierno de Navarra. Departamento de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación. Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall c/ Tudela 20 amount of individual aid granted to the company: E-31003 Pamplona EUR 1 800 000 for the 2006 financial year, charged to the relevant entry in the 2007 budget for expenditure Web address: www.navarra.es Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of the cost of technical support Other information: Pamplona, 24 May 2006 for developing and implementing traceability systems, with a maximum of EUR 6 000 per beneficiary. 35 % of the investment cost of computerising and automating systems to record and transmit data, with a maximum EUR 15 000 per beneficiary XA Number: XA 44/06 Date of implementation: August 2006 Member State: Netherlands Duration of aid scheme or individual aid award: Aid may Region: Fryslân province be granted until November 2006 inclusive Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi- Objective of aid: To encourage the introduction of traceability dual aid: Diever (family) systems in agri-food SMEs in Navarre Legal Basis: Algemene wet bestuursrecht, titel 4.2 A. Article 13. Aid to encourage the production and marketing of quality agricultural products. Cost of activities relating to technical support for developing and implementing trace- Algemene Subsidieverordening Provincie Friesland 1998 ability systems. Includes contracting an external consultancy to design programming, deliver staff training, install soft- Provinciewet artikel 145 ware and tailor to the recipient body's specific needs. Verordening met betrekking tot het verlenen van subsidies ten B. Article 7. Investment in processing and marketing. The behoeve van het plattelandsbeleid voor de jaren 2005-2008 investment cost of activities relating to the computerisation and automation of systems to record and transmit data. Includes the acquisition or development of specific IT Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of aid programs to introduce or improve traceability systems, and granted to the company: Maximum contribution will be the acquisition and installation of new equipment to EUR 45 000. The expectation is that 80 % of this amount, i.e. capture, check, monitor, record and transmit data automati- EUR 36 000 will be paid out in 2006. Settlement is expected cally (barcode printers, laser readers for barcodes, systems in 2007 or in 2008 at the latest 26.10.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 258/3 Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity is 40 % Objective of aid: This aid scheme comes under Article 14 of of eligible costs. The maximum amount of aid is a Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23