2.2.2005

Official Journal of the European Union

C 26/1

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

2,06 % on 1 February 2005

Euro exchange rates (2)

1 February 2005

(2005/C 26/01)

1 euro=

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,3027
JPY	Japanese yen	135,16
DKK	Danish krone	7,4404
GBP	Pound sterling	0,69255
SEK	Swedish krona	9,0945
CHF	Swiss franc	1,5516
ISK	Iceland króna	80,47
NOK	Norwegian krone	8,2945
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9558
CYP	Cyprus pound	0,5832
CZK	Czech koruna	30,028
EEK	Estonian kroon	15,6466
HUF	Hungarian forint	245,25
LTL	Lithuanian litas	3,4528
LVL	Latvian lats	0,6961
MTL	Maltese lira	0,4313
PLN	Polish zloty	4,0501
ROL	Romanian leu	37 512
SIT	Slovenian tolar	239,75
SKK	Slovak koruna	38,14
TRY	Turkish lira	1,7342
AUD	Australian dollar	1,6896
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,6153
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	10,161
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,8347
SGD	Singapore dollar	2,1366
KRW	South Korean won	1 339,05
ZAR	South African rand	7,8629

(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.

2.2.2005

Official Journal of the European Union

C 26/2

Notice of the expiry of certain countervailing measures

(2005/C 26/02)

Further to the publication of a notice of impending expiry (1), following which no request for a review was received, the Commission gives notice that the countervailing measures mentioned below will shortly expire.

This notice is published in accordance with Article 18(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 (2) of 6 October 1997 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Community.

Product

Country(ies) of origin or exportation

Measures

Reference

Date of expiry

Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel (hot-rolled coils)

India

Taiwan

Countervailing duty

Commission Decision No 284/2000/ECSC (OJ L 31, 5.2.2000, p. 44) (corrected by Commission Decision No 2071/2000/ECSC - OJ L 246, 30.9.2000, p. 32) as last amended by Commission Decision No 1043/2002/ECSC (OJ L 157, 15.6.2002, p. 45)

5.2.2005

India

Undertaking

(1) OJ C 254, 14.10.2004, p. 4

(2) OJ L 288, 21.10.1997, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 461/2004 (OJ L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 12)

2.2.2005

Official Journal of the European Union

C 26/3

COMMISSION OPINION

of 12 August 2004

concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from the decommissioning of the Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station located in Cumbria in the United Kingdom, in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty

(2005/C 26/03)

(only the English text is authentic)

On 27 January 2004, the European Commission received from the Government of the United Kingdom, in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty, General Data relating to the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from the decommissioning of the Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station.

The Commission notes that some of the data submitted is based on a qualitative analysis but the Group of Experts has been able to draw conclusions on the basis of the available information. The Commission recommends that the UK authorities update the General Data once the detailed analysis has been completed so as to allow the Commission to consult the Group of Experts if necessary.

On the basis of the General Data and the additional information requested by the Commission on 13 April 2004 and provided by the UK authorities on 1 June 2004, and following consultation with the Group of Experts, the Commission has drawn up the following opinion:

a)	The distance between the plant and the nearest point of another Member State, in this case Ireland, is approximately 180 km.

b)	During normal decommissioning operation, discharges of liquid and gaseous effluents will not cause an exposure of the population in other Member States that is significant from the point of view of health.

Solid radioactive waste arising from the treatment of waste will be stored in a facility off-site. Non-radioactive solid waste and materials in compliance with clearance levels will be released from regulatory control for disposal as conventional waste or for recycling or reuse. This will be done in compliance with the criteria laid down in the Basic Safety Standards (Directive 96/29/Euratom).

In the event of unplanned discharge of radioactive waste, which may follow an accident of the type and magnitude considered in the General Data, the doses likely to be received by the population in other Member States would not be significant from the point of view of health. It is noted that while the UK has entered bilateral agreements with a number of States with respect to emergency planning, such an agreement has not yet been concluded with the nearest neighbour Member State under consideration in the current submission namely Ireland. This was also noted by the Commission in a previous submission made by the UK authorities under Article 37 in relation to the THORP facility. It is further noted that such an agreement is currently being pursued and it is recommended that efforts in this direction be continued and brought to a successful and timely conclusion.

In conclusion, the Commission is of the opinion that the implementation of the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste in whatever form arising from the decommissioning of the Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station in the United Kingdom, both in normal operation and in the event of an accident of the type and magnitude considered in the General Data, is not liable to result in radioactive contamination, significant from the point of view of health, of the water, soil or airspace of another Member State.

2.2.2005

Official Journal of the European Union

C 26/4

Information procedure — Technical rules

(2005/C 26/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services. (OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37; OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18).

Notifications of draft national technical rules received by the Commission

Reference (1)	Title	End of three-month standstill period (2)
2004/0555/LV	Cabinet of Ministers' amendments of 27 April 2004 to Regulation No 432 entitled ‘Procedure for the circulation of biofuel and the administration of the relevant excise duty’	29.3.2005
2004/0556/NL	Amendment I to the Regulation on wart disease 2003 issued by the Commodity Board for Arable Products (HPA)	29.3.2005
2004/0557/A	Order of the Federal Minister for Labour and Economic Affairs amending the Electrical Engineering Order 2002 [Austrian designation: ETV 2002/A1]	29.3.2005
2005/0001/HU	Ruling made by the Minister of Economy and Transport regarding the issue of Volume No 2. of the National Rail Regulation to amend Regulation No 18/1998. (VII. 3.) of the KHVM on Underground Trains Regulations	4.4.2005
2005/0002/I	Revised monograph of raw materials for pharmaceutical use to be published in the Supplement to the XI edition of the Official Pharmacopoeia of the Italian Republic	5.4.2005
2005/0003/DK	Order on organic foodstuffs etc.	11.4.2005
2005/0004/SK	Decree of the Slovak Republic Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing dated 8 December 2004, amending Decree of the Slovak Republic Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing No 210/2000 Coll. on measuring instruments and metrological checks as amended	11.4.2005
2005/0005/A	Lower Austrian Genetic Engineering Precautionary Measures Act [German designation: NÖ GVG]	12.4.2005
2005/0006/NL	Draft decision granting licences for the use of frequency space for PAMR	12.4.2005
2005/0007/HU	Draft amendment to Regulation 35/1996. (XII. 29.) relating to the issue of the National Fire Protection Regulations by the Home Office	14.4.2005
2005/0008/NL	Decree amending the Commodities Act Decree on dairy products and the Commodities Act Decree on administrative penalties, with regard to coagulants used in cheese making (draft)	15.4.2005
2005/0009/S	Administrative provisions of the Swedish National Road Administration amending the administrative provisions (VVFS 2003:22) on cars and trailers drawn by cars	15.4.2005
2005/0010/I	Regulation implementing Articles 31 and 33 of Legislative Decree No 22 of 5 February 1997, on the identification of ship-generated hazardous waste, which can be admitted to simplified procedures	15.4.2005

The Commission draws attention to the judgement delivered on 30 April 1996 in the ‘CIA Security’ case (C-194/94 — ECR I, p. 2201), in which the Court of Justice ruled that Articles 8 and 9 of Directive 98/34/EC (formerly 83/189/EEC) are to be interpreted as meaning that individuals may rely on them before national courts which must decline to apply a national technical regulation which has not been notified in accordance with the Directive.

This judgement confirms the Commission's communication of 1 October 1986 (OJ C 245, 1.10.1986, p. 4).

Accordingly, breach of the obligation to notify renders the technical regulations concerned inapplicable, and consequently unenforceable against individuals.

For more information on the notification procedure, please write to:

European Commission

DG Enterprise and Industry, Unit C3

B–1049 Brussels

e-mail: Dir83-189-Central@cec.eu.int

Also consult the website: http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/tris/

If you require any further information on these notifications, please contact the national departments listed below:

LIST OF NATIONAL DEPARTMENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF DIRECTIVE 98/34/EC

BELGIUM

BELNotif

Qualité et Sécurité

SPF Economie, PME, Classes moyennes et Energie

NG III – 4ème étage

boulevard du Roi Albert II / 16

B-1000 Bruxelles

Ms Pascaline Descamps

Tel.: (32) 2 206 46 89

Fax: (32) 2 206 57 46

E-mail: pascaline.descamps@mineco.fgov.be

paolo.caruso@mineco.fgov.be

General e-mail: belnotif@mineco.fgov.be

Website: http://www.mineco.fgov.be

CZECH REPUBLIC

Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing

Gorazdova 24

P.O. BOX 49

CZ-128 01 Praha 2

Ms Helena Fofonková

Tel.: (420) 224 907 125

Fax: (420) 224 907 122

E-mail: fofonkova@unmz.cz

General e-mail: eu9834@unmz.cz

Website: http://www.unmz.cz

DENMARK

Erhvervs- og Boligstyrelsen

Dahlerups Pakhus

Langelinie Allé 17

DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø (or DK-2100 Copenhagen OE)

Tel.: (45) 35 46 66 89 (direct)

Fax: (45) 35 46 62 03

E-mail: Ms Birgitte Spühler Hansen - bsh@ebst.dk

Mutual mailbox for notification messages - noti@ebst.dk

Website: http://www.ebst.dk/Notifikationer

GERMANY

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit

Referat XA2

Scharnhorststr. 34 - 37

D-10115 Berlin

Ms Christina Jäckel

Tel.: (49) 30 2014 6353

Fax: (49) 30 2014 5379

E-mail: infonorm@bmwa.bund.de

Website: http://www.bmwa.bund.de

ESTONIA

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications

Harju str. 11

EE-15072 Tallinn

Mr Margus Alver

Tel.: (372) 6 256 405

Fax: (372) 6 313 660

E-mail: margus.alver@mkm.ee

General e-mail: el.teavitamine@mkm.ee

GREECE

Ministry of Development

General Secretariat of Industry

Mesogeion 119

GR-101 92 ATHENS

Tel.: (30) 210 696 98 63

Fax: (30) 210 696 91 06

ELOT

Acharnon 313

GR-111 45 ATHENS

Tel.: (30) 210 212 03 01

Fax: (30) 210 228 62 19

E-mail: 83189in@elot.gr

Website: http://www.elot.gr

SPAIN

Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores

Secretaría de Estado de Asuntos Europeos

Direccion General de Coordinacion del Mercado Interior y otras Políticas Comunitarias

Subdireccion General de Asuntos Industriales, Energéticos, de Transportes y Comunicaciones y de Medio Ambiente

C/Padilla, 46, Planta 2a, Despacho: 6218

E-28006 MADRID

Mr Angel Silván Torregrosa

Tel.: (34) 91 379 83 32

Ms Esther Pérez Peláez

Technical Advisor

E-mail: esther.perez@ue.mae.es

Tel.: (34) 91 379 84 64

Fax: (34) 91 379 84 01

E-mail: d83-189@ue.mae.es

FRANCE

Délégation interministérielle aux normes

Direction générale de l'Industrie, des Technologies de l'information et des Postes (DiGITIP)

Service des politiques d'innovation et de compétitivité (SPIC)

Sous-direction de la normalisation, de la qualité et de la propriété industrielle (SQUALPI)

DiGITIP 5

12, rue Villiot

F-75572 Paris Cedex 12

Ms Suzanne Piau

Tel.: (33) 1 53 44 97 04

Fax: (33) 1 53 44 98 88

E-mail: suzanne.piau@industrie.gouv.fr

Ms Françoise Ouvrard

Tel.: (33) 1 53 44 97 05

Fax: (33) 1 53 44 98 88

E-mail: francoise.ouvrard@industrie.gouv.fr

IRELAND

NSAI

Glasnevin

Dublin 9

Ireland

Mr Tony Losty

Tel.: (353) 1 807 38 80

Fax: (353) 1 807 38 38

E-mail: tony.losty@nsai.ie

Website: http://www.nsai.ie

ITALY

Ministero delle attività produttive

Dipartimento per le imprese

Direzione Generale per lo sviluppo produttivo e la competitività

Ufficio F1 - Ispettorato tecnico dell'industria

Via Molise 2

I-00187 Roma

Mr Vincenzo Correggia

Tel.: (39) 06 47 05 22 05

Fax: (39) 06 47 88 78 05

E-mail: vincenzo.correggia@minindustria.it

Mr Enrico Castiglioni

Tel.: (39) 06 47 05 26 69

Fax: (39) 06 47 88 77 48

E-mail: enrico.castiglioni@minindustria.it

E-mail: ispettoratotecnico@minindustria.flexmail.it

Website: http://www.minindustria.it

CYPRUS

Cyprus Organization for the Promotion of Quality

Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism

13, A. Araouzou street

CY-1421 Nicosia

Tel.: (357) 22 409 313 or (357) 22 375 053

Fax: (357) 22 754 103

Mr Antonis Ioannou

Tel.: (357) 22 409 409

Fax: (357) 22 754 103

E-mail: aioannou@cys.mcit.gov.cy

Ms Thea Andreou

Tel.: (357) 22 409 404

Fax: (357) 22 754 103

E-mail: tandreou@cys.mcit.gov.cy

General e-mail: dir9834@cys.mcit.gov.cy

Website: http://www.cys.mcit.gov.cy

LATVIA

Division of the Commercial Normative, SOLVIT and Notification

Internal Market Department of the

Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia

55, Brvibas str.

Riga

LV-1519

Ms Agra Ločmele

Senior Officer of the Division of the Commercial Normative, SOLVIT and Notification

E-mail: agra.locmele@em.gov.lv

Tel.: (371) 7031236

Fax: (371) 7280882

E-mail: notification@em.gov.lv

LITHUANIA

Lithuanian Standards Board

T. Kosciuskos g. 30

LT-01100 Vilnius

Ms Daiva Lesickiene

Tel.: (370) 5 2709347

Fax: (370) 5 2709367

E-mail: dir9834@lsd.lt

Website: http://www.lsd.lt

LUXEMBURG

SEE - Service de l'Energie de l'Etat

34, avenue de la Porte-Neuve

B.P. 10

L-2010 Luxembourg

Mr J.P. Hoffmann

Tel.: (352) 46 97 46 1

Fax: (352) 22 25 24

E-mail: see.direction@eg.etat.lu

Website: http://www.see.lu

HUNGARY

Hungarian Notification Centre –

Ministry of Economy and Transport

Budapest

Honvéd u. 13-15.

H-1055

Mr Zsolt Fazekas

E-mail: fazekaszs@gkm.hu

Tel.: (36) 1 374 2873

Fax: (36) 1 473 1622

E-mail: notification@gkm.hu

Website: http://www.gkm.hu/dokk/main/gkm

MALTA

Malta Standards Authority

Level 2

Evans Building

Merchants Street

VLT 03

MT-Valletta

Tel.: (356) 2124 2420

Fax: (356) 2124 2406

Ms Lorna Cachia

E-mail: lorna.cachia@msa.org.mt

General e-mail: notification@msa.org.mt

Website: http://www.msa.org.mt

NETHERLANDS

Ministerie van Financiën

Belastingsdienst/Douane Noord

Team bijzondere klantbehandeling

Centrale Dienst voor In-en uitvoer

Engelse Kamp 2

Postbus 30003

9700 RD Groningen

Nederland

Mr Ebel van der Heide

Tel.: (31) 50 5 23 21 34

Ms Hennie Boekema

Tel.: (31) 50 5 23 21 35

Ms Tineke Elzer

Tel.: (31) 50 5 23 21 33

Fax: (31) 50 5 23 21 59

General e-mail: Enquiry.Point@tiscali-business.nl

Enquiry.Point2@tiscali-business.nl

AUSTRIA

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit

Abteilung C2/1

Stubenring 1

A-1010 Wien

Ms Brigitte Wikgolm

Tel.: (43) 1 711 00 58 96

Fax: (43) 1 715 96 51 or (43) 1 712 06 80

E-mail: not9834@bmwa.gv.at

Website: http://www.bmwa.gv.at

POLAND

Ministry of Economy and Labour

Department for European and Multilateral Relations

Plac Trzech Krzyży 3/5

PL-00-507 Warszawa

Ms Barbara Nieciak

Tel.: (48) 22 693 54 07

Fax: (48) 22 693 40 28

E-mail: barnie@mg.gov.pl

Ms Agata Gągor

Tel.: (48) 22 693 56 90

General e-mail: notyfikacja@mg.gov.pl

PORTUGAL

Instituto Portugês da Qualidade

Rua Antonio Gião, 2

P-2829-513 Caparica

Ms Cândida Pires

Tel.: (351) 21 294 82 36 or 81 00

Fax: (351) 21 294 82 23

E-mail: c.pires@mail.ipq.pt

General e-mail: not9834@mail.ipq.pt

Website: http://www.ipq.pt

SLOVENIA

SIST – Slovenian Institute for Standardization

Contact point for 98/34/EC and WTO-TBT Enquiry Point

Šmartinska 140

SLO-1000 Ljubljana

Tel.: (386) 1 478 3041

Fax: (386) 1 478 3098

E-mail: contact@sist.si

Ms Vesna Stražišar

SLOVAKIA

Ms Kvetoslava Steinlova

Director of the Department of European Integration,

Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing of the Slovak Republic

Stefanovicova 3

SK-814 39 Bratislava

Tel.: (421) 2 5249 3521

Fax: (421) 2 5249 1050

E-mail: steinlova@normoff.gov.sk

FINLAND

Kauppa-ja teollisuusministeriö

(Ministry of Trade and Industry)

Visitor address:

Aleksanterinkatu 4

FIN-00171 Helsinki

and

Katakatu 3

FIN-00120 Helsinki

Postal address:

PO Box 32

FIN-00023 Government

Mr Henri Backman

Tel.: (358) 9 1606 36 27

Fax: (358) 9 1606 46 22

E-mail: henri.backman@ktm.fi

Ms Katri Amper

General e-mail: maaraykset.tekniset@ktm.fi

Website: http://www.ktm.fi

SWEDEN

Kommerskollegium

(National Board of Trade)

Box 6803

Drottninggatan 89

S – 113 86 Stockholm

Ms Kerstin Carlsson

Tel.: (46) 86 90 48 82 or (46) 86 90 48 00

Fax: (46) 86 90 48 40 or (46) 83 06 759

E-mail: kerstin.carlsson@kommers.se

General e-mail: 9834@kommers.se

Website: http://www.kommers.se

UNITED KINGDOM

Department of Trade and Industry

Standards and Technical Regulations Directorate 2

151 Buckingham Palace Road

London SW1 W 9SS

United Kingdom

Mr Philip Plumb

Tel.: (44) 2072151488

Fax: (44) 2072151529

E-mail: philip.plumb@dti.gsi.gov.uk

General e-mail: 9834@dti.gsi.gov.uk

Website: http://www.dti.gov.uk/strd

EFTA - ESA

EFTA Surveillance Authority

Rue Belliard 35

B-1040 Bruxelles

Ms Adinda Batsleer

Tel.: (32) 2 286 18 61

Fax: (32) 2 286 18 00

E-mail: aba@eftasurv.int

Ms Tuija Ristiluoma

Tel.: (32) 2 286 18 71

Fax: (32) 2 286 18 00

E-mail: tri@eftasurv.int

General e-mail: DRAFTTECHREGESA@eftasurv.int

Website: http://www.eftasurv.int

EFTA

Goods Unit

EFTA Secretariat

Rue de Trêves 74

B-1040 Bruxelles

Ms Kathleen Byrne

Tel.: (32) 2 286 17 34

Fax: (32) 2 286 17 42

E-mail: kathleen.byrne@efta.int

General e-mail: DRAFTTECHREGEFTA@efta.int

Website: http://www.efta.int

TURKEY

Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade

General Directorate of Standardisation for Foreign Trade

Inönü Bulvari no 36

06510

Emek - Ankara

Mr Saadettin Doğan

Tel.: (90) 312 212 58 99

(90) 312 204 81 02

Fax: (90) 312 212 87 68

E-mail: dtsabbil@dtm.gov.tr

Website: http://www.dtm.gov.tr

(1) Year — registration number — Member State of origin.

(2) Period during which the draft may not be adopted.

(3) No standstill period since the Commission accepts the grounds of urgent adoption invoked by the notifying Member State.

(4) No standstill period since the measure concerns technical specifications or other requirements or rules on services linked to fiscal or financial measures, pursuant to the third indent of the second paragraph of Article 1(11) of Directive 98/34/EC.

(5) Information procedure closed.

2.2.2005

Official Journal of the European Union

C 26/10

ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR MIGRANT WORKERS

Rates for conversion of currencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72

(2005/C 26/05)

Article 107(1), (2), (3) and (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72

Reference period: January 2005

Application period: April, May and June 2005

	EUR	CZK	DKK	EEK	CYP	LVL	LTL	HUF	MTL	PLN	SIT	SKK	SEK	GBP	NOK	ISK	CHF
1 EUR =	—	30,3042	7,44049	15,6466	0,581705	0,696333	3,45280	246,483	0,432233	4,07941	239,772	38,5732	9,04759	0,698667	8,21250	82,1195	1,54688
1 CZK =	0,0329987	—	0,245527	0,516318	0,0191955	0,0229781	0,113938	8,13362	0,0142632	0,134616	7,91217	1,27287	0,298559	0,0230551	0,271002	2,70984	0,0510450
1 DKK =	0,134400	4,07288	—	2,10290	0,0781810	0,0935871	0,464055	33,1273	0,0580921	0,548273	32,2253	5,18423	1,21599	0,0939007	1,10376	11,0368	0,207900
1 EEK =	0,0639116	1,93679	0,475534	—	0,0371777	0,0445038	0,220674	15,7531	0,0276247	0,260722	15,3242	2,46528	0,578246	0,0446529	0,524874	5,24839	0,0988634
1 CYP =	1,71909	52,0955	12,7908	26,8978	—	1,19706	5,93565	423,725	0,743046	7,01286	412,188	66,3106	15,5536	1,20107	14,1180	141,170	2,65921
1 LVL =	1,43609	43,5197	10,6852	22,4700	0,835383	—	4,95854	353,973	0,620728	5,85842	344,335	55,3947	12,9932	1,00335	11,7939	117,931	2,22146
1 LTL =	0,289620	8,77671	2,15492	4,53157	0,168474	0,201672	—	71,3865	0,125184	1,18148	69,4428	11,1716	2,62037	0,202348	2,37851	23,7835	0,448007
1 HUF =	0,00405708	0,122946	0,0301866	0,0634795	0,00236002	0,00282508	0,0140083	—	0,00175360	0,0165505	0,972773	0,156494	0,0367068	0,00283454	0,0333187	0,333165	0,00627580
1 MTL =	2,31357	70,1107	17,2140	36,1994	1,34581	1,61101	7,98827	570,254	—	9,43799	554,728	89,2416	20,9322	1,61641	19,0002	189,989	3,57880
1 PLN =	0,245133	7,42856	1,82391	3,83550	0,142595	0,170694	0,846395	60,4211	0,105955	—	58,7761	9,45557	2,21787	0,171266	2,01316	20,1302	0,379191
1 SIT =	0,00417063	0,126388	0,0310315	0,0652562	0,00242608	0,00290415	0,0144003	1,02799	0,00180269	0,0170137	—	0,160875	0,0377342	0,00291388	0,0342513	0,342490	0,00645145
1 SKK =	0,0259247	0,785628	0,192893	0,405634	0,0150805	0,0180523	0,0895128	6,39000	0,0112055	0,105758	6,21602	—	0,234556	0,0181128	0,212907	2,12893	0,0401024
1 SEK =	0,110527	3,34942	0,822372	1,72937	0,0642939	0,0769634	0,381626	27,2429	0,0477733	0,450884	26,5012	4,26337	—	0,0772213	0,907700	9,07640	0,170971
1 GBP =	1,43130	43,3743	10,6496	22,3949	0,832593	0,996660	4,94198	352,790	0,618655	5,83886	343,185	55,2097	12,9498	—	11,7545	117,537	2,21404
1 NOK =	0,121766	3,69001	0,905995	1,90522	0,0708316	0,0847894	0,420432	30,0131	0,0526312	0,496732	29,1960	4,69689	1,10169	0,0850736	—	9,99933	0,188356
1 ISK =	0,0121774	0,369025	0,0906056	0,190534	0,00708364	0,00847951	0,042046	3,00151	0,00526347	0,0496765	2,91979	0,469720	0,110176	0,00850792	0,100007	—	0,0188369
1 CHF =	0,646464	19,5906	4,81001	10,1150	0,376051	0,450155	2,23211	159,342	0,279423	2,63720	155,004	24,9362	5,84894	0,451663	5,30909	53,0873	—

Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 determines that the rate for the conversion into a currency of amounts denominated in another currency shall be the rate calculated by the Commission and based on the monthly average, during the reference period specified in paragraph 2, of reference rates of exchange of currencies published by the European Central Bank.

The reference period shall be:

—	the month of January for rates of conversion applicable from 1 April following,

—	the month of April for rates of conversion applicable from 1 July following,

—	the month of July for rates of conversion applicable from 1 October following,

—	the month of October for rates of conversion applicable from 1 January following.

The rates for the conversion of currencies shall be published in the second Official Journal of the European Union (‘C’ series) of the months of February, May, August and November.

		ISSN 1725-2423
Official Journal of the European Union		C 26

English edition	Information and Notices	Volume 48 2 February 2005

Notice No	Contents	page
	I Information
	Commission
2005/C 026/1	Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 2,06 % on 1 February 2005 — Euro exchange rates	1

2005/C 026/2	Notice of the expiry of certain countervailing measures	2

2005/C 026/3	Commission Opinion of 12 August 2004 concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from the decommissioning of the Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station located in Cumbria in the United Kingdom, in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty	3

2005/C 026/4	Information procedure — Technical rules ( 1 )	4

2005/C 026/5	Administrative Commission of the European Communities on social security for migrant workers — Rates for conversion of currencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72	10