ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 109

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 49
9 May 2006

Notice No

Contents

page

I   Information

Commission

2006/C 109/1

Euro exchange rates

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2006/C 109/2

State aid — France, Ireland and Italy — State aid No C 78/2001 (ex NN 22/2001) — Ireland — Exemption from excise duty on mineral oils used as fuel for alumina production in the Shannon region — State aid No C 79/2001 (ex NN 23/2001) — France — Exemption from excise duty on mineral oils used as fuel for alumina production in the Gardanne region — State aid No C 80/2001 (ex NN 26/2001) — Italy — Exemption from excise duty on mineral oils used as fuel for alumina production in Sardinia — Invitation to submit comments pursuant to Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty (1)

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2006/C 109/3

Information procedure — Technical rules (1)

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2006/C 109/4

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4173 — Nippon Sheet Glas/Pilkington) (1)

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European Central Bank

2006/C 109/5

Opinion of the European Central Bank of 26 April 2006 on a proposal for a directive on payment services in the internal market (ECB/2006/21)

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(1)   Text with EEA relevance

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