ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 52

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 48
2 March 2005

Notice No

Contents

page

I   Information

Commission

2005/C 052/1

Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 2,05 % on 1 March 2005 — Euro exchange rates

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2005/C 052/2

Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping and countervailing measures

2

2005/C 052/3

Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures

4

2005/C 052/4

Final Report of the Hearing Officer in case COMP/ M.3333 — SONY/BMG (pursuant to Article 15 of Commission Decision 2001/462/EC, ECSC of 23 May 2001 on the terms of reference of hearing officers in certain competition proceedings — OJ L 162, 19.6.2001, p. 21 ) ( 1 )

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2005/C 052/5

Opinion of the Advisory Committee on concentrations given at its 127th meeting on 9 July 2004 concerning a preliminary Draft Decision in case COMP/M.3333 — SONY/BMG ( 1 )

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2005/C 052/6

COM documents other than legislative proposals adopted by the Commission

8

2005/C 052/7

State aid — Greece — State aid No C 23/2004 (ex NN 153/2003) — Aid to undertakings in the Departments of Kastoria and Euboea (Ministerial Decree No 69836/B1461, as amended by Decrees Nos 2035824/5887, 2045909/7431/0025, 2071670/11297 and 72742/B1723) — Invitation to submit comments pursuant to Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty

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2005/C 052/8

Information procedure — Technical rules ( 1 )

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2005/C 052/9

State aid — Italy — State aid No C 21/2004 (ex N 590/B/2001) — Article 99(2)(a) (as regards the agricultural sector) and Article 124(1) and (2) of Regional Law No 32/2000: ‘Provisions relating to the implementation of the MAGP 2000-06 and the restructuring of the aid schemes for enterprises’ (Sicily) — Invitation to submit comments pursuant to Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty

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European Central Bank

2005/C 052/10

Opinion of the European Central Bank of 17 February 2005 at the request of the Council of the European Union on a proposal for directives of the European Parliament and of the Council recasting Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions and Council Directive 93/6/EEC of 15 March 1993 on the capital adequacy of investment firms and credit institutions (CON/2005/4)

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II   Preparatory Acts

Commission

2005/C 052/11

Legislative proposals adopted by the Commission

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(1)   Text with EEA relevance

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