ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 303

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 49
13 December 2006

Notice No

Contents

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I   Information

Commission

2006/C 303/1

Euro exchange rates

1

2006/C 303/2

Final report of the Hearing Officer in case COMP/37.956 — Reinforcing bars (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 )

2

2006/C 303/3

Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions given at its 373rd meeting on 11 May 2004 concerning a preliminary draft decision in Case COMP/C-3/37.980 — Souris bleue/Topps

4

2006/C 303/4

Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions given at its 374th meeting on 24 May 2004 concerning a preliminary draft decision in Case COMP/C-3/37.980 — Souris bleue/Topps

5

2006/C 303/5

Final Report of the Hearing Officer in Case COMP/C-3/37.980 — Souris/Topps (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 )

6

2006/C 303/6

Opinion of the Advisory Committee on concentrations given at its 129th meeting on 19 October 2004 concerning a draft decision relating to Case COMP/M.3436 — Continental/Phoenix ( 1 )

7

2006/C 303/7

Final report of the Hearing Officer in Case COMP/M.3436 — Continental/Phoenix (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 )  ( 1 )

8

2006/C 303/8

Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions given at its 386th meeting on 6 December 2004 concerning a preliminary draft decision relating to Case COMP/C.37.773 — MCAA

9

2006/C 303/9

Final report of the Hearing Officer in Case COMP/C.37.773 — Monochloroacetic Acid (MCAA) (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 )

10

2006/C 303/10

Opinion of the Advisory Committee on concentrations given at its 133rd meeting on 29 June 2005 concerning a draft decision relating to Case COMP/M.3653 — SIEMENS/VA Tech

11

2006/C 303/11

Final report of the Hearing Officer in Case COMP/M.3653 — SIEMENS/VA Tech (pursuant to Articles 15 and 16 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 )

14

2006/C 303/12

Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions given at its 396th meeting on 10 October 2005 concerning a preliminary draft decision relating to Case COMP/38.281/B.2 — Raw Tobacco Italy

16

2006/C 303/13

Opinion of the 397th advisory committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions at its meeting on 17 October 2005 concerning a preliminary draft decision relating to Case COMP/38.281/B.2 — Raw Tobacco Italy

17

2006/C 303/14

Final Report of the Hearing Officer in Case COMP/38.281/B.2 — Raw Tobacco Italy (pursuant to Articles 15 & 16 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 )

18

2006/C 303/15

Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions given at its 400th meeting on 12 December 2005 concerning a draft decision in Case COMP/C.38.443 Rubber Chemicals ( 1 )

20

2006/C 303/16

Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions given at its 401st meeting on 19 December 2005 concerning a draft decision in Case COMP/C.38.443 Rubber Chemicals ( 1 )

21

2006/C 303/17

Final report of the Hearing Officer in Case COMP/C.38.443 — Rubber Chemicals (pursuant to Articles 15 and 16 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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2006/C 303/18

Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions at its meeting on given at its 407th meeting on 18 April 2006 concerning a draft decision relating to Case COMP/C.38.620 Hydrogen Peroxide and Perborate

25

2006/C 303/19

Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions at its meeting on given at its 408th meeting on 28 April 2006 concerning a draft decision relating to Case COMP/C.38.620 Hydrogen Peroxide and Perborate

26

2006/C 303/20

Final report of the Hearing Officer in Case COMP/C.38.620 — Hydrogen Peroxide and Perborate (pursuant to Articles 15 and 16 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 )

27

2006/C 303/21

Information procedure — Technical rules ( 1 )

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2006/C 303/22

Information procedure — Technical rules ( 1 )

36

2006/C 303/23

Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the Council Directive 96/48/EC of 23 July 1996 on the interoperability of the trans-European high-speed rail system ( 1 )

42

2006/C 303/24

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (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 )

47

2006/C 303/25

State aid — France — State aid C 58/2002 (ex N 118/2002) — Aid for restructuring Société Nationale Maritime Corse-Méditerranée (SNCM) — Invitation to submit comments pursuant to Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty ( 1 )

53

2006/C 303/26

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections ( 1 )

77

2006/C 303/27

Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the European Parliament and Council Directive 95/16/EC of 29 June 1995 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts ( 1 )

81

2006/C 303/28

List of code combinations that can be used for box 36 of the Single Administrative Document

83

2006/C 303/29

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4519 — Lagardère/Sportfive) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 )

86

2006/C 303/30

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4402 — UCB/Schwarz Pharma) ( 1 )

87

2006/C 303/31

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4436 — Cinven/Gondola) ( 1 )

87

2006/C 303/32

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4452 — SWISS RE/GE LIFE) ( 1 )

88

2006/C 303/33

COM documents other than legislative proposals adopted by the Commission

89

II   Preparatory Acts

Commission

2006/C 303/34

Legislative proposals adopted by the Commission

92

III   Notices

Commission

2006/C 303/35

Latest publication of COM documents other than legislative proposals and legislative proposals adopted by the Commission
OJ C 225 of 19.9.2006

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(1)   Text with EEA relevance

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