22.6.2005

Official Journal of the European Union

C 151/4

Publication of an application for registration pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin

(2005/C 151/04)

This publication confers the right to object to the application pursuant to Articles 7 and 12d of the abovementioned Regulation. Any objection to this application must be submitted via the competent authority in a Member State, in a WTO member country or in a third country recognized in accordance with Article 12(3) within a time limit of six months from the date of this publication. The arguments for publication are set out below, in particular under 4.6, and are considered to justify the application within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92.

SUMMARY

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2081/92

‘MONTES DE GRANADA’

EC No: ES/00169/08.11.2000

PDO ( X ) PGI ( )

This summary has been drawn up for information purposes only. For full details, in particular the producers of the PDO concerned, please consult the complete version of the product specification obtainable at national level or from the European Commission (1).

1. Responsible department in the Member State:

Name:	Subdirección General de Sistemas de Calidad Diferenciada — Dirección General de Alimentación — Secretaria General de Agricultura y Alimentación del Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación de España
Address:	Infanta Isabel, 1, E-28071 Madrid
Tel:	(34-91) 347 53 94
Fax:	(34-91) 347 54 10

2. Group:

2.1

Name:

Asociación para la Calidad del Aceite de Oliva Virgen de los Montes de Granada

2.2

Address:

c/Doctor López Font, Bajo 7, 18004 Granada, Spain

Tel:

(958) 52 26 16

Fax:

(958) 53 52 45

2.3	Composition:

producers/processors (X) other ( )

3. Type of product:

Extra virgin olive oil. Group 1.5 — Oils and fats.

4. Specification:

(summary of requirements under Article 4(2))

4.1. Name: ‘Montes de Granada’

4.2. Description: Extra virgin olive oil obtained from healthy and ripe olives of the olive tree (Olea Europaea) belonging to the principal varieties (Picual, Lucio and Loaime) and secondary varieties (Escarabajuelo, Negrillo de Iznalloz, Hojiblanca and Gordal de Granada) grown in the defined area.

The oils obtained are the result of the joint pressing of principal and secondary varieties. They therefore consist of several varieties and are enriched by the characteristics peculiar to each of those varieties. Among the oil's organoleptic characteristics, the strong flavour of the dominant Picual variety stands out (its green colour, medium to intense bitter flavour and fruity aromas) but this is diluted by the Lucio and Loaime and secondary varieties, which introduce fresh aromas, reminiscent of fruits, and a sweet flavour and more golden tinges.

The extra virgin olive oils produced in the area have a fruity aroma and a flavour that is reminiscent of green or ripe recently pressed olives, slightly bitter and full-bodied, whose intensity varies with the degree of maturity of the pressed olive. The acidity level is low and in colour all the different shades of green are present, from a deep green to a greenish yellow.

The lipid composition is marked by a high content in oleic acid which is usually above 80 %, sometimes reaching 83 %. The monounsaturates/polyunsaturates ratio is high (12:20) which means the nutritional properties are excellent. The chemical stability of the oils is high, a quality largely attributable to the components causing the bitter flavour, making them, in contrast to other virgin olive oils, more resistant to oxidation.

4.3. Geographical area: It coincides with the natural region of the Montes de Granada, is situated in the Province of Granada and includes the following municipalities: Alamedilla, Alfacar, Alicún de Ortega, Benalúa de las Villas, Calicasas, Campotéjar, Cogollos Vega, Colomera, Darro, Dehesas de Guadix, Deifontes, Diezma, Fonelas, Gobernador, Guadahortuna, Güevéjar, Huélago, Iznalloz, the northern part of the Municipality of La Peza to the River Fardes, Montejícar, Montillana, Morelábor, Nívar, Pedro Martínez, Piñar, Torrecardela and Villanueva de las Torres, the eastern part of the Municipality of Moclin to the natural boundary formed by the River Velillos and the northern part of the Municipality of Albolote y Atarfe formed by the Rivers Cubillas and Colomera up to the point where they meet.

4.4. Proof of origin:

Registration with the Consejo Regulador (Regulating Board)

The olives come from the groves in the defined geographical area that are listed in the Regulating Board's olive grove register. The oil is obtained in the mills in the defined geographical area that are listed in the Regulating Board's oil mill register. Equally, the oils are packaged in the plants situated in the defined geographical area that are listed in the Board's packaging plant register.

Applications for registration are optional and may be made by any natural or legal person whose olive groves, oil mills or packaging plants are situated in the defined geographical area. The Regulating Board informs applicants of their rights and obligations and provides them with a detailed description of the requirements and technical specifications.

After examination of the application, an initial inspection of the applicant's olive grove, oil mill or packaging plant takes place to verify compliance with the specifications and the Regulation. The definitive registration in the relevant register is approved by the Regulating Board once the application, together with the initial inspection report and the remaining requisite documents, have been presented.

Certification

The olive groves, oil mills and packaging plants listed in the Regulating Board's registers are subjected to regular inspections for the purpose of monitoring and verifying compliance with the specifications and the Regulation.

The registered oil mills or packaging plants submit an application for the certification of a batch after which the Regulating Board takes samples from the batch, and the stores are sealed until the packaging or sale in bulk of the oil.

A batch is certified only when the administrative, technical and legal requirements set out in the specifications, the Regulation and the quality control manual are complied with. The Regulating Board decides whether or not to certify a batch on the basis of a file submitted showing the inspection dates and the results of analyses, and other documents in its archives.

When a batch has been certified, packaging, to be undertaken under the supervision of the Regulating Board, takes place exclusively in the packaging plants listed in the relevant register and situated in the defined geographical area. The packaging must bear a secondary label with the words ‘Denominación de Origen’ (designation of origin) together with the name ‘Montes de Granada’, the logo and a unique serial number.

4.5. Method of production: The procedure for producing the virgin olive oil, from the olives in the olive groves to the obtaining of the oil, involves the following stages:

Production of olives

Advantage is taken of the rainy season, stretching from autumn to winter, for planting. The seedlings are placed in 50 cm deep casillas (areas of soil worked with the hoe). The layout of a grove depends on its age, in older groves the spacing between trees is 12 m (square planting) and 8 m (triangular planting), the number of scions per tree being two, three or four. In more recent groves, the spacing is 5 m, with a single scion per tree.

The procedures undertaken each year involve:

Soil working: the removal of weeds, cracks and surface scaling to prevent moisture loss and compaction. There are also groves with plant cover where the soil is not worked but they are few in number.

Application of fertilisers and plant protection products: practices vary depending on the type of soil and the incidence of pests and/or diseases brought on by weather conditions.

Irrigation: there is by and large no practice of irrigation in 95 % of the olive groves in the region. After the recent years of drought (in particular 1995), the system of drip irrigation was introduced in some groves to regulate production; it is applied from March to September, depending on rainfall.

Pruning: unproductive branches and shoots are removed to control the growth of the olive tree.

Harvesting and transport: Once the olives have reached the correct degree of ripeness — early to mid-December — picking starts. To dislodge the fruit from the tree canopy without damaging it, the methods of traditional hand pole beating or mechanised vibration are used. The olives on the ground are collected and are transported and processed separately as they are not suitable for producing oil covered by the Designation of Origin. Transport to the oil mill takes place on the day of harvesting and is always undertaken with great care.

Production of virgin olive oil

During the entire production process the olives from the ground and those picked from the trees are processed separately:

Intake, cleaning, weighing and washing of the olives: these operations are carried out for the purpose of classifying the fruits and removing any remnants of leaves, stalks, dust or other particles.

Pressing and crushing: the purpose is to break up the olive so as to enable the oil to be extracted from its cellular structures.

Separating the solid matter from the liquid matter and separating the various liquid phases: the purpose is to separate the oil from the remaining components of the olive.

Storage of the oil in cellars: once the oil has been extracted it is stored under controlled conditions of light and temperature in cellars in stainless steel containers until it is packaged.

Packing: The oil must be packed at the point of production. This requirement is intended to protect the quality and the authenticity of the product and, consequently, the reputation of the Designation of Origin, for which the beneficiaries accept full and collective responsibility. The checks carried out in the production area under the responsibility of the beneficiaries of the Designation of Origin are detailed and systematic and are carried out by professionals with specialised knowledge of the product. It would be difficult effectively to carry out the checks required to guarantee the product outside the production area.

4.6. Link:

Background

Local archaeological remains and bibliographical references to the name, the region and the product testify to olive oil being produced in the area over a long period.

The first reference to ‘terrenos montuosos’ (mountainous terrain) and ‘cultivo del olive’ (olive growing) in the Montes de Granada region dates back to the 16th century. The document in question deals with land allocation and in it is stated ‘… to each neighbourhood a part of the olive grove is also allocated …’. (Peinado Santaella, 1989; La repoblación de la tierra de Granada: Los Montes, Universidad de Granada).

In the 17th century, as narrated by Henriquez de Jorquera in the Granada annals, various factors but essentially the decline in rural population numbers due to the expulsion of the Moors led to a decline in the cultivation of cereals and their replacement by vines and olives. Another bibliographical reference of that time, dating back to 1634, mentions the cultivation of ‘Olivas de Marca’, in reference to trees yielding a rich harvest of high-quality olives (Libro de Apeos de Cogollos Vega, Real Chancillería de Granada). Trees over 500 years old belonging to the Loaime variety, a name of Arab origin, can still be found today (Martínez Robles, 1833; Colmeiro, 1865; PATAC et al., 1954; Ministerio de Agricultura, 1976 b; Barranco y Rallo, 1984).

According to 18th century documents a request was submitted by the province of Granada to the Council of Castile for the clearing of a total of 5 749 hectares. Further, illegal land clearing increased this figure to 14 103 hectares. The cleared land was then devoted for the most part to olive growing, particularly in the Los Montes region, so that in 1799 Granada, with 120 600 quintals, was placed ninth in olive-oil production ratings (Liceras Ruiz, 1993).

An important historical document dating back to the middle of the 19th century (Diccionario Geográfico Estadístico e Histórico, Pascual Madoz, 1845, republished by Bosque Maurel, 1987) praises the olive groves of this district and the exquisite flavour of its oil and explicitly refers to: ‘Montes de Granada … and despite the scarcity of drinking water, the waters of the Rivers Cubillas, Benalúa and Moclín are used for irrigating the surrounding land, and all types of cereals, limpid and exquisite oil, wine and seeds of all kinds are produced’.

These references to the Rivers Benalúa and Moclín and to the nearby region of Colomera show that at that time it was in those areas that olive cultivation and, judging by the still-standing 18th and 19th century mills, virgin olive oil production was the most developed. In Colomera, the Molino de Galenos, with its hand-operated system of presses, still stands, and the Molino de La Puente is driven by water power and the Molino de Las Niñas, on the Ruta del Legado Andalusí, by animals.

Finally, it was the period between 1913 and 1933, the so-called ‘golden age of olive cultivation in Spain’, that saw the biggest increase in olive plantations and improvements in cultivation practices, leading to the production of high-value extra virgin olive oil. In the 20th century the rate of expansion of the olive groves of Montes de Granada was such that it exceeded by far that of the other Andalusian provinces. Hence, during the Spanish civil war, the area devoted to olive cultivation in this district witnessed an increase of 50 %, with the result that many of its olive trees are around 40 to 50 years old today. In 1957, a decree was issued declaring the conservation of areas under olives to be a matter of national interest, it being a factor contributing to the conservation of agricultural land. In the sixties, the areas in the province of Granada devoted to olive-growing increased from 62 202 ha to 118 365 ha, in other words they almost doubled, and in the Montes de Granada area olive groves account for 77,5 % of total utilised agricultural area.

Natural conditions

The extreme and distinctive characteristics of this region: relief, soil, climate and river systems make the olive the plant that is best adapted to the harsh conditions.

The landscapes in this region are mostly typical of low mountain ranges where depressions ranging from some 750 to 900 m in altitude alternate with mountain folds stretching from east to west and reaching maximum altitudes of 1 400 to 2 000 m. Hamlets and villages areas are situated at an average altitude of 900 m above sea level. Landforms are generally more rugged in the limestone massifs, and other reliefs, also dissected by scarps, consist of low ridges and hills of limestone, marlaceous lime and loam. Further east, the landscape becomes more gentle, extending to a high plateau at an elevation of 1 200 m which then descends at the eastern end of the region to the valley of the River Fardes. This river forms the natural boundary of the district to the east and from there the relief changes, becoming more typical of the xeric landscape of south-eastern Spain.

In terms of soil structure, the los Montes region has a range of complex soil types which means that pure forms seldom occur and that mixtures of several types are more common. The commonest soils are those that have developed from the decomposition of various lithological varieties of limestone. They are rich in marly limestone materials eroded from the sierra and therefore have a high calcium carbonate content (over 40 %). Their structure has been subsequently modified through soil cultivation for agricultural purposes.

The type of climate — Mediterranean continental — is characterised by extremes of temperature, i.e. huge differences between maximum and minimum day and night, and summer and winter temperatures. Average annual rainfall varies between 400 and 600 mm or even less in years of drought. Winters are long and cold, with frequent snowfalls and periods of frost, and summers are long and hot, with extreme temperatures reaching 40° C.

4.7. Inspection body:

Name:	Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Orígen ‘Montes de Granada’.
Address:	Plaza de la Constitución, 4, E-18550 Iznalloz, Granada
Tel:	(958) 39 70 07
Fax:	(958) 39 70 07

The Regulating Board of the ‘Montes de Granada’ Designation of Origin is able to fulfil the requirements laid down in standard EN-45011.

4.8. Labelling: The words ‘Denominación de Origen Montes de Granada’ must appear on the label. The label must be approved by the Regulating Board. Each package must be provided with a numbered secondary label supplied by the Regulating Board.

4.9. National requirements:

—	Law No 25/1970 of 2 December 1970 on rules governing viticulture, wine and spirits.

—	Decree No 835/1972 of 23 March 1972 on detailed rules for the implementation of Law No 25/1970.

—	Order of 25 January 1994 specifying the correlation between Spanish law and Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 as regards designations of origin and geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs.

—	Royal Decree No 1643/1999 of 22 October 1999 on the procedure governing applications for entry into the Community register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications.

(1) European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture, Agricultural product quality policy, B-1049 Brussels.

22.6.2005

Official Journal of the European Union

C 151/11

Information procedure — Technical rules

(2005/C 151/06)

(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)
2005/0216/HU	Government Regulation 2005 (…) Korm. on the rules of using a deposit	16.8.2005
2005/0217/E	Decree No /2005 adopting the Regulation on the Registration of Gaming Companies, Amusement and Gaming Machines and Amusement Arcades and Gaming Clubs of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia	16.8.2005
2005/0218/E	Ministerial Decree amending Royal Decree No 948/2003 of 18 July 2003 laying down the minimum conditions to be met by installations for the internal cleaning or degassing and depressurisation, as well as for the repair or modification of tanks for dangerous goods	18.8.2005
2005/0219/GR	Classification of certain categories of used vehicles with anti-lock brake system	18.8.2005
2005/0220/NL	Decree implementing the Fertiliser Act	18.8.2005
2005/0221/GR	Approval of the Electricity System and Trading Management Code	18.8.2005
2005/0222/SI	Rules on the mechanical resistance and stability of buildings	19.8.2005
2005/0223/S	Order amending the Order (1992:1554) on the control of narcotics	(3)
2005/0224/PL	Order of the Minister for Infrastructure setting out a list of vehicle equipment and parts whose reuse would either pose a threat to road safety or harm the environment	19.8.2005
2005/0225/LV	Draft Cabinet of Ministers' Regulation ‘Requirements for measuring devices used to determine the alcohol concentration in exhaled air’	19.8.2005
2005/0226/F	Decree relating to State technical and safety inspections of mountain lifts and various installations for transporting persons	(3)
2005/0227/I	Decree implementing Directive 89/106/EEC on construction products, transposed by Presidential Decree No 246 of 21 April 1993, on the identification of products and related methods for verifying the conformity of smoke and heat control systems	22.8.2005
2005/0228/I	Decree implementing Directive 89/106/EEC on construction products, transposed by Presidential Decree No 246 of 21 April 1993, on the identification of products and related methods for verifying the conformity of fixed fire-fighting systems -CO2 system components	22.8.2005
2005/0229/I	Decree implementing Directive 89/106/EEC on construction products, transposed by Presidential Decree No 246 of 21 April 1993, on the identification of products and related methods for verifying the conformity of fixed fire-fighting systems -powder	22.8.2005
2005/0230/I	Decree implementing Directive 89/106/EEC on construction products, transposed by Presidential Decree No 246 of 21 April 1993, on the identification of products and related methods for verifying the conformity of fixed fire-fighting systems — gas extinguisher installation components	22.8.2005
2005/0231/I	Decree implementing Directive 89/106/EEC on construction products, transposed by Presidential Decree No 246 of 21 April 1993, on the identification of products and related methods for verifying the conformity of fire detection and alarm systems	22.8.2005
2005/0232/I	Decree implementing Directive 89/106/EEC on construction products, transposed by Presidential Decree No 246 of 21 April 1993, on the identification of products and related methods for verifying the conformity of fixed fire prevention installations	22.8.2005
2005/0233/I	Decree implementing Directive 89/106/EEC on construction products, transposed by Presidential Decree No 246 of 21 April 1993, on the identification of products and related methods for verifying the conformity of fixed fire extinguisher systems — systems equipped with hoses	22.8.2005
2005/0234/I	Decree implementing Directive 89/106/EEC on construction products, transposed by Presidential Decree No 246 of 21 April 1993, on the identification of products and related methods for verifying the conformity of doors, windows and shutters	22.8.2005
2005/0235/I	Decree implementing Directive 89/106/EEC on construction products, transposed by Presidential Decree No 246 of 21 April 1993, on the identification of products and related methods for verifying the conformity of thermal insulants for construction	22.8.2005
2005/0236/I	Decree implementing Directive 89/106/EEC on construction products, transposed by Presidential Decree No 246 of 21 April 1993, on the identification of products and related methods for verifying the conformity of aggregates	22.8.2005
2005/0237/I	Decree implementing Directive 89/106/EEC on construction products, transposed by Presidential Decree No 246 of 21 April 1993, on the identification of products and related methods for verifying the conformity of structural supports	22.8.2005
2005/0238/I	Decree implementing Directive 89/106/EEC on construction products, transposed by Presidential Decree No 246 of 21 April 1993, on the identification of products and related methods for verifying the conformity of geotextiles and similar products	22.8.2005
2005/0239/UK	British Pharmacopoeia 2005 (Veterinary)	22.8.2005
2005/0240/UK	British Pharmacopoeia 2005	22.8.2005
2005/0241/E	Draft Royal Decree laying down additional requirements for the labelling of almonds and hazelnuts in the internal market	24.8.2005
2005/0242/UK	The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2005	25.8.2005
2005/0243/LV	Draft law entitled ‘Amendments to the law on the protection of children's rights’	25.8.2005
2005/0244/A	Draft Order of the Federal Minister for Labour and Economic Affairs on the limitation of emissions in connection with the use of halogenated organic solvents in commercial production facilities (HHC Installations Order [Austrian designation: HAV])	26.8.2005
2005/0245/UK	IR 2014 — UK Interface Requirement 2014 (Version 2.0) for Public Wireless Networks	26.8.2005

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

LUXEMBOURG

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.

22.6.2005

Official Journal of the European Union

C 151/18

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid

(2005/C 151/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

XT 26/04

Member State

Belgium

Region

Flanders

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

VDL JONCKHEERE BUS & Coach NV

Schoolstraat 50

8800 ROESELARE

Legal basis

Besluit van de Vlaamse regering van 2.4.2004

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 0,09 million

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(6) of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

2.4.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2004

Objective of aid

General training

Yes

Specific training

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Limited to specific sectors

Ad hoc case

—	Agriculture

—	Fisheries and aquaculture

—	Coalmining

—	All manufacturing

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Construction of buses

Other manufacturing

—	All services

Maritime transport services

Other transport services

Financial services

Other services

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap

Administratie Economie

Afdeling Economisch Ondersteuningsbeleid

Address:

Markiesstraat 1

1000 Brussel

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

The measure excludes awards of aid or requires prior notification to the Commission of awards of aid, if the amount of aid granted to one enterprise for a single training project exceeds EUR 1 million.

Yes

Aid No

XT 30/04

Member State

Belgium

Region

Flanders

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Corus Aluminium NV

A. Stockletlaan 87

2570 Duffel

Legal basis

Besluit van de Vlaamse regering van 2.4.2004

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 0,2 million

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(6) of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

2.4.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2004

Objective of aid

General training

Yes

Specific training

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Limited to specific sectors

Ad hoc case

—	Agriculture

—	Fisheries and aquaculture

—	Coalmining

—	All manufacturing

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

Aluminium plate

—	All services

Maritime transport services

Other transport services

Financial services

Other services

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap

Administratie Economie

Afdeling Economisch Ondersteuningsbeleid

Address:

Markiesstraat 1

1000 Brussels

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

XT 35/04

Member State

Italy

Region

Throughout national territory

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Aid for the training of workers

Legal basis

Regolamento (CE) n. 1260/1999 del Consiglio del 21.6.99 recante disposizioni generali sui Fondi strutturali;

Regolamento (CE) n. 1784/1999 del Parlamento europeo e del Consiglio del 12.7.99 relativo al Fondo sociale europeo;

Regolamento (CE) n. 1159/2000 relativo alle azioni informative e pubblicitarie a cura degli Stati membri sugli interventi dei Fondi strutturali;

Regolamento (CE) n. 438/2001 della Commissione del 2 marzo 2001 recante modalità di applicazione del Regolamento (CE) n. 1260/1999 del Consiglio per quanto riguarda i sistemi di gestione e di controllo dei contributi concessi nell'ambito dei Fondi strutturali e le modifiche apportate dal Regolamento (CE) n. 2355/2002;

Regolamento (CE) n. 448/2004 della Commissione del 10 marzo 2004 che modifica il Regolamento (CE) n. 1685/2000 recante disposizioni di applicazione del Regolamento (CE) n. 1260/1999 del Consiglio per quanto riguarda l'ammissibilità delle spese concernenti le operazioni cofinanziate dai Fondi strutturali e che revoca il Regolamento (CE) n. 1145/2003;

Comunicazione della Commissione europea n. C(2000) 853 del 14.4.2000 che stabilisce gli orientamenti dell'Iniziativa Comunitaria EQUAL, relativa alla cooperazione transnazionale per promuovere nuove pratiche di lotta alle discriminazioni e alle disuguaglianze di ogni tipo in relazione al mercato del lavoro;

Comunicazione della Commissione europea n. C(2003) 840 del 30.12.2003 che definisce gli orientamenti per la seconda fase dell'Iniziativa Comunitaria EQUAL, relativa alla cooperazione transnazionale per promuovere nuovi mezzi di lotta contro tutte le forme di discriminazioni e di disparità connesse al mercato del lavoro;

Decisione della Commissione C(2001) 43 del 26.03.01 recante approvazione del programma di iniziativa comunitaria per la lotta contro le discriminazioni e le disuguaglianze in relazione al mercato del lavoro (EQUAL) in Italia;

Documento Unico di Programmazione, approvato dal Comitato di Sorveglianza nella riunione del 12 marzo 2004 ed inviato alla Commissione europea per l'approvazione definitiva;

Deliberazione n. 67 del 22 giugno 2000 del CIPE (‘Definizione delle aliquote di cofinanziamento pubblico nazionale per i programmi di iniziativa comunitaria EQUAL, INTERREG III, LEADER + e URBAN II, relativi al periodo 2000-2006’).

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 3,5 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

10.5.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

General training

Yes

Specific Training

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Yes

Limited to specific sectors

—	Agriculture

—	Fisheries and aquaculture

—	Coalmining

—	All manufacturing

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

—	All services

Maritime transport services

Other transport services

Financial services

Other services

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

MINISTERO DEL LAVORO E DELLE POLITICHE SOCIALI — UFFICIO CENTRALE FORMAZIONE PROFESSIONALE DEI LAVORATORI — DIV. IV

Address:

VIA FORNOVO, 8

00192 ROME

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

XT 36/04

Member State

Poland

Region

Entire country

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Training aid scheme involving various tax breaks

Legal basis

Art. 48 § 1 pkt 1 i 2 i art. 67 § 1 ustawy z dnia 29 sierpnia 1997 r. Ordynacja podatkowa (Dz. U. Nr 137, poz. 926 z późn. zm.)

Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 21 kwietnia 2004 r. w sprawie szczegółowych warunków udzielania pomocy na szkolenia w zakresie niektórych ulg podatkowych (Dz. U. Nr 95, poz. 955),

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 10,39 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

1.5.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

General training

Yes

Specific training

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Yes

Limited to specific sectors

—	Agriculture

—	Fisheries and aquaculture

—	Coalmining

—	All manufacturing

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

—	All services

Maritime transport services

Other transport services

Financial services

Other services

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Tax-collection bodies:

1.	the head of the tax office, the head of the customs office, the head of the local authority, the mayor, the head of the district authority or the head of the voivodship — as the body of first instance,

the head of the tax chamber and the head of the customs chamber — as:

(a)	the body repealing decisions issued by the head of the tax office or the head of the customs office respectively,

(b)	the body of first instance, on the basis of separate provisions,

(c)	the body repealing decisions issued by this body of first instance,

3.	the local government appeals board — as the body repealing decisions issued by the head of the local authority, the mayor, the head of the district authority or the head of the voivodship.

the Minister for Public Finances is a tax collection body — as:

(a)	the body of first instance in cases involving the declaration of invalidity of a decision, renewal of proceedings, amendments to or repeal of a decision or a declaration that it has expired — in its official capacity.

(b)	the body repealing decisions issued in the cases referred to at a.

Address:

Whole country

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

XT 41/04

Member State

Germany

Region

Bavaria

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Torhauswerkstatt GmbH

Legal basis

BayHO, VO (EG) Nr. 1260/1999, VO (EG) Nr. 1784/1999, EPPD zu Ziel 3, Programmergänzung zu Ziel 3

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 118 163

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

15.6.2004

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2004

Objective of aid

General training

Yes

Specific training

Economic sector concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Yes

Limited to specific sectors

—	Agriculture

—	Fisheries and aquaculture

—	Coalmining

—	All manufacturing

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

—	All services

Maritime transport

Other transport services

Financial services

Other services

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Bayerisches Landesamt für Versorgung und Familienförderung

Address:

Hegelstraße 4, 95447 Bayreuth

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

XT 45/04

Member State

Estonia

Region

Estonia

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

‘The Estonian national development plan introducing the EU structural funds' single programming document for the years 2004-06’; Measure 1.2 ‘Development of enterprises' human resources to increase economic competitiveness’, Section ‘Training’

Legal basis

Majandus- ja kommunikatsiooniministri määrus 15.6.2004.a nr 154

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Estonia: EUR 0,32 million;

ERDF: EUR 0,96 million;

Total: EUR 1,28 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

1.7.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

General training

Yes

Specific training

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Limited to specific sectors

Yes

—	Agriculture

—	Fisheries and aquaculture

—	Coalmining

—	All manufacturing

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

Yes

—	All services

Maritime transport services

Other transport services

Financial services

Other services

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Ettevõtluse Arendamise Sihtasutus

Address:

Roosikrantsi 11, EE-10119 Tallinn, Eesti Vabariik

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

XT 53/04

Member State

United Kingdom

Region

North East of England

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

The Welding Institute Ltd (TWI) — Joining Forces North East Training 4

Legal basis

Section 11(1) of the Industrial Act 1982

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

GBP 67 257

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

From 01 January 2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31 December 2004

Objective of aid

General training

Specific training

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Yes

Limited to specific sectors

—	Agriculture

—	Fisheries and aquaculture

—	Coalmining

—	All manufacturing

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

—	All services

Maritime transport services

Other transport services

Financial services

Other services

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Government Office for the North East

European Programmes Secretariat

Address:

Wellbar House

Gallowgate

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 4TD

(As of 9 August 2004, the following address applies:

Citygate

Gallowgate

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 4WH

)

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

XT 54/04

Member State

Estonia

Region

Estonia

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Estonian National Development Plan for the Implementation of the EU Structural Funds — Single Programming Document 2004-2006, Measure 1.3 ‘Inclusive Labour Market’

Legal basis

Sotsiaalministri määrus nr 89 (7.7.2004) RAK meetme 1.3 ‘Võrdsed võimalused tööturul’ tingimused ja toetuse seire läbiviimise eeskiri

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 8 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

19.7.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

General training

Yes

Specific training

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Limited to specific sectors

Yes

—	Agriculture

—	Fisheries and aquaculture

—	Coalmining

—	All manufacturing

Yes

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

—	All services

Yes

Maritime transport services

Other transport services

Financial services

Other services

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Tööturuamet

Address:

Luha 16

10129 Tallinn

Estonia

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

XT 82/04

Member State

France

Region

Aquitaine

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Law to promote the training of company employees

Legal basis

Règlement (CE) no 68/2001 du 12 janvier 2001 de la Commission européenne sur les aides à la formation

Règlement d'intervention sur la formation des salariés du Conseil régional d'Aquitaine du 26 mars 2001, actualisé le 24 mars 2003

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 0,65 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

26.3.2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

General training

Yes

Specific training

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Yes

Limited to specific sectors

—	Agriculture

—	Fisheries and aquaculture

—	Coalmining

—	All manufacturing

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

—	All services

Maritime transport services

Other transport services

Financial services

Other services

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Monsieur le Préfet de région

Adresse:

4B, Esplanade Charles de Gaulle

33077 Bordeaux Cedex

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

		ISSN 1725-2423
Official Journal of the European Union		C 151

English edition	Information and Notices	Volume 48 22 June 2005

Notice No	Contents	page
	I Information
	Commission
2005/C 151/1	Euro exchange rates	1

2005/C 151/2	Opinion of the Advisory Committee on concentrations given at its 128th meeting on 23 September 2004 concerning a preliminary draft decision in Case COMP/M.3431 — Sonoco/Ahlstrom ( 1 )	2

2005/C 151/3	Final report of the Hearing Officer in Case COMP/M.3431 — Sonoco/Ahlstrom (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 )	3

2005/C 151/4	Publication of an application for registration pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin	4

2005/C 151/5	Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3853 — Solvay/Fournier) ( 1 )	10

2005/C 151/6	Information procedure — Technical rules ( 1 )	11

2005/C 151/7	Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid ( 1 )	18

	European Central Bank
2005/C 151/8	Recommendation of the European Central Bank of 20 May 2005 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditor of De Nederlandsche Bank (ECB/2005/9)	29

	III Notices
	Commission
2005/C 151/9	F-Grenoble: Operation of scheduled air services — Invitation to tender issued by France pursuant to Article 4(1)(d) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 for the operation of scheduled air services between Grenoble (Saint Geoirs) and Paris (Orly) ( 1 )	30

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