13.8.2005

Official Journal of the European Union

C 199/2

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products

(2005/C 199/02)

Aid No: XA 25/04

Member State: France

Region: Ille-et-Vilaine Department

Title of aid scheme: Mise en place de productions agricoles sous signe officiel de qualite

Legal basis:

—	Articles L 1511 et suivants du Code général des collectivités territoriales permettant aux collectivités territoriales d'intervenir dans le cadre de la création ou de l'extension d'activités économiques en accordant des aides directes et indirectes aux entreprises

—	Article L 3231-2 du Code général des collectivités territoriales autorisant les départements à accorder des aides directes et indirectes pour favoriser le développement économique dans les conditions des articles L 1511 et suivants

—	Article L 3232-1 du Code général des collectivités territoriales permettant l'établissement de programmes d'aide à l'équipement rural par les départements (prêt, subvention, aide).

—	Délibération de l'assemblée départementale d'Ille et Vilaine en date du 19 février 2003

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 300 000 per year over the period in question

Maximum aid intensity: Non-tangible investment carried out by a producer group (collective measure):

general scheme: 20 % of non-tangible costs, up to EUR 30 000 of eligible expenditure per project: network diagnostics, study and conception of a marketing plan (promotion and communication), advice and technical support …

an additional 10 % for a collective measure implementing environmental requirements relating to departmental policy (environmental wetlands contract …).

Other investment carried out by farmers:

general scheme: 20 % of investment (other than small equipment) resulting directly from the quality measure, up to EUR 30 000 of eligible expenditure per holding

an additional 10 % for investment carried out by a young farmer (who has been established for less than 5 years), or implementing environmental requirements relating to departmental policy (environmental wetlands contract …).

Date of implementation: As soon as the European Commission acknowledges receipt.

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2006 at the latest.

Objective of aid: To encourage agricultural holdings to start producing quality products as part of collective measures (product certification): official quality marks (registered designations of origin, red labels, organic products …) and Community approvals (protected geographical indications …).

Nature of eligible measures:

—

Under Article 13 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003:

—	preliminary studies with a view to introducing a quality measure through product certification (official quality marks, Community approvals): audits, diagnostics, techno-economic feasibility studies, market studies, …

—	expenditure on promotion and communication (first year)

—	Under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004: investment in immovable property directly related to the specified requirements.

Economic sector(s) concerned: All farming sectors undertaking quality measures.

Name and address of the granting authority: Monsieur le Président du Conseil général d'Ille-et-Vilaine

1, avenue de la Préfecture — F-35042 Rennes Cedex

Website: www.cg35.fr, heading ‘guide des aides’

Aid No: XA 26/04

Member State: France

Region: Department of Ille-et-Vilaine

Title of aid scheme: Diversification of agricultural activities

Legal basis:

—	Articles L 1511 et seq. of the Code général des collectivités territoriales authorising the local authorities to grant direct and indirect aid to holdings to create or extend economic activities;

—	Article L 3231-2 of the Code général des collectivités territoriales authorising the departmental authorities to grant direct and indirect aid to promote economic development in accordance with Article L 1511 et seq.;

—	Article L 3232-1 of the Code général des collectivités territoriales authorising departmental authorities to draw up programmes of aid for rural equipment (loans, grants, aid);

—	Decision of the Departmental Assembly of Ille-et-Vilaine of 19 February 2003.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 700 000 per year for the duration of the scheme

Maximum aid intensity: Intangible investments

General scheme: 20 % of intangible investments prior to an investment, with a ceiling on eligible expenditure of EUR 15 000 (market studies and technico-economic feasibility studies, drafting of marketing plans, etc.). The ceiling for studies is increased to EUR 30 000 where there is collective responsibility for the work (producer groups).

An additional 10 % for investments made by young farmers (active for less than five years) or to comply with existing specifications that include environmental provisions in line with the policies of the departmental authorities (‘contrat eau paysage environnement’ (water, landscape, environment contract) — CEPE, etc.).

Other investments:

General scheme: 20 % of investments (excluding small-scale equipment), with a ceiling on eligible expenditure of EUR 30 000 per project.

An additional 10 % for investments made by young farmers (active for less than five years) or for projects in a zone d'excédent structurel (areas with a structural surplus of nitrogen) (ZES).

Date of implementation: on receipt of an acknowledgement of receipt from the European Commission.

Duration of scheme: until 31 December 2006 at the latest.

Objective of aid: to make holdings more economically viable and diversify economic activities by:

encouraging initiatives to increase the value added of agricultural products not sold through large distribution channels (first processing, increasing the value of products, direct sales on the farm, cooperative shops, etc.);

developing reception services on holdings (on-farm sales, etc.);

supporting innovative and unusual agricultural projects that encourage farmers to set up in rural areas.

Aid may be granted for the following under Article 13 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003:

studies prior to implementing a diversification project: technico-economic feasibility studies, market surveys, drafting of marketing plans, etc;

expenditure on promotion and communication (first year).

Aid may be granted for the following under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004:

investments to set up small workshops to diversify into new products as a complement to the holding's principal products;

setting up or bringing into compliance with health standards individual or collective processing workshop, sales points on holdings, cooperative sales infrastructures, etc.

Sector(s) concerned: all agricultural sectors where production is processed or is being diversified.

Name and address of the granting authority: Monsieur le Président du Conseil général d'Ille-et-Vilaine

1, avenue de la Préfecture — F-35042 Rennes Cedex

Web address: www.cg35.fr; heading ‘guide des aides’

Aid No: XA 27/04

Member State: France

Region: Ille-et-Vilaine Department

Title of aid scheme:

Mise en place de procedures de certification ou de qualification dans les systemes de production agricoles

Legal basis:

—	Articles L 1511 et seq. of the General Code for regional/local authorities, permitting local authorities to take action in connection with establishing or expanding economic activity by granting direct or indirect aid to businesses.

—	Article L 3231-2 of the General Code for regional/local authorities, authorising departments to grant direct or indirect aid in order to promote economic development subject to the terms of Articles L 1511 et seq.

—	Article L 3232-1 of the General Code for regional/local authorities, permitting departments to establish rural-infrastructure support programmes (loans, subsidies, aid).

—	Ille-et-Vilaine Departmental Assembly debate of 19 February 2003.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 300 000 per year over the period in question

Maximum aid intensity: Non-tangible investment:

general scheme: 20 % of non-tangible costs, up to EUR 15 000 of eligible expenditure per project: audits, diagnostics, advice and technical support, soil analyses in the first 2 years …

Other investment:

20 % of investment (other than small equipment) resulting directly from the quality measure, up to EUR 30 000 of eligible expenditure per holding

For investment in storage and packaging or in horticultural greenhouses, the investment limit is EUR 230 000 subject to the ad hoc committee's opinion on a case-by-case basis, or higher for projects presented in the assembly and approved there.

Date of implementation: As soon as the European Commission acknowledges receipt.

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2006 at the latest.

Objective of aid: In particular, to gear quality measures/systems to traceability, health safety and environmental protection on agricultural holdings through:

certification (introducing a quality-assurance system on agricultural holdings in the department in accordance with standard NFV 01005);

labelling (introducing the reference ‘sound farming’ (‘agriculture raisonnée’) on holdings located in structural-surplus areas.

Under Article 13 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003, support is available for non-tangible investment aimed at adapting the following quality measures on the holding: audits, diagnostics, techno-economic feasibility studies, drawing up specifications and monitoring instruments …

Under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004, support is available on a case-by-case basis for adaptation investment directly related to the specified requirements or the quality manual.

Economic sector(s) concerned: All farming sectors undertaking quality measures.

Name and address of the granting authority: Monsieur le Président du Conseil général d'Ille-et-Vilaine

1, avenue de la Préfecture — F-35042 Rennes Cedex

Website: www.cg35.fr, heading ‘guide des aides’

Aid No: XA 28/04

Member State: France

Region: Ille-et-Vilaine Department

Title of aid scheme: Audits d'exploitation dans le cadre d'un changement de systeme de production vers les systemes respectueux de l'environnement

Legal basis:

—	Articles L 1511 et seq. of the General Code for regional/local authorities, permitting local authorities to take action in connection with establishing or expanding economic activity by granting direct or indirect aid to businesses.

—	Article L 3231-2 of the General Code for regional/local authorities, authorising departments to grant direct or indirect aid in order to promote economic development subject to the terms of Articles L 1511 et seq.

—	Article L 3232-1 of the General Code for regional/local authorities, permitting departments to establish rural-infrastructure support programmes (loans, subsidies, aid).

—	Ille-et-Vilaine Departmental Assembly debate of 19 February 2003.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 300 000 per year over the period in question

Maximum aid intensity:

—	50 % of the cost of the audit or study, up to EUR 2 500 of eligible expenditure per holding,

—	an additional 20 % for investment carried out by a young farmer (who has been established for less than 5 years) or implementing environmental requirements relating to departmental policy (environmental wetlands contract …).

Date of implementation: As soon as the European Commission acknowledges receipt.

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2006 at the latest.

Objective of aid: This specific measure is intended to encourage the techno-economic reorientation of agricultural holdings towards developing low-input (extensive, green, organic …) systems which help to protect the environment.

The audit/study will endeavour to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the rural business (farming system and ancillary activities) in economic, agronomic, social and environmental terms, resulting in strategic recommendations:

describing and analysing the technical methods applied

analysing the economic and social results

proposing improvements or, where appropriate, reorientations geared to the farmer's objectives and ensuring the system's viability.

Under Article 13 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003, support is available for preliminary techno-economic feasibility studies and for setting up projects to switch over to a low-input, environment-friendly system.

Economic sector(s) concerned: All farming sectors orienting themselves towards environment-friendly systems.

Name and address of the granting authority: Monsieur le Président du Conseil général d'Ille-et-Vilaine

1, avenue de la Préfecture — F-35042 Rennes Cedex

Website: www.cg35.fr, heading ‘guide des aides’

Aid No: XA 30/04

Member State: France

Title of aid scheme: aid for the payment of insurance premiums and contributions to cover damage caused by certain climatic events.

Legal basis:

—	Article L 361-8 of the Rural Code

—	Law 64.706 of 10 July 1964

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 10 000 000 from the Fonds national de garantie des calamités agricoles (National Agricultural Disaster Guarantee Fund) (FNGCA).

Maximum aid intensity: variable, with the following basic rates:

7,5 % for the risk of hail affecting fruit and vegetable harvests,

25 % for the risk of frost and hail affecting fruit harvests,

10 % for the risk of frost and hail affecting vines and for the risk of frost, hail, flooding or excessive rainfall affecting field crops (cereals, oilseeds and protein crops).

These basic rates are increased for young farmers and aid additional to that granted by the FNGCA may be granted by the conseil général or the conseil régional, up to the following maximum levels:

15 % for the risk of hail affecting fruit and vegetable harvests, 20 % for young farmers,

29 % for the risk of frost and hail affecting fruit harvests, 38 % for young farmers,

14 % for the risk of frost, hail, flooding or excessive rainfall affecting field crops, 18 % for young farmers.

Date of implementation: 2004

Duration of scheme: one year

Objective of aid: to encourage farmers to take out insurance against agricultural risks. The insurance premiums for which aid is granted are those referred to in Article 11 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

Sector(s) concerned: enterprises involved in the primary production of fruit, vegetables, vines, cereals, oilseeds and protein plants.

Name and address of the granting authority: Ministère de l'agriculture, de la pêche, de l'alimentation et des affaires rurales — Direction des affaires financières — bureau des calamités — 78 rue de Varenne — F-75700 Paris

Web address: www.agriculture.gouv.fr heading ‘ressources’ in ‘recherche’, enter ‘calamités’

Aid No: XA 48/04

Member State: France

Region: Pays de la Loire

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: ‘Aid for the creation of “maisons de cultures” (growing sheds) for agricultural production’.

A growing shed is a building in which agricultural production is carried out. It allows production to be carried out independently of weather conditions, while facilitating harvest and guaranteeing the health of the crop. The building has thermal insulation and controlled internal temperature, humidity and air flow. A group of buildings may also be equipped with a picking line.

Legal basis:

—	Article 4 du règlement d'exemption (CE) no 1/2004 du 23 décembre 2003

—	Code général des collectivités (partie législative) article L 1511-1 et L 1511-2.

—	Décision du Conseil Régional des Pays de la Loire des 30 juin et 1er juillet 2004

Objective of aid: to make holdings more competitive, improve product quality and reduce production costs.

Sector(s) concerned: all agricultural production sectors except for horticultural greenhouses receiving financial assistance under schemes already notified (N 572/2001 and N 523/2001).

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Forecasts until 2006:

The amounts relate to the agricultural sector in the Pays de la Loire Region.

Aid may be provided for investments to create growing sheds in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003, i.e:

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum amount for which aid may be granted is EUR 150 000 per labour unit. Account is taken of a maximum of two labour units per holding. However, the limit is six labour units in the case of labour-intensive production systems.

The gross aid intensity increases as the total investment increases:

Date of implementation: on receipt of an acknowledgement of receipt from the European Commission.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: the aid scheme will run until 31 December 2006, the date until which Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 applies.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Conseil Régional des Pays de la Loire

Hôtel de la Région

1, rue de la Loire

F-44266 Nantes Cedex 2

Tel. 02 28 20 50 00

Fax 02 28 20 50 38

E-mai: françoise.perraut@paysdelaloire.fr

Contact: Alain Thebaud

Internet address where the full text of the scheme can be found: www.paysdelaloire.fr/services de la région/les aides

Aid No: XA 61/04

Member State: France

Title of aid scheme: Aid for technical support in the fruit and vegetables, horticulture and specialist products sectors

Legal basis:

Le décret no 83-246 du 18 mars 1983 portant création d'un Office National Interprofessionnel des fruits, des légumes et de l'horticulture et les textes subséquents repris notamment dans la partie réglementaire du code rural (livre 6 ‘productions et marchés’ — articles R 621-120, R 621-134, R 621-140 and R 621-161 to R 621-174)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: The actions are planned for one year, renewable, and the total aid budget is estimated at EUR 6 000 000 for 2004

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 100 % of eligible costs.

The total amount of state aid may not exceed EUR 100 000 per beneficiary over three years or 50 % of eligible costs, whichever is higher

Date of implementation: The aid scheme will be implemented from the date on the receipt showing the identification number of the measure, subject to mobilisation of the appropriations and publication on the ONIFLHOR internet site

Duration of scheme: One year, renewable, subject to mobilisation of the corresponding appropriations

Aim of aid: This aid scheme comes under Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003.

It meets two main objectives:

developing and consolidating quality production chains in growth niches,

strengthening structures to increase the value of agricultural products and adapt to developments on the different markets

The scheme finances the cost of technical support and consultancy (studies, audits, cost of organising and following up on projects) to ensure that business projects meeting these objectives are successfully implemented. As an indication, the following activities may qualify:

activities to improve the quality of products,

setting up quality signs,

developing organic farming,

‘product’ and ‘firm’ certification,

developing new products which better meet consumers' requirements,

development of traceability arrangements all along the chain,

setting up environment-friendly production systems,

improving knowledge of markets and identifying new markets,

strategic segmentation,

diversification of production,

concentrating supply of agricultural products,

setting up partnerships between producers and distributors

Sectors concerned: production, processing and marketing of fruit, vegetables, potatoes, ornamental horticulture (including nurseries) and specialist products (tobacco, hops, beekeeping, truffles)

Name and address of responsible authority: Office National Interprofessionnel des Fruits, des Légumes et de l'horticulture (ONIFLHOR), head office at 164, rue de Javel — F-75739 Paris Cedex 15

Address of website: www.oniflhor.fr

Aid No: XA 68/04

Member State: Italy.

Region: Marche, Province of Macerata, Municipalities of: Camerino; Civitanova Marche; Colmurano; Matelica; Monte San Giusto; Morrovalle; Muccia; Penna San Giovanni; San Ginesio; San Severino Marche; Tolentino; Treia.

Mountain Community of Alte Valli del Potenza e dell'Esino — Zone ‘H’.

Title of aid scheme: Agreement on interest subsidies for agricultural undertakings in the Province of Macerata.

Legal basis:

D. Lgs. n. 267/2000 (Testo Unico delle Leggi sull'Ordinamento degli Enti Locali), art. 19, 2o comma, che conferisce alle Province il compito di promuovere, coordinare e realizzare attività, nonché opere di rilevante interesse provinciale, in settori predeterminati, tra i quali il settore economico-produttivo, da svolgere in collaborazione con i Comuni e sulla base di programmi proposti dalla stessa Provincia.

Planned annual expenditure under the scheme (may increase if other municipalities in the Province participate in the programme):

Body	2004 (EUR)	2005 (EUR)
Province of Macerata	40 000,00	30 000,00
Municipality of Camerino	500,00	500,00
Municipality of Civitanova Marche	5 000,00	5 000,00
Municipality of Colmurano	500,00	500,00
Municipality of Matelica	2 500,00	5 165,00
Municipality of Monte San Giusto	2 000,00	2 000,00
Municipality of Morrovalle	4 500,00	4 500,00
Municipality of Muccia	150,00	150,00
Municipality of Penna San Giovanni	500,00	500,00
Municipality of San Ginnasio	2 000,00	2 000,00
Municipality of San Severino Marche	2 500,00	2 500,00
Municipality of Tolentino	1 500,00	1 500,00
Municipality of Treia	3 100,00	3 100,00
Mountain Community of Alte Valli del Potenza e dell'Esino	3 500,00	3 500,00
TOTAL	68 250,00	60 915,00

Maximum aid intensity: The annual interest rate subsidy granted to agricultural undertakings by local authorities in each case will be made up as follows:

Province: 1,5 % for 2004 and 1 % for 2005;

Municipality: 0,5 %;

Mountain Community: 0,5 %.

The permitted subsidies take the form of unsecured loans and therefore no mortgage (security) is involved. They are medium-term loans (from three to five years) and 50 % of the amount requested is guaranteed by the participating guarantee funds.

Aid may not be granted for guarantees or to the guarantee funds.

The maximum investment by each beneficiary undertaking for which aid may be granted is EUR 50 000,00.

The interest subsidy, understood as a reduction in the interest rate, is a one-off aid and is calculated in proportion to the size of the investment and on the basis of the total interest due over the whole period. The subsidy may not exceed EUR 3 000,00 per eligible investment.

The maximum percentages of each grant will be in accordance with those laid down by the rules on investment aid. This will also apply where aid for the same investment is received from various sources:

Article 4: 50 % in less-favoured areas and 40 % in other areas. This may be increased to 60 % and 50 % respectively for young farmers within five years of start-up;

Article 7: 50 % in Objective 1 regions and 40 % in other regions (these percentages may not be increased).

Date of application and duration of the scheme: The Agreement was initialled on 4 June 2004 and will enter into force on the day following receipt of confirmation from the European Commission that it has received the summary referred to in Article 19(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 and will be valid only for financing operations that commence between that date and 31 December 2005.

Purpose of the aid: Investments in agricultural holdings to improve the quality of typical and traditional products within the Province (in accordance with the objective set out in Article 4(3)(c)).

Eligible investments must be to:

Articles of the Regulation used 4, 7.

Sectors concerned: The scheme applies to the production, processing and marketing of all typical local agricultural products.

Name and address of the authority granting the aid: Lead body: Province of Macerata, Corso della Repubblica n. 28, I-62100 Macerata.

Website: www.provincia.mc.it

http://economia.provincia.mc.it/Agricoltura/

Aid No: XA 70/04

Member State: Germany

Region: Germany (Hessen and Lower Saxony)

Title of aid scheme: Pilot and demonstration project for supplying schools with regional products (consultation)

Legal basis:

Bewilligungsbescheide an die Projektträger, die jeweils regionale Aufforderungen zur Beteiligung an dem Modell- und Demonstrationsvorhaben veröffentlichen.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Maximum amount: EUR 10 000 per enterprise over three years

Maximum aid intensity: In total, maximum amount: EUR 10 000 per enterprise over three years

Date of implementation: From December 2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2006

Objective of aid: The objective of the pilot and demonstration project is to garner knowledge about the practical implications of supplying schools with regional agricultural products, to work out universal and operational standards for logistics, costing and meal planning and to boost regional demand as well as regional supply by setting up networks.

Two project promoters selected to execute the project following an invitation to tender are engaged in working out appropriate programmes in the various regions, implementing them and — with the help of the knowledge they have gained — developing universally applicable and practical standards for the pilot and demonstration project.

Within this context there may be economic benefits as set out in Article 14(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 for agricultural enterprises participating in the pilot and demonstration project arising from the project promoters' consultancy work on project-related aspects of the enterprises. These are limited to a maximum amount of EUR 10 000 per enterprise over 3 years.

Project promoters are not permitted to carry out consultancy work related to advertising.

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture, small and medium-sized enterprises in accordance with Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 in the areas of production, processing and marketing of all agricultural products

Name and address of the granting authority:

Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE)

Adickesallee 40

D-60631 Frankfurt

13.8.2005

Official Journal of the European Union

C 199/11

Information procedure — Technical rules

(2005/C 199/04)

(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)
2005/0350/GR	Definition of additional measures for the application of regulations governing internal natural gas systems operating at pressures of up to and including 1 bar (Joint Ministerial Decree Δ3/Α/11346 of 30 June 2003 — Government Gazette 963/Β of 15 July 2003)	17.10.2005
2005/0351/F	Order amending the Order of 10 April 2003 on information on the fuel economy and carbon dioxide emissions of new passenger cars	19.10.2005
2005/0352/F	Draft Order amending the Order of 24 November 2003 on packaging of waste from care activities that present the risk of infection and similar, and human body parts	19.10.2005
2005/0353/DK	Technical regulation on passenger lifts on board ships	19.10.2005
2005/0354/DK	Order on the approval of disinfectants, etc. in certain food businesses, etc.	19.10.2005
2005/0355/F	Order relating to performances of and to the rules for commissioning variable message signs subject to mandatory CE-marking	19.10.2005
2005/0356/S	The Swedish Animal Welfare Agency's administrative provisions (DFS 2004:8) on approval of new technology	19.10.2005
2005/0357/F	Order applying Article L 5232-1 of the Public Health Code to personal stereos	20.10.2005
2005/0358/F	Draft Decree on the prohibition of phosphates in domestic textile detergents, laid down in implementation of Article L. 211-2(II)(4) of the Environment Code (Annex 1)	20.10.2005
2005/0359/I	Draft Ministerial Decree on: ‘Approval of the technical regulation on fire prevention for the design, construction and operation of buildings and/or premises intended as offices’	20.10.2005
2005/0360/SI	General instrument concerning the plan for use of radio frequencies	20.10.2005
2005/0362/P	Draft establishing the rules applicable to tanning centres (solariums)	(3)
2005/0363/PL	Decree of the Minister of Finance amending the Decree concerning fees for official activities carried out by the administrative organs for measures and their subordinate offices	(4)
2005/0364/NL	Draft Decree amending the Decree on alcohol testing	21.10.2005
2005/0365/NL	Regulation implementing the uniform principles for plant protection products (Regulation implementing the uniform principles for plant protection products)	21.10.2005
2005/0366/UK	IR 2045 — UK Interface Requirement 2045 (Vers. 1.0) for Low Power Concurrent Systems	21.10.2005
2005/0367/UK	IR 2000 — UK Interface Requirement 2000 (Vers. 6.0) for Point-to-Point Radio-Relay Systems	21.10.2005
2005/0368/PL	Draft Decree of the Minister for Economic Affairs and Labour amending the decree occupational safety and health, organisation of traffic and special fire protection in strip mines	21.10.2005
2005/0369/F	Draft Order on nuclear pressure equipment	21.10.2005

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 Karl Stern

Tel.: (372) 6 256 405

Fax: (372) 6 313 660

E-mail: karl.stern@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

General 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

General e-mail: ucn98.34.italia@attivitaproduttive.gov.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

Ministry of Economics of Republic of Latvia

Trade Normative and SOLVIT Notification Division

SOLVIT Coordination Centre

55, Brivibas Street

LV-1519 Riga

Reinis Berzins

Deputy Head of Trade Normative and SOLVIT Notification Division

Tel.: (371) 7013230

Fax: (371) 7280882

Zanda Liekna

Solvit Coordination Centre

Tel.: (371) 7013236

Fax: (371) 7280882

E-mail: zanda.liekna@em.gov.lv

General 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 Tuomas Mikkola

Tel.: (358) 9 5786 32 65

Fax: (358) 9 1606 46 22

E-mail: tuomas.mikkola@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 Joseph II 12-16

B-1000 Bruxelles

Ms Kathleen Byrne

Tel.: (32) 2 286 17 49

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 Mehmet Comert

Tel.: (90) 312 212 58 98

Fax: (90) 312 212 87 68

E-mail: comertm@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.

		ISSN 1725-2423
Official Journal of the European Union		C 199

English edition	Information and Notices	Volume 48 13 August 2005

Notice No	Contents	page
	I Information
	Commission
2005/C 199/1	Euro exchange rates	1

2005/C 199/2	Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products	2

2005/C 199/3	Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3911 — BenQ/Siemens Mobile) ( 1 )	10

2005/C 199/4	Information procedure — Technical rules ( 1 )	11

2005/C 199/5	Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3796 — Omya/J.M. Huber PCC) ( 1 )	17

2005/C 199/6	Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3887 — Clerical Medical/MLP-Life Insurance) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 )	18

	Corrigenda
2005/C 199/7	Corrigendum to the title of Section II (OJ C 188, 2.8.2005)	19

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,2457
JPY	Japanese yen	136,32
DKK	Danish krone	7,4618
GBP	Pound sterling	0,68675
SEK	Swedish krona	9,3016
CHF	Swiss franc	1,5533
ISK	Iceland króna	79,02
NOK	Norwegian krone	7,8885
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9557
CYP	Cyprus pound	0,5733
CZK	Czech koruna	29,468
EEK	Estonian kroon	15,6466
HUF	Hungarian forint	243,92
LTL	Lithuanian litas	3,4528
LVL	Latvian lats	0,6959
MTL	Maltese lira	0,4293
PLN	Polish zloty	4,0395
RON	Romanian leu	3,5781
SIT	Slovenian tolar	239,51
SKK	Slovak koruna	38,515
TRY	Turkish lira	1,687
AUD	Australian dollar	1,6105
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,4935
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	9,6778
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,7616
SGD	Singapore dollar	2,0558
KRW	South Korean won	1 262,83
ZAR	South African rand	7,9181
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	10,0877
HRK	Croatian kuna	7,3535
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	12 207,86
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	4,6725
PHP	Philippine peso	69,292
RUB	Russian rouble	35,283
THB	Thai baht	50,849