ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 305

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 49
14 December 2006

Notice No

Contents

page

I   Information

Commission

2006/C 305/1

Euro exchange rates

1

2006/C 305/2

Information on complaint 2005/4347

2

2006/C 305/3

Summary information on State aid granted in conformity with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1595/2004 of 8 September 2004 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 fisheries products ( 1 )

3

2006/C 305/4

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

8

2006/C 305/5

Commission notice pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 — Imposition of a public service obligation on scheduled air services within Italy ( 1 )

13

2006/C 305/6

Guidelines on the end-use ‘for industrial manufacture’ for the application of certain tariff quotas for fishery products originating in Norway and in Iceland ( 1 )

16

2006/C 305/7

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4455 — Schmolz + Bickenbach/Swiss Steel) ( 1 )

17

2006/C 305/8

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4449 — KKR/SIF (Tarkett)) ( 1 )

17

2006/C 305/9

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4239 — Plastic Omnium/Inopart) ( 1 )

18

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA Surveillance Authority

2006/C 305/10

EFTA Surveillance Authority Notice on the co-operation between the EFTA Surveillance Authority and the courts of the EFTA States in the application of Articles 53 and 54 of the EEA Agreement

19

2006/C 305/11

Notification from the Norwegian authorities concerning regionally differentiated social security contributions — The EFTA Surveillance Authority has decided not to raise objections against the notified measure

32

2006/C 305/12

Values of thresholds in the field of public procurement

33

2006/C 305/13

EFTA Surveillance Authority Notice on informal guidance relating to novel questions concerning Articles 53 and 54 of the EEA Agreement that arise in individual cases (guidance letters)

34

2006/C 305/14

Authorisation of State aid pursuant to Article 61 of the EEA Agreement and Article 1(3) in Part I of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement — EFTA Surveillance Authority decision not to raise objections

38

2006/C 305/15

Invitation to submit comments pursuant to Article 1(2) in Part I of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement on State aid with regard to the application of Article 3 of the Norwegian VAT Compensation Act

39

III   Notices

Commission

2006/C 305/16

Call addressed to individuals for the establishment of a database of prospective independent experts to assist the Commission's services for tasks in connection with the Seventh RTD Framework Programme

52

2006/C 305/17

Call addressed to organisations to propose lists of prospective independent experts to assist the Commission's services for tasks in connection with the Seventh RTD Framework Programme

54

(1)   Text with EEA relevance

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