ddrg/super_eurlex huggingface dataset:
38.

underlines the importance of the Circular Economy Action Plan as this is providing the impetus for geographically shorter supply chains; stresses that the circular economy impacts almost every type of cluster and industry; despite ongoing efforts to transform traditional economic and business models, many SMEs are not ready for this shift, many are willing to act but do not know how; underlines that smaller companies face disadvantages when embracing circularity, given their limited capacities, resources, time and available knowledge to invest and deal with the related administration and compliance with regulations and standards; asks the Commission for more favourable policies to boost the circular shift; asks the Commission to adapt legislation to enable this shift rather than hinder it; in this respect the circular economy would benefit from a single market for waste;
3.

shares the European Commission's view regarding the need to have more public investments in national health systems to ensure that they have the resources and means they need to emerge from the current crisis, as well as to strengthen their resilience in the long term. These objectives should be reflected in the country-specific recommendations under the European Semester. What the pandemic has highlighted in many areas has been the lack not just of early deployment of intensive and sub-intensive care (beds, equipment, specialist medical and nursing staff), but also of local health and palliative care. This has put Member States' different health systems in serious difficulty, especially at times of peak demand for care. At the same time, health systems and health professionals in many countries have demonstrated a strong ability to rapidly adjust and adapt their activities to the new conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic;
57.

calls for the future carbon border adjustment mechanism also to cover fisheries and aquaculture products in order to provide a level playing field for the different products sold on the internal market, without prejudice to any specific derogation measures for the outermost regions, based on Article 349 of the TFEU. Calls on the European Commission to propose legislation to prevent imports of products associated with human right violations and to put in place more effective rules to ensure that fish enter the EU market meet standards equivalent to those in place in the EU. This provision aims to safeguard European consumers and to extend measures protecting the environment and ensuring the sustainable management of seas and oceans to third countries. At EU and national level, support must be given to local producers and short supply chains as a matter of priority. This is the only way to ensure the efficient development of aquaculture, fishing and shellfishing (especially small-scale coastal fishing) in the future;
Resolution of the Committee of the Regions on the year 2000 problem

(1999/C 293/15)

THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS,

whereas local and regional authorities are often responsible for public services in sectors that may be affected by the Millennium Bug, like hospitals, public utilities, traffic infrastructure;

whereas these sectors are often interdependent and interlinked in cross-border infrastructure networks, so that a high degree of cooperation is required;

whereas the European Commission in its latest report expresses its particular concern over the lack of readiness of local and regional authorities;

whereas there are great differences between Member States and sectors in the degree of awareness and the state of preparations; the disclosure and exchange of information is not sufficient and much double work is done in the different Member States;

whereas awareness raising at all levels is of the utmost importance and access to information and the exchange of good practice is crucial at this point in time;

whereas the effects of the Millennium Bug are unknown at this stage, and it is not excluded that its consequences will be comparable to those of a natural disaster, which will entail high costs for public authorities at all levels;

whereas the Millennium Bug is not only a technical problem but is also a question of political responsibility;

stresses the urgency of the problem, in particular in local and regional authorities;

urges the national, regional and local authorities to appreciate the problem and step up the preparations, making use as much as possible of the experience acquired by other local and regional authorities;

demands that the COR, as the representative of local and regional authorities, be involved in any EU activities, working groups or information campaigns;

asks the European Commission to facilitate the exchange of information and good practice, and make the information available in all official EU languages;

requests the European Commission to inform the COR of the situation as regards the safety of nuclear stations in non-EU countries;

points out that the financial and legal consequences must be investigated, like liability, damage claims, or damage payments comparable to those for natural disasters,

instructs its President to forward this resolution to the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Council, and the parliaments of the Member States.

Brussels, 3 June 1999.

The President

of the Committee of the Regions

Manfred DAMMEYER
8.

welcomes that the European Council conclusions (2) stress that "the possibilities offered by the EU's existing fiscal framework to balance productive public investment needs with fiscal discipline objectives" should be further "exploited" in the preventive arm of the Stability and Growth Pact. This objective becomes even more topical against the backdrop of the recent International Monetary Fund's findings that so-called fiscal multipliers, which gauge the negative impact of budget consolidation on growth, were "substantially higher" than anticipated by analysts during the debt crisis. Expects therefore the Commission to address further the issue within the announced communication on the quality of public spending which should consider, inter alia, the issue of separating current spending and investment in the budget deficit calculations so as to avoid public investments with long-term net benefits being impeded;
44.

notes the increase in EU funding to deal with the refugee crisis and calls for an analysis to be carried out by the Commission to the added-value and scale of its use, particularly for local and regional authorities; stresses the need for more urgency in the provision and allocation of funds for the management of migration and integration; urges the Commission to ensure that local and regional authorities that are currently receiving and hosting refugees are urgently provided with the necessary financial resources to meet the refugees’ immediate needs;
43.

Looks forward to the Single Market Barriers Report and expects it to provide a clear and comprehensive picture of the most severe obstacles preventing European businesses — in particular SMEs — and the public from benefiting from the full potential of the Single Market. Furthermore, calls on the Commission to propose measures to remove obstacles that have been identified and simplify the overall EU regulatory framework. Underlines the key role of smart specialisation for linking key EU missions such as climate adaptation and industrial transition with local and regional innovation eco-systems and suggests there be close cooperation between the CoR, the Commission and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) to further strengthen this concept;
24.

underlines that the follow-up to citizens' contributions, and in particular the final recommendations of the Conference, are as important as the method of input; stresses that this follow-up should be carried out in a coordinated and inclusive manner, and should also fully involve the CoR; further considers that the Conference should be granted sufficient time to present concrete proposals for improving the EU's institutional framework and making it future-proof; recognises that, as much as the Conference can gain public trust, it can also lose that trust if the promise of delivery and inclusiveness of views expressed is not kept; insists that the success of the Conference will ultimately lie in the fact that citizens note that their voices have been listened to and that they have contributed to shaping the future of the EU;
Opinion

of the Advisory Committee on Concentrations given at the 80th meeting on 27 June 2000 concerning a preliminary draft decision relating to Case COMP/M.1813 - Industri Kapital/Dyno

(2001/C 166/09)

1. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the proposed operation constitutes a concentration within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation and that it has a Community dimension and constitutes a cooperation case pursuant to Article 57 of the EEA Agreement and Article 2(1)(c) of Protocol 24 to that Agreement and thus the case is to be assessed by the Commission in cooperation with the EFTA Surveillance Authority in accordance with Article 58 of the EEA Agreement.

2. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that there are separate markets for urea formaldehyde based resins, phenol formaldehyde based resins, formaldehyde and methanol.

3. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that as to plastic materials handling systems, it can be left open whether plastic stack-nest containers, plastic stackable containers, plastic bottle trays, plastic crates, plastic pallets and plastic small-parts storage systems constitute separate markets or one single market of plastic material handling systems.

4. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission with the geographic market definition given in the draft decision concerning the formaldehyde based resins, the formaldehyde, the methanol and the plastic materials handling systems.

5. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the operation would lead to the creation of a dominant position in urea formaldehyde based resins and phenol formaldehyde based resins in Finland and Norway or alternatively in Norway and Sweden as a region; in formaldehyde in Finland and to the creation or strengthening of a dominant position in plastic stack-nest containers, plastic stackable containers, plastic bottle trays, plastic crates and plastic pallets in Finland, Sweden and Norway; and in plastic small-parts storage systems in Sweden and Norway or, alternatively, in the markets for plastic materials handling systems in the Nordic region comprising Finland, Sweden and Norway.

6. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the commitments proposed by the notifying party will remove the competitive concerns raised by the notified operation.

7. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that, subject to full compliance with the commitments, the notified operation should be declared compatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement.

8. The Advisory Committee recommends the Commission to take account of all the matters raised in the discussion.

9. The Advisory Committee agrees with the publication of its opinion.
Corrigendum to information communicated by Member States under Article 23 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters

(Official Journal of the European Communities C 151 of 22 May 2001)

(2003/C 65/13)

On page 14, UNITED KINGDOM:

1. Article 3(1) is replaced by the following:

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For the Attention of the Foreign Process Department (Room E10)

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Opinion

of the Advisory Committee on Concentrations

given at its meeting on 5 October 2000 concerning a preliminary draft decision relating to Case COMP/M.1845 - AOL/Time Warner

(2001/C 283/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the notified operation constitutes a concentration within the meaning of the Merger Regulation and that it has a Community dimension.

2. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission's definition of the following relevant markets:

(a) the market for online music (narrow-band) content at least EEA dimension, whereby it is not relevant to further distinguish between separate markets for downloading and streaming;

(b) the market for supply of player software, which market appears to be global;

(c) the markets for internet dial-up access (narrow-band access) of national dimension.

3. A majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the new entity would become dominant in:

(a) the market for online music;

(b) the market for music software;

and that it is not necessary to conclude on whether the transaction could lead to the creation of a dominant position in the UK market for Internet dial-up access.

A minority disagrees.

4. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the new entity would not become dominant for broad-band content nor for broad-band access.

5. A majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the remedies proposed by the parties remove all the competitive concerns of the concentration identified in the draft decision.

A minority takes the position that remedies are not necessary in this case.

6. The Advisory Committee recommends the publication of its opinion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

7. The Advisory Committee asks the Commission to take into account the remarks and comments made by the delegations during the discussion.
Opinion

of the Advisory Committee on Concentrations

given at the 78th meeting on 24 May 2000 concerning a preliminary draft decision relating to Case COMP/M.1673 - VEBA/VIAG

(2001/C 192/02)

1. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the notified operation constitutes a concentration within the meaning of the Article 3(1)(a) of the EC Merger Regulation, and that the notified operation has a Community dimension as defined by the Article 1(2) of the EC Merger Regulation.

2. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the relevant product markets are:

(a) the supply of electricity at interconnected level;

(b) sodium dicyanamide (NDC); and

(c) cyanuric chloride (CC).

3. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the relevant geographic market:

(a) for the supply of electricity at interconnected level is national;

(b) for NDC is worldwide; and

(c) for CC is either western Europe (the EEA and Switzerland) or worldwide, but that the exact geographic market definition can be left open.

4. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the concentration leads to:

(a) the creation of a joint dominant position on the German market for the supply of electricity at interconnected level;

(b) the strengthening of a dominant position on the worldwide market for NDC; and

(c) the strengthening of a dominant position on the European or worldwide market for CC;

as a result of which, effective competition would be significantly impeded within the common market and in the EEA.

5. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the concentration does not give rise to any competitive concerns regarding the gas or steel markets as explained in the draft decision.

6. A majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the commitments submitted by VEBA/VIAG concerning:

(a) the electricity market;

(b) the NDC market; and

(c) the CC market;

subject to the results of "market testing", will remove all the competitive concerns identified in question 4 above.

Minorities disagree with the Commission on points (a), (b) and (c).

7. A majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that, subject to the full compliance of the submitted commitments, the notified concentration is compatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement.

A minority disagrees with the Commission.

8. The Advisory Committee recommend the publication of this opinion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

9. The Advisory Committee asks the Commission to take account of the other points raised during the discussion of this case.
Corrigendum to the notice of the Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers

(Official Journal of the European Communities C 20 of 23 January 2002)

(2002/C 34/17)

On page 21, point II, the entry for France in the last column:

for: "EUR 241,53",

read: "EUR 241,35".
Administrative Commission of the European Communities on Social security for Migrant workers

Rates for conversion of currencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72

(2002/C 106/02)

Article 107 (1), (2), (3) and (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72

Reference period: April 2002

Application period: July, August and September 2002

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1. Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 determines that the rate for the conversion into a currency of amounts denominated in another currency shall be the rate calculated by the Commission and based on the monthly average, during the reference period specified in paragraph 2, of reference rates of exchange of currencies published by the European Central Bank.

2. The reference period shall be:

- the month of January for rates of conversion applicable from 1 April following,

- the month of April for rates of conversion applicable from 1 July following,

- the month of July for rates of conversion applicable from 1 October following,

- the month of October for rates of conversion applicable from 1 January following.

The rates for the conversion of currencies shall be published in the second Official Journal of the European Communities ("C" series) of the months of February, May, August and November.
Corrigendum to the Summary of accounts for the year 2002 (OJ C 279 of 20.11.2003)



Official Journal C 068 , 18/03/2004 P. 0015 - 0015



Corrigendum to the Summary of accounts for the year 2002 (Official Journal of the European Union C 279 of 20 November 2003) (2004/C 68/12) On page 5, in Table 1, against the entry "Community subsidies", second column: for: "16,5", read: "17,1"; and against the entry "Total", second column: for: "16,8", read: "17,4". On page 7, in Table 3, section headed "Fixed assets", add the following data: column 1 "Depreciation", column 2 "- 4452" and column 3 "0", and the entry against "subtotal": for: "8733", read: "4281".
Final report of the Hearing Officer in case COMP/M.2568 - Haniel/Ytong

(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)

(2003/C 107/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

The draft decision does not give rise to any observations on the right to be heard, neither with regard to the parties to the concentration nor with regard to interested third parties.

The draft decision deals only with objections in respect of which the parties have been afforded the opportunity of marking known their views.

Done at Brussels, 25 March 2002.

Karen Williams
Opinion of the Advisory Committee on Concentrations given at its 112th meeting on 6 December 2002 concerning a draft decision relating to Case COMP/M.2822 - ENBW/ENI/GVS

(2003/C 233/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the notified operation constitutes a concentration within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation.

2. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that the notified operation has a Community Dimension as defined in Article 1(2) of the Merger Regulation.

3. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that for the purposes of this case, the definition of the relevant product market is "regional wholesale of gas".

4. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that for the purposes of this case, the relevant geographic market is regional in scope.

5. A majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission's view that GVS holds a dominant position on the wholesale gas market in Baden-Württemberg. A minority abstains.

6. A majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission's view that:

(a) as a result of down-stream vertical integration, the proposed concentration strengthens GVS's dominant position in the regional wholesale of gas in Baden-Württemberg;

(b) as a result of which future potential competition on the market will be eliminated to a significant extent.

A minority disagrees.

7. According to the Commission, the commitments offered by the notifying parties address the foreclosure effect it has identified as arising from the proposed transaction. The commitments, which bring about much earlier freeing up of 100 % of customer requirements for supply and which account for around 60 % of GVS total supply, allow competitors, such as Wingas, the chance to win customers in the relevant market.

A majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission's view that the commitments are necessary, appropriate and proportionate. A minority disagrees.

8. A majority of the Advisory Committee agrees that the concentration should be declared compatible with the common market. A minority disagrees.

9. The Advisory Committee recommends the publication of its opinion in the Official Journal of the European Union.

10. The Advisory Committee asks the Commission to take into account the remarks and comments made by the Advisory Committee.
EUMC - Financial accounts 2002

(2003/C 317/12)

Table 1

EUMC - Implementation of the budget for the financial year 2002

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NB:

Any discrepancies in totals are due to the effects of rounding.

Source:

Agency/Office data - These tables summarise the data supplied by the Agency/Office in its own financial statements.

Table 2

EUMC - Revenue and expenditure account for 2002 and 2001

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NB:

Any discrepancies in totals are due to the effects of rounding.

Source:

EUMC.

Table 3

EUMC - Balance sheet at 31 December 2002 and 2001NB:

Any discrepancies in totals are due to the effects of rounding.

Source:

EUMC.

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Table 4

EUMC - Cash flow analysis for the financial year 2002

>TABLE>

NB:

Any discrepancies in totals are due to the effects of rounding.

Source:

EUMC.