ddrg/super_eurlex huggingface dataset:
From 1 November 2005, the public service obligation for scheduled air services between the airports at La Rochelle (Ile de Ré) and Lyon (Saint-Exupéry) on the one hand, and the airports at Poitiers (Biard) and Lyon (Saint-Exupéry) on the other, is as follows:

Minimum frequency

The minimum level of service provided must be:

— two round trips a day, morning and evening, from Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays, 220 days a year,

— one round trip on Sunday, 44 weeks a year.

The route must be as follows: La Rochelle (Ile de Ré) — Poitiers (Biard) — Lyon (Saint-Exupéry) and vice versa.

Type of aircraft used

The service must be operated with a pressurised twin-turboprop or twin-jet aircraft having a seating capacity of at least 40.

Timetables

Timetables must be such as to enable passengers on business trips during the working week to make the round trip within the day and to spend at least five hours at their destination, whether La Rochelle (Ile de Ré), Poitiers (Biard) or Lyon (Saint-Exupéry).

Timetables must be such as to allow transit passengers to take national and/or international connecting flights at Lyon (Saint Exupéry).

Flight bookings

Flights must be bookable through at least one computerised reservation system which allows destinations to be marketed.

Operation

The company must be connected to the airports used on this route by a computerised communication system.

Continuity of service

Except in cases of force majeure, the number of flights cancelled in any year for reasons directly attributable to the carrier must not exceed 3 % of the number of flights scheduled. The carrier must give six months' notice before discontinuing these services.

Community carriers are hereby informed that the operation of air services without regard to the abovementioned public service obligation may result in administrative and/or criminal penalties.
The public service obligations are amended as follows:

The obligations set out in Point 2 regarding the type of aircraft used and the capacity to be provided are replaced by the following:

‘The minimum daily capacity which must be available throughout the year is 360 seats from Monday to Friday and 180 on Saturdays and Sundays. The services must be operated with a pressurised aircraft.’
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 168/25

UNIFORM APPLICATION OF THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE (CN)

(Classification of goods)

(2005/C 168/05)

Publication of Explanatory Notes adopted under Article 10(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987, on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1)

The Explanatory Notes to the combined nomenclature of the European Communities (2) shall be amended as follows:

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6104 41 00 to 6104 49 00 dresses

Insert the following text after the second sentence of the explanatory note:

‘This term also encompasses transparent dresses.’

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Insert the following text after the explanatory note to ‘6112 11 00 to 6112 19 00’:

‘6112 31 10 to 6112 49 90 Men's or boys' swimwear and Women's or girls' swimwear

See the HS Explanatory Notes to heading 6112, (C), mentioning that heading 6112 includes inter alia swimming shorts and trunks, whether or not elastic.

Swimming shorts are garments which, because of their general appearance, cut and nature of fabric, are intended to be worn solely or mainly as swimwear and not as “shorts” of heading 6103 or 6104. In general they are entirely or mainly made of man-made fibres.

Swimming shorts must have all the following characteristics:

have inner briefs sewn to the garment or at least — a lining in the front or the crotch — be tight at the waist (e.g. have a drawstring or a fully elasticated waist)

Swimming shorts may have pockets provided that — the outside pockets have a firm fastening system (e.g. they have to have a zip fastening or velcro type fastening to close the pocket completely, i.e. they may not be fastened at intervals) — the inside pockets have the same firm fastening system as the outside pockets mentioned above. However, inside pockets when fixed to the waist may merely have an overlap closing system provided that it assures complete closure of the pocket opening.

Swimming shorts cannot have any of the following characteristics: — a front opening even if closed by a closing system — an opening at the waist even if closed by a closing system.’

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Insert the following text after the heading text of ‘6211’:

‘6211 11 00 to 6211 12 00 Men's or boys' swimwear and Women's or girls' swimwear See the HS Explanatory Notes to heading 6211, 1st paragraph. The Explanatory Notes to subheadings 6112 31 10 to 6112 49 90 apply, mutatis mutandis.’

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 493/2005 (OJ L 82, 31.3.2005, p. 1).

(2) OJ C 256, 23.10.2002, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 172/18

Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for 25 Member States applicable as from 1 January 2005

Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 (OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1) and the Commission notice on the method for setting the reference and discount rates (OJ C 273, 9.9.1997, p. 3)

(2005/C 172/07)
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 183/3

Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of Council Directive 89/106/EEC on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to construction products

(2005/C 183/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(Publication of titles and references of European Technical Approval Guidelines (ETAG) under the directive)

EOTA (1) Reference Title of the ETA Guideline Date of applicability (2) Date of the end of the coexistence period (3) ETAG 016-3 Self Supporting Composite Lightweight Panels — Part 3: Specific aspects relating to self-supporting composite lightweight panels for use in external walls and claddings 1.12.2005 1.12.2007 ETAG 016-4 Self Supporting Composite Lightweight Panels — Part 4: Specific aspects relating to self-supporting composite lightweight panels for use in internal walls and ceilings 1.12.2005 1.12.2007 ETAG 018-1 Fire Protective Products — Part 1: General 21.9.2004 21.6.2007 ETAG 018-4 Fire Protective Products — Part 4: Fire Protective board, slab and mat products and kits 21.9.2004 21.6.2007 ETAG 019 Prefabricated wood-based loadbearing stressed skin panels 2.11.2005 2.11.2007

NOTE:

— Any information concerning the availability of the ETA Guidelines can be obtained either from EOTA or from its members.

— Publication of the references in the Official Journal of the European Union does not imply that the harmonised technical specifications are available in all the Community languages.

— Further harmonised technical specifications related to the Construction Products Directive have been published in previous editions of the Official Journal of the European Union. A complete updated list can be found on the Europa server on the Internet at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/nando-is/cpd

(1) EOTA: European Organisation for Technical Approvals: Avenue des Arts 40 Kunstlaan, B-1040 Brussels; tel. (32-2) 502 69 00; fax (32-2) 502 38 14; e-mail: info@eota.be (www.eota.be).

(2) Date of applicability of ETAs (issued in accordance with the relevant Guideline) according to Article 4(2)(b) of Directive 89/106/EEC.

(3) The date of the end of the coexistence period is the same as the date of withdrawal of conflicting national technical specifications, after which presumption of conformity must be based upon harmonised European specifications (harmonised standards or European Technical Approvals). The translations of the titles given above have been provided by EOTA and represent the ‘official’ language versions given by the National members of EOTA.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 191/5

Information communicated by Member States regarding state aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to state aid to small and medium-sized enterprises

(2005/C 191/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid number: XS 2/03

Member State: Austria

Title of aid scheme: Aid scheme for young entrepreneurs (including business establishment bonus) 2001-2006

Legal basis: Richtlinien für die Jungunternehmer/innen-Förderungsaktion vom 28.11.2002

Bundesgesetz über besondere Förderungen von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (BGBl. Nr. 432/1996) idgF. im folgenden kurz KMU-FG

Bürgschaftsbedingungen der Austria Wirtschaftsservice

Garantiebedingungen der Austria Wirtschaftsservice für Leasingfinanzierungen

Ergänzende Förderungsbedingungen der Austria Wirtschaftsservice

Die Richtlinien für die Jungunternehmer/innen-Förderungsaktion wurden bis 27.11.2002 als ‘De-minimis’-Förderung abgewickelt.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: Expenditure in the last 3 years:

Grant payments:

2001: €7,4 million; 2000: €7,4 million; 1999: €5,9 million

Business establishment bonus:

2001: €10 000; 2000: €5 000; 1999: no payments yet

Guarantee payments:

2001: €1,1 million; 2000: €1,0 million; 1999: €0,5 million

Guarantees credit volume:

2001: €40,4 million; 2000: €54,5 million; 1999: €40,7 million

Planning up to 2006 (in € million):

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Grant Maximum aid intensity (present value of grant as percentage of substantiated costs = gross grant equivalent): 6,83 % (if paid in two instalments), 7 % (if paid in a single instalment) Tax treatment: the rules on the tax treatment of aid are laid down in the Austrian Income Tax Act.

2. Interest rate subsidy =interest rate cap (only for business establishment bonus) Maximum aid intensity (present value of grant as percentage of substantiated costs = gross grant equivalent): 11,95 % Tax treatment: the rules on the tax treatment of aid are laid down in the Austrian Income Tax Act.

3. Loan guarantee: Grant equivalent: 1,65 % Tax treatment: no special tax treatment is provided for in the case of financing in respect of which the Austria Wirtschaftsservice has provided a guarantee.

4. Bonus for the establishment of a new business Maximum aid intensity (present value of grant as percentage of substantiated costs = gross grant equivalent): 14 % Tax treatment: the rules on the tax treatment of aid are laid down in the Austrian Income Tax Act.

Date of implementation: Date of entry into force of the aid scheme: 28.11.2002, i.e. aid commitments as from 28.11.2002 are based on Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12.1.2001

Duration of scheme: 28.11.2002 (date of aid commitment) — 31.12.2006 (date of submission of application)

Objective: Support for the establishment or taking-over of competitive, economically independent small businesses

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors except for tourism and the leisure industry and agriculture and forestry

Name and address of the granting authority:
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 206/2

Communication from the Commission on the competent administrative authorities and/or guarantee institutions regarding Directive 2002/74/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

(2005/C 206/02)

The Commission draws the attention of the interested parties to the list of competent administrative authorities and/or guarantee institutions regarding Directive 2002/74/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002 amending Council Directive 80/987/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer (1), which is available on the Commission's website:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/labour_law/documentation_en.htm.

(1) OJ L 270, 8.10.2002, p. 10.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 197/8

NOTICE TO IMPORTERS

Imports of garlic into the Community

(2005/C 197/05)

The European Commission informs Community operators that there is reasonable doubt as to the origin of garlic of tariff heading CN 0703 20 00, which is released for free circulation into the Community in order to benefit:

— either from the GATT tariff quota open by Council Decision 2001/404/EC (1),

— or from preferential tariff measures, contained in agreements which the Community has concluded with or arrangements it has adopted unilaterally in respect of certain countries or group of countries.

From various investigations, it results that important quantities of garlic of Chinese origin are declared with another origin and then benefit from the tariff measures mentioned above, beyond the annual quota of 13 200 tonnes allocated to China.

Community operators declaring and/or presenting documentary evidence of origin for garlic of tariff heading CN 0703 20 00 are therefore advised to take all the necessary precautions, since the release of the goods in question for free circulation may give rise to a customs debt and lead to fraud against the Community's financial interests.

(1) Decision 2001/404/EC of 28 May 2001 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and Argentina pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 for the modification of concessions with respect to garlic provided for in Schedule CXL annexed to GATT (OJ L 142, 29.5.2001, p. 7) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 565/2002 of 2 April 2002 establishing the method for managing tariff quotas and introducing a system of certificates of origin for garlic imported from third countries (OJ L 86, 3.4.2002, p. 11).
6.

In the case of the simplified procedures, the Commission will use its best endeavours to preliminarily assess the case within a month's period. In all other cases, the delay will be fixed at two months. Subsequent correspondence relating to the particular notification will be exchanged between the Member State and the DG responsible via a PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) secured system. Member States will inform the Commission of their representative authorized to receive the key and to manage the security system. Two keys will be available per Member State. Member States are responsible for the security guarantee of their own e-mailing system between the sending point and the Authorized Disclosure Officer (ADO)
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 256/13

Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licenses pursuant to Article 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers (1) (2)

(2005/C 256/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

GERMANY

Operating licences granted

Category A: Operating licences without the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

Name of air carrier Address of air carrier Permitted to carry Decision effective since DAUair Verwaltungs AG Seelandstraße 1a DE-23569 Lübeck passengers, mail, cargo 8.6.2005

Category B: Operating licences including the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

Name of air carrier Address of air carrier Permitted to carry Decision effective since Helicopter Service Bremen GmbH Otto-Lilienthal-Straße 23 DE-27777 Ganderkesee passengers, mail, cargo 16.9.2005 Deutsche Seeflug GmbH & Co KG Zum Lankenaner Höft DE-28197 Bremen passengers, mail, cargo 16.9.2005 business air charter GmbH Ronneburger Straße 74 DE-07546 Gera passengers, mail, cargo 5.1.2005 Proflight GmbH Louis-Leitz-Straße 1 DE-28355 Bremen passengers, mail, cargo 5.1.2005 Alpha Exec Flugbatriebs Hansastr. 8 DE-91126 Schwabach passengers, mail, cargo 15.2.2005 Air Alliance Flight Center GmbH Siegerland-Flughafen DE-59299 Burbach passengers, mail, cargo 14.4.2005 Flight Team GmbH Flugplatzstraße 20 DE-97437 Haßfurt passengers, mail, cargo 10.6.2005 Bluebird Aviation GmbH Blumenfeldstraße 18 DE-44795 Bochum passengers, mail, cargo 1.7.2005

Operating licences revoked

Category B: Operating licences including the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

Name of air carrier Address of air carrier Permitted to carry Decision effective since Amadeus Flugdienst GmbH & Co. KG Flughafen Hahn Gebäude 663 DE-55483 Lautzenhausen passengers, mail, cargo 22.8.2005 Executive Air Frankfurt GmbH Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 27 DE-60596 Frankfurt/Main passengers, mail, cargo 1.2.2005 Helicopter Geschäftsreisen Neuenkirchener Landstraße 86 DE-33378 Rheda-Wiedenbrück passengers, mail, cargo 10.6.2005

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 1.

(2) Communicated to the European Commission before 31.8.2005.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 261/5

Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licenses pursuant to Article 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers (1) (2)

(2005/C 261/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

SWEDEN

Operating licences revoked

Category A: Operating licences without the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

Name of air carrier Address of air carrier Permitted to carry Decision effective since Swedjet Airways AB 556528-2687 Gäskullevägen 6 SE-445 52 Surte passengers, mail, cargo 1.9.2005

Category B: Operating licences including the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

Name of air carrier Address of air carrier Permitted to carry Decision effective since Stanson Air AB 556394-5921 Box 7062 SE-161 07 Bromma passengers, mail, cargo 7.3.2005 Polar Helikopter i Kiruna AB 556461-4518 Box 170 SE-981 23 Kiruna passengers, mail, cargo 9.3.2005 Flyg AB Göta Vingar 556497-3161 Timmermansgatan 43 SE-118 55 Stockholm passengers, mail, cargo 4.7.2005

(1) OJ No L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 1.

(2) Communicated to the European Commission before 31.8.2005.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 269/52

Community Plant Variety Office — Publication of the final accounts for the financial year 2004

(2005/C 269/14)

The complete version of the final accounts may be found at the following address:

http://www.cpvo.eu.int/default.php?res=1&w=1016&h=547&lang=en&page=ocvv/financement.html

Table 1

Implementation of the budget for the financial year 2004

(million euro) Revenue Expenditure Origin of revenue Revenue entered in the final budget for the financial year Revenue collected Expenditure allocation Appropriations in the final budget Appropriations carried over from the previous financial year Available appropriations (2004 budget and 2003 financial year) entered committed paid carried over cancelled outstanding commitments paid cancelled carried over appropriations committed paid carried over cancelled Own revenue 7,5 8,4 Title I — Staff 3,7 3,7 3,6 0,0 0,1 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 3,8 3,7 3,7 0,0 0,1 Administrative revenue 0,0 0,0 Title II — Administration 2,0 1,6 0,9 0,7 0,5 0,2 0,1 0,1 0,0 2,2 1,8 1,0 0,7 0,5 Miscellaneous revenue 0,0 0,0 Title III — Operating activities 5,5 4,6 0,5 4,1 0,9 7,1 3,0 0,4 3,7 12,7 11,8 3,5 7,8 1,3 Financial revenue 0,4 0,4 Budgetary balance from the previous financial year 3,5 0,0 Total 11,3 8,8 Total 11,3 9,9 5,0 4,9 1,4 7,4 3,2 0,5 3,7 18,6 17,2 8,2 8,6 1,9 NB: The totals may include differences due to rounding.

Table 2

Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2004 and 2003

(1000 euro) 2004 2003 Revenue Own revenue 8 358 8 199 Miscellaneous revenue 30 156 Financial revenue 371 401 Total revenue (a) 8 759 8 757 Expenditure Staff — Title I of the budget Payments 3 635 3 245 Appropriations carried over 38 98 Administration — Title II of the budget Payments 861 583 Appropriations carried over 705 195 Operating activities — Title III of the budget Payments 494 1 179 Appropriations carried over 4 175 4 863 Total expenditure (b) 9 908 10 164 Outturn for the financial year (a - b) – 1 149 – 1 407 Balance carried over from the previous financial year 12 825 13 977 Appropriations carried over and cancelled 462 249 Exchange-rate differences 0 0 Future provision 0 5 Extraordinary income 127 0 Extraordinary expenses – 43 0 Balance for the financial year 12 222 12 825 NB: The totals may include differences due to rounding.

Table 3

Balance sheet at 31 December 2004 and 31 December 2003
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 269/48

European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia — Publication of the final accounts for the financial year 2004

(2005/C 269/13)

The complete version of the final accounts may be found at the following address:

http://eumc.eu.int

Table 1

Implementation of the budget for the financial year 2004

(million euro) Revenue Expenditure Source of revenue Revenue entered in the final budget for the financial year Revenue received Allocation of expenditure Final budget appropriations Appropriations carried over from the previous financial year Available appropriations (2004 budget and financial year 2003) entered committed paid carried over cancelled commitments outstanding paid cancelled appropriations committed paid carried over cancelled Community subsidies 7,8 5,7 Title I Staff 3,3 2,7 2,6 0,1 0,6 0,1 0,0 0,0 3,4 2,8 2,7169 0,1 0,6 Other revenue 0,175 0,5 Title II Administration 0,7 0,5 0,4 0,1 0,3 0,1 0,0 0,0 0,8 0,5 0,5 0,0 0,3 Title III Operating activities 3,8 3,1 2,4 0,7 0,7 1,2 1,0 0,2 5,0 4,3 3,3 0,7 0,9 Total 8,0 6,2 Total 7,9 6,3 5,4 0,9 1,6 1,3 1,0 0,2 9,2 7,6 6,5 0,8 1,8 NB: Totals may include differences due to rounding.

Table 2

Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2004 and 2003

(1000 euro) 2004 2003 Revenue Community subsidies 5 675 7 318 Other revenue 421 374 Sundry revenue 35 Financial revenue 21 1 PHARE revenue 82 676 Total revenue (a) 6 234 8 369 Expenditure Staff — Title I of the budget Payments 2 645 2 618 Appropriations carried over 85 64 Administration — Title II of the budget Payments 447 412 Appropriations carried over 37 51 Operating activities — Title III of the budget Payments 2 352 1 678 Appropriations carried over 745 1 162 Assigned revenue (Phare and other) Payments 7 377 Appropriations carried over 0 694 Total expenditure (b) 6 318 7 055 Outturn for the financial year (a - b) – 84 1 334 Balance carried over from the previous financial year 98 – 1 579 Appropriations carried over, cancelled 241 301 Appropriations for reuse from the previous financial year, not used 0 38 Amounts due written off – 23 0 Exchange-rate differences – 1 5 Amounts refunded to the Commission 0 Balance for the financial year 231 98 NB: Totals may include differences due to rounding.

Table 3

Balance sheet at 31 December 2004 and 31 December 2003
The amount of public aid may not exceed 50 % of the total eligible investment expenditure.

If the total eligible expenditure called for by the investment in undertakings provided for in the project does not exceed EUR 540 000 for one aid recipient in the period from 2004 to 2006, the public financing will be 50 % of that total. The financing breaks down as follows: European Union, 35 %; Republic of Latvia, 15 %; and private, 50 %.

The eligible expenditure corresponds to the initial investment defined in Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, as amended: investment in land, buildings, machinery and equipment