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Commission Regulation (EC) No 714/98 of 31 March 1998 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 1998-03-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

1. 4. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 100/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 714/98

of 31 March 1998

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain
fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/
94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the applica-
the import arrangements for fruit and veget-
tion of
ables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2375/
96 (2), and in particular Article 4 (1) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92
of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the
conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 150/95 (4), and in particular Article 3 (3)
thereof,

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down,
pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilat-
eral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commis-

sion fixes the standard values for imports from third
countries, in respect of the products and periods stipu-
lated in the Annex thereto;

Whereas, in compliance with the above criteria, the stand-
ard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the
Annex to this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in
the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1998.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 31 March 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 337, 24. 12. 1994, p. 66.
(2) OJ L 325, 14. 12. 1996, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

1. 4. 98

to the Commission Regulation of 31 March 1998 establishing the standard import values for
determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0709 10 00

0709 90 70

0805 10 10, 0805 10 30, 0805 10 50

0805 30 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(ECU/100 kg)

052
204
212
624
999
220
999
052
204
999
052
204
212
400
600
624
999
600
999
052
060
388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
999
388
400
512
528
999

99,7
79,3
108,6
121,5
102,3
174,9
174,9
107,3
137,7
122,5
74,6
34,7
42,6
46,3
42,8
50,0
48,5
63,1
63,1
56,3
39,0
91,8
99,4
99,2
91,5
74,1
86,8
69,3
144,0
85,1
71,1
75,8
67,8
72,4
71,8

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2317/97 (OJ L 321, 22. 11. 1997, p. 19). Code

‘999' stands for ‘of other origin'.
Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a Council Directive amending Council Directive 95/21/EC concerning the enforcement, in respect of shipping using Community ports and sailing in the waters under the jurisdiction of the Member States, of international standards for ship safety, pollution prevention and shipboard living and working conditions (port State control) (C4-0082/98 97/0215(SYN))
Date: 1998-03-31
Institutions: Committee on Transport and Tourism, European Parliament
Subjects: EU waters, comitology, harbour installation, maritime safety, prevention of pollution, safety standard, vessel













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Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a Council Directive amending Council Directive 95/21/EC concerning the enforcement, in respect of shipping using Community ports and sailing in the waters under the jurisdiction of the Member States, of international standards for ship safety, pollution prevention and shipboard living and working conditions (port State control) (C4-0082/98 97/0215(SYN))  


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A4-0090/98Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a Council Directive amending Council Directive 95/21/EC concerning the enforcement, in respect of shipping using Community ports and sailing in the waters under the jurisdiction of the Member States, of international standards for ship safety, pollution prevention and shipboard living and working conditions (port State control) (C4-0082/98 - 97/0215(SYN))(Cooperation procedure: second reading)The European Parliament,- having regard to the common position of the Council, C4-0082/98 - 97/0215(SYN),- having regard to its opinion at first reading ((Minutes of 4.12.1997, Part II, Item 1.)) on the Commission proposal to the Council COM(97)0416 ((OJ C 264, 30.8.1997, p. 33.)),- having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 189c of the EC Treaty (C4-0456/97),- having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,- having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A4-0090/98),1. Approves the common position;2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 860/98 by Ursula SCHLEICHER to the Council. Implications of the ban on tobacco advertising
Date: 1998-03-31
Institutions: European Parliament, SCHLEICHER
Subjects: advertising, application of EU law, approximation of laws, competence of the Member States, directive (EU), health policy, public health, single market, tobacco industry, young person

C 323/86

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21. 10. 98

(98/C 323/116)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0857/98

by Ursula Schleicher (PPE) to the Council

(31 March 1998)

Subject: Implications of the ban on tobacco advertising

The directive prohibits the naming of new brands of cigarettes after other products or services once a transitional
period has expired. Does this mean that, before any new brand of cigarettes is introduced in the future, a check
must  be  made  to  determine  whether  the  planned  brand  name  is  being  used  for  some  product  (or  service)
somewhere in the world?

Any free distribution that has the direct or indirect effect of advertising a tobacco product is also prohibited.

Does this also apply to the commercial distribution of samples of non-tobacco products (e.g. such cosmetic

1.
articles as Davidoff shaving lotion)?

2. May the Member States admit as evidence the contention that the free distribution of non-tobacco products
does not result in the promotion of sales of tobacco products in individual cases?

(98/C 323/117)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0858/98

by Ursula Schleicher (PPE) to the Council

(31 March 1998)

Subject: Implications of the ban on tobacco advertising

The directive explicitly does not apply to advertising at sales outlets, presentation or the indication of prices.
The Member States may therefore lay down their own rules on these aspects. Does this apply only to tobacco
products themselves or › especially › to non-tobacco products with the same brand name?

Similarly, the directive does not apply to tobacco advertising in third-country publications.

Does this mean that the Member States are free to permit such advertising or to prohibit it and so to erect

1.
new trade barriers?

2.

Does this arrangement also apply to the advertising of non-tobacco products?

How consistent with the provisions of Article 100a(4) of the EC Treaty is the right granted in the directive to the
Member States to lay down stricter requirements?

(98/C 323/118)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0859/98

by Ursula Schleicher (PPE) to the Council

(31 March 1998)

Subject: Implications of the ban on tobacco advertising

It is generally acknowledged that the directive pursues an important health policy objective.

1. Why, then, is Article 129 of the EC Treaty not cited as the legal basis?

2. Why do the recitals of the version contained in the common position focus far less on health protection than
the Commission(cid:146)s proposal?

(98/C 323/119)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0860/98

by Ursula Schleicher (PPE) to the Council

(31 March 1998)

Subject: Implications of the ban on tobacco advertising

Given the considerable scope it leaves the Member States to lay down special rules, can the directive really be
regarded as suitable for harmonizing the legal situation?
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 858/98 by Ursula SCHLEICHER to the Council. Implications of the ban on tobacco advertising
Date: 1998-03-31
Institutions: European Parliament, SCHLEICHER
Subjects: advertising, application of EU law, approximation of laws, competence of the Member States, directive (EU), product designation, public health, single market, tobacco industry, trade mark

C 323/86

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21. 10. 98

(98/C 323/116)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0857/98

by Ursula Schleicher (PPE) to the Council

(31 March 1998)

Subject: Implications of the ban on tobacco advertising

The directive prohibits the naming of new brands of cigarettes after other products or services once a transitional
period has expired. Does this mean that, before any new brand of cigarettes is introduced in the future, a check
must  be  made  to  determine  whether  the  planned  brand  name  is  being  used  for  some  product  (or  service)
somewhere in the world?

Any free distribution that has the direct or indirect effect of advertising a tobacco product is also prohibited.

Does this also apply to the commercial distribution of samples of non-tobacco products (e.g. such cosmetic

1.
articles as Davidoff shaving lotion)?

2. May the Member States admit as evidence the contention that the free distribution of non-tobacco products
does not result in the promotion of sales of tobacco products in individual cases?

(98/C 323/117)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0858/98

by Ursula Schleicher (PPE) to the Council

(31 March 1998)

Subject: Implications of the ban on tobacco advertising

The directive explicitly does not apply to advertising at sales outlets, presentation or the indication of prices.
The Member States may therefore lay down their own rules on these aspects. Does this apply only to tobacco
products themselves or › especially › to non-tobacco products with the same brand name?

Similarly, the directive does not apply to tobacco advertising in third-country publications.

Does this mean that the Member States are free to permit such advertising or to prohibit it and so to erect

1.
new trade barriers?

2.

Does this arrangement also apply to the advertising of non-tobacco products?

How consistent with the provisions of Article 100a(4) of the EC Treaty is the right granted in the directive to the
Member States to lay down stricter requirements?

(98/C 323/118)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0859/98

by Ursula Schleicher (PPE) to the Council

(31 March 1998)

Subject: Implications of the ban on tobacco advertising

It is generally acknowledged that the directive pursues an important health policy objective.

1. Why, then, is Article 129 of the EC Treaty not cited as the legal basis?

2. Why do the recitals of the version contained in the common position focus far less on health protection than
the Commission(cid:146)s proposal?

(98/C 323/119)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0860/98

by Ursula Schleicher (PPE) to the Council

(31 March 1998)

Subject: Implications of the ban on tobacco advertising

Given the considerable scope it leaves the Member States to lay down special rules, can the directive really be
regarded as suitable for harmonizing the legal situation?
98/330/EC: European Parliament Decision of 31 March 1998 giving discharge to the Commission in respect of the financial management of the seventh European Development Fund for the financial year 1996
Date: 1998-03-31
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Commission, European Development Fund, European Parliament, budgetary discharge, financial year, implementation of the budget

L 146/28

EN

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16. 5. 98

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION

of 31 March 1998

giving discharge to the Commission in respect of the financial management of the
seventh European Development Fund for the financial year 1996

(98/330/EC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

(cid:190) Having regard to the EC Treaty,

(cid:190) Having regard to the fourth ACP-EEC Convention (1),

(cid:190) Having regard to the balance sheets and revenue and expenditure accounts of the sixth and
seventh European Development Funds for the 1996 financial year (SEC(97) 0938 (cid:190)
C4-0274/97),

(cid:190) Having regard to the report and the Statement of Assurance of the Court of Auditors

concerning the financial year 1996 and the replies of the institutions (2),

(cid:190) Having regard to the Recommendation of the Council of 9 March 1998 (C4-0166/98),

(cid:190) Having regard to the report of the Committte on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the

Committee on Development and Cooperation (A4-0091/98),

1. Gives discharge to the Commission in respect of the financial management of the seventh
European Development Fund for the financial year 1996 on the basis of the following
amounts:

BALANCE SHEET OF THE SEVENTH EDF AT 31 DECEMBER 1996

(ECU 1 000)

ASSETS

SITUATION
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 1996

Grants
Loans
Stabex
Sysmin

Liquid assets
Other current assets
Items under verification

LIABILITIES

Contributions called up
Other income
Transfers to the seventh EDF
Amount due to the sixth EDF

SUBTOTAL

3 503 978
320 531
1 610 561
101 067

5 536 137

(cid:190)
(cid:190)
(cid:190)

TOTAL

5 536 137

3 799 888
876 289
(cid:190)
859 960

5 536 137

TOTAL

(1) OJ L 229, 17. 8. 1991.
(2) JO C 348, 18. 11. 1997 (Volume I, Chapter 12 and Volume II, Part II).

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L 146/29

USE OF RESOURCES (cid:190) SEVENTH EDF AT 31 DECEMBER 1996

Breakdown of funds

Initial
appropriation

Resources
or reductions
at 31 December 1996

Resources
or reductions
during 1996

New
situation

Total ACP

Total OCT

10 800 000 000,00

828 011 277,33 –18 204 535,14

11 609 806 742,19

140 000 000,00

14 800 730,06

23 404,00

154 800 964,10

Sundry revenue

0,00

41 341 598,08

10 339 649,67

51 681 247,75

Total

10 940 000 000,00

884 153 605,47

–7 864 651,43

11 816 288 954,04

2. Records its observations in the resolution which forms part of this Decision;

3.

Instructs its President to forward this Decision and the resolution containing its observations
to the Commission, the Council, the Court of Auditors and the European Investment Bank
and to have them published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (L series).

The Secretary-General

Julian PRIESTLEY

The President

Jos(cid:130) Mar(cid:146)a GIL-ROBLES
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 872/98 by John CUSHNAHAN to the Council. Famine relief in West Papua
Date: 1998-03-31
Institutions: CUSHNAHAN, European Parliament
Subjects: Indonesia, human rights, humanitarian aid, hunger

21. 10. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 323/89

(98/C 323/124)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0871/98

by Gerhard Hager (NI) to the Commission

(26 March 1998)

Subject: Progress in the fight against child abuse

In  1997  the  Commission  submitted  a  communication  on  combating  child  sex  tourism  (COM(96)0547)  and  a
memorandum on the European Union(cid:146)s contribution to stepping up the fight against child abuse and the sexual
exploitation of children (C4-0556/96). A report drawn up for Parliament on the subject urged that the available
instruments be used.

l. What  action  has  the  Commission  taken  in  the  meantime  to  achieve  the  objectives  set  out  in  the
communication and memorandum?

Does the Commission have any information on action that the Member States may have recently taken in

2.
this area?

Answer given by Mr Papoutsis on behalf of the Commission

(24 April 1998)

In  view  of  the  length  of  its  answer,  the  Commission  is  sending  it  direct  to  the  Honourable  Member  and  to
Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat.

(98/C 323/125)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0872/98

by John Cushnahan (PPE) to the Council

(31 March 1998)

Subject: Famine relief in West Papua

Is the Council aware of reports from human rights organizations that churches in West Papua (Irian Jaya) have
been denied access by the Indonesian military to relief supplies for areas in the Puncak Jaya and Jawijaj districts
of West Papua despite the ongoing famine in this region?

Has the Council received details of this situation, and what action does it propose to take?

Answer

(6 July 1998)

The Council has no information on the issue mentioned by the Honourable Member.

The Presidency will suggest to raise the issue at a forthcoming meeting of the Asia/Oceania experts working
group  and  try  to  establish  a  line  of  action  in  close  liaison  with  humanitarian  relief  agencies  working  on  the
ground in Irian Jaya.

(98/C 323/126)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0874/98

by Concepcio· Ferrer (PPE) to the Commission

(26 March 1998)

Subject: Antibiotics for animals

Euro-coop recently submitted a request calling for a complete ban on the use of antibiotics as growth promoters
in animal feed within the European Union.

In view of the problems which antibiotics may cause if they are used for purposes other than therapeutic ones,
and given the need for a clear and responsible EU food policy which guarantees consumer protection, is the
Commission considering any action to prevent the use of antibiotics in animal feed within the European Union?