do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2384/98 of 4 November 1998 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 14th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1574/98
Date: 1998-11-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, white sugar

L 296/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

5. 11. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2384/98

of 4 November 1998

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 14th partial invitation
to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1574/98

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the
markets in the sugar sector (1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1148/98 (2), and in particular the second
subparagraph of Article 17 (5) (b) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1574/98 of 22
July 1998 on a standing invitation to tender to determine
refunds on exports of white sugar (3),
levies and/or
requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the
export of this sugar;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EC) No
1574/98 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the
case may be, account being taken in particular of the state
the Community and
and foreseeable development of
world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to tender
in question;

following an examination of

the tenders
Whereas,
submitted in response to the 14th partial invitation to
tender, the provisions set out in Article 1 should be
adopted;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Sugar,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 14th partial invitation to tender for white sugar
to Regulation (EC) No 1574/98 the
issued pursuant
maximum amount of the export refund is fixed at ECU
50,810 per 100 kilograms.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 November
1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 November 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 159, 3. 6. 1998, p. 38.
(3) OJ L 206, 23. 7. 1998, p. 7.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2389/98 of 4 November 1998 concerning the stopping of fishing for common sole by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
Date: 1998-11-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, authorised catch, catch quota, fishing area, sea fish, ship's flag

L 297/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

6. 11. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2389/98

of 4 November 1998

concerning the stopping of fishing for common sole by vessels flying the flag of
Belgium

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93
of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applic-
able to the common fisheries policy (1), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 2635/97 (2), and in particular
Article 21(3) thereof,

Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 45/98 of 19
December 1997 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups
of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1998 and
certain conditions under which they may be fished (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 783/98 (4), provides
for common sole quotas for 1998;

Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provi-
sions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of
stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commis-
sion to fix the date by which catches made by vessels
flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have
exhausted the quotas allocated;

Whereas, according to the information communicated to
the Commission, catches of common sole in the waters of
ICES division VIIf, g by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
or registered in Belgium have reached the quota allocated

for 1998; whereas Belgium has prohibited fishing for this
stock as from 18 October 1998; whereas it is therefore
necessary to abide by that date,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of common sole in the waters of ICES division
VIIf, g by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered
in Belgium are deemed to have exhausted the quota
allocated to Belgium for 1998.

Fishing for common sole in the waters of ICES division
VIIf, g by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered
in Belgium is prohibited, as well as the retention on
board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock
captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of
application of this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 18 October 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 November 1998.

For the Commission

Emma BONINO

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 14.
(3) OJ L 12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 113, 15. 4. 1998, p. 8.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2383/98 of 4 November 1998 altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state
Date: 1998-11-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, raw sugar, white sugar

L 296/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

5. 11. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2383/98

of 4 November 1998

altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural
state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the
markets in the sugar sector (1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1148/98 (2), and in particular the second
subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,

Whereas the refunds on white sugar and raw sugar
exported in the natural state were fixed by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2323/98 (3), as amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 2350/98 (4);

Whereas it
follows from applying the detailed rules
contained in Regulation (EC) No 2350/98 to the informa-
tion known to the Commission that the export refunds at

present in force should be altered to the amounts set out
in the Annex hereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a)
of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81, undenatured and
exported in the natural state, as fixed in the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No 2350/98 are hereby altered to the
amounts shown in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 November
1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 November 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 159, 3. 6. 1998, p. 38.
(3) OJ L 290, 29. 10. 1998, p. 9.
(4) OJ L 293, 31. 10. 1998, p. 7.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 296/11

to the Commission Regulation of 4 November 1998 altering the export refunds on white
sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

ANNEX

Product code

1701 11 90 9100
1701 11 90 9910
1701 11 90 9950
1701 12 90 9100
1701 12 90 9910
1701 12 90 9950

Amount of refund

— ECU/100 kg —

44,15
41,93

44,15
41,93

(1)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(1)
(2)

— ECU/1 % of sucrose (cid:253) 100 kg —

1701 91 00 9000

0,4799

1701 99 10 9100
1701 99 10 9910
1701 99 10 9950

— ECU/100 kg —

47,99
47,61
47,61

— ECU/1 % of sucrose (cid:253) 100 kg —

1701 99 90 9100

0,4799

(1) Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 %; if the yield is other than 92 %,
the refund applicable is calculated in accordance with the provisions of
Article 17a (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81.

(2) Fixing suspended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2689/85 (OJ L 255, 26. 9.
1985, p. 12), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3251/85 (OJ L 309, 21. 11.
1985, p. 14).
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3365/98 by Paul LANNOYE GMO marketing approval dossier: C/NL/96/10, Directive 90/220 (SUPPLEMENTARY ANSWER)
Date: 1998-11-04
Institutions: European Parliament, LANNOYE
Subjects: consumer protection, environmental impact, genetically modified organism, potato

3.12.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 348/1

I

(Information)

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

WRITTEN QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER

(1999/C 348/001)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3365/98

by Paul Lannoye (V) to the Commission

(4 November 1998)

Subject: GMO marketing approval dossier: C/NL/96/10, Directive 90/220

The Scientific Committee on Plants has delivered a negative opinion on Avebe’s application for marketing
information for a transgenic potato. It concludes that without an adequate risk assessment of the potential
consequences of horizontal gene transfer from the GM plants to humans, animals and the environment ... it is
not possible to fully assess the safety of the transgenic potato lines.

Can the Commission explain the following:

1.

Is this in fact the same issue on which the UK advisory committee ACRE, reached the conclusion that ‘the
additional genes did not pose a risk to human health and the environment?

2. Were the same facts available to both committees and the same risk assessment criteria applied?

3. Which antibiotic-resistant genes are involved? ACRE refers to kanamycin, the SCP refers to amikacin?

4. Given the provisions of Article 19(4) of Directive 90/220 (EEC) (1) which lays down ‘that in no case should
the description of the GMO or the evaluation of foreseeable effects including pathogenic and/or
ecologically disruptive effects be kept confidential’ does the Commission now consider it to be in the
public interest to publish the marketing application in full and the complete text of the SCP’s opinion?

(1) OJ L 117, 8.5.1990, p. 15.

Supplementary answer
given by Mrs Bonino on behalf of the Commission

(6 May 1999)

With regard to the publication of the complete opinion of the scientific committee on plants, the Commission
had postponed its reply on this specific point because of claims of confidentiality by the notifier. After
examination of the legal aspects connected with the publication of the full opinion (Article 19 of Council
Directive 90/220/EEC of 23 April 1990 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified
organisms and Article 10 of Commission Decision 97/579/EC of 23 July 1997 setting up scientific committees
in the field of consumer health and food safety (1)) the Commission considers that the complete opinion can
now be published apart from one sentence. This opinion will be put on the Internet as soon as possible.

(1) OJ L 237, 28.8.1997.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2388/98 of 4 November 1998 concerning the stopping of fishing for Greenland halibut by vessels flying the flag of a Member State
Date: 1998-11-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Norway, authorised catch, catch quota, fishing area, sea fish, ship's flag

6. 11. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 297/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2388/98

of 4 November 1998

concerning the stopping of fishing for Greenland halibut by vessels flying the
flag of a Member State

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93
of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applic-
able to the common fisheries policy (1), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 2635/97 (2), and in particular
Article 21(3) thereof,

Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 47/98 of 20
December 1997 allocating, for 1998, certain catch quotas
between Member States for vessels fishing in the Norwe-
gian exclusive economic zone and the fishing zone
around Jan Mayen (3), provides for Greenland halibut
quotas for 1998;

Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provi-
sions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of
stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commis-
sion to fix the date by which catches made by vessels
flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have
exhausted the quota allocated;

Whereas, according to the information communicated to
the Commission, catches of Greenland halibut in the
waters of ICES divisions I, IIa, b (Norwegian waters north
of 62(cid:190) N) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or

registered in a Member State have reached the quota
allocated for 1998,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of Greenland halibut in the waters of ICES divi-
sions I, IIa, b (Norwegian waters north of 62(cid:190) N) by
vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a
Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota
allocated to the Community for 1998.

Fishing for Greenland halibut in the waters of ICES divi-
sions I, IIa, b (Norwegian waters north of 62(cid:190) N) by
vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a
Member State is prohibited, as well as the retention on
board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock
captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of
entry into force of this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 November 1998.

For the Commission

Emma BONINO

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 14.
(3) OJ L 12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 58.
Information from the Commission - Notice concerning the appointment of a third member representing the European Commission on the Governing Board of the European Training Foundation
Date: 1998-11-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Training Foundation, appointment of staff, operation of the Institutions, vocational training

4.11.98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C  336/9

Reference(cid:216)(˛)

Title

98/451/D

98/452/D

Technical  regulations  for  steam  boilers  (German  designation:  TRD  401)  -  fittings  -
Fittings  for  group  IV  steam  generators

Technical  regulations  for  steam  boilers  -  TRD  401  Annex  1  -  Fittings  -  requirements
for  oval  handhole,  headhole  and  manhole  sealing  systems  in  boilers

Echeance(cid:216)(ˇ)

15.1.1999

15.1.1999

(˛)(cid:217)Year  -  registration  number  -  Member  State  of  origin.
(ˇ)(cid:217)Period  during  which  the  draft  may  not  be  adopted.
(—)(cid:217)No  standstill  period  since  the  Commission  accepts  the  grounds  of  urgent  adoption  invoked  by  the  notifying  Member  State.
((cid:209))(cid:217)No  standstill  period  since  the  measure  concerns  technical  specifications  or  other  requirements  linked  to  fiscal  or  financial  measures,  pursuant  to  the

third  indent  of  the  second  paragraph  of  Article  1(9)  of  Directive  93/189/EEC.

((cid:210))(cid:217)Information  procedure  closed.

The  Commission  draws  attention  to  the  judgment  given  on  30  April  1996  in  the  "CIA  Security’
case  (C(cid:220)194/94),  in  which  the  Court  of  Justice  ruled  that  Articles  8  and  9  of  Directive
83/189/EEC  are  to  be  interpreted  as  meaning  that  individuals  may  rely  on  them  before  the
national  court  which  must  decline  to  apply  a  national  technical  regulation  which  has  not  been
notified  in  accordance  with  the  Directive.

This  judgment  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,  so  that  they  are  unenforceable  against  individuals.

Information  on  these  notifications  can  be  obtained  from  the  national  administrations,  a  list  of
which  was  published  in  Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities  C  324  of  30  October
1996.

Notice  concerning  the  appointment  of  a  third  member  representing  the  European  Commission
on  the  Governing  Board  of  the  European  Training  Foundation

(98/C  336/05)

In  accordance  with  Article  5  of  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1360/90  of  7  May  1990  estab(cid:220)
lishing  a  European  Training  Foundation,  as  amended  by  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  1572/98
of  17  July  1998,  the  Commission  has  decided  to  appoint  Mr  S.  G(cid:246)mez  Reino,  Deputy  Director
General,  External  Relations  (DG  IB)  as  the  third  member  representing  the  Commission  on  the
Foundation’s  Governing  Board.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2381/98 of 4 November 1998 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 1998-11-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit

L 296/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

5. 11. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2381/98

of 4 November 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 1498/
98 (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 5 November
1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 November 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 337, 24. 12. 1994, p. 66.
(2) OJ L 198, 15. 7. 1998, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 296/7

to the Commission Regulation of 4 November 1998 establishing the standard import values
for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0709 90 70

0805 20 10

0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70,
0805 20 90

0805 30 10

0806 10 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(ECU/100 kg)

204
999
052
999
204
999

052
999
052
388
528
999
052
400
999
060
064
388
400
404
800
999
052
064
400
720
728
999

65,3
65,3
84,9
84,9
80,9
80,9

67,3
67,3
61,7
72,8
50,0
61,5
130,9
255,9
193,4
29,5
43,0
30,3
85,3
88,0
143,6
70,0
88,6
58,8
84,2
121,0
126,7
95,9

(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'.