do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 391/1999 of 23 February 1999 determining the aid referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 for the private storage of butter and cream
Date: 1999-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: butter, cream, private stock, storage premium

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Official Journal of the European Communities

24. 2. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 391/1999

of 23 February 1999

determining the aid referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 for the
private storage of butter and cream

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market
in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular Article 6(6)
thereof,

Whereas Article 12(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
454/95 of 28 February 1995 laying down detailed rules for
intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 390/1999 (4), stipulates
that the private storage aid referred to in Article 6(2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 is to be fixed each year;

Whereas the store entry operations must
take place
between 1 April and 15 August each year and as a result
the elements making up this aid must be fixed before the
store entry operations for 1999 begin;

Article 1

The aid referred to in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 shall be calculated per tonne of butter or butter
for contracts concluded in 1999 on the
equivalent
following basis:

(a) EUR 24 for the fixed costs;

(b) EUR 0,35 for the costs of cold storage for each day of

contractual storage;

(c) an amount per day of contractual storage, calculated
on the basis of 91 % of the intervention price for
butter, expressed in national currency, in force on the
day the contractual storage begins and on the basis of
an annual interest rate of 4 %.

Article 2

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

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 23 February 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 21.
(3) OJ L 46, 1. 3. 1995, p. 1.
(4) See page 3 of this Official Journal.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 330/99 by Alexander FALCONER Costs of EU information services
Date: 1999-02-23
Institutions: European Parliament, FALCONER
Subjects: EU publication, European Union, costing, information science, library, research and development, telematics, wage cost

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EN

12.11.1999

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(11 March 1999)

The average price in Euro per 100 kilogrammes paid in each Member State (1) to farmers for lamb carcasses
in January 1999 (2) was:

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Spain
France
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Austria
Portugal
Finland
Sweden
United Kingdom
Community

302,9
250,7
316,1
363,9
328,0
357,4
215,0
363,9
335,4
395,5
324,2
174,3
237,6
208,2
283,8

Luxembourg: data not available.

(1)
(2) Average for the first four weeks of the agricultural marketing year 1999-2000.

(1999/C 325/145)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0329/99

by Alexander Falconer (PSE) to the Commission

(23 February 1999)

Subject: Costs of EU information services

What are the annual costs and total costs to the European Union since they started, including staff time,
research, development, programming, hardware (distributors’ and users’), promotion, training, travel and
overheads of all the 50-odd databases listed in document CB-58-90-425-EN-C as being produced by CEC, and
of the transmission systems such as MIDAS, MIDAS-NET, CELEX, CELEX2 and of the systems to replace
CELEX?

Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission

(29 April 1999)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its findings
as soon as possible.

(1999/C 325/146)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0330/99

by Alexander Falconer (PSE) to the Commission

(23 February 1999)

Subject: Costs of EU information services

What are the total costs to date of the European Library Plan and its successor information science funding
programmes including e.g. INFO 2000 etc., including all administration and assessment costs and overheads?
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 323/99 by John McCARTIN Price of lamb and sheepmeat
Date: 1999-02-23
Institutions: European Parliament, MCCARTIN
Subjects: EU Member State, EU statistics, agricultural statistics, average price, common price policy, goatmeat, sheepmeat

12.11.1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

C 325/105

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(9 March 1999)

For the current General agreements on tariffs and trades (GATT) (cid:23) year (1998-1999) the quantity of beef
(expressed in carcass weight) which the Community is allowed to export with the benefit of export aid is
1 025 852,6 tonnes (including a carry over of 78 052,6 tonnes from the previous year).

On the base of the requests for export licences, until the end of January 1999, 388 157 tonnes (carcass
equivalent) of beef were declared to be exported. The total amount of refund accordingly to be paid is
€338 430 589,6.

(1999/C 325/143)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0322/99

by John McCartin (PPE) to the Commission

(19 February 1999)

Subject: Investment in the pigmeat sector in Ireland

Given that EUR 100 million, 75 % of which is EU money, was spent in the Irish pigmeat sector in the last
15 years, can the Commission state whether it has carried out any studies to establish whether this investment
has brought any benefit to farmers producing pigs, and will it agree that the European money has been used to
create a monopoly of a small number of processors in the Irish market who are now abusing their position to
make exorbitant profits?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(31 March 1999)

It is a condition of Community aid under successive legislation since 1977 that investments for processing and
marketing must contribute to improving the situation of the basic agricultural production sector in question,
and having regard to the specific nature of each sector, they must guarantee the producers of the basic
products an adequate and lasting share in the resulting economic benefits (Council Regulation (EC) 951/97 of
20 May 1997 on improving the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural products (1)). Each
application for funding under the Regulation has been examined in the light of this requirement. The
Commission can agree that there has been some concentration in pig processing capacity in Ireland, but this is
mainly due to acquisition rather than undue aid allocated to a particular group.

(1) OJ L 142, 2.6.1997 (Article 12).

(1999/C 325/144)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0323/99

by John McCartin (PPE) to the Commission

(23 February 1999)

Subject: Price of lamb and sheepmeat

Will the Commission provide statistics on the average prices paid for sheepmeat and lamb in each Member
State for the most recent period for which the information is available?
Commission Regulation (EC) No 390/1999 of 23 February 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 454/95 laying down detailed rules for intervention on the market in butter and cream
Date: 1999-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: butter, common organisation of markets, market intervention, storage

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 390/1999

of 23 February 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 454/95 laying down detailed rules for intervention
on the market in butter and cream

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market
in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular Articles 6(6),
28 and 30 thereof,

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
the management
in accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 454/95, ‘1 April' is
replaced by ‘15 March'.

Article 2

Whereas Article 12(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
454/95 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 419/
98 (4), lays down the period in which the entry into store
operations can take place; whereas the situation on the
butter market justifies bringing the entry into store date
forward from 1 April to 15 March;

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

It shall apply to the products placed under private storage
contracts after its entry into force.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 February 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 21.
(3) OJ L 46, 1. 3. 1995, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 52, 21. 2. 1998, p. 20.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 389/1999 of 23 February 1999 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 1999-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 389/1999

of 23 February 1999

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-
tion of
the import arrangements for fruit and veget-
ables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/
98 (2), and in particular Article 4 (1) 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 24 February
1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 February 1999.

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.

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to the Commission Regulation of 23 February 1999 establishing the standard import values
for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0707 00 05

0709 10 00

0709 90 70

0805 10 10, 0805 10 30, 0805 10 50

0805 20 10

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

0805 30 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
212
624
999
068
999
220
999
052
204
999
052
204
212
220
600
624
999
204
999

052
204
464
600
624
999
052
600
999
060
400
404
508
512
528
706
720
728
999
388
400
512
528
624
999

139,3
45,6
103,1
115,7
100,9
116,9
116,9
283,6
283,6
126,9
127,5
127,2
56,3
39,0
41,0
27,2
48,3
54,3
44,3
88,1
88,1

58,5
71,7
76,8
86,4
82,3
75,1
54,5
58,4
56,5
40,4
75,4
56,1
72,4
75,8
77,4
107,2
97,6
67,1
74,4
96,9
77,2
58,1
67,9
57,3
71,5

(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'.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 329/99 by Alexander FALCONER Costs of EU information services
Date: 1999-02-23
Institutions: European Parliament, FALCONER
Subjects: European Commission, computer equipment, costing, database, overheads, research and development, sales promotion, software, staff, vocational training

C 325/106

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EN

12.11.1999

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(11 March 1999)

The average price in Euro per 100 kilogrammes paid in each Member State (1) to farmers for lamb carcasses
in January 1999 (2) was:

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Spain
France
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Austria
Portugal
Finland
Sweden
United Kingdom
Community

302,9
250,7
316,1
363,9
328,0
357,4
215,0
363,9
335,4
395,5
324,2
174,3
237,6
208,2
283,8

Luxembourg: data not available.

(1)
(2) Average for the first four weeks of the agricultural marketing year 1999-2000.

(1999/C 325/145)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0329/99

by Alexander Falconer (PSE) to the Commission

(23 February 1999)

Subject: Costs of EU information services

What are the annual costs and total costs to the European Union since they started, including staff time,
research, development, programming, hardware (distributors’ and users’), promotion, training, travel and
overheads of all the 50-odd databases listed in document CB-58-90-425-EN-C as being produced by CEC, and
of the transmission systems such as MIDAS, MIDAS-NET, CELEX, CELEX2 and of the systems to replace
CELEX?

Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission

(29 April 1999)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its findings
as soon as possible.

(1999/C 325/146)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0330/99

by Alexander Falconer (PSE) to the Commission

(23 February 1999)

Subject: Costs of EU information services

What are the total costs to date of the European Library Plan and its successor information science funding
programmes including e.g. INFO 2000 etc., including all administration and assessment costs and overheads?
Commission Regulation (EC) No 395/1999 of 23 February 1999 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat
Date: 1999-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, poultrymeat, third country

24. 2. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 395/1999

of 23 February 1999

fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in poultrymeat (1), as last amended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 2916/95 (2), and in particular
Article 8 (3) thereof,

Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75
provides that the difference between prices on the world
market for the products listed in Article 1 (1) of that
Regulation and prices for those products within the
Community may be covered by an export refund;

Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
to the present situation on the market in poultrymeat that
the refund should be fixed at an amount which would
permit Community participation in world trade and

would also take account of the nature of these exports and
their importance at the present time;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The list of product codes for which, when they are
exported, the export refund referred to in Article 8 of
Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 is granted, and the amount
of that refund shall be as shown in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 February
1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 February 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 77.
(2) OJ L 305, 19. 12. 1995, p. 49.

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to the Commission Regulation of 23 February 1999 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat

ANNEX

Product code

Destination
of refund (1)

0105 11 11 9000
0105 11 19 9000
0105 11 91 9000
0105 11 99 9000

0207 12 10 9900

0207 12 90 9190

0207 12 90 9990

01
01
01
01

02
03
02
03
02
03

Amount
of refund

EUR/100 units

1,40
1,40
1,40
1,40

EUR/100 kg

28,00
13,00
28,00
13,00
28,00
13,00

(1) The destinations are as follows:

01 All destinations except the United States of America,
02 Angola, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq

and Iran,

03 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,

Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia.

NB: The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No

3846/87.
1999/160/EC, Euratom: Council Decision of 23 February 1999 appointing a member of the Economic and Social Committee
Date: 1999-02-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Economic and Social Committee, appointment of staff

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2. 3. 1999

II

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COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 23 February 1999

appointing a member of the Economic and Social Committee

(1999/160/EC, Euratom)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 194
thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in
particular Article 166 thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 98/545/EC, Euratom of 15 September 1998 appointing the
members of the Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 1998 to 20
September 2002 (1),

Whereas a member’s seat on that Committee has fallen vacant following the resignation of Mr
Nikolaos Lerios, of which the Council was informed on 8 February 1999;

Having regard to the nominations submitted by the Greek Government,

Having obtained the opinion of the Commission of the European Communities,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

Mr Nikolaos Vassilaras is hereby appointed a member of the Economic and Social Committee in
place of Mr Nikolaos Lerios for the remainder of his term of office, which runs until 20
September 2002.

Done at Brussels, 23 February 1999.

For the Council

The President

K.-H. FUNKE

(1) OJ L 257, 19. 9. 1998, p. 37.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 347/99 by Mihail PAPAYANNAKIS Restructuring of the Greek postal service
Date: 1999-02-23
Institutions: European Parliament, PAPAYANNAKIS
Subjects: Greece, Structural Funds, aid for restructuring, invitation to tender, modernisation aid, operational programme, postal service

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12.11.1999

In the light of the above, a letter requesting information on these issues has been sent to the Italian authorities.
The Commission will take the appropriate steps in order to ensure the observance of Community law.

However, it should be noted that, Member States are not necessarily obliged to carry out an EIA procedure
concerning projects in Annex II (they are obliged to make a pre-assessment in order to establish whether these
projects need to be made subject to an EIA procedure). In addition, Member States cannot be considered
obliged to carry out an EIA procedure under Directive 85/337/EEC, with reference to any project still at an
early stage.

It appears that the project is not in receipt of structural funds.

(1) OJ L 175, 5.7.1985.

(1999/C 325/148)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0344/99

by Ursula Schleicher (PPE) to the Commission

(23 February 1999)

Subject: Environmental protection in respect of specific products

It appears that the Commission’s DG XI ordered a study to be carried out on the available instruments in the
field of product-linked environmental protection, which came to the conclusion that there should be a
comprehensive product policy geared to the whole life cycle of the product.

1.

Does the Commission support this conclusion?

2. What other conclusions does the Commission intend to draw from this study with a view to further
environmental legislation?

3.

4.

Do proposals for legislation already exist on the basis of this study?

Does a summariy of this study exist which could be made available to the European Parliament?

Answer given by Mrs Bjerregaard on behalf of the Commission

(1 April 1999)

The Commission supports the conclusion that integrated product policy (IPP) should take into account

1.
the whole life-cycle of products.

2.
IPP is still under discussion and definite conclusions have not yet been drawn. The Commission
organised a workshop on this issue in December 1998 and IPP will be discussed at an informal meeting of
environment ministers in Weimar on 7-9 May 1999. The Commission intends to present a green paper on IPP
after the summer.

3.

No legislative initiatives have yet been undertaken.

The executive summary of the study is forwarded direct to the Honourable Member and to the

4.
Secretariat General of the Parliament.

(1999/C 325/149)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0347/99

by Mihail Papayannakis (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

Subject: Restructuring of the Greek postal service

(23 February 1999)

In its answer of 11 June 1998 to my Written Question E-1370/98 on the restructuring of the Greek postal
service (ELTA), the Commission stated that ‘the launch of this operational programme is imminent’ (at the end
of May 1998).