do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Decision electing the nominee Commission
Date: 1999-09-15
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Commission, President of the Commission

25.2.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 54/51

Wednesday 15 September 1999

(b) B5-0064/1999

The European Parliament,

Decision electing the nominee Commission

(cid:1) having regard to Article 214(2), third subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, Article 10(2), third subpara-

graph, of the ECSC Treaty and Article 127(2), third subparagraph, of the Euratom Treaty,

(cid:1) having regard to Rules 32(2) and 33(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:1) having regard to the nomination by the governments of the Member States, on 24 March 1999, of

Mr Romano Prodi as Commission President,

(cid:1) having regard to the decision of 19 July 1999 of the representatives of the governments of the Mem-
ber States, by common accord with the nominee for Commission President, nominating persons
whom they intend to appoint as Members of the Commission (C5-0050/1999),

(cid:1) having regard to the statement by Mr Prodi, the nominee for Commission President, of 21 July 1999

on the occasion of the presentation of the nominee Commissioners,

(cid:1) having regard to the hearings of the nominee Commissioners by the competent committees of Parlia-

ment,

(cid:1) having regard to the discussions which took place on 7 September 1999 between the Conference of

Political Group Chairmen and Mr Prodi, the nominee for Commission President,

(cid:1) having regard to the programme of the nominee Commission submitted on 14 September 1999 by

the nominee for Commission President,

Confirms its approval of the appointment of Mr Romano Prodi as Commission President for the

1.
remainder of the term of office which expires on 22 January 2000;

Approves the appointment of the Commission for the remainder of the term of office which expires

2.
on 22 January 2000;

Approves the appointment of Mr Romano Prodi as Commission President for the term of office

3.
running from 23 January 2000 to 22 January 2005;

Approves the appointment of the Commission for the term of office running from 23 January 2000

4.
to 22 January 2005;

5.

Instructs its President to forward this decision to the governments of the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1973/1999 of 15 September 1999 on the issuing of A1 export licences for fruit and vegetables
Date: 1999-09-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, nut, pip fruit

L 244/42

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

16. 9. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1973/1999

of 15 September 1999

on the issuing of A1 export licences for 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 2190/96 of
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1303/1999 (2), and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,

(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1926/
1999 (3),
for which A1 export
licences, other than those requested in the context of
food aid, may be issued;

the quantities

sets

(2) Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 sets
the conditions under which special measures may be
taken by the Commission with a view to avoiding an
overrun of the quantities for which A1 licences may be
issued;

(3) Whereas

the Commission has
that

received information
which indicates
reduced or
increased by the quantities referred to in Article 2(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 2190/96, would be exceeded if A1
licences were issued without restriction for hazelnuts in

those quantities,

shell and apples in response to applications submitted
since 9 September 1999; whereas, therefore, percentages
should be fixed for the issuing of licences for quantities
applied for on 9 September 1999 and applications for
A1 licences submitted later in that application period
should be rejected,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

A1 export licences for hazelnuts in shell and apples for which
applications were submitted on 9 September 1999 pursuant to
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1926/1999 shall be issued for
67,0 % for hazelnuts in shell and 22,5 % for apples of the
quantities applied for.

for A1 export

submitted after 9
Applications
September 1999 and before 9 November 1999 for these prod-
ucts shall be rejected.

licences

This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 September 1999.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 15 September 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 155, 22.6.1999, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 238, 9.9.1999, p. 20.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1963/1999 of 15 September 1999 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 7th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1489/1999
Date: 1999-09-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, white sugar

16. 9. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 244/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1963/1999

of 15 September 1999

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 7th partial invitation to tender issued
within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No
1489/1999

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 organisation of the markets in the
sugar sector (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1148/98 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph
of Article 17(5) (b) thereof,

(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1489/1999 of
7 July 1999 on a standing invitation to tender to deter-
mine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar (3),
requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the
export of this sugar;

(2) Whereas, pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1489/1999 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as
the case may be, account being taken in particular of the
state and foreseeable development of the Community
and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to
tender in question;

(3) Whereas,

following an examination of
the tenders
invitation to
submitted in response to the 7th partial
tender, the provisions set out in Article 1 should be
adopted;

(4) 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 7th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued
pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1489/1999 the maximum
amount of the export refund is fixed at 52,380 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 September 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 September 1999.

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 172, 8.7.1999, p. 27.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1622/99 by Antonio Tajani (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Infringement proceedings against the Italian government for the sale of the Rome Central Dairy.
Date: 1999-09-15
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Italy, cooperation on agriculture, dairy industry, infringement procedure (EU), privatisation

C 170 E/54

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

20.6.2000

(2000/C 170 E/059)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1622/99

by Antonio Tajani (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(15 September 1999)

Subject: Infringement proceedings against the Italian government for the sale of the Rome Central Dairy

Can the Commission provide the results of the investigation carried out in the context of the infringement
proceedings against the Italian government and the Rome City Council in respect of the sale of the Rome
Central Dairy?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(8 October 1999)

The comments of the Italian authorities which they sent under the procedure provided for in Article 88(2)
(formerly Article 93) of the EC Treaty have now been studied and the Commission has requested
additional information from the Italian authorities on the measures taken by the City of Rome.

At this stage, the Commission is awaiting this additional information. After analysing all the comments
received, the Commission will be able to take a final decision on the measures in question.

(2000/C 170 E/060)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1624/99

by Markus Ferber (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(15 September 1999)

Subject: EU funding for a chicken farm in Vseruby (Czech Republic)

A German consortium is planning to build a chicken farm for 1,2 million laying hens and 200 000
chickens on the Bavarian-Czech border. There are considerable objections from the local population
because of the possibility of pathogens being carried by the wind.

Will the chicken farm in Vseruby be financed directly or indirectly by European funding (e.g. under
PHARE)?

Answer given by Mr Verheugen on behalf of the Commission

(29 October 1999)

The Commission can confirm that the poultry farm to which the Honourable Member refers does not
receive Phare support. Neither is the Commission aware of any other Community funds being used for this
purpose.

(2000/C 170 E/061)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1625/99

by Esko Sepp(cid:228)nen (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(15 September 1999)

Subject: Telephone tapping

A special package of measures related to home affairs is being drawn up in anticipation of
the
extraordinary Tampere European Council. Will any of the documents produced by the Commission for
the meeting, specifically with a view, for instance, to legalising the tapping of satellite telephone calls and
Internet communications, be treated as confidential after the meeting, or will all documents relating to the
sphere of activity concerned be released for publication once the meeting is over?
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1635/99 by Graham Watson (ELDR) to the Commission. Calf export ban.
Date: 1999-09-15
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: United Kingdom, international sanctions, slaughter premium, veal

C 219 E/14

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

1.8.2000

As to the possibility that similar situations exist in other Member States, the Commission recalls what it
said above about Article 295 of the EC Treaty. In so far as competition rules are not infringed, Member
States and public undertakings have full competence to make investments in economic activities.

(2000/C 219 E/018)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1635/99

by Graham Watson (ELDR) to the Commission

(15 September 1999)

Subject: Calf export ban

Is the Commission aware that since the end of July the UK Government has stopped funding the calf
processing scheme?

The scheme enabled calves which had been exported before the introduction of the EU calf export ban to
be paid for and disposed of at a fixed price. Now that this funding has been stopped, calves have been
making just £1.00 each at market (cid:129) less than it costs to take them there. Dead calves have been dumped
in public, and farmers are being forced into the indignity of shooting their own animals.

Is the Commission considering lifting the calf export ban? If not, what is the likelihood of there being a
resumption of funding for the calf processing scheme?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(19 October 1999)

Indeed, the United Kingdom authorities have notified the Commission that the United Kingdom stopped
applying the optional calf processing aid scheme (CPAS) beyond the end of July 1999. This aid, created
under the 1992 beef reform and financed by Community funds, is no longer foreseen once the new beef
reform comes into application (as from January 2000).

So far, the Commission has not proposed to lift the ban on the export of live bovine animals from the
United Kingdom. Live animals would pose a greater risk to public and animal health than meat, since not
all Member States have a similar level of protection in place at slaughter to that operating in the United
Kingdom i.e. removal of specified risk materials and rules for the treatment of animal waste.

Until the end of December 1999, the British government is at liberty to reactivate this premium of its own
accord, at the level provided for by the relevant Commission Regulation (EC) No 2604/98 of 3 December
1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3886/92 laying down detailed rules for the application of the
premium schemes provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the common organisation of
the market in beef and veal and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 1244/82 and (EEC) No 714/89 (1), or at
another rate to be decided by the Commission. It is also worth noting that, as from the year 2000, UK has
received a supplementary special beef premium ceiling of 100 000 premium rights until such time as
exportation reopens for live animals under six months of age.

(1) OJ L 328, 4.12.1998.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1960/1999 of 15 September 1999 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 1999-09-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

L 244/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

16. 9. 1999

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1960/1999

of 15 September 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,

(2) Whereas,

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

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of
21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the
last
import arrangements
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98 (2), and in particular
Article 4 (1) thereof,

fruit and vegetables (1), as

for

(1) Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down,
pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multi-
the criteria whereby the
lateral
Commission fixes the standard values for imports from
third countries, in respect of the products and periods
stipulated in the Annex thereto;

trade negotiations,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 September 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 September 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.

16. 9. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 244/3

to the Commission Regulation of 15 September 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 90 70

0805 30 10

0806 10 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

0809 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
060
999
628
999
052
999
388
524
528
999
052
064
400
999
388
400
508
512
528
800
804
999
052
064
388
720
999
052
999
052
064
624
999

116,8
49,8
83,3
125,1
125,1
70,6
70,6
83,1
77,2
59,2
73,2
92,9
68,5
237,8
133,1
60,0
50,3
20,3
61,8
45,5
180,8
76,4
70,7
81,9
45,4
46,9
88,4
65,7
104,0
104,0
46,7
46,2
184,9
92,6

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2645/98 (OJ L 335, 10.12.1998, p. 22). Code ‘999’ stands for ‘of

other origin’.
1999/628/EC, ECSC, Euratom: Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of 15 September 1999 appointing a judge to the Court of Justice of the European Communities
Date: 1999-09-15
Institutions: Representatives of the Governments of the Member States
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union, appointment of staff, member of the Court of Justice (EU)

L 248/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21. 9. 1999

DECISION

OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES

appointing a judge to the Court of Justice of the European Communities

of 15 September 1999

(1999/628/EC, ECSC, Euratom)

THE REPRESENTATIVES OF
COMMUNITIES,

THE GOVERNMENTS OF

THE MEMBER STATES OF

THE

EUROPEAN

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 223 thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article
32b thereof,

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

Whereas pursuant to Articles 5 and 7 of the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European
Communities and to the corresponding provisions of the Protocols on the Statutes of the Court of Justice,
of the European Coal and Steel Community and of the European Atomic Energy Community and as a
consequence of the resignation of Mr John MURRAY, a judge should be appointed for the remaining period
of Mr John MURRAY's term of office,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Ms Fidelma MACKEN is hereby appointed judge to the Court of Justice of the European Communities from
the date of her swearing in up to and including 6 October 2003.

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 15 September 1999.

The President

A. SATULI
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1969/1999 of 15 September 1999 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 regarding an increase of certain autonomous Community tariff quotas
Date: 1999-09-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, chemical product, industrial product, tariff quota

L 244/38

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

16. 9. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1969/1999

of 15 September 1999

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 regarding an increase of certain autonomous
Community tariff quotas

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 of 20
December 1996 opening and providing for the administration
of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural
and industrial products (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1644/1999 (2), and in particular Article 6
thereof,

(1) Whereas the quota amount

for certain autonomous
the
Community tariff quotas is insufficient
needs of
the Community industry; whereas, conse-
quently, the quota amount should be increased taken
into the provisions of Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No
2505/96; whereas that Regulation should be amended
accordingly, with effect from 1 January 1999 so as to
insure uninterrupted use of these quotas;

to meet

(2) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the quota period from 1 January to 31 December 1999,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 shall be amended as
follows:
— order number ‘09.2711’: the amount of the tariff quota

shall be altered to ‘925 000 tonnes’.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 January 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 September 1999.

For the Commission

Mario MONTI

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 345, 31.12.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 195, 28.7.1999, p. 6.