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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2175/1999 of 14 October 1999 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 1999-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit

L 267/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

15. 10. 1999

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2175/1999

of 14 October 1999

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

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

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 15 October 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 October 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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Official Journal of the European Communities

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to the Commission Regulation of 14 October 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

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
060
204
999
052
628
999
052
999
052
388
524
528
999
052
064
400
999
060
388
400
480
800
804
999
052
064
388
999

127,6
108,4
73,4
103,1
80,8
130,8
105,8
80,4
80,4
58,3
71,3
54,4
68,2
63,0
99,9
91,9
209,7
133,8
46,2
57,5
56,9
48,9
177,4
36,5
70,6
96,1
57,5
177,3
110,3

(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’.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1857/99 by Glyn Ford (PSE) to the Commission. Export refund limits.
Date: 1999-10-14
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: export refund

C 203 E/72

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

18.7.2000

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(23 November 1999)

There has been recently a lot of media attention on the use of sewage sludge nutrition in several Member
States.

The Commission reacted immediately requiring clarifications from the Member States concerned and
organising urgent missions to verify the implementation of the relevant Community legislation.

Commission Decision 91/516/EEC of 9 September 1991, establishing a list of ingredients whose use is
prohibited in compound feedingstuffs (1), specifically prohibits the use of sludge from sewage plants
treating wastewater. Nevertheless, it could be the case that certain Member States have given a different
interpretation of the decision. Therefore, in order to avoid any ambiguity, the Commission is currently
considering to amend the decision in question to clarify the scope of the prohibition.

If it appears that a Member State is refusing to respect its obligations under Community law, the
Commission will not hesitate to open proceedings under Article 226 (ex Article 169) EC Treaty, should
this prove necessary.

(1) OJ L 281, 9.10.1991.

(2000/C 203 E/088)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1857/99

by Glyn Ford (PSE) to the Commission

(14 October 1999)

Subject: Export refund limits

If it wishes to limit the amount of export refunds, why does the Commission not scrap its massively
cumbersome proposals and simply reduce refund rates, since that would have the effect of reducing
refunds while allowing current systems and procedures to operate as before?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(17 November 1999)

First, the Commission does not see to which proposals the Honourable Member refers when mentioning
(cid:145)massively cumbersome proposals(cid:146).

Second, there are in fact a number of agricultural products for which export refunds can be granted and
the Commission is responsible for fixing their amounts. On the one hand, it takes into consideration the
situation on the internal market and the outlet possibilities on the world markets. On the other hand, it is
constrained by the ceilings resulting from the Uruguay Round agreement and has to make the best use of
budgetary availabilities.

As a result of the decisions on Agenda 2000, which were taken in the first half of 1999, the need for
export refunds will be reduced in the near future for important sectors like cereals, milk, beef, pig- and
poultrymeat. Moreover, in the context of the next (cid:145)millenium round(cid:146) of the World trade organisation, the
Community, while respecting on the full Agenda 2000 package, is prepared to continue to negotiate the
process of reduction in export subsidies provided that all such support is treated on equal basis.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1859/99 by Emmanouil Mastorakis (PSE) to the Commission. Map of the European Union.
Date: 1999-10-14
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU publication, European social policy, Türkiye, accession to the European Union, atlas, common tariff policy, freedom of communication

18.7.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 203 E/73

(2000/C 203 E/089)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1859/99

by Emmanouil Mastorakis (PSE) to the Commission

(14 October 1999)

Subject: Map of the European Union

The Official Publications Office has published a brochure (Luxembourg, 1999) entitled (cid:145)The customs policy
of the European Union(cid:146) in several languages. I have seen the English, French and Greek editions.

On page five of the brochure, there is a colour map of Europe showing the Member States of the
European Union in yellow and the applicant countries in brown. Included among the (cid:145)applicant(cid:146) countries
is Turkey.

Will the Commission monitor the procedure for officially providing such information and will it withdraw
the brochure concerned immediately?

Answer given Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission

(8 December 1999)

The map shows all the countries which have applied for Community membership. Turkey(cid:146)s application
was submitted on 14 April 1987. The Commission does not, therefore, consider that withdrawal of the
brochure is necessary.

(2000/C 203 E/090)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1862/99

by Glyn Ford (PSE) to the Commission

(14 October 1999)

Subject: The establishment of a European human rights network

In December 1998 an inter-ministerial meeting at Vienna decided that the European Union would issue an
annual human rights report.

Does the Commission consider that the establishment of a European NGO human rights network would
provide a useful channel of communication between NGOs working on human rights issues and the
European Commission?

Will it support a feasibility study to examine how such a network would operate?

Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission

(8 November 1999)

The Commission attaches a great deal of importance to the work of non-governmental organisations
(NGOs) in the field of human rights and their considerable contributions to safeguarding and promoting
human rights.

In the declaration it adopted in Vienna on 10 December last year, the Union undertook to consider
organising a regular human rights forum involving the EU institutions and representatives of academic
institutions and NGOs. The Forum organised by the Presidency on 30 November, bringing together
representatives of the institutions, NGOs and academia, will represent the first stage of an in-depth
dialogue.

The Commission also welcomes the setting-up in 1997 (on the initiative of Amnesty International, Human
Rights Watch and the International Federation of Human Rights) of a contact group for the free exchange
of views on human rights issues between NGOs, parliamentarians, the Commission, the Council and