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Decision of the European Central Bank of 23 December 1999 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2000 (ECB/1999/11)
Date: 1999-12-23
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: European Central Bank, issuing of currency, national currency, paper money, production

L 4/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

7. 1. 2000

EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

of 23 December 1999

on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2000

(ECB/1999/11)

(2000/9/EC)

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Treaty’)
and in particular to Article 106(2) thereof;

(1) Whereas the European Central Bank (ECB) has the exclusive right to approve the volume of coins

issued by the Member States as from 1 January 1999;

(2) Whereas Member States have submitted to the ECB for approval their estimates of the volume of
national coins to be issued in 2000, supplemented by explanatory notes on the forecasting methodo-
logy,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Approval of the volume of national coins to be issued in 2000

The ECB hereby approves the volume of coins to be issued by the participating Member States in 2000 as
described in the following table:

Issuance of coins intended for circulation and the issuance of collector coins (not intended
for circulation) in 2000

(EUR million)

Belgium

Germany

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

24,60

143,17

207,42

83,72

71,85

41,43

0,62

27,23

93,81

36,42

20,20

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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Article 2

Final provisions

This Decision is addressed to the participating Member States.

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

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 23 December 1999.

The President of the ECB

Willem F. DUISENBERG
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2769/1999 of 23 December 1999 on the issue of import licences for rice originating in the overseas countries and territories against applications submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2624/1999 (additional tranche in respect of 1999)
Date: 1999-12-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, overseas countries and territories, rice

L 333/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24. 12. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2769/1999

of 23 December 1999

on the issue of import licences for rice originating in the overseas countries and territories against
applications submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2624/1999 (additional tranche in respect of
1999)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(3)

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2603/97 of
16 December 1997 laying down the detailed implementing
rules for imports of rice originating in the ACP countries or the
overseas countries and territories (OCTs) (1), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1595/98 (2), and in particular Article 9(2)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2624/
1999 (3) provides for the opening of an additional
tranche of 11 049 tonnes in husked-rice equivalent for
imports of rice originating in the overseas countries and
territories (OCTs). Applications for import licences for
this additional tranche are to be submitted within three
working days of the entry into force of Regulation (EC)
No 2624/1999;

(2)

under Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2603/97, the
Commission shall decide to what extent applications

may be accepted within 10 days of the final date for
notification by Member States;

the quantities for which applications
examination of
have been submitted shows that
licences should be
issued for the quantities applied for reduced, where
appropriate, by the percentages set out in the Annex
hereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Import licences for rice against applications submitted pursuant
to Regulation (EC) No 2624/1999 and notified to the Commis-
sion shall be issued for the quantities applied for reduced,
where appropriate, by the percentages set out in the Annex
hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 December 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 December 1999.

For the Commission

Margot WALLSTRÖM

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 351, 23.12.1997, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 208, 24.7.1998, p. 21.
(3) OJ L 318, 11.12.1999, p. 16.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 333/9

Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the additional tranche

ANNEX

Origin

OCT

Reduction
(%)

97,3015
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2770/1999 of 23 December 1999 prohibiting fishing for common sole by vessels flying the flag of Sweden
Date: 1999-12-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Sweden, authorised catch, catch quota, fishing area, sea fish, ship's flag

L 333/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24. 12. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2770/1999

of 23 December 1999

prohibiting fishing for common sole by vessels flying the flag of Sweden

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 applicable to the
common fisheries policy (1), as last amended by Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 2846/98 (2), and in particular Article 21(3)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Regulation (EC) No 48/1999 of 18 December
1998 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish
stocks, the total allowable catches for 1999 and certain
conditions under which they may be fished (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2598/1999 (4),
lays
down quotas for common sole for 1999.

In order to ensure compliance with the provisions
relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks
subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by
which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a
Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota
allocated.

According to the information received by the Commis-
sion, catches of common sole in the waters of ICES
divisions IIIa, b, c and d (EC zone) by vessels flying the

flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden have exhausted
the quota allocated for 1999. Sweden has prohibited
fishing for this stock from 9 December 1999; this date
should be adopted in this Regulation also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of common sole in the waters of
ICES divisions
IIIa, b, c and d (EC zone) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or
registered in Sweden are hereby deemed to have exhausted the
quota allocated to Sweden for 1999.

Fishing for common sole in the waters of
ICES divisions
IIIa, b, c and d (EC zone) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or
registered in Sweden is hereby prohibited, as are the retention
on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the
above 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 from 9 December 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 December 1999.

For the Commission

Margot WALLSTRÖM

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 13, 18.1.1999, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 316, 10.12.1999, p. 15.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2766/1999 of 23 December 1999 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 1999-12-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

24. 12. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 333/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2766/1999

of 23 December 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 24 December 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 December 1999.

For the Commission

Margot WALLSTRÖM

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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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24. 12. 1999

to the Commission Regulation of 23 December 1999 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 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
624
999
052
204
999
052
204
624
999
052
204
999

052
999
052
600
999
400
404
720
728
999
064
400
720
999

73,7
41,9
132,5
82,7
133,7
106,0
119,8
50,8
44,5
54,9
50,1
77,1
48,7
62,9

74,9
74,9
58,9
70,7
64,8
84,5
72,5
60,8
83,3
75,3
64,0
94,8
70,7
76,5

(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’.