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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2528/99 by Jürgen Zimmerling (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Cost of reconstruction in Kosovo.
Date: 2000-01-04
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU aid, EU financing arrangements, Kosovo, economic reconstruction

C 303 E/76

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

24.10.2000

(2000/C 303 E/066)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2528/99

by J(cid:252)rgen Zimmerling (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Cost of reconstruction in Kosovo

(4 January 2000)

According to the latest information, the Council is providing for the sum of € 500 million for reconstruc-
tion costs in Kosovo. These funds will come, essentially, from the development aid budget. The Committee
on Development and Cooperation rapporteur, Mrs Carlotti, has informed us that the sum of € 500 million
is based solely on estimates.

To what extent is the Balkans coordinator, Bodo Hombach, able to give data on the actual cost of past and
future reconstruction in Kosovo on the basis of the information to which he must have access by virtue of
his office?

Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission

(1 February 2000)

In November 1999, a joint assessment carried out by the Commission and the World Bank, was entitled
Towards Stability and Prosperity, a programme for reconstruction and recovery in Kosovo (1). Furthermore,
the needs assessment for Kosovo is based on various inputs,
in particular the Commission(cid:146)s damage
assessment mission (carried out by the International management group), as well as statements made by
the United Nations (UN)
interim administration of Kosovo (UNMIK) and data available from other
assessment missions.

With regard to the role of the Stability Pact, it should be stressed that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(and hence Kosovo) is not a member of the Stability Pact. The Commission actively participates in the
Working Tables of the Stability Pact. However, given the mandate of the Stability Pact, this would not
appear to be the most appropriate forum for assessing the needs in Kosovo.

The Commissioner in charge of external relations remains in close touch with Mr Hombach on matters
affecting the region in general.

Finally, the Commission recalls that the funds for Kosovo in 2000 will not come from the development
budget as such but will follow this breakdown (cid:129) € 60 million carry-overs; € 40 million re-deployments;
€ 20 million ECHO; and € 60 million already foreseen in the preliminary draft budget (PDB) € 180 million
flexibility reserve.

(1) Available on the joint website of the Commission and World Bank at the following address: www.seerecon.org./

KeyDocuments/KeyOfficialDocuments.htm.

(2000/C 303 E/067)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2529/99

by Markus Ferber (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(4 January 2000)

Subject: Comitology costs

According to the EC Treaty, the Commission is responsible for implementing the decisions of the Council.
The Council has this process supervised by committees of national experts.

How many advisory committees, management committees and regulatory committees of national experts
assist the Commission in its executive tasks?

In what areas?
Commission Regulation (EC) No 10/2000 of 4 January 2000 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
Date: 2000-01-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, nut

L 2/64

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

5. 1. 2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 10/2000

of 4 January 2000

on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

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 (EC) 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 5(5) thereof,

(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2331/
1999 (3),
fixes the indicative quantities for system B
export licences other than those sought in the context of
food aid;

(2) Whereas, in the light of the information available to the
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative
quantities laid down for the current export period for
shelled almonds will shortly be exceeded; whereas this

overrun will prejudice the proper working of the export
refund scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector;

(3) Whereas, to avoid this situation, applications for system
B licences for shelled almonds exported after 4 January
2000 should be rejected until the end of the current
export period,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Applications for system B export licences for shelled almonds
submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2331/
1999, export declarations for which are accepted after 4
January 2000 and before 24 January 2000, are hereby rejected.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 January 2000.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 4 January 2000.

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 281, 4.11.1999, p. 3.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 9/2000 of 4 January 2000 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2000-01-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

L 2/62

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

5. 1. 2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 9/2000

of 4 January 2000

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 5 January 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 January 2000.

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.

5. 1. 2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 2/63

to the Commission Regulation of 4 January 2000 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 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
628
999
052
204
999
052
204
220
624
999
052
204
999

052
464
999
052
600
999
400
720
728
999
052
064
400
999

87,4
55,6
106,6
83,2
116,8
132,5
124,7
143,7
60,2
101,9
46,5
46,7
26,4
47,8
41,8
62,0
51,9
57,0

50,8
110,3
80,5
45,0
71,0
58,0
76,2
48,4
67,7
64,1
148,2
65,1
107,5
106,9

(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’.