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Commission Regulation (EC) No 60/2000 of 11 January 2000 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2000-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

L 7/4

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Official Journal of the European Communities

12. 1. 2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 60/2000

of 11 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 12 January 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 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.

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to the Commission Regulation of 11 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)

204
624
999
052
628
999
052
204
999
052
204
212
220
624
999
052
204
999

052
204
464
624
999
052
600
624
999
400
404
720
728
999
052
064
400
720
999

62,7
99,6
81,2
116,8
132,5
124,7
123,3
113,4
118,3
41,3
40,8
69,9
24,3
60,2
47,3
74,1
43,5
58,8

72,8
25,9
100,4
82,3
70,3
61,4
82,2
91,6
78,4
89,4
85,2
95,1
66,1
83,9
142,9
64,8
97,2
89,9
98,7

(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-2562/99 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. Deposit insurance.
Date: 2000-01-11
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU Member State, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, bank deposit, guarantee, national law

3.10.2000

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However, this clause expired at the end of 1999 and the Commission has not proposed any further
prolongation in its recent report (2) to the Council and the Parliament.

The Directive is only applicable in Member States (and by special agreement in the EEA states). This means
that deposits which are placed in a branch of a Community credit institution situated outside the
Community (or the EEA), are not normally covered by the national deposit guarantee schemes. Instead,
credit institution branches in third countries are submitted to host country rules.

(1) OJ L 135, 31.5.1994.
(2) Report from the Commission on the application of the export prohibition clause, Article 4(1) of the Directive on

deposit guarantee schemes (94/19/EC); COM(99) 722 final.

(2000/C 280 E/075)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2562/99

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(11 January 2000)

Subject: Deposit insurance

Would the Commission please tabulate the existing provisions for insurance or guarantee of deposits with
banks in each Member State?

Answer given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission

(17 February 2000)

The provisions for deposit guarantee schemes in Member States are tabulated in the annex to the
Commission report (1) on the Directive on deposit guarantee schemes (94/19/EC). This report was adopted
by the Commission on 22 December 1999 and will shortly be sent to the Council and the Parliament.

Directive 94/19/EC of the Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on deposit-guarantee schemes (2)
stipulates that from 1 January 2000 the minimum level of deposit guarantee is € 20 000 within the
Community. According to national laws, deposit guarantees are in the range of € 20 000 to € 25 000 in
most Member States. Only three Member States have higher national guarantee levels (Denmark, France
and Italy).

The Commission report offers information on deposit guarantee levels in all Member States and Iceland,
Liechtenstein and Norway. In addition, the report states the scope of the guarantee, offers reference to the
different national
laws establishing the deposit guarantee schemes and lists the institutes issuing the
guarantee.

(1) Commission report on the application of the export-prohibition clause, Art 4(1) of the Directive on deposit

guarantee schemes (94/19/EC), COM(1999) 722 final.

(2) OJ L 135, 31.5.1994.

(2000/C 280 E/076)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2574/99

by Bill Miller (PSE) to the Commission

(11 January 2000)

Subject: Commercial communications rules in Italy

I believe the Italian Government(cid:146)s requirements for the advertising of NRT patches (Nicotine Replacement
Therapy) exceed those in other Member States. As a consequence, advertisements for NRT patches made
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2595/99 by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Support for IGC report.
Date: 2000-01-11
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: United Kingdom, allowances and expenses, financial control, intergovernmental conference (EU), management, report

8.8.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 225 E/179

Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission

(25 January 2000)

All the Members of the new Commission, including Mr Prodi, have made public declarations of their
financial and other interests. All this information, including details of the professional activities and any
assets of the Members(cid:146) spouses which could create a conflict of interest, has been available on the Internet
since 27 August 1999 at
http://europa.eu.int/comm/commissioners/interests/
index_en.htm).

the following address:

These declarations have also been widely reported in the press.

(2000/C 225 E/198)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2595/99

by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(11 January 2000)

Subject: Support for IGC report

What was the nature, financial and material, of the support provided by (a) the British Government and
(b) the Commission to the Von Weizs(cid:228)cker-Dehaene-Simon Group while they were drafting their report on
the IGC?

Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(25 January 2000)

The Commission has no information regarding any possible financial or material support provided by the
British government to the group (cid:145)Von-Weizs(cid:228)cker (cid:129) Dehaene (cid:129) Simon(cid:146).

In order to prepare its report, the group held four meetings in Brussels. For these four meetings, the
Commission financed the travel expenses to Brussels, the hotel expenses in Brussels when required, and the
luncheons. The Commission also financed the fees of the group(cid:146)s (cid:145)rapporteur(cid:146) and provided secretariat
support.

(2000/C 225 E/199)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2597/99

by Ari Vatanen (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(11 January 2000)

Subject: EU Youth Programme

The Commission has submitted a proposal for a new EU Youth Programme, to be launched at the
beginning of 2000. The proposed programme relates mainly to young people in the 15-25 age bracket,
and combines the activities of the youth programmes which finish at the end of 1999, Youth for Europe
and European Voluntary Service for Young People. Parliament proposed a budget of EUR 980 million for
the 7-year programme at second reading. The Council has not approved Parliament(cid:146)s opinion and does not
intend to begin the conciliation procedure this year. That being so, the decision on the programme will
not be taken in time before the end of the year.

How does the Commission propose to ensure the continuation of the EU(cid:146)s youth programmes after the
current programmes finish at the end of 1999 and when the new programme has not yet been launched?

How does the Commission propose to prevent the proposed programme being dropped and to encourage
the rapid taking of a decision on the programme?
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2596/99 by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Authors of Corpus Juris.
Date: 2000-01-11
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: criminal law, judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the EU

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The British Government interprets this as including the results of such consultations (Official Report,
25 October 1999, column 738).

Does the Council as a whole agree, or do individual Member States have different practices as concerns the
openness of the results of these consultations? If so, what are they?

Does a list exist of what arms were exported by a second Member State after the first had declined an
export licence?

Reply

(13 March 2000)

It is for Member States to decide how to interpret the confidentiality provisions of the Code of Conduct,
bearing in mind that,
in case of refusal, notifications communicated under the Code must remain
confidential and that the fundamentally bilateral nature of the consultation process must be preserved.

It is not for the Council to comment on Member States(cid:146) practices in this area.

(2000/C 280 E/081)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2596/99

by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(11 January 2000)

Subject: Authors of Corpus Juris

Corpus Juris was a (cid:145)Green Paper(cid:146) which did not, ostensibly, reflect the official view of the Commission.

Do any of the document(cid:146)s authors hold official positions in the European Communities?

Do any have an influence on policy development?

Answer given by Mrs Schreyer on behalf of the Commission

(7 February 2000)

The Corpus juris (1) is neither a green paper nor indeed a Commission document. However, it was drawn
up at Parliament(cid:146)s request under the aegis of the Commission. The follow-up report on the Corpus Juris
of September 1999 has been informally transmitted to Parliament(cid:146)s Committee on Budgetary Control (2).

Drawing up the Corpus juris was entrusted to a committee of eight independent experts, none of whom
were performing official duties within the Communities at the time.

On the basis of the ideas formulated in the Corpus juris and the follow-up report, the Commission intends,
as does Parliament itself, to push forward the institutions(cid:146) deliberations on the institutional arrangements
which might be proposed, including to the Intergovernmental Conference.

(1) Corpus Juris introducing penal provisions for the purpose of the financial

interests of the European Union

(Ed. Economica 1997).
(cid:145)NØcessitØ, lØgitimitØ et faisabilitØ de Corpus juris(cid:146).

(2)
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2556/99 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. Transmission masts.
Date: 2000-01-11
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: cancer, health policy, health risk, medical research, mobile phone, non-ionising radiation, public health, quality of life, trauma

8.8.2000

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Germany: 7 %; Greece: 8 %; Spain: 7 %; France: 20,6 %; Ireland: exempt; Italy: 20 %; Luxembourg: 3 %,
15 %, exempt; Netherlands: 17,5 %; Austria: 0 %, 10 %; Portugal: 17 %; Finland: exempt; Sweden: exempt,
25 %; United Kingdom: exempt. In other cases, the normal rate of VAT is applicable.

Council Directive 1999/85/EC of 22 October 1999, amending Directive 77/388/EEC as regards the
possibility of applying on an experimental basis a reduced rate of VAT on labour-intensive services (2),
also enables Member States, upon request, to apply a reduced rate to domestic care services from 1 January
2000 to 31 December 2002. Greece, France, Italy and Portugal have submitted requests for these services.

(1) OJ L 145, 13.6.1977.
(2) OJ L 277, 28.10.1999.

(2000/C 225 E/180)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2556/99

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(11 January 2000)

Subject: Transmission masts

In view of the scientific evidence of possible health effects from the use of mobile telephone handsets, is
the Commission concerned that there may be health effects from the stationing of mobile telephony
transmission masts near to groups of people, particularly on educational premises, and does it intend to
propose any minimum standards or safeguards in this respect?

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(27 January 2000)

Council Recommendation 1999/519/EC of 12 July 1999 on the limitation of exposure of the general
public to electromagnetic fields (O HZ to 300 GHz) (1) sets up a system of basic restrictions and reference
levels to prevent the occurrence of established adverse effects on human health of fields such as those
generated by mobile phone base stations.

The Recommendation is addressed to the Member States which should take the necessary steps to ensure
the high level of human health protection under the exposure limitation system that has been recom-
mended. It is expected that it will also lead to the establishment of standards for equipment emitting
electronic radiation of the type covered by the Recommendation.

(1) OJ L 199, 30.7.1999.

(2000/C 225 E/181)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2563/99

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(11 January 2000)

Subject: Discrimination in the workplace

Would the Commission please state for each Member State whether there are laws forbidding discrimina-
tion in the workplace on the basis of: a) race, b) religion, c) gender, d) sexual orientation? Can it also state
in each case the means of redress, and whether any case has been successful prosecuted in each of the four
categories over the last year?
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2591/99 by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Withholding of the Schengen acquis.
Date: 2000-01-11
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Community acquis, Schengen Agreement, United Kingdom, dissemination of EU information, legal basis

C 225 E/178

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

8.8.2000

Only the Member State of normal residence may conduct all administrative proceedings concerning the
competence mentioned above, thus including updating the licence on possible changes of address. The
issuing Member State loses its competence on driving licence issues, by the time the driver establishes
normal residence in another Member State and the host Member State is responsible for any national
administrative provisions it applies to the driver taking up normal residence in its territory.

(1) OJ L 237, 24.8.1991.

(2000/C 225 E/196)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2591/99

by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(11 January 2000)

Subject: Withholding of the Schengen acquis

There has been a degree of concern in certain quarters at Westminster that the United Kingdom has opted
into elements of the Schengen Accord without full knowledge of the whole of the acquis and certainly
before being able to deposit that acquis coherently in the House of Commons Library.

Can the Commission identify those elements of the acquis which have not been released to date, as they
retain their security grading status and remain restricted documents?

Answer given by Mr Vitorino on behalf of the Commission

(31 January 2000)

As far as the Commission knows, the United Kingdom has received the full texts of all the elements of the
Schengen acquis which have been incorporated into the Union framework.

Article 1§ 2 of Council Decision 1999/435/EC of 20 May 1999 concerning the definition of the Schengen
acquis for the purpose of determining,
the EC and
EU Treaties, the legal basis for each of the provisions or decisions which constitute the acquis (1) stipulates
that the Schengen acquis is to be published in the Official Journal with the exception of (cid:145)those provisions
which at the time of the adoption of this Decision are classified as (cid:146)confidential(cid:145) by the Schengen Executive
the Schengen acquis were thus incorporated into the Union
Committee(cid:146). The various elements of
framework with the security grading assigned to them by the Executive Committee. This grading is
binding on all Member States.

in conformity with the relevant provisions of

(1) OJ L 176, 10.7.1999.

(2000/C 225 E/197)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2592/99

by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(11 January 2000)

Subject: Commissioners(cid:146) interests

The Commission(cid:146)s website lists the declared interests of the last Commission.

When will the updated list be published in readily-accessible form?

Will all Commissioners contribute fully?
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2585/99 by Hiltrud Breyer (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Data on nuclear pollution of oceans.
Date: 2000-01-11
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EAEC Treaty, EU environmental policy, EU law, access to information, marine pollution, nuclear power station, radioactive effluent, radioactive pollution

C 330 E/24

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

21.11.2000

(2000/C 330 E/025)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2585/99

by Hiltrud Breyer (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(11 January 2000)

Subject: Data on nuclear pollution of oceans

1. Where and in what context does the Commission publish the data it receives concerning this
problem?

2.

Are the requirements of the directive on environmental information satisfied?

3.

Is this information available to the questioner?

4. What happens to the data evaluation by independent bodies (e.g. the University of Wales or other
universities) and what conclusions does the Commission draw from it?

Answer given by Mrs Wallstr(cid:246)m on behalf of the Commission

(15 February 2000)

The Commission periodically publishes data relating to environmental radioactivity and to radioactive
effluents from nuclear power stations and nuclear fuel reprocessing plants in the Community. The former
are based on information on environmental radioactivity levels communicated to the Commission under
the terms of Article 36 of the Euratom Treaty, and the latter have been based on data presented to the
Commission in pursuance of Article 8(a) of
the Commission(cid:146)s Recommendation 19/4/Euratom of
7 December 1990 on the application of Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty (1). This recommendation has
recently been revised by Commission Recommendation 1999/829/Euratom (2).

to provide full access to information on environmental
The Commission thus seeks, at all
radioactivity, in compliance with Council Directive 90/313/EEC of 7 June 1990 on the freedom of access
to information on the environment (3).

times,

The Commission also carries out specific assessments and evaluations, which include consideration of
information available from other sources, such as the Mar(cid:237)na series relating to radioactivity in Northern
European waters (to which the reply to the Honourable Member(cid:146)s written question P-2524/99 (4) is also
relevant), the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

All the documents mentioned above are available from the Commission (5).

In carrying out assessments within the Mar(cid:237)na series of studies, the Commission takes account of a wide
range of relevant information available and input from a number of expert bodies and individuals.

(1) OJ L 6, 9.1.1991.
(2) OJ L 324, 16.12.1999.
(3) OJ L 158, 23.6.1990.
(4) OJ C 280 E, 3.10.2000, p. 63.
(5) Radiation Protection 110 in preparation, Radiation Protection 104 (ISBN 92-828-6098-I), Radiation Protection 94

(ISBN 92-828-2140-4), Radiation Protection 69, Radiation Protection 47 (ISBN 92-826-1113-2).
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2557/99 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. Waste recycling.
Date: 2000-01-11
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU Member State, EU environmental policy, directive (EU), domestic waste, environmental policy, hazardous waste, packaging product, public authorities, public awareness campaign, recycled product, statistics, waste recycling

21.11.2000

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C 330 E/21

full, for its members), sets standards on toilets which include a minimum of one toilet per passenger coach,
or two in the case of coaches with more than 40 seats, each toilet to be equipped with a washbasin, a
minimum room temperature of 20 (cid:176), the installation to follow ergonomic and aesthetic principles, a
minimum size of 1,20 to 0,90 m2, a minimum distance of 500 mm between the toilet seat and the wall,
and other specifications regarding the technical
installations (hot water, availability of water and
electricity).

Given that all main railway undertakings are members of UIC, and not having heard of any difficulties in
respect of the availability of toilets, the Commission does not see the need for legally binding minimum
standards on a European level.

(2000/C 330 E/021)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2557/99

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(11 January 2000)

Subject: Waste recycling

Would the Commission please give the latest available figures for the percentage of household waste
recycled in each of the Member States?

(2000/C 330 E/022)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2558/99

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(11 January 2000)

Subject: Waste recycling incentives

Would the Commission please outline the principal causes of the substantial differences which exist in the
recycling of household waste, notably the existence (or otherwise) of public policy measures to encourage
such recycling, and describe which are the most effective public incentives for recycling?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-2557/99 and E-2558/99
given by Mrs Wallstr(cid:246)m on behalf of the Commission

(17 February 2000)

There are many factors that influence the recycling of household waste, the most important being the
efficiency of the collection system, technological know-how and the existence of a market for recyclables
or recycled products.

To enhance the recycling of household waste various regulatory instruments have been enacted in the
Community, such as Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (1),
which sets targets for the recycling of packaging waste, and Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April
1999 on the landfilling of waste (2), which sets targets for the reduction of the landfilling of biodegradable
municipal waste.

In addition, the recycling of household waste can be encouraged by other instruments, such as market
based instruments, quality standards for recycled products, integration of environmental aspects into public
procurement procedures and the improvement of the image of recycled products.