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Commission Regulation (EC) No 277/2000 of 4 February 2000 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2176/1999
Date: 2000-02-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, rice

5. 2. 2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 31/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 277/2000

of 4 February 2000

fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain rice in connection with the
invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2176/1999

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2072/98 (2), and
in particular Article 13 (3) thereof,

(3)

(4)

The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
current market situation for the rice in question results
the
in the maximum export refund being fixed at
amount specified in Article 1.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Cereals,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was
to Commission Regulation (EC) No
issued pursuant
2176/1999 (3).

Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/
75 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/95 (5),
allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No
3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a
maximum export
in fixing this
maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of
Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into
account; whereas a contract is awarded to any tenderer
whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum
export refund.

refund; whereas

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain rice
falling within CN code 1006 30 67 to be exported to certain
third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in
Regulation (EC) No 2176/1999 is hereby fixed on the basis of
the tenders submitted from 28 January to 3 February 2000 at
254,00 EUR/t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 February 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 February 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 265, 30.9.1998, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 267, 15.10.1999, p. 4.
(4) OJ L 61, 7.3.1975, p. 25.
(5) OJ L 35, 15.2.1995, p. 8.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0233/00 by Luigi Vinci (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Restructuring of the group ABB Alstom Power.
Date: 2000-02-04
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: aid for restructuring, cessation of trading, industrial restructuring, job cuts, merger, railway industry

C 225 E/224

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

8.8.2000

Does the Commission realise that the Netherlandse Spoorwegen (NS) have cancelled the Deutsche
4.
Bahn VT624 train used hitherto so that the new regional rail company NordNed can take over the service
but that NooordNed has not has not yet come to any agreement on a subsidy with the Netherlands
Province of Groningen and the German Land of Lower Saxony and that no application for a timetable for
the winter period 2000-2001 has been submitted to the rail authorities?

5. What steps does the Commission intend to take to prevent a situation in which, as a result of the
withdrawal of the two national railway companies involved and insufficient regional subsidies, passenger
services on this railway line do not resume on completion of the repair work in October 2000, which
would mean that upgrading the TEN link had been pointless?

Answer given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission

(25 February 2000)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its
findings as soon as possible.

(2000/C 225 E/260)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0233/00

by Luigi Vinci (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(4 February 2000)

Subject: Restructuring of the group ABB Alstom Power

The management of the group ABB Alstom Power, which is the product of a merger of 30 June 1999, has
announced that it is to undergo restructuring, involving job losses in some regions where the company has
branches. The group ABB Alstom Power or the companies involved in the merger have benefited from
Community aid. Will the Commission give details of the amounts and conditions involved and say whether
this aid was conditional on jobs being created? Should it transpire that all the relevant conditions have not
been met, will the Commission demand repayment of the aid granted to the group?

Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(10 March 2000)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its
findings as soon as possible.

(2000/C 225 E/261)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0235/00

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Educational priorities of the Portuguese Presidency

(31 January 2000)

the Portuguese Presidency, could the
Following the publication of
Commission clearly outline its interpretation of the stated aim to explore the idea of a European dimension
in education?

the documented Programme of

How does the Commission envisage both its own role in achieving this aim and also that of the
governments of individual Member States?
WRITTEN QUESTION P-0304/00 by Antonios Trakatellis (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Delays in completing Cohesion Fund projects in Greece: biological sewage treatment and reorganisation of landfill sites in Thessaloniki.
Date: 2000-02-04
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Italy, Structural Funds, budgetary control, commitment of expenditure, financial management, management

C 225 E/226

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

8.8.2000

(2000/C 225 E/263)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0304/00

by Antonios Trakatellis (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(4 February 2000)

Subject: Delays in completing Cohesion Fund projects in Greece: biological sewage treatment and

reorganisation of landfill sites in Thessaloniki

Work on two projects of importance for environmental protection and improving the quality of life of the
inhabitants of Thessaloniki (cid:129) (cid:145)Extension and completion of the Thessaloniki biological sewage treatment
plant (cid:129) Stage II(cid:146) and (cid:145)Reorganisation of a landfill site and survey/construction of a transshipment centre for
Thessaloniki(cid:146) (cid:129) has been inexcusably delayed, while the Cohesion Fund financial package for the previous
programming period (1994-1999) has already expired.

The above projects were among those financed from the Cohesion Fund since 1995 and should have been
completed and operational in 1998.

Will the Commission therefore say:

what stage has been reached in the work, what the delays are due to and when the projects are

1.
expected to be completed,

what amount the Community contributed from the 1994-1999 Cohesion Fund programming period

2.
and whether the funds committed were sufficient to complete the projects, and

what measures it has taken, or proposes to take, to ensure that these projects are completed and

3.
properly operational?

As regards the Greek authorities(cid:146) commitments concerning the Thessaloniki biological sewage treatment
plant, will the Commission say:

(cid:129) whether the quality of the water in the Thermaic Gulf is being monitored and, if so, by which body,

(cid:129) whether the relevant sewerage system has been extended, and

(cid:129) whether the industrial area has been connected to the sewerage system, whether there is quality
control of the industrial waste, and from what revenue the operating and maintenance costs will be
covered?

Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(23 February 2000)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its
findings as soon as possible.

(2000/C 225 E/264)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0391/00

by Maurizio Turco (TDI) to the Commission

(8 February 2000)

Subject: Utilisation of Structural Funds in Italy 1994/1999

Recent statements by the Italian Court of Auditors have reopened the vexed question of the proper use of
the Structural Funds in Italy.

According to the information available to the Court, Italy is still seriously behind in the implementation of
the 1994-1999 programme.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 286/2000 of 4 February 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2367/1999 introducing preventive distillation as provided for in Article 38 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 for the 1999/2000 wine year
Date: 2000-02-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural quota, distillation, marketing year, quantitative restriction, table wine

5. 2. 2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 31/81

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 286/2000

of 4 February 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 2367/1999 introducing preventive distillation as provided for in
Article 38 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 for the 1999/2000 wine year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16
March 1987 on the common organisation of the market in
wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1677/1999 (2),
and in particular Article 38(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2721/88 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2181/91 (4), lays down
detailed rules for voluntary distillation as provided for in
Articles 38, 41 and 42 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1681/1999 (5) fixes the
prices, the aid and certain other factors applicable to
preventive distillation for the 1999/2000 wine year.

Article 1(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2367/
1999 (6) sets the date for the submission of contracts or
declarations to the competent authorities at 28 January
2000. That date and the dates resulting therefrom
should be postponed to allow greater participation in
the measure.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Wine,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2367/1999 is amended as follows:

1. The date ‘28 January 2000’

in the first subparagraph of

Article 1(3) is replaced by ‘11 February 2000’.

2. The date ‘11 February 2000’ in the first subparagraph of

Article 1(5) is replaced by ‘24 February 2000’.

3. The date ‘18 February 2000’ in the second subparagraph of

Article 1(6) is replaced by ‘1st March 2000’.

4. The date ‘10 March 2000’

in the first subparagraph of

Article 1(6) is replaced by ‘22 March 2000’.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 4 February 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 199, 30.7.1999, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 241, 1.9.1988, p. 88.
(4) OJ L 202, 25.7.1991, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 199, 30.7.1999, p. 15.
(6) OJ L 283, 6.11.1999, p. 10.
Information relating to the entry into force of the Protocol adjusting trade aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Latvia of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union and the outcome of the Uruguay Round negotiations on agriculture, including improvements to the existing preferential arrangements
Date: 2000-02-04
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Austria, European Association Agreement, Finland, Latvia, Sweden, accession to the European Union, agricultural product, protocol to an agreement, revision of an agreement, tariff preference

4. 2. 2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 29/29

Information relating to the entry into force of the Protocol adjusting trade aspects of the Europe
Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member
States, of the one part, and the Republic of Latvia of the other part, to take account of the accession
of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European
Union and the outcome of the Uruguay Round negotiations on agriculture, including improve-
ments to the existing preferential arrangements

The Protocol adjusting the Europe Agreement with the Republic of Latvia further to enlargement and the
Uruguay Round, which the Council decided to conclude on 18 May 1998 (1), enters into force on 1 March
2000 since notification of the accomplishment of the procedures stipulated in Article 7 of that Protocol
was completed on 5 January 2000.

(1) OJ L 317, 10.12.1999.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 276/2000 of 4 February 2000 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2000-02-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

5. 2. 2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 31/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 276/2000

of 4 February 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 February 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 February 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.

L 31/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

5. 2. 2000

to the Commission Regulation of 4 February 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 10 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
212
624
999
052
628
999
220
999
052
204
628
999
052
204
212
600
624
999
204
999

052
204
464
600
624
999
052
600
624
999
039
400
404
720
728
999
064
388
400
528
720
999

109,0
61,2
104,9
218,6
123,4
137,7
166,1
151,9
182,4
182,4
132,2
86,6
146,6
121,8
43,3
46,3
35,9
37,7
50,2
42,7
61,0
61,0

46,9
71,4
136,2
69,9
74,1
79,7
50,2
59,2
66,2
58,5
83,4
85,5
88,1
65,8
73,7
79,3
70,0
107,5
114,6
102,2
66,3
92,1

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2543/1999 (OJ L 307, 2.12.1999, p. 46). Code ‘999’ stands for ‘of

other origin’.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0217/00 by Mario Mantovani (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Radioactive waste at the JRC in Ispra.
Date: 2000-02-04
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Italy, Joint Research Centre, environmental risk prevention, nuclear reactor, radioactive waste, storage of waste, waste disposal, waste management

C 330 E/104

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

21.11.2000

(2000/C 330 E/115)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0217/00

by Mario Mantovani (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(4 February 2000)

Subject: Radioactive waste at the JRC in Ispra

Although it is now 16 years since the closure of the last working reactor at the JRC in Ispra, Italian
newspapers have recently raised the issue of radioactive waste at the JRC.

In fact, there are 2500 cubic metres of radioactive waste stored in bituminous or cemented casks which
have been kept at the Ispra Centre rather than being disposed of, probably because of the high costs of the
disposal of and management of waste products from nuclear installations.

Needless to say, the presence of such dangerous materials is causing alarm and concern in the region.

Does the Commission have any information available on this question?

Answer given by Mr Busquin on behalf of the Commission

(23 March 2000)

The Commission would draw the Honourable Member(cid:146)s attention to its communication to Parliament and
the Council entitled (cid:145)Historical liabilities resulting from nuclear activities carried out at the JRC under the
Euratom Treaty (cid:129) decommissioning of obsolete nuclear installations and waste management(cid:146) (1).

The waste referred to by the Honourable Member is stored on appropriate premises, where it is monitored
by instruments.

Nevertheless the Commission has undertaken to review its encapsulation in agreement with the Italian
authorities.

As stated in the communication, that waste will be stored in a perfectly safe manner at the Ispra site while
awaiting a final storage centre in Italy.

(1) COM(1999) 114 final.

(2000/C 330 E/116)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0218/00

by Bart Staes (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(4 February 2000)

Subject: Financial aid to the European oil industry

In answer to question E-2126/99 (1) Mrs de Palacio has stated that
approximately EUR 750 million to the hydrocarbons sector since 1975.

the Commission has provided

Please provide an annual breakdown of this figure, specifying the amounts allocated to (a) oil, (b) gas and
(c) coal, together with a breakdown per Member State.

(1) OJ C 170 E, 20.6.2000, p. 145.

Answer given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission

(16 March 2000)

After the first oil crisis in 1973 the Community started programmes to give financial support
to
technology for production exploration and transport of hydrocarbons. The main concern at that time
was security of supply. Financial support was therefore focused on technology to develop indigenous
resources in the North Sea.
Administrative Commission of the European Communities on social security for migrant workers - Rates for conversion of currencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2615/79
Date: 2000-02-04
Institutions: Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers, European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, migrant worker, monetary union, social security

4.2.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 32/5

ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR
MIGRANT WORKERS

Rates for conversion of currencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2615/79

(2000/C 32/06)

Article 107 (1), (2), (3) and (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72

Reference period: January 2000

Application period: April, May and June 2000

EUR

DKK

GRD

GBP

NOK

SEK

ISK

CHF

EUR

(cid:151)

DKK

GRD

GBP

NOK

SEK

ISK

CHF

7,443900

331,069048

0,618338

8,121476

8,596786

73,390640

1,610276

0,134338

(cid:151)

44,475214

0,083066

1,091024

1,154877

9,859165

0,216322

0,003021

0,022484

(cid:151)

0,001868

0,024531

0,025967

0,221678

0,004864

1,617238

12,038560

535,417517

(cid:151)

13,134362

13,903050

118,690149

2,604200

0,123130

0,916570

40,764639

0,076136

(cid:151)

1,058525

9,036613

0,198274

0,116323

0,865893

38,510794

0,071927

0,944711

(cid:151)

8,536986

0,187311

0,013626

0,101428

4,511053

0,008425

0,110661

0,117137

(cid:151)

0,021941

0,621011

4,622747

205,597679

0,383995

5,043530

5,338703

45,576430

(cid:151)

1. Regulation (EEC) No 2615/79 determines that the rate of conversion into a national currency of
amounts shown in another national currency shall be the rate calculated by the Commission and
based on the monthly average, during the reference period defined in paragraph 2, of the exchange
rates of those currencies, which are notified to the Commission for the purposes of the European
Monetary System.

2. The reference period shall be:

(cid:151) the month of January for rates of conversion applicable from 1 April following,
(cid:151) the month of April for rates of conversion applicable from 1 Juli following,
(cid:151) the month of July for rates of conversion applicable from 1 October following,
(cid:151) the month of October for rates of conversion applicable from 1 January following.

The rates for the conversion of currencies shall be published in the second Official Journal of
European Communities ((cid:145)C(cid:146) series) of the months of February, May, August and November.

the