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Commission Regulation (EC) No 338/2000 of 15 February 2000 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2000-02-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

L 43/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

16. 2. 2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 338/2000

of 15 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 16 February 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 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.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 43/13

to the Commission Regulation of 15 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)

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

052
204
464
600
624
999
052
600
999
060
400
404
720
728
999
388
400
528
720
999

53,2
245,4
149,3
132,6
159,4
146,0
217,7
217,7
133,2
58,3
141,9
111,1
38,0
38,8
41,1
23,6
62,0
40,7
53,6
70,2
61,9

68,1
63,1
120,7
79,9
64,9
79,3
39,7
64,9
52,3
48,4
89,2
84,4
76,2
82,9
76,2
102,8
109,1
100,3
55,0
91,8

(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’.
Amended proposal for a Council Directive on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community - (codified version) (COM(1999) 365 - C5-0264/1999 - 1997/0338(CNS))
Date: 2000-02-15
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: crop production, fight against insects, harmful plant, protection of plant life

C 339/38

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

29.11.2000

Tuesday 15 February 2000

TEXTS ADOPTED

1. Organisms harmful to plants or plant products * (procedure without report)

C5-0264/1999

Amended proposal for a Council Directive on protective measures against the introduction into
the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within
the Community (codified version) (COM(1999) 365 - C5-0264/1999 - 1997/0338(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The proposal was approved.

2.

‘Area of Freedom, Security and Justice’

B5-0109/2000

European Parliament resolution on the progress made in 1999 in the implementation of the
area of freedom, security and justice provided for in Article 2, fourth indent, of the Treaty on
European Union

The European Parliament,

(cid:22) having regard to the Treaties, the protocols and declarations attached thereto and,

in particular,
Article 39 of the Treaty on European Union and the other provisions referring to the application of
Community law,

A. whereas the aim of the annual debate is to monitor the progress made in implementing the area of
freedom, security and justice (AFSJ) and the undertakings given on the basis of the Treaties, interna-
tional agreements, secondary law and European Council guidelines,

B. having regard to its resolution of 14 January 1999 on the progress made in 1998 in the implementa-
tion of cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs pursuant to Title VI of the Treaty on
European Union (1) and the other resolutions adopted since then concerning the implementation of
the AFSJ,

C. whereas the AFSJ cannot be established properly and with the necessary guarantees for as long as
Parliament is denied the power of codecision and the Court of Justice is unable to exercise a power
of judicial review in every sphere,

D. whereas the legal frame of reference for the AFSJ is developing in a rather complicated way, affording
scant transparency and largely beyond the comprehension of citizens; whereas the position is such
that the very principle of legal certainty is in jeopardy,

E. whereas the most significant events of 1999 have been:

(a)

the entry into force on 1 May of the Treaty of Amsterdam, which:

(cid:22) on the one hand, brought certain previously intergovernmental policies within the Commun-
ity sphere, while limiting, however, the role of the Court of Justice and inexplicably delaying
for five years the assumption of joint responsibility by the European Parliament for the new
Title IV of the EC Treaty, thereby preventing genuine judicial and democratic control over
decisions taken in this area;

(1) OJ C 104, 14.4.1999, p. 135.
Proposal for a Council Decision extending Decision 91/482/CEE on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community
Date: 2000-02-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: association agreement (EU), international affairs, overseas countries and territories

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 15.2.2000
COM(2000) 156 final

Proposal for a

COUNCIL DECISION

extending Decision 91/482/CEE on the association of the overseas countries and
territories with the European Community

(presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

The current Decision on the association of the OCT with the EC expires on 29 February 2000.

Preparatory work on a new Council Decision was started at the beginning of 1999 (including
Commission communication COM (1999) 163 final of 20 May 1999).

However, the Commission will not be able to adopt its proposal in time for the Council to
adopt its Decision before 1 March 2000.

In order to avoid a legal lacuna incompatible with Article 187 of the Treaty, the Commission
therefore proposes extending the Association Decision currently in force for a maximum of
one year.

2

Proposal for a

COUNCIL DECISION

extending Decision 91/482/CEE on the association of the overseas countries and
territories with the European Community

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article
187 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

Pending the entry into force of a new Council Decision on the association of the
overseas countries and territories with the European Community,
the applicable
provisions under Decision 91/482/EEC,1 as last amended by Decision 97/803/EC,2
should be extended until the entry into force of the new Decision, but not beyond 28
February 2001,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 240(1) of Decision 91/482/EEC is hereby replaced by the following: "This Decision
shall apply until 28 February 2001".

Article 1

This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

Article 2

It shall apply from 29 February 2000.

Done at Brussels,

1

2

OJ L 263, 19.9.1991, p. 1
OJ L 329, 29.11.1997, p. 50

For the Council
The President

3
Commission Regulation (EC) No 345/2000 of 15 February 2000 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat
Date: 2000-02-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: poultrymeat, representative price

L 43/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

16. 2. 2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 345/2000

of 15 February 2000

fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organization of the market in
poultrymeat (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 2916/95 (2), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 provides that
the difference between prices on the world market for
the products listed in Article 1(1) of that Regulation and
prices for those products within the Community may be
covered by an export refund.

It follows from applying these rules and criteria to the
present situation on the market in poultrymeat that the
refund should be fixed at an amount which would
permit Community participation in world trade and

would also take account of the nature of these exports
and their importance at the present time.

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The list of product codes for which, when they are exported,
the export refund referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC)
No 2777/75 is granted, and the amount of that refund shall be
as shown in the Annex hereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 February 2000.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 15 February 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77.
(2) OJ L 305, 19.12.1995, p. 49.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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to the Commission Regulation of 15 February 2000 fixing the export refunds on poultrymeat

ANNEX

Product code

Destination
of refund (1)

0105 11 11 9000
0105 11 19 9000
0105 11 91 9000
0105 11 99 9000
0105 12 00 9000
0105 19 20 9000

0207 12 10 9900

0207 12 90 9190

0207 12 90 9990

01
01
01
01
01
01

02
03
02
03
02
03

Amount
of refund

EUR/100 units

1,40
1,40
1,40
1,40
3,30
3,30

EUR/100 kg

25,00
25,00
25,00
25,00
25,00
25,00

(1) The destinations are as follows:

01 All destinations except the United States of America,
02 Angola, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq and Iran,
03 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine.

NB: The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 343/2000 of 15 February 2000 fixing the export refunds on eggs
Date: 2000-02-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: egg, export refund

L 43/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

16. 2. 2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 343/2000

of 15 February 2000

fixing the export refunds on eggs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organization of the market in
eggs (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1516/96 (2), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 provides that
the difference between prices on the world market for
the products listed in Article 1(1) of that Regulation and
prices for those products within the Community may be
covered by an export refund.

regarding competition on particular

The present market situation in certain third countries
and that
third
country markets make it necessary to fix a refund differ-
entiated by destination for certain products in the egg
sector.

It follows from applying these rules and criteria to the
present situation on the market in eggs that the refund
should be fixed at an amount which would permit
Community participation in world trade and would also
take account of the nature of these exports and their
importance at the present time.

(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The list of codes of products for which, when they are
exported, the export refund referred to in Article 8 of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 2771/75 is granted, and the amount of that
refund shall be as shown in the Annex hereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 February 2000.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 15 February 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 49.
(2) OJ L 189, 30.7.1996, p. 99.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 43/25

to the Commission Regulation of 15 February 2000 fixing the export refunds on eggs

ANNEX

Product code

Destination (1)

Amount of refund

0407 00 11 9000

0407 00 19 9000

0407 00 30 9000

0408 11 80 9100

0408 19 81 9100

0408 19 89 9100

0408 91 80 9100

0408 99 80 9100

02

02

03

04

05

01

01

01

01

01

EUR/100 units

3,30

1,50

EUR/100 kg

12,00

6,00

15,00

58,00

27,00

27,00

43,00

11,00

(1) The destinations are as follows:

01 All destinations except Switzerland,
02 All destinations except the United States of America,
03 Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Hong Kong SAR and Russia,
04 All destinations except Switzerland and those of 03 and 05,
05 South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, the Philippines and Egypt.

NB: The

product
No 3846/87.

codes

and

the

footnotes

are

defined

in

amended Commission Regulation

(EEC)
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0407/00 by Gerhard Schmid (PSE) to the Commission. Compensation for German shipping and transport firm operating on the Danube following the closing of the Yugoslav section of the Danube.
Date: 2000-02-15
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Germany, Kosovo, carriage of goods, common foreign and security policy, indemnification, inland waterway shipping, redevelopment aid, war damage

C 374 E/68

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

28.12.2000

(2000/C 374 E/079)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0407/00

by Gerhard Schmid (PSE) to the Commission

(15 February 2000)

Subject: Compensation for German shipping and transport firm operating on the Danube following the

closing of the Yugoslav section of the Danube

A number of firms in Regensburg (Germany) are specialised in transport operations from Germany to
destinations below Yugoslavia on the Danube. As a result of the war in Kosovo, the destruction of bridges
over the Danube, and the subsequent closure of the Yugoslav section of the Danube the business
operations of these firms have come to a halt. Since these firms specialise in very specific transport
operations on the Danube, they have practically no possibility of branching out into other areas of activity.

Can the Commission therefore provide the following information:

1.

Should these firms be regarded as victims of the Kosovo war in the same way as firms situated in
Kosovo itself?

2. Are these firms eligible for financial restructuring aid to offset their losses?

3. Are these companies entitled to non-reimbursable aid for restructuring or consolidation to offset their

ongoing losses and to publicly guaranteed investment aid?

Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission

(29 March 2000)

The Commission is aware of the specific problems of companies involved, both directly and indirectly, in
transport on the Danube as a result of the blockage of the Danube due to NATO(cid:146)s destruction of the
bridges at Novi Sad.

However, the question of any compensation for such losses cannot be addressed until the issue of liability,
if any, for these losses has been determined in the appropriate legal fora.

As regards the restoration of navigation on the Danube, the European Commission is presently analysing a
request by the Danube Commission for cofinancing of a project proposal for the clearance of a navigation
channel by removing the debris of the bridges destroyed by NATO, as well as any unexploded ordnance,
and also the repair of the riverbed and banks. The project and its context is complex, from the political,
technical and legal points of view.

(2000/C 374 E/080)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0410/00

by Glenys Kinnock (PSE) to the Commission

(23 February 2000)

Subject: Cambodia

Is the Commission aware that there are still allegations of a whole range of problems in Cambodia from
desperate poverty, famine in some areas, high levels of corruption and abuses of human rights? Does the
Commission consider it necessary to implement any conditionalities at this time?