do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0972/00 by Ilda Figueiredo (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Aid from Community funds.
Date: 2000-03-31
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing, Lisbon and the Tagus Valley, collective dismissal, shipbuilding

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C 72 E/11

Spain(cid:146)s proposed rural development programmes, presented on 30 December 1999, are under examination
in the Commission. Early approval is expected.

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999.
(2) OJ L 215, 30.7.1992.

(2001/C 72 E/012)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0972/00

by Ilda Figueiredo (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(31 March 2000)

Subject: Aid from Community funds

Over 150 workers at (cid:145)Lisnave (cid:129) Lisbon Naval Shipyards Ltd(cid:146) have been waiting for 15 years to be taken
on again by this undertaking, having been forcibly dismissed a move which they have never accepted.

It is now reported that (cid:145)Lisnave(cid:146) or (cid:145)Gestnave (cid:129) Industrial Services Ltd(cid:146), the successor company, received
aid from Community funds.

In view of the above, will the Commission say:

1. What Community funds were allocated to these undertakings?

2.

In allocating Community funds, was due attention paid to the need to maintain jobs?

Supplementary answer
given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission

(27 July 2000)

According to information provided by the Portuguese authorities, the undertakings Lisnave Estaleiros
Navais S.A. and Gestenave Presta(cid:231)ªo de Servi(cid:231)os Industriais S.A.
(both of which emerged from the
restructuring of Lisnave Estaleiros Navais de Lisboa S.A.) received European Social Fund (ESF) funding
during the period 1994-1999 for vocational training activities.

Gestenave Presta(cid:231)ªo de Servi(cid:231)os Industriais S.A. obtained ESF co-financing to the tune of € 5 041 072
under the (cid:145)Vocational Training and Employment(cid:146) Operational Programme (OP), for a total of 842 000
hours of training and 1 542 beneficiaries. These beneficiaries were employees and unemployed workers
(ex-employees of SODIA). The re-training enabled the unemployed workers to be taken on by Gestenave
or other undertakings and enabled others to start up self-employment projects.

Lisnave Estaleiros Navais S.A. obtained co-financing to the tune of € 3 711 295 under the (cid:145)Industry(cid:146)
Subprogramme (PEDIP II) of the (cid:145)Modernisation of the Economic Fabric(cid:146) OP, for a total of 501 000 hours
of training and 1 907 beneficiaries. These beneficiaries were employees and young persons without
vocational qualifications who were due to replace those workers who had signed up for the early
retirement programme included in the restructuring plan. Due to falling orders, Lisnave was not able to
give all these young people jobs and has promoted efforts to find work for them in other undertakings in
the same sector or in the region. To this end, Lisnave has set up an employment observatory to monitor
the employability of these young persons. Although the figures available so far are scanty, they give
grounds for optimism.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 695/2000 of 31 March 2000 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2180/1999
Date: 2000-03-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, rice, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 695/2000

of 31 March 2000

fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice in connection with the
invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2180/1999

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 organization 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
2180/1999 (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 refund. In fixing this maximum, the
criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No
3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is
awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less
than the maximum export refund.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice
to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invita-
tion to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2180/1999 is
hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 24 to
30 March 2000 at 163,00 EUR/t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 March 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. 16.
(4) OJ L 61, 7.3.1975, p. 25.
(5) OJ L 35, 15.2.1995, p. 8.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0984/00 by Bill Miller (PSE) to the Commission. Loi Evin Case.
Date: 2000-03-31
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: France, advertising, alcoholic beverage, application of EU law, free movement of programmes, health control, sporting event, television

28.12.2000

EN

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C 374 E/197

(2000/C 374 E/231)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0984/00

by Bill Miller (PSE) to the Commission

(31 March 2000)

Subject: Loi Evin Case

Commissioner Bolkestein has previously stated that the Loi Evin Case is being actively considered. Can he
state who will be conducting these negotiations and does he undertake to report back to the Parliament on
the outcome?

(2000/C 374 E/232)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0985/00

by Bill Miller (PSE) to the Commission

(31 March 2000)

Subject: Loi Evin Case

Commissioner Bolkestein has previously stated that the previous Commission decided that a non-statutory
Code of Conduct is an appropriate means of dealing with National Legislation which infringes the single
market. Will the Commissioner make the procŁs verbal of the meeting at which this decision was taken
available to the Parliament?

(2000/C 374 E/233)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0986/00

by Bill Miller (PSE) to the Commission

(31 March 2000)

Subject: Loi Evin Case

Will Commissioner Bolkestein give an assurance that if these negotiations do not result in a solution which
is compatible with the Treaty and which provides legal certainty to private interests, he will refer the
matter to the European Court?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-0984/00, E-0985/00 and E-0986/00
given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission

(3 May 2000)

The Commission would reiterate that it is examining this case very carefully, not only because of the great
concern in the Parliament but also because it is keen to ensure that the rules of the internal market are
respected.

The Commission(cid:146)s main objective in this case is to ensure that the extra-territorial effects of the Loi Evin
are compatible with Article 49 of the EC Treaty (ex Article 59), namely that they are proportionate to the
objective of protecting public health, an objective which the Commission fully supports. In this respect,
the Commission is of the view that the 1995 Code of Conduct could in principle be an adequate means to
ensure that the requirement of proportionality is satisfied. However, the Commission takes the view that
the French authorities need to further improve the Code with a view to limiting its application to a limited
number of well defined cases and to ensuring that it provides greater legal security and predictability for all
parties, including organisers of sports events in other Member States. The Commission intends to discuss
these points in the near future with the French authorities. When the Commission reaches a final decision
on this case this decision will be made public according to the normal procedures and the Commission
would, of course, be pleased to answer any further questions Honourable Members may have.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 676/2000 of 31 March 2000 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1833/92 setting the amounts of aid for the supply of cereals products from the Community to the Azores and Madeira
Date: 2000-03-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Azores, EU aid, EU production, Madeira, cereals, supply

1.4.2000

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 676/2000

of 31 March 2000

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1833/92 setting the amounts of aid for the supply of cereals
products from the Community to the Azores and Madeira

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 of 15
June 1992 introducing specific measures in respect of certain
agricultural products
the Azores and
Madeira (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1257/
1999 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:

the benefit of

for

(1)

The amounts of aid for the supply of cereals products to
the Azores and Madeira has been settled by Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 1833/92 (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 436/2000 (4); whereas, as a conse-
quence of the changes of the rates and prices for cereals
products in the European part of the Community and on
the world market, the aid for supply to the Azores and

Madeira should be set at
Annex.

the amounts given in the

(2)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex of amended Regulation (EEC) No 1833/92 is
replaced by the Annex to the present Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2000.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 31 March 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 173, 27.6.1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.
(3) OJ L 185, 4.7.1992, p. 28.
(4) OJ L 54, 26.2.2000, p. 21.

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to the Commission Regulation of 31 March 2000 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1833/92 setting the amounts of
aid for the supply of cereals products from the Community to the Azores and Madeira

ANNEX

Product
(CN code)

(EUR/t)

Amount of aid

Destination

Azores

Madeira

Common wheat

(1001 90 99)

Barley

Maize

(1003 00 90)

(1005 90 00)

Durum wheat

(1001 10 00)

37,00

31,00

40,00

8,00

37,00

31,00

40,00

8,00
Commission Regulation (EC) No 671/2000 of 31 March 2000 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2000-03-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

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I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 671/2000

of 31 March 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,

the standard
In compliance with the above criteria,
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
in
standard values for imports from third countries,
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 1 April 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 March 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 31 March 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 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
999
068
628
999
052
204
628
999
052
204
212
220
624
999
052
220
600
999
388
400
404
508
512
528
720
804
999
388
512
528
999

146,5
102,3
124,4
130,6
149,6
140,1
96,1
78,6
113,7
96,1
67,1
38,7
45,5
28,7
54,1
46,8
52,9
72,1
74,1
66,4
88,2
95,5
83,5
79,9
97,1
89,6
66,3
103,2
87,9
70,1
56,2
71,9
66,1

(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’.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 37/2000 of 31 March 2000 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
Date: 2000-03-31
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU programme, action programme, illness, international cooperation, medical research, public health

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EN

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L 141/65

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 37/2000

of 31 March 2000

amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four
freedoms

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as adjusted by the Protocol adjusting the
Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular
Articles 86 and 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Protocol 31 to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 13/98 of 6
March 1998 (1).

It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement to include a
programme of Community action on rare diseases within the framework for action in the field of
public health (1999 to 2003) (Decision No 1295/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council) (2).

Protocol 31 to the Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended
cooperation to take place as from 1 January 2000,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 16 of Protocol 31 to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. The following indent shall be added in paragraph 1:

Article 1

‘— 399 D 1295: Decision No 1295/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29
April 1999 adopting a programme of Community action on rare diseases within the framework for
action in the field of public health (1999 to 2003) (OJ L 155, 22.6.1999, p. 1).’

2. The text of paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:

The EFTA States shall participate in the Community programme and actions referred to in the first
‘2.
indents of paragraph 1 as from 1 January 1996, in the programme referred to in the fourth indent of
paragraph 1 as from 1 January 1997, in the programme referred to in the fifth indent of paragraph 1 as
from 1 January 1998 and in the programme referred to in the sixth indent of paragraph 1 as from 1
January 2000.’

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 April 2000, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1)
of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

It shall apply from 1 January 2000.

Article 2

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of
the European Communities.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 31 March 2000.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

F. BARBASO

(1) OJ L 272, 8.10.1998, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 155, 22.6.1999, p. 1.
(*) Constitutional requirements indicated.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0981/00 by Hartmut Nassauer (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Discriminatory provisions in the law of property of the Czech Republic.
Date: 2000-03-31
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Czechia, accession negotiations, discrimination on the basis of nationality, indemnification, ownership

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EN

6.3.2001

(2001/C 72 E/013)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0980/00

by Hartmut Nassauer (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(31 March 2000)

Subject: Discriminatory provisions in the law on property of a number of applicant countries

On their accession to the European Union the current applicant countries will have a law on property
which corresponds
to the acquis communautaire. Accordingly, any discriminatory provisions (cid:129)
in particular in respect of restitution and privatisation (cid:129) must be regarded as an infringement of
Community law.

Hitherto the Commission has not expressed an opinion on the question of the lawfulness of legislation on
privatisation, compensation and restitution in countries seeking membership of the European Union. Does
the Commission share the views that if it were to publish a white paper on these issues, which affect
almost all the candidate countries, this could make for greater legal certainty?

(2001/C 72 E/014)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0981/00

by Hartmut Nassauer (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(31 March 2000)

Subject: Discriminatory provisions in the law of property of the Czech Republic

Is it true that, on a recent visit to the Czech Republic, Mr Verheugen, member of the Commission
responsible for enlargement, said that the Commission would ensure that the continued existence of
certain laws and decrees dating from 1945 and 1946 in the Czech Republic does not have a
discriminatory effect in any current or future cases, in particular in the area of restitution?

(2001/C 72 E/015)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0982/00

by Hartmut Nassauer (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(31 March 2000)

Subject: Political developments in the law on property of individual applicant countries

Does the Commission believe that the law on the restitution of expropriated property currently valid in the
Czech Republic and the draft law on reprivatisation recently adopted by the Polish government are
compatible with Community legislation, in particular with regard to the exclusion clauses, notably the
provisions on citizenship?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-0980/00, E-0981/00 and E-0982/00
given by Mr Verheugen on behalf of the Commission

(15 May 2000)

The EC Treaty states that it shall in no way prejudice the rules in the Member States governing the system
of property ownership (Article 295 (cid:129) ex Article 222). The Commission thus has no competence for
intervening in questions relating to restitution of property in a current or future Member State.

For this reason, the Commission does not foresee publishing a white book on this matter.

For the reasons mentioned above, it is not for the Commission to take a position on the specific cases
raised by the Honourable Member.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 683/2000 of 31 March 2000 fixing the minimum selling price for skimmed-milk powder for the 6th individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999
Date: 2000-03-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, award of contract, selling price, skimmed milk, skimmed milk powder

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 683/2000

of 31 March 2000

fixing the minimum selling price for skimmed-milk powder for the 6th individual invitation to
tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

(3)

(4)

In the light of the tenders received, the minimum selling
price should be fixed at the level specified below and the
processing security determined accordingly.

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Pursuant to Article 26 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2799/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down
detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No
1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed
milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal
feed and the sale of such skimmed-milk powder (2), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 438/2000 (3), inter-
vention agencies have put up for sale by standing invita-
tion to tender certain quantities of
skimmed-milk
powder held by them.

According to Article 30 of the said Regulation, in the
light of the tenders received in response to each indi-
vidual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall
be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make no award;
whereas the amount of the processing security shall also
be fixed taking account of the difference between the
market price of
and the
minimum selling price.

skimmed-milk powder

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 6th individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regula-
tion (EC) No 2799/1999, in respect of which the time limit for
the submission of tenders expired on 28 March 2000, the
minimum selling price and the processing security are fixed as
follows:

— minimum selling price:

Germany:

other Member States:

— processing security:

EUR 207,52/100 kg,

EUR 203,52/100 kg,

EUR 40,00/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 March 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 340, 31.12.1999, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 54, 26.2.2000, p. 24.