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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1384/2000 of 29 June 2000 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2224/92 on the detailed rules for the implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of hops to the Canary Islands
Date: 2000-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Canary Islands, EU aid, customs duties, hops, supply balance sheet

30.6.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 158/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1384/2000

of 29 June 2000

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2224/92 on the detailed rules for the implementation of the specific
arrangements for the supply of hops to the Canary Islands

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15
June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands
with regard to certain agricultural products (1), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1305/2000 (2), and in particular Article
3(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2224/92 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1366/1999 (4), sets the
quantity of hops in the forecast supply balance which
qualifies for exemption from the customs duty on
imports or for Community aid for products coming
from the rest of
the Community and the amounts
thereof. That quantity should be established annually.

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

Article 1

Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2224/92 is hereby replaced
by the following:

‘Article 1

For the purposes of Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
1601/92 the quantity of hops covered by CN code 1210 in
the forecast supply balance qualifying for exemption from
customs duty on direct imports into the Canary Islands or
for Community aid for products coming from the rest of
the Community shall be as set out in the Annex.’

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 July 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 June 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

Supply balance for hops for the Canary Islands for the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001

ANNEX

Product
(CN code)

Hops

1210

Quantity
(tonnes)

50

(1) OJ L 173, 27.6.1992, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 148, 22.6.2000, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 218, 1.8.1992, p. 89.
(4) OJ L 162, 26.6.1999, p. 30.
WRITTEN QUESTION P-2238/00 by Helena Torres Marques (PSE) to the Commission. Charges on use of credit cards in the euro zone.
Date: 2000-06-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: bank charges, electronic money, intra-EU trade

C 89 E/166

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

20.3.2001

The Commission would, of course, welcome an increased involvement of civil society in the formulation
and implementation of projects and programmes, and has conveyed this message to the Colombian
authorities.

(2001/C 89 E/188)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-2238/00

by Helena Torres Marques (PSE) to the Commission

(29 June 2000)

Subject: Charges on use of credit cards in the euro zone

Credit card users are not required to pay extra charges for individual transactions inside each country.

Can the Commission answer the following:

1. Can credit card users really be charged for use of their cards in other Euro-zone countries?

2.

If so, given that there is no exchange risk involved, should the charge be the same for all transactions
or a percentage of the amount paid?

Answer given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission

(26 July 2000)

Two types of commission are generally charged on the crossborder use of credit cards: firstly, a service
commission because the service is rendered outside the Member State where the card was issued;
this covers the costs incurred by the banks in using international authorisation and recovery networks,
which is not the case for domestic transactions; and secondly an exchange commission to cover exchange
risks.

Exchange commissions have not been charged on transactions between two Member States in the euro
area since 1 January 1999. They remain applicable to transactions outside that area.

Service charges can take different forms: either a flat fee per transaction or a percentage of the amount
(this is more common), or a combination of the two.

Credit card issuers are required to be transparent vis-(cid:224)-vis their clients, whom they must inform of the rates
obtaining for crossborder transactions, but they are free to apply such rates.

It is for each bank to determine the relevant costs in the light of competition in their field. In its
communication on retail payments in the internal market (1), the Commission expressed the wish that as
far as possible transactions within the market be invoiced identically with domestic transactions; this is not
yet the case, with the exception of Belgian issuers.

(1) COM(2000) 36 final.