do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2104/00 by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Lobby groups.
Date: 2000-06-30
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Movement, eligibility criteria, interest group

6.3.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 72 E/177

(2001/C 72 E/226)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2104/00

by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(30 June 2000)

Subject: Lobby groups

On Tuesday, 6 June 2000, a number of lobbying organisations were camped out on the third floor of the
European Parliament building in Brussels. Amongst their number were representatives of the Young
European Federalists, European Movement, and Union of European Federalists.

Does the Commission feel that it is justifiable for such bodies to be in receipt of EU funding in order to
lobby the EU legislature in the pursuit of a political objection? Is not this a peculiar approach to the
concept of democracy?

Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission

(18 July 2000)

The three organisations mentioned by the Honourable Member have been given grants (cid:129) two at the
specific request of the Budgetary Authority through the Remarks to budget line A-3021 (cid:129) the first as an
(cid:145)international non-governmental youth organisation(cid:146) under budget line A-3029 and the two others as
(cid:145)organisations advancing the idea of Europe(cid:146) under A-3021. The Commission has no objection to
organisations in receipt of Community grants engaging in legitimate campaigning activity in pursuit of
their registered objectives.

(2001/C 72 E/227)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2109/00

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

(30 June 2000)

Subject: Item A-3026

€ 350 000 has been allocated to (cid:145)Committees of European Experts(cid:146) under Item A-3026.

Who are these experts, what have they been commissioned to do, and when will their work be completed
and published?

Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission

(27 July 2000)

The three committees of European experts (think-tanks) receiving a grant under this line (cid:129) Trans-European
Policy Studies Association, Centre for European Political Studies, and European Policy Centre (cid:129) have been
chosen by the budgetary authority (see remarks to the budget line) and carry out research into European
integration on their own initiative. Each year these organisations submit a report on their activities to the
Commission.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2120/00 by Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Spain: market unity and self-rule by the Autonomous Communities and their relationship to central government.
Date: 2000-06-30
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU competence, application of EU law, relations between the State and the regions

C 53 E/200

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

20.2.2001

(2001/C 53 E/260)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2085/00

by Eija-Riitta Korhola (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(28 June 2000)

Subject: Testing of functional foods vs. testing of pharmacological compounds

Has the Commission undertaken any review of the ways in which testing of GM foodstuffs regarded as
(cid:145)functional foods(cid:146) differs from the testing of pharmacological compounds in Member States, and is it able
to say in which respects the systems are significantly different?

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(28 July 2000)

Under Community legislation there is no distinct category of
(cid:145)functional(cid:146) foods or (cid:145)functional(cid:146) food
ingredients. Some foods may bear (cid:145)functional(cid:146) claims on their label. In the White Paper on Food Safety
the Commission has announced its intention to put forward relevant proposals on harmonising rules for
the making of such claims.

Products that consist of, contain or that are derived from genetically modified organisms are considered to
be novel foods or novel food ingredients. They require pre-market authorisation based on a safety
assessment according to Regulation (EC) No 258/97.

(2001/C 53 E/261)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2120/00

by Camilo Nogueira RomÆn (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(30 June 2000)

Subject: Spain: market unity and self-rule by the Autonomous Communities and their relationship to

central government

In a speech full of hair-raising references to the French (cid:145)eccentricity(cid:146) of laying down legal arrangements to
promote a 35-hour working week, (cid:145)overgenerous German wages(cid:146), and the (cid:145)extraordinary benevolence(cid:146) of
the US economic system, the President of the Spanish Confederation of Employers(cid:146) Organisations (CEOE),
Mr JosØ Mar(cid:237)a Cuevas, called on the Spanish Government to uphold market unity by doing away with
socio-economic policies being pursued by the Autonomous Communities in accordance with the
Constitution and their autonomous status.

Does the Commission consider such views, which are tantamount to wholesale denial of political and
economic autonomy in the name of a self-interested interpretation of market unity associated with
outmoded centralism, to be compatible with the law and institutional reality of the Union?

Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission

(18 July 2000)

The distribution of powers between central government and regions does not come under Community law.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1436/2000 of 30 June 2000 fixing the final amount of aid for dried fodder for the 1999/2000 marketing year
Date: 2000-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, fodder, terms for aid

1.7.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 161/61

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1436/2000

of 30 June 2000

fixing the final amount of aid for dried fodder for the 1999/2000 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 603/95 of 21
February 1995 on the common organisation of the market in
dried fodder (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1347/
95 (2), and in particular Article 18 thereof,

(3)

(4)

It should therefore be laid down that the aid provided
for in Regulation (EC) No 603/95 for dehydrated fodder
should be reduced in accordance with Article 5 of that
Regulation. The aid for sun-dried fodder should be paid
to recipients in full.

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 603/95 fix the
amounts of aid to be paid to processors for dehydrated
fodder and sun-dried fodder produced during the 1999/
2000 marketing year up to the maximum guaranteed
quantities laid down in Article 4(1) and (3) of that
Regulation.

The information forwarded to the Commission by the
Member States under the second indent of Article 15(a)
of Commission Regulation (EC) No 785/95 of 6 April
1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EC) No 603/95 on the common
organisation of the market in dried fodder (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 676/1999 (4), indicates
that the maximum guaranteed quantity for dehydrated
fodder has been exceeded, and that the maximum guar-
anteed quantity for sun-dried fodder has not been
exceeded.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The aid for dehydrated fodder and sun-dried fodder provided
for in Article 3(2) and (3) respectively of Regulation (EC) No
603/95 shall be paid as follows for the 1999/2000 marketing
year:

(a) the aid for dehydrated fodder

shall be
EUR 66,03 per tonne in all Member States;

reduced to

(b) the aid for sun-dried fodder shall be paid in full.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third 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, 30 June 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 63, 21.3.1995, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 131, 15.6.1995, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 79, 7.4.1995, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 40.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1402/2000 of 30 June 2000 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2000-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

L 161/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

1.7.2000

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1402/2000

of 30 June 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 July 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 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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L 161/3

to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 2000 establishing the standard import values for determining the
entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0709 90 70

0805 30 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0809 10 00

0809 20 95

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
999
388
524
528
999
388
400
508
512
528
720
804
999
052
064
999
052
060
066
068
400
616
999

63,0
63,0
51,7
73,0
59,1
61,3
77,6
91,1
73,0
92,3
87,7
78,6
84,1
83,5
212,1
138,1
175,1
276,4
130,3
130,3
76,0
229,4
199,5
173,7

(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’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1418/2000 of 30 June 2000 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain, medium grain and long grain A rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2179/1999
Date: 2000-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, rice, third country

1.7.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 161/33

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1418/2000

of 30 June 2000

fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain, medium grain and long grain A
rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2179/1999

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
2179/1999 (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 grain, medium
grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third
countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regula-
tion (EC) No 2179/1999 is hereby fixed on the basis of the
tenders submitted from 23 to 29 June 2000 at 135,00 EUR/t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 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. 13.
(4) OJ L 61, 7.3.1975, p. 25.
(5) OJ L 35, 15.2.1995, p. 8.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1443/2000 of 30 June 2000 altering the corrective amount applicable to the refund on malt
Date: 2000-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, malt

L 161/78

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

1.7.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1443/2000

of 30 June 2000

altering the corrective amount applicable to the refund on malt

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/
1999 (2), and in particular Article 13(8) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The corrective amount applicable to the refund on malt
was fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1057/
2000 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1155/
2000 (4);

On the basis of today's cif prices and cif forward delivery
prices, taking foreseeable developments on the market

into account, the corrective amount at present applic-
able to the refund on malt should be altered,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The corrective amount referred to in Article 13(4) of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 1766/92 which is applicable to the export
refunds fixed in advance in respect of the products referred to
is hereby altered to the amount set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 118, 19.5.2000, p. 38.
(4) OJ L 130, 31.5.2000, p. 21.

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to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 2000 amending the corrective amount applicable to the refund on
malt

ANNEX

Product code

1107 10 11 9000
1107 10 19 9000
1107 10 91 9000
1107 10 99 9000
1107 20 00 9000

Product code

1107 10 11 9000
1107 10 19 9000
1107 10 91 9000
1107 10 99 9000
1107 20 00 9000

(EUR/t)

Current
7

1st period
8

2nd period
9

3rd period
10

4th period
11

5th period
12

0
0
0
0
0

0
–1,27
0
–1,27
–1,49

0
–2,54
0
–2,54
–2,98

0
–3,81
0
–3,81
–4,47

0
–5,08
0
–5,08
–5,96

0
–6,35
0
–6,35
–7,45

(EUR/t)

6th period
1

7th period
2

8th period
3

9th period
4

10th period
5

11th period
6

0
–7,62
0
–7,62
–8,94

0
–8,89
0
–8,89
–10,43

0
–10,16
0
–10,16
–11,92

0
–11,43
0
–11,43
–13,41

0
–12,70
0
–12,70
–14,90

0
–13,97
0
–13,97
–16,39
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1438/2000 of 30 June 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2300/97 on detailed rules to implement Council Regulation (EC) No 1221/97 laying down general rules for the application of measures to improve the production and marketing of honey
Date: 2000-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, apiculture, co-financing, honey, marketing, production improvement

1.7.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 161/65

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1438/2000

of 30 June 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 2300/97 on detailed rules to implement Council Regulation (EC) No
1221/97 laying down general rules for the application of measures to improve the production and
marketing of honey

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1221/97 of 25
June 1997 laying down general rules for the application of
measures
to improve the production and marketing of
honey (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2070/98 (2), and
in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2300/97 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1479/1999 (4),
lays
down provisions for the implementation of measures to
improve the production and marketing of honey.

There have been changes to the number of hives in the
Member States' communications to update the structural
data on the situation in the sector as provided for in
Article 1(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2300/97. As a result,
Annex I to that Regulation should be amended.

Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2300/97 lays down a
final date for implementation of measures under annual
programmes. As a result, the new Annex I is to apply

for the first time to the annual programmes covering the
2000/2001 marketing year.

(4)

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

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2300/97 is replaced by the
Annex hereto.

Article 2

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

It shall apply for the first time to the annual programmes
covering the 2000/2001 marketing year.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 173, 1.7.1997, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 265, 30.9.1998, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 319, 21.11.1997, p. 4.
(4) OJ L 171, 7.7.1999, p. 9.

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1.7.2000

ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Member State

B

DK

D

GR

E

F

IRL

I

L

NL

A

P

FIN

S

UK

EUR-15

No of hives

100 000

85 000

1 038 000

1 217 000

2 193 366

1 446 900

20 000

1 100 000

10 213

80 000

377 664

632 500

42 000

110 000

200 000

8 652 643’
Declaration by Portugal concerning the application of Articles 26 and 37 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings
Date: 2000-06-30
Institutions: Portugal
Subjects: EU Member State, agreement (EU), application of EU law, financial solvency, liquidation, third country

30.6.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 183/1

I

(Information)

COUNCIL

DECLARATION BY PORTUGAL

concerning the application of Articles 26 and 37 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29
May 2000 on insolvency proceedings

(2000/C 183/01)

Article 37 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings (1),
which mentions the possibility of converting territorial proceedings opened prior to the main proceedings
into winding-up proceedings, should be interpreted as meaning that such conversion does not exclude
judicial appreciation of the state of the local proceedings (as is the case in Article 36) or of the application
of the interests of public policy as provided for in Article 26.

(1) OJ L 160, 30.6.2000, p. 1.

DECLARATION BY THE COUNCIL

(2000/C 183/02)

Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 (1) shall not prevent a Member State from concluding agreements with
non-Member States, which cover the same matter as this Regulation, where the agreement in question does
not affect this Regulation.

(1) OJ L 160, 30.6.2000, p. 1.
WRITTEN QUESTION P-2321/00 by Roy Perry (PPE-DE) to the Commission. European funding.
Date: 2000-06-30
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing, United Kingdom, exchange of information, fund (EU)

C 81 E/188

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

13.3.2001

(2001/C 81 E/240)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-2321/00

by Roy Perry (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(30 June 2000)

Subject: European funding

How much money has been paid from European Union funds to the benefit of projects in the County of
Hampshire, the City of Southampton, the City of Portsmouth and the County of the Isle of Wight over the
last four years giving a breakdown by fund, project, year and area?

Supplementary answer
given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission

(20 September 2000)

In view of the length of its answer, the Commission is sending it direct to the Honourable Member and to
Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat.

(2001/C 81 E/241)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2339/00

by Stephen Hughes (PSE) to the Commission

(11 July 2000)

Subject: Rules concerning dangerous dogs

Does the Commission have statistics on the number of people attacked by dogs within the EU each year,
broken down by numbers of deaths and injuries and the ages of the victims?

Laws concerning the control of potentially dangerous dogs vary considerably from Member State to
Member State. Does the Commission consider it necessary to propose uniform minimum standards to
protect, in particular, children travelling within the EU?

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(13 September 2000)

The Commission must inform the Honourable Member that it does not have statistics relating to the
number of accidents in the Community involving attacks by dogs.

There is no provision in the Commission(cid:146)s current work programme to propose legislation laying down
minimum Community standards to protect against aggressive dogs.

In the opinion of the Commission, it is up to the Member States, in line with the principle of subsidiarity,
to take any necessary measures; these must also respect the provisions of the EC Treaty.