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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1525/2000 of 13 July 2000 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2000-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

14.7.2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1525/2000

of 13 July 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 14 July 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 July 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 13 July 2000 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry
price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0707 00 05

0709 90 70

0805 30 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

0809 10 00

0809 20 95

0809 40 05

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
628
999
052
999
388
508
528
999
388
400
508
512
528
720
804
999
388
512
528
720
800
804
999
052
064
999
052
061
400
616
999
064
624
999

96,5
130,8
113,7
65,1
65,1
57,6
29,9
70,3
52,6
86,4
91,4
85,7
84,8
88,1
79,3
103,4
88,4
96,8
76,1
80,7
134,3
70,7
129,8
98,1
190,8
113,4
152,1
280,0
285,0
250,9
230,1
261,5
60,3
175,2
117,8

(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’.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2385/00 by Dieter-Lebrecht Koch (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Council of Ministers resolution on road safety ‐ vehicle design for pedestrian protection.
Date: 2000-07-13
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European standard, motor car, pedestrian, product design, research policy, resolution of the European Council, road safety, testing, two-wheeled vehicle

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13.3.2001

that the car industry is not providing this protection voluntarily and that legislation is necessary. When
will the Commission introduce comprehensive legislation based on the latest EEVC tests to ensure that new
car designs provide safer car fronts for pedestrians and cyclists?

(2001/C 81 E/188)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2239/00

by Peter Skinner (PSE) to the Commission

(5 July 2000)

Subject: EU legislative action on safer car designs for pedestrians and cyclists

Some 9 300 pedestrians and cyclists die on EU roads, the majority following impact with the fronts of cars
in urban and residential areas. It is estimated that EU legislation requiring new car designs to provide safer
car fronts could save around 2 000 lives and prevent 19 000 serious injuries every year, benefiting citizens
in every Member State and with most casualty figures reduced in Germany, Spain, Italy, France and the
UK. The UK estimates in its new road safety strategy that the measure could produce a 20 % reduction in
pedestrian deaths and serious injuries. When is the proposal envisaged in the Commission(cid:146)s road safety
communication to be expected?

(2001/C 81 E/189)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2385/00

by Dieter-Lebrecht Koch (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(13 July 2000)

Subject: Council of Ministers resolution on road safety (cid:129) vehicle design for pedestrian protection

In its road safety resolution agreed on 26 June, the Transport Council urged the Commission to introduce,
as quickly as possible, legislation on safer car fronts to protect pedestrians and cyclists in crashes. Will the
Commission now come forward with this legislative proposal to require the tests, which have been devised
in the EU(cid:146)s 22 year research and development programme and used in the EU-supported European New
Car Assessment Programme, since 1996, to be used on all new designs of car?

(2001/C 81 E/190)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2410/00

by Elspeth Attwooll (ELDR) to the Commission

(18 July 2000)

Subject: Pedestrian protection

The Commission(cid:146)s road safety communication issued in March confirmed the Commission(cid:146)s intention, as
first expressed by the previous Commission, to come forward with a legislative proposal on safer car
fronts.

In view of the large scope for preventing deaths and serious injuries to pedestrians and cyclists through the
introduction of this measure (2 000 deaths and 19 000 serious injuries annually across the EU (cid:129) higher
than for any other legislative measure currently on the EU agenda), will the Commission confirm that it
will come forward with a legislative proposal in the very near future?
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2340/00 by Concepció Ferrer (PPE-DE) to the Commission. PHARE ‐ Business Support Programme.
Date: 2000-07-13
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Central and Eastern European countries, EU programme, aid to undertakings, eligibility criteria, leather industry, terms for aid

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8.5.2001

Since the provisions of the Immigration and Asylum Act referred to by the Honourable Member do not
contravene Community law, there are no grounds for Commission action against the UK authorities.

(2001/C 136 E/022)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2334/00

by Gunilla Carlsson (PPE-DE) to the Council

(11 July 2000)

Subject: Transport of animals

The Union(cid:146)s aid policy often has clearly appalling consequences. A recently exposed scandal involves the
transport of live animals long distances from their place of breeding owing to the transport subsidies
received under regional and labour market policy approved by the Council. Is the Council prepared to
review the system of aid for the transport of live animals?

Reply

(20/21 December 2000)

Directive 91/628/EEC of 19 November 1991 on the protection of animals during transport, as amended
by Directive 95/29/EC of 29 June 1995, introduces a set of rules designed to implement a welfare policy
for animals during transport.

The terms of that Directive do not include any financial provisions and, more specifically, no system of aid
for the transport of live animals is provided for.

(2001/C 136 E/023)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2340/00

by Concepci(cid:243) Ferrer (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: PHARE (cid:129) Business Support Programme

(13 July 2000)

In October 1999 the European leather industry, represented by Cotance, submitted a project to the
Commission under the PHARE Business Support Programme. It was accepted since it met all the eligibility
criteria but it was not ultimately selected.

Could the Commission explain the way in which points were allocated to the Cotance project?

(2001/C 136 E/024)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2341/00

by Concepci(cid:243) Ferrer (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(13 July 2000)

Subject: Eligibility criteria for the PHARE Business Support Programme

Could the Commission provide information regarding the criteria which have been used as a basis for
assessing the projects submitted under the PHARE Business Support Programme? Which projects have
been selected and what sectors do they represent?
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1530/2000 of 13 July 2000 altering, for the 2000/01 marketing year, the adjustment aid and additional aid to the sugar refining industry
Date: 2000-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid to industry, marketing, sugar industry, sugar refining

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1530/2000

of 13 July 2000

altering, for the 2000/01 marketing year, the adjustment aid and additional aid to the sugar refining
industry

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13
September 1999 on the common organisation of the markets
in the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 43(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 43 of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 provides
that during the 1995/96 to 2000/01 marketing years
adjustment aid of EUR 0,10 per 100 kilograms of sugar
expressed as white sugar is to be granted as an interven-
tion measure to the Community industry refining
imported preferential raw cane sugar. Under those provi-
sions, additional aid equal
is to be
granted during the same period for the refining of raw
cane sugar produced in the French overseas depart-
ments.

to that amount

Article 43(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 provides
that the adjustment aid and the additional aid referred to
above shall be altered in respect of a given marketing
year in the light of the storage levy fixed for that year
and previous adjustments. The storage levy for the
2000/01 marketing year was fixed by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1434/2000 (2) at EUR 2 per 100

kilograms of white sugar. That amount is equal to that
applicable for the 1999/2000 marketing year. After
taking into account previous adjustments, the amount of
these aids should consequently be fixed for the 2000/01
marketing year at EUR 2,92 per 100 kilograms of sugar
expressed as white sugar.

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The amounts of the adjustment aid and the additional aid
referred to respectively in Article 43(1) and (3) of Regulation
(EC) No 2038/1999 shall be fixed at EUR 2,92 per 100 kilo-
grams of sugar expressed as white sugar for the 2000/01
marketing year.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion 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, 13 July 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 161, 1.7.2000, p. 59.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2369/00 by Roger Helmer (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Commission fisheries policy.
Date: 2000-07-13
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: common fisheries policy, discarded fish

3.4.2001

EN

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C 103 E/137

(2001/C 103 E/152)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2369/00

by Roger Helmer (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(13 July 2000)

Subject: Commission fisheries policy

What is the position of the Commission on the discard and dumping of fish, in view of dwindling fish
stocks in our waters?

Will the Commission pledge to concentrate on finding a solution to this serious problem, before and
throughout the preparations for the review of the CFP in 2002?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(7 September 2000)

It is clear that the capture of fish, mainly juveniles, which are then discarded, dead or moribund,
contrary to the conservation and sustainability of fish stocks.

is

The Commission is committed to finding means by which such practices are significantly reduced and,
wherever possible, completely eliminated. Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the
conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine
organisms (1) dealing with factors such as mesh sizes and closed areas represents a considerable revision of
its predecessor. The Commission will keep abreast of future developments leading to improvement in
selectivity of fishing gears and will make every effort to ensure that such progress is reflected within
Community legislation.

This issue will be addressed in the Commission(cid:146)s green paper on the common fisheries policy after 2002,
which will be issued early in 2001.

(1) OJ L 125, 27.4.1998.

(2001/C 103 E/153)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2370/00

by Robert Evans (PSE) to the Commission

(13 July 2000)

Subject: Bonded labour

With reference to the Commission(cid:146)s response to my written question (P-0359/00 (1), 8 March 2000), will
the Commission provide details for each year since the Bonded Labour (Abolition) Act of 1992 was
passed, on:

1. The number of investigations undertaken by the Government of Pakistan into the scope and scale of

bonded labour?

2. The number of successful convictions against people who were prosecuted under the Bonded Labour

(Abolition) Act, 1992 for using bonded labourers?

3. The number of bonded labourers who have been rehabilitated since the passage of the Bonded Labour

(Abolition) Act, 1992?

(1) OJ C 374 E, 28.12.2000, p. 58.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2386/00 by Antonio Tajani (PPE-DE), Stefano Zappalà (PPE-DE) and Francesco Fiori (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Extension of Community aid for nut producers.
Date: 2000-07-13
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing, France, Italy, Latium, Spain, nut

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2. Could the Commission announce the renewal of the Community rules providing for support for

Italian, Spanish and French producers?

3. Could the Commission announce the granting of urgent aid to the sector, recognising the special

features of nut production?

4. Could the Commission announce a requirement for the confectionery industry to state on their

products the origin of the hazelnuts used to make them?

(2001/C 103 E/116)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2386/00

by Antonio Tajani (PPE-DE), Stefano Zappal(cid:224) (PPE-DE)
and Francesco Fiori (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(13 July 2000)

Subject: Extension of Community aid for nut producers

The flat-rate aid granted for hazelnuts under Article 55 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 (1) will expire next
year for Italian producers and the provisions in the common organisation of the market in fruit and
vegetables are insufficient and inappropriate to enable producers to compete with non-Member States that
are highly competitive, particularly Turkey.

With regard to hazelnut production, the province of Viterbo,
consequences if support measures for hazelnut producers are not adopted.

in particular, could suffer very serious

As part of the reform of the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables, planned
in
for September 2000, will the Commission intervene to protect European hazelnut producers and,
particular, Italian producers (cid:129) given that 90 % of hazelnuts produced in Europe are harvested in Italy (cid:129)
by extending direct aid pending the establishment of a new support system which would include both
measures aimed at improving quality and marketing and direct flat-rate aid for hazelnuts?

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-2277/00 and E-2386/00
given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(18 September 2000)

Financial support for Community nut production under Title IIa of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
of 18 May 1972 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables (1) was discussed at the
Council meeting (agriculture) of 17 July 2000. In their conclusions, the Ministers stated the following:

The Council invites the Commission to propose that the payments to nut growers be continued within
the budget for 2001 for those programmes which would otherwise expire in 2000.

Moreover, in the context of the report which it will submit on the fruit and vegetables regime before
the end of 2000, the Commission will study the situation of the nut sector.

As regards declarations of origin of raw materials used by the processing industry, there are no specific
rules for nuts and there are no plans to introduce any such rules.

(1) OJ L 118, 20.5.1972.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1536/2000 of 13 July 2000 concerning applications for import licences for oat grains otherwise worked qualifiying for the conditions referred to in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2369/96
Date: 2000-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, import policy, oats, quantitative restriction, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1536/2000

of 13 July 2000

concerning applications for import licences for oat grains otherwise worked qualifiying for the
conditions referred to in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2369/96

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18
June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in
Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the
GATT XXIV:6 negotiations (1), and in particular Article 1
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2369/96 of 12
December 1996 opening and providing for the adminis-
tration of a Community tariff quota for 10 000 tonnes
of oat grains otherwise worked falling within CN code
1104 22 98 (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 630/
97 (3), establishes special rules governing the organ-
isation of imports under the quota.

Aricle 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2369/96 lays down
that
the Commission must set a percentage for the
reduction of quantities if the applications for import
licences exceed the quantities that may be allocated.

Applications for licences submitted on 10 July 2000
relate to 1 619,054 t of oat grains otherwise worked
allocated is
and the maximum quantity
1 000,00 t. The appropriate percentage of reduction for
import licence applications submitted on 10 July 2000
and qualifiying for the conditions provided for in Regu-
lation (EC) No 2369/96 must therefore be set,

to be

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

import

Applications for
licences for oat grains otherwise
worked qualifying for the conditions provided for in Regula-
tion (EC) No 2369/96 submitted on 10 July 2000 and notified
to the Commission shall be accepted for the tonnage indicated
therein mutliplied by a coefficient of 0,617. Applications not
notified to the Commission shall be refused.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 July 2000.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 13 July 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 323, 13.12.1996, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 96, 11.4.1997, p. 5.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1542/2000 of 13 July 2000 fixing production refunds on cereals and rice
Date: 2000-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cereals, production refund, rice

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14.7.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1542/2000

of 13 July 2000

fixing production refunds on cereals and rice

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 Commission Regulation (EC) No
1253/1999 (2), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2072/98 (4), and
in particular Article 7(2) thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 of
30 June 1993 laying down detailed rules for the arrangements
concerning production refunds
and rice
sectors (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 87/1999 (6),
and in particular Article 3 thereof,

in the

cereals

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 establishes the conditions
for granting the production refund; whereas the basis for
the calculation is established in Article 3 of the said
Regulation; whereas the refund thus calculated must be

(2)

(3)

fixed once a month and may be altered if the price of
maize and/or wheat changes significantly.

The production refunds to be fixed in this Regulation
should be adjusted by the coefficients listed in the
Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 to establish
the exact amount payable.

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 refund referred to in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
1722/93, expressed per tonne of starch extracted from maize,
wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, rice or broken rice, shall be
EUR 38,02/t.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 July 2000.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 13 July 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 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(4) OJ L 265, 30.9.1998, p. 4.
(5) OJ L 159, 1.7.1993, p. 112.
(6) OJ L 9, 15.1.1999, p. 8.