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WRITTEN QUESTION P-2952/00 by Neil MacCormick (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Climate change levy.
Date: 2000-09-12
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: United Kingdom, application of EU law, climate change, environmental tax

3.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 103 E/233

(2001/C 103 E/272)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-2952/00

by Neil MacCormick (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(12 September 2000)

Subject: Climate change levy

The United Kingdom Finance Act 2000 establishes a (cid:145)climate change levy(cid:146) and empowers the Government
to implement this levy.

Will the Commission scrutinise this provision to ascertain whether the levy in question is a tax in the
sense of the term relevant in and under the Treaties?

If so, will it ascertain whether it is in substance and effect a value added tax?

As such, is this not an illegal tax under Article 33 of the Sixth EC Directive on Value Added Tax, and will
the Commission therefore undertake enforcement proceedings to prevent its being levied by the UK
Government?

Answer given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission

(6 October 2000)

Article 33 of the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of
the Member States relating to turnover taxes (cid:129) Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of
assessment allows the Member States, on certain conditions, to maintain or introduce taxes, duties or
charges other than VAT, provided they cannot be characterised as turnover taxes (1).

In a series of judgments the Court of Justice has established criteria for assessing whether a levy can be
characterised as such a tax. In one of the most recent judgments the Court considered it necessary to
examine whether a levy jeopardised the working of the common system of VAT by affecting the
movement of goods and services in a manner comparable to VAT, a manner it defined in the following
terms: general application to transactions involving goods or services; taxation in proportion to the price
of the transaction; collection at every stage of the production and distribution process; deduction at each
stage of the tax due on purchases from that due on sales.

On the basis of the information available to it, the Commission feels that the levy cited by the Honourable
Member cannot be characterised as a turnover tax of the kind prohibited by Article 33 of the Sixth
Directive.

(1) OJ L 145, 13.6.1977.

(2001/C 103 E/273)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-2960/00

by Carlos Bautista Ojeda (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(12 September 2000)

Subject: Variations in fuel prices in Europe

When the Commission is stipulating what subsidies European farmers are to receive, does it take account
of variations in fuel prices?

Does the Commission view fuel prices as a significant factor in the total production costs for agricultural
and fisheries products?
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1927/2000 of 12 September 2000 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2000-09-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

13.9.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 231/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1927/2000

of 12 September 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 13 September 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 September 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.

L 231/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

13.9.2000

to the Commission Regulation of 12 September 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 30 10

0806 10 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

0809 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
999
052
628
999
052
628
999
388
524
528
999
052
064
400
999
388
400
508
512
804
999
052
064
999
052
999
052
064
066
068
400
624
999

73,7
73,7
85,5
142,3
113,9
60,9
96,2
78,5
58,4
93,6
60,2
70,7
65,9
71,8
163,2
100,3
104,9
62,0
69,9
69,9
57,3
72,8
84,8
56,3
70,5
96,3
96,3
71,3
49,6
60,3
51,1
138,9
226,5
99,6

(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 1933/2000 of 12 September 2000 temporarily suspending the issuing of export licences for certain milk products and determining what proportion of the amounts covered by pending applications for export licences may be allocated
Date: 2000-09-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, milk product, powdered milk

13.9.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 231/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1933/2000

of 12 September 2000

temporarily suspending the issuing of export licences for certain milk products and determining
what proportion of the amounts covered by pending applications for export licences may be
allocated

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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1670/2000 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 of
26 January 1999 laying down special detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards
export licences and export refunds in the case of milk and milk
products (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1596/1999 (4),
and in particular Article 10(3) thereof,

Whereas:

Uncertainty is a feature of the market in certain milk products.
It is necessary to prevent speculative applications that may lead
to a distortion in competition between traders. The issuing of

export licences for the products concerned should be tempor-
arily suspended, and licences for some of these products should
not be issued in respect of applications pending,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
The issuing of export licences for milk products falling
within CN code 0402 10 is hereby suspended on 13
September 2000, excluding licences for destination ‘970’.

No export

2.
licences shall be issued for milk products
falling within CN code 0402 10 for which applications
submitted from 6 au 12 September 2000 are still pending,
excluding applications for licences for destination ‘970’.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 September 2000.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 12 September 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 20, 27.1.1999, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 188, 21.7.1999, p. 39.
Information from the Commission - Members of the Scientific Steering Committee
Date: 2000-09-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: appointment of staff, scientific committee (EU)

20.9.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 269/5

Members of the Scientific Steering Committee

(2000/C 269/03)

List in alphabetical order of the eight scientists appointed by the Commission on 12 September 2000 as
members of the Scientific Steering Committee set up by Commission Decision 97/404/EC (1):

Keith H. Jones

Werner Klein

Ib Knudsen

Albert Osterhaus

GØrard Pascal

Pere PuigdomŁnech

Vittorio Silano

Staffan Skerfving

Director and Chief Executive of
London (United Kingdom)

the UK Medicines Control Agency,

Professor, Fraunhofer-Institut
Schmallenberg (Deutschland)

f(cid:252)r Umweltchemie und (cid:214)kotoxikologie,

Executive Director, Danish Institute of Food Safety and Toxicology,
Ministeriet
for Fłdevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri, Fłdevaredirektoratet,
Słborg (Danmark)

Professor, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Faculteit der geneeskunde en
Rotterdam
gezondheitswetenschappen,
(Nederland)

Virologie,

Instituut

voor

Directeur scientifique, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique,
direction scientifique Nutrition Humaine et SØcuritØ Alimentaire, Paris
(France)

Professor de Investigaci(cid:243)n del CSIC, Director del Instituto de Biologia
Molecular de Barcelona, Centro de Investigaci(cid:243)n y Desarrollo, CSIC,
Departamento de Genetica Molecular, Barcelona (Espaæa)

Director-General
Ministry of Health, Roma (Italia)

for International Relations and Community Policies,

Head of Dept. of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund
University, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund (Sverige)

(1) Commission Decision 97/404/EC of 10 June 1997 setting up a Scientific Steering Committee (OJ L 169, 27.6.1997, p.

85), amended by Commission Decision 2000/443/EC of 18 May 2000 (OJ L 179, 18.7.2000, p. 13).