do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2362/2000 of 25 October 2000 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2000-10-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit

26.10.2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 273/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2362/2000

of 25 October 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 26 October 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 October 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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26.10.2000

to the Commission Regulation of 25 October 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

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
060
204
999
052
628
999
052
999
052
388
524
528
999
052
064
400
632
999
388
400
999
052
064
999

111,0
144,4
120,8
125,4
107,9
130,2
119,1
83,7
83,7
78,0
62,3
58,6
57,3
64,0
98,3
71,8
263,5
45,1
119,7
47,8
62,3
55,0
87,8
57,7
72,8

(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-3301/00 by Eryl McNally (PSE) to the Commission. Light pollution.
Date: 2000-10-25
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: greenhouse gas, lighting, pollution, pollution control measures, reduction of gas emissions

C 136 E/222

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

8.5.2001

Given that more and more families are seeking affordable childcare and that young au pairs are being
more and more frequently used to fill the gap in childcare facilities, is the Commission prepared to look
again at the situation of au pairs and prepare a regulatory framework or even a directive to protect young
people from the worst excesses and abuses which take place at present so that there is a return to the
original concept of the au pair which was one of helping with children while learning the language and
culture of the country of placement?

(1) OJ C 342, 19.12.1983, p. 64.

Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission

(15 November 2000)

The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to the Commission Recommendation (85/64/EEC)
of 20 December 1984 concerning a European Agreement on au pair placement sponsored by the Council
of Europe (1).

Through this act, the Commission recommended that the Member States sign and ratify, as soon as
possible, the European agreement of the Council of Europe of 24 November 1969 on au pair placement.
This agreement lays down rules governing living and working conditions, education, social security and
the rights and duties of the host family, in addition to setting up national consultation and information
facilities.

The Commission has, at present, no plans to make legislative proposals in this area.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.1985.

(2001/C 136 E/260)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3301/00

by Eryl McNally (PSE) to the Commission

(25 October 2000)

Subject: Light pollution

(cid:145)Light pollution(cid:146) is caused by stray light that escapes from residential and industrial developments, prevents
city dwellers from seeing the night sky and increases global warming. The use of lower powered bulbs and
shields to prevent this light from escaping would reduce CO2 emissions and give a better view of the stars.
Is the Commission planning to take any legislative measures to prevent light pollution?

Answer given by Mrs Wallstr(cid:246)m on behalf of the Commission

(8 December 2000)

The Commission is conducting a detailed investigation of the problem raised by the Honourable Member
and will inform her of the outcome as soon as possible.

(2001/C 136 E/261)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3308/00

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

Subject: Illegal immigration and the Andalusian coast

(20 October 2000)

Is the Council aware of the full reverberations of the severe social problem of illegal immigration as it
affects the coast of Andalusia?

Is it aware of the large numbers of deaths and disappearances among those trying to cross the Straits of
Gibraltar illegally?
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation on the distribution of authorisations among Member States received through the Agreements between the European Community and the Republic of Bulgaria and between the European Community and the Republic of Hungary establishing certain conditions for the carriage of goods by road and the promotion of combined transport (COM(1999)667 — C5-0335/1999 — 1999/0264(COD))
Date: 2000-10-25
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Bulgaria, Hungary, carriage of goods, combined transport, free movement of goods, road transport, transit

12.7.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 197/173

Wednesday 25 October 2000

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council
Regulation on the distribution of authorisations among Member States received through the
Agreements between the European Community and the Republic of Bulgaria and between the
European Community and the Republic of Hungary establishing certain conditions for the carriage
of goods by road and the promotion of combined transport (COM(1999) 667 & C5-0335/1999 &
1999/0264(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:19) having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament and the Council

(COM(1999) 667) (1),

(cid:19) having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 71 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0335/1999),

(cid:19) having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:19) having regard to the report of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (A5-0085/

2000),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Asks to be consulted again should the Commission intend to amend its proposal substantially or

2.
replace it with a new text;

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.

(1) OJ C 89 E, 28.3.2000, p. 33.

4. Action against anti-personnel landmines ***I

A5-0286/2000

Proposal

for

a European Parliament

and Council
anti-personnel landmines (COM(2000) 111 & C5-0158/2000 & 2000/0062(COD))

regulation concerning action against

The proposal was amended as follows:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (1)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 1)
Line preceding preamble

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF
THE EUROPEAN UNION

(Amendment 2)
Recital 4a (new)

(4a) The hardest part of the task of eliminating all anti-
personnel landmines still remains to be accomplished, and
determined Community leadership will need to be main-
tained until that goal is fully achieved.

(1) OJ C 248 E, 29.8.2000, p. 115.
1.European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Bulgaria establishing certain conditions for the carriage of goods by road and the promotion of combined transport (5947/2000/Cor1 - COM(1999) 666 - C5-0421/2000 - 1999/0266(AVC))
Date: 2000-10-25
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Bulgaria, carriage of goods, combined transport, road transport, transit

12.7.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 197/171

TEXTS ADOPTED

Wednesday 25 October 2000

1. Employees’ rights * (procedure without report)

C5-0316/2000

Proposal for a Council directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to
the safeguarding of employees’ rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts
(COM(2000) 259 1 C5-0316/2000 1 2000/
of undertakings or businesses (codified version)

0108(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The proposal was approved.

2. Road transport and promotion of combined transport (EC/Bulgaria and Hun-

gary Agreements) *** (procedure without debate)

A5-0278/2000

1.
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council Decision concerning the
conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Bulgaria
establishing certain conditions for the carriage of goods by road and the promotion of combined
transport (5947/2000/Cor. 1 1 COM(1999) 666 1 C5-0421/2000 1 1999/0266(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

(cid:24) having regard to the proposal for a Council Decision (COM(1999) 666) (1),

(cid:24) having regard to the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Repub-
lic of Bulgaria establishing certain conditions for the carriage of goods by road and the promotion of
combined transport (5947/2000/Cor. 1),

(cid:24) having regard to the Council’s request for Parliament’s assent pursuant to Article 300(3), second sub-

paragraph, in conjunction with Articles 71 and 93 of the EC Treaty (C5-0421/2000),

(cid:24) having regard to Rules 86 and 97(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:24) having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism

(A5-0278/2000),

1.

Gives its assent to the conclusion of the agreement;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission, and the governments

2.
and parliaments of the Member States and the Republic of Bulgaria.

(1) OJ C 89 E, 28.3.2000, p. 52.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3294/00 by Ilda Figueiredo (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Allocation of Community funding.
Date: 2000-10-25
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU aid, European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund, Portugal, labour law, offence, work schedule

C 163 E/82

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

6.6.2001

(2001/C 163 E/086)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3294/00

by Ilda Figueiredo (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(25 October 2000)

Subject: Allocation of Community funding

(cid:145)Intermolde (cid:129) Moldes Vidreiros Internacionais, Ltd(cid:146), a firm which manufactures window moulds, whose
head office is in the Rua de Leiria in A Mar(cid:237)nha Grande, Portugal, systematically refuses to comply with
the provisions of Portuguese labour law on working hours. It has even, according to the trade union
concerned, been found guilty by the courts and paid the relevant fine, but continues to break the law.

The firm is claimed to have received Community funding, despite its refusal to comply with Portuguese
legal provisions concerning working hours by making its employees work longer hours than is legally
permissible.

What Community funding has Intermolde received, and when was it allocated?

Is further Community funding to be allocated to this firm, despite its refusal to comply with Portuguese
labour law?

Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission

(8 December 2000)

According to information provided by the Portuguese authorities,
(cid:145)Intermolde (cid:129) (Moldes Vidreiros
Internacionais, Lda)(cid:146) received financial assistance from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
for the following projects under the (cid:145)Industry(cid:146) sub-programme of the operational programme (cid:145)Modernising
the economic fabric(cid:146):

Measure

Approval

Investment

3,1

3,5

3,7

4,4

4,6

24.03.95

10.03.95

26.04.95

11.11.97

10.03.95

20 950

494 753

73 278

407 558

638 122

Total

1 634 661

(€)

ERDF

10 475

132 868

33 620

71 277

245 988

494 228

The company has not yet received any Community funding during the 2000-2006 programming period.
The Commission is unable to inform the Honourable Member whether or not further Community funding
will be allocated to the company, as this is subject to an application to the national authorities responsible
for managing the operational programmes that are part-financed by the Structural Funds. Applications
must be submitted and, where appropriate, approved on the basis of national implementing legislation.

Concerning the European Social Fund (ESF), from which the company has not received any financial
assistance, the national implementing legislation (Decreto-Regulamentar 15/96 and Decreto-Regulamentar
12-A/2000) requires all applicants for ESF funding not to have been found guilty of offences against
labour legislation governing the employment of minors or discrimination at work and in employment
especially on grounds of sex.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3321/00 by António Campos (PSE) to the Commission. Common agricultural policy.
Date: 2000-10-25
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, EU statistics, agricultural expenditure, cereals, common agricultural policy

8.5.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 136 E/223

Is it aware that the burden of national aid to such persons is falling on NGOs and the solidarity of the
people of Andalusia, while the Spanish government stands by?

Does the Council intend to take any kind of measures on this problem and, in particular, on the inhuman
conditions of overcrowding suffered by these people in the process of repatriation by the authorities, who
are locking them up in the holds of vessels?

Will Andalusia have to continue acting as the Union(cid:146)s policeman in these circumstances, despite lacking
suitable means and although the matter does not fall exclusively within its competence?

Reply

(20/21 December 2000)

1.
The Council would refer the Honourable Member to its replies to Written Questions P-1391/00, by
Mr Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, E-2878/00, by Mr Camilo Nogueira RomÆn and E-1013/00, by Mr AndrØ
Brie.

2.

It is not for the Council to comment on the division of powers within one of the Member States.

(2001/C 136 E/262)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3321/00

by Ant(cid:243)nio Campos (PSE) to the Commission

(25 October 2000)

Subject: Common agricultural policy

Will the Commission please tell me:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

the annual variation,
sector between 1992 and 1999;

in euros and percentage points, in EAGGF-Guarantee spending in the cereal

the total growth in euros and percentage points, in EAGGF-Guarantee spending on cereals between
1992 and 1999;

the annual financial growth, in euros and percentage points, of the EAGGF-Guarantee between 1992
and 1999;

for the total growth of the EAGGF-Guarantee in euros and percentage points, between 1992 and
1999;

the annual variation in market prices for cereals between 1992 and 1999, and the percentage by
which they have fallen or risen against 1992;

6.

the average difference, in euros and percentage points, of cereal prices between 1992 and 1999?

Supplementary answer
given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(21 December 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.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3317/00 by John Bowis (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Allocation of EU funds to London.
Date: 2000-10-25
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing, South East (England)

3.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 103 E/243

(2001/C 103 E/286)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3317/00

by John Bowis (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(25 October 2000)

Subject: Allocation of EU funds to London

What is the total of European Union funds spent in or allocated to London for each of the last five years,
for which figures are available?

Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission

(3 November 2000)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its
findings as soon as possible.

(2001/C 103 E/287)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3341/00

by Bartho Pronk (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(25 October 2000)

Subject: Obstacle to the free movement of workers by car

Residents of the Netherlands are not permitted to drive a car with a foreign number plate. Eight weeks are
needed to obtain a Dutch number plate.

Practical problems arise as a result. Anyone who goes to the Netherlands with the intention of becoming
established there for any period of time is deemed to be a (cid:145)resident(cid:146) within the meaning of the law. In
accordance with the Highway Code, a new resident in possession of a car is obliged to fit his car with a
Dutch number plate.

Under European law job-seekers are permitted to spend three months, on full unemployment benefit,
looking for a job in another Member State. If a European job-seeker goes to the Netherlands in search of a
job he is deemed to be a resident pursuant to Dutch law and is therefore obliged to fit his car with a
Dutch number plate. Until he has done so he is not allowed to use his car.

1.
To what extent does the Commission regard the Dutch law in question as an obstacle to the
opportunities available to job-seekers from outside the Netherlands for looking for work in the Nether-
lands?

Does the Commission believe that the Dutch law in question is an obstacle to the free movement of

2.
workers?

Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission

(14 November 2000)

The Commission has asked the Member State concerned for information regarding the facts raised to by
the Honourable Member. It will inform him of its findings.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3296/00 by Bernd Lange (PSE) to the Commission. Harmonisation of motor boat skippers' licences.
Date: 2000-10-25
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European driving licence, pleasure craft, restriction on competition, tourism

19.6.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 174 E/33

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(18 January 2001)

The Commission is aware of the concern that has been expressed regarding the caffeine content of certain
food products. The matter has been discussed with the Member States and the Commission would be
favourable to the labelling of drinks containing a significant amount of caffeine, bearing a mention to alert
consumers to the presence of this substance. A proposal for a relevant measure will be prepared in 2001.

The Commission is also aware of the relationship between consumption of certain nutrients like sugar and
health. There is scientific evidence that a high frequency of daily sugar intake seems to have an adverse
effect on dental health. This subject has been covered in the report of the Eurodiet project co-financed by
the Commission and has been sent directly to the Honourable Member and to Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat.

The Commission is currently preparing a Communication on an action plan on nutrition and a proposal
for a Council Recommendation on European dietary guidelines. Actions for consumer education and
information on the above issues will be a prominent part of those proposals.

(2001/C 174 E/034)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3296/00

by Bernd Lange (PSE) to the Commission

(25 October 2000)

Subject: Harmonisation of motor boat skippers(cid:146) licences

At present varying provisions are in force in the Member States regarding the use of motor boats. In
Germany, for example, a pleasure boat licence is required for persons wishing to skipper a motor boat
with an engine of 5 HP or more, whereas this provision does not exist in (for example) the Netherlands,
Sweden or the United Kingdom.

What measures does the Commission propose to take to avoid distortions of competition, particularly in
the tourism sector? When will the rules be harmonised at a European level?

Answer given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission

(6 December 2000)

The Commission is aware that there are differences between Member States(cid:146) legislation concerning any
requirement for a driving licence for using propeller (cid:129) driven motor boats with an engine of 5CV and
above.

Without underestimating the internal market dimension of the issue raised, the Commission is of the
opinion that the differences in requirement mentioned have essentially a local and regional impact.

In these circumstances and considering the present work programme of the Commission essentially
focused on maritime safety for merchant vessels, the Commission does not envisage, in the short term,
to address the question of harmonizing licences for this type of boat.