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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2557/2000 of 20 November 2000 on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables
Date: 2000-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, export licence, export refund, fruit vegetable, grape, pip fruit

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Official Journal of the European Communities

21.11.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2557/2000

of 20 November 2000

on issuing A2 export licences for fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit
and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
298/2000 (2), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2432/2000 (3) set the
indicative refund rates and the indicative quantities for
A2 export licences, other than those applied for in the
context of food aid.

For tomatoes, oranges, table grapes and apples, in view
of the economic situation and taking account of in-
formation received by operators via their applications
for A2 licences, the definitive refund rates should be set
at a different rate from the indicative rates. The percent-
ages for the issuing of licences for the quantities applied
for should also be set. The definitive rates may not be
more than 50 % more than the indicative rates.

Pursuant to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96,
applications for rates in excess of the corresponding
definitive rates shall be considered null and void,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
For A2 export licences for which applications have been
submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2432/
2000 the actual date of application referred to in the second
subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 is
hereby set at 21 November 2000.

2.
The licences referred to in the first paragraph shall be
issued at the definitive refund rates and at the percentages for
the quantities applied for as indicated in the Annex to this
Regulation.

3.
Pursuant to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96,
applications referred to in the first paragraph for rates in excess
of the corresponding definitive rates set out in the Annex shall
be considered null and void.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 November 2000.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 20 November 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 34, 9.2.2000, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 279, 1.11.2000, p. 30.

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Product

Tomatoes

Oranges

Lemons

Table grapes

Apples

ANNEX

Definitive
refund rates
(EUR/t net)

27

40

45

34

19

Percentages
for the issuing of
licences

100 %

98 %

98 %

100 %

94 %
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2551/2000 of 20 November 2000 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2000-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

21.11.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 292/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2551/2000

of 20 November 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 21 November 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 November 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 20 November 2000 establishing the standard import values for determining
the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0709 90 70

0805 20 10

0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70,
0805 20 90

0805 30 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
999
052
999
204
999

052
999
052
528
600
999
039
388
400
404
999
052
064
400
999

93,8
99,8
96,8
80,9
80,9
81,7
81,7

65,9
65,9
67,6
28,7
74,9
57,1
82,1
41,1
106,3
84,2
78,4
78,4
57,4
111,1
82,3

(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’.
2000/737/EC: Council Decision of 20 November 2000 amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks
Date: 2000-11-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Member State, accountant, central bank, self-employed person

25.11.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 298/23

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 20 November 2000

amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks

(2000/737/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 122(2) thereof,

Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central
Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular to
Article 27(1) thereof,

Having regard to the recommendation of the European Central
Bank (hereinafter referred to as the ECB) of 5 October 2000,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The accounts of the ECB and of the national central
banks are to be audited by independent external auditors
recommended by the Governing Council of the ECB and
approved by the Council of the European Union.

Pursuant to Decision 2000/427/EC (1), Greece having
fulfilled the necessary conditions for the adoption of the
single currency on 1 January 2001, the derogation of
Greece referred to in recital 4 of Decision 98/317/EC (2)
has been abrogated, with effect from 1 January 2001.

Following the abrogation of the derogation of Greece,
the Governing Council of the ECB recommended that
the Council approve as external auditors for the Bank of
Greece for the annual accounts starting from the finan-
cial year 2001: Ernst & Young (Hellas) Certified Auditors
SA and Mr Charalambos Stathakis, a registered certified
public accountant.

(4)

It is appropriate to follow the recommendation of the
Governing Council and to amend Decision 1999/
70/EC (3) accordingly,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following paragraph shall be added to Article 1 of
Decision 1999/70/EC:

‘12.
Ernst & Young (Hellas) Certified Auditors SA and
Mr Charalambos Stathakis, a registered certified public
accountant, are hereby approved as the external auditors of
the Bank of Greece for the annual accounts starting from
the financial year 2001.’

This Decision shall be notified to the ECB.

Article 2

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 20 November 2000.

For the Council

The President

H. VÉDRINE

(1) OJ L 167, 7.7.2000, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 139, 11.5.1998, p. 30.

(3) OJ L 22, 29.1.1999, p. 69. Decision as amended by Decision 2000/

223/EC (OJ L 71, 18.3.2000, p. 24).
Opinion of the European Central Bank of 20 November 2000 at the request of Sveriges Riksbank on a draft law to amend the Sveriges Riksbank Act (1998:1385) (CON/00/26)
Date: 2000-11-20
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: Sweden, board of directors, central bank, institutional activity, national law

OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

of 20 November 2000

at the request of Sveriges Riksbank

on a draft law to amend the Sveriges Riksbank Act (1998:1385)

(CON/00/26)

1. 

On 23 October 2000 the European Central Bank (ECB) received a request from Sveriges Riksbank

for an ECB opinion on a draft law amending the Sveriges Riksbank Act (1998:1385) (hereinafter

referred to as the ‘draft law’), together with an explanatory memorandum proposing the requisite

change of the Sveriges Riksbank Act (1998:1385) in accordance with the draft law (‘explanatory

memorandum’).

2. 

The ECB’s competence to deliver an opinion is based on the third indent Article 2(1) of Council

Decision  98/415/EC  of  29 June  1998  on  the  consultation  of  the  ECB  by  national  authorities

regarding  draft  legislative  provisions1,  as  the  legislative  proposal  contains  provisions  concerning

the  Swedish central  bank  legislation.  In  accordance  with the first  sentence  of  Article  17.5  of  the

Rules of Procedure of the ECB, the ECB opinion has been adopted by the Governing Council of

the ECB.

3. 

The explanatory memorandum and the draft law constitute a proposal that the current arrangement,

where  Sveriges  Riksbank  has  six  members  of  the  Executive  Board,  shall  be  changed  through  an

amendment  to  Article  4  of  Chapter  1  of  the  Sveriges  Riksbank  Act  (1998:1385),  whereby  the

Executive  Board  shall  consist  of  no  more  than  six  and  not  less  than  three  members  from

1 January 2001.

4. 

The  ECB  has  no  objections  to  the  amendment  to  the  Sveriges  Riksbank  Act  as  proposed  by  the

draft law.

1 OJ L 189, 3.7.1998, p. 42.

                                                     
5. 

The ECB confirms that it has no objection to this ECB opinion being made public by the competent

national authorities at their discretion.

Done at Frankfurt am Main on 20 November 2000.

The President of the ECB

[signed]

Willem F. Duisenberg

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2552/2000 of 20 November 2000 applying a reduction coefficient to refund certificates for goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, as provided for by Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000
Date: 2000-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, export refund, primary product, processed foodstuff

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2552/2000

of 20 November 2000

applying a reduction coefficient to refund certificates for goods not covered by Annex I to the
Treaty, as provided for by Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Whereas:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6
December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable
to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2491/98 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000
of 13 July 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the
application of the system of granting export refunds on certain
agricultural products exported in the form of goods not
covered by Annex I to the Treaty and the criteria for fixing the
amount of such refunds (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
2390/2000 (4), and in particular Article 8(3), (4), (5) and (6)
thereof.

(1)

(2)

The total amount of applications valid from 1 December
2000 exceeds the maximum referred to in Article 8(4) of
Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000.

A reduction coefficient calculated on the basis of Article
8(3) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 should
therefore be applied to amounts requested in the form of
refund certificates during the abovementioned period,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The amounts for applications of refund certificates valid from 1
December 2000 are subject to a reduction coefficient of 0,22.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 November 2000.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 20 November 2000.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 309, 19.11.1998, p. 28.
(3) OJ L 177, 15.7.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 276, 28.10.2000, p. 3.
Council Decision of 20 November 2000 repealing Council Decision 1999/320/CFSP on a European Union contribution to the collection and destruction of weapons in Albania
Date: 2000-11-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Albania, cooperation policy, disarmament, international security, peacekeeping, the EU's international role

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21.11.2000

COUNCIL DECISION

of 20 November 2000

repealing Council Decision 1999/320/CFSP on a European Union contribution to the collection and
destruction of weapons in Albania

(2000/723/CFSP)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and in partic-
ular Article 23(2),

Having regard to Joint Action 1999/34/CFSP on the European
Union's contribution to combating the destabilising accumula-
tion and spread of small arms and light weapons (1), and in
particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

On 10 May 1999, the Council adopted Decision 1999/
320/CFSP on a European Union contribution to the
collection and destruction of weapons in Albania (2),
which was intended to implement Joint Action 1999/
34/CFSP by supporting the pilot project of the United
Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs (DDA) and
the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),
on ‘weapons
in the
Gramsh district of Albania’.

in exchange for development

On 17 December 1999, the Council adopted Decision
1999/846/CFSP (3) amending Decision 1999/320/CFSP
so as to add to it the Elbasan and Peshkopja districts.

On 5 April 2000,
the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) informed the Commission that it
was unable to undertake to fulfil the terms and condi-
tions of a draft contract proposed by the Commission in

accordance with Decision 1999/320/CFSP, and in partic-
ular Article 3 thereof, on the destruction of the arms
collected in the Gramsh, Elbasan and Peshkopja districts.

(4)

Accordingly Decision 1999/320/CFSP, as amended by
Decision 1999/846/CFSP should be repealed,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Decision 1999/320/CFSP shall be repealed.

Article 1

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 20 November 2000.

For the Council

The President

H. VÉDRINE

(1) OJ L 9, 15.1.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 123, 13.5.1999, p. 12.
(3) OJ L 326, 18.12.1999, p. 74.
Council Common Position of 20 November 2000 amending Common Position 96/184/CFSP concerning arms exports to the former Yugoslavia
Date: 2000-11-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Yugoslavia, export restriction, firearms and munitions, international sanctions, military equipment

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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(Acts adopted pursuant to Title V of the Treaty on European Union)

COUNCIL COMMON POSITION

of 20 November 2000

amending Common Position 96/184/CFSP concerning arms exports to the former Yugoslavia

(2000/722/CFSP)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in partic-
ular Article 15 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

On 26 February 1996 the Council adopted Common
Position 96/184/CFSP concerning arms exports to the
former Yugoslavia (1), which was amended by Decisions
98/498/CFSP (2) and 99/481/CFSP (3).

The Council has concluded that developments
in
Croatia, in particular its undertaking to apply in full the
Dayton/Paris Αgreements and its policy with regard to
arms exports, justifies a lifting of the restrictive measures
taken against that State pursuant to Common Position
96/184/CFSP.

It is understood that, with respect to arms exports to
Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
the Member States will apply strictly the European
Union Code of Conduct for arms exports adopted on 8
June 1998,

1. the word ‘Croatia’

in point 2(i) shall be deleted;

2. point 2(ii), shall be replaced by the following:

‘(ii) Subject to the provisions of UN Security Council Reso-
lution No 1021, export
licence applications to the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and to Croatia
shall be considered on a case-by-case basis.

This provision is adopted on the understanding that the
Member States will apply strictly the European Union
Code of Conduct for arms exports adopted on 8 June
1998. They will also take into account the objectives of
the European Union policy in the region, fundamentally
aimed at pacification and stabilisation in the area,
including the need for arms control and reduction to
the lowest possible level and confidence-building meas-
ures.’

Article 2

This Common Position shall take effect on the day of
adoption.

its

Article 3

This Common Position shall be published in the Official
Journal.

HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION:

Done at Brussels, 20 November 2000.

Article 1

Common Position 96/184/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:

For the Council

The President

H. VÉDRINE

(1) OJ L 58, 7.3.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 225, 12.8.1998, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 188, 21.7.1999, p. 3.