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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2638/2000 of 30 November 2000 fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1701/2000
Date: 2000-11-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, common wheat, export refund

1.12.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 302/51

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2638/2000

of 30 November 2000

fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender
issued in Regulation (EC) No 1701/2000

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 1666/
2000 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the
granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be
taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2513/98 (4), and in
particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the refund on exportation of
common wheat to all third countries with the exclusion
of certain ACP States was opened pursuant to Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 1701/2000 (5), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2019/2000 (6).

Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 provides that
the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders noti-
in accordance with the procedure laid down in
fied,

Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, decide to fix
a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria
referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose
bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.

(3)

(4)

The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
current market situation for the cereal in question results
in the maximum export refund being fixed at
the
amount specified in Article 1.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For tenders notified from 24 to 30 November 2000, pursuant
to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1701/
2000, the maximum refund on exportation of common wheat
shall be EUR 0,00/t.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 2000.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 30 November 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 313, 21.11.1998, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 195, 1.8.2000, p. 18.
(6) OJ L 241, 26.9.2000, p. 37.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3733/00 by Caroline Jackson (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Birre to Areia extension to the Lisbon-Cascais motorway.
Date: 2000-11-30
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing, Portugal, building speculation, motorway, price of land

C 187 E/36

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

3.7.2001

As to the South-West of England, which is included in Objective 2 areas of the ERDF, the Commission is
informed that in November 2000, the (cid:145)South West of England Development Agency(cid:146) undertook discus-
sions with the EBN (European BIC Network) for the creation of a centre in Cornwall.

(2001/C 187 E/036)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3728/00

by Lord Inglewood (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(30 November 2000)

Subject: BSE in France

Will the Commission ensure that all measures taken by France in response to the recent BSE crisis be taken
and implemented without reference to nationality?

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(28 February 2001)

The Commission has followed closely the national measures taken by France and other Member States in
response to recent developments with regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). These unilateral
measures have been referred to the Scientific Steering Committee, and their opinion on the merits or
otherwise of these measures is currently being considered by the Commission. It is the intention of the
Commission to act on these opinions in order to bring about harmonisation of these measures. Any
discrimination on grounds of nationality would be an infringement of Community law and treated as such.

(2001/C 187 E/037)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3733/00

by Caroline Jackson (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(30 November 2000)

Subject: Birre to Areia extension to the Lisbon-Cascais motorway

It is reported in the local press that Cascais council is paying landowners PTE 10 000 per square metre to
buy their land for the construction of this motorway, while normally land in the area would not fetch
more than PTE 500 per square metre.

Can the Commission state whether this motorway extension is being built with the help of funding from
the EU budget, and if so what steps it is taking to ensure that the money is not being used to pay inflated
prices to landowners?

Supplementary answer
given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(16 February 2001)

According to information from the Portuguese authorities the Birre-Areia extension to the Lisbon-Cascais
motorway has not received Community co-funding.
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation on the accelerated phasing-in of double hull or equivalent design standards for single hull oil tankers (COM(2000) 142 — C5-0173/2000 — 2000/0067(COD))
Date: 2000-11-30
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: International Maritime Organisation, international convention, international standard, oil pollution, prevention of pollution, tanker

13.8.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 228/149

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

Thursday 30 November 2000

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

tive actions. If the other recognised organisation at the
special survey identifies minor corrosion or structural
defects which, in its opinion, should not impair the struc-
tural integrity of the ship, that classification society shall
follow up the development of these defects by checking
them at annual intervals.

4. Ships of this category falling within the scope of this
Regulation should carry certificates that provide evidence
that the special survey(s) have been carried out to the
satisfaction of
the verifying recognised organisation,
including the results of these verifications.

B. This annex shall be modified in accordance with the
procedure in Article 8 to accord with the agreement
reached within the IMO.

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council
regulation on the accelerated phasing-in of double hull or equivalent design standards for single
hull oil tankers (COM(2000) 142 . C5-0173/2000 . 2000/0067(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:19) having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament and the Council

(COM(2000) 142) (1),

(cid:19) having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 80(2) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0173/2000),

(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 and the
opinions of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy and the Commit-
tee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, (A5-0344/2000),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.
Asks to be consulted again should the Commission intend to amend its proposal substantially or
replace it with another text, or if the amendment of the Marpol Convention announced by the IMO
for April 2001 should not take place, or departs in essential points from this regulation;

3.

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

(1) OJ C 212 E, 25.7.2000, p. 121.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2621/2000 of 30 November 2000 setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products from the Community to the Canary Islands
Date: 2000-11-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Canary Islands, EU aid, EU production, aid system, rice, supply

L 302/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

1.12.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2621/2000

of 30 November 2000

setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products from the Community to the Canary
Islands

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15
June 1992 introducing specific measures in respect of certain
agricultural products for the benefit of the Canary Islands (1), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 (2), and in
particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92,
the requirements of the Canary Islands for rice are to be
covered in terms of quantity, price and quality by the
mobilisation, on disposal terms equivalent to exemption
from the levy, of Community rice, which involves the
grant of an aid for supplies of Community origin. This
aid is to be fixed with particular reference to the costs of
the various sources of supply and in particular is to be
based on the prices applied to exports to third countries.

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2790/94 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1620/1999 (4),
lays
down common detailed rules for implementation of the

(3)

(4)

specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricul-
tural products,

including rice, to the Canary Islands.

As a result of the application of these detailed rules to
the current market situation in the rice sector, and in
particular to the rates of prices for these products in the
European part of the Community and on the world
market, the aid for supply to the Canary Islands should
be set at the amounts given in the Annex.

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

Pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, the
amount of aid for the supply of rice of Community origin
under the specific arrangements for the supply of the Canary
Islands shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 2000.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 30 November 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 173, 27.6.1992, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.
(3) OJ L 296, 17.11.1994, p. 23.
(4) OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 19.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 November 2000 setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products
from the Community to the Canary Islands

(EUR/t)

Product
(CN code)

Milled rice

(1006 30)

Broken rice
(1006 40)

Amount of aid

182,00

40,00
2000/751/EC: Council Decision of 30 November 2000 on declassifying certain parts of the Common Manual adopted by the Executive Committee established by the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985
Date: 2000-11-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European treaties, Schengen Agreement, legal basis, legislation, user guide

2.12.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 303/29

COUNCIL DECISION

of 30 November 2000

on declassifying certain parts of the Common Manual adopted by the Executive Committee
established by the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985

(2000/751/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 207 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

By its Decisions of 14 December 1993 (SCH/Com-ex (93) 22 rev) and 23 June 1998 (SCH/Com-ex
(98) 17), the Executive Committee established by the Convention implementing the Schengen
Agreement of 14 June 1985, which was replaced by the Council pursuant to Article 2 of the
Schengen Protocol, classified as ‘Confidential’ all the provisions of the Common Manual, the last
version of which was adopted by the Decision of the said Executive Committee on 28 April 1999
(SCH/Com-ex (99) 13).

The Common Manual and the Decisions of the Executive Committee on its classification form part
of the Schengen acquis as defined by the Council

in its Decision 1999/435/EC (1).

Certain parts of the Common Manual should be declassified, including the provisions corresponding
to the non-classified provisions of the Common Consular Instructions,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Part I and Annexes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5a, 6, 6a, 7, 8, 8a, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 14a of the Common Manual
shall be declassified.

The declassified parts of the Common Manual shall be published in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publication.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 30 November 2000.

For the Council

The President

M. LEBRANCHU

(1) OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 1.
WRITTEN QUESTION P-3827/00 by Peter Skinner (PSE) to the Commission. Seafrance: restrictions on sale of cross Channel day tickets.
Date: 2000-11-30
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: English Channel, carriage of passengers, equal treatment, ferryboat, free movement of persons, passenger tariff, ticket

C 163 E/216

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

6.6.2001

(2001/C 163 E/252)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3827/00

by Peter Skinner (PSE) to the Commission

(30 November 2000)

Subject: Seafrance: restrictions on sale of cross Channel day tickets

Further to your reply of 26 September 2000, ref. P-2824/00 (1), I attach a leaflet distributed to day trippers
using Seafrance ferries from April 2000.

Does the European Commission agree that the restriction for car users and foot passengers infringes
passengers(cid:146) rights to travel freely, and that it discriminates against day trippers in comparison with other
travellers?

(1) OJ C 103 E, 3.4.2001.

Answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission

(10 January 2001)

The leaflet provided to the Commission by the Honourable Member shows that the operator in question
offers day trip tickets at a special rate on condition that both outward and return journeys are made on the
same day. In particular, day trip tickets are not valid for single journeys or where the return journey is
made on a subsequent day.

It is normal practice in the travel industry to attract (cid:145)marginal(cid:146) customers by offering promotional (such as
day return)
tickets subject to restrictions on the time of travel. The conditions referred to by the
Honourable Member appear to be designed to avoid that customers who would otherwise have brought
a standard return ticket in fact buy two successive day return tickets each time using only the outward part
of the ticket. Without such conditions there may be a risk that the operator would not find it worthwhile
to offer cheap day return tickets at all. The Commission does not consider that the conditions referred to
by the Honourable Member infringe Community rules on the free movement of persons. Nor does the
Commission agree that the conditions discriminate against day trippers.

(2001/C 163 E/253)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3828/00

by Niall Andrews (UEN) to the Commission

(30 November 2000)

Subject: European Works Council

As the Commission is aware the European Works Council was set up in 1996 with the objective of
improving the information and consultation procedures between management and employees within an
undertaking.

Will the Commission now agree to undertake a review of the European Works Council and examine, in
particular, strengthening the information and consultation obligations so that information can be provided
on a permanent basis, ensuring that consultation takes place in the planning stage before decisions are
taken and that the right to training and to communicate is ensured for members of European Works
Councils?
Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the "Proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field"
Date: 2000-11-30
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, EU financing, agricultural expenditure, animal disease, veterinary medicine

C 116/128

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

20.4.2001

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Decision amending
Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field’

(2001/C 116/26)

On 2 October 2000 the Council decided to consult the Economic and Social Committee, under Article 37
of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the above-mentioned proposal.

On 17 October 2000 the Bureau of the Economic and Social Committee asked the Section for Agriculture,
Rural Development and the Environment to prepare the Committee’s work on the subject.

At its 377th plenary session on 29 and 30 November 2000 (meeting of 30 November) the Economic
and Social Committee, in view of the tight deadline, appointed Mr Jaschick as rapporteur-general and
adopted the following opinion unanimously.

1.

Introduction

This Commission proposal seeks to amend Decision

1.1.
90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field.

1.2.
From 1 January 2000 the actions defined in Decision
90/424/EEC have been financed by the Guarantee Section of
the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
(EAGGF). The proposal aims to clearly indicate the arrange-
ments to be applied as regards the management of expenditure
in the veterinary field. The Regulatory Committee Procedure
will be used and the system of direct management by the
Commission of the Community’s financial contribution to
veterinary measures will continue to apply.

2.2.
The Committee notes that the Commission responded
promptly when it became clear that the new procedure for
Community co-financing of specific veterinary measures and
programmes for eradicating and monitoring animal diseases
was unsuitable.

2.3.
The ESC shares the view that the specific requirements
for veterinary expenditure and the frequent need for emergency
measures are incompatible with the mechanisms relating to
the paying agencies of the EAGGF Guarantee section. It is
therefore necessary to amend Decision 90/424/EEC and make
it more precise.

2. General comments

The Economic and Social Committee welcomes this

2.1.
proposal for a Council decision.

2.4.
In view of the BSE monitoring programme — the risk
of disease has by no means been eliminated — and in the
context of specific veterinary measures and programmes, e.g.
to eradicate and combat rabies and swine fever, this proposal
for a decision from the Commission is very timely.

Brussels, 30 November 2000.

The President

of the Economic and Social Committee

Göke FRERICHS
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2615/2000 of 30 November 2000 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2000-11-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

1.12.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 302/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2615/2000

of 30 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,

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 December 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 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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1.12.2000

to the Commission Regulation of 30 November 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 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
624
999
052
999
204
999

052
999
052
600
999
052
400
404
999
052
064
400
720
999

105,3
112,9
109,1
195,0
195,0
81,7
81,7
73,6
73,6

63,4
63,4
74,3
60,4
67,3
76,5
84,1
89,1
83,2
77,1
58,5
90,8
129,7
89,0

(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’.