do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
WRITTEN QUESTION E-4027/00 by Freddy Blak (PSE) to the Commission. Lorry drivers.
Date: 2000-12-21
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Denmark, EU police cooperation, competence of the Member States, drivers, theft

C 174 E/218

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

19.6.2001

The Commission was unable to meet the funding request because the available budget had been used up
so quickly. The fact is that town-twinning sponsorship proved so successful that demand outstripped the
Commission(cid:146)s capacity to provide financial support. In order to be able to handle grant applications with
the budget available, the Commission found itself obliged to set a closing date of 15 September for funding
applications for the year 2000 (1).

Anxious to improve the quality of the service provided, the Commission revised the grant application
procedure for the year 2001 (2).

The towns that organise the Wertheim International Youth Festival may submit their grant application for
2001 using this new procedure. In due course the Commission will verify the eligibility of the application.

The Commission has no specific statistics on the funding of international festivals.

Similarly, it does not allocate a specific portion of the budget to such activitiese, which are normally
covered by various programmes.

(1) Notice on town-twinning grants, OJ C 238, 22.8.2000.
(2) Call for proposals DG EAC No 75/00, OJ C 320, 9.11.2000.

(2001/C 174 E/232)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-4027/00

by Freddy Blak (PSE) to the Commission

(21 December 2000)

Subject: Lorry drivers

Increasing numbers of Danish lorry drivers are being robbed of their money when they pull up in parking
areas. How can the Commission ensure that European workers, in this case Danish drivers, are not robbed
in car parks? The problem is increasing all the time, so how is the Commission going to tackle it? Are any
proposals in preparation and if so, what are they?

Answer given by Mr Vitorino on behalf of the Commission

(6 February 2001)

The described risk that Danish professional drivers run when they stop their vehicles, must be considered
as a question regarding the maintenance of law and order and the safeguarding of internal security of the
Member States. The Commission can not intervene in this specific matter, as it is the Member States,
which, pursuant to Article 33 of the Treaty on European Union, are responsible for what action should be
taken to maintain law and order and to safeguard their internal security. The specific question regarding
the Danish professional drivers is therefore not a question of police or judicial cooperation in criminal
matters within the framework of the EU Treaty.

(2001/C 174 E/233)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-4030/00

by Charles Tannock (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(21 December 2000)

Subject: The killings at Racak

Has the Commission seen a copy of the Finnish autopsy report on the killings which took place in RaŁak,
Yugoslavia, in January of last year? Will it, at all events, press for the official report to be made public?
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2818/2000 of 21 December 2000 fixing production refunds on cereals and rice
Date: 2000-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cereals, potato, production refund, rice, starch

L 326/48

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

22.12.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2818/2000

of 21 December 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 Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000 (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 1667/2000 (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 Management Committee for Cereals has not deliv-
ered an opinion within the time limit
set by its
chairman,

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 0,00/t.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 December 2000.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 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 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(4) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 3.
(5) OJ L 159, 1.7.1993, p. 112.
(6) OJ L 9, 15.1.1999, p. 8.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2821/2000 of 21 December 2000 fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2014/2000
Date: 2000-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, award of contract, common wheat, export licence, export refund

L 326/52

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

22.12.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2821/2000

of 21 December 2000

fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender
issued in Regulation (EC) No 2014/2000

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 7 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of
to certain ACP States was opened
common wheat
pursuant
to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2014/
2000 (5).

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

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

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

(3)

(4)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For tenders notified from 15 to 21 December 2000, pursuant
to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2014/
2000, the maximum refund on exportation of common wheat
shall be EUR 8,00/t.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 December 2000.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 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 241, 26.9.2000, p. 23.
Communication from the French Government concerning Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-12-21
Institutions: France
Subjects: France, energy site, energy supply, exploitation of resources, hydrocarbon, management of resources

C 368/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.12.2000

Communication from the French Government concerning Directive 94/22/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using author-
isations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons (1)

(2000/C 368/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Notice regarding an application for an exclusive licence to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, designated as
(cid:145)Permis de Saint ValØrien(cid:146)

By request of 20 September 2000, corrected on 23 October 2000, the company Vermillion Rep SA, with
registered offices at 91, rue Juda(cid:239)que, BP 632, F-33004 Bordeaux, asked for an exclusive five-year licence to
prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, desginated as (cid:145)Permis de Saint ValØrien(cid:146) for an area of
approximately 1 473 square kilometres covering part of the departments of Seine-et-Marne, Yonne and
Loiret.

The perimeter of this licence is made up of the meridian and parallel arcs successively joining the vertices
defined below by their geographical coordinates, the original meridian being that of Paris:

Vertices

Longitude

Latitude

A

B

C

D

E

F

0,60 degrees E

1,10 degrees E

1,10 degrees E

0,90 degrees E

0,90 degrees E

0,60 degrees E

53,80 degrees N

53,80 degrees N

53,30 degrees N

53,30 degrees N

53,40 degrees N

53,40 degrees N

Interested companies may submit a competing application within a period of 90 days from publication of
this notice in accordance with the procedure summarised in (cid:145)Notice regarding the granting of mining
rights for hydrocarbons in France(cid:146), as published in Official Journal of the European Communities C 374 of 30
December 1994, p. 11, and established by Decree 95-427 of 19 April 1995 regarding mining rights (Journal
officiel de la RØpublique fran(cid:231)aise of 22 April 1995).

Any additional information can be obtained from the Ministry for Economic Affairs, Finance and Industry
(secrØtariat d’(cid:201)tat (cid:224) l’industrie, direction gØnØrale de l’Ønergie et des matiŁres premiŁres, direction des
matiŁres premiŁres et des hydrocarbures, service de conservation des gisements d’hydrocarbures), 120,
rue du Cherche-Midi, F-75353 Paris 07 SP (tel. (33-1) 43 19 53 53, fax (33-1) 43 19 54 54).

(1) OJ L 164, 30.6.1994, p. 3.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2806/2000 of 21 December 2000 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2000-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

L 326/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

22.12.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2806/2000

of 21 December 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 22 December 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 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.

22.12.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 326/9

to the Commission Regulation of 21 December 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 10 10, 0805 10 30, 0805 10 50

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
624
999
052
628
999
052
204
628
999
052
204
388
999
052
204
999

052
999
052
600
999
060
400
404
720
728
999
064
400
999

102,8
76,1
99,6
92,8
116,8
146,6
131,7
83,1
52,3
109,0
81,5
44,7
47,0
32,2
41,3
76,0
78,2
77,1

69,1
69,1
67,6
77,9
72,8
36,9
78,7
90,9
118,9
84,3
81,9
71,4
90,6
81,0

(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’.
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council amending Protocol No 9 to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden as regards the system of ecopoints for heavy goods vehicles transiting through Austria
Date: 2000-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Union transit, carriage of goods, road transport, tradeable emission permit

24.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 120 E/283

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council amending Protocol No 9 to
the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden as regards the system of ecopoints for heavy
goods vehicles transiting through Austria

(2001/C 120 E/30)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COM(2000) 862 final (cid:151) 2000/0361(COD)

(Submitted by the Commission on 29 December 2000)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF
THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and
Sweden (1), and in particular Article 11(4) of Protocol 9 thereto,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in the
abovementioned Protocol,

Whereas:

(1) Protocol No 9 of

the Act of Accession provides for a
regime concerning the transit of heavy goods
special
vehicles through Austrian territory based on a system of
Rights of Transit (ecopoints).

(2) Article 11(4) of Protocol No 9 enables the Council,

in
the EC Treaty, to adopt
accordance with Article 71 of
measures, within a Community framework, which ensure
equivalent protection of the environment, in particular a
60 % reduction in pollution.

(4) The ecopoint system has had a very positive effect on
encouraging road hauliers with lorries registered in the
to transit
EU to use environmentally friendly lorries
Austria. Since the aim of
to
encourage hauliers to use more environmentally friendly
lorries when transiting Austria it is contradictory to have
a sanction that actually arises from lorries being (cid:145)too green(cid:146).

the ecopoint

system is

(5) Protocol No 9 should be amended accordingly.

(6) It is necessary for this Regulation to enter into force as a
matter of urgency in order that clear rules apply for lorries
transiting Austria from 2001,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Protocol No 9 to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and
Sweden is amended as follows:

1. Article 11(2)(c) shall be deleted.

2. Paragraph 3 of Annex 5 shall be deleted.

Article 2

(3) Such measures may be adopted only if the Commission
concludes that
reducing pollution by
60 % compared with 1991 has not been achieved before
1 January 2001 on a sustainable basis. The Commission
has written a report confirming this conclusion.

the objective of

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

(1) OJ C 241, 29.8.1994, p. 1.
List of natural mineral waters recognised by Iceland
Date: 2000-12-21
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Iceland, location of production, marketing, mineral water, product designation

21.12.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 368/17

STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE EFTA STATES

List of natural mineral waters recognised by Iceland

(2000/C 368/22)

In accordance with Article 1 of Council Directive 80/777/EEC of 15 July 1980, on the approximation of
the laws of the Member States relating to the exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters (1), as
included in the EEA Agreement, Annex II, Chapter XII, point 26, Iceland has forwarded to the Standing
Committee of the EFTA States the list of natural mineral waters recognised as such for publication in the
EEA Section of and in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities. The list is as
follows:

Trade name

Name of the spring

Place of exploitation

AKVA

AKVA-lindir

GlerÆrdalur, Akureyri

(1) OJ L 229, 30.8.1980, p. 1.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2820/2000 of 21 December 2000 fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1701/2000
Date: 2000-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, common wheat, export, export refund, third country

22.12.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 326/51

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2820/2000

of 21 December 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 15 to 21 December 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 5,00/t.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 December 2000.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 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.
Authorisation pursuant to Article 61(3)(c) of the EEA Agreement - EFTA Surveillance Authority decision not to raise objections
Date: 2000-12-21
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Liechtenstein, financial aid, pluralism in the media

C 368/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.12.2000

Authorisation pursuant to Article 61(3)(c) of the EEA Agreement

EFTA Surveillance Authority decision not to raise objections

(2000/C 368/21)

Date of adoption:

27 September 2000

EFTA State:

Liechtenstein

Aid No:

Title:

Objective:

Legal basis:

99-012

Medienf(cid:246)rderungsgesetz (Media Support Act)

Media pluralism and media diversity

Media Support Act

Form of aid:

Grants, contractual compensation payments, repayable loans

Aid amount:

CHF 1,5 million