do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 17/2001 of 28 February 2001 amending Annexes X (Audiovisual services) and XI (Telecommunication services) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2001-02-28
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European standard, access to information, pay television, right to justice, technical standard

26.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 117/21

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 17/2001

of 28 February 2001

amending Annexes X (Audiovisual services) and XI (Telecommunication services)
to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting
the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in
particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Annex X to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 32/2000 of the EEA Joint Committee of
31 March 2000 (1).

Annex XI to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 108/2000 of the EEA Joint Committee
of 30 November 2000 (2).

Directive 98/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 1998 on the
legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access (3) is to be incorporated
into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 1a (Directive 95/47/EC of the European Parliament and
of the Council) in Annex X to the Agreement:

‘1b. 398 L 0084: Directive 98/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November
1998 on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access (OJ L 320,
28.11.1998, p. 54).’

Article 2

The following point shall be inserted after point 5i (Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and
of the Council) in Annex XI to the Agreement:

‘5j. 398 L 0084: Directive 98/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November
1998 on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access (OJ L 320,
28.11.1998, p. 54).’

(1) OJ L 141, 15.6.2000, p. 57.
(2) OJ L 45, 15.2.2001, p. 47.
(3) OJ L 320, 28.11.1998, p. 54.

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The texts of Directive 98/84/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA
Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 3

Article 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 March 2001, provided that all the notifications under
Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

Article 5

This Decision shall be published in the EEA section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal
of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 28 February 2001.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. WESTERLUND

(*) Constitutional requirements indicated.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2267 — Siemens/Janet/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-02-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, industrial enterprise, investment company, merger control, software

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Official Journal of the European Communities

28.2.2001

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2267 (cid:151) Siemens/Janet/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2001/C 63/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 19 February 2001 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
1.
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (2),
by which the undertaking Siemens Business Services-Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (SBS), Germany,
belonging to the Siemens group (Siemens), acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regu-
lation, joint control of the undertaking Janet Gesellschaft f(cid:252)r interaktive Medien mbH (Janet), Germany, by
way of contract and purchase of shares. After the operation Janet will be jointly controlled by Siemens,
Strategic European Technologies NV (SET), The Netherlands, ETV Beteiligungs GmbH (ETV), Switzerland,
and Technologieholding-Fonds VC GmbH, Germany, which belongs to the 3i-group (3i).

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

(cid:151) Siemens: energy generation, industrial automation, transport, medical engineering, lighting, information

and communication technologies, automotive and semiconductors,

(cid:151) 3i: venture capital company,

(cid:151) SET: venture capital funds,

(cid:151) ETV: venture capital company,

(cid:151) Janet: Internet-based 3D business software.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within
3.
the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant
to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (3), it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under
the procedure set out in the notice.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit

4.
proposed operation.

their possible observations on the

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference
COMP/M.2267 (cid:151) Siemens/Janet/JV, to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Directorate B (cid:151) Merger Task Force,
Rue Joseph II/Jozef II-straat 70,
B-1000 Brussels.

(1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 257, 21.9.1990, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.
(3) OJ C 217, 29.7.2000, p. 32.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 399/2001 of 28 February 2001 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2001-02-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

1.3.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 60/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 399/2001

of 28 February 2001

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 March 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 February 2001.

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 28 February 2001 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 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
212
624
999
052
068
628
999
052
204
999
052
204
212
624
999
600
999
388
400
404
508
512
720
728
999
388
400
512
528
999

100,1
46,7
95,4
127,8
92,5
91,6
133,9
144,3
123,3
106,3
73,6
89,9
60,8
42,6
49,8
51,9
51,3
62,2
62,2
111,3
79,8
76,9
91,5
108,6
104,3
101,4
96,3
78,3
98,1
75,6
76,6
82,1

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2032/2000 (OJ L 243, 28.9.2000, p. 14). Code ‘999’ stands for ‘of

other origin’.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0534/01 by Bart Staes (Verts/ALE) to the Council. Working languages in the European Patent Office.
Date: 2001-02-28
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Patent Office, official language, patent

18.9.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 261 E/139

(2001/C 261 E/150)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0534/01

by Bart Staes (Verts/ALE) to the Council

(28 February 2001)

Subject: Working languages in the European Patent Office

The European Union believes in the principle that any individual can approach the Institutions in any one
of the eleven official languages. The question of the working languages of the European Patent Office must
be seen in this light.

Does the Council acknowledge that applications for patents submitted to the European Patent Office
should be in the eleven official EU languages? If so,
in what way does the Council guarantee that
individuals and firms can submit patent applications in the eleven official EU languages? If not, why not?

Reply

(30 May 2001)

The Council has no powers in respect of the European Patent Office or the policy on language use which
the European Patent
obtains there. The Office is not a European Union institution;
Organisation, which is an intergovernmental organisation set up by the Convention on the Grant of
European Patents (European Patent Convention), an intergovernmental convention concluded in Munich in
1973.

is part of

it

The Council would refer the Honourable Member to its reply to his Question P-0762/01, which covers the
same subject matter.

(2001/C 261 E/151)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0539/01

by Nelly Maes (Verts/ALE) and Gabriele Stauner (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(23 February 2001)

Subject: Unanswered questions in connection with the ECHO affair

In ground 49 of his judgment of 15 January 2001 in case T-236/00 R, the President of the Court of First
Instance expressly stressed the right of every Member of Parliament pursuant to Article 197(3) of the EC
Treaty to put questions to the Commission and to receive answers, even where these involve the
transmission of confidential information.

On 26 January 1999 the Commission did not reply to written questions E-3613/98, E-3614/98,
E-3615/98, E-3616/98, E-3617/98, E-3618/98 and E-3619/98 (1) in connection with the ECHO affair,
referring instead to the work of the Committee on Budgetary Control.

Since then these questions have lost none of their topicality. Is the Commission now prepared to answer
them point by point?

(1) OJ C 182, 28.6.1999, p. 108.
Declaration of Sweden and Finland pursuant to Article 36(2)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 of 29 May 2000 on jurisdiction and recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and in matters of parental responsibility for children of both spouses
Date: 2001-02-28
Institutions: Finland, Sweden
Subjects: Finland, Sweden, judicial cooperation, jurisdiction, matrimonial law, parental responsibility

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Declaration of Sweden and Finland pursuant to Article 36(2)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No
1347/2000 of 29 May 2000 on jurisdiction and recognition and enforcement of judgments in
matrimonial matters and in matters of parental responsibility for children of both spouses (1)

(a) D e c l a r a t i o n o f S w e d e n

Pursuant to Article 36(2)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 of 29 May 2000 on jurisdiction and
the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and in matters of parental responsi-
bility for children of both spouses, Sweden hereby declares that the Convention of 6 February 1931
between Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden comprising international private law provisions
on marriage, adoption and guardianship, together with the Final Protocol thereto, will apply in full in
relations between Sweden and Finland, in place of the rules of the Regulation, from the date on which the
agreement of 6 February 2001 between the Nordic countries on the amendment of that Convention enters
into force between Sweden and Finland.

(b) D e c l a r a t i o n o f F i n l a n d

Finland exercises its right, under Article 36(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 (Brussels II Regulation) on
jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and in matters of
parental responsibility for children of both spouses, to apply the Convention of 6 February 1931 between
Finland,
Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark comprising international private law provisions on
marriage, adoption and guardianship, together with the Final Protocol thereto (Nordic Convention on
Marriage), in full in mutual relations between Finland and Sweden in place of the Brussels II Regulation,
once the agreement signed on 6 February 2001 on amending the Nordic Convention on Marriage has
entered into force between Finland and Sweden.

(1) OJ L 160, 30.6.2000, p. 19.
Information concerning the entry into force of Title III "Government procurement" of Decision No 2/2000 of the EC-Mexico Joint Council of 23 March 2000 (hereinafter referred to as "the Decision")
Date: 2001-02-28
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Mexico, agreement (EU), economic agreement, exchange of information, public contract

28.2.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 58/23

Information concerning the entry into force of Title III ‘Government procurement’ of Decision
No 2/2000 of the EC-Mexico Joint Council of 23 March 2000 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the
Decision’) (1)

With the EC-Mexico Joint Council (2) having determined, on the basis of Recommendation No 1/2000 of
the Special Committee established under Article 32 of the Decision, that the information referred to in
Article 38(2) has been exchanged in accordance with Annex XIV, Title III ‘Government procurement’ of the
Decision enters into force on 27 February 2001,

in accordance with Article 38(3) thereof.

(1) OJ L 157, 30.6.2000, p. 10.
(2) Set up by the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European
Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part (OJ L 276,
28.10.2000, p. 44).
Corrigendum to the amendment made by Italy to the public service obligations for scheduled air services between Cagliari/Olbia/Alghero and Rome/Milan (OJ C 49 of 15.2.2001)
Date: 2001-02-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, air transport, airline, inland transport, public service, transportation tariff

C 63/12

EN

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28.2.2001

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to the amendment made by Italy to the public service obligations for scheduled air services
between Cagliari/Olbia/Alghero and Rome/Milan

(Official Journal of the European Communities C 49 of 15 February 2001)

(2001/C 63/09)

On page 2 under Point 1.3 (cid:145)FARES(cid:146), the penultimate paragraph should read as follows:

(cid:145)The concessionary fares mentioned above must apply, at the very least, to the following categories of passenger:

(cid:151) persons domiciled in Sardinia and residing there,

(cid:151) Sardinian emigrØs residing outside the island,

(cid:151) the disabled,

(cid:151) young people between the ages of 2 and 25,

(cid:151) the over-70s,

(cid:151) university students of less than 27 years of age.(cid:146).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 413/2001 of 28 February 2001 altering the corrective amount applicable to the refund on malt
Date: 2001-02-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, malt

1.3.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 60/37

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 413/2001

of 28 February 2001

altering the corrective amount applicable to the refund on malt

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 13(8) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The corrective amount applicable to the refund on malt
was fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 225/
2001 (3).

On the basis of today's cif prices and cif forward delivery
prices, taking foreseeable developments on the market

into account, the corrective amount at present applic-
able to the refund on malt should be altered,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The corrective amount referred to in Article 13(4) of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 1766/92 which is applicable to the export
refunds fixed in advance in respect of the products referred to
is hereby altered to the amount set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 February 2001.

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 31, 2.2.2001, p. 15.

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to the Commission Regulation of 28 February 2001 altering the corrective amount applicable to the refund on
malt

ANNEX

Product code

Destination

Current
3

1st period
4

2nd period
5

3rd period
6

4th period
7

5th period
8

1107 10 11 9000
1107 10 19 9000
1107 10 91 9000
1107 10 99 9000
1107 20 00 9000

A00
A00
A00
A00
A00

0
0
0
0
0

0
–1,27
0
–1,27
–1,49

0
–2,54
0
–2,54
–2,98

0
–3,81
0
–3,81
–4,47

0
–5,08
0
–5,08
–5,96

0
–6,35
0
–6,35
–7,45

(EUR/t)

(EUR/t)

Product code

Destination

6th period
9

7th period
10

8th period
11

9th period
12

10th period
1

11th period
2

1107 10 11 9000
1107 10 19 9000
1107 10 91 9000
1107 10 99 9000
1107 20 00 9000

A00
A00
A00
A00
A00

0
–7,62
0
–7,62
–8,94

0
—
0
—
—

0
—
0
—
—

0
—
0
—
—

0
—
0
—
—

0
—
0
—
—

NB: The product codes and the ‘A’ series destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ

L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1) as amended.
The numeric destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2032/2000 (OJ L 243, 28.9.2000,
p. 14).
2001/189/EC: Commission Decision of 28 February 2001 providing for a compulsory beef labelling system in Germany (notified under document number C(2001) 467)
Date: 2001-02-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, beef, labelling, originating product

9.3.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 67/87

COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 February 2001

providing for a compulsory beef labelling system in Germany

(notified under document number C(2001) 467)

(Only the German text is authentic)

(2001/189/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the Euro-
pean Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 estab-
lishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine
animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products
which repealed Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 (1), and in
particular Article 13(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 provides
for the possibility, up until 31 December 2001, that
Member States where sufficient details are available in
the identification and registration system for bovine
animals, may decide that for beef from animals born,
fattened and slaughtered in the same Member State,
supplementary items of information must also be indi-
cated on labels.

(2)

Germany has applied to the Commission for approval
for such a compulsory beef labelling system in accord-

ance with Article 13(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1760/
2000,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The German request, as summarised in the Annex, for the
introduction of a compulsory labelling system for beef from
animals born,
is
approved in accordance with Article 13(4) of Regulation (EC)
No 1760/2000.

fattened and slaughtered on its territory,

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 28 February 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Labelling of beef and beef products with an indication of German origin

Beef and beef products from bovine animals born, raised and slaughtered in Germany shall be labelled with an indication
of German origin.

The indication of German origin shall be given as either ‘Origin: Germany’ or as an indication that the animal, from which
the beef was derived, was born, raised and slaughtered in Germany.

Criteria to qualify for German origin

The indication of German origin shall not be obligatory for beef that is derived from animals which are not registered in
the German national bovine database as having been born, reared and slaughtered in Germany, or for which the
identification number of the mother of the animal

is unknown and the holding of birth has not been proven.

(1) OJ L 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 11/2001 of 28 February 2001 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2001-02-28
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: ISO, approximation of laws, harmonisation of standards, international standard, metrology, weights and measures

26.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 117/5

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 11/2001

of 28 February 2001

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification)
to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting
the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in
particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 7/94 of the EEA Joint Committee of
21 March 1994 (1).

Directive 1999/103/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 January 2000
amending Council Directive 80/181/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States
relating to units of measurement (2), as corrected by OJ L 104, 29.4.2000, p. 89, and OJ L 311,
12.12.2000, p. 50, is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 24 (Council Directive 80/181/EEC) in Chapter IX of Annex II
to the Agreement:

‘— 399 L 0103: Directive 1999/103/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 January
2000 amending Council Directive 80/181/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member
States relating to units of measurement (OJ L 34, 9.2.2000, p. 17, as corrected by OJ L 104,
29.4.2000, p. 89 and OJ L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 50).’

Article 2

The texts of Directive 1999/103/EC, as corrected by OJ L 104, 29.4.2000, p. 89 and OJ L 311,
12.12.2000, p. 50, in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to
the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 March 2001, provided that all the notifications under
Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

(1) OJ L 160, 28.6.1994, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 34, 9.2.2000, p. 17.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

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Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the EEA section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal
of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 28 February 2001.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. WESTERLUND