do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2000/147/EC of 8 February 2000 implementing Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards the classification of the reaction to fire performance of construction products (OJ L 50 of 23.2.2000)
Date: 2001-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building materials, building safety, fire protection, occupational safety, product safety, safety standard

24.3.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 85/43

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 409/2001 of 28 February 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No
1162/95 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for
cereals and rice

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 60 of 1 March 2001)

On page 27,

in Article 1,

in the quoted matter, new Article 7a(1), second line:

for:

‘… CN codes 1101 90, 1101, 1102 and …’,

read:

‘… CN codes 1001 90, 1101, 1102 and …’.

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2000/147/EC of 8 February 2000 implementing Council Directive
89/106/EEC as regards the classification of the reaction to fire performance of construction products

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 50 of 23 February 2000)

On page 17,

for:

‘… THR

read:

‘… THR

600s

in the Annex, footnote (2a):
600 …’,
…’,

for:

and in footnote (5):
600s …’,
…’;

‘… STP
‘… TSP600s

read:

on page 18,

in the Annex, Table 2, against B

FL

:

for:

‘FS ≤ 150 mm within 20s’,

read:

‘Fs ≤ 150 mm within 20s’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2289 — Mediaxis/Skynet/JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Internet, economic concentration, merger control, publisher

C 94/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24.3.2001

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2289 (cid:151) Mediaxis/Skynet/JV)

(2001/C 94/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 13 March 2001 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (2),
by which the undertakings Mediaxis NV, Belgium, and Belgacom Skynet NV, Belgium, acquire, within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, joint control of the undertaking eSpirit NV, Belgium, by way
of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

(cid:151) Mediaxis NV: publishing market,

(cid:151) Belgacom Skynet NV: Internet-related services,

(cid:151) eSpirit NV: Internet portal expressly directed at women.

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.

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.2289 (cid:151) Mediaxis/Skynet/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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2294 — Etexgroup/Glynwed Pipe Systems) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: database, dissemination of EU information, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

24.3.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 94/11

Invitation to submit applications for hydrocarbon prospecting licences for subsector P2b

(2001/C 94/06)

the Netherlands hereby announces that an
The Minister for Economic Affairs of
application for a hydrocarbon prospecting licence has been received for sector P2, designated as P2b, as
shown on the map in Annex I to the 1996 Regulation on continental shelf hydrocarbon licences (Stcrt.
93).

the Kingdom of

In accordance with Article 3(2)(b) of 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 and the publication of the Ninth Round of applications for hydrocarbon
prospecting licences (Stcrt. 33, 1995), the Minister for Economic Affairs hereby invites interested parties
to submit applications for hydrocarbon prospecting licences for subsector P2b.

Applications may be submitted within 13 weeks of publication of this invitation in the Official Journal of
the European Communities, marked for the personal attention of the Director for Energy Production, Bezui-
denhoutseweg 6, 2594 AV The Hague. Applications submitted after this deadline will not be taken into
consideration.

A decision on the applications will be made not later than nine months after the expiry of this deadline.

For futher information, please call the following telephone number (31-70) 379 66 85.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2294 (cid:151) Etexgroup/Glynwed Pipe Systems)

(2001/C 94/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 28 February 2001 the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be
made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

(cid:151) as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

(cid:151) in electronic form in the (cid:145)CEN(cid:146) version of the CELEX database, under document No 301M2294. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

EUR-OP,
Information, Marketing and Public Relations (OP/A/4-B),
2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 424 55, fax (352) 29 29 427 63.
Corrigendum to the publication of an application for registration pursuant to Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin (OJ C 86 of 16.3.2001)
Date: 2001-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Castile-Leon, designation of origin, location of production, pip fruit, product designation, product quality

C 94/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24.3.2001

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to the publication of an application for registration pursuant to Article 6(2) of Council Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin

(Official Journal of the European Communities C 86 of 16 March 2001)

(2001/C 94/08)

On page 4, point 4.1, the name is modified as follows:

for:

(cid:145)Manzana Reineta de El Bierzo(cid:146)

read:

(cid:145)Manzana Reineta del Bierzo(cid:146).
Case C-56/01: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal des Affaires de Sécurité Sociale, Nanterre, France, by judgment of that court of 23 November 2000 in the case of Patricia Inizan v Caisse Primaire d'Assurance Maladie des Hauts de Seine
Date: 2001-03-24
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Member State, interpretation of the law, labour mobility, road safety, wage earner

24.3.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 95/7

(3) Does that non-aggregability render the directive inoperat-

ive or result in its partial disapplication?

(4) Can that non-aggregability be allowed in the context of
the power of the Member States to impose a ceiling on
the guarantee of payment of workers’ claims (Article 3(4)),
having regard to the fact that the Italian legislature has
already imposed a ceiling by means of Article 2(2) of the
legislative decree at issue?

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal
des Affaires de Sécurité Sociale, Nanterre, France, by
judgment of that court of 23 November 2000 in the case
of Patricia Inizan v Caisse Primaire d’Assurance Maladie
des Hauts de Seine

(Case C-56/01)

(2001/C 95/12)

(5) Consequently, must

the reference to the ‘maximum
amount of the special supplementary pay’ in the said
Article 2(2) be regarded as being made merely for formal
or accounting purposes or is it an incorporative reference
(with the consequent inclusion in Legislative Decree
to the
No 80/1992 of
special wage supplement, including the so-called non-
aggregability rule)?

the provisions giving effect

(6)

Finally, may non-aggregability be regarded as allowed in
the context of the power of the Member States to adopt
the measures necessary to avoid abuses (Article 10(a))?

(1) Council Directive 80/987 of 20 October 1980 on the approxi-
mation of the laws of the Member States relating to the protection
of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer —
OJ 1980 L 283, p. 23.

Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the
European Communities by a judgement of the Tribunal des
Affaires de Sécurité Sociale (Social Security Court), Nanterre,
of 23 November 2000, which was received at the Court
Registry on 9 February 2001, for a preliminary ruling in the
case of Patricia Inizan v Caisse Primaire d’Assurance Maladie
des Hauts de Seine, on the following question;

‘Is Article 22 of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 (1) compatible
with Articles 59 [now, after amendment, Article 49 EC] and
60 [now Article 50 EC] of the Treaty of Rome? Consequently,
is the Caisse Primaire d’Assurance Maladie des Hauts de Seine
entitled to refuse Ms Inizan reimbursement of the costs of
psychosomatic pain treatment in Essen, Germany, following
an unfavourable opinion from the National Medical Officer?’

(1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the
application of social security schemes to employed persons, to
self-employed persons and to members of their families moving
within the Community (amended and updated version, OJ 1997
L 28, p. 4).
Removal from the Register of Case T-237/00 R
Date: 2001-03-24
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Parliament, European official, abuse of power, action for annulment (EU), appointment of staff, indemnification

C 95/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24.3.2001

In support of her claims, the applicant alleges absence of or
insufficient reasons given by the selection board for changing
the criteria for marking the tests in question by reducing the
averages for the points to be obtained for those tests, contrary
to Article 5 of Annex 3 to the Staff Regulations.

Case T-72/00, Steffen Skovmand v Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities.

(1) OJ C 135 of 13.5.00.

Removal from the Register of Case T-19/00 (1)

Removal from the Register of Case T-143/00 (1)

(2001/C 95/43)

(Language of the case: French)

(2001/C 95/45)

(Language of the case: French)

By order of 20 November 2000, the President of the Third
Chamber of the Court of First Instance of the European
Communities has ordered the removal from the Register of
Case T-19/00, Jean Demaeght and Others v Court of Justice of
the European Communities.

By order of 14 November 2000, the President of the Fourth
Chamber of the Court of First Instance of the European
Communities has ordered the removal from the Register of
Case T-143/00, Sylvia Haupt v Commission of the European
Communities.

(1) OJ C 135 of 13.5.00.

(1) OJ C 211 of 22.7.00.

Removal from the Register of Case T-72/00 (1)

Removal from the Register of Case T-237/00 R

(2001/C 95/44)

(Language of the case: French)

(2001/C 95/46)

(Language of the case: French)

By order of 10 November 2000, the President of the Third
Chamber of the Court of First Instance of the European
Communities has ordered the removal from the Register of

By order of 9 October 2000, the President of the Court of First
Instance of
the European Communities has ordered the
from the Register of Case T-237/00 R, Patrick
removal
Reynolds v European Parliament.
Case T-14/01: Action brought on 22 January 2001 by Fiorenzo Rizzello against Commission of the European Communities
Date: 2001-03-24
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), servant (EU), work contract

24.3.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 95/19

Action brought on 22 January 2001 by Cristina Ascatigno
Battistella against Commission of the European Com-
munities

(Case T-12/01)

(2001/C 95/36)

The applicant claims that the Court should:

— Annul the decision of the Commission of 28 September
2000 rejecting the complaint lodged by the applicant on
28 March 2000 under No 168/2000;

— Order the Commission to pay the costs.

(Language of the case: Italian)

Pleas in law and main arguments

An action against the Commission of the European Communi-
ties was brought before the Court of First Instance of the
European Communities on 22 January 2001 by Cristina
Ascatigno Battistella represented by Bruno Nascimbene and
Massimo Condinanzi, Avvocati, with an address for service in
Luxembourg.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

— Annul the decision of the Commission of 28 September
2000 rejecting the complaint lodged by the applicant on
28 March 2000 under No 170/2000;

— Order the Commission to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The pleas in law and main arguments are the same as though
in Case T-11/01 Maschetti v Commission (1).

(1) Not yet published in the OJ.

Action brought on 22 January 2001 by Fiorenzo Rizzello
against Commission of the European Communities

(Case T-14/01)

(2001/C 95/38)

The pleas in law and main arguments are the same as though
in Case T-11/01 Maschetti v Commission (1).

(Language of the case: Italian)

(1) Not yet published in the OJ.

An action against the Commission of the European Communi-
ties was brought before the Court of First Instance of the
European Communities on 22 January 2001 by Fiorenzo
Rizzello represented by Bruno Nascimbene and Massimo
Condinanzi, Avvocati, with an address for service in Luxem-
bourg.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

Action brought on 22 January 2001 by Daniele Riva
against Commission of the European Communities

— Annul the decision of the Commission of 28 September
2000 rejecting the complaint lodged by the applicant on
28 March 2000 under No 167/2000;

(Case T-13/01)

(2001/C 95/37)

— Order the Commission to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

(Language of the case: Italian)

The pleas in law and main arguments are the same as though
in Case T-11/01 Maschetti v Commission (1).

An action against the Commission of the European Communi-
ties was brought before the Court of First Instance of the
European Communities on 22 January 2001 by Daniele Riva
represented by Bruno Nascimbene and Massimo Condinanzi,
Avvocati, with an address for service in Luxembourg.

(1) Not yet published in the OJ.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2001-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, euro, exchange rate, national currency

24.3.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 94/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

23 March 2001

(2001/C 94/01)

1 euro

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

7,4656

Danish krone

9,1833

Swedish krona

0,6258

Pound sterling

0,8922

United States dollar

1,3973

Canadian dollar

109,69

Japanese yen

1,5319

Swiss franc

8,0855

Norwegian krone

79,02

Icelandic kr(cid:243)na (2)

1,8117

Australian dollar

2,1512

New Zealand dollar

7,1002

South African rand (2)

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
(2) Source: Commission.
Invitation to submit applications for hydrocarbon prospecting licences for subsector P2b
Date: 2001-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, hydrocarbon, mineral prospecting

24.3.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 94/11

Invitation to submit applications for hydrocarbon prospecting licences for subsector P2b

(2001/C 94/06)

the Netherlands hereby announces that an
The Minister for Economic Affairs of
application for a hydrocarbon prospecting licence has been received for sector P2, designated as P2b, as
shown on the map in Annex I to the 1996 Regulation on continental shelf hydrocarbon licences (Stcrt.
93).

the Kingdom of

In accordance with Article 3(2)(b) of 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 and the publication of the Ninth Round of applications for hydrocarbon
prospecting licences (Stcrt. 33, 1995), the Minister for Economic Affairs hereby invites interested parties
to submit applications for hydrocarbon prospecting licences for subsector P2b.

Applications may be submitted within 13 weeks of publication of this invitation in the Official Journal of
the European Communities, marked for the personal attention of the Director for Energy Production, Bezui-
denhoutseweg 6, 2594 AV The Hague. Applications submitted after this deadline will not be taken into
consideration.

A decision on the applications will be made not later than nine months after the expiry of this deadline.

For futher information, please call the following telephone number (31-70) 379 66 85.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2294 (cid:151) Etexgroup/Glynwed Pipe Systems)

(2001/C 94/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 28 February 2001 the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be
made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

(cid:151) as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

(cid:151) in electronic form in the (cid:145)CEN(cid:146) version of the CELEX database, under document No 301M2294. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

EUR-OP,
Information, Marketing and Public Relations (OP/A/4-B),
2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 424 55, fax (352) 29 29 427 63.
Removal from the Register of Case T-72/00
Date: 2001-03-24
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, European official, action for annulment (EU), occupational migration

C 95/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24.3.2001

In support of her claims, the applicant alleges absence of or
insufficient reasons given by the selection board for changing
the criteria for marking the tests in question by reducing the
averages for the points to be obtained for those tests, contrary
to Article 5 of Annex 3 to the Staff Regulations.

Case T-72/00, Steffen Skovmand v Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities.

(1) OJ C 135 of 13.5.00.

Removal from the Register of Case T-19/00 (1)

Removal from the Register of Case T-143/00 (1)

(2001/C 95/43)

(Language of the case: French)

(2001/C 95/45)

(Language of the case: French)

By order of 20 November 2000, the President of the Third
Chamber of the Court of First Instance of the European
Communities has ordered the removal from the Register of
Case T-19/00, Jean Demaeght and Others v Court of Justice of
the European Communities.

By order of 14 November 2000, the President of the Fourth
Chamber of the Court of First Instance of the European
Communities has ordered the removal from the Register of
Case T-143/00, Sylvia Haupt v Commission of the European
Communities.

(1) OJ C 135 of 13.5.00.

(1) OJ C 211 of 22.7.00.

Removal from the Register of Case T-72/00 (1)

Removal from the Register of Case T-237/00 R

(2001/C 95/44)

(Language of the case: French)

(2001/C 95/46)

(Language of the case: French)

By order of 10 November 2000, the President of the Third
Chamber of the Court of First Instance of the European
Communities has ordered the removal from the Register of

By order of 9 October 2000, the President of the Court of First
Instance of
the European Communities has ordered the
from the Register of Case T-237/00 R, Patrick
removal
Reynolds v European Parliament.
Case T-13/01: Action brought on 22 January 2001 by Daniele Riva against Commission of the European Communities
Date: 2001-03-24
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), servant (EU), work contract

24.3.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 95/19

Action brought on 22 January 2001 by Cristina Ascatigno
Battistella against Commission of the European Com-
munities

(Case T-12/01)

(2001/C 95/36)

The applicant claims that the Court should:

— Annul the decision of the Commission of 28 September
2000 rejecting the complaint lodged by the applicant on
28 March 2000 under No 168/2000;

— Order the Commission to pay the costs.

(Language of the case: Italian)

Pleas in law and main arguments

An action against the Commission of the European Communi-
ties was brought before the Court of First Instance of the
European Communities on 22 January 2001 by Cristina
Ascatigno Battistella represented by Bruno Nascimbene and
Massimo Condinanzi, Avvocati, with an address for service in
Luxembourg.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

— Annul the decision of the Commission of 28 September
2000 rejecting the complaint lodged by the applicant on
28 March 2000 under No 170/2000;

— Order the Commission to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The pleas in law and main arguments are the same as though
in Case T-11/01 Maschetti v Commission (1).

(1) Not yet published in the OJ.

Action brought on 22 January 2001 by Fiorenzo Rizzello
against Commission of the European Communities

(Case T-14/01)

(2001/C 95/38)

The pleas in law and main arguments are the same as though
in Case T-11/01 Maschetti v Commission (1).

(Language of the case: Italian)

(1) Not yet published in the OJ.

An action against the Commission of the European Communi-
ties was brought before the Court of First Instance of the
European Communities on 22 January 2001 by Fiorenzo
Rizzello represented by Bruno Nascimbene and Massimo
Condinanzi, Avvocati, with an address for service in Luxem-
bourg.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

Action brought on 22 January 2001 by Daniele Riva
against Commission of the European Communities

— Annul the decision of the Commission of 28 September
2000 rejecting the complaint lodged by the applicant on
28 March 2000 under No 167/2000;

(Case T-13/01)

(2001/C 95/37)

— Order the Commission to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

(Language of the case: Italian)

The pleas in law and main arguments are the same as though
in Case T-11/01 Maschetti v Commission (1).

An action against the Commission of the European Communi-
ties was brought before the Court of First Instance of the
European Communities on 22 January 2001 by Daniele Riva
represented by Bruno Nascimbene and Massimo Condinanzi,
Avvocati, with an address for service in Luxembourg.

(1) Not yet published in the OJ.