do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Amendment to the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice of 3 April 2001
Date: 2001-04-03
Institutions: Court of Justice of the European Union
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union, disclosure of information, operation of the Institutions, rules of procedure

27.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 119/1

COURT OF JUSTICE

AMENDMENT TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE

of 3 April 2001

THE COURT,

HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT TO ITS RULES
OF PROCEDURE:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular the third paragraph of Article 245
thereof,

Article 1

Having regard to the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of
Justice of the European Coal and Steel Community, and in
particular Article 55 thereof,

The following sentence shall be added to Article 16(7) of the
Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice of the European
Communities of 19 June 1991 (1):

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community, and in particular the third paragraph of
Article 160 thereof,

Whereas:

‘Copies of the application and of the defence shall likewise
be sent to the European Parliament, to enable it to assess
whether the inapplicability of an act adopted jointly by that
is being invoked under
institution and by the Council
Article 241 of the EC Treaty.’

Where the Council or the Commission is not a party to a case,
the Court is required to send to it copies of the application and
of the defence, in order to enable it to assess whether the
inapplicability of one of its acts is being invoked. Provision
should be made for copies of those documents likewise to be
sent to the European Parliament in order to enable it, where it
is not a party to a case, to assess whether the inapplicability of
an act adopted jointly by the European Parliament and by the
Council is being invoked,

Article 2

This amendment to the Rules of Procedure, which is authentic
in the languages mentioned in Article 29(1) of the said Rules,
shall be published in the Official
the European
Communities.

Journal of

It shall enter into force on the first day of the second month
following its publication.

With the unanimous approval of
12 March 2001,

the Council given on

Done at Luxembourg, 3 April 2001.

(1) OJ L 176, 4.7.1991, p. 1, with corrigendum in OJ L 383,
29.12.1992, p. 117, as amended on 21 February 1995 (OJ L 44,
28.2.1995, p. 61), 11 March 1997 (OJ L 103, 19.4.1997, p. 1),
with corrigendum in OJ L 351, 23.12.1997, p. 72, 16 May 2000
(OJ L 122, 24.5.2000, p. 43) and 28 November 2000 (OJ L 322,
19.12.2000, p. 1).
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive amending for the seventh time Council Directive 76/768/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products (COM(2000) 189 — C5-0244/2000 — 2000/0077(COD))
Date: 2001-04-03
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: analytical chemistry, animal experimentation, approximation of laws, committee (EU), consumer protection, cosmetic product, marketing

C 21 E/104

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

24.1.2002

Tuesday 3 April 2001

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council
directive amending for the seventh time Council Directive 76/768/EEC on the approximation of
the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products (COM(2000) 189 (cid:129) C5-0244/2000 (cid:129)
2000/0077(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:129) having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament and the Council

(COM(2000) 189) (1),

(cid:129) having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 95 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0244/2000),

(cid:129) having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:129) having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy
and the opinion of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (A5-0095/2001),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Asks to be consulted again should the Commission intend to amend its proposal substantially or

2.
replace it with another text;

3.

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

(1) OJ C 311 E, 31.10.2000, p. 134.

5. Determination of Member States(cid:146) payments

to the VAT-based own

resource ***I

A5-0101/2001

Proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EC)
No 2223/96 as concerns the use of ESA 95 in the determination of Member States(cid:146) payments to
the VAT-based own resource (COM(2000) 583 (cid:129) C5-0469/2000 (cid:129) 2000/0241(COD))

The proposal was amended as follows:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (1)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1
Recital 4a (new)

(4a) The use of data based on the new European system
of integrated economic accounts (ESA 95) for the purpose
of determination of the VAT-based own resource has no
impact on the level of own resources or their balance
between the Member States.

(1) OJ C 29 E, 30.01.2001, p. 266.
Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 4,75 % on 1 April 2001 — Euro exchange rates
Date: 2001-04-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, European Central Bank, euro, exchange rate, interest, national currency

3.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 103/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations (1):

4,75 % on 1 April 2001

Euro exchange rates (2)

2 April 2001

(2001/C 103/01)

1 euro

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

7,4616

Danish krone

9,147

Swedish krona

0,61800

Pound sterling

0,8772

United States dollar

1,3808

Canadian dollar

110,83

Japanese yen

1,5264

Swiss franc

8,058

Norwegian krone

80,84

Icelandic kr(cid:243)na (3)

1,8165

Australian dollar

2,201

New Zealand dollar

7,0615

South African rand (3)

(1) Rate applied to the most recent operation carried out before the indicated day. In the case of a variable rate tender,

the interest rate is the marginal rate.

(2) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
(3) Source: Commission.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 679/2001 of 3 April 2001 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2001-04-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

L 94/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

4.4.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 679/2001

of 3 April 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,

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 4 April 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 April 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.

4.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 94/19

to the Commission Regulation of 3 April 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

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
999
052
624
628
999
052
204
624
999
052
204
212
220
624
999
388
400
404
508
512
528
720
999
388
512
528
999

80,7
50,3
117,1
82,7
156,7
89,6
147,2
131,2
121,3
74,3
63,1
86,2
78,4
46,6
47,8
57,2
63,7
58,7
100,9
94,8
114,0
88,4
96,7
86,6
128,1
101,4
78,9
69,4
74,5
74,3

(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’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 683/2001 of 3 April 2001 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
Date: 2001-04-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, export licence

4.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 94/23

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 683/2001

of 3 April 2001

on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(3)

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit
and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
298/2000 (2), and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 397/2001 (3) fixes the
indicative quantities for system B export licences other
than those sought in the context of food aid.

In the light of the information available to the Commis-
sion today, there is a risk that the indicative quantities
laid down for the current export period for oranges will
shortly be exceeded. This overrun will prejudice the

proper working of the export refund scheme in the fruit
and vegetables sector.

system B
situation, applications
To avoid this
licences for oranges exported after 3 April 2001 should
be rejected until the end of the current export period,

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

for

system B export

Applications
for oranges
submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 397/
2001, export declarations for which are accepted after 3 April
2001 and before 14 May 2001 are hereby rejected.

licences

This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 April 2001.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 3 April 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 34, 9.2.2000, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 58, 28.2.2001, p. 16.
2001/268/EC: Commission Decision of 3 April 2001 amending for the fourth time Decision 2001/172/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 1039)
Date: 2001-04-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, export restriction, foot-and-mouth disease, live animal, meat product, milk product

4.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 94/27

COMMISSION DECISION

of 3 April 2001

amending for the fourth time Decision 2001/172/EC concerning certain protection measures with
regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom

(notified under document number C(2001) 1039)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/268/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June
1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable
in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products
with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), as last
amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (2), and in particular Article
10 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11
December 1989 concerning veterinary checks
in intra-
Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal
market (3), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC, and in
particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Following the reports of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth
disease in the United Kingdom, the Commission adopted
Decision 2001/172/EC concerning certain protection
measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the
United Kingdom (4), as last amended by Decision 2001/
239/EC (5).

The foot-and-mouth disease situation in the United
Kingdom is liable to endanger the herds in other parts of
the Community in view of the placing on the market
and trade in live biungulate animals and certain of their
products.

In the light of the disease evolution it appears appro-
priate to prolong the measures introduced by Decision
2001/172/EC and at the same time to adjust the region-
alisation.

(4)

(5)

The situation shall be reviewed at the meeting of the
Standing Veterinary Committee scheduled for 4 April
2001 and the measures adapted where necessary.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Commission Decision 2001/172/EC is amended as follows:

1. In Article 14 the date is replaced by ‘19 April 2001’.

2. In Annex I the words ‘United Kingdom’ are replaced by
‘Great Britain and the district Newry and Mourne in County
Armagh in Northern Ireland’.

3. In Annex II the words ‘United Kingdom’ are replaced by

‘Great Britain, Northern Ireland’.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 3 April 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(3) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 62, 2.3.2001, p. 22.
(5) OJ L 86, 27.3.2001, p. 33.
WRITTEN QUESTION P-1159/01 by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Use of preservatives and additives in the production of cheeses of protected designation of origin.
Date: 2001-04-03
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: cheese, cheese factory, designation of origin, food additive, food standard, foodstuffs legislation, health legislation, preservative, raw milk

C 261 E/230

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

18.9.2001

The Commission will continue to support the Euro Info Centre network. This is not a virtual network but
an actual network, established at local level as close as possible to businesses in order to respond to their
needs, offer them tailor-made assistance and communicate their concerns to the Commission so that it can
adapt its legislation and programmes accordingly.

(1) Progress report and future lines of the initiative to rationalise and streamline the existing Community business

support networks. Communication from Mr Liikanen, SEC(2001) 261.

(2001/C 261 E/262)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-1159/01

by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(3 April 2001)

Subject: Use of preservatives and additives in the production of cheeses of protected designation of origin

Will the Commission state whether the addition of preservatives and additives not expressly provided for
in product specifications is authorised in the production of cheeses of protected designation of origin?

Will the Commission also state whether the use of milk which does not comply with the criteria laid down
in Annex A, Section 4 of Directive 92/46/EEC (1) is authorised in the production of cheeses of protected
designation of origin, made from raw milk, which have matured for more than 60 days?

(1) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 1.

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(2 May 2001)

The Commission reassures the Honourable Member that only products that comply with all the horizontal
Community rules in force, in particular covering animal health, can be granted registration as protected
designations of origin (PDOs) under Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992 on the
protection of geographical
indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and food-
stuffs (1).

Furthermore, the specifications for certain PDOs may contain provisions that are more restrictive than
those laid down by the Community legislation. In such cases, those more restrictive provisions must be
complied with.

(1) OJ L 208, 24.7.1992.

(2001/C 261 E/263)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-1197/01

by JosØ Ribeiro e Castro (UEN) to the Commission

(4 April 2001)

Subject: Failure of the EU/Morocco fisheries agreement negotiations: extraordinary aid for fleet conversion

The recent failure of the European Union and Morocco to reach agreement on renewing the Fisheries
Agreement with Morocco has left many hundreds of Portuguese and Spanish fishermen unable to fish;
moreover, the entire fleet which traditionally fished in Moroccan waters has been tied up since the end of
1999.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 681/2001 of 3 April 2001 derogating temporarily from Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the pigmeat sector
Date: 2001-04-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: GATT, export licence, export policy, export refund, pigmeat

4.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 94/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 681/2001

of 3 April 2001

derogating temporarily from Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 laying down detailed rules for
implementing the system of export licences in the pigmeat sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in
pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1365/
2000 (2), and in particular Article 8(2), Article 13(12) and
Article 22 thereof,

Whereas:

Article 3(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1370/
95 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2898/
2000 (4), provides that export licences are to be issued
on the Wednesday following the week in which licence
applications are lodged, provided that no special meas-
ures are taken by the Commission in the meantime.

Given the dates of public holidays in 2001 and the
consequent irregular publication of the Official Journal of
the European Communities, the period for consideration is
too short to ensure effective market management and it
should therefore be extended temporarily.

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 1

Notwithstanding Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1370/95,
licences for which applications are lodged during the following
periods shall be issued on the dates indicated, provided that
none of the special measures referred to in paragaph 4 of that
Article is taken before the dates concerned:

— from 9 to 13 April 2001, to be issued on 19 April 2001,

— from 23 to 27 April 2001, to be issued on 4 May 2001,

— from 28 May to 1 June 2001, to be issued on 7 June 2001,

— from 17 to 21 December 2001, to be issued on 3 January

2002,

— from 24 to 28 December 2001, to be issued on 7 January

2002.

Article 2

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

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 April 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 156, 29.6.2000, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 133, 17.6.1995, p. 9.
(4) OJ L 336, 30.12.2000, p. 32.
Notification of joint ventures (Case COMP/38.089 — TF6 and Série Club) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-04-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, competition law, exchange of information, joint venture, television

3.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 103/7

(b) Specific time limit

for

the selection of

the market economy

country

this notice,

Parties to the investigation may wish to comment on the
appropriateness of Thailand which, as mentioned in point
is envisaged as a market-economy
5.1(c) of
country for
the purpose of establishing normal value in
respect of the People’s Republic of China. These comments
must reach the Commission within 10 days of the date of
this notice in the Official
publication of
the
European Communities.

Journal of

European Commission
Directorate-General for Trade
Directorates B and C
TERV (cid:151) 0/13
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200
B-1049 Brussels
Fax (32-2) 295 65 05
Telex COMEU B 21877.

8. Non-cooperation

7. Written submissions, questionnaire replies and corre-

spondence

All submissions and requests made by interested parties must
be made in writing (not in electronic format, unless otherwise
specified), and must indicate the name, address, e-mail address,
telephone and fax, and/or telex numbers of the interested party.

Commission address for correspondence:

In cases in which any interested party refuses access to or
otherwise does not provide the necessary information within
the time limits, or significantly impedes the investigation,
findings, affirmative or negative, may be made in accordance
with Article 18 of the Basic Regulation, on the basis of the
facts available.

Where it is found that any interested party has supplied false or
misleading information, the information shall be disregarded
and use may be made of the facts available.

Notification of joint ventures

(Case COMP/38.089 (cid:151) TF6 and SØrie Club)

(2001/C 103/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 19 February 2001 the Commission received notification pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regu-
lation No 17 of agreements between TØlØvision fran(cid:231)aise 1 and MØtropole TØlØvision on the setting-up of
two joint ventures. The joint ventures will be responsible for the joint production of two special interest
channels, TF6 and SØrie Club.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified agreements could fall within the

2.
scope of Regulation No 17.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit any observations they might wish to make

3.
on the proposed operation.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publi-
4.
cation. They can be sent by fax (No (32-2) 296 98 04) or by post, under reference COMP/38.089, to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Directorate C,
Media and Music Publishing Unit,
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,
B-1049 Brussels.