do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
2001/318/EC: Commission Decision of 18 April 2001 amending for the seventh 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) 1134)
Date: 2001-04-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, export restriction, foot-and-mouth disease, live animal, meat, milk product

19.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 109/75

COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 April 2001

amending for the seventh 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) 1134)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/318/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)

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/
316/EC (5).

Following new reports of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth
disease in Northern Ireland, the competent authorities of
Northern Ireland have banned the dispatch of suscept-
ible animals and untreated products from such animals
from the whole of Northern Ireland.

(3)

(4)

(5)

It appears therefore appropriate to extent the measures
provided for in Decision 2001/172/EC to the whole of
the territory of Northern Ireland.

The situation shall be reviewed at the meeting of the
Standing Veterinary Committee scheduled for 15 and 16
May 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

In Annex I to Decision 2001/172/EC the words ‘Great Britain
and the district Newry and Mourne in County Armagh in
Northern Ireland’ are replaced by ‘Great Britain, Northern
Ireland’.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 18 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) See page 72 of this Official Journal.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2001-04-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, euro, exchange rate, national currency

C 113/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

18.4.2001

Euro exchange rates (1)

12 April 2001

(2001/C 113/02)

1 euro

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

7,4625

Danish krone

9,001

Swedish krona

0,6173

Pound sterling

0,8849

United States dollar

1,379

Canadian dollar

109

Japanese yen

1,5184

Swiss franc

8,0725

Norwegian krone

82,36

Icelandic kr(cid:243)na (2)

1,7425

Australian dollar

2,1785

New Zealand dollar

7,1045

South African rand (2)

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
(2) Source: Commission.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 748/2001 of 18 April 2001 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2001-04-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

L 109/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

19.4.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 748/2001

of 18 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 19 April 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 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.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 109/31

to the Commission Regulation of 18 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
999
052
204
999
052
204
212
220
600
624
999
388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
804
999
388
512
528
999

109,0
87,2
63,2
86,5
101,1
101,1
92,2
46,2
69,2
80,5
48,9
46,5
66,1
59,6
60,9
60,4
91,9
90,5
88,0
79,7
82,2
95,5
84,3
131,9
114,6
95,4
77,0
79,9
71,0
76,0

(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’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2001-04-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, euro, exchange rate, national currency

18.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 113/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

17 April 2001

(2001/C 113/01)

1 euro

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

7,4624

Danish krone

9,055

Swedish krona

0,6131

Pound sterling

0,8791

United States dollar

1,3727

Canadian dollar

108,75

Japanese yen

1,5225

Swiss franc

8,048

Norwegian krone

82,39

Icelandic kr(cid:243)na (2)

1,7404

Australian dollar

2,1725

New Zealand dollar

7,135

South African rand (2)

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
(2) Source: Commission.
2001/336/EC: Commission Decision of 18 April 2001 amending Decision 1999/710/EC on the drawing-up of provisional lists of third-country establishments from which the Member States authorise imports of minced meat and meat preparations (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 1075)
Date: 2001-04-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: health legislation, import, meat product, third country

28.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 120/39

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 April 2001

amending Decision 1999/710/EC on the drawing-up of provisional lists of third-country establish-
ments from which the Member States authorise imports of minced meat and meat preparations

(notified under document number C(2001) 1075)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/336/EC)

laid down in Decision 95/408/EC in respect of certain
countries.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The text of the Annex to this Decision is added to the Annex
to Commission Decision 1999/710/EC.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 18 April 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(4)

Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June 1995
on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provi-
sional lists of third-country establishments from which Member
States are authorised to import certain products of animal
origin,
fishery products or live bivalve molluscs (1), as last
amended by Council Decision 2001/4/EC (2), and in particular
Article 2(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

A provisional list of establishments producing minced
meat and meat preparations was drawn up by Commis-
sion Decision 1999/710/EC (3).

The Slovak Republic has sent a list of establishments
producing minced meat and meat preparations for
which the responsible authorities certify that the estab-
lishments are in accordance with the Community rules.

A provisional list of establishments producing minced
meat and meat preparations can thus be drawn up for
the Slovak Republic in accordance with the procedure

(1) OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 17.
(2) OJ L 2, 5.1.2001, p. 21.
(3) OJ L 281, 4.11.1999, p. 82.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

28.4.2001

ANNEX

Country: SLOVAK REPUBLIC

1

2

3

4

5

SK 16

Lumas Nitra a.s.

Nitra

Nitra

MM, MP

6

7
Commission Regulation (EC) No 758/2001 of 18 April 2001 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 35th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1531/2000
Date: 2001-04-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, white sugar

L 109/52

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

19.4.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 758/2001

of 18 April 2001

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 35th partial invitation to tender issued
within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No
1531/2000

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13
September 1999 on the common organisation of the markets
in the sugar sector (1), as amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1527/2000 (2), and in particular the second subpara-
graph of Article 18(5) thereof,

and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to
tender in question.

(3)

(4)

Following an examination of the tenders submitted in
response to the 35th partial
invitation to tender, the
provisions set out in Article 1 should be adopted.

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1531/2000 of 13 July
2000 on a standing invitation to tender to determine
levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar (3),
requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the
export of this sugar.

Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1531/
2000 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the
case may be, account being taken in particular of the
state and foreseeable development of the Community

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 35th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued
pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1531/2000 the maximum
amount of the export refund is fixed at 44,445 EUR/100 kg.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 April 2001.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 18 April 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 175, 14.7.2000, p. 59.
(3) OJ L 175, 14.7.2000, p. 69.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 760/2001 of 18 April 2001 laying down to what extent applications for issue of export licences submitted during April 2001 for beef products which may benefit from special import treatment in a third country may be accepted
Date: 2001-04-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, export licence, quantitative restriction

19.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 109/55

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 760/2001

of 18 April 2001

laying down to what extent applications for issue of export licences submitted during April 2001
for beef products which may benefit from special import treatment in a third country may be
accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 of
26 June 1995 on rules of application for import and export
licences in the beef sector and repealing Regulation (EEC) No
2377/80 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1659/
2000 (2), and in particular Article 12(8) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 lays down, in Article 12,
detailed rules for export
licence applications for the
products referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regula-
tion (EEC) No 2973/79 (3), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EEC) No 3434/87 (4).

Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 fixed the quantities of
meat which might be exported on special terms for the
second quarter of 2001. No applications were submitted
for export licences for beef,

Article 1

No applications for export licences were lodged for the beef
referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 for the second
quarter of 2001.

Article 2

Applications for licences in respect of the meat referred to in
Article 1 may be lodged in accordance with Article 12 of
Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 during the first 10 days of the
third quarter of 2001 the total quantity available being
3 750 t.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 April 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 April 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35.
(2) OJ L 192, 28.7.2000, p. 19.
(3) OJ L 336, 29.12.1979, p. 44.
(4) OJ L 327, 18.11.1987, p. 7.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2434 — Grupo Villar Mir/EnBW/Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-04-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical industry, electricity supply, energy distribution, ferro-alloy, merger control

18.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 113/3

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2434 (cid:151) Grupo Villar Mir/EnBW/HidroelØctrica del CantÆbrico)

(2001/C 113/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 4 April 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 Spanish undertaking FerroatlÆntica SL (FerroatlÆntica), belonging to the Spanish group Villar
Mir, and the German undertaking Energie Baden-W(cid:252)rttemberg (EnBW), controlled by the French under-
taking (cid:201)lectricitØ de France and the German undertaking Zweckverband Oberschw(cid:228)bische Elektrizit-
(cid:228)tswerke, acquire, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, joint control of the Spanish
undertaking HidroelØctrica del CantÆbrico SA (HidrocantÆbrico) by way of public bid.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

(cid:151) FerroatlÆntica: manufacture and distribution of metals and ferro-alloy products and generation of

electricity,

(cid:151) EnBW: electricity generation, transmission, distribution, trading and supply,

(cid:151) HidrocantÆbrico: generation, distribution and supply of electricity in Spain, distribution and supply of

gas and telecommunications in Asturias (Spain).

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.2434 (cid:151) Grupo Villar Mir/EnBW/HidroelØctrica del CantÆbrico, 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.