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2001/328/CFSP: Council Decision of 24 April 2001 supplementing Decision 98/627/CFSP concerning a specific action of the European Union in the field of assistance for mine clearance
Date: 2001-04-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Croatia, EU aid, Western European Union, arms limitation, conventional weapon, operational expenditure

26.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 116/1

(Acts adopted pursuant to Title V of the Treaty on European Union)

COUNCIL DECISION

of 24 April 2001

supplementing Decision 98/627/CFSP concerning a specific action of the European Union in the
field of assistance for mine clearance

(2001/328/CFSP)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Joint Action 96/588/CFSP of 1
Having regard to Council
and in
landmines (1),
October 1996 on anti-personnel
particular Article 8 thereof, in conjunction with Article 23(2)
of the Treaty on European Union,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The Council decided in Decision 98/627/CFSP (2) that
the European Union should launch a specific action of
the Union in the field of assistance for mine clearance.

By Decision 98/628/CFSP (3) the Council requested the
this
Western European Union (WEU)
action.

to implement

(3) With a view to concluding the mission, an extension of
the mission's financing will allow it to support the Croa-
tian demining operations for 2001 and give it time to be
gradually scaled down while completing its ongoing
programmes and projects.

(4)

is

therefore

appropriate

It
additional
financing to continue the implementation of Decision
98/627/CFSP until November 2001, the date at which
the mission should be closed down,

to provide

2.
This amount is additional to that provided for in Decision
98/627/CFSP, as supplemented by Decision 2000/231/CFSP (4).

Article 2

This Decision shall be notified to the WEU in accordance with
the conclusions adopted by the Council on 14 May 1996 on
the transmission to the WEU of documents of the European
Union.

Article 3

This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.

It shall expire on 30 November 2001.

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Done at Luxembourg, 24 April 2001.

Article 1

1.
The financial reference amount to cover the operational
expenditure to which the implementation of Decision 98/627/
CFSP gives rise shall be EUR 111 782 for the year 2001.

For the Council

The President

M. WINBERG

(1) OJ L 260, 12.10.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 300, 11.11.1998, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 300, 11.11.1998, p. 2.

(4) OJ L 73, 22.3.2000, p. 2.
2001/326/EC: Commission Decision of 24 April 2001 amending Decision 2001/257/EC laying down the conditions for the control and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom in application of Article 13 of Directive 85/511/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 1148)
Date: 2001-04-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, United Kingdom, exchange of information, foot-and-mouth disease, slaughter of animals, vaccination

25.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 115/11

COMMISSION DECISION

of 24 April 2001

amending Decision 2001/257/EC laying down the conditions for the control and eradication of
foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom in application of Article 13 of Directive 85/511/EEC

(notified under document number C(2001) 1148)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/326/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 85/511/EEC of 18
November 1985 introducing Community measure for the
control of foot-and-mouth disease (3), as last amended by the
Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in partic-
ular Article 13(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The competent authorities of the United Kingdom have
presented to the Commission a programme to employ
protective vaccination in bovine animals under certain
clearly defined conditions as an additional instrument to
control and eradicate foot-and-mouth disease in connec-
tion with the pre-emptive killing of animals of other
susceptible species in defined densely populated live-
stock areas.

The Commission adopted Decision 2001/257/EC laying
down the conditions for the control and eradication of
foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom in
application of Article 13 of Directive 85/511/EEC (4).

(3)

(4)

It is necessary to adapt the area in which vaccination
to the current epidemiological
could be carried out
to Decision 2001/
situation by amending Annex II
257/EC.

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 II to Commission Decision 2001/257/EC the words
‘Administrative areas in the counties of Cumbria and Devon in
Great Britain’ are replaced by ‘Administrative areas in the coun-
ties of Cumbria, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset in
Great Britain’.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 24 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 315, 26.11.1985, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 91, 31.3.2001, p. 98.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2001-04-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, euro, exchange rate, national currency

24.4.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 120/3

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

23 April 2001

(2001/C 120/02)

1 euro

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

7,4636

Danish krone

9,1345

Swedish krona

0,6246

Pound sterling

0,9002

United States dollar

1,3912

Canadian dollar

109,71

Japanese yen

1,5311

Swiss franc

8,1465

Norwegian krone

84,29

Icelandic kr(cid:243)na (2)

1,7794

Australian dollar

2,198

7,35

New Zealand dollar

South African rand (2)

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
(2) Source: Commission.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 788/2001 of 24 April 2001 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
Date: 2001-04-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, fruit vegetable

L 115/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

25.4.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 788/2001

of 24 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 tomatoes
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 tomatoes exported after 24 April 2001
should be rejected until the end of the current export
period,

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

for

system B export

tomatoes
Applications
submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 397/
2001, export declarations for which are accepted after 24 April
2001 and before 14 May 2001 are hereby rejected.

licences

for

This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 April 2001.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 24 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.