do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
WRITTEN QUESTION P-2308/01 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. Health effects of sulphites in wine.
Date: 2001-07-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: food additive, labelling, public health, respiratory disease, wine

C 93 E/104

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

18.4.2002

On 6 June 2001, the Commission has approved the ‘livestock welfare disposal scheme’, with an estimated
budget of £ 6 million per week. This scheme is designed to address the animal welfare problems arising
from the movement restrictions put in place to control foot-and-mouth disease. The scheme includes
payments towards the costs of transporting, slaugther, rendering,
incinerating, disposal of carcasses,
veterinary costs, as well as compensation to producers for the animals disposed of.

In addition to that, the Commission is currently examining other state aid schemes, including amendments
to the farm business advice scheme and the agriculture development scheme 2001, as well as the Scottish
Red Meat Campaign. All contain measures destined to help farmers cope with the problems created by
foot-and-mouth disease.

As far as the non-agricultural sector is concerned, the British government may be giving support falling
under the definition of ‘de minimis’ aid as provided for in Commission Regulation (EC) No 69/2001 of
12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to de minimis aid (1). Such aid
would not have to be notified to the Commission.

(1) OJ L 10, 13.1.2001.

(2002/C 93 E/122)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-2308/01

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(20 July 2001)

Subject: Health effects of sulphites in wine

Is the Commission aware of the medical evidence to suggest that high amounts of sulphites in wine may
produce adverse reactions in some drinkers, particularly in a proportion of asthmatics?

Does it consider that wine labelling should be introduced on health grounds?

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(28 September 2001)

The Honourable Member is asked to refer to the Commission’s answer to written question E-2200/01 from
Mr Davies (1).

(1) See page 78.

(2002/C 93 E/123)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2312/01

by Pere Esteve (ELDR) to the Commission

(31 July 2001)

Subject: Non-remote island regions

The EU has more than 26 island regions with over 14 million inhabitants. Such regions cover 3.5 % of the
surface area of the EU and are home to 3.5 % of the Union’s population. These island regions experience
various disadvantages related to the fact that they do not form part of mainland Europe.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1496/2001 of 20 July 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 1209/2001 and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 as regards the buying-in of beef
Date: 2001-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, carcase, intervention buying, purchase price

21.7.2001

EN

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L 197/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1496/2001

of 20 July 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 1209/2001 and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 laying
down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 as regards the
buying-in of beef

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef
and veal (1), and in particular Article 47(8) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1209/2001 (2)
intro-
duces a number of derogations to Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 562/2000 (3),
in order to deal with the
exceptional market situation resulting from the recent
events linked to bovine spongiform encephalopathy
foot-and-mouth
(BSE). The subsequent epidemic of
disease (FMD) has made certain further amendments
necessary.

It is convenient to introduce the possibility of buying-in
carcasses weighing more than the maximum weight
while restricting in that case the buying-in price to that
of the maximum authorised weight. With regard to the
purchase of
restriction should be
applied by limiting their buying-in price to 40 % of the
maximum payable weight for carcasses.

forequarters,

this

(4)

(5)

In view of the development of events this Regulation
must enter into force immediately.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1209/2001 is replaced by
the following:

‘3.
Notwithstanding Article 4(2)(g) of Regulation (EC) No
562/2000, for the third quarter of 2001 the maximum
weight of the carcasses referred to therein shall be 390 kg;
however, carcasses weighing more than 390 kg may be
bought into intervention but in that case the buying-in
price paid shall not exceed the price for that maximum
weight or, in the case of forequarters, the buying-in price
paid shall not exceed the price for 40 % of the maximum
payable weight.’

Article 2

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 1209/2001 should therefore be
amended.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion 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, 20 July 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 165, 22.6.2001, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 22.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2172/01 by Jonas Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL) to the Council. Plans for an operational riot police unit for the whole of the EU.
Date: 2001-07-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU police cooperation, Europol, police, public order

C 81 E/126

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

4.4.2002

However, in general terms, the Council recognizes the need for greater coherence between the various
policies pursued by the Community. The joint Council and Commission declaration on the Community(cid:146)s
development policy, adopted in November 2000, underlines the importance of such coherence.

The Council considers that efforts must be made to ensure that Community development policy objectives
are taken into account in the formulation and implementation of other policies affecting developing
countries through a systematic and thorough analysis of the indirect effects of proposed measures inter alia
in the field of agriculture policy.

The Council has encouraged the Commission to take development problems into account in the exercise
of its competences. Following a request by the Council, the Commission(cid:146)s annual report on development
policy, which is expected in October 2001, will contain a chapter on problems of
(cid:145)incoherence(cid:146)
encountered during the previous year and efforts made to remedy them.

(2002/C 81 E/149)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2172/01

by Jonas Sj(cid:246)stedt (GUE/NGL) to the Council

(20 July 2001)

Subject: Plans for an operational riot police unit for the whole of the EU

Following the Gothenburg Summit in June 2001, there has been talk in various quarters of the need for a
riot police unit to guard and protect summit meetings wherever they take place in the Union.

A working party is now about to look into this matter. Does the Council consider there to be a need to
add to Europol(cid:146)s activities by creating a riot police unit and tasking it with gathering intelligence on
potential perpetrators of acts of violence in connection with summit meetings?

Reply

(29 November 2001)

The Honourable Member of the European Parliament is informed that following the Gothenburg Summit
and the riots that took place during that summit, the Council (Justice and Home Affairs) met on 13 July
2001 to discuss the issue.

At that meeting it was agreed that the cooperation between law enforcement authorities should be
improved. Neither at the aforementioned Council meeting nor in any other Council body has the creation
of a riot police unit been suggested. Consequently, no working party is looking into this issue nor is it
relevant to address the competencies of Europol in this respect.

(2002/C 81 E/150)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-2178/01

by Mario Borghezio (TDI) to the Council

(13 July 2001)

Subject: Infringement of the rights of a European citizen in Algeria

For a year now Mrs Michela Silvestri and her daughter Meriem (cid:129) who had been abducted by her father,
who is a Muslim (cid:129) have been taking refuge in the Italian Embassy in Algiers. Mrs Silvestri and her
daughter cannot return to Italy because civil proceedings are under way in an Algerian court.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2138/01 by Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) to the Council. Global fund against Aids.
Date: 2001-07-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: AIDS, developing countries, health aid, health policy, infectious disease, international affairs, pharmaceutical expenses, right to health

4.4.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 81 E/113

Commission Recommendation of 8 June 2000 on the application of Article 36 of the Euratom Treaty
concerning the monitoring of the levels of radioactivity in the environment for the purpose of assessing
the exposure of the population as a whole (3), and radon decay products are excluded from the category
(cid:145)gross beta activity(cid:146).

The Commission further recommends that Member States define a reference level for consideration of
remedial action in existing dwellings at 400 Becquerels per (Bq) Cubic metre (m-3) and inform the public
concerned on the remedies available to reduce radon concentrations which are above this action level.

(1) 90/143/Euratom: Commission Recommendation of 21 February 1990 on the protection of the public against

indoor exposure to radon.

(2) OJ L 159, 29.6.1996.
(3) OJ L 191, 27.7.2000.

(2002/C 81 E/134)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2138/01

by Camilo Nogueira RomÆn (Verts/ALE) to the Council

(20 July 2001)

Subject: Global fund against Aids

Is the Council planning to lend political and economic support to the global fund against Aids which has
been set up on the initiative of the UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, and to encourage all the EU
Member States to support it too?

(2002/C 81 E/135)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2140/01

by Camilo Nogueira RomÆn (Verts/ALE) to the Council

Subject: Action to combat third-world diseases

(20 July 2001)

Of the 1 223 pharmaceutical products placed on the market between 1975 and 1997, only 13 were
designed to treat tropical diseases, even though of the 17 million people who die each year of infectious
diseases, 90 % are from the world(cid:146)s poorest countries. In view of these alarming facts, does the Council
support the projects submitted by Brazil with a view to ensuring that the WHO and its member countries
carry out a campaign to combat the diseases which kill millions of people in Latin America, Asia and
Africa and to counter the lack of concern demonstrated by multinational pharmaceutical companies,
which are motivated solely by profit?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-2138/01 and E-2140/01

(29 November 2001)

The Council has repeated on numerous occasions its grave concern about the situation created by the
spread of communicable diseases in particular in developing countries, and most notably in sub-Saharan
Africa.

The principal aim of Community development policy is to reduce poverty with a view to its eventual
eradication. The Council considers that accelerated action by donors to combat communicable diseases,
particularly AIDS/HIV, malaria and tuberculosis is essential in view of the devastating impact these diseases
can have on efforts to reduce poverty.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2155/01 by Mario Borghezio (TDI) to the Council. Compensation from Germany for former Italian military internees (I.M.I.).
Date: 2001-07-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Germany, Italy, intra-EU relations, war damage, war victim

C 81 E/120

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

4.4.2002

The information supplied by the Honourable Members does not enable the Commission to determine
whether Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public
and private projects on the environment (5) has been disregarded.

Accordingly, the Commission will shortly be sending the Spanish authorities a request for information on
the reported situation so that it may check that the relevant Community legislation has been properly
applied.

(1) OJ L 188, 16.7.1984.
(2) OJ L 336, 7.12.1988.
(3) OJ L 332, 28.12.2000.
(4) OJ L 158, 23.6.1990.
(5) OJ L 175, 5.7.1985.

(2002/C 81 E/141)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2155/01

by Mario Borghezio (TDI) to the Council

(20 July 2001)

Subject: Compensation from Germany for former Italian military internees (I.M.I.)

A satisfactory outcome is in sight in the long-running matter of compensation for former internees and
workers detained in Germany during the Second World War.

However, because of the incorrect legal definition of their status and the related failure to allow for the fact
that they, as prisoners forced to work in German factories, were not covered by the Geneva Convention,
Italian military internees are in danger of suffering unfair discrimination compared with other former
internees and may thus be completely debarred from receiving the compensation being offered.

Not least in the light of Parliament(cid:146)s resolution B2-1475/86/rev. on compensation for persons formerly
employed as slave labour in German industry (1), can the Council say what representations it will make to
the German Government to help resolve this delicate issue and prevent unwarranted discrimination against
the former I.M.I.?

(1) OJ C 36, 17.2.1986, p. 129.

Reply

(27 November 2001)

The Council is not competent to give an answer to the question raised by the Honourable Member of
Parliament.

(2002/C 81 E/142)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2157/01

by Ria Oomen-Ruijten (PPE-DE) and Albert Maat (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Delay in approval of new BSE tests

(18 July 2001)

From 1 July 2001 each Member State, with the exception of the United Kingdom, Austria, Sweden and
Finland, must test all slaughtered cattle aged 30 months or more for BSE.

The BSE tests must undergo trials by DG Sanco at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Geel in order to
receive approval. At present the market is divided among three manufacturers whose tests have been
approved since 1999. Other manufacturers have submitted new tests for approval since then. At the
beginning of 2001 the approval of these new tests was scheduled for April/May this year, which would
have meant early access to this large market for the new manufacturers. However, this approval is now not
expected until the end of August 2001.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2536 — Fabricom/Sulzer) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical engineering, merger control

C 204/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

20.7.2001

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2536 (cid:151) Fabricom/Sulzer)

(2001/C 204/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 6 July 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 Belgian undertaking Group Fabricom SA ((cid:145)Fabricom(cid:146)) belonging to the Suez group, acquires
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of that Regulation control of the whole of the installation of
electromechanical systems business ((cid:145)Sulzer Infra(cid:146)) of Sulzer AG (Switzerland), by way of purchase of
shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

(cid:151) Fabricom: installation and management/maintenance services in the field of electromechanical instal-

lations and systems;

(cid:151) Sulzer Infra: installation and management/maintenance of electromechanical systems.

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.2536 (cid:151) Fabricom/Sulzer, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2447 — Fabricom/GTI) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical engineering, merger control

20.7.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 204/11

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2447 (cid:151) Fabricom/GTI)

(2001/C 204/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 6 July 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 Belgian undertaking Group Fabricom SA ((cid:145)Fabricom(cid:146)) belonging to the Suez group, acquires
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of that Regulation control the whole Dutch undertaking GTI NV
((cid:145)GTI(cid:146)), by way of public bid announced on 11 April 2001.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

(cid:151) Fabricom: installation and management/maintenance services in the field of electromechanical instal-

lations and systems,

(cid:151) GTI: installation and management/maintenance of electromechanical systems.

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.2447 (cid:151) Fabricom/GTI, 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1495/2001 of 20 July 2001 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2001-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

21.7.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 197/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1495/2001

of 20 July 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 21 July 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 July 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 20 July 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 30 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

0809 10 00

0809 20 95

0809 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
091
092
999
052
628
999
052
999
388
524
528
999
388
400
508
512
524
528
804
999
052
388
512
528
804
999
052
064
999
052
061
400
404
999
052
999
064
624
999

74,1
53,1
53,1
60,1
66,8
126,4
96,6
73,5
73,5
66,1
76,6
74,2
72,3
95,6
85,5
94,1
91,7
100,8
85,0
95,2
92,6
119,9
81,9
69,1
67,6
143,4
96,4
170,7
133,6
152,1
306,7
221,4
241,5
245,1
253,7
119,5
119,5
100,8
284,4
192,6

(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: 2001-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 204/8

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20.7.2001

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

19 July 2001

(2001/C 204/04)

1 euro

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

7,4463

Danish krone

9,2565

Swedish krona

0,615

Pound sterling

0,8723

United States dollar

1,3432

Canadian dollar

107,7

Japanese yen

1,507

8,011

Swiss franc

Norwegian krone

88,4

Icelandic kr(cid:243)na (2)

1,6931

Australian dollar

2,1062

New Zealand dollar

7,2071

South African rand (2)

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
(2) Source: Commission.