do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a European Parliament and Council directive on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants (C5-0323/2001 — 1998/0225(COD))
Date: 2001-09-20
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: atmospheric pollutant, chemical process, environmental protection, industrial pollution, pollution control, pollution control measures

28.3.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 77 E/89

Thursday 20 September 2001

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by

3.
Parliament;

4.

5.

Asks to be consulted again if the Council intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

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

2. Limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combus-

tion plants ***III

A5-0293/2001

European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Commit-
tee for a European Parliament and Council directive on the limitation of emissions of certain
pollutants into the air from large combustion plants (C5-0323/2001 (cid:129) 1998/0225(COD))

(Codecision procedure: third reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:129) having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee (C5-0323/2001),

(cid:129) having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council (COM(1998) 415) (2),

(cid:129) having regard to the amended proposal (COM(1999) 611) (3),

(cid:129) having regard to its position at second reading (4) on the Council common position (5),

(cid:129) having regard to the Commission(cid:146)s opinion on Parliament(cid:146)s amendments to the common position

(COM(2001) 222 (cid:129) C5-0164/2001),

(cid:129) having regard to Article 251(5) of the EC Treaty,

(cid:129) having regard to Rule 83 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:129) having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A5-0293/2001),

1.

Approves the joint text;

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of

2.
the EC Treaty;

Instructs its Secretary-General duly to sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of

3.
the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Communities;

4.

Instructs its President to forward this legislative resolution to the Council and the Commission.

(1) OJ C 219, 30.7.1999, p. 243 and OJ C 54, 25.2.2000, p. 76.
(2) OJ C 300, 29.9.1998, p. 6.
(3) OJ C 212 E, 25.7.2000, p. 36.
(4)
(5) OJ C 375, 28.12.2000, p. 12.

(cid:145)Texts Adopted(cid:146), 14.3.2001, Item 4.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1860/2001 of 20 September 2001 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of oats issued in Regulation (EC) No 1789/2001
Date: 2001-09-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, Sweden, award of contract, export refund, market intervention, oats

21.9.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 253/29

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1860/2001

of 20 September 2001

concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of oats issued in
Regulation (EC) No 1789/2001

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the
granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be
taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 602/2001 (4),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1789/2001
of 12 September 2001 on a special intervention measure for
cereals in Finland and Sweden (5), and in particular Article 8
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of
oats produced in Finland and Sweden for export from
Finland or Sweden to all third countries was opened
pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1789/2001.

(2)

(3)

(4)

According to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1789/
2001 the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders
notified, in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, decide to
make no award.

On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of
Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 a maximum refund should
not be fixed.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 14 to 20
September 2001 in response to the invitation to tender for the
refund for the export of oats issued in Regulation (EC) No
1789/2001.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 September 2001.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 20 September 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 89, 29.3.2001, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 243, 13.9.2001, p. 15.
Resolution of the Committee of the Regions on "Participation of the CoR in the convention responsible for preparing the next revision of the treaties"
Date: 2001-09-20
Institutions: European Committee of the Regions
Subjects: EU body, European Committee of the Regions, European convention, revision of the Treaty (EU)

22.1.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 19/29

Resolution of the Committee of the Regions on ‘Participation of the CoR in the convention
responsible for preparing the next revision of the treaties’

(2002/C 19/10)

The Committee of the Regions

in the light of the decisions taken at the informal Council in
Genval on 8 and 9 September 2001 regarding the procedure
for preparing the next revision of the Treaties,

1.
takes note of the initial proposals submitted to the
Genval informal council by the Belgian presidency regarding
the establishment of a Convention and Civil Society Forum;

2.
expresses concern about their respective composition
and stresses the importance of ensuring wider public represen-
tation and greater proximity by involving the full spectrum of
political players, including the CoR, in the next revision of the
Treaties;

believes that it is vital not to confuse the democratic
3.
legitimacy of elected representatives with the need for a more
participative democracy which allows greater input to NGOs
and civil society;

Brussels, 20 September 2001.

therefore considers that the Civil Society Forum, which
the

4.
is to work in parallel with the Convention,
appropriate forum for the CoR;

is not

5.
points out that the political legitimacy of the CoR was
established in the Treaty of Nice, which stipulates that its
members are required to be elected members of a regional or
local authority or be politically accountable to an assembly
elected by direct universal suffrage;

6.
observes, on the basis of its experience of the work
of the Convention responsible for drafting the Charter of
Fundamental Rights,
it would be unsatisfactory and
inappropriate for the Committee simply to be accorded
observer status;

that

7.
reiterates its request to participate, in accordance with its
status as an EU body, as a full member of the Convention; and

8.
invites its President to forward this resolution to the
Council, the European Parliament and the European Com-
mission.

The President

of the Committee of the Regions

Jos CHABERT
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2001 of 20 September 2001 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of common wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 943/2001
Date: 2001-09-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common wheat, export, export refund, third country

L 253/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.9.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1857/2001

of 20 September 2001

concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of common
wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 943/2001

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the
granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be
taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 602/2001 (4), and in
particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of
common wheat to all third countries, with the exclusion
of Poland, was opened pursuant to Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 943/2001 (5).

Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 allows the
Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92

and on the basis of the tenders notified, to make no
award.

(3)

(4)

On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of
Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 a maximum refund should
not be fixed.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 14 to 20
September 2001 in response to the invitation to tender for the
refund for the export of common wheat issued in Regulation
(EC) No 943/2001.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 September 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 September 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 89, 29.3.2001, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 133, 16.5.2001, p. 3.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1844/2001 of 20 September 2001 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the eighth partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001
Date: 2001-09-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, white sugar

21.9.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 253/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1844/2001

of 20 September 2001

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the eighth partial invitation to tender issued
within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No
1430/2001

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19
June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the
sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 27(5) thereof,

(3)

(4)

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

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001 of 13 July
2001 on a standing invitation to tender to determine
refunds on exports of white sugar (2)
levies and/or
requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the
export of this sugar.

Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1430/
2001 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
and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to
tender in question.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the eighth partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued
pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001 the maximum
amount of the export refund is fixed at 45,090 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 September 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 September 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 192, 14.7.2001, p. 3.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2559/01 by María Sornosa Martínez (PSE) to the Commission. EU's contribution to the problem of waiting lists in national health systems.
Date: 2001-09-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European social policy, United Kingdom, competence of the Member States, health care, public health, right to health

C 115 E/118

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

16.5.2002

lower-quality butterfat does not meet

the criteria laid down in Article 1(2)(a) and (b) of
However,
Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 (11) (scheme for pastry and ice-cream) and is therefore not eligible for aid
under this Regulation either.

(1) OJ C 174 E, 19.6.2001, p. 28.
(2) OJ C 151 E, 22.5.2001.
(3) OJ C 318 E, 13.11.2001, p. 244.
(4) OJ C 40 E, 14.2.2002, p. 219.
(5) OJ L 46, 1.3.1995.
(6) OJ L 37, 7.2.2001.
(7) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999.
(8) OJ L 316, 9.12.1994.
(9) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996.
(10) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992.
(11) OJ L 350, 20.12.1997.

(2002/C 115 E/120)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2559/01

by María Sornosa Martínez (PSE) to the Commission

(20 September 2001)

Subject: EU’s contribution to the problem of waiting lists in national health systems

The Commission has just made a number of fitting statements in support of the United Kingdom initiative
to send patients to other Community countries in order to reduce waiting lists. However, the problem of
waiting lists is widespread throughout the EU, as can be seen from the situation in Spain, where a number
of people have died after long waiting lists prevented them from undergoing operations in time.

I drew the Commission’s attention to the seriousness of
this problem in my Written Question
E-2415/00 (1), which Mr Byrne answered on 25 September 2000. In his answer, the Commissioner cited
the lack of a Community mandate for health matters pursuant to Article 152 of the Treaty and added that
Commission action to help to mitigate the problem of waiting lists would be taken as part of the
Community action programme in the field of public health.

Bearing in mind the substance of the judgment of the Court of Justice in Case-157/99, which recognises
that patients have a right to seek treatment in other countries if systems in their place of origin are
overloaded, would the Commission be prepared to propose an initiative geared to Community
coordination in order to solve the problem of waiting lists through a recommendation addressed to the
Member States?

What specific measures will the Commission take as part of the Community action programme to
promote the exchange of patients between Community countries?

(1) OJ C 89 E, 20.3.2001, p. 195.

(2002/C 115 E/121)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2586/01

by Juan Naranjo Escobar (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(25 September 2001)

Subject: Community provisions to facilitate the movement of patients to help cut waiting-lists

The British National Health Service intends to pay for surgery and treatment in other Member States in
order to cut its waiting-lists but will not be able to do so until the relevant British law has been amended.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1859/2001 of 20 September 2001 fixing the maximum export refund on rye in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1005/2001
Date: 2001-09-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export, rye, third country

L 253/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.9.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1859/2001

of 20 September 2001

fixing the maximum export refund on rye in connection with the invitation to tender issued in
Regulation (EC) No 1005/2001

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the
granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be
taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 602/2001 (4), and in
particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of
rye to all
to
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1005/2001 (5).

third countries was opened pursuant

Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 provides that
the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders noti-
fied,
in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, decide to fix

a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria
referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose
bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.

(3)

(4)

The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
current market situation for the cereal in question results
the
in the maximum export refund being fixed at
amount specified in Article 1.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For tenders notified from 14 to 20 September 2001, pursuant
to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1005/
2001, the maximum refund on exportation of rye shall be
EUR 16,74/t.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 September 2001.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 20 September 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 89, 29.3.2001, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 140, 24.5.2001, p. 10.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2001-09-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, euro, exchange rate, national currency

20.9.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 264/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

19 September 2001

(2001/C 264/01)

1 euro

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

7,4423

Danish krone

9,7215

Swedish krona

0,63230 Pound sterling

0,9258

United States dollar

1,4550

Canadian dollar

108,84

Japanese yen

1,4835

Swiss franc

7,9670

Norwegian krone

92,31

Icelandic kr(cid:243)na (2)

1,8837

Australian dollar

2,2582

New Zealand dollar

8,0070

South African rand (2)

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
(2) Source: Commission.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1848/2001 of 20 September 2001 on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products
Date: 2001-09-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, export licence, extra-EU trade, quantitative restriction, viticulture

L 253/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.9.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1848/2001

of 20 September 2001

on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 of
24 April 2001, laying down detailed rules for implementing
Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards trade with
third countries in products in the wine sector (1), and in partic-
ular Article 7 and Article 9(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 63(7) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999
of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the
market in wine (2) limits the grant of export refunds for
wine-sector products to the volumes and expenditure
contained in the Agreement on Agriculture concluded
during the Uruguay Round multilateral
trade nego-
tiations.

Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 lays down the
conditions under which the Commission may take
specific measures to prevent an overrun of the quantity
laid down or the budget available under the said Agree-
ment.

On the basis of information on export licence applica-
tions available to the Commission on 19 September
2001, the quantity still available for the period until 15
November 2001, for zone (3) eastern Europe, referred to

in Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001, could
be exceeded unless the issue of export licences with
advance fixing of the refund is restricted. Therefore, a
single percentage for the acceptance of applications
submitted from 16 to 18 September 2001 should be
applied and the submission of applications and the issue
of licences suspended for the zone until 16 November
2001,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for
wine-sector products for which applications are submitted
from 16 to 18 September 2001 under Regulation (EC) No
the quantities
883/2001 shall be issued for 48,67 % of
requested for zone (3) eastern Europe.

2.
The issue of export licences for wine-sector products
referred to in paragraph 1 for which applications are submitted
from 19 September 2001 and the submission of export licence
applications from 21 September 2001 for zone (3) eastern
Europe shall be suspended until 16 November 2001.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 September 2001.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 20 September 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 128, 10.5.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.