do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
2001/877/EC: Council Decision of 24 September 2001 on the signing and conclusion on behalf of the European Community of the International Coffee Agreement 2001
Date: 2001-09-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: agreement (EU), coffee, international agreement, international organisation

L 326/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

11.12.2001

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 24 September 2001

on the signing and conclusion on behalf of the European Community of the International Coffee
Agreement 2001

(2001/877/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 133, in conjunction with
Article 300(1), thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

The International Coffee Council approved the text of
the International Coffee Agreement 2001 by Resolution
No 393 of 28 September 2000.

This new Agreement has been negotiated to replace the
International Coffee Agreement 1994 which was
extended to 30 September 2001.

The International Coffee Agreement 2001 is open for
signature and deposit of the instruments of ratification,
acceptance or approval up to 25 September 2001.

The Community is a member of the 1994 International
Agreement, as extended, and it is therefore in its interest
to approve the agreement which replaces it.

Notwithstanding the exclusive Community competence
in this matter, and in order to avoid certain temporary
operational difficulties, it is appropriate to authorise the
Member States to conclude the Agreement at the same
time as the Community and to participate on a tempo-
rary basis in the new arrangement.

Member States should ensure that
the Community's
participation in the Agreement is regularised in accord-
ance with the applicable Treaty provisions,

Article 1

The International Coffee Agreement 2001 is hereby approved
on behalf of the European Community.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

is authorised to designate the
The President of the Council
person authorised to sign the Agreement and deposit
the
instrument of approval on behalf of the Community by 25
September 2001.

Article 3

The Community and the Member States shall ensure that,
within a year from its entry into force, the provisions of the
International Coffee Agreement which create operational diffi-
culties for the sole Community membership are amended.

Done at Brussels, 24 September 2001.

For the Council

The President

L. MICHEL
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2577/01 by Dominique Vlasto (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Quality initiatives for the hotel sector.
Date: 2001-09-24
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU aid, economic development, hotel industry, regional policy, tourism policy

C 81 E/192

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

4.4.2002

The Ministerial Seminar organised by the Belgian Presidency in June 2001 in Bruges enabled
representatives of the Member States and the Commission to hold an initial discussion on the results of
these working parties. In November 2001, the Commission intends to adopt and send to the other
Institutions a communication on tourism policy which will set out, on the basis of this work, an
operational framework for coordinating the various parties involved in tourism and a limited series of
measures and actions which they should put in place.

The Member of the Commission for the Information Society, Enterprise and Tourism gave a speech to
Parliament(cid:146)s Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism on 9 October, in which he presented
the broad lines of the communication being prepared.

(1) COM(2000) 696 final.

(2002/C 81 E/226)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2577/01

by Dominique Vlasto (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(24 September 2001)

Subject: Quality initiatives for the hotel sector

The quality of tourist amenities is of vital
European Union.

importance for the development of this sector within the

In this context, quality initiatives for the hotel sector are particularly relevant. Various factors which help
to stimulate tourist activity are a warm welcome, attractive hotels, high standards of safety and comfort
and modern fittings.

The Member States each have their own approach regarding assistance from the various public, state and
local bodies for improvements to hotel infrastructure.

Could the Commission say whether any Community aid exists to promote quality initiatives for hotels in
EU Member States?

Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission

(29 October 2001)

The Commission is well aware of the importance of ensuring quality in all aspects of the European tourism
product, including hotels. In this context it co-ordinated and participated in an expert Working Group,
mandated to consider this very issue, which produced its final report in June 2001.

As part of its work, the Working Group on Improving the Quality of Tourist Products identified those
European policy areas which could have an impact on quality improvement, including sources of available
funding. The Group concluded that of the various sources of Community funding, the European Regional
Development Fund and the other structural funds were those most appropriate to the purpose. These
funds are delivered at the regional level for defined eligible areas across the Community through agreed
multi-annual investment programmes.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1873/2001 of 24 September 2001 determining the extent to which applications lodged in September 2001 for import licences for certain egg sector products and poultrymeat pursuant to Regulations (EC) No 1474/95 and (EC) No 1251/96 can be accepted
Date: 2001-09-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: egg, import licence, poultrymeat, quantitative restriction

L 256/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

25.9.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1873/2001

of 24 September 2001

determining the extent to which applications lodged in September 2001 for import licences for
certain egg sector products and poultrymeat pursuant to Regulations (EC) No 1474/95 and (EC) No
1251/96 can be accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1474/95 (1)
the tariff
opening and providing for the administration of
quotas in the egg sector and for egg albumin, as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1043/2001 (2), and in particular Article
5(5) thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/96 of
28 June 1996 opening and providing for the administration of
tariff quotas in the poultrymeat sector and albumin (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1043/2001 and in particular
Article 5(5) thereof,

Whereas:

The applications for import licences lodged for the fourth
quarter of 2001 are, in the case of certain products, for quant-
ities less than or equal to the quantities available and can
therefore be met in full, but in the case of other products the

said applications are for quantities greater than the quantities
available and must therefore be reduced by a fixed percentage
to ensure a fair distribution,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Applications for import licences for the period 1 October
to 31 December 2001 submitted pursuant to Regulations (EC)
No 1474/95 and (EC) No 1251/96 shall be met as referred to
in the Annex to this Regulation.

2.
Applications for import licences for the period 1 January
to 31 March 2002 may be lodged pursuant to Regulations (EC)
No 1474/95 and (EC) No 1251/96 for the total quantity as
referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 2001.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 24 September 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 145, 29.6.1995, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 24.
(3) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 136.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 256/11

ANNEX

Group

Percentage of acceptance of import licences submitted
for the period 1 October to 31 December 2001

Total quantity available for the period
1 January to 31 March 2002
(t)

E1

E2

E3

P1

P2

P3

P4

100,00

100,00

100,00

100,00

100,00

4,26

100,00

107 390,00

2 600,84

10 752,64

4 286,60

2 795,50

175,00

560,00
Commission opinion of 24 September 2001 concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste from the Comurhex plant located in Pierrelatte in France, in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty
Date: 2001-09-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EAEC Treaty, France, application of EU law, industrial building, radioactive effluent

C 281/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

5.10.2001

COMMISSION OPINION

of 24 September 2001

concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste from the Comurhex plant located in
Pierrelatte in France, in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty

(2001/C 281/06)

(Only the French version is authentic)

On 9 March 2001 the European Commission received from the French Government, in accordance with
Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty, general data relating to the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste
from the Comurhex plant.

On the basis of these data and additional information subsequently provided by the French Government,
and following consultation with the group of experts, the Commission had drawn up the following
opinion:

(a) The distance between the plant and the closest Member States border (with the Republic of Italy) is
170 km, the nearest territories of other Member States being at about 250 km (Spain) and 420 km
(Germany).

(b) Under normal operating conditions, the discharges of liquid and gaseous effluents will not cause an

exposure of the population in other Member States significant from the point view of health.

(c) Solid radioactive waste arising from the production at the Comurhex plant will be stored or disposed

of in licensed sites in France.

(d) In the event of unplanned discharges of radioactive material, which may follow an accident of the type
and magnitude considered in the general data, the doses likely to be received by the population in
other Member States would not be significant from the point of view of health.

In conclusion, the Commission is of the opinion that the implementation of the plan for the disposal of
radioactive waste from the Comurhex plant, both in normal operation and in the event of an accident of
the type and magnitude considered in the general data, is not liable to result in the radioactive contami-
nation, significant from the point of view of health, of the water, soil or airspace of another Member State.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1872/2001 of 24 September 2001 determining the extent to which applications lodged in September 2001 for import licences for certain poultrymeat products under the regime provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for poultrymeat and certain other agricultural products can be accepted
Date: 2001-09-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, meat product, poultrymeat, tariff quota

25.9.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 256/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1872/2001

of 24 September 2001

determining the extent to which applications lodged in September 2001 for import licences for
certain poultrymeat products under the regime provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94
opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for poultrymeat
and certain other agricultural products can be accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 of
22 June 1994, laying down detailed rules for the application in
the poultrymeat sector of the import arrangements provided
for
in Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and
providing for the administration of certain Community tariff
quotas for poultrymeat and certain other agricultural prod-
ucts (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1043/2001 (2),
and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,

Whereas:

The applications for import licences lodged for the period 1
October to 31 December 2001 are greater than the quantities

available and must therefore be reduced by a fixed percentage
to ensure a fair distribution,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Applications for import licences for the period 1 October to 31
December 2001 submitted under Regulation (EC) No 1431/94
shall be met as referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 September 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Group
No

Percentage of acceptance of import certificates
submitted for the period 1 October to 31 December
2001

1

2

3

4

5

1,69

1,70

2,65

2,50

2,81

(1) OJ L 156, 23.6.1994, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 24.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1867/2001 of 24 September 2001 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2001-09-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

25.9.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 256/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1867/2001

of 24 September 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 25 September 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 September 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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25.9.2001

to the Commission Regulation of 24 September 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

0806 10 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

0809 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
999
052
999
052
999
052
064
388
512
524
528
999
052
999
060
388
400
508
512
528
800
804
999
052
720
999
052
999
052
060
064
066
999

60,8
60,8
91,6
91,6
101,9
101,9
73,8
71,5
62,4
65,9
58,8
63,5
66,0
64,8
64,8
40,7
67,2
88,2
70,2
87,3
42,0
184,3
95,4
84,4
108,3
78,6
93,4
115,1
115,1
64,3
58,2
42,3
67,6
58,1

(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’.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2583/01 by Feleknas Uca (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Police brutality in Turkey on World Peace Day.
Date: 2001-09-24
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Türkiye, accession to the European Union, peace, police, political rights, public awareness campaign, repression, violence

C 160 E/24

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

4.7.2002

The type of evidence required to substantiate a violation of the TRIPs Agreement by other WTO

3.
Members varies from case to case.

(2002/C 160 E/025)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2583/01

by Feleknas Uca (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(24 September 2001)

Subject: Police brutality in Turkey on World Peace Day

On 1 September 2001, designated as World Peace Day, the Turkish authorities banned peace rallies
organised by the pro-Kurdish HADEP Party. None the less, thousands of people took to the streets in order
to express their desire for peace. The Turkish police reacted thereto with a massive show of force,
attacking the peaceful demonstrators with wooden batons and tear gas. More than 3000 HADEP members
were arrested in nine cities. Hundreds of people were injured and several thousand arrested. A 19-year-old
man fell to his death while fleeing from the police.

Is the Commission aware of these outrages in Turkey?

What is the Commission’s view of the repressive action taken by the Turkish authorities against the pro-
Kurdish HADEP Party and its members?

Answer given by Mr Verheugen on behalf of the Commission

(31 October 2001)

Freedom of expression, freedom of association as well as the principle of protection of minorities are part
of the Copenhagen political criteria to be fulfilled by candidate countries. The strengthening of legal and
constitutional guarantees of the right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly is a short-term
priority in the Accession Partnership with Turkey. The Commission has been monitoring closely the
situation in the field of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Turkey. A detailed assessment will be
given in its upcoming Regular Report due on 13 November 2001.

With respect to the facts mentioned by the Honourable Member, the Commission can confirm that it has
received information about mistreatments and brutalities by the Turkish police and security forces against
demonstrators. It deplores such behaviour.

Moreover, the Commission considers that the actions to be in sharp contrast with the circular of the
Minister of Interior of 24 July 2001, which explicitly prohibits ‘excessive use of force’ by the security
forces and the police.

(2002/C 160 E/026)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2597/01

by Erik Meijer (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(26 September 2001)

Subject: American administration of the European town of Brcko and how that town might be reintegrated

into its administrative environment

1.
Does the Commission recall that the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords laid down the borders between two
federal states in Bosnia-Herzegovina, with 49 % of the territory being awarded to the Republika Serpska
and 51 % to the Muslim-Croat Federation?
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1868/2001 of 24 September 2001 determining the extent to which applications lodged in September 2001 for import licences for certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the Agreement concluded by the Community with Slovenia can be accepted
Date: 2001-09-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovenia, agreement (EU), import licence, meat product, pigmeat

25.9.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 256/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1868/2001

of 24 September 2001

determining the extent to which applications lodged in September 2001 for import licences for
certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the Agreement concluded by the
Community with Slovenia can be accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 571/97 of
26 March 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application
in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for in the
Interim Agreement between the Community, of the one part,
and Slovenia, of the other part (1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1006/2001 (2), and in particular Article 4(4)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The applications for import
licences lodged for the
fourth quarter of 2001 are for quantities less than the
quantities available and can therefore be met in full.

It is appropriate to draw the attention of operators to
the fact that licences may only be used for products

which comply with all veterinary rules currently in force
in the Community,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Applications for import licences for the period 1 October
to 31 December 2001 submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC)
No 571/97 shall be met as referred to in the Annex.

2.
Licences may only be used for products which comply
with all veterinary rules currently in force in the Community.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 September 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Percentage of acceptance
of import licences submitted
for the period
1 October to 31 December 2001

100,00

100,00

100,00

100,00

Group No

23

24

25

26

(1) OJ L 85, 27.3.1997, p. 56.
(2) OJ L 140, 24.5.2001, p. 13.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1869/2001 of 24 September 2001 establishing the quantity of certain pigmeat products available for the first quarter of 2002 under the arrangements provided for by the free trade agreements between the Community, of the one part, and Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, of the other part
Date: 2001-09-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, free-trade agreement, pigmeat, quantitative restriction

L 256/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

25.9.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1869/2001

of 24 September 2001

establishing the quantity of certain pigmeat products available for the first quarter of 2002 under
the arrangements provided for by the free trade agreements between the Community, of the one
part, and Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, of the other part

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 of
29 September 1995 laying down detailed rules for the applica-
tion in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for in
the free trade agreements between the Community, of the one
part and Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, of the other part (1), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1006/2001 (2), and in
particular Article 4(4) thereof,

Whereas:

In order to ensure distribution of the quantities available, the
quantities carried forward from the period 1 October to 31

December 2001 should be added to the quantities available for
the period 1 January to 31 March 2002,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The quantity available for the period 1 January to 31 March
2002 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 is set out in the
Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 September 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

(t)

Total quantity available
for the period
1 January to 31 March 2002

1 237,5
247,5
1 031,3
123,8
1 218,8
585,0

Group

18
L1
19
20
21
22

(1) OJ L 233, 30.9.1995, p. 45.
(2) OJ L 140, 24.5.2001, p. 13.