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2001/714/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 27 September 2001 appointing a French member of the Economic and Social Committee
Date: 2001-09-27
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Economic and Social Committee, France, appointment of staff

5.10.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 265/13

COUNCIL DECISION

of 27 September 2001

appointing a French member of the Economic and Social Committee

(2001/714/EC, Euratom)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 258 thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article
166 thereof,

Having regard to the Council Decision of 15 September 1998 appointing the members of the Economic
and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 1998 to 20 September 2002 (1),

Whereas a member's seat on that Committee has fallen vacant following the resignation of Mr Jean-Claude
QUENTIN, of which the Council was informed on 20 March 2001;

Having regard to the nominations submitted by the French Government,

Having obtained the opinion of the Commission of the European Communities,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

Mr Jean-Marc BILQUEZ is hereby appointed a member of the Economic and Social Committee in place of
Mr Jean-Claude QUENTIN for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which runs until 20 September
2002.

Done at Brussels, 27 September 2001.

For the Council

The President

R. LANDUYT

(1) OJ L 257, 19.9.1998, p. 37.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2623/01 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Council. Council meeting of 10 July 2001.
Date: 2001-09-27
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU statistics, Ecofin, European Council, decision-making, drafting of EU law, qualified majority

6.6.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 134 E/63

(2002/C 134 E/063)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2623/01

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Council

(27 September 2001)

Subject: Council meeting of 10 July 2001

Will the Council state whether any votes were taken in the Ecofin Council on 10 July 2001 and if so, how
many and on what matters?

Will it further record the votes of all those who voted on each issue during the meeting?

(2002/C 134 E/064)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2625/01

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Council

(27 September 2001)

Subject: Council meeting of 16/17 July 2001

Will the Council state whether any votes were taken in the General Affairs Council on 16/17 July 2001
and if so, how many and on what matters?

Will it further record the votes of all those who voted on each issue during the meeting?

(2002/C 134 E/065)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2627/01

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Council

(27 September 2001)

Subject: Council meeting of 20 July 2001

Will the Council state whether any votes were taken in the Budget Council on 20 July 2001 and if so, how
many and on what matters?

Will it further record the votes of all those who voted on each issue during the meeting?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-2625/01 and E-2627/01

(12 February 2002)

As a preliminary remark, the Council should like to draw the Honourable Member’s attention to the replies
given to his questions E-3938/00 and E-3939/00, in which it is stated that the General Secretariat of the
Council draws up monthly summaries of Council acts which contain lists of legislative and non-legislative
acts of the Council, including the results of votes, explanations of voting and statements for the minutes
when the Council is acting in its capacity as legislator. As from January 2001 they also include references
to the voting procedure followed for the adoption of the acts by the Council (unanimity, qualified or
simple majority). These monthly summaries can be obtained directly from the Council’s website (http://ue.
eu. int, under ‘Transparency’ and ‘Summary of Council acts’). Furthermore, the results of the votes on
legislative acts are published in the press releases which are issued after the Council meetings.
2001/715/EC: Council Decision of 27 September 2001 appointing a German member and a German alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2001-09-27
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Committee of the Regions, Germany, appointment of staff

L 265/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

5.10.2001

COUNCIL DECISION

of 27 September 2001

appointing a German member and a German alternate member of the Committee of the Regions

(2001/715/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,

Having regard to the Council Decision of 26 January 1998 appointing the members and alternate members
of the Committee of the Regions (1),

Whereas a seat as a member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the resignation
of Mr Edmund STOIBER, notified to the Council on 26 June 2001;

Whereas a seat as an alternate member
Mr Reinhold BOCKLET to replace Mr Edmund STOIBER;

is

to become vacant

following the appointment of

Having regard to the proposal from the German Government,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

(a) Mr Reinhold BOCKLET is hereby appointed a member of the Committee of the Regions to replace

Mr Edmund STOIBER, and

(b) Mr Edmund STOIBER is hereby appointed an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions to

replace Mr Reinhold BOCKLET,

for the remainder of their terms of office, which run until 25 January 2002.

Done at Brussels, 27 September 2001.

For the Council

The President

M. VERWILGHEN

(1) OJ L 28, 4.2.1998, p. 19.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2539 — EQT Northern Europe/Duni) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-09-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 272/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

27.9.2001

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2539 (cid:151) EQT Northern Europe/Duni)

(2001/C 272/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 27 August 2001 the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be
made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

(cid:151) as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

(cid:151) in electronic form in the (cid:145)CEN(cid:146) version of the CELEX database, under document No 301M2539. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

EUR-OP,
Information, Marketing and Public Relations,
2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 427 18, fax (352) 29 29 427 09.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2401 (cid:151) Industri Kapital/Telia Enterprise)

(2001/C 272/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 29 May 2001 the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare
it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be made public after it
is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

(cid:151) as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

(cid:151) in electronic form in the (cid:145)CEN(cid:146) version of the CELEX database, under document No 301M2401. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

EUR-OP,
Information, Marketing and Public Relations,
2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 427 18, fax (352) 29 29 427 09.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1893/2001 of 27 September 2001 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 1558/2001
Date: 2001-09-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, barley, export refund

28.9.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 260/23

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1893/2001

of 27 September 2001

concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of barley issued
in Regulation (EC) No 1558/2001

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
barley to all third countries except the United States of
America and Canada was opened pursuant to Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 1558/2001 (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 21 to 27
September 2001 in response to the invitation to tender for the
refund for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No
1558/2001.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 September 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 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 205, 31.7.2001, p. 33.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2619/01 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Council. Council meeting of 25/26 June 2001.
Date: 2001-09-27
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Council of the European Union, EU statistics, decision-making, drafting of EU law, qualified majority

C 134 E/62

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

6.6.2002

October 1999 were selected as the period for implementation. Unfortunately, a critical hardware part that
was to be provided by Arbvo, was missing and also a number of key players on the Dutch side were not
available at
the implementation. The Dutch side was only ready for
implementation as of April 2000 and implementation finally took place in June 2000 and July 2000.
This was almost one year later than originally foreseen. However all through this period the original
software remained fully operational.

the period envisaged for

2.
The regional ESF application is specific to the Netherlands. This system was developed on the basis of
the needs of ‘Arbeidsvoorziening’ and not those of the Community. The Commission did pay the cost of
this pilot project. It has also provided Dutch authorities with the software licences. Other Member States
did not use this system.

The installation of a new, more powerful system, originally planned for September 1999 and

3.
October 1999 was meant to eliminate any causes of dissatisfaction.

4.
There was no millennium problem with respect to the original software. This software does make it
impossible to input new projects after 31 December 1999 at the expense of the 1994-1999 programming
period because this is not permitted by Article 7 of Decision EN/05/94/12840100. P00, which States that
the assistance has to be committed before 31 December 1999. This deliberate restriction has been falsely
interpreted as a millennium bug problem.

5. Without further consulting the Commission, the Arbvo team decided to switch off the existing
system at the beginning of January 2000. As a consequence most of projects committed in time before the
end of 1999 were no longer introduced into the project database and the system lost its value as a
programme management tool.

(2002/C 134 E/061)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2619/01

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Council

(27 September 2001)

Subject: Council meeting of 25/26 June 2001

Will the Council state whether any votes were taken in the General Affairs Council on 25/26 June 2001
and if so, how many and on what matters?

Will it further record the votes of all those who voted on each issue during the meeting?

(2002/C 134 E/062)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2621/01

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Council

(27 September 2001)

Subject: Council meeting of 27/28 June 2001

Will the Council state whether any votes were taken in the Transport and Telecommunications Council on
27/28 June 2001 and if so, how many and on what matters?

Will it further record the votes of all those who voted on each issue during the meeting?
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1894/2001 of 27 September 2001 fixing the maximum export refund on rye in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1005/2001
Date: 2001-09-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, rye

L 260/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

28.9.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1894/2001

of 27 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 21 to 27 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 28 September 2001.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 27 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.
Assent No 2/2001 given by the Council pursuant to Article 55(2)(c) of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community
Date: 2001-09-27
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: ECSC, ECSC aid, applied research, coal, financial aid, research project

9.10.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 283/7

II

(Preparatory Acts)

COUNCIL

Assent No 2/2001 given by the Council pursuant to Article 55(2)(c) of the Treaty establishing the
European Coal and Steel Community

(2001/C 283/06)

By letter dated 25 July 2001, the Commission requested the Council’s assent pursuant to Article 55(2)(c) of
the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community to the granting of financial aid for
technical coal research projects.

The Council gave the requested assent at its meeting on 27 September 2001.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2562 — Bertelsmann/France Loisirs) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-09-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bookshop, communications industry, economic concentration, merger control

C 272/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

27.9.2001

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2562 (cid:151) Bertelsmann/France Loisirs)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2001/C 272/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 17 September 2001 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
1.
to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1310/97 (2), by which the undertaking Bertelsmann AG acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b)
of the Regulation, control of the whole of the undertaking Group France Loisirs, consisting of the under-
takings Europe France Loisirs SA, sociØtØ pour la promotion de la culture et des loisirs SAS ans Quebec
Loisirs Inc., by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

(cid:151) Bertelsmann AG: publishing and distribution of books, magazines, music and sound storage mediums,
operation of book clubs, operation of private TV channels, offering of e-commerce services and online
advertisements,

(cid:151) Group France Loisirs: operation of book clubs, distribution of books.

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within
the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant
to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (3), it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the
procedure set out in the notice.

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.2562 (cid:151) Bertelsmann/France Loisirs, 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.
(3) OJ C 217, 29.7.2000, p. 32.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1891/2001 of 27 September 2001 on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products
Date: 2001-09-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, viticulture

28.9.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 260/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1891/2001

of 27 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) as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 885/2001 (2), and in particular 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 (3) limits the grant of export refunds for
wine-sector products to the volumes and expenditure
contained in the Agreement on Agriculture concluded
trade nego-
during the Uruguay Round multilateral
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 26 September
2001, the quantity still available for the period until 15
for zone (1) Africa, referred to in
November 2001,

the issue of export

Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001, could be
exceeded unless
licences with
advance fixing of the refund is restricted. Therefore, a
single percentage for the acceptance of applications
submitted from 19 to 25 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 19 to 25 September 2001 under Regulation (EC) No
the quantities
883/2001 shall be issued for 21,15 % of
requested for zone (1) Africa.

2.
The issue of export licences for wine-sector products
referred to in paragraph 1 for which applications are submitted
from 26 September 2001 and the submission of export licence
applications from 28 September 2001 for zone (1) Africa shall
be suspended until 16 November 2001.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 September 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 September 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 128, 10.5.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 128, 10.5.2001, p. 54.
(3) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.