do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1969/2001 of 9 October 2001 prohibiting fishing for hake by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
Date: 2001-10-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, authorised catch, catch quota, fishing area, sea fish, ship's flag

10.10.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 269/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1969/2001

of 9 October 2001

prohibiting fishing for hake by vessels flying the flag of Belgium

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12
October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the
common fisheries policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2846/98 (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2848/2000 of 15 December
2000 fixing for 2001 the fishing opportunities and asso-
ciated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of
fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for
Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch
are required (3), as amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1666/2001 (4), lays down quotas for hake for
2001.

In order to ensure compliance with the provisions
relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks
subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by
which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a
Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota
allocated.

According to the information received by the Commis-
sion, catches of hake in the waters of ICES divisions
VIIIa, b, d and e by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or

registered in Belgium have exhausted the quota allocated
for 2001. Belgium has prohibited fishing for this stock
from 18 August 2001. This date should be adopted in
this Regulation also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of hake in the waters of ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e
by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium
are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to
Belgium for 2001.

Fishing for hake in the waters of ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e
by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium is
hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment
and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the
date of application of this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 18 August 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 October 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 334, 30.12.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 223, 18.8.2001, p. 4.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2001-10-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

9.10.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 283/3

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

8 October 2001

(2001/C 283/02)

1 euro

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

7,4342

Danish krone

9,7397

Swedish krona

0,6251

Pound sterling

0,9214

United States dollar

1,44

Canadian dollar

110,35

Japanese yen

1,4762

Swiss franc

8,06

Norwegian krone

94

Icelandic kr(cid:243)na (2)

1,817

Australian dollar

2,2144

New Zealand dollar

8,602

South African rand (2)

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
(2) Source: Commission.
Communication from the French Government concerning Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-10-09
Institutions: France
Subjects: France, exploitation of resources, hydrocarbon, trade licence

C 283/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

9.10.2001

Communication from the French Government concerning Directive 94/22/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using
authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons (1)

(2001/C 283/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Notice regarding an application for extending an exclusive licence to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons,
designated the (cid:145)Val des Marais licence(cid:146)

By request of 5 February 2001, supplemented on 18 April 2001, the Coparex International Company, with
registered offices at 135 rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, F-92138 Issy-les-Moulineaux, the JOG Corporation,
with registered offices at 150 North Street, PO Box 1919, Healdsburg, California, United States, and the
Carr Production France Company, with registered offices at 95 rue de la BoØtie, Paris, France, applied for
an extension of the exclusive licence, designated the (cid:145)Val des Marais licence(cid:146), to prospect for liquid and
gaseous hydrocarbons in an area of about 177 square kilometres covering a part of the DØpartement de la
Marne.

The perimeter of this extension is made up of the meridian and parallel ares successively joining the
vertices defined below by their geographical coordinates, the original meridian being that of Paris:

Vertices

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Longitude

1,70 degrees E

1,82 degrees E

1,82 degrees E

1,86 degrees E

1,86 degrees E

2,00 degrees E

2,00 degrees E

1,70 degrees E

Latitude

54,40 degrees N

54,40 degrees N

54,32 degrees N

54,32 degrees N

54,40 degrees N

54,40 degrees N

54,30 degrees N

54,30 degrees N

Interested companies may, within 90 days of the publication of this notice, submit a competing application
in accordance with the procedure summarised in the (cid:145)Notice regarding the granting of mining rights for
hydrocarbons in France(cid:146) published in the Official Journal of the European Communities C 374 of 30 December
1994, p. 11, and established by Decree 95-427 of 19 April 1995 regarding mining rights (Journal officiel de
la RØpublique fran(cid:231)aise of 22 April 1995).

Additional
information can be obtained from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Finance and Industry
(SecrØtariat d’(cid:201)tat (cid:224) l’industrie, direction-gØnØrale de l’Ønergie et des matiŁres premiŁres, direction des
matiŁres premiŁres et des hydrocarbures, service de la lØgislation miniŁre), 61 boulevard Vincent-Auriol,
F-75703 Paris Cedex 13, (tel. (33-1) 44 97 09 06, fax (33-1) 44 97 05 70.)

(1) OJ L 164, 30.6.1994, p. 3.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1974/2001 of 9 October 2001 amending the export refunds on eggs
Date: 2001-10-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: egg, export refund

10.10.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 269/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1974/2001

of 9 October 2001

amending the export refunds on eggs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in
eggs (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1516/96 (2), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The export refunds on eggs were fixed by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1462/2001 (3), as amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1570/2001 (4).

It follows from applying the criteria referred to in Article
8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 to the information
known to the Commission that the export refunds at

present in force should be altered to the amounts set out
in the Annex hereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75, exported in the natural state, as
fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1462/2001 are
hereby altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 October 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 October 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 49.
(2) OJ L 189, 30.7.1996, p. 99.
(3) OJ L 194, 18.7.2001, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 208, 1.8.2001, p. 26.

L 269/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

10.10.2001

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 9 October 2001 amending the export refunds on eggs

Product code

Destination

Unit of measurement

Amount of refund

0407 00 11 9000
0407 00 19 9000
0407 00 30 9000

0408 11 80 9100
0408 19 81 9100
0408 19 89 9100
0408 91 80 9100
0408 99 80 9100

A02
A02
E01
E03
E05
E04
E04
E04
E06
E04

EUR/100 pcs
EUR/100 pcs
EUR/100 kg
EUR/100 kg
EUR/100 kg
EUR/100 kg
EUR/100 kg
EUR/100 kg
EUR/100 kg
EUR/100 kg

2,15
1,00
7,00
8,00
3,50
20,00
10,00
10,00
33,00
8,00

NB: The product codes and the ‘A’ series destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ

L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1) as amended.
The numeric destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2032/2000 (OJ L 243, 28.9.2000, p.
14).

The other destinations are defined as follows:

Ε01 Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Hong Kong SAR and Russia
Ε03 South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, the Philippines and Egypt
Ε04 all destinations except Switzerland and Estonia
E05 all destinations except Switzerland, Lithuania and those of E01 and E03
E06 all destinations except Switzerland, Estonia and Lithuania.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2755/01 by Jonas Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Free trade with the 48 poorest countries in the world.
Date: 2001-10-09
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Union, free movement of goods, generalised preferences, least-developed country

C 115 E/156

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

16.5.2002

(2002/C 115 E/161)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2755/01

by Jonas Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

Subject: Free trade with the 48 poorest countries in the world

(9 October 2001)

In March 2001 free trade with transitional periods between the EU countries and the 48 poorest countries
in the world was decided on.

Is there any possibility that the EU might reappraise this decision in principle or is it hard and fast? If there
is any scope for reappraisal will the Commission state the terms on which it would take place?

Answer given by Mr Lamy on behalf of the Commission

(14 November 2001)

On 26 February 2001, the Council adopted Regulation (EC) No 416/2001 of 28 February 2001 amending
Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 applying a multiannual scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period
1 July 1999 to 31 December 2001 so as to extend duty-free access without any quantitative restrictions to
products originating in the least developed countries (LDCs) (1) 5 commonly referred to as the ‘everything
but arms (EBA) Regulation’, granting duty-free access to imports of all products from LDCs (48 poorest
countries), except arms and munitions, without any quantitative restrictions. Only for imports of fresh
bananas, rice and sugar liberalisation will take place in stages, with full liberalisation taking effect in 2009.

The EBA Regulation amended Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 of 21 December 1998, applying a multiannual
scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period 1 July 1999 to 31 December 2001 (2) (‘generalised
system of preferences (GSP)’ Regulation).

EBA as part of the GSP is an autonomous trade policy instrument providing development-oriented
preferences. It is a unilateral concession from the Community to the world’s poorest countries to improve
trading opportunities for LDCs and enhance their participation in world trade.

The EBA Regulation foresees a liberalisation process which will end in 2009. It also provides that the
special arrangements for LDCs should not be subject to the periodic renewal of the Community’s scheme
of generalised preferences. Therefore, the date of expiry of the present GSP scheme (31 December 2001)
does not apply to EBA provisions.

(1) OJ L 60, 1.3.2001.
(2) OJ L 357, 30.12.1998.

(2002/C 115 E/162)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2777/01

by Samuli Pohjamo (ELDR) to the Commission

(9 October 2001)

Subject: Compliance with the additionality principle in connection with the EU’s structural fund policy in

Finland

Can the Commission supply information on how Finland claims to be complying with the additionality
principle in the context of the EU’s structural fund policy?

Is this in line with the principles set out in the structural fund regulations?
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2761/01 by Jonas Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Barley as barley.
Date: 2001-10-09
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European standard, Sweden, barley, derogation from EU law, intervention agency, product quality, quality control of agricultural products

C 93 E/188

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

18.4.2002

The Food and Veterinary Office of the Commission has also started to carry out mission in Member States
in order to evaluate official control systems on GM food, including labelling.

(1) OJ L 43, 14.2.1997.
(2) OJ L 159, 3.6.1998.
(3) OJ L 6, 11.1.2000.
(4) OJ L 186, 30.6.1989.

(2002/C 93 E/223)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2761/01

by Jonas Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(9 October 2001)

Subject: Barley as barley

In July 1997 Sweden was allowed to continue to call barley barley for another year. Most barley grown in
our cold country is too small to meet EU requirements for barley.

What is the present situation regarding Swedish barley and the EU specifications for barley since 1997?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(15 November 2001)

The separate definition for measuring the smaller barley grains offered into intervention in Sweden and
Finland (they must pass through a wire mesh of 2 millimetres rather than 2.2 mm) has been incorporated
definitively into the rules defining impurities in the form of grains as set out in the annex to Commission
Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 of 19 April 2000 establishing procedures for the taking-over of cereals by
intervention agencies and laying down methods of analysis for determining the quality of cereals (1).

(1) OJ L 100, 20.4.2000.

(2002/C 93 E/224)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2769/01

by Jonas Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(9 October 2001)

Subject: Community School Milk Scheme

The School Milk Scheme has been at risk in the past from cost-cutting; for example in 1999 its continued
existence was called into question.

Which Member States are at present receiving funds under the School Milk Scheme and what amounts are
involved?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(9 November 2001)

The table below shows the payments to Member States in the framework of the Community school milk
scheme for the budget years 2000 and 2001 (figures in million €). The figures for the budget year 2001
are provisional.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2626 — Merloni/Foster Wheeler Italiana/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-10-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, household electrical appliance, merger control, pleasure craft

9.10.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 283/5

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2626 (cid:151) Merloni/Foster Wheeler Italiana/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2001/C 283/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 1 October 2001 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
1.
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (2),
by which the undertakings Fineldo SpA and Merloni Progetti Energia SpA (MPE), belonging to the Merloni
group (Merloni), and Foster Wheeler Italiana SpA, belonging to the Foster Wheeler group (Foster Wheeler),
acquire, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation,
joint control of the newly created
undertakings FW Energy SRL, FW Waste SRL and FW Power SRL (jointly the JV) by way of purchase
of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

(cid:151) Merloni: production and sale of electrical household appliances and, through MPE, sale of electricity

and heat as well as sale, installation, maintenance of electrical systems and appliances,

(cid:151) Foster Wheeler: engineering and plant construction, in particular of chemical, petrol, pharmaceutical,
water-processing plants, and plants for the production of electricity from traditional or renewable
sources,

(cid:151) JV: planning, projecting, construction and management of plants for the production of electricity,
thermic energy, or other kind of energy, and of plants for the treatment, elimination and thermic
exploitation of waste.

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 simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Regu-
lation (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.2626 (cid:151) Merloni/Foster Wheeler Italiana/JV, 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.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2754/01 by Jonas Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Reduction of the fine on Fléchard.
Date: 2001-10-09
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Italy, agro-industry, butter, fine, fraud against the EU

16.5.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 115 E/155

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(7 December 2001)

Article 3(1) of Council Decision 94/371/EC of 20 June 1994 laying down specific public health conditions
for the putting on the market of certain types of eggs (1) states that eggs must be delivered to the consumer
(sell-by date) within a maximum time limit of 21 days of laying. However, paragraph 2 of this Article
allows a further seven days for the date of minimum durability. In practice, the use-by date for eggs is
therefore already 28 days after laying, the first 21 days of which are for delivery to the consumer and the
last seven for storage by the consumer.

Member States which, at the date of notification of this Decision, applied specific requirements relating to
temperature for transport from one storage to another have been able to maintain these requirements in
compliance with the provisions of the EC Treaty.

The Commission takes public health criteria into account both in Community policy and in its relations
with international bodies such as certain Codex Alimentarius Committees and the World Trade
Organisation’s Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards (SPS). There are regular contacts between the United
States and the Commission, and veterinary issues relating to the EU and the US are even being included in
negotiations on an equivalence agreement. The Commission therefore does not agree with the allegations
reported by the Honourable Member concerning measures to protect the market from eggs in shell from
the United States.

(1) OJ L 168, 2.7.1994.

(2002/C 115 E/160)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2754/01

by Jonas Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(9 October 2001)

Subject: Reduction of the fine on Fléchard

At a meeting of Mr Delors’ cabinet on 7 January 1994 the fine on Fléchard was reduced from
€ 17,6 million to € 3 million.

This reduction in the fine allowed Fléchard to survive and, according to enquiries carried out by the
judicial authorities in Italy, it is said since then to have been involved in large-scale fraudulent transactions
in adulterated butter up to mid-2000.

Can the Commission state the grounds for the decision of 7 January 1994 referred to above?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(14 November 2001)

The so-called Fléchard case has been the subject of thorough examination by the Parliament as well as the
European Court of Auditors. The Commission has, upon requests of these two institutions on numerous
occasions, supplied comprehensive documentation on the case.

The Honourable Member is invited to consult this material, for example the Commission reply of March
2001 to the questionnaire of the Committee on Budgetary Control (document PE 294.418) or the Court of
Auditors presidential letter of 11 May 2000, including the Commission reply, on the Fléchard case.
2001/727/EC: Commission Decision of 9 October 2001 amending Decision 95/94/EC establishing a list of semen collection centres approved for the export to the Community of semen of domestic animals of the porcine species from certain third countries (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 3000)
Date: 2001-10-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal breeding, artificial insemination, originating product, swine, third country, veterinary inspection

16.10.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 273/23

COMMISSION DECISION

of 9 October 2001

amending Decision 95/94/EC establishing a list of semen collection centres approved for the export
to the Community of semen of domestic animals of the porcine species from certain third
countries

(notified under document number C(2001) 3000)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/727/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/429/EEC of 26 June
1990 laying down the animal health requirements applicable to
intra-Community trade in and imports of semen of domestic
animals of the porcine species (1), as amended by the Act of
Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular
Article 81(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The United States of America is on the list of non-
from which the Member States
member countries
authorise the import of semen of domestic animals of
the porcine species (2).

Commission Decision 95/94/EC (3), as last amended by
Decision 2001/291/EC (4), establishes a list of semen
to the
collection centres approved for
Community of
the
porcine species from certain third countries.

semen of domestic animals of

the export

The competent United States veterinary authorities have
requested the inclusion of a new collection centre on
that list.

The Community has received guarantees that the centre
fulfils the requirements of Article 8 of Directive 90/
429/EEC.

(5)

(6)

The centre should therefore be added to the list of
approved centres.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 95/94/EC is amended as follows:

The following is added to the entry concerning collection
centres in the United States of America:

‘— International Boar Semen
30355 260th Street
Eldora IA 50627
Approval code: 90 AI 002’

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 9 October 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 62.
(2) Commission Decision 93/160/EEC (OJ L 67, 19.3.1993, p. 27), as
last amended by Decision 1999/150/EC (OJ L 49, 25.2.1999, p.
40).

(3) OJ L 73, 1.4.1995, p. 87.
(4) OJ L 100, 11.4.2001, p. 27.