do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2648 — KPNQwest/Global TeleSystems) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, telecommunications

12.12.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 352/5

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2648 (cid:151) KPNQwest/Global TeleSystems)

(2001/C 352/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 3 December 2001 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (2),
by which the Dutch-based undertaking KPNQwest NV (KPNQwest), jointly controlled by KPN Telecom BV
(KPN) and Qwest, acquires, within the meaning Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, control of parts of the
US-based undertaking Global TeleSystems Inc. (GTS) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

(cid:151) KPNQwest: provision of telecommunications services,

(cid:151) GTS: provision of telecommunications services.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within

3.
the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit

4.
proposed operation.

their possible observations on the

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference
COMP/M.2648 (cid:151) KPNQwest/Global TeleSystems, 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.
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Common Position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 as concerns the use of ESA 95 in the determination of Member States' payments to the VAT-based own resource (8793/1/2001 – C5-0385/2001 — 2000/0241(COD))
Date: 2001-12-12
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Member States' contribution, VAT, VAT resource, own resources

C 177 E/190

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

25.7.2002

Wednesday 12 December 2001

COUNCIL
COMMON POSITION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 26
ANNEX, POINT 1, POINT (m)
Chapter 5, Annex II, Appendix 1, Section 7.2.1a (new) (Directive 97/24/EC)

7.2.1a. When testing for compliance with the limit values
in row BI (Table, Section 2.2.1.1.5), the following shall
apply:

Once the engine is started the procedures described in 7.2.2-
7.2.5 shall be carried out simultaneously.

16. Determination of Member States’ payments to VAT-based own resource ***II

A5-0431/2001

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Common Position adopted by the Council with
a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council regulation amending Council
Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 as concerns the use of ESA 95 in the determination of Member States’
payments to the VAT-based own resource (8793/1/2001 3 C5-0385/2001 3 2000/0241(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:22) having regard to the Council common position (8793/1/2001 (cid:22) C5-0385/2001) (1),

(cid:22) having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council (COM(2000) 583) (3),

(cid:22) having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

(cid:22) having regard to Rule 78 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:22) having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0431/

2001),

Approves the common position;

Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position;

1.

2.

3.
Notes the commitment of the Commission to provide Parliament early each year with a working
document concerning the state of play regarding the collection of own resources, the forecasted level of
own resources for the next financial year and topical problems related to the own resources system;

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

4.
the EC Treaty;

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

5.
the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Communities;

6.

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

(1) OJ C 307, 31.10.2001, p. 1.
(2)
(3) OJ C 29 E, 30.1.2001, p. 266.

‘Texts Adopted’, 3.4.2001, Item 5.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2426/2001 of 12 December 2001 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2001-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

L 328/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

13.12.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2426/2001

of 12 December 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 13 December 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 December 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.

13.12.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 328/21

to the Commission Regulation of 12 December 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 10 10, 0805 10 30, 0805 10 50

0805 20 10

0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70,
0805 20 90

0805 30 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
999
052
220
628
999
052
204
999
052
204
388
508
528
999
052
204
999

052
204
464
999
052
388
600
999
060
400
404
720
728
999
052
064
400
720
999

63,8
82,2
73,0
154,9
225,9
169,6
183,5
150,5
150,0
150,3
51,2
60,3
25,0
26,3
31,0
38,8
84,0
60,2
72,1

65,8
44,3
141,1
83,7
50,9
58,7
51,0
53,5
38,2
88,3
79,4
117,7
116,3
88,0
100,4
70,5
106,3
131,4
102,2

(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’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2430/2001 of 12 December 2001 supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2301/97 on the entry of certain names in the Register of certificates of specific character provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92 on certificates of specific character for agricultural products and foodstuffs
Date: 2001-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Sweden, beef, designation of origin, product designation

13.12.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 328/29

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2430/2001

of 12 December 2001

supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2301/97 on the entry of certain names in the
Register of certificates of specific character provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92
on certificates of specific character for agricultural products and foodstuffs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92 of 14
July 1992 on certificates of specific character for agricultural
products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 9(1)
thereof,

Whereas:

In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No
2082/92, Sweden has forwarded an application to the
Commission for the name ‘Falukorv’ to be entered in the
Register of certificates of specific character.

The description ‘traditional speciality guaranteed’ can
only be used with names entered in that Register.

No objection under Article 8 of that Regulation was sent
to the Commission following the publication in the
Official
the
name set out in the Annex hereto.

the European Communities (2) of

Journal of

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

guaranteed within the Community pursuant to Article
13(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92.

(5)

The Annex hereto supplements the Annex to Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 2301/97 (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1482/2000 (4),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The name in the Annex hereto is added to the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No 2301/97 and entered in the Register of
certificates of specific character in accordance with Article 9(1)
of Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92.

It shall be protected in accordance with Article 13(2) of that
Regulation.

Article 2

As a consequence, the name set out in the Annex should
be entered in the Register of certificates of specific char-
acter and thereby protected as a traditional speciality

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the 20th day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 December 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 208, 24.7.1992, p. 9.
(2) OJ C 78, 10.3.2001, p. 16.

(3) OJ L 319, 21.11.1997, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 167, 7.7.2000, p. 8.

L 328/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

13.12.2001

ANNEX

Meat products

— Falukorv
Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Estonia terminating Protocol 1 on trade in textile and clothing products to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Estonia, of the other part
Date: 2001-12-12
Institutions: Estonia, European Community
Subjects: Estonia, agreement (EU), association agreement (EU), clothing, protocol to an agreement, revision of an agreement, textile product

L 301/36

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

17.11.2001

AGREEMENT

in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of
Estonia terminating Protocol 1 on trade in textile and clothing products to the Europe Agreement
establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the
one part, and the Republic of Estonia, of the other part

A. Letter from the Community

Sir,

I have the honour to refer to Protocol 1 of the Europe Agreement on trade in textile and clothing products.

In view of Estonia's accession to the WTO and thus to the multilateral Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
(ATC), the European Community considers that Protocol 1 of the Europe Agreement on trade in textile and
clothing products should be terminated with effect from 1 January 2001.

I should be obliged if you could kindly confirm your Government's acceptance of the foregoing.

Please, accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

For the European Community

B. Letter from the Republic of Estonia

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date, which reads as follows:

‘I have the honour to refer to Protocol 1 of the Europe Agreement on trade in textile and clothing
products.

In view of Estonia's accession to the WTO and thus to the multilateral Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing (ATC), the European Community considers that Protocol 1 of the Europe Agreement on trade
in textile and clothing products should be terminated with effect from 1 January 2001.

I should be obliged if you could kindly confirm your Government's acceptance of the foregoing.’

I have the honour to confirm that my Government is in agreement with the content of your letter.

Please, accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

For the Government of the Republic of Estonia
2. European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion and the provisional application of an Interim Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part (11941/2001 - COM(2001) 429 — C5-0564/2001 — 2001/0160(AVC))
Date: 2001-12-12
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Croatia, interim agreement (EU)

25.7.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 177 E/123

1.

Gives its assent to the conclusion of the agreement;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission, and the governments

2.
and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of Croatia.

Wednesday 12 December 2001

2.
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclu-
sion and the provisional application of an Interim Agreement between the European Community,
of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part (11941/2001 & COM(2001) 429 &
C5-0564/2001 & 2001/0160(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

$ having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2001) 429),

$ having regard to the draft Interim Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and

the Republic of Croatia, of the other part (11941/2001),

$ having regard to the Council’s request for Parliament’s assent pursuant to the first sentence of the first
subparagraph of Article 300(2) and the second subparagraph of Article 300(3), in conjunction with
Article 133 of the EC Treaty (C5-0564/2001),

$ having regard to Rules 86 and 97(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

$ having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common

Security and Defence Policy (A5-0401/2001),

1.

Gives its assent to the conclusion and provisional application of the agreement;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission, and the governments

2.
and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of Croatia.

3. Uniform format for visas * (procedure without debate)

A5-0445/2001

1.
Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 laying down a uniform
format for visas (COM(2001) 577 & C5-0511/2001 & 2001/0232(CNS))

The proposal was amended as follows:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1
RECITAL −1 (new)

(−1) Article 62(2)(b)(iii) of the EC Treaty states that the
Council, within a period of five years after the entry into
force of the Treaty of Amsterdam, shall adopt rules on visas
for intended stays of no more than three months, including a
uniform format for visas;
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the accession of the European Community to the Codex Alimentarius Commission (COM(2001) 287 — C5-0310/2001 — 2001/0120(CNS))
Date: 2001-12-12
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: food standard, foodstuffs legislation, health legislation, international trade, the EU's international role

25.7.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 177 E/131

Wednesday 12 December 2001

(cid:1) having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:1) having regard to the report of the Committee on Citizens’ Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home

Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Petitions (A5-0445/2001),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC

2.
Treaty;

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

3.
Parliament;

Calls for the conciliation procedure to be initiated should the Council intend to depart from the text

4.
approved by Parliament;

5.

6.

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.

4. EC accession to Codex Alimentarius Commission * (procedure without

debate)

A5-0383/2001

Proposal for a Council decision on the accession of the European Community to the Codex Ali-
mentarius Commission (COM(2001) 287 ) C5-0310/2001 ) 2001/0120(CNS))

The proposal was approved.

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the accession
of the European Community to the Codex Alimentarius Commission (COM(2001) 287 ) C5-0310/
2001 ) 2001/0120(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

(cid:1) having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2001) 287) (1),

(cid:1) having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 37 and Article 300 (3), subparagraph 1 of

the EC Treaty (C5-0310/2001),

(cid:1) having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:1) having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy

(A5-0383/2001),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal;

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

2.
Parliament;

Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to amend the Commission proposal substan-

3.
tially;

4.

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

(1) OJ C 270 E, 25.9.2001, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2001-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, euro, exchange rate, national currency

12.12.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 352/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

11 December 2001

(2001/C 352/01)

1 euro

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

7,4458

Danish krone

9,3669

Swedish krona

0,621

Pound sterling

0,8908

United States dollar

1,4063

Canadian dollar

112,3

Japanese yen

1,4792

Swiss franc

8,002

Norwegian krone

94,36

Icelandic kr(cid:243)na (2)

1,7325

Australian dollar

2,1375

New Zealand dollar

9,8968

South African rand (2)

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
(2) Source: Commission.
Report from the Commission - Research and technological development activities of the European Union - 2001 Annual Report
Date: 2001-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, Scientific and Technical Research Committee, report, research and development

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 22.02.2002
COM(2001) 756 final/2

CORRIGENDUM :
Annule et remplace les pages 37, 39, 42, 44,
45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 du document
COM (2001)756 final du 12.12.2001.
Concerne la version anglaise.

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION

Research and technological development activities of the European Union
2001 Annual Report