do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3443/01 by Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. The communal woodlands of Galicia and Galician government initiatives for forestry.
Date: 2001-12-21
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Galicia, Structural Funds, agricultural policy, aid system, autonomous community, common land, rural development, silviculture

C 160 E/112

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

4.7.2002

dictatorship, and the use of the woodlands, which are indivisible and unalienable, is regulated by Regional
legislation. Within the limits inherent in their characteristics and the legislation, they can be used for
forestry, farming, environmental purposes, tourism, industry, mining, etc., whilst remaining in common
ownership. These tracts of land have extraordinary economic and social potential, which has so far hardly
been exploited. Can they be the subject of rural development initiatives under the second pillar of the
CAP?

(2002/C 160 E/145)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3441/01

by Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(21 December 2001)

Subject: The ‘communal woodlands’ of Galicia and the Galician government’s agricultural initiatives

Has the Galician government submitted specific agricultural development plans for the ‘communal
woodlands’ of Galicia, to be granted European Union support for the period 2000-2006? Can these plans
be made public?

(2002/C 160 E/146)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3443/01

by Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(21 December 2001)

Subject: The ‘communal woodlands’ of Galicia and Galician government initiatives for forestry

Has the Galician government submitted specific tree-planting programmes for the ‘communal woodlands’
of Galicia, to be granted European Union support for the period 2000-2006? Can these plans be made
public?

(2002/C 160 E/147)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3444/01

by Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(21 December 2001)

Subject: The ‘communal woodlands’ of Galicia and the Leader+ and Proder initiatives

Does the Commission know whether the ‘communal woodlands’ of Galicia have been the subject of
specific projects under the Leader+ or Proder initiatives in force in Galicia? If so, what actual projects are
there?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-3440/01, E-3441/01, E-3443/01 and E-3444/01
given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(1 February 2002)

The Commission contributes through the Structural Funds to various regional development programmes in
Spain. Galicia has a number of agricultural and rural development programmes in receipt of Community
funding.

However, there is no specific programme for the common lands that the Honourable Member refers to.
Investigation of an alliance agreement in the field of air transport (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, air transport, application of EU law, bilateral agreement, competition law, exchange of information

C 367/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.12.2001

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2517 (cid:151) Bristol Myers Squibb/DuPont)

(2001/C 367/11)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 9 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 301M2517. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

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Investigation of an alliance agreement in the field of air transport

(2001/C 367/12)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1. On 13 December 2001 British Midland Airways (BMI) and United Airlines (United)

Commission of
alliance would include profit-sharing, code-sharing, joint marketing and schedule coordination.

informed the
their intention to form a bilateral alliance on transatlantic routes. The proposed

2. United and BMI are seeking clearance for this alliance under EU competition law from the European
Commission and the UK Office of Fair Trading (OFT). The OFT will consider the parties’ application for
an exemption under Article 81(3) (OFT Enforcement Regulations Public Register, www.oft.gov.uk/html/
about/enfregpr.htm). The Commission will also conduct an investigation and may open a formal
procedure under Article 85 of the Treaty.

3. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit any observations they may have on this
alliance. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 20 working days following the date of
this publication. They can be sent by fax ((32-2) 295 01 28) or by post, quoting reference
COMP/38.234, to:

European Commission
DG Competition
Greffe Anti-Trust
Rue Joseph II/Jozef II-straat
B-1000 Brussels.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2546/2001 of 21 December 2001 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain European third countries, in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2008/2001
Date: 2001-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Europe, award of contract, export, export refund, rice

22.12.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 341/101

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2546/2001

of 21 December 2001

fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice to be
exported to certain European third countries, in connection with the invitation to tender issued in
Regulation (EC) No 2008/2001

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December 1995 on the common organization of the market in
rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1987/2001 (2),
and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,

(3)

(4)

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

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was
issued pursuant
to Commission Regulation (EC) No
2008/2001 (3).

Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/
75 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/95 (5),
allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No
3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a
maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the
criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No
3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is
awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less
than the maximum export refund.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The maximum export refund on wholly milled medium grain
and long grain A rice to be exported to certain European third
countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regula-
tion (EC) No 2008/2001 is hereby fixed on the basis of the
tenders
submitted from 14 to 20 December 2001 at
216,00 EUR/t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 December 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 271, 12.10.2001, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 272, 13.10.2001, p. 15.
(4) OJ L 61, 7.3.1975, p. 25.
(5) OJ L 35, 15.2.1995, p. 8.
New quota levels (2001) for certain textile and clothing products subject to quantitative restrictions originating in Pakistan
Date: 2001-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Pakistan, clothing, originating product, quantitative restriction, tariff quota, textile product

21.12.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 367/27

New quota levels (2001)

for certain textile and clothing products subject

to quantitative

restrictions originating in Pakistan

(2001/C 367/07)

In accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan on transitional arrangements in the field of market access for textile and clothing
products initialled in Brussels on 15 October 2001 and following Pakistan’s notification to the World Trade
Organisation of tariff rates for chapters 50-63 of the Combined Nomenclature the quota levels for the year
2001 have been increased by 15 %.

The new quota levels for the quota year 2001 are indicated in the table:

Group

Category

Group IA

Group IB

Group IIA

Group IIB

1

2

2a

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

20

39

18

26

28

Unit

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

tonnes

1 000 pieces

1 000 pieces

New quota level 2001

22 234

43 228

13 466

67 090

38 245

10 786

41 205

26 428

7 094

10 917

41 801

15 392

25 535

25 864

93 475
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2660 — NPM/ABN AMRO/Norit Personal Care Holding) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Publications Office of the European Union, database, dissemination of EU information, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

21.12.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 367/29

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2660 (cid:151) NPM/ABN AMRO/Norit Personal Care Holding)

(2001/C 367/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 10 December 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 301M2660. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Tel. (352) 29 29 427 18, fax (352) 29 29 427 09.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2608 (cid:151) INA/FAG)

(2001/C 367/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 18 October 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 301M2608. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

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Information, Marketing and Public Relations,
2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 427 18, fax (352) 29 29 427 09.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2001-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, euro, exchange rate, national currency

C 367/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.12.2001

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

20 December 2001

(2001/C 367/02)

1 euro

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

7,4392

Danish krone

9,512

Swedish krona

0,6203

Pound sterling

0,8973

United States dollar

1,4155

Canadian dollar

115,05

Japanese yen

1,4675

Swiss franc

7,984

Norwegian krone

90,31

Icelandic kr(cid:243)na (2)

1,7677

2,1751

Australian dollar

New Zealand dollar

12,1203

South African rand (2)

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
(2) Source: Commission.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2531/2001 of 21 December 2001 prohibiting fishing for whiting by vessels flying the flag of France
Date: 2001-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, authorised catch, catch quota, fishing area, fishing rights, ship's flag

22.12.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 341/17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2531/2001

of 21 December 2001

prohibiting fishing for whiting by vessels flying the flag of France

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 Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1965/2001 (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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2425/2001 (4), lays down quotas for whiting 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 whiting in the waters of ICES divisions
II a (EC waters) and IV by vessels flying the flag of

France or registered in France have exhausted the quota
allocated for 2001. France has prohibited fishing for this
stock from 2 November 2001. This date should be
adopted in this Regulation also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of whiting in the waters of ICES divisions II a (EC
waters) and IV by vessels flying the flag of France or registered
in France are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota
allocated to France for 2001.

Fishing for whiting in the waters of ICES divisions II a (EC
waters) and IV by vessels flying the flag of France or registered
in France 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 2 November 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 23.
(3) OJ L 334, 30.12.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 328, 13.12.2001, p. 7.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2517 — Bristol Myers Squibb/DuPont) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Publications Office of the European Union, database, dissemination of EU information, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 367/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.12.2001

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2517 (cid:151) Bristol Myers Squibb/DuPont)

(2001/C 367/11)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 9 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 301M2517. 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.

Investigation of an alliance agreement in the field of air transport

(2001/C 367/12)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1. On 13 December 2001 British Midland Airways (BMI) and United Airlines (United)

Commission of
alliance would include profit-sharing, code-sharing, joint marketing and schedule coordination.

informed the
their intention to form a bilateral alliance on transatlantic routes. The proposed

2. United and BMI are seeking clearance for this alliance under EU competition law from the European
Commission and the UK Office of Fair Trading (OFT). The OFT will consider the parties’ application for
an exemption under Article 81(3) (OFT Enforcement Regulations Public Register, www.oft.gov.uk/html/
about/enfregpr.htm). The Commission will also conduct an investigation and may open a formal
procedure under Article 85 of the Treaty.

3. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit any observations they may have on this
alliance. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 20 working days following the date of
this publication. They can be sent by fax ((32-2) 295 01 28) or by post, quoting reference
COMP/38.234, to:

European Commission
DG Competition
Greffe Anti-Trust
Rue Joseph II/Jozef II-straat
B-1000 Brussels.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2666 — Berkshire Hathaway/Fruit of the Loom) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, clothing industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, merger control

C 367/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.12.2001

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2666 (cid:151) Berkshire Hathaway/Fruit of the Loom)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2001/C 367/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 12 December 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 American company Berkshire Hathaway Inc. acquires, within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, control of parts of the American company Fruit of the Loom by way of
purchase of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

(cid:151) Berkshire Hathaway: property, insurance and investment,

(cid:151) Fruit of the Loom: manufacturing and retailing of clothing.

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 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.2666 (cid:151) Berkshire Hathaway/Fruit of the Loom, 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 2567/2001 of 21 December 2001 prohibiting fishing for herring by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands
Date: 2001-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, authorised catch, catch quota, fishing area, fishing rights, ship's flag

L 344/40

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

28.12.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2567/2001

of 21 December 2001

prohibiting fishing for herring by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands

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 Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1965/2001 (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 Regulation (EC) No
2425/2001 (4), lays down quotas for herring 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 herring in the waters of ICES divisions
Vb (EC waters), VIa North and VIb, by vessels flying the

flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands
have exhausted the quota allocated for 2001. The Neth-
erlands have prohibited fishing for this stock from 16
November 2001. This date should be adopted in this
Regulation also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of herring in the waters of ICES divisions Vb (EC
waters), VIa North and VIb, by vessels flying the flag of the
Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands are hereby deemed
to have exhausted the quota allocated to the Netherlands for
2001.

Fishing for herring in the waters of ICES divisions Vb (EC
waters), VIa North and VIb, by vessels flying the flag of the
Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands is hereby prohib-
ited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of
this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of applica-
tion 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 16 November 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 23.
(3) OJ L 334, 30.12.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 328, 13.12.2001, p. 7.