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WRITTEN QUESTION E-0151/02 by Jan Andersson (PSE) and Hans Karlsson (PSE) to the Commission. Closure and structural aid — Gislaved, Sweden.
Date: 2002-02-01
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Structural Funds, Sweden, business policy, pneumatic tyre, transfer of businesses

18.7.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 172 E/157

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(4 March 2002)

Since the support in question appears to be operating aid, the Commission is afraid that the kind of
Community support suggested by the Honourable Member cannot be granted. Council Regulation (EC) No
1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance
and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations (1) does not
foresee
financing for such expenses. Also the granting of national aid for such purposes would not seem possible,
since operating aid would normally be considered to be incompatible with the EC Treaty.

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999.

(2002/C 172 E/164)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0151/02

by Jan Andersson (PSE) and Hans Karlsson (PSE) to the Commission

Subject: Closure and structural aid 4 Gislaved, Sweden

(1 February 2002)

Continental has decided to stop tyre manufacturing at Gislaved in Sweden. This decision will result in the
loss of about 800 jobs, and will also directly affect a number of persons performing tasks for the factory,
such as carriers of its products. Closure will also indirectly affect trade and other commercial and public
services in the local community, thus causing a further loss of jobs. It is claimed that the factory is being
closed because of the opportunity of obtaining EU aid to move production to Portugal, and that this aid
would make it commercially profitable to do so, which would not be the case without that aid.

Is it permissible to use EU structural aid to move output and jobs from one Member State to

1.
another?

2.

If it is, is the Commission prepared to initiate a review of the rules in question?

Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(1 March 2002)

The Honourable Members are requested to refer to the answers given by the Commission to Oral
Questions H-0009/02, H-0031/02 and H-0040/02 by Mr Sjöstedt, Mr Gahrton and Mr Schmidt
respectively at the Question Time of the first February 2002 (1) part-session of Parliament.

(1) Written answer of 5 February 2002.

(2002/C 172 E/165)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0159/02

by Cristiana Muscardini (UEN) to the Commission

Subject: Protection of the environment in the Po Delta

(4 February 2002)

The creation of a regional park in the Po Delta should, it was hoped, have ensured preservation of the
delicate equilibrium of a wetzone which is one of the largest in Europe and where over 300 bird species 4
including flamingos, cormorants, falcons, buzzards, black swans and mallards 4 find their natural habitat
among the salt canals and the sandbanks of the estuary.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2002-02-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

1.2.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 29/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

31 January 2002

(2002/C 29/01)

1 euro

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=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

7,4282

Danish krone

9,17

Swedish krona

0,6111

Pound sterling

0,8637

United States dollar

1,3672

Canadian dollar

114,73

Japanese yen

1,4748

Swiss franc

7,841

Norwegian krone

89,13

Icelandic kr(cid:243)na (2)

1,6976

Australian dollar

2,072

New Zealand dollar

9,9438

South African rand (2)

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
(2) Source: Commission.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 10/2002 of 1 February 2002 amending Annex XXII (Company law) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2002-02-01
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU Member State, auditing, professional qualifications

L 88/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

4.4.2002

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 10/2002

of 1 February 2002

amending Annex XXII (Company law) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting
the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in
particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Annex XXII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 186/1999
of 17 December 1999 (1).

Commission Recommendation 2001/256/EC of 15 November 2000 on quality assurance for the
statutory audit in the European Union: minimum requirements (2) is to be incorporated into the
Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 10 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 2137/85) of Annex XXII
to the Agreement:

‘ACTS OF WHICH THE CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL TAKE NOTE

11. — 32001 H 0256: Commission Recommendation 2001/256/EC of 15 November 2000 on
quality assurance for the statutory audit in the European Union: minimum requirements (OJ
L 91, 31.3.2001, p. 91).’

Article 2

The texts of Recommendation 2001/256/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published
in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 2 February 2002, provided that all the notifications under
Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

(1) OJ L 74, 15.3.2001, p. 16.
(2) OJ L 91, 31.3.2001, p. 91.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

4.4.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 88/23

This Decision shall be published in the EEA section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal
of the European Communities.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 1 February 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. WESTERLUND
Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2001/781/EC of 25 September 2001 adopting a manual of receiving agencies and a glossary of documents that may be served under Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (OJ L 298 of 15.11.2001)
Date: 2002-02-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU act, civil law, commercial law

L 31/88

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

1.2.2002

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2001/781/EC of 25 September 2001 adopting a manual of receiving
agencies and a glossary of documents that may be served under Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 on the
service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 298 of 15 November 2001)

On page 232, in Annex 1, Part II.B ‘AUSTRIA’, in column 2 (name of the corresponding locality), against postcode 4800:

for:

‘Attang-Puchheim’,

read:

‘Attnang-Puchheim’.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 4/2002 of 1 February 2002 amending Annex XI (Telecommunication services) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2002-02-01
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: confidentiality, contract terms, cross-frontier data flow, fundamental rights, personal data, protection of privacy

4.4.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 88/7

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 4/2002

of 1 February 2002

amending Annex XI (Telecommunication services) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting
the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in
particular 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Annex XI to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 48/2001 of the EEA Joint Committee of
30 March 2001 (1).

Commission Decision 2001/497/EC of 15 June 2001 on standard contractual clauses for the
transfer of personal data to third countries, under Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 5ec (Commission Decision 2000/520/EC) in Annex XI
to the Agreement:

‘5ed.

32001 D 0497: Commission Decision 2001/497/EC of 15 June 2001 on standard contractual
clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries, under Directive 95/46/EC (OJ L 181,
4.7.2001, p. 19), as corrected by OJ L 253, 21.9.2001, p. 34.’

Article 2

The texts of Decision 2001/497/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA
Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 2 February 2002, provided that all the notifications under
Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

(1) OJ L 158, 14.6.2001, p. 63.
(2) OJ L 181, 4.7.2001, p. 19.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

L 88/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

4.4.2002

This Decision shall be published in the EEA section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal
of the European Communities.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 1 February 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. WESTERLUND