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WRITTEN QUESTION E-0401/02 by Carles-Alfred Gasòliba i Böhm (ELDR) to the Commission. Problems regarding clementines.
Date: 2002-02-21
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Spain, United States, agricultural trade, common commercial policy, fruit-growing, technical barriers to trade, trade by country, trade dispute

29.8.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 205 E/133

Reply

(21 May 2002)

The Council invites the Honourable Member to address her question to the Commission.

(2002/C 205 E/142)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0401/02

by Carles-Alfred Gasòliba i Böhm (ELDR) to the Commission

(21 February 2002)

Subject: Problems regarding clementines

The citrus fruit industry is of recognised importance in the economy of the Valencian Community. Since
last December the clementine sector has been facing a difficult situation because of ‘Ceratitis Wied’ (the
Mediterranean fruit fly), which has led the US administration to freeze imports of Valencian clementines.
American inspectors recently visited the Valencian region to assess the situation, without finding anything
that could have cast doubt on the food and plant safety in the US.

It is clear that a crisis has arisen in the citrus fruit industry because of the failure to fulfil the bilateral
agreements between Spain and the US and the free trade agreement envisaged within the framework of
GATT and supported by the WTO itself.

Is the Commission aware of this problem?

Could the Commision express an opinion on the breach by the US of Articles 2, 5 and 6 of the WTO and
Articles XXII and XXIII of the GATT Agreements?

If so, what action does it intend to take?

Answer given by Mr Lamy on behalf of the Commission

(18 March 2002)

The Spanish authorities notified the Commission of the problems encountered by Spanish clementines,
including those from Valencia, in the United States, and have kept it informed of contacts undertaken at
political and technical level with the US Administration in an attempt to resolve the problem in time for
the next marketing year.

The Member of the Commission responsible for trade also raised the issue in Washington in the course of
a visit on 24-25 January.

The Commission is currently studying the available documents to see whether the US measures are
compatible with WTO (World Trade Organisation) agreements, or whether the United States is in breach
of its international obligations. It can then decide what action to take on this important issue.

(2002/C 205 E/143)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0402/02

by Monica Frassoni (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(21 February 2002)

Subject: Excavated waste and filling of quarries

Italian law No 443 of 21 December 2001 (recovery of industrial production) prohibits excavated earth
from being defined as waste, even if it is contaminated. Article 1 of the law says that paragraph 3(b) of
Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2002-02-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Mexico, Philippines, Thailand, anti-dumping duty, non-durable goods, originating product

21.2.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 47/3

Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures

(2002/C 47/03)

Further to the publication of a notice of impending expiry (1), following which no request for a review was
received, the Commission gives notice that the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will shortly
expire.

This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22
December 1995 (2) on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European
Community.

Product

Country(ies) of origin
or exportation

Measures

Reference

Date of expiry

Gas-fuelled, non-refillable
pocket flint lighters

Thailand
Philippines
Mexico

Duty

7.3.2002

Council Regulation
(EC) No 423/97
(OJ L 65, 6.3.1997),
as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1471/2001
(OJ L 195, 19.7.2001)

Philippines
Mexico

Undertaking

Commission Decision
97/167/EC
(OJ L 65, 6.3.1997),
as last amended by
Decision 2001/545/EC
(OJ L 195, 19.7.2001)

(1) OJ C 165, 8.6.2001, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2238/2000 (OJ L 257, 11.10.2000, p. 2).

Communication from the Italian Government

(2002/C 47/04)

The Italian Minister of Communications has approved an invitation to tender for the assignment of
frequencies for broadband point-to-multipoint wireless networks and the issue of the respective individual
licences. This invitation to tender is published in Part II of GURI (Italian Official Gazette) No 26 of 31
January 2002. It follows on from Decisions Nos 822/00/CONS and 400/01/CONS of the Italian Communi-
cations Agency, as published in GURI No 295 of 19 December 2000 and No 259 of 7 November 2001
respectively.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 323/2002 of 21 February 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2002-02-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

22.2.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 51/7

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 323/2002

of 21 February 2002

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 22 February 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 February 2002.

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.

L 51/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

22.2.2002

to the Commission Regulation of 21 February 2002 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 10 00

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 50 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
212
624
999
052
068
220
624
628
999
220
999
052
204
999
052
204
212
220
508
600
624
999
052
204
999

052
204
220
464
600
624
999
052
600
999
060
388
400
404
508
528
720
728
999
388
400
512
528
720
999

119,9
117,0
187,4
203,0
156,8
193,6
130,1
175,4
237,7
178,0
183,0
242,2
242,2
178,2
72,5
125,3
50,7
49,1
45,9
41,2
22,3
63,2
70,6
49,0
83,4
68,7
76,1

62,0
104,5
59,3
114,9
111,1
87,0
89,8
55,2
46,8
51,0
39,9
126,2
126,5
93,9
112,1
96,5
124,4
130,0
106,2
105,0
107,3
87,9
80,7
117,0
99,6

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2020/2001 (OJ L 273, 16.10.2001, p. 6). Code ‘999’ stands for ‘of

other origin’.