do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
WRITTEN QUESTION P-0656/02 by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Presumptive VAT in respect of small and medium-sized businesses in Greece.
Date: 2002-03-01
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Greece, VAT, flat-rate tax, small and medium-sized enterprises, tax system

4.7.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 160 E/225

(2002/C 160 E/286)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0656/02

by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(1 March 2002)

Subject: Presumptive VAT in respect of small and medium-sized businesses in Greece

Article 6 of Law 2753/99 stipulates that every three years, beginning in 1999, small and medium-sized
businesses must compare their gross revenue with total unaccounted earnings and, where the former is less
than the latter, VAT is payable on the difference.

Representatives of small and medium-sized businesses in Greece consider that this provision is unjust
because not only is VAT levied retroactively, it is also levied on presumptive sales.

In the Commission’s view, is this a case of presumptive VAT and is such a procedure consistent with
Community legislation?

Answer given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission

(22 March 2002)

The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to the reply it gave to Oral Question H-0151/02 by
Mr Folias during question time at Parliament’s Mars 2002 part-session (1).

(1) Written answer of 12.3.2002.

(2002/C 160 E/287)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0725/02

by Ralf Walter (PSE) to the Commission

(15 March 2002)

Subject: EU subsidies for Rheinland-Pfalz in 2001

What EU funds did Rheinland-Pfalz receive in 2001, and under what measures, from:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF),

the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) = Guidance section,

the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) = Guarantee section,

the European Social Fund (ESF),

the EC research programmes,

the EC programmes for environment

7. other EC programmes?

Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission

(22 March 2002)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its
findings as soon as possible.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 394/2002 of 1 March 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2002-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

2.3.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 61/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 394/2002

of 1 March 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 2 March 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 March 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.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

2.3.2002

to the Commission Regulation of 1 March 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 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
204
624
999
220
999
052
204
999
052
204
212
220
421
600
624
999
052
600
999
060
388
400
404
508
524
528
720
728
999
388
400
512
528
720
999

167,9
156,2
145,4
207,6
169,3
185,6
155,6
78,4
135,7
138,8
223,0
223,0
144,1
68,2
106,2
51,9
46,6
57,3
57,4
29,6
48,8
79,1
53,0
44,3
50,5
47,4
40,6
126,2
120,8
94,0
94,1
83,8
87,3
116,3
125,5
98,7
91,6
89,9
82,9
83,3
116,7
92,9

(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’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 398/2002 of 1 March 2002 fixing the maximum purchasing price for butter for the 45th invitation to tender carried out under the standing invitation to tender governed by Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
Date: 2002-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, maximum price, purchase price

L 61/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

2.3.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 398/2002

of 1 March 2002

fixing the maximum purchasing price for butter for the 45th invitation to tender carried out under
the standing invitation to tender governed by Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk
and milk products (1), as last amended by Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 1670/2000 (2), and in particular Article 10
thereof,

Whereas:

tion price applicable and that it may also be decided not
to proceed with the invitation to tender.

(2)

(3)

As a result of
buying-in price should be fixed as set out below.

the tenders received,

the maximum

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(1)

Article 13 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/
1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules
for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/
1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter
and cream (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1614/2001 (4), provides that, in the light of the tenders
received for each invitation to tender, a maximum
buying-in price is to be fixed in relation to the interven-

For the 45th invitation to tender issued under Regulation (EC)
No 2771/1999, for which tenders had to be submitted not
later than 26 February 2002, the maximum buying-in price is
fixed at 295,38 EUR/100 kg.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 March 2002.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 1 March 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 214, 8.8.2001, p. 20.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 401/2002 of 1 March 2002 concerning tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender for the export to certain third European countries of wholly milled round, medium and long grain A rice issued in Regulation (EC) No 2008/2001
Date: 2002-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, rice, third country

L 61/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

2.3.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 401/2002

of 1 March 2002

concerning tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender for the export to certain third
European countries of wholly milled round, medium and long grain A rice 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 organisation of the market in
rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1987/2001 (2),
and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was
issued under 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 decide,
in accordance with
the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC)
No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted,
to make no award.

(3)

(4)

On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 13 of
Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 a maximum refund should
not be fixed.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

No action shall be taken on the tenders submitted from 22 to
28 February 2002 in response to the invitation to tender for
the export refund on wholly milled round, medium and long
grain A rice to certain third European countries issued in
Regulation (EC) No 2008/2001.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 March 2002.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 1 March 2002.

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.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 23/2002 of 1 March 2002 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2002-03-01
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, North-West Atlantic Fisheries Organisation, catch by species, fishing area, fishing industry, fishing statistics

25.4.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 110/25

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 23/2002

of 1 March 2002

amending Annex XXI (Statistics) 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 XXI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 86/2001
of 19 June 2001 (1).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1636/2001 of 23 July 2001 amending Council Regulation (EEC)
No 2018/93 on the submission of catch and activity statistics by Member States fishing in the
North-West Atlantic (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following shall be added in point 25b (Council Regulation (EEC) No 2018/93) of Annex XXI to the
Agreement:

‘, as amended by:

— 32001 R 1636: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1636/2001 of 23 July 2001 (OJ L 222,

17.8.2001, p. 1.)’

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 1636/2001 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 2

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

Article 3

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 March 2002.

(1) OJ L 238, 6.9.2001, p. 39.
(2) OJ L 222, 17.8.2001, p. 1.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. WESTERLUND
Commission Regulation (EC) No 395/2002 of 1 March 2002 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of some 20000 tonnes of rice held by the Italian intervention agency
Date: 2002-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, award of contract, domestic market, intervention agency, rice, sale

2.3.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 61/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 395/2002

of 1 March 2002

on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of some
20 000 tonnes of rice held by the Italian intervention agency

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 organisation of the market in
rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1987/2001 (2),
and in particular the last indent of Article 8(b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 75/91 of 11 January
1991 laying down the procedures and conditions for the
disposal of paddy rice held by intervention agencies (3)
adopts the provisions concerning those procedures and
conditions.

For a very long time now the Italian intervention agency
has been storing a very large quantity of round-grain
paddy rice. A standing invitation to tender should be
opened for the resale on the internal market of some
20 000 tonnes of round-grain paddy rice held by the
Italian intervention agency.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Italian intervention agency shall open, on the terms laid
down in Regulation (EEC) Nos 75/91, a standing invitation to

tender for the resale on the internal market of some 20 000
tonnes of round-grain paddy rice held by that agency.

Article 2

The closing date for

1.
in
response to the first partial invitation to tender shall be 13
March 2002.

the submission of

tenders

The closing date for

2.
in
response to the last partial invitation to tender shall be 26 June
2002.

the submission of

tenders

Tenders must be lodged with the Italian intervention

3.
agency at the following address:

Ente Nazionale Risi (ENR)
Piazza Pio XI, 1
I-20123 Milan
(Tel. (39-02) 885 51 11; fax (39-02) 86 13 72/86 55 03).

Article 3

By no later than Tuesday of the week following the closing
date for the submission of tenders, the Italian intervention
agency shall notify the Commission of the quantities and the
average prices of the various lots sold.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third 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, 1 March 2002.

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 9, 12.1.1991, p. 15.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2002-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 54/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

1.3.2002

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

28 February 2002

(2002/C 54/02)

1 euro

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

7,4317

Danish krone

9,0625

Swedish krona

0,61115

Pound sterling

0,8651

United States dollar

1,3886

Canadian dollar

116,07

Japanese yen

1,4759

Swiss franc

7,712

Norwegian krone

86,97

Icelandic kr(cid:243)na (2)

1,6761

Australian dollar

2,0576

New Zealand dollar

9,8682

South African rand (2)

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
(2) Source: Commission.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 22/2002 of 1 March 2002 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2002-03-01
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU statistics, European accounting system, OSCE, social-security contribution, tax

25.4.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 110/23

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 22/2002

of 1 March 2002

amending Annex XXI (Statistics) 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 XXI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 86/2001
of 19 June 2001 (1).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 995/2001 of 22 May 2001 implementing Regulation (EC)
No 2516/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council modifying the common principles
of the European system of national and regional accounts in the Community (ESA 95) as concerns
taxes and social contributions (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 19d (Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96) of Annex XXI to
the Agreement:

‘— 32001 R 0995: Commission Regulation (EC) No 995/2001 of 22 May 2001 (OJ L 139,

23.5.2001, p. 3).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 995/2001 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in
the EEA Supplement of the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 3

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

(1) OJ L 238, 6.9.2001, p. 39.
(2) OJ L 139, 23.5.2001, p. 3.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

25.4.2002

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 March 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. WESTERLUND
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 14/2002 of 1 March 2002 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2002-03-01
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: dangerous substance, environmental protection, health risk, impact study, occupational safety, public health

25.4.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 110/7

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 14/2002

of 1 March 2002

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification)
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 II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 2/2002 of
1 February 2002 (1).

Commission Recommendation 2001/194/EC of 5 March 2001 on the results of the risk evaluation
and the risk reduction strategies for the substances: diphenylether/pentabromo derivative and
cumene (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall
Chapter XV of Annex II to the Agreement:

inserted after point 19 (Commission Recommendation 1999/721/EC) in

‘20.

32001 H 0194: Commission Recommendation 2001/194/EC of 5 March 2001 on the results
of the risk evaluation and the risk reduction strategies for the substances: diphenylether/penta-
bromo derivative and cumene (OJ L 69, 10.3.2001, p. 30).’

Article 2

The texts of Recommendation 2001/194/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 March 2002, provided that all the notifications under Article
103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

(1) OJ L 88, 4.4.2002, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 69, 10.3.2001, p. 30.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

25.4.2002

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 March 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. WESTERLUND
Commission Regulation (EC) No 403/2002 of 1 March 2002 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2010/2001
Date: 2002-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, rice, third country

L 61/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

2.3.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 403/2002

of 1 March 2002

fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain rice in connection with the
invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2010/2001

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 organisation 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
2010/2001 (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 long grain rice
to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invita-
tion to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2010/2001 is
hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 22 to
28 February 2002 at 297,00 EUR/t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 March 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 March 2002.

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. 19.
(4) OJ L 61, 7.3.1975, p. 25.
(5) OJ L 35, 15.2.1995, p. 8.