do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2740 — Scottish & Newcastle/Hartwall) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: alcoholic beverage, beer, economic concentration, merger control

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2740 (cid:151) Scottish & Newcastle/Hartwall)

(2002/C 61/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 1 March 2002 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 undertaking Scottish & Newcastle plc (Scottish & Newcastle, UK) acquires, within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, control of the whole of the undertaking Oyj Hartwall
Abp (Hartwall, Finland) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

(cid:151) Scottish & Newcastle: primarily brewing and wholesaling of beer,

(cid:151) Hartwall: manufacture and wholesaling of alcoholic beverages.

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.2740 (cid:151) Scottish & Newcastle/Hartwall, to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Directorate B (cid:151) Merger Task Force,
J-70,
B-1049 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 441/2002 of 8 March 2002 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2002-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

9.3.2002

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 441/2002

of 8 March 2002

determining the world market price for unginned cotton

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton, annexed to the Act of
Accession of Greece, as last amended by Council Regulation
(EC) No 1050/2001 (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22
May 2001 on production aid for cotton (2), and in particular
Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No
1051/2001, a world market price for unginned cotton is
to be determined periodically from the price for ginned
cotton recorded on the world market and by reference
to the historical relationship between the price recorded
for ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned
cotton. That historical relationship has been established
in Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/
2001 of 2 August 2001 (3). Where the world market
price cannot be determined in this way, it is to be based
on the most recent price determined.

In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
1051/2001, the world market price for unginned cotton
is to be determined in respect of a product of specific
characteristics and by reference to the most favourable
offers and quotations on the world market among those

considered representative of the real market trend. To
that end, an average is to be calculated of offers and
recorded on one or more European
quotations
exchanges for a product delivered cif to a port in the
Community and coming from the various supplier coun-
tries considered the most representative in terms of
international
there is provision for
adjusting the criteria for determining the world market
price for ginned cotton to reflect differences justified by
the quality of the product delivered and the offers and
quotations concerned. Those adjustments are specified in
Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001.

trade. However,

(3)

The application of the above criteria gives the world
market price for unginned cotton determined herein-
after,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in Article 4
of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby determined as
equalling EUR 21,816/100 kg.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 March 2002.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 8 March 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 210, 3.8.2001, p. 10.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 440/2002 of 8 March 2002 on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
Date: 2002-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, fresh meat, frozen product, import licence, refrigerated product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 440/2002

of 8 March 2002

on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 of
27 May 1997 opening and providing for the administration of
tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and
for frozen buffalo meat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 361/2002 (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 936/97 provides in Articles 4 and 5
the conditions for applications and for the issue of
import licences for meat referred to in Article 2(f).

Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 fixes the
amount of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and
veal originating in and imported from the United States
of America and Canada which may be imported on
special terms for the period 1 July 2001 to 30 June
2002 at 11 500 t.

It should be recalled that licences issued pursuant to this
Regulation will, throughout the period of validity, be
open for use only in so far as provisions on health
protection in force permit,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
All applications for import licences from 1 to 5 March
2002 for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal as
referred to in Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 shall be
granted in full.

2.
Applications for licences may be submitted, in accord-
ance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 936/97, during the
first five days of April 2002 for 8 891,434 t.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 March 2002.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 8 March 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 137, 28.5.1997, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 58, 28.2.2002, p. 5.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 438/2002 of 8 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: 2002-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, rice, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 438/2002

of 8 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 1 to 7
March 2002 at 301,00 EUR/t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 March 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 431/2002 of 8 March 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2002-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

9.3.2002

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 431/2002

of 8 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 9 March 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 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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to the Commission Regulation of 8 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 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
220
999
052
204
999
052
204
212
220
421
600
624
999
052
600
999
060
388
400
404
508
512
528
720
728
999
204
388
400
512
528
720
999

182,9
170,2
129,8
226,0
177,2
175,4
109,7
64,5
196,3
136,5
137,8
69,0
103,4
64,8
48,2
48,2
45,0
29,6
59,5
70,2
52,2
45,5
61,3
53,4
40,7
111,0
120,6
97,2
83,1
91,0
107,0
124,1
132,3
100,8
204,9
79,2
105,4
80,4
78,6
66,2
102,5

(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’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2002-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

8.3.2002

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I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

7 March 2002

(2002/C 61/01)

1 euro

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

7,4313

Danish krone

9,0665

Swedish krona

0,6165

Pound sterling

0,8764

United States dollar

1,3855

Canadian dollar

112,96

Japanese yen

1,4719

Swiss franc

7,712

Norwegian krone

88,69

Icelandic kr(cid:243)na (2)

1,673

2,036

Australian dollar

New Zealand dollar

9,8672

South African rand (2)

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
(2) Source: Commission.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0666/02 by Brigitte Langenhagen (PPE-DE) to the Commission. EU funding of the trawler Atlantic Dawn.
Date: 2002-03-08
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing, fishing agreement, fishing regulations, fishing vessel

12.12.2002

EN

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C 309 E/35

(2002/C 309 E/040)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0666/02

by Brigitte Langenhagen (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: EU funding of the trawler ‘Atlantic Dawn’

(8 March 2002)

The trawler ‘Atlantic Dawn’ appears to have been built in a Norwegian shipyard and launched by an Irish
shipowner, yet is not registered with the EU as a fishing vessel. The trawler is currently fishing in the
waters of Mauritania under an individual agreement of the shipping company with that country, and is
therefore in competition with both domestic and EU fleets, who are entitled to fish there under the EU
agreement with Mauritania.

1.

Can the Commission confirm my information on the origin and present use of the trawler?

2. What does the Commission intend to do about the failure to register the fishing vessel?

3.

How much EU money was used to fund the ‘Atlantic Dawn’?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(18 April 2002)

1. While the Commission does not hold information on the construction and use of Member State’s
vessels, it believes that the Atlantic Dawn was constructed in Norway and has since been fishing under a
private agreement in Mauritanian waters.

The ‘Atlantic Dawn’ has been registered on the Irish fishing vessel register and, consequently, into the

2.
fishing vessel register of the Community on 22 March 2002.

3.

No Community contribution has been provided in financing the Atlantic Dawn.

(2002/C 309 E/041)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0671/02

by Miquel Mayol i Raynal (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(8 March 2002)

Subject: Prisons in Turkey

Of the 50 000 prisoners currently being held in Turkey, 10 000 are political prisoners accused of terrorist
acts or of belonging to an illegal political organisation.

These prisoners are being held in solitary confinement or in three-person cells. They are remanded in
custody for an average of four years before being sentenced.

For more than a year there has been a growing number of protests against this system, particularly in the
form of hunger strikes by prisoners. These strikes could lead to the death of fifty of then. 130 prisoners are
currently on hunger strike.

This system of solitary confinement has been condemned as a form of torture by the Council of Europe.
The presidents of the country’s four largest bar associations proposed a compromise solution entitled
‘3 doors, 3 locks’, whereby prisoners in three neighbouring cells would be allowed to communicate with
one another for eight hours a day.

This solution has been rejected by the Turkish authorities.

Against the background of Turkey’s insistent requests to join the European Union, does the Commission
consider the attitude of the Turkish authorities in this matter to be favourable towards Turkey’s accession?
Commission notice concerning the amendment of Commission Decision 2001/238/EC, Euratom and the appointment of new members, chairmen and vice-chairmen of the expert groups to assist the Commission on the content and direction of the key actions in the field of research and technological development (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: appointment of staff, president of an institution, research and development, self-employed person, technological change, vice-president of an institution

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8.3.2002

Commission notice concerning the amendment of Commission Decision 2001/238/EC, Euratom
and the appointment of new members, chairmen and vice-chairmen of the expert groups to assist
the Commission on the content and direction of the key actions in the field of research and
technological development

(2002/C 61/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

By Decision of 7 March 2002, the Commission has decided that, as from that date:

(cid:151) the persons whose names are listed in Annex I and who are appointed, by Commission Decision
2001/238/EC, Euratom (1), members of the expert groups set up by Decision 98/610/EC, Euratom (2),
as amended by Decision 1999/506/EC, Euratom (3) are no longer members of those groups,

(cid:151) the persons whose names are listed in Annex II are appointed members of the expert groups set up by
Decision 98/610/EC, Euratom, as amened by Decision 1999/506/EC, Euratom, until 31 December
2002,

(cid:151) the person whose name is listed in Annex III is appointed Chairman of the expert group referred to in

that Annex,

(cid:151) the persons referred to in subparagraphs 2 and 3 are obliged to comply with the requirements of

independence and confidentiality appearing in Annex III to Decision 2001/238/EC, Euratom.

(1) OJ L 85, 24.3.2001, p. 30.
(2) OJ L 290, 29.10.1998, p. 57.
(3) OJ L 194, 27.7.1999, p. 65.

ANNEX I

Expert group

First name and surname of the expert

Information society

Controlled thermonuclear fusion

Improving the socioeconomic knowledge base

John DANIEL
Tarja CRONBERG
Jacob VORTMAN

Heikki KALLI

Helga NOWOTNY

ANNEX II

Expert group

First name and surname of the expert

Control of infectious diseases

Information society

Controlled thermonuclear fusion

Michael Angelo BORG

Tony HEY
JosØ L. ENCARNA˙ˆO
Berit SVENDSEN

Pekka PIRIL˜

ANNEX III

Expert group

Surname and first name of the chairman

Improving the socioeconomic knowledge base

Maria Joªo RODRIGUES
Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2002 of 8 March 2002 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: 2002-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, rice, third country

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9.3.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 436/2002

of 8 March 2002

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
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
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 1 to 7 March 2002 at 212,00 EUR/t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 March 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 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.
Proposal for a Council Decision on the signature on behalf of the Community of an additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lithuania, of the other part, on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products
Date: 2002-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Lithuania, approval, association agreement (EU), industrial product

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25.6.2002

Proposal for a Council Decision on the signature on behalf of the Community of an additional
Protocol
to the Europe Agreement establishing an Association between the European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lithuania, of the
other part, on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products

(2002/C 151 E/18)

COM(2002) 123 final — 2002/0063(ACC)

(Submitted by the Commission on 8 March 2002)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(3) The Protocol

to the Europe Agreement on Conformity
Industrial Products has
the

Assessment and Acceptance of
been negotiated by the Commission on behalf of
Community.

to its possible conclusion at a later date,

the
(4) Subject
Protocol
to the Europe Agreement on Conformity
Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products initialled
in Brussels on 24th July 2001 should be signed,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

Subject to a possible conclusion at a later date, the President of
is hereby authorised to designate the person
the Council
empowered to sign, on behalf of
the
to the Europe Agreement with the Republic of
Protocol
Lithuania on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of
Industrial Products.

the Community,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
in conjunction
Community, and in particular Article 133,
with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article
300(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The Europe Agreement establishing an association between
the European Communities and their Member States, of the
the other
one part, and the Republic of Lithuania of
part (1), entered into force on 20th February 1998.

(2) Article 76 the Europe Agreement provides that cooperation
in the fields of standardisation and conformity assessment
shall seek to achieve the conclusion of agreements on
mutual recognition.

(1) OJ L 26, 2.2.1998, p. 3.