do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2002-03-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 77/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

28.3.2002

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

27 March 2002

(2002/C 77/02)

1 euro

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7,4332

Danish krone

9,0221

Swedish krona

0,6139

Pound sterling

0,8746

United States dollar

1,3897

Canadian dollar

115,92

Japanese yen

1,4656

Swiss franc

7,711

Norwegian krone

87,37

Icelandic króna (2)

1,6569

Australian dollar

2,0068

New Zealand dollar

10,0579

South African rand (2)

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
(2) Source: Commission.
WRITTEN QUESTION P-0958/02 by Manuel dos Santos (PSE) to the Commission. Ota airport.
Date: 2002-03-28
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Cohesion Fund, EU aid, Lisbon and the Tagus Valley, airport, financial aid, trans-European network, transport policy

C 229 E/164

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

26.9.2002

(2002/C 229 E/190)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0958/02

by Manuel dos Santos (PSE) to the Commission

(28 March 2002)

Subject: Ota airport

The Portuguese Government has designated the construction of a new national airport an essential priority.
Once viability and siting studies had been carried out, it was decided that this airport should be sited at
OTA, a district in Leiria, some 100 km from Lisbon.

The project is of enormous strategic importance and on a gigantic scale, requiring at least € 1 775 million
in funding.

The Portuguese Government can build this airport only with assistance from the European Structural
Funds. The funding scheme has already been agreed with the Commission.

Recently, voices have been heard from various parts of the Portuguese political spectrum contesting the
priority assigned to investing in this airport, with suggestions even being made that the Community
monies could be redirected into funding social policies.

In view of the above can the Commission answer the following questions:

2 What is this investment project’s current situation at Commission level?

2 Has the Commission been consulted as to the possibility of transferring monies from this project into

social policies?

2 How does the Commission assess this financial commitment within the framework of the accessibility

policy funded by the Cohesion Fund?

Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(29 April 2002)

No request for part-finance from the Structural Funds has been received in respect of the project to build a
new airport at Ota. The Commission would remind the Honourable Member that the choice of projects is
exclusively a matter for the Member States.

However, the planned new airport did appear on the multiannual indicative list of programmes for 2000-
2006 under the trans-European transport networks (TENs) and TENs funds contributed to the first phase
of the project, a feasibility study and selection of the airport’s location.

The Commission also negotiated with the Portuguese authorities a reference framework for the transport
sector in 2000-06. Three main goals were selected as regards airports: increasing capacity to meet rising
demand, improving the quality of services and increasing security. That reference framework noted that
priority assistance from the Cohesion Fund would go to structural projects contributing to practical
improvements in multimodal links between Portugal and Spain and the rest of Europe (priority project No
8). The framework gave the construction of a new airport in Lisbon a place alongside other projects such
as high-speed rail links and modernisation of the rail network, completion of the network of port access
and the creation and modernisation of logistical and port systems in helping create a new focus for
transport in Portugal.
Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement on customs union and cooperation between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino and of the Protocol to the Agreement on cooperation and customs union between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino consequent upon the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union
Date: 2002-03-28
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: San Marino, cooperation agreement (EU), customs union, tariff agreement, trade agreement (EU), trade cooperation

L 84/64

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

28.3.2002

Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement on customs union and cooperation
between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino and of the Protocol
to the Agreement on cooperation and customs union between the European Economic Community
and the Republic of San Marino consequent upon the accession of the Republic of Austria, the
Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union

The exchange of instruments of notification of completion of the procedures necessary for the entry into
force of the Agreement on customs union and cooperation between the European Economic Community
and the Republic of San Marino signed in Brussels on 16 December 1991, having taken place on 28
February 2002, and of the Protocol to the Agreement on cooperation and customs union between the
European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino consequent upon the accession of the
Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union signed in
Brussels on 30 October 1997, having taken place on 1 March 2002, this Agreement and this Protocol will
enter into force on 1 April 2002 in accordance with Article 30 of the Agreement and Article 3 of the
Protocol thereof.
Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licences pursuant to Article 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-03-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, air transport, carrier, transport licence

28.3.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 77/43

Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licences pursuant to
Article 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 (1) on licensing of air carriers (2)

(2002/C 77/11)

(Text with EEA relevance)

FINLAND

Operating licences granted

Category B: Operating licences including the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

Name of air carrier

Address of air carrier

Permitted to carry

Decision effective
since

Finnish Commuter Airlines Oy
Secondary trade name: West Bird Aviation

PL 800
FIN-60101 Seinäjoki

Passengers, mail, cargo

30.5.2001

Category B: Operating licences including the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

Operating licences revoked

Name of air carrier

Address of air carrier

Permitted to carry

Decision effective
since

Airdeal Oy

Cloudex Oy

Etelä-Pohjanmaan Lentokeskus Oy

Forssan Lentotoimintapalvelu

Ivalon Lentopalvelu Ky

Metro Jet Oy
Secondary trade name: Nordic Air Ambulance
Center

Helsinki-Vantaan Ientoasema
FIN-01530 Vantaa

Passengers, mail, cargo

11.12.2001

Tullimiehentie 4-6
FIN-01530 Vantaa

PL 800
FIN-60101 Seinäjoki

PL 5
FIN-30421 Forssa

PPA 2, Huhtamella
FIN-99800 Ivalo

PL 60
FIN-01301 Vantaa

Passengers, mail, cargo

15.10.2001

Passengers, mail, cargo

30.5.2001

Passengers, mail, cargo

15.10.2001

Passengers, mail, cargo

11.12.2001

Passengers, mail, cargo

15.10.2001

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 1.
(2) Communicated to the European Commission before 31 December 2001.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2755 — Saubermacher/Lafarge Perlmoser/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-03-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, building industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, waste management

C 77/42

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

28.3.2002

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2755 — Saubermacher/Lafarge Perlmoser/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2002/C 77/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 15 March 2002 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
1.
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (2),
by which the undertakings Saubermacher Dienstleistungs-AG (Saubermacher, Austria), controlled by the
German Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG und Lafarge Perlmoser AG (Lafarge, Austria) acquire, within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(B) of the Regulation, joint control of the undertaking Thermoteam Alternative-
brennstoffverwertungs GmbH (Austria) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company consti-
tuting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Saubermacher: waste utilisation and disposal,

— Lafarge: production of concrete and cement.

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. Pursuant
to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under
Regulation (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.2755 — Saubermacher/Lafarge Perlmoser/JV, to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Directorate B — 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.
(3) OJ C 217, 29.7.2000, p. 32.
Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licences pursuant to Article 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-03-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, air transport, carrier, transport licence

C 77/44

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

28.3.2002

Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licences pursuant to
Article 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 (1) on licensing of air carriers (2)

(2002/C 77/12)

(Text with EEA relevance)

GERMANY

Operating licences granted

Category A: Operating licences without the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

Name of air carrier

Address of air carrier

Permitted to carry

Decision effective
since

Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei GmbH

Allmannsweilerstraße 132
D-88046 Friedrichshafen

Passengers

14.8.2001

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 1.
(2) Communicated to the European Commission before 31 December 2001.