do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 3,25 % on 1 July 2002 — Euro exchange rates
Date: 2002-07-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, exchange rate, interest

3.7.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 158/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations (1):

3,25 % on 1 July 2002

Euro exchange rates (2)

2 July 2002

(2002/C 158/01)

1 euro =

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CYP

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

Currency

US dollar

Japanese yen

Danish krone

Pound sterling

Swedish krona

Swiss franc

Iceland króna

Norwegian krone

Bulgarian lev

Cyprus pound

Czech koruna

Estonian kroon

Hungarian forint

Lithuanian litas

Exchange
rate

0,9838

118,51

7,4283

0,6432

9,0441

1,4663

85,43

7,3535

1,9509

LVL

MTL

PLN

ROL

SIT

SKK

TRL

AUD

CAD

Currency

Latvian lats

Maltese lira

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

Australian dollar

Canadian dollar

0,57931

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

29,318

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,5942

0,4159

3,9541

32782

226,1952

44,023

1582000

1,7563

1,5032

7,6736

2,0218

1,7444

244,32

KRW

South Korean won

3,4525

ZAR

South African rand

1186,22

9,929
Appointment of members of the European Energy and Transport Forum
Date: 2002-07-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: advisory committee (EU), appointment of staff, common transport policy, energy policy

3.7.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 158/23

Appointment of members of the European Energy and Transport Forum

(2002/C 158/03)

Pursuant to Article 3 of Commission Decision 2001/546/EC of 11 July 2001, setting up a consultative
committee to be known as the ‘European Energy and Transport Forum’ (1), and to the call for applications
published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (2), on 7 June 2002, the Commission appointed
the following members to the Forum, with a two-year renewable mandate, starting on 1 July 2002.

Full members

Alternate members

Operators

BARRE Bertrand
CABELLOS Mariano
GREEN David
GRIMALDI Emmanuele
MIGNAUW Thierry
SCHULTE-STRATHAUS Ulrich
STEFFEN Herbert
VUORIA Matti
ZERVOS Arthouros

BERTHOD Jean-Claude
KROESE G. H.
MERLIN André
SABATO Francesco
WHITEHEAD David

EGGER Christiane
HATRY Paul
MARNETTE Werner
PIAI Cristina
TOMASSINI Maurizio
VAN INGEN Gerrit Nicolaas
WARD David

BRADLEY Robin
FRAGA Juan
JESSING Per
PIMENTA Carlos Alberto Martins
ROMPE Klaus

CALLAUD Valérie
GOETHE Stig
MONFORT TENA Manuel
CARLIER Manuel
GRULOIS Philippe
SERRANO DE ENTRAMBASAGUAS Guillermo
OPORTO Antonio
BLOEMENDAL Martinus
KOPETZ Heinz

Infrastructure and networks

MORAZZONI Gaetano
HAWKSWORTH Roger W.
DOUKA Vassiliki
BERGGRUND Lars
DIETRICH Peter

Users and consumers

DÉMARCQ François
CLAES Peter
VAN DEN BROEK Humphrej
EGGER Norbert
ARGUDO Janine
FOREST Dominique
BERKELEY Tony

Environmental protection and safety

ZANELLI Enrico
HÖPFNER Ulrich
WARREN Andrew
SCHELL Béatrice
DUPONT-KERLAN Elisabeth

CHRISTOPHERSEN Henning
STOFFAËS Christian

IZQUIERDO DE BARTOLOME Rafael
MARESCA Maurizio

Academic experts and think-tanks

Trade unions

NOON Paul
BERNI Giacomo
HANSEN Norbert
YOUNG Erika
RENUCCI Jean-François
CHAGAS Eduardo

ALCANTUD José
DAHLSTEN Bertil
SAPIR Marc
STEVENSON Graham
WODOPIA Franz-Josef
ZINKE Doro

(1) OJ L 195, 19.7.2001, p. 58.
(2) OJ C 205, 21.7.2001, p. 21.
Notice under Section 12(2) of the Telecommunications Act 1984 — Proposed modifications to the licence of British Telecommunications plc (BT) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-07-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Internet, United Kingdom, dissemination of information, telecommunications, trade licence

C 158/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

3.7.2002

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2853 — Volkswagen/DIN BIL)

(2002/C 158/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 21 June 2002 the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare
it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be made public after it
is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 302M2853. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Notice under Section 12(2) of the Telecommunications Act 1984

Proposed modifications to the licence of British Telecommunications plc (BT)

(2002/C 158/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Published in the Belfast, Edinburgh and London Gazette on Friday 21 June 2002.

The link to the notice on Oftel's website is:

http://www.oftel.gov.uk/ind_info/licensing/mods/2002/galvin210602.htm
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1201/2002 of 3 July 2002 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2002-07-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

L 174/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

4.7.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1201/2002

of 3 July 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
European
recorded on one or more
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 inter-
national trade. However, 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 quota-
tions concerned. Those adjustments are specified in
Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001.

(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 24,255/kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 July 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 July 2002.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2891 — CD & R Fund VI Limited/Brake Bros plc) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-07-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, distributive trades, economic concentration, exchange of information, foodstuff, merger control, private investment

3.7.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 158/25

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2891 — CD & R Fund VI Limited/Brake Bros plc)

(2002/C 158/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 25 June 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 Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund VI Limited Partnership, controlled by the
investment firm of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc., acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
Regulation, control of the whole of Brake Bros plc, by way of public tender offer for shares announced on
25 June 2002.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund VI Limited Partnership: Private equity investments,

— Brake Bros plc: Wholesale distribution of food to the catering industry.

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.2891 — CD & R Fund VI Limited/Brake Bros plc, 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.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1943/02 by Werner Langen (PPE-DE) to the Commission. EU subsidies for Rhineland-Palatinate between 1999 and 2002.
Date: 2002-07-03
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU aid, EU programme, Rhineland-Palatinate, aid recipient, exchange of information

14.11.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 277 E/253

(2002/C 277 E/280)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1943/02

by Werner Langen (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(3 July 2002)

Subject: EU subsidies for Rhineland-Palatinate between 1999 and 2002

What European Union subsidies were paid to recipients in Rhineland-Palatinate between 1999 and 2002,
broken down by EU programme? Who were the recipients and what funding was made available under
cofinancing arrangements with the Land of Rhineland-Palatinate or the Federal Republic of Germany?

Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission

(18 July 2002)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its
findings as soon as possible.

(2002/C 277 E/281)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-1988/02

by Stavros Xarchakos (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(1 July 2002)

Subject: GESAC code of conduct

In my written question E-0182/02 (1), I asked the Commission what view it took of the code of conduct
submitted to it, which had been drawn up by the European Grouping of Societies of Authors and
Composers (GESAC) regarding the collective management of their rights. I also requested a copy of the
code.

In his reply of 18 March 2002, Commissioner Bolkestein indicated that the deliberations held a number of
years ago within the GESAC concerning the code had been brought to its attention. However, according to
the information available, the deliberations did not lead to agreement and the GESAC did not submit a
I myself have a copy of this very code, which was
code of conduct to the Commission. However,
submitted to the Commission on 26 October 1995 for the attention of the Director-General of DG XV
and registered by DG XV under No 015151-3.11.1995.

In view of this, can the Commission give its views regarding the code of conduct submitted by the
GESAC?

(1) OJ C 160 E, 4.7.2002, p. 194.

Answer given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission

(19 July 2002)

The honourable Member’s question concerns a code of conduct prepared by the European Grouping of
Societies of Authors and Composers (GESAC). The Commission was not notified about the code, which
was drawn up in 1995, but it was sent for information purposes to some directorates-general. According
to the information available to the Commission, the code was never put into practice and GESAC
informed the Commission in 1996 that no further action would be taken concerning the document but
In the circumstances, the
that the deliberations which had given rise to it would in fact continue.
Commission cannot consider a document which has no real scope or application. At most,
the
Commission may regard it as a supplementary factor when regularly reviewing collective management in
Europe.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1955/02 by Glyn Ford (PSE) to the Commission. EU-Japan relations.
Date: 2002-07-03
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU relations, Japan, World Trade Organisation, free-trade agreement, freedom to provide services, international negotiations, market access, provision of services

C 192 E/36

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

14.8.2003

4. Council Directive 94/67/EC od 16 December 1994, relates to the incineration of hazardous waste and
would not seem applicable to this project, since according to the description provided to the
Commission, incineration is not foreseen.

(1) OJ L 78, 26.3.1991.

(2003/C 192 E/032)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1955/02

by Glyn Ford (PSE) to the Commission

(3 July 2002)

Subject: EU-Japan relations

Does the Commission agree in principle with the idea of establishing free trade in services between the EU
and Japan?

Answer given by Mr Lamy on behalf of the Commission

(5 August 2002)

Japan is an important trading partner of the EU: in terms of services it is the third partner after the United
States and Switzerland.

That is why, in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and under the Doha Development Agenda, the EU
and Japan have embarked upon services negotiations where the Community will seek better market access
for its service suppliers in Japan and Japan will reciprocally seek better market access for its service
suppliers in the EU. The EU believes that its market access objectives in Japan are best sought in the
multilateral context in the WTO. Accordingly, the EU has not proposed to negotiate a Free Trade
Agreement (FTA) with Japan on services, and nor is there any formal proposal by Japan that the two
partners negotiate such an FTA.

(2003/C 192 E/033)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1956/02

by Glyn Ford (PSE) to the Commission

(3 July 2002)

Subject: KEDO

As a partner in the KEDO project, has the Commission requested any independent assessment of the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) estimate that it will take three to four years to verify
compliance with the requirements of the 1994 framework agreement?

Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission

(1 August 2002)

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an independent inter-governmental organisation in the
United Nations system whose staff include many nuclear experts. It has the mission, under the Non-
Proliferation Treaty to carry out independent inspections and other controls on nuclear materials in its
Member States and has done so to the satisfaction of the international community. In view of the status
and credentials of the IAEA the Commission does not see a need to request the independent assessment
referred to in the question.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1957/02 by Glyn Ford (PSE) to the Commission. Import of goods into the EU.
Date: 2002-07-03
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Union, North Korea, South Korea, clothing, import, originating product, quantitative restriction, tariff quota, textile product

14.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 192 E/37

(2003/C 192 E/034)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1957/02

by Glyn Ford (PSE) to the Commission

(3 July 2002)

Subject: Import of goods into the EU

What restrictions, if any, apply to the import of goods into the EU which are made and manufactured in
North Korea, but exported from South Korea?

Answer given by Mr Lamy on behalf of the Commission

(21 August 2002)

Trade with North Korea is subject to normal trading rules for industrial goods exports to the Union for all
sectors, except for textiles and clothing where North Korean exports are subject to a tight regime: only if
quotas are opened are their imports into the Union allowed. Such regime was improved in 2000, with
increased quotas for a number of textile categories (1). Otherwise, North Korean non-textile exports to the
Union are not subject to any restrictions and are subject to most favoured nation (MFN) tariffs.

No particular restriction would therefore apply to imports of products manufactured in North Korea but
exported via South Korea, except if these concerned textiles, where the Union autonomous regime vis-à-vis
North Korea would still apply. In this respect it should be noted that Union trade in textiles with South
Korea is subject to a different more liberal regime based on a bilateral agreement.

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) 2878 of 28 December 2000 (cid:1) OJ L 333, 29.12.2000, amending Annex IV to Council
Regulation (EC) No 517/94 on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries not
covered by bilateral agreements, protocols or other arrangements, or by other specific Community import rules.

(2003/C 192 E/035)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-1984/02

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(1 July 2002)

Subject: Convention financing

Further to written question E-0486/02 (1) (Subject: ‘Civil Society’), would the Commission, now that a list
of organisations participating in the forum on the Convention of the Future of Europe has been published
on the Internet
(http://europa.eu.int/futurum/forum_convention/organlist_en.htm#list), please indicate
which of these organisations have received European Community funds in the past five years?

Could the Commission please indicate how much money each of these Community funded organisations
has received in each of the past five years?

Could the Commission please indicate from which budget line each organisation derived/derives its funds?

Finally, which organisations have money ‘earmarked’ from the Community’s budget?

(1) OJ C 28 E, 6.2.2003, p. 32.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1961/02 by Nuala Ahern (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Management and disposal of radioactive waste.
Date: 2002-07-03
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU research policy, non-governmental organisation, nuclear research, radioactive waste, research body, scientific cooperation, waste management

5.12.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 301 E/253

(2002/C 301 E/270)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1961/02

by Nuala Ahern (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

Subject: Management and disposal of radioactive waste

(3 July 2002)

In respect of the statement included in the Commission press release IP/02/872 on 17 June 2002 which
said the nuclear fission programme ‘will focus on the management and disposal of radioactive waste and
foster close research cooperation between EU national waste management agencies,’ will the Commission
explain why it has not included independent research institutes and non-governmental experts in the list of
those bodies the Commission wishes to foster close research coordination?

(2002/C 301 E/271)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1962/02

by Nuala Ahern (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(8 July 2002)

Subject: Nuclear waste management

In respect of the statement included in the Commission press release IP/02/872 on 17 June 2002 that, ‘As
far as nuclear waste management is concerned, each Member State will be in charge of its own strategy
and build its own facilities, but the cooperation with the Commission will ensure a harmonised approach
across Europe, and the pooling of world-class expertise,’ will the Commission state all of the bodies from
which it intends to draw expertise?

(2002/C 301 E/272)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1963/02

by Nuala Ahern (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(8 July 2002)

Subject: Participation in the co-ordination of EU nuclear research

In respect of the statement included in the Commission press release IP/02/872 on 17 June 2002 which
said The Euratom Research Framework Programme ‘sets the conditions for creating a true European
Research Area in the nuclear sector and paves the way for more efficient co-ordination of existing research
activities in Member States.’ Will
the Commission state which (a) non governmental organisations;
(b) EU-independent research institutes not part of the nuclear industry; and (c) academic institutes not
contracted with the nuclear generation industry will be asked to participate in the co-ordination of EU
nuclear research?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-1961/02, E-1962/02 and E-1963/02
given by Mr Busquin on behalf of the Commission

(9 August 2002)

The Euratom Research Framework Programme contributes to the establishment of the European Research
Area in the nuclear sector, and thereby for the efficient pooling of expertise and co-ordination of existing
research activities in the Member States. The programme is open to any legal entity, that is performing
research in the areas covered by the Programme, and fulfils the Rules for Participation. All legal entities
fulfilling these requirements, national waste management agencies, nuclear industry, universities and other
research organisations will be invited.