do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1671/2002 of 19 September 2002 fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 901/2002
Date: 2002-09-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, barley, export, export refund, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1671/2002

of 19 September 2002

fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in
Regulation (EC) No 901/2002

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the applica-
tion of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting
of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in
the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1163/2002 (4), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1324/2002 (5), and in particular Article 4
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of
barley to all third countries except for the United States
of America, Canada, Estonia and Latvia was opened
pursuant
to Commission Regulation (EC) No 901/
2002 (6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1230/
2002 (7).

Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 provides that
the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders noti-
in accordance with the procedure laid down in
fied,

Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, decide to fix
a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria
referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose
bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.

(3)

(4)

The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
current market situation for the cereal in question results
in the maximum export
the
amount specified in Article 1.

refund being fixed at

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

For tenders notified from 13 to 19 September 2002, pursuant
to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 901/
2002, the maximum refund on exportation of barley shall be
EUR 0,00/t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 September 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 September 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 46.
(5) OJ L 194, 23.7.2002, p. 26.
(6) OJ L 142, 31.5.2002, p. 17.
(7) OJ L 180, 10.7.2002, p. 3.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1669/2002 of 19 September 2002 on the issue of import licences for rice originating in the least developed countries
Date: 2002-09-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, least-developed country, originating product, quantitative restriction, rice

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1669/2002

of 19 September 2002

on the issue of import licences for rice originating in the least developed countries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 of 10
December 2001 applying a scheme of generalised tariff prefer-
ences for the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December
2004 (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1401/2002
of 31 July 2002 laying down detailed rules for the opening and
administration of the tariff quotas for rice, originating in the
least developed countries, for the marketing years 2002/2003
to 2008/2009 (2), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 1401/2002 opened a tariff quota for
a quantity of 2 895 tonnes of husked rice equivalent for
the 2002/2003 marketing year.

Pursuant to Article 5 of that Regulation, the Commission
must decide to what extent applications may be accepted
within the ten working days following the last day of the
period for notifying the Member States.

The quantities in respect of which applications have been
submitted exceed the quantities available. It is therefore
necessary to set a reduction percentage applicable to the
quantities applied for,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For applications for import licences for rice originating in the
least developed countries referred to in Article 9 of Regulation
(EC) No 2501/2001, submitted during the first five working
days of September 2002 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1401/
2002 and notified to the Commission, licences shall be issued
for the quantities given in the applications submitted multiplied
by a reduction percentage of 91,2814 %.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 September 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 September 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 346, 31.12.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 203, 1.8.2002, p. 42.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1181/2002 of 1 July 2002 amending Annex I of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin (OJ L 172 of 2.7.2002)
Date: 2002-09-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal product, food processing, foodstuffs legislation, health policy, pharmaceutical product, veterinary drug

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CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1181/2002 of 1 July 2002 amending Annex I of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue
limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 172 of 2 July 2002)

On page 15 in the Annex, point 1.2.3.,

in the column ‘Animal species’:

for:
read:

‘All food producing species except bovine, ovine, caprine and poultry’,
‘All food producing species except bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine and poultry’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1666/2002 of 19 September 2002 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the seventh partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1331/2002
Date: 2002-09-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, white sugar

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1666/2002

of 19 September 2002

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the seventh partial invitation to tender
issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC)
No 1331/2002

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19
June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the
sugar sector (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
680/2002 (2), and in particular Article 27(5) thereof,

(3)

(4)

Following an examination of the tenders submitted in
response to the seventh partial invitation to tender, the
provisions set out in Article 1 should be adopted.

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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1331/2002 of 23 July
2002 on a standing invitation to tender to determine
levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar (3), for
the 2002/2003 marketing year, requires partial invita-
tions to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar.

Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1331/
2002 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the
case may be, account being taken in particular of the
state and foreseeable development of the Community
and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to
tender in question.

Article 1

For the seventh partial
issued pursuant
maximum amount of
48,770 EUR/100 kg.

invitation to tender for white sugar
to Regulation (EC) No 1331/2002 the
at

refund is

export

fixed

the

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 September 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 September 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 104, 20.4.2002, p. 26.
(3) OJ L 195, 24.7.2002, p. 6.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2917 — Wendel-KKR/Legrand) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-09-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical equipment, exchange of information, holding company, investment company, merger control, shareholding

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2917 — Wendel-KKR/Legrand)

(2002/C 223/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 12 September 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 Wendel Investissement SA (Wendel/France) and Kohlber Kravis Roberts & Co. LP
(KKR/USA) acquire, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, joint control of Legrand SA
(Legrand/France) by purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Wendel: holding company,

— KKR: management of investment funds,

— Legrand: manufacturing and sale of low-voltage electrical equipment.

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.2917 — Wendel-KKR/Legrand, 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.
Authorisation of State aid pursuant to Articles 59(2), 61 and 63 of the EEA Agreement, Article 1(3) of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement — EFTA Surveillance Authority decision not to raise objections
Date: 2002-09-19
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EFTA, Iceland, State aid, air transport

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EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY

Authorisation of State aid pursuant to Articles 59(2), 61 and 63 of the EEA Agreement, Article
1(3) of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement

EFTA Surveillance Authority decision not to raise objections

(2002/C 223/07)

A copy of the decision may be obtained in the authentic language version upon request to:

EFTA Surveillance Authority
Competition and State Aid Directorate
Rue de Trèves 74
B-1040 Brussels.

Date of adoption:

22 May 2002

EFTA State:

Iceland

Aid No:

Title:

Objectives:

Sector:

Legal basis:

Form of aid:

Aid amount:

Duration:

SAM 090.300.005

Compensation granted to Air
the
temporary operation of air transport services on the route between
Reykjavik and Höfn í Hornafirði

Iceland (‘Flugfélag Íslands’)

for

Maintenance of transport services on air route in the public interest

Transport (civil aviation)

Contract between the Public Roads Adminstration and air carrier; State
budget

Grant

ISK 31,5 million (approximately EUR 380 000)

1 October 2001 to 30 September 2002
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1663/2002 of 19 September 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2002-09-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit, stone fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1663/2002

of 19 September 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 20 September 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 September 2002.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(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 19 September 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 50 10

0806 10 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

0809 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
060
096
999
052
628
999
052
999
388
524
528
999
052
064
400
664
999
052
388
400
512
720
804
999
052
388
720
999
052
999
052
060
064
066
094
624
999

46,5
64,9
8,7
40,0
102,3
143,3
122,8
79,9
79,9
56,5
55,4
50,3
54,1
67,4
100,6
166,7
99,1
108,4
50,0
82,4
103,4
99,2
74,3
86,1
82,6
89,9
69,8
50,1
69,9
125,0
125,0
74,5
63,5
60,2
97,4
53,9
145,8
82,6

(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’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1673/2002 of 19 September 2002 fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 899/2002
Date: 2002-09-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, common wheat, export, export refund, export restriction, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1673/2002

of 19 September 2002

fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender
issued in Regulation (EC) No 899/2002

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the applica-
tion of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting
of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in
the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1163/2002 (4), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1324/2002 (5), and in particular Article 4
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the refund on exportation of
common wheat to all third countries with the exclusion
of Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia was opened
pursuant
to Commission Regulation (EC) No 899/
2002 (6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1520/
2002 (7).

Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 provides that
the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders noti-
in accordance with the procedure laid down in
fied,

Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, decide to fix
a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria
referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose
bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.

(3)

(4)

The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
current market situation for the cereal in question results
in the maximum export
the
amount specified in Article 1.

refund being fixed at

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

For tenders notified from 13 to 19 September 2002, pursuant
to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 899/
2002, the maximum refund on exportation of common wheat
shall be EUR 0,00/t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 September 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 September 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 46.
(5) OJ L 194, 23.7.2002, p. 26.
(6) OJ L 142, 31.5.2002, p. 11.
(7) OJ L 228, 24.8.2002, p. 18.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2002-09-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

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(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

18 September 2002

(2002/C 223/01)

Currency

US dollar

Japanese yen

Danish krone

Pound sterling

Swedish krona

Swiss franc

Iceland króna

Exchange
rate

0,9725

118,5

7,4289

0,6316

9,1281

1,469

86,27

LVL

MTL

PLN

ROL

SIT

SKK

TRL

Currency

Latvian lats

Maltese lira

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

Norwegian krone

7,3645

AUD

Australian dollar

1 euro =

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CYP

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

Bulgarian lev

Cyprus pound

Czech koruna

Estonian kroon

Hungarian forint

Lithuanian litas

1,946

0,5732

30,21

CAD

HKD

NZD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

243,66

KRW

South Korean won

1174,78

3,4522

ZAR

South African rand

10,3547

Exchange
rate

0,5887

0,4122

4,0543

32282

228,2114

43,384

1622000

1,7764

1,543

7,5851

2,0663

1,7248

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2883 — Bertelsmann/Zomba) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-09-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, mass media, merger control, music, restrictive-practice authorisation

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— if schemes were open-ended neither the Commission nor
other Member States would know which aid schemes were
still in operation in a particular Member State. Therefore,
regular
to
Commission decisions, which are published, provide trans-
parency,

renotifications

schemes

leading

aid

of

— the European Council meeting in Barcelona on 15-16
to the Member States to
level of State aid. The request for a

March 2002 renewed its call
reduce the overall
time limit is in line with this policy,

— an indefinite tax exemption would appear to be difficult to
the EU and OECD

reconcile with the principles of
initiatives to curb harmful tax competition,

— several countries in which CDC may invest are currently
candidate countries negotiating accession to the EU. The

Commission doubts that CDC will be able to continue
investing in these countries once they have become
members of the European Union.

requests

In the light of the foregoing considerations, the Commission,
acting under the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) of the
EC Treaty,
its
comments and to provide all such information as may help
to assess the aid, within one month of the date of receipt of
this letter. It requests your authorities to forward a copy of this
letter to the potential recipient of the aid immediately.

the United Kingdom to submit

The Commission wishes to remind the United Kingdom that
Article 88(3) of the EC Treaty has suspensory effect, and would
draw your attention to Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC)
No 659/1999, which provides that all unlawful aid may be
recovered from the recipient.’

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2883 — Bertelsmann/Zomba)

(2002/C 223/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 2 September 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 302M2883. CELEX

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