do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2957 — Banco de Sabadell/Banco Comercial Português/Activobank JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-09-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Internet, banking, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 227/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24.9.2002

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2957 — Banco de Sabadell/Banco Comercial Português/Activobank JV)

(2002/C 227/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 12 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 Spanish 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 ‘CES’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 302M2957. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2934 — Prudential Financial/Sal Oppenheim/JV)

(2002/C 227/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 13 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 302M2934. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Euro exchange rates
Date: 2002-09-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

24.9.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 227/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

23 September 2002

(2002/C 227/01)

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

0,9831

121,04

7,4297

0,6319

9,058

1,4636

86,08

7,355

1,9478

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

0,57395

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

30,213

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,594

0,4132

4,0626

32658

228,1515

42,653

1627000

1,7982

1,547

7,6681

2,0862

1,7457

243,15

KRW

South Korean won

1199,87

3,4525

ZAR

South African rand

10,4508

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2963 — RWE Solutions/Schott Glaskontor/RWE Schott Solar) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-09-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: distributive trades, economic concentration, energy industry, glass industry, merger control, secondary sector, service, technology

24.9.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 227/7

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2963 — RWE Solutions/Schott Glaskontor/RWE Schott Solar)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2002/C 227/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 16 September 2002 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
1.
to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1310/97 (2), by which the undertakings RWE solutions AG (RWE Solutions, Germany), belonging to
the RWE group (RWE, Germany), and Schott Glaskontor GmbH (Schott Glaskontor, Germany),
belonging to the Carl Zeiss group (Germany) acquire, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
Regulation, joint control of the undertaking RWE Schott Solar (Germany) by way of transfer of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— RWE Solutions: industrial services and engineering in the utilities sector, among others in the field of
photovoltaics (the latter through RWE Solar GmbH whose transfer will form part of the operation),

— Schott Glaskontor: production and distribution of glass products.

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.2963 — RWE Solutions/Schott Glaskontor/RWE Schott Solar, 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1681/2002 of 24 September 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2002-09-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit, stone fruit

25.9.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 256/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1681/2002

of 24 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 25 September 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 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.

L 256/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

25.9.2002

to the Commission Regulation of 24 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
052
388
524
528
999
052
064
400
664
999
052
388
400
512
720
800
804
999
052
388
720
999
052
999
052
060
064
066
624
999

48,1
76,2
31,6
52,0
102,5
143,3
122,9
79,5
79,5
41,0
55,2
44,4
58,3
49,7
83,1
100,6
189,1
99,1
118,0
50,0
67,9
122,5
96,0
74,3
168,1
80,2
94,1
86,1
69,8
93,5
83,1
119,5
119,5
101,3
112,9
60,2
108,8
199,6
116,6

(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’.
Notice concerning the anti-dumping duty in force in respect of imports into the Community of certain hot-rolled flat products of non-alloy steel originating, inter alia, in Romania: modification of the name of a company subject to an individual anti-dumping duty rate
Date: 2002-09-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Romania, anti-dumping duty, flat product, import, originating product, registration of a company, steel

C 227/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24.9.2002

Notice concerning the anti-dumping duty in force in respect of imports into the Community of
certain hot-rolled flat products of non-alloy steel originating, inter alia, in Romania: modification
of the name of a company subject to an individual anti-dumping duty rate

(2002/C 227/06)

Imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of non-alloy steel originating, inter alia, in Romania are subject
imposed by Commission Decision No 1758/2000/ECSC (1), as last
to a definitive anti-dumping duty,
amended by Decision No 979/20002/ECSC (2). Pursuant to Article 1(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No
963/2002 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 130/2002 (4), these measures have been continued and
are now governed by Regulation (EC) No 384/96.

Sidex SA, a company located in Romania, whose exports to the Community of certain hot-rolled flat
products of non-alloy steel are subject to an individual anti-dumping duty rate of 5,7 % by the afore-
mentioned Decision, has informed the Commission that it has changed its name into Ispat Sidex SA. The
company has asked the Commission to confirm that the change of name does not affect the right of the
company to benefit from the individual duty rate applied to the company under its previous name of Sidex
SA.

The Commission has examined the information supplied, which demonstrates that all the company's
activities linked to the manufacturing, sales and exports of certain hot-rolled flat products of non-alloy
steel are unaffected by the change of name. The Commission therefore concludes that the change of name
in no way affects the findings of Decision No 1758/2000/ECSC. In view of the absence of any substantive
change of circumstances, the reference to Sidex SA should be read as Ispat Sidex SA in Article 1(2) of
Decision No 1758/2000/ECSC.

The Taric additional code A069 previously attributes to Sidex SA shall apply to Ispat Sidex SA.

(1) OJ L 202, 10.8.2000, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 150, 8.6.2002, p. 36.
(3) OJ L 149, 7.6.2002, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 192, 20.7.2002, p. 9.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2934 — Prudential Financial/Sal Oppenheim/JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-09-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, financial institution, insurance company, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, wholesale selling

C 227/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24.9.2002

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2957 — Banco de Sabadell/Banco Comercial Português/Activobank JV)

(2002/C 227/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 12 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 Spanish 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 ‘CES’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 302M2957. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2934 — Prudential Financial/Sal Oppenheim/JV)

(2002/C 227/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 13 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 302M2934. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2672/02 by Mary Banotti (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Care hire in EU for over-70s.
Date: 2002-09-24
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU Member State, age discrimination, competence of the Member States, elderly person, equal treatment, vehicle rental

6.3.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 52 E/197

work in the client firm. All workers in the same workplace, doing identical or similar work and with
equivalent qualifications, must be treated equally, irrespective of which company employs them.

This text is currently being discussed in the Council and Parliament and is to be adopted under the
codecision procedure.

(1) OJ L 206, 29.7.1991.
(2) OJ C 203 E, 27.8.2002.

(2003/C 52 E/218)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2672/02

by Mary Banotti (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(24 September 2002)

Subject: Care hire in EU for over-70s

It has been brought to my attention that citizens of the European Union over the age of 70 are having
difficulty in hiring cars in the European Union. What measures will the Commission take to ensure that
such discrimination is brought to an end immediately and what penalties, if any, can be imposed on car
hire companies who continue with this discriminatory practice should such a practice be contrary to EU
law?

Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission

(28 October 2002)

that on 27 November 2000 the Council adopted Directive 2000/78/EC
The Commission recalls
establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (1). The Directive
prohibits discrimination on grounds of, inter alia, age,
including the use of age limits which are not
objectively and reasonably justified by a legitimate aim, and if the means of achieving that aim are not
appropriate and necessary. The Member States have until 2 December 2003 to transpose the requirements
of the Directive into national law.

However, the material scope of this Directive is restricted to the field of employment and does not cover
equal treatment in access to goods and services as in the case raised by the Honorable Member. Neither
this Directive nor any other instrument of Community law prevents car hire companies from providing
differential treatment according to age. Persons who feel they have been discriminated against in such
circumstances must therefore seek redress under any national law which may exist.

(1) OJ L 303, 2.12.2000.

(2003/C 52 E/219)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2676/02

by Paul Rübig (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(24 September 2002)

Subject: Follow-up to the Green Paper on consumer protection

In June 2002, the Commission published its ‘Follow-up communication to the Green Paper on EU
Consumer Protection’ (1) which envisages the development of a framework directive on unfair commercial
practices.

The Commission, however, would confine the prospective framework directive to ‘business to consumer’
(B2C). It proposes a general clause consisting of the establishment of the unfairness of a commercial
practice and a ‘consumer detriment test’. By confining the directive to B2C, different unfairness criteria will
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (COM(2002) 293 - C5-0358/2002 - 2002/0125(CNS))
Date: 2002-09-24
Institutions: Committee on Budgetary Control, European Parliament
Subjects: EU financing, closing of accounts, common agricultural policy, financial interests of members

C 273 E/66

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

14.11.2003

Tuesday 24 September 2002

TEXTS ADOPTED

P5_TA(2002)0413

Financing of CAP *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending
common agricultural policy
Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 on the

financing of

the

(COM(2002) 293 (cid:1) C5-0358/2002 (cid:1) 2002/0125(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

(cid:1) having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2002) 293),

(cid:1) having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 37 of the Treaty (C5-0358/2002),

(cid:1) having regard to Rule 67 and Rule 158(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:1) having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A5-0277/2002),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal;

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by

2.
Parliament;

Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to amend the Commission proposal substan-

3.
tially;

4.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

P5_TA(2002)0414

Termination of service of staff of the European Institutions: Commission *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the amended proposal for a Council regulation intro-
ducing special measures to terminate the service of officials of the Commission of the European
Communities as part of the reform of the Commission (COM(2002) 136 (cid:1) C5-0153/2002 (cid:1) 2001/
0027(CNS))

(Consultation procedure (cid:1) further consultation)

The European Parliament,

(cid:1) having regard to the amended Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2002) 136 (1)),

(cid:1) having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2001) 50 (2)),

(cid:1) having regard to its position of 13 June 2001 (3),

(1) OJ C 181 E, 30.7.2002, p. 303.
(2) OJ C 154 E, 29.5.2001, p. 251.
(3) OJ C 53 E, 28.2.2002, p. 222.