do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1717/2002 of 27 September 2002 prohibiting fishing for common sole by vessels flying the flag of Sweden
Date: 2002-09-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Sweden, catch quota, fishing area, fishing regulations, fishing rights, sea fish, ship's flag

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Official Journal of the European Communities

28.9.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1717/2002

of 27 September 2002

prohibiting fishing for common sole by vessels flying the flag of Sweden

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12
October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the
common fisheries policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2846/98 (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2555/2001 of 18 December
2001 fixing for 2002 the fishing opportunities and asso-
ciated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of
fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for
Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch
are required (3) lays down quotas for common sole for
2002.

In order
to ensure compliance with the provisions
relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks
subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by
which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a
Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota
allocated.

According to the information received by the Commis-
sion, catches of common sole in the waters of Skagerrak
and Kattegat and ICES divisions IIIb, c and d (EC waters)
by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in

Sweden have exhausted the quota allocated for 2002.
Sweden has prohibited fishing for this stock from 14
September 2002. This date should be adopted in this
Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of common sole in the waters of Skagerrak and
Kattegat and ICES divisions IIIb, c and d (EC waters) by vessels
flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden are hereby
deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Sweden for
2002.

Fishing for common sole in the waters of Skagerrak and
Kattegat and ICES divisions IIIb, c and d (EC waters) by vessels
flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden is hereby
prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and
landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date
of application of this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 14 September 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 September 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 347, 31.12.2001, p. 1.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 128/2002 of 27 September 2002 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2002-09-27
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: agricultural vehicle, approximation of laws, atmospheric pollutant, motor vehicle, pollution control measures, technical regulations

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

12.12.2002

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 128/2002

of 27 September 2002

amending Annex II

(Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification)

to the EEA

Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting
the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in parti-
cular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 115/2001 of
28 September 2001 (1).

Commission Directive 2001/63/EC of 17 August 2001 adapting to technical progress Directive 97/
68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the
Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from
internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery (2) is to be incorporated
into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following shall be added in point 1a (Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council) of Chapter XXIV of Annex II to the Agreement:

‘, as amended by:

— 32001 L 0063: Commission Directive 2001/63/EC of 17 August 2001 (OJ L 227, 23.8.2001, p.

41).’

Article 2

The texts of Directive 2001/63/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA
Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

This Decision shall enter into force on 5 October 2002, provided that all the notifications under Article
103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal
of the European Communities.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 27 September 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Gunnar Snorri GUNNARSSON

(1) OJ L 322, 6.12.2001, p. 27.
(2) OJ L 227, 23.8.2001, p. 41.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 137/2002 of 27 September 2002 amending Annex XIV (Competition) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2002-09-27
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: air freight rate, air transport, competition, intra-EU transport, transport planning

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

12.12.2002

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 137/2002

of 27 September 2002

amending Annex XIV (Competition) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting
the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in parti-
cular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Annex XIV to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 96/2001 of
13 July 2001 (1).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1105/2002 of 25 June 2002 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1617/
93 as regards consultations on passenger tariffs and slot allocation at airports (2) is to be incorpo-
rated into the Agreement.

Regulation (EEC) No 1617/93 (3) was last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1324/2001 (4) to extend
the block exemption in respect of consultations on passenger tariffs until 30 June 2002 and the
block exemption in respect of slot allocation and airport scheduling until 30 June 2004. As the
block exemption in respect of consultations on passenger tariffs expired on 30 June 2002, this Deci-
sion will apply from 1 July 2002,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 11b (Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1617/93) in Annex
XIV to the Agreement:

‘— 32002 R 1105: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1105/2002 of 25 June 2002 (OJ L 167,

26.6.2002, p. 6).’

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 1105/2002 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in
the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on 28 September 2002, provided that all the notifications under Article
103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

Article 3

It shall apply from 1 July 2002.

(1) OJ L 251, 20.9.2001, p. 23.
(2) OJ L 167, 26.6.2002, p. 6.
(3) OJ L 155, 26.6.1993, p. 18.
(4) OJ L 177, 30.6.2001, p. 56.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

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This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal
of the European Communities.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 27 September 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Gunnar Snorri GUNNARSSON
Minutes of the sitting of Wednesday, 20 March 2002
Date: 2002-09-27
Institutions: ACP–EU Joint Assembly
Subjects: ACP-EU Joint Assembly, South Africa, cooperation policy, development aid, economic cooperation, negotiation of an agreement (EU), trade cooperation

27.9.2002

EN

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C 231/9

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF WEDNESDAY, 20 MARCH 2002

(2002/C 231/03)

(The sitting opened at 3.15 p.m.)

IN THE CHAIR: Mr HOUNGBEDJI

Co-President

1.

Substitutes

The Co-President announced the following substitutes: Mauro
(for Averoff), Gahler (for Gawronski), Klaß (for Khanbhai),
Redondo Jiménez (for Wijkman), Kreissl-Dörfler (for Désir),
Leinen (for Mendiluce Pereira), Gröner (for Scheele), Berenguer
Fuster (for Torres Marques), Boumediene-Thiery (for Lucas),
Collins (for Ribeiro e Castro) and Deva (for Coûteaux).

4.

Subjects and themes relating to development cooper-
ation between the EU and ACP countries under the
Partnership Agreement, pursuant to Article 8(1)(ii)

Gender issues

The following spoke: Klaß, Junker, Dybkjær, Redondo and
Malin (Commission).

2.

Subjects
countries or regions, pursuant
(continuation)

relating to the situation in different
to Article 8(1)(i)

Health issues

Madagascar

The following spoke: Bowis, Olango (Ethiopia), Rod, Mwandha
(Uganda), Sandbæk, Sudre, Ndzimandze (Swaziland), Howitt,
Darder (Médecins Sans Frontières) and Malin (Commission).

The following spoke: Ratovonelinjafy (Madagascar), Gemelli,
Fruteau, Rod and Embarcaouane (Mali).

Earth Summit II – Rio + 10

Cuba

The following spoke: Ferrer, Martínez Martínez, Isler Béguin,
Sjöstedt, Fava and the representative of Dominica.

3.

Trade and development — future ACP-EU nego-
tiations on regional economic partnership agree-
ments under the Cotonou Agreement

The following spoke: Osei-Adjei (Ghana), Schwaiger, Ramotar
(Guyana), Howitt, Lakitini (Niue), Rod, Davies (South Africa),
Deva, Laurent (Saint Lucia), Kaukimoce (Fiji), Ferrer, Musikari
Kombo (Kenya), van den Berg, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Falcone,
Faure (Seychelles) and Theodorakis (Commission).

The following spoke: Fernández Martín, Bullmann, Sjöstedt,
Schörling, Redondo and Malin (Commission).

5. Working Group on implementation of the new

Partnership Agreement (Rules of Procedure)

— Chairman: Mr Rainer Wieland

— Rapporteur: Mr Edgar Yves Monnou (Benin)

The rapporteur, Mr Monnou, introduced this point.

The following spoke: Mr Houngbedji, Co-President, Corrie,
Junker, Tsheole (South Africa), Herbert (Saint Kitts and Nevis),
Pare (Burkina Faso), Laurent (Saint Lucia) and Embarcaouane
(Mali).

The rapporteur replied to questions.

(The sitting closed at 6.30 p.m.)

Adrien HOUNGBEDJI and Glenys KINNOCK

Jean-Robert GOULONGANA and Dietmar NICKEL

Co-Presidents

Co-Secretaries-General
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1713/2002 of 27 September 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2002-09-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit, stone fruit

28.9.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

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I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1713/2002

of 27 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 28 September 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 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 27 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
220
999
052
999
052
388
524
528
999
052
064
400
999
388
400
512
720
800
804
999
052
388
999
052
999
052
060
066
624
999

78,8
99,4
36,1
71,4
101,8
143,3
122,6
78,8
78,8
71,7
58,9
55,3
54,2
60,0
97,8
105,0
204,6
135,8
84,3
59,1
100,7
72,5
235,4
77,9
105,0
105,7
69,1
87,4
123,1
123,1
115,5
124,6
156,8
108,8
126,4

(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: 2002-09-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

27.9.2002

EN

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I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

26 September 2002

(2002/C 230/01)

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

0,9796

120,22

7,4276

0,6274

9,1176

1,4644

85,82

7,322

1,9464

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

0,57392

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

30,322

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,5926

0,4125

4,0516

32384

227,95

42,056

1624000

1,8021

1,5461

7,6406

2,0941

1,7476

243,67

KRW

South Korean won

1198,64

3,4521

ZAR

South African rand

10,3225

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 132/2002 of 27 September 2002 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2002-09-27
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: International Maritime Organisation, international convention, international standard, oil pollution, prevention of pollution, tanker

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Official Journal of the European Communities

12.12.2002

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 132/2002

of 27 September 2002

amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting
the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in parti-
cular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Annex XIII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 106/2002
of 12 July 2002 (1).

Regulation (EC) No 417/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 February 2002
on the accelerated phasing-in of double hull or equivalent design requirements for single hull oil
tankers and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 2978/94 (2)
is to be incorporated into the
Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Annex XIII to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

Article 1

1. The following point shall be inserted after point 56l (Directive 2002/6/EC of the European Parliament

and of the Council):
‘56m. 32002 R 0417: Regulation (EC) No 417/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
18 February 2002 on the accelerated phasing-in of double hull or equivalent design requirements
for single hull oil
tankers and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 2978/94 (OJ L 64,
7.3.2002, p. 1).’

2. Point 55c (Council Regulation (EC) No 2978/94) shall be deleted with effect from 31 December 2007.

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 417/2002 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in
the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

This Decision shall enter into force on 28 September 2002, provided that all the notifications under Article
103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal
of the European Communities.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 27 September 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Gunnar Snorri GUNNARSSON

(1) OJ L 298, 31.10.2002, p. 27.
(2) OJ L 64, 7.3.2002, p. 1.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 116/2002 of 27 September 2002 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2002-09-27
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Ireland, United Kingdom, animal disease, fish, marketing restriction

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

12.12.2002

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 116/2002

of 27 September 2002

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting
the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in parti-
cular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Annex I to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 78/2002 of
25 June 2002 (1).

Commission Decision 2001/872/EC of 7 December 2001 approving the schemes submitted by the
United Kingdom and Ireland for the withdrawal of all fish in farms infected with infectious salmon
anaemia (ISA) virus and repealing Decision 2001/494/EC (2) is to be incorporated into the Agree-
ment.

(3)

This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 13 (Commission Decision 2001/140/EC) under the
heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL TAKE DUE
ACCOUNT’ in part 3.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement:

‘14. 32001 D 0872: Commission Decision 2001/872/EC of 7 December 2001 approving the schemes
submitted by the United Kingdom and Ireland for the withdrawal of all fish in farms infected with
infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) virus and repealing Decision 2001/494/EC (OJ L 325, 8.12.2001,
p. 33).

This acts applies also to Iceland.’

Article 2

The texts of Decision 2001/872/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA
Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

This Decision shall enter into force on 28 September 2002, provided that all the notifications under Article
103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal
of the European Communities.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 27 September 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Gunnar Snorri GUNNARSSON

(1) OJ L 266, 3.10.2002, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 325, 8.12.2001, p. 33.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1720/2002 of 27 September 2002 fixing the maximum purchasing price for butter for the 58th invitation to tender carried out under the standing invitation to tender governed by Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
Date: 2002-09-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, maximum price, purchase price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1720/2002

of 27 September 2002

fixing the maximum purchasing price for butter for the 58th invitation to tender carried out under
the standing invitation to tender governed by Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk
and milk products (1), as last amended by Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 509/2002 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 13 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/
1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules
for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/
1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter
and cream (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1614/2001 (4), provides that, in the light of the tenders
received for each invitation to tender, a maximum
buying-in price is to be fixed in relation to the interven-
tion price applicable and that it may also be decided not
to proceed with the invitation to tender.

(2)

(3)

As a result of
buying-in price should be fixed as set out below.

the tenders received,

the maximum

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 58th invitation to tender issued under Regulation (EC)
No 2771/1999, for which tenders had to be submitted not later
than 24 September 2002, the maximum buying-in price is
fixed at 295,38 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 September 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 September 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 79, 22.3.2002, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 214, 8.8.2001, p. 20.