do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2002-10-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

1.10.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 235/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

30 September 2002

(2002/C 235/01)

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

0,986

119,67

7,4274

0,6295

9,1516

1,4611

85,48

7,3415

1,9469

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

0,57333

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

30,285

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,5941

0,4131

4,0926

32578

228,305

41,805

1637000

1,8101

1,5566

7,6905

2,0936

1,7542

243,8

KRW

South Korean won

1204,89

3,4522

ZAR

South African rand

10,4077

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(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission notice on the issuing of licences to railway undertakings
Date: 2002-10-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, rail transport, transport company, transport licence

C 235/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

1.10.2002

Commission notice on the issuing of licences to railway undertakings

(2002/C 235/02)

Pursuant to Article 11(8) of Council Directive 95/18/EC of 19 June 1995 on the licensing of railway
undertakings, the Commission is obliged to inform the Member States of the situation regarding licences
issued. The main aspects of the licence issued by the office indicated in point 2 are set out below.

1. Name and address of the railway undertaking

TraXion A/S
Jernbanegade 7
DK-6330 Padborg.

2. Issuing office

Jernbanetilsynet (Railway Inspectorate)
Vester Voldgade 123, 3. sal
DK-1552 Copenhagen V.

3. Date of the decision

2 July 2002.

First issued

Suspension

Revocation

Amendment

&

&

&

4. Licence No

5621.020/01-191.31.

5. Terms and conditions

—

6. Observations regarding suspensions, revocations and amendments

—

7. Other observations

—

8. Person to contact at the issuing office

(Name, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address)

Vibeke Richter, (45) 33 95 43 34, (45) 33 14 18 50, vir@jernbanetilsynet.dk
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1751/2002 of 1 October 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2002-10-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

L 264/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

2.10.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1751/2002

of 1 October 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
import arrangements
last
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 2 October 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 October 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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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 264/17

to the Commission Regulation of 1 October 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

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

63,7
101,0
31,4
65,4
102,3
143,3
122,8
84,3
84,3
74,6
55,0
62,8
55,7
62,0
101,2
105,0
204,2
136,8
89,7
89,2
100,7
72,5
235,4
73,7
110,2
82,3
70,5
76,4

(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’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1755/2002 of 1 October 2002 on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables
Date: 2002-10-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, export licence, export refund, fruit vegetable, grape, pip fruit, stone fruit

2.10.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 264/25

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1755/2002

of 1 October 2002

on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001
of 8 October 2001 on detailed rules for implementing Council
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit
and vegetables (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1176/
2002 (2), and in particular Article 6(7) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1110/2002 (3) fixed the
indicative quantities laid down for the issue of export
licences in the fruit and vegetable sector other than those
requested in the context of food aid.

In the light of information now available to the Commis-
sion, the indicative quantities have been exceeded in the
case of oranges, table grapes and peaches.

Those overruns are without prejudice to compliance
with the limits resulting from the agreements concluded
in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty. The rate of

refund for all products covered by licences applied for
under system B between 1 July and 16 September 2002
should be the indicative rate,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
The percentages for the issuing of system B export
licences, as referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1961/
2001, and applied for between 1 July and 16 September 2002,
by which the quantities applied for and the rates of refund
applicable must be multiplied, are as fixed in the Annex hereto.

2.
Paragraph 1 does not apply to licences applied for in
connection with food-aid operations as provided for in Article
10(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the
Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 October 2002.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 1 October 2002.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8.
(2) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 69.
(3) OJ L 168, 27.6.2002, p. 8.

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2.10.2002

Percentages for the issuing of licences and rates of refund applicable to system B licences applied for between
1 July and 16 September 2002

ANNEX

Product

Percentage for the
issuing of
licences

Rate of refund
(EUR/t net)

Tomatoes

Oranges

Table grapes

Apples

Peaches and nectarines

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

14,0

26,0

23,0

15,0

27,0
Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of Directive 94/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 1994 in relation to recreational craft (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-10-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European standard, harmonisation of standards, pleasure craft, technical specification

1.10.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 235/3

Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of Directive 94/25/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 1994 in relation to recreational craft (1)

(2002/C 235/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(Publication of titles and references of European harmonised standards under the Directive)

ESO (1)

Reference and title of the standard

Reference document

Reference of the
superseded standard

Date of cessation
of presumption of conformity
of the superseded standard
Note 1

CEN

CEN

CEN

CEN

CEN

CEN

Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings —
sandwich
Part 2: Materials: Core materials
construction, embedded materials
(ISO 12215-2:2002)

for

EN ISO 12215-2:2002 None

Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings —
Part 3: Materials: Steel, aluminium alloys, wood,
other materials
(ISO 12215-3:2002)

EN ISO 12215-3:2002 None

Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings —
Part 4: Workshop and manufacturing
(ISO 12215-4:2002)

EN ISO 12215-4:2002 None

Small craft — Stability and buoyancy assessment and
categorisation — Part 1: Non-sailing boats of hull
length greater than or equal to 6 m
(ISO 12217-1:2002)

EN ISO 12217-1:2002 None

Small craft — Stability and buoyancy assessment and
categorisation — Part 2: Sailing boats of hull length
greater than or equal to 6 m
(ISO 12217-2:2002)

EN ISO 12217-2:2002 None

Small craft — Stability and buoyancy assessment and
categorisation — Part 3: Boats of hull length less than
6 m
(ISO 12217-3:2002)

EN ISO 12217-3:2002 None

—

—

—

—

—

—

(1) ESO (European standardisation organisation):

— CEN: rue de Stassart/Stassartstraat 36, B-1050 Brussels; tel. (32-2) 550 08 11, fax (32-2) 550 08 19 (http://www.cenorm.be);
— Cenelec: rue de Stassart/Stassartstraat 35, B-1050 Brussels; tel. (32-2) 519 68 71, fax (32-2) 519 69 19 (http://www.cenelec.org);
— ETSI: 650, route des Lucioles, F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, tel. (33-4) 92 94 42 00, fax (33-4) 93 65 47 16 (http://www.etsi.org).

Note 1: Generally the date of cessation of presumption of conformity will be the date of withdrawal (‘dow’), set by the European
standardisation organisation, but attention of users of these standards is drawn to the fact that in certain exceptional cases this can be
otherwise.

(1) OJ L 164, 30.6.1994, p. 15.
Budget of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2002
Date: 2002-10-01
Institutions: European Training Foundation
Subjects: EU programme, European Training Foundation, Internet, budget, dissemination of EU information, expenditure, management

C 235/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

1.10.2002

EUROPEAN TRAINING FOUNDATION

Budget of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2002

(2002/C 235/06)

The Foundation's budget 2002 amounts to EUR 16,8 million of which EUR 10,5 million is reserved for
expenditure relating to persons working with the Foundation, EUR 1,4 million for building, equipment
and miscellaneous operating expenditure, and EUR 4,9 million for expenses relating to performance of
specific missions. Furthermore, the Foundation manages PHARE and TACIS funds for a total amount of
EUR 156,6 million.

The detailed budget and the establishment plan are available on Internet at the following address:

http://www.etf.eu.int
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2830 — Global Freight Exchange/Lufthansa Cargo/Société Air France/British Airways/JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-10-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air transport, carriage of passengers, carrier, economic concentration, exchange of information, freight rate, merger control, service, transit

1.10.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 235/5

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2830 — Global Freight Exchange/Lufthansa Cargo/Société Air France/British
Airways/JV)

(2002/C 235/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 26 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 the undertakings Global Freight Exchange Limited, controlled by Sunningdale
Holdings Limited, on the one hand, and Lufthansa Cargo AG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche
Lufthansa AG, Air France SA and British Airways plc, on the other hand, acquires, within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, joint control of GF-X Operations Limited by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Global Freight Exchange Limited: provision of a B2B trading platform for air-freight carriers and

forwarder,

— Lufthansa Cargo AG: scheduled air services for the carriage of passengers and freight and air-transport

related services,

— Air France SA: scheduled and charter flight services for the carriage of passengers and freight and

air-transport related services;

— British Airways: scheduled and charter air services for the carriage of passengers and cargo and

air-transport related services,

— GF-X Operations Limited: provision of a B2B trading platform for air-freight carriers and forwarder.

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.2830 — Global Freight Exchange/Lufthansa Cargo/Société Air France/British Airways/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.
Notification of a joint venture (Case COMP/38.450/F1 Agora: BSH Electroménager, Elco-Brandt SA, Fagor Electrodomesticos sociedad cooperativa, Miele France SAS, Groupe Rosières, Whirlpool France SAS, Electrolux Home Products France and Merloni Electroménager SA) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-10-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Internet, documentation, economic concentration, exchange of information, household electrical appliance, joint venture, spare part

C 235/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

1.10.2002

Notification of a joint venture

(Case COMP/38.450/F1 Agora: BSH Electroménager, Elco-Brandt SA, Fagor Electrodomesticos
sociedad cooperativa, Miele France SAS, Groupe Rosières, Whirlpool France SAS, Electrolux
Home Products France and Merloni Electroménager SA)

(2002/C 235/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 19 June 2002 the Commission received notification pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation
1.
No 17 (1) of a joint venture agreement between BSH Electroménager, Elco-Brandt SA, Fagor Electrodo-
mesticos sociedad cooperativa, Miele France SAS, Groupe Rosières, Whirlpool France SAS and GIFAM;
GIFAM, a trade association, was acting only on a temporary basis, on behalf of and for the account of
Electrolux Home Products France and Merloni Electroménager SA.

A joint venture named Agora SAS is to be set up to run an Internet portal providing a link between the
manufacturers operating on the market and their commercial partners, which would act as a channel for
orders for spare parts, manufacturers' technical documentation, and repairers' guarantee claims.

This server would enable any repairer, whether an independent repairer or an authorised dealer, to use a
single format and a single call number in order to place orders for spare parts, obtain manufacturer's
technical
information (to be updated daily) or submit guarantee claims, via an extranet or Internet
connection.

Upon preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified agreement may fall within the

2.
scope of Regulation No 17.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit

3.
proposed transaction.

their possible observations on the

4.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 15 days following the date of this publi-
cation. Observations can be sent by fax (No (32-2) 295 01 28) or by post under reference number
COMP/38.450/F1 to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Anti-trust Registry,
J-70,
B-1049 Brussels.

(1) OJ 13, 21.2.1962, p. 204/62.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1753/2002 of 1 October 2002 authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the Republic of India
Date: 2002-10-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: India, clothing, import policy, originating product, quantitative restriction, textile product

2.10.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 264/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1753/2002

of 1 October 2002

authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating
in the Republic of India

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12
October 1993 on common rules for imports of certain textile
products from third countries (1), as last amended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 797/2002 (2), and in particular Article
7 thereof,

(4)

(5)

(6)

It is appropriate to grant the request.

It is desirable for this Regulation to enter into force the
day after its publication in order to allow operators to
benefit from it as soon as possible.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee
provided for in Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/
93,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The Memorandum of Understanding between the
European Community and the Republic of
India on
arrangements in the area of market access for textile
products, initialled on 31 December 1994 (3), provides
that favourable consideration should be given to certain
requests for so-called ‘exceptional flexibility’ by India.

The Republic of India has made a request for transfers
between categories on 12 July 2002.

The transfers requested by the Republic of India fall
within the limits of the flexibility provisions referred to
in Article 7 and set out in Annex VIII to Regulation
(EEC) No 3030/93.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Transfers between the quantitative limits for textile goods origi-
nating in the Republic of India are authorised for the quota year
2002 in accordance with the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Commu-
nities.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 October 2002.

For the Commission

Pascal LAMY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 128, 15.5.2002, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 153, 27.6.1996, p. 53.

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2.10.2002

ANNEX

664 INDIA

ADJUSTMENT

Group

Category

Unit

Limit 2002

Adjusted
working level

Quantity in
units

Quantity in
tonnes

%

Flexibility

IA

IB

3

6

kg

pc

33 347 000

27 019 980

– 500 000

500

– 1,5

Transfer to
category 6

11 225 000

15 695 930

880 000

500

7,8

Transfer from
category 3

16 575 930

New adjusted
working level

26 519 980