do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2002-10-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Japan, anti-dumping measure, manufactured goods, packaging, political right

C 243/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

9.10.2002

Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures

(2002/C 243/07)

Further to the publication of a notice of impending expiry (1), following which no request for a review was
received, the Commission gives notice that the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will shortly
expire.

This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22
December 1995 (2) on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European
Community.

Product

Country(ies) of origin
or exportation

Measures

Reference

Date of expiry

Advertising matches

Japan

Duty

Counsil Regulation (EC)
No 2025/97
(OJ L 284, 16.10.1997)

17.10.2002

(1) OJ C 16, 19.1.2002, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2238/2000 (OJ L 257, 11.10.2000, p. 2).

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2961 — Rheinmetall/Diehl/Dynitec)

(2002/C 243/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 27 September 2002 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 German 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 ‘CDE’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 302M2961. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1798/2002 of 9 October 2002 on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
Date: 2002-10-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, deep-frozen product, fresh meat, import licence, product quality

10.10.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 272/23

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1798/2002

of 9 October 2002

on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 of
27 May 1997 opening and providing for the administration of
tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and
for frozen buffalo meat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1524/2002 (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 936/97 provides in Articles 4 and 5
the conditions for applications and for the issue of
import licences for meat referred to in Article 2(f).

Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 fixes the
amount of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and
veal originating in and imported from the United States
of America and Canada which may be imported on
special terms for the period 1 July 2002 to 30 June
2003 at 11 500 t.

It should be recalled that licences issued pursuant to this
Regulation will, throughout the period of validity, be
open for use only in so far as provisions on health
protection in force permit,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
All applications for import licences from 1 to 5 October
2002 for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal as
referred to in Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 shall be
granted in full.

2.
Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance
with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 936/97, during the first
five days of November 2002 for 4 461,279 t.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 October 2002.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 9 October 2002.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 137, 28.5.1997, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 229, 27.8.2002, p. 7.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2961 — Rheinmetall/Diehl/Dynitec) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-10-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronics, engine, explosive, household electrical appliance, merger control, metals, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 243/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

9.10.2002

Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures

(2002/C 243/07)

Further to the publication of a notice of impending expiry (1), following which no request for a review was
received, the Commission gives notice that the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will shortly
expire.

This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22
December 1995 (2) on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European
Community.

Product

Country(ies) of origin
or exportation

Measures

Reference

Date of expiry

Advertising matches

Japan

Duty

Counsil Regulation (EC)
No 2025/97
(OJ L 284, 16.10.1997)

17.10.2002

(1) OJ C 16, 19.1.2002, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2238/2000 (OJ L 257, 11.10.2000, p. 2).

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2961 — Rheinmetall/Diehl/Dynitec)

(2002/C 243/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 27 September 2002 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 German 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 ‘CDE’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 302M2961. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Information, Marketing and Public Relations,
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Judgment of the Court of 9 October 2002 in Case E-6/01: Request for an Advisory Opinion from Oslo byrett (Oslo City Court): CIBA Speciality Chemicals Water Treatment Ltd and Others v The Norwegian State, represented by the Ministry of Labour and Government Administration (Rules of procedure — Admissibility — Jurisdiction of the Court — Competence of the EEA Joint Committee)
Date: 2002-10-09
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: EFTA Court, Norway, chemical industry, dangerous substance, labelling

C 10/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

16.1.2003

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA COURT

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 9 October 2002

in Case E-6/01: Request for an Advisory Opinion from Oslo byrett (Oslo City Court): CIBA
Speciality Chemicals Water Treatment Ltd and Others v The Norwegian State, represented by
the Ministry of Labour and Government Administration

(Rules of procedure — Admissibility — Jurisdiction of the Court — Competence of the EEA Joint Committee)

(2003/C 10/09)

In Case E-6/01: request to the Court under Article 34 of the Agreement between the EFTA States on the
Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice by Oslo byrett (Oslo City Court) for an
Advisory Opinion in the case pending before it between CIBA Speciality Chemicals Water Treatment Ltd
and Others and the Norwegian State, represented by the Ministry of Labour and Government Adminis-
tration on the interpretation of: Articles 92, 93, 98 and 102 of the EEA Agreement; Article 97 of the Rules
of Procedure of the Court; Annex II to the EEA Agreement, Chapter XV (Dangerous substances), Point 1, in
particular the statement concerning possible derogations by an EFTA State from the Community acts
relating to classification and labelling of dangerous substances; Joint Statement by the EEA Joint Committee
adopted on 22 June 1995, concerning the EEA Agreement — Annex II, Chapter XV — regarding the
review clauses in the field of dangerous substances (OJ C 6, 1996, p. 7), in particular Annex II to that Joint
Statement, providing for certain derogations by Norway; and, Joint Statement by the EEA Joint Committee
adopted on 26 March 1999, concerning the EEA Agreement — Annex II, Chapter XV — regarding the
review clauses in the field of dangerous substances (OJ C 185, 1999, p. 6), in particular the Annex to that
Joint Statement, providing for certain derogations by Norway, the Court, composed of Thór Vilhjálmsson
(Judge-Rapporteur), President, Carl Baudenbacher and Per Tresselt, Judges, gave a judgment on 9 October
2002, the operative part of which declares as follows:

The EEA Joint Committee was competent to adopt the Joint Statement of 26 March 1999, auth-
orising certain derogations for Norway in respect of the relevant Communtiy rules concerning
classification and labelling of dangerous substances.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1796/2002 of 9 October 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 1491/2002 laying down detailed rules for the application of the specific measures for wine in the outermost regions introduced by Council Regulations (EC) No 1453/2001 and (EC) No 1454/2001
Date: 2002-10-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira, aid to agriculture, peripheral region, regional aid, viticulture, wine

10.10.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 272/19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1796/2002

of 9 October 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 1491/2002 laying down detailed rules for the application of the
specific measures for wine in the outermost regions introduced by Council Regulations (EC) No
1453/2001 and (EC) No 1454/2001

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(4)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001 of 28
June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural
products for the Azores and Madeira and repealing Regulation
(EEC) No 1600/1992 (Poseima) (1), and in particular Article 34
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001 introduced
a new aid for the ageing of Azores ‘verdelho’ wine.

Article 11(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1491/
2002 (2) stipulates that applications for this aid must be
lodged with the competent bodies by 30 September
2002.

the Portuguese authorities can adopt

the
So that
domestic administrative decisions needed to administer
the aid scheme, the Portuguese request to postpone the
above deadline to 15 November 2002 should be acceded

to as an exceptional measure for the wine year 2001/02
alone.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1491/2002 is replaced by
the following:

‘1.
In respect of the wine year 2001/02, applications for
the aid referred to in Article 2 shall be submitted to the
competent bodies no later than 30 September 2002, while
applications for the aid referred to in Article 4 shall be
submitted no later than 15 November 2002.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 October 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 26.
(2) OJ L 224, 21.8.2002, p. 49.
2003/50/EC: Decision No 4/2002 of the Association Council, Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part, of 9 October 2002 bringing into operation the Annex on good laboratory practice of the Protocol to the Europe Agreement on conformity assessment and acceptance of industrial products
Date: 2002-10-09
Institutions: EC–Hungary Association Council
Subjects: Hungary, association agreement (EU), industrial product, medicinal product, product safety, protocol to an agreement, standardisation

23.1.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 18/51

DECISION No 4/2002 OF THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL, ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND THEIR MEMBER STATES, OF THE ONE PART, AND THE
REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY, OF THE OTHER PART,

of 9 October 2002

bringing into operation the Annex on good laboratory practice of the Protocol to the Europe
Agreement on conformity assessment and acceptance of industrial products

(2003/50/EC)

THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Europe Agreement establishing an Asso-
ciation between the European Communities and their Member
States, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the
other part (1),

Having regard to the Protocol to the Europe Agreement on
conformity assessment and acceptance of industrial products (2),
and in particular to section IV of the Annex on good laboratory
practice for medicinal products for human use thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

The entry into operation of
the sectoral Annex on
mutual recognition of results of conformity assessment
for
in the field of good laboratory practice (GLP)
medicinal products for human use is conditional on a
decision of the Association Council in the light of the
mutual joint visits to Hungary according to the OECD
pilot project on examination of national GLP compliance
monitoring programmes.

(2)

Such visits have taken place in a satisfactory way and
the conditions are therefore in place for the entry into
operation of the sectoral Annex,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The Annex on mutual recognition of results of conformity
in the field of good laboratory practice for
assessment
medicinal products for human use to the Protocol
to the
Europe Agreement on conformity assessment and acceptance
of industrial products shall enter into operation on the first day
of the second month following the adoption of this Decision.

Done at Brussels, 9 October 2002.

For the Association Council

The President

P. S. MØLLER

(1) OJ L 347, 31.12.1993, p. 2.
(2) OJ L 135, 17.5.2001, p. 37.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2829/02 by Struan Stevenson (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Illegal driftnetting.
Date: 2002-10-09
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU control, application of EU law, fishing net, fishing regulations, infringement of EU law

C 110 E/112

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

8.5.2003

(2003/C 110 E/116)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2829/02

by Struan Stevenson (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(9 October 2002)

Subject: Illegal driftnetting

European press reports and anecdotal information point to the continued use of pelagic driftnets by boats
of at least two European Union countries, despite the full prohibition coming into force in January 2002.

Can the Commission include whether it has any additional information on the continued use of such
driftnets, what measures are being adopted by Member States to ensure compliance with Regulation (EC)
1239/98 (1), and what measures the Commission intends to take against Member States that still allow
fishing boats to use driftnets?

(1) OJ L 171, 17.6.1998, p. 1.

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(31 October 2002)

The Commission is engaged in a programme, covering the whole fishing year, of ad hoc missions by its
inspectors to verify on the spot that Community vessels (and non-EU vessels operating in Community
waters) are complying with Regulation (EC) No 1239/98 (1) prohibiting driftnet
fishing for highly
migratory species. It wishes to stress the cooperation extended by the Member States’ authorities in
execution of this programme.

Despite the provisions adopted by the Member States to ensure respect for the rules a number of
infringements have been detected.

At the end of the inspection programme a comprehensive assessment will be made on the basis of which
the Commission will decide on any action to be taken against Member States.

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 1239/98 of 8 June 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 894/97 laying down certain

technical measures for conservation of fishery resources, OJ L 171, 17.6.1998.

(2003/C 110 E/117)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2835/02

by Jorge Hernández Mollar (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: EU assistance for bottling Malaga wine

(9 October 2002)

On Spain’s entry to the European Union in 1986, the majority of Andalusian wine was sold abroad
unbottled. Wine producers in Jerez have almost entirely abandoned the practice, but a third of all Malaga
wines are still exported unbottled.

Although about two million litres of Malaga wine are produced every year, only a third is exported, and of
that only a third is bottled. However, Malaga wine producers are determined that in five years’ time all
Malaga wine will be sold in bottled form, which will avoid its inclusion on the list of semi-generics, a
denomination category which is not respected abroad, particularly in the United States.

Will the Commission indicate to what extent it will support the Malaga wine producers’ aims to ensure
that in five years all Malaga wine will be exported in bottled form with a denomination of origin?
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1789/2002 of 9 October 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2002-10-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

10.10.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 272/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1789/2002

of 9 October 2002

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and
vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(2)

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 10 October 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 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.

L 272/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

10.10.2002

to the Commission Regulation of 9 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
096
999
052
999
052
999
052
388
524
528
999
052
064
400
999
096
388
400
512
804
999
052
999

68,3
44,6
56,5
92,6
92,6
82,6
82,6
59,7
64,0
62,2
53,5
59,9
110,3
124,7
208,2
147,7
41,3
127,7
59,1
89,3
76,4
78,8
95,3
95,3

(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’.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2838/02 by Salvador Garriga Polledo (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Delimitation of the fishing area in the mouth of the River Guadiana.
Date: 2002-10-09
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Portugal, Spain, competence of the Member States, fishing area, territorial waters

8.5.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 110 E/113

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(21 November 2002)

On the matter of bottling of wine in the region of origin reference should be made to the Court of Justice’s
judgment of 16 May 2000 in case C-388/95 (1).

It must nonetheless be stressed that bottling of Malaga wines in the region cannot by itself solve the semi-
generic problem. Agreements with the countries using these are indispensable.

The Commission is doing all it can to conclude bilateral agreements with other countries on trade in wines
and spirits and is at present negotiating with the United States.

(1)

[2000] ECR I-03123.

(2003/C 110 E/118)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2838/02

by Salvador Garriga Polledo (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(9 October 2002)

Subject: Delimitation of the fishing area in the mouth of the River Guadiana

The recent incident in the mouth of the River Guadiana on the border between Spain and Portugal, which
resulted in the seizure of a Spanish fishing boat by the Portuguese navy, has revived demands from the
Assembly of Andalucia and the Huelva Fishing and Agricultural Commission for clear demarcation of the
above fishing area between Spain and Portugal.

For the Huelva fishermen, the boundary between Spanish and Portuguese waters is not sufficiently clear
and they believe that a new fishing agreement between the two countries would prevent similar incidents
in the future.

Given the Commission’s role in the fisheries common policy, could it intervene to meet the demands of
the Huelva fishermen regarding clear demarcation of the fishing area, and thus avoid future recurrences of
incidents such as that concerning the Spanish fishing vessel described above?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(24 October 2002)

The Commission wishes to inform that it has not received any request from the national authorities to
intervene in the referred matter.

Anyway, the question related to the delimitation of the fishing zone does not fall within the Community
competence. It is clear, however, that the Commission wishes that the fishing activities are carried out in
this area in satisfactory conditions for all the parties concerned.

(2003/C 110 E/119)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2839/02

by Salvador Garriga Polledo (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(9 October 2002)

Subject: Assistance towards promoting greater liberalisation of agricultural leaseholds

Both EU public administrations and farmers themselves have pointed out that the number of farmers
directly involved in working their own land is on the decrease. Thus ever-increasing numbers of farmers
are leasing their land.