do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2977 — Compass/Onama SpA) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-10-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: catering industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control

C 253/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

22.10.2002

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2977 — Compass/Onama SpA)

(2002/C 253/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 14 October 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 undertaking Compass plc (UK) acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
Regulation, control of the whole of Onama SpA (Italy) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Compass plc: catering food service,

— Onama SpA: catering food service.

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.2977 — Compass/Onama SpA, 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.
Bureau of the Economic and Social Committee of the European Communities (First two-year period of the 12th four-year term of office) — New appointments made at the 394th plenary session held on 22, 23 and 24 October 2002
Date: 2002-10-22
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: European Economic and Social Committee, appointment of staff, president of an institution, vice-president of an institution

11.12.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 308/39

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

BUREAU OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

(First two-year period of the 12th four-year term of office)

New appointments made at the 394th plenary session held on 22, 23 and 24 October 2002

(2002/C 308/09)

BUREAU MEMBERS
(2002-2004)

PRESIDENT (*)

Roger BRIESCH

VICE-PRESIDENTS (*)

MEMBERS (*)

Göke FRERICHS

Leif Erland NIELSEN

ANDRADE Paulo Jorge

BEIRNAERT Wilfried

BOLDT Peter

BULK Marjolijn

DAVISON Ann

DIMITRIADIS Dimitrios

EHNMARK Ernst Erik

ESPUNY MOYANO José María

FEICKERT David

GRAF VON SCHWERIN Alexander-Michael

HERNÁNDEZ BATALLER Bernardo

JUNCK Paul

KALLIO Seppo Ilmari

MALOSSE Henri

OLSSON Jan Erik Anders

REGALDO Giacomo

RIBBE Lutz

SEPI Mario

SEQUEIRA Victor Hugo

SIGMUND Anne-Marie

VAN TURNHOUT Jillian

(*) Groups.
I
= Employers.
II = Employees.
III = Various other economic and social components of organised civil society.

GR II – F

GR I – D

GR III – DK

GR I – P

GR I – B

GR II – FI

GR II – NL

GR III – UK

GR I – GR

GR II – SE

GR I – ES

GR II – UK

GR II – D

GR III – ES

GR I – L

GR III – FI

GR I – F

GR III – SE

GR I – I

GR III – D

GR II – I

GR II – P

GR III – AT

GR III – IRL
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2973/02 by Caroline Lucas (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Broiler chickens.
Date: 2002-10-22
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: animal welfare, drafting of EU law, livestock farming, poultry, protection of animals

C 92 E/224

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

17.4.2003

Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission

(29 November 2002)

The Commission adopted the Draft Joint Employment Report 2002 on 13 November 2002 (1). It assesses
the progress made by Member States in the implementation of the 2001 Employment Guidelines. On
adoption, it was forwarded to the other institutions including the Parliament and made available to the
press and the general public.

In the preliminary stages of preparing the Draft Joint Employment Report and its supporting document,
the Commission holds bilateral meetings with all Member States in order to ensure that it has its facts
right. This year’s meeting with Austria took place on 13 September 2002. Shortly before the meeting the
preliminary draft of the supporting document was, as usual, sent to the Austrian Ministry of Labour and
Economic Affairs.

It is not the Commission’s policy to make draft proposals available to the press before adoption and
transmission to the other European institutions. According to the Framework Agreement, the Commission
does not make public any legislative initiative or significant initiative or decision before notifying the
Parliament. According to the provisions of the Framework Agreement, it is therefore the Commission’s
practice to inform the Parliament
the most
outstanding decisions taken by the College.

immediately after its weekly Commission meeting of

(1) COM(2002) 621final.

(2003/C 92 E/283)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2973/02

by Caroline Lucas (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(22 October 2002)

Subject: Broiler chickens

In their 2000 report the Commission’s Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare
concluded that painful leg disorders and heart failure are two of the principal health and welfare problems
facing broiler chickens and that both of these are mainly caused by the rapid growth rates imposed on
broilers.

Does the Commission intend to address the question of leg disorders, heart failure and rapid growth rates
in its forthcoming proposal for a Council directive laying down minimum standards for the protection of
broiler chickens?

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(28 November 2002)

The Commission is in the process of elaborating its proposal for the protection of chickens kept for the
production of meat.

The Commission proposal will take into account the main recommendations provided by the scientists in
their latest report including specific provisions to address the questions related to the rapid growth rate of
the animals.

Furthermore, in preparing its proposal the Commission aims to promote good management practices and
to integrate the monitoring of the welfare status of the animals in controls already carried out at
slaughterhouses. The monitoring of the results could replace over-detailed specifications concerning farms.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1882/2002 of 22 October 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2002-10-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

23.10.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 285/15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1882/2002

of 22 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
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 23 October 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 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 285/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

23.10.2002

to the Commission Regulation of 22 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
204
999
052
999
052
999
052
388
524
528
600
999
052
400
508
999
388
400
404
512
800
804
999
052
999

75,7
39,0
71,1
61,9
103,8
103,8
88,3
88,3
49,4
60,4
50,5
51,1
71,4
56,6
109,9
276,8
194,0
193,6
137,7
59,4
92,8
55,7
231,4
73,7
108,5
75,1
75,1

(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-2968/02 by Jens-Peter Bonde (EDD) to the Commission. Open competition COM/A/6/01 — Administrators (A7/A6) in the fields of external relations and management aid to non-member countries.
Date: 2002-10-22
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU Member State, European civil service, competition (EU), contract staff

C 192 E/88

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

14.8.2003

(2003/C 192 E/087)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2968/02

by Jens-Peter Bonde (EDD) to the Commission

(22 October 2002)

Subject: Open competition COM/A/6/01 (cid:1) Administrators (A7/A6) in the fields of external relations and

management aid to non-member countries

Could the Commission answer the following points regarding the recruitment competition COM/A/6/01
and in particular specify:

(cid:1) How many candidates were finally included in the reserve list?

(cid:1) How many citizens from each Member State were finally included in the reserve list?

(cid:1) How many candidates that have or have had a contract with the European Commission or any other

EU Institution came to the interview (exam f)?

(cid:1) How many candidates that have or have had a contract with the European Commission or any other

EU Institution were finally included in the reserve list (Please specify for each Member State.)?

Supplementary answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission

(11 February 2003)

Following the interim reply given by the Commission to the Honourable Member on 6 December 2002,
answers to the last two points in his questions are:

(cid:1) Field 01 (external relations):

(cid:1) 122 candidates were called to the oral test exam (f). Of these, 16 had or have had contracts with

the Commission,

(cid:1) Their breakdown by Member State is as follows: Austria: 2, Italy: 1, Germany: 8, France: 1,

Spain: 1, UK: 1, Ireland: 1, Belgium: 1,

(cid:1) Of the 80 successful candidates, 12 had or have had contracts with the Commission,

(cid:1) Their breakdown by Member State is as follows: Austria: 2, Italy: 1, Germany: 7, France: 1,

Spain: 1;

(cid:1) Field 02 (management of aid to non-member countries):

(cid:1) 357 candidates were called to the oral test exam (f). Of these, 86 had or have had contracts with

the Commission,

(cid:1) Their breakdown by Member State is as follows: Italy: 16, France: 8, Belgium: 12, Germany: 7,

Spain: 14, UK: 8, Finland: 4, Greece: 5, Netherlands: 5, Sweden: 1, Austria: 4, Ireland: 2,

(cid:1) Of the 250 successful candidates, 59 had or have had contracts with the Commission,

(cid:1) Their breakdown by Member State is as follows: Italy: 10, Greece: 3, Spain: 12, UK: 7, Austria: 4,

Belgium: 6, France: 4, Ireland: 2, Netherlands: 4, Germany: 5, Sweden: 1, Finland: 1.

(2003/C 192 E/088)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3004/02

by Eija-Riitta Korhola (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(23 October 2002)

Subject: Legal safeguards for the victim, mobility of citizens, and rape victims in the EU

A Finnish national has written from Greece about her experience when she toured the country in 1999.
The rape victim concerned had managed to memorise the registration number of her attacker’s car and
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2843 — Amcor/Schmalbach-Lubeca) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-10-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bottling, economic concentration, merger control, packaging product, production, restrictive-practice authorisation, sale, supply

22.10.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 253/13

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2843 — Amcor/Schmalbach-Lubeca)

(2002/C 253/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 28 June 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 302M2843. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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2, rue Mercier,
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Information on the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the Community and the Swiss Confederation under the Generalised System of Preferences, providing that goods with content of Swiss origin shall be treated on their arrival on the customs territory of the Community as goods with content of Community origin (reciprocal agreement)
Date: 2002-10-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EFTA countries, Switzerland, agreement (EU), certificate of origin, tariff preference

L 284/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

22.10.2002

Information on the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the Community and the Swiss Confederation under the Generalised System of Prefer-
ences, providing that goods with content of Swiss origin shall be treated on their arrival on the
customs territory of the Community as goods with content of Community origin (reciprocal
agreement) (1)

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the Community and the Swiss Confedera-
tion under the Generalised System of Preferences, providing that goods with content of Swiss origin shall
be treated on their arrival on the customs territory of the Community as goods with content of Commu-
nity origin (reciprocal agreement), which was signed in Brussels on 14 December 2000, entered into force
on 19 July 2002 after completion of the procedures provided for in point 6 of the Agreement on 19 July
2002.

(1) OJ L 38, 8.2.2001, p. 24.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3006 — Acea Distribuzione/BTicino/Siemens) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-10-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, electrical equipment, electrical industry, electronics industry, exchange of information, heating, lighting, merger control

22.10.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 253/11

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3006 — Acea Distribuzione/BTicino/Siemens)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2002/C 253/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 16 October 2002 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
1.
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (2),
by which the Italian undertakings Acea Distribuzione SpA (Acea Distribuzione), controlled via the holding
Acea SpA (Acea) by the ‘comune’ of Rome, BTicino SpA (BTicino), controlled by the French Legrand SA
(Legrand), and Siemens SpA, controlled by the German Siemens AG (Siemens), acquire, within the meaning
of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, joint control of a newly created company constituting a joint venture
by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Acea: production, transmission, distribution and trading of electricity, district heating and public

lighting,

— Legrand: production and slae of low-voltage electrical equipment,

— Siemens: electrical and electronic products of any kind,

including in the field of information and

communication,

— Joint venture: study, development, manufacture and sale of an advanced system for the management

and control of low-voltage electrical distribution networks.

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within
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.3006 — Acea Distribuzione/BTicino/Siemens, 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.
Notification of a cooperation agreement (Case COMP/C.2/38.118 PressPlay (formerly Duet) Case COMP/C.2/38.119 MusicNet) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-10-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Internet, cooperation agreement, exchange of information, joint venture, music

C 253/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

22.10.2002

Notification of a cooperation agreement

(Case COMP/C.2/38.118 PressPlay (formerly Duet)
Case COMP/C.2/38.119 MusicNet)

(2002/C 253/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

In 2001, the Commission opened separate own initiative investigations into the above cooperation

1.
agreements.

2.
On 1 October 2002, the Commission received from Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (Sony) and
Universal Music Group (Universal) a notification pursuant to Articles 2 and 4 of Council Regulation No
17 of agreements by which Sony and Universal enter into a partnership to form PressPlay. PressPlay is an
online music company which may provide music over the Internet to subscribers throughout the world,
excluding Japan. It is currently offering the service in the US. Under the notified agreements, PressPlay is
formed for an initial period of five years though this may be renewed. During this period Sony and
Universal have entered into non-exclusive content agreements with PressPlay, giving access to the Sony
and Universal repertoires.

3.
On 17 October 2002, the Commission received a notification from RealNetworks Inc.; Bertelsmann
AG (through its wholly owned subsidiary Bertelsmann Inc.); EMI Group plc (through its wholly owned
subsidiary Virgin Holdings Inc.); AOL Time Warner Inc. (through its wholly owned subsidiary Warner
Music Group Inc.) pursuant to Articles 2 and 4 of Regulation no 17. The notified agreements relate to the
acquisition of minority shareholdings in MusicNet Inc. by Bertelsmann Inc., Virgin Holdings Inc. and
Warner Music Group Inc. MusikNet Inc. will offer a technology platform and a collection of music to
distributors of online music services. The service is currently only available in the United States. Warner
Music Group Inc., BMG Music, and Virgin Holdings Inc. have entered into non-exclusive content licence
agreements with MusicNet Inc. giving MusicNet Inc. access to a significant amount of repertoire.

Upon preliminary examination,

4.
agreements could fall within the scope of Regulation No 17.

the Commission finds that each of

the notified cooperation

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their observations on one or both of the

5.
proposed operations.

Observations must reach the Commission not

this
6.
publication. Observations can be sent under reference number COMP/C.2/38.118 PressPlay and/or
COMP/C.2/38.119 MusicNet by fax (No (32-2) 295 01 28 or by post to:

later than 20 days following the date of

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
Office J-70 0/18
B-1049 Brussels.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2002-10-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 253/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

22.10.2002

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

21 October 2002

(2002/C 253/03)

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

0,9748

121,53

7,4291

0,63

9,0678

1,4693

85,98

7,398

1,9465

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

0,57228

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

30,55

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,5942

0,4127

4,0417

32422

228,905

41,525

1625000

1,7616

1,53

7,6024

2,0198

1,7359

242,48

KRW

South Korean won

1203,88

3,4525

ZAR

South African rand

10,0136

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.