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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2024/2002 of 14 November 2002 on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
Date: 2002-11-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export licence, export refund, grape

15.11.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 312/19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2024/2002

of 14 November 2002

on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

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 laying down detailed rules for imple-
menting Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export
refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1176/2002 (2), and in particular Article 4(4)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2002 (3) opens an
invitation to tender setting the indicative refund rates
and indicative quantities for system A3 export licences,
which may be issued, other than those tendered for as
part of food aid.

In the light of the tenders submitted, the maximum
refund rates and the percentages of quantities to be
awarded for
tenders quoting those maximum rates
should be set.

(3)

(4)

In the case of table grapes, the maximum rate necessary
to award licences for the indicative quantity up to the
quantities tendered for is more than one-and-a-half times
the indicative refund rate,

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the case of table grapes, the maximum refund rates and the
percentages for reducing the quantities awarded under the invi-
tation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 1917/2002
shall be as set out in the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 November 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 November 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 289, 26.10.2002, p. 12.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

15.11.2002

ANNEX

Product

Maximum refund rate
(EUR/t net)

Percentage awarded of quantities
tendered for quoting the maximum
refund rate

Table grapes

26

100 %
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3222/02 by Eija-Riitta Korhola (PPE-DE) to the Council. Accession countries and volume of hot air.
Date: 2002-11-14
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU environmental policy, accession to the European Union, reduction of gas emissions, tradeable emission permit

C 155 E/114

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

3.7.2003

Mr Akhmed Zakayev, Vice-President of the elected government of Chechnya, in Copenhagen, where he
had been sent on official business by President Maskhadov. Coming on the heels of the barbaric action
against the hostages in Moscow and the hundreds of lives which it claimed, this unprecedented measure is
the latest excess in the record of President Putin, whose attitude is part and parcel of a growing tendency
worldwide to use the fight against terrorism as a pretext for overriding respect for human life which is
increasingly assuming the features of a new and dangerous form of militarist fascism that refuses to
acknowledge human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Can the Council state whether any remotely legitimate grounds exist permitting a government occupying
the EU Presidency to arrest the Vice-President of a government such as that of Chechnya, democratically
elected in a small country which is fighting for its independence?

Reply

(20 February 2003)

This matter is a subject for the judicial authorities of Denmark. For this reason, it is not appropriate for the
Council to make any comment whatsoever upon it.

(2003/C 155 E/124)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3222/02

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

(14 November 2002)

Subject: Accession countries and volume of ‘hot air’

Is there an estimate on how big a volume of so-called ‘hot air’ is possessed by the 10 (and later 12) new
Member States during the initial period of the EU emission trading scheme (2005-2007) or the subsequent
period(s)? What is the volume, in comparison, of the ‘hot air’ the German Federal Republic is able to sell
taking into account the fact of the German reunification which took place after the base year of the Kyoto
protocol?

Has the EU developed strategies on when and how this hot air should be put on the market in regard to
the price of emission allowances (and the actual reductions of emissions in the EU) (cid:1) and where have such
strategies have been published if they exist?

(2003/C 155 E/125)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3224/02

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

(14 November 2002)

Subject: Accession countries and joint implementation projects (Kyoto Mechanism)

Has the EU made any agreements in the accession talks for the ten new Member States to promote JI
projects during the initial period of the EU emission trading scheme (2005-2007) or the subsequent
period(s)?

Is there an estimate on how big a volume of such projects will be initiated during each of the ET periods
(absolutely and in proportion of ‘hot air’)? Has the EU made any models on how effective implementation
of JI projects would affect the price of emission allowances (and the actual reductions of emissions in the
EU) (cid:1) and where have such models been published if they exist?
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2793 — DMT/EPC/Saar Montan) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-11-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, civil engineering, drilling, economic concentration, energy distribution, explosive, merger control, mining operation, motor vehicle industry, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 277/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

14.11.2002

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.1961 — NHS (San Paolo-IMI)/MWCR (Schroders))

(2002/C 277/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 19 May 2000 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 Italian 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 ‘CIT’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 300M1961. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2793 — DMT/EPC/Saar Montan)

(2002/C 277/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 1 July 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),

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2897 — Sita Sverige AB/Sydkraft Ecoplus) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-11-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy industry, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, waste management, waste recycling

14.11.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 277/9

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2897 — Sita Sverige AB/Sydkraft Ecoplus)

(2002/C 277/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 14 October 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),

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is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2974 — ABN AMRO Private Equity (UK)/Jessops)

(2002/C 277/11)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 21 October 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),

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2023/2002 of 14 November 2002 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of common wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 899/2002
Date: 2002-11-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, common wheat, export refund, third country

L 312/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

15.11.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2023/2002

of 14 November 2002

concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of common
wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 899/2002

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the appli-
cation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the
granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be
taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1163/2002 (4), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1324/2002 (5), and in parti-
cular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of
common wheat to all third countries, with the exclusion
of Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia was opened
pursuant
to Commission Regulation (EC) No 899/
2002 (6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1520/
2002 (7).

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 allows the
Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
and on the basis of the tenders notified, to make no
award.

On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of
Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 a maximum refund should
not be fixed.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 8 to 14
November 2002 in response to the invitation to tender for the
refund for the export of common wheat issued in Regulation
(EC) No 899/2002.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 November 2002.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 14 November 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 46.
(5) OJ L 194, 23.7.2002, p. 26.
(6) OJ L 133, 16.5.2001, p. 3.
(7) OJ L 228, 24.8.2002, p. 18.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2780 — GE Wind Turbines/Enron) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-11-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical engineering, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, wind energy

C 277/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

14.11.2002

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2780 — GE Wind Turbines/Enron)

(2002/C 277/12)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 30 April 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 302M2780. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Euro exchange rates
Date: 2002-11-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

14.11.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 277/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

13 November 2002

(2002/C 277/01)

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

1,0068

120,8

7,4262

0,6343

9,0728

1,4632

85,96

7,321

1,9475

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

0,57205

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

30,722

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6022

0,4145

3,9578

33840

229,375

41,745

1647000

1,7983

1,5899

7,8525

2,0341

1,7771

238,5

KRW

South Korean won

1209,97

3,4534

ZAR

South African rand

9,9056

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2025/2002 of 14 November 2002 on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
Date: 2002-11-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, citrus fruit, export licence, export refund, fruit vegetable, pip fruit

15.11.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 312/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2025/2002

of 14 November 2002

on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001
of 8 October 2001 laying down detailed rules for imple-
menting Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export
refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1176/2002 (2), and in particular Article 4(4)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2002 (3) opens an
invitation to tender setting the indicative refund rates
and indicative quantities for system A3 export licences,
which may be issued, other than those tendered for as
part of food aid.

In the light of the tenders submitted, the maximum
refund rates and the percentages of quantities to be
awarded for
tenders quoting those maximum rates
should be set.

In the case of tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples, the
maximum rate necessary to award licences for the indi-
cative quantity up to the quantities tendered for is not
more than one-and-a-half times the indicative refund
rate,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

tomatoes, oranges,

the
In the case of
maximum refund rates and the percentages for reducing the
quantities awarded under the invitation to tender opened by
Regulation (EC) No 1917/2002 shall be as set out in the
Annex.

lemons and apples,

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 November 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 November 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 289, 26.10.2002, p. 12.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

15.11.2002

ANNEX

Product

Maximum refund rate
(EUR/t net)

Percentage awarded of quantities
tendered for quoting the maximum
refund rate

Tomatoes

Oranges

Lemons

Apples

20

28

24

13

100 %

100 %

29 %

8 %
WRITTEN QUESTION P-3289/02 by Mario Borghezio (NI) to the Commission. Saving the André Breton and Surrealism archives from auction sale.
Date: 2002-11-14
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU policy, auction sale, competence of the Member States, cultural heritage, cultural policy, fine arts, heritage protection

12.6.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 137 E/187

(2003/C 137 E/211)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3289/02

by Mario Borghezio (NI) to the Commission

(14 November 2002)

Subject: Saving the André Breton and Surrealism archives from auction sale

It has been officially announced that the vast collection of artworks, paintings, books and photographs, as
well as all the archives of the surrealist movement, kept in André Breton’s house (42 rue Fontaine, Paris)
since his death in 1966, are to be sold at an auction in April 2003 at the Hôtel Drouot, in Paris.

It would be extremely regrettable if this very important cultural treasure were to be dismembered through
a public sale.

Does the Commission not consider that this quite outstanding, and indeed unique, collection of surrealist
art should be kept together and remain open to researchers and the general public, given its importance in
documenting 20th-century European culture?

Answer given by Mrs Reding on behalf of the Commission

(9 December 2002)

While the Commission shares the opinion of the Honourable Member, it must be pointed out that there is
no legal basis at Community level for an action such as the one referred to in the issue raised.

Article 151 of the EC Treaty lays down that it is within the scope of the Community to:

(cid:1) encourage cultural cooperation between Member States;

(cid:1) support and supplement (with financial backing if necessary) the action of the Member States in the

following areas:

(a)

improvement of the knowledge and dissemination of the culture and history of the European
peoples;

(b) conservation and safeguarding of cultural heritage of European significance;

(c) non-commercial cultural exchanges;

(d) artistic and literary creation, including in the audiovisual sector.

Consequently, the issue raised by the Honourable Member is a matter for the Member State and not for the
Community.

(2003/C 137 E/212)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3292/02

by Christos Folias (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(20 November 2002)

Subject: Imported used cars in Greece

It is known that Greece was condemned by the European Court of Justice (Case 375/95) on the grounds
that, by imposing a special duty by category on imported used passenger vehicles meeting the
requirements of Directive 94/12/EC (1), Greek legislation was infringing Community law. To date, Greece
has not yet complied with the Court’s judgment.

What steps should the Commission have taken to enforce the above ruling? Why has the Commission not
yet taken the necessary measures or initiated the relevant established proceeding applicable here?

When will Article 228(2) of the Treaty be implemented?

(1) OJ L 100, 19.4.1994, p. 42.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.1961 — NHS (San Paolo-IMI)/MWCR (Schroders)) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-11-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, economic concentration, financial institution, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 277/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

14.11.2002

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.1961 — NHS (San Paolo-IMI)/MWCR (Schroders))

(2002/C 277/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 19 May 2000 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 Italian 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 ‘CIT’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 300M1961. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2793 — DMT/EPC/Saar Montan)

(2002/C 277/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 1 July 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),

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is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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