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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2062/2002 of 20 November 2002 concerning the 27th special invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999
Date: 2002-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, animal nutrition, award of contract, skimmed milk, skimmed milk powder

21.11.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 317/25

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2062/2002

of 20 November 2002

concerning the 27th special invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender
referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999

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)

Pursuant to Article 26 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2799/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down
detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No
1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk
and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and
the sale of
last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1932/2002 (4), interven-
tion agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation
to tender certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder
held by them.

such skimmed-milk powder (3), as

(2)

(3)

(4)

According to Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/
1999, in the light of the tenders received in response to
each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling
price shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make
no award.

On the basis of the examination of the offers received,
the tendering procedure should not be proceeded with.

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 27th individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regula-
tion (EC) No 2799/1999, in respect of which the time limit for
the submission of tenders expired on 12 November 2002, no
award shall be made.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 November 2002.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 20 November 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 340, 31.12.1999, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 295, 30.10.2002, p. 8.
2003/108/EC: Decision No 21/2002 of 20 November 2002 of the Joint Committee established under the Agreement on mutual recognition between the European Community and the United States of America related to the listing of conformity assessment bodies under the Sectoral Annex on telecommunication equipment and the Sectoral Annex on electromagnetic compatibility
Date: 2002-11-20
Institutions: Joint Committee
Subjects: Belgium, United States, agreement (EU), electro-magnetic equipment, market access, mutual recognition principle, quality control of industrial products, telecommunications equipment

19.2.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 45/19

DECISION No 21/2002

of 20 November 2002

of the Joint Committee established under the Agreement on mutual recognition between the
European Community and the United States of America related to the listing of conformity assess-
ment bodies under the Sectoral Annex on telecommunication equipment and the Sectoral Annex
on electromagnetic compatibility

(2003/108/EC)

THE JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on Mutual Recognition between the European Community and the United
States of America and in particular Article 7 and 14,

Whereas the Joint Committee is to take a decision to list a Conformity Assessment Body or Bodies under a
Sectoral Annex,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

1. The Conformity Assessment Body in Attachment A is added to the list of conformity assessment bodies
under column ‘US access to the EC market’ in Section V of the Sectoral Annex on telecommunication
equipment.

2. The Conformity Assessment Body in Attachment B is added to the list of conformity assessment bodies
under column ‘EC access to the US market’ in Section V of the Sectoral Annex on electromagnetic
compatibility (EMC).

3. The specific scope of listing, in terms of products and conformity assessment procedures, of the confor-
mity assessment bodies indicated in Attachments A and B have been agreed by the Parties and will be
maintained by them.

This Decision, done in duplicate, shall be signed by representatives of the Joint Committee who are
authorised to act on behalf of the Parties for purposes of amending the Agreement. This Decision shall be
effective from the date of the later of these signatures.

Signed in Washington DC, 20 November
2002.

Signed in Brussels, 13 November 2002.

On behalf of the United States of America

On behalf of the European Community

James SANFORD

Joanna KIOUSSI

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19.2.2003

US conformity assessment body added to the list of conformity assessment bodies under column ‘US access to
the EC market’ in Section V of the Sectoral Annex on telecommunication equipment

ATTACHMENT A

L.S. Compliance, Inc.
W66 N220 Commerce Court
Cedarburg,
Wisconsin, 53012-2636
USA
Tel: (1-262) 375 44 00
Fax: (1-262) 375 42 48

EC Conformity assessment body added to the list of conformity assessment bodies under column ‘EC access to
the US market’ in Section V of the Sectoral Annex on electromagnetic compatibility

ATTACHMENT B

E.S.M. (Dep Pioneer)
Joseph Cardijnstraat 31
B-9420 Erpe-Mere
Tel: (32-53) 82 13 12
Fax: (32-53) 82 13 00
WRITTEN QUESTION P-3366/02 by Jonas Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL) to the Council. The Union's demands in the GATS negotiations.
Date: 2002-11-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: GATS, World Trade Organisation, common commercial policy, exchange of information, international negotiations

C 155 E/144

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

3.7.2003

Answer given by Mr Busquin on behalf of the Commission

(13 January 2003)

‘Banked or isolated human embryonic stem cells in culture’ are not the same as ‘human supernumerary
embryos’.

Supernumerary embryos are embryos created by in vitro fertilisation (IVF) for infertility treatment to
enhance the success rate of IVF, but no longer needed for this purpose. They are intended to be discarded
but instead, may be donated for research by the couples concerned.

‘Banked or isolated human embryonic stem cells in culture’ refers to human embryonic stem cells, which
have been derived from the ‘inner cell mass’ of embryos at the blastocyst stage and grown in culture (in a
(The blastocyst stage
test tube). These stem cell
corresponds to 5-7 days after the fertilisation of the egg, when the embryo resemble a hollow ball
containing a mass of stem cells.).

lines may be frozen and deposited in a cell bank.

As the first calls for proposals and funding of projects under the 6th Framework Programme (FP6) were
only launched in December 2002, no funding is yet being provided for projects under FP6.

(2003/C 155 E/160)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3366/02

by Jonas Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL) to the Council

(20 November 2002)

Subject: The Union’s demands in the GATS negotiations

Why has it not been made public what the European Union is demanding of other countries in regard to
deregulation in the GATS negotiations?

Will the EU’s demands in the GATS negotiations be made public? If so, when?

Reply

(20 February 2003)

In July 2002 the EC and its Member States submitted their initial requests to other WTO members for
improved market access in the services sectors under the Doha Development Agenda.

It goes without saying that the aim of the EC and its Member States is to be as transparent as possible with
regard to the GATS negotiations. That is why the civil society and stakeholders have been widely
consulted, already before the submission of requests,
in order to obtain their input to the process.
Furthermore, a detailed summary of the requests was published by the Commission last July.

The EU has more than 140 partners in the WTO. Therefore the conduct of the GATS negotiations must
take place in a way that allows time and policy space for third countries to develop their own positions.
Furthermore, confidentiality among negotiators is necessary in order to allow each partner the sovereignty
to decide how to proceed with the requests and how to develop counter-bids.

Thus, while aiming at the widest possible transparency with all the stakeholders and public, there must be
an appropriate balance between the transparency and the EU’s ability to negotiate in an atmosphere
conducive to frank and open discussions.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2063/2002 of 20 November 2002 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2002-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

L 317/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.11.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2063/2002

of 20 November 2002

determining the world market price for unginned cotton

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton, annexed to the Act of
Accession of Greece, as last amended by Council Regulation
(EC) No 1050/2001 (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22
May 2001 on production aid for cotton (2), and in particular
Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No
1051/2001, a world market price for unginned cotton is
to be determined periodically from the price for ginned
cotton recorded on the world market and by reference
to the historical relationship between the price recorded
for ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned
cotton. That historical relationship has been established
in Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/
2001 of 2 August 2001 (3), as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1486/2002 (4). Where the world market price
cannot be determined in this way, it is to be based on
the most recent price determined.

(2)

In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
1051/2001, the world market price for unginned cotton
is to be determined in respect of a product of specific
characteristics and by reference to the most favourable

offers and quotations on the world market among those
considered representative of the real market trend. To
that end, an average is to be calculated of offers and
European
recorded on one or more
quotations
exchanges for a product delivered cif to a port in the
Community and coming from the various supplier coun-
tries considered the most representative in terms of
there is provision for
international
adjusting the criteria for determining the world market
price for ginned cotton to reflect differences justified by
the quality of the product delivered and the offers and
quotations concerned. Those adjustments are specified in
Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001.

trade. However,

(3)

The application of the above criteria gives the world
market price for unginned cotton determined herein-
after,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in Article 4
of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby determined as
equalling EUR 24,920/100 kg.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 November 2002.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 20 November 2002.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 210, 3.8.2001, p. 10.
(4) OJ L 223, 20.8.2002, p. 3.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2002-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

20.11.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 283/3

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

19 November 2002

(2002/C 283/02)

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

1,0125

122,75

7,4274

0,6373

9,0723

1,4681

85,89

7,327

1,9496

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

0,57215

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

30,546

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6046

0,4151

3,9337

33885

229,8515

41,466

1603000

1,7988

1,6101

7,8968

2,0325

1,7848

236,62

KRW

South Korean won

1216,01

3,4522

ZAR

South African rand

9,6906

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3013 — Carlyle Group/Edscha) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control, motor vehicle industry, spare part

C 283/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

20.11.2002

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. Pursuant
to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), 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.2981 — Knauf/Alcopor, to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Directorate B — Merger Task Force,
J-70,
B-1049 Brussels.

(1) OJ C 217, 29.7.2000, p. 32.

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3013 — Carlyle Group/Edscha)

(2002/C 283/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 13 November 2002 the Commission received a 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 Cayman Islands-based undertaking CEP General Partner LP, belonging to the
US-based The Carlyle Group (Carlyle), acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation,
control of the whole of the German undertaking Edscha AG (Edscha) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Carlyle: private equity investment group controlling a wide range of companies among which the
automotive components and aluminium extrusions producer Honsel International Technologies,

— Edscha: manufacture of automotive components,

in particular, hinge systems and convertible roof

systems.

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.3013 — Carlyle Group/Edscha, 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2060/2002 of 20 November 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 2019/94 as regards the licences required to import residues made from the manufacture of starch from maize from the United States of America
Date: 2002-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United States, import, maize, quality label, starch, waste

L 317/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.11.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2060/2002

of 20 November 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 2019/94 as regards the licences required to import residues made
from the manufacture of starch from maize from the United States of America

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 20
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000 (2), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,

(4)

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 2019/94 must
amended.

therefore be

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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2019/94 of 2 August
1994 on imports of residues from the manufacture of
starch from maize from the United States of America (3),
as amended by Regulation (EC) No 396/96 (4), lays down
special provisions to ensure that the imported product
conforms with the agreed tariff definition. These provi-
sions include a certificate issued by the United States wet
milling industry.

The agency responsible for issuing this certificate has
changed. The name and address on the certificate needs
to be amended accordingly. It is also appropriate to add
to the certificate a reference to its date of issue.

Article 1

In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2019/94, the model ‘Certi-
ficate of Conformity’ is replaced by the model in the Annex to
this Regulation.

Article 2

Certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
2019/94 before the date of entry into force of this Regulation
shall continue to be valid.

Provision must be made for a transitional period during
which certificates issued before the date of entry into
force of this Regulation can be used.

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the tenth day
following its publication 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, 20 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 203, 6.8.1994, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 54, 5.3.1996, p. 22.

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ANEXO — BILAG — ANHANG — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ — ANNEX — ANNEXE — ALLEGATO — BIJLAGE — ANEXO — LIITE — BILAGA
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3291/02 by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. US visa requirements for Greek citizens.
Date: 2002-11-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU national, EU relations, EU visa policy, Greece, United States, bilateral relations

C 161 E/82

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

10.7.2003

Moreover, the Commission has launched a high level process of reflection on patient mobility and health
care developments in the Union to discuss key health policy issues,
including quality and access,
information requirements, the scope for co-operation on health care matters, and how to reconcile
national policies with European objectives in general.

The new public health action programme will provide opportunities to support some exploratory work in
this context.

(2003/C 161 E/086)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3291/02

by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(20 November 2002)

Subject: US visa requirements for Greek citizens

Nationals of all EU Member States apart from Greece are entitled to travel to the US without a visa. In
reply to my question H-0428/99 (1), the Council indicated that the US Attorney General had approved the
inclusion of Greece in the ‘Visa Waiver Pilot Programme’ which currently includes all other EU Member
States and that meetings with Greece at expert level are now being held for this purpose.

In view of developments regarding the November 17 organisation whose activities in Greece were the
principle reason for the US decision to impose visa requirements on Greece alone among the EU Member
States:

1. Can the Commission say what progress has been made by at the meetings of experts?

2.

In view of the above developments,
authorities with a view to ending discrimination against a European Union Member State?

is it in a position to make direct representations to the US

(1) Oral reply of 15.9.1999.

Answer given by Mr Vitorino on behalf of the Commission

(20 December 2002)

The Commission is aware that reciprocity with regard to visas raises a number of issues, including the one
referred to by the Honourable Member.

In the proposal amending Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 (1) which it adopted on 28 November
2002 (2), the Commission states that it intends to examine in depth the purpose and scope of the principle
of reciprocity where visa policy is concerned and that it plans to present a report to Parliament and the
Council by 30 June 2003.

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in
from that

possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt
requirement, OJ L 81, 21.3.2001.

(2) COM(2002) 679 final.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 94/2002 of 18 January 2002 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 on information and promotion actions for agricultural products on the internal market (OJ L 17 of 19.1.2002)
Date: 2002-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, sales promotion, trade information

20.11.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 316/27

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 94/2002 of 18 January 2002 laying down detailed rules for
applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 on information and promotion actions for agricultural
products on the internal market

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 17 of 19 January 2002)

On page 22, Article 6:

for:

read:

‘In cases where a Member State makes no financial contribution and Article 9(3) is not applied, the trade federation
or interbranch organisation of that Member State shall be excluded from the programme.’,
‘In cases where a Member State makes no financial contribution and Article 9(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000
is not applied, the trade federation or interbranch organisation of that Member State shall be excluded from the
programme.’