do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2869 — Mitsubishi/Nissho Iwai/JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: advanced technology industry, building industry, chemical industry, communications industry, economic concentration, industrial equipment, iron and steel industry, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

21.11.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 284/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2869 — Mitsubishi/Nissho Iwai/JV)

(2002/C 284/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 15 November 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.2859 — Deutsche Bahn Cargo/Contship Italia/JV)

(2002/C 284/04)

On 15 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

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2003/32/EC: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2002 on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund according to point 3 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund, supplementing the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure
Date: 2002-11-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU financial instrument, commitment of expenditure, flood, general budget (EU), interinstitutional agreement, natural disaster

L 11/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

16.1.2003

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 21 November 2002

on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund according to point 3 of the Interinstitutional Agree-
ment of 7 November 2002 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on
the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund, supplementing the Interinstitutional Agree-
ment of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

(4)

(2003/32/EC)

countries

The
transmitted to the
Commission their estimate of the damages caused by the
August and September 2002 floods,

concerned have

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For the general budget of the European Union for the financial
year 2002, the EU Solidarity Fund shall be mobilised to provide
the sum of EUR 728 million in commitment appropriations.

Article 2

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

Done at Strasbourg, 21 November 2002.

For the European Parliament

The President

P. COX

For the Council

The President

P. S. MØLLER

Interinstitutional Agreement of 7
Having regard to the
November 2002 between the European Parliament, the Council
and the Commission on the financing of the European Union
Solidarity Fund, supplementing the Interinstitutional Agreement
of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of
the budgetary procedure (1), and in particular point 3 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11
November 2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity
Fund (2),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

floods which occurred in
Following the disastrous
August and September 2002 in some Member States
accession to the
and candidate
countries whose
European Union is currently under negotiation,
the
European Union has decided to create a European Union
Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to face disasters.

The Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002
allows the mobilisation of the Fund within the annual
ceiling of EUR 1 billion.

Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 contains a specific provi-
sion whereby the Fund may retroactively be mobilised
for disasters since August this year.

(1) OJ C 283, 20.11.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 311, 14.11.2002, p. 3.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2002-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

21.11.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 284/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

20 November 2002

(2002/C 284/01)

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

1,0019

122,67

7,4263

0,6364

9,078

1,4675

85,92

7,331

1,9505

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

0,57208

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

30,583

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6018

0,4146

3,9352

33565

229,575

41,414

1590000

1,7915

1,5866

7,8144

2,0224

1,7738

237,67

KRW

South Korean won

1211,3

3,4524

ZAR

South African rand

9,6836

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2939 — JCI/Bosch/VB Autobatterien JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer goods, economic concentration, merger control, motor vehicle industry, restrictive-practice authorisation, technology, vehicle parts

C 284/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.11.2002

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2867 — UPM-Kymmene Corporation/Morgan Adhesives Company)

(2002/C 284/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 16 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

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2939 — JCI/Bosch/VB Autobatterien JV)

(2002/C 284/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 18 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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Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2859 — Deutsche Bahn Cargo/Contship Italia/JV)
Date: 2002-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: combined transport, container, economic concentration, freight rate, holding company, merger control, provision of services, rail transport, restrictive-practice authorisation

21.11.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 284/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2869 — Mitsubishi/Nissho Iwai/JV)

(2002/C 284/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 15 November 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.2859 — Deutsche Bahn Cargo/Contship Italia/JV)

(2002/C 284/04)

On 15 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

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2071/2002 of 21 November 2002 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 901/2002
Date: 2002-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, barley, export refund, third country

L 318/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

22.11.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2071/2002

of 21 November 2002

concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of barley issued
in Regulation (EC) No 901/2002

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
barley to all third countries except the United States of
America, Canada, Estonia and Latvia was opened
pursuant
to Commission Regulation (EC) No 901/
2002 (6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1230/
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 15 to 21
November 2002 in response to the invitation to tender for the
refund for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No
901/2002.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 November 2002.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 21 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 127, 9.5.2002, p. 11.
(7) OJ L 180, 10.7.2002, p. 3.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3308/02 by Bernd Lange (PSE) to the Commission. Speech by Commissioner Bolkestein (Speech/02/543).
Date: 2002-11-21
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU publication, European Commissioner, energy supply, nuclear energy, security of supply, self-sufficiency in energy, speech, water

12.6.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 137 E/191

(2003/C 137 E/215)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3308/02

by Bernd Lange (PSE) to the Commission

(21 November 2002)

Subject: Speech by Commissioner Bolkestein (Speech/02/543)

In London on 7 November 2002 Commissioner Bolkestein gave a speech entitled ‘Nuclear energy needed
more than ever’.

1.

Is the Commission aware of the content of that speech?

2.
In the speech, was Mr Bolkestein putting the Commission’s position? If the position put in the speech
is not congruent with the Commission’s, how will the Commission guarantee that such impressions cannot
be created in future?

3.
How do the comments on water liberalisation in the speech square with the Commission’s answer to
the written question of 19 September 2000 (E-2938/00) (1) by Mrs Oomen-Ruijten, MEP, in which the
Commission clearly rules out liberalisation of the water sector at European level?

4. Mr Bolkestein places the Commission decisions of 6 November 2002 on nuclear safety and
radioactive-waste treatment in the context of expansion of nuclear energy. Is nuclear energy expansion
what is intended by the decisions of 6 November 2002? On what grounds has the Commission adopted
that position?

(1) OJ C 136 E, 8.5.2001, p. 136.

(2003/C 137 E/216)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3316/02

by Bart Staes (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(22 November 2002)

Subject: Nuclear energy and energy from renewable sources

On 7 November 2002 at the Institute of Economic Affairs in London, Commissioner Bolkestein made an
impassioned case for stepping up the use of nuclear energy, putting forward a number of arguments in the
process (‘Nuclear energy needed more than ever’).

In his speech, the Commissioner took no account whatever of the possibility of using energy from
renewable sources.

Can the Commission say what is the most environment-friendly type of energy (cid:1) nuclear, or renewables
such as hydro, wind or solar (cid:1) in terms of waste substances, health risks in the event of accidents, etc.?

Can the Commission say, for instance, what measures it proposes to take to assist whichever of the two
types is more environment-friendly, in its view, and to disadvantage the one which, in its view, is less
environment-friendly?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-3308/02 and E-3316/02
given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission

(4 February 2003)

As Member of the Commission with responsibility for the internal market, Commissioner Bolkestein is
fully entitled to participate in discussions on the future of the European economy in general including
latest
invited
trends in the utility markets. The London based Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA)
Commissioner Bolkestein to give his views on these issues in a speech on 7 November 2002.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3306/02 by Richard Howitt (PSE) to the Commission. Improvement of the uptake of folic acid to prevent spina bifida.
Date: 2002-11-21
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: congenital disease, health policy, motherhood, nutrition, vitamin

C 222 E/58

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

18.9.2003

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-3282/02, E-3403/02 and E-3438/02

(13 May 2003)

The Council would remind the Honourable Members that it has already taken the opportunity of the
plenary part-session in Strasbourg in December 2002 and Question Time in January 2003 to give a full
account of its position and intentions regarding the transport of dangerous products by sea.

The Council would therefore refer them to the conclusions adopted at its meetings on 6 and 9 December
2002 and to the conclusions of the Copenhagen European Council on 12/13 December 2002.

Since then the Council has begun examining a Commission proposal for a Regulation which would bring
forward the dates for phasing out single-hull oil tankers and prohibit the transport of heavy grades of oil
in single-hull tankers bound for or leaving European Union ports.

The Council would mention, in addition, that the European Council welcomed the action undertaken by
the Commission to confront the economic, social and environmental consequences of the wreck of the
Prestige, in the framework of the present financial perspectives, and its intention to examine the need for
further specific measures. Amongst these measures it stated that questions relating to liability and the
corresponding sanctions would also be examined. On the basis of a report by the Commission, the
European Council undertook to address these issues at its forthcoming March meeting.

(2003/C 222 E/064)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3306/02

by Richard Howitt (PSE) to the Commission

(21 November 2002)

Subject: Improvement of the uptake of folic acid to prevent spina bifida

In light of research carried out by the Medical Research Council that showed that a daily intake of 400 mg
of folic acid during pregnancy could reduce the number of babies with spina bifida by 75 percent, what
action does the Commission intend to take to raise awareness of this issue, and increase uptake of folic
acid in the population?

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(17 December 2002)

The Commission is not aware of the research referred to. However, initiatives on nutrition and diet are
supported through the Community Health Promotion Programme. In addition, a Commission report on
nutrition and health in Community policies will be published in December 2002.

(2003/C 222 E/065)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3326/02

by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(25 November 2002)

Subject: Illicit trafficking in and marketing of cattle

Evidence has emerged in Italy of criminal activities involving illicit trafficking in cattle, especially from
Germany, some of them infected with diseases posing a danger to human health.
2002/1010/EC: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2002 on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund according to point 3 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund, supplementing the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure
Date: 2002-11-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU financial instrument, commitment of expenditure, flood, general budget (EU), interinstitutional agreement, natural disaster

L 358/142

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

31.12.2002

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 21 November 2002

on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund according to point 3 of the Interinstitutional Agree-
ment of 7 November 2002 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on
the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund, supplementing the Interinstitutional Agree-
ment of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure

(2002/1010/EC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 between the European Parliament,
the Council and the Commission on the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund, supplementing
the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary
procedure (1), and in particular point 3 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the European
Union Solidarity Fund (2),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Following the disastrous floods which occurred in August and September 2002 in some Member
States and candidate countries whose accession to the European Union is currently under negotia-
tion, the European Union has decided to create a European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to face
disasters.

The Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 allows the mobilisation of the Fund within
the annual ceiling of EUR 1 billion.

Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 contains a specific provision whereby the Fund may retroactively be
mobilised for disasters since August this year.

The countries concerned have transmitted to the Commission their estimate of the damages caused
by the August and September 2002 floods,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2002, the EU Solidarity Fund shall be
mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 728 million in commitment appropriations.

(1) OJ C 283, 20.11.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 311, 14.11.2002, p. 3.

31.12.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 358/143

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 2

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President