do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 156/2002 of 6 December 2002 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2002-12-06
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: animal product, animal production, customs inspection, import, third country, veterinary inspection

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II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 156/2002

of 6 December 2002

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting
the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as (cid:145)the Agreement(cid:146), and in
particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Annex I to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 114/2002 of
27 September 2002 (1).

Commission Decision 2000/714/EC of 7 November 2000 amending Decision 97/778/EC and
updating the list of border inspection posts approved for veterinary checks (2) is to be incorporated
into the Agreement.

(3)

This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 39 (Commission Decision 97/778/EC) in Part 1.2 of Chapter
I of Annex I to the Agreement:

(cid:145)(cid:151) 32000 D 0714: Commission Decision 2000/714/EC of 7 November 2000 (OJ L 290, 17.11.2000,

p. 38).(cid:146)

The text of Decision 2000/714/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA
Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 2

(1) OJ L 336, 12.12.2002, p. 5.
(2) OJ L 290, 17.11.2000, p. 38.

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This Decision shall enter into force on 7 December 2002, provided that all the notifications under Article
103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the EEA section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal
of the European Union.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 6 December 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kjartan J(cid:211)HANNSSON

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3010 — Candover Investments/Ontex) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cosmetic product, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, management, merger control, provision of services

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6.12.2002

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3010 — Candover Investments/Ontex)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2002/C 303/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 29 November 2002 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
1.
to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as
last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1310/97 (2), by which the British undertakings Candover Partners Limited (Candover), belonging to
the British group Candover Investment plc, acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regu-
lation, sole control of the Belgian undertaking Ontex NV (Ontex) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Candover: fund management services as well as provision of investment management advice and

services to third investment funds,

— Ontex: development, production and sale of ‘private label’ hygiene products for third parties and ‘own

proprietary brand’ hygiene products.

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 (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.3010 — Candover Investments/Ontex, 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.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3450/02 by Avril Doyle (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Uranium in public drinking water.
Date: 2002-12-06
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: drinking water, human nutrition, public health, toxic substance, uranium, water management

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Therefore, on the basis of the information given by the Honourable Member, due to a lack of grounds, no
breach of Community law can be identified at present.

In addition, according to the Regional authorities of Sardinia, the information given by the Honourable
Member does not allow the exact identification of the infrastructural projects concerned by the question
(roads, water mains, sewers, etc.): it is therefore impossible to establish whether they have been carried out
with Community funding within the framework of multiannual guidance programme (MAGP) Sardinia
1994-1999 and/or Sardinia regional operational programme (ROP) 2000-2006.

(1) OJ L 206, 22.7.1992.

(2003/C 155 E/172)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3450/02

by Avril Doyle (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(6 December 2002)

Subject: Uranium in public drinking water

Can the Commission explain why there are no parametric values for uranium 238 in either EU or WHO
guidelines, and is there any evidence of physical side-effects on humans or animals from ingesting uranium
238?

Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission

(31 January 2003)

At the time of negotiating and of adopting Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998, on the
quality of water intended for human consumption (1), it has been agreed to make a distinction between the
chemical toxicity of uranium and its radio-toxicity and to retain only the radio-toxicity; a parametric value
has been fixed for the total indicative dose.

This was in line with the conclusions from the World Health Organisation (WHO) acknowledging that no
adequate short- and long-term studies on the chemical toxicity of uranium were available and that a
guideline value for uranium in drinking water couldn’t be defined at that time. Once a guideline will be set
by WHO on the basis of additional information, the Commission will make the necessary proposal for
amendment of the Directive in the frame of the five years review process foreseen in Article 11.1 of the
same Directive.

(1) OJ L 330, 5.12.1998.

(2003/C 155 E/173)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3451/02

by Eluned Morgan (PSE) to the Commission

(6 December 2002)

Subject: Agriculture and IACS

What agricultural products are included in the IACS forms? Could you tell us how much Greece has
received for these products in subsidies per year, since the IACS forms have been introduced? Could you
tell us how much Greece was fined for not complying with the rules on IACS forms per year since the
IACS scheme became compulsory?
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 162/2002 of 6 December 2002 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2002-12-06
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: animal product, food processing, foodstuffs legislation, health policy, pharmaceutical product, veterinary drug

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13.2.2003

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 162/2002

of 6 December 2002

amending Annex II

(Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA

Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting
the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as (cid:145)the Agreement(cid:146), and in
particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 140/2002 of the EEA Joint Committee of
8 November 2002 (1).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1181/2002 of 1 July 2002 amending Annex I of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of
maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin (2), as
corrected by OJ L 251, 19.9.2002, p. 20, is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 14 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90) of Chapter XIII
of Annex II to the Agreement:

(cid:145)(cid:151) 32002 R 1181: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1181/2002 of 1 July 2002 (OJ L 172, 2.7.2002,

p. 13), as corrected by OJ L 251, 19.9.2002, p. 20.(cid:146)

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EC) No 1181/2002, as corrected by OJ L 251, 19.9.2002, p. 20, in the Icelandic
and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European
Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 7 December 2002 provided that all the notifications under Article
103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

(1) OJ L 19, 23.1.2003, p. 5.
(2) OJ L 172, 2.7.2002, p. 13.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

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This Decision shall be published in the EEA section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal
of the European Union.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 6 December 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kjartan J(cid:211)HANNSSON
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 163/2002 of 6 December 2002 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2002-12-06
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: approximation of laws, consumer protection, cosmetic product, product quality, public health

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Official Journal of the European Union

13.2.2003

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 163/2002

of 6 December 2002

amending Annex II

(Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA

Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting
the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as (cid:145)the Agreement(cid:146), and in
particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 13/2001 of
23 February 2001 (1).

Twenty-sixth Commission Directive 2002/34/EC of 15 April 2002 adapting to technical progress
Annexes II, III and VII to Council Directive 76/768/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the
Member States relating to cosmetic products (2) is to incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 1 (Council Directive 76/768/EEC) of Chapter XVI of Annex
II to the Agreement:

(cid:145)(cid:151) 32002 L 0034: 26th Commission Directive 2002/34/EC of 15 April 2002 (OJ L 102, 18.4.2002,

p. 19).(cid:146)

Article 2

The text of Directive 2002/34/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA
Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 7 December 2002 provided that all the notifications under Article
103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

(1) OJ L 117, 26.4.2001, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 102, 18.4.2002, p. 19.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

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This Decision shall be published in the EEA section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal
of the European Union.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 6 December 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kjartan J(cid:211)HANNSSON
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2185/2002 of 6 December 2002 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1897/2002
Date: 2002-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, rice, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2185/2002

of 6 December 2002

fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain, medium grain and long grain A
rice to be exported to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in
Regulation (EC) No 1897/2002

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
411/2002 (2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,

(3)

(4)

The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
current market situation for the rice in question results
in the maximum export
the
amount specified in Article 1.

refund being fixed at

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was
issued pursuant
to Commission Regulation (EC) No
1897/2002 (3).

Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/
75 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1948/
2002 (5), allows the Commission to fix,
in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders
submitted, a maximum export refund.
In fixing this
maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of
Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into
account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose
tender is equal to or less than the maximum export
refund.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The maximum export refund on wholly milled grain, medium
grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third
countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regula-
tion (EC) No 1897/2002 is hereby fixed on the basis of the
tenders submitted from 2 to 5 December 2002 at 160,00 EUR/
t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 December 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 December 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 62, 5.3.2002, p. 27.
(3) OJ L 287, 25.10.2002, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 61, 7.3.1975, p. 25.
(5) OJ L 299, 1.11.2002, p. 18.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 165/2002 of 6 December 2002 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2002-12-06
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: approximation of laws, financial solvency, insurance company, life assurance

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13.2.2003

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 165/2002

of 6 December 2002

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting
the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as (cid:145)the Agreement(cid:146), and in
particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Annex IX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 103/2002
of 12 July 2002 (1).

Directive 2002/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 March 2002 amending
Council Directive 79/267/EEC as regards the solvency margin requirements for life assurance
undertakings (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Annex IX to the Agreement shall be amended as follows.

Article 1

1. The following indent shall be added in point 11 (Council Directive 79/267/EEC):

(cid:145)(cid:151) 32002 L 0012: Directive 2002/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 March

2002 (OJ L 77, 20.3.2002, p. 11).(cid:146)

2. The adaptations in point 11 (Council Directive 79/267/EEC) shall be amended as follows:

(a)

the text of adaptation (a) and the first, second and sixth indent of adaptation (b) shall be deleted;

(b)

the following adaptation shall be inserted after adaptation (f):

(cid:145)(g)

in Article 20a, the words (cid:147)European index of consumer prices comprising all Member
States(cid:148) shall be replaced with the words (cid:147)EEA index of consumer prices comprising all
Contracting Parties(cid:148).(cid:146)

3. The text of adaptations (a) and (b) in point 12a (Council Directive 92/96/EEC) shall be deleted.

Article 2

The text of Directive 2002/12/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA
Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

(1) OJ L 298, 31.10.2002, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 77, 20.3.2002, p. 11.

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This Decision shall enter into force on 7 December 2002, provided that all the notifications under Article
103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the EEA section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal
of the European Union.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 6 December 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kjartan J(cid:211)HANNSSON

(*) Constitutional requirements indicated.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2175/2002 of 6 December 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2002-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2175/2002

of 6 December 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 1947/2002 (2), and in parti-
cular 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 7 December 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 December 2002.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66.
(2) OJ L 299, 1.11.2002, p. 17.

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to the Commission Regulation of 6 December 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 10 10, 0805 10 30, 0805 10 50

0805 20 10

0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70,
0805 20 90

0805 50 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
999

052
204
220
999

052
204
999

052
220
388
624
999

052
204
999

052
464
999

052
600
999

060
400
404
720
800
999

052
400
720
999

91,4
79,8
85,6

110,6
111,0
155,5
125,7

115,4
93,4
104,4

61,7
55,8
56,0
65,9
59,9

69,7
67,3
68,5

64,1
139,5
101,8

63,3
65,3
64,3

28,7
94,6
102,2
107,0
166,0
99,7

144,8
118,8
75,8
113,1

(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’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2178/2002 of 6 December 2002 prohibiting fishing for common sole by vessels flying the flag of France
Date: 2002-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, authorised catch, catch quota, fishing area, fishing regulations, sea fish, ship's flag

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7.12.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2178/2002

of 6 December 2002

prohibiting fishing for common sole by vessels flying the flag of France

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12
October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the
common fisheries policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2846/98 (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2555/2001 of 18 December
2001 fixing for 2002 the fishing opportunities and
associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups
of
fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and,
for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in
catch are required (3) lays down quotas for common sole
for 2002.

In order
to ensure compliance with the provisions
relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks
subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by
which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a
Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota
allocated.

According to the information received by the Commis-
sion, catches of common sole in the waters of ICES divi-
sion VIIIa, b by vessels flying the flag of France or regis-

tered in France have exhausted the quota allocated for
2002. France has prohibited fishing for this stock from
30 November 2002. This date should be adopted in this
Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of common sole in the waters of ICES division VIIIa, b
by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France are
hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to France
for 2002.

Fishing for common sole in the waters of ICES division VIIIa, b
by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France is
hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment
and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the
date of application of this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 30 November 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 December 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 347, 31.12.2001, p. 1.