do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3707/02 by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission. South Africa.
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Community budget, EU financing, South Africa, aid programme, budgetary control

14.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 192 E/133

(2003/C 192 E/152)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3704/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Sudan

With reference to Sudan, will the Commission specify the projects which were financed out of the EU
budget in 2000?

Will the Commission state the total amount of aid allocated in 2000 to all the headings relating to that
country?

(2003/C 192 E/153)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3705/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Sudan

With reference to Sudan, will the Commission draw up a list of the projects approved for financing under
the 2001 EU budget and state the total amount of investment for that year?

(2003/C 192 E/154)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3706/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: South Africa

With reference to South Africa, will the Commission specify the projects which were financed out of the
EU budget in 2000?

Will the Commission state the total amount of aid allocated in 2000 to all the headings relating to that
country?

(2003/C 192 E/155)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3707/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: South Africa

With reference to South Africa, will the Commission draw up a list of the projects approved for financing
under the 2001 EU budget and state the total amount of investment for that year?

(2003/C 192 E/156)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3708/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Uganda

With reference to Uganda, will the Commission specify the projects which were financed out of the EU
budget in 2000?

Will the Commission state the total amount of aid allocated in 2000 to all the headings relating to that
country?
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2269/2002 of 19 December 2002 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 19th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1331/2002
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export levy, export refund, marketing, white sugar

20.12.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 347/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2269/2002

of 19 December 2002

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 19th partial invitation to tender issued
within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No
1331/2002

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19
June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the
sugar sector (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 680/2002 (2), and in particular Article 27(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1331/2002 of 23 July
2002 on a standing invitation to tender to determine
levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar (3), for
the 2002/2003 marketing year, requires partial
invita-
tions to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar.

Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1331/
2002 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the
case may be, account being taken in particular of the
state and foreseeable development of the Community
and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to
tender in question.

(3)

(4)

Following an examination of the tenders submitted in
invitation to tender, the
response to the 19th partial
provisions set out in Article 1 should be adopted.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 19th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued
to Regulation (EC) No 1331/2002 the maximum
pursuant
amount of the export refund is fixed at 47,519 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 December 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 104, 20.4.2002, p. 26.
(3) OJ L 195, 24.7.2002, p. 6.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2280/2002 of 19 December 2002 temporarily suspending the lodging of applications for export licences for certain milk products
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, milk product

L 347/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

20.12.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2280/2002

of 19 December 2002

temporarily suspending the lodging of applications for export licences for certain milk products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Whereas:

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),

(1)

(2)

Uncertainty is a feature of the market in certain milk
products. It is necessary to prevent speculative applica-
tions that may lead to a distortion in competition
between traders. Applications for export licences for the
products concerned should be rejected.

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

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 of
26 January 1999 laying down special detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards
export licences and export refunds in the case of milk and milk
products (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1472/
2002 (4), and in particular Article 10(3) thereof,

Applications for export licences for milk products falling within
CN codes 0402 10, 0402 21 and 0402 29 are suspended for
the period 20 December 2002 to 1 January 2003.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 December 2002.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2002.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 79, 22.3.2002, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 20, 27.1.1999, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 219, 14.8.2002, p. 4.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2276/2002 of 19 December 2002 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of rye issued in Regulation (EC) No 900/2002
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, rye, third country

L 347/28

EN

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20.12.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2276/2002

of 19 December 2002

concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of rye issued in
Regulation (EC) No 900/2002

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 7 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of
rye to all third countries excluding Hungary, Estonia,
Lithuania and Latvia was opened pursuant to Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 900/2002 (6), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1632/2002 (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 13 to 19
December 2002 in response to the invitation to tender for the
refund for the export of rye issued in Regulation (EC) No 900/
2002.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 December 2002.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 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 142, 31.5.2002, p. 14.
(7) OJ L 247, 14.9.2002, p. 3.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3682/02 by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Solomon Islands.
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Community budget, Solomon Islands, aid programme, budgetary control

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EN

14.8.2003

The Commission will also support, and where necessary coordinate, all action by the Member States within
the International Maritime Organisation to create new tools to monitor and manage maritime traffic, thus
protecting their coastal waters, and especially their territorial waters and exclusive economic zones, against
threats to the marine environment.

(1) COM(2002) 681 final.

(2003/C 192 E/128)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3680/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Zimbabwe

With reference to Zimbabwe, will the Commission specify the projects which were financed out of the EU
budget in 2000?

Will the Commission state the total amount of aid allocated in 2000 to all the headings relating to that
country?

(2003/C 192 E/129)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3681/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Zimbabwe

With regard to Zimbabwe, can the Commission supply a list of projects approved for funding from the EU
budget in 2001, specifying the total amount of investment for that year?

(2003/C 192 E/130)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3682/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Solomon Islands

With regard to the Solomon Islands, can the Commission state which projects were financed from the EU
budget in 2000?

Can it specify the total volume of aid over 2000 for all the headings relating to that country?

(2003/C 192 E/131)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3683/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Solomon Islands

With regard to the Solomon Islands, can the Commission supply a list of projects approved for funding
from the EU budget in 2001, specifying the total amount of investment for that year?
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

19.12.2002

EN

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C 318/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

18 December 2002

(2002/C 318/01)

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

1,024

124,35

7,4253

0,6403

9,09

1,4663

84,57

7,313

1,9498

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

0,57297

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

31,225

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6074

0,416

3,995

34585

230,095

41,766

1634000

1,812

1,5882

7,9851

1,987

1,7888

235,23

KRW

South Korean won

1230,34

3,4522

ZAR

South African rand

9,2385

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3710/02 by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Zambia.
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Community budget, EU financing, Zambia, aid programme, budgetary control

C 192 E/134

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EN

14.8.2003

(2003/C 192 E/157)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3709/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Uganda

With reference to Uganda, will the Commission draw up a list of the projects approved for financing
under the 2001 EU budget and state the total amount of investment for that year?

(2003/C 192 E/158)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3710/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Zambia

With reference to Zambia, will the Commission specify the projects which were financed out of the EU
budget in 2000?

Will the Commission state the total amount of aid allocated in 2000 to all the headings relating to that
country?

(2003/C 192 E/159)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3711/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Zambia

With reference to Zambia, will the Commission draw up a list of the projects approved for financing
under the 2001 EU budget and state the total amount of investment for that year?

(2003/C 192 E/160)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3712/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Sierra Leona

With reference to Sierra Leona, will the Commission specify the projects which were financed out of the
EU budget in 2000?

Will the Commission state the total amount of aid allocated in 2000 to all the headings relating to that
country?

(2003/C 192 E/161)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3713/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Sierra Leona

With reference to Sierra Leona, will the Commission draw up a list of the projects approved for financing
under the 2001 EU budget and state the total amount of investment for that year?
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2270/2002 of 19 December 2002 prohibiting fishing for mackerel by vessels flying the flag of Denmark
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, authorised catch, catch quota, fishing area, fishing regulations, sea fish, ship's flag

L 347/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

20.12.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2270/2002

of 19 December 2002

prohibiting fishing for mackerel by vessels flying the flag of Denmark

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 asso-
ciated 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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2256/2002 (4), lays down quotas for mackerel 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 mackerel in the waters of ICES division
flying the flag of
Vb (Faeroese waters) by vessels

Denmark or registered in Denmark have exhausted the
quota allocated for 2002. Denmark has prohibited
fishing for this stock from 23 November 2002. This date
should be adopted in this Regulation also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of mackerel in the waters of ICES division Vb (Faeroese
waters) by vessels flying the flag of Denmark or registered in
Denmark are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allo-
cated to Denmark for 2002.

Fishing for mackerel in the waters of ICES division Vb (Faeroese
waters) by vessels flying the flag of Denmark or registered in
Denmark 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 23 November 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 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.
(4) OJ L 343, 18.12.2002, p. 19.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3696/02 by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Togo.
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Community budget, EU financing, Togo, aid programme, budgetary control

14.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 192 E/131

(2003/C 192 E/142)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3694/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: St Lucia

With regard to St Lucia, can the Commission state which projects were financed from the EU budget in
2000?

Can it specify the total volume of aid over 2000 for all the headings relating to that country?

(2003/C 192 E/143)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3695/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: St Lucia

With regard to St Lucia, can the Commission supply a list of projects approved for funding from the EU
budget in 2001, specifying the total amount of investment for that year?

(2003/C 192 E/144)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3696/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Togo

With regard to Togo, can the Commission state which projects were financed from the EU budget in
2000?

Can it specify the total volume of aid over 2000 for all the headings relating to that country?

(2003/C 192 E/145)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3697/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Togo

With regard to Togo, can the Commission supply a list of projects approved for funding from the EU
budget in 2001, specifying the total amount of investment for that year?

(2003/C 192 E/146)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3698/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Tanzania

With regard to Tanzania, can the Commission state which projects were financed from the EU budget in
2000?

Can it specify the total volume of aid over 2000 for all the headings relating to that country?
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3052 — ENI/Fortum) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, energy distribution, energy transport, exchange of information, merger control, natural gas, oil industry

C 318/6

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19.12.2002

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3052 — ENI/Fortum)

(2002/C 318/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 11 December 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 Italien undertaking ENI SpA (ENI) acquires, within the meaning of Article
3(1)(b) of the Regulation, control of the whole of the Norwegian undertaking Fortum Petroleum AS
(Fortum) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— ENI: exploration and production of oil and natural gas, transmission, distribution and sale of natural
gas, electricity generation, refining and marketing of petroleum products, petrochemical products and
oilfield services and engineering,

— Fortum: exploration and production of oil and natural gas in the Norwegian continental shelf; trans-

mission of natural gas.

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.3052 — ENI/Fortum, 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.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3689/02 by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission. São Tomé and Príncipe.
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Community budget, EU financing, São Tomé and Príncipe, aid programme, budgetary control

C 192 E/130

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EN

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(2003/C 192 E/137)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3689/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: São Tomé and Príncipe

With regard to São Tomé and Príncipe, can the Commission supply a list of projects approved for funding
from the EU budget in 2001, specifying the total amount of investment for that year?

(2003/C 192 E/138)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3690/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Samoa

With regard to Samoa, can the Commission supply a list of projects approved for funding from the EU
budget in 2001, specifying the total amount of investment for that year?

(2003/C 192 E/139)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3691/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Samoa

With regard to Samoa, can the Commission state which projects were financed from the EU budget in
2000?

Can it specify the total volume of aid over 2000 for all the headings relating to that country?

(2003/C 192 E/140)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3692/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: St Vincent and the Grenadines

With regard to St Vincent and the Grenadines, can the Commission state which projects were financed
from the EU budget in 2000?

Can it specify the total volume of aid over 2000 for all the headings relating to that country?

(2003/C 192 E/141)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3693/02

by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: St Vincent and the Grenadines

With regard to St Vincent and the Grenadines, can the Commission supply a list of projects approved for
funding from the EU budget in 2001, specifying the total amount of investment for that year?