do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of Directive 94/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 1994 in relation to recreational craft (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European standard, harmonisation of standards, pleasure craft, technical specification

19.12.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 318/9

or significantly impedes the investigation, provisional or final
findings, affirmative or negative, may be made in accordance
with Article 18 of the Basic Regulation, on the basis of the
facts available.

Where it is found that any interested party has supplied false or
misleading information, the information shall be disregarded
and use may be made of the facts available.

9. Schedule of the investigation

The investigation will be concluded, according to Article 6(9)
of the Basic Regulation within 15 months of the date of the
publication of this notice in the Official Journal of the European
Communities. According to Article 7(1) of the Basic Regulation,
provisional measures may be imposed no later than nine
months from the publication of
this notice in the Official
Journal of the European Communities.

Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of Directive 94/25/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 1994 in relation to recreational craft (1)

(2002/C 318/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(Publication of titles and references of European harmonised standards under the Directive)

ESO (*)

Reference and title of the standard

Reference document

Reference of the
superseded standard

Date of cessation of
presumption of conformity
of the superseded standard
Note 1

CEN

craft — Windows,

hatches,
Small
deadlights and doors — Strength and watertightness
requirements (ISO 12216:2002)

portlights,

EN ISO 12216:2002

None

—

(*) ESO (European standardisation organisation):

— CEN: rue de Stassart/Stassartstraat 36, B-1050 Brussels; tel. (32-2) 550 08 11, fax (32-2) 550 08 19 (http://www.cenorm.be);
— Cenelec: rue de Stassart/Stassartstraat 35, B-1050 Brussels; tel. (32-2) 519 68 71, fax (32-2) 519 69 19 (http://www.cenelec.org);
— ETSI: 650, route des Lucioles, F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, tel. (33-4) 92 94 42 00, fax (33-4) 93 65 47 16 (http://www.etsi.org).

Note 1: Generally the date of cessation of presumption of conformity will be the date of withdrawal (dow), set by the European
standardisation organisation, but attention of users of these standards is drawn to the fact that in certain exceptional cases
this can be otherwise.

(1) OJ L 164, 30.6.1994, p. 15.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3724/02 by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Chad.
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Chad, Community budget, EU financing, aid programme, budgetary control

14.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 192 E/137

(2003/C 192 E/172)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3724/02

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

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Chad

With reference to Chad, 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/173)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3725/02

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

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Chad

With reference to Chad, 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?

Joint answer to Written Questions E-3680/02, E-3681/02, E-3682/02, E-3683/02, E-3684/02,
E-3685/02, E-3686/02, E-3687/02, E-3688/02, E-3689/02, E-3690/02, E-3691/02,
E-3692/02, E-3693/02, E-3694/02, E-3695/02, E-3696/02, E-3697/02, E-3698/02,
E-3699/02, E-3700/02, E-3701/02, E-3702/02, E-3703/02, E-3704/02, E-3705/02,
E-3706/02, E-3707/02, E-3708/02, E-3709/02, E-3710/02, E-3711/02, E-3712/02,
E-3713/02, E-3714/02, E-3715/02, E-3716/02, E-3717/02, E-3718/02, E-3719/02,
E-3720/02, E-3721/02, E-3722/02, E-3723/02, E-3724/02 and E-3725/02
given by Mr Nielson on behalf of the Commission

(11 February 2003)

The Honorary Member will find below a table giving the total amount of aid granted to the following
countries:

Country

Total
(2000 and 2001)

Zimbabwe

Solomon Islands

Seychelles

Senegal

Sao Tome

Western Samoa

St Vincent-Grenadine

St Lucia

Togo

Tanzania

Swaziland

89,73

47,23

4,97

93,76

14,79

6,19

16,43

34,39

23,79

330,38

27,30
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2275/2002 of 19 December 2002 fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 899/2002
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, common wheat, export refund, third country

20.12.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 347/27

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2275/2002

of 19 December 2002

fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender
issued in Regulation (EC) No 899/2002

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

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

Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 provides that
the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders noti-
in accordance with the procedure laid down in
fied,

Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, decide to fix
a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria
referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose
bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.

The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
current market situation for the cereal 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,

(3)

(4)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For tenders notified from 13 to 19 December 2002, pursuant
to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 899/
2002, the maximum refund on exportation of common wheat
shall be EUR 4,00/t.

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 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. 11.
(7) OJ L 228, 24.8.2002, p. 18.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3702/02 by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Suriname.
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Community budget, EU financing, Surinam, aid programme, budgetary control

C 192 E/132

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

14.8.2003

(2003/C 192 E/147)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3699/02

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

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Tanzania

With regard to Tanzania, 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/148)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3700/02

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

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Swaziland

With regard to Swaziland, 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/149)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3701/02

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

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Swaziland

With regard to Swaziland, 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/150)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3702/02

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

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Suriname

With regard to Suriname, 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/151)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3703/02

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

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Suriname

With regard to Suriname, 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?
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a European Parliament and Council decision establishing the European Year of Education through Sport 2004 (9605/2/2002 - C5-0498/2002 - 2001/0244(COD))
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: European cultural event, physical education, sport

C 31 E/252

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

5.2.2004

Thursday 19 December 2002

P5_TA(2002)0626

European Year of Education through Sport 2004 ***II

European Parliament
legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a
European Parliament and Council decision establishing the European Year of Education through
Sport 2004 (9605/2/2002 — C5‑0498/2002 — 2001/0244(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Council common position (9605/2/2002 — C5‑0498/2002 (1)),

— having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council(COM(2001) 584 (3)),

— having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Rule 78 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Culture, Youth,

Education, the Media and Sport (A5‑0419/2002),

1.

2.

Approves the common position;

Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position;

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1)

3.
of the EC Treaty;

Instructs its Secretary-General duly to sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of

4.
the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Communities;

5.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) OJ C 275 E, 12.11.2002, p. 70.
(2) P5_TA(2002)0220.
(3) OJ C 25 E, 29.1.2002, p. 531.

P5_TA(2002)0627

EC-Hong Kong agreement on readmission of persons residing without
authorisation *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclu-
sion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Special
Administrative Region of Hong Kong of the People's Republic of China on the readmission of
persons residing without authorisation (SEC(2002) 412 — C5‑0263/2002 — 2002/0092(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3699/02 by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Tanzania.
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Community budget, EU financing, Tanzania, aid programme, budgetary control

C 192 E/132

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

14.8.2003

(2003/C 192 E/147)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3699/02

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

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Tanzania

With regard to Tanzania, 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/148)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3700/02

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

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Swaziland

With regard to Swaziland, 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/149)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3701/02

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

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Swaziland

With regard to Swaziland, 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/150)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3702/02

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

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Suriname

With regard to Suriname, 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/151)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3703/02

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

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Suriname

With regard to Suriname, 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?
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2266/2002 of 19 December 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

20.12.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 347/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2266/2002

of 19 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 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

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.

L 347/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

20.12.2002

to the Commission Regulation of 19 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 10 00

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
720
999

052
204
220
628
999

220
999

052
204
999

052
204
220
999

052
204
999

052
999

052
600
999

060
400
404
720
800
999

400
720
999

80,8
68,6
100,4
83,3

99,0
88,4
155,5
151,4
123,6

159,6
159,6

89,9
120,0
105,0

56,0
51,0
46,6
51,2

95,1
71,9
83,5

67,3
67,3

60,1
77,5
68,8

29,5
88,1
103,6
131,1
165,8
103,6

114,3
47,6
81,0

(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’.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3727/02 by Patricia McKenna (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Enriched cages for egg-laying hens.
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU law, European standard, animal welfare, intensive livestock farming, laying poultry, scientific committee (EU), veterinary legislation

9.10.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 242 E/69

(2003/C 242 E/072)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3727/02

by Patricia McKenna (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Enriched cages for egg-laying hens

Is the Commission aware of the 1989 study by Dawkins and Hardie that shows that hens require, on
average, 1 272 square centimetres in which to turn, 893 for wing-stretching and 1 876 for wing-flapping?
The EU Laying Hens Directive (1999/74/EC (1)) as currently formulated provides only for so-called
‘enriched’ cages of 600 square centimetres per hen after the phasing out of conventional battery cages in
2012. Scientific literature shows that these enriched cages will offer no worthwhile welfare benefits for
hens as compared to conventional ones.

It would be a tragic waste of an opportunity to advance animal welfare in Europe if the EU were to allow
farmers to change from battery cages to enriched ones which do not allow hens to perform important
basic behaviours.

Will the Commission therefore propose and support a ban on these enriched cages when the Hens
Directive is reviewed in 2005 (cid:1) something which Germany has already done with effect from 2012?

(1) OJ L 203, 3.8.1999, p. 53.

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(3 February 2003)

When preparing its Report on the welfare of laying hens, the Scientific Veterinary Committee referred to,
among others, the scientific study by Dawkins and Hardy from 1989 mentioned by the Honourable
Member. This report, published on 30 October 1996, served the Commission as a scientific basis for the
elaboration of the proposal to improve the legislation for the protection of laying hens.

Council Directive 1999/74/EC of 19 July 1999 laying down minimum standards for the protection of
laying hens, invites the Commission to present a report to the Council on the different farming systems for
laying hens by 2005. This report will be based on a scientific opinion covering all systems in use,
including enriched cages. Furthermore, the economic implications of Directive 1999/74/EC will have to be
taken into account based amongst others on a comprehensive study to be financed by the Commission
and to be started in 2003. On this basis the Commission will then evaluate the different options for
improving the current Community legislation, if necessary.

(2003/C 242 E/073)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3738/02

by Ilda Figueiredo (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(19 December 2002)

Subject: Redundancies at Euronews

On 12 November 2002 the Portuguese newspaper ‘Público’ reported,
in an article entitled ‘Journalists
threatened with redundancy’, that the sixteen Portuguese professionals responsible for the national version
of the television channel ‘Euronews’ could be made redundant.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2281/2002 of 19 December 2002 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

20.12.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 347/33

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2281/2002

of 19 December 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 27,730/100 kg.

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 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.