do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Notice under section 12(2) of the Telecommunications Act 1984 — Proposed modification to the licence of National Transcommunications Ltd
Date: 2002-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Internet, dissemination of information, telecommunications, telephone charges, trade licence

20.12.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 320/7

— escorting and other reasonable services shall be provided

Environmental demands

when changing flights,

— information on travel opportunities and travel routes shall

be given upon request,

— safety and other information must be provided graphically
(in such a way that passengers with a sight or hearing
impediment can assimilate it),

The aircraft's noise levels must not exceed the current limits.
All equipment
is designed to
improve comfort and the environment must function and be
used in accordance with current instructions.

installed on the aircraft

that

Reports

The airline operating the route MHQ–ARN is required to
report to Åland's Government each calendar quarter on how
its obligations been met.

— booking and purchase of tickets shall be simple for the

Proposed timetable MHQ–ARN round trip

traveller,

— all on-board announcements must be given in Swedish and

English.

MHQ

7.25

ﬁ

16.55 ﬁ

ARN

6.55

16.25

ARN

8.40

ﬁ

18.50 ﬁ

MHQ

10.10

20.20

NOTICE UNDER SECTION 12(2) OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1984

Proposed modification to the licence of National Transcommunications Ltd

(2002/C 320/07)

This was published on Friday 29 November 2002 in the London, Belfast and Edinburgh gazettes.

The link to the notice on Oftel's website is:

http://www.oftel.gov.uk/ind_info/licensing/mods/2002/mar041002.htm
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2998 — AVH/CNP/GIB JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, catering industry, distributive trades, economic concentration, financial institution, merger control, public works, restrictive-practice authorisation, retail selling

20.12.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 320/9

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2998 — AVH/CNP/GIB JV)

(2002/C 320/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 6 December 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),

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 302M2998. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

EUR-OP,
Information, Marketing and Public Relations,
2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 427 18, fax (352) 29 29 427 09.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2981 — Knauf/Alcopor)

(2002/C 320/11)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 13 December 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 German 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),

— in electronic form in the ‘CDE’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 302M2981. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

EUR-OP,
Information, Marketing and Public Relations,
2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 427 18, fax (352) 29 29 427 09.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3745/02 by Proinsias De Rossa (PSE) to the Commission. Random road safety checks.
Date: 2002-12-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: commercial vehicle, intra-EU transport, national implementing measure, road transport, roadworthiness tests, transport regulations

C 161 E/138

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

10.7.2003

(2003/C 161 E/140)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3745/02

by Proinsias De Rossa (PSE) to the Commission

(20 December 2002)

Subject: Random road safety checks

Could the Commission indicate the state of transposition and implementation of Directive 2000/30/EC (1)
providing for random roadside tests of commercial vehicles to ensure their conformity with the
roadworthiness of vehicles directive (96/96/EC (2)) and what action it proposes to take against offending
Member States?

(1) OJ L 203, 10.8.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 46, 17.2.1997, p. 1.

Answer given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission

(12 February 2003)

Directive 2000/30/EC of the parliament and of the Council of 6 June 2000, on the technical roadside
inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Community, requires Member
States to bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary for them to comply
with the Directive no later than 10 August 2002.

By December 2002 seven Member States: Germany, Spain, Ireland, Luxembourg, Austria, Portugal and the
United Kingdom, had not notified the Commission of their legislation that brought the Directive into force.
Therefore, the Commission has sent to each one of them a ‘reasoned opinion’ for failing to do so.

(2003/C 161 E/141)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3762/02

by Emmanouil Bakopoulos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(23 December 2002)

Subject: Communication COM(2002) 681 final

The Commission announced on 3 December 2002,
its
intention to submit a proposal prohibiting single-hull tankers over 15 years old passing through European
waters as of 2010.

in its communication COM(2002) 681 final,

Can the Commission say how many single-hull tankers there currently are (worldwide) over 7 years old,
i.e. which were built in 1995?

Answer given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission

(10 February 2003)

Following the proposals made by the Commission in its communication of 3 December 2002 (1), the
Transport Council of 6 December 2002 indicated its desire for single hull tankers carrying heavy oils to be
banned from EU ports.

On 20 December 2002, the Commission sent Parliament and the Council a proposal for a regulation (2)
prohibiting the transport of heavy oil products in single hull tankers leaving or bound for ports of the
Union and to speed up the timetable for phasing out single hull tankers adopted as part of the Erika II
package. The two institutions were asked to examine the text as a matter of urgency with a view to its
being adopted at the Transport Council of 27 March 2003.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2317/2002 of 20 December 2002 determining the extent to which applications lodged in December 2002 for licences for certain eggs and poultrymeat products under the regime provided for by the Interim Agreements concluded by the Community with the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria can be accepted
Date: 2002-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, agreement (EU), egg, import licence, poultrymeat, quantitative restriction

21.12.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 348/115

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2317/2002

of 20 December 2002

determining the extent to which applications lodged in December 2002 for licences for certain
eggs and poultrymeat products under the regime provided for by the Interim Agreements
concluded by the Community with the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech
Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria can be accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1899/97, of
29 September 1997, setting rules of application in the poultry-
meat and egg sectors for the arrangements covered by the
Europe Agreements with central and east European countries
provided for by Council Regulations (EC) No 1727/2000, (EC)
No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000, (EC)
No 2435/2000 and (EC) No 2851/2000 and repealing Regula-
tions (EEC) No 2699/93 and (EC) No 1559/94 (1), as amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1525/2002 (2) and in particular Article
4(5) thereof,

Whereas:

The applications for import licences lodged for the first quarter
of 2003 are for quantities less than or equal to the quantities
available and can therefore be met in full,

Article 1

1.
Applications for import licences for the period 1 January
to 31 March 2003 submitted under Regulation (EC) No 1899/
97 shall be met as referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.

Applications for import licences for the period 1 April to
2.
30 June 2003 may be lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No
1899/97 for the total quantity as referred to in the Annex to
this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2002.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 67.
(2) OJ L 229, 27.8.2002, p. 10.

L 348/116

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.12.2002

ANNEX

Group No

Percentage of acceptance
of import licences submitted for the period
1 January to 31 March 2003

Total quantity available for the period
1 April to 30 June 2003
(t)

17

18

25

26

27

34

35

36

40

100,00

—

100,00

—

—

—

—

—

—

745,51

375,00

4 502,10

375,00

2 750,00

3 125,00

250,00

1 250,00

750,00
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2310/2002 of 20 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: 2002-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, rice, third country

L 348/104

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.12.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2310/2002

of 20 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 16 to 19 December 2002 at 156,00
EUR/t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 December 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2314/2002 of 20 December 2002 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2002-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

L 348/110

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.12.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2314/2002

of 20 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 27,641/100 kg.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 December 2002.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 20 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2350/2002 of 20 December 2002 fixing the amount of private storage aid for certain fishery products in the 2003 fishing year
Date: 2002-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, fishery product, private stock, storage

L 351/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

28.12.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2350/2002

of 20 December 2002

fixing the amount of private storage aid for certain fishery products in the 2003 fishing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17
December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets
in fishery and aquaculture products (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2813/2000
of 21 December 2000 laying down detailed rules for the appli-
cation of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 as regards the
grant of private storage aid for certain fishery products (2), and
in particular Article 1 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The aid must not exceed the sum of technical and finan-
cial costs recorded in the Community during the fishing
year preceding the year in question.

To discourage long-term storage, to shorten payment
times and to reduce the burden of controls, private
storage aid should be paid in one instalment only.

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the Management Committee for Fishery
Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2003 fishing year the amount of private storage aid for
the products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 104/
2000 shall be as follows:

— first month: EUR 185/tonne,

— second month: EUR 0/tonne.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 326, 22.12.2000, p. 30.
Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 2174/2002 of the European Central Bank of 21 November 2002 amending Regulation ECB/2001/13 concerning the consolidated balance sheet of the monetary financial institutions sector (ECB/2002/8) (OJ L 330 of 6.12.2002)
Date: 2002-12-20
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: European Central Bank, European System of Central Banks, balance sheet, data collection, financial institution, financial statistics

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 2174/2002 of the European Central Bank of 21 November 2002 amending
Regulation ECB/2001/13 concerning the consolidated balance sheet of the monetary financial institutions sector
(ECB/2002/8)

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 330 of 6 December 2002)

On page 32, in the Annex, Table 1 should be replaced by the following:

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Euro exchange rates
Date: 2002-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 320/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

20.12.2002

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

19 December 2002

(2002/C 320/02)

1 euro =

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CYP

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

Currency

US dollar

Japanese yen

Danish krone

Pound sterling

Swedish krona

Swiss franc

Iceland króna

Norwegian krone

Bulgarian lev

Cyprus pound

Czech koruna

Estonian kroon

Hungarian forint

Lithuanian litas

Exchange
rate

1,0273

123,87

7,425

0,6403

9,097

1,4635

85,18

7,285

1,9488

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

31,285

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6072

0,4161

3,9939

34430

229,9854

41,784

1682000

1,8165

1,5965

8,0109

1,9903

1,7918

235,39

KRW

South Korean won

1234,3

3,4522

ZAR

South African rand

9,2123

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2298/2002 of 20 December 2002 prohibiting fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom
Date: 2002-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, authorised catch, catch quota, fishing area, fishing regulations, sea fish, ship's flag

21.12.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 348/71

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2298/2002

of 20 December 2002

prohibiting fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom

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
2000/2002 (4), lays down quotas for cod 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 cod in the waters of ICES divisions I and
II b by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom or

registered in the United Kingdom have exhausted the
quota allocated for 2002. The United Kingdom has
prohibited fishing for this stock from 4 December 2002.
This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of cod in the waters of ICES divisions I and II b by
vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom or registered in
the United Kingdom are hereby deemed to have exhausted the
quota allocated to the United Kingdom for 2002.

Fishing for cod in the waters of ICES divisions I and II b by
vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom or registered in
the United Kingdom 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 4 December 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 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 308, 9.11.2002, p. 13.