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WRITTEN QUESTION E-0017/03 by Cristiana Muscardini (UEN) to the Commission. Support for Afghanistan.
Date: 2003-01-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Afghanistan, EU aid, EU relations, aid policy, humanitarian aid, the EU's international role

3.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 84 E/711

(2004/C 84 E/0798)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0017/03

by Cristiana Muscardini (UEN) to the Commission

(20 January 2003)

Subject: Support for Afghanistan

The ‘Afghanistan Support Group’ met in Oslo on 17 December 2002.

Who represented the European Union?

What topics were on the agenda?

What conclusions were reached?

Was a decision taken on any kind of support?

If so, what kind of support?

Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission

(28 February 2003)

The Afghanistan Support Group Meeting in Oslo 17 December 2002 was attended by the Union Special
Representative to Afghanistan, Mr Francisco Vendrell. The Commission was represented by officials from
the Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) and Directorate general for External Relations.

The meeting discussed the current and future needs of Afghanistan,
the future co-ordination of
international assistance to Afghanistan and the United Nations’ (UN) Transitional Assistance Programme
Appeal (TAPA) for 2003 was presented. Furthermore some key issues facing Afghanistan were discussed
e.g. human rights, the role of women, the return of refugees, and opium poppy production. There was also
discussion of some of the key issues facing Afghanistan including human rights, the role of women, the
return of refugees, and opium poppy production.

The meeting was not a pledging meeting, but many donors highlighted the contributions they had made to
for the future. The Commission noted that
Afghanistan in 2002 and expressed continued support
reconstruction and recovery aid for 2002 had been over EUR 205 million. Humanitarian support from
ECHO had been over EUR 70 million.

Participants also welcomed the renewed commitment at the 2 December 2002 Petersberg meeting to the
Bonn Agreement, and reiterated the importance of:

(cid:1) improving internal security (cid:1) in particular by pressing on with the establishment of the Afghan

National Army;

(cid:1) respecting human rights for all;

(cid:1) preparing for the elections in 2004;

(cid:1) tackling opium poppy production;

(cid:1) establishing benchmarks to underpin full implemenation of the Bonn Agreement.

The meeting concluded that the time had come for the Afghanistan Transitional Authority to take the lead
in the reconstruction effort. This would therefore be the last meeting of the Afghanistan Support Group.
It would be replaced by a series of Afghan Government led Consultative Groups with the first full meeting
in March 2003. For Humanitarian support there will be a donor led Humanitarian Aid Advisory Group
chaired in the first instance by Japan.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 99/2003 of 20 January 2003 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2003-01-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

21.1.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 14/53

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 99/2003

of 20 January 2003

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 25,673/100 kg.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 January 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 20 January 2003.

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 92/2003 of 20 January 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-01-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

L 14/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.1.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 92/2003

of 20 January 2003

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 21 January 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 January 2003.

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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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 14/17

to the Commission Regulation of 20 January 2003 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
212
999

052
220
628
999

220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
600
999

204
999

052
204
220
464
600
624
999

052
220
600
999

060
066
400
404
720
999

388
400
720
999

103,1
48,4
104,8
85,4

141,3
166,2
151,4
153,0

137,7
137,7

139,9
99,8
119,8

50,1
51,6
50,7
43,7
73,2
53,9

84,4
84,4

65,1
65,0
83,4
142,2
47,1
77,8
80,1

63,6
80,7
67,9
70,7

42,4
35,6
97,2
104,9
114,0
78,8

135,1
93,7
50,5
93,1

(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’.