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Amended proposal for a Council Regulation on a transitional product-specific safeguard mechanism for imports originating in the People's Republic of China and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 on common rules for imports from certain third countries
Date: 2003-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, EU customs procedure, World Trade Organisation, import (EU), protective clause, quantitative restriction

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 12.02.2003
COM(2003) 24 final/2

2002/0133 (ACC)

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procès verbal du Conseil"
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linguistiques.

Amended Proposal for a

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With regard to the form of measures to be taken under Articles 7 and 9 of this Regulation and
in line with the principles laid down in the WTO Agreement on Safeguards and the Basic EC
safeguards  Regulation1,  preference  shall  be  given  to  the  least  trade  restrictive  measures
necessary  to  prevent  or  remedy  market  disruption.  In  this  respect,  conclusions  of
investigations by means of customs duties should be given positive consideration.

1 OJ No L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 53

2
Commission Regulation (EC) No 107/2003 of 21 January 2003 determining the extent to which applications for import licences lodged in respect of subquota II for frozen meat of bovine animals, provided for in Regulation (EC) No 954/2002, can be accepted
Date: 2003-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, frozen product, import licence, tariff quota

L 16/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

22.1.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 107/2003

of 21 January 2003

determining the extent to which applications for import licences lodged in respect of subquota II
for frozen meat of bovine animals, provided for in Regulation (EC) No 954/2002, can be accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 954/2002 of
4 June 2002 opening and providing for the administration of a
tariff quota for frozen meat of bovine animals covered by CN
code 0202 and products covered by CN code 0206 29 91 (1
July 2002 to 30 June (2003) (1), and in particular Article 12(4)
thereof,

Whereas:

Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 954/2002 fixes at 13 250
tonnes the quantity of subquota II in respect of which approved
operators can lodge an application for an import licence based
on imports in the period 7 to 9 January 2003. As the import

licences applied for exceed the available quantity, a reduction
coefficient should be fixed in accordance with Article 12(4) of
Regulation (EC) No 954/2002,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Each application for an import licence lodged in accordance
with Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 954/2002 in the
period 7 to 9 January 2003 shall be accepted at a rate of
2,5754 % of the quantities applied for.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 January 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 21 January 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 147, 5.6.2002, p. 8.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2003-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

22.1.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 15/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

21 January 2003

(2003/C 15/01)

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

1,0653

126,5

7,4333

0,6626

9,1887

1,4614

84,63

7,343

1,9547

0,5782

31,18

LVL

MTL

PLN

ROL

SIT

SKK

TRL

AUD

CAD

HKD

NZD

Currency

Latvian lats

Maltese lira

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

Australian dollar

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,621

0,4204

4,0713

35603

230,8125

41,54

1770000

1,8134

1,6362

8,3084

1,9463

1,8494

246,74

KRW

South Korean won

1257,16

3,4532

ZAR

South African rand

9,5077

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(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3040 — Capvis/Quadriga/Zellweger Uster) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronics industry, investment, investment company, merger control, qualitative analysis, restrictive-practice authorisation, textile industry

C 15/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

22.1.2003

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3004 — Bravida/Semco/Prenad/Totalinstallatören)

(2003/C 15/08)

(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 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 302M3004. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3040 — Capvis/Quadriga/Zellweger Uster)

(2003/C 15/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 14 January 2003, 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 303M3040. 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.