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Commission Regulation (EC) No 127/2003 of 24 January 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

25.1.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 22/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 127/2003

of 24 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 25 January 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 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.

L 22/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

25.1.2003

to the Commission Regulation of 24 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
628
999

220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
624
999

204
999

052
204
220
464
600
624
999

052
600
999

052
060
400
404
720
999

388
400
720
999

100,3
56,5
102,0
86,3

123,1
151,4
137,3

137,7
137,7

127,1
164,3
145,7

44,3
53,6
45,1
43,7
80,1
53,4

70,3
70,3

44,4
57,0
89,2
138,3
78,5
81,0
81,4

59,8
72,9
66,3

131,9
43,3
93,1
104,6
114,5
97,5

104,5
111,2
50,1
88,6

(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’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 130/2003 of 24 January 2003 fixing the aid for tomatoes for processing for the 2003/04 marketing year under Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96
Date: 2003-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, fruit vegetable, vegetable product

25.1.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 22/15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 130/2003

of 24 January 2003

fixing the aid for tomatoes for processing for the 2003/04 marketing year under Council
Regulation (EC) No 2201/96

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in
processed fruit and vegetable products (1), as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 453/2002 (2), and in particular
Article 6(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 2(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 449/
2001 of 2 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for
the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as
regards the aid scheme for products processed from fruit
and vegetables (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1426/2002 (4), stipulates that the Commission is to
publish the amount of the aid for tomatoes after veri-
fying that the thresholds fixed in Annex III to Regulation
(EC) No 2201/96 have been complied with.

Article 5(3)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 provides
that for the 2003/04 marketing year the overrun of the
processing threshold is to be calculated on the basis of
the average quantity supplied for processing with aid
during the 2001/02 and 2002/03 years.

(3)

(4)

The average quantities of tomatoes delivered for proces-
sing with aid during the 2001/02 and 2002/03
marketing years as notified by the Member States under
Article 23(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 449/2001 are
below the Community threshold. Since the threshold has
not been overrun, the aid for the 2003/04 marketing
year should be kept at the level fixed in Article 4(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vege-
tables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2003/04 marketing year the aid for tomatoes referred
to in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be
EUR 34,50/tonne.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 January 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 72, 14.3.2002, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 64, 6.3.2001, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 206, 3.8.2002, p. 4.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 136/2003 of 24 January 2003 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
Date: 2003-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, fruit vegetable

L 22/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

25.1.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 136/2003

of 24 January 2003

on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001
of 8 October 2001 on detailed rules for implementing Council
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit
and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1176/2002 (2), and in particular Article 6(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2201/2002 (3) fixes the
indicative quantities for system B export licences other
than those sought in the context of food aid.

In the light of the information available to the Commis-
sion today, there is a risk that the indicative quantities
laid down for the current export period for tomatoes
will shortly be exceeded. This overrun will prejudice the
proper working of the export refund scheme in the fruit
and vegetables sector.

(3)

To avoid this situation, applications for system B licences
for tomatoes after 24 January 2003 should be rejected
until the end of the current export period,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

for

system B export

Applications
tomatoes
submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/
2002, export declarations for which are accepted after 24
January 2003 and before 15 March 2003, are hereby rejected.

licences

for

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 January 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 January 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8.
(2) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 69.
(3) OJ L 286, 24.10.2002, p. 3.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.2997 — Accor/Ebertz/Dorint) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financing, hotel industry, merger control, property market, provision of services, restrictive-practice authorisation, tourism, travel

24.1.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 17/5

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2997 — Accor/Ebertz/Dorint)

(2003/C 17/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 23 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 302M2997. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 427 18, fax (352) 29 29 427 09.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3024 — Bain Capital/Rhodia)

(2003/C 17/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 19 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 302M3024. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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2003/60/EC: Commission Decision of 24 January 2003 amending Decision 2000/258/EC designating a specific institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines, as regards the approval of laboratories in third countries (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 325)
Date: 2003-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: product quality, quality standard, rabies, research body, testing, third country, vaccine

L 23/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

28.1.2003

COMMISSION DECISION

of 24 January 2003

amending Decision 2000/258/EC designating a specific institute responsible for establishing the
criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies
vaccines, as regards the approval of laboratories in third countries

(notified under document number C(2003) 325)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/60/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 2000/258/EC, of 20 March 2000, designating a specific institute
responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the
effectiveness of rabies vaccines (1), and, in particular, Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Afssa Nancy is the reference laboratory for post-antirabies-vaccination serological testing and is in
charge of the organisation of the inter-laboratories aptitude test for the approval of laboratories
willing to perform those serological tests.

Afssa Nancy has proposed to the Commission that laboratories in third countries which have passed
the proficiency test should be approved.

It is therefore necessary to provide for a procedure for the communication of the approval of labora-
tories in third countries.

Decision 2000/258/EC should be amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In Annex II to Decision 2000/258/EC, the fifth indent is replaced by the following:

‘— collaborate with the laboratories responsible for carrying out these analyses in third countries and
communicate to the Commission the list of these laboratories which have passed the inter-labora-
tory aptitude test (proficiency test). These lists will be published on the following website:

http://forum.europa.eu.int/Public/irc/sanco/vets/information’.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 24 January 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 79, 30.3.2000, p. 40.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 133/2003 of 24 January 2003 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: 2003-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, rice, third country

L 22/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

25.1.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 133/2003

of 24 January 2003

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 20 to 23 January 2003 at 162,00 EUR/
t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 January 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 January 2003.

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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3024 — Bain Capital/Rhodia) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, investment, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

24.1.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 17/5

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2997 — Accor/Ebertz/Dorint)

(2003/C 17/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 23 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 302M2997. 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.3024 — Bain Capital/Rhodia)

(2003/C 17/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 19 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 302M3024. 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 134/2003 of 24 January 2003 on the issuing of A1 export licences for fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, nut, quantitative restriction

25.1.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 22/19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 134/2003

of 24 January 2003

on the issuing of A1 export licences for fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001
of 8 October 2001 on detailed rules for implementing Council
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit
and vegetables (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1176/
2002 (2), and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2200/2002 (3) sets the
quantities for which A1 export licences, other than those
requested in the context of food aid, may be issued.

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 sets the
conditions under which special measures may be taken
by the Commission with a view to avoiding an overrun
of the quantities for which A1 licences may be issued.

The Commission has received information which indi-
cates that those quantities, reduced or increased by the
quantities referred to in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC)
No 1961/2001, would be exceeded if A1 licences were

restriction for hazelnuts in shell

issued without
in
response to applications submitted since 21 January
2003. Therefore, one percentage should be fixed for the
licences for quantities applied for on 21
issuing of
January 2003 and applications for A1 licences submitted
later in that application period should be rejected,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

A1 export licences for hazelnuts in shell for which applications
were submitted on 21 January 2003 pursuant to Article 1 of
Regulation (EC) No 2200/2002 shall be issued for 58,1 % of
the quantities applied for.

Applications for A1 export licences submitted after 21 January
2003 and before 24 June 2003 for this product shall be
rejected.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 January 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 24 January 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8.
(2) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 69.
(3) OJ L 335, 12.12.2002, p. 8.
Judgment of the Court of 24 January 2003 in Case E-1/02: EFTA Surveillance Authority v Kingdom of Norway (Failure of a Contracting Party to fulfil its obligations — Equal Rights Directive — Reservation of academic positions for women)
Date: 2003-01-24
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: EFTA, Norway, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, equal treatment, gender equality, job access, promotion, sexual discrimination, vocational training

C 115/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.5.2003

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA COURT

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 24 January 2003

in Case E-1/02: EFTA Surveillance Authority v Kingdom of Norway

(Failure of a Contracting Party to fulfil its obligations — Equal Rights Directive — Reservation of academic positions
for women)

(2003/C 115/06)

In Case E-1/02: EFTA Surveillance Authority v Kingdom of Norway — APPLICATION for a declaration
that, by maintaining in force a rule which reserves a number of academic posts exclusively for women,
Norway has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 7 and 70 of the EEA Agreement and Articles 2(1),
2(4) and 3(1) of Directive 76/207/EEC of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of the principle of equal
treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and
working conditions, referred to in point 18 of Annex XVIII to the EEA Agreement, the Court, composed
of: Carl Baudenbacher (Judge-Rapporteur), President, Per Tresselt and Dóra Guðmundsdóttir, Judges, gave
judgment of 24 January 2003, the operative part of which is as follows:

1. Declares that by maintaining in force a rule which permits the reservation of a number of academic
posts exclusively for members of the under-represented gender, Norway has failed to fulfil its obli-
gations under Articles 7 and 70 of the EEA Agreement and Articles 2(1), 2(4) and 3(1) of Directive
76/207/EEC of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men
and women as regards access to employment, vocational
training and promotion, and working
conditions as referred to in point 18 of Annex XVIII to the EEA Agreement;

2. Orders the Kingdom of Norway to pay the costs of the proceedings.