do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0328/03 by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Cultural activities on the theme of olives.
Date: 2003-02-10
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing, EU programme, Peloponnese, cultural event, cultural policy, eligibility criteria, olive, operational programme

C 192 E/170

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EN

14.8.2003

3.

In this context the Commission can share the concern of the Honourable Member.

If this information is confirmed, the Commission could under the Cotonou Agreement examine the

4.
question raised by the Honourable Member with the authorities.

(2003/C 192 E/207)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0328/03

by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

Subject: Cultural activities on the theme of olives

(10 February 2003)

The Messinia Chamber of Trade and Industry has for the past five years been organising events on the
theme of olives, centring on the activity of ‘the olive and olive oil routes’ (cid:1) a cultural journey through the
places in which the olive is cultivated.

For future years, a proposal has been put before the Ministry of Culture entitled ‘Disseminating the culture
of olives: art, symbolism and culture’; activities include creating an international exhibition space in
Kalamata, designing and constructing a travelling museum with towed vehicles, and arranging for it to
tour, producing digital cultural material and organising tasting seminars and other events.

Could the Commission say whether actions of this kind are eligible for funding from the ‘Culture’
operational programme?

Answer given by Ms Reding on behalf of the Commission

(24 March 2003)

The Commission supports initiatives in the area of culture within the framework and according to the
selection criteria of the ‘Culture 2000’ programme, which is the sole instrument of the Union for funding
and planning cultural cooperation.

This programme is designed to support projects jointly developed and financed by at least three operators
from at least three countries that participate in the programme.

The Honourable Member may find additional information at the following site http://europa.eu.int/comm/
culture/eac/c2000condition_en.html.

Under Measure 2,1 of the Operational Programme Culture for Greece, a call for the submission of
proposals was published on 12 August 2002 for a total amount of EUR 2 118 000.

The Messinia Chamber of Trade and Industry submitted a project proposal on 30 October 2002, which
will be evaluated in accordance with the selection criteria as defined in the Programme Complement.

(2003/C 192 E/208)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0330/03

by Esko Seppänen (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

Subject: Pensions payable to Members of the Commission

(10 February 2003)

In reply to my earlier questions about the emoluments and pensions of its Members the Commission has
given the appropriate answers. There is in fact a translation error in Article 9 of the Finnish version of
Regulation No 422/67/EEC (1), since 4,5 % of the last basic salary for each full year in office plainly denotes
the amount of pension and not the size of a pension increase (the correct word in Finnish being
Commission Regulation (EC) No 252/2003 of 10 February 2003 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2003-02-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

11.2.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 34/15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 252/2003

of 10 February 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 25,659/100 kg.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 February 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 10 February 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 248/2003 of 10 February 2003 on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
Date: 2003-02-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, fresh meat, frozen product, import licence, product quality, refrigerated product

L 34/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.2.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 248/2003

of 10 February 2003

on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 of
27 May 1997 opening and providing for the administration of
tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and
for frozen buffalo meat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1524/2002 (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 936/97 provides in Articles 4 and 5
the conditions for applications and for the issue of
import licences for meat referred to in Article 2(f).

Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 fixes the
amount of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and
veal originating in and imported from the United States
of America and Canada which may be imported on
special terms for the period 1 July 2002 to 30 June
2003 at 11 500 t.

It should be recalled that licences issued pursuant to this
Regulation will, throughout the period of validity, be
open for use only in so far as provisions on health
protection in force permit,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
All applications for import licences from 1 to 5 February
2003 for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal as
referred to in Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 shall be
granted in full.

2.
Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance
with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 936/97, during the first
five days of March 2003 for 8 020,727 t.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 February 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 10 February 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 137, 28.5.1997, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 229, 27.8.2002, p. 7.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0339/03 by Horst Schnellhardt (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Ban on chocolate cigarettes.
Date: 2003-02-10
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: child protection, confectionery, market approval, smoking, tobacco

6.2.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 33 E/39

(2004/C 33 E/036)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0339/03

by Horst Schnellhardt (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(10 February 2003)

Subject: Ban on chocolate cigarettes

A letter from the Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture of the Federal Republic
of Germany announces measures drawn up by the European Commission designed to restrict advertising
campaigns which seek to promote the consumption of tobacco by children and young people. In this
connection, consideration would also be given to a ban on the manufacture, import and sale of sweets and
toys which look like tobacco products.

1.

2.

On what basis and when will a measure of this nature be drawn up?

How are the objectives set out above to be attained?

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(3 March 2003)

Banning the sales of chocolate cigarettes is not a measure adopted by the Commission. Rather, such a
prohibition is part of the Recommendation on the Prevention of Smoking and on Initiatives to Improve
Tobacco Control, which the Council adopted on 2 December 2002 upon a proposal by the Commission
under Article 152 paragraph 4 of the EC Treaty (1). With regard to this proposal of the Commission the
Parliament adopted a resolution (2) which as modification 5 contains the following new paragraph under
point 1(d) of the Commission’s proposal:

By prohibiting the production, importation and sale of edible products and toys in the form of

(da)
tobacco products.

The definitive version of the Recommendation adopted by the Council follows this suggestion with a
different wording:

(e)
Prohibiting the sale of sweets and toys intended for children and manufactured with the clear
intention that the product and/or packaging would resemble in appearance a type of tobacco product.

As the name implies this Recommendation of the Council is not legally binding. It is, therefore, left to
Member States to decide in which way they will follow-up the Council’s Recommendation to prohibit the
sale of products like chocolate cigarettes.

(1) Council Recommendation 2003/54/EG of 2 December 2002 on the Prevention of Smoking and on Initiatives to

Improve Tobacco Control (cid:1) OJ L 22, 25.1.2003.

(2) 2002/2167 INI.

(2004/C 33 E/037)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0391/03

by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(13 February 2003)

Subject: Eco-label

in Regulation (EEC) 880/92 (1), recently amended by Regulation (EC)
The introduction of an eco-label
1980/2000 (2), is intended to make it easier for consumers to identify environmentally-friendly products
which have been officially approved by the EU and to encourage enterprises to develop projects having the
necessary specifications. Criteria have now been adopted for 19 categories of product, and in the long term
it is intended to establish 35 such categories.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2003 of 10 February 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-02-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

11.2.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 34/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 245/2003

of 10 February 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 11 February 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 February 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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11.2.2003

to the Commission Regulation of 10 February 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
628
999

052
204
220
999

220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
624
999

204
999

052
204
220
464
600
624
999

052
600
999

400
404
720
728
999

388
400
512
528
720
999

75,1
47,7
111,3
109,3
85,8

115,4
122,9
255,9
164,7

157,3
157,3

143,7
182,8
163,3

42,3
47,0
44,3
49,6
38,1
44,3

73,6
73,6

63,2
56,5
66,9
140,4
65,0
70,6
77,1

43,8
67,8
55,8

98,9
105,5
107,6
112,0
106,0

76,3
118,7
111,1
76,4
39,3
84,4

(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 249/2003 of 10 February 2003 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
Date: 2003-02-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, export licence

11.2.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 34/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 249/2003

of 10 February 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 oranges 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 oranges after 10 February 2003 should be rejected
until the end of the current export period,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Applications for system B export licences for oranges submitted
pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/2002, export
declarations for which are accepted after 10 February 2003
and before 16 March 2003, are hereby rejected.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 February 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 February 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 250/2003 of 10 February 2003 correcting Regulation (EC) No 136/2003 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
Date: 2003-02-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, fruit vegetable

L 34/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.2.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 250/2003

of 10 February 2003

correcting Regulation (EC) No 136/2003 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
47/2003 (2), and in particular Article 35(11) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 136/2003 (3) interrupts
the issue of system B export licences for tomatoes for
the current export period within the meaning of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2201/2002 of 11
December 2002 fixing export refunds on fruit and vege-
tables (4).

(2)

Checks have revealed that there is an error in the date of
the end of that period. This date should therefore be
corrected,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 136/2003, ‘15 March 2003’
is replaced by ‘16 March 2003’.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 February 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 64.
(3) OJ L 22, 25.1.2003, p. 24.
(4) OJ L 335, 12.12.2002, p. 11.