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WRITTEN QUESTION E-0747/03 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. Public procurement information.
Date: 2003-03-11
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Publications Office of the European Union, access to information, award of contract, competition, contract, dissemination of information, invitation to tender, public contract, services contract

C 222 E/232

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

18.9.2003

(2003/C 222 E/262)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0747/03

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(11 March 2003)

Subject: Public procurement information

What system does the Commission use to award contracts to official services providing information in the
Member States on EU public procurement opportunities?

One such service, Tenders Direct (www.tendersdirect.co.uk), appears to be a commercial operation which
charges users for access to information on public tenders. Can the Commission clarify the status of
Tenders Direct and whether it has a contract with the Office for Official Publications of the European
Communities to provide access to information on tenders?

Is Tenders Direct in a monopoly position as a supplier of information in the United Kingdom on EU
public tenders, and if so, how can the Commission justify this situation?

Answer given by Mrs Reding on behalf of the Commission

(14 April 2003)

All public procurement opportunities exceeding specific contract values must be published in the
‘Official Journal S’ or ‘OJ S’) and
Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union (‘S series’,
published throughout the Union. The contract value thresholds above which an invitation to tender must
be published throughout the Union are laid down in Union Directives.

is published by the Publications Office both on-line Tenders
The Supplement to the Official Journal
Electronic Daily (TED (cid:1) http://ted.publications.eu.int) and off-line (CD-ROM OJS). The TED service is free
of charge for all users searching for business opportunities while the CD-ROM is for sale. Reproduction is
authorised provided the source is acknowledged (see TED copyright notice).

Anyone wishing to download the contents of TED, e.g. to offer services allowing to alert potentially
interested suppliers on Union public procurement opportunities, is invited to sign a licence agreement.
Ninety-nine licence holders have signed such a licence agreement with the Publications Office; they are
located in all Member states (except Greece) and also outside the Union.

The prices for these licence agreements currently are:

(cid:1) 1 language: EUR 3 000 per year;

(cid:1) 2 languages: EUR 3 600 per year;

(cid:1) 3-11 languages: EUR 3 900 per year.

Tenders Direct is operated by Millstream Associates Ltd, one of the 99 licence holders. On the basis of the
bulk data, licence holders often develop their own services such as notification and alert systems for which
they may charge users.

Tenders Direct is not in a monopoly position since there are at the moment 25 licence holders in the
United Kingdom.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0722/03 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos (PSE) to the Commission. Prestige: setting up a European coastguards service.
Date: 2003-03-11
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU environmental policy, environmental cooperation, maritime safety, maritime surveillance, maritime transport, oil pollution, pollution control measures, prevention of pollution

C 58 E/26

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

6.3.2004

(2004/C 58 E/028)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0720/03

by Rosa Miguélez Ramos (PSE) to the Commission

(11 March 2003)

Subject:

‘Prestige’: EU action at WTO level

On 19 December 2002 the European Parliament adopted a resolution on safety at sea and measures to
alleviate the effects of the ‘Prestige’ disaster. Paragraph 5 reads:

Recognises the fact that the EU has only limited power to control ships in transit through its waters;
therefore calls on the Council to act quickly to grant the Commission the mandate to negotiate on
behalf of all 15 Member States within the International Maritime Organisation, with particular regard
to the establishment of more stringent rules on Port State Control in third countries, the development
of a Flag State audit procedure aimed at combating flags of convenience, as defined by the Paris
Memorandum of Understanding, and the proper implementation of compulsory shipping routes and
pilotage and the restriction of shipping in designated Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas in order to
protect sensitive coastlines; given the slow process of decision-making at IMO level, calls on the
Commission simultaneously to initiate bilateral negotiations with key third countries with a view to
improving the safety of ships in transit through EU waters.

How does the Commission view this request from Parliament?

What steps has it taken or does it intend to take in response?

(2004/C 58 E/029)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0722/03

by Rosa Miguélez Ramos (PSE) to the Commission

Subject:

‘Prestige’: setting up a European coastguards service

(11 March 2003)

On 19 December 2002 the European Parliament adopted a resolution on safety at sea and measures to
alleviate the effects of
the ‘Prestige’ disaster. Paragraph 20 calls for ‘the setting up of a European
Coastguards Service which can work in close cooperation with maritime traffic controllers’.

What measures has the Commission taken or does it intend to take in response?

(2004/C 58 E/030)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0723/03

by Rosa Miguélez Ramos (PSE) to the Commission

Subject:

‘Prestige’: identification of particularly sensitive sea areas

(11 March 2003)

On 19 December 2002 the European Parliament adopted a resolution on safety at sea and measures to
alleviate the effects of the ‘Prestige’ disaster. Paragraph 21 reads:

Considers that a protection, prevention and monitoring plan for maritime transport routes in the EU
regions which are most vulnerable to accidents involving oil and chemicals should be drafted, and
these areas should be identified as Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas by the International Maritime
Organisation.

What measures has the Commission taken or does it intend to take in response?
Commission Regulation (EC) No 443/2003 of 11 March 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-03-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

12.3.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 67/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 443/2003

of 11 March 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 12 March 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 March 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 67/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.3.2003

to the Commission Regulation of 11 March 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 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
624
999

052
068
204
220
999

220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
624
999

600
999

039
388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
999

388
512
528
999

170,8
66,0
117,7
129,4
121,0

129,4
135,6
94,6
186,1
136,4

169,3
169,3

141,2
87,8
114,5

86,0
49,6
49,4
42,0
68,4
59,1

60,8
60,8

110,3
104,6
122,2
98,7
93,5
82,3
70,3
92,3
126,7
100,1

73,4
70,3
64,4
69,4

(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’.
Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2002/615/EC of 22 July 2002 amending Decision 92/486/EEC establishing the form of cooperation between the ANIMO host centre and the Member States (OJ L 196 of 5.6.2002)
Date: 2003-03-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: extra-EU trade, information network, intra-EU trade, live animal, on line data service, veterinary inspection

11.3.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 66/51

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2002/615/EC of 22 July 2002 amending Decision 92/486/EEC estab-
lishing the form of cooperation between the ANIMO host centre and the Member States

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 196 of 25 July 2002)

On page 60, in Article 1:

for:

For the period from 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003, the coordination authorities provided for in Article 1

‘“7.
shall ensure that the contracts referred to in that Article are extended for one year.”

The following charge shall apply in respect of the paragraph:

— EUR 386 per unit (central unit, local unit, frontier inspection post) for all the ANIMO units listed in Decision

2002/459/EC (5).’

read:

For the period 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003, the coordination authorities provided for in Article 1 shall

‘“7.
ensure that the contracts referred to in that Article are extended for one year.

The following charge shall apply in respect of the paragraph:

— EUR 386 per unit (central unit, local unit, frontier inspection post) for all the ANIMO units listed in Decision

2002/459/EC (*).

(*) OJ L 159, 17.6.2002, p. 27.”’

Corrigendum to Decision No 1/2003 (2003/128/EC) of 28 January 2003 of the Committee established under the
Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on mutual recognition in relation
to conformity assessment on the establishment of the list of conformity assessment bodies recognised under
the Agreement

(Official Journal of the European Union L 56 of 1 March 2003)

On page 9, in the title of Annex B:

for:
read:

‘LIST OF SWISS CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES’,
‘LIST OF EUROPEAN CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES’.
Corrigendum to Decision No 1/2003 (2003/128/EC) of 28 January 2003 of the Committee established under the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on mutual recognition in relation to conformity assessment on the establishment of the list of conformity assessment bodies recognised under the Agreement (OJ L 56 of 1.3.2003)
Date: 2003-03-11
Institutions: European Union, Joint Committee, Switzerland
Subjects: Switzerland, agreement (EU), mutual recognition principle, standardisation

11.3.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 66/51

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2002/615/EC of 22 July 2002 amending Decision 92/486/EEC estab-
lishing the form of cooperation between the ANIMO host centre and the Member States

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 196 of 25 July 2002)

On page 60, in Article 1:

for:

For the period from 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003, the coordination authorities provided for in Article 1

‘“7.
shall ensure that the contracts referred to in that Article are extended for one year.”

The following charge shall apply in respect of the paragraph:

— EUR 386 per unit (central unit, local unit, frontier inspection post) for all the ANIMO units listed in Decision

2002/459/EC (5).’

read:

For the period 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003, the coordination authorities provided for in Article 1 shall

‘“7.
ensure that the contracts referred to in that Article are extended for one year.

The following charge shall apply in respect of the paragraph:

— EUR 386 per unit (central unit, local unit, frontier inspection post) for all the ANIMO units listed in Decision

2002/459/EC (*).

(*) OJ L 159, 17.6.2002, p. 27.”’

Corrigendum to Decision No 1/2003 (2003/128/EC) of 28 January 2003 of the Committee established under the
Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on mutual recognition in relation
to conformity assessment on the establishment of the list of conformity assessment bodies recognised under
the Agreement

(Official Journal of the European Union L 56 of 1 March 2003)

On page 9, in the title of Annex B:

for:
read:

‘LIST OF SWISS CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES’,
‘LIST OF EUROPEAN CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES’.