do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3035 — Berkshire Hathaway/Converium/Gaum/JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aerospace industry, economic concentration, holding company, indemnity insurance, merger control, personal accident insurance, property insurance, provision of services, reinsurance, restrictive-practice authorisation

C 65/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.3.2003

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3035 — Berkshire Hathaway/Converium/Gaum/JV)

(2003/C 65/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 28 February 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),

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3062 — IBM/Rational)

(2003/C 65/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 20 February 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),

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3062 — IBM/Rational) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, marketing, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, software

C 65/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.3.2003

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3035 — Berkshire Hathaway/Converium/Gaum/JV)

(2003/C 65/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 28 February 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

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3062 — IBM/Rational)

(2003/C 65/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 20 February 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:

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WRITTEN QUESTION P-0933/03 by Christos Folias (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Mathematical formula.
Date: 2003-03-19
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Greece, award of contract, public works, restriction on competition, transparency in decision-making

C 161 E/230

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

10.7.2003

It is interesting to note in this respect that, in the Commission’s proposal for a new technical measures
regulation (3), to replace Reg. (EC) 850/98, there appears to be no article corresponding to Art. 46. Yet in
the explanatory memorandum, it is stated that the Commission has ensured that all relevant provisions of
Reg. (EC) 850/98 have been maintained. Could the Commission please explain why the article has been
dropped?

(1) OJ L 9, 15.1.1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1.
(3) COM(2002) 672, 3.12.2002.

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(7 April 2003)

The Commission is conducting a detailed investigation of the problem raised by the Honourable Member
and will inform her of the outcome as soon as possible.

(2003/C 161 E/241)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0933/03

by Christos Folias (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 March 2003)

Subject: Mathematical formula

Since 1996 Greece has applied the so-called ‘mathematical formula’ with the Commission’s approval to
select contractors for public works co-funded by the European Union. Can this ‘mathematical formula’
procedure be changed, modified or improved to avoid monopolies being created and to ensure greater
transparency in the award of public works contracts? If so, what could these changes, modifications or
improvements consist of?

Answer given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission

(7 April 2003)

The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to the reply it gave to Oral Question H-0097/03 by
Mr Trakatellis during question time at Parliament’s Mars I 03 part-session (1).

(1) Debates of the Parliament.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 503/2003 of 19 March 2003 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2003-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

20.3.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 74/25

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 503/2003

of 19 March 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 29,530/100 kg.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 March 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 19 March 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 501/2003 of 19 March 2003 providing for a further allocation of import rights under Regulation (EC) No 1126/2002 for young male bovine animals for fattening
Date: 2003-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, cattle, fattening, import, tariff quota

20.3.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 74/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 501/2003

of 19 March 2003

providing for a further allocation of import rights under Regulation (EC) No 1126/2002 for young
male bovine animals for fattening

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/2002
of 27 June 2002 opening and providing for the administration
of an import tariff quota for young male bovine animals for
fattening (1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003) (1), and in particular
Article 9(3) thereof,

Whereas:

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1126/2002 provides for the
opening for the period 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 of a tariff
quota of 169 000 young male bovine animals of a weight not
exceeding 300 kilograms and intended for fattening. Article 9

of that Regulation provides for a further allocation of quantities
not covered by import licence applications by 21 February
2003,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The quantities referred to in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1126/2002 shall be 4 789 head.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 March 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 March 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 169, 28.6.2002, p. 10.
Corrigendum to information communicated by Member States under Article 23 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (OJ C 151 of 22.5.2001)
Date: 2003-03-19
Institutions: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Subjects: EU Member State, EU act, administrative procedure, civil law, commercial law

C 65/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.3.2003

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to information communicated by Member States under Article 23 of Council Regulation (EC) No
1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil
or commercial matters

(Official Journal of the European Communities C 151 of 22 May 2001)

(2003/C 65/13)

On page 14, UNITED KINGDOM:

1. Article 3(1) is replaced by the following:

‘1. England and Wales:

The Senior Master
For the Attention of the Foreign Process Department (Room E10)
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London WC2A 2LL
United Kingdom
Tel. (44-207) 947 66 91
Fax (44-207) 947 62 37’;

2. Article 3(4) is replaced by the following:

‘4. Gibraltar:

The Registrar of the Supreme Court of Gibraltar
Supreme Court
Law Courts
277 Main Street
Gibraltar
Tel. (350) 788 08
Fax (350) 771 18.

Formal communications with the receiving agency should be addressed to the Registrar at the above address but
sent via:

The United Kingdom Government Gibraltar Liaison Unit for EU Affairs
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
Tel. (44-207) 008 15 77
Fax (44-207) 008 36 29
e-mail: ukgglu@fco.gov.uk’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 495/2003 of 19 March 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

20.3.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 74/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 495/2003

of 19 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 20 March 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 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.

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Official Journal of the European Union

20.3.2003

to the Commission Regulation of 19 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
060
204
212
624
999

052
068
204
999

220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
624
999

052
999

039
388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
728
999

388
512
528
999

100,9
137,3
52,3
122,4
101,8
102,9

133,0
69,0
74,2
92,1

73,4
73,4

126,3
115,6
120,9

92,1
50,8
50,5
40,6
69,5
60,7

46,0
46,0

111,1
94,1
97,6
98,0
78,9
79,6
75,1
83,4
70,5
94,0
88,2

71,0
62,2
60,6
64,6

(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’.
2003/389/EC: Decision No 2/2003 of the EU-Poland Association Council of 19 March 2003 extending the double-checking system established by Decision No 2/1999 of the Association Council for the period from the date of entry into force of this Decision up to the date of accession by Poland to the European Union
Date: 2003-03-19
Institutions: EC–Poland Association Council
Subjects: Association Council (EU), Poland, accession to the European Union, customs inspection, export monitoring

L 135/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.6.2003

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

DECISION No 2/2003 OF THE EU-POLAND ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

of 19 March 2003

extending the double-checking system established by Decision No 2/1999 of the Association
Council for the period from the date of entry into force of this Decision up to the date of acces-
sion by Poland to the European Union

(2003/389/EC)

THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Whereas:

(1)

The Contact Group referred to in Article 10 of Protocol
2 to the Europe Agreement establishing an Association
between the European Communities and their Member
States, of the one part, and Poland, of the other part (1),
which entered into force on 1 February 1994, met on
22 October 2002 and agreed to recommend to the
Association Council established under Article 102 of the
Agreement that the double-checking system introduced
in 1999 by Decision No 2/1999 of the Association
Council should be extended for the period from the date
of entry into force of this Decision up to the date of
accession by Poland to the European Union.

(2)

The Association Council, having been supplied with all
relevant information, has agreed with this recommenda-
tion,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The double-checking system established by Decision No 2/
1999 of the Association Council shall continue to apply for the
period from the date of entry into force of this Decision up to

the date of accession by Poland to the European Union. In the
preamble and Article 1(1) and (3) of the Decision, references to
the period ‘1 January to 31 December 2002’ shall be replaced
by references to ‘13 June 2003 up to the date of accession by
Poland to the European Union’.

Article 2

Goods shipped to the Community as from 1 January 2003
until the date of entry into force of this Decision shall be
excluded from the scope of this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the 10th day following
that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

Done at Brussels, 19 March 2003.

For the Association Council

The President

W. CIMOSZEWICZ

(1) OJ L 348, 31.12.1993, p. 2.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2003-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

19.3.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 65/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

18 March 2003

(2003/C 65/01)

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

1,0586

126,06

7,4279

0,6774

9,2367

1,4714

84,28

7,856

1,9499

0,5836

31,565

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

0,6183

0,422

4,3227

35 427

231,985

41,758

1 755 000

1,7973

1,5708

8,2561

1,9438

1,8737

245,25

KRW

South Korean won

1 327,27

3,4523

ZAR

South African rand

8,7308

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 496/2003 of 19 March 2003 temporarily derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector
Date: 2003-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, export licence, import licence

20.3.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 74/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 496/2003

of 19 March 2003

temporarily derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 on rules of application for import and
export licences in the beef and veal sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef
and veal (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2345/2001 (2), and in particular Article 29(2) thereof,

Article 1

By derogation from Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1445/
95,
licences for which applications are lodged during the
periods specified below shall be issued on the corresponding
dates provided that no specific action as indicated in paragraph
2 of that Article has been taken prior to those dates:

Whereas:

Period for lodging licence
applications

Date of issue

(1)

(2)

(3)

Under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 118/2003 (4),
export licences are to be issued on the fifth working day
following that on which the application was lodged
provided that no specific action has been taken by the
Commission in the meantime.

Because of the public holidays in 2003 and the irregular
appearance of the Official Journal of the European Union
during those holidays, the period for reflection of five
working days will be too brief
to guarantee proper
administration of
It should therefore be
extended temporarily.

the market.

From 14 to 16 April 2003

24 April 2003

28 April 2003

5 May 2003

6 May 2003

13 May 2003

From 26 to 27 May 2003

4 June 2003

11 August 2003

19 August 2003

From 29 to 31 December 2003

6 January 2004

Article 2

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Beef and Veal,

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following its publication 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, 19 March 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 315, 1.12.2001, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35.
(4) OJ L 20, 24.1.2003, p. 3.