do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0929/03 by Jorge Moreira Da Silva (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Legionnaire's disease.
Date: 2003-03-24
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: air conditioning, building regulations, building safety, health policy, heating, infectious disease, public building

14.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 192 E/223

Answer given by Mr Vitorino on behalf of the Commission

(5 May 2003)

The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to the reply it gave to his oral question H-0193/03
during question time at Parliament’s April 2003 part-session (1).

(1) Written reply 8.4.2003.

(2003/C 192 E/267)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0929/03

by Jorge Moreira Da Silva (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(24 March 2003)

Subject: Legionnaire’s disease

There is a direct link between the poor maintenance of water heating and air conditioning systems in
public buildings and the incidence of extremely serious cases of pneumonia caused by the Legionella
bacterium.

1. Does the Commission believe that national legislation on the construction and maintenance of public
buildings ensures that the public are protected against Legionnaire’s disease? Which countries have
legislation which does offer these guarantees?

2. Will the Commission prepare European legislative initiatives aimed at imposing common rules for the

maintenance of public buildings which are designed to protect public health?

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(25 April 2003)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its
findings as soon as possible.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 528/2003 of 24 March 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

25.3.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 78/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 528/2003

of 24 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 25 March 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 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 78/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.3.2003

to the Commission Regulation of 24 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

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
096
204
999

220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
600
624
999

388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
728
999

388
512
528
720
999

85,9
137,3
47,8
116,8
101,8
97,9

128,2
84,2
76,4
96,3

190,1
190,1

98,4
141,8
120,1

65,4
48,2
50,2
43,1
62,0
63,6
55,4

99,6
99,5
76,6
75,6
77,4
70,3
84,7
82,5
96,2
84,7

68,4
62,6
63,3
43,5
59,5

(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’.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0915/03 by Claude Moraes (PSE) to the Commission. EU/UN World Food Programme figures.
Date: 2003-03-24
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing, Southern Africa, World Food Programme, emergency aid

C 88 E/608

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

8.4.2004

(2004/C 88 E/0628)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0915/03

by Claude Moraes (PSE) to the Commission

(24 March 2003)

Subject: EU/UN World Food Programme figures

What are the figures for EU cash given to the UN World Food Programme for emergency relief in southern
Africa (Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Lesotho) for the years 2001 and 2002?

Answer given by Mr Nielson on behalf of the Commission

(29 April 2003)

Direct cash allocations to World Food Programme (WFP) from the Food Security Budget Line (FSBL)
(B7-20) for local and regional purchases of food aid to Southern Africa have been made since April 2002
for Zimbabwe and Zambia on 2001 and 2002 budget for a total amount of EUR 72,5 million worth
157 900 tonnes of food aid and detailed as follows:

Country/Budget year

Zimbabwe

Zambia

Total 2002
southern Africa

2001 Budget (from FSBL B7-20)

2002 Budget (from FSBL B7-20)

Total (from FSBL B7-20)

(EUR)

(million tonnes)

(EUR)

(million tonnes)

(EUR)

(million tonnes)

10 500 000

19 300

42 000 000

93 500

52 500 000

112 800

20 000 000

45 100

20 000 000

45 100

10 500 000

19 300

62 000 000

138 600

72 500 000

157 900

In Malawi, the Community food aid is allocated to the Government (direct aid) which is using WFP for
distribution operations; in 2002, around EUR 6,0 million have been contracted locally to WFP by the
Government of Malawi from Community contributions.

From the budget line B7-210 of the general budget of the Community an amount of EUR 10,4 million was
provided to the World Food Programme in 2002 as humanitarian assistance. No humanitarian assistance
was provided to WFP in 2001 to the five countries in question.

The 2002 humanitarian assistance can be detailed as follows:

(cid:1) Malawi: EUR 320 000 was provided to WFP for the purpose of fortifying 1 000 MT of maize and

distributing this to therapeutic feeding centers;

(cid:1) Zambia: EUR 5 000 000 was provided to WFP for the purpose of supplying 12 000 MT of food

assistance to 114 000 refugees in six refugee camps in Zambia;

(cid:1) Zimbabwe:EUR 5 112 090 was provided to WFP for the purpose of strengthening the capacity of WFP
and partners to distribute food, in particular the strengthening of targeting of beneficiaries, registration
of beneficiaries, monitoring and post-distribution monitoring.

In addition, there have been cash contributions from Members States through WFP.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0919/03 by Antonio Tajani (PPE-DE) and Gerardo Galeote Quecedo (PPE-DE) to the Council. Release by the Netherlands authorities of Mullah Krekar.
Date: 2003-03-24
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Islam, Netherlands, Norway, arrest, biological weapon, chemical weapon, free movement of persons, religious fundamentalism, right of asylum, terrorism

21.11.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 280 E/113

In addition to official documents, the Europa website (http://europa.eu.int) offers the public a large volume
of unofficial information. The Commission’s aim here, subject to technical constraints and the availability
of human and budgetary resources,
is to do its utmost to give the general public access in whatever
language they choose. This will still be a priority objective after the forthcoming enlargement.

(1) OJ B 17, 6.10.1958.

(2003/C 280 E/128)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0919/03

by Antonio Tajani (PPE-DE) and Gerardo Galeote Quecedo (PPE-DE) to the Council

Subject: Release by the Netherlands authorities of Mullah Krekar

(24 March 2003)

Is the Council aware that
international Islamic organisation Ansar al-Islam?

the Netherlands authorities have released Mullah Krekar,

leader of

the

Is the Council aware that Mullah Krekar, who was arrested at Amsterdam airport after being expelled from
Iran is currently in Norway where he has refugee status?

Is the Council aware that the terrorist organisation headed by Mullah Krekar is said to have produced and
tested chemical and biological weapons, including ricin, a lethal toxin for which there is currently no
vaccine?

What action will the Council take to counteract Mullah Krekar’s activities and prevent him from ever
entering the European Union, thereby ensuring that in future he is unable to move around within the EU
as he did in the years leading up to his arrest?

What action will it take to ensure that Norway keeps a watchful eye on the activities of Mullah Krekar’s
and his organisation, which seems to be recruiting many of the Al-Qa’ida members who escaped from
Afghanistan?

Reply

(22 July 2003)

The questions raised by the Honourable Member have not been referred to the Council.

(2003/C 280 E/129)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0940/03

by Mihail Papayannakis (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(26 March 2003)

Subject: Construction of a hotel complex on the islet of Alata and environmental consequences

Local municipalities, environmental organisations and the Technical Chamber of Commerce of Magnesia
have expressed alarm at the environmental damage likely to be caused by the tourist development of the
small island of Alata in the Pagasitikos Gulf.

Given that:

(cid:1) Agenda 21 considers small

islands sensitive and fragile ecosystems where strict environmental

protection measures are necessary and only sustainable development is permissible;

(cid:1) A small island of 50 hectares clearly cannot accommodate a 1 000-bed hotel and a whole complex of
facilities covering 33 000 square metres without suffering serious environmental consequences and
damage to the landscape;
2003/211/CFSP: Council Decision 2003/211/CFSP of 24 February 2003 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation on the Security of Information
Date: 2003-03-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: NATO, access to information, agreement (EU), confidentiality, data protection, exchange of information, limited circulation

27.3.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 80/35

(Acts adopted pursuant to Title V of the Treaty on European Union)

COUNCIL DECISION 2003/211/CFSP

of 24 February 2003

concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the North Atlantic
Treaty Organisation on the Security of Information

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in parti-
cular Article 24 thereof,

Having regard to the recommendation from the Presidency,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

An Interim Security Arrangement between the General
Secretariat of the Council and the North Atlantic Treaty
Organisation was concluded through an Exchange of
Letters between their respective Secretaries-General on
26 July 2000.

The European Council in Barcelona stressed the impor-
tance of achieving permanent arrangements between the
European Union and NATO at the earliest possible date.
To this end it also asked the Presidency together with
the High Representative to make appropriate high-level
contacts to ensure a positive outcome. Among the
arrangements in question was an agreement on the
security of information.

As a result of the entry into force of their respective
security regulations on 1 December 2001, the Council
and the Commission are in a position to comply fully
with the obligations deriving from the implementation
of such agreement.

Following the Council Decision of 15 April 2002
authorising the Presidency to begin negotiations with
NATO, the Presidency, assisted by the Secretary-General/
High Representative, negotiated an Agreement on the
security of information.

(5)

That Agreement should be approved,

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Union and the North
Atlantic Treaty Organisation on the Security of Information is
hereby approved on behalf of the European Union.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby empowered to sign the
Agreement in order to bind the European Union.

Article 3

This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption.

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

Done at Brussels, 24 February 2003.

For the Council

The President

G. PAPANDREOU
2003/240/EC: Commission Decision of 24 March 2003 amending Decision 2000/45/EC as regards the validity of the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to washing machines (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 218)
Date: 2003-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European standard, consumer information, eco-label, environmental protection, household electrical appliance, product quality

L 89/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.4.2003

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 24 March 2003

amending Decision 2000/45/EC as regards the validity of the ecological criteria for the award of
the Community eco-label to washing machines

(notified under document number C(2003) 218)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/240/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 of
the
European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 on a
revised Community eco-label award scheme (1), and in parti-
cular the second subparagraph of Article 6(1) thereof,

(5)

(6)

Decision 2000/45/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Committee set up under
Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

After consulting the European Union Eco-labelling Board,

Article 3 of Decision 2000/45/EC is replaced by the following:

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Under Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 the Community
eco-label may be awarded to a product possessing char-
acteristics which enable it to contribute significantly to
improvements in relation to key environmental aspects.

Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 provides that specific
eco-label criteria are to be established according to
product groups.

It also provides that a review of the eco-label criteria, as
well as of the assessment and verification requirements
related to the criteria, is to take place in due time before
the end of the period of validity of the criteria specified
for each product group.

Following the review of Commission Decision 2000/45/
EC (2), it is appropriate to prolong the period of validity
of those ecological criteria for a period of three years.

‘Article 3

The product group definition and the criteria for the
product group shall be valid from the day of notification of
this Decision until 30 November 2005. If, however, by that
date a new decision establishing the product group defini-
tion and the criteria for this product group has not yet
been adopted,
instead end
either on 30 November 2006 or on the date of adoption of
the new decision, whichever is sooner.’

that period of validity shall

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 24 March 2003.

For the Commission

Margot WALLSTRÖM

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 237, 21.9.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 16, 21.1.2000, p. 74.