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2003/410/EC: European Parliament Decision of 8 April 2003 concerning discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the 2001 financial year — Section II — Council
Date: 2003-04-08
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Council of the European Union, budgetary discharge, financial year, general budget (EU), implementation of the budget

L 148/42

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.6.2003

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION

of 8 April 2003

concerning discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European
Union for the 2001 financial year — Section II — Council

(2003/410/EC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

— having regard to the Revenue and Expenditure Account and Balance Sheet in respect of the

financial year 2001 (SEC(2002) 405 – C5-0243/2002),

— having regard to the annual report of the European Court of Auditors for the financial year 2001,

together with the institutions' replies (C5-0538/2002) (1),

— having regard to the Statement of Assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality
and regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the European Court of Auditors pursuant
to Article 248 of the EC Treaty (C5-0538/2002),

— having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0087/2003),

— having regard to Articles 272(10) and 275 of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Article 22(2) and (3) of the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 (2) and

Article 50 of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002 (3),

— having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A5-0101/2003/rev1),

1.

2.

3.

Grants discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council in respect of the implementation of the
budget for the 2001 financial year (operational expenditure);

Records its comments in the accompanying resolution;

Instructs its President to forward this decision and the accompanying resolution to the Council, the
Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the Economic and Social Committee, the
Committee of the Regions and the Ombudsman, and to have it published in the Official Journal of
the European Union (L series).

The Secretary-General

Julian PRIESTLEY

The President

Pat COX

(1) OJ C 295, 28.11.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 356, 31.12.1977, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
2003/412/EC: European Parliament Decision of 8 April 2003 concerning discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the 2001 financial year Section V — Court of Auditors
Date: 2003-04-08
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Court of Auditors, budgetary discharge, financial year, general budget (EU), implementation of the budget

16.6.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 148/49

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION

of 8 April 2003

concerning discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European
Union for the 2001 financial year Section V — Court of Auditors

(2003/412/EC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

— having regard to the Revenue and Expenditure Account and Balance Sheet in respect of the

financial year 2001 (SEC(2002)405 – C5-0245/2002),

— having regard to the annual report of the European Court of Auditors for the financial year 2001,

together with the institutions' replies (C5-0538/2002) (1),

— having regard to the Statement of Assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality
and regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the European Court of Auditors pursuant
to Article 248 of the EC Treaty (C5-0538/2002),

— having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0087/2003),

— having regard to Articles 272(10) and 275 of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Article 22(2) and (3) of the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 (2) and

Article 50 of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002 (3),

— having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A5-0101/2003/rev1),

1.

2.

3.

Grants discharge to the Secretary-General of the Court of Auditors in respect of the implementation
of the budget for the 2001 financial year;

Records its comments in the accompanying resolution;

Instructs its President to forward this decision and the accompanying resolution to the Council, the
Commission, the Court of Justice and the Court of Auditors, and to have them published in the
Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

The Secretary-General

Julian PRIESTLEY

The President

Pat COX

(1) OJ C 295, 28.11.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 356, 31.12.1977, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 636/2003 of 8 April 2003 determining the percentage of quantities covered by applications for export licences for poultrymeat which may be accepted
Date: 2003-04-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, poultrymeat

9.4.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 92/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 636/2003

of 8 April 2003

determining the percentage of quantities covered by applications for export licences for poultry-
meat which may be accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1372/95 of
16 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for implementing the
system of export licences in the poultrymeat sector (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1383/2001 (2), and in parti-
cular Article 3(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

for

specific
Regulation (EC) No 1372/95 provides
measures where applications for export licences concern
quantities and/or expenditure which exceed the normal
trade patterns or where there is a risk that they will be
exceeded,
the limit referred to in
Article 8(11) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/
75 (3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2916/95 (4), and/or the corresponding expenditure
during the period in question.

taking account of

applications for export
licences for speculative ends.
There is a risk that the issue of licences for the quantities
applied for from 31 March to 4 April and 7 to 8 April
2003 may lead to an overrun in the quantities of the
products concerned normally disposed of by way of
trade. Applications covering the products concerned in
licences have not yet been
respect of which export
granted should be rejected,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

No further action shall be taken in respect of applications
submitted for export licences for poultrymeat of 31 March to 4
April and 7 and 8 April 2003 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No
1372/95 in respect of category three of Annex I to that Regula-
tion which should have been issued from 9 April and from 16
April 2003 respectively.

(2)

Uncertainty is a feature of the market in certain poultry-
meat products. The impending adjustment of the refunds
applicable to those products has led to the submission of

This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 April 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 8 April 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 133, 17.6.1995, p. 26.
(2) OJ L 186, 7.7.2001, p. 26.
(3) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77.
(4) OJ L 305, 19.12.1995, p. 49.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 346/2003 of 24 February 2003 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of rice held by the French intervention agency for use in animal feed (OJ L 50 of 25.2.2003)
Date: 2003-04-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, animal nutrition, award of contract, intervention agency, rice, sale

L 90/54

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.4.2003

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 346/2003 of 24 February 2003 on the opening of a standing
invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of rice held by the French intervention agency
for use in animal feed

(Official Journal of the European Union L 50 of 25 February 2003)

On page 17,

in Article 10(1), first line:

for:
read:

‘1.
‘1.

The security referred to in Article 4(1)(c) …’,
The security referred to in Article 4(1)(a) …’;

and in Article 10(1)(b):

for:

‘(b) payment of the sale price is made within the period set and the security referred to in Article 4(1)(d) has been

lodged;’,

read:

‘(b) payment of the sale price is made within the period set and the security referred to in Article 4(1)(c) has been

lodged;’.

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2001/723/EC of 18 July 2001 concerning the recapitalisation of the
company Alitalia

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 271 of 12 October 2001)

On page 35, the following last sentence of recital 20 is removed:

‘However, in its reply dated 29 March 1997 filed with the Court in the course of the preparatory inquiry for Case
T-296/97, Alitalia accepted the figure of ITL 750 billion for the total insolvency costs.’

On page 36, in recital 22, 15th and last lines:

for:
read:

‘… comes to either ITL 4 206 billion or ITL 4 330 billion, …’;
‘… comes to either ITL 4 179 billion or ITL 4 550 billion, …’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2003-04-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

8.4.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 84/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

7 April 2003

(2003/C 84/01)

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

1,0582

127,82

7,4265

0,6828

9,1755

1,4873

83,77

7,772

1,9489

LVL

MTL

PLN

ROL

SIT

SKK

TRL

AUD

CAD

Currency

Latvian lats

Maltese lira

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

Australian dollar

Canadian dollar

0,58538

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

31,581

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6198

0,4225

4,3275

36 320

232,0655

41,149

1 748 000

1,7812

1,5758

8,2534

1,979

1,8873

244,84

KRW

South Korean won

1 330,79

3,4525

ZAR

South African rand

8,545

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(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.