do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2003-05-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

14.5.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 114/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

13 May 2003

(2003/C 114/01)

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

1,1518

134,41

7,4243

0,7165

9,185

1,5165

84,02

7,874

1,9465

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

0,58696

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

31,478

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6492

0,4296

4,3372

37 535

233,045

41,11

1 722 000

1,782

1,6015

8,983

1,9991

1,9955

244,68

KRW

South Korean won

1 381,58

3,4529

ZAR

South African rand

8,4854

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
2003/362/EC: Commission Decision of 14 May 2003 repealing Decision 98/399/EC approving the plan for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in the province of Varese, Italy (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 1527)
Date: 2003-05-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Lombardy, animal life, animal plague, repeal, swine

L 124/42

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.5.2003

COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 May 2003

repealing Decision 98/399/EC approving the plan for the eradication of classical swine fever in
feral pigs in the province of Varese, Italy

(notified under document number C(2003) 1527)

(Only the Italian text is authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/362/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October
2001 on Community measures for the control of classical
swine fever (1), and in particular Article 16(1), thereof,

(5)

(6)

tion and monitoring of certain animal diseases and for
the prevention of zoonoses presented by the Member
States for the year 2003 (3).

It is therefore appropriate to repeal Decision 98/399/EC.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
the Food Chain and Animal Health,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

In 1997 classical swine fever was confirmed in the feral
pig population in the province of Varese, Italy.

A plan for the eradication of classical swine fever was
approved by Commission Decision 98/399/EC of 8 June
1998 approving the plan presented by Italy for the
eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in the
province of Varese (2).

Italy has submitted information suggesting that classical
swine fever has been successfully eradicated from the
province of Varese.

The Italian authorities will continue an intensive surveil-
lance on classical swine fever in feral pigs in the frame-
work of the programme for the eradication and moni-
toring of swine vesicular disease and classical swine fever
approved by Commission Decision 2002/943/EC of 28
November 2002 approving programmes for the eradica-

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Decision 98/399/EC is repealed.

Article 1

This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 14 May 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5.
(2) OJ L 176, 20.6.1998, p. 36.

(3) OJ L 326, 3.12.2002, p. 12.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 829/2003 of 14 May 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 225/2003 as regards the extension of the validity date for certificates of origin for mushrooms originating in China
Date: 2003-05-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, agricultural product, certificate of origin, customs regulations, mushroom-growing, originating product, preserved product

L 120/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.5.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 829/2003

of 14 May 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 225/2003 as regards the extension of the validity date for certificates
of origin for mushrooms originating in China

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in
processed fruit and vegetable products (1), as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 453/2002 (2), and in particular
Article 15(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 225/2003 (4), has
opened and provided for the administration of tariff
quotas for preserved mushrooms.

By Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 225/2003 the
Commission has established that, when applying to
release preserved mushrooms originating in China into
free circulation in the Community,
importers may
submit until 31 May 2003 certificates of origin and
the
duplicates bearing the stamps and signatures of
Chinese authorities listed in the Annex to Regulation
(EC) No 2125/95, as amended by Regulation (EC) No
1286/2002 (5).

Member States have informed the Commission that, in
order to ensure that imports continue to run smoothly,
this date needs to be postponed until
the end of
September 2003.

(4)

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 225/2003 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vege-
tables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 225/2003, is replaced by the
following text:

‘Article 2

Until 30 September 2003, an importer may submit, when
applying to release preserved mushrooms originating in
China into free circulation in the Community, certificates
of origin and duplicates bearing the stamps and signatures
of the Chinese authorities listed in the Annex to Regulation
(EC) No 2125/95 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1286/
2002.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following that of 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, 14 May 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 72, 14.3.2002, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 212, 7.9.1995, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 31, 6.2.2003, p. 10.
(5) OJ L 179, 9.7.2002, p. 21.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 830/2003 of 14 May 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 2659/94 on detailed rules for the granting of private storage aid for Grana padano, Parmigiano-Reggiano and Provolone cheeses
Date: 2003-05-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, hard cheese, private stock, storage premium

15.5.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 120/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 830/2003

of 14 May 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 2659/94 on detailed rules for the granting of private storage aid for
Grana padano, Parmigiano-Reggiano and Provolone cheeses

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 1255/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk
and milk products (1), as last amended by Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 509/2002 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

Article 6(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2659/
94 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 779/
2002 (4), lays down the amounts of private storage aid
for Grana padano, Parmigiano-Reggiano and Provolone
cheeses. Those amounts should be amended to take
account of the development
in storage costs and of
market price forecasts.

(1)

(2)

Article 1

In Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2659/94, paragraph 1 is
replaced by the following:

The amount of private storage aid for cheese shall be

‘1.
as follows:

(a) EUR 20 per tonne for the fixed costs;

(b) EUR 0,25 per tonne per day of storage under contract

for the warehousing costs;

(c) an amount for the financial costs, in euros per tonne

per day of storage under contract, as follows:
— 0,40 for Grana padano
— 0,58 for Parmigiano-Reggiano
— 0,32 for Provolone.’

Article 2

The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products
has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
its chairman,

into force on the third day
This Regulation shall enter
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, 14 May 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 79, 22.3.2002, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 284, 1.11.1994, p. 26.
(4) OJ L 123, 9.5.2002, p. 31.
Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of Council Directive 96/48/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-05-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European standard, harmonisation of standards, high-speed transport, rail transport, technical regulations, trans-European network

14.5.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 114/5

Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of Council Directive
96/48/EC

(2003/C 114/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(Publication of titles and references of harmonized standards under the directive)

European
standardisation
organisation (1)

Reference and title of the standard

Reference document

Reference of the
superseded standard

Date of cessation of
presumption of conformity
of the superseded standard
Note 1

CEN

EN 13129-1:2002

Railway applications — Air conditioning for main
line rolling stock — Part 1: Comfort parameters

CEN

EN 13146-8:2002

Railway applications — Track — Test methods for
fastening systems — Part 8: In service testing

CEN

EN 13481-2:2002

Railway
requirements
Fastening systems for concrete sleepers

applications — Track — Performance
fastening systems — Part 2:

for

CEN

EN 13481-5:2002

Railway
requirements
for
Fastening systems for slab track

applications — Track — Performance
fastening systems — Part 5:

None

None

None

None

—

—

—

—

(1) European standardisation organisation:

— CEN: rue de Stassart/De Stassartstraat 36, B-1050 Brussels; tel. (32-2) 550 08 11, fax (32-2) 550 08 19 (http://www.cenorm.be);
— Cenelec: rue de Stassart/De Stassartstraat 35, B-1050 Brussels; tel. (32-2) 519 68 71, fax (32-2) 519 69 19 (http://www.cenelec.org);
— ETSI: 650, route des Lucioles, F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex; tel. (33-4) 92 94 42 00, fax (33-4) 93 65 47 16 (http://www.etsi.org).

Note 1: Generally the date of cessation of presumption of conformity will be the date of withdrawal
(‘dow’), set by the European Standardisation Organisation, but attention of users of
these
standards is drawn to the fact that in certain exceptional cases this can be otherwise.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 827/2003 of 14 May 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-05-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

15.5.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 120/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 827/2003

of 14 May 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 15 May 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 May 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

15.5.2003

to the Commission Regulation of 14 May 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 90 70

0805 10 10, 0805 10 30, 0805 10 50

0805 50 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
096
999

052
999

052
999

052
204
220
388
600
624
999

528
999

388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
804
999

125,0
49,6
87,3

106,2
106,2

84,5
84,5

39,8
44,5
52,9
70,8
49,7
52,2
51,6

62,2
62,2

82,4
98,4
128,4
82,6
80,2
61,4
76,8
74,6
93,5
86,5

(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’.
2003/363/EC: Commission Decision of 14 May 2003 approving the plan for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in certain areas of Belgium (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 1529)
Date: 2003-05-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, animal life, animal plague, application of EU law, swine

20.5.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 124/43

COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 May 2003

approving the plan for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in certain areas of
Belgium

(notified under document number C(2003) 1529)

(Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/363/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

Having regard to Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October
2001 on Community measures for the control of classical
swine fever (1), and in particular Article 16(1), thereof,

The plan submitted by Belgium for the eradication of classical
swine fever in feral pigs in the areas referred to in the Annex is
approved.

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

In November 2002 classical swine fever was confirmed
in the feral pig population in Belgium.

In the light of the epidemiological situation, Belgium has
submitted a plan for the eradication of classical swine
fever in feral pigs in the concerned areas of Belgium.

The submitted plan has been examined and found to
comply with the provisions of Directive 2001/89/EC
and should therefore be approved.

For the sake of transparency it is appropriate to indicate
in the present Decision the geographical areas of
Belgium where the eradication plan shall be imple-
mented.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
the Food Chain and Animal Health,

Article 2

Belgium shall bring into force the laws, regulations and admin-
istrative provisions for implementing the plan referred to in
Article 1.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to Belgium.

Done at Brussels, 14 May 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5.

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20.5.2003

ANNEX

The territory of Belgium located in-between:

— the motorway E40 (A3) from the border with Germany until the cross with road N68,

— then, the road N68 in the southern direction, at Eupen continuing into the Aachenerstraße until the cross with the

Paveestraße,

— then, the Paveestraße until the cross with the Kirchstraße,

— then, the Kirchstraße, continuing into the Bergstraße and the Neustraße until the cross with the road Olengraben,

— then, the road Olengraben, continuing into the Haasstraße until the cross with the Malmedystraße,

— then, the Malmedystraße, continuing into the road N68 in the southern direction until the cross with the road N62,

— then, the road N62 in the eastern and the southern direction until the cross with motorway E42 (A27),

— then, the motorway E42 (A27) until the border with Germany.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3173 — E.ON/Fortum Burghausen/Smaland/Edenderry) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-05-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, energy transport, exchange of information, merger control

C 114/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.5.2003

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3173 — E.ON/Fortum Burghausen/Smaland/Edenderry)

(2003/C 114/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 6 May 2003, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (2),
by which the undertaking E.ON AG (‘E.ON’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
the Council Regulation control of
the undertakings Fortum KW Burghausen GmbH
(Germany), Fortum Distribution Smaland AB (Sweden) and Edenderry Power Ltd (Ireland), controlled by
Fortum Corporation (Finland), by way of purchase of shares.

the whole of

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— E.ON: generation of electricity, gas, water, chemical products and oil, telecommunications services and

asset management,

— Fortum KW Burghausen: generation of electricity in Germany,

— Fortum Distribution Smaland: maintenance and operation of a regional and local power grid in

Sweden,

— for Edenderry Power: generation of electricity in Ireland.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within

3.
the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit

4.
proposed operation to the Commission.

their possible observations on the

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under
reference number COMP/M.3173 — E.ON/Fortum Burghausen/Smaland/Edenderry,
to the following
address:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Directorate B — Merger Task Force,
J-70,
B-1049 Brussels.

(1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 257, 21.9.1990, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.