do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
WRITTEN QUESTION P-2322/03 by Véronique De Keyser (PSE) to the Council. Netherlands EUR 2 coin.
Date: 2003-07-08
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Netherlands, euro, technical specification

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26.2.2004

leather within the EU, and that the industry will then face unfair competition from third countries where
the directive does not apply, and where processing costs are therefore far lower.

What action will the Commission take to ensure that the leather processing industry in the EU is not
disadvantaged in this way?

Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission

(12 August 2003)

The Commission is aware of concerns of the leather industry with regard to the impact of the future
Community chemicals legislation (REACH). An Internet consultation on texts prepared by the services
most directly concerned, namely, Directorates General Enterprise and Environment was recently concluded.
The comments received, including those of the leather industry in relation to higher costs and potential
distortions of competition, will be taken into account by the Commission in the adoption of its proposal.

(2004/C 51 E/259)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-2322/03

by Véronique De Keyser (PSE) to the Council

(8 July 2003)

Subject: Netherlands EUR 2 coin

The edge of the Netherlands EUR 2 coin bears a reference to a God (God zij met ons). Although this
characteristic of the coin is described in Office Journal (1), could the Council state which God (Catholic,
Protestant, Islamic, Jewish, Buddhist, etc.) is being referred to? I feel that in our multi-faith, secular Europe
it is important that we should know to whom the words on the coin refer.

(1) OJ C 373, 28.12.2001.

Reply

(13 October 2003)

The indication on the edge of the EUR 2 coin issued by the Netherlands, which makes reference to God,
stems from a tradition in the Netherlands and was previously used for the national coins which have been
replaced by the euro coins.

This indication is in conformity with the decision of the Council to have an uniform European side and a
national side for the Euro coins in order to increase the acceptance of these coins by European citizens (see
recital No 10 of Council Regulation 975/98 on denominations and technical specifications of the Euro
coins intended for circulation).

It is therefore not for the Council to reply to the question raised by the Honourable Parliamentarian.

(2004/C 51 E/260)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2331/03

by Olivier Dupuis (NI) to the Commission

(16 July 2003)

Subject: Vote on a freedom-annihilating law

On 9 July 2003, the Hong Kong Legislative Council was asked to definitively adopt an anti-subversion law
designed to incorporate into the former British colony’s legislation the same repressive measures the
Chinese authorities use against the Falun Gong, clandestine churches and political opponents. According to
Judgment of the Court of 8 July 2003 in Case E-3/02 between: Paranova AS and Merck & Co., Inc. and Others
Date: 2003-07-08
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: EFTA Court, labelling, medicinal product, preparation for market, trade mark, trade-mark law

18.9.2003

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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 8 July 2003

in Case E-3/02 between: Paranova AS and Merck & Co., Inc. and Others

(2003/C 222/10)

(Parallel imports — Article 7(2) of Directive 89/104/EEC — Use of coloured stripes on the parallel importer's
repackaging design — Legitimate reasons)

In Case E-3/02, between: Paranova AS and Merck & Co., Inc. and Others — Request to the Court by
Norges Høyesterett (the Supreme Court of Norway) for an Advisory Opinion on the interpretation of
Article 7(2) of First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the
Member States relating to trade marks (OJ L 40, 11.2.1989, p. 1), as referred to in point 4 of Annex XVII
to the EEA Agreement, the Court, composed of: Carl Baudenbacher (Judge-Rapporteur), President, Per
Tresselt and Thorgeir Örlygsson, Judges, gave judgment of 8 July 2003, the operative part of which is as
follows:

1.

‘Legitimate reasons’ within the meaning of Article 7(2) of the Directive to oppose the further commer-
cialisation of repackaged pharmaceutical products may exist where the packaging has been equipped
with coloured stripes along the edges if this is liable to damage the reputation of the trade mark.
Whether this is the case, is to be answered by the national court on the basis of the relevant facts.

2. The question of whether ‘legitimate reasons’ exist if coloured stripes are used in the described presen-
tation of a product cannot mechanically be assessed on the basis of the necessity test as developed by
the Court of Justice of the European Communities.
Communication from the French Government concerning Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations to prospect for, exploit and extract hydrocarbons (Notice regarding an application for an exclusive licence to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, designated the Bleue Lorraine license) (This text annuls and replaces that already published in the Official Journal of the European Union C 153 of 1 July 2003, page 83) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-07-08
Institutions: France
Subjects: Lorraine, hydrocarbon, mineral prospecting, mining extraction, mining operation

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Communication from the French Government concerning Directive 94/22/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using author-
isations to prospect for, exploit and extract hydrocarbons (1)

(Notice regarding an application for an exclusive licence to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, designated
the ‘Bleue Lorraine’ license)

(This text annuls and replaces that already published in the Official Journal of the European Union C 153 of 1 July
2003, page 83)

(2003/C 159/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

By request of 17 July 2002, supplemented and amended on 15 January and 19 February 2003, Heritage
Petroleum plc, with registered offices at 15 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2LS (United Kingdom),
applied for an exclusive five-year licence, designated the ‘Bleue Lorraine licence’, to prospect for liquid and
gaseous hydrocarbons in an area of approximately 821 km2 forming part of the department of Moselle.

The area covered by this licence is contained within a perimeter made up of the meridian and parallel arcs
successively joining the vertices defined below by their geographical coordinates, the original meridian
being that of Paris:

Vertices

1

Longitude

Latitude

4,60 degrees E

54,80 degrees N

Vertex 2 = Intersection of parallel 54,80 degrees N and the Franco-German border.

Vertex 3 = Intersection of meridian 5,30 degrees E and the Franco-German border.

Vertices

4

5

Longitude

Latitude

5,30 degrees E

4,60 degrees E

54,50 degrees N

54,50 degrees N

2 to 3 = Franco-German border.

Interested companies may, within 90 days of
this notice, submit a competing
application in accordance with the procedure summarised in the ‘Notice regarding the granting of
mining rights for hydrocarbons in France’ published in the Official Journal of the European Communities
C 374 of 30 December 1994, page 11, and established by Decree 95-427 of 19 April 1995 regarding
mining rights (Journal officiel de la République française of 22 April 1995).

the publication of

Further information can be obtained from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Finance and Industry (Direc-
torate-General for Energy and Raw Materials, Directorate for Energy and Mineral Resources, Bureau of
Mining Legislation), 61, Boulevard Vincent Auriol, Télédoc 133, F-75703 Paris Cedex 13,
(33)
144 97 02 30, fax (33) 144 97 05 70).

(tel.

(1) OJ L 164, 30.6.1994, p. 3.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards the arrangements for the export and import of compound feedingstuffs based on cereals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice (OJ L 147 of 30.6.1995)
Date: 2003-07-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, cereal product, customs document, export refund, import tax, manufactured feedingstuffs

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CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for the
application of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards the arrangements for the export and import of
compound feedingstuffs based on cereals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 laying down special
detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 147 of 30 June 1995)

On page 53, in Article 9, cited text, fourth indent:

for:

read:

‘— in Section 20, the content in cereal products to be incorporated in the compound feedingstuff if this is known,
a distinction being made between maize and other cereals; otherwise, if use is made of the provision referred
to above of annotating Section 15, the bracket showing the quantities of maize and other cereals incorpo-
rated’,

‘— in Section 20, the content in cereal products to be incorporated in the compound feedingstuff if this is known,
a distinction being made between maize and other cereals; otherwise, if use is made of the provision referred
to above of annotating Section 15 with a reference specifying two or more subdivisions, the bracket showing
the quantities of maize and other cereals incorporated.’
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3119 — BP/Alfa Group/Access/Renova/TNK-BP) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-07-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, industrial production, investment company, merger control, service

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3119 — BP/Alfa Group/Access/Renova/TNK-BP)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2003/C 159/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 26 June 2003 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
1.
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (2),
by which the undertakings BP plc (‘BP’, United Kingdom), Alfa Finance Holdings SA (‘Alfa’, Luxembourg),
Access (‘Access’, USA) belonging to the group Al Petroleum Holdings LLC and Renova (‘Renova’,
Luxembourg) belonging to the group Arsan Holding Sarl acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b)
of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking TNK-BP (‘JV’) by way of an acquisition of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— BP: exploration, production and marketing of crude oil and natural gas; refining, marketing, supply and

transportation of oil; petrochemicals and related products; solar energy,

— Alfa: interests in oil, commercial and investment banking, commodities trading, telecommunication,

insurance, retail trade and food processing,

— Access: interests in oil, aluminium, coal, banking and telecommunications,

— Renova: interests in oil, aluminium, coal and banking,

— JV: oil and gas exploration, production, refining and marketing principally in Russia and Ukraine.

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within
the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant
to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (3), it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the
procedure set out in the notice.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit

4.
proposed operation.

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.3119 — BP/Alfa Group/Access/Renova/TNK-BP, to the following address:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Merger Registry,
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.
(3) OJ C 217, 29.7.2000, p. 32.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1219/2003 of 8 July 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-07-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1219/2003

of 8 July 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 9 July 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 July 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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to the Commission Regulation of 8 July 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 50 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

0809 10 00

0809 20 95

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
068
096
999

052
999

052
999

382
388
528
999

388
400
508
512
524
528
720
804
999

388
512
528
800
804
999

052
064
094
999

052
060
061
064
068
400
616
999

052
999

52,8
49,8
55,3
52,6

71,9
71,9

78,8
78,8

55,9
53,4
50,8
53,4

82,4
110,7
88,9
70,4
46,9
66,0
103,5
105,3
84,3

103,9
83,3
77,5
180,2
195,3
128,0

203,9
148,6
146,2
166,2

273,2
115,5
210,0
231,2
86,8
271,1
181,2
195,6

113,6
113,6

(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’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3177 — BASF/Glon Sanders/JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-07-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, chemical product, economic concentration, exchange of information, fossil fuel, merger control, pharmaceutical product

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Soft white cheese:

GRANJA TEISOL, SL, Decree of 5.3.2003 — valid until 30.5.2004.

Natural yoghurt 4 × 125 g pack, fruit yoghurt 500 g carton (strawberry, fruits of the forest, peach-
maracuya, papaya, pineapple and muesli) and fruit skimmed yoghurt (peach, banana, pineapple and
apple plum):

GRANJA TEISOL, SL, Decree of 5.3.2003 — valid until 30.5.2004.

Milk fermented with active bifidus, 1 litre (flavours: apple, pineapple-orange, mango-guava and peach-
maracuya):

GRANJA TEISOL, SL, Decree of 5.3.2003 — valid until 30.5.2004.

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3177 — BASF/Glon Sanders/JV)

(2003/C 159/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 26 June 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 French undertaking BASF France SAS (BASF France), belonging to the BASF group (BASF
Germany) and the French undertaking Glon Sanders SAS (Glon Sanders, part of the Glon group) acquire,
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, joint control of a newly created company, to be
named BASF Nutrition Animale, by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— BASF: natural gas, oil, chemical and pharmaceutical products, feed additives,

— Glon Sanders: feed pre-mixes, animal feed,

— BASF Nutrition Animale: feed additives, pre-mixes.

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.

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 by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference
COMP/M.3177 — BASF/Glon Sanders/JV, to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Merger Registry,
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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2003-07-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

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(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

7 July 2003

(2003/C 159/01)

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

1,136

134,12

7,4351

LVL

MTL

PLN

Currency

Latvian lats

Maltese lira

Polish zloty

Exchange
rate

0,6444

0,4259

4,436

0,68855

ROL

Romanian leu

37 385

9,202

1,5546

87,3

8,287

1,9463

SIT

SKK

TRL

AUD

CAD

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

Australian dollar

Canadian dollar

0,58713

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

31,634

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

234,35

41,514

1 594 000

1,6675

1,5306

8,8587

1,8982

1,9926

263,02

KRW

South Korean won

1 342,75

3,4534

ZAR

South African rand

8,4912

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