do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Imposition by France of public service obligations on scheduled air services between Pointe-à-Pitre on the one hand and La Désirade, les Saintes and Marie-Galante on the other (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-07-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: French West Indies, Guadeloupe, air freight rate, air transport, airline, public service, transport planning, transport policy

C 172/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.7.2003

Imposition by France of public service obligations on scheduled air services between Pointe-à-Pitre
on the one hand and La Désirade, les Saintes and Marie-Galante on the other

(2003/C 172/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.

Pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on access for Community
air carriers to intra-Community air routes, France has decided to impose public service obligations on
scheduled air services between Pointe-à-Pitre le Raizet and La Désirade, Les Saintes and Marie-Galante.

2.

The public service obligations are as follows:

2.1. Minimum frequency:

At least two round trips per day on each of these routes, without stopover.

2.2. Fares:

The full rate single Y fare between Pointe-à-Pitre and La Désirade, Les Saintes or Marie-Galante must
not exceed 50 euros.

The following categories of passenger must be entitled to fares of not more than 20 euros, with no
capacity restriction:

— persons under 20 years old,

— persons over 60 years old,

— students under 27 years old,

— disabled persons and invalids.

A fare of 20 euros must be offered on all flights, without capacity restriction or time constraints on
ticket reservations or purchases, to passengers whose principal place of residence is La Désirade, Les
Saintes or Marie-Galante.

These fares exclude per capita taxes and duties levied by the State,
authorities and identified as such on the ticket.

local authorities and airport

If an abnormal and unforeseeable increase in the cost factors affecting the operation of the routes
takes place for which the carriers are not responsible, these maximum fares may be raised in
proportion to the increase. The new maximum fares will be notified to the carriers operating the
services and will enter into force after their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

2.3. Flight bookings:

Flights must be marketed by means of at least one booking system accessible by rapid data trans-
mission.

2.4. Continuity of service:

Except in cases of force majeure, the number of flights cancelled for reasons directly attributable to
the carrier must not exceed 3 % of the number of flights scheduled per year in the operating
programme.

The carrier must give at least six months' notice before discontinuing the services.

Community carriers are hereby informed that the operation of air services without regard to the above-
mentioned public service obligations may result in administrative and/or criminal penalties.

Air carriers are hereby informed that the French authorities reserve the right to grant aid having a social
character to certain categories of passengers on these routes on the basis of Article 87(2)(a) of the Treaty.
2003/642/JHA: Council Decision 2003/642/JHA of 22 July 2003 concerning the application to Gibraltar of the Convention on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union
Date: 2003-07-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Member State, European convention, European official, civil servant, corruption

10.9.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 226/27

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

COUNCIL DECISION 2003/642/JHA

of 22 July 2003

concerning the application to Gibraltar of the Convention on the fight against corruption
involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European
Union

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,

(5)

It is desirable to have the Convention on Corruption
applied to Gibraltar,

Having regard to the Convention on the fight against corrup-
tion involving officials of the European Communities or offi-
cials of Member States of the European Union (1) (‘the Conven-
tion on Corruption’),

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The Convention on Corruption was drawn up by
Council Act of 26 May 1997.

No provision was made in the Convention on Corrup-
tion regarding its application to Gibraltar.

The Convention on Corruption, and several other
Conventions drawn up on the
same basis, were
concluded under Title VI of the Treaty on European
Union prior to 1 June 2000 (2) and were not at the time
extended to Gibraltar.

(4)

The United Kingdom is responsible for the international
relations of Gibraltar.

The Convention on Corruption is applicable to Gibraltar.

Article 2

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Union and shall enter into force on the date of its
publication.

Done at Brussels, 22 July 2003.

For the Council

The President

G. ALEMANNO

(1) OJ C 195, 25.6.1997, p. 1.
(2) The date on which the arrangements between Spain and the United
Kingdom relating to Gibraltar authorities in the context of EU and
EC instruments and related treaties took effect.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2003-07-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

22.7.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 172/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

21 July 2003

(2003/C 172/01)

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

1,1284

133,84

7,4347

0,7089

9,2763

1,538

87,76

8,358

1,9468

0,5873

32,3

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

0,6454

0,428

4,4575

36 750

234,55

42,38

1 568 000

1,7416

1,5886

8,8007

1,9697

1,9827

265,95

KRW

South Korean won

1 329,82

3,4523

ZAR

South African rand

8,6743

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1207/2003 of 4 July 2003 concerning the issue of import licences for certain preserved mushrooms (OJ L 168 of 5.7.2003)
Date: 2003-07-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, import licence, mushroom-growing, originating product, preserved product, tariff quota

22.7.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 183/51

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1207/2003 of 4 July 2003 concerning the issue of import
licences for certain preserved mushrooms

(Official Journal of the European Union L 168 of 5 July 2003)

On page 15, in recital 2 and Article 1:

for:
read:

‘… pursuant to Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 …’,
‘… pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 …’.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2429/03 by Niels Busk (ELDR) to the Council. State aid to Italian farmers.
Date: 2003-07-22
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Italy, State aid, agricultural levy, dairy production, production aid

C 78 E/738

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

27.3.2004

(2004/C 78 E/0786)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2428/03

by Niels Busk (ELDR) to the Council

(22 July 2003)

Subject: State aid to Italian milk producers

Will the Council explain how its decision to approve Italian State aid to Italian milk producers is consistent
with the provisions of Article 12 of the Treaty concerning equal treatment of European citizens and,
therefore, including milk producers?

(2004/C 78 E/0787)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2429/03

by Niels Busk (ELDR) to the Council

(22 July 2003)

Subject: State aid to Italian farmers

the Council say which ‘exceptional circumstances’ within the meaning of Article 88(2),

Will
paragraph, ‘justify’ its decision to approve Italian State aid to Italian milk producers?

third

If the same ‘exceptional circumstances’ exist in other Member States or new Member States, will the
Council approve corresponding State aid in those cases?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-2428/03 and E-2429/03

(4 March 2004)

The Council considered, in its decision of 16 July 2003 on the compatibility of the national aid the Italian
Republic intends to grant to its milk producers by pre-financing itself the sums owed by these producers
to the Community Budget by virtue of the additional levy on milk for the period 1995/1996 to 2001/
2002, that there are exceptional circumstances which justify this aid as compatible with the common
market in derogation from Article 87 of the Treaty.

In this respect, the Council took into account the unique factual and legal situation relating to the
operation on the additional levy system in Italy, and in particular the fact that immediate recovery in full
of all amounts due would have imposed a heavy financial burden on the individual Italian producers
concerned and the need to alleviate the existing social tensions in Italy by allowing them to settle their
outstanding debt by means of deferred payment.

The principle of equality is therefore respected since no such exceptional circumstances exist for other
Community milk producers. In this respect, both the Council and the Commission stressed in a common
statement for the Council’s minutes that this Council Decision was justified by an exceptional situation
particular to Italy and that its objective was to definitively settle past implementation problems of the
additional levy there.

Consequently, both Institutions underlined that this Decision cannot be invoked as a precedent for other
possible implementation problems either in Italy or in other Member States.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2428/03 by Niels Busk (ELDR) to the Council. State aid to Italian milk producers.
Date: 2003-07-22
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Italy, State aid, agricultural levy, dairy production, production aid

C 78 E/738

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

27.3.2004

(2004/C 78 E/0786)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2428/03

by Niels Busk (ELDR) to the Council

(22 July 2003)

Subject: State aid to Italian milk producers

Will the Council explain how its decision to approve Italian State aid to Italian milk producers is consistent
with the provisions of Article 12 of the Treaty concerning equal treatment of European citizens and,
therefore, including milk producers?

(2004/C 78 E/0787)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2429/03

by Niels Busk (ELDR) to the Council

(22 July 2003)

Subject: State aid to Italian farmers

the Council say which ‘exceptional circumstances’ within the meaning of Article 88(2),

Will
paragraph, ‘justify’ its decision to approve Italian State aid to Italian milk producers?

third

If the same ‘exceptional circumstances’ exist in other Member States or new Member States, will the
Council approve corresponding State aid in those cases?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-2428/03 and E-2429/03

(4 March 2004)

The Council considered, in its decision of 16 July 2003 on the compatibility of the national aid the Italian
Republic intends to grant to its milk producers by pre-financing itself the sums owed by these producers
to the Community Budget by virtue of the additional levy on milk for the period 1995/1996 to 2001/
2002, that there are exceptional circumstances which justify this aid as compatible with the common
market in derogation from Article 87 of the Treaty.

In this respect, the Council took into account the unique factual and legal situation relating to the
operation on the additional levy system in Italy, and in particular the fact that immediate recovery in full
of all amounts due would have imposed a heavy financial burden on the individual Italian producers
concerned and the need to alleviate the existing social tensions in Italy by allowing them to settle their
outstanding debt by means of deferred payment.

The principle of equality is therefore respected since no such exceptional circumstances exist for other
Community milk producers. In this respect, both the Council and the Commission stressed in a common
statement for the Council’s minutes that this Council Decision was justified by an exceptional situation
particular to Italy and that its objective was to definitively settle past implementation problems of the
additional levy there.

Consequently, both Institutions underlined that this Decision cannot be invoked as a precedent for other
possible implementation problems either in Italy or in other Member States.
2003/546/EC: Commission Decision of 22 July 2003 repealing Decision 2001/705/EC concerning certain protective measures with regard to certain fishery and aquaculture products intended for human consumption and originating in Indonesia (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 2437)
Date: 2003-07-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Indonesia, aquaculture, fishery product, human nutrition, import licence, originating product, veterinary inspection

25.7.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 186/39

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 July 2003

repealing Decision 2001/705/EC concerning certain protective measures with regard to certain
fishery and aquaculture products intended for human consumption and originating in Indonesia

(notified under document number C(2003) 2437)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/546/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December
1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on products entering the Community from
third countries (1), and in particular Article 22(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Decision 2001/705/EC of 27 September
2001 concerning certain protective measures with
regard to certain fishery and aquaculture products
intended for human consumption and originating in
Indonesia (2) was adopted because the presence of chlor-
amphenicol was detected in shrimps imported from
Indonesia.

Decision 2001/705/EC provided that
should be
reviewed on the basis of the guarantees provided by the
competent authorities of Indonesia and on the basis of
the results of the tests carried out by Member States.

it

The Indonesian authorities have provided the appro-
priate guarantees, and the results of the checks carried
out by Member States on shrimps imported from Indo-
nesia have been favourable.

(4)

(5)

The systematic controls on shrimps imported from Indo-
nesia are therefore no longer necessary and Decision
2001/705/EC should be repealed.

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Decision 2001/705/EC is repealed.

Article 1

This Decision shall apply from 28 July 2003.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 22 July 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 260, 28.9.2001, p. 35.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1297/2003 of 22 July 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-07-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

23.7.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 184/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1297/2003

of 22 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 23 July 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 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.

L 184/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.7.2003

to the Commission Regulation of 22 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

0806 10 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)

096
999

052
999

052
999

052
388
524
528
999

052
624
999

388
400
508
512
528
720
804
999

052
388
512
528
800
999

052
064
094
999

052
400
404
999

060
064
094
999

56,8
56,8

112,2
112,2

90,7
90,7

51,2
51,4
61,6
53,8
54,5

155,0
133,3
144,2

86,0
97,4
84,9
92,0
68,1
63,7
106,8
85,6

110,0
94,9
85,8
44,5
169,8
101,0

103,9
140,1
127,0
123,7

291,5
276,0
252,6
273,4

99,4
89,1
90,9
93,1

(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-2445/03 by Proinsias De Rossa (PSE) to the Commission. Illegal importations of bushmeat.
Date: 2003-07-22
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: game meat, illicit trade, import (EU), protected species, trade statistics

C 84 E/492

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

3.4.2004

(cid:1) police intelligence: this project will support the development of an intelligence system within law

enforcement services in the region to more effectively combat drug trafficking;

(cid:1) prevention of drug abuse in prisons: this project will support prevention, treatment and rehabilitation
and probation in certain prisons in Central Asia. Assistance for prevention measures by the authorities
will be considered.

The Commission is also one of the main participants in, and contributors to, the United Nations Global
Fund to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. Funding will be used to support measures taken by the
countries concerned including Central Asia.

At a more general level, the Commission has also focused its local development programmes in Central
Asia in the southern regions of Tajikistan and in the Kyrgyz and Tajik areas of the Ferghana valley which
are the main transit areas and where severe poverty makes the population even more vulnerable to
traffickers and drug trafficking.

Finally, the Community is not party to the United Nations drugs conventions (with the exception of
Article 12 of the 1988 Convention against the Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances in
respect of chemical precursors) and it is therefore up to the Member States to propose any amendments to
these Conventions.

(2004/C 84 E/0569)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2445/03

by Proinsias De Rossa (PSE) to the Commission

(22 July 2003)

Subject: Illegal importations of bushmeat

Can the Commission report on levels of illegal importation of bushmeat into Member States, indicating
recent trends in import volumes; animal meat-source composition; originating source and destination
patterns; transportation routes/methods; and detection levels?

Answer given by Mr Lamy on behalf of the Commission

(15 September 2003)

The Commission regrets that the information requested by the Honourable Member is not available.
Almost by definition, illegal imports rarely appear in the statistics.

The Commission has information on legally imported CITES (1) listed species, as importers are obliged to
notify their authorities and to present permits or notifications. However, the import of specimens of
CITES-listed species for use as bushmeat is illegal, and importers are not going to reveal that they are
breaching the rules.

Nor is it possible to extrapolate from the number of confiscations as there is no reliable way of
determining what proportion of the commodity is accounted for by confiscated material (cid:1) contraband
which evades the system is never recorded.
there have only been two
confiscations since 1999.

In the case of bushmeat,

(1) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.