do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1562/2003 of 4 August 2003 prohibiting fishing for haddock by vessels flying the flag of Sweden
Date: 2003-08-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, Sweden, fishing rights, sea fish, ship's flag

5.9.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 222/25

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1562/2003

of 4 August 2003

prohibiting fishing for haddock by vessels flying the flag of Sweden

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12
October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the
common fisheries policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 806/2003 (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 of 20 December
2002 fixing for 2003 the fishing opportunities and asso-
ciated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of
fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for
Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch
are required (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1407/2003 (4), lays down quotas for haddock for 2003.

In order
to ensure compliance with the provisions
relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks
subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by
which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a
Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota
allocated.

According to the information received by the Commis-
sion, catches of haddock in the waters of ICES division
IIa (EC waters), North Sea, by vessels flying the flag of

Sweden or registered in Sweden have exhausted the
quota allocated for 2003. Sweden has prohibited fishing
for this stock from 7 June 2003. This date should be
adopted in this Regulation also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of haddock in the waters of ICES division IIa (EC
waters), North Sea, by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or regis-
tered in Sweden are hereby deemed to have exhausted the
quota allocated to Sweden for 2003.

Fishing for haddock in the waters of ICES division IIa (EC
waters), North Sea, by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or regis-
tered in Sweden is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on
board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the
above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 7 June 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 August 2003.

For the Commission

Jörgen HOLMQUIST

Director-General for Fisheries

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 356, 31.12.2002, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 201, 8.8.2003, p. 3.
WRITTEN QUESTION P-2590/03 by Claude Moraes (PSE) to the Commission. Situation in Liberia.
Date: 2003-08-04
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing, Liberia, common foreign and security policy, political situation, settlement of disputes

C 88 E/420

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

8.4.2004

(2004/C 88 E/0427)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-2590/03

by Claude Moraes (PSE) to the Commission

(4 August 2003)

Subject: Situation in Liberia

What is the EU’s involvement in relation to the current situation in Liberia in terms of representations
from the Commission or the EU’s CFSP High Representative Javier Solana?

Answer given by Mr Nielson on behalf of the Commission

(9 September 2003)

The main objective of the Union’s approach to the region is to contribute strategically to peace, security
and stability. To this end, the Union participates in the International Contact Group for Liberia (ICGL)
through the Special Representative of the Presidency for the Mano River Union, Mr Dahlgren as well as the
Commission.

The Presidency and the Commission participate at the Ecowas led peace talks for Liberia in Accra as
observers. Further political support to the talks is provided by the Union declarations of 13 June 2003,
23 June 2003, 21 July 2003 and 28 July 2003. The Community contributes financially to the talks in the
amount of EUR 390 000 and a request for further financing is under consideration. The Commission is
exploring the legal and financial possibilities to contribute to the peace process. In the light of a fact
finding mission to Accra and Abuja (1 to 8 August 2003) the Commission proposed urgent support to
some components of the Ecowas peace mission in Liberia by re-programming the European Development
Fund (EDF) financing for Liberia, following the procedure of Article 96 of the Cotonou Agreement. A
financing proposal is currently under preparation. Finally, the Commission’s Humanitarian Office provides
humanitarian relief in the form of health, nutrition, protection and water and sanitation projects in Liberia.

(2004/C 88 E/0428)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-2617/03

by Emma Bonino (NI) to the Commission

(25 August 2003)

Subject: Infringements of legality in Lebanon

Knowing that:

(cid:1) the lawyer Muhammad Mugraby, aged 64 and a well-known defender of human rights and the

independence of the judiciary, was arrested in Beirut on 8 August 2003;

(cid:1) the disciplinary council of the Beirut Bar Association decided to strike his name off the register for

political reasons on 17 January 2003;

(cid:1) the decision does not become final until

the accused has exhausted all possibilities of appeal
(Articles 553, 563 and 111 of the Lebanese Civil Code and Article 28 of the UN’s Basic Principles on
the Role of Lawyers);

(cid:1) the appeal lodged by Dr Mugraby against the disciplinary measure is still pending (Appeal No 222/

2003); but

(cid:1) the Beirut Bar Association has nevertheless accused him of ‘impersonating a lawyer’; and

(cid:1) the judiciary has ordered him to be detained, without having obtained authorisation to prosecute him;
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1395/2003 of 4 August 2003 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2003-08-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

L 197/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.8.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1395/2003

of 4 August 2003

determining the world market price for unginned cotton

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton, annexed to the Act of
Accession of Greece, as last amended by Council Regulation
(EC) No 1050/2001 (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22
May 2001 on production aid for cotton (2), and in particular
Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No
1051/2001, a world market price for unginned cotton is
to be determined periodically from the price for ginned
cotton recorded on the world market and by reference
to the historical relationship between the price recorded
for ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned
cotton. That historical relationship has been established
in Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/
2001 of 2 August 2001 (3), as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1486/2002 (4). Where the world market price
cannot be determined in this way, it is to be based on
the most recent price determined.

(2)

In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
1051/2001, the world market price for unginned cotton
is to be determined in respect of a product of specific
characteristics and by reference to the most favourable

offers and quotations on the world market among those
considered representative of the real market trend. To
that end, an average is to be calculated of offers and
European
recorded on one or more
quotations
exchanges for a product delivered cif to a port in the
Community and coming from the various supplier coun-
tries considered the most representative in terms of
there is provision for
international
adjusting the criteria for determining the world market
price for ginned cotton to reflect differences justified by
the quality of the product delivered and the offers and
quotations concerned. Those adjustments are specified in
Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001.

trade. However,

(3)

The application of the above criteria gives the world
market price for unginned cotton determined herein-
after,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in Article 4
of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby determined as
equalling EUR 27,762/100 kg.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 August 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 4 August 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 210, 3.8.2001, p. 10.
(4) OJ L 223, 20.8.2002, p. 3.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1391/2003 of 4 August 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-08-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

5.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 197/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1391/2003

of 4 August 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 5 August 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 August 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 197/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.8.2003

to the Commission Regulation of 4 August 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 20 95

0809 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

060
999

052
999

052
999

382
388
524
528
999

052
204
220
400
600
624
999

388
400
508
512
528
720
800
804
999

052
388
512
528
999

052
400
404
999

052
999

064
068
094
624
999

52,8
52,8

103,8
103,8

65,0
65,0

56,8
57,3
44,4
48,5
51,8

102,6
147,8
113,4
243,9
131,4
151,9
148,5

69,6
88,0
53,5
71,7
64,6
81,5
61,6
90,7
72,7

169,1
87,3
50,3
85,5
98,0

293,2
237,0
252,4
260,9

158,0
158,0

85,7
72,5
62,1
183,8
101,0

(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-2555/03 by Robert Evans (PSE) to the Commission. Cross-channel ferry operators.
Date: 2003-08-04
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: carriage of passengers, competition law, consumer protection, maritime transport, price agreement, transport user

13.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 65 E/177

Moreover, to further the freedom of expression the Commission is currently setting up a support and
training programme for the Tunisian media (2.15 EUR).

(1) COM(2003) 271 final.

(2004/C 65 E/193)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2555/03

by Robert Evans (PSE) to the Commission

(4 August 2003)

Subject: Cross-channel ferry operators

The Commission has previously been questioned on the suggested cartel pricing practices of the cross-
channel ferry companies and Eurotunnel (P-3419/00 (1)). In his response, Commissioner Monti expressed
concern that there should be ‘effective competition between cross-channel operators’.

Several constituents have contacted me to suggest that there is effectively a cartel operating between the
ferry companies and Eurotunnel. For example, although various prices are quoted, GBP 300 appears to be
the cost of crossings for five-day returns for summer trips. They feel they are comparatively paying more
for this particular route than other ferry crossings in the EU (offered by Greek and Italian ferry companies).
More information can be found on a website that has been established by those unhappy with these
companies, http://www.channelpirates.com

Could the Commission comment on the pricing practices of
operators, and whether it believes the companies are operating in an anti-competitive way?

the ferry companies and Eurotunnel

(1) OJ C 151 E, 22.5.2001, p. 164.

Answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission

(22 September 2003)

The Honourable Member may know that
the Commission has recently carried out simultaneous
unannounced inspections at the premises of a number of operators of cross-Channel transport services (1).
The purpose of these inspections was indeed to ascertain whether these companies are inter alia fixing
prices and trade conditions for cross-Channel transport services, as suggested by the information referred
to by the Honourable Member.

Such surprise inspections are a preliminary step in investigations into suspected cartels. As the Honourable
Member will understand, the Commission can at this early stage of the investigation not make any further
comments on the case.

(1)

IP/03/168 of 3 September 2003; Spokeperson’s Statement on inspections in cross-Channel transport services.

(2004/C 65 E/194)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2564/03

by Mario Borghezio (NI) to the Commission

(4 August 2003)

Subject: The Polish authorities’ violation of the general principles of Community law

In August 1999 Karolina Paetz, holding dual Italian and Polish nationality and married to Paolo Pozza, an
Italian citizen, decided not to return to Italy, keeping with her her daughters Federica and Annamaria
Pozza, aged 2 and 7 respectively, both of whom have Italian nationality.