do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Corrigendum to the Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections (OJ C 154 of 2.7.2003)
Date: 2003-08-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, France, Germany, State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, credit institution, investment project, research and development

5.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 185/7

Corrigendum to the Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases
where the Commission raises no objections

CORRIGENDA

(Official Journal of the European Union C 154 of 2 July 2003)

(2003/C 185/05)

On page 13, in Aid No E 50/01 under ‘Date of adoption of the decision’:

for:

‘21.1.2003’,

read:

‘30.4.2003’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1394/2003 of 4 August 2003 prohibiting fishing for plaice by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
Date: 2003-08-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, EU waters, fishing rights, sea fish, ship's flag

5.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 197/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1394/2003

of 4 August 2003

prohibiting fishing for plaice by vessels flying the flag of Belgium

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
1091/2003 (4), lays down quotas for plaice 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 plaice in the waters of ICES zone VII f,
g, by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in

Belgium have exhausted the quota allocated for 2003.
Belgium has prohibited fishing for this stock from 24
July 2003. This date should be adopted in this Regula-
tion also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of plaice in the waters of ICES zone VII f, g, by vessels
flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium are hereby
deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Belgium for
2003.

Fishing for plaice in the waters of ICES zone VII f, g, by vessels
flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium 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 24 July 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 157, 26.6.2003, p. 1.
Reference/discount rates applicable from 1 August 2003 (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-08-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, aid system, aid to undertakings, small and medium-sized enterprises, vocational training

C 185/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.8.2003

Reference/discount rates applicable from 1 August 2003

(2003/C 185/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

3,95 %

4,15 %

3,95 %

3,95 %

3,95 %

3,95 %

3,95 %

3,95 %

3,95 %

3,95 %

3,95 %

3,95 %

3,95 %

5,68 %

5,42 %

These rates are fixed on the basis of the method for setting and updating the reference/discount rates
published in Official Journal of the European Communities C 273 of 9 September 1997, p. 3. Technical
adaptations to this method were made by Commission notice published in Official
the
European Communities C 241 of 26 August 1999, p. 9. Following the adoption of the euro by Greece
on 1 January 2001, the reference rate for Greece is identical to that applied to the 11 Member States that
had already adopted the euro.

Journal of

Publication of these rates is required under Commission Regulations (EC) No 68/2001 (recital 9), (EC) No
69/2001 (recital 6) and (EC) No 70/2001 (recital 10) of 12 January 2001 (OJ L 10, 13.1.2001, pp. 20, 30
and 33) on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid, de minimis aid and aid
for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1397/2003 of 5 August 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-08-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

6.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 198/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1397/2003

of 5 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 6 August 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 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 198/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.8.2003

to the Commission Regulation of 5 August 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the
entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

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

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

34,6
34,6

65,0
65,0

56,8
62,2
50,2
49,7
54,7

111,7
147,8
126,8
243,9
119,4
151,9
150,3

70,3
86,8
69,6
67,2
51,5
54,5
61,6
90,4
69,0

84,2
92,7
61,9
85,5
81,1

300,2
275,9
344,6
306,9

144,9
144,9

88,8
72,5
74,9
183,8
105,0

(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’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2003-08-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

5.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 185/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

4 August 2003

(2003/C 185/01)

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

1,1307

136,28

7,4317

0,7015

9,2597

1,5367

87,9

8,171

1,9465

0,5872

32,272

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

0,6471

0,4273

4,3813

37 370

234,775

41,99

1 607 000

1,7374

1,582

8,8185

1,9339

1,9925

263,03

KRW

South Korean won

1 335,53

3,4525

ZAR

South African rand

8,4742

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1399/2003 of 5 August 2003 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2003-08-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

6.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 198/7

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1399/2003

of 5 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 25,928/100 kg.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 August 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 5 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.