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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1403/2003 of 6 August 2003 prohibiting fishing for blue ling by vessels flying the flag of France
Date: 2003-08-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, France, fishing rights, sea fish, ship's flag

L 199/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.8.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1403/2003

of 6 August 2003

prohibiting fishing for blue ling by vessels flying the flag of France

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 catch limitations
are required (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1091/2003 (4), lays down quotas for blue ling 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 blue ling in the waters of ICES divisions
II, IV and V (EC waters and waters not falling under the
sovereignty or within the jurisdiction of third countries),

by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France
have exhausted the quota allocated for 2003. France has
prohibited fishing for this stock from 20 July 2003. This
date should consequently be adopted in this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of blue ling in the waters of ICES divisions II, IV and V
(EC waters and waters not falling under the sovereignty or
within the jurisdiction of third countries), by vessels flying the
flag of France or registered in France are hereby deemed to
have exhausted the quota allocated to France for 2003.

Fishing for blue ling in the waters of ICES divisions II, IV and V
(EC waters and waters not falling under the sovereignty or
within the jurisdiction of third countries), by vessels flying the
flag of France or registered in France 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 20 July 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1404/2003 of 6 August 2003 prohibiting fishing for anglerfish by vessels flying the flag of France
Date: 2003-08-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, France, fishing rights, sea fish, ship's flag

7.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 199/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1404/2003

of 6 August 2003

prohibiting fishing for anglerfish by vessels flying the flag of France

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 catch limitations
are required (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1091/2003 (4), lays down quotas for anglerfish 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 anglerfish in the waters of ICES divisions
VIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters) by vessels flying

the flag of France or registered in France have exhausted
the quota allocated for 2003. France has prohibited
fishing for this stock from 20 July 2003. This date
should be adopted in this Regulation also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of anglerfish in the waters of ICES divisions VIIIc, IX,
X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of France
or registered in France are hereby deemed to have exhausted
the quota allocated to France for 2003.

Fishing for anglerfish in the waters of ICES divisions VIIIc, IX,
X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of France
or registered in France 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 20 July 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 August 2003.

For the Commission

Jörgen HOLMQUIST

Director-General of 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2003-08-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

6.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 186/5

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

5 August 2003

(2003/C 186/04)

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

1,1333

136,49

7,433

0,7045

9,22

1,5321

87,95

8,227

1,9466

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

0,58675

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

32,171

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6484

0,4277

4,3666

37 320

234,795

41,89

1 591 000

1,758

1,5958

8,8388

1,9566

2,0002

262,05

KRW

South Korean won

1 346,08

3,4526

ZAR

South African rand

8,4661

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2580/03 by Erik Meijer (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Expectations of an increase in the production of counterfeit euro bank notes in thinly-populated countries where the euro is important as a parallel currency.
Date: 2003-08-06
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: accession to the European Union, economic consequence, economic offence, euro, fight against crime

6.2.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 33 E/273

(2004/C 33 E/283)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2580/03

by Erik Meijer (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(6 August 2003)

Subject: Expectations of an increase in the production of counterfeit euro bank notes in thinly-populated

countries where the euro is important as a parallel currency

1.
Can the Commission confirm that, to date, the production of counterfeit money in the euro zone has
been concentrated in thinly-populated areas in France and Spain and that this has resulted in losses of
EUR 16 million for consumers and business?

2.
Do new technologies where, for example, computer printers replace offset presses increase the
potential for producing counterfeit bank notes which are difficult to distinguish from genuine ones, despite
the use of watermarks, holograms and metal strips?

3. What is current ratio of counterfeit euros to the other widely used currency, the US dollar? Is the
counterfeiting of euros moving towards the dollar level?

4.
Does the Commission share Europol’s expectation that the combination of the enlargement of EU
territory and easily crossed frontiers, together with the increasingly important role of the euro as a parallel
currency in countries with low incomes and high unemployment,
increases the likelihood of a sharp
increase in the near future of the production of counterfeit euros in thinly-populated areas and the
transport thereof to densely-populated areas?

How will the Commission duly protect consumers and business in the future from the risk that they
5.
may unwittingly come into the possession of counterfeit bank notes which, on discovery, will not have the
face value ascribed to them when they were accepted?

Source: The 18 July 2003 edition of ‘Rotterdams Dagblad’, a Dutch newspaper.

Answer given by Mrs Schreyer on behalf of the Commission

(18 September 2003)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its
findings as soon as possible.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3134 — Arcelor/Umicore/Duology JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-08-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, iron and steel industry, merger control

6.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 186/27

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3134 — Arcelor/Umicore/Duology JV)

(2003/C 186/15)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 4 July 2003 the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it
compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in French and will be made public after it is
cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CFR’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 303M3134. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3110 — OMV/BP (Southern Germany Package))

(2003/C 186/16)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 11 June 2003, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare
it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be made public after it
is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 303M3110. CELEX

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1401/2003 of 6 August 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 245/2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in flax and hemp grown for fibre
Date: 2003-08-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, flax, hemp, textile fibre

7.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 199/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1401/2003

of 6 August 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 245/2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in flax and hemp
grown for fibre

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 of 27
July 2000 on the common organisation of the markets in flax
and hemp grown for fibre (1), as amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 651/2002 (2), and in particular Article 9
thereof,

(3)

(4)

The deadline by which the Member States notify infor-
mation on the marketing year to the Commission should
therefore be amended.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Flax and Hemp,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Under the second indent of Article 7(1) of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 245/2001 (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 651/2002, aid for processing flax
and hemp straw shall be payable on flax and hemp fibre
only where it is obtained before 1 May following the
end of the marketing year in question. Under Article
12(2) of
that Regulation, processing aid and, where
appropriate, additional aid shall be paid by the Member
State on whose territory the flax or hemp straw has been
harvested before 1 August
following the time limit
above.

Given the time required to complete the administrative
formalities and checks prior to the granting and final
payment of the aid, the time limit for payment of the
aid by the Member States should be extended. In order
to ensure continuity, it is necessary to provide for retro-
active application of the measure as from 1 August
2003.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 245/2001 is hereby amended as follows:

1.

in Article 12(2), ‘1 August’ is replaced by ‘15 October’;

2.

in Article 15(3),
December’.

‘30 September’

is

replaced by ‘15

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It is applicable as from 1 August 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 August 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 16.
(2) OJ L 101, 17.4.2002, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 35, 6.2.2001, p. 18.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2566/03 by Markus Ferber (PPE-DE) to the Commission. EU aid for construction projects in Italy.
Date: 2003-08-06
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing arrangements, building industry, business ethics, economic offence

C 78 E/128

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

27.3.2004

The main conclusions of this study are:

(cid:1) Efficient drinking water treatment chains are appropriate to avoid drinking water contamination by

EDCs (e.g. using ozonation, activated carbon, bank filtration).

(cid:1) Even if the raw water of waterworks is free of EDCs, drinking water/tap water might be contaminated

by individual EDCs due to leaching from materials used in waterworks and water pipes.

(cid:1) Even if the highest concentration of an individual EDC reported for drinking water is considered for
the assessment of effects on humans, based on current knowledge, endocrine effects via the
consumption of drinking water are very unlikely.

These conclusions and the need to regulate these substances in the drinking water will be discussed in the
forthcoming seminar on the Drinking Water Directive (2) organised by the Commission on 27 and
28 October 2003. Detailed information on this seminar may be found at the following internet address:
(www.drinkingwaterseminar.org).

(1) OJ L 229, 30.8.1980.
(2) Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption,

OJ L 330, 5.12.1998.

(2004/C 78 E/0130)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2566/03

by Markus Ferber (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(6 August 2003)

Subject: EU aid for construction projects in Italy

The firm Planten en Bloemen, based at Batzenhofen (Germany), commissioned the firm Europepartner,
owned by Geom. Cataffo Doriano and based in Salerno (Italy), to build a warehouse in Täfertingen
(Germany), an investment totalling EUR 850 000. The construction firm considered that there was a
possibility of EU aid and, according to its own information, applied for it. The project, however, was not
completed and the whereabouts of the Italian builder is unknown.

1.

2.

Is there any possibility in general of such construction projects receiving aid?

If so, under which programme could the aid be paid?

3. Was an application made for aid for the above project?

4.

If so, when and want amount was paid out?

5. Were accounts duly kept?

6.

Is the Commission aware that the project was not completed?

Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(23 September 2003)

The Commission can confirm that the area in question is not among those defined as eligible for European
regional aid under the Structural Funds, nor is it covered under the rural development programmes of the
CAP. Accordingly, there is no Community financial instrument available to the Bavarian authorities to
support the project in question.

The Commission is informed that the project is not yet complete, but would point out that only the
investor (in this case Planten en Bloemen, Batzenhofen) may apply for Community co-financing via the
Bavarian authorities, and not the individual building contractor.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3108 — Office Depot/Guilbert) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-08-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, marketing, merger control, office supplies

C 186/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.8.2003

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3192 — ThyssenKrupp/HSP Hoesch/JV)

(2003/C 186/13)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 3 July 2003 the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it
compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in German and will be made public after it is
cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CDE’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 303M3192. CELEX

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3108 — Office Depot/Guilbert)

(2003/C 186/14)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 23 May 2003, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare
it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be made public after it
is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3110 — OMV/BP (Southern Germany Package)) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-08-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, natural gas, oil industry, solar energy

6.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 186/27

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3134 — Arcelor/Umicore/Duology JV)

(2003/C 186/15)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 4 July 2003 the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it
compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in French and will be made public after it is
cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CFR’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 303M3134. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3110 — OMV/BP (Southern Germany Package))

(2003/C 186/16)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 11 June 2003, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare
it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be made public after it
is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

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