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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1553/2003 of 2 September 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-09-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

3.9.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 220/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1553/2003

of 2 September 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 3 September 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 September 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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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.9.2003

to the Commission Regulation of 2 September 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 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

060
096
999

052
096
999

052
999

382
388
524
528
999

052
064
999

388
400
508
512
720
800
804
999

052
388
999

052
999

060
064
066
093
094
624
999

47,9
30,0
39,0

120,2
66,6
93,4

74,2
74,2

52,7
53,0
52,8
53,5
53,0

75,7
85,4
80,6

77,0
53,0
115,4
88,2
58,8
54,4
97,6
77,8

83,8
91,2
87,5

110,0
110,0

63,5
66,0
71,5
74,5
53,9
130,4
76,6

(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’.
Uniform application of the combined nomenclature (CN) (Classification of goods)
Date: 2003-09-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, telecommunications equipment

C 206/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.9.2003

UNIFORM APPLICATION OF THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE (CN)

(Classification of goods)

(2003/C 206/08)

Explanatory Notes adopted under Article 10(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July
1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2176/2002 (2)

The ‘Explanatory Notes to the combined nomenclature of the European Communities’ (3) shall be amended
as follows:

On page 333 the following text is inserted:

‘8544

Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including coaxial cable)
and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors;
optical fibre cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not
assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors

This heading does not include separately presented connectors and adapters for cables.
Connectors and adapters for electric conductors are to be classified in headings 8535 or
8536. Connectors and adapters for optical fibre cables are to be classified according to
their constituent material.’

On page 343 the following text is inserted:

‘9001 10 10
to
9001 10 90

Optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables

These subheadings do not include connectors and adapters for connecting optical fibres,
optical fibre bundles and optical fibre cables (classified according to their constituent
material).’

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 331, 7.12.2002, p. 3.
(3) OJ C 256, 23.10.2002, p. 1.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2639/03 by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission. Refunds on exports from Member States to the Vatican City State of beet and cane sugar and chemically pure sucrose in solid form (code 1701) for 1998.
Date: 2003-09-02
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Holy See, beet sugar, cane sugar, data processing, export refund, fraud against the EU, sucrose, trade volume

C 78 E/142

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

27.3.2004

(2004/C 78 E/0146)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2639/03

by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission

(2 September 2003)

Subject: Refunds on exports from Member States to the Vatican City State of beet and cane sugar and

chemically pure sucrose in solid form (code 1701) for 1998

In response to questions E-1477/03 and E-1480/03 (1) relating to refunds on exports of agricultural
products from Member States to the Vatican City State (VCS), Commissioner Fischler stated on 21 May
2003 that the Commission was collecting the information it needed to answer the question and would
communicate its findings as soon as possible.

The following supplementary data can be supplied in relation to the export of beet and cane sugar and
chemically pure sucrose in solid form (code 1701):

(a)

the European Commission’s CATS (Clearance Audit Trail System) database shows that in 1998:

(cid:1) 110 kg were exported from France to the VCS with a refund of EUR 44,18, equivalent to aid of

EUR 0,40/kg;

(cid:1) 727 700 kg were exported from Italy to the VCS with a refund of EUR 315 365,71, equivalent to

aid of EUR 0,43/kg;

(b)

the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) database shows that in 1998:

(cid:1) 1 371 000 kg were exported from Italy to the VCS,

(c) This indicates that:

(cid:1) unwarranted aid of EUR 44,18 was paid on an additional 110 kg not shown in the OECD data;

(cid:1) no application was made for aid of EUR 278 789,01 for the export of 643 300 kg on which

Community aid could have been paid.

Could the Commission state the technical reasons for the foregoing of this Community aid?

Does it not agree that the increasingly patent omissions and the discrepancies between the data from the
different institutional sources seriously affect the credibility of these institutions and might be due to
possible fraud against Community funds, or is it already able to discount this possibility of fraud?

(1) OJ C 70 E 20.3.2004, p. 45.

(2004/C 78 E/0147)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2640/03

by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission

(2 September 2003)

Subject: Refunds on exports from Member States to the Vatican City State of beet and cane sugar and

chemically pure sucrose in solid form (code 1701) for 1999

In response to questions E-1477/03 and E-1480/03 (1) relating to refunds on exports of agricultural
products from Member States to the Vatican City State (VCS), Commissioner Fischler stated on 21 May
2003 that the Commission was collecting the information it needed to answer the question and would
communicate its findings as soon as possible.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2635/03 by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission. Refunds on exports from Member States to the Vatican City State of butter and other fats and oils derived from milk, milk products (code 0405) for 1998.
Date: 2003-09-02
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Holy See, butter, data processing, export refund, fraud against the EU, milk, milk product, trade volume

27.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 78 E/139

(2004/C 78 E/0142)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2635/03

by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission

(2 September 2003)

Subject: Refunds on exports from Member States to the Vatican City State of butter and other fats and oils

derived from milk, milk products (code 0405) for 1998

In response to questions E-1477/03 and E-1480/03 (1) relating to refunds on exports of agricultural
products from Member States to the Vatican City State (VCS), Commissioner Fischler stated on 21 May
2003 that the Commission was collecting the information it needed to answer the question and would
communicate its findings as soon as possible.

The following supplementary data can be supplied in relation to the export of butter and other fats and
oils derived from milk, milk products (code 0405):

(a)

the European Commission’s CATS (Clearance Audit Trail System) database shows that in 1998:

(cid:1) 155 000 kg were exported from Austria to the VCS with a refund of EUR 272 200,57, equivalent

to aid of EUR 1,76/kg;

(cid:1) 19 215,50 kg were exported from Germany to the VCS with a refund of EUR 33 854,82,

equivalent to aid of EUR 1,76/kg;

(b)

the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) database shows that in 1998:

(cid:1) 150 000 kg were exported from Austria and 18 000 kg from Germany to the VCS,

(c) This indicates that:

(cid:1) unwarranted aid of EUR 10 922,19 was paid on an additional 6 215,50 kg not shown in the

OECD data;

Does the Commission not agree that the increasingly patent omissions and the discrepancies between the
data from the different institutional sources seriously affect the credibility of these institutions and might
be due to possible fraud against Community funds, or is it already able to discount this possibility?

(1) OJ C 70 E, 20.3.2004, p. 45.

(2004/C 78 E/0143)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2636/03

by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission

(2 September 2003)

Subject: Refunds on exports from Member States to the Vatican City State of butter and other fats and oils

derived from milk, milk products (code 0405) for 1999

In response to questions E-1477/03 and E-1480/03 (1) relating to refunds on exports of agricultural
products from Member States to the Vatican City State (VCS), Commissioner Fischler stated on 21 May
2003 that the Commission was collecting the information it needed to answer the question and would
communicate its findings as soon as possible.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2003-09-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

2.9.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 206/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

1 September 2003

(2003/C 206/01)

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

1,0965

127,58

7,4253

0,6981

9,1713

1,537

88,16

8,225

1,9464

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

0,58394

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

32,458

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6316

0,4257

4,3589

37 302

235,05

42,005

1 525 500

1,6981

1,5118

8,5518

1,9016

1,9216

257,48

KRW

South Korean won

1 288,88

3,4525

ZAR

South African rand

8,0598

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3198 — VW-AUDI/VW-AUDI Vertriebszentren) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-09-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, motor vehicle industry

2.9.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 206/15

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3198 — VW-AUDI/VW-AUDI Vertriebszentren)

(2003/C 206/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 29 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 303M3198. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

EUR-OP,
Information, Marketing and Public Relations,
2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 427 18, fax (352) 29 29 427 09.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3118 — MTU Friedrichshafen/RWE Fuel Cells/JV)

(2003/C 206/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 20 August 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 303M3118. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

EUR-OP,
Information, Marketing and Public Relations,
2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 427 18, fax (352) 29 29 427 09.
WRITTEN QUESTION P-2692/03 by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Budgetary accounts.
Date: 2003-09-02
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Commission, accounting system, administration of the Institutions, financial regulation, management accounting

C 65 E/194

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

13.3.2004

(2004/C 65 E/210)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-2692/03

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(2 September 2003)

Subject: Budgetary accounts

When will the Commission start to use double-entry bookkeeping in its budgetary accounts?

Answer given by Mrs Schreyer on behalf of the Commission

(2 October 2003)

The use of double-entry bookkeeping in the budgetary accounts is not required by Article 137 of the
Financial Regulation (1), nor under
(IPSAS).
Nevertheless, the Commission is examining whether it is feasible to introduce double-entry booking for
the budgetary accounts within its project for the modernisation of its accounting system by 2005. If it
proves feasible, and of demonstrated added value, it will be introduced in 2005.

the International Public Sector Accounting Standards

The Commission’s general accounts are kept by double-entry bookkeeping,
requirements of Article 134 of the Financial Regulation.

in accordance with the

(1) Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the

general budget of the European Communities, OJ L 248, 16.9.2002.

(2004/C 65 E/211)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-2694/03

by Mathieu Grosch (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(2 September 2003)

Subject: Introduction of motorway charging in Germany

Following the Commission’s most recent decision, I note that the key element in the introduction of
German motorway charging has not been resolved.

It has been confirmed by all the players concerned and by German ministers that OBUs (on-board units)
are the cheapest and most effective means of paying motorway tolls.

It has been proved that the German Government is unable to meet the demand from haulage firms, which
constitutes distortion of the market and a barrier to fair competition.

Even worse, Toll Collect has just confirmed to a Belgian firm that it cannot fit units to more than 75 % of
the firm’s vehicles.

On the basis of reliable sources, I can confirm that many of the units made available to hauliers, including
Belgian and Dutch firms, are faulty. Added to this is the fact that some German firms will supposedly have
units fitted to all of their vehicles.

Can the Commission carry out an investigation into Toll Collect’s inability to meet the demand from
European haulage firms and into the serious complaint made by the sector, to the effect that some firms
are placed at an advantage over others?
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2631/03 by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission. Refunds on exports from Member States to the Vatican City State of fresh and frozen beef (code 0201) for 1998. Inconsistencies between CATS and OECD data..
Date: 2003-09-02
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Holy See, beef, data processing, export refund, fraud against the EU, frozen product, trade volume

C 78 E/136

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

27.3.2004

(2004/C 78 E/0138)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2631/03

by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission

(2 September 2003)

Subject: Refunds on exports from Member States to the Vatican City State of fresh and frozen beef

(code 0201) for 1998. Inconsistencies between CATS and OECD data.

In response to questions E-1477/03 and E-1480/03 (1) relating to refunds on exports of agricultural
products from Member States to the Vatican City State (VCS), Commissioner Fischler stated on 21 May
2003 that the Commission was collecting the information it needed to answer the question and would
communicate its findings as soon as possible.

The following supplementary data can be supplied in relation to the export of fresh and frozen beef (code
0201):

(a)

the European Commission’s CATS (Clearance Audit Trail System) database shows that in 1998:

(cid:1) 346 233 kg were exported from Holland to the VCS with a refund of EUR 233 566,63 equivalent

to aid of EUR 0,67/kg;

(b)

the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) database shows that in 1998:

(cid:1) 314 600 kg were exported from Holland, 240 100 kg from Italy, 329 600 from Ireland and

74 700 kg from Belgium to the VCS;

(c)

this indicates that:

(cid:1) unwarranted aid of EUR 21 339,43 was paid on an additional 31 633 kg not shown in the OECD

data;

(cid:1) no application was made for aid of EUR 434 708,24 for the export of 644 400 kg on which

Community aid could have been paid.

Could the Commission state the technical reasons for the foregoing of this Community aid?

Does it not agree that the increasingly patent omissions and the discrepancies between the data from the
different institutional sources seriously affect the credibility of these institutions and might be due to
possible fraud against Community funds, or is it already able to discount this possibility of fraud?

(1) OJ C 70 E 20.3.2004, p. 45.

(2004/C 78 E/0139)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2632/03

by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission

(2 September 2003)

Subject: Refunds on exports from Member States to the Vatican City State of fresh and frozen beef

(code 0201) for 1999. Inconsistencies between CATS and OECD data.

In response to questions E-1477/03 and E-1480/03 (1) relating to refunds on exports of agricultural
products from Member States to the Vatican City State (VCS), Commissioner Fischler stated on 21 May
2003 that the Commission was collecting the information it needed to answer the question and would
communicate its findings as soon as possible.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3118 — MTU Friedrichshafen/RWE Fuel Cells/JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-09-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, fuel cell, mechanical engineering, merger control

2.9.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 206/15

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3198 — VW-AUDI/VW-AUDI Vertriebszentren)

(2003/C 206/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 29 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 303M3198. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

EUR-OP,
Information, Marketing and Public Relations,
2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 427 18, fax (352) 29 29 427 09.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3118 — MTU Friedrichshafen/RWE Fuel Cells/JV)

(2003/C 206/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 20 August 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 303M3118. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

EUR-OP,
Information, Marketing and Public Relations,
2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 427 18, fax (352) 29 29 427 09.