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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1781/2003 of 10 October 2003 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2003-10-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

11.10.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 260/7

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1781/2003

of 10 October 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 29,595/100 kg.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 October 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 10 October 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3232 — Trelleborg/Smiths (PSS Division)) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-10-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, industrial product, merger control, polymer

10.10.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 243/81

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3232 — Trelleborg/Smiths (PSS Division))

(2003/C 243/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 19 September 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 303M3232. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1778/2003 of 10 October 2003 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States
Date: 2003-10-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, butter, market intervention, purchase

L 260/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.10.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1778/2003

of 10 October 2003

suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk
and milk products (1), as last amended by Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 806/2003 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the appli-
cation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards
intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 359/2003 (4), and in particular
Article 2 thereof,

Whereas:

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1658/2003 suspending
the buying-in of butter in certain Member States (5)
establishes the most recent
list of Member States in
which intervention is suspended. This list must be
adjusted as a result of the market prices communicated
by Spain under Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/
1999.
In the interests of clarity, the list in question
should be replaced and Regulation (EC) No 1658/2003
should be repealed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Buying-in of butter by invitation to tender as provided for in
Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby
suspended in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain,
France, the Netherlands, Austria, Luxembourg, Finland, Sweden
and the United Kingdom.

(1)

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 lays down
that buying-in by invitation to tender is to be opened or
suspended by the Commission in a Member State, as
appropriate, once it is observed that, for two weeks in
succession, the market price in that Member State is
below or equal to or above 92 % of the intervention
price.

Regulation (EC) No 1658/2003 is hereby repealed.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 October 2003.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 10 October 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 53, 28.2.2003, p. 17.

(5) OJ L 234, 20.9.2003, p. 8.
Corrigendum to the Rules of Procedure of the European Economic and Social Committee (adopted by the plenary session on 17 July 2002) (OJ L 268 of 4.10.2002)
Date: 2003-10-10
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: European Economic and Social Committee, administrative structures, advisory power, powers of the institutions (EU), rules of procedure

10.10.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 258/39

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to the Rules of Procedure of the European Economic and Social Committee (adopted by the
plenary session on 17 July 2002)

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 268 of 4 October 2002)

On 26 February 2003, the plenary assembly decided by an absolute majority of its members that Article 32 of the
EESC's Rules of Procedure should read as follows:

‘Article 32

1. When an opinion or information report is to be produced, the bureau, in accordance with Article 8(4), shall
designate the specialised section which is to be responsible for preparing the work in question. Where the matter for
consideration is clearly within the purview of a given specialised section, the president shall designate that section
and inform the bureau of his/her decision.

2. Where a specialised section that has been designated to prepare an opinion wishes to hear the views of the
Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (CCIC) or where the CCIC wishes to set out its views on an opinion
allocated to a specialised section, the bureau may authorise the CCIC to draw up a supplementary opinion on one or
more of the issues covered by the referral. The bureau may also take this decision on its own initiative. The bureau
shall organise the Committee's work in such a way that the CCIC is able to prepare its opinion in good time to be
taken into consideration by the specialised section.

The specialised section alone shall be responsible for reporting to the Committee. It shall however append to its
opinion the supplementary opinion drawn up by the Consultative Commission on Industrial Change.

The president of the specialised section concerned shall be notified by the Committee president of the decision

3.
and of the time limit for the completion of the section's work.

The Committee president shall inform the members of the Committee of the referral to the section and of the

4.
date on which the subject is to be dealt with by the plenary session.’
Information on the date of entry into force of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Kiribati on fishing within the Kiribati fishing zone
Date: 2003-10-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Union, Kiribati, fishing agreement, information

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II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

Information on the date of entry into force of the Agreement between the European Community
and the Republic of Kiribati on fishing within the Kiribati fishing zone (1)

The European Community and the Government of the Republic of Kiribati notified each other, on 18 June
2003 and 16 September 2003 respectively, of the completion of their internal procedures necessary for
the entry into force of the Agreement.

The Agreement consequently entered into force on 16 September 2003 in accordance with Article 16
thereof.

(1) OJ L 126, 22.5.2003, p. 1.
Notice concerning the anti-dumping measures in force in respect of imports into the Community of urea originating, inter alia, in Lithuania: modification of the name of a company from which an undertaking was accepted
Date: 2003-10-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Lithuania, anti-dumping measure, chemical fertiliser, import, originating product

C 243/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.10.2003

Notice concerning the anti-dumping measures in force in respect of imports into the Community
of urea originating, inter alia, in Lithuania: modification of the name of a company from which an
undertaking was accepted

(2003/C 243/02)

Imports of urea originating, inter alia, in Lithuania are subject to definitive anti-dumping duties, imposed
by Council Regulation (EC) No 92/2002 (1) as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1107/2002 (2).

An undertaking was accepted by Commission Decision 2002/498/EC (3), from Joint Stock Company
Achema, a Lithuanian company, whose exports to the Community of urea are subject to the residual
anti-dumping duty rate for exports from Lithuania of 10,05 euro per tonne by the aforementioned
Regulation.

The company has informed the Commission that it has now changed its name into Stock Company
Achema and its address from ‘Taurostos 26, 5005 Jonava’ to ‘Jonalaukio k., Ruklos sen.,
Jonavos r.
LT-5005’. The company has asked the Commission to confirm that these changes do not affect the
right of the company to benefit from the undertaking given by the company under its previous name
and address.

The Commission has examined the information supplied, which satisfactorily demonstrated that all the
company's activities linked to the manufacturing, sales and exports of urea are not affected by the change
of name and address. The Commission therefore concludes that the change of name and address in no way
affects the findings of the investigation, in particular the exemption from the duty imposed by Regulation
(EC) No 92/2002 and the undertaking accepted by Decision 2002/498/EC. Accordingly, the right of the
renamed company to benefit from the individual measure should remain.

Hence, the reference to Joint Stock Company Achema should be read as Stock Company Achema,
Jonalaukio k., Ruklos sen., Jonavos r. LT-5005, in Article 2(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 92/2002
and in Article 1 of Commission Decision 2002/498/EC.

The Taric additional code A375 previously attributed to Joint Stock Company Achema shall apply to the
company under its new name, Stock Company Achema.

(1) OJ L 17, 17.1.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 168, 27.6.2002, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 168, 27.6.2002, p. 51.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1779/2003 of 10 October 2003 on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
Date: 2003-10-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, fresh meat, frozen product, import licence, refrigerated product

11.10.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 260/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1779/2003

of 10 October 2003

on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 of
27 May 1997 opening and providing for the administration of
tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and
for frozen buffalo meat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 649/2003 (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 936/97 provides in Articles 4 and 5
the conditions for applications and for the issue of
import licences for meat referred to in Article 2(f).

Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 fixes the
amount of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and
veal originating in and imported from the United States
of America and Canada which may be imported on
special terms for the period 1 July 2003 to 30 June
2004 at 11 500 t.

It should be recalled that licences issued pursuant to this
Regulation will, throughout the period of validity, be
open for use only in so far as provisions on health
protection in force permit,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
All applications for import licences from 1 to 5 October
2003 for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal as
referred to in Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 shall be
granted in full.

2.
Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance
with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 936/97, during the first
five days of November 2003 for 4 330,967 t.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 October 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 10 October 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 137, 28.5.1997, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 95, 11.4.2003, p. 13.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2003-10-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

10.10.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

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I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

9 October 2003

(2003/C 243/01)

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

1,1788

128,63

7,4287

0,7087

8,9784

1,5498

89,79

8,219

1,9474

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

0,58449

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

32,117

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6521

0,4297

4,5095

38 702

235,775

41,25

1 634 000

1,7039

1,5709

9,1174

1,9598

2,0301

253,7

KRW

South Korean won

1 354,03

3,4525

ZAR

South African rand

8,1335

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1777/2003 of 10 October 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-10-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

L 260/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.10.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1777/2003

of 10 October 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 11 October 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 October 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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to the Commission Regulation of 10 October 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

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
060
064
068
204
999

052
999

052
999

052
388
524
528
999

052
064
508
999

060
388
400
508
512
720
800
804
999

052
064
388
720
999

93,1
102,5
110,4
67,7
140,1
102,8

101,8
101,8

101,8
101,8

87,9
63,6
77,8
51,9
70,3

100,0
114,9
301,7
172,2

38,7
73,6
51,8
108,4
104,5
45,2
185,5
104,8
89,1

103,6
49,4
170,0
85,2
102,1

(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’.
2003/724/EC: Commission Decision of 10 October 2003 granting a temporary derogation from Directive 82/894/EEC as regards the frequency of notification of primary outbreaks of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 3561)
Date: 2003-10-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bovine spongiform encephalopathy, derogation from EU law, disclosure of information, epidemic

L 260/36

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.10.2003

COMMISSION DECISION

of 10 October 2003

granting a temporary derogation from Directive 82/894/EEC as regards the frequency of notifica-
tion of primary outbreaks of bovine spongiform encephalopathy

(notified under document number C(2003) 3561)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/724/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 82/894/EEC of 21
December 1982 on the notification of animal diseases within
the Community (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
807/2003 (2), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,

appears to be sufficient. Accordingly, it is appropriate to
maintain a temporary derogation to Member States
permitting primary outbreaks of BSE to be notified to
the Commission on a weekly basis.

(4)

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

spongiform encephalopathy

Directive 82/894/EEC lays down rules for the notifica-
tion of outbreaks of certain animal diseases, including
bovine
in the
Community. That Directive provides that Member States
are to notify primary outbreaks of BSE to both the
Commission and the other Member States within 24
hours. Directive
that
secondary outbreaks of BSE are to be notified to the
Commission every week.

82/894/EEC also

provides

(BSE),

Various Commission decisions, the last one being Deci-
sion 98/12/EC (3), granted temporary derogations to the
Member States from the requirements under Directive
82/894/EEC to notify primary outbreaks of BSE within
24 hours. The temporary derogation granted in Decision
98/12/EC provides that all outbreaks of BSE are to be
notified to the Commission every week.

Outbreaks of BSE continue to occur in the Community.
In the light of experience gained, the weekly reporting of
secondary outbreaks
outbreaks of BSE required for

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

By way of a derogation from Article 3(1) of Directive 82/894/
EEC, all outbreaks of bovine spongiform encephalopathy shall
be notified until 31 December 2007 in accordance with Article
4 of that Directive.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 10 October 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 378, 31.12.1982, p. 58.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 36.
(3) OJ L 4, 8.1.1998, p. 63.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3254 — Vidacaixa/Swiss Life España) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-10-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, insurance company, merger control

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Official Journal of the European Union

10.10.2003

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3254 — Vidacaixa/Swiss Life España)

(2003/C 243/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 30 September 2003 the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration
pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1310/97 (2), by which the Spanish undertaking Vidacaixa, Sociedad Anónima de Seguros y Reaseguros
(‘Vidacaixa’), belonging to Grupo Caifor (Spain) and ultimately controlled by Grupo La Caixa (Spain) and
Fortis Group (Belgium and The Netherlands), acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
Regulation, control of the whole of the Spain-based undertaking Swiss Life España, Sociedad Anónima
de Seguros (‘SLE’), belonging to Swiss Life Insurance and Pension Company Holding, by way of purchase of
shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Vidacaixa: insurance activities,

— SLE: insurance activities.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within

3.
the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit

4.
proposed operation.

their possible observations on the

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference
COMP/M.3254 — Vidacaixa/Swiss Life España, to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Merger Registry,
J-70,
B-1049 Brussels.

(1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 257, 21.9.1990, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.