do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1797/2003 of 13 October 2003 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2003-10-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

L 262/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.10.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1797/2003

of 13 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 31,807/100 kg.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 October 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 13 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.
Council Regulation (EC) No 1805/2003 of 13 October 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 2596/97 extending the period provided for in Article 149(1) of the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden
Date: 2003-10-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Finland, Sweden, human nutrition, marketing standard, milk

16.10.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 265/5

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1805/2003

of 13 October 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 2596/97 extending the period provided for in Article 149(1) of the
Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and
Sweden, and in particular Article 149(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

(3)

(4)

It is therefore necessary to make use of the possibility
afforded by Article 149(2) of the 1994 Act of Accession
to extend the period in question. An additional period
running until 30 April 2009 seems appropriate.

Regulation (EC) No 2596/97 should therefore be
amended,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and
Social Committee (2),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The second subparagraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EC)
No 2596/97 (3) extends until 31 December 2003 the
period during which transitional measures may be
adopted with regard to the fat content requirements for
milk on the market under the conditions set out in the
1994 Act of Accession.

In the milk and milk products sector, the requirements
relating to the fat content of milk for human consump-
for Finland and
tion continue to cause difficulties
Sweden.

Article 1

The second subparagraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
2596/97, shall be replaced by the following:

‘However, with regard to the requirements relating to the
fat content of milk for human consumption produced in
Finland and Sweden, the period is hereby extended until 30
April 2009.’

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2004.

Article 2

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

Done at Luxembourg, 13 October 2003.

For the Council

The President

G. ALEMANNO

(1) Opinion delivered on 9 October 2003 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(2) Opinion delivered on 24 September 2003 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(3) OJ L 351, 23.12.1997, p. 12. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2703/1999 (OJ L 327, 21.12.1999, p. 11).
Council Common Position 2003/735/CFSP of 13 October 2003 amending Common Position 2003/495/CFSP on Iraq
Date: 2003-10-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Iraq, development aid, economic sanctions, international sanctions, trading operation

L 264/40

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.10.2003

(Acts adopted pursuant to Title V of the Treaty on European Union)

COUNCIL COMMON POSITION 2003/735/CFSP

of 13 October 2003

amending Common Position 2003/495/CFSP on Iraq

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in parti-
cular Article 15 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

On 7 July 2003, the Council adopted Common Position
2003/495/CFSP on Iraq (1)
implementing the United
Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 (2003), which
repeals all prohibitions related to trade with Iraq and the
provision of financial and economic resources to Iraq
established by Security Council Resolution 661 (1990)
and subsequent relevant resolutions including Resolution
778 (1992), with the exception of prohibitions related
to the sale or supply to Iraq of arms and related material
other than those arms and related material required by
the United States of America and the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland as occupying powers
under
‘the
Authority’), and imposing new measures.

(hereinafter

command

unified

called

Clarity is needed concerning certain provisions of
Common Position 2003/495/CFSP.

Action by the Community is needed in order to imple-
ment certain measures,

regime and their

(b) that have been removed from Iraq, or acquired by
Saddam Hussein or other senior officials of the former
Iraqi
immediate family members,
including entities owned or controlled directly or indir-
ectly by them or by persons acting on their behalf or at
their direction, as designated by the Committee estab-
lished pursuant
to Security Council Resolution 661
(1990),

shall be frozen without delay and, unless these funds or
other financial assets or economic resources are themselves
the subject of a prior judicial, administrative or arbitral lien
or judgement, in which case they may be used to satisfy
such lien or judgement, Member States shall immediately
cause their transfer to the Development Fund for Iraq
under the conditions set out in Security Council Resolution
1483 (2003).’

Article 2

This Common Position shall take effect on the date of its adop-
tion.

HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION:

Article 3

Article 1

This Common Position shall be published in the Official Journal
of the European Union.

Article 2 of Common Position 2003/495/CFSP shall be
replaced as follows:

‘Article 2

All funds or other financial assets or economic resources:

(a) of the previous Government of Iraq or its State bodies,
corporations or agencies located outside Iraq on the
date of 22 May 2003, as designated by the Committee
established pursuant
to Security Council Resolution
661 (1990) or

Done at Luxembourg, 13 October 2003.

For the Council

The President

F. FRATTINI

(1) OJ L 169, 8.7.2003, p. 72.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1790/2003 of 13 October 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-10-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

14.10.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 262/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1790/2003

of 13 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 14 October 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 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.

L 262/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.10.2003

to the Commission Regulation of 13 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
096
204
999

052
999

052
999

052
388
524
528
999

052
508
999

060
388
400
508
512
720
800
804
999

052
064
388
720
999

97,8
93,4
110,4
67,7
60,8
146,9
96,2

97,2
97,2

103,3
103,3

78,6
60,7
65,6
55,0
65,0

103,8
301,7
202,8

38,7
72,5
51,7
108,4
36,1
48,9
184,7
105,8
80,8

105,4
48,7
170,0
85,2
102,3

(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’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1793/2003 of 13 October 2003 fixing the minimum natural alcoholic strength by volume of "Vinho verde" quality wines psr originating in Portuguese wine-growing zone C I a) for the 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 wine years
Date: 2003-10-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Portugal, derogation from EU law, wine of superior quality

L 262/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.10.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1793/2003

of 13 October 2003

fixing the minimum natural alcoholic strength by volume of ‘Vinho verde’ quality wines psr origi-
nating in Portuguese wine-growing zone C I a) for the 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 wine years

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market
in
wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (2),
and in particular Article 58 thereof,

Whereas:

Annex VI(E)(3) to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 fixes
the minimum natural alcoholic strength by volume of
quality wines psr at 8,5 % vol. for zone C I a).

By derogation from that limit, Commission Regulation
(EC) No 2358/2000 (3) fixes the minimum natural alco-
holic strength by volume of quality wines psr originating
in Portuguese zone C I a) at 7,5 % vol. Regulation (EC)
No 2358/2000 expires at the end of the 2002/2003
wine year.

(1)

(2)

(3)

minimum natural alcoholic strength by volume of 8,5 %
vol., a new derogation should be laid down for that wine
for the 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 wine years.

(4)

The measure provided for in this Regulation is in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Management Committee
for Wine,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

By derogation from the limits laid down for the alcoholic
strengths by volume in Annex VI(E)(3) to Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999, the natural alcoholic strength by volume of the
quality wines psr originating in Portuguese zone C I a) bearing
the name ‘Vinho verde’ for the 2003/2004 and 2004/2005
wine years may be lower than 8,5 % vol. but may not be lower
than 8 % vol.

Article 2

Given that the special conditions for traditional wine-
growing and vine selection in Portuguese zone C I a) do
not enable ‘Vinho verde’ quality wine psr to reach the

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

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

Done at Brussels, 13 October 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 272, 25.10.2000, p. 16.