do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1835/2003 of 17 October 2003 laying down to what extent applications for issue of export licences submitted during October 2003 for beef products which may benefit from special import treatment in a third country may be accepted
Date: 2003-10-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, export licence

L 268/50

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.10.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1835/2003

of 17 October 2003

laying down to what extent applications for issue of export licences submitted during October
2003 for beef products which may benefit from special import treatment in a third country may
be accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 of
26 June 1995 on rules of application for import and export
licences in the beef sector and repealing Regulation (EEC) No
2377/80 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 852/
2003 (2), and in particular Article 12(8) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 lays down, in Article 12,
detailed rules for export
licence applications for the
products referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regula-
tion (EEC) No 2973/79 (3), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EEC) No 3434/87 (4).

Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 fixed the quantities of
meat which might be exported on special terms for the
fourth quarter of 2003. No applications were submitted
for export licences for beef,

Article 1

No applications for export licences were lodged for the beef
referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 for the fourth
quarter of 2003.

Article 2

Applications for licences in respect of the meat referred to in
Article 1 may be lodged in accordance with Article 12 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1445/95 during the first 10 days of the first
quarter of 2004 the total quantity available being 1 250 t.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 October 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 October 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35.
(2) OJ L 123, 17.5.2003, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 336, 29.12.1979, p. 44.
(4) OJ L 327, 18.11.1987, p. 7.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1838/2003 of 17 October 2003 fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 300th special invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 429/90
Date: 2003-10-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, production aid

18.10.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 268/55

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1838/2003

of 17 October 2003

fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 300th special invitation to tender opened
under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 429/90

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 Regulation (EC) No
806/2003 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

(2)

(3)

In the light of the tenders received, the maximum aid
should be fixed at the level specified below and the end-
use security determined accordingly.

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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

In accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No
429/90 of 20 February 1990 on the granting by invita-
tion to tender of an aid for concentrated butter intended
for direct consumption in the Community (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 124/1999 (4), the inter-
vention agencies are opening a standing invitation to
tender for the granting of aid for concentrated butter;
Article 6 of that Regulation provides that in the light of
the tenders received in response to each special invita-
tion to tender, a maximum amount of aid is to be fixed
for concentrated butter with a minimum fat content of
96 % or a decision is to be taken to make no award; the
end-use security must be fixed accordingly.

Article 1

For the 300th special invitation to tender under the standing
invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EEC) No 429/90,
the maximum aid and the amount of the end-use security shall
be as follows:

— maximum aid:

— end-use security:

EUR 97/100 kg,

EUR 112/100 kg.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 October 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 17 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 45, 21.2.1990, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 16, 21.1.1999, p. 19.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3044/03 by Graham Watson (ELDR) to the Commission. T Pods.
Date: 2003-10-17
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: choice of technology, data recording, information storage, marine mammal, protection of animal life

27.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 78 E/211

(2004/C 78 E/0216)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3044/03

by Graham Watson (ELDR) to the Commission

(17 October 2003)

Subject: T Pods

Is the Commission aware of T Pods and does it plan to make T Pods mandatory?

T Pods are self-contained submersible computer and hydrophone units that recognise and log echo-
location clicks from porpoises and dolphins and are manufactured in the UK.

Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission

(10 November 2003)

Under the ‘Habitats’ Directive (1), the Member States must undertake surveillance of the conservation status
of species of wild fauna of Community interest and take the requisite measures.

The Commission is paying very close attention to the research and data recording equipment used at sea
(T Pods) mentioned by the Honourable Member, and all other technologies which help improve knowledge
of the natural marine environment.

However, the Commission does not believe it is necessary to interfere in the choice of methods or
technologies used for obtaining the data required for the surveillance activities of the Member States.

Consequently, the Commission does not plan to make the use of T Pods mandatory.

(1) Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild flora and fauna,

OJ L 206, 22.7.1992.

(2004/C 78 E/0217)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3048/03

by Cristiana Muscardini (UEN) to the Commission

(17 October 2003)

Subject: Coordinating the fight against paedophilia

During the international conference organised by the cybercrime police of the Canton of Ticino in
Switzerland the international movement ‘Innocence in Danger’ (based in Paris) announced that following
years of intensive work on the part of dozens of non-governmental organisations for the protection of
children all over the world, 272 000 paedophile websites containing extremely shocking material have
been reported to the police all over the world during the last few years. This means that 272 000 cases
should be brought worldwide against ‘persons unknown’ who have disseminated pornographic paedophile
material. The results of this research thus reveal the global scale of the phenomenon and its users and
throws new light on on-line paedophilia. The volume of images produced is cause for concern and
involves millions of children all over the world. At the conference Don Fortunato Di Noto, vice-chairman
of the movement and also chairman of the Italian association Meter Online, suggested that action should
be focused on identifying the children. But because of some kind of bureaucratic institutional
inertia
‘action is not coordinated at European or trans-national level’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1827/2003 of 16 October 2003 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2003-10-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

L 267/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.10.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1827/2003

of 16 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 33,767/100 kg.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 October 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 16 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2003-10-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

17.10.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 249/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

16 October 2003

(2003/C 249/01)

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

1,1615

127,45

7,4284

0,6947

8,942

1,5487

89

8,25

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

0,58445

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

32,035

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6447

0,4275

4,6155

38 683

235,69

41,19

1 644 175

1,6882

1,538

8,9955

1,9519

2,0205

257,35

KRW

South Korean won

1 364,41

3,4524

ZAR

South African rand

8,136

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
WRITTEN QUESTION P-3142/03 by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Career movements of Directors-General.
Date: 2003-10-17
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Commission, personnel administration, reassignment

C 84 E/732

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

3.4.2004

Answer given by Mr Nielson on behalf of the Commission

(11 December 2003)

The Commission is carefully monitoring the political transition process in Guinea-Bissau, further to the
reference to the EU Presidency declaration
military coup of 14 September 2003, with particular
condemning this coup.

In the Framework of the Cotonou Agreement, the Commission is currently exploring the possibilities to
positively influence developments in Guinea-Bissau.

(2004/C 84 E/0824)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3142/03

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

Subject: Career movements of Directors-General

(17 October 2003)

Could the Commission submit to the Parliament a full analysis of all career movements of Directors-
General since 1999 including a full list of all people who have held that office for any part of that period,
details about when they first became a Director-General, any subsequent positions in the institutions they
have held, any reasons for excluding someone from the mobility policy, their ages and their anticipated
retirement date?

(2004/C 84 E/0825)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3311/03

by Philip Claeys (NI) to the Commission

(10 November 2003)

Subject: Rotation principle in Directorates-General

The Commission operates a system whereby senior officials are moved from one Directorate-General to
another after a certain period (around five years). This is based on the (in my view correct) assumption that
a certain form of mobility among officials is desirable, and that the rotation principle reduces the risk of
irregularities.

However, it has emerged from the recent publicity concerning the problems at Eurostat that the Director-
General there was no longer subject to the mobility requirement because he was approaching retirement
and it was no longer felt appropriate to move him.

How many officials are currently exempt from the mobility requirement?

Apart from impending retirement, are there other grounds for waiving this requirement? What are they?

In view of the Eurostat affair, will the Commission in future cease to exempt officials from the mobility
requirement?

Joint answer
to Written Questions P-3142/03 and E-3311/03
given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission

(23 January 2004)

Upon coming into office in September 1999, this Commission established guidelines for the appointment
of its senior officials. Under those provisions, Directors-General are subject to mobility after five years and
would not normally stay in a post for longer than seven years. The detailed provisions on selection and
appointment of Directors-General are available to Parliament and have been published for all staff in the
Administrative Guide.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3064/03 by Bernd Lange (PSE) and Wilhelm Piecyk (PSE) to the Commission. Vehicle emissions outside of the test cycle.
Date: 2003-10-17
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: combustion gases, degree of pollution, environmental policy, environmental standard, motor car, motor vehicle pollution, testing

3.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 84 E/49

Has the Commission seen the preliminary results of this study?

Has the Commission made its own calculations of the cost of Turkey joining the EU? If so, what were its
findings? How do the costs of Turkey’s membership compare with those for the ten new accession States?

Answer given by Mr Verheugen on behalf of the Commission

(7 November 2003)

The Commission is aware of the study to which the Honourable Member refers but has not seen the
detailed results. Such estimates depend on a large number of hypotheses, such as the timing of possible
accession, rates of economic development and the outcome of accession negotiations. The Commission
considers that it is not possible to define in detail a number of hypotheses which would be necessary for
any such calculation.

(2004/C 84 E/0055)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3064/03

by Bernd Lange (PSE) and Wilhelm Piecyk (PSE) to the Commission

Subject: Vehicle emissions outside of the test cycle

(17 October 2003)

Pollution readings carried out by the German Federal Environmental Agency have shown that cars usually
considered to be particularly environmentally friendly only keep within the EU’s strict exhaust emission
limits up to a speed of 120 km/h. Beyond that, however, emission levels rise many times over, proving
that the cars concerned are not so environmentally friendly after all.

Is the Commission aware of this phenomenon?

Does the Commission intend to take account of emissions outside of the test cycle in its anticipated
proposal for a future Euro V category of exhaust emission limits for cars, and will it restrict the extent to
which the applicable limits are exceeded?

Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission

(14 November 2003)

The Commission is aware that some motor vehicles can modulate the emission performance in certain
driving conditions that are not covered by the present type-approval emissions test.

Emissions outside the test cycle are one of the issues on the agenda of the working group on Euro V
standards that has been set up under the Motor Vehicles Emissions Group.

(2004/C 84 E/0056)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3104/03

by Marianne Eriksson (GUE/NGL),
Piia-Noora Kauppi (PPE-DE) and Joke Swiebel (PSE) to the Council

Subject: Funding EQUAL projects and sexual orientation discrimination

(22 October 2003)

Article 13 of the EC Treaty, Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and Article 1 of Directive
2000/78/EC (1) establishing a general
framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1832/2003 of 17 October 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-10-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

L 268/44

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.10.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1832/2003

of 17 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 18 October 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 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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L 268/45

to the Commission Regulation of 17 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
096
204
999

052
999

052
999

052
388
524
528
999

052
400
624
999

060
096
388
400
512
720
800
804
999

052
060
064
999

96,9
81,9
66,2
96,8
85,5

138,1
138,1

108,7
108,7

88,3
66,6
50,4
56,8
65,5

106,1
194,0
230,3
176,8

37,8
41,3
75,0
78,4
36,1
48,9
170,3
103,5
73,9

103,9
44,5
63,7
70,7

(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’.