do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3276/03 by Brian Simpson (PSE) to the Commission. Restrictions imposed on flights into Zurich airport.
Date: 2003-11-05
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Germany, Switzerland, air traffic, air transport, complaint to the Commission

27.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 78 E/507

(2004/C 78 E/0527)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3276/03

by Brian Simpson (PSE) to the Commission

(5 November 2003)

Subject: Restrictions imposed on flights into Zurich airport

Can the Commission indicate when it will be in a position to report on the complaint submitted by the
airline company Swiss against the German authorities in regard to restrictions imposed by them for flights
into Zurich airport?

Answer given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission

(19 December 2003)

The Commission has indeed received a complaint from the Swiss authorities regarding German measures
which could affect certain landing procedures at Zurich airport. The complaint has been examined on the
basis of the agreement concluded between the Community and Switzerland, and on 5 December 2003 the
Commission has reached a decision on it in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Agreement
and in Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 (1). This decision finds that Germany may continue to apply the
213th regulation for the implementation of German Air Traffic Regulations establishing procedures for
instrument-guided landings and takeoffs at Zurich airport as amended by the first amending regulation of
4 April 2003. The Decision of the Commission will be published in the Official Journal in the near future.

(1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on access for Community air carriers to intra-Community

air routes, OJ L 240, 24.8.1992.

(2004/C 78 E/0528)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3284/03

by Lord Inglewood (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(5 November 2003)

Subject: Overbooking on Air France’s flights

Does the Commission consider it unfair and/or unethical commercial practice for airlines to deny access to
passengers who have bought a valid ticket, and will it formally enquire into Air France’s regular and
consistent policy of overbooking on some of its flights from Newcastle?

Answer given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission

(16 December 2003)

The Commission is aware of the general frequency of the practice of denied boarding (about one out of
one thousand passengers are affected) although it does not possess information on specific flights, such as
those of Air France from Newcastle.

The Commission accepts that denial of boarding should be tolerated only with compensation and
assistance for passengers prevented from flying. In 1991 the Community adopted Council Regulation (EEC)
No 295/91 (1), which obliges air carriers denying boarding at airports in Member States to give passengers
financial compensation, the choice between a refund and an alternative flight and meals and hotel
accommodation, as appropriate. This was the Community’s first step in the protection of passengers.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2003-11-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

5.11.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 266/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

4 November 2003

(2003/C 266/01)

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

1,1468

126,47

7,4335

0,684

9,0548

1,563

87,57

8,233

1,9473

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

0,58309

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

32,055

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6411

0,4257

4,6248

39 465

236

41,42

1 691 031

1,6369

1,5329

8,9072

1,8785

2,0017

260,43

KRW

South Korean won

1 359,13

3,4523

ZAR

South African rand

7,9584

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Administrative Commission of the European Communities on Social security for Migrant workers — Rates for conversion of currencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72
Date: 2003-11-05
Institutions: Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers, European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, migrant worker, national currency, social security, social-security benefit

C 266/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.11.2003

ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR
MIGRANT WORKERS

Rates for conversion of currencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72

(2003/C 266/06)

EUR

DKK

GBP

NOK

SEK

ISK

CHF

Article 107 (1), (2), (3) and (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72

Reference period: October 2003

Application period: January, February and March 2004

DKK

GBP

NOK

SEK

ISK

CHF

EUR

—

7,43011

0,697630

8,22739

0,134588

—

0,0938924

1,10730

9,01046

1,21270

89,1704

12,0012

1,43342

10,6505

—

11,7933

12,9158

127,819

1,54849

0,208407

2,21964

0,121545

0,903094

0,0847936

—

1,09518

10,8382

0,188211

0,110982

0,824609

0,0774245

0,913093

—

9,89632

0,171854

0,0112145

0,0833248

0,00782356

0,0922659

0,101048

—

0,0173655

0,645792

4,79830

0,450524

5,31318

5,81888

57,5855

—

1. Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 determines that the rate for the conversion into a currency of amounts
denominated in another currency shall be the rate calculated by the Commission and based on the
monthly average, during the reference period specified in paragraph 2, of reference rates of exchange of
currencies published by the European Central Bank.

2. The reference period shall be:

— the month of January for rates of conversion applicable from 1 April following,
— the month of April for rates of conversion applicable from 1 July following,
— the month of July for rates of conversion applicable from 1 October following,
— the month of October for rates of conversion applicable from 1 January following.

The rates for the conversion of currencies shall be published in the second Official Journal of the European
Union (‘C’ series) of the months of February, May, August and November.
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-11-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, Portugal, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, industry-research relations, renewable energy, vocational training

C 266/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.11.2003

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2003/C 266/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 30.9.2003

Legal basis: Besluit tot wijziging van het Besluit subsidies be-
drijfsgerichte technologische samenwerkingsprojecten

Member State: Portugal (North)

Aid No: N 805/02

Budget: EUR 910 million

Aid intensity or amount: 25 % to 75 %

Title: Training aid for Continental Mabor — Indústria de
Pneus, SA

Duration: 7 years

Objective: General and specific training

Other information: Annual report

Legal basis: Sistema de Incentivos à Modernização Empresarial

Budget: EUR 2 856 212,65

Aid intensity or amount: 54 % gross

Other information: N 667/99

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential
information has been removed, can be found at

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids

Date of adoption of the decision: 23.7.2003

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confi-
dential information has been removed, can be found at

Member State: The Netherlands

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids

Date of adoption of the decision: 9.9.2003

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 248/03

Title: Project Based Co-operation

Aid No: N 266/03

Title: Project Offshore Wind Park Q7

Objective: Renewable energy investment

Legal basis: Aanwijzingsregeling willekeurige afschrijving mi-
lieu-investeringen 2002

Budget: EUR 16 552 831

Aid intensity or amount: 24,1 %

Objective: To promote national and international
nological
co-operation between enterprises
centres

tech-
and research

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential
information has been removed, can be found at

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3305 — ABN AMRO/Global Garden Products) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-11-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, kitchen garden, merger control, tool industry

5.11.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 266/13

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3305 — ABN AMRO/Global Garden Products)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2003/C 266/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 28 October 2003 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
1.
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (2),
by which ABN AMRO Capital Limited (‘ABN AMRO’, United Kingdom), belonging to the ABN AMRO
group, acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation control of the whole of the Global
Garden Products Sweden Förvaltning AB (‘GGP Group’, Sweden) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— ABN AMRO: provision of financial services,

— GGP Group: production of garden tools and equipment.

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within
the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant
to the Commission notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (3), it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the
procedure set out in the notice.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit

4.
proposed operation to the Commission.

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.3305 — ABN AMRO/Global Garden Products, 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.
(3) OJ C 217, 29.7.2000, p. 32.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1952/2003 of 5 November 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-11-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

6.11.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 288/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1952/2003

of 5 November 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 6 November 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 November 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 288/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.11.2003

to the Commission Regulation of 5 November 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 20 10

0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70,
0805 20 90

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
063
096
204
653
999

052
220
628
999

052
204
999

204
999

052
464
999

052
388
524
528
999

052
388
400
508
999

052
060
064
388
400
404
512
720
800
804
999

052
060
064
388
400
512
528
720
999

71,6
57,2
93,3
47,8
43,2
52,4
60,9

127,5
139,2
139,3
135,3

105,2
139,4
122,3

85,8
85,8

70,6
124,6
97,6

84,0
92,9
81,0
81,9
85,0

111,1
94,8
234,5
310,7
187,8

51,0
41,1
47,9
65,0
82,1
81,2
77,5
61,7
155,9
95,3
75,9

113,3
54,2
60,2
68,4
71,1
55,8
52,2
51,2
65,8

(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’.