do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
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: 2003-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, State aid, control of State aid

C 308/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.12.2003

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2003/C 308/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: N 297/03

Title: Genomics

Date of adoption of the decision: 11.10.2002

Member State: Greece

Aid No: N 187/02

Title: Article 17 of Law 2941/2001, modifying
2601/1998 on
Economic and Regional Development and Other Provisions

Law
the Country's

Investments

Private

for

Objective: Regional development

Budget: The annual budget of the scheme is EUR 304 million

Aid intensity or amount: Regional aid ceilings as laid down
in the Regional aid map for Greece (N 349/02; Commission
letter SG(2002) D/230827 of 19.7.2002)

Duration: The original aid scheme was approved for an
unlimited period

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

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

Objective: To promote national and international
nological
co-operation between enterprises
centres in the field of genomics

tech-
and research

Legal basis: NWO wet en Kaderregeling — subsidiëring pro-
jecten ten behoeve van onderzoek en wetenschap

Budget: EUR 62,4 million

Aid intensity or amount: 33,3 %

Duration: Up to 31 December 2007

Other information: Annual report

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 31.10.2003

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 223/03

Title: Prolongation of the Danish CO2 quota scheme

Objective: Environmental protection

Legal basis: Lov om ændring af lov om CO2-kvoter for elpro-
duktion (Fastsættelse af CO2-kvote fra 2004)

Duration: 1.1.2004-31.12.2004

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 12.11.2003

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 343/03

Title: Aid for Research in Working Conditions

Objective: To strengthen the work environment research in
Denmark through the elaboration of a research strategy and by
providing aid to R & D activities

Legal basis: Finansloven,
Bekendtgørelse nr. 610 af 25. juni 2003

tekstanmærkning nr. 124 § 17;

Budget: In total DKK 122,6 million (ca. EUR 16,4 million)

Aid intensity or amount: 100 %

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

Duration: Maximum 6 years

Date of adoption of the decision: 11.11.2003

Other information: Annual report

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
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2226/2003 of 18 December 2003 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes)
Date: 2003-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, fruit vegetable

L 332/36

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.12.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2226/2003

of 18 December 2003

on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 47/2003 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001
of 8 October 2001 on detailed rules for implementing Council
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit
and vegetables (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1176/2002 (4), and in particular Article 6(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1858/2003 (5) fixes the
indicative quantities for which system B export licences
may be issued.

In the light of the information available to the Commis-
sion today, there is a risk that the indicative quantities
laid down for the current export period for tomatoes

will shortly be exceeded. This overrun will prejudice the
proper working of the export refund scheme in the fruit
and vegetables sector.

(3)

To avoid this situation, applications for system B licences
for tomatoes after 18 December 2003 should be rejected
until the end of the current export period,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

for

system B export

Applications
tomatoes
submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1858/
2003, export declarations for which are accepted after 18
December 2003 and before 15 January 2004, are hereby
rejected.

licences

for

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 December 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 December 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 64.
(3) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 69.
(5) OJ L 272, 23.10.2003, p. 11.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2151/2003 of 16 December 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 2195/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the common procurement vocabulary (CPV) (OJ L 329 of 17.12.2003)
Date: 2003-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: public contract, single market, standardisation, statistical nomenclature, terminology

L 330/34

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.12.2003

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2151/2003 of 16 December 2003 amending Regulation (EC)
No 2195/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

(Official Journal of the European Union L 329 of 17 December 2003)

On page 2, in Article 2:

for:

read:

‘This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.’
‘This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.’
2004/155/EC: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2003 on the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument in favour of the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Iraq according to point 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999
Date: 2003-12-18
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: Community budget, EU financial instrument, Iraq, aid policy, economic reconstruction

23.2.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 54/1

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

COUNCIL

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 18 December 2003

on the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument in favour of the rehabilitation and reconstruction
of Iraq according to point 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999

(2004/155/EC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May
1999 between the European Parliament, the Council and the
Commission on budgetary discipline and improvement of
the budgetary procedure (1), and in particular point 24
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),

Whereas:

(1)

Following the European Council of 19 and 20 June
2003 in Thessaloniki, the Commission proposed that
the Community share of the European contribution
amount
to EUR 200 million over the 2003-2004
period, with EUR 40 million mobilised in 2003 and
EUR 160 million in 2004.

(2)

The amount foreseen for 2004 was not entered in the
for 2004. Accordingly,
preliminary draft budget

the EUR
the Commission has proposed to budget
160 million under the new dedicated budget
line
created through the amending letter No 1 to PDB
2004 (Article 19 08 07). At the conciliation meeting
on 24 November 2003 the European Parliament and
the Council accepted this amending letter with an
amount of EUR 160 million on the line created for
‘Aid for rehabilitation and reconstruction of Iraq’ and
the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument for an
amount of EUR 95 million,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

the European Union for the
For the general budget of
financial year 2004 (hereinafter ‘the 2004 budget’),
the
flexibility instrument shall be used to provide the sum of
EUR 95 000 000 in commitment appropriations.

(1) OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1. Agreement modified by European
Parliament and Council Decision 2003/429/EC (OJ L 147,
14.6.2003, p. 25).

(2) Not yet published in Official Journal.

This amount shall be used for the financing of the aid for
rehabilitation and reconstruction of
covered by
Heading 4 ‘External actions’ of
the financial perspective,
under the new Article 19 08 07 of the 2004 budget.

Iraq,

L 54/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.2.2004

Article 2

Done at Strasbourg, 18 December 2003.

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Union at the same time as the 2004 budget.

For the European Parliament

The President

Pat COX

For the Council

The President

Gianluigi MAGRI
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2213/2003 of 18 December 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

19.12.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 332/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2213/2003

of 18 December 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
last
import arrangements
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002 (2), and in particu-
lar 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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex
hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 December 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 December 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 332/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.12.2003

to the Commission Regulation of 18 December 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 10 10, 0805 10 30, 0805 10 50

0805 20 10

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

0805 50 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
212
624
999

052
628
999

052
204
999

052
204
388
421
999

052
204
999

052
999

052
400
600
999

052
060
064
400
404
720
999

052
060
064
400
528
720
999

77,1
57,1
113,1
160,7
102,0

143,4
126,9
135,2

125,4
71,4
98,4

45,0
62,7
46,8
13,6
42,0

62,0
63,1
62,6

74,3
74,3

65,7
39,2
64,8
56,6

58,6
45,8
51,0
77,8
82,3
94,1
68,3

71,0
62,2
60,3
101,3
79,8
119,1
82,3

(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’.
Opinion No 10/2003 of the Court of Auditors of the European Communities on a proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2728/94 establishing a Guarantee Fund for external actions
Date: 2003-12-18
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: EIB loan, credit guarantee, financial management, fund (EU), third country

23.1.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 19/3

of the Court of Auditors of the European Communities on a proposal for a Council regulation
amending Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2728/94 establishing a Guarantee Fund for external actions

OPINION No 10/2003

(2004/C 19/02)

THE COURT OF AUDITORS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING OPINION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity, and in particular Articles 248 and 279 thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community, and in particular Articles 160c and 183
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation amending
Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2728/94 establishing a Guarantee
Fund for external actions (1),

Having regard to the Council’s decision of 27 October 2003 to
exercise the option of consulting the Court on this proposal,
which the Court received on the same date,

The Court regrets the Commission’s proposal to extend the dead-
line for the presentation of the Annual Report concerning the
Fund from 31 March to 30 June.

In the Court’s view this report contains information which is use-
ful for the annual audit work carried out from April until June fol-
lowing the presentation of the Fund’s revenue and expenditure
account and balance sheet. The Court hopes that it will continue
to be able to have access to this information at a convenient date.

This Opinion was adopted by the Court of Auditors in Luxembourg at its meeting of 17 and 18 Decem-
ber 2003.

For the Court of Auditors

Juan Manuel FABRA VALLÉS

President

(1) COM(2003) 604 final of 13 October 2003.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2227/2003 of 18 December 2003 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (lemons)
Date: 2003-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, export licence

19.12.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 332/37

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2227/2003

of 18 December 2003

on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (lemons)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 47/2003 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001
of 8 October 2001 on detailed rules for implementing Council
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit
and vegetables (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1176/2002 (4), and in particular Article 6(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1858/2003 (5) fixes the
indicative quantities for which system B export licences
may be issued.

In the light of the information available to the Commis-
sion today, there is a risk that the indicative quantities
laid down for the current export period for lemons will

shortly be exceeded. This overrun will prejudice the
proper working of the export refund scheme in the fruit
and vegetables sector.

(3)

To avoid this situation, applications for system B licences
for lemons after 18 December 2003 should be rejected
until the end of the current export period,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Applications for system B export licences for lemons submitted
pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1858/2003, export
declarations for which are accepted after 18 December 2003
and before 15 January 2004, are hereby rejected.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 December 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 December 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 64.
(3) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 69.
(5) OJ L 272, 23.10.2003, p. 11.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2003-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

18.12.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 308/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

17 December 2003

(2003/C 308/01)

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

1,2337

132,76

7,4422

0,703

9,033

1,5539

89,84

8,275

1,9543

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

0,58469

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

32,356

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6649

0,4306

4,6543

40 613

236,74

41,16

1 764 808

1,6655

1,6418

9,5774

1,9041

2,1096

263,75

KRW

South Korean won

1 466,44

3,4524

ZAR

South African rand

8,0059

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3344 — Bain Capital/Interfer — Brenntag) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control, metals, steel

18.12.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 308/15

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3344 — Bain Capital/Interfer — Brenntag)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2003/C 308/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 10 December 2003 the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
1.
to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as
last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1310/97 (2), by which the undertaking Bain Capital Investors, LLC (‘Bain Capital’, USA) acquires,
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, control of the whole of the undertakings
Brenntag Group (‘Brenntag’, Germany) and Interfer Group (‘Interfer’, Germany) by way of purchase of
shares from Stinnes AG (‘Stinnes’, Germany).

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Bain Capital: management of private equity, venture capital, hedge and high yield funds,

— Brenntag: mixing, trading and distribution of chemical substances,

— Interfer: processing, storage, transportation and trade of steel, metal, plastic and ferrous products, non

ferrous metals and their alloys, tools and machines.

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
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.

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.3344 — Bain Capital/Interfer — Brenntag, 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.