do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3953/03 by Catherine Stihler (PSE) to the Commission. Wheelchair design specifications.
Date: 2003-12-22
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European standard, medical device, product design, technical specification

C 78 E/678

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

27.3.2004

With regard to the import and commercial exploitation of genetically modified fish within the European
Community, the Commission would like to point out that, under Directive 2001/18/EC of the Parliament
and of the Council of 12 March 2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically
modified organisms (1), a GMO cannot be marketed in the European Union without first obtaining
authorisation for placing on the market in accordance with part C of the Directive, based on a case-by-case
scientific evaluation of the potential risks that the GMO in question could pose to human health and the
environment. To date no request has been made to release the organism in question into the environment
for experimental or commercial purposes.

(1) OJ L 106, 17.4.2001.

(2004/C 78 E/0722)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3953/03

by Catherine Stihler (PSE) to the Commission

(22 December 2003)

Subject: Wheelchair design specifications

Can the Commission inform me whether there is a European standard for wheelchair design specifications?

Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission

(29 January 2004)

Wheelchairs are medical devices and, as such, fall under the scope of Council Directive 93/42/EEC of
14 June 1993 concerning medical devices (1).

The following European Standards exist for wheelchairs.

When complied with, they give presumption of conformity with the relevant essential requirements.

(cid:1) EN 12183: 1999 rev, on manually propelled wheelchairs (cid:1) requirements and test methods;

(cid:1) EN 12184: 1999 rev, on electrically powered wheelchairs, scooters and their charges (cid:1) requirements

and test methods;

(cid:1) EN 12182, on technical aids for disabled persons (cid:1) general requirements and test methods.

In meeting the requirements of the Directive, technical files must be available which include design
information.

(1) OJ L 323, 26.11.1997.

(2004/C 78 E/0723)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3960/03

by José Ribeiro e Castro (UEN) to the Commission

(5 January 2004)

Subject: Angola (cid:1) reintegration of ex-combatants and disarmament of civilians

According to a communiqué issued by the Unita Standing Committee at the meeting which it held from
31 October to 2 November 2003 for the purpose of analysing the party’s internal situation and Angola’s
social, economic and political situation, there has been an increase in the number of acts of intimidation
and violence committed in the country against former FALA combatants and against Unita supporters. The
Council Decision of 22 December 2003 appointing the members of the Scientific and Technical Committee
Date: 2003-12-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: appointment of staff, scientific committee (EU), technical committee (EU)

13.1.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 8/1

I

(Information)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 22 December 2003

appointing the members of the Scientific and Technical Committee

(2004/C 8/01)

Professor C. Streffer
Professor Leonidas Camarinopoulos
Professor Michael Antonopoulos-Domis
Dr Tom O'Flaherty
Professor Maurizio Cumo
Mr Carlo Lombardi
Mr Edouard Sinner
Professor Harry van der Laan
Professor Adrian H. M. Verkooijen
Professor Júlio Montalvão Machado
Professor Carlos Varandas
Mr Cesar Dopazo
Professor José Maria Martinez Val
Mr Julio Barcelo Vernet
Dr Sten Bjurström
Professor Lena Torell
Dr Allan G. Duncan
Dr Sam A. Harbison
Dr Sue Ion
Dr Derek Pooley
Dr Andrew Spurr

Article 2

The appointment of each of the persons listed in Article 1 of
this Decision shall take effect on the date on which the Council
received acceptance of that person's appointment.

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2003.

For the Council

The President

A. MATTEOLI

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community, and in particular Article 134 thereof,

Having regard to the opinion of the Commission,

Whereas, by its Decision of 13 October 1998 (1), as supple-
mented by its Decisions of 14 December 2000 and of 1 March
2002 (2), the Council appointed the members of the Scientific
and Technical Committee for the period 1 April 1998 to 31
March 2003,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following are hereby appointed members of the Scientific
and Technical Committee for the period 1 April 2003 to 31
March 2008:

Professor Manfred Heindler
Professor Peter Hille
Mr Jean-Paul Samain
Mr Theofiel Van Rentergem
Dr Jørgen Kjems
Professor Rainer Salomaa
Mr Bertrand Barré
Mr Michel Henri Noël Bourguignon
Mr Roland Stamm
Mr Bernard Tinturier
Mr Yves Vandenboomgaerde
Professor Adolf Birkhofer
Dr. Klaus J. Kasper
Professor Michael Kaufmann
Professor Manfred Popp

(1) OJ C 324, 22.10.1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 371, 23.12.2000, p. 1 and OJ C 63, 12.3.2002, p. 1.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2258/2003 of 22 December 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

L 336/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.12.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2258/2003

of 22 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
import arrangements
last
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 23 December 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 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.

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 336/9

to the Commission Regulation of 22 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
999

052
220
628
999

052
204
999

052
204
388
999

052
204
999

052
999

052
600
999

052
060
064
400
404
512
720
999

052
064
400
528
720
999

85,5
57,4
113,1
85,3

53,9
122,9
126,9
101,2

80,5
60,0
70,3

45,0
62,7
46,8
51,5

62,0
63,2
62,6

77,7
77,7

65,7
74,4
70,1

58,6
40,5
51,0
86,7
79,0
61,9
97,6
67,9

107,2
58,8
99,0
79,8
48,7
78,7

(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’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2281/2003 of 22 December 2003 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2003-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

23.12.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 336/93

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2281/2003

of 22 December 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 32,036/100 kg.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 December 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 22 December 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2264/2003 of 22 December 2003 prohibiting fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom
Date: 2003-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, fishing area, fishing rights, sea fish, ship's flag

L 336/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.12.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2264/2003

of 22 December 2003

prohibiting fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12
October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the
common fisheries policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1954/2003 (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 of 20 December
2002 fixing for 2003 the fishing opportunities and asso-
ciated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of
fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for
Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch
are required (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1754/2003 (4), lays down quotas for cod for 2003.

In order
to ensure compliance with the provisions
relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks
subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by
which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a
Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota
allocated.

According to the information received by the Commis-
sion, catches of cod in the waters of ICES divisions I and
II (Norwegian waters) by vessels flying the flag of the

United Kingdom or registered in the United Kingdom
have exhausted the quota allocated for 2003. The United
Kingdom has prohibited fishing for this stock from 26
November 2003. That date should be adopted in this
Regulation also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of cod in the waters of ICES divisions I and II (Norwe-
gian waters) by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom or
registered in the United Kingdom are hereby deemed to have
exhausted the quota allocated to the United Kingdom for 2003.

Fishing for cod in the waters of ICES divisions I and II (Norwe-
gian waters) by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom or
registered in the United Kingdom is hereby prohibited, as are
the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock
caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this
Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 26 November 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2003.

For the Commission

Jörgen HOLMQUIST

Director-General for Fisheries

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 289, 7.11.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 356, 31.12.2002, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 252, 4.10.2003, p. 1.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2263/2003 of 22 December 2003 determining the extent to which applications lodged in December 2003 for import licences for certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the Agreement concluded by the Community with Slovenia can be accepted
Date: 2003-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovenia, agreement (EU), import licence, meat product, pigmeat

L 336/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.12.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2263/2003

of 22 December 2003

determining the extent to which applications lodged in December 2003 for import licences for
certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the Agreement concluded by the Com-
munity with Slovenia can be accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 571/97 of
26 March 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application
in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for in the
Interim Agreement between the Community and Slovenia (1), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1935/2003 (2), and in par-
ticular Article 4(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The applications for import licences lodged for the first
quarter of 2004 are for quantities less than the quantities
available and can therefore be met in full.

The surplus to be added to the quantity available for the
following period should be determined.

It is appropriate to draw the attention of operators to
the fact that licences may only be used for products
which comply with all veterinary rules currently in force
in the Community,

Article 1

Applications for import licences for the period 1 January
1.
to 31 March 2004 submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No
571/97 shall be met as referred to in Annex I.

For the period 1 April to 30 June 2004, applications may
2.
be lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 571/97 for import
licences for a total quantity as referred to in Annex II.

Licences may only be used for products which comply

3.
with all veterinary rules currently in force in the Community.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 85, 27.3.1997, p. 56.
(2) OJ L 285, 1.11.2003, p. 20.

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 336/19

ANNEX I

Group No

Percentage of acceptance of import licences
submitted for the period 1 January to 31 March
2004

23

24

25

26

SL

Group No

23

24

25

26

SL

100,00

100,00

100,00

100,00

100,00

ANNEX II

(t)

Total quantity available
for the period
1 April to 30 June 2004

168,3

183,8

87,8

441,3

100,0
Council conclusions of 22 December 2003 on dock dues
Date: 2003-12-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: French overseas department and region, import tax, local tax, tax system

C 321/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

31.12.2003

COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS

of 22 December 2003

on dock dues

(2003/C 321/04)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

RECALLING:

— the particular handicaps of the outermost regions recognised by the Treaty,

— the importance of specific measures to support their socio-economic development,

— the Seville European Council's request that the Council and the Commission complete certain priority

proceedings, in particular the question of dock dues in the French overseas departments,

CONSIDERS IT DESIRABLE that the continuity of the dock dues arrangements should be ensured during the
period between 1 January 2004 and 30 June 2004, with a view to the forthcoming decision on those
arrangements;

INTENDS TO EXAMINE as soon as possible the Commission proposal regarding the future of
arrangements, taking account in particular of the principles of necessity and proportionality.

those
2004/127/EC: Council Decision of 22 December 2003 on the conclusion of the Agreement on scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Tunisian Republic
Date: 2003-12-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Tunisia, cooperation agreement (EU), scientific cooperation, technical cooperation

L 37/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.2.2004

COUNCIL DECISION

of 22 December 2003

on the conclusion of the Agreement on scientific and technological cooperation between the
European Community and the Tunisian Republic

(2004/127/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 170 thereof, in conjunction
with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article
300(2) and Article 300(3) thereof,

Article 1

The Agreement on scientific and technological cooperation
between the European Community and the Tunisian Republic
is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

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

Article 2

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The Commission has negotiated, on behalf of the Com-
munity, an Agreement on scientific and technological
cooperation with the Tunisian Republic.

The Agreement was signed on behalf of the Community
on 26 June 2003 in Thessaloniki, subject to possible
conclusion at a later date.

(3)

The Agreement should be approved,

The President of the Council shall, acting on behalf of the Com-
munity, give the notification provided for in Article 7 of the
Agreement (2).

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2003.

For the Council

The President

A. MATTEOLI

(1) Opinion of 4 December 2003 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

(2) The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in
the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat
of the Council.
2004/107/EC: Council Decision of 22 December 2003 relating to the conclusion of an additional Protocol, laying down the trade arrangements for certain fish and fishery products, to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part
Date: 2003-12-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Romania, agreement (EU), customs duties, fish, fishery product, tariff reduction

5.2.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 32/11

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 22 December 2003

relating to the conclusion of an additional Protocol, laying down the trade arrangements for
certain fish and fishery products, to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between
the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other
part

(2004/107/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with the
the first subparagraph of Article 300(2)
first sentence of
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

It is desirable to complete by means of an additional
Protocol the Europe Agreement establishing an associa-
tion between the European Communities and their
Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the
other part (1), so as to provide for preferential conditions
for the importation into the Community of certain fish
and fishery products originating in Romania, and into
Romania of certain fish and fishery products originating
in the Community.

(2)

To that end a new Protocol
arrangements
should be added to the said Europe Agreement.

laying down the trade
for certain fish and fishery products

(3)

The Protocol should be approved,

Article 1

The Additional Protocol, laying down the trade arrangements
for certain fish and fishery products, to the Europe Agreement
establishing an association between the European Communities
and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the
other part, is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Additional Protocol is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council shall notify the Community's
approval of
to the Government of Romania
according to Article 4 thereof.

the Protocol

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2003.

For the Council

The President

A. MATTEOLI

(1) OJ L 357, 31.12.1994, p. 2.