do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
WRITTEN QUESTION P-0074/04 by Roger Helmer (PPE-DE) to the Commission. European Convention.
Date: 2004-01-13
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Community budget, EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, EU expenditure, European Constitution, European convention, drafting of EU law, management accounting, public awareness campaign

C 84 E/144

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

3.4.2004

(2004/C 84 E/0182)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0074/04

by Roger Helmer (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(13 January 2004)

Subject: European Convention

Will the Commission please tell me the total cost to the European taxpayer of the European Convention,
including staffing costs, travel expenses, translations, stationery, administration, notional cost of office
accommodation and any other expenses incurred.

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-4070/03 and P-0074/04
given by Ms Schreyer on behalf of the Commission

(20 February 2004)

The expenditure involved in managing the first Convention which drafted the Charter of Fundamental
Rights was essentially made up of interpreting costs for meetings.
It was shared between the three
institutions associated in drafting the Charter. Accommodation and subsistence expenses for the national
representatives were not met by the Community budget.

To finance the Convention which produced the draft Constitution for Europe, a fund was set up by
Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council (1).

Parliament,
financing of this convention (2).

the Council and the Commission also concluded an interinstitutional agreement on the

The Commission noted, when the accounts of the Convention were referred to it in connection with the
discharge, that expenditure for 2002 broke down as follows:

(in euros)

Travel of members of the Praesidium
Accommodation and subsistence allow-
ances
Remuneration
Mission expenses
Representation expenses
Studies, hearings and forum
Infrastructure and sundries
Results of adjustments

2 180,52

108 100,00
194 478,22
92 806,17
30 538,07
41 943,00
24 294,07
6 052,03

Total

500 392,08

The Commission would add that as required by paragraph 7 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on the
financing of the Convention (3),
the representatives of Parliament were periodically informed of the
situation with respect to implementation of expenditure by the Convention Secretariat.

In accordance with Article 20 of the Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member
States of 21 February 2002 (4), the revenue and expenditure account and balance sheet were also sent to
Parliament, which has to give its assent to the granting of discharge to the Secretary-General of the
Convention in respect of the implementation of the budget.

The Honourable Member is informed that more detailed information can be obtained from the General
Secretariat of the Council, which provided the secretariat for the two Conventions.

Interinstitutional Agreement of 28 February 2002, OJ C 54, 1.3.2002.

(1) Decision 2002/176/EU of 21 February 2002, OJ L 60, 1.3.2002.
(2)
(3) OJ C 54, 1.3.2002.
(4) OJ L 60, 1.3.2002, p. 56.
2004/183/EC: Council Decision of 13 January 2004 on the signature and provisional application of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Croatia concerning the transitional points system applicable to heavy goods vehicles travelling through Austria
Date: 2004-01-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Austria, Croatia, agreement (EU), carriage of goods, commercial vehicle, tradeable emission permit, transit

25.2.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 57/19

COUNCIL DECISION

of 13 January 2004

on the signature and provisional application of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Croatia concerning the transitional
points system applicable to heavy goods vehicles travelling through Austria

(2004/183/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 71(1), 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)

(2)

(3)

The Commission negotiated an Agreement in the form
of an Exchange of Letters between the European Com-
munity and the Republic of Croatia concerning the tran-
sitional points system applicable to heavy goods vehicles
travelling through Austria.

Subject to its conclusion at a later date, the Agreement
should be signed.

Arrangements should be made for the provisional appli-
cation of the Agreement from 1 January 2004,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The President of the Council
is authorised to designate the
person(s) entitled to sign, on behalf of the European Com-
munity, the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters

between the European Community and the Republic of Croatia
concerning the transitional points system applicable to heavy
goods vehicles travelling through Austria, subject to its conclu-
sion at a later date.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall be applied on a
provisional basis from 1 January 2004.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 13 January 2004.

For the Council

The President

B. COWEN
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-01-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 8/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.1.2004

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

12 January 2004

(2004/C 8/05)

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

1,2828

136,57

7,448

0,6925

9,1115

1,565

88,94

8,6065

1,9557

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

0,58658

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

32,572

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6769

0,4307

4,6967

41 350

237,32

40,66

1 711 297

1,6501

1,6323

9,9585

1,8806

2,1698

270,25

KRW

South Korean won

1 508,64

3,4534

ZAR

South African rand

8,6617

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
2004/184/EC: Council Decision of 13 January 2004 on the signature and provisional application of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia concerning the transitional points system applicable to heavy goods vehicles travelling through Austria
Date: 2004-01-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Austria, North Macedonia, agreement (EU), carriage of goods, commercial vehicle, tradeable emission permit, transit

L 57/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.2.2004

COUNCIL DECISION

of 13 January 2004

on the signature and provisional application of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
concerning the transitional points system applicable to heavy goods vehicles travelling through
Austria

(2004/184/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 71(1), in conjunction with the
first sentence of
the first subparagraph of Article 300(2)
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The Commission negotiated an Agreement in the form
of an Exchange of Letters between the European Com-
munity and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
concerning the transitional points system applicable to
heavy goods vehicles travelling through Austria.

Subject to its conclusion at a later date, the Agreement
should be signed.

Arrangements should be made for the provisional appli-
cation of the Agreement from 1 January 2004,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The President of the Council
is authorised to designate the
person(s) entitled to sign, on behalf of the European Com-
munity, the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters

between the European Community and the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia concerning the transitional points
system applicable to heavy goods vehicles travelling through
Austria, subject to its conclusion at a later date.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall be applied on a
provisional basis from 1 January 2004.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 13 January 2004.

For the Council

The President

B. COWEN
Commission Regulation (EC) No 56/2004 of 13 January 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2004-01-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

L 8/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.1.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 56/2004

of 13 January 2004

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 14 January 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 January 2004.

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.

14.1.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 8/5

to the Commission Regulation of 13 January 2004 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
624
999

052
204
220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
388
421
999

052
204
999

052
204
464
624
999

052
600
999

060
400
404
720
800
999

052
060
064
400
528
720
999

90,6
37,3
193,8
107,2

128,2
122,9
255,9
169,0

91,3
72,8
82,1

56,5
49,4
59,4
29,7
23,8
33,9
42,1

77,9
98,4
88,2

94,1
86,3
94,3
72,5
86,8

76,4
63,1
69,8

64,4
106,0
80,5
72,3
131,2
90,9

41,8
57,4
60,0
82,1
96,9
36,7
62,5

(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’.
2004/181/EC: Council Decision of 13 January 2004 on the signature and provisional application of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Slovenia concerning the transitional points system applicable to heavy goods vehicles travelling through Austria from 1 January 2004 to 30 April 2004
Date: 2004-01-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Austria, Slovenia, agreement (EU), carriage of goods, commercial vehicle, tradeable emission permit, transit

25.2.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 57/13

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 13 January 2004

on the signature and provisional application of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Slovenia concerning the transi-
tional points system applicable to heavy goods vehicles travelling through Austria from 1 January
2004 to 30 April 2004

(2004/181/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 71(1), in conjunction with the
the first subparagraph of Article 300(2)
first sentence of
thereof,

between the European Community and the Republic of
Slovenia concerning the transitional points system applicable to
heavy goods vehicles travelling through Austria from 1 January
2004 to 30 April 2004, subject to its conclusion at a later
date.

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The Commission negotiated an Agreement in the form
of an Exchange of Letters between the European Com-
munity and the Republic of Slovenia concerning the
transitional points system applicable to heavy goods
vehicles travelling through Austria.

Subject to its conclusion at a later date, the Agreement
should be signed.

Arrangements should be made for the provisional appli-
cation of the Agreement from 1 January 2004,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The President of the Council
is authorised to designate the
person(s) entitled to sign, on behalf of the European Com-
munity, the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters

Article 2

The Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall be applied on a
provisional basis from 1 January 2004.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 13 January 2004.

For the Council

The President

B. COWEN
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights (COM(2003) 456 ‐ C5-0573/2003 ‐ 2003/0161(CNS))
Date: 2004-01-13
Institutions: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, European Parliament
Subjects: Community Plant Variety Office, crop production, genetically modified organism, patent law, patents licence, plant propagation, plant variety right

C 92 E/66

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

16.4.2004

Tuesday 13 January 2004

TEXTS ADOPTED

P5_TA(2004)0001

Plant variety rights *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending
(COM(2003) 456 —
Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights

C5-0573/2003 — 2003/0161(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2003) 456) (1),

— having regard to Article 308 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament

(C5-0573/2003),

— having regard to Rules 67 and 158(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the

report of

the Committee on Agriculture

and Rural Development

(A5-0482/2003),

Approves the Commission proposal;

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

1.

2.

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal sub-

3.
stantially;

4.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P5_TA(2004)0002

Controls on fishing for certain highly migratory fish *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the amended proposal for a Council Regulation
amending Regulation (EC) No 1936/2001 of 27 September 2001 laying down control measures
applicable to fishing for certain stocks of highly migratory fish (COM(2002) 421 — C5-0406/2002
— COM(2003) 417 — C5-0479/2003 — 2002/0186(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2002) 421) (1) and the amended

proposal (COM(2003) 417) (2),

— having regard to Article 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament

(C5-0479/2003),

(1) OJ C 291 E, 26.11.2002, p. 212.
(2) Not yet published in OJ.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3336 — Cofinoga/Quelle/CDGP) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-01-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer credit, distance selling, economic concentration, insurance occupation, merger control

C 8/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.1.2004

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3336 — Cofinoga/Quelle/CDGP)

(2004/C 8/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 22 December 2003 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1310/97 (2), by which the undertakings Cofinoga, France (‘Cofinoga’) belonging to the group Galeries
Lafayette and Quelle SAS, France (‘Quelle’) belonging to the German group Karstadt Quelle, acquire,
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation,
joint control of the undertakings Compagnie
de Gestion et des Prêts, France (‘CDGP’) and La Source Sarl, France (‘La Source’) by way of purchase of
shares in the preexisting companies constituting a new joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Cofinoga: consumer credits

— Quelle: mail order business, consumer credits and insurances

— CDGP: consumer credits

— La Source: insurances

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within

3.
the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

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.3336 — Cofinoga/Quelle/CDGP, 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3294 — ExxonMobil/BEB) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-01-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, oil industry

13.1.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 8/7

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3293 — Shell/BEB)

(2004/C 8/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 20 November 2003, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be
made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 303M3293. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3294 — ExxonMobil/BEB)

(2004/C 8/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 20 November 2003, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be
made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3293 — Shell/BEB) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-01-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, oil industry

13.1.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 8/7

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3293 — Shell/BEB)

(2004/C 8/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 20 November 2003, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be
made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 303M3293. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3294 — ExxonMobil/BEB)

(2004/C 8/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 20 November 2003, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be
made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

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