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Commission Regulation (EC) No 62/2004 of 14 January 2004 on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, lemons and apples)
Date: 2004-01-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, export licence, fruit vegetable, pip fruit

15.1.2004

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 62/2004

of 14 January 2004

on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, lemons
and apples)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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), and in particular the third sub-
paragraph of Article 35(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2003 (3) opens an
invitation to tender setting the indicative refund rates
and indicative quantities for system A3 export licences,
which may be issued, other than those tendered for as
part of food aid.

In the light of the tenders submitted, the maximum
refund rates and the percentages of quantities to be
awarded for
tenders quoting those maximum rates
should be set.

tomatoes,

lemons and apples

In the case of
the
maximum rate necessary to award licences for the indi-
cative quantity up to the quantities tendered for is not
more than one-and-a-half times the indicative refund
rate,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the case of tomatoes,
lemons and apples, the maximum
refund rates and the percentages for reducing the quantities
awarded under the invitation to tender opened by Regulation
(EC) No 1913/2003 shall be fixed in the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 January 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 January 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8.
(2) OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 64.
(3) OJ L 283, 31.10.2003, p. 25.

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Issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetable sector (tomatoes, lemons and apples)

ANNEX

Product

Maximum refund rate
(EUR/t net)

Percentage awarded of quantities tendered
for quoting the maximum refund rate

Tomatoes

Lemons

Apples

25

36

32

100 %

41 %

24 %
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: 2004-01-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, State aid, aid to undertakings, road transport

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In the case of consultancy services, however, the aid may not
exceed 50 % of the total admissible costs

— Division K 72 — Computer and related activities

Date of implementation: June 2003, when the Commission
received the notification

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Period 2003
to 2006

Objective of aid: To assist small and medium-sized manufac-
turing and craft enterprises to carry out integrated business
projects

Economic sector(s) concerned:

ISTAT Codes 1991

— Section C — Mining and quarrying

— Section D — Manufacturing

— Division K 73 — Research and development

— Division K 74 — Other business activities

— Division I 63 — Supporting and auxiliary transport
travel agencies and tour

the activities of

activities; but
operators are excluded.

Firms engaged in the production, processing or marketing of
products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty and firms in the
shipbuilding industry are excluded.

The recipient firms must be financially and economically sound

Name and address of the granting authority:

— Section E — Electricity, gas and water supply

— Section F — Construction

Regione Toscana
Via di Novoli, 26
I-50127 Firenze

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2004/C 9/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.1.2003

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 769/02

Title: Rescue aid for three ABX Logistics companies (F, D, NL)

Objective: Road haulage

Budget: EUR 123 million

Duration: Six months and repayable over twelve months

Other information: Type of aid: Rescue aid in the form of three bridging loans

The authentic text(s) 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
Commission Regulation (EC) No 63/2004 of 14 January 2004 on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (oranges)
Date: 2004-01-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, export licence

15.1.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 63/2004

of 14 January 2004

on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (oranges)

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), and in particular the third sub-
paragraph of Article 35(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1913/2003 (3) opens a
tendering procedure setting the indicative refund rates
and indicative quantities for which system A3 export
licences may be issued.

In the light of the tenders submitted, the maximum
refund rates and the percentages of quantities to be
awarded for
tenders quoting those maximum rates
should be set.

In the case of oranges, the maximum rate necessary to
award licences for the indicative quantity up to the
quantities tendered for is more than one-and-a-half times
the indicative refund rate. The rate must therefore be set

in accordance with Article 4(4) of Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1961/2001 of 8 October 2001 laying
down detailed rules for implementing Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on
fruit and vegetables (4), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1176/2002 (5).

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the case of oranges, the maximum refund rate and the
percentage of quantities to be awarded under the tendering
procedure opened by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2003 shall be
as set out in the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 January 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 January 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 7, 11.1.2002, p. 64.
(3) OJ L 283, 31.10.2003, p. 25.

(4) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8.
(5) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 69.

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Issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (oranges)

ANNEX

Product

Maximum refund rate (EUR/
tonne net)

Percentage awarded of
quantities tendered for quoting
the maximum refund rate

Oranges

35

100 %
Commission Regulation (EC) No 58/2004 of 14 January 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2004-01-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

15.1.2004

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 58/2004

of 14 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 15 January 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 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.

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to the Commission Regulation of 14 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
999

052
204
220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
388
421
999

052
204
999

052
204
464
600
624
999

052
600
999

060
400
404
720
800
999

052
060
064
400
528
720
999

90,0
38,4
64,2

137,8
122,9
255,9
172,2

116,7
63,0
89,9

53,3
49,1
67,3
39,3
23,8
33,9
44,5

77,9
98,0
88,0

81,0
86,3
88,5
69,6
70,4
79,2

74,3
70,8
72,6

39,9
120,1
93,1
72,6
131,2
91,4

41,8
57,4
60,0
90,1
96,9
36,7
63,8

(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’.
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-01-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, State aid, aid to undertakings, vocational training

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the
EC Treaty to training aid

(2004/C 9/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT 51/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Bavaria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO)
e. V., Traunreut

Legal basis:

Bayerische Haushaltsordnung (BayHO)

VO (EG) Nr. 1784/1999

EPPD zu Ziel 3

Ergänzendes Programmplanungsdokument Ziel 3

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the
company:

Total eligible costs: EUR 441 626
ESF: EUR 179 405

Maximum aid intensity: 80 %

Date of implementation: July/August 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Last payment expected to be in June 2004. Project
duration: 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2003

Objective of aid: This is a general training measure for unemployed mentally ill and mentally handi-
capped persons with a view to placement on the general labour market. The aim is to provide skills in
market gardening and gardening/landscaping. The measure will help to provide transferable skills which
will significantly improve the placement potential of the participants. The measure is based on the
framework plan for general vocational skill acquisition measures for the handicapped and mentally ill
in Bavarian integration firms/self-help firms of 18 July 2001. See also the description submitted by the
body responsible

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other services

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regierung von Oberbayern
Integrationsamt
D-80534 München
Commission Regulation (EC) No 59/2004 of 14 January 2004 on the issue of import licences for certain preserved mushrooms for the period from 1 January to 30 April 2004
Date: 2004-01-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, mushroom-growing, preserved product

15.1.2004

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 59/2004

of 14 January 2004

on the issue of import licences for certain preserved mushrooms for the period from 1 January to
30 April 2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 of
6 September 1995 opening and providing for the administra-
tion of tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms (1), and in par-
ticular Article 6(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The quantities applied for on 2 and 5 January 2004
pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No
2125/95 exceed the available quantities. The extent to
which licences may be issued should therefore be deter-
mined.

As a result of the adoption of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 2334/2003 of 30 December 2003 derogating
for the year 2004 from Regulation (EC) No 2125/95
opening and providing for the administration of tariff
quotas for preserved mushrooms (2) and because of the
accession to the Community on 1 May 2004 of the
Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania,

Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia,
this
Regulation should remain applicable only until 30 April
2004,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Import licences applied for pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of
Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 on 2 and 5 January 2004 and
submitted to the Commission on 7 and 8 January 2004 shall
be issued for 100 % of the quantity applied for.

2.
Import licences applied for pursuant to Article 4(1)(b) of
Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 on 2 and 5 January 2004 and
submitted to the Commission on 7 and 8 January 2004 shall
be issued for 8,41 % of the quantity applied for.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 January 2004.

It shall apply until 30 April 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 January 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 212, 7.9.1995, p. 16. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1142/2003 (OJ L 160, 28.6.2003, p. 39).

(2) OJ L 346, 31.12.2003, p. 15.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-01-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

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(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

13 January 2004

(2004/C 9/01)

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

1,2749

135,64

7,4485

0,6897

9,1342

1,5623

88,96

8,569

1,9554

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

0,58668

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

32,565

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6744

0,4303

4,7099

41 362

237,4

40,58

1 705 211

1,6357

1,6259

9,8975

1,8612

2,1587

268,20

KRW

South Korean won

1 503,81

3,4531

ZAR

South African rand

8,9031

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3276 — Anglo American/Kumba Resources) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-01-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, mining industry

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3276 — Anglo American/Kumba Resources)

(2004/C 9/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 3 December 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 303M3276. CELEX

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-4070/03 by José Ribeiro e Castro (UEN) to the Commission. Conventions, Charter and Constitution: the costs.
Date: 2004-01-14
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

3.4.2004

EN

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C 84 E/143

how the Ebro is to supply each of the recipient basins (for the Júcar basin, 315 cubic hectometres).
He added that ‘the distribution of volume within each basin will be decided when the diversion is
completed’.

1. What action will the Commission take to ensure that the above-mentioned conditions for granting of
the funds are applied in full?

Can the Commission guarantee that the funds will actually be made over only once the Spanish

2.
authorities have complied with the conditions both in law and in reañity?

3. What is the Commission’s position on the statements by Mr Fernández concerning the possibility of
diverting water from the Ebro to the Júcar basin without making use of the Júcar-Vinolopó conduit?

4. Will the Commission consider suspending the financing until the Spanish government has clarified
its intentions on the matter beyond all reasonable doubt?

Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission

(9 March 2004)

In relation to any funding requests related to the Ebro transfer, the Commission will ensure that the
relevant rules and procedures for the assessment, award and monitoring of projects are adhered to.

Concerning the relationship between the Ebro transfer and the Jucar-Vinalopo transfer, the Honourable
Member is referred to the Commission’s reply to written question P-0019/04, by Mr Ferrandez Lezaun (1).

(1) See page 151.

(2004/C 84 E/0181)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-4070/03

by José Ribeiro e Castro (UEN) to the Commission

Subject: Conventions, Charter and Constitution: the costs

(14 January 2004)

A great deal of work was done at European level to draft a new treaty entitled ‘Constitution for Europe’.
The same can be said for the preparation, prior to that, of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, which is
now supposed to form Part II of the Constitution.

With reference to:

(cid:1) the two Conventions, and

(cid:1) the public information campaigns carried out all over the European Union, including the publication

of both documents,

can the Commission say:

(cid:1) whether it can supply comprehensive information broken down by sector, about the costs incurred in
the preparation and presentation of the Charter and Constitution and borne by the Community budget
in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003;

(cid:1) whether it can provide an analysis of these costs, duly broken down by year and making a distinction
between the costs of the direct operation of the two Conventions on the one hand and any other costs
incurred by EU bodies on the other, in particular for information or other measures?
Addendum to Regulation (EC) No 2327/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 December 2003 establishing a transitional points system applicable to heavy goods vehicles travelling through Austria for 2004 within the framework of a sustainable transport policy — Statement by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission
Date: 2004-01-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Commission, European Parliament
Subjects: Austria, commercial vehicle, common transport policy, sustainable mobility, tradeable emission permit, transit

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ADDENDUM TO REGULATION (EC) No 2327/2003 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF
THE COUNCIL OF 22 DECEMBER 2003 ESTABLISHING A TRANSITIONAL POINTS SYSTEM
APPLICABLE TO HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES TRAVELLING THROUGH AUSTRIA FOR 2004
WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT POLICY (1)

STATEMENT BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION

The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission declare that they agree on the number of
transit points to be attributed to each of the acceding countries for use during the period of application of
the Regulation. This agreement will be finalised in accordance with the appropriate legal procedure.

The calculation of the transit points will be based on the total number of transit journeys through Austria
made in 2002, as listed below, multiplied by the NOx factor of 2003. For the period from 1 May 2004 to
31 December 2004, when the Regulation will apply in the acceding countries concerned, the number of
transit points will be reduced correspondingly by 33,33 %. For 2005 and 2006,
if the Regulation is
extended, the evolution of these transit points will be aligned with the evolution of the transit points
agreed for the current Member States.

Czech Republic (CZ)

Cyprus (CY)

Estonia (EE)

Lithuania (LT)

Latvia (LV)

Hungary (HU)

Malta (MT)

Poland (PL)

Slovakia (SK)

Slovenia (SI)

80 078

500

2 764

6 914

3 564

120 100

2 400

54 684

23 725

Slovenia will receive the same number of points as in 2003.

(1) OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 30.