do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

21.1.2004

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(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

20 January 2004

(2004/C 15/01)

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

1,2536

134,43

7,4468

0,6913

9,1631

1,572

86,58

8,6045

1,9558

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

0,58672

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

32,91

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6692

0,4298

4,7306

41 087

237,53

40,695

1 677 519

1,6374

1,6206

9,7394

1,8846

2,1417

264,20

KRW

South Korean won

1 489,28

3,4523

ZAR

South African rand

9,1348

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(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Corrigendum to Commission Directive 2003/60/EC of 18 June 2003 amending the Annexes to Council Directives 76/895/EEC, 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards the fixing of maximum levels for certain pesticide residues in and on cereals, foodstuffs of animal origin and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables (OJ L 155 of 24.6.2003)
Date: 2004-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal product, cereals, food standard, fruit product, pesticide, vegetable product

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Corrigendum to Commission Directive 2003/60/EC of 18 June 2003 amending the Annexes to Council Direc-
tives 76/895/EEC, 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards the fixing of maximum levels for certain
pesticide residues in and on cereals, foodstuffs of animal origin and certain products of plant origin, including
fruit and vegetables

(Official Journal of the European Union L 155 of 24 June 2003)

On page 18, fourth column, second row (‘CEREALS’) of the table, ‘0,02 (*) (p)’ is deleted.

On pages 20, first column, and 22 to 34 (14th column, first row):

for:
read:

‘cyclanide’
‘cyclanilide’.

On page 26, ninth column, the entry ‘0,05 (*) (p)’ is added to the row ‘(i) ROOT AND TUBER VEGETABLES’.

On pages 22 to 34, seventh column, first row:

for:
read:

‘metalaxyl-M including other mixtures of constituent isomers (sum of isomers)’
‘metalaxyl-M’.

On page 34, 17th column, the entry ‘0,5’ is added to the row ‘Rape seed’.

On page 34, 17th column, fourth row (‘Soya bean’)

for:
read:

‘0,5 (p)’
‘0,1 (*) (p)’.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2344/2003 of 30 December 2003 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 346 of 31.12.2003)
Date: 2004-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: committee (EU), common customs tariff, statistical nomenclature, tariff nomenclature, tariff preference

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CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1334/2003 of 25 July 2003 amending the conditions for
authorisation of a number of additives in feedingstuffs belonging to the group of trace elements

(Official Journal of the European Union L 187 of 26 July 2003)

In the table on page 13, fifth column, fourth row:

for:
read:

‘2 (total)’,
‘2 (total) mg/kg of the complete feedingstuff’.

On pages 14 and 15, fifth column, first row:

for:
read:

‘Maximum content of the element in mg/kg of the complete feedingstuff or in mg/day’,
‘Maximum content of the element in mg/kg of the complete feedingstuff.’

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1458/2003 of 18 August 2003 opening and providing for the
administration of a tariff quota in the pigmeat sector

(Official Journal of the European Union L 208 of 19 August 2003)

The corrigendum published in Official Journal of the European Union L 215 of 27 August 2003, on page 107, is cancelled.

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2344/2003 of 30 December 2003 amending Annex I to
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs
Tariff

(Official Journal of the European Union L 346 of 31 December 2003)

On page 40, point 3(b):

for:
read:

‘(d) an extinction-coefficient variation (Κ), in the 270-nm region, not exceeding 0,15;’
‘(d) an extinction-coefficient variation (∆Κ), in the 270-nm region, not exceeding 0,15;’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 95/2004 of 21 January 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2004-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit, stone fruit

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 95/2004

of 21 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 22 January 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 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 21 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 10 00

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
204
220
999

220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
524
999

052
204
999

052
204
220
464
600
624
999

052
400
600
999

052
060
400
404
720
999

060
400
720
999

90,7
42,6
129,8
87,7

134,0
51,8
244,4
143,4

34,5
34,5

103,9
44,6
74,3

31,8
48,7
56,9
30,9
22,1
38,1

81,1
86,8
84,0

27,0
93,1
76,0
99,7
68,7
75,9
73,4

45,2
38,7
52,9
45,6

63,0
40,7
54,6
50,6
57,1
53,2

61,1
85,6
43,6
63,4

(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 97/2004 of 21 January 2004 correcting Regulations (EC) No 2281/2003 and (EC) No 2299/2003 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2004-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

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22.1.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 97/2004

of 21 January 2004

correcting Regulations (EC) No 2281/2003 and (EC) No 2299/2003 determining the world market
price for unginned cotton

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

‘Article 1

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton (1), annexed to the Act
of Accession of Greece,

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)

(2)

The average dollar rates on which Commission Regula-
tions (EC) No 2281/2003 (3) and (EC) No 2299/2003 (4)
are based are wrong. The said Regulations should there-
fore be corrected.

It should be possible at the request of the interested
party for the corrections to apply from the date of entry
into force of the corrected Regulations,

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 deter-
mined as equalling EUR 32,077/100 kg.’

Article 2

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2299/2003 is hereby replaced
by the following:

‘Article 1

The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby deter-
mined as equalling EUR 31,820/100 kg.’

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Union.

At the request of the interested party, Article 1 shall apply from
23 December 2003.

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2281/2003 is hereby replaced
by the following:

At the request of the interested party, Article 2 shall apply from
24 December 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 January 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) Protocol as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001

(OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 336, 23.12.2003, p. 93.
(4) OJ L 340, 24.12.2003, p. 53.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3334 — Arcelor/ThyssenKrupp/Steel 24-7) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, iron and steel industry, merger control

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3334 — Arcelor/ThyssenKrupp/Steel 24-7)

(2004/C 15/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 14 January 2004 the Commission received a 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 ThyssenKrupp-AG (Germany) and Arcelor SA (Luxembourg)
acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation,
joint control of steel 24-7 SA/NV
(Belgium) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— ThyssenKrupp-AG: production, processing, recycling and disposal of steel and other basic materials as
well as the extraction of other raw materials; developing, planning, production and distribution of
machines, engine plants, components, systems, devices and parts components and systems for the car
industry; trade, logistics, transport and other services; acquisition, disposition, development and main-
tenance of real estate,

— Arcelor SA: production and distribution of steel products,

— Steel 24-7 SA/NV: provision of Internet-based communication services for the steel community.

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.3334 — Arcelor/ThyssenKrupp/Steel 24-7, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3337 — Best Agrifund/Nordfleisch) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, meat processing industry, merger control

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3337 — Best Agrifund/Nordfleisch)

(2004/C 15/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 13 January 2004 the Commission received a 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 Dutch undertaking Best Agrifund NV (‘Best Agrifund’), acquires, within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, control of the whole of the German undertaking CG Nord-
fleisch AG (‘Nordfleisch’), by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Best Agrifund: purchase, slaughtering and sale of pigs and cattle, sale of fresh meat, trading of livestock
and meat, sale of processed meat, collection and processing of abattoir by-products, sale of plasma and
haemoglobin,

— Nordfleisch: purchase and slaughtering of pigs and cattle, sale of fresh meat, trading of livestock and
meat, sale of processed meat, collection and processing of abattoir by-products, sale of plasma and
haemoglobin.

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.3337 — Best Agrifund/Nordfleisch, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3352 — VW/Hahn + Lang) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, motor vehicle industry

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3352 — VW/Hahn + Lang)

(2004/C 15/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 14 January 2004 the Commission received a 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 Volkswagen AG (‘VW AG’, Germany) through its subsidiaries
Volkswagen Synko GmbH and Audi Synko GmbH,
respectively, and Hahn + Lang Beteiligungen
GmbH + Co. KG (‘H + L KG’, Germany), acquire, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation,
joint control of the undertakings Audi Zentrum Stuttgart GmbH + Co. KG (‘Audi Stuttgart KG’, Germany)
and Hahn + Lang Automobile [Neu] GmbH + Co. KG (‘VW Automobile Stuttgart KG’, Germany) by way of
purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— VW AG: developing, manufacturing and marketing of passenger cars, light commercial vehicles and

related spare parts and accessoires,

— H + L KG: management of its shares in Audi Stuttgart KG and VW Automobile Stuttgart KG.

— Audi Stuttgart KG: authorized Audi dealer, distributing new and used cars, related spare parts and

accessoires,

— VW Automobile Stuttgart KG: authorized VW dealer, distributing new and used cars, related spare

parts and accessories.

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.3352 — VW/Hahn + Lang, 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 100/2004 of 21 January 2004 amending for the 28th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001
Date: 2004-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Afghanistan, air transport, economic sanctions, foreign capital, international affairs, international sanctions, terrorism, trade restriction

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 100/2004

of 21 January 2004

amending for the 28th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restric-
tive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the
Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27
May 2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures
directed against certain persons and entities associated with
Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and
repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001 prohibiting
the export of certain goods and services to Afghanistan,
strengthening the flight ban and extending the freeze of funds
and other financial resources in respect of
the Taliban of
Afghanistan (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 19/
2004 (2), and in particular Article 7(1), first indent, thereof,

Whereas:

(2)

(3)

On 16 January 2004, the Sanctions Committee of the
United Nations Security Council decided to amend the
list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing
of funds and economic resources should apply. Annex I
should therefore be amended accordingly.

In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this
Regulation are effective, this Regulation must enter into
force immediately,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is hereby amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

(1)

Annex I
to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the
persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of
funds and economic resources under that Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 January 2004.

For the Commission

Christopher PATTEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 4, 8.1.2004, p. 11.

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ANNEX

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended as follows:

The following entries shall be added under the heading ‘Natural persons’:
1. Sulaiman Jassem Abo Ghaith. Former nationality: Kuwaiti.
2. Jamel Lounici.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1334/2003 of 25 July 2003 amending the conditions for authorisation of a number of additives in feedingstuffs belonging to the group of trace elements (OJ L 187 of 26.7.2003)
Date: 2004-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, food additive, food inspection, foodstuffs legislation

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21.1.2004

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1334/2003 of 25 July 2003 amending the conditions for
authorisation of a number of additives in feedingstuffs belonging to the group of trace elements

(Official Journal of the European Union L 187 of 26 July 2003)

In the table on page 13, fifth column, fourth row:

for:
read:

‘2 (total)’,
‘2 (total) mg/kg of the complete feedingstuff’.

On pages 14 and 15, fifth column, first row:

for:
read:

‘Maximum content of the element in mg/kg of the complete feedingstuff or in mg/day’,
‘Maximum content of the element in mg/kg of the complete feedingstuff.’

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1458/2003 of 18 August 2003 opening and providing for the
administration of a tariff quota in the pigmeat sector

(Official Journal of the European Union L 208 of 19 August 2003)

The corrigendum published in Official Journal of the European Union L 215 of 27 August 2003, on page 107, is cancelled.

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2344/2003 of 30 December 2003 amending Annex I to
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs
Tariff

(Official Journal of the European Union L 346 of 31 December 2003)

On page 40, point 3(b):

for:
read:

‘(d) an extinction-coefficient variation (Κ), in the 270-nm region, not exceeding 0,15;’
‘(d) an extinction-coefficient variation (∆Κ), in the 270-nm region, not exceeding 0,15;’.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1458/2003 of 18 August 2003 opening and providing for the administration of a tariff quota in the pigmeat sector (OJ L 208 of 19.8.2003)
Date: 2004-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, pigmeat, tariff quota

L 14/54

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Official Journal of the European Union

21.1.2004

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1334/2003 of 25 July 2003 amending the conditions for
authorisation of a number of additives in feedingstuffs belonging to the group of trace elements

(Official Journal of the European Union L 187 of 26 July 2003)

In the table on page 13, fifth column, fourth row:

for:
read:

‘2 (total)’,
‘2 (total) mg/kg of the complete feedingstuff’.

On pages 14 and 15, fifth column, first row:

for:
read:

‘Maximum content of the element in mg/kg of the complete feedingstuff or in mg/day’,
‘Maximum content of the element in mg/kg of the complete feedingstuff.’

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1458/2003 of 18 August 2003 opening and providing for the
administration of a tariff quota in the pigmeat sector

(Official Journal of the European Union L 208 of 19 August 2003)

The corrigendum published in Official Journal of the European Union L 215 of 27 August 2003, on page 107, is cancelled.

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2344/2003 of 30 December 2003 amending Annex I to
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs
Tariff

(Official Journal of the European Union L 346 of 31 December 2003)

On page 40, point 3(b):

for:
read:

‘(d) an extinction-coefficient variation (Κ), in the 270-nm region, not exceeding 0,15;’
‘(d) an extinction-coefficient variation (∆Κ), in the 270-nm region, not exceeding 0,15;’.