do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road’ (COM(2003) 559 final - 2003/0221 (COD))
Date: 2004-01-28
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: carriage of goods, codification of EU law, road transport, transport regulations, vehicle rental

C 108/56

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.4.2004

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘proposal for a Directive of the
European Parliament and of the Council on the use of vehicles hired without drivers for the
carriage of goods by road’

(COM(2003) 559 final - 2003/0221 (COD))

(2004/C 108/09)

On 3 October 2003 the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee, under
Article 71 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the above-mentioned proposal.

The Section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society, which was responsible for
preparing the Committee's work on the subject, adopted its opinion on 8 January 2004. The rapporteur
was Mr Simons.

At its 405th plenary session of 28 and 29 January 2004 (meeting of 28 January) the European Economic
and Social Committee unanimously adopted the following opinion:

In the context of a people's Europe, the clarity and transparency of Community law are an important
element. The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have therefore stressed the need to
codify frequently amended legislative acts and have agreed on a rapid procedure. No changes of substance
may be made to legislative acts in the process of codification.

This Commission proposal complies with this intention and the EESC therefore has no objections.

Brussels, 28 January 2004

The President

of the European Economic and Social
Committee

Roger BRIESCH
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No. 2320/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing common rules in the field of civil aviation security’ (COM(2003) 566 final - 2003/0222 (COD))
Date: 2004-01-28
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: air safety, aircraft, approximation of laws, civil aviation, common transport policy, safety standard

30.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 108/57

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘proposal for a Regulation of the
European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No. 2320/2002 of the European
Parliament and of the Council establishing common rules in the field of civil aviation security’

(COM(2003) 566 final - 2003/0222 (COD))

(2004/C 108/10)

On 8 October 2003 the Council of the European Union decided to consult the European Economic and
Social Committee, under Article 80 (2) of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the above-
mentioned proposal.

The Section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society, which was responsible for
preparing the Committee's work on the subject, adopted its opinion on 8 January 2004. The rapporteur
was Mr Simons.

At its 405th plenary session (meeting of 28 and 29 January 2004), the European Economic and Social
Committee adopted the following opinion unanimously.

1. The EESC considers it appropriate to permit the application of equivalent levels of security than those
explicitly prescribed in the legislation at airports used only by small aircraft, general aviation or airports
used infrequently, on the grounds that investment in expensive security equipment would be inap-
propriate. The proposal also corrects some minor errors of little substantial importance. The EESC
therefore supports the proposal.

2. Furthermore, it would underline the importance of Article 4, new paragraph 3a) stating that:

‘Each
flight originating from a demarcated area of an airport shall indicate this fact to the destination airport
in advance of the arrival of the flight’. This information is essential for ensuring appropriate security
measures can be taken to receive air passengers and baggage from ‘demarcated’ areas of ‘origin’ airports
who are transferring flights or entering a terminal building where there is no physical separation of
arriving and departing passengers. The aircraft operator is best placed to provide this information.

3. Finally, the Committee underlines that the national security measures (as referred to in Article 4, para-
graph 3 of Regulation 2320/2002) must be applied to ‘demarcated areas’ and not to individual general
aviation flights or individual small aircraft (with less than 10 tonnes of Maximum Take Off Weight or
less than 20 seats) which arrive at a destination airport where no ‘demarcated area’ exists.

Brussels, 28 January 2004.

The President

of the European Economic and Social
Committee

Roger BRIESCH
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-01-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

28.1.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 24/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

27 January 2004

(2004/C 24/01)

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

1,2517

132,51

7,4485

LVL

MTL

PLN

Currency

Latvian lats

Maltese lira

Polish zloty

Exchange
rate

0,6675

0,4297

4,7234

0,69085

ROL

Romanian leu

40 804

9,1591

1,5681

86,72

8,601

1,9559

SIT

SKK

TRL

AUD

CAD

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

Australian dollar

Canadian dollar

0,58606

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

32,918

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

237,34

40,585

1 655 012

1,6197

1,6416

9,7185

1,8596

2,1271

262,65

KRW

South Korean won

1 473,25

3,4529

ZAR

South African rand

8,9168

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 149/2004 of 28 January 2004 laying down special measures concerning the application of Regulation (EC) No 2246/2003 in the pigmeat sector
Date: 2004-01-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, beef, private stock, storage premium

L 24/46

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

29.1.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 149/2004

of 28 January 2004

laying down special measures concerning the application of Regulation (EC) No 2246/2003 in the
pigmeat sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3444/90 of
27 November 1990 laying down detailed rules for granting
private storage aid for pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 851/2003 (2), and in particular Article 11(b)
thereof,

Whereas:

An examination of the situation has indicated a risk that there
will be an excessively large number of applications for the
private storage aid scheme introduced by Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 2246/2003 (3). Therefore,
is necessary to
suspend application of the Regulation and reject the applica-
tions in question,

it

Article 1

Application of Regulation (EC) No 2246/2003 is hereby

1.
suspended for the period 30 January to 5 February 2004.

2.
Applications submitted from 23 to 29 January 2004 for
which acceptance decisions would have had to be taken during
that period, are hereby rejected.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 January 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 January 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 333, 30.11.1990, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 123, 17.5.2003, p. 7.
(3) OJ L 333, 20.12.2003, p. 34.
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2004-01-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, fruit, fruit-growing, production aid

C 24/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.1.2004

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2004/C 24/06)

Date of adoption of the decision:

3.12.2003

Member State:

Austria (Steiermark)

Aid No:

Title:

Objective:

Legal basis:

Budget:

N 204/03

Directive on measures
(Erwinia
amylovora) and to compensate related losses in commercial
fruit growing

to combat

fire blight

Prevention of fire blight. Where the authorities have imposed
clearing of the orchard affected by fire blight the fruit growing
enterprise can apply for compensation for losses if it proves
that the clearing has taken place as ordered. Furthermore, the
enterprise has to enter into an obligation to restore the fruit
growing area to production by 30th April of the second year
following the clearing.

The losses of the fruit growing enterprise will be individually
calculated by the Styrian plant protection authority (Amtlicher
Pflanzenschutzdienst Steiermark). The following losses are
eligible: (1) the loss of income in the year the clearing takes
place; (2) the replanting costs; (3) the loss of income in the
years following replanting; (4) the clearing costs.

The aid is 30 % of the above losses and clearing costs. The aid
may not be combined with any other aid

Richtlinie über Bekämpfungsmaßnahmen und die Schadensab-
geltung bei Feuerbrand im Erwerbsobstbau

Not yet known, because no cases of fire blight have been
reported so far in Steiermark

Aid intensity or amount:

30 % of the eligible costs

Duration:

Unlimited

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
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3249 — Candover/JPMP/3i/ABB) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-01-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, gas industry, investment company, merger control, oil industry

28.1.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 24/25

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3249 — Candover/JPMP/3i/ABB)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2004/C 24/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 20 January 2004 the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
1.
to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as
last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1310/97 (2), by which the undertakings Candover Partners Limited (‘Candover’, United Kingdom),
belonging to the Candover Investments plc group, JPMP Capital Corp. (‘JPMP’, USA), belonging to the
J. P. Morgan Chase & Co. Group, and 3i Group plc (‘3i’, United Kingdom) belonging to the 3i Group plc,
acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, joint control of parts of a business division
of ABB Group Ltd (‘ABB’, Switzerland) by way of purchase of shares and assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Candover: private equity company,

— JPMP: international private equity company,

— 3i: international venture capital company,

— ABB (the acquired activities): products and services to the oil, gas and petroleum industry.

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within
the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant
to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (3), it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under
the procedure set out in the notice.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit

4.
proposed operation.

their possible observations on the

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference
COMP/M.3249 — Candover/JPMP/3i/ABB, to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Merger Registry,
J-70,
B-1049 Brussels.

(1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 257, 21.9.1990, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.
(3) OJ C 217, 29.7.2000, p. 32.
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the regulation of the operation of aeroplanes covered by Part II, Chapter 3, Volume I of Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, second edition (1988)’ (COM(2003) 524 final - 2003/0207 (COD))
Date: 2004-01-28
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: civil aviation, codification of EU law, noise level, transport regulations

30.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 108/55

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘proposal for a Directive of the
European Parliament and of the Council on the regulation of the operation of aeroplanes covered
by Part II, Chapter 3, Volume I of Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation,
second edition (1988)’

(COM(2003) 524 final - 2003/0207 (COD))

(2004/C 108/08)

On 22 September 2003, the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee,
under Article 80(2) of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the above-mentioned proposal.

The Section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society, which was responsible for
preparing the Committee's work on the subject, adopted its opinion on 8 January 2004. The rapporteur
was Mr Green.

At its 405th plenary session on 28 and 29 January 2004 (meeting of 28 January), the European Economic
and Social Committee adopted the following opinion by 46 votes to one.

1. Background

2. The Commission proposal

that all

1.1
On 1 April 1987, the European Commission instructed
legislative acts should be codified after a
its staff
maximum of ten amendments, or at even shorter intervals, to
ensure that the Community rules are clear and readily under-
standable.

1.2
Given that no changes of substance may be made to the
instruments affected by codification, an interinstitutional agree-
ment was concluded on 20 December 1994 between the Euro-
pean Parliament, the Council and the Commission under which
an accelerated procedure may be used for the fast-track adop-
tion of codified instruments.

2.1
This proposal seeks to codify Directive 92/14/EEC,
which governs the use of aircraft in line with the rules laid
down at international level. The new directive will supersede
the various instruments incorporated in it. Their content is
fully preserved, and only such formal amendments are made as
are required by the codification exercise.

The directive deals with noise-emission standards for

2.2
civil subsonic jet aeroplanes.

3. General comments

3.1
The European Economic and Social Committee funda-
mentally endorses the Commission proposal which seeks to
make Community law clear and transparent.

Brussels, 28 January 2004.

The President

of the European Economic and Social
Committee

Roger BRIESCH
Commission Regulation (EC) No 140/2004 of 28 January 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2004-01-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

29.1.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 24/23

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 140/2004

of 28 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 29 January 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 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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29.1.2004

to the Commission Regulation of 28 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
212
999

052
204
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
448
624
999

052
204
999

052
204
220
464
624
662
999

052
600
999

052
060
400
404
720
999

060
388
400
720
999

105,3
36,9
115,9
86,0

138,0
77,1
107,6

107,0
56,6
81,8

46,4
56,0
47,9
37,7
32,8
83,5
50,7

74,2
86,2
80,2

79,2
74,2
80,3
76,8
79,1
38,0
71,3

73,0
62,0
67,5

40,9
51,8
101,6
84,0
75,3
70,7

61,1
98,2
87,1
45,5
73,0

(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’.