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Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/2004 of 30 January 2004 fixing the maximum purchasing price for butter for the 87th invitation to tender carried out under the standing invitation to tender governed by Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
Date: 2004-01-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, fixing of prices, intervention price, purchase price

31.1.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 28/7

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 174/2004

of 30 January 2004

fixing the maximum purchasing price for butter for the 87th invitation to tender carried out
under the standing invitation to tender governed by Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk
and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
806/2003 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 13 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/
1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules
for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/
1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter
and cream (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
359/2003 (4), provides that, in the light of the tenders
received for each invitation to tender, a maximum
buying-in price is to be fixed in relation to the interven-
tion price applicable and that it may also be decided not
to proceed with the invitation to tender.

(2)

(3)

As a result of
buying-in price should be fixed as set out below.

the tenders received,

the maximum

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 87th invitation to tender issued under Regulation (EC)
No 2771/1999, for which tenders had to be submitted not
later than 27 January 2004, the maximum buying-in price is
fixed at 295,38 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 January 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 January 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 53, 28.2.2003, p. 17.
Modification by France of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services within France (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-01-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, air transport, airline, inland transport, provision of services, public service, transport capacity

C 27/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.1.2004

Modification by France of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services within
France

(2004/C 27/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
France has decided to amend the public service obligations on scheduled air services between
Angoulême and Lyon-Saint-Exupéry, published in the Official Journal of the European Union C 258 of 28
October 2003 pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on access for
Community air carriers to intra-Community air routes.

From 1 May 2004, the public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services between

2.
Angoulême and Lyon-Saint-Exupéry are as follows:

Minimum frequency

The minimum level of service provided must be:

— two return trips per day, morning and evening, from Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays, 220

days a year,

— one return trip per day on Saturdays and Sundays for 44 weeks a year.

Type of aircraft used

The service must be operated with a pressurised turboprop or jet aircraft.

Timetables

The timetables must allow passengers travelling on business to make a round trip in a day spanning at
least eight hours to Angoulême and Lyon.

Commercial policy

Seats on these flights must be marketed by at least one computerised booking system.

Continuity of service

Except in cases of force majeure, the number of flights cancelled for reasons directly attributable to the
carrier must not exceed 3 % of the number of flights scheduled in any year. In addition, the carrier must
give six months' notice before discontinuing the services.

Community carriers are hereby informed that the operation of air services without regard to the above-
mentioned public service obligation may result in administrative and/or criminal penalties.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 181/2004 of 30 January 2004 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2004-01-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

31.1.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 28/17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 181/2004

of 30 January 2004

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 31,905/100 kg.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 January 2004.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 30 January 2004.

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 177/2004 of 30 January 2004 fixing the aid for tomatoes for processing under Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 for the 2004/2005 marketing year
Date: 2004-01-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, fruit vegetable, vegetable product

L 28/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

31.1.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 177/2004

of 30 January 2004

fixing the aid for tomatoes for processing under Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 for the 2004/
2005 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in
processed fruit and vegetable products (1), and in particular
Article 6(1) thereof,

threshold. The aid for 2004/2005 must therefore be
adjusted accordingly in relation to the level set in Article
4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vege-
tables,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 3(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1535/
2003 of 29 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for
the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as
regards the aid scheme for products processed from fruit
and vegetables (2) stipulates that the Commission is to
publish the amount of the aid for tomatoes after verifica-
tion of compliance with the thresholds fixed in Annex
III to Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 provides
that processing threshold overruns are to be calculated
by comparing the threshold with the average quantity
processed with aid over
the three marketing years
preceding that for which aid must be set.

The average quantity of tomatoes delivered for proces-
sing with aid during the 2001/2002, 2002/2003 and
2003/2004 marketing years as notified by the Member
States is 196 004 tonnes higher than the Community

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The aid for tomatoes under Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/
96 for the 2004/2005 marketing year shall be:

— EUR 34,50 per tonne in Greece, France, Italy and Portugal;

— EUR 34,50 per tonne in Spain for tomatoes intended for

the production of whole peeled tomatoes;

— EUR 29,36 per tonne in Spain for tomatoes intended for
the production of products other than whole peeled toma-
toes.

Article 2

into force on the third day
This Regulation shall enter
following its publication 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, 30 January 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 453/2002 (OJ L 72, 14.3.2002, p.
9).

(2) OJ L 218, 30.8.2003, p. 14.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0209/04 by Gabriele Stauner (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Selection procedures of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work.
Date: 2004-01-30
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, linguistic discrimination, recruitment

C 84 E/550

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

3.4.2004

As far as takeover activity is concerned, the Honourable Member should note that the dealer sector in
Europe is highly fragmented, and levels of concentration are generally insufficient for the Community
merger rules to be called into play.

It would therefore appear that the Commission has no grounds to take any action in respect of Ford’s
move to consolidate its Italian distribution network.

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1400/2002 of 31 July 2002 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to

categories of vertical agreements and concerted practices in the motor vehicle sector, OJ L 203, 1.8.2002.

(2004/C 84 E/0627)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0209/04

by Gabriele Stauner (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(30 January 2004)

Subject: Selection procedures of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

In Official Journal (1), the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work announced that it would be
organising a series of selection procedures to recruit staff. According to the announcement:
‘These
procedures will be published in English and French only’.

However Article 17 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2062/94 (2) of 18 July 1994 establishing a European
Agency for Safety and Health at Work states that: ‘The language arrangements of the institutions of the
Community shall apply to the Agency’.

Under Article 22 of this Regulation, the Commission examines the legality of the Agency’s acts.

Does the Commission believe that the Agency is acting legally by publishing the above selection procedure
in English and French only?

(1) OJ C 8 A, 13.1.2004.
(2) OJ L 216, 20.8.1994, p. 1.

Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission

(20 April 2004)

The Commission pays careful attention to the selection procedures applied by the various Community
Agencies, including respect for the provisions relating to the use of, and fluency in, official languages.

It takes the view, however, that in certain circumstances the service interests of an Institution or Agency,
including its own internal needs, may justify the requirement for a knowledge of certain languages. This
will obviously be the case if the field of activity of a post (or posts) to be filled means that the specific
duties involved call for knowledge of one particular language or another.

(2004/C 84 E/0628)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0212/04

by Simon Murphy (PSE) to the Commission

(30 January 2004)

Subject: Driftnets

Is the Commission aware that despite the EU ban on illegal driftnetting, on 27 March and 4 April 2003
the Italian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry issued two decrees which allow fishers who have converted
their ‘spadare’ driftnets (wide mesh driftnet used almost exclusively for swordfish) into ‘ferrettare’ (a smaller