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WRITTEN QUESTION P-0303/04 by Michael Cashman (PSE) to the Commission. Booking tickets for travel in another country.
Date: 2004-02-02
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: air transport, distributive trades, reservation, sale, ticket, travel

C 84 E/196

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

3.4.2004

Answer given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission

(16 March 2004)

The Commission is not aware of any provision that would require that all compact discs sold and delivered
in the United Kingdom and Ireland would have to be manufactured in Europe. More information is needed
to take a position on the applicability of the Community competition rules.

(2004/C 84 E/0238)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0303/04

by Michael Cashman (PSE) to the Commission

(2 February 2004)

Subject: Booking tickets for travel in another country

Is the Commission aware that it is often impossible to book a ticket in one EU Member State for a journey
that originates in a country other than where the tickets are booked? For example, Air France will not
allow a citizen to book a ticket for a journey from Strasbourg to London and for the ticket to be delivered
to the UK. The ticket can only be delivered to an address in France.

It is often difficult to purchase flight tickets in Belgium with a UK credit card. With many online services,
one can not purchase a ticket with a credit card that has not been issued in the country from where the
journey starts.

Is the Commission able to confirm that these difficulties are not in breach of the principles of free
movement that the EU strives for?

If the Commission finds that there is a breach, can it outline what is being done to combat this and to
ensure that such discriminatory practice does not continue?

Answer given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission

(27 February 2004)

It has been reported to the Commission that certain distribution channels refuse to sell airline tickets to
people resident in other Member States. In such cases, it is always possible for the resident of the other
Member State to purchase a ticket, but only through a different distribution channel and at a different
price, often higher. This problem is particularly evident when sales are made via the Internet.

As a follow-up to information received, at the end of 2003 the Commission forwarded a series of letters to
18 European airlines asking them for clarification on these practices. Replies are expected in March 2004.
The Commission will then analyse the information received with a view to taking appropriate steps if
need be.

(2004/C 84 E/0239)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0304/04

by Pietro-Paolo Mennea (NI) to the Commission

(2 February 2004)

Subject: Prison guards

Various press reports and reports from the department concerned have highlighted the difficulties
currently facing the Italian prison guards’ service.

In accordance with staffing provisions laid down by former Minister Fassino (Ministerial Decree of
8 February 2001) this service is currently estimated to comprise 45 000 men and women in more than
Commission Regulation (EC) No 183/2004 of 2 February 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2004-02-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit, stone fruit

3.2.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 29/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 183/2004

of 2 February 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 3 February 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 February 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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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.2.2004

to the Commission Regulation of 2 February 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
999

220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
448
624
999

052
204
999

052
204
220
464
600
624
662
999

052
600
999

052
060
400
404
720
999

060
388
400
528
720
999

115,6
39,3
127,9
94,3

139,9
46,6
93,3

13,5
13,5

107,3
54,1
80,7

50,7
52,2
45,9
51,0
32,8
81,3
52,3

71,8
98,2
85,0

79,6
85,1
82,7
77,8
74,0
69,0
38,0
72,3

68,0
58,3
63,2

73,2
55,3
89,2
86,9
69,9
74,9

56,2
95,1
78,4
101,2
45,5
75,3

(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’.