do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Opinion of the Advisory Committee on Concentrations given at its 116th meeting on 2 June 2003 concerning a draft decision relating to Case COMP/M.3056 — Celanese/Degussa/JV (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-02-10
Institutions: Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions
Subjects: chemical industry, competition law, merger control

C 36/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.2.2004

Opinion of the Advisory Committee on Concentrations given at its 116th meeting on 2 June 2003
concerning a draft decision relating to Case COMP/M.3056 — Celanese/Degussa/JV

(2004/C 36/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that
the notified operation constitutes a concentration within
the meaning of Article 3(2) of the Merger Regulation, read
in conjunction with Article 3(1)(b), and has a Community
dimension as defined in Article 1(2) of that Regulation.

2. The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that,
the following products

issue, each of

in the case at
constitutes a relevant market:

(a) butyric aldehyde;

(b) butanol;

(c) 2-EH;

(d) DOP;

(e) butyl acetate;

(f) carbon acids.

3. A majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the
geographic markets

Commission that
affected by the concentration are the following:

relevant

the

(a) northern Europe (principally Belgium and Germany)

for butyric aldehyde;

(b) the EEA for butanol;

(c) the EEA for 2-EH;

(d) the EEA for DOP;

(e) the EEA for butyl acetate;

(f)

the EEA for carbon acids.

A minority of the Advisory Committee disagrees as regards
(a) and another minority abstains as regards (b).

4. A majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the
Commission that sufficient evidence was not produced to
show that the notified concentration would lead to the
creation or strengthening of a dominant position in the
German and Belgian markets for butyric aldehyde. A
minority of
and
another minority abstains.

the Advisory Committee disagrees

5. A majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the
Commission that the commitments made by the parties
should be
the
Advisory Committee disagrees
and another minority
abstains.

taken into account. A minority of

6. A majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the
Commission that
the notified concentration will not
create or strengthen a dominant position in the relevant
markets for butanol, 2-EH, DOP, butyl acetate and carbon
acids. A minority disagrees.

7. A majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the
Commission that
the notified concentration will not
create or strengthen a dominant position in the vertical
markets concerned. A minority abstains.

8. A majority of the Advisory Committee thus agrees that the
planned concentration should be declared compatible with
the common market and with the EEA Agreement. A
minority disagrees and a further minority abstains.

9. The Advisory Committee recommends the publication of
its opinion in the Official Journal of the European Union.

10. The Commission is recommended to take into account the
remarks and comments made by the Advisory Committee.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0325/04 by Willi Piecyk (PSE) to the Commission. Transposition of Directive 2002/25/EC.
Date: 2004-02-10
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: carriage of passengers, maritime safety, national implementing measure, safety standard, technical regulations

3.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 84 E/361

(2004/C 84 E/0419)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0325/04

by Willi Piecyk (PSE) to the Commission

(10 February 2004)

Subject: Transposition of Directive 2002/25/EC

Directive 2002/25/EC (1) of 5 March 2002 amending Council Directive 98/18/EC (2) on safety rules and
standards for passenger ships states that its provisions are to be applied from 1 January 2003, unless
otherwise specified in the Annex.

1. Which Member States have correctly transposed this directive into national law so far?

2.

Are the Member States having any difficulties in transposing it?

3.

If so, what kind of difficulties and what will the Commission do to help solve them?

(1) OJ L 98, 15.4.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 144, 15.5.1998, p. 1.

Answer given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission

(10 March 2004)

Commission Directive 2002/25/EC of 5 March 2002 amended the technical provisions (Annex 1) of
Council Directive 98/18/EC of 17 March 1998 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships, in order
to take into account the developments at international level (revision of the SOLAS Convention (1)).

The deadline for the transposition of this Directive was 1 January 2003 and today all Member States have
transposed it into their national law.

Regarding earlier problems faced by Member States in the transposition of the Directive, the Commission
can report the following:

(cid:1) after the adoption of Directive 2002/25/EC, a number of Member States requested further clarity with
regard to the provisions of a particular section of Annex 1 to the Directive (Chapter III, Section 5-1);

(cid:1) this section, referring to the life saving appliance on board roll-on, roll-off (ro-ro) ships, had to be
improved in order to make a clear distinction of standards applicable to ro-ro ships built before
international
1 January 2003 and those built after 1 January 2003,
provisions;

in line with the relevant

(cid:1) this issue was addressed in the context of Comitology [Committee established by Regulation (EC)
No 2099/2002 of the Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002, establishing a Committee
on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (2)] and lead to the adoption of Commission
Directive 2003/75/EC of 29 July 2003 amending Annex I to Council Directive 98/18/EC (3);

(cid:1) the Commission is not aware of any other problems relating to the implementation of this Directive

by Member States.

International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974.

(1)
(2) OJ L 324, 29.11.2002.
(3) OJ L 190, 30.7.2003.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-02-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

10.2.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 36/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

9 February 2004

(2004/C 36/01)

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

1,2713

134,43

7,4503

0,6836

9,1062

1,5688

86,75

8,6975

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

0,58624

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

33,23

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6725

0,4294

4,843

40 963

237,35

40,525

1 709 000

1,6356

1,6866

9,876

1,8282

2,1408

267,15

KRW

South Korean won

1 482,65

3,4535

ZAR

South African rand

8,877

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Corrigendum to communication from Administrative Commission of the European Communities on Social Security for Migrant Workers — Rates for conversion of currencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 (OJ C 30 of 4.2.2004)
Date: 2004-02-10
Institutions: Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers, European Commission
Subjects: conversion rate, euro, migrant worker, national currency, social security, social-security benefit

10.2.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 36/9

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to communication from Administrative Commission of the European Communities on Social
Security for Migrant Workers — Rates for conversion of currencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No
574/72

(Official Journal of the European Union C 30 of 4 February 2004)

(2004/C 36/10)

EUR

DKK

GBP

NOK

SEK

ISK

CHF

On page 6:

for:

EUR

—

‘Application period: April, May and June 2004

DKK

GBP

NOK

SEK

ISK

CHF

7,44811

0,692157

8,59250

0,134262

—

0,0929306

1,15365

9,13677

1,22672

87,6921

11,7737

1,56567

0,210210

1,44476

10,7607

—

12,4141

13,2004

126,694

2,26201

0,116381

0,866815

0,0805536

—

1,06334

10,2057

0,182213

0,109448

0,815180

0,0757551

0,940431

—

9,59772

0,171359

0,0114035

0,0849347

0,00789303

0,0979848

0,104191

—

0,0178541

0,638706

4,75715

0,442085

5,48808

5,83571

56,0095

—’

read:

‘Application period: April, May and June 2004

1 EUR in national currency

1 unit of national currency
in EUR

DKK

SEK

GBP

CZK

CYP

EEK

HUF

PLN

SIT

LVL

LTL

MTL

SKK

NOK

ISK

CHF

7,44811

9,13677

0,692157

0,134262

0,109448

1,44476

32,7242

0,0305584

0,586468

1,70512

15,6466

264,322

0,0639116

0,00378327

4,71282

0,212187

237,317

0,00421378

0,670733

3,45312

0,430110

1,49091

0,289593

2,32499

40,7308

0,0245514

8,59250

87,6921

1,56567

0,116381

0,0114035

0,638706’
2004/190/CFSP: Political and Security Committee Decision Proxima/1/2004 of 10 February 2004 on the acceptance of non-acceding third States' contributions to the European Union Police Mission in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (EUPOL "Proxima")
Date: 2004-02-10
Institutions: Political and Security Committee
Subjects: EU Member State, North Macedonia, financing, police cooperation, third country

L 60/54

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.2.2004

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION PROXIMA/1/2004

of 10 February 2004

on the acceptance of non-acceding third States' contributions to the European Union Police
Mission in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (EUPOL ‘Proxima’)

(2004/190/CFSP)

THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in par-
ticular Article 25(3),

Article 1

Contributions from non-acceding third States

Contributions from the following non-acceding third States are
accepted for EUPOL ‘Proxima’:

Having regard to Council Joint Action 2003/681/CFSP of 29
September 2003 on the European Union Police Mission in the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (EUPOL ‘Proxima’) (1),
and in particular Article 9(3) thereof,

— Norway,

— Switzerland,

— Turkey,

— Ukraine.

Whereas:

On 9 February 2004, following the recommendation of the
EUPOL ‘Proxima’ Police Head of Mission and taking into
account the views of the EU Special Representative in the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Committee for
Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management agreed to recommend to
the Political and Security Committee to accept the contribu-
tions from certain non-acceding third States,

Article 2

Entry into force

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 10 February 2004.

For the Political and Security Committee

The President

D. KELLEHER

(1) OJ L 249, 1.10.2003, p. 66.
Commission Communication in the framework of the implementation of the European Parliament and Council Directive 95/16/EC of 29 June 1995 in relation to lifts (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-02-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: approximation of laws, harmonisation of standards, lift, safety standard

C 36/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.2.2004

Commission Communication in the framework of the implementation of the European Parliament
and Council Directive 95/16/EC of 29 June 1995 in relation to lifts (1)

(2004/C 36/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(Publication of titles and references of European harmonised standards under the Directive)

ESO (1)

Reference

Title of the harmonised standards

CEN

EN 81-1:1998

Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts —
Part 1: Electric lifts

First publication
OJ (2)

31.3.1999

CEN

EN 81-2:1998

Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts —
Part 2: Hydraulic lifts

31.3.1999

CEN

EN 81-28:2003

Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts —
Lifts for the transport of persons and goods — Part 28:
Remote alarm on passenger and goods passenger lifts

This is the first
publication

CEN

EN 81-58:2003

Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts —
Part 58: Lift landing doors — Fire resistance testing

This is the first
publication

CEN

EN 81-72:2003

Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts —
Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger
lifts — Part 72: Firefighters lifts

This is the first
publication

CEN

EN 12016:1998

Electromagnetic compatibility — Product family standard for
lifts, escalators and passenger conveyors — Immunity

31.3.1999

CEN

EN 13015:2001

Maintenance for lifts and escalators — Rules for maintenance
instructions

This is the first
publication

(1) ESO (European standardisation organisation):

— CEN: rue de Stassart/Stassartstraat 36, B-1050 Brussels, tel. (32-2) 550 08 11, fax (32-2) 550 08 19.
— Cenelec: rue de Stassart/Stassartstraat 35, B-1050 Brussels, tel. (32-2) 519 68 71, fax (32-2) 519 69 19.

(2) Date from which the use of this standard confers the presumption of conformity to the essential requirements it covers.

NOTE:

Any information concerning the availability of the standards can be obtained either from the European
standardisation organisations or from the national standardisation bodies of which the list is annexed to
the Directive 98/34/EC (2) of the European Parliament and Council amended by Directive 98/48/EC (3).

Publication of the references in the Official Journal of the European Union does not imply that the standards
are available in all the Community languages.

This list replaces all
Commission ensures the updating of this list.

the previous lists published in the Official

Journal of

the European Union. The

Further information may be found on the Europa website at:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/newapproach/standardization/harmstds/reflist/machines.html

(1) OJ L 213, 7.9.1995, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 233/2004 of 10 February 2004 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2004-02-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

L 39/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.2.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 233/2004

of 10 February 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)

(2)

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 (3). Where the world market price cannot be deter-
mined in this way, it is to be based on the most recent
price determined.

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
quotations
European
recorded on one or more
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
international
there is provision for
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 29,495/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 February 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 February 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. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1486/2002 (OJ L 223, 20.8.2002, p. 3).
2004/173/EC: Council Decision of 10 February 2004 appointing an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2004-02-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Committee of the Regions, Spain, appointment of staff

L 55/54

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.2.2004

COUNCIL DECISION

of 10 February 2004

appointing an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions

(2004/173/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Spanish Government,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

On 22 January 2002 the Council adopted Decision 2002/60/EC appointing the members and alter-
nate members of the Committee of the Regions (1).

The seat of an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the
resignation of Mr Eduardo BANDRES MOLINE, of which the Council was notified on 23 January
2004,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

Mr Alain CUENCA GARCIA, Director General de Asuntos Europeos y Acción Exterior — Diputación
General de Aragón, is hereby appointed an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions in place of
Mr Eduardo BANDRES MOLINE for the remainder of his term of office, which ends on 25 January 2006.

Done at Brussels, 10 February 2004.

For the Council

The President

C. McCREEVY

(1) OJ L 24, 26.1.2002, p. 38.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 232/2004 of 10 February 2004 on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
Date: 2004-02-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, fresh meat, frozen product, import licence

11.2.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 39/17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 232/2004

of 10 February 2004

on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 of
27 May 1997 opening and providing for the administration of
tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and
for frozen buffalo meat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 649/2003 (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 936/97 provides in Articles 4 and 5
the conditions for applications and for the issue of
import licences for meat referred to in Article 2(f).

Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 fixes the
amount of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and
veal originating in and imported from the United States
of America and Canada which may be imported on
special terms for the period 1 July 2003 to 30 June
2004 at 11 500 t.

It should be recalled that licences issued pursuant to this
Regulation will, throughout the period of validity, be
open for use only in so far as provisions on health
protection in force permit,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
All applications for import licences from 1 to 5 February
2004 for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal as
referred to in Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 shall be
granted in full.

2.
Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance
with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 936/97, during the first
five days of March 2004 for 7 804,922 t.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 February 2004.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 10 February 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 137, 28.5.1997, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 95, 11.4.2003, p. 13.
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive on the use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road (codified version) (COM(2003) 559 — C5-0448/2003 — 2003/0221(COD))
Date: 2004-02-10
Institutions: Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: carriage of goods, common transport policy, road transport, vehicle rental

C 97 E/66

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

22.4.2004

Tuesday 10 February 2004

P5_TA(2004)0059

EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia agreement on transitional HGV
points system *

Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of
letters between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
concerning the transitional points system applicable to heavy goods vehicles travelling through
Austria (COM(2003) 837 — C5-0036/2004 — 2003/0323(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The procedure was approved.

P5_TA(2004)0060

Vehicles hired without drivers ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council
directive on the use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road (codified
version) (COM(2003) 559 — C5-0448/2003 — 2003/0221(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2003)

559) (1),

— having regard to Articles 251(2) and 71(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0448/2003),

— having regard to Rules 67, 89 and 158(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (A5-0030/

2004),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend its proposal

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.