do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-02-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

11.2.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 37/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

10 February 2004

(2004/C 37/01)

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

1,2764

134,51

7,4511

0,6821

9,126

1,569

87,05

8,819

1,9555

0,5862

33,14

LVL

MTL

PLN

ROL

SIT

SKK

TRL

AUD

CAD

HKD

NZD

Currency

Latvian lats

Maltese lira

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

Australian dollar

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6727

0,4293

4,8266

40 900

237,37

40,485

1 716 000

1,6296

1,6898

9,9153

1,8226

2,1354

264,24

KRW

South Korean won

1 483,24

3,4534

ZAR

South African rand

8,7983

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
WRITTEN QUESTION P-0476/04 by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Commission cars.
Date: 2004-02-11
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Commissioner, transport accident

C 84 E/412

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

3.4.2004

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-0475/04, E-0538/04 and E-0710/04
given by Mr Dimas on behalf of the Commission

(21 April 2004)

The Commission would refer the Honourable Members to its joint answer to Written Questions E-0046/04
and E-0086/04 by Mr Dhaene and others (1).

(1) See page 302.

(2004/C 84 E/0480)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0476/04

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(11 February 2004)

Subject: Commission cars

Could the Commission confirm if any cars provided for Commissioners have been involved in road traffic
accidents or accidents involving third parties, in the last two years? If so, please provide details.

Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission

(12 March 2004)

Since 1 January 2002, the cars placed at the disposal of the Commissioners have been involved in thirteen
accidents, one resulting in minor injuries to one person.

Each of those accidents involved third parties, and Commission drivers were presumed to be at fault in
eight cases. None of the incidents gave rise to civil or criminal proceedings. 11 of the accidents happened
in the Brussels region and 2 in Strasbourg.

(2004/C 84 E/0481)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0478/04

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(23 February 2004)

Subject: Commission Cars

Could the Commission confirm if spouses and families of Commissioners are entitled to use cars provided
for the Commissioners?

Are there any instances where such use of a Commission car has taken place?

Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission

(25 March 2004)

The Administrative Manual for the Members of the Commission stipulates that:

Only Commission drivers and Commission members are authorised to drive an official car.
Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2004/81/EC of 6 January 2004 amending Council Decision 79/542/EEC drawing up a list of third countries from which the Member States authorise imports of bovine animals, swine, equidae, sheep and goats, fresh meat and meat products, in particular to include certain acceding States (OJ L 17 of 24.1.2004)
Date: 2004-02-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cattle, equidae, fresh meat, goat, import (EU), import licence, sheep, swine

11.2.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 39/23

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2004/81/EC of 6 January 2004 amending Council Decision 79/542/EEC
drawing up a list of third countries from which the Member States authorise imports of bovine animals, swine,
equidae, sheep and goats, fresh meat and meat products, in particular to include certain acceding States

(Official Journal of the European Union L 17 of 24 January 2004)

On page 43, in the Annex:

— against the entry for ‘EE Estonia’, column ‘live animals’, subcolumn ‘P’ , should read ‘X’,

— against the entry for ‘LT Lithuania’, column ‘live animals’, subcolumn ‘P’ , should read ‘X’,

— against the entry for ‘LV Latvia’, column ‘live animals’, subcolumn ‘P’ , should read ‘X’,

— against the entry for ‘MT Malta’, column ‘fresh meat and meat products domestic’, subcolumn ‘S/G’ , should read ‘X’,

— against the entry for ‘MT Malta’, column ‘fresh meat wild’, subcolumn ‘CH’ , should read ‘X’,

— against the entry for ‘MT Malta’, column ‘live animals’, subcolumn ‘P’ , should read ‘X’;

and on page 44:

— against the entry for ‘PL Poland’, column ‘live animals’, subcolumn ‘P’ , should read ‘X’,

— against the entry for ‘SI Slovenia’, column ‘live animals’, subcolumn ‘P’ , should read ‘X’,

— against the entry for ‘SK Slovak Republic’, column ‘live animals’, subcolumn ‘P’, should read ‘X’.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3357 — Matsushita Electric Industrial/Matsushita Electric Works) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-02-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: audiovisual equipment, economic concentration, electrical equipment, exchange of information, household electrical appliance, merger control, telecommunications

11.2.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 37/9

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3357 — Matsushita Electric Industrial/Matsushita Electric Works)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2004/C 37/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 2 February 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 undertaking Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd (‘MEI’, Japan) acquires,
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Matsushita
Electric Works, Ltd (‘MEW’, Japan), by way of public bid announced on 19 December 2003.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— MEI: audiovisual and computer products, fixed and mobile communication products, home appliances

and other electronic and electrical products,

— MEW: lighting, home appliances, other electronic and electrical products and building products.

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.3357 — Matsushita Electric Industrial/Matsushita Electric Works, 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.
Notice concerning the anti-dumping duties in force in respect of imports into the Community of integrated electronic compact fluorescent lamps (CFL-i) originating in the People's Republic of China: modification of the address of a company subject to an individual anti-dumping duty rate
Date: 2004-02-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, anti-dumping duty, import, lighting equipment, originating product

C 37/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.2.2004

Date of adoption of the decision: 10.12.2003

Budget: A maximum of EUR 23,5 million excluding tax

Member State: France

Aid No: NN 155/03

Implementation of an experimental rolling motorway

Title:
service

Duration: 2003 to 2006

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confi-
dential information has been removed, can be found at

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids

Notice concerning the anti-dumping duties in force in respect of imports into the Community of
integrated electronic compact fluorescent lamps (CFL-i) originating in the People's Republic of
China: modification of the address of a company subject to an individual anti-dumping duty rate

(2004/C 37/08)

Imports of integrated electronic compact fluorescent lamps (CFL-i) originating in the People's Republic of
China are subject to definitive anti-dumping duties, imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1470/2001 (1).

Sanex Electronics Co., Ltd, a company located in the People's Republic of China, whose exports to the
Community of integrated electronic compact fluorescent lamps (CFL-i) are subject to an individual anti-
dumping duty rate of 20,2 % by the aforementioned Regulation, has informed the Commission that it has
changed its address to 1 Xiangyang Road, Xiangcheng Town, Xiangcheng District, Suzhou,
Jiangsu,
People's Republic of China. The company has asked the Commission to confirm that the change of
address does not affect the right of the company to benefit from the individual rate applied to the
company in its previous location of Xin Su Industrial Area, Jiangsu, Suzhou 215001, People's Republic
of China.

The Commission has examined the information supplied, which demonstrates that all the company's
activities linked to the manufacturing, sales and exports of integrated electronic compact fluorescent
lamps (CFL-i) are unaffected by the change of address. The Commission therefore concludes that the
change of address in no way affects the findings of Council Regulation (EC) No 1470/2001. In view of
the absence of any substantive change of circumstances, the reference to the address of Sanex Electronics
Co., Ltd should read as 1 Xiangyang Road, Xiangcheng Town, Xiangcheng District, Suzhou, Jiangsu,
People's Republic of China, in Article 1(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1470/2001.

The Taric additional code A239 previously attributed to Sanex Electronics Co., Ltd shall apply.

(1) OJ L 195, 19.7.2001, p. 8.
Information from the Commission – Fifth update of the information communicated by Member States pursuant to Article 23 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters
Date: 2004-02-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, civil law, civil procedure, commercial law, derogation from EU law, judicial proceedings

C 37/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.2.2004

I. Application of Article 94 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72

AVERAGE COSTS OF BENEFITS IN KIND — 2002

The amounts to be refunded with regard to the benefits in kind provided in 2002 to members of the
family as referred to in Article 19(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 will be determined on the
basis of the following average costs:

Austria

Luxembourg

Switzerland

Annual

EUR 1 697,32

EUR 2 037,04

CHF 2 154,92

Net Monthly

EUR 113,15

EUR 135,81

CHF 143,66

II. Application of Article 95 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72

The amounts to be refunded with regard to benefits in kind provided in 2002 under Articles 28 and 28a
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 will be determined on the basis of the following average costs
(only per capita from 2002):

Austria

Luxembourg

Switzerland

Annual

EUR 3 677,14

EUR 5 638,48

CHF 5 570,33

Net Monthly

EUR 245,14

EUR 375,90

CHF 371,36

Fifth update of the information communicated by Member States pursuant to Article 23 of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on the service in the Member States of
judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (1)

(2004/C 37/06)

For the Netherlands:

Article 9 shall read as follows:

‘Article 9

Date of service

The Netherlands exercises the option under Article 9(3) of the Regulation of derogating from the
provisions of Article 9(1) and (2).

Content of the derogation, as provided for in Article 56 of the Code of Civil Procedure: if a document
has to be served within a given period of time, the date on which the document is sent shall be
deemed to be the date of service in the case of the person at whose request the document is being
served.

Explanation: although the Regulation is intended to speed up the service of documents in inter-
national cases there is as yet no assurance that service will be speeded up to such an extent that the
derogation from Article 9(1) and (2) will prove superfluous. The cases at issue here are those
(including matters external to cases that are about to open or are already pending) where the law
sets short deadlines for serving particular documents, for example in the law on seizure of property,
or cases where a decision is taken to enforce a time limit only shortly before its expiry, for example
periods of limitation or peremptory time limits.’

(1) OJ C 151, 22.5.2001, p. 4; OJ C 202, 18.7.2001, p. 10; OJ C 282, 6.10.2001, p. 2; OJ C 13, 17.1.2002, p. 2; OJ C

136, 11.6.2003, p. 11.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 239/2004 of 11 February 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2004-02-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

12.2.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 40/25

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 239/2004

of 11 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,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of
21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the
import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particu-
lar Article 4(1) thereof,

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.

(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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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 12 February 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 February 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1947/2002 (OJ L 299, 1.11.2002, p. 17).

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12.2.2004

to the Commission Regulation of 11 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

204
220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
400
624
999

204
999

052
204
220
400
464
600
624
999

052
600
999

060
400
404
528
720
999

060
388
400
528
720
999

108,5
46,7
120,5
91,9

175,4
29,7
102,6

13,5
80,1
46,8

91,4
36,3
63,9

44,8
47,7
42,4
32,5
44,5
73,3
47,5

93,7
93,7

76,1
103,8
73,6
58,9
73,8
76,6
66,1
75,6

66,2
58,8
62,5

47,9
110,6
94,9
95,0
71,8
84,0

69,5
100,5
86,3
85,1
34,6
75,2

(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’.