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Commission Regulation (EC) No 507/2004 of 18 March 2004 determining to what extent applications lodged in March 2004 for the right to import young male bovine animals for fattening can be met
Date: 2004-03-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cattle, customs duties, import, quantitative restriction

L 81/18

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Official Journal of the European Union

19.3.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 507/2004

of 18 March 2004

determining to what extent applications lodged in March 2004 for the right to import young male
bovine animals for fattening can be met

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef
and veal (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 977/2003 of
6 June 2003 opening and providing for the administration of
an import tariff quota for young male bovine animals for
fattening (1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004) (2), and in particular
the second subparagraph of Article 4(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 977/2003 provides
for a further allocation of quantities not covered by
import licence applications at 6 February 2004.

Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 279/
2004 (3) lays down the quantities of young male bovine
animals for fattening that may be imported under special
conditions before 30 June 2004.

for which import

The quantities
rights have been
requested exceed the quantities available. The quantities
applied for should therefore be reduced proportionately
in accordance with Article 9(6) and the second sub-
paragraph of Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 977/
2003,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Each application for the right to import lodged in accordance
with Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 977/2003 shall be
granted for 0,5328 % of the quantity applied for.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 March 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 March 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1782/2003 (OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 141, 7.6.2003, p. 5. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1361/2003 (OJ L 194, 1.8.2003, p. 38).

(3) OJ L 47, 18.2.2004, p. 25. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 467/2004 (OJ L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 30).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3348 — Fortis/SG/Secfinex/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-03-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, electronic equipment, insurance, merger control

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 68/9

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3348 — Fortis/SG/Secfinex/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2004/C 68/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 11 March 2004 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
1.
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (2),
by which the undertakings Fortis Bank (Nederland) NV (‘Fortis’, the Netherlands) and Société Générale SA
(‘SG’, France), acquire, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, control of Secfinex Limited
(‘Secfinex’, United Kingdom) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Fortis: banking, insurance and investment on international level,

— SG: full-service bank of international dimension,

— Secfinex: electronic solutions to the securities finance markets.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within
3.
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.
reference
Observations can be sent by fax ((32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under
COMP/M.3348 — Fortis/SG/Secfinex/JV, 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.
2004/403/EC: Decision No 2/2004 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture of 18 March 2004 regarding the amendments of the Appendix relating to Annex 10 to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products
Date: 2004-03-18
Institutions: Joint Committee
Subjects: Switzerland, agreement (EU), agricultural product, agricultural trade

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L 123/113

DECISION No 2/2004 OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

of 18 March 2004

regarding the amendments of the Appendix relating to Annex 10 to the Agreement between the
European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products

(2004/403/EC)

THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

Having regard to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade
in agricultural products, and in particular Article 11 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

This Agreement entered into force on 1 June 2002.

Annex 10 on the recognition of conformity checks for fruit and vegetables subject to marketing
standards and originating in Switzerland or the Community when they are re-exported from
Switzerland to the Community, recognises conformity checks if the inspections are carried out by
inspection bodies authorised by the Swiss Office Fédéral de l'Agriculture.

Under Article 6 of Annex 10, the Working Party on Fruit and Vegetables reviews the Parties' internal
laws and regulations and puts forward proposals to the Joint Committee on Agriculture with a view
to adapting and updating the relevant Appendix.

The Appendix lists the authorised Swiss inspection bodies.

The list of authorised Swiss inspection bodies should be amended and this amendment has already
been taken into account in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2590/2001 (1) of 21 December 2001,

HAS DECIDED:

The Appendix is replaced by the text attached to this Decision.

Article 1

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 April 2004.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 18 March 2004.

For the Joint Committee on Agriculture

The Chairman and the Head of the Community
Delegation

For the European Community

Aldo LONGO

The Secretary

Hans-Christian BEAUMOND

The Head of the Swiss Delegation

Christian HÄBERLI

(1) OJ L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 20.

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ANNEX

APPENDIX TO ANNEX 10

Swiss inspection bodies authorised to issue inspection certificates as provided for in Article 3 of Annex 10

1. Qualiservice

Kapellenstrasse 5
CH-3011 BERN
Commission Regulation (EC) No 504/2004 of 18 March 2004 applying a reduction coefficient to refund certificates for goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, as provided for by Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000
Date: 2004-03-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, export refund, processed foodstuff

L 81/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.3.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 504/2004

of 18 March 2004

applying a reduction coefficient to refund certificates for goods not covered by Annex I to the
Treaty, as provided for by Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6
December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable
to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
products (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000
of 13 July 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the
application of the system of granting export refunds on certain
agricultural products exported in the form of goods not
covered by Annex I to the Treaty and the criteria for fixing the
amount of such refunds (2), and in particular Article 8(5)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Member States' notifications pursuant to Article 8(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 indicate that the total
amount
reaches
EUR 1 340 535 305 while the available amount for the

applications

received

of

tranche of refund certificates for use from 1 April 2004
as referred to in Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No
1520/2000 is EUR 59 812 118.

(2)

A reduction coefficient shall be calculated on the basis
of Article 8(3) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/
2000. Such coefficient should therefore be applied to
amounts requested in the form of refund certificates for
use from 1 April 2004 as established in Article 8(6) of
Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The amounts for applications of refund certificates for use from
1 April 2004 are subject to a reduction coefficient of 0,956.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 March 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 March 2004.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2580/2000 (OJ L 298, 25.11.2000, p. 5).

(2) OJ L 177, 15.7.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 307/2004 (OJ L 52, 21.2.2004, p. 35).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-03-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

18.3.2004

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

17 March 2004

(2004/C 68/05)

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

1,2251

132,75

7,4482

0,6756

9,2438

1,567

86,69

8,462

1,9462

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

0,58599

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

33,185

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6596

0,4271

4,7303

39 927

237,98

40,455

1 620 129

1,6576

1,6367

9,5451

1,8904

2,0817

254,95

KRW

South Korean won

1 426,20

3,4533

ZAR

South African rand

8,2584

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Corrigendum to the Summary of accounts for the year 2002 (OJ C 279 of 20.11.2003)
Date: 2004-03-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Eurofound, balance sheet, financial year

18.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 68/15

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to the Summary of accounts for the year 2002

(Official Journal of the European Union C 279 of 20 November 2003)

(2004/C 68/12)

On page 5, in Table 1, against the entry ‘Community subsidies’, second column:

for:

‘16,5’,

read:

‘17,1’;

and against the entry ‘Total’, second column:

for:

‘16,8’,

read:

‘17,4’.

On page 7, in Table 3, section headed ‘Fixed assets’, add the following data:

column 1 ‘Depreciation’, column 2 ‘– 4 452’ and column 3 ‘0’,

and the entry against ‘subtotal’:

for:

‘8 733’,

read:

‘4 281’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 503/2004 of 18 March 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2004-03-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit, stone fruit

L 81/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.3.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 503/2004

of 18 March 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 19 March 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 March 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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to the Commission Regulation of 18 March 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 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
068
096
204
220
999

220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
400
624
999

400
600
999

060
388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
999

388
512
528
999

104,4
75,8
125,1
101,8

138,6
141,1
93,1
16,8
147,3
107,4

77,3
77,3

107,2
49,0
78,1

61,5
48,6
55,9
47,7
65,3
61,1
56,7

46,9
51,3
49,1

45,0
86,7
108,0
98,5
75,9
80,7
66,2
85,7
91,3
82,0

77,3
64,1
68,2
69,9

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2081/2003 (OJ L 313, 28.11.2003, p. 11). Code ‘999’ stands for

‘of other origin’.
Statement by the Commission concerning the Council Decision 2004/246/EC on the entry into force of the 2003 Protocol to the IOPCF Convention relating to the Fund for Compensation
Date: 2004-03-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Luxembourg, accession to an agreement, help for victims, indemnification, international convention, oil pollution, protocol

18.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 68/13

STATEMENT BY THE COMMISSION

concerning the Council Decision 2004/246/EC on the entry into force of the 2003 Protocol to the
IOPCF Convention relating to the Fund for Compensation (1)

(2004/C 68/10)

The Commission takes note of the Council Decision 2004/246/EC authorising Member States to sign,
ratify or accede to, in the interest of the European Community, the Protocol of 2003 to the International
Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage,
1992, and authorising Austria and Luxembourg, in the interest of the European Community, to accede to
the underlying instruments.

The Commission expresses its disagreement with two major aspects of this Decision which do not reflect
the need recognised by the Council at political level for the rapid entry into force of the Protocol. The
Council has in fact decided to postpone by six months the deadline proposed by the Commission for
ratification of the Protocol and to make the deadline no more than a target date.

(1) OJ L 78, 16.3.2004, p. 22.
Notice concerning the anti-dumping measures in force in respect of imports into the Community of certain seamless pipes and tubes, of iron or non-alloy steel originating, inter alia, in Croatia: modification of the name of a company from which an undertaking was accepted
Date: 2004-03-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Croatia, anti-dumping measure, import, originating product, piping

C 68/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

18.3.2004

Notice concerning the anti-dumping measures in force in respect of imports into the Community
of certain seamless pipes and tubes, of iron or non-alloy steel originating, inter alia, in Croatia:
modification of the name of a company from which an undertaking was accepted

(2004/C 68/06)

Imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes, of iron or non-alloy steel originating, inter alia, in Croatia are
subject to definitive anti-dumping duties, imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 348/2000 (1) as last
amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1515/2002 (2).

An undertaking was accepted by Commission Decision 2000/137/EC (3), as amended by Decision
2002/669/EC (4), from Zˇeljezara Sisak d.d., a Croatian company, whose exports to the Community of
seamless pipes and tubes, of iron or non-alloy steel are subject to the residual anti-dumping duty rate for
exports from Croatia of 23,0 % by the aforementioned Regulation. By notice 246/02 (5) it was found that
the acceptance of the undertaking was not affected by the change of name of Zˇeljezara Sisak d.d. into
Zˇeljezara Sisak — Nova d.o.o.

The company has informed the Commission that it has now changed its name again to Mechel Zˇeljezara
Ltd. The company has asked the Commission to confirm that the change of name does not affect the right
of the company to benefit from the undertaking given by the company under its previous names of
Zˇeljezara Sisak d.d. and Zˇeljezara Sisak — Nova d.o.o.

The Commission has examined the information supplied, which satisfactorily demonstrated that all the
company's activities linked to the manufacturing, sales and exports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of
iron or non-alloy steel are unaffected by the change of name. The Commission therefore concludes that the
change of name in no way affects the findings of the investigation, in particular the exemption from the
duty imposed by Regulation (EC) No 348/2000 and the undertaking accepted by Decision 2000/137/EC.
Accordingly, the right of the renamed company to benefit from the individual measure should remain.

Hence, the reference to Zˇeljezara Sisak d.d. should be read as Mechel Zˇeljezara Ltd in Article 2(4) of
Council Regulation (EC) No 348/2000 and in Article 1 of Commission Decision 2000/137/EC.

The Taric additional code A064 previously attributed to Zˇeljezara Sisak d.d. and afterwards to Zˇeljezara
Sisak — Nova d.o.o. shall apply to the company under its new name, Mechel Zˇeljezara Ltd.

(1) OJ L 45, 17.2.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 228, 24.8.2002, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 46, 18.2.2000, p. 34.
(4) OJ L 228, 24.8.2002, p. 20.
(5) OJ C 246, 12.10.2002, p. 2.