do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licenses pursuant to Article 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers
Date: 2004-03-25
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Norway, air transport, transport company, transport licence, transport policy

C 76/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.3.2004

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY

Authorisation of State support pursuant to Article 61 of the EEA Agreement and Article 1(3) in
Part I of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement

The EFTA Surveillance Authority has decided that the notified measure does not constitute State
aid within the meaning of Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement

(2004/C 76/05)

Date of adoption:

18 December 2003

EFTA State:

Norway

Aid No:

Title:

Objective:

Legal basis:

SAM 030.03010

Proposed support measures for the establishment of private day-care
facilities on public sites with subsidised real estate leasehold fees in
Oslo

To support the establishment of private day-care facilities by subsi-
dising the leasehold fees for operators of private day care facilities on
sites owned by the Municipality of Oslo

Paragraph 1 Act on Real Estate Leasehold, Guidelines of the Munici-
pality of Oslo dated 27 November 2002

Budget/Duration:

Estimated support per site NOK 120 000 per year. Lease contracts up
to 30 years

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

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

Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licenses pursuant to
Article 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 (1) on licensing of air carriers

(2004/C 76/06)

NORWAY

Operating licenses granted

Category B: Operating licences including the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

Name of air carrier

Address of air carrier

Decision effective since

European Helicopter Center AS

Sandefjord Lufthavn
3241 Sandefjord
Norway

11.2.2004

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 1.
WRITTEN QUESTION P-1007/04 by Manuel Medina Ortega (PSE) to the Commission. Breakdown of the POSEI item in the 2004 Budget.
Date: 2004-03-25
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Canary Islands, Community budget, EAGGF Guarantee Section, budget appropriation, budgetary control, island region, peripheral region, regional aid, sales aid

8.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 88 E/721

(2004/C 88 E/0741)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-1007/04

by Manuel Medina Ortega (PSE) to the Commission

Subject: Breakdown of the POSEI item in the 2004 Budget

(25 March 2004)

Until 2004,
the Community’s annual budget allocated, under the EAGGF-Guarantee framework, a
budgetary line to each POSEI, establishing two sub-items within each: one on ‘Supply’ and another on
‘Other measures’, i.e. support for local production. I am speaking about Item B1-320 Poseidom (B1-3200
Supply and B1-3201 Other measures), B1-321 Poseima (B1-3210 Supply and B1-3211 Other measures)
and B1-322 Poseican (B1-3220 Supply and B1-3221 Other measures).

As a result of the changes to the structure of the 2004 Budget, the POSEIs budgetary items have been
globalised and unified within the framework of Title 05 on agricultural and rural development, in Item 05
02 11 04, which also contains the amounts for the Aegean Islands and other amounts, e.g. subsidies for
rice supplies to Reunión, which were formerly separate. This system entails the loss of the previous clarity
and transparency, since the quantities assigned to each POSEI can no longer be distinguished, and within
the aforementioned sub-items. Given that
each of
implementation for 2002 also appears in globalised form, it is likewise impossible to work out what was
implemented within each POSEI.

the amounts assigned to each of

the latter,

What is the amount assigned to Poseican for budgetary year 2004?

Of this amount, how much is earmarked for the Specific Supply Arrangements and how much to Support
measures for local production?

What was the total of the amounts actually paid out in 2002 and 2003 for the Specific Supply
Arrangements on the one hand, and for other Poseican measures on the other?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(21 April 2004)

The 2004 appropriation for the Poseican programme is EUR 137 million: EUR 103 million for the special
supply arrangements and EUR 34 million for support for local production.

Actual expenditure in 2002 and 2003 was:

(cid:1) Special supply arrangements:

(cid:1) 2002: EUR 88,8 million;

(cid:1) 2003: EUR 84,7 million.

(cid:1) Other measures:

(cid:1) 2002: EUR 19,5 million;

(cid:1) 2003: EUR 26,8 million.

(2004/C 88 E/0742)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1064/04

by André Brie (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(6 April 2004)

Subject: Inconsistencies relating to the reconstruction of the road S 282 A in the Free State of Saxony

I would like to draw the Commission’s attention to problems relating to the reconstruction of the Land-
administered road S 282 A in the Free State of Saxony. These problems have been the subject of a petition
Commission Regulation (EC) No 560/2004 of 25 March 2004 providing for a further allocation of import rights under Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 for bulls, cows and heifers other than for slaughter of certain Alpine and mountain breeds
Date: 2004-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bull, cow, heifer, import licence, tariff quota

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EN

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 560/2004

of 25 March 2004

providing for a further allocation of import rights under Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 for bulls,
cows and heifers other than for slaughter of certain Alpine and mountain breeds

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 1081/1999
of 26 May 1999 opening and providing for the administration
of tariff quotas for imports of bulls, cows and heifers other
than for slaughter of certain Alpine and mountain breeds,
repealing Regulation (EC) No 1012/98 and amending Regu-
lation (EC) No 1143/98 (2), and in particular Article 9(3)
thereof,

Whereas:

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 provides for the
opening, for the period 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004, of two
tariff quotas each of 5 000 head for bulls, cows and heifers

other than for slaughter of certain Alpine and mountain breeds.
Article 9 of that Regulation provides for a further allocation,
for both quotas, of quantities not covered by import licence
applications at 15 March 2004,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The quantities referred to in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1081/1999 shall be:

— 252 head for serial number 09.0001,

— 97 head for serial number 09.0003.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 March 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 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 131, 27.5.1999, p. 15. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1096/2001 (OJ L 150, 6.6.2001, p. 33).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

25.3.2004

EN

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I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

24 March 2004

(2004/C 76/01)

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

1,2196

129,76

7,4474

0,6653

9,2414

1,5533

87,99

8,429

1,9461

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

0,58617

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

32,725

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6552

0,4257

4,6991

40 074

238,1

40,145

1 609 822

1,6337

1,6307

9,507

1,8723

2,0601

251,07

3,453

KRW

ZAR

South Korean won

1 408,33

South African rand

8,015

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Authorisation of State support pursuant to Article 61 of the EEA Agreement and Article 1(3) in Part I of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement — The EFTA Surveillance Authority has decided that the notified measure does not constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement
Date: 2004-03-25
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: European Economic Area, Norway, State aid, control of State aid, medical centre

C 76/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.3.2004

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY

Authorisation of State support pursuant to Article 61 of the EEA Agreement and Article 1(3) in
Part I of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement

The EFTA Surveillance Authority has decided that the notified measure does not constitute State
aid within the meaning of Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement

(2004/C 76/05)

Date of adoption:

18 December 2003

EFTA State:

Norway

Aid No:

Title:

Objective:

Legal basis:

SAM 030.03010

Proposed support measures for the establishment of private day-care
facilities on public sites with subsidised real estate leasehold fees in
Oslo

To support the establishment of private day-care facilities by subsi-
dising the leasehold fees for operators of private day care facilities on
sites owned by the Municipality of Oslo

Paragraph 1 Act on Real Estate Leasehold, Guidelines of the Munici-
pality of Oslo dated 27 November 2002

Budget/Duration:

Estimated support per site NOK 120 000 per year. Lease contracts up
to 30 years

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

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

Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licenses pursuant to
Article 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 (1) on licensing of air carriers

(2004/C 76/06)

NORWAY

Operating licenses granted

Category B: Operating licences including the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

Name of air carrier

Address of air carrier

Decision effective since

European Helicopter Center AS

Sandefjord Lufthavn
3241 Sandefjord
Norway

11.2.2004

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 1.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 557/2004 of 25 March 2004 fixing the definitive rate of refund and the percentage of system B export licences to be issued in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples)
Date: 2004-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, export licence, export refund, fruit vegetable, pip fruit

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.3.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 557/2004

of 25 March 2004

fixing the definitive rate of refund and the percentage of system B export licences to be issued in
the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in
fruit and vegetables (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001
of 8 October 2001 on detailed rules for implementing Council
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit
and vegetables (2), and in particular Article 6(7) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2214/2003 (3) fixed the
indicative quantities for the issue of B system export
licences.

In the light of information now available to the Commis-
sion, the indicative quantities have been exceeded in the
case of tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples.

These overruns are without prejudice to compliance
with the limits resulting from the agreements concluded
in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty. The defini-

tive rate of refund for tomatoes, oranges,
lemons and
apples covered by licences applied for under system B
between 15 January and 15 March 2004 should be fixed
at the indicative rate, and the percentage of licences to
be issued for the quantities applied for should be laid
down,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For applications for system B export licences submitted under
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2214/2003 between 15
January and 15 March 2004, the percentages of licences to be
issued and the rates of refund applicable are fixed in the Annex
hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 March 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 March 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 1).
(2) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1176/2002 (OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 69).

(3) OJ L 332, 19.12.2003, p. 7.

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Percentages for the issuing of licences and rates of refund applicable to system B licences applied for between
15 January and 15 March 2004 (tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples)

ANNEX

Product

Rate of refund
(EUR/t net)

Percentages of licences to
be issued for the quantities
applied for

Tomatoes

Oranges

Lemons

Apples

25,0

19,0

26,0

25,0

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %
Commission Regulation (EC) No 566/2004 of 25 March 2004 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the import of maize issued in Regulation (EC) No 2315/2003
Date: 2004-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, import, maize, tariff reduction

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.3.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 566/2004

of 25 March 2004

concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the import of maize issued
in Regulation (EC) No 2315/2003

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,

(3)

(4)

On the basis of the criteria laid down in Articles 6 and 7
of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 a maximum reduction in
the duty should not be fixed.

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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in
the duty on maize imported into Portugal from third
countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 2315/2003 (2).

Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/
95 (3), allows the Commission to decide, in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 1766/92 and on the basis of the tenders
notified, to make no award.

Article 1

No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 19 to 25
March 2004 in response to the invitation to tender for the
reduction in the duty on imported maize issued in Regulation
(EC) No 2315/2003.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 March 2004.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 25 March 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1104/2003 (OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 342, 30.12.2003, p. 34.
(3) OJ L 177, 28.7.1995, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2235/2000 (OJ L 256, 10.10.2000, p. 13).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3393 — Metro/Adler) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: clothing, economic concentration, exchange of information, mass-consumption product, merger control, retail outlet, retail selling, wholesale selling

25.3.2004

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Document

Part

Date of adoption

Title

COM(2003) 380

26.6.2003

for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 on
Proposal
protection against dumped imports
the European
Community and Council Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 on protection against subsidized
imports from countries not members of the European Community

from countries not members of

COM(2003) 381

27.6.2003

Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing of the Agreement for scientific and tech-
nological co-operation between the European Community and the Federative Republic of
Brazil

COM(2003) 382

25.6.2003

Proposal
for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1081/2000
prohibiting the sale, supply and export to Burma/Myanmar of equipment which might
be used for internal repression or terrorism, and freezing the funds of certain persons
related to important governmental functions in that country

These texts are available on EUR-Lex: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3393 — Metro/Adler)

(2004/C 76/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 16 March 2004 the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in German and will be
made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 553/2004 of 25 March 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2004-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 553/2004

of 25 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 26 March 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 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 25 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 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
624
999

052
204
220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
400
624
999

052
220
999

388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
999

388
512
528
720
999

116,4
44,5
125,1
124,8
102,7

139,6
13,1
135,1
95,9

113,8
62,2
88,0

43,0
44,2
58,4
46,9
39,3
59,2
48,5

57,0
31,0
44,0

89,2
96,4
79,7
73,2
81,3
82,6
74,1
69,6
80,8

77,6
62,3
68,9
34,9
60,9

(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’.