do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-03-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

26.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 77/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

25 March 2004

(2004/C 77/01)

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

1,2132

128,72

7,4466

0,6725

9,281

1,5505

87,52

8,458

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

0,58617

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

32,62

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6542

0,4264

4,7126

40 093

238,16

40,235

1 607 766

1,6404

1,6283

9,4591

1,8756

2,0539

251,02

KRW

South Korean won

1 403,98

3,4527

ZAR

South African rand

8,0204

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0932/04 by Graham Watson (ELDR) to the Commission. Contribution to EU economy by fisheries.
Date: 2004-03-26
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU aid, EU statistics, State aid, economic statistics, financial aid, fishing industry

3.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 84 E/919

1.

2.

Can the Commission indicate whether the CEN has fulfilled the mandate entrusted to it?

If so, when were these standards adopted?

3. Where can they be accessed?

(1) OJ C 134 E, 6.6.2002, p. 234.
(2) OJ L 169, 12.7.1993, p. 1.

Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission

(29 April 2004)

The Standard for portable liquid oxygen devices, including connectors (EN ISO 18777), is now at public
enquiry stage in the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). The enquiry was closed on
11 February 2004. CEN will review the comments received. The Standard will be put to formal vote
before March 2005.

(2004/C 84 E/1015)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0932/04

by Graham Watson (ELDR) to the Commission

(26 March 2004)

Subject: Contribution to EU economy by fisheries

Has the Commission any information about the relative contributions to the EU’s economy of recreational
and commercial fisheries? What is the net value of commercial fisheries to the EU economy, i.e. after the
deduction of government subsidies? What is the net value of recreational angling?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(21 April 2004)

The EU fisheries sector output in 2001 was around EUR 24 billion (0,3 % of EU gross domestic product
(GDP)), from which EUR 6 billion is the value of landings, EUR 3 billion the value of aquaculture
production, and EUR 15 billion the value of processing industry output.

The Commission does not have the required information on the weight of recreational fisheries.

The Community structural aid, co-financed by Member States, and covering a broad range of measures, is
made available to the fisheries sector through multiannual programmes. Total public contribution
programmed for the seven year period 2000-2006 is EUR 5,6 billion. There are other public interventions
not quantifiable, at Commission level, which make impossible the calculation of
the net value of
commercial fisheries.

(2004/C 84 E/1016)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0936/04

by Jens-Peter Bonde (EDD) to the Commission

(22 March 2004)

Subject: EU Economic EU support for positive publicity

Will the Commission give a complete list of all medias which have received economic subsidies from the
EU Commission, and the journalists who have received subsidies from the Commission’s information
office?

The question is based on information from the article ‘Brussels pays for positive publicity’ on: (http://
www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?aid=14700).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 585/2004 of 26 March 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 282/2004 introducing a document for the declaration of, and veterinary checks on, animals from third countries entering the Community (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-03-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: border control, health certificate, import, live animal, veterinary inspection

30.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 91/17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 585/2004

of 26 March 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 282/2004 introducing a document for the declaration of, and veter-
inary checks on, animals from third countries entering the Community

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July
1991 laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from
third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/
EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), and in particular Article 3(2) and
Article 7(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The transitional provisions for the border inspection
posts between the Member States and the new Member
States which are due to be abolished on accession are
not made sufficiently clear in Article 8 of Regulation
(EC) No 282/2004 introducing a document
for the
declaration of, and veterinary checks on, animals from
third countries entering the Community (2) and should
be reworded to avoid any ambiguity.

The common veterinary entry document
in
Regulation (EC) No 282/2004 is imprecise as regards the
declarations by the person responsible for the load in
box 25 and the official veterinarian in box 42 and that
document should be reworded.

(CVED)

(3)

(4)

To clarify all these points, Regulation (EC) No 282/2004
should be amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee
on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 282/2004 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 8 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 8

Until 1 May 2004 this Regulation shall not apply to the
border inspection posts listed in Annex II which are due to
be abolished upon the accession of the Czech Republic,
Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.’;

2. the model common veterinary entry document in Annex I is

replaced by the model in the Annex hereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 March 2004.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 26 March 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56. Directive as last amended by Directive

96/43/EC (OJ L 162, 1.7.1996, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 49, 19.2.2004, p. 11.

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ANNEX

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30.3.2004
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0916/04 by Proinsias De Rossa (PSE) to the Commission. Ireland and maritime safety legislation.
Date: 2004-03-26
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Ireland, infringement procedure (EU), maritime safety, national implementing measure

8.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 88 E/247

(2004/C 88 E/0250)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0916/04

by Proinsias De Rossa (PSE) to the Commission

(26 March 2004)

Subject: Ireland and maritime safety legislation

if any, has the Commission received from Ireland in response to the initiation of legal
What reply,
proceedings announced in July 2003 (press release IP/03/1116) regarding Ireland’s failure to comply with
Directive 2001/105/EC (1) on ship inspections and Directive 2001/106/EC (2) on port state control. What
action has the Commission taken, or is proposing to take, with regard to this matter?

(1) OJ L 19, 22.1.2002, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 19, 22.1.2002, p. 17.

Answer given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission

(23 April 2004)

In a letter dated 25 July 2003, Ireland sent the Commission the national measures (European Communities
(Ship Inspection and Survey Organisations) Regulations 2003 (cid:1) S.I. No 301) aimed at incorporating
European Parliament and Council Directive 2001/105/EC of 19 December 2001 on ship inspections (1)
into Irish law.

In a letter dated 1 July 2003, Ireland sent the Commission the national measures (European Communities
Merchant Shipping (Port State Control)
(Amendment) Regulations 2003 (cid:1) S.I. No 243 of 2003)
incorporating European Parliament and Council Directive 2001/106/EC of 19 December 2001 on Port
State Control (1) into Irish law.

Consequently, on 15 October 2003, the Commission decided to terminate the infringement procedures
initiated against Ireland for failure to communicate the national measures incorporating the abovemen-
tioned directives into Irish law.

(1) OJ L 19, 22.1.2002.

(2004/C 88 E/0251)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0917/04

by Proinsias De Rossa (PSE) to the Commission

(26 March 2004)

Subject: Ireland’s compliance with the Waste Framework Directive in relation to the treatment of urban

waste water

My Written Question E-0077/04 (1) sought to establish whether Ireland had replied to the reasoned
opinion sent to it by the Commission in July 2003 (announced in press release IP/03/1108) regarding the
treatment of urban waste water in Ireland and Ireland’s possible non-compliance with the 1975
Framework Waste Directive and to establish the Commission’s attitude in this matter.

However, in its answer to that question, given on 2 March 2004, the Commission seemed to refer to a
reasoned opinion, sent on 7 October 2002, relating to an entirely different legal challenge (cid:1) under
Council Directive 91/271/EEC (2) concerning urban waste water treatment.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 564/2004 of 25 March 2004 fixing the maximum export refund on oats in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1814/2003
Date: 2004-03-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, oats

L 89/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

26.3.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 564/2004

of 25 March 2004

fixing the maximum export refund on oats in connection with the invitation to tender issued in
Regulation (EC) No 1814/2003

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),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the appli-
cation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the
granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be
taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (2),
and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1814/2003
of 15 October 2003 on a special
intervention measure for
cereals in Finland and Sweden for the marketing year 2003/
04 (3), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1814/2003 provides
that the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders
notified, in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, decide to fix
a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria
referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose
bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.

The application of the abovementioned criteria to the
current market situation for the cereal in question results
in the maximum export
the
amount specified in Article 1.

refund being fixed at

The Management Committee for Cereals has not deliv-
ered an opinion within the time limit
set by its
chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(1)

An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of
oats produced in Finland and Sweden for export from
Finland or Sweden to all third countries except Bulgaria,
Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta,
Poland,
the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia and
Slovenia was opened pursuant to Regulation (EC) No
1814/2003.

For tenders notified from 19 to 25 March 2004, pursuant to
the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1814/
2003, the maximum refund on exportation of oats shall be
EUR 20,49/t.

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 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1431/2003 (OJ L 203, 12.8.2003, p. 16).

(3) OJ L 265, 16.10.2003, p. 25.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0923/04 by Roger Helmer (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Allowance Trading Scheme.
Date: 2004-03-26
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: carbon, fossil fuel, greenhouse gas, reduction of gas emissions, substitute fuel, tradeable emission permit, waste

C 84 E/914

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

3.4.2004

(2004/C 84 E/1010)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0923/04

by Roger Helmer (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(26 March 2004)

Subject: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Allowance Trading Scheme

Can the Commission indicate why the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Allowance Trading Scheme has been
designed in such a way that substitution of primary carbon fuels by non-biomass alternatives derived from
waste materials are not accorded either credit or neutrality within the terms of the scheme but are instead
treated as though they are primary carbon fuels, thereby restricting their potential use and the likelihood
that they will be moved up the waste hierarchy so as to facilitate energy recovery from them?

Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission

(28 April 2004)

The atmosphere makes no distinction how carbon emissions arise. When installations covered by Directive
2003/87/EC of
the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for
greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/
EC (1) burn forms of waste, the resulting emissions are treated in the same way as emissions from a fossil
fuel.

the Parliament and of

However, the incentive for operators to switch to fuels with low carbon content is inherent to any Carbon
dioxide (CO2) emissions trading scheme. Therefore, as long as a waste fuel has a lower carbon content than
a primary carbon fuel there will be an incentive to fuel-switch, and thus such waste fuels will move up the
waste hierarchy.

(1) OJ L 275, 25.10.2003.

(2004/C 84 E/1011)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0925/04

by Franz Turchi (UEN) to the Commission

(26 March 2004)

Subject: Medical treatment for haemophilia sufferers

Haemophilia, a hereditary and congenital disease characterised by uncontrolled bleeding, is still incurable
despite the enormous progress of genetic engineering and biotechnology. Tailored drugs for alleviating its
effects on sufferers are extremely expensive, and the conditions of those drugs’ use are not the same across
the EU Member States.

This disease causes severe physical pain from the first year of age, and leads to irreversible paralysis if it is
no treated at a tender age with the above-mentioned drugs.

Can the Commission state whether, after enlargement, the new Member States will have sufficient stocks of
the drugs concerned to meet needs, or whether there will be significant variations in their use?

Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission

(29 April 2004)

Advances in genetic engineering and biotechnology are helping to improve the treatment of many diseases
and the latest progress is encouraging. This is the case for medicinal products used in the treatment of
haemophilia.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0933/04 by John Purvis (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Energy from the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Date: 2004-03-26
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: CIS countries, EU financing, electrical energy, energy grid, energy policy, energy supply, trans-European network, transport network

C 88 E/250

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

8.4.2004

In addition to the programme organised by the Dairy Council, there is a Community co-financed milk
promotion campaign currently active in United Kingdom schools organised by Dairy Industry Association
Ltd.

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 of 19 December 2000 on information and promotion actions for

agricultural products on the internal market, OJ L 328, 23.12.2000.

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 94/2002 of 18 January 2002 laying down detailed rules for applying Council
Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 on information and promotion actions for agricultural products on the internal
market, OJ L 17, 19.1.2002.

(2004/C 88 E/0254)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0933/04

by John Purvis (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(26 March 2004)

Subject: Energy from the Commonwealth of Independent States

What plans does the Commission have to improve electricity grid connections between the Common-
wealth of Independent States and the European Union?

Answer given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission

(30 April 2004)

The Commission supports the ongoing study work by the Union for
the
Transmission of Electricity (UCTE) (cid:1) the body responsible for the co-ordination of the operation of the
continental European grid (cid:1) and its counterparts in Russia and the Newly Independent States on the
possibilities of interconnecting the integrated system of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the
EU electricity system. Interconnections with Russia and the other CIS (1) countries neighbouring the EU,
such as Ukraine, are covered by Annex III (projects of common interest) of European Parliament and
Council Decision 1229/2003/EC of 26 June 2003 laying down a series of guidelines for trans-European
energy networks and repealing Decision No 1254/96/EC (2), and are therefore eligible for possible financial
aid.

the Co-ordination of

However, a clear pre-condition to the integration of the EU electricity market and those of neighbouring
in terms of market and environmental standards,
countries is the existence of a level playing field,
including nuclear safety.

(1) Community of Independent States.
(2) OJ L 176, 15.7.2003.

(2004/C 88 E/0255)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0935/04

by Hans Kronberger (NI) to the Commission

(22 March 2004)

Subject: European environment and health strategy (cid:1) SCALE

Early last summer, the Commission launched the European environment and health strategy (SCALE).

In its press release (IP/03/823) of 11 June 2003, the Commission describes the five key elements of the
strategy. The second of these is ‘children’, as they are particularly susceptible to environmental agents. In
this connection the Commission claims that 157 million children in Europe are suffering from special
environment-related problems.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 568/2004 of 26 March 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2004-03-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

27.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 90/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 568/2004

of 26 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 27 March 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 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 26 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
400
999

060
388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
999

388
512
528
999

108,5
44,1
125,1
124,8
100,6

167,1
13,1
135,1
105,1

111,8
73,8
92,8

44,1
43,3
56,9
45,6
39,3
58,2
47,9

57,0
31,0
51,0
46,3

27,3
89,6
128,2
102,1
77,0
78,7
76,3
76,0
81,3
81,8

85,0
78,7
66,5
76,7

(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’.
Corrigendum to the summary of Community decisions on marketing authorisations in respect of medicinal products from 15 January 2004 to 15 February 2004 (OJ C 52 of 27.2.2004)
Date: 2004-03-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: market approval, marketing, medicinal product

26.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 77/23

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to the summary of Community decisions on marketing authorisations in respect of medicinal
products from 15 January 2004 to 15 February 2004

(Official Journal of the European Union C 52 of 27 February 2004)

(2004/C 77/06)

On page 5, fourth column, against the entry Infanrix Hexa:

for:

‘EU/1/00/152/009-018’,

read:

‘EU/1/00/152/001-018’;

and against the entry NovoSeven:

for:

‘EU/1/96/006/’,

read:

‘EU/1/96/006/001-003’.