do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 605/2004 of 31 March 2004 derogating for 2004 from Regulation (EC) No 1518/2003 regarding the date of issue of export licences in the pigmeat sector
Date: 2004-03-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, pigmeat

1.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 97/39

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 605/2004

of 31 March 2004

derogating for 2004 from Regulation (EC) No 1518/2003 regarding the date of issue of export
licences in the pigmeat sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in
pigmeat (1), and in particular Article 8(2), Article 13(12) and
Article 22 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 3(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1518/
2003 of 28 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for
licences in the
implementing the system of export
pigmeat sector (2), provides that export licences are to be
issued on the Wednesday following the week during
which the
applications have been lodged,
provided that no special measures have since been taken
by the Commission.

licence

In view of the public holidays in 2004 and the irregular
publication of the Official Journal of the European Union
during those holidays, the period for reflection will be
the
too brief
market and should be extended.

to guarantee proper administration of

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

As an exception to Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1518/
2003, export licences shall be issued on the dates set out in the
table below, provided that none of
the special measures
referred to in paragraph 4 of that Article are taken before the
dates concerned.

Period for submission of licence
applications

Dates of issue

from 5 to 9 April 2004

15 April 2004

from 24 to 28 May 2004

3 June 2004

from 25 to 29 October 2004

5 November 2004

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 March 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1365/2000 (OJ L 156, 29.6.2000, p. 5).

(2) OJ L 217, 29.8.2003, p. 35. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 130/2004 (OJ L 19, 27.1.2004, p. 14).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-03-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

31.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 81/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

30 March 2004

(2004/C 81/01)

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

1,2187

128,99

7,4447

0,6681

9,2596

1,5586

88,45

8,4085

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

32,983

NZD

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

Exchange
rate

0,6549

0,4261

4,7298

40 442

238,4

40,18

1 609 898

1,6179

1,5922

9,5012

1,8544

2,0523

249,85

KRW

South Korean won

1 405,59

3,4529

ZAR

South African rand

7,6105

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
45th amendment of the State aid guidelines — EFTA Surveillance Authority decision to propose appropriate measures
Date: 2004-03-31
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EFTA, European Economic Area, State aid, maritime transport

C 103/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.4.2005

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY

45th amendment of the State aid guidelines

EFTA Surveillance Authority decision to propose appropriate measures

(2005/C 103/10)

Date of adoption: 31 March 2004

EFTA State: n.a.

Case No: 47815

Title: Amendments to Chapter 24A on ‘State aid to maritime transport’ and Annex VIII of the Authority's
State Aid Guidelines by replacing Chapter 24 A and Annex VIII with a new text and proposal for appro-
priate measures.

Legal basis: College Decision No 62/04/COL

Decision: The appropriate measures, proposed by the Authority and accepted by the EFTA States are as
follows:

— to amend their existing aid schemes relating to State aid covered by the amended Chapter 24A and
Annex VIII of the Authority's State Aid Guidelines so to comply with the Guidelines by 30 June 2005
at the latest.
Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in dried fodder (OJ L 270 of 21.10.2003)
Date: 2004-03-31
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: common organisation of markets, fodder, production aid, trading operation

31.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 94/71

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1783/2003 of 29 September 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No
1257/1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
(EAGGF)

(Official Journal of the European Union L 270 of 21 October 2003)

On page 73, in Article 1, point 9 (Article 21b(2), third subparagraph of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999):

for:
read:

‘from 25 October 2003.’,
‘from 28 October 2003.’

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of
the market in dried fodder

(Official Journal of the European Union L 270 of 21 October 2003)

On page 115, in Article 1, Table, under (b):

for:

‘(b) ex 2309 90 98

Protein concentrates obtained from lucerne juice and grass juice

Dehydrated products obtained exclusively from solid residues and juice resulting from
preparation of the concentrates in the first indent’

read:

‘(b) ex 2309 90 99

Protein concentrates obtained from lucerne juice and grass juice

Dehydrated products obtained exclusively from solid residues and juice resulting from
preparation of the abovementioned concentrates’

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing a levy in the milk
and milk products sector

(Official Journal of the European Union L 270 of 21 October 2003)

On page 125, in Article 3(1):

for:
read:

‘… national reference quantity fixed in Annex I, determined nationally …’,
‘… national reference quantity, determined nationally …’.
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the position of the European Community on the draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the uniform prescriptions applicable to the approval of internal combustion engines to be installed in agricultural and forestry tractors and in non-road mobile machinery, with regard to their net power, net torque and specific fuel consumption (COM(2003) 414 — 5924/2004 — C5-0151/2004 — 2003/0155(AVC))
Date: 2004-03-31
Institutions: Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, European Parliament
Subjects: approval, approximation of laws, commercial vehicle, energy consumption, engine, tractor

C 103 E/542

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

29.4.2004

Wednesday 31 March 2004

P5_TA(2004)0226

Internal combustion engines in agricultural and forestry tractors ***

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the position
of the European Community on the draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission
for Europe concerning the uniform prescriptions applicable to the approval of internal combus-
tion engines to be installed in agricultural and forestry tractors and in non-road mobile machinery,
with regard to their net power, net torque and specific fuel consumption (COM(2003) 414 (cid:1) 5924/
2004 (cid:1) C5-0151/2004 (cid:1) 2003/0155(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

(cid:1) having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2003) 414 (cid:1) 5924/2004) (1),

(cid:1) having regard to Council Decision 97/836/EC of 27 November 1997 (2),

(cid:1) having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 300(3), second

subparagraph, of the EC Treaty (C5-0151/2004),

(cid:1) having regard to Rules 86(1), 97(7) and 158(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:1) having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and

Energy (A5-0223/2004),

1.

2.

Gives its assent to proposal for a Council decision;

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

(1) Not yet published in the OJ.
(2) OJ L 346, 17.12.1997, p. 78.

P5_TA(2004)0227

Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement with Central America *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclu-
sion of a Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its
Member States, of the one part, and the Republics of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hondu-
ras, Nicaragua and Panama, of the other (COM(2003) 677 (cid:1) C5-0658/2003 (cid:1) 2003/0266(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

(cid:1) having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2003) 677) (1),

(cid:1) having regard to Article 181 of the EC Treaty in conjunction with Article 300(2), first subparagraph,

first sentence, of the EC Treaty,

(1) Not yet published in the OJ.
Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk products sector (OJ L 270 of 21.10.2003)
Date: 2004-03-31
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: agricultural quota, common agricultural policy, milk, milk product, regulation of agricultural production

31.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 94/71

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1783/2003 of 29 September 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No
1257/1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
(EAGGF)

(Official Journal of the European Union L 270 of 21 October 2003)

On page 73, in Article 1, point 9 (Article 21b(2), third subparagraph of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999):

for:
read:

‘from 25 October 2003.’,
‘from 28 October 2003.’

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of
the market in dried fodder

(Official Journal of the European Union L 270 of 21 October 2003)

On page 115, in Article 1, Table, under (b):

for:

‘(b) ex 2309 90 98

Protein concentrates obtained from lucerne juice and grass juice

Dehydrated products obtained exclusively from solid residues and juice resulting from
preparation of the concentrates in the first indent’

read:

‘(b) ex 2309 90 99

Protein concentrates obtained from lucerne juice and grass juice

Dehydrated products obtained exclusively from solid residues and juice resulting from
preparation of the abovementioned concentrates’

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing a levy in the milk
and milk products sector

(Official Journal of the European Union L 270 of 21 October 2003)

On page 125, in Article 3(1):

for:
read:

‘… national reference quantity fixed in Annex I, determined nationally …’,
‘… national reference quantity, determined nationally …’.
Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1783/2003 of 29 September 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (OJ L 270 of 21.10.2003)
Date: 2004-03-31
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EAGGF, aid to agriculture, rural development

31.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 94/71

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1783/2003 of 29 September 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No
1257/1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
(EAGGF)

(Official Journal of the European Union L 270 of 21 October 2003)

On page 73, in Article 1, point 9 (Article 21b(2), third subparagraph of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999):

for:
read:

‘from 25 October 2003.’,
‘from 28 October 2003.’

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of
the market in dried fodder

(Official Journal of the European Union L 270 of 21 October 2003)

On page 115, in Article 1, Table, under (b):

for:

‘(b) ex 2309 90 98

Protein concentrates obtained from lucerne juice and grass juice

Dehydrated products obtained exclusively from solid residues and juice resulting from
preparation of the concentrates in the first indent’

read:

‘(b) ex 2309 90 99

Protein concentrates obtained from lucerne juice and grass juice

Dehydrated products obtained exclusively from solid residues and juice resulting from
preparation of the abovementioned concentrates’

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing a levy in the milk
and milk products sector

(Official Journal of the European Union L 270 of 21 October 2003)

On page 125, in Article 3(1):

for:
read:

‘… national reference quantity fixed in Annex I, determined nationally …’,
‘… national reference quantity, determined nationally …’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 603/2004 of 31 March 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2004-03-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

L 97/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.4.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 603/2004

of 31 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 1 April 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 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).

1.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 97/33

to the Commission Regulation of 31 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
999

052
068
096
204
220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
400
624
999

052
400
999

060
388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
804
999

388
512
528
720
999

94,3
39,5
120,5
84,8

107,5
105,0
88,7
19,6
135,1
91,2

110,7
108,2
109,5

40,6
43,8
56,9
41,8
44,9
58,8
47,8

47,5
51,0
49,3

50,7
80,8
118,6
100,3
75,1
69,4
77,7
74,3
73,8
101,1
82,2

68,9
73,1
63,0
35,3
60,1

(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’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 598/2004 of 30 March 2004 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
Date: 2004-03-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

31.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 94/43

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 598/2004

of 30 March 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)

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 of 2 August 2001 laying down detailed rules for
applying the cotton aid scheme (3). Where the world
market price cannot be determined in this way, it is to
be based on the most recent price determined.

(2)

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
European
recorded on one or more
quotations
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
there is provision for
international
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 31,873/100 kg.

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, 30 March 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).
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste (codified version)’ (COM(2003) 731 final – 2003/0283 COD)
Date: 2004-03-31
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: codification of EU law, waste, waste management

C 112/46

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.4.2004

5.3
Appropriate measures should also be taken to prevent
excessive intake of vitamins, minerals or other substances. It is
also important in this connection to mention the value of a
balanced diet.

5.4
The special labelling requirements, which in the present
proposal apply only to food fortified with vitamins and
minerals, should be extended to include foods to which
substances other than vitamins and minerals are added.

Brussels, 31 March 2004

The President

of the European Economic and Social Committee

Roger BRIESCH

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘proposal for a Directive of the
European Parliament and of the Council on waste (codified version)’

(COM(2003) 731 final – 2003/0283 COD)

(2004/C 112/13)

On 9 December 2003, the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee,
under Articles 175 and 251 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the above-mentioned
proposal.

The Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment, which was responsible for preparing
the Committee's work on this subject, adopted its opinion on 4 March 2004. The rapporteur was Mr
Donnelly.

At its 407th plenary session of 31 March and 1 April 2004 (meeting of 31 March 2004), the European
Economic and Social Committee adopted the following opinion by 101 votes in favour, with one absten-
tion.

1.

Introduction

The purpose of this proposal is to undertake a codifica-
1.1
tion of Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on
waste. The new Directive will supersede the various acts incor-
porated in it; this proposal fully preserves the content of the
acts being codified and hence does no more than bring them
together with only such formal amendments as are required by
the codification exercise itself.

1.2
The Committee regards it as very useful to have all the
texts integrated into one Directive. In the context of a People's

Europe, the Committee,
like the Commission, attaches great
importance to simplifying and clarifying Community law so as
to make it clearer and more accessible to ordinary citizens,
thus giving them new opportunities and the chance to make
use of the specific rights it gives them.

It has been ensured that this compilation of provisions contains
no changes of substance and serves only the purpose of
presenting Community law in a clear and transparent way. The
Committee expresses its total support for this objective and, in
the light of these guarantees, welcomes the proposal.

Brussels, 31 March 2004.

The President

of the European Economic and Social Committee

Roger BRIESCH