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Commission Regulation (EC) No 649/2004 of 7 April 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2004-04-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit, stone fruit

L 104/36

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.4.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 649/2004

of 7 April 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 8 April 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 April 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 7 April 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
624
999

052
204
999

220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
388
400
600
624
999

052
400
999

060
388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
804
999

388
512
524
528
999

104,4
48,9
120,5
124,3
99,5

104,6
132,9
118,8

56,4
56,4

91,5
71,7
81,6

49,5
43,4
55,7
45,3
44,2
47,2
48,2
58,7
49,0

40,0
52,1
46,1

50,7
82,5
120,9
100,2
76,7
68,4
75,3
75,4
79,7
122,0
85,2

77,9
71,5
80,3
68,6
74,6

(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’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3376 — Dillinger Hüttenwerke/Saarstahl/Cokerie de Carling) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-04-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: control of State aid, economic concentration, exchange of information, iron and steel industry

7.4.2004

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Official Journal of the European Union

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training aid for the continued
Objective of aid: General
training of 19 apprentices taken over from NMH, Sulzbach-
Rosenberg, as follows:

— 7 as industrial mechanics in their 2nd year of training

in accordance with the Training Framework Plan

Economic
sector(s)
motor vehicle sector

concerned: Manufacturing industry,

— 6 as industrial mechanics in their 3rd year of training

Name and address of granting authority:

— 4 as electronics technicians in their 2nd year of training

— 2 as electronics technicians in their 3rd year of training,

Regierung der Oberpfalz
Sachgebiet 600
D-93039 Regensburg

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3376 — Dillinger Hüttenwerke/Saarstahl/Cokerie de Carling)

(2004/C 87/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 17 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 English 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),

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 304M3376. CELEX

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 659/2004 of 7 April 2004 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings
Date: 2004-04-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural holding, economic accounts for agriculture, farm income

8.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 104/95

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 659/2004

of 7 April 2004

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the
purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC of 15 June
1965 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy
data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural
holdings in the European Economic Community (1), and in par-
ticular Articles 4(4), 5(5) and 6(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

By Commission Regulation (EC) No 660/2004 of 7
April 2004 amending the Annex to Council Regulation
No 79/65/EEC as regards the list of divisions (2), in that
Annex, the single division ‘Belgium’ has been split in
three divisions. The numbers of returning holdings per
division in Belgium should therefore be introduced in
Annex I
to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/
82 (3).

The development of data delivery and control proce-
dures has made the report on the implementation of the
selection plan for returning holdings referred to in
Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 obsolete.
Article 6 and Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82
should therefore be deleted.

(3)

(4)

Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Community
Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 is amended as follows:

1. Article 6 is deleted;

2. Annex I is amended in accordance with the Annex to this

Regulation;

3. Annex II is deleted.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from the 2004 accounting year.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 April 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ 109, 23.6.1965, p. 1859/65. Regulation as last amended by

Regulation (EC) No 2059/2003 (OJ L 308, 25.11.2003, p. 1).

(2) See page 97 of this Official Journal.
(3) OJ L 205, 13.7.1982, p 40. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1555/2001 (OJ L 205, 31.7.2001, p. 21).

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8.4.2004

In Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82, the line concerning Belgium is replaced by the following:

ANNEX

341

342

343

‘Belgium

Vlaanderen

Bruxelles-Brussel

Wallonie

600

—

400’
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3382 — Iberia/Cobra Instalaciones/Serpista JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-04-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air transport, economic concentration, exchange of information, maintenance, merger control, production control, technology

C 87/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.4.2004

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3382 — Iberia/Cobra Instalaciones/Serpista JV)

(2004/C 87/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 30 March 2004, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (2),
by which the undertakings Iberia, Líneas Aéreas de España SA (‘Iberia’, Spain) and Cobra Instalaciones y
Servicios, SA (‘Cobra’, Spain), belonging to the group ACS (‘ACS’, Spain), acquire within the meaning of
Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, joint control of the newly created undertaking Serpista SA (‘Serpista’,
Spain) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Iberia: Passenger and cargo air transport services; related services such as ground handling.

— Cobra: Engineering and integrated services related to energy, communications and control systems.

— Serpista: Repair and maintenance of ground handling equipment.

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.

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.3382 — Iberia/Cobra Instalaciones/Serpista 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 654/2004 of 7 April 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 144/2004 as regards the quantity covered by the standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of wheat held by the French intervention agency
Date: 2004-04-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, award of contract, common wheat, intervention agency, sale, single market

8.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 104/47

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 654/2004

of 7 April 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 144/2004 as regards the quantity covered by the standing invitation
to tender for the resale on the internal market of wheat held by the French intervention agency

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 5 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 144/2004 (2) opened a
for the resale on the
standing invitation to tender
internal market of 200 000 tonnes of wheat held by the
French intervention agency.

In the present situation on the market the quantities of
wheat held by the French intervention agency put up for
sale on the internal market of the Community should be
increased to 367 308 tonnes.

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 144/2004 is amended as follows:

1.

2.

in Article 1(1),
tonnes’;

‘200 000 tonnes’

is replaced by ‘367 308

in the title of Annex,
‘367 308 tonnes’.

‘200 000 tonnes’

is replaced by

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion 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, 7 April 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 24, 29.1.2004, p. 36.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-04-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

7.4.2004

EN

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I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

6 April 2004

(2004/C 87/01)

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

1,209

128,24

7,4463

0,6582

9,2018

1,5657

87,61

8,375

1,946

0,5862

32,669

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

0,6512

0,4245

4,7194

40 922

238,52

40,2

1 586 279

1,5931

1,5791

9,4238

1,8446

2,0324

247,68

KRW

South Korean won

1 390,53

3,4527

ZAR

South African rand

7,816

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 665/2004 of 7 April 2004 on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
Date: 2004-04-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, fresh meat, frozen product, import licence, refrigerated product

L 104/108

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.4.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 665/2004

of 7 April 2004

on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal

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 936/97 of
27 May 1997 opening and providing for the administration of
tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and
for frozen buffalo meat (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 936/97 provides in Articles 4 and 5
the conditions for applications and for the issue of
import licences for meat referred to in Article 2(f).

Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 fixes the
amount of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and
veal originating in and imported from the United States
of America and Canada which may be imported on
special terms for the period 1 July 2003 to 30 June
2004 at 11 500 t.

It should be recalled that licences issued pursuant to this
Regulation will, throughout the period of validity, be
open for use only in so far as provisions on health
protection in force permit,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
All applications for import licences from 1 to 5 April
2004 for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal as
referred to in Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 shall be
granted in full.

2.
Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance
with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 936/97, during the first
five days of May 2004 for 9 569,588 t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 April 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 April 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 137, 28.5.1997, p. 10; Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 649/2003 (OJ L 95, 11.4.2003, p. 13).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 660/2004 of 7 April 2004 amending the Annex to Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC as regards the list of divisions
Date: 2004-04-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, administrative unit, farm accountancy data network

8.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 104/97

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 660/2004

of 7 April 2004

amending the Annex to Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC as regards the list of divisions

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC of 15 June
1965 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy
data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural
holdings in the European Economic Community (1), and in par-
ticular Article 2a thereof,

Having regard to the request of Belgium,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

A list of divisions within the meaning of Article 2(d) of
Regulation No 79/65/EEC is laid down in the Annex to
that Regulation.

According to that Annex, Belgium constitutes a single
division. For the purposes of Regulation No 79/65/EEC
Belgium has requested to split the single division in
three divisions.

(3)

(4)

Regulation No 79/65/EEC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Community
Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation 79/65/EEC is amended in accordance
with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from the 2004 accounting year.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 April 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ 109, 23.6.1965, p. 1859/65. Regulation as last amended by

Regulation (EC) No 2059/2003 (OJ L 308, 25.11.2003, p. 1).

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8.4.2004

In the Annex to Regulation No 79/65/EEC, the words ‘BELGIUM constitutes a single division’ are replaced by the
following:

ANNEX

‘BELGIUM

1. Vlaanderen

2. Bruxelles — Brussel

3. Wallonie.’
Commission Regulation (EC) No 652/2004 of 7 April 2004 correcting Regulation (EC) No 362/2004 opening a preferential tariff quota for imports of raw cane sugar originating in the ACP States for supply to refineries during the period 1 March to 30 June 2004
Date: 2004-04-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, cane sugar, import, originating product, raw sugar, tariff quota

8.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 104/43

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 652/2004

of 7 April 2004

correcting Regulation (EC) No 362/2004 opening a preferential tariff quota for imports of raw
cane sugar originating in the ACP States for supply to refineries during the period 1 March to 30
June 2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19
June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the
sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 39(6) thereof,

(2)

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 362/2004 should therefore be
amended, with effect from the date on which it became
applicable, by deleting the serial number reference.

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

Whereas:

(1)

In Commission Regulation (EC) No 362/2004 (2) an
error was made in the serial number for the quota
opened, which differs from that already set for all special
preferential sugar quotas for the 2003/04 to 2005/06
marketing years in the second paragraph of Article 16
of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 of 30
June 2003 laying down detailed rules of application for
the 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 marketing years for
the import of cane sugar under certain tariff quotas and
preferential agreements and amending Regulations (EC)
No 1464/95 and (EC) No 779/96 (3).

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The second paragraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 362/
2004 is hereby deleted.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 March 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 April 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commis-

sion Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2004, p. 16).

(2) OJ L 63, 28.2.2004, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 162, 1.7.2003, p. 25. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 96/2004 (OJ L 15, 22.1.2004, p. 3).