do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-04-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 89/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.4.2004

Euro exchange rates (1)

8 April 2004

(2004/C 89/02)

Exchange
rate

1,2096

128,37

7,4465

0,6601

9,1645

1,5521

87,5

LVL

MTL

PLN

ROL

SIT

SKK

TRL

Currency

Latvian lats

Maltese lira

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

Currency

US dollar

Japanese yen

Danish krone

Pound sterling

Swedish krona

Swiss franc

Iceland króna

Norwegian krone

8,3616

AUD

Australian dollar

Bulgarian lev

Cyprus pound

Czech koruna

Estonian kroon

Hungarian forint

Lithuanian litas

1,9461

0,5863

32,579

CAD

HKD

NZD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

248,75

KRW

South Korean won

1 379,37

3,4526

ZAR

South African rand

7,6628

Exchange
rate

0,6514

0,4247

4,7338

40 823

238,41

40,075

1 624 273

1,5915

1,6009

9,4291

1,841

2,0303

1 euro =

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CYP

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 658/2004 of 7 April 2004 imposing definitive safeguard measures against imports of certain prepared or preserved citrus fruits (namely mandarins, etc.) (OJ L 104 of 8.4.2004)
Date: 2004-04-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit product, import, preserved product, protective clause

L 105/52

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.4.2004

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 614/2004 of 30 March 2004 concerning the classification of
certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature

(Official Journal of the European Union L 98 of 2 April 2004)

On page 4 in the title and in the concluding formula, and in the contents on the cover:

for:
read:

‘30 March 2004’,
‘1 April 2004’.

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 647/2004 of 6 April 2004 on granting of import licences for
cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements

(Official Journal of the European Union L 102 of 7 April 2004)

In the tables entitled ‘ACP-India Preferential Sugar’, on page 46, and ‘CXL concessions sugar’, on page 47, of the Annex:

in the third column (Limit), ‘reached’ should be added to the entries ‘Mauritius’ (in the first table) and ‘Other third
countries’ (in the second table).

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 658/2004 of 7 April 2004 imposing definitive safeguard
measures against imports of certain prepared or preserved citrus fruits (namely mandarins, etc.)

(Official Journal of the European Union L 104 of 8 April 2004)

On page 90, in Article 1(3), last line:

for:
read:

‘… EUR 101 …’,
‘… EUR 301 …’;

and on page 91, in Article 3(4), last line:

for:
read:

‘… EUR 10 …’,
‘… EUR 150 …’.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 647/2004 of 6 April 2004 on granting of import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements (OJ L 102 of 7.4.2004)
Date: 2004-04-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cane sugar, import licence, preferential agreement, tariff quota

L 105/52

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.4.2004

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 614/2004 of 30 March 2004 concerning the classification of
certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature

(Official Journal of the European Union L 98 of 2 April 2004)

On page 4 in the title and in the concluding formula, and in the contents on the cover:

for:
read:

‘30 March 2004’,
‘1 April 2004’.

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 647/2004 of 6 April 2004 on granting of import licences for
cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements

(Official Journal of the European Union L 102 of 7 April 2004)

In the tables entitled ‘ACP-India Preferential Sugar’, on page 46, and ‘CXL concessions sugar’, on page 47, of the Annex:

in the third column (Limit), ‘reached’ should be added to the entries ‘Mauritius’ (in the first table) and ‘Other third
countries’ (in the second table).

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 658/2004 of 7 April 2004 imposing definitive safeguard
measures against imports of certain prepared or preserved citrus fruits (namely mandarins, etc.)

(Official Journal of the European Union L 104 of 8 April 2004)

On page 90, in Article 1(3), last line:

for:
read:

‘… EUR 101 …’,
‘… EUR 301 …’;

and on page 91, in Article 3(4), last line:

for:
read:

‘… EUR 10 …’,
‘… EUR 150 …’.
Amendment by France of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services between France and the United Kingdom
Date: 2004-04-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, air transport, airline, inland transport, provision of services, public service

C 89/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.4.2004

Amendment by France of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services between
France and the United Kingdom

(2004/C 89/04)

and

London

1.
France has decided to amend the public service obli-
gations in respect of scheduled air services between Dijon
(Longvic)
(Heathrow/Gatwick/Stansted/City
Airport/Luton) published in the Official Journal of the European
Communities, C 240 of 15 September 1995, pursuant to Article
4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 of 23 July
1992 on access
to intra-
for Community air
Community air routes.

carriers

Type of aircraft used and capacity provided

The services must be operated using pressurised aircraft having
a seating capacity of at least 100.

Commercial policy

The public service obligations in respect of scheduled air
2.
services between Dijon (Longvic) and London (Heathrow/
Gatwick/Stansted/City Airport/Luton) are as follows:

Minimum frequency

Flights must be marketed using at least one computerised reser-
vation system.

Continuity of service

The minimum level of service provided must be one return trip
per day:

— every day during the summer scheduling season,

— four days per week during the winter scheduling season.

The services must be operated without a stopover between
Dijon and London.

Except in cases of force majeure, the number of flights cancelled
for reasons directly attributable to the carrier must not exceed
3 % of the number of flights scheduled in any year. The carrier
must give six months' notice before discontinuing these
services.

Community carriers are hereby informed that the operation of
air services without regard to the public service obligations
may result in administrative and/or criminal penalties.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3368 — CD & R Fund/VWR)

(2004/C 89/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 1 April 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 304M3368. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

EUR-OP,
Information, Marketing and Public Relations,
2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 427 18, fax (352) 29 29 427 09.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 614/2004 of 30 March 2004 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature (OJ L 98 of 2.4.2004)
Date: 2004-04-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, data transmission, electronic device, transmission network

L 105/52

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.4.2004

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 614/2004 of 30 March 2004 concerning the classification of
certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature

(Official Journal of the European Union L 98 of 2 April 2004)

On page 4 in the title and in the concluding formula, and in the contents on the cover:

for:
read:

‘30 March 2004’,
‘1 April 2004’.

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 647/2004 of 6 April 2004 on granting of import licences for
cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements

(Official Journal of the European Union L 102 of 7 April 2004)

In the tables entitled ‘ACP-India Preferential Sugar’, on page 46, and ‘CXL concessions sugar’, on page 47, of the Annex:

in the third column (Limit), ‘reached’ should be added to the entries ‘Mauritius’ (in the first table) and ‘Other third
countries’ (in the second table).

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 658/2004 of 7 April 2004 imposing definitive safeguard
measures against imports of certain prepared or preserved citrus fruits (namely mandarins, etc.)

(Official Journal of the European Union L 104 of 8 April 2004)

On page 90, in Article 1(3), last line:

for:
read:

‘… EUR 101 …’,
‘… EUR 301 …’;

and on page 91, in Article 3(4), last line:

for:
read:

‘… EUR 10 …’,
‘… EUR 150 …’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-04-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

14.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 89/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

13 April 2004

(2004/C 89/01)

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

1,1975

126,92

7,4453

0,6556

9,1363

1,5495

87,18

8,308

1,9461

0,5863

32,163

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

0,6471

0,4238

4,7295

40 788

238,47

40,065

1 627 416

1,5781

1,6013

9,3349

1,8276

1,9948

249,25

KRW

South Korean won

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

1 366,53

7,68

___________
(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3368 — CD & R Fund/VWR) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-04-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control, pharmaceutical product, scientific apparatus

C 89/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.4.2004

Amendment by France of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services between
France and the United Kingdom

(2004/C 89/04)

and

London

1.
France has decided to amend the public service obli-
gations in respect of scheduled air services between Dijon
(Longvic)
(Heathrow/Gatwick/Stansted/City
Airport/Luton) published in the Official Journal of the European
Communities, C 240 of 15 September 1995, pursuant to Article
4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 of 23 July
1992 on access
to intra-
for Community air
Community air routes.

carriers

Type of aircraft used and capacity provided

The services must be operated using pressurised aircraft having
a seating capacity of at least 100.

Commercial policy

The public service obligations in respect of scheduled air
2.
services between Dijon (Longvic) and London (Heathrow/
Gatwick/Stansted/City Airport/Luton) are as follows:

Minimum frequency

Flights must be marketed using at least one computerised reser-
vation system.

Continuity of service

The minimum level of service provided must be one return trip
per day:

— every day during the summer scheduling season,

— four days per week during the winter scheduling season.

The services must be operated without a stopover between
Dijon and London.

Except in cases of force majeure, the number of flights cancelled
for reasons directly attributable to the carrier must not exceed
3 % of the number of flights scheduled in any year. The carrier
must give six months' notice before discontinuing these
services.

Community carriers are hereby informed that the operation of
air services without regard to the public service obligations
may result in administrative and/or criminal penalties.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3368 — CD & R Fund/VWR)

(2004/C 89/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 1 April 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 304M3368. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

For more information concerning subscriptions please contact:

EUR-OP,
Information, Marketing and Public Relations,
2, rue Mercier,
L-2985 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 29 29 427 18, fax (352) 29 29 427 09.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 682/2004 of 14 April 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2004-04-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

15.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 106/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 682/2004

of 14 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 15 April 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 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).

L 106/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.4.2004

to the Commission Regulation of 14 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 90 70

0805 10 10, 0805 10 30, 0805 10 50

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
220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
400
600
624
999

388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
804
999

388
512
528
999

101,8
28,2
120,5
83,5

145,7
147,3
146,5

89,6
52,6
71,1

62,6
39,5
60,1
41,1
43,8
36,6
58,4
48,9

85,9
103,2
63,0
69,5
70,5
76,9
74,4
72,6
119,9
81,8

82,0
78,6
73,2
77,9

(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’.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1114/04 by Proinsias De Rossa (PSE) to the Commission. Civil protection.
Date: 2004-04-14
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Ireland, action programme, civil defence, fire protection, police, political participation, social dialogue (EU)

8.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 88 E/283

Council of 27 June 2001, on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the
environment (1) and 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and
private projects on the environment (2) apply to these projects. These lay down requirements for the
consultation of all relevant stakeholders. In addition, national procedures for granting development consent
or building permits are applicable and foresee consultation of concerned stakeholders.

(1) OJ L 197, 21.7.2001.
(2) OJ L 175, 5.7.1985 as amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC of 3 March 1997, OJ L 73, 14.3.1997.

(2004/C 88 E/0290)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1114/04

by Proinsias De Rossa (PSE) to the Commission

(14 April 2004)

Subject: Civil protection

During my recent meetings with representatives of the Dublin Fire Brigade Union, they expressed an
interest in being consulted during the preparation of future EU Community Action Programmes in the
field of Civil Protection.

To ensure that Irish fire fighters are prepared for the implementation of current Community Action
Programmes, the Dublin Fire Brigade representatives believe that a conference should be held for fire
fighting groups from all 25 EU Member States and accession countries.

The conference would provide an opportunity for those responsible for the protection of European
civilians to discuss coordination of EU activities. It would be one vital step towards better protection
against, and reactions to, crises. I believe that a conference of EU fire brigades and police forces is
particularly imperative in the wake of the tragic Madrid bombings in March.

Would the Commission consider organising such a conference? If so, what EU funding might be available?

Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission

(30 April 2004)

The Community Action Programme in the field of civil protection aims at supporting and supplementing
Member States’ efforts and at facilitating cooperation, exchange of experience and mutual assistance
between Member States in the field of civil protection. To that effect the Commission consults on a regular
basis with the competent authorities of the Member States. The fire fighters associations should liaise with
the national civil protection authorities in order to contribute to the future action programme in the field
of civil protection.

The recently finalised fire safety project developed under the Civil Protection Action Programme foresees
the establishment of a network of national civil protection authorities in order to examine the most urgent
issues to be handled by the fire safety community. Amongst these issues, the coordination of EU activities
might be considered as a vital step towards better protection against and reactions to crises involving fire
brigades.