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2004/889/EC: Council Decision of 16 November 2004 on the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation and mutual administrative assistance in customs matters
Date: 2004-11-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: China, administrative cooperation, cooperation agreement (EU), customs cooperation

23.12.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 375/19

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 16 November 2004

on the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the
People’s Republic of China on cooperation and mutual administrative assistance in customs matters

(2004/889/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 133 read in conjunction
with Article 300(2), subparagraph (1), first sentence, thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Article 2

The Commission, assisted by representatives of the Member
States, shall represent the Community on the Joint Customs
Cooperation Committee set up under Article 21 of
the
Agreement.

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

In April 1993 the Council
adopted a Decision
authorising the Commission to negotiate a customs
cooperation agreement on behalf of
the Community
with Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and the United
States which was extended in May 1997 with regard to
the ASEAN countries and China.

The Agreement between the European Community and
the Government of the People's Republic of China on
cooperation and mutual administrative assistance in
customs matters should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and the
Government of the People's Republic of China on cooperation
and mutual administrative assistance in customs matters is
hereby approved on behalf of the European Community.

Article 3

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of
the Community,
the
thereby expressing the
Community to be bound.

consent of

Article 4

The President of
the notification
provided for in Article 22 of the Agreement on behalf of the
Community (1).

the Council

shall effect

Done at Brussels, 16 November 2004.

For the Council
The President

G. ZALM

(1) The date of the entry into force of the Agreement will be published
in the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat
of the Council.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1967/2004 of 16 November 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2004-11-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

17.11.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 341/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1967/2004

of 16 November 2004

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vege-
tables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

In compliance with the above criteria,
the standard
import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the
Annex to this Regulation,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of
21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the
and in
import
fruit
arrangements
particular Article 4(1) thereof,

and vegetables (1),

for

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.

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 17 November 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 November 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 341/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.11.2004

to Commission Regulation of 16 November 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 20 10

0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70,
0805 20 90

0805 50 10

0806 10 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
070
204
999

052
204
999

052
204
999

204
999

052
624
999

052
388
524
528
999

052
400
508
999

388
400
404
512
720
800
804
999

052
720
999

134,0
56,3
56,6
82,3

95,5
32,5
64,0

86,7
90,2
88,5

76,2
76,2

67,1
79,5
73,3

50,0
31,5
67,3
20,8
42,4

113,9
211,0
251,8
192,2

112,0
93,1
99,7
104,2
55,8
194,5
106,7
109,4

67,3
58,4
62,9

(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’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1971/2004 of 16 November 2004 prohibiting fishing for redfish by vessels flying the flag of Portugal
Date: 2004-11-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Portugal, catch quota, fishing area, fishing rights, sea fish, ship's flag

L 341/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.11.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1971/2004

of 16 November 2004

prohibiting fishing for redfish by vessels flying the flag of Portugal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12
October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the
common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 21(3)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 of 19 December
2003 fixing for 2004 the fishing opportunities and asso-
ciated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of
for
fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and,
Community vessels,
in
in waters where limitations
catch are required (2) lays down quotas for redfish for
2004.

In order
to ensure compliance with the provisions
relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks
subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by
which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a
Member State are hereby deemed to have exhausted the
quota allocated.

to

by

the

received

According
the
information
Commission, catches of redfish in the waters of NAFO
division 3M by vessels flying the flag of Portugal or
quota
registered
allocated for 2004. Portugal has prohibited fishing for
this stock from 13 October 2004. This date should be
adopted in this Regulation also,

in Portugal have

exhausted

the

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of redfish in the waters of NAFO division 3M by vessels
flying the flag of Portugal or registered in Portugal are hereby
deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Portugal for
2004.

Fishing for redfish in the waters of NAFO division 3M by
vessels flying the flag of Portugal or registered in Portugal
is
hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment
and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the
date of application of this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 13 October 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 November 2004.

For the Commission

Jörgen HOLMQUIST
Director-General for Fisheries

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1954/2003 (OJ L 289, 7.11.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 344, 31.12.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1928/2004 (OJ L 332, 6.11.2004, p. 5).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3563 — CVC/BASF PRINTING INKS)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-11-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, economic concentration, financial institution, merger control, printing

C 279/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.11.2004

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3563 — CVC/BASF PRINTING INKS)

(2004/C 279/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 28 October 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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public
after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/) free of
charge. This web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including
company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document number 32004M3563.
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celex)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2004-11-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

16.11.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 279/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

15 November 2004

(2004/C 279/01)

1 euro =

Currency

Exchange rate

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CYP

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

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

1,2955

LVL

Latvian lats

136,48

MTL Maltese lira

7,4318

0,6989

8,9613

1,5241

86,79

PLN

ROL

SIT

SKK

TRL

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

8,083

AUD Australian dollar

1,9559

0,5777

CAD

HKD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

31,46

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

243,87

KRW South Korean won

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

0,6792

0,4318

4,2661

39 715

239,77

39,62

1 884 500

1,6767

1,549

10,0733

1,8487

2,1385

1 414,95

7,834

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.