do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 431/2005 of 16 March 2005 derogating for 2005 from Regulation (EC) No 1518/2003 regarding the date of issue of export licences in the pigmeat sector
Date: 2005-03-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: derogation from EU law, export licence, pigmeat

17.3.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 71/61

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 431/2005

of 16 March 2005

derogating for 2005 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
Community,

establishing the European

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) thereof,

Whereas:

be issued will be too brief to guarantee proper adminis-
tration of the market and so should be extended.

(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

(1)

(2)

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

In view of the public holidays in 2005 and the irregular
publication of the Official Journal of the European Union
during those holidays, the period between the submission
of applications and the day on which the licences are to

Notwithstanding Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1518/2003,
licences shall be delivered for 2005 on the dates set out in the
Annex to this Regulation.

This derogation shall apply provided that none of the special
measures referred to in Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No
1518/2003 have been taken before the dates of
issue in
question.

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, 16 March 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
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 last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1361/2004 (OJ L 253, 29.7.2004, p. 9).

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ANNEX

Period for submission of licence applications

Dates of issue

21 to 25 March 2005

2 to 6 May 2005

9 to 13 May 2005

8 to 12 August 2005

24 to 28 October 2005

19 to 23 December 2005

31 March 2005

12 May 2005

19 May 2005

18 August 2005

4 November 2005

29 December 2005
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objectionsText with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-03-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, State aid, building industry, control of State aid, glass industry, investment aid, regional aid

16.3.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 64/3

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2005/C 64/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 20 April 2004

Member State (Region): Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt)

Aid No: N 611/2003

Title: Large investment aid under the 1998 Multisectoral Framework on regional aid for large investment
projects in favour of e-glass AG

Objective: Realisation of a large investment project regarding the construction of a plant for the produc-
tion of raw float glass

Legal basis: Approved aid schemes — Gemeinschaftsaufgabe ‘Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur’;
Investitionszulagengesetz 1999 or
follow-up scheme (as far as approved); Programm für unmittelbare
Bürgschaften des Bundes und der Länder in den neuen Bundesländern und Berlin Ost

Overall eligible costs: EUR 121 million

Aid intensity: 35 % gross

Duration of the project: 15 April 2003 — 31 December 2005

Other information: Commitment by Germany to comply with the obligations regarding ex-post moni-
toring according to point 6 of the Multisectoral Framework on regional aid for large investment projects.

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be
found at:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-03-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

16.3.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 64/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

15 March 2005

(2005/C 64/01)

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

1,3383

LVL

Latvian lats

139,74

MTL Maltese lira

7,4474

0,69620

9,0958

1,5503

78,58

8,1860

1,9559

0,5824

PLN

ROL

SIT

SKK

TRY

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

29,625

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

244,78

KRW South Korean won

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

0,6959

0,4326

4,0054

36 001

239,69

37,756

1,7301

1,6911

1,6113

10,4386

1,8066

2,1679

1 343,52

8,0144

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
COM documents other than legislative proposals adopted by the Commission
Date: 2005-03-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, directory, official document

C 64/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.3.2005

COM documents other than legislative proposals adopted by the Commission

(2005/C 64/02)

Document

Part

Date

Title

COM(2004) 431

15.7.2004

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the Euro-
pean Parliament: Financing Natura 2000

COM(2004) 793

10.12.2004

COM(2004) 838

1

30.12.2004

COM(2004) 841

29.12.2004

COM(2004) 858

7.1.2005

Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and to
the Council: Implementation of Exceptional Financial Assistance to
Armenia, Georgia, and Tajikistan

Communication from the Commission to the Council
(1) on a
multi-annual financial framework for development finance coopera-
tion under the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement and (2) on a related
draft Proposal for a Council Decision fixing the date beyond which
the funds of the 9th European Development Fund will no longer be
committed

Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European
Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the
Committee of the Regions: Action plan for the implementation of
the legal framework for electronic public procurement

Report
from the Commission on national measures taken to
comply with the Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on
Joint Investigation Teams

COM(2004) 863

5.1.2005

Report from the Commission: Annual Report on the Implementa-
tion of the Gas and Electricity Internal Market

COM(2005) 12

26.1.2005

Strategic objectives 2005–2009: Europe 2010: A Partnership for
European Renewal — Prosperity, Solidarity and Security —
Communication from the President in agreement with Vice-Presi-
dent Wallström

COM(2005) 13

COM(2005) 17

27.1.2005

Communication from the Commission to the Council: Draft Joint
Employment Report 2004/2005

27.1.2005

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the Euro-
pean Parliament: 2004 Environmental Policy Review

COM(2005) 24

2.2.2005

Communication to the spring European Council: Working together
for growth and jobs — A new start for the Lisbon Strategy —
Communication from President Barroso in agreement with Vice-
President Verheugen

COM(2005) 33

COM(2005) 37

9.2.2005

Communication from the Commission: on the Social Agenda

9.2.2005

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the Euro-
pean Parliament: The 2005 Review of the EU Sustainable Develop-
ment Strategy: Initial Stocktaking and Future Orientations

COM(2005) 43

1

10.2.2005

COM(2005) 55

22.2.2005

Communication from the Commission Concerning amendment of
the Commission's proposal for a Council Regulation applying a
scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period 1 July 2005
to 31 December 2008

Commission opinion of 22 February 2005 on the applications for
accession to the European Union by the Republic of Bulgaria and
Romania

These texts are available on EUR-Lex: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/
Council Common Position 2005/227/CFSP of 16 March 2005 renewing measures in support of the effective implementation of the mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
Date: 2005-03-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: International Criminal Tribunal, Yugoslavia, fight against crime, foreign national, restriction of liberty, war crime

L 71/74

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.3.2005

(Acts adopted under Title V of the Treaty on European Union)

COUNCIL COMMON POSITION 2005/227/CFSP

of 16 March 2005

renewing measures in support of the effective implementation of the mandate of the International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION:

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular Article 15 thereof,

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

On 30 March 2004,
the Council adopted Common
Position 2004/293/CFSP renewing measures in support
of the effective implementation of the mandate of the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
(ICTY) (1).

the Council adopted Decision
On 31 January 2005,
2005/83/CFSP (2)
Position
Common
2004/293/CFSP by replacing the list of persons set out
in the Annex to the Common Position by the latest list,
set out in the Annex to that Decision.

implementing

Common Position 2004/293/CFSP expires on 30 March
2005.

The Council considers it necessary to renew Common
Position 2004/293/CFSP for a further 12 months,

Common Position 2004/293/CFSP, as last amended by Decision
2005/83/CFSP, is hereby renewed for 12 months.

Article 2

This Common Position shall
adoption.

take effect on the date of

its

Article 3

This Common Position shall be published in the Official Journal
of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 16 March 2005.

For the Council
The President

J. ASSELBORN

(1) OJ L 94, 31.3.2004, p. 65.
(2) OJ L 29, 2.2.2005, p. 50.
2005/266/EC: Council Decision of 16 March 2005 amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks as regards the external auditor of the Banco de Portugal
Date: 2005-03-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Central Bank, Portugal, accountant, appointment of staff, central bank

L 82/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

31.3.2005

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 16 March 2005

amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks as
regards the external auditor of the Banco de Portugal

(2005/266/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(4)

Having regard to the Protocol on the Statute of the European
System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank,
annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
and in particular to Article 27(1) thereof,

regard to Recommendation ECB/2005/3 of

Having
the
European Central Bank (hereinafter referred to as ‘ECB’) of
11 February 2005 to the Council of the European Union on
the external auditors of the Banco de Portugal (1),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The accounts of the ECB and of the national central
the Eurosystem are to be audited by inde-
banks of
pendent
the
external
Governing Council of
the ECB and approved by the
Council of the European Union.

recommended

auditors

by

According to a recent change in Portuguese law the
auditing of accounts must now be carried out exclusively
(certified auditors). The
by revisores oficiais de
contas
Governing Council of the ECB therefore recommended
that the Council of the European Union approve the
replacement of PricewaterhouseCoopers — Auditores e
Consultores, Lda. as external auditor of the Banco de
Portugal by PricewaterhouseCoopers & Associados —
Sociedade de Revisores Oficiais de Contas, Lda., since
the former does not have the status of certified auditor.

(3)

The Governing Council of the ECB recommended no
change in the duration of the external auditor’s mandate.

It is appropriate to follow the recommendation of the
Governing Council of the ECB and to amend Decision
1999/70/EC of 25 January 1999 concerning the external
auditors of the national central banks (2) accordingly,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Article 1(10) of Decision 1999/70/EC shall be replaced by the
following:

‘10.
PricewaterhouseCoopers & Associados — Sociedade
de Revisores Oficiais de Contas, Lda. is hereby approved as
external auditor of
the Banco de Portugal as from the
financial year 2004 for a renewable period of one year.’

Article 2

This Decision shall be notified to the ECB.

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

Done at Brussels, 16 March 2005.

For the Council
The President

J. ASSELBORN

(1) OJ C 50, 26.2.2005, p. 6.

(2) OJ L 22, 29.1.1999, p. 69. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/651/EC (OJ L 298, 23.9.2004, p. 23).
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 398/2005 of 10 March 2005 determining the world market price for unginned cotton (OJ L 65, 11.3.2005)
Date: 2005-03-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cotton, world market price

L 69/72

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.3.2005

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 398/2005 of 10 March 2005 determining the world market
price for unginned cotton

(Official Journal of the European Union L 65 of 11 March 2005)

On page 3, in Article 1, ‘The world price for unginned cotton’:

for:

read:

‘19,209 EUR/100 kg’,
‘19,192 EUR/100 kg’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 429/2005 of 16 March 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2005-03-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

L 71/34

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

17.3.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 429/2005

of 16 March 2005

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and
vegetables

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
fruit
arrangements
import
and in
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 March 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 March 2005.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(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 Commission Regulation of 16 March 2005 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 20

0805 50 10

0808 10 80

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
212
624
999

052
068
204
999

220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
400
421
624
999

052
400
624
999

388
400
404
508
512
528
720
999

052
388
400
512
528
720
999

126,0
72,0
139,0
129,4
116,6

138,8
170,0
94,0
134,3

20,5
20,5

168,5
69,9
119,2

56,6
48,0
63,3
49,3
50,1
35,9
58,9
51,7

58,3
67,6
57,4
61,1

59,0
98,5
73,3
62,6
78,4
64,3
70,1
72,3

157,0
59,2
92,6
51,1
56,4
38,6
75,8

(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’.