do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 March 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 of 15 July 2002 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency (COM(2005)0579 - C6-0403/2006 - 2005/0228(COD))
Date: 2007-03-14
Institutions: Committee on Transport and Tourism, European Parliament
Subjects: European Aviation Safety Agency, air safety, civil aviation, operation of the Institutions, technical regulations

13.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 301 E/103

2.
Decides to split the Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia
Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) into three delegations and to lay down the number of
members of each of them as follows:

Wednesday 14 March 2007

Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia

Delegation for relations with India

Delegation for relations with Afghanistan

20 members

22 members

16 members

3.

Instructs its President to forward this decision for information to the Council and the Commission.

P6_TA(2007)0067

European Aviation Safety Agency ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 March 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of
the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 of 15 July
2002 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety
Agency (COM(2005)0579 — C6-0403/2006 — 2005/0228(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2005)0579) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 80(2) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0403/2006),

— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Transport and Tourism and the opinion of the

Committee on Budgets (A6-0023/2007),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.
Considers that the reference amount indicated in the legislative proposal must be compatible with the
ceiling of heading 1a of the financial framework and with the provisions of point 47 of the Interinstitu-
tional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on
budgetary discipline and sound financial management (2),

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal

3.
substantially or replace it with another text;

4.

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

(1) Not yet published in OJ.
(2) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 267/2007 of 14 March 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-03-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

15.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 75/1

(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory)

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 267/2007

of 14 March 2007

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
Community,

establishing the European

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

for

Whereas:

in
standard values for imports from third countries,
respect of the products and periods stipulated in the
Annex thereto.

(2)

the standard
In compliance with the above criteria,
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.

(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

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 March 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 March 2007.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
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 386/2005 (OJ L 62, 9.3.2005, p. 3).

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EN

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15.3.2007

to Commission Regulation of 14 March 2007 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

0709 90 80

0805 10 20

0805 50 10

0808 10 80

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

IL
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

JO
MA
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

EG
IL
ZZ

CU
EG
IL
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

EG
IL
TR
ZZ

AR
BR
CA
CL
CN
US
UY
ZA
ZZ

AR
CL
US
ZA
ZZ

134,0
87,5
143,7
103,1
117,1

171,8
65,6
121,5
119,6

73,6
107,5
90,6

233,0
119,7
176,4

39,6
43,3
54,3
44,4
50,8
64,3
49,5

58,9
68,1
52,4
59,8

86,3
78,8
81,5
84,6
90,6
108,3
70,5
90,3
86,4

79,2
72,1
110,6
76,0
84,5

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19). Code ‘ZZ’ stands for ‘of

other origin’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 269/2007 of 14 March 2007 on the issue of licences for the import of certain prepared or preserved citrus fruits (namely mandarins, etc.) in the period from 11 April 2007 to 8 November 2007
Date: 2007-03-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, citrus fruit, import licence, originating product, prepared foodstuff, preserved product, protective clause

L 75/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.3.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 269/2007

of 14 March 2007

on the issue of licences for the import of certain prepared or preserved citrus fruits (namely
mandarins, etc.) in the period from 11 April 2007 to 8 November 2007

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Whereas:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3285/94 of 22
December 1994 on common rules for imports and repealing
Regulation (EC) No 518/94 (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 of 7
March 1994 on common rules for imports from certain third
countries and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 1765/82, (EEC)
No 1766/82 and (EEC) No 3420/83 (2),

Having regard 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.) (3) and in particular Article 8(1) thereof,

(1)

(2)

The quantities for which licence applications have been
lodged by traditional importers and by other importers
under Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 658/2004 exceed
the quantities available for products originating in the
People’s Republic of China (PRC).

It is now necessary to fix, for each category of importer,
the proportion of the quantity for which application is
made which may be imported under licence,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Import licences applied for under Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 658/2004, shall be issued at the percentage rates of the
quantities applied for as set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 April 2007 and
apply until 8 November 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 March 2007.

For the Commission

Peter MANDELSON
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 53. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2200/2004 (OJ L 374, 22.12.2004, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 67, 10.3.1994, p. 89. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 427/2003 (OJ L 65, 8.3.2003, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 104, 8.4.2004, p. 67.

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ANNEX

Origin of the products

Percentage allocations

People’s Republic of China

Other third countries

— traditional importers

(Article 2(d) of Regulation (EC) No 658/2004)

— other importers

(Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 658/2004)

27,884 %

3,898 %

N/A

N/A
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain parts and characteristics of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Codified version) COM(2006) 662 final — 2006/0221 (COD)
Date: 2007-03-14
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: ESC opinion, approximation of laws, codification of EU law, marketing, technical regulations, tractor

C 161/36

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.7.2007

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the
European Parliament and of the Council on certain parts and characteristics of wheeled agricultural
or forestry tractors (Codified version)

COM(2006) 662 final — 2006/0221 (COD)

(2007/C 161/08)

On 22 November 2006, the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee,
under Article 95 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the above-mentioned proposal.

The Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption, which was responsible for preparing the
Committee's work on the subject, adopted its opinion on 7 February 2007. The rapporteur was Mr Burns.

At its 434th plenary session, held on 14 and 15 March 2007 (meeting of 14 March), the European
Economic and Social Committee adopted the following opinion by 147 votes with 8 abstentions.

1.
The purpose of the proposal is to undertake the codification of Council Directive 74/151/EEC of
4 March 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to certain parts and charac-
teristics of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors.

2.
The Committee considers the codification of all texts in a single directive to be very useful. It has been
assured that this codification contains no substantial change and its sole purpose is to render Community
legislation clear and transparent. The Committee fully endorses this objective and, having received the
above-mentioned assurance, welcomes the proposal.

Brussels, 14 March 2007.

The President

of the European Economic and Social
Committee

Dimitris DIMITRIADIS
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the maximum design speed of and load platforms for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Codified version) COM(2006) 667 final — 2006/0219 (COD)
Date: 2007-03-14
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: ESC opinion, approximation of laws, codification of EU law, speed control, technical regulations, tractor

13.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 161/37

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the
European Parliament and of the Council on the maximum design speed of and load platforms for
wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Codified version)

COM(2006) 667 final — 2006/0219 (COD)

(2007/C 161/09)

On 22 November 2006, the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee,
under Article 95 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the above-mentioned proposal.

The Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption, which was responsible for preparing the
Committee's work on the subject, adopted its opinion on 7 February 2007. The rapporteur was Mr Burns.

At its 434th plenary session, held on 14 and 15 March 2007 (meeting of 14 March), the European
Economic and Social Committee adopted the following opinion by 151 votes with 6 abstentions.

1.
The purpose of the proposal is to undertake the codification of Council Directive 74/152/EEC of
4 March 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the maximum design
speed of and load platforms for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors.

2.
The Committee considers the codification of all texts in a single directive to be very useful. It has been
assured that this codification contains no substantial change and its sole purpose is to render Community
legislation clear and transparent. The Committee fully endorses this objective and, having received the
above-mentioned assurance, welcomes the proposal.

Brussels, 14 March 2007.

The President

of the European Economic and Social
Committee

Dimitris DIMITRIADIS
Initiation of proceedings (Case COMP/M.3333 — Sony/BMG) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-03-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: audiovisual industry, economic concentration, electronic publishing, electronics industry, exchange of information, merger control, music

14.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 59/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Initiation of proceedings

(Case COMP/M.3333 — Sony/BMG)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 59/01)

On 1 March 2007, the Commission decided to initiate proceedings in the abovementioned case after finding
that the notified concentration raises serious doubts as to its compatibility with the common market. The
initiation of proceedings opens a second phase investigation with regard to the notified concentration, and
is without prejudice to the final decision on the case. The decision is based on Article 6(1)(c) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1).

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their observations on the proposed concentration
to the Commission.

In order to be fully taken into account in the procedure, observations should reach the Commission not
later than 15 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by
fax ((32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference No COMP/M.3333 — Sony/BMG, to the
following address:

Commission of the European Communities
Competition DG
Merger Registry
Rue Joseph II/Jozef II-straat 70
B-1000 Brussels

(1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1995, p. 1.
European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 March 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on migration and international protection (COM(2005)0375 - C6-0279/2005 - 2005/0156(COD))
Date: 2007-03-14
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: EU statistics, migration, right of asylum, statistics

13.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 301 E/101

TEXTS ADOPTED

Wednesday 14 March 2007

P6_TA(2007)0065

Statistics on migration and international protection ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 March 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the
European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on migration and international
protection (COM(2005)0375 — C6-0279/2005 — 2005/0156(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2005)0375) (1),

— having regard to Articles 251(2) and 285(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0279/2005),

— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of

the Committee on Civil Liberties,

Justice and Home Affairs

(A6-0004/2007),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

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

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2005)0156

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 14 March 2007 with a view to the
adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on
Community statistics on migration and international protection and repealing Council Regulation
(EEC) No 311/76 on the compilation of statistics on foreign workers

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the
final legislative act, Regulation (EC) No 862/2007.)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-03-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 59/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.3.2007

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

13 March 2007

(2007/C 59/02)

1 euro =

Currency

Exchange rate

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CYP

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

LVL

MTL

PLN

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

Latvian lats

Maltese lira

Polish zloty

1,3218

RON

Romanian leu

154,14

7,4503

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,68310

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,3750

34,063

1,8751

1,6793

1,5453

10,3299

1,9006

2,0199

KRW South Korean won

1 248,37

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

9,8350

10,2347

7,3530

12 179,73

4,6362

64,074

34,5360

43,708

9,2910

1,6095

88,78

8,0945

1,9558

0,5794

28,202

15,6466

250,00

3,4528

0,7081

0,4293

3,8946

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Communication on the titles of technical regulations
Date: 2007-03-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European standard, access to information, dissemination of EU information, technical regulations, technical standard

14.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 59/3

Commission Communication on the titles of technical regulations

(2007/C 59/03)

For your information, from March 2007, the titles of drafts notified under Directive 98/34/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council will no longer be published in the Official Journal of the European
Union.

They will instead be published on a weekly basis on the TRIS public website http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/
tris/
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the steering equipment of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Codified version) COM(2006) 670 final — 2006/0225 (COD)
Date: 2007-03-14
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: ESC opinion, approximation of laws, codification of EU law, technical regulations, tractor, vehicle parts

C 161/38

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.7.2007

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the
European Parliament and of the Council on the steering equipment of wheeled agricultural or
forestry tractors (Codified version)

COM(2006) 670 final — 2006/0225 (COD)

(2007/C 161/10)

On 29 November 2006, the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee,
under Article 95 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the above-mentioned proposal.

The Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption, which was responsible for preparing the
Committee's work on the subject, adopted its opinion on 7 February 2007. The rapporteur was Mr Burns.

At its 434th plenary session, held on 14 and 15 March 2007 (meeting of 14 March 2007), the European
Economic and Social Committee adopted the following opinion by 157 votes with six abstentions.

1.
The purpose of the proposal is to undertake the codification of Council Directive 75/321/EEC of
20 May 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the steering equipment of
wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors.

2.
The Committee considers the codification of all texts in a single directive to be very useful. It has been
assured that this codification contains no substantial change and its sole purpose is to render Community
legislation clear and transparent. The Committee fully endorses this objective and, having received the
above-mentioned assurance, welcomes the proposal.

Brussels, 14 March 2007.

The President

of the European Economic and Social
Committee

Dimitris DIMITRIADIS
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the field of vision and windscreen wipers for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Codified version) COM(2006) 651 final — 2006/0216 (COD)
Date: 2007-03-14
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: EC Directive, ESC opinion, codification of EU law, safety device, tractor, vehicle parts

13.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 161/35

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the
European Parliament and of the Council on the field of vision and windscreen wipers for wheeled
agricultural or forestry tractors (Codified version)

COM(2006) 651 final — 2006/0216 (COD)

(2007/C 161/07)

On 22 November 2006, the Council decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee,
under Article 95 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the above-mentioned proposal.

The Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption, which was responsible for preparing the
Committee's work on the subject, adopted its opinion on 7 February 2007. The rapporteur was Mr Burns.

At its 434th plenary session, held on 14 and 15 March 2007 (meeting of 14 March), the European
Economic and Social Committee adopted the following opinion by 146 votes with 7 abstentions.

1.
The purpose of the proposal is to undertake a codification of Council Directive 74/347/EEC of 25 June
1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the field of vision and windscreen
wipers for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors.

2.
The Committee considers the codification of all texts in a single directive to be very useful. It has been
assured that this codification contains no substantial change and its sole purpose is to render Community
legislation clear and transparent. The Committee fully endorses this objective and, having received the
above-mentioned assurance, welcomes the proposal.

Brussels, 14 March 2007.

The President

of the European Economic and Social
Committee

Dimitris DIMITRIADIS