30.9.2004

Official Journal of the European Union

C 243/1

Euro exchange rates (1)

29 September 2004

(2004/C 243/01)

1 euro=

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,2323
JPY	Japanese yen	136,62
DKK	Danish krone	7,441
GBP	Pound sterling	0,6818
SEK	Swedish krona	9,0526
CHF	Swiss franc	1,5509
ISK	Iceland króna	87,65
NOK	Norwegian krone	8,351
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9559
CYP	Cyprus pound	0,576
CZK	Czech koruna	31,628
EEK	Estonian kroon	15,6466
HUF	Hungarian forint	246,89
LTL	Lithuanian litas	3,4528
LVL	Latvian lats	0,665
MTL	Maltese lira	0,4279
PLN	Polish zloty	4,3617
ROL	Romanian leu	41 085
SIT	Slovenian tolar	239,97
SKK	Slovak koruna	40,04
TRL	Turkish lira	1 853 300
AUD	Australian dollar	1,7202
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,5661
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	9,6107
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,8408
SGD	Singapore dollar	2,0864
KRW	South Korean won	1 420,97
ZAR	South African rand	7,9579

(1)

Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

30.9.2004

Official Journal of the European Union

C 243/2

Notice regarding the request submitted by Mongolia in order to benefit from the special incentive arrangements for the protection of labour rights

(2004/C 243/02)

The Commission has received a request from Mongolia under Article 15 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 of 10 December 2001 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004 (1) to benefit from the special incentive arrangements for the protection of labour rights.

These special incentive arrangements offer additional tariff preferences to countries which effectively implement the standards laid down by ILO conventions concerning forced labour, the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining, non-discrimination in respect of employment and occupation, and the effective abolition of child labour.

The terms and conditions for requests for the special incentive arrangements are laid down in Title III of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001.

According to Article 15(2) of that Regulation the request shall provide comprehensive information concerning:

—	the national legislation referred to in Article 14(2), the measures taken to implement it and to monitor its application,

—	any sectors in which that legislation is not applied.

Mongolia has provided the Commission with information on the above.

Any observation concerning this request may be sent by any interested natural or legal person, within two months as of the date of publication of this notice, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Trade

Unit C.1

Office CHAR 9/32

B-1049 Brussels

Fax: (32-2) 296 92 90.

(1) OJ L 346, 31.12.2001 p. 1.

30.9.2004

Official Journal of the European Union

C 243/3

NEW NATIONAL SIDE OF EURO CIRCULATION COINS

(2004/C 243/03)

National side of the new 2-euro commemorative circulation coin issued by Finland

Euro circulation coins have legal tender status throughout the euro area. With a view to informing the parties professionally handling coins and the public at large, the Commission publishes all new euro coin designs (1). In accordance with the relevant Council conclusions of 8 December 2003 (2), Member States are allowed to issue certain quantities of commemorative euro circulation coins under the condition that only one such coin is issued per Member State and per year and that the EUR 2 denomination is used. These coins correspond to the technical features of normal euro circulation coins, but bear a commemorative feature on the obverse national side.

(1) Member State: Finland

(2) Commemorative feature: Enlargement of the European Union by ten new Member States

(3) Factual description of the design: The design describes a stylised pillar from which the sprouts grow upwards. The sprouts represent the enlargement of the European Union. The pillar represents the foundation for growth. Near the pillar there are the letters ‘EU’. In the upper part of the coin there is the year ‘2004’. Twelve stars, together with the year, surround the design.

(4) Issuing volume: max. 1 000 000 coins

(5) Approximate issuing date: June/July 2004

(1) See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1 for a reference to all national sides that have been issued up until now.

(2) See conclusions of the General Affairs Council of 8 December 2003 on changes in the design of national sides of euro coins. See also Commission Recommendation of 29 September 2003 on a common practice for changes to the design of national obverse sides of euro circulation coins (OJ L 264, 15.10.2003, p. 38).

30.9.2004

Official Journal of the European Union

C 243/4

List of ships that were refused access to Community ports between 1 November 2003 and 31 August 2004, pursuant to Article 7b of Directive 95/21/EC of 19 June 1995 on the port State control of ships (1)

(2004/C 243/04)

Under Article 7b(1) of Directive 95/21/CE on the port State control of ships, ships which have been detained several times shall be refused access to the ports of the Member States (2).

Article 7b(3) provides that the Commission shall publish every six months the list of ships that have been refused access to Community ports.

The table below gives the list of ships that were refused access to Community ports between 1 November 2003 and 31 August 2004.

Name of ship	IMO number	Type of ship	Flag
HAKKI DEVAL (3)	7433347	Bulk carrier	Turkey (Very high risk)
EUROPA I (3)	5405542	Ro-ro Passenger	Bolivia (Very high risk)
ARIELLE (3)	7519880	Ro-ro Passenger	St. Vincent and Grenadines (High risk)
SAMBOR (3)	7724368	Bulk carrier	Belize (Very high risk)
SANTOS C (3)	7214363	Chemical tanker	Bolivia (Very high risk)
ANDRA (ex SANDRA)	7919846	Bulk carrier	Romania (Very high risk)
HAJJI AMNAH (ex MARWA B)	7501833	Bulk carrier	Syrian Arab Republic (Very high risk)
MEDIA V (3)	6407652	Ro-ro Passenger	Cyprus (Medium risk)
SANDRA	7336642	Chemical tanker	Bolivia (Very high risk)
GOKHAN KIRAN (3)	7433696	Bulk carrier	Turkey (Very high risk)
LADY FOX (ex ELPIS)	7610098	Bulk carrier	St. Vincent and Grenadines (High risk)
PALOMA C (3)	8100870	Bulk carrier	Panama (Medium risk)
SADALSUUD (3)	7123992	Oil tanker	Panama (Medium risk)
TIMIOS STAVROS (3)	7526584	Bulk carrier	Panama (Medium risk)
CORA	7395234	Bulk carrier	St. Vincent and Grenadines (High risk)
ELENA B (3)	7721330	Bulk carrier	St. Vincent & Grenadines (High risk)
OCEAN PRINCESS (3)	7924346	Bulk carrier	St. Vincent & Grenadines (High risk)
GOOD NEWS	8001787	Bulk carrier	St. Vincent & Grenadines (High risk)
DERIN DENIZ	6905446	Ro-Ro Passenger	Turkey (Very high risk)

(1) Directive as last amended by Directive 2001/106/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2001 (OJ L 19, 22.1.2002, p. 17).

(2) The first paragraph of Article 7b reads:

‘A Member State shall ensure that a ship in one of the categories of Annex XI, section A, is refused access to its ports, except in the situations described in Article 11(6), if the ship:

either:

—	flies the flag of a State appearing in the black list as published in the annual report of the MOU, and

—	has been detained more than twice in the course of the preceding 24 months in a port of a State signatory of the MOU;

or:

—	flies the flag of a State described as “very high risk” or “high risk” in the black list as published in the annual report of the MOU, and

—	has been detained more than once in the course of the preceding 36 months in a port of a State signatory of the MOU.

The refusal of access shall become applicable immediately the ship has been authorised to leave the port where it has been the subject of a second or third detention as appropriate.’

(3) Ships for which the access refusal order was subsequently lifted in accordance with the procedures described in part B of Annex XI to Directive 95/21/EC.

30.9.2004

Official Journal of the European Union

C 243/6

NEW NATIONAL SIDE OF EURO CIRCULATION COINS

(2004/C 243/05)

National side of the new 2 euro commemorative circulation coin issued by Luxembourg

1. Member State: Luxembourg

2. Commemorative feature: effigy and monogram of Grand-Duke Henri

3. Factual description of the design: the coin depicts on the left hand of the inner part the effigy of His Royal Highness, the Grand-Duke Henri, looking to the right, and on the right hand the monogram of the Grand-Duke Henri (special letter ‘H’ topped with a crown). The 12 stars appear in semi-circular form at the right of the monogram. The year 2004, surrounded by the mint mark as well as the engraver's initials, and the word LËTZEBUERG are written in circular form at the top of the ring. The words ‘HENRI — Grand-Duc de Luxembourg’ appear at the bottom of the ring.

4. Issuing volume: maximum 2,49 million coins

5. Approximate issuing date:

(1) See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1 for a reference to all national sides that have been issued up until now.

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Official Journal of the European Union		C 243

English edition	Information and Notices	Volume 47 30 September 2004

Notice No	Contents	page
	I Information
	Commission
2004/C 243/1	Euro exchange rates	1

2004/C 243/2	Notice regarding the request submitted by Mongolia in order to benefit from the special incentive arrangements for the protection of labour rights	2

2004/C 243/3	New national side of euro circulation coins	3

2004/C 243/4	List of ships that were refused access to Community ports between 1 November 2003 and 31 August 2004, pursuant to Article 7b of Directive 95/21/EC of 19 June 1995 on the port State control of ships	4

2004/C 243/5	New national side of euro circulation coins	6

	Corrigenda
2004/C 243/6	Corrigendum to Information procedure — Technical rules (OJ C 235, 22.9.2004)	7