# Official Journal C 70E/2004

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| Official Journal
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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 4720 March 2004 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 70E

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 4720 March 2004

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | I   (Information) |
| | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT |
| | WRITTEN QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER |
| 2004/C 070E/1 | E-2576/02 by Kathleen Van Brempt to the CommissionSubject: Reimbursement for Viagra | 1 |
| 2004/C 070E/2 | E-2577/02 by Kathleen Van Brempt to the CommissionSubject: Deficit in the sickness insurance scheme for European officials.... | 1 |
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-2576/02 and E-2577/02 | 2 |
| 2004/C 070E/3 | E-2606/02 by Michl Ebner to the CommissionSubject: Charges that distort competition in trade between countries | 3 |
| 2004/C 070E/4 | E-2617/02 by Michl Ebner to the CommissionSubject: Differential allowances in the pay scheme of European Schools.... | 4 |
| 2004/C 070E/5 | E-2627/02 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the CommissionSubject: Problems with implementation of environmental programmes | 6 |
| 2004/C 070E/6 | E-2637/02 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos to the CommissionSubject: Protection of forests against atmospheric pollution in Galicia (Spain). | 6 |
| 2004/C 070E/7 | E-2996/02 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos to the CommissionSubject: Measures to reduce fisheries accidents | 8 |
| 2004/C 070E/8 | E-2997/02 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos to the CommissionSubject: Measures to reduce fisheries accidents | 8 |
| 2004/C 070E/9 | E-3186/02 by Eluned Morgan to the CommissionSubject: Protection of pensions | 9 |
| 2004/C 070E/10 | E-3226/02 by Theresa Villiers to the CommissionSubject: Safety of crash barriers for motorcyclists | 10 |
| 2004/C 070E/11 | E-3469/02 by Ward Beysen to the CommissionSubject: The concentration on the Czech electricity market in the process of enlargement | 10 |
| 2004/C 070E/12 | E-3542/02 by Glenys Kinnock to the CommissionSubject: Trade-related assistance | 12 |
| 2004/C 070E/13 | E-3543/02 by Glenys Kinnock to the CommissionSubject: Western Sahara | 13 |
| 2004/C 070E/14 | E-3553/02 by Marco Cappato to the CommissionSubject: Serious violations of religious freedom in Belarus | 14 |
| 2004/C 070E/15 | P-3614/02 by Concepció Ferrer to the CommissionSubject: Imports of raw materials from Morocco and the European leather industry | 15 |
| 2004/C 070E/16 | E-3646/02 by Hanja Maij-Weggen to the CommissionSubject: Detention of Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leiva | 16 |
| 2004/C 070E/17 | E-3648/02 by Hanja Maij-Weggen to the CommissionSubject: Freedom of religion in Laos | 16 |
| 2004/C 070E/18 | E-3734/02 by Caroline Lucas to the CommissionSubject: Aid and the survival of the Caribbean banana industry | 17 |
| 2004/C 070E/19 | P-3743/02 by Hanja Maij-Weggen to the CommissionSubject: Executions of Tibetans in China | 18 |
| 2004/C 070E/20 | E-3746/02 by Olivier Dupuis to the CommissionSubject: Tibet/China: death sentence on Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche and Lobsang Dhondup | 18 |
| 2004/C 070E/21 | E-3750/02 by Mario Mauro to the CommissionSubject: Relations between the EU and the Republic of Surinam | 19 |
| 2004/C 070E/22 | E-3751/02 by Hanja Maij-Weggen to the CommissionSubject: Disappearance of Arjan Erkel in Dagestan | 20 |
| 2004/C 070E/23 | P-3851/02 by Arie Oostlander to the CommissionSubject: Kidnapping of Mr Arjan Erkel in the Russian Republic of Dagestan | 21 |
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-3751/02 and P-3851/02 | 21 |
| 2004/C 070E/24 | E-3759/02 by Jan Mulder to the CommissionSubject: Verification of the origin of ACP sugar | 21 |
| 2004/C 070E/25 | E-3766/02 by Erik Meijer to the CommissionSubject: Avoiding irritations and delays during controls of traffic in transit between Russia and Kaliningrad via future EU territory | 23 |
| 2004/C 070E/26 | E-3790/02 by Jules Maaten to the CommissionSubject: Treatment of tourists by police officers in the applicant countries | 24 |
| 2004/C 070E/27 | E-3820/02 by Jonas Sjöstedt to the CommissionSubject: Movement of the euro against other currencies | 25 |
| 2004/C 070E/28 | P-3856/02 by Eija-Riitta Korhola to the CommissionSubject: Retail prices of fair-trade products | 26 |
| 2004/C 070E/29 | E-3877/02 by Jorge Hernández Mollar to the CommissionSubject: A single European penal code | 27 |
| 2004/C 070E/30 | E-0155/03 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the CommissionSubject: EU budget and development cooperation | 28 |
| 2004/C 070E/31 | E-0419/03 by Laura González Álvarez to the CommissionSubject: Spanish National Hydrological Plan (NHP): Júcar-Vinalopó transfer scheme (Supplementary answer).... | 28 |
| 2004/C 070E/32 | E-0704/03 by Baroness Sarah Ludford to the CommissionSubject: Cat and dog fur | 29 |
| 2004/C 070E/33 | E-0730/03 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos to the CommissionSubject: ‘Prestige’: Measures for Natura 2000 network areas | 30 |
| 2004/C 070E/34 | E-0897/03 by Hedwig Keppelhoff-Wiechert to the CommissionSubject: Proposal for a Council regulation on the common organisation of the market in ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin (COM(2001) 101 final — C5-0095/01) in particular, measures for the agricultural alcohol market/Article 10 | 31 |
| 2004/C 070E/35 | E-1076/03 by Peter Skinner to the CommissionSubject: Motorola Computer Group and Wordsworth Technologies Ltd and price fixing | 31 |
| 2004/C 070E/36 | E-1146/03 by Paulo Casaca to the CommissionSubject: Abolition of pension weightings | 32 |
| 2004/C 070E/37 | E-1228/03 by José Ribeiro e Castro to the CommissionSubject: Floods in Mozambique | 33 |
| 2004/C 070E/38 | E-1236/03 by Bart Staes to the CommissionSubject: Sale of PCs with preinstalled operating system | 34 |
| 2004/C 070E/39 | E-1246/03 by Kathleen Van Brempt to the CommissionSubject: Safety of crash barriers | 35 |
| 2004/C 070E/40 | E-1255/03 by Hanja Maij-Weggen to the CommissionSubject: Human rights in Vietnam | 36 |
| 2004/C 070E/41 | E-1348/03 by Bill Newton Dunn to the CommissionSubject: GATS and privatisation of water services | 36 |
| 2004/C 070E/42 | E-1356/03 by Margrietus van den Berg to the CommissionSubject: International flood-management plans | 38 |
| 2004/C 070E/43 | E-1380/03 by Anne Jensen to the CommissionSubject: Wage subsidies in Germany | 39 |
| 2004/C 070E/44 | E-1392/03 by Charles Tannock and Timothy Kirkhope to the CouncilSubject: Implications of the creation of the offence of Racism and Xenophobia in the context of the European Arrest Warrant | 40 |
| 2004/C 070E/45 | E-1477/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Refunds on exports from Member States to the Vatican City State of butter and other fats and oils derived from milk, milk products | 42 |
| 2004/C 070E/46 | E-1478/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Refunds on exports from Member States to the Vatican City State of fresh and frozen beef | 42 |
| 2004/C 070E/47 | E-1479/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Exports of fresh and frozen beef from Member States to the Vatican City State and management of the meat counters in the Vatican shop | 43 |
| 2004/C 070E/48 | E-1480/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Refunds on exports from Member States to the Vatican City State of beet and cane sugar and chemically pure sucrose in solid form | 44 |
| Supplementary joint answer to Written Questions E-1477/03, E-1478/03, E-1479/03 and E-1480/03 | 45 |
| 2004/C 070E/49 | E-1486/03 by Claude Moraes to the CommissionSubject: Cyber-racism | 46 |
| 2004/C 070E/50 | E-1491/03 by Proinsias De Rossa to the CommissionSubject: Article 10 challenges | 47 |
| 2004/C 070E/51 | E-1501/03 by Kathleen Van Brempt to the CommissionSubject: Cruise control in trucks | 48 |
| 2004/C 070E/52 | E-1506/03 by Ilda Figueiredo to the CommissionSubject: Quality of new jobs | 49 |
| 2004/C 070E/53 | E-1600/03 by Giles Chichester and Charles Tannock to the CommissionSubject: Arbitrary expropriation of property in the Valencia region of Spain | 50 |
| 2004/C 070E/54 | E-1601/03 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the CommissionSubject: Lifting of the temporary restriction on the use of fishmeal in animal feed | 51 |
| 2004/C 070E/55 | P-1610/03 by Joan Colom i Naval to the CommissionSubject: Conductivity and an ecologically sound rate of flow in the case of the Ebro diversion proposed under the Spanish National Water Resources Plan | 52 |
| 2004/C 070E/56 | E-1626/03 by Caroline Jackson to the CommissionSubject: Consumer protection in relation to eggs and egg products imported from the US | 53 |
| 2004/C 070E/57 | E-1627/03 by Jan Mulder and Toine Manders to the CommissionSubject: Financial consequences of avian influenza for hatching-egg producers | 54 |
| 2004/C 070E/58 | E-1628/03 by Eija-Riitta Korhola to the CouncilSubject: Promoting fair-trade products in the EU | 55 |
| 2004/C 070E/59 | P-1705/03 by Gabriele Stauner to the CommissionSubject: Investigations into Planistat Europe SA | 56 |
| 2004/C 070E/60 | P-1807/03 by Herbert Bösch to the CommissionSubject: Commercial relations between the Commission and the Planistat Group | 57 |
| 2004/C 070E/61 | P-1978/03 by Gabriele Stauner to the CommissionSubject: Termination of business relations between the Commission and Planistat | 58 |
| Joint answer to Written Questions P-1705/03, P-1807/03 and P-1978/03 | 58 |
| 2004/C 070E/62 | E-1717/03 by Freddy Blak to the CommissionSubject: Stowaways | 59 |
| 2004/C 070E/63 | E-1754/03 by Elisabeth Schroedter to the CommissionSubject: Bridge linking the island of Rügen with the mainland, question E-0543/03 | 60 |
| 2004/C 070E/64 | E-1755/03 by Caroline Jackson to the CommissionSubject: Taxation on European pension contributions | 62 |
| 2004/C 070E/65 | E-1778/03 by Claude Moraes to the CommissionSubject: Asylum seekers and refugees ‘audit’ | 62 |
| 2004/C 070E/66 | E-1786/03 by Claude Moraes to the CommissionSubject: Contact with Roma NGOs and governmental agencies | 64 |
| 2004/C 070E/67 | E-1846/03 by Mario Borghezio to the CommissionSubject: Incompatibility between the holding of a Community decision-making office and membership of the Bilderberg Club and the Trilateral Commission | 64 |
| 2004/C 070E/68 | E-1865/03 by Anders Wijkman to the CommissionSubject: National interpretation of EU legislation on protection of endangered animals | 65 |
| 2004/C 070E/69 | E-1878/03 by Christopher Huhne to the CommissionSubject: Impact assessment | 66 |
| 2004/C 070E/70 | E-1930/03 by Lennart Sacrédeus to the CommissionSubject: Population movements in the oil-rich areas of Sudan | 67 |
| 2004/C 070E/71 | E-1944/03 by Bart Staes to the CommissionSubject: Internal market in television advertising in conjunction with programmes for minors | 68 |
| 2004/C 070E/72 | P-1962/03 by Georges Berthu to the CommissionSubject: Future accounting standards in the insurance sector | 69 |
| 2004/C 070E/73 | E-1992/03 by José Ribeiro e Castro to the CommissionSubject: Europe and terrorism | 70 |
| 2004/C 070E/74 | E-2000/03 by Jan Dhaene and Patricia McKenna to the CouncilSubject: Radioactive discharges from Sellafield | 71 |
| 2004/C 070E/75 | E-2017/03 by Jan Dhaene to the CommissionSubject: Technical equipment for trucks | 72 |
| 2004/C 070E/76 | E-2063/03 by Ioannis Marínos and Stavros Xarchakos to the CommissionSubject: Water supplies and quality of water in Greece | 73 |
| 2004/C 070E/77 | E-2065/03 by Maurizio Turco, Marco Pannella, Marco Cappato, Benedetto Della Vedova, Gianfranco Dell'Alba and Olivier Dupuis to the CommissionSubject: Belgian police operations on Dutch territory | 74 |
| 2004/C 070E/78 | E-2114/03 by Erik Meijer to the CommissionSubject: Exclusion of visitors other than invited guests, government officials and businessmen from non-EU European states with a low standard of living | 75 |
| 2004/C 070E/79 | E-2133/03 by Mario Borghezio to the CommissionSubject: Illegal immigration: US Department of State against Greece and Turkey | 77 |
| 2004/C 070E/80 | E-2167/03 by Erik Meijer to the CouncilSubject: Permanent solution to the problem of addressing the sensitivities surrounding the name of the state of Macedonia, taking account of the different demands of Macedonians, Albanians and Greeks | 79 |
| 2004/C 070E/81 | P-2200/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Speech of the Commission President on religion and the European Constitution (Alessano, Lecce, Italy, 13 June 2003) | 79 |
| 2004/C 070E/82 | E-2205/03 by Gabriele Stauner to the CommissionSubject: Continuation of OLAF's investigations into Eurostat | 80 |
| 2004/C 070E/83 | E-2238/03 by Proinsias De Rossa to the CommissionSubject: Article 10 of the EC Treaty and Ireland | 81 |
| 2004/C 070E/84 | E-2289/03 by Ioannis Marínos to the CommissionSubject: Wage and pension levels in Greece | 82 |
| 2004/C 070E/85 | E-2309/03 by José Ribeiro e Castro to the CommissionSubject: ‘Ecstasy’ — Holland | 83 |
| 2004/C 070E/86 | E-2318/03 by Armando Cossutta to the CouncilSubject: European citizens' right to privacy | 84 |
| 2004/C 070E/87 | E-2329/03 by Piia-Noora Kauppi to the CommissionSubject: Incorporation of carbon sequestration techniques into the emissions trading directive | 85 |
| 2004/C 070E/88 | E-2336/03 by Brian Simpson to the CommissionSubject: Project ACCESS: Advance Communication for Cumbria and Enabling Sustainable Services | 86 |
| 2004/C 070E/89 | E-2337/03 by Christopher Heaton-Harris to the CommissionSubject: Alcoholic consumption in European cities | 86 |
| 2004/C 070E/90 | E-2344/03 by Toine Manders to the CommissionSubject: Interreg bureaucracy (Supplementary answer) | 87 |
| 2004/C 070E/91 | E-2347/03 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the CommissionSubject: Deaths of immigrants drowned in the seas of the south of the EU when attempting to reach the coast in search of work and a new life | 88 |
| 2004/C 070E/92 | E-2362/03 by Stavros Xarchakos to the CouncilSubject: Research by a Turkish vessel in Greek territorial waters in the Aegean | 90 |
| 2004/C 070E/93 | E-2365/03 by Salvador Garriga Polledo to the CommissionSubject: Delimitation of fisheries zones as between Portugal and Spain | 91 |
| 2004/C 070E/94 | P-2374/03 by Raffaele Costa to the CommissionSubject: Contracting and subcontracting by the Commission | 91 |
| 2004/C 070E/95 | E-2377/03 by James Nicholson to the CouncilSubject: Insignia for European Union military forces | 92 |
| 2004/C 070E/96 | E-2383/03 by Christopher Huhne to the CommissionSubject: State aids assessment | 92 |
| 2004/C 070E/97 | E-2385/03 by Christopher Huhne to the CommissionSubject: State aids assessment | 93 |
| 2004/C 070E/98 | E-2396/03 by María Sornosa Martínez to the CommissionSubject: Measures to combat desertification in the EU | 94 |
| 2004/C 070E/99 | E-2414/03 by Peter Skinner to the CommissionSubject: IAS application to companies not incorporated in the EU | 96 |
| 2004/C 070E/100 | E-2425/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CouncilSubject: Harmonisation of tax on the income from the savings of non-resident Union citizens and abolition of banking secrecy | 98 |
| 2004/C 070E/101 | E-2446/03 by Alonso Puerta and Alejandro Cercas to the CommissionSubject: Protection of the European cultural heritage | 100 |
| 2004/C 070E/102 | E-2457/03 by Patricia McKenna to the CommissionSubject: Anti-competitive actions of the Irish State in the electricity market | 101 |
| 2004/C 070E/103 | E-2463/03 by Professor Sir Neil MacCormick to the CommissionSubject: Under-age EU citizens | 102 |
| 2004/C 070E/104 | E-2467/03 by Catherine Stihler to the CommissionSubject: Digital tachographs: Corrections to Annex 1B | 103 |
| 2004/C 070E/105 | E-2469/03 by Catherine Stihler to the CommissionSubject: Digital tachographs: revised introduction timescales | 104 |
| 2004/C 070E/106 | E-2470/03 by Catherine Stihler to the CommissionSubject: Digital tachographs: type approval | 105 |
| 2004/C 070E/107 | E-2472/03 by Marie Isler Béguin, Charles Tannock, Alima Boumediene-Thiery, Patsy Sörensen and Miquel Mayol i Raynal to the CouncilSubject: Regions adjacent to the enlarged Union's external borders | 106 |
| 2004/C 070E/108 | E-2475/03 by Glenys Kinnock to the CouncilSubject: Burma | 108 |
| 2004/C 070E/109 | E-2480/03 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the CommissionSubject: Canned tuna from Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia | 108 |
| 2004/C 070E/110 | E-2518/03 by Dorette Corbey to the CommissionSubject: Transatlantic cooperation on biodiversity conservation | 109 |
| 2004/C 070E/111 | E-2533/03 by Gabriele Stauner to the CouncilSubject: Extra income for members of the European Court of Justice | 110 |
| 2004/C 070E/112 | E-2536/03 by Ilda Figueiredo to the CommissionSubject: Outcome of the CAP reform compromise for Portugal | 111 |
| 2004/C 070E/113 | E-2538/03 by Ilda Figueiredo to the CommissionSubject: Proposals to do away with the CAP and the Structural Funds — ‘Secret report’ | 112 |
| 2004/C 070E/114 | E-2559/03 by Robert Evans to the CommissionSubject: Subsidies for animal transport | 113 |
| 2004/C 070E/115 | E-2587/03 by Marco Pannella to the CouncilSubject: Execution of Faramaz Mohammadi, the 19-year-old leader of the student movement at Tabriz University (Iran) | 114 |
| 2004/C 070E/116 | E-2589/03 by Philip Claeys to the CouncilSubject: Possible follow-up to the ‘defence summit’ held in Brussels in April 2003 | 114 |
| 2004/C 070E/117 | E-2595/03 by Theresa Villiers to the CommissionSubject: Conditions on the London Underground | 115 |
| 2004/C 070E/118 | E-2596/03 by Theresa Villiers to the CommissionSubject: Conditions on the London Underground | 115 |
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-2595/03 and E-2596/03 | 116 |
| 2004/C 070E/119 | E-2599/03 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the CommissionSubject: Progress on construction of the Colégio Altamira football ground under the ‘municipal sports complex’ project of the Association of Municipalities of Ο Condado (Galicia) in the context of the Proder programme (1996-1999) | 116 |
| 2004/C 070E/120 | P-2600/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Activities of the High-Level Advisory Group on Intercultural Dialogue in the Mediterranean Area and the Reflection Group on the Spiritual and Cultural Dimension of Europe | 117 |
| 2004/C 070E/121 | E-2612/03 by Maurizio Turco, Marco Pannella, Marco Cappato and Gianfranco Dell'Alba to the CouncilSubject: Crimen Sollicitationis Instruction issued by the Supreme and Holy Congregation of the Holy Office of the Holy See to cover up sexual abuse by clergy | 119 |
| 2004/C 070E/122 | E-2625/03 by Michel-Ange Scarbonchi to the CommissionSubject: Establishment of a European civil protection corps | 120 |
| 2004/C 070E/123 | E-2628/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Follow-up on the ‘Resolution on sexual violence against women, particularly Catholic nuns’ adopted by the European Parliament on 5 April 2001 | 121 |
| 2004/C 070E/124 | E-2629/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Eurostat affair: disappearance of documents from OLAF's offices | 122 |
| 2004/C 070E/125 | E-2630/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: The Eurostat affair | 123 |
| 2004/C 070E/126 | P-2653/03 by Mario Borghezio to the CommissionSubject: Telekom Serbia affair: explanation by President Prodi to Europe | 124 |
| 2004/C 070E/127 | P-2654/03 by Anna Karamanou to the CouncilSubject: Rape and trafficking in women in Iraq | 125 |
| 2004/C 070E/128 | P-2655/03 by Daniel Hannan to the CommissionSubject: Euronews | 126 |
| 2004/C 070E/129 | P-2656/03 by Josu Ortuondo Larrea to the CommissionSubject: Fisheries agreement between Spain and France — ‘Arcachon Accord’ | 127 |
| 2004/C 070E/130 | E-2685/03 by Alexandros Alavanos to the CommissionSubject: Development of workshops in Greek technical education — Action 5.2 of the second Operational Programme for Education and Initial Vocational Training in the third CSF | 128 |
| 2004/C 070E/131 | P-2696/03 by Heinz Kindermann to the CommissionSubject: Export refunds for ovalbumin | 129 |
| 2004/C 070E/132 | E-2709/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: OLAF investigation into Eurostat | 130 |
| 2004/C 070E/133 | E-2721/03 by Erik Meijer to the CouncilSubject: Measures to safeguard EU plans for a dynamic knowledge society in 2010 against unintended negative effects of the Stability Pact | 131 |
| 2004/C 070E/134 | P-2724/03 by Antonios Trakatellis to the CommissionSubject: Uncontrolled disposal of toxic waste and chemical substances in Greece and infringement of environmental legislation by a toxic waste processing plant at Larimna in the prefecture of Fthiotida | 132 |
| 2004/C 070E/135 | E-2733/03 by Hiltrud Breyer to the CommissionSubject: Subsidies to the Georgsmarienhütte steelworks | 133 |
| 2004/C 070E/136 | E-2734/03 by Glyn Ford to the CommissionSubject: Encryption of EU communications | 134 |
| 2004/C 070E/137 | E-2740/03 by Bernd Lange to the CommissionSubject: Recovery of small amounts under EU aid programmes | 135 |
| 2004/C 070E/138 | E-2754/03 by Samuli Pohjamo to the CommissionSubject: The possibility for Commission translators to work in their home countries | 135 |
| 2004/C 070E/139 | P-2757/03 by Marco Cappato to the CouncilSubject: Nuclear crisis in North Korea | 136 |
| 2004/C 070E/140 | P-2766/03 by Elly Plooij-van Gorsel to the CommissionSubject: International building fraud | 137 |
| 2004/C 070E/141 | E-2768/03 by Alexandros Alavanos to the CommissionSubject: Orders placed by Greek Railways (OSE) with Hellenic Shipyards | 138 |
| 2004/C 070E/142 | E-2773/03 by Mogens Camre to the CommissionSubject: Rules governing the staffing of emergency call centres in EU countries | 139 |
| 2004/C 070E/143 | E-2774/03 by Theresa Villiers to the CommissionSubject: Classification of Hamas as a terrorist organisation | 140 |
| 2004/C 070E/144 | E-2783/03 by Cristiana Muscardini, Antonio Mussa and Adriana Poli Bortone to the CouncilSubject: Elections in Albania | 140 |
| 2004/C 070E/145 | P-2800/03 by Paulo Casaca to the CommissionSubject: Implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1227/2001 of 18 June 2001 | 141 |
| 2004/C 070E/146 | P-2824/03 by Marie Isler Béguin to the CommissionSubject: A28 motorway and the Habitats directive | 142 |
| 2004/C 070E/147 | E-2831/03 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the CouncilSubject: Statements by the Spanish Prime Minister criticising the Convention and announcing his opposition to basic aspects of the agreed Convention text | 143 |
| 2004/C 070E/148 | E-2833/03 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the CommissionSubject: Training programmes for the unemployed organised by the National Organisation for Employment in Greece | 144 |
| 2004/C 070E/149 | P-2834/03 by Gilles Savary to the CommissionSubject: Air transport agreements with the USA | 145 |
| 2004/C 070E/150 | P-2835/03 by Heinz Kindermann to the CommissionSubject: Approval of TERRA project ‘Geoplantour’ — OLAF investigations (Supplementary answer) | 145 |
| 2004/C 070E/151 | P-2844/03 by Isabelle Caullery to the CommissionSubject: Aid for low-cost airlines | 147 |
| 2004/C 070E/152 | E-2848/03 by Mihail Papayannakis to the CommissionSubject: Implementation of Directive 2000/53/EC | 147 |
| 2004/C 070E/153 | E-2860/03 by Jens-Peter Bonde to the CouncilSubject: Article III-302 of the draft Constitution for the European Union | 148 |
| 2004/C 070E/154 | P-2862/03 by Anne André-Léonard to the CommissionSubject: Scientology's ‘European Public Affairs and Human Rights Office’ | 148 |
| 2004/C 070E/155 | E-2866/03 by Anne André-Léonard to the CouncilSubject: The ‘European Public Affairs and Human Rights Office’ of the Church of Scientology | 149 |
| 2004/C 070E/156 | E-2870/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Judicial inquiry into the use of funding from the Region of Lombardy for vocational training | 150 |
| 2004/C 070E/157 | P-2871/03 by Hiltrud Breyer to the CommissionSubject: Research on human embryos and embryo stem cells | 151 |
| 2004/C 070E/158 | E-2873/03 by Jules Maaten to the CommissionSubject: Soot measurement as regards private cars: Directives 92/55/EEC, 96/96/EC and 1999/52/EC | 151 |
| 2004/C 070E/159 | E-2874/03 by Proinsias De Rossa to the CommissionSubject: Removal and retention of children's organs without parental consent | 153 |
| 2004/C 070E/160 | E-2879/03 by Jan Dhaene to the CommissionSubject: Technical inspection of systems for indirect vision fitted on commercial vehicles | 153 |
| 2004/C 070E/161 | E-2888/03 by Joan Vallvé to the CommissionSubject: Island flights — declaration of public service | 155 |
| 2004/C 070E/162 | E-2890/03 by Anne Jensen to the CommissionSubject: Aid to factories in the former GDR | 155 |
| 2004/C 070E/163 | E-2891/03 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the CommissionSubject: Inadequate measures relating to safely at work in Greece | 156 |
| 2004/C 070E/164 | P-2893/03 by Ole Krarup to the CommissionSubject: Violation of the data protection rules | 157 |
| 2004/C 070E/165 | E-2894/03 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the CommissionSubject: Work experience programme (‘Stage’) in Greece | 158 |
| 2004/C 070E/166 | E-2899/03 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the CommissionSubject: Public debt and budget deficit in Greece in 2003 | 159 |
| 2004/C 070E/167 | E-2901/03 by Antonio Tajani to the CommissionSubject: Safeguarding jobs at the Alcatel plant in Rieti | 159 |
| 2004/C 070E/168 | E-2908/03 by Franz Turchi to the CommissionSubject: Alcatel industrial plan | 160 |
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-2901/03 and E-2908/03 | 160 |
| 2004/C 070E/169 | E-2905/03 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the CommissionSubject: Unemployment in Greece on the basis of the 2001 census | 161 |
| 2004/C 070E/170 | E-2906/03 by Gerhard Schmid to the CommissionSubject: Transposition of Directive 2001/97/EC on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering | 162 |
| 2004/C 070E/171 | P-2914/03 by Mario Borghezio to the CommissionSubject: Prodi goes beyond his powers in statements on Arafat | 162 |
| 2004/C 070E/172 | P-2915/03 by Francesco Speroni to the CommissionSubject: Prodi's partiality during the referendum campaign in Sweden | 163 |
| 2004/C 070E/173 | E-2925/03 by Salvador Garriga Polledo to the CommissionSubject: European productivity pact | 163 |
| 2004/C 070E/174 | E-2928/03 by Proinsias De Rossa to the CommissionSubject: European Spatial Development Perspective and the SRUNA Project | 164 |
| 2004/C 070E/175 | E-2931/03 by Marco Cappato, Maurizio Turco, Emma Bonino, Marco Pannella, Benedetto Della Vedova, Gianfranco Dell'Alba and Olivier Dupuis to the CommissionSubject: Appointment of General Ammar as Chairman of the National Organising Committee for the World Summit on the Information Society | 165 |
| 2004/C 070E/176 | E-2932/03 by Cristiana Muscardini to the CommissionSubject: Combating counterfeiting | 166 |
| 2004/C 070E/177 | E-2933/03 by Cristiana Muscardini to the CommissionSubject: Limits on total concentration of DDT in fish | 169 |
| 2004/C 070E/178 | E-2937/03 by Philip Claeys to the CommissionSubject: Commission communication on immigration, integration and employment — economic role of immigration | 170 |
| 2004/C 070E/179 | E-2938/03 by Philip Claeys to the CommissionSubject: Commission communication on immigration, integration and employment | 170 |
| 2004/C 070E/180 | E-2986/03 by Philip Claeys to the CommissionSubject: Commission Communication on immigration, integration and employment — brain drain | 171 |
| 2004/C 070E/181 | E-3004/03 by Philip Claeys to the CommissionSubject: Commission communication on immigration, integration and employment — franchise for immigrants | 171 |
| 2004/C 070E/182 | E-3029/03 by Philip Claeys to the CommissionSubject: Commission communication on immigration, integration and employment — factors inhibiting integration | 172 |
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-2937/03, E-2938/03, E-2986/03, E-3004/03 and E-3029/03 | 172 |
| 2004/C 070E/183 | E-2939/03 by José Ribeiro e Castro to the CommissionSubject: Promoting and publicising EURES | 174 |
| 2004/C 070E/184 | E-2941/03 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos to the CommissionSubject: Allocations from the Solidarity Fund | 175 |
| 2004/C 070E/185 | P-2950/03 by Dorette Corbey to the CommissionSubject: Future of LIFE-Nature | 177 |
| 2004/C 070E/186 | E-2958/03 by Armando Cossutta to the CommissionSubject: Price rises in the eurozone countries | 178 |
| 2004/C 070E/187 | E-2963/03 by Alexandros Alavanos to the CommissionSubject: Spending cuts on accident research and prevention | 179 |
| 2004/C 070E/188 | E-2967/03 by Marie-Thérèse Hermange to the CommissionSubject: European Ombudsman for children | 180 |
| 2004/C 070E/189 | E-2968/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Eurojust | 180 |
| 2004/C 070E/190 | P-2970/03 by Catherine Stihler to the CommissionSubject: Withdrawal from the Common Fisheries Policy | 181 |
| 2004/C 070E/191 | P-2976/03 by Heinz Kindermann to the CommissionSubject: Export refunds for ovalbumin — my question P-2696/03 | 182 |
| 2004/C 070E/192 | P-2978/03 by Nelly Maes to the CommissionSubject: Structural Funds in Brittany | 183 |
| 2004/C 070E/193 | E-2979/03 by Carles-Alfred Gasòliba i Böhm to the CommissionSubject: Postal services in the European Union | 184 |
| 2004/C 070E/194 | P-2989/03 by Ioannis Marínos to the CommissionSubject: Commission funding for the European Policy Centre | 185 |
| 2004/C 070E/195 | P-2991/03 by Alexander de Roo to the CommissionSubject: Ban on mechanised cockle fishing in the Wadden Sea | 186 |
| 2004/C 070E/196 | E-2998/03 by Bill Newton Dunn to the CommissionSubject: Inconsistent exemptions from tax in the UK | 187 |
| 2004/C 070E/197 | E-2999/03 by Olivier Duhamel to the CommissionSubject: Information brochure | 187 |
| 2004/C 070E/198 | E-3001/03 by Marco Pannella, Emma Bonino, Marco Cappato, Gianfranco Dell'Alba, Benedetto Della Vedova, Olivier Dupuis and Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Repeated violations of the basic human rights of the Vietnamese highland people, the Montagnards... | 188 |
| 2004/C 070E/199 | E-3002/03 by Marco Pannella, Emma Bonino, Marco Cappato, Gianfranco Dell'Alba, Benedetto Della Vedova, Olivier Dupuis and Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Repeated violations of the basic human rights of the Vietnamese highland people, the Montagnards... | 189 |
| 2004/C 070E/200 | E-3003/03 by Marco Pannella, Emma Bonino, Marco Cappato, Gianfranco Dell'Alba, Benedetto Della Vedova, Olivier Dupuis and Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Repeated violations of the basic human rights of the Vietnamese highland people, the Montagnards... | 189 |
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-3001/03, E-3002/03 and E-3003/03 | 190 |
| 2004/C 070E/201 | E-3005/03 by Albert Maat to the CommissionSubject: Classification of albumin | 191 |
| 2004/C 070E/202 | E-3007/03 by Giacomo Santini to the CommissionSubject: Role of the European Rural Carrefours in CAP information campaigns | 191 |
| 2004/C 070E/203 | P-3068/03 by Hugues Martin to the CommissionSubject: Funding of bodies which play host to an Info-Point Europe | 192 |
| 2004/C 070E/204 | E-3112/03 by Giacomo Santini, Elena Paciotti, Luciana Sbarbati, Giovanni Pittella, Generoso Andria, Enrico Ferri, Carlo Fatuzzo, Gianfranco Dell'Alba, Roberta Angelilli, Stefano Zappalà, Paolo Pastorelli, Antonio Di Pietro, Mauro Nobilia, Sebastiano Musumeci, Michl Ebner, Roberto Bigliardo, Catherine Guy-Quint, Adriana Poli Bortone, Fiorella Ghilardotti, Monica Frassoni, Franz Turchi, Massimo Carraro, Guido Bodrato, Francesco Musotto, Vincenzo Lavarra, Vitaliano Gemelli and Giovanni Fava to the CommissionSubject: EU information policy — legal basis for the European ‘Carrefours ruraux’ and ‘Info-Points Europe’ — urgent need for operational subsidy for 2004 | 193 |
| 2004/C 070E/205 | P-3153/03 by Evelyne Gebhardt to the CommissionSubject: EU Info-Points | 194 |
| 2004/C 070E/206 | E-3240/03 by Thierry Cornillet to the CommissionSubject: Abolition of operating grants for Europe Info-Points | 194 |
| 2004/C 070E/207 | P-3265/03 by Maria Sanders-ten Holte to the CommissionSubject: Info-Points and Carrefours | 194 |
| 2004/C 070E/208 | E-3287/03 by Brice Hortefeux to the CommissionSubject: Europe Houses | 195 |
| 2004/C 070E/209 | E-3301/03 by Nicole Thomas-Mauro to the CommissionSubject: Info-points Europe | 195 |
| 2004/C 070E/210 | P-3389/03 by John Hume to the CommissionSubject: European Carrefours | 196 |
| 2004/C 070E/211 | P-3403/03 by John Cushnahan to the CommissionSubject: Funding for European Carrefour | 196 |
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-3007/03, P-3068/03, E-3112/03, P-3153/03, E-3240/03, P-3265/03, E-3287/03, E-3301/03, P-3389/03 and P-3403/03 | 196 |
| 2004/C 070E/212 | E-3017/03 by Ilda Figueiredo to the CommissionSubject: Bankruptcy of Grundig AG and protecting jobs in Portugal | 197 |
| 2004/C 070E/213 | E-3019/03 by Ilda Figueiredo to the CommissionSubject: Community funding and maintaining jobs | 198 |
| 2004/C 070E/214 | E-3022/03 by Anna Karamanou to the CommissionSubject: Funding of research into accident prevention | 198 |
| 2004/C 070E/215 | P-3024/03 by Ilda Figueiredo to the CommissionSubject: The need to suspend and revise the Stability Pact | 199 |
| 2004/C 070E/216 | E-3028/03 by Marianne Thyssen to the CommissionSubject: Approval of support for Ford's Belgian car manufacturing plant in Genk and its suppliers | 200 |
| 2004/C 070E/217 | E-3031/03 by Ilda Figueiredo to the CommissionSubject: Community subsidies in the cultural sphere | 201 |
| 2004/C 070E/218 | E-3035/03 by Marit Paulsen to the CommissionSubject: Traceability requirement under Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) 178/2002 | 202 |
| 2004/C 070E/219 | P-3038/03 by Herbert Bösch to the CommissionSubject: Termination of Eurostat contracts | 203 |
| 2004/C 070E/220 | E-3046/03 by Claude Moraes to the CommissionSubject: Human rights in Bangladesh | 204 |
| 2004/C 070E/221 | E-3049/03 by Koenraad Dillen to the CommissionSubject: Electronic tagging of asylum seekers | 204 |
| 2004/C 070E/222 | P-3051/03 by Dorette Corbey to the CommissionSubject: Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol by Russia | 206 |
| 2004/C 070E/223 | E-3056/03 by Dorette Corbey to the CommissionSubject: Measures to safeguard security of natural gas supply | 207 |
| 2004/C 070E/224 | E-3065/03 by Alexandros Alavanos to the CommissionSubject: Discrimination against women | 208 |
| 2004/C 070E/225 | P-3067/03 by Kathalijne Buitenweg to the CommissionSubject: Biometric data in visas and passports | 209 |
| 2004/C 070E/226 | E-3071/03 by Lissy Gröner to the CommissionSubject: Gender budgeting | 210 |
| 2004/C 070E/227 | E-3076/03 by Erik Meijer to the CommissionSubject: Results of studies into the threats to the health of people living or working in the vicinity of transmitter masts for the new UMTS system | 211 |
| 2004/C 070E/228 | E-3079/03 by Torben Lund to the CommissionSubject: Regulation (EC) No 1221/97 and aid for beekeeping | 213 |
| 2004/C 070E/229 | E-3084/03 by Koldo Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso to the CommissionSubject: Sit-in of Basque political prisoners | 214 |
| 2004/C 070E/230 | E-3085/03 by Bruno Gollnisch to the CommissionSubject: Crédit Lyonnais/Executive Life | 215 |
| 2004/C 070E/231 | E-3094/03 by Harald Ettl to the CommissionSubject: Mobbing in the workplace | 215 |
| 2004/C 070E/232 | E-3095/03 by Koldo Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso to the CommissionSubject: Basque Country's recognition through repression | 216 |
| 2004/C 070E/233 | E-3097/03 by Jonas Sjöstedt to the CommissionSubject: Disclosure of resources for the EMU campaign | 217 |
| 2004/C 070E/234 | E-3103/03 by Anna Karamanou to the CommissionSubject: Child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | 217 |
| 2004/C 070E/235 | E-3105/03 by Marianne Eriksson, Piia-Noora Kauppi and Joke Swiebel to the CommissionSubject: Funding EQUAL projects and sexual orientation discrimination | 218 |
| 2004/C 070E/236 | E-3107/03 by Adriana Poli Bortone to the CommissionSubject: Trans-European networks | 220 |
| 2004/C 070E/237 | E-3108/03 by Philip Claeys to the CommissionSubject: Subsidies | 220 |
| 2004/C 070E/238 | P-3111/03 by Regina Bastos to the CommissionSubject: Possible state or Community subsidies to the German Rieker holding | 221 |
| 2004/C 070E/239 | P-3118/03 by Nicholas Clegg to the CommissionSubject: Relaxing restrictions on paraquat | 222 |
| 2004/C 070E/240 | E-3119/03 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the CommissionSubject: Breach of Directive 1999/70/EC | 223 |
| 2004/C 070E/241 | E-3136/03 by Lissy Gröner to the CommissionSubject: Unused EU funding in Bavaria totalling EUR 17 million for 2002 | 223 |
| 2004/C 070E/242 | E-3149/03 by Ilda Figueiredo to the CommissionSubject: Location of the Melka dressmaking company | 224 |
| 2004/C 070E/243 | E-3158/03 by Antonio Mussa to the CommissionSubject: Recognition of academic qualifications | 225 |
| 2004/C 070E/244 | E-3162/03 by Mogens Camre to the CommissionSubject: Fraud involving the resources of the European Social Fund | 227 |
| 2004/C 070E/245 | E-3164/03 by Säid El Khadraoui to the CommissionSubject: Warning labels on alcohol | 228 |
| 2004/C 070E/246 | P-3166/03 by Paulo Casaca to the CommissionSubject: The Commission's compliance with the decisions of the European Court of Justice | 229 |
| 2004/C 070E/247 | E-3175/03 by Torben Lund to the CommissionSubject: Funding of prevention programmes and disease surveillance | 230 |
| 2004/C 070E/248 | E-3176/03 by Dorette Corbey to the CommissionSubject: Food safety and developing countries | 231 |
| 2004/C 070E/249 | E-3177/03 by Dorette Corbey to the CommissionSubject: Reuse of medical instruments and accessories | 232 |
| 2004/C 070E/250 | P-3184/03 by Olivier Dupuis to the CommissionSubject: Arrogance of the Lao authorities | 233 |
| 2004/C 070E/251 | E-3197/03 by Theresa Villiers to the CommissionSubject: Swedish referendum on the euro | 234 |
| 2004/C 070E/252 | E-3199/03 by Marianne Thyssen to the CommissionSubject: Belgian Government takeover of the pension fund of telecommunications operator Belgacom | 235 |
| 2004/C 070E/253 | E-3205/03 by Giles Chichester to the CommissionSubject: Formal complaint re Objective 2 funding to support the Broadband4Devon Project | 236 |
| 2004/C 070E/254 | P-3208/03 by Theresa Villiers to the CommissionSubject: School funding crisis in Hillingdon and Barnet | 236 |
| 2004/C 070E/255 | P-3209/03 by Christopher Huhne to the CommissionSubject: Clinical Trials Directive | 237 |
| 2004/C 070E/256 | E-3215/03 by Christopher Huhne to the CommissionSubject: Clinical Trials Directive | 237 |
| Joint answer to Written Questions P-3209/03 and E-3215/03 | 238 |
| 2004/C 070E/257 | P-3210/03 by Pietro-Paolo Mennea to the CommissionSubject: Unfair competition in the textile sector | 238 |
| 2004/C 070E/258 | E-3211/03 by Mogens Camre to the CommissionSubject: EU support for the European Network Against Racism (ENAR) | 240 |
| 2004/C 070E/259 | E-3225/03 by Richard Corbett to the CommissionSubject: Live transmission of bullfights | 240 |
| 2004/C 070E/260 | P-3232/03 by Joan Colom i Naval to the CommissionSubject: Updated budget figures | 241 |
| 2004/C 070E/261 | E-3233/03 by Salvador Garriga Polledo to the CommissionSubject: Standardisation of European Union studies in education systems | 241 |
| 2004/C 070E/262 | E-3235/03 by Salvador Garriga Polledo to the CommissionSubject: Incentives to invest in EU-related bonds | 242 |
| 2004/C 070E/263 | E-3241/03 by Cristiana Muscardini to the CommissionSubject: Breaking down of bureaucratic barriers | 243 |
| 2004/C 070E/264 | E-3245/03 by Erik Meijer to the CommissionSubject: Increased costs of hospital treatment and waste-disposal arising from restrictions on cost-saving re-use of surgical instruments | 244 |
| 2004/C 070E/265 | E-3256/03 by Olivier Dupuis to the CommissionSubject: New attack by Hanoi on freedom of religion | 245 |
| 2004/C 070E/266 | E-3261/03 by Bart Staes to the CommissionSubject: Allergic reactions to the eating of Quorn | 246 |
| 2004/C 070E/267 | P-3264/03 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the CommissionSubject: Recovery of Greenland halibut stocks: special socio-economic measures for the Community's NAFO fleet | 248 |
| 2004/C 070E/268 | E-3269/03 by Christopher Huhne to the CommissionSubject: Repeal of legislation | 249 |
| 2004/C 070E/269 | E-3271/03 by Marianne Thyssen to the CommissionSubject: The carcinogenic substance bisphenol A in babies' plastic feeding bottles | 249 |
| 2004/C 070E/270 | E-3272/03 by Marianne Thyssen to the CommissionSubject: Transition period for the sale of cigarettes | 251 |
| 2004/C 070E/271 | E-3295/03 by Graham Watson to the CommissionSubject: Statute of European Schools | 252 |
| 2004/C 070E/272 | E-3307/03 by Christopher Huhne to the CommissionSubject: Free-standing ovens | 252 |
| 2004/C 070E/273 | E-3308/03 by Philip Claeys to the CommissionSubject: Museum of Europe | 253 |
| 2004/C 070E/274 | P-3312/03 by Enrico Ferri to the CommissionSubject: Requirements for entry in the studbook, transposition of Community legislation | 254 |
| 2004/C 070E/275 | P-3314/03 by Peter Skinner to the CommissionSubject: British Beef Imports into France | 254 |
| 2004/C 070E/276 | P-3315/03 by Caroline Lucas to the CommissionSubject: FMD compensation | 255 |
| 2004/C 070E/277 | E-3324/03 by Torben Lund to the CommissionSubject: Authorisation of the harmful toxic spray ‘Paraquat’ | 256 |
| 2004/C 070E/278 | E-3337/03 by Roberta Angelilli to the CommissionSubject: Legal protection for commercial diving | 257 |
| 2004/C 070E/279 | E-3344/03 by Christos Folias to the CommissionSubject: Recognition of Greek citizens' university degrees | 258 |
| 2004/C 070E/280 | E-3355/03 by Stavros Xarchakos to the CommissionSubject: Minority language groups in Greece and official statistics | 260 |
| 2004/C 070E/281 | E-3374/03 by John Bowis to the CommissionSubject: Reclassification of hip, knee and shoulder joint replacements | 261 |
| 2004/C 070E/282 | E-3386/03 by Concepció Ferrer to the CommissionSubject: Chinese type-approval system — non-tariff barrier | 261 |
| 2004/C 070E/283 | E-3394/03 by Astrid Thors to the CommissionSubject: Cruelty to animals in applicant countries | 262 |
| 2004/C 070E/284 | P-3400/03 by Niels Busk to the CommissionSubject: Interpretation of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 | 263 |
| 2004/C 070E/285 | E-3405/03 by Concepció Ferrer to the CommissionSubject: Management of the Structural Funds | 264 |
| 2004/C 070E/286 | E-3487/03 by Albert Maat to the CommissionSubject: French action against pigmeat from other EU Member States | 264 |
| 2004/C 070E/287 | P-3540/03 by Toine Manders to the CommissionSubject: Disruption of the internal market (in meat) in France | 264 |
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-3487/03 and P-3540/03___ | 265 |
| 2004/C 070E/288 | E-3514/03 by Giovanni Pittella to the CommissionSubject: Course financed by means of the Structural Funds | 265 |
| 2004/C 070E/289 | P-3537/03 by Philip Bushill-Matthews to the CommissionSubject: Hotel fire safety | 266 |
| 2004/C 070E/290 | P-3538/03 by Edward McMillan-Scott to the CommissionSubject: Pensions | 266 |
| 2004/C 070E/291 | | 267 |

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

WRITTEN QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER

2004/C 070E/1

E-2576/02 by Kathleen Van Brempt to the CommissionSubject: Reimbursement for Viagra

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2004/C 070E/2

E-2577/02 by Kathleen Van Brempt to the CommissionSubject: Deficit in the sickness insurance scheme for European officials....

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Joint answer to Written Questions E-2576/02 and E-2577/02

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2004/C 070E/3

E-2606/02 by Michl Ebner to the CommissionSubject: Charges that distort competition in trade between countries

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2004/C 070E/4

E-2617/02 by Michl Ebner to the CommissionSubject: Differential allowances in the pay scheme of European Schools....

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2004/C 070E/5

E-2627/02 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the CommissionSubject: Problems with implementation of environmental programmes

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2004/C 070E/6

E-2637/02 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos to the CommissionSubject: Protection of forests against atmospheric pollution in Galicia (Spain).

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2004/C 070E/7

E-2996/02 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos to the CommissionSubject: Measures to reduce fisheries accidents

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2004/C 070E/8

E-2997/02 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos to the CommissionSubject: Measures to reduce fisheries accidents

8

2004/C 070E/9

E-3186/02 by Eluned Morgan to the CommissionSubject: Protection of pensions

9

2004/C 070E/10

E-3226/02 by Theresa Villiers to the CommissionSubject: Safety of crash barriers for motorcyclists

10

2004/C 070E/11

E-3469/02 by Ward Beysen to the CommissionSubject: The concentration on the Czech electricity market in the process of enlargement

10

2004/C 070E/12

E-3542/02 by Glenys Kinnock to the CommissionSubject: Trade-related assistance

12

2004/C 070E/13

E-3543/02 by Glenys Kinnock to the CommissionSubject: Western Sahara

13

2004/C 070E/14

E-3553/02 by Marco Cappato to the CommissionSubject: Serious violations of religious freedom in Belarus

14

2004/C 070E/15

P-3614/02 by Concepció Ferrer to the CommissionSubject: Imports of raw materials from Morocco and the European leather industry

15

2004/C 070E/16

E-3646/02 by Hanja Maij-Weggen to the CommissionSubject: Detention of Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leiva

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2004/C 070E/17

E-3648/02 by Hanja Maij-Weggen to the CommissionSubject: Freedom of religion in Laos

16

2004/C 070E/18

E-3734/02 by Caroline Lucas to the CommissionSubject: Aid and the survival of the Caribbean banana industry

17

2004/C 070E/19

P-3743/02 by Hanja Maij-Weggen to the CommissionSubject: Executions of Tibetans in China

18

2004/C 070E/20

E-3746/02 by Olivier Dupuis to the CommissionSubject: Tibet/China: death sentence on Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche and Lobsang Dhondup

18

2004/C 070E/21

E-3750/02 by Mario Mauro to the CommissionSubject: Relations between the EU and the Republic of Surinam

19

2004/C 070E/22

E-3751/02 by Hanja Maij-Weggen to the CommissionSubject: Disappearance of Arjan Erkel in Dagestan

20

2004/C 070E/23

P-3851/02 by Arie Oostlander to the CommissionSubject: Kidnapping of Mr Arjan Erkel in the Russian Republic of Dagestan

21

Joint answer to Written Questions E-3751/02 and P-3851/02

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2004/C 070E/24

E-3759/02 by Jan Mulder to the CommissionSubject: Verification of the origin of ACP sugar

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2004/C 070E/25

E-3766/02 by Erik Meijer to the CommissionSubject: Avoiding irritations and delays during controls of traffic in transit between Russia and Kaliningrad via future EU territory

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2004/C 070E/26

E-3790/02 by Jules Maaten to the CommissionSubject: Treatment of tourists by police officers in the applicant countries

24

2004/C 070E/27

E-3820/02 by Jonas Sjöstedt to the CommissionSubject: Movement of the euro against other currencies

25

2004/C 070E/28

P-3856/02 by Eija-Riitta Korhola to the CommissionSubject: Retail prices of fair-trade products

26

2004/C 070E/29

E-3877/02 by Jorge Hernández Mollar to the CommissionSubject: A single European penal code

27

2004/C 070E/30

E-0155/03 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the CommissionSubject: EU budget and development cooperation

28

2004/C 070E/31

E-0419/03 by Laura González Álvarez to the CommissionSubject: Spanish National Hydrological Plan (NHP): Júcar-Vinalopó transfer scheme (Supplementary answer)....

28

2004/C 070E/32

E-0704/03 by Baroness Sarah Ludford to the CommissionSubject: Cat and dog fur

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2004/C 070E/33

E-0730/03 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos to the CommissionSubject: ‘Prestige’: Measures for Natura 2000 network areas

30

2004/C 070E/34

E-0897/03 by Hedwig Keppelhoff-Wiechert to the CommissionSubject: Proposal for a Council regulation on the common organisation of the market in ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin (COM(2001) 101 final — C5-0095/01) in particular, measures for the agricultural alcohol market/Article 10

31

2004/C 070E/35

E-1076/03 by Peter Skinner to the CommissionSubject: Motorola Computer Group and Wordsworth Technologies Ltd and price fixing

31

2004/C 070E/36

E-1146/03 by Paulo Casaca to the CommissionSubject: Abolition of pension weightings

32

2004/C 070E/37

E-1228/03 by José Ribeiro e Castro to the CommissionSubject: Floods in Mozambique

1

33

2004/C 070E/38

E-1236/03 by Bart Staes to the CommissionSubject: Sale of PCs with preinstalled operating system

1

34

2004/C 070E/39

E-1246/03 by Kathleen Van Brempt to the CommissionSubject: Safety of crash barriers

1

35

2004/C 070E/40

E-1255/03 by Hanja Maij-Weggen to the CommissionSubject: Human rights in Vietnam

1

36

2004/C 070E/41

E-1348/03 by Bill Newton Dunn to the CommissionSubject: GATS and privatisation of water services

36

2004/C 070E/42

E-1356/03 by Margrietus van den Berg to the CommissionSubject: International flood-management plans

38

2004/C 070E/43

E-1380/03 by Anne Jensen to the CommissionSubject: Wage subsidies in Germany

39

2004/C 070E/44

E-1392/03 by Charles Tannock and Timothy Kirkhope to the CouncilSubject: Implications of the creation of the offence of Racism and Xenophobia in the context of the European Arrest Warrant

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2004/C 070E/45

E-1477/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Refunds on exports from Member States to the Vatican City State of butter and other fats and oils derived from milk, milk products

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2004/C 070E/46

E-1478/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Refunds on exports from Member States to the Vatican City State of fresh and frozen beef

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2004/C 070E/47

E-1479/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Exports of fresh and frozen beef from Member States to the Vatican City State and management of the meat counters in the Vatican shop

43

2004/C 070E/48

E-1480/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Refunds on exports from Member States to the Vatican City State of beet and cane sugar and chemically pure sucrose in solid form

44

Supplementary joint answer to Written Questions E-1477/03, E-1478/03, E-1479/03 and E-1480/03

45

2004/C 070E/49

E-1486/03 by Claude Moraes to the CommissionSubject: Cyber-racism

46

2004/C 070E/50

E-1491/03 by Proinsias De Rossa to the CommissionSubject: Article 10 challenges

47

2004/C 070E/51

E-1501/03 by Kathleen Van Brempt to the CommissionSubject: Cruise control in trucks

48

2004/C 070E/52

E-1506/03 by Ilda Figueiredo to the CommissionSubject: Quality of new jobs

49

2004/C 070E/53

E-1600/03 by Giles Chichester and Charles Tannock to the CommissionSubject: Arbitrary expropriation of property in the Valencia region of Spain

50

2004/C 070E/54

E-1601/03 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the CommissionSubject: Lifting of the temporary restriction on the use of fishmeal in animal feed

51

2004/C 070E/55

P-1610/03 by Joan Colom i Naval to the CommissionSubject: Conductivity and an ecologically sound rate of flow in the case of the Ebro diversion proposed under the Spanish National Water Resources Plan

52

2004/C 070E/56

E-1626/03 by Caroline Jackson to the CommissionSubject: Consumer protection in relation to eggs and egg products imported from the US

53

2004/C 070E/57

E-1627/03 by Jan Mulder and Toine Manders to the CommissionSubject: Financial consequences of avian influenza for hatching-egg producers

54

2004/C 070E/58

E-1628/03 by Eija-Riitta Korhola to the CouncilSubject: Promoting fair-trade products in the EU

55

2004/C 070E/59

P-1705/03 by Gabriele Stauner to the CommissionSubject: Investigations into Planistat Europe SA

56

2004/C 070E/60

P-1807/03 by Herbert Bösch to the CommissionSubject: Commercial relations between the Commission and the Planistat Group

57

2004/C 070E/61

P-1978/03 by Gabriele Stauner to the CommissionSubject: Termination of business relations between the Commission and Planistat

58

Joint answer to Written Questions P-1705/03, P-1807/03 and P-1978/03

58

2004/C 070E/62

E-1717/03 by Freddy Blak to the CommissionSubject: Stowaways

59

2004/C 070E/63

E-1754/03 by Elisabeth Schroedter to the CommissionSubject: Bridge linking the island of Rügen with the mainland, question E-0543/03

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2004/C 070E/64

E-1755/03 by Caroline Jackson to the CommissionSubject: Taxation on European pension contributions

62

2004/C 070E/65

E-1778/03 by Claude Moraes to the CommissionSubject: Asylum seekers and refugees ‘audit’

62

2004/C 070E/66

E-1786/03 by Claude Moraes to the CommissionSubject: Contact with Roma NGOs and governmental agencies

64

2004/C 070E/67

E-1846/03 by Mario Borghezio to the CommissionSubject: Incompatibility between the holding of a Community decision-making office and membership of the Bilderberg Club and the Trilateral Commission

64

2004/C 070E/68

E-1865/03 by Anders Wijkman to the CommissionSubject: National interpretation of EU legislation on protection of endangered animals

65

2004/C 070E/69

E-1878/03 by Christopher Huhne to the CommissionSubject: Impact assessment

66

2004/C 070E/70

E-1930/03 by Lennart Sacrédeus to the CommissionSubject: Population movements in the oil-rich areas of Sudan

67

2004/C 070E/71

E-1944/03 by Bart Staes to the CommissionSubject: Internal market in television advertising in conjunction with programmes for minors

68

2004/C 070E/72

P-1962/03 by Georges Berthu to the CommissionSubject: Future accounting standards in the insurance sector

69

2004/C 070E/73

E-1992/03 by José Ribeiro e Castro to the CommissionSubject: Europe and terrorism

70

2004/C 070E/74

E-2000/03 by Jan Dhaene and Patricia McKenna to the CouncilSubject: Radioactive discharges from Sellafield

71

2004/C 070E/75

E-2017/03 by Jan Dhaene to the CommissionSubject: Technical equipment for trucks

72

2004/C 070E/76

E-2063/03 by Ioannis Marínos and Stavros Xarchakos to the CommissionSubject: Water supplies and quality of water in Greece

73

2004/C 070E/77

E-2065/03 by Maurizio Turco, Marco Pannella, Marco Cappato, Benedetto Della Vedova, Gianfranco Dell'Alba and Olivier Dupuis to the CommissionSubject: Belgian police operations on Dutch territory

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2004/C 070E/78

E-2114/03 by Erik Meijer to the CommissionSubject: Exclusion of visitors other than invited guests, government officials and businessmen from non-EU European states with a low standard of living

75

2004/C 070E/79

E-2133/03 by Mario Borghezio to the CommissionSubject: Illegal immigration: US Department of State against Greece and Turkey

77

2004/C 070E/80

E-2167/03 by Erik Meijer to the CouncilSubject: Permanent solution to the problem of addressing the sensitivities surrounding the name of the state of Macedonia, taking account of the different demands of Macedonians, Albanians and Greeks

79

2004/C 070E/81

P-2200/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Speech of the Commission President on religion and the European Constitution (Alessano, Lecce, Italy, 13 June 2003)

79

2004/C 070E/82

E-2205/03 by Gabriele Stauner to the CommissionSubject: Continuation of OLAF's investigations into Eurostat

80

2004/C 070E/83

E-2238/03 by Proinsias De Rossa to the CommissionSubject: Article 10 of the EC Treaty and Ireland

81

2004/C 070E/84

E-2289/03 by Ioannis Marínos to the CommissionSubject: Wage and pension levels in Greece

82

2004/C 070E/85

E-2309/03 by José Ribeiro e Castro to the CommissionSubject: ‘Ecstasy’ — Holland

83

2004/C 070E/86

E-2318/03 by Armando Cossutta to the CouncilSubject: European citizens' right to privacy

84

2004/C 070E/87

E-2329/03 by Piia-Noora Kauppi to the CommissionSubject: Incorporation of carbon sequestration techniques into the emissions trading directive

85

2004/C 070E/88

E-2336/03 by Brian Simpson to the CommissionSubject: Project ACCESS: Advance Communication for Cumbria and Enabling Sustainable Services

86

2004/C 070E/89

E-2337/03 by Christopher Heaton-Harris to the CommissionSubject: Alcoholic consumption in European cities

86

2004/C 070E/90

E-2344/03 by Toine Manders to the CommissionSubject: Interreg bureaucracy (Supplementary answer)

87

2004/C 070E/91

E-2347/03 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the CommissionSubject: Deaths of immigrants drowned in the seas of the south of the EU when attempting to reach the coast in search of work and a new life

88

2004/C 070E/92

E-2362/03 by Stavros Xarchakos to the CouncilSubject: Research by a Turkish vessel in Greek territorial waters in the Aegean

90

2004/C 070E/93

E-2365/03 by Salvador Garriga Polledo to the CommissionSubject: Delimitation of fisheries zones as between Portugal and Spain

91

2004/C 070E/94

P-2374/03 by Raffaele Costa to the CommissionSubject: Contracting and subcontracting by the Commission

91

2004/C 070E/95

E-2377/03 by James Nicholson to the CouncilSubject: Insignia for European Union military forces

92

2004/C 070E/96

E-2383/03 by Christopher Huhne to the CommissionSubject: State aids assessment

92

2004/C 070E/97

E-2385/03 by Christopher Huhne to the CommissionSubject: State aids assessment

93

2004/C 070E/98

E-2396/03 by María Sornosa Martínez to the CommissionSubject: Measures to combat desertification in the EU

94

2004/C 070E/99

E-2414/03 by Peter Skinner to the CommissionSubject: IAS application to companies not incorporated in the EU

96

2004/C 070E/100

E-2425/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CouncilSubject: Harmonisation of tax on the income from the savings of non-resident Union citizens and abolition of banking secrecy

98

2004/C 070E/101

E-2446/03 by Alonso Puerta and Alejandro Cercas to the CommissionSubject: Protection of the European cultural heritage

100

2004/C 070E/102

E-2457/03 by Patricia McKenna to the CommissionSubject: Anti-competitive actions of the Irish State in the electricity market

101

2004/C 070E/103

E-2463/03 by Professor Sir Neil MacCormick to the CommissionSubject: Under-age EU citizens

102

2004/C 070E/104

E-2467/03 by Catherine Stihler to the CommissionSubject: Digital tachographs: Corrections to Annex 1B

103

2004/C 070E/105

E-2469/03 by Catherine Stihler to the CommissionSubject: Digital tachographs: revised introduction timescales

104

2004/C 070E/106

E-2470/03 by Catherine Stihler to the CommissionSubject: Digital tachographs: type approval

105

2004/C 070E/107

E-2472/03 by Marie Isler Béguin, Charles Tannock, Alima Boumediene-Thiery, Patsy Sörensen and Miquel Mayol i Raynal to the CouncilSubject: Regions adjacent to the enlarged Union's external borders

106

2004/C 070E/108

E-2475/03 by Glenys Kinnock to the CouncilSubject: Burma

108

2004/C 070E/109

E-2480/03 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the CommissionSubject: Canned tuna from Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia

108

2004/C 070E/110

E-2518/03 by Dorette Corbey to the CommissionSubject: Transatlantic cooperation on biodiversity conservation

109

2004/C 070E/111

E-2533/03 by Gabriele Stauner to the CouncilSubject: Extra income for members of the European Court of Justice

110

2004/C 070E/112

E-2536/03 by Ilda Figueiredo to the CommissionSubject: Outcome of the CAP reform compromise for Portugal

111

2004/C 070E/113

E-2538/03 by Ilda Figueiredo to the CommissionSubject: Proposals to do away with the CAP and the Structural Funds — ‘Secret report’

112

2004/C 070E/114

E-2559/03 by Robert Evans to the CommissionSubject: Subsidies for animal transport

113

2004/C 070E/115

E-2587/03 by Marco Pannella to the CouncilSubject: Execution of Faramaz Mohammadi, the 19-year-old leader of the student movement at Tabriz University (Iran)

114

2004/C 070E/116

E-2589/03 by Philip Claeys to the CouncilSubject: Possible follow-up to the ‘defence summit’ held in Brussels in April 2003

114

2004/C 070E/117

E-2595/03 by Theresa Villiers to the CommissionSubject: Conditions on the London Underground

115

2004/C 070E/118

E-2596/03 by Theresa Villiers to the CommissionSubject: Conditions on the London Underground

115

Joint answer to Written Questions E-2595/03 and E-2596/03

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2004/C 070E/119

E-2599/03 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the CommissionSubject: Progress on construction of the Colégio Altamira football ground under the ‘municipal sports complex’ project of the Association of Municipalities of Ο Condado (Galicia) in the context of the Proder programme (1996-1999)

116

2004/C 070E/120

P-2600/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Activities of the High-Level Advisory Group on Intercultural Dialogue in the Mediterranean Area and the Reflection Group on the Spiritual and Cultural Dimension of Europe

117

2004/C 070E/121

E-2612/03 by Maurizio Turco, Marco Pannella, Marco Cappato and Gianfranco Dell'Alba to the CouncilSubject: Crimen Sollicitationis Instruction issued by the Supreme and Holy Congregation of the Holy Office of the Holy See to cover up sexual abuse by clergy

119

2004/C 070E/122

E-2625/03 by Michel-Ange Scarbonchi to the CommissionSubject: Establishment of a European civil protection corps

120

2004/C 070E/123

E-2628/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Follow-up on the ‘Resolution on sexual violence against women, particularly Catholic nuns’ adopted by the European Parliament on 5 April 2001

121

2004/C 070E/124

E-2629/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Eurostat affair: disappearance of documents from OLAF's offices

122

2004/C 070E/125

E-2630/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: The Eurostat affair

123

2004/C 070E/126

P-2653/03 by Mario Borghezio to the CommissionSubject: Telekom Serbia affair: explanation by President Prodi to Europe

124

2004/C 070E/127

P-2654/03 by Anna Karamanou to the CouncilSubject: Rape and trafficking in women in Iraq

125

2004/C 070E/128

P-2655/03 by Daniel Hannan to the CommissionSubject: Euronews

126

2004/C 070E/129

P-2656/03 by Josu Ortuondo Larrea to the CommissionSubject: Fisheries agreement between Spain and France — ‘Arcachon Accord’

127

2004/C 070E/130

E-2685/03 by Alexandros Alavanos to the CommissionSubject: Development of workshops in Greek technical education — Action 5.2 of the second Operational Programme for Education and Initial Vocational Training in the third CSF

128

2004/C 070E/131

P-2696/03 by Heinz Kindermann to the CommissionSubject: Export refunds for ovalbumin

129

2004/C 070E/132

E-2709/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: OLAF investigation into Eurostat

130

2004/C 070E/133

E-2721/03 by Erik Meijer to the CouncilSubject: Measures to safeguard EU plans for a dynamic knowledge society in 2010 against unintended negative effects of the Stability Pact

131

2004/C 070E/134

P-2724/03 by Antonios Trakatellis to the CommissionSubject: Uncontrolled disposal of toxic waste and chemical substances in Greece and infringement of environmental legislation by a toxic waste processing plant at Larimna in the prefecture of Fthiotida

132

2004/C 070E/135

E-2733/03 by Hiltrud Breyer to the CommissionSubject: Subsidies to the Georgsmarienhütte steelworks

133

2004/C 070E/136

E-2734/03 by Glyn Ford to the CommissionSubject: Encryption of EU communications

134

2004/C 070E/137

E-2740/03 by Bernd Lange to the CommissionSubject: Recovery of small amounts under EU aid programmes

135

2004/C 070E/138

E-2754/03 by Samuli Pohjamo to the CommissionSubject: The possibility for Commission translators to work in their home countries

135

2004/C 070E/139

P-2757/03 by Marco Cappato to the CouncilSubject: Nuclear crisis in North Korea

136

2004/C 070E/140

P-2766/03 by Elly Plooij-van Gorsel to the CommissionSubject: International building fraud

137

2004/C 070E/141

E-2768/03 by Alexandros Alavanos to the CommissionSubject: Orders placed by Greek Railways (OSE) with Hellenic Shipyards

138

2004/C 070E/142

E-2773/03 by Mogens Camre to the CommissionSubject: Rules governing the staffing of emergency call centres in EU countries

139

2004/C 070E/143

E-2774/03 by Theresa Villiers to the CommissionSubject: Classification of Hamas as a terrorist organisation

140

2004/C 070E/144

E-2783/03 by Cristiana Muscardini, Antonio Mussa and Adriana Poli Bortone to the CouncilSubject: Elections in Albania

140

2004/C 070E/145

P-2800/03 by Paulo Casaca to the CommissionSubject: Implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1227/2001 of 18 June 2001

141

2004/C 070E/146

P-2824/03 by Marie Isler Béguin to the CommissionSubject: A28 motorway and the Habitats directive

142

2004/C 070E/147

E-2831/03 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the CouncilSubject: Statements by the Spanish Prime Minister criticising the Convention and announcing his opposition to basic aspects of the agreed Convention text

143

2004/C 070E/148

E-2833/03 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the CommissionSubject: Training programmes for the unemployed organised by the National Organisation for Employment in Greece

144

2004/C 070E/149

P-2834/03 by Gilles Savary to the CommissionSubject: Air transport agreements with the USA

145

2004/C 070E/150

P-2835/03 by Heinz Kindermann to the CommissionSubject: Approval of TERRA project ‘Geoplantour’ — OLAF investigations (Supplementary answer)

145

2004/C 070E/151

P-2844/03 by Isabelle Caullery to the CommissionSubject: Aid for low-cost airlines

147

2004/C 070E/152

E-2848/03 by Mihail Papayannakis to the CommissionSubject: Implementation of Directive 2000/53/EC

147

2004/C 070E/153

E-2860/03 by Jens-Peter Bonde to the CouncilSubject: Article III-302 of the draft Constitution for the European Union

148

2004/C 070E/154

P-2862/03 by Anne André-Léonard to the CommissionSubject: Scientology's ‘European Public Affairs and Human Rights Office’

148

2004/C 070E/155

E-2866/03 by Anne André-Léonard to the CouncilSubject: The ‘European Public Affairs and Human Rights Office’ of the Church of Scientology

149

2004/C 070E/156

E-2870/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Judicial inquiry into the use of funding from the Region of Lombardy for vocational training

150

2004/C 070E/157

P-2871/03 by Hiltrud Breyer to the CommissionSubject: Research on human embryos and embryo stem cells

151

2004/C 070E/158

E-2873/03 by Jules Maaten to the CommissionSubject: Soot measurement as regards private cars: Directives 92/55/EEC, 96/96/EC and 1999/52/EC

151

2004/C 070E/159

E-2874/03 by Proinsias De Rossa to the CommissionSubject: Removal and retention of children's organs without parental consent

153

2004/C 070E/160

E-2879/03 by Jan Dhaene to the CommissionSubject: Technical inspection of systems for indirect vision fitted on commercial vehicles

153

2004/C 070E/161

E-2888/03 by Joan Vallvé to the CommissionSubject: Island flights — declaration of public service

155

2004/C 070E/162

E-2890/03 by Anne Jensen to the CommissionSubject: Aid to factories in the former GDR

155

2004/C 070E/163

E-2891/03 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the CommissionSubject: Inadequate measures relating to safely at work in Greece

156

2004/C 070E/164

P-2893/03 by Ole Krarup to the CommissionSubject: Violation of the data protection rules

157

2004/C 070E/165

E-2894/03 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the CommissionSubject: Work experience programme (‘Stage’) in Greece

158

2004/C 070E/166

E-2899/03 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the CommissionSubject: Public debt and budget deficit in Greece in 2003

159

2004/C 070E/167

E-2901/03 by Antonio Tajani to the CommissionSubject: Safeguarding jobs at the Alcatel plant in Rieti

159

2004/C 070E/168

E-2908/03 by Franz Turchi to the CommissionSubject: Alcatel industrial plan

160

Joint answer to Written Questions E-2901/03 and E-2908/03

160

2004/C 070E/169

E-2905/03 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the CommissionSubject: Unemployment in Greece on the basis of the 2001 census

161

2004/C 070E/170

E-2906/03 by Gerhard Schmid to the CommissionSubject: Transposition of Directive 2001/97/EC on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering

162

2004/C 070E/171

P-2914/03 by Mario Borghezio to the CommissionSubject: Prodi goes beyond his powers in statements on Arafat

162

2004/C 070E/172

P-2915/03 by Francesco Speroni to the CommissionSubject: Prodi's partiality during the referendum campaign in Sweden

163

2004/C 070E/173

E-2925/03 by Salvador Garriga Polledo to the CommissionSubject: European productivity pact

163

2004/C 070E/174

E-2928/03 by Proinsias De Rossa to the CommissionSubject: European Spatial Development Perspective and the SRUNA Project

164

2004/C 070E/175

E-2931/03 by Marco Cappato, Maurizio Turco, Emma Bonino, Marco Pannella, Benedetto Della Vedova, Gianfranco Dell'Alba and Olivier Dupuis to the CommissionSubject: Appointment of General Ammar as Chairman of the National Organising Committee for the World Summit on the Information Society

165

2004/C 070E/176

E-2932/03 by Cristiana Muscardini to the CommissionSubject: Combating counterfeiting

166

2004/C 070E/177

E-2933/03 by Cristiana Muscardini to the CommissionSubject: Limits on total concentration of DDT in fish

169

2004/C 070E/178

E-2937/03 by Philip Claeys to the CommissionSubject: Commission communication on immigration, integration and employment — economic role of immigration

170

2004/C 070E/179

E-2938/03 by Philip Claeys to the CommissionSubject: Commission communication on immigration, integration and employment

170

2004/C 070E/180

E-2986/03 by Philip Claeys to the CommissionSubject: Commission Communication on immigration, integration and employment — brain drain

171

2004/C 070E/181

E-3004/03 by Philip Claeys to the CommissionSubject: Commission communication on immigration, integration and employment — franchise for immigrants

171

2004/C 070E/182

E-3029/03 by Philip Claeys to the CommissionSubject: Commission communication on immigration, integration and employment — factors inhibiting integration

172

Joint answer to Written Questions E-2937/03, E-2938/03, E-2986/03, E-3004/03 and E-3029/03

172

2004/C 070E/183

E-2939/03 by José Ribeiro e Castro to the CommissionSubject: Promoting and publicising EURES

174

2004/C 070E/184

E-2941/03 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos to the CommissionSubject: Allocations from the Solidarity Fund

175

2004/C 070E/185

P-2950/03 by Dorette Corbey to the CommissionSubject: Future of LIFE-Nature

177

2004/C 070E/186

E-2958/03 by Armando Cossutta to the CommissionSubject: Price rises in the eurozone countries

178

2004/C 070E/187

E-2963/03 by Alexandros Alavanos to the CommissionSubject: Spending cuts on accident research and prevention

179

2004/C 070E/188

E-2967/03 by Marie-Thérèse Hermange to the CommissionSubject: European Ombudsman for children

180

2004/C 070E/189

E-2968/03 by Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Eurojust

180

2004/C 070E/190

P-2970/03 by Catherine Stihler to the CommissionSubject: Withdrawal from the Common Fisheries Policy

181

2004/C 070E/191

P-2976/03 by Heinz Kindermann to the CommissionSubject: Export refunds for ovalbumin — my question P-2696/03

182

2004/C 070E/192

P-2978/03 by Nelly Maes to the CommissionSubject: Structural Funds in Brittany

183

2004/C 070E/193

E-2979/03 by Carles-Alfred Gasòliba i Böhm to the CommissionSubject: Postal services in the European Union

184

2004/C 070E/194

P-2989/03 by Ioannis Marínos to the CommissionSubject: Commission funding for the European Policy Centre

185

2004/C 070E/195

P-2991/03 by Alexander de Roo to the CommissionSubject: Ban on mechanised cockle fishing in the Wadden Sea

186

2004/C 070E/196

E-2998/03 by Bill Newton Dunn to the CommissionSubject: Inconsistent exemptions from tax in the UK

187

2004/C 070E/197

E-2999/03 by Olivier Duhamel to the CommissionSubject: Information brochure

187

2004/C 070E/198

E-3001/03 by Marco Pannella, Emma Bonino, Marco Cappato, Gianfranco Dell'Alba, Benedetto Della Vedova, Olivier Dupuis and Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Repeated violations of the basic human rights of the Vietnamese highland people, the Montagnards...

188

2004/C 070E/199

E-3002/03 by Marco Pannella, Emma Bonino, Marco Cappato, Gianfranco Dell'Alba, Benedetto Della Vedova, Olivier Dupuis and Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Repeated violations of the basic human rights of the Vietnamese highland people, the Montagnards...

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2004/C 070E/200

E-3003/03 by Marco Pannella, Emma Bonino, Marco Cappato, Gianfranco Dell'Alba, Benedetto Della Vedova, Olivier Dupuis and Maurizio Turco to the CommissionSubject: Repeated violations of the basic human rights of the Vietnamese highland people, the Montagnards...

189

Joint answer to Written Questions E-3001/03, E-3002/03 and E-3003/03

190

2004/C 070E/201

E-3005/03 by Albert Maat to the CommissionSubject: Classification of albumin

191

2004/C 070E/202

E-3007/03 by Giacomo Santini to the CommissionSubject: Role of the European Rural Carrefours in CAP information campaigns

191

2004/C 070E/203

P-3068/03 by Hugues Martin to the CommissionSubject: Funding of bodies which play host to an Info-Point Europe

192

2004/C 070E/204

E-3112/03 by Giacomo Santini, Elena Paciotti, Luciana Sbarbati, Giovanni Pittella, Generoso Andria, Enrico Ferri, Carlo Fatuzzo, Gianfranco Dell'Alba, Roberta Angelilli, Stefano Zappalà, Paolo Pastorelli, Antonio Di Pietro, Mauro Nobilia, Sebastiano Musumeci, Michl Ebner, Roberto Bigliardo, Catherine Guy-Quint, Adriana Poli Bortone, Fiorella Ghilardotti, Monica Frassoni, Franz Turchi, Massimo Carraro, Guido Bodrato, Francesco Musotto, Vincenzo Lavarra, Vitaliano Gemelli and Giovanni Fava to the CommissionSubject: EU information policy — legal basis for the European ‘Carrefours ruraux’ and ‘Info-Points Europe’ — urgent need for operational subsidy for 2004

193

2004/C 070E/205

P-3153/03 by Evelyne Gebhardt to the CommissionSubject: EU Info-Points

194

2004/C 070E/206

E-3240/03 by Thierry Cornillet to the CommissionSubject: Abolition of operating grants for Europe Info-Points

194

2004/C 070E/207

P-3265/03 by Maria Sanders-ten Holte to the CommissionSubject: Info-Points and Carrefours

194

2004/C 070E/208

E-3287/03 by Brice Hortefeux to the CommissionSubject: Europe Houses

195

2004/C 070E/209

E-3301/03 by Nicole Thomas-Mauro to the CommissionSubject: Info-points Europe

195

2004/C 070E/210

P-3389/03 by John Hume to the CommissionSubject: European Carrefours

196

2004/C 070E/211

P-3403/03 by John Cushnahan to the CommissionSubject: Funding for European Carrefour

196

Joint answer to Written Questions E-3007/03, P-3068/03, E-3112/03, P-3153/03, E-3240/03, P-3265/03, E-3287/03, E-3301/03, P-3389/03 and P-3403/03

196

2004/C 070E/212

E-3017/03 by Ilda Figueiredo to the CommissionSubject: Bankruptcy of Grundig AG and protecting jobs in Portugal

197

2004/C 070E/213

E-3019/03 by Ilda Figueiredo to the CommissionSubject: Community funding and maintaining jobs

198

2004/C 070E/214

E-3022/03 by Anna Karamanou to the CommissionSubject: Funding of research into accident prevention

198

2004/C 070E/215

P-3024/03 by Ilda Figueiredo to the CommissionSubject: The need to suspend and revise the Stability Pact

199

2004/C 070E/216

E-3028/03 by Marianne Thyssen to the CommissionSubject: Approval of support for Ford's Belgian car manufacturing plant in Genk and its suppliers

200

2004/C 070E/217

E-3031/03 by Ilda Figueiredo to the CommissionSubject: Community subsidies in the cultural sphere

201

2004/C 070E/218

E-3035/03 by Marit Paulsen to the CommissionSubject: Traceability requirement under Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) 178/2002

202

2004/C 070E/219

P-3038/03 by Herbert Bösch to the CommissionSubject: Termination of Eurostat contracts

203

2004/C 070E/220

E-3046/03 by Claude Moraes to the CommissionSubject: Human rights in Bangladesh

204

2004/C 070E/221

E-3049/03 by Koenraad Dillen to the CommissionSubject: Electronic tagging of asylum seekers

204

2004/C 070E/222

P-3051/03 by Dorette Corbey to the CommissionSubject: Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol by Russia

206

2004/C 070E/223

E-3056/03 by Dorette Corbey to the CommissionSubject: Measures to safeguard security of natural gas supply

207

2004/C 070E/224

E-3065/03 by Alexandros Alavanos to the CommissionSubject: Discrimination against women

208

2004/C 070E/225

P-3067/03 by Kathalijne Buitenweg to the CommissionSubject: Biometric data in visas and passports

209

2004/C 070E/226

E-3071/03 by Lissy Gröner to the CommissionSubject: Gender budgeting

210

2004/C 070E/227

E-3076/03 by Erik Meijer to the CommissionSubject: Results of studies into the threats to the health of people living or working in the vicinity of transmitter masts for the new UMTS system

211

2004/C 070E/228

E-3079/03 by Torben Lund to the CommissionSubject: Regulation (EC) No 1221/97 and aid for beekeeping

213

2004/C 070E/229

E-3084/03 by Koldo Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso to the CommissionSubject: Sit-in of Basque political prisoners

214

2004/C 070E/230

E-3085/03 by Bruno Gollnisch to the CommissionSubject: Crédit Lyonnais/Executive Life

215

2004/C 070E/231

E-3094/03 by Harald Ettl to the CommissionSubject: Mobbing in the workplace

215

2004/C 070E/232

E-3095/03 by Koldo Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso to the CommissionSubject: Basque Country's recognition through repression

216

2004/C 070E/233

E-3097/03 by Jonas Sjöstedt to the CommissionSubject: Disclosure of resources for the EMU campaign

217

2004/C 070E/234

E-3103/03 by Anna Karamanou to the CommissionSubject: Child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

217

2004/C 070E/235

E-3105/03 by Marianne Eriksson, Piia-Noora Kauppi and Joke Swiebel to the CommissionSubject: Funding EQUAL projects and sexual orientation discrimination

218

2004/C 070E/236

E-3107/03 by Adriana Poli Bortone to the CommissionSubject: Trans-European networks

220

2004/C 070E/237

E-3108/03 by Philip Claeys to the CommissionSubject: Subsidies

220

2004/C 070E/238

P-3111/03 by Regina Bastos to the CommissionSubject: Possible state or Community subsidies to the German Rieker holding

221

2004/C 070E/239

P-3118/03 by Nicholas Clegg to the CommissionSubject: Relaxing restrictions on paraquat

222

2004/C 070E/240

E-3119/03 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the CommissionSubject: Breach of Directive 1999/70/EC

223

2004/C 070E/241

E-3136/03 by Lissy Gröner to the CommissionSubject: Unused EU funding in Bavaria totalling EUR 17 million for 2002

223

2004/C 070E/242

E-3149/03 by Ilda Figueiredo to the CommissionSubject: Location of the Melka dressmaking company

224

2004/C 070E/243

E-3158/03 by Antonio Mussa to the CommissionSubject: Recognition of academic qualifications

225

2004/C 070E/244

E-3162/03 by Mogens Camre to the CommissionSubject: Fraud involving the resources of the European Social Fund

227

2004/C 070E/245

E-3164/03 by Säid El Khadraoui to the CommissionSubject: Warning labels on alcohol

228

2004/C 070E/246

P-3166/03 by Paulo Casaca to the CommissionSubject: The Commission's compliance with the decisions of the European Court of Justice

229

2004/C 070E/247

E-3175/03 by Torben Lund to the CommissionSubject: Funding of prevention programmes and disease surveillance

230

2004/C 070E/248

E-3176/03 by Dorette Corbey to the CommissionSubject: Food safety and developing countries

231

2004/C 070E/249

E-3177/03 by Dorette Corbey to the CommissionSubject: Reuse of medical instruments and accessories

232

2004/C 070E/250

P-3184/03 by Olivier Dupuis to the CommissionSubject: Arrogance of the Lao authorities

233

2004/C 070E/251

E-3197/03 by Theresa Villiers to the CommissionSubject: Swedish referendum on the euro

234

2004/C 070E/252

E-3199/03 by Marianne Thyssen to the CommissionSubject: Belgian Government takeover of the pension fund of telecommunications operator Belgacom

235

2004/C 070E/253

E-3205/03 by Giles Chichester to the CommissionSubject: Formal complaint re Objective 2 funding to support the Broadband4Devon Project

236

2004/C 070E/254

P-3208/03 by Theresa Villiers to the CommissionSubject: School funding crisis in Hillingdon and Barnet

236

2004/C 070E/255

P-3209/03 by Christopher Huhne to the CommissionSubject: Clinical Trials Directive

237

2004/C 070E/256

E-3215/03 by Christopher Huhne to the CommissionSubject: Clinical Trials Directive

237

Joint answer to Written Questions P-3209/03 and E-3215/03

238

2004/C 070E/257

P-3210/03 by Pietro-Paolo Mennea to the CommissionSubject: Unfair competition in the textile sector

238

2004/C 070E/258

E-3211/03 by Mogens Camre to the CommissionSubject: EU support for the European Network Against Racism (ENAR)

240

2004/C 070E/259

E-3225/03 by Richard Corbett to the CommissionSubject: Live transmission of bullfights

240

2004/C 070E/260

P-3232/03 by Joan Colom i Naval to the CommissionSubject: Updated budget figures

241

2004/C 070E/261

E-3233/03 by Salvador Garriga Polledo to the CommissionSubject: Standardisation of European Union studies in education systems

241

2004/C 070E/262

E-3235/03 by Salvador Garriga Polledo to the CommissionSubject: Incentives to invest in EU-related bonds

242

2004/C 070E/263

E-3241/03 by Cristiana Muscardini to the CommissionSubject: Breaking down of bureaucratic barriers

243

2004/C 070E/264

E-3245/03 by Erik Meijer to the CommissionSubject: Increased costs of hospital treatment and waste-disposal arising from restrictions on cost-saving re-use of surgical instruments

244

2004/C 070E/265

E-3256/03 by Olivier Dupuis to the CommissionSubject: New attack by Hanoi on freedom of religion

245

2004/C 070E/266

E-3261/03 by Bart Staes to the CommissionSubject: Allergic reactions to the eating of Quorn

246

2004/C 070E/267

P-3264/03 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the CommissionSubject: Recovery of Greenland halibut stocks: special socio-economic measures for the Community's NAFO fleet

248

2004/C 070E/268

E-3269/03 by Christopher Huhne to the CommissionSubject: Repeal of legislation

249

2004/C 070E/269

E-3271/03 by Marianne Thyssen to the CommissionSubject: The carcinogenic substance bisphenol A in babies' plastic feeding bottles

249

2004/C 070E/270

E-3272/03 by Marianne Thyssen to the CommissionSubject: Transition period for the sale of cigarettes

251

2004/C 070E/271

E-3295/03 by Graham Watson to the CommissionSubject: Statute of European Schools

252

2004/C 070E/272

E-3307/03 by Christopher Huhne to the CommissionSubject: Free-standing ovens

252

2004/C 070E/273

E-3308/03 by Philip Claeys to the CommissionSubject: Museum of Europe

253

2004/C 070E/274

P-3312/03 by Enrico Ferri to the CommissionSubject: Requirements for entry in the studbook, transposition of Community legislation

254

2004/C 070E/275

P-3314/03 by Peter Skinner to the CommissionSubject: British Beef Imports into France

254

2004/C 070E/276

P-3315/03 by Caroline Lucas to the CommissionSubject: FMD compensation

255

2004/C 070E/277

E-3324/03 by Torben Lund to the CommissionSubject: Authorisation of the harmful toxic spray ‘Paraquat’

256

2004/C 070E/278

E-3337/03 by Roberta Angelilli to the CommissionSubject: Legal protection for commercial diving

257

2004/C 070E/279

E-3344/03 by Christos Folias to the CommissionSubject: Recognition of Greek citizens' university degrees

258

2004/C 070E/280

E-3355/03 by Stavros Xarchakos to the CommissionSubject: Minority language groups in Greece and official statistics

260

2004/C 070E/281

E-3374/03 by John Bowis to the CommissionSubject: Reclassification of hip, knee and shoulder joint replacements

261

2004/C 070E/282

E-3386/03 by Concepció Ferrer to the CommissionSubject: Chinese type-approval system — non-tariff barrier

261

2004/C 070E/283

E-3394/03 by Astrid Thors to the CommissionSubject: Cruelty to animals in applicant countries

262

2004/C 070E/284

P-3400/03 by Niels Busk to the CommissionSubject: Interpretation of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002

263

2004/C 070E/285

E-3405/03 by Concepció Ferrer to the CommissionSubject: Management of the Structural Funds

264

2004/C 070E/286

E-3487/03 by Albert Maat to the CommissionSubject: French action against pigmeat from other EU Member States

264

2004/C 070E/287

P-3540/03 by Toine Manders to the CommissionSubject: Disruption of the internal market (in meat) in France

264

Joint answer to Written Questions E-3487/03 and P-3540/03___

265

2004/C 070E/288

E-3514/03 by Giovanni Pittella to the CommissionSubject: Course financed by means of the Structural Funds

265

2004/C 070E/289

P-3537/03 by Philip Bushill-Matthews to the CommissionSubject: Hotel fire safety

266

2004/C 070E/290

P-3538/03 by Edward McMillan-Scott to the CommissionSubject: Pensions

266

2004/C 070E/291

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