# Official Journal C 320E/2013

| | ISSN 1977-091X
doi:10.3000/1977091X.CE2013.320.eng |
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| Official Journal
of the European Union | C 320E |
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| English edition | Information and Notices |

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| | IV   Notices | |
| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES | |
| | European Parliament | |
| | WRITTEN QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER | |
| 2013/C 320E/01 | Written questions by Members of the European Parliament and their answers given by a European Union institution | 1 |
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| Notice to reader
This publication contains written questions by Members of the European Parliament and their answers given by a European Union institution.
For each question and answer, the original language version is presented before a possible translation.
In some cases, it is possible that the answer is given in a language other than the question. This depends on the working language of the committee requested to provide the answer.
These questions and answers are published in accordance with Rules 117 and 118 of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament.
All questions and answers can be accessed via the website of the European Parliament (Europarl) under the heading ‘Parliamentary questions’:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/parliamentary-questions.html |
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| ABBREVIATIONS USED FOR POLITICAL GROUPS
PPE
Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) S&D
Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ALDE
Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Verts/ALE
Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance ECR
European Conservatives and Reformists Group GUE/NGL
Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left EFD
Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group NI
Non-attached Members | PPE | Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) | S&D | Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament | ALDE | Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe | Verts/ALE | Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance | ECR | European Conservatives and Reformists Group | GUE/NGL | Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left | EFD | Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group | NI | Non-attached Members |
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| PPE | Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S&D | Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ALDE | Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Verts/ALE | Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ECR | European Conservatives and Reformists Group | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| GUE/NGL | Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| EFD | Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| NI | Non-attached Members | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

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