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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 669/96 by Gijs de VRIES to the Council. Arms embargoes
Date: 1996-03-18
Institutions: DE VRIES, European Parliament
Subjects: European political cooperation, UNO, arms trade, human rights, international sanctions, third country













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 669/96 by Gijs de VRIES to the Council. Arms embargoes  


Official Journal C 280 , 25/09/1996 P. 0058 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-0669/96 by Gijs de Vries (ELDR) to the Council (18 March 1996)Subject: Arms embargoes1. Against which countries did the Council instigate an arms embargo in the years 1985 through 1995? How long did each of these remain in force? 2. In which cases did serious violation of human rights cause the embargo to be imposed?3. Which decisions of the United Nations Security Council provided the basis for an EC arms embargo?4. What legal basis did the Council select for each of its decision?Reply (25 June 1996)1. The Honourable Member will find attached a list of arms embargoes adopted within the European Union since 1985. The list also gives the date when each embargo was imposed and, where appropriate, the date when it was lifted.2. The decisions to impose embargoes on China, Burma, Zaire, Sudan and Nigeria were directly inspired by concern over serious human rights violations.3. Security Council Resolutions imposing arms embargoes are directly applicable to the Member States of the Union and do not require a Council Decision. Cosequently, all the decisions on the annexed list are decisions taken autonomously by the Council, and in some cases preceded similar decisions by the United Nations Security Council.4. Before the entry into force of the Treaty on European Union, all decisions relating to arms embargoes were taken on the basis of the provisions governing European political cooperation. Since then, such decisions have been taken on the basis of the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article J.2 thereof. ANNEX List of arms embargoes adopted within the European Union since 1985>TABLE>>TABLE>
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 643/96 by Gastone PARIGI , Cristiana MUSCARDINI , Spalato BELLERE' , Amedeo AMADEO to the Council. Ethnic cleansing in the 1940s perpetrated against the Italian community living on the Adriatic coast
Date: 1996-03-18
Institutions: AMADEO, BELLERE, European Parliament, MUSCARDINI, PARIGI
Subjects: Italy, crime against humanity, human rights, war, war crime













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 643/96 by Gastone PARIGI , Cristiana MUSCARDINI , Spalato BELLERE' , Amedeo AMADEO to the Council. Ethnic cleansing in the 1940s perpetrated against the Italian community living on the Adriatic coast  


Official Journal C 280 , 25/09/1996 P. 0054 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-0643/96 by Gastone Parigi (NI), Cristiana Muscardini (NI), Spalato Belleré (NI) and Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Council (18 March 1996)Subject: Ethnic cleansing in the 1940s perpetrated against the Italian community living on the Adriatic coastThe horror felt by the civilized world at the crimes against humanity committed by the various armies in former Yugoslavia in the course of the ethnic war (which is not yet over) is focusing attention, after fifty years of shameful silence, on the tragedy of the 350 000 Dalmatians, Istrians and natives of Venezia-Giulia who were forcibly driven from the largely Italian-inhabited Adriatic coast between 1943 and 1946 and another 10 000 of their brother citizens who were barbarically tortured and buried alive in the karst pits of Slovenia, Croatia and Venezia-Giulia by their persecutors, Marshall Tito's Slav communists.Just as the civilized world is calling for the Balkan criminals of the 1990s to be punished, so Italy is calling for the punishment of over 80 murderers from that time, who have already been identified by the Italian judiciary and are now living on state pensions on the other side of the Italian-Slovenian and Italian-Croatian border.Can the Council, an ever-vigilant guardian of human rights, at least express its moral condemnation of this genocide perpetrated against the defenceless Italian population, which is tragically recorded in history as the first ethnic cleansing operation by armed bands of nations which now arrogantly aspire to join the European Community?Reply (13 June 1996)Although the events to which the Honourable Members refer have never been brought to the Council's attention, the Council obviously condemns any crime against humanity and genocide in particular.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 646/96 by Leonie van BLADEL to the Council. Critical dialogue with Iran
Date: 1996-03-18
Institutions: European Parliament, VAN BLADEL
Subjects: European political cooperation, Iran, Islam, death penalty, freedom of expression, fundamental rights, human rights, literary profession













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 646/96 by Leonie van BLADEL to the Council. Critical dialogue with Iran  


Official Journal C 280 , 25/09/1996 P. 0055 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-0646/96 by Leonie van Bladel (PSE) to the Council (18 March 1996)Subject: Critical dialogue with IranFor some years, the Council has been pursuing a critical dialogue with the Iranian Government, inter alia concerning the fatwa against Salman Rushdie.1. What makes a dialogue a critical dialogue?2. Is the Council satisfied with the results of the current critical dialogue?3. What are those results?4. Does the Council consider a critical dialogue to be a valuable foreign-policy instrument; if so, why?Joint Reply (25 June 1996)The Council is aware of the public statement to which the Honourable Member refers and others made by representatives of the Government of Iran concerning the fatwa against Salman Rushdie, and has noted their contents. The European Union has repeatedly called on the Iranian authorities to join the EU's efforts to obtain a satisfactory solution in respect of Salman Rushdie. In April 1995 the EU asked Iran for written assurances of Mr Rushdie's safety. Iran has not yet delivered these assurances but discussions between the EU and Iran are continuing.The objective of the European Union's policy on Iran is to bring about an improvement in Iranian behaviour. The basis of the EU's own relations with Iran is and remains the Critical Dialogue stemming from the Conclusions of the Edinburgh European Council in December 1992. The Critical Dialogue reflects concern about Iranian behaviour and 'calls for improvement in a number of areas, particularly human rights, the death sentence pronounced by a fatwa of Ayatollah Khomaini against the author Salmon Rushdie, which is contrary to international law, and terrorism'. It aso provides an opportunity to raise Iran's arms procurement policies and its approach to the Middle East Peace Process. During the regular and tough sessions of the Critical Dialogue that have taken place since 1993, the European Union has repeatedly made it clear that improvement in these areas will be important in determining the extent to which closer relations and confidence can develop.Through the Critical Dialogue and other initiatives, such as EU pressure for tough resolutions and statements on Iran at the UN General Assembly and the UN Commission on Human Rights, the European Union has succeeded in raising international awareness of Iran's behaviour. Although Iran has not yet responded positively to such action, the EU hopes that sustained pressure from it and the international community will lead to the improved behaviour sought.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 679/96 by Viviane REDING to the Council. Import quotas for ceramics from China
Date: 1996-03-18
Institutions: European Parliament, REDING
Subjects: China, ceramics, customs regulations, import, import licence, industrial counterfeiting, market protection, marketing restriction, quantitative restriction, restriction on competition













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 679/96 by Viviane REDING to the Council. Import quotas for ceramics from China  


Official Journal C 280 , 25/09/1996 P. 0063 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-0679/96 by Viviane Reding (PPE) to the Council (18 March 1996)Subject: Import quotas for ceramics from ChinaImports from third countries of cheap ceramics which are copies of European designs pose a threat to European jobs and the European economy.For example, Chinese copies of Villeroy & Boch plates have been launched on the European market at a fortieth of the original sales price.What measures will be taken to counter this fraud? Will import quotas for Chinese ceramics be revised downwards if such actions are repeated?What is the situation concerning the Commission's proposal to increase quotas for China by 10 per cent? Would such an increase not pose a direct threat to our ceramics industry and to jobs in the industry?Reply (25 June 1996)1. Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 of 7 March 1994, which is currently in force, lays down common rules for imports from certain third countries, including the People's Republic of China. Annex II thereof lays down quotas for certain products originating in China which are applicable, inter alia, to ceramic tableware or kitchenware.2. In its December 1995 report to the Council on the quantitative quotas applied under the above Regulation, the Commission felt, in spite of the strong pressure within the Community to liberalize imports of these products, that the system of quotas on imports from China should be maintained, especially for porcelain and ceramic tableware. It is in the light of these considerations that the Council has decided on a 5% increase in the said quotas for these products.3. Furthermore, the Council would make the point that in the said report the Commission also dealt with the problems of fraud referred to by the Honourable Member, and felt that such frequent occurrences of fraud were an additional factor in the distortion of conditions of competition. However, the Council would point out that the Community has means of combating such fraud, notably on the basis of the basic Council Regulation (No 3295/94). The Council also wishes to draw attention to the fact that China is currently conducting negotiations on accession to the WTO. Once such accession takes effect, the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement will also have to apply to China.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 673/96 by Gianfranco DELL'ALBA to the Council. Insertion of a clause in the EU-Slovenia association agreement on closing the Krsko nuclear power station
Date: 1996-03-18
Institutions: DELL'ALBA, European Parliament
Subjects: European Union, association agreement, exchange of information, nuclear power station













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 673/96 by Gianfranco DELL'ALBA to the Council. Insertion of a clause in the EU-Slovenia association agreement on closing the Krsko nuclear power station  


Official Journal C 305 , 15/10/1996 P. 0014 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-0673/96 by Gianfranco Dell'Alba (ARE) to the Council (18 March 1996)Subject: Insertion of a clause in the EU-Slovenia association agreement on closing the Krsko nuclear power stationCan the Council confirm the recent studies carried out by Greenpeace pointing to the extreme danger posed by the Krsko nuclear power station which is situated in the part of Slovenia most prone to earthquakes - just over 100 km from Trieste - where more than a hundred earthquakes were recorded between 1628 and 1990?Does the Council not consider it essential to insert a clause in the EU-Slovenia association agreement on closing the Krsko nuclear power station in view, also, of the power station's intrinsic obsolescence?Reply (2 August 1996)1. The Council is unable to comment on the information relating to the Krsko nuclear power station as given by the Honourable Member. It should, however, be stressed that Slovenia has signed the convention on the Safety of Nuclear Power Stations ((The Convention is not yet in force. )).2. The Council attaches very great importance to nuclear safety in the countries of Eastern Europe. In that connection, it would draw attention to the conclusions it adopted on 25 May 1994, in which it reaffirmed its commitment to assist with improving nuclear safety in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS and its awareness of the need to pursue such improvements within the framework of sustainable medium and long-term energy strategies for those countries.3. In the Agreement between the European Union and Slovenia, signed in Luxembourg on 10 June 1996, emphasis is placed on nuclear safety measures. Article 81 of the Agreement explicitly refers to them. In addition, in a joint declaration annexed to the Final Act, the Parties to the Agreement "agree between themselves to establish the methods and means necessary for the establishment of an efficient system for the exchange of information in the case of a radiological emergency".