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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1467/96 by Hiltrud BREYER to the Commission. Research in the field of heterotransplantation
Date: 1996-06-12
Institutions: BREYER, European Parliament
Subjects: bio-ethics, health risk, research programme













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1467/96 by Hiltrud BREYER to the Commission. Research in the field of heterotransplantation  


Official Journal C 356 , 25/11/1996 P. 0041 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1467/96 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission (12 June 1996)Subject: Research in the field of heterotransplantation1. In what context, in what countries, in what research institutes, under what budget heading and to what extent does the EU directly and/or indirectly assist research in the field of heterotransplantation?2. How does the Commission view the health hazards of heterotransplantation as a result of the transfer of such pathogens as bacteria, viruses and prions from animals to human beings?3. Is the Commission assisting risk studies in this sector, or is it aware of studies and research projects in the Community relating to the possible risks inherent in heterotransplantation?4. Does the Commission not agree that not only are biological and medical risks associated with heterotransplantation but also fundamental ethical and moral principles, which need to be discussed before further research is undertaken?Answer given by Mrs Cresson on behalf of the Commission (16 July 1996)No research project relating to heterotransplantation is currently being conducted within the programme of research in the field of biomedicine and health. This does not, of course, rule out such research in the future, as heterotransplantation is part of the work programme of research into medical bioethics.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1437/96 by Christine ODDY to the Commission. Pay rates of young workers
Date: 1996-06-12
Institutions: European Parliament, ODDY
Subjects: child protection, competence of the Member States, equal treatment, low pay, remuneration of work, youth employment













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1437/96 by Christine ODDY to the Commission. Pay rates of young workers  


Official Journal C 297 , 08/10/1996 P. 0129 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1437/96 by Christine Oddy (PSE) to the Commission (12 June 1996)Subject: Pay rates of young workersIs the Commission aware that the British trade union GMB has produced an extensive study of jobs on offer at job centres in eleven British towns and cities which shows that young people aged 16 and 17 appear to earn less than £2.00 per hour, or under £45 for a 35-40 hour week, for 18-25 year olds 49.3% of jobs offered £3.00-£3.99 per hour and 27.3% of jobs on offer paid less than £3.00?Will the Commission ensure that young people, adolescents and school children are not financially exploited in the European Union?Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission (1 July 1996)The Commission is grateful to the Honourable Member for drawing attention to the study of pay rates for jobs on offer to young people at job centres.Council Directive 94/33/EC of 22 June 1994 on the protection of young people at work ((OJ L 216, 20.8.1994. )) requires the Member States to take steps to protect young people against economic exploitation and any type of work which might jeopardise their safety, their health or their physical, psychological, moral or social development, or which might be harmful to their education. The Directive does not, however, contain specific provisions in respect of the payment of young people.Indeed, wage-setting is generally a matter for the Member States and two sides of industry. However, in September 1993 the Commission adopted an opinion on an equitable wage ((OJ C 248, 11.9.1993. )). In this the Commission reaffirmed the right, referred to in the Community charter of the fundamental social rights of workers, of all workers to an equitable wage, with particular attention to the more vulnerable members of the labour force. In this opinion the Commission expressed the view that Member States should take appropriate measures to ensure that the right to an equitable wage is protected. This includes a reference to ensuring fair treatment for workers in all age groups. The Commission is currently preparing a report on the progress made in relation to the issues raised in the opinion and the obstacles encountered.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1485/96 by Alexandros ALAVANOS to the Commission. Progress with sub-programme 3, Eastern Macedonia-Thrace, Measure 3 of the 2nd CSF: 'Health and Welfare' (SUPPLEMENTARY ANSWER)
Date: 1996-06-12
Institutions: ALAVANOS, European Parliament
Subjects: Community support framework, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Macedonia, distribution of aid, health policy, health service, medical institution, operational programme, regional aid













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1485/96 by Alexandros ALAVANOS to the Commission. Progress with sub-programme 3, Eastern Macedonia-Thrace, Measure 3 of the 2nd CSF: 'Health and Welfare' (SUPPLEMENTARY ANSWER)  


Official Journal C 072 , 07/03/1997 P. 0009 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1485/96 by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission (12 June 1996)Subject: Progress with sub-programme 3, Eastern Macedonia-Thrace, Measure 3 of the 2nd CSF: 'Health and Welfare'Measure 3.3 of the regional operational programme for Eastern Macedonia and Thrace provides for funding of health and welfare facilities in the region comprising: the completion of the hospitals at Xanthi and Drama, improvement and modernization of the existing hospitals at Komotini, Kavalla and Alexandroupolis and, finally, the construction of the university hospital of Alexandroupolis which is a top priority project of vital importance for the entire region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace.The breakdown of funding was ECU 3 793 000 for 1994 and ECU 11 379 000 for 1995.1. What was the take-up rate for 1994 and 1995?2. Have there been any delays in taking up the funds and, if so, what were the main reasons for them?3. Can the Commission provide details of the progress made with this measure?Supplementary answer to Written Questions E-1479/96, E-1480/96, E-1481/96, E-1482/96, E-1484/96 and E-1485/96 given by Mme Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission (8 November 1996)Further to its answer of 26 June 1996 ((OJ C 280, 25.9.1996, p. 126. )), the Commission can now provide the following details.Funding in 1994 and 1995 for the 'Health and Welfare' measure of the operational programmes (OP) referred to totalled ECU 72.1 million. The take-up over the same period was ECU 10.13 million. As the programmes started at the end of 1994, the funds were actually taken up in 1995.Most of the financing under this measure goes on projects to build large hospitals. These require major planning, study and preparatory work before construction or equipment purchases can go ahead, hence the take-up delay in 1995.Much of the preparatory work has been completed this year and work has started on building some hospitals. Consequently, an increase in the take-up of funding can now be expected. The Commission is closely monitoring this measure in both the regional and 'Health and Welfare' operational programmes.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1441/96 by Christine ODDY to the Commission. Homeworkers and trade unions
Date: 1996-06-12
Institutions: European Parliament, ODDY
Subjects: access to information, action programme, employment statistics, home working, labour law, professional qualifications, social security, trade union, vocational training













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1441/96 by Christine ODDY to the Commission. Homeworkers and trade unions  


Official Journal C 345 , 15/11/1996 P. 0071 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1441/96 by Christine Oddy (PSE) to the Commission (12 June 1996)Subject: Homeworkers and trade unionsWill the Commission take into account the recommendations in its publication 'Social Europe - Homeworking in the European Union' Supplement 2/95 and assist with a media campaign to provide basicinformation about legal and social rights, and support a recruitment drive by trade unions?Joint answer to Written Questions E-1441/96, E-1442/96, E-1443/96 and E-1444/96 given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission (31 July 1996)The Commission has fully recognised the need to strive at European level to improve the working conditions of homeworkers and to increase the range of their employment options by including homeworking in the priorities for social policy in the Commission's medium term social action programme (1995-1997) ((COM(95) 134 final. )).In the light of the recently adopted international convention and recommendation on homeworking, the Commission is currently reviewing its policy to take account of the International labour organisation (ILO) texts. The work of the United Nations institution will be an excellent starting point in this respect.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1453/96 by Christine ODDY to the Commission. UN Fourth Conference on Women and Council of Ministers' resolution of 20.12.1995
Date: 1996-06-12
Institutions: European Parliament, ODDY
Subjects: China, development policy, gender equality, participation of women, position of women, woman, women's movement, women's rights













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1453/96 by Christine ODDY to the Commission. UN Fourth Conference on Women and Council of Ministers' resolution of 20.12.1995  


Official Journal C 322 , 28/10/1996 P. 0067 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1453/96 by Christine Oddy (PSE) to the Commission (12 June 1996)Subject: UN Fourth Conference on Women and Council of Ministers' resolution of 20.12.1995What steps has the Commission taken to implement the Development Council resolution of 20 December 1995 'Integrating gender issues in development cooperation'?Joint answer to Written Questions E-1446/96 and E-1453/96 given by Mr Marin on behalf of the Commission (10 July 1996)The resolution of 20 December 1995 on integrating gender issues in development co-operation has been distributed widely, together with a summary of the main Beijing implications for development co-operation. A process of consultation and discussion is under way in the Commission on implementation of the resolution and follow-up to the Beijing platform.The Commission has already introduced mandatory procedures to ensure attention to gender at each stage of the project cycle. These will be continued and reinforced for all mainstream development co-operation. Systematic attention will be given to integrating gender issues in policy and strategy documents. Focal points for gender issues have been established in a number of key services, in order to identify needs, constraints and the best ways for implementing the resolution. A number of training workshops on gender for Commission staff are taking place in June and July 1996. Others are planned to follow.A number of pilot countries have been selected in each developing region for intensive attention to gender and development at policy, programming, and project level, with detailed backup from highly qualified consultants. It is planned to hold in autumn 1996 the first of the expert meetings on gender and development with Member States advocated by the resolution, to discuss development of common criteria and indicators for integration of gender in development. A number of large-scale positive action programmes to reduce gender inequalities are already included in development co-operation programming for 1996. Others are likely to be included as developing countries complete their follow-up plans of action for Beijing.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1491/96 by Marie-Paule KESTELIJN- SIERENS to the Commission. Inspection levies for meat and fish
Date: 1996-06-12
Institutions: European Parliament, KESTELIJN-SIERENS
Subjects: budgetary resources, fish, food inspection, health control, meat, national budget, own resources, veterinary inspection













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1491/96 by Marie-Paule KESTELIJN- SIERENS to the Commission. Inspection levies for meat and fish  


Official Journal C 356 , 25/11/1996 P. 0044 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1491/96 by Marie-Paule Kestelijn-Sierens (ELDR) to the Commission (12 June 1996)Subject: Inspection levies for meat and fishIn the European Union Member States a levy is collected for the health inspection of meat and fish. Can the Commission state how much that levy amounts to in the fifteen European Union Member States?Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (10 July 1996)The Council adopted a horizontal Directive laying down the principles applicable to the financing of all veterinary checks on animal products, namely Directive 85/73/EEC, ((OJ L 32, 5.2.1985. )) as amended by Directive 93/118/EEC. ((OJ L 340, 31.12.1993. ))The Member States' authorities must charge the traders concerned a 'Community fee' in accordance with harmonized procedures for checks on a number of animal products originating in the Community or coming from other countries (beef and veal, pigmeat, sheepmeat, goatmeat, and meat of domestic solipeds and poultry).At its meeting on 24/25 June, the Council reached agreement on the principles applicable to financing inspections of live animals and the rules designed to ensure the monitoring provided for in Directive 92/23/EEC (monitoring of residues) ((OJ L 125, 23.5.1996. )) and Directive 91/493/EEC (fishery products) ((OJ L 268, 24.9.1991. )) and for inspecting the meat of rabbits and small feathered game and wild fowl. Directive 85/73/EEC, which has been codified to make it clearer and more comprehensible, was also adopted by the Council. Depending on the product concerned, different deadlines for transposition into national law have been laid down (1 July 1996, 1 July 1997 and 7 July 1999 for the provisions on fishery products).For checks on other animal products, the Member States can charge what are termed 'national fees' in accordance with common principles.The Commission has endeavoured mainly to monitor the transposition into national law of Directive 85/73/EEC by means of surveys and by requests for information when Community inspectors carry out on-the-spot checks. Even in the case of Community fees, Directive 85/73/EEC leaves the authorities considerable room for manoeuvre as regards the standard level of fee (veterinarians' salaries and structure of the establishments, etc.). In some Member States it is the local authorities which apply the arrangements. For meat covered by Community fees, the Commission can give only an estimate of the total fees collected, i.e. ECU 430 million. For fishery products, subject in some cases to national fees, it is at present impossible to given a reasonable estimate.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1498/96 by Alan DONNELLY to the Commission. Duty-free sales and their effect on the public sector deficit
Date: 1996-06-12
Institutions: DONNELLY ALAN, European Parliament
Subjects: duty-free sale, economic consequence, economic convergence, exchange of information, fiscal policy, gross domestic product, single market, statistics, tax collection













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1498/96 by Alan DONNELLY to the Commission. Duty-free sales and their effect on the public sector deficit  


Official Journal C 385 , 19/12/1996 P. 0017 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1498/96 by Alan Donnelly (PSE) to the Commission (12 June 1996)Subject: Duty-free sales and their effect on the public sector deficitHas the Commission conducted any study into the total loss to national taxation revenues of the Member States arising from the continued existence of duty-free sales for consumers travelling by air or by sea from one Member State to another?If the total abolition of duty-free allowances between Member States of the European Union were to take effect as of now, what would be the impact of such a decision on the ability of the Member States to meet the public deficit criterion of the EMU convergence criteria?Answer given by Mr de Silguy on behalf of the Commission (5 September 1996)The Commission has conducted no study into the total loss to national taxation revenues of the Member States arising from the continued existence of duty-free sales for consumers travelling by air or by sea from one Member State to another.However, in preparing a report on the vendor control system applied by the Member States, the Commission has asked Member States (except Austria, Finland and Sweden which, at the time, were not Member States) for global figures relating to tax-free sales. To the extent that such information was available, Member States have provided the Commission with figures on total tax-free sales in 1993. The figures which have been obtained by the Commission seem to indicate that total tax-free sales amount only to a very small proportion of Member States' GDP (gross domestic product).Given the small size of total duty-free sales relative to GDP, and the different mutually and partially offsetting direct and indirect effects on tax revenues and expenditures to be expected from a total abolition of duty-free allowances between Member States, the total abolition of duty-free allowances between Member States would not influence the ability of Member States to meet the public deficit criteron of the Economic and monetary union convergence criteria.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1671/96 by Angela SIERRA GONZÁLEZ to the Commission. Implementation of the ESF in the Canary Islands
Date: 1996-06-12
Institutions: European Parliament, SIERRA GONZALEZ
Subjects: Canary Islands, European Social Fund, Spain, employment aid, implementation of the budget, vocational training













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1671/96 by Angela SIERRA GONZÁLEZ to the Commission. Implementation of the ESF in the Canary Islands  


Official Journal C 297 , 08/10/1996 P. 0133 





WRITTEN QUESTION P-1671/96 by Angela Sierra González (GUE/NGL) to the Commission (12 June 1996)Subject: Implementation of the ESF in the Canary IslandsCould the Commission say what funds have been allocated under the European Social Fund in the Canary Islands, Spain, and state whether the 'Fundación para la Formación y el Empleo' (Foundation for Vocational Training and Employment) based in Arrecife, Lanzarote, receives funding under the ESF or any other Community initiative programme?Could the Commission say whether the budget has been implemented correctly, bearing in mind that most of the Foundation's expenditure in organizing courses has been devoted to infrastructure and non-teaching staff?Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission (5 July 1996)In accordance with the Commission Decision 94/624/EEC of 29 June 1994 ((OJ L 250, 26.9.1994 )) approving the Community support framework for the Objective 1 regions in Spain for the period 1994-1999, the amount allocated under the European Social Fund (ESF) to the operational programme of the Canaries region represents MECU 182.91 (1994 prices).Following the reform of the structural funds, concrete data for each intervention cofinanced by the ESF are no longer available to the Commission in Brussels. However, the Commission has asked the Spanish authorities (ESF Administrative Unit, Ministry of Labour), to provide the necessary information as soon as possible to be able to reply to the question.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1445/96 by Christine ODDY to the Commission. 'Medical and scientific aid for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia'
Date: 1996-06-12
Institutions: European Parliament, ODDY
Subjects: Laos, Viet Nam, civilian victim, conventional weapon, financial aid, humanitarian aid, medical device













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1445/96 by Christine ODDY to the Commission. 'Medical and scientific aid for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia'  


Official Journal C 305 , 15/10/1996 P. 0100 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1445/96 by Christine Oddy (PSE) to the Commission (12 June 1996)Subject: 'Medical and scientific aid for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia'Is the Commission aware that the UK-registered charity 'Medical & scientific aid for Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia' established the 'Tam Diep rehabilitation centre' in Ninh Binh Province to assist victims of landmines and in particular has fitted hundreds of amputees with Jaipur limb and foot?The charity is now planning to establish another centre in Quang Tri. Will the Commission assist with helping victims of landmines and in particular amputees?Answer given by Mr Marin on behalf of the Commission (11 July 1996)The Commission is heavily involved in both political and practical action to help overcome the landmine tragedy in all the most afflicted areas of the world and has taken significant initiatives during the last five years to alleviate the disastrous impact of landmines on the civil population of Southeast Asia. The largest part of this support was provided to numerous de-mining activities and rehabilitation centres, particularly in Cambodia.In Cambodia the Commission has been financing an orthopaedic equipment programme for several years. This programme was set up in the province of Kompong Thom destined for patients in this province and also in the neighbouring province of Preah Vihear strongly affected by Khmer Rouge warfare. A second centre is situated in Takeo and the main activity of this workshop is the production of wheel chairs.The Commission was only recently made aware of the existence of the Tam Diep rehabilitation centre in Hinh Binh province. However, no documented information was forwarded to the Commission.Financial support for such activities could be made available either through a non-governmental organisation (NGO) special budget line for Vietnam (B7-6004) or the regular NGO co-financing budget line (B7-6000) or the European Community humanitarian office.The Commission is willing to examine, if requested, a proposal of the charity cited by the Honourable Member for a second centre in Quang Tri.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1472/96 by Kenneth COLLINS to the Commission. Commission Decisions in 1995
Date: 1996-06-12
Institutions: COLLINS KENNETH, European Parliament
Subjects: EC Decision, EC Directive, EC Regulation, EC opinion, EC recommendation, EU act, European Commission, activity report













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1472/96 by Kenneth COLLINS to the Commission. Commission Decisions in 1995  


Official Journal C 322 , 28/10/1996 P. 0072 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1472/96 by Kenneth Collins (PSE) to the Commission (12 June 1996)Subject: Commission Decisions in 1995In its Annual Report on the activities of the European Union, the Commission has normally listed the number of legal instruments that it has adopted in the course of a year (e.g. 7335 such instruments in 1993 - Annual Report for that year, Paragraph 1025). However, in its Report on the year 1995, the Commission omit to mention this figure (Paragraph 1057).Is there a reason for this omission?Could the Commission please supply the correct figure?Answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission (15 July 1996)For technical reasons, the figures on instruments adopted by the Commission in 1995 were not available in time for inclusion in the 1995 General Report. The figures are as follows: 3025 decisions, 2801 regulations, 298 opinions, 35 directives and 25 recommendations.