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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1823/96 by José APOLINÁRIO to the Commission. New fishing vessels - Spain 1994-99
Date: 1996-07-05
Institutions: APOLINARIO, European Parliament
Subjects: Spain, competition, fishing fleet, fishing vessel













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1823/96 by José APOLINÁRIO to the Commission. New fishing vessels - Spain 1994-99  


Official Journal C 385 , 19/12/1996 P. 0048 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1823/96 by José Apolinário (PSE) to the Commission (5 July 1996)Subject: New fishing vessels - Spain 1994-99In the context of the Community support framework for the Kingdom of Spain 1994-1999, can the Commission say how many new fishing vessels are to be built (indicating their total GRT if possible) with a view to confirming - or otherwise - the public statement made by the director of a Portuguese association that Spain is planning 1400 new fishing vessels?Answer given by Mrs Bonino on behalf of the Commission (6 September 1996)In the framework of the Financial instrument for fisheries guidance and Community support framework in Spain, structural measures for the fisheries sector are taken in the framework of a Community programme agreed between the Commission and the Spanish government in the spirit of partnership. They include the renewal of the fishing fleet for an amount of 85,600 gross registered tons. This would allow 1,155 new fishing vessels to be built. In any event, if modern vessels join the Spanish fishing fleet, it will be by way of replacement, without increasing capacity.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1303/96 of 5 July 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 1139/96 on detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 to the management of a quota for dog and cat food falling within CN code 2309 10 originating in Hungary
Date: 1996-07-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, import licence, import policy, originating product, pet food, tariff quota













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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1303/96 of 5 July 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 1139/96 on detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 to the management of a quota for dog and cat food falling within CN code 2309 10 originating in Hungary  


Official Journal L 167 , 06/07/1996 P. 0010 - 0010 





COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1303/96 of 5 July 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 1139/96 on detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 to the management of a quota for dog and cat food falling within CN code 2309 10 originating in Hungary THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 of 22 December 1995 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1194/96 (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1139/96 of 25 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 for the administration of a quota of cat and dog food falling within CN code 2309 10 originating in Hungary (3) is applicable only for the first half of 1996, in accordance with the duration of application of Regulation (EC) No 3066/95;Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1194/96 extends the duration of application of Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 to the second half of 1996; whereas, as a result, application of the aforementioned Regulation (EC) No 1139/96 should be extended to 31 December 1996;Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 1139/96 shall continue to be applicable until 31 December 1996.Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.It shall apply from 1 July to 31 December 1996.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 5 July 1996.For the CommissionFranz FISCHLERMember of the Commission(1) OJ No L 328, 30. 12. 1995, p. 31.(2) OJ No L 161, 29. 6. 1996, p. 2.(3) OJ No L 151, 26. 6. 1996, p. 4.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1810/96 by Nikitas KAKLAMANIS to the Commission. Human rights in Turkey
Date: 1996-07-05
Institutions: European Parliament, KAKLAMANIS
Subjects: Türkiye, human rights, political crisis, political prisoner, prison system













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1810/96 by Nikitas KAKLAMANIS to the Commission. Human rights in Turkey  


Official Journal C 385 , 19/12/1996 P. 0042 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1810/96 by Nikitas Kaklamanis (UPE) to the Commission (5 July 1996)Subject: Human rights in TurkeyThere is much consistent evidence to suggest that the human rights situation in Turkey has deteriorated since 1 January 1996, the day on which the customs union with the European Union came into effect.Does the Commission consider that the human rights situation in Turkey has improved, deriorated or remained unchanged?Answer given by Mr Van den Broek on behalf of the Commission (6 September 1996)As the Honourable Member knows, Turkey has been in the throes of a serious political crisis since last December's elections.In March's inauguration speech the Prime Minister made it clear that strengthening democracy in Turkey was a cornerstone of the government's programme.When the Commissioner responsible for relations with Turkey went there in April, and when the Turkish Prime Minister visited Mr Santer in July, the Commission underlined to its Turkish opposite numbers the importance that it and Parliament attached to the continuation of last year's reforms and to putting into practice the Prime Minister's statements on the subject of democracy. The Commission reiterated those views at June's meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee in Ankara.The Turkish coalition government has not been in power long enough for the Prime Minister to put his ideas into practice, and the headway made in the second half of last year on matters such as constitutional change, reform of Article 8 of the anti-terrorism law and freeing of prisoners of conscience has slowed down.The Commission will be pursuing discussions on these issues with the new government in Ankara.Given the circumstances, the Commission, while deploring the recent death of several detainees, is pleased to see that the Turkish authorities have resolved the crisis triggered by the various hunger strikes which have taken place in Turkish prisons since April.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1824/96 by José APOLINÁRIO to the Commission. Reduction in the fishing effort for sardines
Date: 1996-07-05
Institutions: APOLINARIO, European Parliament
Subjects: Portugal, catch quota, fishery management, fishing regulations, management of resources, sea fish













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1824/96 by José APOLINÁRIO to the Commission. Reduction in the fishing effort for sardines  


Official Journal C 365 , 04/12/1996 P. 0039 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1824/96 by José Apolinário (PSE) to the Commission (5 July 1996)Subject: Reduction in the fishing effort for sardinesThe Commission has announced that it intends to reduce catches of sardines on the Portuguese coast by 40% in the period up to the year 2002 on the basis of an independent scientific report. Given that the report concerned does not appear to contain any scientific data which would justify such a proposal, can the Commission say on what scientific basis it has arrived at the above figure of 40%?Answer given by Mrs Bonino on behalf of the Commission (30 July 1996)As a matter of clarification, the Commission has not proposed such a reduction in the catch of sardines on the Portuguese coast. The proposal has been, more precisely, to set an overall, medium-term, objective of reduction of fishing capacity by 40% in the period 1997-2002 by fleets exploiting sardine on the Atlantic coast of the Iberian peninsula. The consequences for the catch of sardines in the Portuguese area will depend mostly on the precise details of capacity reduction, to be discussed with the Portuguese authorities, and on the abundance of the stock.The Commission's proposal is based on the advice provided by the advisory committee for fishery management (ACFM), and on the report of a group of independent experts, commonly referred to as 'Lassen report', which was presented to the Parliament on 15 May 1996. These experts, who include Portuguese scientists, have produced their report on the basis of the most recent assessments carried out by the International council for the exploration of the sea, which indicate that the stock of sardine is outside safe biological limits. The spawning stock biomass in 1995 is the lowest on record, and since 1992 all year classes appear to be low.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1850/96 by Giuseppe RAUTI to the Commission. Plundering of fish resources in the Mediterranean
Date: 1996-07-05
Institutions: European Parliament, RAUTI
Subjects: Japan, Mediterranean Sea, South Korea, conservation of fish stocks, conservation of resources, fishery management, fishing vessel, resources of the sea













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1850/96 by Giuseppe RAUTI to the Commission. Plundering of fish resources in the Mediterranean  


Official Journal C 365 , 04/12/1996 P. 0044 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1850/96 by Giuseppe Rauti (NI) to the Commission (5 July 1996)Subject: Plundering of fish resources in the MediterraneanIs the Commission aware of the serious situation caused since last April by the invasion of the central Mediterranean by more than 100 Japanese and Korean boats fishing tuna by firing special cables, almost 200 km long, equipped with weapons? The result is 'desertification' of the Mediterranean and impoverishment of traditional Sicilian fishing fleets from Mazara to Portopalo, Marsala to Sciacca, Licata to Trapani and Augusta to Acitrezza.Will the Commission intervene by rigorously applying the provisions adopted at the conclusion of the Council of Fisheries Ministers in Palermo in 1990 and solemnly confirmed by the then Commissioner, the Spaniard José Manuel Marin, as part of a common policy for the conservation of Mediterranean resources?Answer given by Ms Bonino on behalf of the Commission (5 September 1996)The Commission is aware of the alarming depletion of Mediterranean fish stocks and has introduced a rational management and conservation policy in the region, both at Community and international level.The problems referred to by the Honourable Member, i.e. the presence of an increasing number of Japanese and Korean vessels in the region and the use of high-tech fishing methods, can be resolved only by means of cooperation between all the countries affected by fishing in the region. It is in this spirit that the Commission has launched initiatives on global cooperation in the field of fisheries, not only with neighbouring countries but also with Japan and Korea. This process got under way in December 1994 with the Crete Conference on Fisheries Management in the Mediterranean to be followed by a similar conference organized by the Commission in Venice in November 1996.The Commission feels that multilateral cooperation and action by fishing organizations operating in the region provide the most appropriate framework for examining and resolving the problems raised by Mediterranean fishing, including those relating to the fishing effort.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1765/96 by Yannos KRANIDIOTIS to the Council. Sale of a church in the Occupied part of Cyprus
Date: 1996-07-05
Institutions: European Parliament, KRANIDIOTIS
Subjects: Cyprus, EP resolution, Türkiye, church, cultural heritage, heritage protection, sale













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1765/96 by Yannos KRANIDIOTIS to the Council. Sale of a church in the Occupied part of Cyprus  


Official Journal C 091 , 20/03/1997 P. 0001 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1765/96 by Yannos Kranidiotis (PSE) to the Council (5 July 1996)Subject: Sale of a church in the Occupied part of CyprusOn 6 April 1996 the English language Turkish-Cypriot newspaper, Cyprus Today, carried an advertisement by 'Kestin and Smith Estate Agents' offering for sale the church of Panagic Chrisotrimithiotisa in the village of Trimithi in the Occupied part of Cyprus. This church was built in the middle Byzantine period and would have been declared a listed monument. Between 11 and 17 May 1996 the same newspaper quoted that the monastery of Panagic of Eleousa-Sina in Karpesie had been converted by the occupying regime into an inn which was opened by the self-styled Prime Minster (Hakki Atun). This church has been declared a listed natural monument in 1965.These are not isolated incidents but a part of a broader Turkish policy aimed at destroying the cultural heritage in the Occupied part of Cyprus.Will the Council say:What measures in intends to take to protect the heritage in the Occupied part of Cyprus which constitutes part of a general European heritage (the European Parliament has adopted a resolution on this matter ((OJ C 117, 22.4.1996, page 15. ))), and to what extent does it intend to raise the matter with the Turkish Government and will it call on the latter to comply with the rules of international law?Answer (30 January 1997)The Council has taken due note of the Resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 27 March 1996 which concerns, inter alia, the principle of safeguarding the cultural and religious heritage of the occupied part of Cyprus.As part of its more general interest in the question of Cyprus, the Council is in favour of an overall settlement based on the concept of a bi-community and bi-zonal Cypriot Federation, in accordance with the United Nations Security Council Resolutions.Finally, the matter to which the Honourable Member refers has not been brought to the Council's notice and does not in any case fall within its purview.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1822/96 by José APOLINÁRIO to the Commission. Information on MGP III
Date: 1996-07-05
Institutions: APOLINARIO, European Parliament
Subjects: European Parliament, activity report, administrative structures, common fisheries policy, fishing fleet, structural policy













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1822/96 by José APOLINÁRIO to the Commission. Information on MGP III  


Official Journal C 356 , 25/11/1996 P. 0099 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1822/96 by José Apolinário (PSE) to the Commission (5 July 1996)Subject: Information on MGP IIICan the Commission provide a table by Member State showing the objectives for reducing the fleet under MGP III, per year and in total, and indicating what fleet reductions have been achieved in each Member State (number of vessels, GRT and capacity)?Answer given by Ms Bonino on behalf of the Commission (25 July 1996)The Honourable Member is asked to refer to Parliament's annual progress reports on the multiannual guidance programmes (MGP) for fishing fleets, in which he will find described by the Commission in fullest detail the situation of each Member State vis-à-vis its MGP. The reports published give the situation as at the end of 1993, ((COM(94) 208 final. )) 1994 ((COM(95) 463 final. )) and 1995. ((COM(96) 305 final. ))
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1866/96 by Antonio TAJANI to the Commission. Statement by the Italian Finance Minister, Mr Visco, on the taxation of income from stock market investments
Date: 1996-07-05
Institutions: European Parliament, TAJANI
Subjects: EU law, Italy, financial market, free movement of capital, investment income, securities, single market, stock exchange, tax system













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1866/96 by Antonio TAJANI to the Commission. Statement by the Italian Finance Minister, Mr Visco, on the taxation of income from stock market investments  


Official Journal C 356 , 25/11/1996 P. 0107 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1866/96 by Antonio Tajani (UPE) to the Commission (5 July 1996)Subject: Statement by the Italian Finance Minister, Mr Visco, on the taxation of income from stock market investmentsWith regard to income generated by stock market investments the Italian Finance Minister, Mr Visco, has declared that he intends to propose a form of taxation to be levied via investment managers and intermediaries on the income earned over the year. This anticipates fiscal solutions currently being studied by the relevant Community bodies, which will probably be the subject of future directives.- Mr Visco has also said that he hopes to keep this special tax within the parameters to be determined by the EU. It seems clear that this tax- view of the free movement of capital and investments within the European Union - has to be the same on all the Community's markets.- Mr Visco's statements have been the cause of apprehension and disorientation and have had an obvious impact on stock market transactions.- The Italian financial market is due to undergo profound restructuring as a result of the recent adoption of a number of legislative provisions transposing Community directives on the subject.- Since statements inconsistent with features of the Community market, including taxation, are likely to exclude Italian markets from transactions involving securities usually carried out in the context of the European market, what steps does the Commission intend to take to prevent harmful initiatives of this kind, which may upset the operational equilibrium of the European financial markets?Answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission (19 September 1996)It is Commission policy not to comment on public statements by politicians in the Member States.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1863/96 by José VALVERDE LÓPEZ to the Commission. Phytosanitary protection measures and the agreement on the EU's common external borders
Date: 1996-07-05
Institutions: European Parliament, VALVERDE LOPEZ
Subjects: Council of the European Union, EC Directive, import, plant disease, plant health control, plant health legislation, protected area, seed, tropical fruit













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1863/96 by José VALVERDE LÓPEZ to the Commission. Phytosanitary protection measures and the agreement on the EU's common external borders  


Official Journal C 356 , 25/11/1996 P. 0107 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1863/96 by José Valverde López (PPE) to the Commission (5 July 1996)Subject: Phytosanitary protection measures and the agreement on the EU's common external bordersRising imports of subtropical fruit such as mangos are not only causing problems to Community production; the sector is worried by lacklustre phytosanitary controls. The provinces of Granada and Málaga (Spain) have so far succeeded in remaining free from 'esternoquetus manguiferae' a pest which attacks mango seeds. Current legislation theoretically protects trade in seeds, but makes no reference to fresh fruit, which may be coming in already carrying the infection in its stones.What measures could the Commission put forward to prevent this dangerous mango pest from infecting European crops?Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (29 July 1996)As the Honourable Member points out, the Community plant-health arrangements set up by Council Directive 77/93/EEC, ((OJ L 26, 31.1.1977. )) as subsequently amended, provide protection against the mango weevil (Sternochetus mangiferae) entering the Community in seed. It should be pointed out in that connection that at the request of Spain and Portugal the Commission acknowledged the designation of a protected area, using the provisions of the Directive, after checking that the weevil was not present in the two countries.The Commission would like to inform the Honourable Member that these arrangements also provide that mangoes from outside the Community must undergo a plant-health inspection in their country of origin or dispatch before being allowed to enter. The main purpose is to prevent fruit-fly from being brought in. When the fruit is imported, the Member States are responsible for checking that the inspection has taken place and that the fruit is genuinely free of the fly.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 39/96 of 5 July 1996 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 1996-07-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, agreement (EU), animal nutrition, food inspection, manufactured feedingstuffs, product quality








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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
No 39/96
of 5 July 1996
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as adjusted by the Protocol Adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,
Whereas Annex I to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 32/96 of 5 June 1996 (1);
Whereas Commission Decision 95/274/EC of 10 July 1995 amending Decision 91/516/EEC establishing a list of ingredients whose use is prohibited in compound feedingstuffs (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The following indent shall be added in point 4a (Commission Decision 91/516/EEC) in Chapter II of Annex I to the Agreement:






‘—



395 D 0274: Commission Decision 95/274/EC of 10 July 1995 (OJ No L 167, 18. 7. 1995, p. 24).’




Article 2
The texts of Decision 95/274/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, which are annexed to the respective language versions of this Decision, are authentic.
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 September 1996, provided that all the notifications pursuant to Article 103 (1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee.
Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 5 July 1996.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

P. BENAVIDES




(1)  OJ No L 237, 19. 9. 1996, p. 43.

(2)  OJ No L 167, 18. 7. 1995, p. 24.