WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2395/96 by Hiltrud BREYER to the Commission. Decision 94/730/EC establishing simplified procedures concerning the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified plants - legislative status (SUPPLEMENTARY ANSWER)
Date: 1996-09-06
Institutions: BREYER, European Parliament
Subjects: EU control, administrative formalities, application of EU law, crop production, environmental protection, genetically modified organism

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2.  Where is the definition of (cid:145)appropriate information(cid:146) in the context of the simplified procedure to be found?

3.  What is the appropriate timescale for and scope of the information given to the population concerned by
virtue of the first sentence of Article 1(1) of Directive 90/220/EEC (2) in the case of simplified procedures
and from which provision are they derived?

4.  When and to what extent is the population informed under the procedure in accordance with points 6.1. and

7. of the Annex to Decision 94/730/EEC (3) in respect of points 7.1. and 7.2.

5.(a) Where and how often has cauliflower been released?

5.(b) How is sufficient experience proven?

(1) 
(2) 
(3) 

OJ C 345, 15.11.1997, p. 92.
OJ L 117, 8.5.1990, P. 15.
OJ L 292, 12.11.1994, p. 31.

(98/C 60/03)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2395/96

by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission

(6 September 1996)

Subject: Decision  94/730/EC  establishing  simplified  procedures  concerning  the  deliberate  release  into  the

environment of genetically modified plants › legislative status

Are the contents of the Annex to Decision 94/730/EC (1) to be understood as a suggestion to the Member
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States to which they are addressed, in accordance with Article 1(5) and Article 2(2) of Decision 93/584/EEC (2)
and Article 4(1) and (3), the first sentence of Article 5 and Article 7 of Directive 90/220/EEC (3) or as binding
within the meaning of Article 189(4) of the EC Treaty?

Does Decision 94/730/EC set out the criteria for a simplified procedure or does it constitute a simplified

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procedure itself?

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If it sets out the criteria,

(a)  how  was  the  transposition  of  the  criteria  for  simplified  procedures  ascertained  by  the  Commission,  the

Council of Ministers and Parliament?

(b)  what possibilities are there for monitoring?

4.

If it constitutes a procedure in itself,

(a)  how was the introduction and transposition ascertained by the Commission, the Council of Ministers and

Parliament?

(b)  what possibilities are there for monitoring?

(1) 
(2) 
(3) 

OJ L 292, 12.11.1994, p. 31.
OJ L 279, 12.11.1993, p. 42.
OJ L 117, 8.5.1990, p. 15.

(98/C 60/04)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2396/96

by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission

(6 September 1996)

Subject: Decision  94/730/EC  establishing  simplified  procedures  concerning  the  deliberate  release  into  the

environment of genetically modified plants › Article 145 of the EC Treaty

1. Why did the Commission contravene Article 145 of the EC Treaty in Decision 94/730/EC (1)?

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3.

Does the Commission agree that there has been an infringement of the Treaty?

If not, what justification can it offer?

(1)  OJ L 292, 12.11.1994, p. 31.