WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1133/97 by Carlos ROBLES PIQUER to the Council. New NATO Research and Technology Organization
Date: 1997-03-24
Institutions: European Parliament, ROBLES PIQUER
Subjects: EU financing, EU programme, NATO, aeronautical industry, applied research, civil aviation, military aircraft, scientific research, space research, space technology

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Official Journal of the European Communities

17. 3. 98

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the Council Resolution of 20 December 1996 on sentencing for serious illicit drug trafficking,

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the Joint Action of 9 June 1997 on the refining of targeting criteria, selection methods etc., and collection of
customs and police information, and

the Joint Action of 16 June 1997 concerning information exchange, assessment and control of new synthetic
drugs.

2.
Cooperation  between  the  European  Union  and  the  Latin  American  region  in  the  fight  against  drug
trafficking is also constantly being developed. With the Andean Community a ministerial meeting was held in
September 1995. Pursuant, to this meeting high level experts meetings took place in March 1996 and June 1997.

3.
Under  the  Netherlands  Presidency  special  attention  has  been  given  to  action  against  Latin  American
criminal  organisations.  The  Europol  Drugs  Unit  EDU  has  prepared  a  report,  and  the  implementation  of  its
recommendations will start under the Luxembourg Presidency.

So far the Presidency has not undertaken specific action in regard to drugs trafficking from Surinam.

The  question  of  the  initiation  of  criminal  proceedings  or  any  other  action  by  a  particular  Member  State  is  a
responsibility of that Member State and does not fall within the scope of activities of the Council.

(98/C 82/07)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1133/97

by Carlos Robles Piquer (PPE) to the Council

(24 March 1997)

Subject: New NATO Research and Technology Organization

NATO(cid:146)s new R&T Board, which held its first meeting at the end of November 1996 as the governing body of
NATO(cid:146)s  Research  and  Technology  Organization,  replaces  the  previous  management  bodies  of  the  Defence
Research Group and AGARD (Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development).

Given the desire to continue emphasizing aeronautical technology in the fifth framework programme and the
growing need, within the Community framework, for technological assessments with a solid scientific basis,
does the Council plan to monitor the Technology Coordination Reports, which were first compiled in 1995, and
draw  conclusions  on  the  possible  implications  for  the  development  of  civil  technology  of  this  source  of
information which is available to most Member States?

Answer

(17 October 1997)

Research  related  to  Aeronautical  technology  has  been  one  of  the  growing  sectors  in  the  Community  RTD
Framework  Programmes.  Several  projects  in  this  area  are  at  present  being  funded  from  resources  of  the
4th Framework Programme.

Such  funding  has  covered  only  civil  aspects  of  aeronautical  technology  since  the  Community  Framework
Programme does not give any support for military research, which is not covered by the EC Treaty.

The Honourable Member of Parliament is informed that there does not exist any forum wihtin the Council, nor is
one envisaged in the future, for exchanging views with NATO organisations on this subject. It is not, therefore,
foreseen that the Council would examine or monitor the reports referred to in the Question.