WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1225/97 by Cristiana MUSCARDINI to the Commission. The Cumulative Recovery System
Date: 1997-04-07
Institutions: European Parliament, MUSCARDINI
Subjects: CCT duties, European Commission, economic consequence, import, import policy, import price, maximum price, proposal (EU), rice

C 45/18

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Official Journal of the European Communities

10. 2. 98

2.
The difficulty facing any legislation to improve the insulation of old buildings is that such an operation is
not worth while unless combined with other objectives. Thus most Member States have introduced legislation
uncer which certain levels of insulation must be included in any major renovation work.

Under Directive 93/76/EEC, the thermal insulation requirements laid down by the Member States must take

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account of variations in climate.

The Commission is considering what further measures to propose to reduce CO2 emissions as part of our efforts
to combat climate change.

(1)  OJ L 237, 22.9.1993.

(98/C 45/21)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1225/97

by Cristiana Muscardini (NI) to the Commission

(7 April 1997)

Subject: The Cumulative Recovery System

Has the Commission proposal regarding the introduction of a new mechanism for the importation of husked rice
taken into account the profound financial repercussions that such a measure will have on the Community budget?

Has it assessed the financial implications of:

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the customs revenue lost?

the funding needing for the implementation of the measure?

the resources used to fund exports, even within the limits laid down by GATT?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(3 June 1997)

The analysis of the financial impact of the introduction of the cumulative recovery system (CRS) for husked rice
(Regulation  (EC)  No  703/97 (1))  requested  by  the  Honourable  Member  cannot  be  carried  out,  because
theoretically, the CRS could result in either a fall or a rise in the import duties collected. The system envisages the
adjustment  of  the  customs  duties  over-  or  under-paid  on  the  basis  of  the  balance  between  what  the  importer
actually paid at the time of release for free circulation and what he should have paid on the basis of the difference
between the ceiling price on imports and the prices declared by the importer (the (cid:145)consignment-by-consignment
method(cid:146)).

Since the result of this balance cannot be known in advance, it is impossible to know whether introduction of the
CRS has reduced the amount of the duties collected at the frontier and, indirectly, whether that has increased
imports,  which  could  lead  to  greater  use  of  intervention  and  increased  financing  of  subsidized  exports.
Consequently, the financial consequences of this system cannot be evaluated before its application.

(1)  OJ L 104, 22.4.1997.

(98/C 45/22)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1230/97

by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(7 April 1997)

Subject: Transport projects funded by the Cohesion Fund

Project No 94/09/65/020 › a, entitled (cid:145)Egnatia Highway: Section: Kavalla by-pass from Agh. Andreas Junction
to  CH.TH.  4  +  937(cid:146)  was  included  in  the  Cohesion  Fund  in  1995  and  was  scheduled  to  be  completed  by
31.12.1996.