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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1244/97 by Cristiana MUSCARDINI to the Commission. Petrol price increases
Date: 1997-04-08
Institutions: European Parliament, MUSCARDINI
Subjects: EU control, European Commission, Italy, application of EU law, liberalisation of the market, petrol, price increase, prices policy













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1244/97 by Cristiana MUSCARDINI to the Commission. Petrol price increases  


Official Journal C 391 , 23/12/1997 P. 0059 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1244/97 by Cristiana Muscardini (NI) to the Commission (8 April 1997)Subject: Petrol price increasesSince the beginning of this year, the oil companies have decided to raise the price of petrol in Italy by between LIT 15 and LIT 20.However, crude oil prices, expressed in lire, are falling, and there is consequently no justification for the increases.Will the Commission:1. issue measures to prohibit any unwarranted increase;2. open an inquiry to establish whether the current increases are justified;3. instruct the Community fraud prevention department to investigate the matter of petrol price increases?Answer given by Mr Papoutsis on behalf of the Commission (2 June 1997)In Italy, petrol prices at the pump have been liberalized since 1 October 1993. These prices reflect, in particular, the trend in petroleum product prices quoted on the free market, and they take account of the distribution costs for these products.Under current Italian law, the Ministry of Industry may call the oil companies to account for unjustified retail prices.In the context of the transparency of petroleum product prices, the Commission monitors on a weekly basis the prices, exclusive of taxes and duties, charged in the 15 Member States. The Commission can intervene only where the law currently in force in a Member State fails to comply with the rules laid down in the EC Treaty.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1241/97 by Cristiana MUSCARDINI to the Commission. Compensatory payments and aid for the production of certified rice seed
Date: 1997-04-08
Institutions: European Parliament, MUSCARDINI
Subjects: EU agricultural market, aid system, common agricultural policy, common organisation of markets, economic consequence, farm prices, production aid, rice, seed













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1241/97 by Cristiana MUSCARDINI to the Commission. Compensatory payments and aid for the production of certified rice seed  


Official Journal C 045 , 10/02/1998 P. 0019 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1241/97 by Cristiana Muscardini (NI) to the Commission (8 April 1997)Subject: Compensatory payments and aid for the production of certified rice seedThe deadline for claiming compensatory payments under Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3072/95 is 30 April 1997 ((OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18. )). Producers of paddy rice from which seed is obtained ('propagators') are also entitled, subject to certain conditions, to benefit from Community aid for the production of certified seed, payable in the year following production (Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71) ((OJ L 246, 5.11.1971, p. 1. )). It seems that, under the existing legislation, aid may not be granted from both sources at once, and the reasons are apparently due purely to the legal language in which the texts are drafted.1. Does the Commission believe that there are fundamental grounds for refusing to accept that the two kinds of aid are compatible?2. Should the incompatibility be finally established, does it not fear that the cost of certified seed would rise immediately because propagators would have to allow for the risk that they might not receive any aid, be it a compensatory payment or seed production aid?3. Does it not fear that certified seed would be less widely used because of the price increase, cutting the profit margins for the crop and correspondingly reducing the costs incidental to production as well as leading to a decline in quality, the end effect of which would run blatantly counter to the Community's policy of promoting quality, the very basis of the reform?4. Given the imminence of the deadline, 30 April, does it not believe that it should and indeed must bring certainty to the matter, so as to avert adverse consequences for the producers and sectors concerned?Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (20 May 1997)The reform of the rice sector introduced in Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 does not affect rice for sowing because this is not covered by the common organization of the market in rice. There are therefore no plans for the compensatory payments designed to offset the reduction in the intervention price to be applied to areas sown to rice for seed.Seed production qualifies for special aid under the market organisation in seed.The Commission is looking at the question of combining the compensatory payment with aid for seed production while at the same time taking into account the possible effects of such a measure on the seed market and on the rice market in general.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1238/97 by Sebastiano MUSUMECI to the Council. Racist attacks on Italians in Germany
Date: 1997-04-08
Institutions: European Parliament, MUSUMECI
Subjects: EU national, Germany, Italy, competence of the Member States, crime against individuals, fundamental rights, homicide, human rights, racism, xenophobia













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1238/97 by Sebastiano MUSUMECI to the Council. Racist attacks on Italians in Germany  


Official Journal C 391 , 23/12/1997 P. 0057 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1238/97 by Sebastiano Musumeci (NI) to the Council (8 April 1997)Subject: Racist attacks on Italians in GermanyIt is horrifying to note that acts of violence, manifestly inspired by xenophobia, are once more being perpetrated against Italian nationals in Germany. Indeed, in the latest case, Antonio Melis, a 37-year-old Sardinian immigrant, was brutally murdered in Caputh, Brandenburg.The judiciary and the local police are attempting to minimize the seriousness of the incidents by playing down or denying their racist character.The renewed upsurge of this kind of crime is blatantly at odds with the unvarying declarations of principle and the related values of solidarity and tolerance, repeatedly invoked in specific Community programmes, from which the Union itself draws inspiration and by which the Member States have promised to abide without reservation.Will the Council make immediate vigorous representations to the German Government in order to persuade it to safeguard the dignity and the right to life and work of Italian nationals in the Union who are seeking to translate much-vaunted European citizenship into a living reality?Answer (14 July 1997)1. The Council condemns all acts of violence of the kind mentioned in the written question. However, court action against the perpetrators of such acts is the responsibility of the Member States.2. The Council recalls that all Member States are parties to the European Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, signed in Rome on 4 November 1950, and that they guarantee respect for human rights on their territory.3. In order to facilitate cooperation in combating racism and xenophobia, the Council adopted on 15 July 1996 a Joint Action on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union concerning action to combat racism and xenophobia (OJ L 185, 24.7.1996, p. 5).The Council particularly emphasizes in this Joint Action that the right to freedom of expression implies duties and responsibilities, including respect for the rights of others, as laid down in Article 19 of the United Nations International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights of 19 December 1966.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1253/97 by Susan WADDINGTON to the Commission. Recruitment of women by the institutions
Date: 1997-04-08
Institutions: European Parliament, WADDINGTON
Subjects: EU institution, adult education, anti-discriminatory measure, competition (EU), gender equality, public awareness campaign, recruitment, woman

22. 1. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 21/33

The Commission therefore adopted the Regulation in question to enable the Community to fulfil the obligations
contracted under the above-mentioned international agreement.

The Commission wishes to reassure the Honourable Member that it never forgets, in the exercise of its activities,
to uphold the Treaty.

(1)  OJ L 104, 22.4.1997.
(2)  OJ L 334, 30.12.1995.

(98/C 21/105)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1235/97
by Laura Gonza·lez A· lvarez (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

Subject: Urban development in Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain

(7 April 1997)

According  to  recent  media  reports  in  Andalusia,  Spain,  the  Commission  has  published  an  opinion  on  the
environmental  viability  of  an  urban  development  project  (the  Hohenlohe  project)  which  may  infringe
Community environmental legislation.

What is the legal standing of the opinion and on what basis has it been drawn up?

Is the Hohenlohe project receiving Community finance via the structural funds? If not, might it be jeopardizing
other  measures  which  are  being  carried  out  with  structural  fund  monies  under  the  Don(cid:152)ana  II  operational
programme?

Answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission

(29 May 1997)

The  Commission  is  not  aware  of  the  information  published  in  Andalusia  about  its  (cid:145)opinion(cid:146)  on  an  urban
development project in Sanlu·car de Barrameda. In any case, it has not issued and is not required to issue an
(cid:145)opinion(cid:146) on the project.

The  Commission  has  not  financed  the  Hohenlohe  project,  which  lies  outside  the  area  of  the  Don(cid:152)ana  II
programme and so has no impact on Community assistance which has already been approved.

(98/C 21/106)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1253/97

by Susan Waddington (PSE) to the Commission

(8 April 1997)

Subject: Recruitment of women by the institutions

Further to my Written Questions E-3444/96 (1) and E-3171/95 (2), will the Commission give concrete examples
(advertisements,  internal  training  schemes  etc.)  of  actions  taken  or  planned  to  encourage  the  recruitment  of
women, particularly in view of the policy of main streaming equal opportunities into all Community policies?

(1)  OJ C 105, 3.4.1997, p. 74.
(2)  OJ C 91, 27.3.1996, p. 39.

Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission

(13 May 1997)

The staff regulations already stipulate in Article 27 that (cid:145)Officials shall be selected without reference to race,
creed or sex(cid:146).
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1245/97 by Cristiana MUSCARDINI to the Commission. Globalization and democracy
Date: 1997-04-08
Institutions: European Parliament, MUSCARDINI
Subjects: budget policy, budgetary power, company with share capital, competition, economic policy, euro, financial institution, free movement of capital, free movement of goods, political power













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1245/97 by Cristiana MUSCARDINI to the Commission. Globalization and democracy  


Official Journal C 367 , 04/12/1997 P. 0104 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1245/97 by Cristiana Muscardini (NI) to the Commission (8 April 1997)Subject: Globalization and democracyThe EU is one of the forces which is serving to accelerate the globalization process. The terms 'flexibility', 'expertise', 'free trade', and 'globalism' have become watchwords for contemporary society.Capital is now moving without restrictions as well as without obstacles. Furthermore, as a result of the single currency, budgetary policies will cease to be a matter for the political authorities and be dealt with instead by financial authorities, in other words by bodies which have no responsibilities outside banking and are not accountable to the extent that they have a mandate from the people.Will the Commission draw up measures providing the means necessary to ensure that responsibility for exercising budgetary powers is transferred back to the political authorities?Will it also draw up measures which, by curbing the influence of financial institutions, will allow Member States to implement economic policies and prevent big business from taking decisions in the place of sovereign States?Joint answer to Written Questions E-1245/97 and E-1259/97 given by Mr de Silguy on behalf of the Commission (28 May 1997)Within the economic and monetary union, the different components of economic policy will be managed by different groups of 'decision-makers': monetary policy by the European Central Bank; budgetary policy by the national parliaments and governments; and the setting of wage levels by the two sides of industry.For the purpose of coordinating Member States' economic policies (as provided for in Article 103(1) of the EC Treaty), the sovereignty of the national authorities in the budgetary policy field will be exercised within the framework of the financial and budgetary provisions which are set out in the Treaty and other Community instruments and which have been freely accepted by the Member States. Article 103(1) also stipulates that 'Member States shall regard their economic policies as a matter of common concern and shall coordinate them within the Council'. For the Commission, the euro will allow the Member States to regain collectively the monetary sovereignty that they have lost individually as a result of the globalization of financial markets.With the framework of such coordination, national budgetary policies will be the sovereign responsibility of the national political authorities representing citizens.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1240/97 by Cristiana MUSCARDINI to the Commission. Rice imports from the OCT
Date: 1997-04-08
Institutions: European Parliament, MUSCARDINI
Subjects: import, import policy, overseas countries and territories, protective clause, rice, tariff quota













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1240/97 by Cristiana MUSCARDINI to the Commission. Rice imports from the OCT  


Official Journal C 391 , 23/12/1997 P. 0058 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1240/97 by Cristiana Muscardini (NI) to the Commission (8 April 1997)Subject: Rice imports from the OCTBecause all the Member States bar the Netherlands were forced to recognize that the situation created by Decision 91/482/EEC ((OJ L 263, 19.9.1991, p. 1. )) had damaged Community producers to an alarming degree, it was eventually decided in January 1997 to apply a protective measure to rice imports from the OCT.Unfortunately, the measure in question will not continue in force after 30 April 1997, and the time is apparently still not right to resolve the problem once and for all, since the Netherlands thinks it preferable to veto any amendments to Decision 91/482/EEC.Given that the conditions for a final agreement are not yet in place, does not the Commission consider it essential to extend the protective clause beyond the present time-limit?Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (21 May 1997)On 23 April 1997, in view of the continuing serious disturbances on the Community rice market and the danger that the situation in the sector might deteriorate further, the Commission adopted Regulation (EC) No 764/97 introducing safeguard measures in respect of imports of rice originating in the overseas countries and territories (OCTs) ((OJ L 112, 29.4.1997. )), in accordance with Annex IV to the Decision on the overseas countries and territories.This regulation opens a tariff quota on imports applicable from 1 May until 30 September 1997.