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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1484/97 by Mihail PAPAYANNAKIS to the Commission. European Food and Drugs Organization
Date: 1997-04-30
Institutions: European Parliament, PAPAYANNAKIS
Subjects: food production, health control, health risk, pharmaceutical industry, plant health control, production control, scientific committee (EU)













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1484/97 by Mihail PAPAYANNAKIS to the Commission. European Food and Drugs Organization  


Official Journal C 373 , 09/12/1997 P. 0140 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1484/97 by Mihail Papayannakis (GUE/NGL) to the Commission (30 April 1997)Subject: European Food and Drugs OrganizationWhat is the Commission's view of Commissioner Bonino's proposal that a European Food and Drug Organization should be established?Answer given by Mrs Bonino on behalf of the Commission (9 June 1997)There has been no recent Commission proposal for action covering both the production of pharmaceutical products and of foodstuffs. The European medicines evaluation agency in London is responsible for the authorisation of pharmaceutical products. Furthermore, the Commission has recently agreed a communication on the action to be taken to reinforce the provision of scientific advice and the operation of control and inspection procedures in the food production, veterinary and phytosanitary fields ((COM(97) 183 final. )). This makes it clear that the provision of scientific advice will be based upon the principles of excellency, independence and transparency. The mandates of the scientific committees are to be reviewed and rationalised, whilst a steering committee will be established to coordinate their activities. Control and inspection activities will use risk assessment procedures to allow control priorities to be set, an inspection approach which covers all parts of the food chain ('plough to plate') and audit techniques to assess the performance of national authorities. It must be noted that the successful introduction of these changes will be dependent upon the increase in personnel and resources identified as necessary in the communication being made available by the budgetary authorities.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 27/97 of 30 April 1997 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 1997-04-30
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU environmental policy, European Economic Area, air quality, environmental protection, industrial pollution, pollution control measures








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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
No 27/97
of 30 April 1997
amending Annex XX (Environment) 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 XX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 82/96 of 13 December 1996 (1);
Whereas Council Directive 96/61 /EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement;
Whereas Council Directive 96/61/EC repeals, with effect from the date 11 years after its entry into force, Council Directive 84/360/EEC of 28 June 1984 on the combating of air pollution from industrial plants (3) which is incorporated in the Agreement and which therefore is to be deleted from the Agreement with effect from the same date,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The following point shall be inserted after point 2f (Council Regulation (EEC) No 1836/93) in Annex XX to the Agreement:







‘2g.



396 L 0061: Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (OJ L 257, 10. 10. 1996, p. 26).’





Article 2
The text of point 16 (Council Directive 84/360/EEC) shall be deleted with effect from 30 October 2007.
Article 3
The texts of Council Directive 96/61/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, which are annexed to the respective language versions of this Decision, are authentic.
Article 4
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 May 1997, provided that all the notifications under Article 103 (1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee.
Article 5
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, 30 April 1997.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

C. DAY




(1)  OJ L 100, 17. 4. 1997, p. 71.

(2)  OJ L 257, 10. 10. 1996, p. 26.

(3)  OJ L 188, 16. 7. 1984, p. 20.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1464/97 by Ian WHITE to the Commission. Definition of unemployment
Date: 1997-04-30
Institutions: European Parliament, WHITE
Subjects: EU Member State, European Commission, European Union, International Labour Office, OECD, recommendation, report, unemployment













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1464/97 by Ian WHITE to the Commission. Definition of unemployment  


Official Journal C 373 , 09/12/1997 P. 0136 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1464/97 by Ian White (PSE) to the Commission (30 April 1997)Subject: Definition of unemploymentGiven the inconsistencies in differing national measurements of unemployment, would the Commission advise what has been done to harmonize measures on definition of unemployment in the Union and has this resulted in any other broad definition of EU-wide unemployment than that used by the ILO?Answer given by Mr de Silguy on behalf of the Commission (20 June 1997)In order to harmonise unemployment rates, the Commission has, for many years now, preferred the International Labour Office (ILO) definition of unemployment to administrative data which are, by their very nature, too dependent on the rules and policies in force in the Member States.In 1994, a group of experts from all the Member States, international institutions such as the ILO, and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) met on the Commission's initiative to examine whether the ILO definition of unemployment was still relevant or whether it needed to be expanded or supplemented. The almost unanimous recommendation of the group was to continue to apply the ILO definition of unemployment as rigorously as possible. The Commission is scrupulous in following this recommendation.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/97 of 30 April 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1098/94 laying down the regional base areas applicable under the arable support system for producers
Date: 1997-04-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid per hectare, cereals, leguminous vegetable, oleaginous plant, regional aid, utilised agricultural area













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Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/97 of 30 April 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1098/94 laying down the regional base areas applicable under the arable support system for producers  


Official Journal L 114 , 01/05/1997 P. 0031 - 0032 





COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 794/97 of 30 April 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1098/94 laying down the regional base areas applicable under the arable support system for producersTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1575/96 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1098/94 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/96 (4), lays down the regional base areas applicable under the support system for producers of certain arable crops;Whereas, following an application from Spain and Portugal new base areas should be fixed in accordance with their regionalization plan;Whereas applications for conversion equivalent to 13 200 ha have been submitted under Council Regulation (EC) No 1017/94 of 26 April 1994 concerning the conversion of land currently under arable crops to extensive livestock farming in Portugal (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1461/95 (6); whereas the basic area should be adjusted accordingly;Whereas it is therefore necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 1098/94;Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Management Committee for Cereals, Oils and Fats and Dried Fodder,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:Article 1 In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1098/94 the figures relating to the regions indicated in the sectors headed 'Spain` and 'Portugal` shall be replaced by the figures in the Annex to this Regulation.Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 30 April 1997.For the CommissionFranz FISCHLERMember of the Commission(1) OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 12.(2) OJ No L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 1.(3) OJ No L 121, 12. 5. 1994, p. 12.(4) OJ No L 167, 6. 7. 1996, p. 3.(5) OJ No L 112, 3. 5. 1994, p. 2.(6) OJ No L 144, 28. 6. 1995, p. 4.ANNEX >TABLE>
Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/97 of 30 April 1997 derogating temporarily from Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector
Date: 1997-04-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, derogation from EU law, export licence, import licence, quantitative restriction













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Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/97 of 30 April 1997 derogating temporarily from Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector  


Official Journal L 114 , 01/05/1997 P. 0035 - 0035 





COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 796/97 of 30 April 1997 derogating temporarily from Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sectorTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2222/96 (2), and in particular Articles 9 and 13 thereof,Whereas Article 10 (5) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 of 26 June 1995 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 266/97 (4), provides that, notwithstanding paragraph 1 of that Article, export licence applications for a quantity not exceeding 22 tonnes of products covered by CN codes 0201 and 0202 are not to be subject, at the applicant's request, to the five-day time lag;Whereas for some time licence applications covering such small quantities have made up an abnormally high proportion of total licence applications; whereas, with a view to better management of the quantities still available for export until 30 June 1997, those arrangements should accordingly be suspended provisionally until that date pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 10 (5) of that Regulation,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:Article 1 The application of Article 10 (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 is hereby suspended until 30 June 1997.Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 30 April 1997.For the CommissionFranz FISCHLERMember of the Commission(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.(2) OJ No L 296, 21. 11. 1996, p. 50.(3) OJ No L 143, 27. 6. 1995, p. 35.(4) OJ No L 45, 15. 2. 1997, p. 1.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1486/97 by Mihail PAPAYANNAKIS to the Commission. Prices of medicinal products
Date: 1997-04-30
Institutions: European Parliament, PAPAYANNAKIS
Subjects: database, pharmaceutical product, selling price













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1486/97 by Mihail PAPAYANNAKIS to the Commission. Prices of medicinal products  


Official Journal C 391 , 23/12/1997 P. 0089 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1486/97 by Mihail Papayannakis (GUE/NGL) to the Commission (30 April 1997)Subject: Prices of medicinal productsWhat is the present situation as regards the database of prices for medicinal products referred to in Directive 89/105/EEC ((OJ L 40, 11.2.1989, p. 8. ))? When will we be able to have general access to the database, and what has prevented this so far?Answer given by Mr Bangemann on behalf of the Commission (19 June 1997)The constitution of a databank on the prices of pharmaceutical products is a particularly complex task for two reasons. Firstly, it is extremely difficult to obtain full, reliable and regularly updated data for all the Member States. Secondly, where such data are available it is difficult, and even dangerous, to compare them.Given the impossibility of carrying out this task within the framework of administrative cooperation with the Member States, the Commission eventually opted to obtain the requisite information on the market. The first edition of the databank should be available in the form of a CD-ROM during the final quarter of 1997. It will be a limited edition, several copies of which will be sent to Parliament.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1511/97 by Hugh McMAHON to the Commission. Nuclear industry
Date: 1997-04-30
Institutions: European Parliament, MCMAHON
Subjects: United Kingdom, nuclear accident, nuclear industry, nuclear power station, nuclear reactor













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1511/97 by Hugh McMAHON to the Commission. Nuclear industry  


Official Journal C 373 , 09/12/1997 P. 0141 





WRITTEN QUESTION P-1511/97 by Hugh McMahon (PSE) to the Commission (30 April 1997)Subject: Nuclear industryHave any discussions taken place with the relevant Member State about the incident on Wednesday 26 March 1997 when the nuclear reactors at Hunterston B nuclear power station were shut down, causing considerable alarm and distress to many of the workforce?Will the Commission obtain assurances from the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency and the Nuclear Instalments Inspectorate that action will be taken to prevent such recurrences?Answer given by Mrs Bjerregaard on behalf of the Commission (22 May 1997)The Commission has not received any particular information regarding an incident which might have taken place on 26 March 1997 at Hunterston B nuclear power station.A priori, a shut down is not an incident and, indeed, the shut down in question has not to date been declared under the International nuclear event scale (INES) system.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1493/97 by Karl von WOGAU to the Council. Official written usage of the term 'Euro'
Date: 1997-04-30
Institutions: European Parliament, VON WOGAU
Subjects: EU Member State, Economic and Monetary Union, linguistics, official language

C 76/36

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

11. 3. 98

Answer

(25 September 1997)

The Council shares the concern expressed by the Honourable Member and has constantly urged the Belarusian
authorities to ensure that humanitarian action in Belarus is not hindered.

Most recently, in April 1997, the EU Heads of Mission in Minsk carried out a demarche with the Minister for
Foreign Affairs Antonovich, underlining doubts about the legal mandate and aims of actions undertaken by the
Belarusion authorities against non-governmental organisations.  Furthermore, the Special Representative of the
EU  Presidency  for  Belarus,  Mr  Kosto,  in  May  1997  raised  with  Belarusion  officials  at  the  highest  level,  the
difficulties encountered by non-governmental organizations active in Belarus such as the Soros Foundation and
the Foundation (cid:147)To the Children of Chernobyl.(cid:148)

(98/C 76/106)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1493/97

by Karl von Wogau (PPE) to the Council

(30 April 1997)

Subject: Official written usage of the term (cid:145)Euro(cid:146)

Since the Madrid European Council decided to call the future single currency the (cid:145)Euro(cid:146), the term has appeared in
texts in forms which vary both typographically (e.g. EURO, Euro and euro) and grammatically (is it invariable or
does it have a plural form; if so, what is it?).

Would it not be advisable, in particular in view of the Euro(cid:146)s legal status, for the Commission to clarify the
official written usage of the term (cid:145)Euro(cid:146)?

Answer

(25 September 1997)

The Madrid European Council in December 1995 decided to call the single currency (cid:147)euro(cid:148) and stated (cid:147)that the
name of the single currency must be the same in all the official languages of the European Union, taking into
account the existence of different alphabets(cid:148).

The Council has officially adopted, on the basis of Article 235 of the Treaty, a Regulation on certain provisions
relating to the introduction of the euro.

The Council has also reached political agreement on a Council Regulation on the introduction of the euro (whose
legal  basis  is  Article  109L(4)  of  the  Treaty),  which  is  to  be  adopted  formally  later  by  participating  Member
States.

The texts in question, as finalized by the Legal/Linguistic Experts of the Council, observe certain standards and
habits for currency designation in each language; the relevant provisions are contained in the various language
versions of those texts.

(98/C 76/107)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1504/97

by Pervenche Bere‘s (PSE) to the Commission

(30 April 1997)

Subject: Printing of Euro notes

Is it true that invitations to tender will be issued under public procurement procedures for the printing of Euro
notes?
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1494/97 by Antoine-François BERNARDINI to the Commission. Legislation on mobile crane transporters
Date: 1997-04-30
Institutions: BERNARDINI, European Parliament
Subjects: EU law, France, competence of the Member States, hoisting equipment, national law, restriction on competition, road transport, traffic regulations, weight and size













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1494/97 by Antoine-François BERNARDINI to the Commission. Legislation on mobile crane transporters  


Official Journal C 391 , 23/12/1997 P. 0090 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1494/97 by Antoine-François Bernardini (PSE) to the Commission (30 April 1997)Subject: Legislation on mobile crane transportersFrench mobile crane transporters' representatives recently raised with me the issue of French legislation governing the pursuit of their occupation.Their occupation, that of transporting mobile cranes, is of recent origin and came into being to meet the needs of firms in the building and civil engineering industry; it is now facing fierce competition in France, as French legislation is restrictive and has not been updated for almost 25 years.The Commission's attention is drawn to the fact that a legal vacuum in this area is causing a distortion of competition.Will the Commission state whether it intends to harmonize rules governing the movement of such machinery, which, in France alone, is considered to be of an exceptional nature and hence is subject to excessive restrictions?Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission (17 June 1997)The Commission is aware of national and local differences where authorisations for the circulation of mobile cranes are concerned. These vehicles fall outside the scope of Community legislation as laid down by Directive 96/53/EC on maximum authorised weights and dimensions for circulation ((OJ L 235, 17.9.1996. )).On the basis of information made available by Member State authorities, the Commission considers that authorisation for these vehicles is best left to national and local authorities as these are best placed to judge possible problems with regard to infrastructure and road safety.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1500/97 by Pervenche BERES to the Commission. Aid programmes
Date: 1997-04-30
Institutions: BERES, European Parliament
Subjects: aid programme, costing, customs formalities, legal person, liquidation, management, natural person, overheads













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1500/97 by Pervenche BERES to the Commission. Aid programmes  


Official Journal C 319 , 18/10/1997 P. 0251 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1500/97 by Pervenche Berès (PSE) to the Commission (30 April 1997)Subject: Aid programmesWill the Commission state what proportion of the principal aid programmes goes on paying fees for the drawing up of application dossiers, management dossiers during implementation and validation dossiers?What is the general profile of the physical or moral persons who receive such fees?Answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission (28 May 1997)The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its findings as soon as possible.