WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1563/97 by Yves VERWAERDE to the Commission. Harmonization of professional status
Date: 1997-05-06
Institutions: European Parliament, VERWAERDE
Subjects: approximation of laws, labour law, occupational status, sales representative, self-employed person, wage earner

C 60/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

25. 2. 98

20 G. People who have repeatedly treated their pets with Tiguvon (Fenthion) have suffered serious phosphate
ester poisoning. As it was unable to answer my Question E-1470/96 (1) on the same subject, I would ask the
Commission to answer the following questions as a matter of urgency:

Which institution examines the mode of action of ethical and freely available antiparasitics, especially for their
harmlessness to humans and animals and their compatibility with the environment? Is the Commission aware
that manufacturers wishing to continue marketing products registered before 1978 were required to submit the
results  of  all  tests  by  the  end  of  1996?  Did  they  do  so?  Is  this  governed  by  EU  legislation?  Were  products
authorized after 1978 adequately tested?

(1)  OJ C 345, 15.11.1996, p. 76.

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-1534/97, E-1540/97 and E-1544/97
given by Mr Bangemann on behalf of the Commission

(12 June 1997)

The Commission has no knowledge of the facts reported by the Honourable Member. It is making enquiries
among the Member States concerned and with the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products,
and will inform the Honourable Member of the outcome of these enquiries.

(98/C 60/50)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1563/97

by Yves Verwaerde (PPE) to the Commission

(6 May 1997)

Subject: Harmonization of professional status

Will  the  Commission  say  what  it  intends  to  do  about  the  possible  harmonization  of  the  status  of  travelling
salesmen within the Union?

Answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission

(30 June 1997)

Directive 86/653/EEC of 18 December 1986 on the coordination of the laws of the Member States relating to
self-employed commercial agents (1) harmonizes Member States’ legislation governing the contractual relation-
ship between a principal and a commercial agent acting as a self-employed intermediary. The Directive does not,
however, apply to representatives who are employees.

As  for  labour  legislation  applicable  to  employed  representatives,  legislative  proposals  relating  to  specific
categories  of  employed  persons  do  not  feature  among  the  priority  measures  envisaged  in  the  Commission’s
medium term social action programme.

(1)  OJ L 382, 31.12.1986.

(98/C 60/51)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1564/97

by Leen van der Waal (I-EDN) to the Commission

(6 May 1997)

Subject: Results of the Third Framework Programme

Can  the  Commission  indicate  the  total  amount  of  expenditure  in  the  Third  Framework  Programme  on

1.
research in the area of transport?

2. What proportion of this funding has gone specifically to transport by inland waterways?

3. What results has the funding referred to in question 2 produced, where are the results being applied by the
inland navigation sector and what savings have these results led to in that sector?