WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1735/97 by Dominique BAUDIS to the Council. Joint European aircraft certification authority
Date: 1997-05-22
Institutions: BAUDIS DOMINIQUE, European Parliament
Subjects: Community certification, air safety, air transport, applied research, approximation of laws, civil aviation, international conference

C 76/50

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

11. 3. 98

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(2 July 1997)

The Commission informs the Honourable Member that it there no antibiotics which are permitted in the
1.
feeding  of  the  fish.  On  the  other  hand,  nine  antibiotics  are  permitted  as  additives  in  the  revenue  animal
feedingstuffs,  namely  zinc  bacitracin,  the  spiramycine,  the  virginiamycin,  the  flavophospholipol,  the  tylosin
phosphates, the sodium monensine, the sodium salinomycine, the avilamycin and the ardacine. These additives
answer  the  authorization  criteria  fixed  by  the  Directive  70/524/EEC  on  the  additives  in  the  animal
feedingstuffs (1).  Some  of  these  antibiotics  are  during  revaluation,  at  the  request  of  certain  Member  States,
including Finland in particular.

2.
The problem of the reduction of the use of the antibiotics is very broad and is not new. Since the adoption in
1970  of  the  directive  on  the  additives,  the  Commission  has  reduced  the  number  of  the  permitted  antibiotics
substantially, since half of those which were permitted at that date are no longer currently so, such as for example
the tetracyclines which still are however permitted in as much as veterinary medicinal product.

In addition, the Directive 70/524/EEC has been amended several times since its adoption, in order to regulate in
particular  the  channel  of  distribution  of  the  antibiotics,  to  connect  the  authorizations  of  the  additives  to  the
manufacturer, to strengthen the guidelines for the evaluation of the additives in animal feed.

(1)  OJ L 270,14.12.1970.

(98/C 76/132)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1735/97

by Dominique Baudis (PPE) to the Council

(22 May 1997)

Subject: Joint European aircraft certification authority

Does the Dutch Presidency consider it appropriate to take measures as part of the Intergovernmental Conference
to promote the establishment of a joint European aircraft certification authority, given the unanimous support for
this  idea  expressed  by  the  European  Parliament  in  its  resolution  on  European  aeronautical  research  and
technology (Doc A3-0426/92) (1)?

(1)  OJ C 72, 15.3.1993, p. 173.

Answer

(25 September 1997)

On  16  December  1996,  the  Commission  submitted  to  the  Council  a  recommendation  for  a  Council  Decision
authorizing  the  Commission  to  start  negotiations  on  behalf  of  the  Community  with  a  view  to  establishing  a
European organization responsible for civil aviation safety.

The Council(cid:146)s subordinate bodies are currently in the process of examining this recommendation, particularly
within the Working Party on Transport Questions at the level of the Directors-General of Civil Aviation.

Significant progress has been made on this issue and the Council, at its meeting to discuss transport matters on
17  and  18  June  1997,  expressed  general  support  for  setting  up  a  European  organization  responsible  for  civil
aviation safety.  The Council(cid:146)s bodies will continue to examine the question of establishing a joint European
authority on civil aviation safety which, in line with the Commission(cid:146)s recommendation, would include among
its tasks responsibility for aircraft certification.