WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1906/97 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. Dangerous goods - vessels
Date: 1997-06-04
Institutions: AMADEO, European Parliament
Subjects: Council of the European Union, EU Member State, EU waters, harbour installation, maritime transport, pollution from ships, prevention of pollution, proposal (EU), transport of dangerous goods, transport safety

22. 1. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 21/117

Answer given by Mr Bangemann on behalf of the Commission

(14 July 1997)

The Commission(cid:146)s proposal for a Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying
down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products
in foodstuffs of animal origin has been split into two parts. The first part has been adopted by the Council on
3 March 1997 as Council Regulation (EC) No 434/97 (1).

Work is continuing in the Council on the remaining part of the Commission(cid:146)s proposal which is left unchanged
and contains Article 4a and the third paragraph of Article 14. At this time the opinion of the Parliament is the
essential requirement to continue the legislative procedure. The Commission will not draw up a new proposal at
this stage of the procedure, but wait for the outcome of the discussions in Council and Parliament.

(1)  OJ L 67, 7.3.1997.

(98/C 21/228)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1906/97

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(4 June 1997)

Subject: Dangerous goods › vessels

With reference to the (cid:145)Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 93/75/EEC concerning minimum
requirements  for  vessels  bound  for  or  leaving  Community  ports  and  carrying  dangerous  or  polluting  goods(cid:146)
(COM(96) 0455 final › 96/0231 SYN) (1),

will the Commission ensure that Directive 93/75/EEC (2), as amended by the proposal for a directive in question,
is applied not only to vessels bound for or leaving Community ports and anchored in the territorial waters of an
EU Member State, but also to all vessels in transit in those territorial waters?

(1)  OJ C 334, 8.11.1996, p. 11.
(2)  OJ L 247, 5.10.1993, p. 19.

Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission

(9 July 1997)

The  Commission  agrees  that  the  existing  notification  requirements  applicable  to  ships  bound  for  or  leaving
Community  ports  under  Directive  93/75/EEC  should  be  extended  to  cover  ships  in  transit  off  the  coasts  of
Member States.

However,  the  Commission  believes  that  this  extension  should  not  be  introduced  through  modification  of  the
existing Directive 93/75/EEC, since notification by ships in transit is already the main objective of the proposal
for a Council directive concerning the setting-up of a European ship reporting system (Eurorep), adopted by the
Commission on 17th December 1993 (1). This proposal is still on the table of the Council.

(1)  COM(93) 647 modified by COM(94) 220 final › OJ C 193, 16.7.1994.

(98/C 21/229)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1907/97

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(4 June 1997)

Subject: Dangerous goods › vessels

With reference to the (cid:145)Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 93/75/EEC concerning minimum
requirements  for  vessels  bound  for  or  leaving  Community  ports  and  carrying  dangerous  or  polluting  goods(cid:146)
(COM(96) 0455 final › 96/0231 SYN) (1),