WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2227/97 by Frode KRISTOFFERSEN to the Council. Sexual harassment in the workplace
Date: 1997-07-18
Institutions: European Parliament, KRISTOFFERSEN
Subjects: EU law, European social policy, equal treatment, principle of subsidiarity, sexual harassment, workplace

C 102/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

3. 4. 98

The Commission is monitoring very closely the new measures which Morocco is applying to all fishing fleets
operating in its waters as well as those which apply only to Moroccan vessels.

At that meeting of the Joint Committee, Morocco told the Community that it intended to take further steps to
protect juvenile fish and their breeding grounds.

After stressing this requirement throughout the year, the Community received a letter dated 8 August 1997 from
the Moroccan authorities stating that their fishermen had been banned from fishing for cephalopods within the
12-mile zone from 11 to 31 August 1997.

(98/C 102/27)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2227/97

by Frode Kristoffersen (PPE) to the Council

(18 July 1997)

Subject: Sexual harassment in the workplace

Does the Council consider the Commission(cid:146)s announced plans to initiate EU legislation on the degree and scale
of  sexual  harassment  in  the  workplace  in  individual  Member  States  to  be  in  keeping  with  the  principle  of
subsidiarity?

Answer

(10 November 1997)

On 19 March 1997 the Commission sent the social partners a text on sexual harassment in the workplace for a
second  stage  of  consultation.    This  means  that  to  date  the  Council  has  not  received  any  proposal  from  the
Commission.

It is understood that the Council will examine any legislative proposal on the subject in compliance with Article
3b of the EC Treaty concerning the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality as well as the provisions of the
Social Agreement, in particular Article 2(1) thereof, which mentions, among other fields of competence, equality
between men and women regarding job opportunities and treatment at work.

It should also be noted that under the Amsterdam Treaty the Social Agreement is to be incorporated into the
Treaty establishing the European Community.

(98/C 102/28)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2243/97

by Concepcio· Ferrer (PPE) to the Council

(18 July 1997)

Subject: Transport of animals throughout the EU

In May 1997 the Council of Agriculture Ministers reached an agreement on the Community criteria governing
the transport of animals throughout the European Union. The agreement laid down various rules which will come
into force on 1 January 1999 to guarantee the welfare of such animals.

What is the Council(cid:146)s estimate of the effects which the application of these measures will have on the price of
meat products?

Answer

(10 November 1997)

At its meeting on 25 June 1997 the Council adopted Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 (1) concerning Community
criteria for staging points and amending the route plan referred to in the Annex to Directive 91/628/EEC.  This
Regulation, which will apply as from 1 January 1999, lays down certain standards designed to guarantee the
welfare of animals obliged to stay at staging points after a specific length of journey.