WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2639/97 by John McCARTIN to the Commission. Fish withdrawn under minimum price scheme
Date: 1997-09-01
Institutions: European Parliament, MCCARTIN
Subjects: aquaculture, fish, fishery product, minimum price, producer organisation, selling price, withdrawal from the market, withdrawal price

C 82/120

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

17. 3. 98

Even if the penalty that has been imposed for a violation of national law might appear to be very heavy it does
not, at first sight, constitute any violation of Community competition law, and there is no information indicating
that trade between Member States has been affected.

Therefore the Commission has no intention at present to take any action.

(98/C 82/196)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2639/97

by John McCartin (PPE) to the Commission

(1 September 1997)

Subject: Fish withdrawn under minimum price scheme

Can the Commission provide details by EU Member State of the tonnage and value of fish withdrawn from the
market under the Commission minimum price scheme, broken down by species and by producer organization for
each of the last four years?

Answer given by Mrs Bonino on behalf of the Commission

(15 September 1997)

The  data  showing  the  quantities  withdrawn  under  the  Community  withdrawal  price  scheme,  for  the  period
1993-1996 broken down by species and by Member State is sent direct to the Honourable Member and to the
Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat. Data by producer organization is not available.

Concerning the value of the species withdrawn from the market, reference is made to the annual publication of
the withdrawal prices (for the 1997 fishing campaign, the Honourable Member is referred to Regulation (EC)
No  2427/96  fixing  for  the  1997  fishing  year,  the  withdrawal  and  selling  prices  for  fishery  products  listed  in
Annex I (A), (D) and (E) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3579/92 (1)).

The budget for the financial compensations within the Community withdrawal scheme has amounted to between
12 and 20 MECU per year during the period 1993-1996.

(1)  OJ L 331, 20.12.1996.

(98/C 82/197)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2645/97

by Nikitas Kaklamanis (UPE) to the Commission

(1 September 1997)

Subject: Activities of the Conflict Prevention Network and its implications for the Commission

The bureau of the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee received an invitation to attend a meeting on 16
July 1997 in Brussels concerning the situation in Cyprus. The invitation was issued by the Conflict Prevention
Network  (CNP),  which  receives  Commission  funding  and  uses  its  name,  together  with  the  European  Union
emblem, on its logotype.

The letter of invitation also indicates that (cid:145)the admission of the Greek section of the island alone, as a result of
Greek pressure within the EU, will, in the long term, lead to a dramatic geostrategic shift in the south-eastern
Mediterranean(cid:146).

The inaccurate nature of such observations concerning the future accession of Cyprus and the spirit behind them
give a wholly distorted and imprecise picture of the situation on the island.

The meeting in question was cancelled following a timely response by the bureau of the Joint Parliamentary
Committee. Nevertheless, this is a particularly serious matter since the Commission is revealed to be funding a
body which is, in fact, propagating official positions adopted by Turkey, which has for 23 years, been occupying
37% of Cyprus.