WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3020/97 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. Improving the production and marketing of honey
Date: 1997-10-01
Institutions: AMADEO, European Parliament
Subjects: animal disease, apiculture, application of EU law, approximation of laws, competence of the Member States, honey, import policy, marketing, production improvement, third country

C 117/128

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

16. 4. 98

Answer given by Mr Van den Broek on behalf of the Commission

(20 October 1997)

The Commission is well aware of the danger of nuclear incidents in the Central and eastern European countries
(CEEC)  and  the  New  independent  states  (NIS).  Accordingly,  some  MECU 700  have  been  committed
(1990-1997) to the Phare and Tacis nuclear safety programmes.

An interim evaluation of the Phare and Tacis programmes by independent interim consultants has recently been
completed  and  transmitted  to  the  Parliament  in  June,  1997.  This  evaluation  indicates  that  despite  undeniable
implementation difficulties, a majority of nuclear safety projects are achieving their objectives.

The  Commission  is  presently  engaged  in  an  examination  of  the  changes  that  might  be  brought  to  the  policy
orientations  and  the  implementation  mechanisms  in  the  nuclear  safety  sector,  in  order  to  improve  the
effectiveness of the programmes. Initial discussions have also taken place with Member States, in the PHARE
and TACIS committees, and with relevant committees of the Parliament (committee on the environment, public
health and consumer protection, committee on research, technological development and energy, committee on
budgetary control). The Commission is finalizing its position on this matter on the basis of the reactions it has
received. The results will be fed into the new programming cycle 1998 which will start shortly.

(98/C 117/166)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3019/97

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(1 October 1997)

Subject: Improving the production and marketing of honey

Will the Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) laying down general rules for the application of measures to
improve  the  production  and  marketing  of  honey  (COM(96)  596  final  ›  96/0282  CNS) (1)  make  vocational
training programmes for young farmers one of its priority aims?

(1)  OJ C 378, 13.12.1996, p. 20.

(98/C 117/167)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3020/97

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(1 October 1997)

Subject: Improving the production and marketing of honey

Will the Commission include measures to combat all diseases afflicting bees, which should not be restricted
solely to fighting varroa-mite disease, in the Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) laying down general rules
for  the  application  of  measures  to  improve  the  production  and  marketing  of  honey  (COM(96)  596  final  ›
96/0282 CNS) (1)?

(1)  OJ C 378, 13.12.1996, p. 20.

(98/C 117/168)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3021/97

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(1 October 1997)

Subject: Improving the production and marketing of honey

The Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) laying down general rules for the application of measures to improve
the production and marketing of honey (COM(96) 596 final › 96/0282 CNS) (1) follows up a consultation paper
on  European  apiculture  issued  in  1994.  Its  main  aim  is  to  use  ECU  15  million  a  year  in  Community