WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3032/97 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. Community Environmental Law
Date: 1997-10-01
Institutions: AMADEO, European Parliament
Subjects: EU control, European Commission, European Environment Agency, application of EU law, environmental policy, proposal (EU), report

25. 5. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 158/27

(98/C 158/33)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3003/97

by Roberta Angelilli (NI) to the Commission

(1 October 1997)

Subject: Appeal by Assoedilizia against the sell-off of Italian State-owned property

According  to  the  Italian  press  Assoedilizia  recently  wrote  to  the  Commission  calling  for  the  annulment  of
Legislative Decree No 104 of 16 February 1996 and Law No 503 of 26 November 1995 concerning the sell-off of
Italian State-owned property, the assets of social security offices and property investment funds.

Assoedilizia  claims  that  these  legislative  provisions  undermine  both  the  value  and  profitability  of  property,
creating a market parallel to the private market, run by the Italian Sate as a monopoly outside the rules of free
competition safeguarded by the Community market.

In view of this can the Commission say:

1.  whether it knows about the above-mentioned appeal;

2.  whether in any case it knows about the events linked to the sale of public property;

3.  what its opinion on the subject is?

Answer given by Mr Van Miert on behalf of the Commission

(11 November 1997)

The Commission checked whether the communication of Assoedilizia was received, which was not the case.
Therefore, the Commission does not have sufficient details of the matter to be able to investigate the problem
raised and is not in a position to answer the question at the moment. It would ask the Honourable Member to
provide more details.

(98/C 158/34)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3032/97

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(1 October 1997)

Subject: Community Environmental Law

In its communication (cid:145)Implementing Community environmental law(cid:146) (COM(96) 0500 final › CES 455/97) the
Commission takes the view that, since many parts of the Community are lagging behind in implementing the
Community(cid:146)s environmental law, action to improve the current situation should be stepped up.

Its  proposal  to  put  forward  recommendations  for  harmonizing  the  environmental  inspection  system  with  the
support of IMPEL (Implementation Community Environmental Law) and the European Environment Agency is
welcome.

Will the Commission beef up its own monitoring and inspection powers (Article 155 of the Treaty) by creating
the machinery needed to help carry them out?

Answer given by Mrs Bjerregaard on behalf of the Commission

(13 November 1997)

The  proposal  in  the  communication  on  implementing  Community  environmental  law (1)  stated  that  the
inspection authorities in the Member States could produce and publish annual reports on the experience acquired
during the carrying out of their inspection tasks, which themselves would be the subject of guidelines issued by
the Commission. Work on the preparation of these minimum criteria has commenced with the involvement of the
IMPEL  network.  Reporting  on  the  performance  of  inspection  authorities  against  these  criteria  will  enable
monitoring to occur. As the communication stated, (cid:145)further consideration would be given as to whether there
might be a need for a limited Community body with auditing competencies(cid:146) once experience with the minimum
criteria has taken place.

(1)  COM (96) 500 final, 22.10.96.