WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3199/97 by Roberta ANGELILLI to the Commission. Recognition of the Italian 'emergency surgeon' specialist qualification
Date: 1997-10-16
Institutions: ANGELILLI, European Parliament
Subjects: Italy, freedom to provide services, medical specialisation, recognition of diplomas, surgeon

25. 5. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 158/55

(98/C 158/67)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3197/97

by Anita Pollack (PSE) to the Commission

(16 October 1997)

Subject: Environment education

What  funds,  if  any,  and  under  what  budget  line,  are  available  for  environmental  education  in  developing
countries such as India, Bangladesh and Nepal?

If there are any such funds, what exactly are they being used for?

Answer given by Mr Mar(cid:14)·n on behalf of the Commission

(4 November 1997)

There  is  no  specific  budget  line  available  only  for  environment  education  in  developing  countries  such  as
Bangladesh, India and Nepal.

Nevertheless, environment education activities could be funded under the budget line B7-6200 which covers
co-operation in the field of environment. Council Regulation (EC) No 722/97 of 24 April 1997 on environmental
measures in developing countries in the context of sustainable development (1) has set the legal framework for
this budget line. It represents 15 MECU only in 1997. Up to now, no environment education activities have been
financed and no requests have been received. Nevertheless, if such requests were presented to the Commission,
they would be properly examined within the present orientation and guidelines of the Commission.

(1)  OJ L 108, 25.4.1997.

(98/C 158/68)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3199/97

by Roberta Angelilli (NI) to the Commission

(16 October 1997)

Subject: Recognition of the Italian (cid:145)emergency surgeon(cid:146) specialist qualification

Directive 93/16/EEC (1) lays down the rules designed to guarantee free movement of doctors and the mutual
recognition of their qualifications between Member States. The Directive specifies, in particular, which diplomas
and  certificates  the  Member  States  should  recognized  in  their  territory  and  lays  down  (Article  9)  the  rules
governing recognition of qualifications in specialized medicine that do not exist in at least two Member States.

In Italy there exists an (cid:145)emergency surgeon(cid:146) qualification, the course of study for which was altered following the
entry into force of the Directive to bring it into line with the relevant provisions.

Despite this, it appears that the Italian legal system has not provided for legislation to guarantee that emergency
surgeons(cid:146) qualifications are recognized in the other Member States.

Can the Commission confirm that Italy has failed to fully transpose Directive 93/16/EEC, at least as far as

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(cid:145)emergency surgeons(cid:146) are concerned?

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If so, what action does the Commission intend to take?

Can the recent amendment of Directive 93/16/EEC, adopted on 28 July 1997, in any way alter the current

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situation?

Does the Commission agree, on the basis of the above, that Italy is also contravening Article 59 of the

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Treaty?

(1)  OJ L 165, 7.7.1993, p.1