WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3553/97 by Jan SONNEVELD , Jan MULDER to the Commission. Small producers of generic plant- protection products in the European Union
Date: 1997-11-12
Institutions: European Parliament, MULDER, SONNEVELD
Subjects: access to information, marketing, marketing standard, pharmaceutical product, plant health product, raw chemical industry, small business

16. 6. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 187/21

These principles are covered by Article 6 of the proposed 5th Framework Programme, and by a reference in
Article 10 of the proposal for a decision on the rules governing participation in research activities (Article 130J).

(1)  OJ L 117, 8.5.1990.
(2)  COM(97) 142 final.

(98/C 187/33)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3552/97

by Gianni Tamino (V) to the Commission

(12 November 1997)

Subject: Funding under Regulation 1318/93/EEC in Italy and sales of Colorado meat

Further  to  my  previous  questions  E-4101/96 (1)  and  E-0970/97 (2)  on  the  subject  of  EU  funding  for
advertisements to promote the consumption of beef and veal in Italy, which have been condemned by the Italian
self-regulatory  authority  for  advertising  standards,  a  member  of  the  AEEP/EASA  (European  advertising
standards  association),  I  wish  to  point  out  that  the  Rome  edition  of  the  (cid:145)Corriere  della  Sera(cid:146)  newspaper  of
21 October 1997 contained a page of advertising from the (cid:145)GF Commercio Carni(cid:146) company, a signatory to the
aforementioned  notices  together  with  the  (cid:145)Consorzio  Italiano  Macellatori(cid:146),  which  refers  to  the  EEC  mark
obtained and their compliance with the (cid:145)Pregiata Qualita‘ Bovina(cid:146) certified quality standard. It also states that (cid:145)in a
constant bid to improve quality, we have included among our most prestigious products Colorado (cid:145)American
beef(cid:146)(cid:146).

Does the Commission consider it acceptable to extend funding to companies which, in the same advertisement,
pride themselves in having obtained the EEC mark and in selling non-European › indeed American › meat?

What  is  the  total  amount  granted  by  the  Commission  to  (cid:145)GF  Commercio  Carni(cid:146)  and  (cid:145)Consorzio  Italiano
Macellatori(cid:146)?

(1)  OJ C 217, 17.7.1997, p. 62.
(2)  OJ C 45, 10.2.1998, p. 11.

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(10 December 1997)

The page of advertising to which the Honourable Member refers does not form part of any promotion campaign
funded by the Community.

It  is  purely  commercial  advertising  by  a  company  which  sells  both  high-quality  meat  which  meets  the
Community criteria and meat of other origins.

The  Commission  is  sending  the  decision  on  the  Community(cid:146)s  financial  contribution  to  1997  programmes  to
promote high-quality beef to the Honourable Member and to Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat direct.

(98/C 187/34)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3553/97

by Jan Sonneveld (PPE) and Jan Mulder (ELDR) to the Commission

(12 November 1997)

Subject: Small producers of generic plant-protection products in the European Union

Can the Commission provide substantiated answers to the following questions:

1. 

Is  it  aware  that  as  a  consequence  of  Council  Directive  91/414/EEC (1),  smaller  European  producers  of
generic plant-protection products are experiencing great difficulties, since they neither have access to the
required data that are necessary for securing approval of the plant-protection products produced by them, nor
are they able to refer to data already known to larger producers owing to obstruction by the latter, and cannot
afford the very high research costs involved in deriving such data?