WRITTEN QUESTION No. 4215/97 by Francesco BALDARELLI to the Commission. Respect for consumer law and the rules of free competition in Italy
Date: 1998-01-21
Institutions: BALDARELLI, European Parliament
Subjects: Italy, application of EU law, competition law, consumer information, consumer protection, courts and tribunals, free competition, producer's liability, product quality

C 196/102

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

22. 6. 98

Nevertheless, with due regard for the Member States(cid:146) exclusive responsibility, the Commission supports and
finances  various  activities  in  connection  with  the  implementation  of  Comenius,  Chapter  II  of  the  Socrates
programme,  thereby  fostering  the  inclusion  of  Community-related  subjects  in  school  education.  Moreover,  a
thematic network on European citizenship is due to be set up some time this year. The main purpose of this
network,  bringing  together  education  establishments  and  other  institutions  working  in  the  field,  will  be  to
compile relevant information in respect of European citizenship, to organise the dissemination of good practice
as regards the teaching of Community-related subjects, and to pave the way for the development of projects on
these subjects, giving them greater prominence in education systems.

(98/C 196/142)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-4207/97

by Gerardo Ferna·ndez-Albor (PPE) to the Commission

(21 January 1998)

Subject: Blue paper on fishing in the European Union

Various events affecting fisheries in the European Union have led to a new situation throughout the sector which
makes it necessary to rethink and redirect Community fisheries as a whole.

Various groups involved in fishing activity in the Member States consider it appropriate to reassess the past,
consider the present situation and draw up the relevant forecasts for the future.

Does  the  Commission  therefore  consider  that  it  should  draw  up  a  (cid:145)blue  paper(cid:146)  on  the  fisheries  situation
throughout the Community, containing ideas and forecasts which will strengthen the sector without it having to
fear the vicissitudes and upsets which have an adverse effect on such a fragile economic sector?

Answer given by Mrs Bonino on behalf of the Commission

(13 February 1998)

As already announced on several occasions, both to Parliament and to other bodies, the Commission intends to
start a wide-ranging consultation exercise on the common fisheries policy (CFP) after 2002 with all interested
parties, including the entire fisheries sector.

The Commission will do this by means of a questionnaire and meetings in Member States during 1998 and 1999.

After  the  exercise  the  Commission  will  draw  up  a  report  to  Parliament  and  to  the  Council  on  the  fisheries
situation in the Community in accordance with Article 14(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 establishing a
Community system for fisheries and aquaculture (1).

(1)  OJ L 389, 31.12.1992.

(98/C 196/143)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-4215/97

by Francesco Baldarelli (PSE) to the Commission

(21 January 1998)

Subject: Respect for consumer law and the rules of free competition in Italy

For more than seventeen years an Italian citizen, Gaetano Di Bari, has been bringing legal proceedings against an
Italian branch of a large-scale international firm which produces office machinery. Mr Di Bari was a sales agent
in an area of Central Italy for the machinery produced by this firm.