WRITTEN QUESTION No. 586/98 by Giovanni BURTONE to the Commission. Alitalia's promotional fares - infringement of the rules on competition
Date: 1998-02-23
Institutions: BURTONE, European Parliament
Subjects: Italy, State aid, air freight rate, air transport, airline, carriage of passengers, intra-EU transport, peripheral region, restriction on competition, sales promotion

C 310/96

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

9. 10. 98

International invitations to tender are published in the Official Journal and in ACP national gazettes. The official
notice  gives  the  addresses  of  places  where  tender  documents  can  be  consulted  or  from  which  they  can  be
obtained  (in  Europe,  these  are  the  Commission(cid:146)s  offices  in  the  Member  States  and  the  Belgian  invitation  to
tender service).

It  is  also  possible  to  follow  the  progress  of  projects  and  invitations  to  tender  on  DG  VIII(cid:146)s  Internet  site:
http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/dg08/dgviii.htm.

EDF invitations to tender and contracts are open on equal terms to companies in both the Member States and the
ACP countries. Publication dates and selection criteria are different for each contract. Submission deadlines for
open invitations to tender are at least 90 days from the publication date.

Statistics are kept only on the companies which have been awarded contracts. The Commission will forward
direct to the Honourable Member and to the Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat General statistics for 1996 which show in
absolute  and  percentage  terms  the  spread  across  the  Member  States  of  EDF  contracts  awarded  following
international invitations to tender.

(1)  OJ L 382, 31.12.1990.

(98/C 310/128)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0583/98

by Jose· Barros Moura (PSE) to the Commission

(4 March 1998)

Subject: Child labour

A recently published ILO report forecasts that the number of children working in Africa, almost always under
conditions of appalling exploitation and to the detriment of their education, will grow by one million per year
((cid:145)from the present 80 million to 100 million by the year 2015). Given the links between this problem and the
worsening socio-economic situation in Africa and the EU(cid:146)s responsibilities under the Lome· Convention, what
measures does the Commission intend to take to help the victims of this dreadful phenomenon?

Answer given by Mr Pinheiro on behalf of the Commission

(1 April 1998)

The  Commission  would  refer  the  Honourable  Member  to  its  answer  to  written  question  E-3355/97  by
Mr Fernandez Martin (1)

(1)  OJ C 158, 25.5.1998, p. 91.

(98/C 310/129)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0586/98

by Giovanni Burtone (PPE) to the Commission

(23 February 1998)

Subject: Alitalia(cid:146)s promotional fares › infringement of the rules on competition

Following a decision by the European Commission the airline Alitalia has suspended a number of (cid:145)promotional
fares(cid:146) it had introduced on some routes Italy, particularly links with the islands.

In view of the fact that these fares had:

›  on the one hand, brought about an increase in the number of tourists visiting the most remote regions of Italy

(in particular Sicily and Sardinia), which obviously benefited operators in the sector,

›  on the other hand, made it easier for Italians to travel to other parts of Italy,