WRITTEN QUESTION No. 527/98 by Iñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO to the Commission. European Parliament elections
Date: 1998-03-02
Institutions: European Parliament, MENDEZ DE VIGO
Subjects: EC Directive, EU Member State, EU national, European Parliament, European election, national implementing measure, report, residence, right to stand for election, right to vote

21. 10. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 323/45

The  Council  would  furthermore  draw  the  attention  of  the  Honourable  Member  to  the  European  Parliament(cid:146)s
Resolutions of 28 July 1994 (2) and 12 July 1995 (3).

The Council and the Commission are anxious about the unfavourable economic and social repercussions in the
short  term  for  a  number  of  fishing  fleets  and  have  agreed  on  the  need  to  introduce  in  the  Community  an
appropriate range of actions and special supporting measures for fishermen serving on board and the owners of
fishing vessels. The measures concerned will have to be exceptional in character, however, and in any event be
met from the budget for the affected Member States(cid:146) existing structural programmes.

To  that  end  the  Commission  will  present  to  the  Council  at  the  earliest  opportunity  a  proposal  for  an
ad hoc decision, based on Article 43 of the Treaty, introducing a series of accompanying measures. The measures
may include alterations to fishing vessels making it possible for them to convert to techniques that are more
reliable  and  more  selective,  in  particular  for  taking  the  same  species  and  avoiding  those  that  are  being
over-exploited;  compensation  enabling  fishermen  serving  on  board  and  the  owners  of  vessels  to  face  the
economic consequences of having to give up driftnet fishing activities; schemes to retrain fishermen for jobs in
areas other than fishing or to provide them with new skills; and decommissioning of vessels involved in driftnet
fishing.

(1)  OJ L 9, 15.1.1998.
(2)  PE 182.123/9.
(3)  PE 192.559/67-68.

(98/C 323/60)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0525/98

by In(cid:152) igo Me·ndez de Vigo (PPE) to the Commission

(2 March 1998)

Subject: Directive 93/109 EC of 6 December 1993

Directive 93/109/EC (1) of 6 December 1993 lays down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote
and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for citizens of the Union residing in a Member
State of which they are not nationals.

To what extent has this directive been transposed in the Member States?

(1)  OJ L 329, 30.12.1993, p. 34.

(98/C 323/61)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0527/98

by In(cid:152) igo Me·ndez de Vigo (PPE) to the Commission

(2 March 1998)

Subject: European Parliament elections

Article 8b of the Maastricht Treaty concerning citizenship of the Union stipulates that (cid:145)every citizen of the Union
residing in a Member State of which he is not a national shall have the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in
elections to the European Parliament in the Member State in which he resides, under the same conditions as
nationals of that state(cid:146).

With a view to the European Parliament elections to be held in October 1999, are there any Member States where
residents who are nationals of other Member States are not able to exercise the right to vote?