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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 733/98 by Joan COLOM I NAVAL to the Commission. Implementation of the Structural Funds 1994-1995
Date: 1998-03-02
Institutions: COLOM I NAVAL, European Parliament
Subjects: Community support framework, EU initiative, Structural Funds, implementation of the budget, multiannual financial framework

2. 10. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 304/151

(98/C 304/228)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0732/98

by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission

(2 March 1998)

Subject: EU funds for Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland since January 1995

What  projects  and  Funds  have  provided  Community  resources  for  Rhineland-Palatinate  and  Saarland  since
January 1995? Who were the beneficiaries and what sums were involved:-

1. 

for  job  promotion  and  combating  long-term  unemployment?  From  the  European  Regional  Development
Fund? The European Social Fund. The EAGGF and other EU funds?

2. 

to promote research and development? In the universities and colleges? In the private sector?

3. 

to promote relations and trade with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe?

4. 

from the youth programmes?

5. 

from the education and training programmes?

6. 

for women(cid:146)s projects?

7. 

for cultural projects?

8.  What is the EU(cid:146)s assessment of the success of the measures?

9.  How many jobs was it possible to create and for which occupational groups?

10.  Are these jobs temporary or long term?

Answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission

(19 March 1998)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its findings as
soon as possible.

(98/C 304/229)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0733/98

by Joan Colom i Naval (PSE) to the Commission

(2 March 1998)

Subject: Implementation of the Structural Funds 1994-1995

Can the Commission provide information on:

› 

the implementation, by country and by objective, of the Community support frameworks with respect to
programming in 1997, and a summary of the period 1994-1997 by country (in line with the replies to my
questions 1877/96 and 1991/97);

› 

the implementation with respect to the programming of Community initiatives in the period 1994-1997?

Answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission

(13 March 1998)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its findings as
soon as possible.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 498/98 of 2 March 1998 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 1998-03-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

3. 3. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 62/23

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 498/98

of 2 March 1998

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of
certain fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the
the import arrangements for fruit and
application of
vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2375/96 (2), and in particular Article 4 (1) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92
of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the
conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 150/95 (4), and in particular Article 3 (3)
thereof,

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down,
pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilat-
eral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commis-

sion fixes the standard values for imports from third
countries, in respect of the products and periods stipu-
lated in the Annex thereto;

in compliance with the above criteria,

Whereas,
the
standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out
in the Annex to this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated
in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 March 1998.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 2 March 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 337, 24. 12. 1994, p. 66.
(2) OJ L 325, 14. 12. 1996, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.

L 62/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

3. 3. 98

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 2 March 1998 establishing the standard import values for
determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

(ECU/100 kg)

(ECU/100 kg)

CN code

0702 00 00

0707 00 05

0709 90 70

0805 10 10, 0805 10 30,
0805 10 50

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

204
212
624
999
052
053
068
999
052
204
999

052
204
212
600
624
999

67,1
106,3
186,6
120,0
107,4
170,8
115,6
131,3
139,7
131,2
135,4

46,4
37,0
39,4
57,8
55,3
47,2

CN code

0805 30 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50,
0808 10 90

0808 20 50

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

052
204
400
600
999

060
388
400
404
528
720
728
999
388
400
512
528
999

67,1
38,0
39,5
67,7
53,1

51,5
132,7
96,5
104,6
113,3
64,5
96,0
94,2
89,0
102,3
91,8
87,7
92,7

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2317/97 (OJ L 321, 22. 11. 1997, p. 19). Code ‘999' stands for ‘of other origin'.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 497/98 by Carmen FRAGA ESTÉVEZ to the Commission. EU-ACP fisheries trade balance
Date: 1998-03-02
Institutions: European Parliament, FRAGA ESTEVEZ
Subjects: ACP countries, European Commission, European Union, exchange of information, export, fishery product, import, originating product, trade balance

C 323/42

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21. 10. 98

(98/C 323/53)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0497/98

by Carmen Fraga Este·vez (PPE) to the Commission

(2 March 1998)

Subject: EU-ACP fisheries trade balance

It  is  of  vital  interest  to  the  European  Union  to  promote  the  development  of  fisheries  in  the  ACP  countries,
including a greater flow of exports from these countries to the EU.

Will the Commission provide information on the trade balance for fisheries products between the EU and the
ACP countries in terms of both volume and value, including:

› 

fishery exports from each ACP country to each Member State;

›  a breakdown by species of exports from each ACP country to each Member State;

› 

fishery imports by each ACP country with details of each exporter Member State;

›  breakdown by species of imports by each ACP country and details of the Member State of origin?

Answer given by Mrs Bonino on behalf of the Commission

(6 April 1998)

The Community has a very unfavourable balance of trade in fisheries products with the African, Caribbean and
Pacific (ACP) states. In 1996, Community exports to the ACP states amounted to 331 000 tonnes and were worth
ECU 185 million, while imports from them amounted to 378 000 tonnes, worth ECU 1 093 million. Community
exports of fisheries products to the ACP states thus represent only 17% of imports in value terms.

Because  of  the  amount  of  information  involved,  the  Commission  will  send  the  Honourable  Member  and  the
Parliament Secretariat a summary table of the information requested.

(98/C 323/54)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0499/98

by Elly Plooij-van Gorsel (ELDR) to the Council

(27 February 1998)

Subject: Tapping of European telephone, fax and E-mail traffic by the USA

1.

Is the Council aware that EU Member States tap one another(cid:146)s communications on a large scale?

If so, what will the Council do about it?

2.
Does the Council consider that existing legislation in the Union provides adequate means of preventing the
United States or any other country, including the Member States, from using modern technologies unlawfully to
violate the privacy of European citizens and the confidentiality of information?

If not, will the Council ask the Commission to propose European and international rules to combat abuses

3.
of new information and communications technologies?

Answer

(13/14 July 1998)

The Council is aware of publications in the media about the matters referred to by the Honourable Member in
point 1 of her question, but has no information about these practices.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 732/98 by Hiltrud BREYER to the Commission. EU funds for Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland since January 1995 (SUPPLEMENTARY ANSWER)
Date: 1998-03-02
Institutions: BREYER, European Parliament
Subjects: EU aid, EU financing, EU programme, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, financial aid

C 310/120

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

9. 10. 98

(98/C 310/159)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0732/98

by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission

(2 March 1998)

Subject: EU funds for Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland since January 1995

What  projects  and  Funds  have  provided  Community  resources  for  Rhineland-Palatinate  and  Saarland  since
January 1995? Who were the beneficiaries and what sums were involved:-

1. 

for  job  promotion  and  combating  long-term  unemployment?  From  the  European  Regional  Development
Fund? The European Social Fund. The EAGGF and other EU funds?

2. 

to promote research and development? In the universities and colleges? In the private sector?

3. 

to promote relations and trade with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe?

4. 

from the youth programmes?

5. 

from the education and training programmes?

6. 

for women(cid:146)s projects?

7. 

for cultural projects?

What is the EU(cid:146)s assessment of the success of the measures?

How many jobs was it possible to create and for which occupational groups?

Are these jobs temporary or long term?

Supplementary answer
given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission

(25 May 1998)

Because of the length of the answer, which includes a number of tables, the Commission is sending it direct to the
Honourable Member and to Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat.

(98/C 310/160)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0734/98

by Paul Lannoye (V) to the Commission

(2 March 1998)

Subject: Ban on (cid:146)organic farming(cid:146) classification in the departments of Aude and Pyre·ne·es Orientales (France)

Since 1994, a series of measures taken by the French Ministry of Agriculture and certain prefectures oblige all
wine growers in the departments of Aude and Pyre·ne·es Orientales to protect all vines against the Flavescence
Dore·e  virus  with  synthetic  chemical  insecticides.  This  obligation  also  applies  to  wine  growers  using  organic
means of production.

Certain (cid:145)organic(cid:146) wine growers, having no outbreak of Flavescence Dore·e in their vineyards, refused to apply
such preventive treatment.

As a result, the Ministry of Agriculture decided to forbid the (cid:145)Ecocert(cid:146) control body from certifying these wine
growers(cid:146) vines as (cid:145)organic farming(cid:146), even though the vineyards in question fully meet, according to the checks
carried out by (cid:145)Ecocert(cid:146), the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 (1) on organic production. These wine
growers have been forced to cease making any reference to organic production.

This withdrawal of the (cid:145)organic farming(cid:146) label appears to be in flat contradiction to the provisions of Article 9(2)
and 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 495/98 by Richard HOWITT to the Commission. Failure to issue driving licences to persons suffering from Diabetes Mellitus in the UK
Date: 1998-03-02
Institutions: European Parliament, HOWITT
Subjects: United Kingdom, anti-discriminatory measure, diabetes, driving licence













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WRITTEN QUESTION E-0495/98 by Richard Howitt (PSE) to the Commission (2 March 1998)Subject: Failure to issue driving licences to persons suffering from Diabetes Mellitus in the UKFollowing an enquiry from my constituent, Mr Paul Moore of Wickford, does the Commission believe that the failure to issue a driving licence to a person with Diabetes Mellitus under Directive 91/439/EEC ((OJ L 52, 27.2.1991, p. 5. )), enacted in the UK from 1 January 1998, could constitute discrimination under the new Article 6A in the draft Treaty of Amsterdam? Will the Commission investigate this issue?Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission (16 April 1998)The Commission does not believe that the provisions relating to diabetes mellitus, stipulated in point 10 of Annex III of Council Directive 91/439/EEC of 29 July 1991 on driving licences ((OJ L 237, 24.8.1991. )) constitute a discrimination under the new Article 6A of the draft Treaty of Amsterdam.For more detailed information, the Commission would refer the Honourable Member to its answers to written question E-113/98 by Mrs Waddington ((See page 23. )) and oral question 60/98 by Mrs McIntosh during question time at Parliament's February 1998 part-session ((Debate of the Parliament (February 1998). )). The Commission is also sending to the Honourable Member and to the Secretariat general of Parliament a copy of the letter which it has sent to general enquirers on his specific issue.