WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1298/98 by Daniel VARELA SUANZES- CARPEGNA to the Commission. EU-South Africa fisheries agreement
Date: 1998-04-29
Institutions: European Parliament, VARELA SUANZES-CARPEGNA
Subjects: South Africa, agreement (EU), export aid, fishing agreement, fishing area, fishing licence, fishing rights

C 31/32

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

5.2.1999

(1999/C 31/038)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1298/98

by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) to the Commission

Subject: EU-South Africa fisheries agreement

(29 April 1998)

The launch is expected in the near future of negotiations between the Commission and the South African
authorities for the signing of a fisheries agreement. This agreement will fall within the framework of a global
cooperation convention under which South Africa will obtain significant tariff concessions on its exports to the
EU. At the same time, the Community freezer-trawler fleet will have to find alternative fishing-grounds,
especially for hake. Can the Commission provide information on its guidelines and negotiation points for the
talks, with a view to ensuring access for Community hake-fishery freezer-trawlers and guaranteeing that access
for such vessels to the fishing-grounds will be granted, as a matter of priority, to those flying Community flags?

Answer given by Mrs Bonino on behalf of the Commission

(8 June 1998)

In September 1995, the Council gave the Commission a negotiating brief which leaves it plenty of room for
manoeuvre as regards the type of fisheries agreement to seek with South Africa.

At a meeting on 8 April 1998, the Commission expressed to South Africa its wish to conclude a fisheries
agreement combining several elements, such as traditional licences, the creation of joint ventures and the
financing of joint enterprises.

Negotiations are still in their initial stages and it is premature to speculate on the final content of the agreement.

(1999/C 31/039)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1309/98

by Laura GonzÆlez `lvarez (GUE/NGL) and Pedro Marset Campos (GUE/NGL)
to the Commission

Subject: Applications by Spanish (cid:145)Ingenieros TØcnicos(cid:146)

(29 April 1998)

With regard to applications for the open competitions for recruitment to the A/LA category,

1. Why did the Commission include the requirement of a (cid:145)university(cid:146) degree in the Spanish version of the
competition notice COM/A/1047 (OJ C 145, 13.5.1997.) and not include this requirement in the German
version of the same notice?

2. Why did the Commission include the requirement of a (cid:145)higher(cid:146) degree in the Spanish version of the
competition notices COM/A/720 and COM/A/721 (OJ C 52, 28.2.1991, and not include this requirement in
the other language versions of the same notices?

3. As the (cid:145)Ingeniero TØcnico(cid:146) degree certainly entitles the holder to proceed to a doctorate in some Member
States, why does the Commission state that (cid:145)Ingenieros TØcnicos(cid:146) cannot follow courses leading to a
doctorate?

4.

Is it true that the Commission indicated to the Spanish authorities that it fears that if Spanish (cid:145)Ingenieros
TØcnicos(cid:146) are admitted to the A/LA category, this will open up access to people from other Member States
with qualifications gained after three years of study? Is this a proper reason for rejecting applications from
Spanish (cid:145)Ingenieros TØcnicos(cid:146)?

5. Why are applications accepted from holders of the British Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and
Bachelor of Engineering degrees, which are all gained after a three-year course, while applications from
holders of the Spanish (cid:145)Ingeniero TØcnico(cid:146) degree are not accepted?