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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1796/98 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Council. Linguistic discrimination
Date: 1998-06-11
Institutions: AMADEO, European Parliament
Subjects: Germany, Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, linguistic discrimination

18.1.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 13/85

The Commission also draws the attention of the Honourable Member to the many rulings already given by the
Court of justice on the prohibition of discrimination against part-time workers as regards pay (3) or promotion (4).

(1) Eurostat, Statistics in focus › Population and social conditions. 1997/8.
(2) OJ L 14, 20.1.1998.
(3) Case C-457/93, Kuratorium f(cid:252)r Dialyse und Nierentransplantation e.V. contre Johanna Lewark, (1996), ECR I-243.
(4) Case C-1/95, Gerster v. Freistaat Bayern, (1997) ECR I-5253.

(1999/C 13/121)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1795/98

by Umberto Bossi (NI) to the Commission

(11 June 1998)

Subject: European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products

Council Regulation (EEC) 2309/93 (1) of 22 July 1993 established the European Agency for the Evaluation of
Medicinal Products.

How long do the Member States have to adapt their national legislation to the provisions of the regulation
(Articles 16 et seq.)?

Which Member States have adapted their national legislation, and how?

(1) OJ L 214, 24.8.1993, p. 1.

Answer given by Mr Bangemann on behalf of the Commission

(8 July 1998)

Council Regulation (EEC) 2309/93 of 22 July 1993 laying down Community procedures for the authorization and
supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European agency for the
evaluation of medicinal products entered into force on 30 November 1993 as regards Title IV and on 1 January
1995 as regards Titles I, II, III and V.

The above mentioned Council Regulation is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Member States are neither required nor supposed to adopt national transposition measures. However, any
national legislation which could be contrary to provisions of this Regulation has to be repealed.

(1999/C 13/122)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1796/98

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Council

(11 June 1998)

Subject: Linguistic discrimination

For some weeks (cid:145)linguistic cleansing(cid:146) has been carried out along the mountain paths of southern Tyrol: signs in
Italian have been removed from 5000 km2 of mountain tracks so that all that remains are place-names in German
on Italian territory to inform tourists from throughout Europe of peaks, refuges, paths, railways, waterways etc.

For the sake of the German minority there is a specific requirement of bilingualism in the statute of special
autonomy which the southern Tyrol region enjoys. Will the Council intervene as a matter of urgency vis-(cid:224)-vis the
Italian authorities so that they put pressure on the Alpenverein S(cid:252)dtirol (AVS, the equivalent of the Club Alpino
Italiano) to put an end to this absurd and anachronistic discrimination against Italian citizens?
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1219/98 of 11 June 1998 fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1079/98
Date: 1998-06-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, common wheat, export refund

L 167/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

12. 6. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1219/98

of 11 June 1998

fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the
invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1079/98

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 923/96 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/
95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the
measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the
market for cereals (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2052/97 (4), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas an invitation to tender for the refund and/or the
tax for the export of common wheat to all third countries
was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No
1079/98 (5);

Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95
provides that the Commission may, on the basis of the
tenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,
decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of
the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No

1501/95; whereas in that case a contract is awarded to any
than the
tenderer whose bid is equal
maximum refund, as well as to any tenderer whose bid
relates to an export tax;

to or

lower

Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria
to the current market situation for the cereal in question
results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the
amount specified in Article 1;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
the Management
in accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For tenders notified from 5 to 11 June 1998, pursuant to
the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No
the maximum refund on exportation of
1079/98,
common wheat shall be ECU 27,00 per tonne.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 June 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 June 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 287, 21. 10. 1997, p. 14.
(5) OJ L 154, 28. 5. 1998, p. 24.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1220/98 of 11 June 1998 fixing the maximum export refund on oats in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1773/97
Date: 1998-06-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, oats

12. 6. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 167/15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1220/98

of 11 June 1998

fixing the maximum export refund on oats in connection with the invitation to
tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1773/97

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 923/96 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/
95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the
measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the
market for cereals (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2052/97 (4),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1773/
97 of 12 September 1997 on a special
intervention
measure for cereals in Finland and Sweden (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1193/98 (6), and in
particular Article 8 thereof,

Whereas an invitation to tender for the refund for the
export of oats produced in Finland and Sweden for export
from Finland or Sweden to all third countries was opened
pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1773/97;

Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1773/97
provides that the Commission may, on the basis of the
tenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laid

down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,
decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of
the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
1501/95; whereas in that case a contract is awarded to any
tenderer whose bid is equal
than the
maximum refund;

to or

lower

Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria
to the current market situation for the cereal in question
results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the
amount specified in Article 1;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For tenders notified from 5 to 11 June 1998, pursuant to
the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No
1773/97, the maximum refund on exportation of oats
shall be ECU 49,25 per tonne.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 June 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 June 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 287, 21. 10. 1997, p. 14.
(5) OJ L 250, 13. 9. 1997, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 165, 10. 6. 1998, p. 10.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1941/98 by Lyndon HARRISON to the Commission. Public holidays
Date: 1998-06-11
Institutions: European Parliament, HARRISON
Subjects: EU law - national law, European Union, competence of the Member States, national law, public holiday

11.12.98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 386/167

Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission

(8 July 1998)

The post of Deputy Director-General is provided for by Chapter VI (Article 53) of the Euratom Treaty, which lays
down that (cid:145)the Agency shall be under the supervision of the Commission, which shall ... appoint its Director-
General and Deputy Director-General(cid:146).

Since the signing of the Euratom Treaty, the Commission has noted that the role of the Agency has been scaled
down to such an extent that its list of posts includes only 24 permanent posts, eight of them in Category A.

The post of Deputy Director-General, which has never featured in the organisation chart, must be created before
the Commission can fill the post.

So far, the Commission has not made this change to the Agency(cid:146)s Directory.

(98/C 386/230)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-1916/98

by Astrid Thors (ELDR) to the Commission

(9 June 1998)

Subject: Competition issues with a view to electronic and other means of payment

In view of the rapid development of means of payment, including cards and electronic facilities, when will the
Commission state its position on whether the situation with regard to competition between firms providing credit
card or electronic payment services is satisfactory?

Answer given by Mr Van Miert on behalf of the Commission

(8 July 1998)

The Commission is currently finalising an examination of the rules of two major international credit card
schemes, as to their compatibility to Community law. These rules were notified to the Commission in order to
obtain a negative clearance or an exemption within the meaning of Article 85 of the EC Treaty. In addition to
these notifications the Commission is also examining several formal and informal complaints, in particular the
complaint made by the European retailers organisation Eurocommerce, directed against one or more elements of
these international credit card schemes.

The Commission hopes to take a formal decision in these two cases in the second half of 1998. When the
Commission has stated its views on these pending individual cases, it intends to issue shortly after a notice in
which its position with regard to the main competitive issues in payment card systems will be clarified in a more
general context.

(98/C 386/231)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-1941/98

by Lyndon Harrison (PSE) to the Commission

(11 June 1998)

Subject: Public holidays

Given there are only 50 days a year, clear of national, public holidays, where the whole of the European Union
and its single market is open for business, will the Commission indicate what it might do to improve the business
environment by rationalizing the timing of such public holidays across the Union?

Does the Commission agree that such measures should not detract from the holiday complement currently
enjoyed by Europe(cid:146)s workforce?
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1214/98 of 11 June 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2327/97 opening Community tariff quotas for 1998 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat falling within CN codes 0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 10, 0104 20 90 and 0204 and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 as regards the import and export of products in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector
Date: 1998-06-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, goat, quantitative restriction, sheep, tariff quota

12. 6. 98

‹

EN

‹

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 167/7

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1214/98

of 11 June 1998

amending Regulation (EC) No 2327/97 opening Community tariff quotas for
1998 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat
falling within CN codes
0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 10, 0104 20 90 and 0204 and derogating from
Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 as regards the import and export of
products in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 779/98 of 7
April 1998 on the import into the Community of agricul-
tural products originating in Turkey, repealing Regulation
(EEC) No 4115/86 and amending Regulation (EC) No
3010/95 (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,

Whereas Annex I to Protocol 1 of Decision No 1/98 of
the EC-Turkey Association Council of 25 February 1998
on the trade regime for agricultural products lays down
the quantities of meat of sheep or goats that may be
imported under
the preferential scheme within tariff
quotas;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Sheepmeat and Goatmeat,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex IV.B to Regulation (EC) No 2327/97 is hereby
replaced by the following:

‘B. QUANTITIES FOR 1998 REFERRED TO IN

ARTICLE 3(5)

Order number 09.4037

Sheepmeat and goatmeat (tonnes CWE) — Duty rate
zero

Others:
607,5
(of which Greenland 100 tonnes, Faeroes 20 tonnes, Estonia,
Latvia and Lithuania 107,5 tonnes and Turkey 200 tonnes)’.

Article 2

Whereas it is necessary to adapt the quantities laid down
in Annex IV to Commission Regulation (EC) No
2327/97 (2);

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 June 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 113, 15. 4. 1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 323, 26. 11. 1997, p. 5.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1804/98 by Nikitas KAKLAMANIS to the Commission. Use of Community funds for government propaganda
Date: 1998-06-11
Institutions: European Parliament, KAKLAMANIS
Subjects: EU aid, European Social Fund, Greece, advertising malpractice, election campaign publicity, fund (EU), government policy, public awareness campaign, selective dissemination of information

19. 11. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 354/125

(98/C 354/201)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1785/98

by Joaqu(cid:14)·n Siso· Cruellas (PPE) to the Commission

(11 June 1998)

Subject: Statements by the Austrian Minister for Home Affairs

The  Austrian  Minister  for  Home  Affairs,  Karl  Schlo¤gl,  recently  asked  Hungary  and  the  Czech  Republic  to
introduce a visa requirement for Romanian citizens. The Association of the States General of European Students
(AEGEE), which has been established in Romania since 1990 and has a network of 17 branches in the country,
has expressed its concern, believing that this statement runs counter to the desire for Europe-wide integration and
the statements made by European political leaders.

What are the Commission(cid:146)s views on Mr Schlo¤gl(cid:146)s remarks?

Answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission

(13 July 1998)

It is Commission policy not to comment on public statements by politicians in the Member States.

(98/C 354/202)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1797/98

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(11 June 1998)

Subject: Linguistic discrimination

For some weeks (cid:145)linguistic cleansing(cid:146) has been carried out along the mountain paths of southern Tyrol: signs in
Italian have been removed from 5 000 km2 of mountain tracks so that all that remains are place-names in German
on Italian territory to inform tourists from throughout Europe of peaks, refuges, paths, railways, waterways etc.

For  the  sake  of  the  German  minority  there  is  a  specific  requirement  of  bilingualism  in  the  statute  of  special
autonomy  which  the  southern  Tyrol  region  enjoys.  Will  the  Commission  intervene  as  a  matter  of  urgency
vis-a‘-vis the Italian authorities so that they put pressure on the Alpenverein Su¤dtirol (AVS, the equivalent of the
Club Alpino Italiano) to put an end to this absurd and anachronistic discrimination against Italian citizens?

Answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission

(16 July 1998)

The Commission has no jurisdiction to deal with the question asked, which is a matter solely for the national
authorities concerned.

(98/C 354/203)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1804/98

by Nikitas Kaklamanis (UPE) to the Commission

(11 June 1998)

Subject: Use of Community funds for government propaganda

The Greek Government is using Community funds from the (cid:145)Delors II package(cid:146) (more than Drs 1.5 billion) for
outright party political propaganda in the form of biased television broadcasts and promotional publicity via the
electronic  media,  thereby  providing  the  Greek  public  with  a  selective  range  information.  The  government(cid:146)s
actions are designed to claim the credit for projects to which the EU has made vital contributions.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1797/98 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. Linguistic discrimination
Date: 1998-06-11
Institutions: AMADEO, European Parliament
Subjects: Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, anti-discriminatory measure, autonomy, bilingualism, competence of the Member States, linguistic discrimination, linguistic group

19. 11. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 354/125

(98/C 354/201)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1785/98

by Joaqu(cid:14)·n Siso· Cruellas (PPE) to the Commission

(11 June 1998)

Subject: Statements by the Austrian Minister for Home Affairs

The  Austrian  Minister  for  Home  Affairs,  Karl  Schlo¤gl,  recently  asked  Hungary  and  the  Czech  Republic  to
introduce a visa requirement for Romanian citizens. The Association of the States General of European Students
(AEGEE), which has been established in Romania since 1990 and has a network of 17 branches in the country,
has expressed its concern, believing that this statement runs counter to the desire for Europe-wide integration and
the statements made by European political leaders.

What are the Commission(cid:146)s views on Mr Schlo¤gl(cid:146)s remarks?

Answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission

(13 July 1998)

It is Commission policy not to comment on public statements by politicians in the Member States.

(98/C 354/202)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1797/98

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(11 June 1998)

Subject: Linguistic discrimination

For some weeks (cid:145)linguistic cleansing(cid:146) has been carried out along the mountain paths of southern Tyrol: signs in
Italian have been removed from 5 000 km2 of mountain tracks so that all that remains are place-names in German
on Italian territory to inform tourists from throughout Europe of peaks, refuges, paths, railways, waterways etc.

For  the  sake  of  the  German  minority  there  is  a  specific  requirement  of  bilingualism  in  the  statute  of  special
autonomy  which  the  southern  Tyrol  region  enjoys.  Will  the  Commission  intervene  as  a  matter  of  urgency
vis-a‘-vis the Italian authorities so that they put pressure on the Alpenverein Su¤dtirol (AVS, the equivalent of the
Club Alpino Italiano) to put an end to this absurd and anachronistic discrimination against Italian citizens?

Answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission

(16 July 1998)

The Commission has no jurisdiction to deal with the question asked, which is a matter solely for the national
authorities concerned.

(98/C 354/203)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1804/98

by Nikitas Kaklamanis (UPE) to the Commission

(11 June 1998)

Subject: Use of Community funds for government propaganda

The Greek Government is using Community funds from the (cid:145)Delors II package(cid:146) (more than Drs 1.5 billion) for
outright party political propaganda in the form of biased television broadcasts and promotional publicity via the
electronic  media,  thereby  providing  the  Greek  public  with  a  selective  range  information.  The  government(cid:146)s
actions are designed to claim the credit for projects to which the EU has made vital contributions.