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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3294/98 by Bartho PRONK Medical insurance in the European Union
Date: 1998-11-09
Institutions: European Parliament, PRONK
Subjects: European Commission, Netherlands, capital transfer, elderly person, exchange of information, health care, health insurance, redemption, social security













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3294/98 by Bartho PRONK Medical insurance in the European Union  


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WRITTEN QUESTION E-3294/98by Bartho Pronk (PPE) to the Commission(9 November 1998)Subject: Medical insurance in the European Union1. In point 4 of his reply to my Question No 2898/97(1), Commissioner Flynn stated that the Commission was investigating whether private insurance schemes in the Netherlands could be considered to be statutory in the light of the recent amendments to Netherlands legislation. Has the Commission received an answer from the Netherlands Government?2. If not, why not?3. If so, what are the Commission's conclusions on the basis of this reply?4. If no conclusions have yet been reached, when does the Commission plan to provide definitive conclusions on this matter?Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission(22 January 1999)The Commission has received an answer from the Dutch government to its request for further information on private health insurance in the Netherlands.On the basis of the answers provided by the Dutch government, supplementary questions arose, notably relating to the exact relationship between the WTZ (Wet op de toegang ziektekostenverzekering - Law on the access to health insurance) and the legislation on co-financing for elderly sick people as well as questions on the practical implementation and meaning of the financial transfers between the executive body referred to in Article 6 of the WTZ and the health care insurers.The Commission expects to give its conclusions on this matter once the answers to the supplementary questions have been given by the Dutch government.(1) OJ C 117, 16.4.1998, p. 95.
Council Decision of 9 November 1998 appointing a member of the Advisory Committee on Pharmaceutical Training
Date: 1998-11-09
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Germany, advisory committee (EU), appointment of staff, pharmacist, vocational training

14.11.98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C  346/3

COUNCIL  DECISION

of  9  November  1998

appointing  a  member  of  the  Advisory  Committee  on  Pharmaceutical  Training

(98/C  346/03)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES,

Having  regard  to  Council  Decision  85/434/EEC  of  16  September  1985  setting  up  an  Advisory
Committee  on  Pharmaceutical  Training(cid:216)(˛),  and  in  particular  Articles  3  and  4  thereof,

Whereas  by  Decision  of  23  July  1996(cid:216)(ˇ)  the  Council  appointed  Mr  K.(cid:220)W.  GLOMBITZA  a
member  for  the  period  ending  on  22  July  1999;

Whereas  the  German  Government  has  nominated  Mr  Wolfgang  WIEGREBE  to  replace  Mr
K.(cid:220)W.  GLOMBITZA,

HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

Mr  Wolfgang  WIEGREBE  is  hereby  appointed  a  member  of  the  Advisory  Committee  on  Phar(cid:220)
maceutical  Training  in  place  of  Mr  K.(cid:220)W.  GLOMBITZA  for  the  remainder  of  the  latter’s  term  of
office,  which  expires  on  22  July  1999.

Sole  Article

Done  at  Brussels,  9  November  1998.

For  the  Council

The  President

J.  FARNLEITNER

(˛)(cid:217)OJ  L  253,  24.9.1985,  p.  43.
(ˇ)(cid:217)OJ  C  239,  17.8.1996,  p.  5.
Statement by the Kingdom of Belgium on the signing of treaties by the Kingdom of Belgium as a Member State of the European Union
Date: 1998-11-09
Institutions: Belgium
Subjects: Belgium, European Union, member country, signature of an agreement

18.11.98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C  351/1

I

(Information)

COUNCIL

STATEMENT  BY  THE  KINGDOM  OF  BELGIUM

on  the  signing  of  treaties  by  the  Kingdom  of  Belgium  as  a  Member  State  of  the  European
Union

(98/C  351/01)

At  the  Council  meeting  on  9  November  1998,  the  representatives  of  the  governments  of  the
Member  States,  meeting  within  the  Council,  took  note  of  the  following  statement  by  the
Kingdom  of  Belgium  and  agreed  that  it  should  be  published  in  the  Official  Journal  of  the
European  Communities:

"The  Kingdom  of  Belgium

Having  regard  to  the  minutes  of  the  signing  of  the  Treaty  concerning  the  Accession  of  the
Kingdom  of  Norway,  the  Republic  of  Austria,  the  Republic  of  Finland  and  the  Kingdom
of  Sweden  to  the  European  Union(cid:216)(˛),

Having  regard  to  the  minutes  of  the  signing  of  the  Treaty  of  Amsterdam  amending  the
Treaty  on  European  Union,  the  Treaties  establishing  the  European  Communities  and
certain  related  acts(cid:216)(ˇ),

Recalling  its  statement  at  the  Council  meeting  on  12  June  1995,  on  the  signing  of  inter(cid:220)
national  agreements  to  be  concluded  jointly  by  the  European  Community  and  its  Member
States(cid:216)(—),

Confirming  that  it  will  in  all  cases  be  the  Kingdom  as  such  that  is  bound,  in  respect  of  its
whole  territory,  by  the  provisions  of  the  treaties  which  it  has  concluded,

Confirming  that  the  Kingdom  alone,  as  such,  will  bear  full  responsibility  for  compliance
with  the  obligations  entered  into  in  the  treaties  concerned,

Intends  in  future,  in  principle,  to  proceed  as  follows  on  the  occasion  of  the  signing  of
treaties  by  the  Kingdom  of  Belgium  as  a  Member  State  of  the  European  Union:

(a)(cid:217)only  one  signature  will  be  appended  to  those  agreements  on  behalf  of  the  Kingdom  of
Belgium,  whether  that  signature  is  appended  by  a  Federal,  Regional  or  Community
Minister,

(b) a  statement  will  appear  below  that  signature  referring  to  the  Communities  and
Regions  of  the  Kingdom  of  Belgium  where  such  an  indication  is  imposed  by  Belgian
constitutional  law.’

(˛)(cid:217)OJ  C  241,  29.8.1994,  p.  402.
(ˇ)(cid:217)OJ  C  340,  10.11.1997,  p.  307.
(—)(cid:217)OJ  C  157,  23.6.1995,  p.  1.
Council Decision of 9 November 1998 appointing a member of the Advisory Committee on Education and Training in the field of Architecture
Date: 1998-11-09
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: France, advisory committee (EU), appointment of staff, town-planning profession, vocational training

14.11.98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C  346/1

I

(Information)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL  DECISION

of  9  November  1998

appointing  a  member  of  the  Advisory  Committee  on  Education  and  Training  in  the  field  of
Architecture

(98/C  346/01)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES,

Having  regard  to  Council  Decision  85/385/EEC  of  10  June  1985  setting  up  an  Advisory
Committee  on  Education  and  Training  in  the  field  of  Architecture(cid:216)(˛),  and  in  particular
Articles  3  and  4  thereof,

Whereas,  by 
its  Decision  of  26  February  1996(cid:216)(ˇ),  the  Council  appointed  Ms  B~atrice
BELLYNCK(cid:220)DOISY  a  member  of  the  said  Committee  for  the  period  ending  on  25  February
1999;

Whereas  the  French  Government  has  nominated  Raphaæl  HACQUIN  to  replace  Ms  B~atrice
BELLYNCK(cid:220)DOISY,

HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

Mr  Raphaæl  HACQUIN 
is  hereby  appointed  a  member  of  the  Advisory  Committee  on
Education  and  Training  in  the  field  of  Architecture  in  place  of  Ms  B~atrice  BELLYNCK(cid:220)DOISY
for  the  remainder  of  the  latter’s  term  of  office,  which  expires  on  25  February  1999.

Sole  Article

Done  at  Brussels,  9  November  1998.

For  the  Council

The  President

J.  FARNLEITNER

(˛)(cid:217)OJ  L  223,  21.8.1985,  p.  26.
(ˇ)(cid:217)OJ  C  74,  14.3.1996,  p.  1.
Council Decision of 9 November 1998 appointing a member of the Advisory Committee on Medical Training
Date: 1998-11-09
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Denmark, advisory committee (EU), appointment of staff, physician, vocational training

C  346/2

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

14.11.98

COUNCIL  DECISION

of  9  November  1998

appointing  a  member  of  the  Advisory  Committee  on  Medical  Training

(98/C  346/02)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

Having  regard  to  Council  Decision  75/364/EEC  of  16  June  1975  setting  up  an  Advisory
Committee  on  Medical  Training(cid:216)(˛),  and  in  particular  Articles  3  and  4  thereof,

Whereas,  by  its  Decision  of  29  June  1998(cid:216)(ˇ),  the  Council  appointed  Mr  Steen  POULSEN  a
member  of  the  Committee  for  the  period  ending  28  June  2001;

Whereas  the  Danish  Government  has  nominated  Ms  Runa  STURLASSON  to  replace  Mr  Steen
POULSEN,

HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

Ms  Runa  STURLASSON  is  hereby  appointed  a  member  of  the  Advisory  Committee  on  Medical
Training  in  place  of  Mr  Steen  POULSEN  for  the  remainder  of  the  latter’s  term  of  office,  which
ends  on  28  June  2001.

Sole  Article

Done  at  Brussels,  9  November  1998.

For  the  Council

The  President

J.  FARNLEITNER

(˛)(cid:217)OJ  L  167,  30.6.1975,  p.  17.
(ˇ)(cid:217)OJ  C  222,  16.7.1998,  p.  3.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3405/98 by John CUSHNAHAN to the Commission. Competition
Date: 1998-11-09
Institutions: CUSHNAHAN, European Parliament
Subjects: agricultural product, consumer price, dominant position, food processing, producer price, supermarket, tax-free allowance

C 142/130

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

21.5.1999

(1999/C 142/163)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3403/98

by Luis Campoy Zueco (PPE) to the Commission

(9 November 1998)

Subject: New anti-drugs strategy

Can the Commission supply details of the new anti-drugs strategy introduced following the adoption at the
Cardiff summit of the report on activities on drugs and drugs-related issues, including a post-1999
strategy?

Answer given by Mrs Gradin on behalf of the Commission

(6 January 1999)

The Commission is in the process of preparing a communication to the Council and the Parliament on a
Union action plan to combat drugs for the years 2000-2004, as a follow-up to the Cardiff European
Council conclusions.

Building on the key elements for a post 1999 drugs strategy which were endorsed at Cardiff, the new plan
will provide a general framework reference for the development of a balanced, integrated and multi-
disciplinary approach, taking in particular into account the opportunities afforded by the coming into force
of the Amsterdam Treaty and the conclusions of the United Nations General Assembly special session on
drugs which took place in New York in June 1998.

(1999/C 142/164)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3405/98

by John Cushnahan (PPE) to the Commission

(9 November 1998)

Subject: Competition

Irish farmers have been paid low prices for their produce for a considerable period of time, yet Irish
consumers have not experienced a similar drop in prices in their weekly shopping baskets.

Will the Commission investigate a possible abuse of their dominant position by either processors or
supermarket grocery chains?

Answer given by Mr Van Miert on behalf of the Commission

(2 December 1998)

The Commission has not received any complaints from Irish farmers or other interested parties, alleging
that Irish processors or retailers have abused a possible dominant position.

The Commission has been informed, however, that the Irish government has announced its intention to
launch an investigation into the pricing practices of processors and retailers.

(1999/C 142/165)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3423/98

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(24 November 1998)

Subject: Cancellation of a competition

On 23 September 1998 the Commissioner responsible for personnel and the budget, Erkki Liikanen,
announced the cancellation of the first round of the mega-competition held on 14 September, in which
30 700 candidates had taken part.
98/627/CFSP: Council Decision of 9 November 1998 adopted on the basis of Article J.3 of the Treaty on European Union concerning a specific action of the Union in the field of assistance for mine clearance
Date: 1998-11-09
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Community budget, Croatia, Western European Union, arms limitation, conventional weapon, operational expenditure

11. 11. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 300/1

(Acts adopted pursuant to Title V of the Treaty on European Union)

COUNCIL DECISION

of 9 November 1998

adopted on the basis of Article J.3 of the Treaty on European Union concerning a
specific action of the Union in the field of assistance for mine clearance

(98/627/CFSP)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Article 2

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular Articles J.3 and J.11(2) thereof,

Whereas the Council adopted on 1 October 1996 Joint
landmines;
Action 96/588/CFSP (1) on anti-personnel
whereas the Council adopted on 28 November 1997 a
new Joint Action 97/817/CFSP (2) on anti-personnel
landmines with a view to updating and further developing
the initiatives carried out by the European Union under
the first joint action;

Whereas these joint actions provide for the possibility of
specific actions of the Union in the field of mine clear-
ance and indicate that such actions could take the form of
training of mine clearance specialists and mine clearance
instructors;

Whereas an action consisting of coordinating, supervising
and training mine clearance specialists and instructors is
particularly needed in Croatia and could usefully comple-
ment international efforts in the field of mine clearance
assistance,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

1. An amount of up to ECU 435 000 to cover the
operational expenditure to which the implementation of
the Decision gives rise shall be charged to the budget of
the European Communities.

2.
The expenditure financed by the amount stipulated
above shall be managed in compliance with the European
Community procedures and rules applicable to the
budget.

Article 3

This Decision shall be notified to the Western European
Union (WEU)
in accordance with the conclusions
adopted by the Council on 14 May 1996 on the transmis-
sion to the WEU of documents of the European Union.

Article 4

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its
adoption.

Article 5

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal.

Article 1

Done at Brussels, 9 November 1998.

A specific action of the European Union in the field of
mine clearance shall consist of coordinating, supervising
and training mine clearance specialists and mine clear-
ance instructors in Croatia.

For the Council

The President

W. SCH(cid:154)SSEL

(1) OJ L 260, 12. 10. 1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 338, 9. 12. 1997, p. 1.
98/678/EC: Council Decision of 9 November 1998 on the provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Lao People's Democratic Republic on trade in textile products
Date: 1998-11-09
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Laos, certificate of origin, export licence, quantitative restriction, textile product, trade agreement (EU)

30.11.98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

L 321/41

COUNCIL  DECISION

of  9  November  1998

on the provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Lao
People’s  Democratic  Republic  on  trade  in  textile  products

(98/678/EC)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European
Community, and in particular Article 113, in conjunction
with  Article  228(2),  first  sentence,  thereof,

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

Whereas the Commission has negotiated on behalf of the
the
European  Community  an  Agreement  between 
European  Community  and  the  Lao  People’s  Democratic
Republic  on  trade  in  textile  products,  initialled  on
16  June  1998;

Whereas 
this  Agreement  should  be  applied  on  a
provisional  basis  from  1  December  1998  pending  the
completion  of  the  procedures  for  its  conclusion,  subject
to  reciprocal  provisional  application  by  the  Lao  People’s
Democratic Republic,

Sole  Article

The  Agreement  between  the  European  Community  and
the  Lao  People’s  Democratic  Republic  on  trade  in  textile
products  shall  be  applied  on  a  provisional  basis  from
1  December  1998  pending  the  completion  of  the
procedures  for 
its  conclusion,  subject  to  reciprocal
provisional  application  by  the  Lao  People’s  Democratic
Republic.

The  text  of  the  Agreement  is  attached  hereto.

Done  at  Brussels,  9  November  1998.

For  the  Council

The  President

W.  SCHÜSSEL
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2412/98 of 9 November 1998 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 1998-11-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit

L 299/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

10. 11. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2412/98

of 9 November 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 applica-
the import arrangements for fruit and veget-
tion of
ables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/
98 (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;

Whereas, in compliance with the above criteria, the stand-
ard 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 10 November
1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 November 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 337, 24. 12. 1994, p. 66.
(2) OJ L 198, 15. 7. 1998, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.

10. 11. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 299/5

to the Commission Regulation of 9 November 1998 establishing the standard import values
for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0709 90 70

0805 20 10

0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70,
0805 20 90

0805 30 10

0806 10 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(ECU/100 kg)

052
204
999
052
204
999
204
999

052
999
052
388
528
999
052
400
999
060
064
400
404
800
999
052
064
400
720
728
999

99,6
55,8
77,7
66,8
52,2
59,5
59,9
59,9

53,2
53,2
62,0
41,8
49,4
51,1
134,8
261,2
198,0
31,8
44,6
76,6
60,7
143,6
71,5
85,9
58,5
84,1
54,6
126,7
82,0

(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. 3403/98 by Luis CAMPOY ZUECO to the Commission. New anti-drugs strategy
Date: 1998-11-09
Institutions: CAMPOY ZUECO, European Parliament
Subjects: EU action, action programme, narcotic

C 142/130

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

21.5.1999

(1999/C 142/163)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3403/98

by Luis Campoy Zueco (PPE) to the Commission

(9 November 1998)

Subject: New anti-drugs strategy

Can the Commission supply details of the new anti-drugs strategy introduced following the adoption at the
Cardiff summit of the report on activities on drugs and drugs-related issues, including a post-1999
strategy?

Answer given by Mrs Gradin on behalf of the Commission

(6 January 1999)

The Commission is in the process of preparing a communication to the Council and the Parliament on a
Union action plan to combat drugs for the years 2000-2004, as a follow-up to the Cardiff European
Council conclusions.

Building on the key elements for a post 1999 drugs strategy which were endorsed at Cardiff, the new plan
will provide a general framework reference for the development of a balanced, integrated and multi-
disciplinary approach, taking in particular into account the opportunities afforded by the coming into force
of the Amsterdam Treaty and the conclusions of the United Nations General Assembly special session on
drugs which took place in New York in June 1998.

(1999/C 142/164)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3405/98

by John Cushnahan (PPE) to the Commission

(9 November 1998)

Subject: Competition

Irish farmers have been paid low prices for their produce for a considerable period of time, yet Irish
consumers have not experienced a similar drop in prices in their weekly shopping baskets.

Will the Commission investigate a possible abuse of their dominant position by either processors or
supermarket grocery chains?

Answer given by Mr Van Miert on behalf of the Commission

(2 December 1998)

The Commission has not received any complaints from Irish farmers or other interested parties, alleging
that Irish processors or retailers have abused a possible dominant position.

The Commission has been informed, however, that the Irish government has announced its intention to
launch an investigation into the pricing practices of processors and retailers.

(1999/C 142/165)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3423/98

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(24 November 1998)

Subject: Cancellation of a competition

On 23 September 1998 the Commissioner responsible for personnel and the budget, Erkki Liikanen,
announced the cancellation of the first round of the mega-competition held on 14 September, in which
30 700 candidates had taken part.