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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3368/98 by Richard HOWITT to the Commission. Sewage treatment plant: San Juan De Los Terreros (Pulpi)
Date: 1998-11-16
Institutions: European Parliament, HOWITT
Subjects: Spain, environmental impact, wastewater, water treatment













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3368/98 by Richard HOWITT to the Commission. Sewage treatment plant: San Juan De Los Terreros (Pulpi)  


Official Journal C 207 , 21/07/1999 P. 0059 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-3368/98by Richard Howitt (PSE) to the Commission(16 November 1998)Subject: Sewage treatment plant: San Juan De Los Terreros (Pulpi)Following on from my Written Question E-0815/98(1) and the response given by Mrs Bjerregaard on 30 April 1998, it is apparent that the quality of life experienced by my constituent Mr Howard, whilst occupying his Spanish property is far from satisfactory.Very few people living in Europe would tolerate obnoxious and foul smells permeating their homes at all times, and the peat beds established by the authorities in San Juan de Los Terreros, Pulpi, do little or nothing to alleviate this ongoing problem. My constituent pays taxes to the Spanish authorities, and as such, believes that the Spanish authorities could do more to find a suitable solution to the problem.Could the Commission bring pressure to bear upon the authorities, to recognise that improvements need to be undertaken as a matter of urgency?Answer given by Mrs Bjerregaard on behalf of the Commission(25 January 1999)As indicated in the answer to the previous Written Question E-815/98 of the Honourable Member concerning the urban waste-water treatment plant in the urban area of San Juan de los Terreros in Pulpi (Almeria, Spain), it was up to the Member State, in accordance with Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment(2), to decide whether the environmental impact of the project of this treatment plant would be significant enough to require such an assessment. The Spanish authorities considered an assessment necessary and it was carried out in 1992. In this respect, Community legislation was complied with.With regard to any improvements to be made to alleviate the discomfort which this plant seems to cause to a constituent of the Honourable Member, these fall within the competence of the regional or local authorities, whether or not the said assessment made provision for any follow-up measures relating to the installation. The Commission has no competence in this matter.(1) OJ C 354, 19.11.1998, p. 26.(2) OJ L 175, 5.7.1985.
Council Regulation (EC) No 2480/98 of 16 November 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 50/98 allocating, for 1998, Community catch quotas in Greenland waters
Date: 1998-11-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Greenland, authorised catch, catch quota, fishery management, fishing regulations

19. 11. 98

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 309/7

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2480/98

of 16 November 1998

amending Regulation (EC) No 50/98 allocating, for 1998, Community catch
quotas in Greenland waters

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92
of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system
for fisheries and aquaculture (1), and in particular Article
8(4) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 50/98 (2), established, for
1998, the Community catch quota for capelin in Green-
land waters on the basis of the TAC for 1997/98;

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 50/98 should be amended
accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 50/98, the entry and
footnote referring to capelin shall be replaced by the text
set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Whereas a revision of the relevant TAC in the meantime
has resulted in a change in the share available to the
Community;

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the day
following that of 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, 16 November 1998.

For the Council

The President

J. FARNLEITNER

(1) OJ L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the

1994 Act of Accession.

(2) OJ L 12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 72.

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ANNEX

Allocation of Community catch quotas in Greenland waters for 1998

‘Species

Geographical
area

Community
catch quotas
(in tonnes)

Quotas allocated to Member States

Quantities
allocated to
Norway

Quantities
allocated to
Iceland

Faroese
quotas under
EC/Greenland

Capelin

ICES XIV/V

109 340 (6)

Community: 53 340

16 000

30 000

10 000

(6) 70 % of the Greenland share of the TAC for capelin minus 10 000 tonnes to the Faroe Islands. Upon any further revision of the relevant TAC in the course

of 1998, the Community quota shall be revised accordingly.'
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3359/98 by Irene SOLTWEDEL-SCHÄFER to the Council. Eco-audit
Date: 1998-11-16
Institutions: European Parliament, SOLTWEDEL-SCHAEFER
Subjects: European Parliament, building industry, energy saving, environmental monitoring, solar architecture

C 142/124

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

21.5.1999

Can the Commission therefore say:

− whether the decree in question does not constitute State aid;

− whether there are not sufficient reasons to justify infringement proceedings against the Italian State,
which continues to maintain a protected market in this sector in blatant contravention of Community
rules on free competition?

Answer given by Mr Van Miert on behalf of the Commission

(15 December 1998)

The Commission asked the Italian authorities about alleged state aid to Poligrafico in April 1997. The
information submitted by the Italian authorities on several occasions has not reassured the Commission on
the absence of state aid.

Therefore, the Commission, by decision of 28 October 1998, decided to open proceedings under Article
93(2) EC Treaty. This will allow the Commission to assess the presence of state aid, and, if so, its
compatibility with the common market, in the capital increases in favour of Cartiere Miliani di Fabriano,
controlled by Poligrafico, and in the exclusive contracts granted to Poligrafico itself for the provision of
products and services to the state.

On the basis of the observations submitted by the Italian government, the Commission will assess the
measures in accordance with the state aid rules of the EC Treaty, and in particular with Articles 92 and 93.

(1999/C 142/156)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3359/98

by Irene Soltwedel-Schäfer (V) to the Council

(16 November 1998)

Subject: Eco-audit

1.
The eco-audit which has existed in the EU since 29 June 1993 has so far been carried out by about
1960 undertakings. To what extent was Council Regulation (EEC) 1836/93 (1) taken into account in the
European Parliament’s new buildings in Brussels (Rue Wiertz) and Strasbourg?

2. What potential water and energy savings were taken into account in the two new buildings, and what
technical means were used to achieve them?

3. What potential energy savings did the installation of solar cell units make possible?

4. What waste avoidance strategies has the European Parliament’s administration adopted or im-
plemented for Parliament’s buildings?

(1) OJ L 168, 10.7.1993, p. 1.

Reply

(25 January 1999)

The Council considers it is for the European Parliament to reply to the questions raised by the Honourable
Member.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2462/98 of 16 November 1998 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 1998-11-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: customs regulations, customs territory (EU), fresh fruit, fresh vegetable, import, reference price

L 307/6

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Official Journal of the European Communities

17. 11. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2462/98

of 16 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 17 November
1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 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.

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L 307/7

to the Commission Regulation of 16 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)

204
624
999
052
204
999
204
999

052
999
052
528
600
999
052
400
504
508
999
060
064
388
400
404
999
052
064
400
720
999

48,8
145,6
97,2
68,7
35,6
52,1
58,9
58,9

64,1
64,1
55,2
57,2
76,5
63,0
154,7
245,9
280,1
193,8
218,6
23,7
45,6
21,0
84,3
65,2
48,0
90,5
59,0
83,9
52,9
71,6

(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. 3350/98 by Gianni TAMINO Budget chapter for the protection of animals during transport
Date: 1998-11-16
Institutions: European Parliament, TAMINO
Subjects: Community budget, EU control, agrarian law, animal welfare, protection of animals, slaughter animal, transport of animals













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3350/98 by Gianni TAMINO Budget chapter for the protection of animals during transport  


Official Journal C 289 , 11/10/1999 P. 0041 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-3350/98by Gianni Tamino (V) to the Commission(16 November 1998)Subject: Budget chapter for the protection of animals during transportAs a result of Commission Decision 90/425/EEC(1) Chapter B-251 allocates ECU 2 500 000 for monitoring the protection of animals for slaughter during transport inside and outside the European Union.In view of the importance and urgency of the issue, can the Commission state the timescale, practicalities and objectives of the projects and the beneficiaries of the expenditure under this chapter?Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission(25 February 1999)The amount of EUR 2,5 million entered in the budget does not come under Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market, whose financial implications are covered by Item B2-5101"Other measures in the veterinary field" and the associated remarks.That sum was entered by the budgetary authority itself under Article B2-511"Checks on application of the rules in agriculture" with the remark "A further ECU 2 500 000 is earmarked to cover expenditure on the monitoring of animal protection provisions during the transport of animals for slaughter inside and outside the European Union."Directive 90/425/EEC deals only with internal trade and, in Article 1, explicitly excludes checks on animal welfare during transport from its field of application.(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.