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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3451/98 by Mark WATTS to the Council. Compensation for French lorry drivers' dispute
Date: 1998-11-23
Institutions: European Parliament, WATTS
Subjects: financial aid, indemnification, road transport, strike, transport company

21.5.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 142/133

(1999/C 142/168)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3451/98

by Mark Watts (PSE) to the Council

(23 November 1998)

Subject: Compensation for French lorry drivers’ dispute

Could the Council inform me what progress has been made in providing financial compensation to
haulage companies and truck drivers who were victims of the French lorry drivers’ disputes in November
1996 and November 1997? There was yet another blockade in France last week, on the N141 outside
Cognac, involving the unnecessary detention of up to 40 vehicles and their cargoes. Can the Council say
what compensation arrangements will be made for the companies affected and what welfare arrangements
made for foreign drivers detained?

Reply

(25 January 1999)

The question raised by the Honourable Member falls within the competence of the French authorities.

(1999/C 142/169)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3455/98

by Robert Evans (PSE) to the Commission

(9 November 1998)

Subject: Human rights abuses in Bahrain

Is the Commission aware of the Bahrain Government’s ratification of three human rights treaties, the
Convention for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (1990), the Convention on the Rights of the Child
(1992), and the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment (1998)?

Is the Commission also aware that one of the Bahrain Government’s obligations under these treaties is to
submit periodic reports to the Committees monitoring their implementation?

As regards the first two treaties referred to, the Bahrain Government has, to date, failed to submit reports
due in 1991 and 1994 respectively.

Can the Commission assure me that it will make every effort to urge the Bahrain Government not only to
improve its human rights record but to fulfil its obligations under the treaties it has signed?

Answer given by Mr Marín on behalf of the Commission

(2 December 1998)

The Commission follows developments in human rights, including the conventions in question, as an
observer in the relevant fora of the United Nations. In this respect, the Commission associates itself with
positions taken by the Union in relation to Bahrain or other countries parties to the conventions.

The Commission does not have any bilateral contractual arrangement with Bahrain. Questions concerning
human rights and democracy are raised in ministerial meetings under the cooperation agreement under the
cooperation agreement between the Community and the Gulf cooperation council (GCC) concluded in
1989 (1). During the recent joint council meeting in Luxembourg on 27 October 1998, Community
ministers reiterated their commitment to the promotion of human rights and to the principle that all human
rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2516/98 of 23 November 1998 concerning applications for export licences for rice and broken rice with advance fixing of the refund
Date: 1998-11-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, export refund, rice

24. 11. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 314/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2516/98

of 23 November 1998

concerning applications for export licences for rice and broken rice with advance
fixing of the refund

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of
22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the
market in rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2072/98 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/
95 of 23 May 1995 laying down special detailed rules for
import and export
the system of
the application of
licences for cereals and rice (3), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 444/98 (4), and in particular the second
subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,

Whereas Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95
provides, where this paragraph is specifically referred to
when an export refund is fixed, for an interval of three
working days between the day of submission of applica-
tions and the granting of export licences with advance
fixing of the refund and provides that the Commission is
to fix a uniform percentage reduction in the quantities if
applications for export
licences exceed the quantities
which may be exported; whereas Commission Regulation
(EC) No 2506/98 (5) fixes refunds under the procedure
provided for in the abovementioned paragraph for 2 000
tonnes;

Whereas the quantities applied for on 20 November 1998
are in excess of the available quantity of 2 000 tonnes;
whereas a percentage reduction should therefore be fixed

for
export
November 1998;

licence

applications

submitted on 20

Whereas, in view of its purpose, this Regulation should
take effect from the day of its publication in the Official
Journal of the European Communities,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Applications for export licences for rice and broken rice
with advance fixing of the refund submitted under Regu-
lation (EC) No 2506/98 on 20 November 1998 shall give
rise to the issue of licences for the quantities applied for
to which a percentage reduction of 54,95 %.

Article 2

Applications for export licences for rice and broken rice
submitted from 23 November 1998 shall not give rise to
the issue of export licences pursuant to Regulation (EC)
No 2506/98.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 November
1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 November 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 265, 30. 9. 1998, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 117, 24. 5. 1995, p. 2.
(4) OJ L 56, 26. 2. 1998, p. 12.
(5) OJ L 311, 20. 11. 1998, p. 15.
Decision No 1/98 of the EC/EFTA Joint Committee on common transit of 23 November 1998 relating to the renewal of the ban on the use of the comprehensive guarantee, made by Decision Nos 1/96 and 2/96 of the Joint Committee
Date: 1998-11-23
Institutions: EC–EFTA Joint Committee
Subjects: EFTA countries, Union transit, application of EU law, customs fraud, tobacco industry

L 325/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

3. 12. 98

DECISION No 1/98 OF THE EC/EFTA JOINT COMMITTEE ON
COMMON TRANSIT

of 23 November 1998

relating to the renewal of the ban on the use of the comprehensive guarantee,
made by Decision Nos 1/96 and 2/96 of the Joint Committee

(98/691/EC)

THE JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure (1), and
in particular Article 34b of Appendix II thereto (2),

Whereas by Decision Nos 1/96 (3) and 2/96 (4), as amended and last renewed by Decision
Nos 1/97 (5) and 5/97 (6), the Joint Committee has adopted measures to temporarily forbid
the use of the comprehensive guarantee for the transport of cigarettes of subheading
24 02.20 of the Harmonised System and for certain other sensitive goods, because of the
exceptional risk of fraud affecting those operations;

Whereas the protection of the financial interests at risk in those operations makes it
necessary to maintain the same measures for common transit as for Community transit in
order to ensure maximum effectiveness;

Whereas the Joint Committee considers it necessary to renew the ban in question for a
period of 12 months,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The measures taken by Decision Nos 1/96 and 2/96 of the EC/EFTA Joint Committee on
common transit are renewed for a period of 12 months.

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1999.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 23 November 1998.

For the Joint Committee

The Chairman

Michel VANDEN ABEELE

(1) OJ L 226, 13. 8. 1987, p. 2.
(2) OJ L 238, 29. 8. 1997, p. 27.
(3) OJ L 226, 7. 9. 1996, p. 20.
(4) OJ L 226, 7. 9. 1996, p. 22.
(5) OJ L 186, 16. 7. 1997, p. 27.
(6) OJ L 5, 9. 1. 1998, p. 36.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2514/98 of 23 November 1998 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 1998-11-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

24. 11. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 314/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2514/98

of 23 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 24 November
1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 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.

L 314/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24. 11. 98

to the Commission Regulation of 23 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

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
388
528
600
999
039
060
064
400
404
999
052
064
400
720
728
999

41,1
145,6
93,4
70,8
35,6
53,2
69,7
69,7

57,3
57,3
57,1
47,8
53,4
84,3
60,7
62,2
19,4
46,5
79,9
70,8
55,8
93,2
58,4
99,0
55,2
201,4
101,4

(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'.