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Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2299/89 on a code of conduct for computer reservation systems (CRSs) (C4-0541/98 97/0148(SYN)) (Cooperation procedure: second reading)
Date: 1998-12-03
Institutions: Committee on Transport and Tourism, European Parliament
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Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2299/89 on a code of conduct for computer reservation systems (CRSs) (C4-0541/98 97/0148(SYN)) (Cooperation procedure: second reading)  


Official Journal C 398 , 21/12/1998 P. 0034 





A4-0433/98Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2299/89 on a code of conduct for computer reservation systems (CRSs) (C4-0541/98 - 97/0148(SYN))(Cooperation procedure: second reading)The European Parliament,- having regard to the common position of the Council C4-0541/98 - 97/0148(SYN) ((OJ C 360, 23.11.1998, p. 69.)),- having regard to its opinion at first reading ((OJ C 167, 1.6.1998, p. 293.)) on the Commission proposal to the Council COM(97)0246 ((OJ C 267, 3.9.1997, p. 67.)),- having regard to the Commission's amended proposal COM(98)0381 ((OJ C 240, 31.7.1998, p. 17.)),- having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 189c of the EC Treaty,- having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,- having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A4-0433/98),1. Approves the common position;2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission.
Council Decision of 3 December 1998 extending the term of office of the president of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (trade marks and designs)
Date: 1998-12-03
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, domestic market, elective office, president of an institution

30.12.98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C  409/1

I

(Information)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL  DECISION

of  3  December  1998

extending  the  term  of  office  of  the  president  of  the  Office  for  Harmonisation  in  the  Internal
Market  (trade  marks  and  designs)

(98/C  409/01)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community,

Having  regard  to  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  40/94  of  20  December  1993  on  the
Community  trade  mark(cid:216)(˛),  and  in  particular  Article  120(1)  and  (2)  thereof,

Having  regard  to  the  Council  Decision  of  16  June  1994  appointing  the  President  of  the  Office
for  Harmonisation  in  the  Internal  Market  (trade  marks  and  designs)(cid:216)(ˇ),

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  by  the  administrative  board  of  the  Office  for  Harmonisation  in
the  Internal  Market  (trade  marks  and  designs)  of  21  September  1998  for  an  extension  of  the
term  of  office  of  its  president,

HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

Sole  Article

The  term  of  office  of  Mr  Jean(cid:220)Claude  COMBALDIEU,  born  in  Toulouse  (France)  on  21
September  1935,  as  president  of  the  Office  for  Harmonisation  in  the  Internal  Market  (trade
marks  and  designs)  is  hereby  extended  for  the  period  from  1  September  1999  until  30
September  2000.

Done  at  Brussels,  3  December  1998.

For  the  Council

The  President

K.  SCHLˆGL

(˛)(cid:217)OJ  L  11,  14.1.1994,  p.  1.  Regulation  as  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  3288/94  (OJ  L  349,

31.12.1994,  p.  83).

(ˇ)(cid:217)OJ  C  314,  25.11.1995,  p.  1.
Council Decision of 3 December 1998 supplementing the definition of the form of crime 'traffic in human beings' in the Annex to the Europol Convention
Date: 1998-12-03
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Europol, crime against individuals, offence, trafficking in human beings

30.1.1999

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C 26/21

COUNCIL  DECISION

of  3  December  1998

supplementing the definition of the form of crime ‘traffic in human beings’ in the Annex to the
Europol  Convention

(1999/C 26/05)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

Having  regard  to  Article  43(3)  of  the  Convention  based  on  Article  K.3  of  the  Treaty  on
European  Union  on  the  establishment  of  a  European  Police  Office  (Europol  Convention) (1),

Recalling  the  agreement  within  the  Council  on  4  December  1997  to  supplement  the  definition
of  the  form  of  crime  ‘traffic  in  human  beings’  in  the  Annex  to  the  Europol  Convention,

After  discussion  of  the  matter  by  the  Europol  Management  Board,

HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

Article  1

The  definition  of  the  form  of  crime  ‘traffic  in  human  beings’  in  the  Annex  to  the  Europol
Convention  is  hereby  supplemented  so  as  to  read  as  follows:

‘— “traffic in human beings” means subjection of a person to the real and illegal sway of other
persons by using violence or menaces or by abuse of authority or intrigue, especially with a
view to the exploitation of prostitution, forms of sexual exploitation and assault of minors
or  trade  in  abandoned  children.  These  forms  of  exploitation  also  include  the  production,
sale  or  distribution  of  child-pornography  material;’.

This  Decision  shall  enter  into  force  on  1  January  1999.

Article  2

Done  at  Brussels,  3  December  1998.

For  the  Council

The  President

K.  SCHLÖGL

(1) OJ  C  316,  27.11.1995,  p.  1.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3613/98 by Nelly MAES to the Commission. Real scale of the ECHO affair
Date: 1998-12-03
Institutions: European Parliament, MAES
Subjects: European official, budgetary control, corruption, economic offence, fraud against the EU, humanitarian aid

C 182/108

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

28.6.1999

In 1997, 15 projects to inform European public opinion on development issues relating to fair trade were
financed under budget heading B7-6000. The amounts provided by the Commission (up to 50 % of the total
cost of each project) totalled some EUR 2,9 million. In 1998, 21 projects were approved or about to be
committed under that budget heading, totalling some EUR 3,7 million.

For some years, the Commission has been cofinancing labelling projects by NGOs or the organisations
operating ‘World Shops’ or which disseminate codes of conduct.

(1999/C 182/143)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3613/98

by Nelly Maes (ARE) to the Commission

(3 December 1998)

Subject: Real scale of the ECHO affair

The European Commission says that only BEF 20 million was actually involved in the ECHO affair and not BEF
96 million, as some people claimed.

How can the Commission make this statement? If UCLAF establishes that the four contracts were bogus and
that payments were made on the basis of bogus documents, we can only assume that all the expenditure, i.e.
the entire BEF 96 million, was paid out in a totally irregular manner. Is that true? Is the Commission prepared
to demand repayment of the entire BEF 96 million?

Then can the Commission confirm that the ECHO affair does not extend beyond the four bogus contracts for
humanitarian aid to the former Yugoslavia and the Great Lakes region in Africa? Can it state with any degree of
certainty that bogus invoices and bogus contracts were not used on other occasions? Is the current ECHO affair
an exception to the rule, or were there other similar cases?

The Commission stated that, in previous years, the company involved was awarded contracts worth almost
one billion (Belgian) francs. Has an inquiry now been carried out in order to ascertain whether the other
contracts which the Commission concluded with the company involved were executed in a regular manner?

(1999/C 182/144)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3614/98

by Nelly Maes (ARE) to the Commission

(3 December 1998)

Subject: Confirmation of press reports of instances of nepotism in the ECHO affair

Can the Commission confirm press reports that the official suspended because of his role in the ECHO affair
managed to secure jobs for his relatives and friends in ECHO’s external unit?

Is there any truth in the press reports that the suspended official found a job for his spouse as a translator in the
companies suspected of fraud in the ECHO affair?
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2610/98 of 3 December 1998 fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2004/98
Date: 1998-12-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, common wheat, export refund

L 328/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

4. 12. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2610/98

of 3 December 1998

fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the
invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2004/98

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 2513/98 (4), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas an invitation to tender for the refund and/or the
tax for the export of common wheat to certain ACP States
was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No
2004/98 (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

tenderer whose bid is equal
than the
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 Management Committee for Cereals has not
delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For tenders notified from 27 November to 3 December
1998, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regu-
lation (EC) No 2004/98, the maximum refund on ex-
portation of common wheat shall be ECU 36,00 per
tonne.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 December
1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 December 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 313, 21. 11. 1998, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 258, 22. 9. 1998, p. 4.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2626/98 of 3 December 1998 concerning the stopping of fishing for mackerel by vessels flying the flag of Denmark
Date: 1998-12-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, Faroes, authorised catch, catch quota, sea fish, ship's flag

L 329/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

5. 12. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2626/98

of 3 December 1998

concerning the stopping of fishing for mackerel by vessels flying the flag of
Denmark

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93
of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applic-
able to the common fisheries policy (1), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 2635/97 (2), and in particular
Article 21(3) thereof,

Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 49/98 of 19
December 1997 allocating, for 1998, certain catch quotas
between Member States for vessels fishing in Faeroese
waters (3), provides for mackerel quotas for 1998;

Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provi-
sions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of
stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commis-
sion to fix the date by which catches made by vessels
flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have
exhausted the quota allocated;

Whereas, according to the information communicated to
the Commission, catches of mackerel in Faeroese waters
by vessels flying the flag of Denmark or registered in
Denmark have reached the quota allocated for 1998;
whereas Denmark has prohibited fishing for this stock as

from 18 November 1998; whereas it is therefore necessary
to abide by that date,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of mackerel in Faeroese waters by vessels flying
registered in Denmark are
the flag of Denmark or
deemed to have exhausted the quota
allocated to
Denmark for 1998.

Fishing for mackerel in Faeroese waters by vessels flying
the flag of Denmark or registered in Denmark is prohib-
ited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment
and the landing of such stock captured by the above-
mentioned vessels after the date of application of this
Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply with effect from 18 November 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 December 1998.

For the Commission

Emma BONINO

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 14.
(3) OJ L 12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 70.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3620/98 by José BARROS MOURA Results of the ban on exports of bulls to be used in bullfights
Date: 1998-12-03
Institutions: BARROS MOURA, European Parliament
Subjects: Portugal, Spain, animal disease, animal show, bull, export, health policy, international sanctions, veterinary inspection, veterinary legislation













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3620/98 by José BARROS MOURA Results of the ban on exports of bulls to be used in bullfights  


Official Journal C 320 , 06/11/1999 P. 0060 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-3620/98by José Barros Moura (PSE) to the Commission(3 December 1998)Subject: Results of the ban on exports of bulls to be used in bullfightsWith reference to the temporary ban imposed by the Commission, could the latter say what effect the ban will have on the export, from Portugal to Spain, of bulls to be used in bullfights? Does the ban apply to them as well? If so, why? Such bulls are not, after all, primarily intended for human consumption.What view does the Commission take regarding incidents of which it must surely be aware and which indicate that the Spanish authorities, yielding to pressure from the country's producers, have been restricting Community freedoms as regards the export of bulls from Portugal to Spain?Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission(22 January 1999)Commission Decision 98/653/EC(1) of 18 November 1998 concerning emergency measures made necessary by the occurrence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Portugal includes a prohibition on the dispatch of bovine animals from the territory of Portugal, excluding the territory of the autonomous region of the Azores. This provision will be reconsidered within 18 months in the light of the evolution of the disease, the effective enforcement of the relevant measures and any new scientific information.The prohibition on the dispatch of live bovine animals results from the risk of dispatching animals which are incubating the disease but do not yet show symptoms. When slaughtered these animals could enter the food and feed chains in the receiving Member States. Fighting bulls are not exempt from this prohibition because, until now, when killed, they are either processed together with other dead animals, or consumed by people. Hence, despite their principal purpose as fighting bulls, they will either enter the animal feed chain, or the human food chain.There has been no request from the Portuguese authorities, nor from the Spanish or French authorities, to exempt fighting bulls from the provisions. This question needs careful examination in the light of the inherent risks to human and animal health, the safeguards provided and the feasibility of the indicated controls. However, any changes in Commission Decision 98/653/EC would need a qualified majority in the standing veterinary committee. In the case that no such majority can be obtained, the proposal has to be sent to the Council for further examination.(1) OJ L 311, 20.11.1998.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3647/98 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. Community fraud and political malpractice
Date: 1998-12-03
Institutions: AMADEO, European Parliament
Subjects: EU control, budgetary control, corruption, fraud, humanitarian aid, judicial inquiry, services company, use of aid

15.10.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 297/91

These calls were published at these dates in order to meet the deadlines for making the financial commitments
in 1998. While the Commission is aware that the dates of publication were not ideal, every effort was made to
publicise the calls by other means, for instance by passing the information to the Euro Info Centres for local
transmission.

(1) OJ L 209, 24.7.1992.

(1999/C 297/119)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3632/98

by Anita Pollack (PSE) to the Commission

(3 December 1998)

Subject: NGO capacity-building in the developing countries

What action is the Commission taking to assist in capacity-building for non-governmental organizations and
local communities in the developing countries so that they may participate in monitoring and protecting
forests and wildlife?

Answer given by Mr Marín on behalf of the Commission

(22 December 1998)

The Commission is sending direct to the Honourable Member and to Parliament’s Secretariat a computer print-
out containing the information requested.

(1999/C 297/120)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3639/98

by John McCartin (PPE) to the Commission

(3 December 1998)

Subject: Food aid to Russia

In its preparations for a food-aid package for Russia has the Commission considered the inclusion of quantities
of frozen pelagic species (fish) for which there is at present a very poor export market for the EU?

Answer given by Mr van den Broek on behalf of the Commission

(12 January 1999)

It is not the Commission’s intention to include fish in the food supply programme for Russia, as its government
has not requested this product.

(1999/C 297/121)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3647/98

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(3 December 1998)

Subject: Community fraud and political malpractice

The 5 November issue of the Italian news weekly ‘Panorama’ reports on the case of the theft of refugee aid
provided by ECHO, the Community agency that manages humanitarian aid.

ECHO is responsible for overseeing the effectiveness of Community action, and in the space of a few months it
has had to deal with Bosnia, the African Great Lakes region and Kurdistan. This resulted in a large amount of
work and a threefold increase in the agency’s budget. It is now responsible for monitoring and overseeing more