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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3766/98 by Susan WADDINGTON to the Commission. Treatment of citizens during border controls
Date: 1998-12-11
Institutions: European Parliament, WADDINGTON
Subjects: border control, free movement of persons, fundamental rights, police, vocational training, woman

C 207/126

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

21.7.1999

Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission

(10 February 1999)

The Commission is not aware of any situations of the type referred to by the Honourable Member.

In the absence of more precise details, the Commission assumes that dismissal would be based on failure to
comply with criteria concerning the physical appearance of employees in a company, as would seem to be
suggested by the information in the question.

However, the Commission is willing to take a closer look at the situation referred to, if the Honourable
Member can provide concrete examples of cases in which male workers are alleged to have been treated in a
discriminatory manner compared with their female colleagues.

(1999/C 207/170)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3766/98

by Susan Waddington (PSE) to the Commission

(11 December 1998)

Subject: Treatment of citizens during border controls

What measures is the Union taking to ensure that the Member States’ authorities responsible for border
controls respect the rights and dignity of women when identity checks, interviews, body searches and other
related activities are being carried out?

(1999/C 207/171)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3767/98

by Susan Waddington (PSE) to the Commission

(11 December 1998)

Subject: Treatment of citizens during border controls

What measures is the Union taking to ensure that the Member States’ authorities responsible for border
controls respect the rights of minority groups, particularly ethnic minority citizens, when identity checks,
interviews, body searches and other related activities are being carried out?

(1999/C 207/172)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3768/98

by Susan Waddington (PSE) to the Commission

(11 December 1998)

Subject: Treatment of citizens during border controls

What measures is the Union taking to ensure that citizens have access to information in their own language
whilst being questioned by Member States’ police officers when identity checks and other border controls are
being carried out?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-3766/98, E-3767/98
and E-3768/98 given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission

(8 February 1999)

With regard to ethnic minorities, and in particular the risk of racially-motivated checks, it should be pointed
out that the European Council in Vienna on 11 and 12 December 1998 particularly underlined the need to
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3779/98 by Manuel ESCOLÁ HERNANDO to the Commission. Aid for the pigmeat sector
Date: 1998-12-11
Institutions: ESCOLA HERNANDO, European Parliament
Subjects: cessation of trading, economic aid, family farming, farm price support, livestock farming, market organisation, market support, over-production, price reduction, swine













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3779/98 by Manuel ESCOLÁ HERNANDO to the Commission. Aid for the pigmeat sector  


Official Journal C 297 , 15/10/1999 P. 0102 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-3779/98by Manuel Escolá Hernando (ARE) to the Commission(11 December 1998)Subject: Aid for the pigmeat sectorThe EU pigmeat sector finds itself in the midst of a price slump, highlighting the existence of deep-seated structural problems which must be tackled fully sooner rather than later.The impact of the current slump has been particularly severe for small family farms, many of which face the prospect of temporary, or even permanent closure.The turnover of the EU pigmeat sector exceeds ECU 20 billion and the sector generates a large number of jobs.Has the Commission therefore considered the possibility of adopting structural measures to prevent any further return to overproduction, which pushes down prices and forces producers to make sales below the cost price? Has it examined the possibility of including within these measures subsidies for the withdrawal of sows from the market, with a view to cutting production surpluses?Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission(15 January 1999)The Community pig industry is currently in a state of crisis because production greatly exceeds internal Community consumption. Pig farmers throughout Europe have expanded their herds, encouraged by the exceptionally high market prices in 1996 and 1997. The price drop in a situation of increased production is a typical cyclical phenomenon of pig production.Within the pig sector markets are expected to regulate themselves, so market prices reflect the balance of supply and demand. However, the Commission has some limited possibilities to intervene in the market when necessary, and is now using the full range of measures available to support the pigmeat market.In general the current market organization in pigmeat has functioned quite well. European pig markets have experienced many low price periods and each time pig farming has emerged with improved efficiency and a better structure.Various new ideas for amending the market organization have been put forward by some Member States and discussed by the management committee for pigmeat on 4 November 1998. The idea of withdrawing sows from production was also discussed in this framework. However, the result of this discussion was to concentrate all efforts on traditional market support measures.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3713/98 by Carlos CARNERO GONZÁLEZ Underground placement of the railway line running through Cadiz (Spain)
Date: 1998-12-11
Institutions: CARNERO GONZALEZ, European Parliament
Subjects: Andalusia, EU aid, aid system, rail transport, underground transport, urban centre

6.11.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 320/71

The evaluation of the extent to which the objectives of the operational programme have been achieved will
begin during the first quarter of 1999.

(1) OJ C 180, 1.7.1994.

(1999/C 320/095)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3713/98

by Carlos Carnero González (PSE) to the Commission

(11 December 1998)

Subject: Underground placement of the railway line running through Cadiz (Spain)

Will the Commission confirm whether or not it has received an official request, on the basis of the possibilities
afforded by existing legislation, for funding for the underground placement of the railway line running
through Cadiz, given the various reports to this effect circulating in Cadiz (Spain)?

In any event, should a request of this kind be made through the Spanish Government? Has this indeed been the
case?

Should such a request have been made, would it be feasible for the Commission to accept it, and if so, in what
form and at what cost?

Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission

(23 February 1999)

In 1998, the Community provided financing of 0,5 million euro, under budget heading (B5-700 (TEN)-
transport, for design studies on rail integration in the urban area and the doubling of tracks in the city of Cadiz.

The studies will be finished later in 1999. However, with regard to the specific project to which the
Honourable Member refers, the Commission has received no request from the Spanish authorities for
Community co-financing under either TENS or the European regional development fund, or the Cohesion
fund.

Until such time as the Spanish authorities submit a request, the Commission cannot make any assessment of
potential Community funding.

(1999/C 320/096)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3732/98

by Bryan Cassidy (PPE) to the Commission

(11 December 1998)

Subject: Council Directive of 18 June 1991 on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons

Article 17 of the Directive 91/477/EEC (1) states that:

Within five years from the date of transposition of this Directive into national law, the Commission shall
submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the situation resulting from the
application of the Directive, accompanied, if appropriate, by proposals.’

In view of the widely differing ways in which Member States apply the Directive and the problems encountered
by hunters and competition shooters:

? when will the Commission produce the report referred to in Article 17, and

? when will it give the names of Member States who are failing to apply the Directive correctly?

(1) OJ L 256, 13.9.1991, p. 51.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3738/98 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. Abolition of duty-free sales
Date: 1998-12-11
Institutions: AMADEO, European Parliament
Subjects: airport, cessation of trading, domestic market, duty-free sale, economic consequence, job cuts, marketing restriction, profit

15.10.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 297/97

the Council has not so far been called upon to encourage the Member States to proceed with the ratification of
this convention.

(1999/C 297/130)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3738/98

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(11 December 1998)

Subject: Abolition of duty-free sales

In anticipation of a review of the entire European tax system, the 1992 directives decreed that duty-free sales in
the European Union would come to an end in June 1999. The decision in favour of abolishing duty-free sales,
which was taken by the Ministers of Finance, can be changed only by a symbolic use of unanimity, which it is
difficult to achieve in this area.

In view of the fact that the sector employs 140 000 people, and that the profits made on such sales enable all of
Europe’s biggest airports to absorb a range of costs and finance works and investment, and in view of the by
now spasmodic quest for job creation:

Can the Commission indicate the logic behind the decision to abolish a sector which makes such a positive
contribution to Community employment?

Does it intend to call a halt, as a matter of urgency, to the procedures for abolishing the sector, and initiate a
study to examine the results of such abolition and its impact on industrial production and employment?

Answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission

(4 March 1999)

The rationale behind the ending of intra-Community duty-free sales is that of a single market. With the
elimination of import and export formalities, the possibility has been created for all citizens to purchase goods,
tax included, in the Member State of their choice. The changes to the tax system implicitly put an end to duty-
free sales to travellers within the Community. With the sole purpose of alleviating any economic and social
problems that might arise from such legislative changes, the Ecofin Council in 1991 unanimously decided to
introduce a specific measure, limited in time, allowing for the phasing out of that activity.

Regarding the employment aspect, the Commission has adopted on 17 February 1999 a communication to
the Parliament and the Council concerning the employment aspects of the decision to abolish tax and duty-free
sales for intra-Community travellers (1).

This communication is the follow-up to the request by the Vienna European Council in December 1998 to
examine by March 1999, the problems that could arise with regard to employment following the abolition of
intra-Community duty-free sales.

(1) COM(99) 65.

(1999/C 297/131)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3740/98

by Anita Pollack (PSE) to the Commission

(11 December 1998)

Subject: Battery hens

Will the Commission indicate what research it has put in hand or undertaken on practical alternative methods
to the battery system for producing eggs?
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3761/98 by Honório NOVO Fisheries agreement between the EU and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Date: 1998-12-11
Institutions: European Parliament, NOVO
Subjects: Mauritania, Portugal, agreement (EU), authorised catch, crustacean, fishing agreement, fishing licence, fishing regulations, fishing season, sea fish

6.11.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 320/75

(1999/C 320/100)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3760/98

by Honório Novo (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(11 December 1998)

Subject: Fisheries agreement between the EU and Cape Verde

The fisheries agreement between the EU and Cape Verde runs from 6 September 1997 to 5 September 2000.
The fishing possibilities provided for under this agreement include the allocation to Portugal of eight licences
for surface longliners and three licences for bottom longliners with an individual tonnage of less than 210 GRT.

In this context, and bearing in mind that more than a year has now passed since the present agreement was
renewed (6 September 1997), can the Commission provide the following information:

1. How many licences have actually been issued to Portuguese surface longliners? Who are the licence-
holders? What quantity of fish (in tonnes) was landed by each of the Portuguese surface longliners licensed
in the first year of the agreement?

2. How many licences have actually been issued to Portuguese bottom longliners? Who are the licence-
holders? What quantity of fish (in tonnes) was landed by each of the Portuguese bottom longliners
licensed in the first year of the agreement?

Answer given by Mrs Bonino on behalf of the Commission

(1 February 1999)

During the first year covered by the agreement between the Community and Cape Verde (6 September 1997 to
5 September 1998), six licences were applied for and were issued to the surface longliners Atrevido, Infante
Dom Henrique, Mar Portugues, Miguel Santos, Paula Filipa and Rapazinho. No licences were applied for in
respect of bottom longliners. The only vessel to notify a catch was Atrevido, which reported landing
5 880 kilograms in March 1998.

Since surface longliners target highly migratory species, they generally hold licences under several fisheries
agreements so that they can continue to fish without interruption from one zone to another and on the high
seas.

(1999/C 320/101)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3761/98

by Honório Novo (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(11 December 1998)

Subject: Fisheries agreement between the EU and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania

The fisheries agreement between the EU and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania runs until 31 July 2001.

In order to gain a picture of the agreement’s progress, can the Commission provide the following information:

1. How many licences for the various types of vessel and fish does the agreement earmark for allocation to

Portugal?

2. How many licences have been applied for by Portuguese vessels to date, and under what procedures?

3. What quantity of fish (in tonnes) has been landed under the licences actually applied for?
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2685/98 of 11 December 1998 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain, medium grain and long grain a rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2564/98
Date: 1998-12-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, rice, third country

12. 12. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 337/19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2685/98

of 11 December 1998

fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain, medium grain
and long grain A rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in
Regulation (EC) No 2564/98

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), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,

Whereas an invitation to tender for the export refund on
rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2564/98 (3);

Whereas Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
584/75 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/
95 (5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with
the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC)
No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a
maximum export
this
maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account;
whereas a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose
tender is equal to or less than the maximum export
refund;

refund; whereas

in fixing

Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria
to the current market situation for the rice 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

The maximum export refund on wholly milled round
grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported
to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to
tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2564/98 is hereby
fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 7 to 10
December 1998 at ECU 130,00 per tonne.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 December
1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 December 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 320, 28. 11. 1998, p. 43.
(4) OJ L 61, 7. 3. 1975, p. 25.
(5) OJ L 35, 15. 2. 1995, p. 8.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2680/98 of 11 December 1998 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 1998-12-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

L 337/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

12. 12. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2680/98

of 11 December 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 12 December
1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 December 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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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 337/13

to the Commission Regulation of 11 December 1998 establishing the standard import values
for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0707 00 05

0709 90 70

0805 10 10, 0805 10 30, 0805 10 50

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
204
999
052
204
628
999
052
204
388
999
204
999

052
464
999
052
600
999
039
060
064
400
404
999
064
400
720
999

78,4
128,0
103,2
85,3
85,3
97,0
96,5
156,1
116,5
39,6
45,7
45,4
43,6
64,8
64,8

59,4
258,6
159,0
58,6
95,5
77,0
75,0
16,5
44,1
71,3
77,9
57,0
60,5
65,3
50,7
58,8

(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. 3767/98 by Susan WADDINGTON to the Commission. Treatment of citizens during border controls
Date: 1998-12-11
Institutions: European Parliament, WADDINGTON
Subjects: border control, ethnic group, free movement of persons, fundamental rights, police, vocational training

C 207/126

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

21.7.1999

Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission

(10 February 1999)

The Commission is not aware of any situations of the type referred to by the Honourable Member.

In the absence of more precise details, the Commission assumes that dismissal would be based on failure to
comply with criteria concerning the physical appearance of employees in a company, as would seem to be
suggested by the information in the question.

However, the Commission is willing to take a closer look at the situation referred to, if the Honourable
Member can provide concrete examples of cases in which male workers are alleged to have been treated in a
discriminatory manner compared with their female colleagues.

(1999/C 207/170)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3766/98

by Susan Waddington (PSE) to the Commission

(11 December 1998)

Subject: Treatment of citizens during border controls

What measures is the Union taking to ensure that the Member States’ authorities responsible for border
controls respect the rights and dignity of women when identity checks, interviews, body searches and other
related activities are being carried out?

(1999/C 207/171)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3767/98

by Susan Waddington (PSE) to the Commission

(11 December 1998)

Subject: Treatment of citizens during border controls

What measures is the Union taking to ensure that the Member States’ authorities responsible for border
controls respect the rights of minority groups, particularly ethnic minority citizens, when identity checks,
interviews, body searches and other related activities are being carried out?

(1999/C 207/172)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3768/98

by Susan Waddington (PSE) to the Commission

(11 December 1998)

Subject: Treatment of citizens during border controls

What measures is the Union taking to ensure that citizens have access to information in their own language
whilst being questioned by Member States’ police officers when identity checks and other border controls are
being carried out?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-3766/98, E-3767/98
and E-3768/98 given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission

(8 February 1999)

With regard to ethnic minorities, and in particular the risk of racially-motivated checks, it should be pointed
out that the European Council in Vienna on 11 and 12 December 1998 particularly underlined the need to