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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3922/98 by Hilde HAWLICEK , Herbert BÖSCH Support for sporting activities for the disabled
Date: 1999-01-04
Institutions: BOESCH, European Parliament, HAWLICEK
Subjects: action programme, anti-discriminatory measure, disabled person, financial aid, sport, sports body













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3922/98 by Hilde HAWLICEK , Herbert BÖSCH Support for sporting activities for the disabled  


Official Journal C 289 , 11/10/1999 P. 0105 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-3922/98by Hilde Hawlicek (PSE) and Herbert Bösch (PSE) to the Commission(4 January 1999)Subject: Support for sporting activities for the disabledIn accordance with a ruling of the European Court of Justice, budget lines which have no legal basis have been deleted. This affects, inter alia, support for sporting activities. Sporting activities for the disabled are particularly badly hit by that ruling.A new social chapter was incorporated into the European treaties when the Treaty of Amsterdam was signed. Article 13 of the consolidated version of the EC Treaty expressly provides for action to combat discrimination on a number of grounds, including disability.Can the Commission say:- what opportunities will the Commission have in 1999 in its various programmes to support sporting activities for the disabled?- what will be done to ensure that European projects to support sporting activities for the disabled will not be downgraded compared with other projects?Answer given by Mr Oreja on behalf of the Commission(23 February 1999)The 1999 budget carries a number of headings which could be used by organisations dealing with sport for the disabled. A case in point is Item B3-4111 (Preparatory measures combating and preventing discrimination.)As the Honourable Member states, the Commission no longer has a legal basis for granting subsidies for the promotion of sport. It should be emphasised that projects carried out in 1998 cannot be repeated under some other budgetary cover.Sports organisations should see how their activities match up with the objectives and selection criteria of the programmes and projects referred to above.It goes without saying that applications made by sports organisations will be treated in the same way as those from organisations of any other kind in accordance with the award criteria set out in the conditions for participation in various projects which are published in the Official Journal.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3935/98 by Carlos ROBLES PIQUER to the Council. Imprisonment of three Cuban journalists
Date: 1999-01-04
Institutions: European Parliament, ROBLES PIQUER
Subjects: Cuba, EU aid, European Union, communications profession, democratisation, freedom of the press, human rights, imprisonment, press

C 297/118

Official Journal of the European Communities

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15.10.1999

(1999/C 297/159)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3932/98

by Carlos Robles Piquer (PPE) to the Commission

(4 January 1999)

Subject: The rearmament of South Africa

The Republic of South Africa has just announced a broad programme of rearmament, including the purchase
of warships, fighter aircraft, tanks, cannon and other heavy and light artillery from various European firms, in
addition to the creation of jobs in the South African arms industry, which grew substantially as a result of the
embargo during the apartheid era.

Can the Commission say:

1. what the total cost of these purchases was, stating which countries and firms benefited and what the

repercussions on employment were in both South Africa and Europe;

2. whether there is any external threat to South Africa which might justify this operation;

3. what the likely impact of this expenditure will be on the current negotiations for an economic agreement
between the EU and South Africa and what the overall effect is on its new status as Member State of the
Lomé Convention?

Answer given by Mr Pinheiro on behalf of the Commission

(2 March 1999)

The Commission was not consulted, informed or otherwise involved in the program of arm’s procurement of
South Africa. It is however aware of South African press statements on this issue.

The Commission is not in a position, nor is it within its role, to assess the need to modernise South Africa’s
security and defense systems as decided by the South African government.

The Commission does not see any direct link between the South African decision referred to and the
negotiations between the Community and South Africa or South Africa’s new status as a Member State of the
Lomé Convention.

(1999/C 297/160)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3935/98

by Carlos Robles Piquer (PPE) to the Council

(4 January 1999)

Subject: Imprisonment of three Cuban journalists

The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA), meeting in Punta del Este (Uruguay), has called on the Cuban
Government to review the sentences passed on three Cuban journalists, Bernardo Arévalo Padrón, Lorenzo
Paez Núñez and Carlos Recio Martínez, who are to serve prison terms of six years, one and a half years and one
year respectively.

The IAPA has stressed once again that the Cuban Penal Code still refers to offences such as ‘giving false
information’ or ‘any other form of criminal censure’, which are used as a pretext for banning freedom of
information in a country where the State is, moreover, the sole owner of all the mass media.

What is the Council prepared to do to cooperate in the review and, if possible, annulment of these sentences, as
well as to promote freedom of information in Cuba?
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3902/98 by Patricia McKENNA to the Commission. Participation of Commissioner Ritt Bjerregaard in the 1995 Bilderberg meeting
Date: 1999-01-04
Institutions: European Parliament, MCKENNA
Subjects: European Commissioner, Scotland, allowances and expenses, international meeting, operating cost, paid leave

C 207/144

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

21.7.1999

2.

Since Bilderberg normally pays the lavish accommodation, should this be declared by the Commissioner?

3. Did the Commissioner receive the specified subsistence allowance for the days of the trip?

4. Did the Commissioner take leave of absence for this trip?

(1999/C 207/197)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3900/98

by Patricia McKenna (V) to the Commission

(4 January 1999)

Subject: Participation of Commissioner Hans van den Broek in the 1995 Bilderberg meeting

Concerning the Bilderberg meeting attended by Commissioner van den Broek in Bürgenstock from 8-11 June
1995, could the Commission state:

1. What the items were which made up the total travel and whether the costs were reimbursed at the time, or

if not who paid them?

2.

Since Bilderberg normally pays the lavish accommodation, should this be declared by the Commissioner?

3. Did the Commissioner receive the specified subsistence allowance for the days of the trip?

4. Did the Commissioner take leave of absence for this trip?

(1999/C 207/198)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3901/98

by Patricia McKenna (V) to the Commission

(4 January 1999)

Subject: Participation of Commissioner Leon Brittan in the 1998 Bilderberg meeting

Concerning the Bilderberg meeting attended by Commissioner Leon Brittan in Turnberry, Scotland from
14-17 May 1998, could the Commission state:

1. What the items were which made up the total travel and whether the costs were reimbursed at the time, or

if not who paid them?

2.

Since Bilderberg normally pays the lavish accommodation, should this be declared by the Commissioner?

3. Did the Commissioner receive the specified subsistence allowance for the days of the trip?

4. Did the Commissioner take leave of absence for this trip?

(1999/C 207/199)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3902/98

by Patricia McKenna (V) to the Commission

(4 January 1999)

Subject: Participation of Commissioner Ritt Bjerregaard in the 1995 Bilderberg meeting

Concerning the Bilderberg meeting attended by Commissioner Bjerregaard in Bürgenstock from 8-11 June
1995, could the Commission state:

1. What the items were which made up the total travel and whether the costs were reimbursed at the time, or

if not who paid them?

2.

Since Bilderberg normally pays the lavish accommodation, should this be declared by the Commissioner?

3. Did the Commissioner receive the specified subsistence allowance for the days of the trip?

4. Did the Commissioner take leave of absence for this trip?
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3904/98 by Miguel ARIAS CAÑETE Checks on olive residue
Date: 1999-01-04
Institutions: ARIAS CANETE, European Parliament
Subjects: accounting, aid system, common organisation of markets, crop yield, fats, olive oil, olive-growing, payment, product quality, production aid

C 320/86

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

6.11.1999

Some countries for various reasons prefer to import live animals for slaughter afterwards. If the Community
did not subsidise such exports it would lose the markets to other exporting countries. The Honourable
Member is reminded that, following adoption of Council Regulation (EC) 2634/97 of 18 December 1997
amending Regulation (EEC) 805/68 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1), which
makes payment of export refunds on live cattle conditional on compliance with the provisions on animal
welfare during transport, Commission Regulation (EC) 615/98 of 18 March 1998 laying down specific
detailed rules of application for the export refund arrangements as regards the welfare of live bovine animals
during transport (2), applicable since 1 September 1998, has introduced checking of all live cattle leaving
Community territory plus targeted checks when cattle are unloaded in the country of destination.

The Commission has always tried to keep export refund levels for live cattle and for beef roughly parallel while
taking into account the specific requirements of certain countries of destination and the Community market
situation.

(1) OJ L 356, 31.12.1997.
(2) OJ L 82, 19.3.1998.

(1999/C 320/115)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3904/98

by Miguel Arias Cañete (PPE) to the Commission

(4 January 1999)

Subject: Checks on olive residue

The Regulation on the application of production aid for olive oil lays down that, where olive residue is sent to
an extraction establishment, quantities must be determined batch by batch, indicating the consignee, whereas
‘in other cases’ they must merely be determined on a flat-rate basis, indicating the consignee.

In the latter case the consignee may act as an intermediary, since that person is named only as the consignee
for the total amount, and there are no subsequent checks.

Is it not inconsistent that it should be possible to circumvent checks through the interposition of an
intermediary?

(1999/C 320/116)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3905/98

by Miguel Arias Cañete (PPE) to the Commission

(4 January 1999)

Subject: Determining the production coefficient for olive mills

Under the new Regulation on the application of production aid for olive oil the production coefficient for mills
with a continuous two-stage production cycle has been estimated at 0,70 (where 0,80 would be more
appropriate).

When olives are processed in a two-stage cycle, the oil and the sum of waste liquid plus residue are separated.
Together, these components must make up 100 %.

If the average oil yield of olives is estimated to be around 20 %, the amount of residue produced must be 80 %.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3919/98 by Joaquín SISÓ CRUELLAS to the Commission. Rules on the manufacture and marketing of objects containing precious metals
Date: 1999-01-04
Institutions: European Parliament, SISO CRUELLAS
Subjects: EU control, Spain, complaint to the Commission, free movement of goods, intra-EU trade, jewellery and goldsmith's articles, marketing, precious metal, professional association













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3919/98 by Joaquín SISÓ CRUELLAS to the Commission. Rules on the manufacture and marketing of objects containing precious metals  


Official Journal C 297 , 15/10/1999 P. 0116 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-3919/98by Joaquín Sisó Cruellas (PPE) to the Commission(4 January 1999)Subject: Rules on the manufacture and marketing of objects containing precious metalsOn 31 July 1998 the Spanish Association of Jewellers, Silversmiths and Watchmakers submitted a formal complaint to the Commission concerning obstacles to the free movement of Spanish goods in this sector in the intra-Community area. The above association takes the view that the diverse legislation in the Member States governing the manufacture and marketing of objects containing precious metals and the lack of a Community directive on the subject are giving rise to a situation where some Member States (particularly Portugal, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands and Ireland) are hindering and preventing the marketing of Spanish products in the countries concerned, even though the checks made are identical or equivalent to those carried out in Spain. The consequence is a duplication of checks, verification of purity and stamping fees for the same product, since these procedures must be carried out both in the state of origin and in the state of destination, with the result that commercial transactions are delayed and on some occasions cancelled.The Commission:1. Can it say whether it has launched any investigations to confirm or refute the distortions of competition reported by the Spanish Association of Jewellers, Silversmiths and Watchmakers, through which some Member States are alleged to be obstructing the free movement of Spanish goods? If so, what were the results?2. Has it considered the possibility of bringing in legislation on the manufacture and marketing of objects containing precious metals?Answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission(17 February 1999)The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to its answer to Written Question E-3158/98 by Mrs Ferrer(1).(1) OJ C 207, 21.7.1999, p. 33.