WRITTEN QUESTION No. 175/99 by Amedeo AMADEO Combating the use of drugs in sport
Date: 1999-02-11
Institutions: AMADEO, European Parliament
Subjects: EU action, administrative sanction, application of EU law, performance drugs, professional sport, report, sport

C 325/80

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

12.11.1999

Answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission

(18 March 1999)

After having examined the question submitted by the Honourable Member, the Commission has reached the
conclusion that the work in question did not infringe Community provisions concerning public contracts.
Indeed, the situation described cannot be said to have contravened the principles of non-discrimination,
transparency and equal treatment which form the basis of the above-mentioned legislation. This legislation
does not, moreover, make any provisions for specific compensation to shopkeepers adversely affected by
public works being carried out.

(1999/C 325/102)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0174/99

by Roberta Angelilli (NI) to the Commission

(11 February 1999)

Subject: Law discriminating between Italian citizens in the province of Bolzano

With reference to the previous Written Question E-3040/98 (1) relating to discrimination against Italian
citizens in the province of Bolzano, the Commission is hereby informed that the law referred to therein has
since been approved (Provincial Law of 17 December 1998 No 13 on the rules governing subsidised public
housing).

In view of the above, can the Commission say what its opinion on this matter is?

(1) OJ C 182, 28.6.1999, p. 40.

Answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission

(26 March 1999)

After careful examination of Provincial Law No 13 ‘Ordinamento dell’Edilizia Abitativa Agevolata’ of the
province of Bolzano, of 17 December 1998, the Commission was unable to find any discrimination against
Union citizens which is prohibited under Community law. In fact, Article 4 of the law in question gives
persons wishing to re-establish themselves in the province of Bolzano, after having lived there for a period of
at least five years and then emigrated, the same legal status as persons residing in the province, regardless of
their nationality. In addition, Article 5(6) of the same law guarantees equal treatment for nationals of other
Member States who live in the province of Bolzano and pursue an economic activity there.

(1999/C 325/103)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0175/99

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(11 February 1999)

Subject: Combating the use of drugs in sport

The existing national measures aimed at combating the practice of drug use in sport are no longer sufficient to
effectively combat what has become an alarming phenomenon which goes beyond the frontiers of individual
states.

The source of greatest concern is the fact that the use of drugs is now not confined merely to professional sport
but also occurs in sporting activities in which amateurs take part during their free time.

What does the Commission think about issuing, as a matter of urgency, a directive aimed at harmonising the
existing national measures in order to:

1.

define minimum criteria to be applied during tests;

2. harmonise laboratory techniques through the establishment of a European testing agency;