WRITTEN QUESTION No. 302/99 by Carlos ROBLES PIQUER Encouraging cross-border cooperation between renewable energy companies
Date: 1999-02-17
Institutions: European Parliament, ROBLES PIQUER
Subjects: EU programme, cooperation agreement, cross-border cooperation, inter-company cooperation, renewable energy

29.11.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 341/87

(1999/C 341/120)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0301/99

by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) to the Commission

(17 February 1999)

Subject: Bringing the additional provisions of the French Law 97-I051 of 18 November on sea fishing

guidelines and marine crops into line with Community law

In its reply to my previous Written Question E-4112/97 (1), the Commission claimed that it would ensure that
the additional provisions of French Law 97-I051 adopted by the French authorities would be in keeping with
Community law as interpreted by the Court of Justice.

Is the Commission aware of the additional provisions of this French law, not published in the French
Republic’s Official Journal, but forwarded to Franco-Spanish undertakings?

In particular, is the Commission aware of the circular dated 26 October 1998 issued by the ‘Direction
Intedepartementale des Affaires Maritimes pour les Landes et les Pyrenées-Atlantiques’ of the French Ministry
of Equipment, Transport and Accommodation, and the specimen form to be filled out by the said undertakings
pursuant to the said circular?

If the Commission is not aware of these documents, does it intend to request them as part of its effort to
oversee the measures implementing the legislation concerned, and will it, in any case, state whether it believes
these additional provisions, and in particular what the circular aforesaid lays down regarding ‘stable
establishment’, are in conformity with Community law as interpreted by the Court of Justice?

(1) OJ C 187, 16.6.1998, p. 125.

Answer given by Mrs Bonino on behalf of the Commission

(26 March 1999)

Following the Honourable Member’s question the Commission has asked the French national authorities to
transmit the provisions in question.

(1999/C 341/121)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0302/99

by Carlos Robles Piquer (PPE) to the Commission

(17 February 1999)

Subject: Encouraging cross-border cooperation between renewable energy companies

The Commission’s holding of meetings to promote agreements on cross-border cooperation between
companies has aroused the interest of many undertakings in various sectors.

One sector which calls for particular attention is that of renewable energies (companies on both sides of any
frontier between EU Member States).

Can the Commission tell me what the involvement of renewable energy companies has been in terms of the
data available to it for the meetings which have been held?

Answer by Mr Papoutsis on behalf of the Commission

(8 April 1999)

With regard to cross-border cooperation, the Commission applies the Interprise programme. Designed to
encourage the development of partnerships between enterprises in the Community, the programme provides
tangible help in organising meetings bringing together heads of enterprises to discuss and negotiate
cooperation agreements. These are sectoral events that bring together at least 15 enterprises from three
Member States.

There has been no Interprise event dealing specifically with the renewable energy sector.