WRITTEN QUESTION No. 527/99 by Daniel VARELA SUANZES- CARPEGNA Fish product canning industry and aquaculture in the European Union
Date: 1999-03-08
Institutions: European Parliament, VARELA SUANZES-CARPEGNA
Subjects: aid to industry, aquaculture, cannery, fishery product, food aid, health control, import policy, import refund, monetary compensatory amount, tariff reduction

21.12.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 370/51

(1999/C 370/065)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0525/99

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

(8 March 1999)

Subject: Fish product canning industry and aquaculture in the European Union

At its June 1998 part-session the European Parliament debated and adopted the own-initiative report on
the fish product canning industry and aquaculture in the European Union (A4-0137/98) (1),
in the
conclusions to which, inter alia, it called on the Commission ‘to put forward proposals to the Council
and Parliament to include a special plan of action and an overall support framework for the fish product
canning industry, taking account of the present structural policy and the new regional policy guidelines for
the period 2000-2006, the principles of which are being debated at the moment, and that will aim to
provide the necessary financial support to secure a Community canning sector that is competitive in a
global economy’.

Can the Commission say what measures it has taken with a view to putting forward the proposals
requested by Parliament?

(1) OJ C 210, 6.7.1998, p. 295.

(1999/C 370/066)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0527/99

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

(8 March 1999)

Subject: Fish product canning industry and aquaculture in the European Union

At its June 1998 part-session the European Parliament debated and adopted the own-initiative report on
the fish product canning industry and aquaculture in the European Union (A4-0137/98) (1),
in the
conclusions to which, inter alia, it urged the Commission ‘to carry out a detailed analysis of Community
tariff law affecting fish product preserves and aquaculture, with the aim of abolishing any advantages in
access to the Community market that are no longer justified’.

Can the Commission say what measures it has taken to comply with Parliament’s request and what results
have been obtained thus far?

(1) OJ C 210, 6.7.1998, p. 295.

(1999/C 370/067)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0528/99

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

(8 March 1999)

Subject: Fish product canning industry and aquaculture in the European Union

At its June 1998 part-session the European Parliament debated and adopted the own-initiative report on
the fish product canning industry and aquaculture in the European Union (A4-0137/98) (1),
in the
conclusions to which,
interest of the Union’s
inter alia, it declared that ‘in the event that the general
external trade relations or the development cooperation policy require maintaining certain imports that
involve market access on terms that mean unfair competition for Community preserves, the latter should
be declared sensitive products and compensatory aid should be allocated to the industry’.

Can the Commission say what measures have been taken to comply with Parliament’s request, and what
results have been obtained?

(1) OJ C 210, 6.7.1998, p. 295.