WRITTEN QUESTION No. 587/99 by Nuala AHERN Request for information following written question E-0370/98
Date: 1999-03-12
Institutions: AHERN, European Parliament
Subjects: confidentiality, fact-finding mission, non-governmental organisation, radioactive materials, transport of dangerous goods, transport safety

C 370/64

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

21.12.1999

According to information available to the Commission concerning the rearing of fighting bulls, feed intake
is based on natural feed, but calves may receive additional feed at the age of eight months and compound
feed may be provided to bulls for fighting six months before the events.

The Commission is not aware of any evidence that Spanish fighting bulls might be infected with bovine
spongiform encephalopathy. If the Honourable Member has such information, the Commission would be
grateful to receive it.

Furthermore, the Commission would like to repeat that any request to exempt fighting bulls from the
general ban to move live bovine animals out of Portugal must be examined in the light of possibilities to
prevent fraud and taking into consideration inter alia the control measures in place in the Member State of
destination.

(1999/C 370/087)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0583/99

by Patricia McKenna (V) to the Commission

(3 March 1999)

Subject: Commissioner Monti’s membership of the Executive Committee of the Trilateral Commission

In the light of the answers given by the Commission to my questions P-3880/98 (1), E-3903/98 (2) and H-
0933/98 (3), which suggest that the reason that the Commissioner did not declare his membership of the
Bilderberg Group Steering Committee was either because that was before he became a Commissioner (even
though the declaration he actually made covered previous roles), or that it was simply a private gathering
(i.e. with no formal legal structure), will the Commission explain why the Commissioner also failed to
declare that he is currently, and has been for some considerable time, a member of the Executive
Committee of the Trilateral Commission, a properly constituted body with formal memberships, which
also requires members to retire when they take up official duties?

(1) OJ C 182, 28.6.1999, p. 131.
(2) OJ C 207, 21.7.1999, p. 145.
(3) Verbatim report of proceedings of the European Parliament (November 1998).

Answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission

(8 April 1999)

Mr Monti has been a member of the executive committee of the Trilateral Commission (Europe) from
1988 to 1997.

The Trilateral Commission (Europe) does not require members to retire when they take up official duties.

Mr Monti did not declare this membership because the declaration presented by members of the European
Commission concerns positions held in firms and foundations and the Trilateral Commission is neither.

(1999/C 370/088)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0587/99

by Nuala Ahern (V) to the Commission

(12 March 1999)

Subject: Request for information following written question E-0370/98

Further to the reply of 27 March 1998 to my written question E-0370/98 (1), will the Commission list
those non-governmental organisations whose concerns over nuclear transports have been submitted to the
Standing Working Group of Experts on the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials over the past five