WRITTEN QUESTION No. 541/99 by Daniel VARELA SUANZES- CARPEGNA Fish product canning industry and aquaculture in the European Union
Date: 1999-03-12
Institutions: European Parliament, VARELA SUANZES-CARPEGNA
Subjects: aid to industry, aquaculture, cannery, export refund, fishery product, food aid, health control, import policy, monetary compensatory amount, tariff reduction

21.12.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 370/55

Can the Commission say what measures have been taken to comply with Parliament’s request and tackle
the grave crisis in the sardine canning industry?

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

(1999/C 370/077)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0539/99

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

(12 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 declared that ‘the sardine industry represents an economic activity of
major importance for many Community regions’ and pointed out that the sector is in a state of crisis,
which requires the urgent adoption of protection measures, such as:

(...)
launching a Community-wide campaign, backed up by the necessary funds, to promote the
consumption of sardines and products such as sardine preserves and sardine ‘pâtés’, bearing in mind
the high nutritional value of this product.

Can the Commission say what measures have been taken to comply with Parliament’s request and tackle
the grave crisis in the sardine canning industry?

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

(1999/C 370/078)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0540/99

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

(12 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 declared the tuna canning industry is the most important Community
canning sector in terms of employment and the volume of trade, and that to encourage the huge growth
prospects in this sector there is a need:

(...) to ensure there is a proper supply of the necessary raw material (fresh, frozen and ribs of tuna),
giving priority to the Community fleet and opening new quotas for imports only when these are
strictly needed for the Community industry.

Can the Commission say what measures have been adopted to comply with Parliament’s request and
thereby encourage the growth prospects in the Community tuna canning industry?

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

(1999/C 370/079)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0541/99

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

(12 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