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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 798/99 by Gerhard HAGER Screening in the field of justice and home affairs
Date: 1999-04-06
Institutions: European Parliament, HAGER
Subjects: accession to the European Union, cooperation in home affairs, enlargement of the Union, international negotiations, legal system













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 798/99 by Gerhard HAGER Screening in the field of justice and home affairs  


Official Journal C 370 , 21/12/1999 P. 0113 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-0798/99by Gerhard Hager (NI) to the Commission(6 April 1999)Subject: Screening in the field of justice and home affairsTo prepare for the accession of the candidate countries, screening in the field of justice and home affairs has now begun. The screening work should, I gather, be completed by the end of March. To simplify its work, the Task Force on Enlargement has divided the acquis into nine chapters: asylum policy, external borders, immigration, combatting organised crime, combatting drugs, combatting terrorism, police cooperation, customs cooperation and cooperation in the field of justice (civil and criminal law). In this connection the Commission has been asked to submit an overall report on the results of screening when the negotiations have finished at the end of March.1. Will it be possible to submit this report, and if so, when?2. If not, what arguments are there against submitting this data?Answer given by Mr van den Broek on behalf of the Commission(7 May 1999)The Commission confirms that the screening of the acquis under chapter 24: Co-operation in the fields of Justice and home affairs of the accession negotiations was completed by the end of March 1999 with the six applicant countries, with which these negotiations have been opened. The Commission will inform the Parliament on the results of this screening in meetings with interested parliamentary committees as usual.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 811/99 by Joaquín SISÓ CRUELLAS Selection of 81 research facilities
Date: 1999-04-06
Institutions: European Parliament, SISO CRUELLAS
Subjects: EU financing, European Commission, European Economic Area, labour mobility, research body, research programme, scientific profession

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Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

21.12.1999

(1999/C 370/165)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0811/99

by Joaquín Sisó Cruellas (PPE) to the Commission

Subject: Selection of 81 research facilities

(6 April 1999)

The Commission has selected 81 research facilities in the European Economic Area that it considers to be
the most important for high-quality research. A list of the said facilities has been published (1), with a view
to helping European researchers gain access to them.

Can the Commission say:

1. What form the selection procedure has taken?

2. What selection criteria have been employed?

3. Whether support of any kind from the European Union is available for those European researchers

interested in gaining access to the said facilities?

4. What the European Union is doing to promote research work within the Union? Are economic and/or
other measures in place to support those individuals wishing to devote themselves to research work?

(1) OJ C 36, 10.2.1999.

Answer given by Mrs Cresson on behalf of the Commission

(7 May 1999)

Contracts for researchers supported under the access to Large-scale facilities (LSF) activity of the Training
and mobility of researchers (TMR) programme are intended to pay for the use of an existing facility by
research teams (and individual researchers) who would not normally have access to the facility. Research
teams will be eligible for support if they are conducting research in the Community or an associated state.
Community financing is intended to cover 100 % of the travel and subsistence costs of entitled users
coming essentially from countries other than that where the facility is located. Community financing also
covers up to 100 % of the additional costs of providing users with access to the facility.

The process and the criteria under which successful proposals from research facilities have been selected
can be found in the TMR work programme, published by the Commission in 1996 (1). More detailed
information can be found in the information package and in the evaluation manual for the TMR-LSF
activity, both of which are available on the TMR programme homepage on the Internet (http://www.cor-
dis.lu/tmr/src/alsf1.htm).

More general information about the Improving human research potential (IHP) programme, which is the
successor to the TMR programme, can be found in the IHP work programme which figures on the recently
set up programme homepage on the Internet (http://www.cordis.lu/improving/home.html).

(1)

ISBN 92-827-7173-3.

(1999/C 370/166)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0815/99

by Graham Watson (ELDR) to the Commission

(6 April 1999)

Subject: VAT

What is the Commission’s view of the anti-avoidance legislation being implemented in the UK? Does it run
counter to the philosophy and basis of VAT?
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 799/99 by Gerhard HAGER Refugee projects
Date: 1999-04-06
Institutions: European Parliament, HAGER
Subjects: Austria, EU aid, aid to refugees, forced migration, housing need, repatriation grant, return migration, right of asylum, social facilities













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 799/99 by Gerhard HAGER Refugee projects  


Official Journal C 348 , 03/12/1999 P. 0134 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-0799/99by Gerhard Hager (NI) to the Commission(6 April 1999)Subject: Refugee projectsOn the initiative of Commissioner Gradin the Commission has decided for the second time running to grant financial support (EUR 16,75 million) for projects to assist refugees in the EU states. These projects include support for projects to improve the reception structures for asylum-seekers and displaced persons in the Member States (EUR 3,75 million), but also provide appropriations to facilitate the voluntary repatriation of refugees (EUR 13 million).Can the Commission answer the following:1. Has Austria submitted any programmes for either phases of the project, and how many Austrian projects have been approved?2. If so, what was the substance of such projects and what share of the funding was borne by the EU?3. What were the criteria for the acceptance of the 76 projects? Which Member States received the allocations and what amount of money was allocated on which projects?Answer given by Mrs Gradin on behalf of the Commission(4 May 1999)Austria submitted projects in both phases (1997 and 1998) under the programme to improve the infrastructure for the reception of asylum-seekers, refugees and displaced persons (B5-803) and the programme to facilitate the voluntary return of refugees, asylum-seekers and displaced persons (B7-6008).The breakdown of approved projects is as follows:- 1997:- B5-803 - 3 projects:- Volkshilfe Oberösterreich, Linz (two projects),- International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), Vienna.- B7-6008 - 5 projects:- Österreichisches Studienzentrum für Frieden und Konfliktforschung (ÖSFK), Stadtschlaning,- Volkshilfe Österreich, Vienna,- International Centre of Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), Vienna (three projects).- 1998:- B5-803 - 2 projects:- Österreichische Forschungsstiftung für Entwicklungshilfe, Vienna,- Asyl in Not, Vienna.- B7-6008 - 5 projects:- Caritas Österreich, Vienna (also Salzburg and Graz),- Verein Susret-Begegnung, Bregenz,- Berufsförderungsinstitut, Vienna,- International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), Vienna (two projects).Owing to the volume of detailed information on the projects referred to above, this has been sent direct to the Honourable Member and Parliament's Secretariat.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 794/99 by Raimondo FASSA Commission action to promote fair trade
Date: 1999-04-06
Institutions: European Parliament, FASSA
Subjects: EU financing, European Parliament, common commercial policy, report, trade cooperation













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 794/99 by Raimondo FASSA Commission action to promote fair trade  


Official Journal C 370 , 21/12/1999 P. 0110 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-0794/99by Raimondo Fassa (ELDR) to the Commission(6 April 1999)Subject: Commission action to promote fair tradeParliament has adopted a report on fair trade (A4-0198/98) which lays down clear defining criteria and a set of political priorities for enhancing and protecting this important form of cooperation.Moreover, in the resolution on the 1999 Commission work programme (B4-1072/98) it adopted in December 1998, Parliament again called for a Commission initiative for a policy to support free trade based on Parliament's report.Given the growing importance of free trade and the need for promotion and regulation to prevent any abuse and defend the consumer's right to transparent information as well as the rights of the producer and fair trade operator, what has the Commission done so far to act on the recommendations contained in Parliament's report?What deadlines are there for the overall formulation of a policy to support free trade starting with proper certification?Finally, can the Commission rapidly provide a list of the projects so far financed and clearly indicate the beneficiaries, the nature of the project and its duration?Answer given by Mr Pinheiro on behalf of the Commission(7 May 1999)The Commission has welcomed the Parliament report on fair trade. It is in the process of finalising a communication on the subject, which will be ready for publication shortly. Following the publication of the document, a wide-ranging discussion is expected with all those involved and interested in fair trade. After this period of consultation, the Commission should then be in a position to formulate a comprehensive policy on fair trade.Information on the projects financed by the Commission is sent directly to the Honourable Member and to Parliament's Secretariat.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 787/99 by Graham MATHER to the Commission. Competition policy in the retailing sector
Date: 1999-04-06
Institutions: European Parliament, MATHER
Subjects: competition law, competition policy, exclusive distribution agreement, restriction on competition, retail selling, vertical agreement

15.10.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 297/159

(1999/C 297/218)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0501/99

by James Nicholson (PPE) to the Commission

(5 March 1999)

Subject: International Year of the Older Person

What measures has the Commission undertaken to give European Union recognition to 1999 as the
International Year of the Older Person?

Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission

(24 March 1999)

The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to its answer to Written Question No 0149/99 by
Mr Sisó Cruellas (1).

(1)

See page 147.

(1999/C 297/219)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0561/99

by Graham Mather (PPE) to the Commission

(12 March 1999)

Subject: Competition policy in the retailing sector

Can the Commission please provide details of any initiatives recently taken or shortly to be taken in this
sphere?

Is the Commission policy in this area being reviewed and if so, on what basis?

Answer given by Mr Van Miert on behalf of the Commission

(29 March 1999)

In 1997, following the publication of the green paper on vertical restraints (1), the Commission launched a
policy review exercise with a view to reconsidering the Community competition rules applicable to
distribution agreements, including the retailing sector. In the light of the indications arising from the wide
public consultation, the Commission adopted on 30 September 1998 a communication on the application of
Community competition rules to vertical restraints (2) which describes the policy the Commission intends to
adopt in this field.

The main aim of the proposed new policy is a shift to a more economic oriented approach, resulting in a much
broader coverage of vertical agreements by one block exemption regulation. Such a policy will lead to a
reduced regulatory burden, a simplification of the applicable rules, a reduction of the notification requirements
and a more effective control of vertical restraints implemented by companies holding significant market
power.

The Commission also follows the developments in the retailing sector, with particular reference to the
implications that the exercise of buying power may have on the application of Community competition rules.

(1) COM(96) 721 final.
(2) COM(98) 544 final.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 815/99 by Graham WATSON VAT
Date: 1999-04-06
Institutions: European Parliament, WATSON
Subjects: United Kingdom, VAT, fraud, national law

C 370/118

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

21.12.1999

(1999/C 370/165)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0811/99

by Joaquín Sisó Cruellas (PPE) to the Commission

Subject: Selection of 81 research facilities

(6 April 1999)

The Commission has selected 81 research facilities in the European Economic Area that it considers to be
the most important for high-quality research. A list of the said facilities has been published (1), with a view
to helping European researchers gain access to them.

Can the Commission say:

1. What form the selection procedure has taken?

2. What selection criteria have been employed?

3. Whether support of any kind from the European Union is available for those European researchers

interested in gaining access to the said facilities?

4. What the European Union is doing to promote research work within the Union? Are economic and/or
other measures in place to support those individuals wishing to devote themselves to research work?

(1) OJ C 36, 10.2.1999.

Answer given by Mrs Cresson on behalf of the Commission

(7 May 1999)

Contracts for researchers supported under the access to Large-scale facilities (LSF) activity of the Training
and mobility of researchers (TMR) programme are intended to pay for the use of an existing facility by
research teams (and individual researchers) who would not normally have access to the facility. Research
teams will be eligible for support if they are conducting research in the Community or an associated state.
Community financing is intended to cover 100 % of the travel and subsistence costs of entitled users
coming essentially from countries other than that where the facility is located. Community financing also
covers up to 100 % of the additional costs of providing users with access to the facility.

The process and the criteria under which successful proposals from research facilities have been selected
can be found in the TMR work programme, published by the Commission in 1996 (1). More detailed
information can be found in the information package and in the evaluation manual for the TMR-LSF
activity, both of which are available on the TMR programme homepage on the Internet (http://www.cor-
dis.lu/tmr/src/alsf1.htm).

More general information about the Improving human research potential (IHP) programme, which is the
successor to the TMR programme, can be found in the IHP work programme which figures on the recently
set up programme homepage on the Internet (http://www.cordis.lu/improving/home.html).

(1)

ISBN 92-827-7173-3.

(1999/C 370/166)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0815/99

by Graham Watson (ELDR) to the Commission

(6 April 1999)

Subject: VAT

What is the Commission’s view of the anti-avoidance legislation being implemented in the UK? Does it run
counter to the philosophy and basis of VAT?
Commission Regulation (EC) No 719/1999 of 6 April 1999 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 1999-04-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

7. 4. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 91/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 719/1999

of 6 April 1999

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain
fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/
94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the applica-
the import arrangements for fruit and veget-
tion of
ables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/
98 (2), and in particular Article 4 (1) thereof,

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down,
pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilat-
eral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commis-
sion fixes the standard values for imports from third
countries, in respect of the products and periods stipu-
lated in the Annex thereto;

in compliance with the above criteria,

Whereas,
the
standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out
in the Annex to this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in
the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 April 1999.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 6 April 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66.
(2) OJ L 198, 15.7.1998, p. 4.

L 91/2

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Official Journal of the European Communities

7. 4. 1999

to the Commission Regulation of 6 April 1999 establishing the standard import values for
determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0707 00 05

0709 10 00

0709 90 70

0805 10 10, 0805 10 30, 0805 10 50

0805 30 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
999
052
068
999
220
999
052
204
999
052
204
212
220
600
624
999
052
999
039
388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
999
388
400
512
528
720
999

82,9
67,8
75,4
114,3
107,2
110,8
220,2
220,2
83,1
117,8
100,5
30,0
45,0
47,2
34,4
74,4
47,8
46,5
64,3
64,3
109,3
85,9
90,4
98,3
87,4
86,3
103,8
79,2
97,3
93,1
64,3
79,1
73,4
80,0
84,3
76,2

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2317/97 (OJ L 321, 22.11.1997, p. 19). Code

‘999' stands for ‘of other origin'.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 805/99 by Alexandros ALAVANOS UK funding of dam construction in Turkey
Date: 1999-04-06
Institutions: ALAVANOS, European Parliament
Subjects: Türkiye, United Kingdom, competence of the Member States, engineering structure, environmental protection, financing













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 805/99 by Alexandros ALAVANOS UK funding of dam construction in Turkey  


Official Journal C 370 , 21/12/1999 P. 0116 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-0805/99by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission(6 April 1999)Subject: UK funding of dam construction in TurkeyThe UK authorities have approved funding for Turkish plans to build a series of dams on the rivers Tigris and Euphrates.Given that:(a) the joint management of water resources is highly important and that vital interests of the countries crossed by the two rivers are at stake,(b) the construction of the dams will create a vast ecological disaster, thousands of the local population will be forced to abandon their homes, 15 towns and 52 villages with unique monuments will be submerged under water,(c) Turkey is one of the few countries not to have signed the 1997 UN Convention on the settlement of border disputes between states sharing the same water resources,(d) the Member States of the EU have signed the UN Convention on water resources and that, pursuant to Articles 130u(3) and 130v of the Treaty on European Union, the Community and the Member States must comply with the commitments and take account of the objectives they have approved in the context of the United Nations and other competent international organisations,will the Commission say:1. whether it considers that the manner in which Turkey is furthering this project fulfills the conditions laid down by the UN Convention on the joint management of water resources, regardless of the fact that Turkey has not signed the Convention, and2. if not, what measures it will take, having due regard to the Articles of the Treaty on European Union, to prevent the UK from financing this project?Answer given by Mr van den Broek on behalf of the Commission(6 May 1999)As the Honourable Member says, Turkey has not signed the 1997 UN Convention referred to in his written question. Turkey cannot therefore be required to conform with its provisions.Apart from this, the Community budget is not contributing to the project referred to by the Honourable Member. This being the case, the issue of UK funding for the project is a matter for the UK authorities.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 802/99 by Gerhard HAGER EU buildings
Date: 1999-04-06
Institutions: European Parliament, HAGER
Subjects: Belgium, EU institution, European Commission, European Union, Luxembourg, acquisition of property, budget, property leasing

C 370/114

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

21.12.1999

six applicant countries, with which these negotiations have been opened. The Commission will inform the
Parliament on the results of this screening in meetings with interested parliamentary committees as usual.

(1999/C 370/161)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0800/99

by Gerhard Hager (NI) to the Commission

(6 April 1999)

Subject: Austrians in the Commission

People with whom I come into contact in my home Member State of Austria frequently ask me about the
Austrian nationals employed at the EU institutions.

I should therefore be glad if you could answer the following questions:

1. How many Austrian nationals are employed at the Commission?

2.

In which DGs are they employed (please provide a detailed list)?

3. How many of these Austrians are A, B, C or D grade officials respectively?

4. How many Swedes and Finns are employed at the Commission?

Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission

(28 April 1999)

The Commission currently employs 285 Austrian citizens as officials or temporary staff paid from

1.
the operational and shared-cost research budgets.

Their distribution by Directorate-General appears in the table which is being sent direct to the

2.
Honourable Member and to Parliament’s Secretariat.

As the summary at the end of that table shows, there are 125 A, 57 B, 57 C and 8 D officials. There

3.
are also 16 LA officials.

For the purposes of comparison, the number of Finnish and Swedish officials, also broken down by

4.
category, is given in the same table.

(1999/C 370/162)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0802/99

by Gerhard Hager (NI) to the Commission

(6 April 1999)

Subject: EU buildings

Varying information appears from time to time in the press about the buildings owned by the EU
institutions.

I should therefore like to ask the Commission:

1. Which buildings in Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxembourg are in the sole ownership of the EU

institutions or the Commission?

2. What is the value of these buildings (broken down by individual building)?

3. Which buildings are partly owned by the EU?

4. What is the value of these buildings and what is the EU’s share in their ownership?

5. By what contractual arrangements has the EU obtained the use of additional buildings which are not

in the ownership of the EU but in which EU institutions’ offices are situated?