WRITTEN QUESTION E-2061/99 by Eryl McNally (PSE) to the Commission. Legal basis of EU subsidies for the rearing of bulls used in bullfighting.
Date: 1999-11-12
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: agricultural guidance, animal show, bull, legal basis, livestock farming

18.7.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 203 E/127

(2000/C 203 E/162)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2061/99

by Eryl McNally (PSE) to the Commission

(12 November 1999)

Subject: Legal basis of EU subsidies for the rearing of bulls used in bullfighting

What is the Legal basis of EU subsidies for the rearing of bulls used in bullfighting

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(30 November 1999)

There is no specific Community aid for the rearing of fighting bulls. However, these bulls are not excluded
from the system of premiums for male bovine animals set up in 1987, the legal basis of which is Council
Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in beef and
veal (1) (Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1633/98 (2)), repealed and replaced by Council
Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 (3) with effect from 1 January 2000.

It should be pointed out that the breeders concerned earmark only a very small number of their male
bovine animals for bullfights and that the use of the animals for this purpose is generally decided well after
the age at which they benefited from the grant of the premium for male bovine animals.

(1) OJ L 148, 28.6.1968.
(2) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998.
(3) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999.

(2000/C 203 E/163)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2062/99

by Laura GonzÆlez `lvarez (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(12 November 1999)

Subject: Access for qualified teachers from other Member States to the Official Language School Teachers(cid:146)

Association in Spain

The Spanish authorities have not included the Official Language School Teachers(cid:146) Association within the
scope of Directive 89/48/EEC (1), and in failing to do so have barred qualified teachers from other Member
States from gaining free access to the aforementioned professional teaching body.

Does the Commission believe that, in implementing the provisions of Directive 89/48/EEC, the Spanish
authorities are empowered to impose unjustified limits on the number of regulated professional activities
in Spain to which qualified teachers from other Member States can gain access, whilst enabling qualified
Spanish teachers to gain access to all such activities?

Does the Commission believe that, in view of the provisions in force in Spain governing access to the
Official Language School Teachers(cid:146) Association through competitive examination (Law 1/1990, supple-
mentary provision 15), Commission report COM(96) 46 final and Court of Justice case law, access to this
teaching body constitutes a (cid:145)regulated professional activity(cid:146) as laid down by Directive 89/48/EEC?

Does the Commission believe that the failure to include the Official Language Schoolteachers(cid:146) Association
within Royal Decrees 1665/1991 and 1754/1998, through which Directive 89/48/EEC has been trans-
posed into Spanish law, amounts to discrimination against citizens from other Member States with
university degrees or equivalent qualifications who, unlike their Spanish counterparts, are barred from