WRITTEN QUESTION E-2077/99 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Implementation in Greece of Directive 89/48.
Date: 1999-11-12
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Greece, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, directive (EU), recognition of diplomas, sanction (EU)

C 170 E/144

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

20.6.2000

Has there already been an official evaluation by the WTO and/or the Commission of the impact that
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the Agreement on Agriculture reached during the GATT Uruguay Round has had on prices and incomes in
the EU, the USA and the rest of the world (evaluations up to and including 1999)?

How does the Commission evaluate the impacts of the GATT Uruguay Round? I would appreciate an
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evaluation not only of the two exceptional years 1995 and 1996 but for the whole period from 1995 until
1999. I would similarly appreciate it if the assessment focused predominantly on quantities and price
trends in the markets rather than simply on the development of world trade in value terms.

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Has liberalisation actually produced benefits for the consumer?

Have food prices fallen, and to what extent?

Has food safety and quality improved as a result of the opening up of markets and the SPS

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agreement?

6. What view should be taken in this context of the WTO panel that monitors the prohibition of
imports of beef produced with the aid of growth hormones?

7. What is the relationship between the expansion of world trade and the general trend in incomes in
the EU and other WTO member countries, and how is any rise in incomes distributed among the
population?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(7 December 1999)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its
findings as soon as possible.

(2000/C 170 E/175)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2077/99

by Konstantinos Hatzidakis (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Implementation in Greece of Directive 89/48

(12 November 1999)

In its judgment of 23 March 1995 (Case C 365/93), the Court of Justice ruled that Greece had failed to
implement Community Directive 89/48 (1) on a general system for the recognition of higher-education
diplomas awarded on completion of professional education and training of at least three years(cid:146) duration.
Since complaints from members of the public have shown that DIKATSA, the Greek public organisation
responsible for the recognition of such diplomas, has failed to comply with the Directive in question, will
the Commission say whether Greece is implementing the ruling of the Court of Justice? If not, what
measures will the Commission take to bring Greek legislation into line with Community law?

(1) OJ L 19, 24.1.1989, p. 16.

Answer given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission

(30 November 1999)

As a result of Greece(cid:146)s failure to comply with the Court of Justice judgment of 23 March 1995, the
Commission initiated new infringement proceedings against Greece on 10 December 1997, accompanied
by a request for a periodic penalty payment, for its failure to transpose Council Directive 89/0048/EEC of
21 December 1988 on a general system for the recognition of higher-education diplomas awarded on
completion of professional education and training of at least three years(cid:146) duration. The hearing at the
Court of Justice took place on 20 October 1999.