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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2120/99 by Heidi Hautala (Verts/ALE) to the Council. Representation of women on committees.
Date: 1999-11-23
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: advisory committee (EU), gender equality, woman

1.8.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 219 E/95

(2000/C 219 E/122)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2120/99

by Heidi Hautala (Verts/ALE) to the Council

(23 November 1999)

Subject: Representation of women on committees

It is difficult for Members of the European Parliament and the public to obtain information about the
advisory, management and regulatory committees which assist the Commission with the implementation
of European Union legislation under the commitology procedure. These committees, of which there are
probably more than 450, mainly comprise representatives appointed by the Member States.

In its reply to my written question E-1466/99 (1), the Commission has stated that the Member States
appoint the committee members, leaving the Commission no power to intervene.

Can the Council
proportion of the members of all committees formed by the national authorities are women?

indicate the composition of

the committees and their breakdown by sex? What

(1) OJ C 27 E, 29.1.2000, p. 81.

Reply

(31 January 2000)

The committees referred to by the Honourable Member are those provided for by Council Decision 1999/
468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred
on the Commission (1). That Decision replaced Council Decision 87/373/EEC of 13 July 1987 (2).

As indicated in the two Decisions referred to, these committees are made up (cid:145)of the representatives of the
Member States(cid:146) and chaired by a representative of the Commission, which also provides the secretariat.

The Council is not represented in the committees concerned. It therefore cannot provide the Honourable
Member with the information requested. Moreover, the Member States frequently send different people to
attend these committees so that it is not possible to give a reliable indication of the respective numbers of
men and women making up the committees.

(1) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.
(2) OJ L 197, 18.7.1987, p. 33.

(2000/C 219 E/123)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2121/99

by Olivier Dupuis (TDI) to the Commission

(22 November 1999)

Subject: Air ticket sales

Rail, road (bus and coach) and sea travellers in the European Union can buy single or return tickets from
public or private companies.

However, for air transport, most companies (cid:129) with a few notable exceptions (cid:129) offer single tickets only to
business or first-class travellers, which means that economy-class travellers have to buy the return part of
the ticket, even though they know that they will not be able to use it.

Does not the Commission think that this constitutes an abuse of power by the airlines, as it obliges air
travellers to purchase a service that they will not be able to benefit from?

What action has the Commission taken or what action will it take to end this practice?
Directive 1999/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 1999 amending Council Directive 76/625/EEC concerning the statistical surveys to be carried out by the Member States in order to determine the production potential of plantations of certain species of fruit trees
Date: 1999-11-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU production, fruit-growing, plantation, production capacity, statistics

L 16/72

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21. 1. 2000

DIRECTIVE 1999/87/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 23 November 1999

amending Council Directive 76/625/EEC concerning the statistical surveys to be carried out by the
Member States in order to determine the production potential of plantations of certain species of
fruit trees

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

to the Council by the Commission should be made
optional,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 285 thereof,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Article 1

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Council Directive 76/625/EEC (3)
lays down the basic
provisions for statistical surveys of the area of planta-
tions of certain species of fruit trees in order to deter-
mine the potential and medium-term development of
Community production;

the said Directive requires the Member States to provide
the Commission every year with annual data on the
clearing and new plantations of fruit trees, and requires
the Commission to submit annual reports to the Council
on that basis;

those data are not indispensable for determining the
potential and medium-term development of Community
production;

the collection and transmission of data on clearing and
new plantations and the annual reports to be presented

The following Article shall be inserted in Directive 76/625/EEC:

‘Article 8a

The measures provided for in Articles 5 and 6, and the
annual reports provided for in Article 8, shall be optional.’

Article 2

This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 23 November 1999.

For the European Parliament

For the Council

The President

N. FONTAINE

The President

S. LINDEN

(1) OJ C 110, 21.4.1999, p. 8.
(2) Opinion of the European Parliament of 4 May 1999 (OJ C 279,
1.10.1999, p. 54). Confirmed on 16 September 1999 (not yet
published in the Official Journal). Council Decision of 15 November
1999.

(3) OJ L 218, 11.8.1976, p. 10. Directive as last amended by the 1994

Act of Accession.
1999/803/EC: Council Decision of 23 November 1999 accepting the extension of the International Coffee Agreement 1994 on behalf of the Community
Date: 1999-11-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: coffee, international agreement

L 313/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

7. 12. 1999

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 23 November 1999

accepting the extension of the International Coffee Agreement 1994 on behalf of the Community

(1999/803/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 in
conjunction with Article 300(2) and (3), thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The International Coffee Agreement 1994, which the Community approved by Decision 94/
570/EC (1), applied until 30 September 1999 unless extended beyond that date by a decision of the
International Coffee Council;

The International Coffee Council has decided to extend the said Agreement 1994 for two years;

The Contracting Parties to the aforementioned Agreement have to notify the Secretary-General of the
United Nations if they accept the Agreement's extension;

Such extension is in the Community's interest and the Community should therefore accept it in
accordance with Article 47(2) of the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The Community accepts the extension of the International Coffee Agreement 1994 for a further two years,
as from 1 October 1999.

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to notify the Secretary-General of the United Nations that
the Community has accepted the extension of the said Agreement, with effect from 1 October 1999.

Done at Brussels, 23 November 1999.

For the Council

The President

S. LINDEN

(1) OJ L 222, 26.8.1994, p. 1.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2470/1999 of 23 November 1999 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 1999-11-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

24. 11. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 301/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2470/1999

of 23 November 1999

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

in compliance with the above criteria,
the standard
import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the
Annex to this Regulation,

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

fruit and vegetables (1), as

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the
outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade nego-
tiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the
standard values for imports from third countries,
in
respect of the products and periods stipulated in the
Annex thereto;

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

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 November 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 November 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 301/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24. 11. 1999

to the Commission Regulation of 23 November 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 90 70

0805 20 10

0805 20 30, 0805 20 50,
0805 20 70, 0805 20 90

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)

204
999
052
628
999
052
204
999
204
999

052
999
052
528
600
999
039
060
388
400
404
800
804
999
052
064
400
720
999

35,2
35,2
104,3
134,8
119,6
86,2
102,4
94,3
60,6
60,6

60,6
60,6
44,5
77,3
63,8
61,9
90,7
35,1
70,4
77,8
95,1
149,2
26,8
77,9
157,6
62,7
79,1
80,6
95,0

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2645/98 (OJ L 335, 10.12.1998, p. 22). Code ‘999’ stands for ‘of

other origin’.