WRITTEN QUESTION P-0130/00 by Jens-Peter Bonde (EDD) to the Commission. Administration of OLAF.
Date: 2000-01-18
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Denmark, European Anti-fraud Office, European official, duties of civil servants, national law, operation of the Institutions

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intention to supply Turkey with nuclear reactors have made public the following further reasons for
their position:

(cid:129) the financial burden on Canada of a 1,5 billion dollar loan to Turkey,

(cid:129) the possibility of Akkuyu developing into a second Chernobyl which will pose a serious threat to the

lives of 144 million people in the eastern Mediterranean,

(cid:129) the fundamental fear of providing Turkey with the means of manufacturing nuclear weapons through

related technology, as occurred with India and Pakistan.

Furthermore, recent studies by eminent seismologists, such as Karl Buckthought of
the Earthquake
Forecasts Incorporation, conclude that there is a 50 % probability of a Richter Scale 7 earthquake occurring
within the next 40 years which will completely destroy the reactor with the loss of millions of human
lives.

In the light of the above and the new circumstances created by the recent disastrous earthquakes, in what
manner will the Commission intervene to enable Turkey to acquire the financial means to develop
renewable energy sources and to call off the construction of the nuclear plant?

Answer given by Mr Verheugen on behalf of the Commission

(15 February 2000)

The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to the reply it gave to Oral Question H-781/99 by
Mr Souladakis during question time at Parliament(cid:146)s January 2000 part-session (1).

(1) Debates of the Parliament (January 2000).

(2000/C 219 E/242)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0067/00

by Manuel Medina Ortega (PSE) to the Commission

Subject: Latin America and budget headings

(24 January 2000)

Could the Commission provide information concerning the rate of implementation of the budget headings
intended to support the development of the various Latin American countries during 1988 and 1999?

Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission

(21 February 2000)

The Commission is sending direct to the Honourable Member and to Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat a table
containing the information requested.

(2000/C 219 E/243)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0130/00

by Jens-Peter Bonde (EDD) to the Commission

(18 January 2000)

Subject: Administration of OLAF

Will the Commission ensure that officials do not make public pronouncements on guilt when a national
prosecuting authority has decided to drop its inquiries into a case begun at the prompting of UCLAF/
OLAF?

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Will the Commission ensure that funding for approved projects may not be withheld simply because the
Commission believes it has outstanding claims against other projects when no legal proceedings have
begun to enforce its claim?

These questions relate to the Commission(cid:146)s behaviour in the case against the (cid:145)Nordvestjysk Folkecenter for
Vedvarende Energi(cid:146) (North-West Jutland Renewable Energy Centre), which was publicly branded a fraud by
a Commission official although the fraud squad in Denmark had concluded that there is no evidence for
the accusations.

The Commission has also blocked payments of a subsidy to a group of recipients, among which the Centre
is only one party, and is thus punishing undertakings having absolutely no involvement in this case.

Answer given by Mrs Schreyer on behalf of the Commission

(7 February 2000)

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

(2000/C 219 E/244)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0281/00

by Graham Watson (ELDR) to the Commission

(3 February 2000)

Subject: National data protection laws

Is the Commission aware that, owing to disparities in national
the 1995 Data
Protection Directive, national data protection laws are prejudicing cross-border trade, and that this will
have considerable impact on the development of e-commerce within the EU?

implementation of

What is the Commission(cid:146)s view of the extension of data protection laws to cover not only personal data, as
envisaged by the Directive, but also the processing of corporate data?

Answer given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission

(17 February 2000)

The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to its answer to written question E-2436/99 by
Mrs Wallis (1).

(1)

See page 161.

(2000/C 219 E/245)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0306/00

by Jonas Sj(cid:246)stedt (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(4 February 2000)

Subject: Case of the unmarked oxen in Sweden

Per and P(cid:229)l are two oxen for which the Swedish Board of Agriculture has refused exemption from the
requirement that cattle must have plastic tags fitted to their ears.