WRITTEN QUESTION P-0283/00 by Chris Davies (ELDR) to the Commission. CITES ‐ Listing of basking sharks.
Date: 2000-02-03
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU environmental policy, international trade, marine mammal, protection of animal life, protection of plant life, revision of an agreement

C 280 E/206

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

3.10.2000

Answer given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission

(20 March 2000)

The collections of postage stamps that post offices may currently have in stock form part of their assets.
Should a Member State decide to privatise its public postal service, it must also determine, as for its other
assets, what happens to these collections, taking into account the market for them.

As the Commission is responsible neither for determining ownership arrangements in Member States nor
it cannot intervene regarding what is done with these stamp
for organising how stamps are issued,
collections when such a change of status occurs.

(2000/C 280 E/243)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0283/00

by Chris Davies (ELDR) to the Commission

(3 February 2000)

Subject: CITES (cid:129) Listing of basking sharks

The UK Government has proposed that
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.

the basking shark should be listed in Appendix II of the

1. Will the Commission list other Member States which have indicated to date that they also support
the listing of the basking shark?

2. Will the Commission indicate whether it intends to support such a listing at the next Conference of
the Parties in April 2000?

Answer given by Mrs Wallstr(cid:246)m on behalf of the Commission

(25 February 2000)

There are good scientific arguments for supporting the proposal to list the basking shark in Appendix II of
Convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora (CITES). However, the
Commission itself has yet to adopt a formal position on this point.

Member States will
in due course determine the
Community(cid:146)s common position on the basis of a proposal from the Commission for the CITES conference
of the parties.

indicate their views in the Council, which will

(2000/C 280 E/244)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0286/00

by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission

(11 February 2000)

Subject: Difficulties affecting the Rome newspaper Il Tempo

The difficulties of Il Tempo, a well-known Rome newspaper which has not been on the news-stands for
several days, have recently been causing quite a stir. The controversy has arisen because the publisher is
continuing to take a hard line with those who are calling for negotiations, also involving the trade unions,
in an attempt to resolve the problem of the jobs being jeopardised by the publisher(cid:146)s restructuring policy.
The publisher, however, apparently does not intend to abide by union agreements or the employment
contracts drawn up by the journalists(cid:146) and printers(cid:146) professional representatives. In addition, the proprietor-
ship situation is shrouded in mystery because the sum paid by the present publisher, Bonifaci, for the
Societ(cid:224) Editrice Romana seems to have consisted largely of money belonging to the Societ(cid:224) Editrice
Romana, in other words the company whose shares were the subject of the deal.