WRITTEN QUESTION E-1709/00 by Diana Wallis (ELDR) to the Commission. Distance marketing of financial services and electronic commerce: consistency of information requirement in Commission proposals.
Date: 2000-05-29
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: application of EU law, electronic commerce, financial institution

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-1694/00

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

Subject: Aid to Sweden for information concerning EMU

(29 May 2000)

Can the Commission provide me with a list of those Swedish organisations which have received financial
aid since 1998 to disseminate information on EMU, stating the amounts involved?

Answer given by Mrs Reding on behalf of the Commission

(20 July 2000)

In 1998, a single subsidy in the sum of € 84 317 was allocated to the Stiptelser Sverige i Europa
Foundation.

In 1999, an agreement was signed with the Swedish government authorities for a sum of € 535 855,
which financed the distribution of information to businesses; the distribution of information to the public,
in particular via a government office dealing with (cid:145)questions and answers(cid:146) on the Euro; an Internet site and
basic information instruments such as brochures, audio cassettes and information points in the various
municipalities. In order to receive a list of the Swedish organisations which participated in this action, the
Honourable Member should contact the Swedish government directly.

A similar sum has been reserved for the year 2000 for renewal of the agreement once the conditions
required for its signature have been fulfilled.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-1708/00

by Michl Ebner (PPE-DE) to the Council

(7 June 2000)

Subject: Continuing violation of Rule 44 of the European Parliament(cid:146)s Rules of Procedure by the Council

I wish to draw attention to Written Questions E-0811/00, E-0812/00 and E-0813/00, tabled by me on
2 March 2000 and registered on 20 March 2000, which have still not been answered by the Council,
although the deadline in accordance with Parliament(cid:146)s Rules of Procedure expired on 3 May 2000. Is the
Council aware that in failing to answer these questions in good time it continues to infringe Parliament(cid:146)s
Rules of Procedure, and that I have, moreover, still received no answer to the (cid:145)reminder(cid:146) question tabled by
me on 27 April 2000 for failure to answer questions P-0644/00, E-0645/00 and E-0646/00? How can the
Council justify this recurrent negligence?

Reply

(26 September 2000)

The Honourable Member is referred to the replies to Questions E-1299/00 and E-1300/00 put to the
Council by Charles Tannock.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-1709/00

by Diana Wallis (ELDR) to the Commission

(29 May 2000)

Subject: Distance marketing of financial services and electronic commerce: consistency of information

requirement in Commission proposals

The Commission(cid:146)s proposals for the above directives include provisions on the information to be provided
by suppliers to consumers.

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Will the Commission clarify, with particular regard to on-line providers of financial services, the exact
nature of information requirements which would need to be met? In addition, what measures has the
Commission taken to ensure that the information requirements in these two directives are consistent?

When finally adopted, which of the directives, if any, would take precedence for a supplier of financial
services over the Internet, should the information requirements in the two directives be inconsistent?

Answer given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission

(27 July 2000)

In the case of an on-line financial service contract provided to a consumer, the information requirements
contained in any future directive (1) on the distance marketing of consumer financial services would apply.

The information requirements contained in the e-commerce directive (2) are either general (Article 5 on the
provider) or specific (Article 6 and 7 §1 on commercial communications and 10 on contracts). These
requirements are to be applied only when information society services are provided and, in order to avoid
inconsistencies, are in addition to other information requirements established by Community law.

(1) COM(98) 468 final.
(2) COM(98) 586 final.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-1714/00

by Monica Frassoni (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

Subject: La Punta agricultural area (Valencia, Spain)

(29 May 2000)

In its reply to Written Question E-2709/99 (1) of 28 February 2000, the Commission stated that it
intended to request information on the subject concerned.

What was the outcome of this request?

What information has the Commission received from the Spanish authorities concerning the issue raised in
my question E-2709/99?

In the light of the information received, does the Commission agree that the Spanish authorities have failed
to comply with directives on environmental impact assessment, particularly the obligation to consult the
persons affected and to consider alternative projects? What measures does the Commission intend to take
to ensure that the Albufera nature reserve is not adversely affected by the ZAL Plan?

(1) OJ C 303 E, 24.10.2000, p. 95.

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

(11 July 2000)

After replying to Written Question E-2709/99 (1) by the Honourable Member, the Commission decided to
open an own-initiative investigation that was recorded under reference B-2000/2036.

While examining the case the Commission asked the Spanish authorities for their comments on the facts
mentioned by the Honourable Member.