WRITTEN QUESTION E-1956/00 by Nuala Ahern (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Professional affiliations and backgrounds of the members of the expert panel on Atomic Energy Questions.
Date: 2000-06-16
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Council of the European Union, committee (EU), nuclear energy, powers of the institutions (EU)

6.3.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

C 72 E/157

The Commission is examining means of redistributing priorities within the generic activities of the QoL
programme, perhaps by means of additional calls for proposals for research on biomedical ethics and
bioethics, in line with the realization of the concept of a European research area.

(1) COM(2000) 6 final.

(2001/C 72 E/198)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1955/00

by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

Subject: Compensation for mussel farmers in Northern Greece

(16 June 2000)

Shell-fish producers in the Thessalonki and Piria regions have incurred heavy losses of income owing to
problems in these sea areas. Furthermore, unless the dead shell-fish (mussels) are gathered up by the fish
farms, serious environmental problems will arise due to the decomposition of the mussels on the sea-bed.

Has Greece submitted an application for the compensation of mussel farmers who have suffered

1.
losses?

Given the danger of environmental damage to the sea areas of Thessaloniki and Piria area, is there

2.
any prospect of funding for the work needed to clear the sea of the dead shell-fish?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(11 July 2000)

1.
Greece has notified the Commission of a projected state aid scheme aimed at enabling the Greek
Government to grant assistance to mussel farmers and mussel fishermen in the Gulf of Thermaikos on
account of the contamination of mussel production.

This notification was registered on 26 May 2000 and is currently being examined by the Commission.

On the basis of a decision to be taken at national

level, measures aimed at restructuring and
2.
improving the contaminated areas could benefit from assistance under Council Regulation(EC) No 2792/
1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements regarding Community
structural assistance in the fisheries sector (1) within the context of the structural operational programme
for fisheries.

(1) OJ L 337, 30.12.1999.

(2001/C 72 E/199)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1956/00

by Nuala Ahern (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(16 June 2000)

Subject: Professional affiliations and backgrounds of the members of the expert panel on Atomic Energy

Questions

Will the Commission list the present members of the expert panel on Atomic Energy Questions along with
their professional affiliations and backgrounds and state what consideration has been given to appointing
qualified members of Non-Governmental Organisations to the AEQ panel and to encouraging Member
States to make such recommendations?

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Answer given by Ms de Palacio on behalf of the Commission

(24 July 2000)

The Atomic Questions group is a working party made up of representatives of the Member States, whose
task is to prepare Council decisions in the nuclear field. The Council alone is responsible for appointing
the members of the group. Therefore only the Council can answer the Honourable Member(cid:146)s question.

(2001/C 72 E/200)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1962/00

by Carmen Fraga EstØvez (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(21 June 2000)

Subject: Use of tuna loin quotas

In its reply to Question E-1087/00 (1) the Commission invites the author thereof (cid:145)to make a careful reading
of the study which the Commission has had drawn up on the topic(cid:146). Irrespective of the fact that a careful
reading of the study is what prompted not only Question E-1087/00 but also the other three which the
author has tabled on the same topic, and irrespective of the fact that the doubts expressed in those
questions have occurred not only to the author thereof but also to the Community fisheries and processing
sector, to certain representatives of ACP and GSP countries and even to other MEPs (as illustrated by the
documentation provided by the Commission itself), the Commission(cid:146)s reply adds an interesting item of
information as regards the use by the Community industry of tuna loin quotas. However, since what is no
doubt a transcription error has occurred which cannot be clarified solely by means of (cid:145)a careful reading of
the study which the Commission has had drawn up(cid:146), would the Commission say what it means when it
states that (cid:145)the 1997 tuna loin quota was used at a rate of 56 % by Italy and 44 % by Italy(cid:146)?

(1) OJ C 46 E, 13.2.2001, p. 121.

Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission

(24 July 2000)

The Commission has already apologised to the Honourable Member for the error in the answer it
addressed to her and informed her that this should have referred to Spain (56 %) and Italy (44 %).

(2001/C 72 E/201)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1967/00

by JosØ Ribeiro e Castro (UEN) to the Commission

(21 June 2000)

Subject: New policy on Indonesia

On 12 April, the Commission replied to my question (P-0926/00) (1) on new relations between the EU and
Indonesia.

The Commission(cid:146)s reply was not entirely clear in respect of certain questions raised.

In a clearly delicate and sensitive area, it is essential that it be made totally clear that the new EU policy on
Indonesia will depend, inter alia, on:

1. A guarantee that there will be full, unrestricted repatriation of the tens of thousands of East Timorese
who wish to return, without any type of coercion or discriminatory treatment with regard to acquired
rights and without any disinformation, conditions regarding or involvement of the (cid:145)militias(cid:146) and
former TNI;