WRITTEN QUESTION E-2011/00 by Klaus-Heiner Lehne (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Tax payable on entering Greek waters.
Date: 2000-06-21
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Greece, charge having equivalent effect, infringement of EU law, pleasure craft

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Answer given by Mr Verheugen on behalf of the Commission

(7 July 2000)

The Commission would refer
Mr Manisco (1)

(1) OJ C 26 E, 26.1.2001, p. 144.

the Honourable Member

to its answer

to written E-1020/00 by

(2001/C 46 E/260)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1904/00

by Nirj Deva (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(16 June 2000)

Subject: EC Phare programme tender li 9701.01.04.02

Understanding that bids for contracts under this programme can only be accepted for full lots and that all
the equipment must be of EC or Phare programme country of origin, can the Commission please advise
who won the contracts under this tender, lot by lot, and what equipment (make and model) was included
in the successful bids?

Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission

(3 July 2000)

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

(2001/C 46 E/261)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2011/00

by Klaus-Heiner Lehne (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(21 June 2000)

Subject: Tax payable on entering Greek waters

in the 21/2000 edition of

According to a report
the Greek
Government is introducing a tax on foreigners, including EU citizens, entering Greek waters in private
yachts, a tax which does not exist anywhere else in Europe. For example, yachts longer than 7 metres must
pay a special tax amounting to the equivalent of DEM 12 per metre. Anyone wanting to cruise Greek
waters for longer than 30 days must pay a second levy of the same amount.

the German magazine (cid:145)Der Spiegel(cid:146),

The Commission:

(cid:129) does it feel that this new Greek entry tax is in conformity with EU law?

(cid:129) does this [Greek] legislation breach [Community] legislation prohibiting discrimination?

(cid:129) what measures does the Commission intend to take to against this legislation before the summer

holiday season starts?

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Answer given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission

(18 July 2000)

The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to its answer to written E-1062/00 by Mr von
Wogau (1).

(1) OJ C 26 E 26.1.2001, p. 150.

(2001/C 46 E/262)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2034/00

by Camilo Nogueira RomÆn (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

Subject: Direct aid to the farming sector

(21 June 2000)

JosØ Manuel Silva, the Commissioner Director-General of Agriculture and Rural Development recently took
part in the presentation of a university study claiming that Galician agricultural productivity is a mere
16 % of the European average. In statements reported in the Galician press, Mr Silva said that the Galician
agricultural sector (cid:145)does not receive large quantities of direct aid, because its basic products, namely milk
and meat, are subject to a market system rather than subsidy arrangements(cid:146). What perverse mechanism is
therefore responsible for the fact that Community subsidies, especially via the EAGGF (cid:129) guarantee,
particularly benefit the richest areas and farming communities, to the detriment of others which,
like
Galicia, are perfectly capable of developing a multi-purpose agriculture really based on the land?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(13 July 2000)

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

(2001/C 46 E/263)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2193/00

by Isidoro SÆnchez Garc(cid:237)a (ELDR) to the Commission

(3 July 2000)

Subject: Revision of the Programme of specific options to the remote and insular nature of the Canary
Islands (Poseican) and the drawing up of permanent statute for the ultra-peripheral regions of the
European Union

With regard to the Council decision establishing a programme of options specific to the remote and
insular nature of the Canary Islands (Poseican), what is the current state of affairs as regards the reform of
the programme and what measures are being taken in respect of the report adopted by the Commission
concerning the application of Article 299 (2) of the EC Treaty with a view to establishing a permanent
statute for the ultra-peripheral regions and the budgetary implications thereof?

Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission

(11 July 2000)

The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to the reply it gave to his oral question H-0468/00
during question time at Parliament(cid:146)s May 2000 part-session (1).

(1) Debates of the European Parliament (May 2000).