WRITTEN QUESTION E-1962/00 by Carmen Fraga Estévez (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Use of tuna loin quotas.
Date: 2000-06-21
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European industrial area, Italy, cannery, common fisheries policy, fish, legislative drafting, parliamentary question

C 72 E/158

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

6.3.2001

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;