WRITTEN QUESTION E-2023/00 by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Delays in making payments from subprogramme 1.3 School Libraries under the second CSF Education and Basic Training programme.
Date: 2000-06-21
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Community support framework, Greece, children's library, deadline for payment, educational institution, publisher

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Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission

(28 July 2000)

There is a printing error in the Dutch version of Annex I to Commission Directive 93/46/EEC published in
the Official Journal of the European Communities. The error is only in the name of the substance, but the
CN Code is correct. Council Directive 92/109/EEC had already classified 3,4 Methylenedioxyphenile
propane-2-one (CN Code: 2932 90 77) in the list of Category 1 substances, and in the amendment to
this Directive the substance in question continued to figure in this category. Thus the substance is still
classified and its illicit use is monitored under Directive 92/109/EEC.

Any criminal proceedings are a matter for the national authorities and result
implementing measures adopted as part of the transposition of the said Directives into national
The Commission has no information on possible convictions referred to by the honourable Member.

from the national
law.

The Commission has requested that a correction be published in the Official Journal.

(2001/C 89 E/141)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2020/00

by Gerhard Hager (NI) to the Council

(22 June 2000)

Subject: Progress with regard to the Corpus Juris

Concerning a proposal for a Council directive on combating fraud and forgeries in connection with non-
cash transactions, the Commission has adopted a new approach to the harmonisation of the Member
States(cid:146) legal systems. The objective is no longer to achieve textual uniformity regarding the definition of
criminal offences in all Member States but simply to achieve a precise definition of the result to be
achieved in each of the Member States. The projected catalogue of European law has clearly been
abandoned.

In view of this:

1. What progress has been made with the Corpus Juris project?

2. What have been the costs of this project?

3. Does the Council consider that there is any point in continuing with the project in view of the new

regulatory approach referred to above?

Reply

(23 October 2000)

The Council has not been seized with any initiative relating to (cid:145)Corpus Juris(cid:146) and cannot therefore answer
the questions of the Honourable Member of the European Parliament.

(2001/C 89 E/142)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2023/00

by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(21 June 2000)

Subject: Delays in making payments from subprogramme 1.3 (cid:145)School Libraries(cid:146) under the second CSF

(cid:145)Education and Basic Training(cid:146) programme

A year ago, the 60-member Book Selection Committee completed the list of books which it had selected
for school library collections, a measure which is receiving funding from the (cid:145)Education and Basic Training(cid:146)

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programme as part of the second Community Support Framework. Responsibility for obtaining library
books lies with the implementing bodies designated by the Ministry of Education which are required to
make payment to the publishers on receipt of the books.

Although the publishers have supplied the books, having had thousands of copies printed at great expense,
they have not received payment, causing them major financial problems. Does the Commission know the
reasons for the delays in payment and, if so, how does it intend to resolve the problem?

Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission

(18 September 2000)

As the Commission was not aware of the problem raised by the Honourable Member, it requested specific
information from the Greek Ministry of Education, which is responsible for the implementation of the
above-mentioned operational programme. According to the information received, the delay in payments to
the publishers is mainly due to the fact that, in line with the contracts between the implementing bodies
and the publishers, payments can be made only after completion of the delivery of the books and of
relevant checks, which is a time-consuming procedure.

Advance payments of more than 50 % have already been transferred to the implementing bodies. Payments
for checked deliveries of books are made normally according to the procedures in place. Some delays still
persist at the level of a small number of implementing bodies. The Commission has been given assurances
that every effort will be made by the Ministry of Education so that the problem be resolved as quickly as
possible.

(2001/C 89 E/143)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2024/00

by Charles Tannock (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(21 June 2000)

Subject: Fishing grounds

Can the Commission indicate what percentage of the Community(cid:146)s fishing grounds are British assuming:

(a) a 12-mile limit and

(b) a 200-mile limit, and what percentage of the fish landed in the last annual period for which figures

are available was landed by British-registered boats as measured either by value or weight?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(27 July 2000)

The Commission is unable to provide an indication of the percentage of the Community(cid:146)s fishing grounds
that are British as the delimitation of exclusive economic zones is a matter of Member State competence.
The common fisheries policy is concerned with the management of fish stocks over the entire area in
which they occur, which is quite unrelated to areas of national jurisdiction.

As far as fish landings are concerned, British registered boats accounted for 13,03 % of total landings by
Community vessels in 1997 by value and 13,16 % of landings by weight.