WRITTEN QUESTION E-2765/00 by David Bowe (PSE) to the Commission. Integrated Coastal Zone Management Programme.
Date: 2000-09-01
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: coastal protection, coastal region, integrated development programme, town and country planning

8.5.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 136 E/87

The quality of life programme is strongly encouraging research on the development of alternative animal
models and in vitro systems. However, no alternatives have yet been developed that could safely replace
the testing of vaccine candidates in primates before proceeding to clinical trials in humans. Nevertheless,
the programme supports research that applies the (cid:145)3 R(cid:146) principle of replacement, reduction and refinement
under key actions 1, 2, 3 and 4 and infrastructures. The key action (cid:145)Cell factory(cid:146) in particular, aims at
exploiting the advances made in the life sciences, making cell cultures available as models for medicine,
pharmacology, toxicology, environmental monitoring and pre-normative purposes as substitutes for animal
testing. Interaction with the European centre for the validation of alternative methods (ECVAM, located at
Ispra, Italy) of the Commission(cid:146)s Joint research centre ensures information flow on supported projects and
transfer of results obtained, for further validation activities.

Specifically about vaccines, ECVAM collaborates in and co-ordinates efforts with the main Community
national control agencies and the European Pharmacopoeia on the pre-validation and validation of
serological methods and other advanced in vitro methods for the potency testing and safety evaluation of
vaccines and immunosera, and on the application of more humane endpoints in essential animal tests.

(2001/C 136 E/099)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2765/00

by David Bowe (PSE) to the Commission

(1 September 2000)

Subject: Integrated Coastal Zone Management Programme

Can the Commission comment on the progress of the Integrated Coastal Zone Management Programme
and indicate when it intends to adopt it?

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

(10 October 2000)

The Commission(cid:146)s Demonstration programme on integrated coastal zone management
(ICZM) was
completed last year. Its final phase included a broad consultation concerning a possible European strategy
for ICZM. Respondents were asked, in particular, to address the question of what actions needed to be
undertaken at the European level.

A summary of this consultation, as well as all of the technical outputs of the demonstration programme, is
available on the Commission(cid:146)s Web page at: europa.eu.int/comm/environment/iczm/home.htm

On the basis of the lessons of the demonstration programme, and the responses received during the
consultation, on 27 September 2000, the Commission adopted a communication to the Parliament and
the Council describing the conclusions of the demonstration programme and outlining a European strategy
for ICZM (1).

As a component of this strategy, on 8 September 2000, the Commission also adopted a proposal for a
Parliament and Council recommendation to the Member States, concerning the implementation of ICZM in
Europe (2).

(1) COM(2000) 547 final.
(2) COM(2000) 545 final.