WRITTEN QUESTION E-3094/00 by Glyn Ford (PSE) to the Commission. Thermonuclear fusion programme evaluation.
Date: 2000-10-04
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU programme, appointment of staff, nuclear fusion, scientific report

C 136 E/180

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

8.5.2001

The special meeting of the European Council in Tampere in October 1999, on the creation of an area of
freedom, security and justice, identified priority areas for the approximation of sanctions. Conclusion 23
calls for legislation to be adopted that would foresee severe sanctions against the crime of trafficking in
human beings and economic exploitation of migrants, and conclusion 48 (cid:129) at least in the first instance (cid:129)
limits efforts to agree on common sanctions to a number of sectors of particular relevance. Fines for
excessive speed on public roads do not appear among these.

(1) OJ C 216, 10.7.1998.

(2001/C 136 E/210)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3094/00

by Glyn Ford (PSE) to the Commission

(4 October 2000)

Subject: Thermonuclear fusion programme evaluation

Will the Commission publish an outline CV of all of the members of the panel responsible for the recently
published 5-year evaluation of the sub-programme on thermonuclear fusion within the Euratom Frame-
work Programme so as to clarify their independence in this matter?

Could the Commission also indicate how these persons were nominated and selected for this task?

Answer given by Mr Busquin on behalf of the Commission

(9 November 2000)

The composition of all the panels of experts who have carried out the five-year assessments of the
framework programmes (FPs) and specific programmes including the subprogramme on fusion has been
made available on the Cordis web-site since 24 April 2000 (www.cordis.lu/fp5/panels.htm). The panel lists
include an outline curriculum vitae of all the experts.

The members of the panels were appointed by the Commission on the basis of suggestions by the Member
States. The criteria for the selection of the highly qualified experts panels included an independence
criterion,
i.e. not be or have been programme contractors, members of or experts to any programme
committee during the assessed period.

(2001/C 136 E/211)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3095/00

by Mar(cid:237)a Sornosa Mart(cid:237)nez (PSE) to the Commission

Subject: Expansion of Manises airport in Valencia (Spain)

(4 October 2000)

The Spanish Airports and Air Navigation agency (AENA) has finalised a master plan under which the
airport at Valencia would be expanded, with a view to tripling its existing operating capacity. This
expansion, which will allow for as many as 100 flights to be handled every hour, will also triple the
current noise pollution level at the airport, which is located in the vicinity of the municipalities of Manises
and Quart de Poblet. Furthermore, it could have other harmful effects on the environment, including soil
erosion and deterioration, gas emissions, and an increased incidence of sewage and dumping.

In accordance with the provisions of Directive 85/337/EEC (1) (as amended by Directive 97/11/EC (2)) on
the assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment, the nature of the planned work is
such that an environmental
the
impact assessment must be carried out,
aforementioned Directive, which refers to airports with a runway length of 2 100 m or more. However,
the master plan submitted by AENA contains no more than a brief paragraph entitled (cid:145)Study of the impact

in line with Annex I of