do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
WRITTEN QUESTION P-3361/00 by Barbara Weiler (PSE) to the Commission. Discrimination against mother-tongue language teachers.
Date: 2000-10-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Hesse, application of EU law, discrimination on the basis of nationality, equal pay, free movement of workers, language teaching

C 103 E/244

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

3.4.2001

(2001/C 103 E/288)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3361/00

by Barbara Weiler (PSE) to the Commission

(20 October 2000)

Subject: Discrimination against mother-tongue language teachers

In Hessen mother-tongue language teachers are generally placed in a lower category on the public pay
scale for non-tenured employees than their German colleagues.

In the view of the Commission, are the German L(cid:228)nder entitled to make it a practice to place

1.
mother-tongue language teachers in a lower category than other teachers in non-tenured employment?

2.
If so, would this lower categorisation still be tenable if a full teaching qualification from the country
of origin were expressly required as a condition of giving mother-tongue language instruction and if, in
addition, the individual teaching qualification had been recognised in an equivalence decision?

3.

Does the Commission not take the view that such treatment violates the following rights:

(cid:129) the right to equal treatment (in this case as regards nationality)

(cid:129) the right to freedom of movement

(cid:129) the right to equal pay for equal work?

Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission

(14 November 2000)

The Commission has asked the Member State concerned for information regarding the facts raised to by
the Honourable Member. It will inform her of its findings.
WRITTEN QUESTION P-3367/00 by Linda McAvan (PSE) to the Commission. Pig welfare.
Date: 2000-10-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: animal welfare, common agricultural policy, intensive livestock farming, swine

22.5.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 151 E/149

(2001/C 151 E/167)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3363/00

by Gilles Savary (PSE) to the Commission

(27 October 2000)

Subject: Family producers of natural spirits

What is the Commission(cid:146)s position with regard to family producers of natural spirits (or (cid:145)home distillers(cid:146))?

Is the Commission thinking of putting forward any legislation in the near future applying across the board
to all citizens in the European Union carrying out activities of this kind?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(4 December 2000)

The Commission has no intention for the moment of making a proposal on the status of home producers
of natural spirits.

However, the Commission will soon be proposing the introduction of a common organisation of the
market in agricultural alcohol to the Council. Within this context, special provisions for certain alcohol
producers could be envisaged.

The Commission would also like to draw attention to Council Directive 92/83/EEC of 19 October 1992
on the harmonisation of the structures of excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages (1), Article 22 of
which stipulates that Member States can apply reduced rates of excise duty to ethyl alcohol produced by
small distilleries; these would certainly include home producers of spirits.

(1) OJ L 316, 31.10.1992.

(2001/C 151 E/168)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3367/00

by Linda McAvan (PSE) to the Commission

(20 October 2000)

Subject: Pig welfare

Article 6 of Council Directive 91/630/EEC (1) laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs
requires the Commission by 1 October 1997 to submit to the Council a report on intensive pig-rearing
systems. Article 6 requires the Commission(cid:146)s report to be accompanied by appropriate proposals.

On a number of occasions the Commission has stated that it will publish its report and proposals shortly.
When does the Commission plan to publish the report and proposals required by Article 6 of Council
Directive 91/630/EEC?

(1) OJ L 340, 11.12.1991, p. 33.

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(11 December 2000)

The Commission report is nearly finalized and will be submitted before the end of this year to the Council
and to the Parliament accompanied by a proposal to amend Directive 91/630/EEC with a view to
improving the welfare conditions of pigs.

Information available to the Commission confirms that in recent years Member States have adopted
legislation for the protection of pigs providing additional measures to those required under Council
Directive 91/630/EEC.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3257/00 by Brice Hortefeux (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Revision of the postal directive ‐ uniform tariff.
Date: 2000-10-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: competence of the Member States, imposed price, postal charges, postal service, universal service

C 113 E/252

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

18.4.2001

(2001/C 113 E/276)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3257/00

by Brice Hortefeux (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Revision of the postal directive (cid:129) uniform tariff

(20 October 2000)

The proposal for a postal directive (CO(2000) 319 final) suggests that the uniform tariff is not an essential
feature of the universal service obligations. However, this approach is at odds with the policy prevailing in
the vast majority,
if not all of the Member States. Tariff equalisation is a vital element of territorial,
economic and social cohesion.

1. What is the Commission(cid:146)s stance on a uniform tariff?

Does the Commission consider that the uniform tariff could be maintained with the liberalisation

2.
options envisaged?

Answer given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission

(21 November 2000)

1.
The position of the Commission regarding a uniform tariff is the same as that adopted in Directive
97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 1997 on common rules for the
development of the internal market of Community postal services and the improvement of quality of
service (1). Member States may establish a uniform tariff if they wish.

2.

Yes.

(1) OJ L 15, 21.1.1998.

(2001/C 113 E/277)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3320/00

by Ant(cid:243)nio Campos (PSE) to the Commission

(25 October 2000)

Subject: Common agricultural policy

Would the Commission please supply the following data:

1. Total area under cereals in the 15 Member States;

2. Total number of cereal producers in the Union;

3. Average labour-force density per hectare in cereal production;

4. Total EAGGF-Guarantee spending on cereals;

5. Average amount per producer received under the EAGGF-Guarantee;

6. Average amount received under the EAGGF-Guidance per worker per hectare in cereal production;

7. The percentage of Union agricultural production represented by cereals;

8. The export/import balance in the 15 Member States in the cereal sector;

9. Area occupied by the fruit and vegetable sector in the 15 Member States;
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2336/2000 of 20 October 2000 prohibiting fishing for sprat by vessels flying the flag of Sweden
Date: 2000-10-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Sweden, authorised catch, catch quota, fishing area, sea fish, ship's flag

21.10.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 269/19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2336/2000

of 20 October 2000

prohibiting fishing for sprat by vessels flying the flag of Sweden

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12
October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the
common fisheries policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2846/98 (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999 of 17 December
1999 fixing for 2000 the fishing opportunities and asso-
ciated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of
fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for
Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch
are required, and amending Regulation (EC) No 66/
98 (3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1902/2000 (4), lays down quotas for sprat for 2000.

In order to ensure compliance with the provisions
relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks
subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by
which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a
Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota
allocated.

According to the information received by the Commis-
sion, catches of sprat in the waters of ICES divisions IIIb,
c and d (EC zone) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or

registered in Sweden have exhausted the quota allocated
for 2000. Sweden has prohibited fishing for this stock
from 17 August 2000. This date should be adopted in
this Regulation also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of sprat in the waters of ICES divisions IIIb, c and d
(EC zone) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in
Sweden are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allo-
cated to Sweden for 2000.

Fishing for sprat in the waters of ICES divisions IIIb, c and d
(EC zone) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in
Sweden is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board,
transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above
vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 17 August 2000.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 October 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 341, 31.12.1999, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 228, 8.9.2000, p. 50.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2334/2000 of 20 October 2000 determining the extent to which applications lodged in October 2000 for import licences for certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the Agreement concluded by the Community with Slovenia can be accepted
Date: 2000-10-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovenia, agreement (EU), import licence, meat product, pigmeat

21.10.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 269/15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2334/2000

of 20 October 2000

determining the extent to which applications lodged in October 2000 for import licences for
certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the Agreement concluded by the
Community with Slovenia can be accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 571/97 of
26 March 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application
in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for in the
Interim Agreement between the Community and Slovenia (1),
and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The applications for import
licences lodged for the
fourth quarter of 2000 are for quantities less than the
quantities available and can therefore be met in full.

It is appropriate to draw the attention of operators to
the fact that licences may only be used for products

which comply with all veterinary rules currently in force
in the Community,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Applications for import licences for the period 1 October
to 31 December 2000 submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC)
No 571/97 shall be met as referred to in the Annex.

2.
Licences may only be used for products which comply
with all veterinary rules currently in force in the Community.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 October 2000.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 October 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 85, 27.3.1997, p. 56.

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21.10.2000

ANNEX

Percentage of acceptance
of import licences submitted
for the period
1 October to 31 December 2000

100,00

100,00

Group No

23

24
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2329/2000 of 20 October 2000 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2000-10-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit

21.10.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 269/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2329/2000

of 20 October 2000

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and
vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

the standard
In compliance with the above criteria,
import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the
Annex to this Regulation,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of
21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the
last
import arrangements
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98 (2), and in particular
Article 4(1) thereof,

fruit and vegetables (1), as

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the
outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade nego-
tiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the
in
standard values for imports from third countries,
respect of the products and periods stipulated in the
Annex thereto.

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex
hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 October 2000.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 October 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66.
(2) OJ L 198, 15.7.1998, p. 4.

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21.10.2000

to the Commission Regulation of 20 October 2000 establishing the standard import values for determining the
entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0707 00 05

0709 90 70

0805 30 10

0806 10 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
060
999
052
628
999
052
999
052
388
524
528
999
052
064
400
632
999
388
400
800
999
052
064
999

111,8
111,8
111,8
86,5
139,3
112,9
92,5
92,5
68,2
53,9
76,3
61,2
64,9
100,2
78,5
231,0
44,3
113,5
48,5
64,0
148,6
87,0
84,0
59,9
72,0

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2543/1999 (OJ L 307, 2.12.1999, p. 46). Code ‘999’ stands for ‘of

other origin’.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3268/00 by Elspeth Attwooll (ELDR) to the Commission. The impact of long-line fishing upon seabirds.
Date: 2000-10-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU environmental policy, environmental impact, protection of animal life, sea fishing

C 151 E/118

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

22.5.2001

The Community has recently (December 1999) adopted Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 laying
down the detailed rules and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries
sector (1) to modernise aid to aquaculture within the framework of the reform of the structural funds.

The influence of aquaculture on the environment will in the future be of paramount importance. All grant
aided aquaculture projects involving intensive methods must conform to the provisions of Directive 85/
337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (2) as
amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC of 3 March 1997 (3).
In this context the costs relating to
environmental impact studies will be eligible for aid.

In order to encourage clean operations, project investments using technology that substantially reduce
negative effects on the environment may benefit from an additional financial aid provided by the Member
State of up to 10 %.

Finally, other measures of collective interest can be supported including the improvement of aquaculture
sites, the collective treatment of aquaculture effluent, the eradication of the pathological risks of fish
farming and the collection of data for environmental management as part of an integrated coastal zone
management plan.

(1) OJ L 337, 30.12.1999.
(2) OJ L 175, 5.7.1985.
(3) OJ L 73, 14.3.1997.

(2001/C 151 E/131)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3268/00

by Elspeth Attwooll (ELDR) to the Commission

(20 October 2000)

Subject: The impact of long-line fishing upon seabirds

Recent reports have highlighted the threat of long-line fishing to certain species of seabirds such as
albatrosses. In the light of Directive 79/409/EEC (1) on the conservation of wild birds and the July 1999
(cid:145)Fisheries
Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament, entitled:
Management and Nature Conservation in the Marine Environment(cid:146), can the Commission outline what
action it is taking, or plans to take, to counter the impact of long-line fishing upon seabird populations?

(1) OJ L 103, 25.4.1979, p. 1.

(2001/C 151 E/132)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3378/00

by Mary Banotti (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(3 November 2000)

Subject: Sea birds and longline fishing

Given the negative effects of longline fishing which kills between 50 000 and 100 000 Northern Fulmars a
year in the Northeast Atlantic and given that the survival of a number of albatross species is threatened,
what concrete measures is the Commission prepared to take to ensure that EU fishing vessels take the
necessary measures to ensure that these unnecessary deaths are avoided?
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2331/2000 of 20 October 2000 determining the extent to which applications lodged in October 2000 for import licences under the regime provided for by tariff quotas for certain products in the pigmeat sector for the period 1 October to 31 December 2000 can be accepted
Date: 2000-10-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, pigmeat, quantitative restriction, tariff quota

21.10.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 269/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2331/2000

of 20 October 2000

determining the extent to which applications lodged in October 2000 for import licences under the
regime provided for by tariff quotas for certain products in the pigmeat sector for the period
1 October to 31 December 2000 can be accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1486/95 of
28 June 1995 opening and providing for the administration of
tariff quotas for certain products in the pigmeat sector (1), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1378/2000 (2), and in
particular Article 5(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The applications for import
licences lodged for the
fourth quarter of 2000 are for quantities less than the
quantities available and can therefore be met in full.

The surplus to be added to the quantity available for the
following period should be determined,

Article 1

1.
Applications for import licences for the period 1 October
to 31 December 2000 submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC)
No 1486/95 shall be met as referred to in Annex I.

2.
During the first 10 days of the period 1 January to 31
March 2001 applications may be lodged pursuant to Regula-
tion (EC) No 1486/95 for import licences for a total quantity as
referred to in Annex II.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 October 2000.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 October 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 145, 29.6.1995, p. 58.
(2) OJ L 156, 29.6.2000, p. 31.

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Group No

G2

G3

G4

G5

G6

G7

ANNEX I

Percentage of acceptance
of import licences submitted
for the period
1 October to 31 December 2000

100

100

100

100

100

100

ANNEX II

Group No

Total quantity available
for the period
1 January to 31 March 2001

(t)

G2

G3

G4

G5

G6

G7

23 268,0

3 303,2

2 134,4

4 575,0

11 250,0

4 125,0
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2333/2000 of 20 October 2000 establishing the quantity of certain pigmeat products available for the first quarter of 2001 under the arrangements provided for by the free trade agreements between the Community, of the one part, and Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, of the other part
Date: 2000-10-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Baltic States, import, liberalisation of trade, meat product, pigmeat, quantitative restriction

21.10.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 269/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2333/2000

of 20 October 2000

establishing the quantity of certain pigmeat products available for the first quarter of 2001 under
the arrangements provided for by the free trade agreements between the Community, of the one
part, and Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, of the other part

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 of
29 September 1995 laying down detailed rules for the applica-
tion in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for in
the free trade agreements between the Community, of the one
part and Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, of the other part (1), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1430/2000 (2), and in
particular Article 4(4) thereof,

Whereas:

In order to ensure distribution of the quantities available, the
quantities carried forward from the period 1 January to 31

March 2001 should be added to the quantities available for the
period 1 October to 31 December 2000,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The quantity available for the period 1 January to 31 March
2001 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 is set out in the
Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 October 2000.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 October 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 233, 30.9.1995, p. 45.
(2) OJ L 161, 1.7.2000, p. 51.

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21.10.2000

ANNEX

(t)

Total quantity available
for the period
1 January to 31 March 2001

937,5
937,5
187,5
937,5
450,0

Group

18
19
20
21
22