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WRITTEN QUESTION E-3424/00 by Ioannis Souladakis (PSE) to the Council. Funding of European Union island regions.
Date: 2000-11-08
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing, European Union, island region

C 163 E/114

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

6.6.2001

In accordance with Article 18(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1628 of 25 July 1996 relating to aid for
Bosnia and Herzgovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2454/1999 of 15 November 1999, the
Parliament receives a quarterly report providing detailed operational and administrative information on
the activities of the Agency. The first quarterly report to the Parliament was sent on 17 May 2000 and the
second report was sent on 27 September 2000.

(2001/C 163 E/122)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3424/00

by Ioannis Souladakis (PSE) to the Council

(8 November 2000)

Subject: Funding of European Union island regions

Further to the Commission(cid:146)s reply to my question on funding of European Union island regions
(E-1738/00) (1) and on the basis of the provisions of the Amsterdam agreements and the guidelines for
the 2001 budget that Parliament has already voted on:

1. How does the Council explain the Commission(cid:146)s refusal to create a legal basis for the funding of EU

island regions?

2. What initiatives does the Council

intend to take to ensure that the provisions of the Treaty of

Amsterdam on this subject are applied?

(1) OJ C 113 E, 18.4.2001, p. 38.

Reply

(26 February 2001)

Regarding the first question, the Council would like to remind the Honourable Member that it has no

1.
power to reply on the Commission(cid:146)s behalf.

However, the Council would refer the Honourable Member to its reply to Question E-2975/00 on the
funding of the European Union island regions in which it stated that in the context of economic and social
cohesion, the Structural Funds (cid:129) and in particular the ERDF (cid:129) are, in this connection, an important
instrument for action, having a positive effect on the growth and convergence of the island regions of the
European Union.

As to the second question, the Council is unable to give a precise answer to the Honourable Member

2.
as it has not received any proposal from the Commission along the lines indicated.

(2001/C 163 E/123)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3425/00

by Ioannis Souladakis (PSE) to the Commission

(7 November 2000)

Subject: Funding of European Union island regions

Further to the Commission(cid:146)s reply to my question on funding of European Union island regions
(E-1738/00) (1) and on the basis of the provisions of the Amsterdam agreements and the guidelines for
the 2001 budget that Parliament has already voted on:

1. How does the Commission explain its refusal to create a legal basis for the funding of EU island

regions?

2. What initiatives does it intend to take to ensure that the provisions of the Treaty of Amsterdam on

this subject are applied?

(1) OJ C 113 E, 18.4.2001, p. 38.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3460/00 by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Council. Peace initiative in the Middle East.
Date: 2000-11-08
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Palestine question, common foreign and security policy, establishment of peace

19.6.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 174 E/59

ODIHR, where appropriate, to make recommendations along the lines proposed by the Honourable
Member. States are, moreover, bound by the 1999 OSCE Charter for European Security to follow
recommendations contained in the final reports addressed to them.

(2001/C 174 E/058)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3460/00

by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Council

(8 November 2000)

Subject: Peace initiative in the Middle East

In view of:

(cid:129) the recent European Parliament resolution (1) condemning (cid:145)the provocative action of Mr Ariel Sharon(cid:146)
which resulted in the bloody events that cost so many lives and (cid:145)the disproportionate use of force by
the Israeli army(cid:146), and calling for the (cid:145)setting up of a committee of inquiry(cid:146) into the events,

(cid:129) the Berlin declaration made in 1999 by the 15 Member States on the creation of a democratic, viable

and peaceful sovereign Palestinian State, and

(cid:129) UN Security Council resolutions 242 and 338 on the status of Jerusalem,

can the Council say whether the European Union(cid:146)s High Representative for the Common Foreign and
Security Policy, Mr J. Solana, who participated in the Sharm el-Sheikh talks in Egypt:

1. Requested the creation of a committee of inquiry, as proposed by Parliament?

2. Backed a solution which would be compatible with the UN resolutions and the declaration by the 15

Member States referred to above, as far as the Palestinian issue is concerned?

(1) Texts approved on 5.10.2000.

(2001/C 174 E/059)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3492/00

by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Council

(13 November 2000)

Subject: Community measures to stop war in the Middle East

Once again a dramatic, bitter and bloody conflict has been going on in the Middle East for several weeks.
Israelis and Palestinians have been fighting battles for which no end is in sight. President Clinton and the
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan are working to safeguard peace in the future and to eliminate the
flashpoints of war, the victims of which include Israelis and, even more, Palestinians.

What practical steps has the European Union taken to assist the work of Clinton and Kofi Annan (apart
from the empty words uttered in Biarritz)?

In the context of the MEDA programme (cid:129) the operation of which seems to be paralysed by unjustified
bureaucratic delays (cid:129) there is scope for structural as well as humanitarian measures. How does the
Council intend to harness this programme, and the relevant funding, as a force for peace?
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3463/00 by Laura González Álvarez (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. High concentration of metals in the Guadalquivir (Andalusia, Spain).
Date: 2000-11-08
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Andalusia, EU environmental policy, Spain, metal pollution

22.5.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 151 E/177

Is the Commission aware of the high tension line scheme?

What can it do to ensure that Directives 92/43/EEC (1), 79/409/EEC (2) and 85/337/EEC (3) are properly
implemented in this connection?

(1) OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7.
(2) OJ L 103, 25.4.1979, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 175, 5.7.1985, p. 40.

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

(5 December 2000)

The Commission is aware of the scheme the Honourable Member describes. A recent complaint on the
matter has been registered and is being looked at.

As guardian of the Treaties, the Commission will take the necessary measures to ensure that Directives 79/
409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds, 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild
fauna and flora and 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on
the environment, as amended by Directive 97/11/EC, (1) are complied with in this instance.

(1) OJ L 73, 14.3.1997.

(2001/C 151 E/203)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3463/00

by Laura GonzÆlez `lvarez (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(8 November 2000)

Subject: High concentration of metals in the Guadalquivir (Andalusia, Spain)

Two years on from the Aznalcollar mine toxic spill, a report drawn up by the Central University of
Barcelona and published by (cid:145)Ecologistas en Acci(cid:243)n(cid:146) reveals that there are high concentrations of metals in
the river Guadalquivir, and that the levels in the surrounding area are far in excess of the limits allowed
under Community legislation.

Is the Commission aware of these findings?

Does it not believe that the situation means that the Spanish authorities need to adopt emergency
measures to protect public health, maintain the estuary(cid:146)s ecosystem and safeguard the future development
of the area(cid:146)s economic and tourist potential?

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

(15 December 2000)

The Commission has no knowledge of the Central University of Barcelona(cid:146)s report on metal concentrations
in the Guadalquivir River in Andalusia mentioned by the Honourable Member.

The Commission is willing to take a look at this report in order to see whether the relevant Community
legislation is being fully complied with.

The Commission is aware of the measures undertaken by the Spanish authorities to contain and repair the
damage caused by the accident at the Aznalcollar mine in order to safeguard the Doæana national park.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3472/00 by John Bowis (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Health Observatory monitoring.
Date: 2000-11-08
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU office or agency, disease of the nervous system, health policy

C 151 E/180

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

22.5.2001

If so, will the Commission say when it will take a decision on the complaint and take action at the WTO
accordingly with a view to penalising and doing away with South Korean subsidies and dumping, so as to
protect the legitimate interests of the European shipbuilding industry?

Will it explain the various stages involved in the proceedings at the WTO?

Answer given by Mr Lamy on behalf of the Commission

(22 November 2000)

lodged a
On 24 October 2000, the committee of European Union shipbuilders associations (CESA)
complaint under the trade barrier regulation (TBR) Council Regulation (EC) No 356/95 of 20 February
1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 laying down Community procedures in the field of the
common commercial policy in order to ensure the exercise of the Community(cid:146)s rights under international
trade rules, in particular those established under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO) (1) in
order to eliminate certain trade practices caused by the subsidisation of commercial shipbuilding in Korea
and which adversely affect Community sales of commercial vessels. The issue raised in the complaint has
been for years an unresolved problem in the bilateral relations between the Community and Korea.

The Commission has from then 45 days to decide on the initiation of a Community examination
procedure and to publish accordingly a notice in the Official journal. The examination procedure may
take five months, and in the light of the conclusions of the investigation, the Commission may decide to
resort
first require to enter into
consultations with Korea in order to find a satisfactory solution. If after 60 days from the request for
consultations, there is no settlement, the Community may request the establishment of a panel.

to WTO dispute settlement.

the Community will

In such a case,

(1) OJ L 41, 23.2.1995.

(2001/C 151 E/207)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3472/00

by John Bowis (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(8 November 2000)

Subject: Health Observatory monitoring

What monitoring is the Health Observatory planning to carry out on epilepsy, Parkinson(cid:146)s disease and
other neurological conditions?

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(14 December 2000)

The present action programme on health monitoring and the future action programme on public health
aim at developing and making available adequate, reliable and comparable data sets and indicators of
public health in order to report on the health status within the Community. The Commission foresees that
neurological conditions will be part of the European health monitoring system when this system is put in
place.

A project entitled (cid:145)Monitoring neurological diseases in Europe(cid:146) has already been completed and the
Commission will provide the Honourable Member and Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat with a copy of this report.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2456/2000 of 8 November 2000 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2000-11-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price

9.11.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 283/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2456/2000

of 8 November 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 9 November 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 November 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.

L 283/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

9.11.2000

to the Commission Regulation of 8 November 2000 establishing the standard import values for determining the
entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0709 90 70

0805 20 10

0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70,
0805 20 90

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
204
999
052
999
204
999

052
999
052
528
600
999
052
064
400
632
999
052
388
400
404
720
999
052
064
999

112,5
80,1
96,3
90,4
90,4
53,9
53,9

64,9
64,9
62,3
50,3
60,8
57,8
103,1
94,8
269,8
37,3
126,3
87,5
42,9
57,6
92,0
40,0
64,0
93,2
57,5
75,3

(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’.
Administrative Commission of the European Communities on Social security for Migrant workers - Rates for conversion of currencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2615/79
Date: 2000-11-08
Institutions: Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers, European Commission
Subjects: European Monetary System, exchange rate, migrant worker, social security

8.11.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 319/5

ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR
MIGRANT WORKERS

Rates for conversion of currencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2615/79

(2000/C 319/03)

EUR

DKK

GBP

NOK

SEK

ISK

CHF

Article 107 (1), (2), (3) and (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72

Reference period: October 2000

Application period: January, February and March 2001

DKK

GBP

NOK

SEK

ISK

CHF

EUR

(cid:151)

7,44718

0,589327

8,00320

0,134279

(cid:151)

0,0791343

1,07466

8,52448

1,14466

72,8295

1,51266

9,77948

0,203118

1,69685

12,6368

(cid:151)

13,5802

14,4648

123,581

2,56675

0,124950

0,930525

0,0736364

(cid:151)

1,06513

9,10005

0,189006

0,117309

0,873623

0,0691335

0,938849

(cid:151)

8,54357

0,177449

0,0137307

0,102255

0,00809187

0,109890

0,117047

(cid:151)

0,0207698

0,661088

4,92325

0,389597

5,29083

5,63544

48,1468

(cid:151)

1. Regulation (EEC) No 2615/79 determines that the rate of conversion into a national currency of
amounts shown in another national currency shall be the rate calculated by the Commission and
based on the monthly average, during the reference period defined in paragraph 2, of the exchange
rates of those currencies, which are notified to the Commission for the purposes of the European
Monetary System.

2. The reference period shall be:

(cid:151) the month of January for rates of conversion applicable from 1 April following,
(cid:151) the month of April for rates of conversion applicable from 1 Juli following,
(cid:151) the month of July for rates of conversion applicable from 1 October following,
(cid:151) the month of October for rates of conversion applicable from 1 January following.

The rates for the conversion of currencies shall be published in the second Official Journal of
European Communities ((cid:145)C(cid:146) series) of the months of February, May, August and November.

the
WRITTEN QUESTION P-3513/00 by Niels Busk (ELDR) to the Commission. Commission's Standing Group on Seeds.
Date: 2000-11-08
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU agriculture committee, operation of the Institutions, seed

C 174 E/66

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

19.6.2001

(2001/C 174 E/066)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3513/00

by Niels Busk (ELDR) to the Commission

(8 November 2000)

Subject: Commission(cid:146)s Standing Group on Seeds

Can the Commission say why the Standing Group on Seeds, which comes under the Advisory Committee
on Agricultural Product Quality and Health, has not held any meetings since 28 April 1999?

On what specific date does the Commission intend to convene the Standing Group on Seeds and what
subjects does it intend to discuss with the sector concerned?

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(11 January 2001)

The Commission is pleased to inform the Honourable Member that, as foreseen in Action 81 of the white
paper on food safety, it is working on the preparation of a legal basis for a consultative committee on food
safety (1). It aims to improve involvement of all stakeholders in the Community food safety policy by
streamlining the existing consultative committees and their permanent groups including the advisory
standing group on seeds. Such preparations, unfortunately, take time.

In the meanwhile, the Commission is also planning to organise a meeting of the existing standing group
on seeds by February/March 2001. The main item of the agenda will be the outstanding issues for the
amendments of the current seed Directives.

(1) COM(1999) 719 final.

(2001/C 174 E/067)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3515/00

by Werner Langen (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(13 November 2000)

Subject: Emergency measures to offset the additional burden of increased energy costs

France, Belgium and the Netherlands have taken emergency measures to offset the huge additional burden
imposed by increased energy costs.

The Commission is therefore asked to answer the following questions:

1. What specific form do these emergency measures take?

2. Are the measures that have been adopted compatible with the EC Treaty or do they contravene

European competition law?

3. Does it plan to intervene?

Answer given by Ms de Palacio on behalf of the Commission

(9 January 2001)

Like Belgium, France and the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom have adopted or are
planning to adopt emergency measures to offset the additional burden of increased energy costs.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2457/2000 of 8 November 2000 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 15th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1531/2000
Date: 2000-11-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, white sugar

9.11.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 283/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2457/2000

of 8 November 2000

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 15th partial invitation to tender issued
within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No
1531/2000

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13
September 1999 on the common organisation of the markets
in the sugar sector (1), as amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1527/2000 (2), and in particular the second subpara-
graph of Article 18(5) thereof,

and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to
tender in question.

(3)

(4)

Following an examination of the tenders submitted in
response to the 15th partial
invitation to tender, the
provisions set out in Article 1 should be adopted.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Sugar,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1531/2000 of 13 July
2000 on a standing invitation to tender to determine
levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar (3),
requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the
export of this sugar.

Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1531/
2000 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the
case may be, account being taken in particular of the
state and foreseeable development of the Community

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 15th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued
pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1531/2000 the maximum
amount of the export refund is fixed at 41,777 EUR/100 kg.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 November 2000.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 8 November 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 175, 14.7.2000, p. 59.
(3) OJ L 175, 14.7.2000, p. 69.