WRITTEN QUESTION E-3518/00 by John Bowis (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Lloyds and the US financial markets.
Date: 2000-11-13
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European undertaking, United States, financial market, liberalisation of the market

C 163 E/150

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

6.6.2001

The undertaking demanded by Mitsubishi Germany serves to implement the ban preventing official
Mitsubishi dealers from supplying resellers, which is in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1475/95.
The wording of the undertaking referred to is therefore admissible under Regulation (EC) No 1475/95.

(1) OJ L 145, 29.6.1995.
(2) See also the Commission notice (OJ C 17, 18.1.1995) regarding the (former) Regulation (EEC) No 123
of 12 December 1984 (OJ L 15, 18.1.1985) which was replaced in 1995 by Regulation (EC) No 1475/95
(see footnote 1). This notice still applies.

(2001/C 163 E/167)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3518/00

by John Bowis (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(13 November 2000)

Subject: Lloyds and the US financial markets

Is the current investigation of Lloyds impacting on the talks between the Commission and the US
Administration on the opening of American financial markets to EU companies?

Answer given by Mr Lamy on behalf of the Commission

(14 December 2000)

The trade talks between the Commission and the United States on opening the American insurance market
to Community companies under the trans-Atlantic economic partnership are independent of any investiga-
tion of Lloyds carried out by the Commission.

(2001/C 163 E/168)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3521/00

by Olivier Dupuis (TDI) to the Commission

(13 November 2000)

Subject: New charges against Mr Marzouki in Tunisia

On 23 October 2000, Mr Moncef Marzouki was ordered to appear before Mr Armor Ben Mansour, the
most senior examining judge, on charges of being a member of an unrecognised association (National
Council for Liberties in Tunisia), spreading false reports, discrediting the administration of public order,
discrediting the administration of justice, distributing leaflets likely to disturb public order, and inciting
citizens to rebel against the laws of the country. Mr Marzouki had just returned from Morocco, where he
had taken part in meetings of the Euro-mediterranean human rights network in preparation for the
EuroMed Civil Forum on the subject of the right of association, as well as in a congress of Arab defenders
of human rights. He was due to take part in a colloquium in Barcelona organised by the EuroMed Greens
network. These very serious charges could mean a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. Furthermore,
Mr Marzouki has again been refused the right to travel.

Does the Commission not consider that this legal case on the basis of the expression of opinions, the
fourth such case brought against Mr Marzouki, is one of many instances of the consolidation in Tunisia of
a police state founded on the systematic violation of the right to freedom of opinion and expression and
the right of association?

Does the Commission not consider that the time has come to initiate steps with regard to compliance with
the human rights clause as laid down in the association agreement between Tunisia and the EU?

If that is not the case, what measures does the Commission intend to take to persuade the Tunisian
authorities to put an end to the antidemocratic, police-state-oriented trend in the country and finally to
pursue a path of democratic reform and establishment of the rule of law?