WRITTEN QUESTION E-3580/00 by Adriana Poli Bortone (UEN) to the Commission. Mansio Ad Quartum.
Date: 2000-11-17
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Campania, Italy, competence of the Member States, heritage protection, infringement of EU law

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(cid:129) the deed of sale of these companies in which the State has a shareholding provides that the workers
will first be dismissed and put on mobility lists for temporarily laid-off workers awaiting redeployment
pursuant to Law No 223/91, then re-employed by ILVA laminati piani S.p.A. after remaining on these
mobility lists for one year;

(cid:129) this scheme means first of all that the Italian social security institution, the INPS, will pay ILVA
laminati piani S.p.A. a sum of money for every worker who is re-employed (equal to half the
remaining mobility payment not paid to the worker) and secondly that the company employing the
worker will not pay contributions in respect of the latter for a period of 36 months.

Can the Commission:

(cid:129) ascertain whether the foregoing is true?

(cid:129) establish whether the procedure of dismissing the workers, putting them on mobility lists and then re-
employing them is contrary to Italian Laws Nos. 164/75 and 223/91 on the Wages Guarantee Fund
and collective redundancy and the legislation implementing the Community directives on surplus
labour?

(cid:129) ascertain whether the mobility procedure used by ILVA laminati piani S.p.A.

is in breach of the

Community competition rules?

Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission

(9 January 2001)

The case referred to by the Honourable Member concerns the restructuring of the firms ILVA SPA, Gescon
90, Icrot and Sidermontaggi, which was carried out in accordance with Italian law.

Firstly, it should be recalled that Council Directive 98/50/EC of 29 June 1998 amending Directive 77/187/
EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the safeguarding of employees(cid:146)
rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of businesses (1) and Council Directive
98/59/EC of 20 July 1998 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to collective
redundancies (2) were correctly transposed into domestic law as regards the circumstances referred to in
this particular case. For this reason, any dispute arising in this connection should be brought before the
national courts.

In these circumstances it is for the Member States to take appropriate measures with a view to improving
the performance of the labour market.

As regards the possible breach of competition rules referred to by the Honourable Member,
the
Commission intends to enquire about the facts described and, if appropriate, will examine them in the
light of the rules governing state aids.

(1) OJ L 201, 17.7.1998.
(2) OJ L 225, 12.8.1998.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-3580/00

by Adriana Poli Bortone (UEN) to the Commission

(17 November 2000)

Subject: Mansio Ad Quartum

Does the Commission intend to open infringement proceedings against Italy for failing to take the
necessary action to protect the important Mansio Ad Quartum site in Quarto Flegreo (Naples), which has
been totally wrecked by the wholly inappropriate work carried out there?

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Answer given by Mrs Reding on behalf of the Commission

(9 January 2001)

Article 151 (ex Article 128) of the EC Treaty gives the Community the right to encourage cooperation
between Member States in the field of culture. The issue raised by the Honourable Member is not a
Community matter, however. In line with the principle of subsidiarity, this is a matter exclusively for the
Member State concerned.

(2001/C 151 E/221)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3593/00

by Samuli Pohjamo (ELDR) and Mikko Pes(cid:228)l(cid:228) (ELDR) to the Commission

Subject: Availability of EU statistics in official languages

(22 November 2000)

We have observed that it is not possible to obtain some of the most important statistics from the Eurostat
services on the Internet in any languages other than English, French or German. As many of the indexes
are complicated, this makes it awkward to access the Eurostat services.

What measures does the Commission propose to take to improve the opportunities for citizens to obtain
some of the most important economic statistics in all the EU(cid:146)s official languages?

Answer given by Mr Solbes Mira on behalf of the Commission

(22 December 2000)

Eurostat is very attentive to the issue of citizens having access to statistical data in the various Community
languages.

However, at present, Eurostat only has sufficient human and financial resources to make its published
information available to users in English, French and German, but not in all 11 Community languages.
information published more quickly, which users consider very
Moreover, the need to have statistical
important, also prevents documents from being made available in all the Community languages.

Nevertheless, Eurostat does try each year to produce one or more publications in all 11 Community
languages (e.g. (cid:145)Europe in figures(cid:146)) with a wide circulation (300 000 copies).

Eurostat will, however, investigate the possibility of publishing a range of basic statistical indicators on the
Internet in the 11 Community languages for 2001.

(2001/C 151 E/222)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3597/00

by Juan Naranjo Escobar (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: The Emcdda and the Santa Maria de Feira summit

(22 November 2000)

When the European Summit at Santa Maria de Feira adopted the EU Action Plan on Drugs 2000-2004,
it decided as follows (1):

The Member States according to technical tools and guidelines provided by Emcdda to give reliable
information on the five key epidemiological indicators in a comparable form drawn up by the Emcdda
and adopted by the Council:

1.

extent and pattern of drug use in the general population;

2. prevalence of problem drug use;