WRITTEN QUESTION E-3617/00 by Elspeth Attwooll (ELDR) to the Commission. Import tariffs on fisheries products imported into Poland from the European Union.
Date: 2000-11-22
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Central and Eastern European countries, Poland, customs duties, export (EU), fishery product, negotiation of an agreement (EU)

22.5.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 151 E/195

the protection of flora and fauna; (b) for the purposes of research and teaching, of re-population, of
re-introduction and for the breeding necessary for these purposes;
to permit, under strictly
supervised conditions and on a selective basis, the capture, keeping or other judicious use of certain
birds in small numbers.

(c)

2.
The derogations must specify: the species which are subject to the derogations, the means,
arrangements or methods authorized for capture or killing, the conditions of risk and the circum-
stances of time and place under which such derogations may be granted, the authority empowered to
declare that the required conditions obtain and to decide what means, arrangements or methods may
be used, within what limits and by whom, the controls which will be carried out.

In order to assess compliance with Directive 79/409/EEC of acts of derogation taken by the authorities it is
necessary to check whether these derogations have met the above-mentioned requirements and conditions.
On the basis of the information given by the Honourable Member, the Commission does not have
sufficient details to be able to investigate whether (cid:145)deliberazione(cid:146) of Regione Toscana of 27 September
2000, which adopted a derogation concerning the wild bird species Passer Italiae and Passer Montanus,
complies with Directive 79/409/EEC and it is not therefore in a position to answer the question at the
moment. It would ask the Honourable Member to provide more details.

However, the Commission is aware that these conditions are generally not fully respected by the Italian
legislation. The derogation regime set out in the Italian legislation does not comply with the provisions of
Article 9 of the Directive. The Commission considers that Italy failed to ensure respect for all conditions of
the regime in certain situations where derogations are invoked. The Commission therefore referred the
matter to the Court of Justice, where the case is pending.

(2001/C 151 E/225)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3617/00

by Elspeth Attwooll (ELDR) to the Commission

(22 November 2000)

Subject: Import tariffs on fisheries products imported into Poland from the European Union

Can the Commission outline a predicted timetable for its stated policy of negotiating reduced import tariffs
on fish and fishery products to the ten Central and Eastern European countries, including Poland?

Answer given by Mr Lamy on behalf of the Commission

(22 December 2000)

Following the mandate given to the Commission contacts have been made with the ten Central and
Eastern European Countries (CEECs) with which accession negotiations have been opened.

The Commission has carried out a first round of negotiations with eight of them. A second round of
negotiations, resulting in agreed minutes to be put forward to the respective authorities, was carried out
late November, covering four of the CEECs, including Poland.

If Member States agree to the Commission proposals, trade arrangements could enter into force early in
2001.