do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council decision on the implementation of a training programme for professionals in the European audiovisual programme industry (MEDIA - Training) (2001-2005) (10939/2/2000 - C5-0616/2000 - 1999/0275(COD))
Date: 2000-12-13
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: EU programme, audiovisual communications policy, audiovisual programme, vocational training

17.8.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 232/145

Wednesday 13 December 2000

3. MEDIA (cid:8) Training (2001-2005) ***II

C5-0616/2000

Common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and
Council decision on the implementation of a training programme for professionals in the Eur-
opean audiovisual programme industry (MEDIA (cid:8) Training)
(10939/2/2000 (cid:8)
C5-0616/2000 (cid:8) 1999/0275(COD))

(2001-2005)

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The common position was approved. The act was accordingly deemed adopted in accordance with the
common position.

4.

Incentives for civil law practitioners * (procedure without report)

C5-0494/2000

Proposal for a Council regulation extending the programme of incentives and exchanges for legal
practitioners in the area of civil law (Grotius (cid:8) civil) (COM(2000) 516 (cid:8) C5-0494/2000 (cid:8) 2000/
0220(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The proposal was approved.

5. Veterinary expenditure * (procedure without report)

C5-0495/2000

Proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary
field (COM(2000) 542 (cid:8) C5-0495/2000 (cid:8) 2000/0234(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The proposal was approved.

6. Participation by Cyprus in Community programmes * (procedure without

report)

C5-0577/2000

Proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of an agreement between the Commu-
nity and the Republic of Cyprus adopting the terms and conditions for the participation of Cyprus
in Community programmes in the fields of training, education and youth (COM(2000) 661 (cid:8)
C5-0577/2000 (cid:8) 2000/0270(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The proposal was approved.
Proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field (COM(2000) 542 - C5-0495/2000 - 2000/0234(CNS))
Date: 2000-12-13
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: EU financing, decontamination, disease prevention, protection of animals, veterinary inspection

17.8.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 232/145

Wednesday 13 December 2000

3. MEDIA (cid:8) Training (2001-2005) ***II

C5-0616/2000

Common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and
Council decision on the implementation of a training programme for professionals in the Eur-
opean audiovisual programme industry (MEDIA (cid:8) Training)
(10939/2/2000 (cid:8)
C5-0616/2000 (cid:8) 1999/0275(COD))

(2001-2005)

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The common position was approved. The act was accordingly deemed adopted in accordance with the
common position.

4.

Incentives for civil law practitioners * (procedure without report)

C5-0494/2000

Proposal for a Council regulation extending the programme of incentives and exchanges for legal
practitioners in the area of civil law (Grotius (cid:8) civil) (COM(2000) 516 (cid:8) C5-0494/2000 (cid:8) 2000/
0220(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The proposal was approved.

5. Veterinary expenditure * (procedure without report)

C5-0495/2000

Proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary
field (COM(2000) 542 (cid:8) C5-0495/2000 (cid:8) 2000/0234(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The proposal was approved.

6. Participation by Cyprus in Community programmes * (procedure without

report)

C5-0577/2000

Proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of an agreement between the Commu-
nity and the Republic of Cyprus adopting the terms and conditions for the participation of Cyprus
in Community programmes in the fields of training, education and youth (COM(2000) 661 (cid:8)
C5-0577/2000 (cid:8) 2000/0270(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The proposal was approved.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3940/00 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. Common agricultural policy and enlargement.
Date: 2000-12-13
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: accession to the European Union, agricultural expenditure

C 174 E/196

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

19.6.2001

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000 (1)

B

5

0

4

2

1

DK

2

6

7

4

2

D

15

9

11

2

2

EL

2

4

2

1

1

E

4

2

1

1

0

(1)

First eleven months.

Votes against

IRL

IT

2

2

2

1

0

6

6

8

8

1

F

3

3

3

3

0

L

0

1

0

2

0

NL

2

2

14

4

1

A

2

2

3

1

2

P

1

2

2

1

0

FIN

1

4

0

0

0

S

4

7

3

0

1

UK

7

7

2

0

1

(2001/C 174 E/206)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3940/00

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(13 December 2000)

Subject: Common agricultural policy and enlargement

Will the Commission cite candidate country official estimates, or private sector or academic estimates of
the cost of applying the current common agricultural policy rules and support prices to as many of the
candidate countries as are available?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(23 January 2001)

Any serious estimate of the cost of applying after accession the current Common Agricultural Policy to the
new Member States would require a reasonably accurate knowledge of the date, and the terms and
conditions of the accession of the countries concerned to the Union. However, these aspects will be
determined in the course of the accession negotiations with these countries. Consequently, any cost
estimate made on the basis of assumptions (cid:129) no matter how carefully constructed (cid:129) will therefore
necessarily be of a hypothetical, speculative and uncertain nature. At the present stage of the negotiating
process the Commission therefore prefers not to publicly cite estimates from sources such as those
mentioned in the question from the Honourable Member.

(2001/C 174 E/207)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3942/00

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(13 December 2000)

Subject: Application of the common fisheries policy

Will the Commission state whether the common fisheries policy applies to the coastal waters of all the
Member States and if not, why not?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(22 January 2001)

The geographical scope of the Common Fisheries Policy is the same as that of the EC Treaty. Thus, it
applies to the territories of all Member States (except in the cases of Greenland and the Faeroe Islands) as
well as to certain overseas territories of the Member States, (see Article 299 (ex-Article 227) of the EC
Treaty). These territories, of course, include the territorial seas of the Member States which can be claimed
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3951/00 by Gerhard Hager (NI) to the Commission. Use of EU funds in Spain (Canary Islands).
Date: 2000-12-13
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Canary Islands, Community budget, budgetary control, fraud against the EU, regional aid

8.5.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 136 E/239

(2001/C 136 E/284)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3951/00

by Gerhard Hager (NI) to the Commission

(13 December 2000)

Subject: Use of EU funds in Spain (Canary Islands)

In the light of the report by the Court of Auditors and the irregularities in the use of EU financial
assistance in Spain, could the Commission clarify the position specifically as regards the Canary Islands?

What amount of funds does the Union allocate to the Canary Islands each year?

Can the Commission supply a more detailed breakdown of the areas receiving support?

Are the funds in question earmarked for particular purposes?

Are there any indications that the funds have not been put to the proper use?

Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission

(22 December 2000)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its
findings as soon as possible.
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council extending certain programmes of Community action in the field of public health, adopted by Decisions No 645/96/EC, 646/96/EC, 647/96/EC, 102/97/EC, 1400/97/EC and 1296/1999/EC and amending those Decisions (COM(2000) 448 — C5-0400/2000 — 2000/0192(COD))
Date: 2000-12-13
Institutions: Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: action programme, disease prevention, health policy, information, public health

17.8.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 232/167

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

Wednesday 13 December 2000

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(5) In Article 6:

(a)

In paragraph 1 the phrase ‘in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 5’ is replaced by
the phrase ‘in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 5a(2).’

(b) Paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

The programme shall be open to participa-

2.
tion by:

(a) The EFTA/EEA countries, in accordance with
the conditions established in the EEA Agree-
ment;

(b) The Associated Countries of Central and East-
ern Europe, in accordance with the conditions
laid down in the Europe Agreements, in the
Additional Protocols to these agreements and
in the decisions of the relevant Association
Councils;

(c) Cyprus, funded with additional appropriations
in accordance with the procedures to be
agreed with that country;

(d) Malta

and Turkey,

funded by additional
appropriations in accordance with the provi-
sions of the Treaty.

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council extending certain programmes of Community action in the field of public
health, adopted by Decisions No 645/96/EC, 646/96/EC, 647/96/EC, 102/97/EC, 1400/97/EC and
1296/1999/EC and amending those Decisions (COM(2000) 448 6 C5-0400/2000 6 2000/
0192(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:19) having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2000) 448),

(cid:19) having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 152 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0400/2000),

(cid:19) having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:19) having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy

and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0377/2000),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Asks to be consulted again should the Commission intend to amend its proposal substantially or

2.
replace it with another text

3.

Instructs its President its position to the Council and Commission.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3886/00 by Ioannis Souladakis (PSE), Minerva Malliori (PSE) and Paulo Casaca (PSE) to the Commission. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (mad cow disease).
Date: 2000-12-13
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing, animal feedingstuffs

19.6.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 174 E/173

situation in which the health of the peoples of Europe is at risk. Despite the major vested interests of the
animal feedingstuff industry, it is still possible to change the composition of the feed of cattle bred in the
European Union.

Will the Council consider subsidising the cultivation of plant varieties to gradually replace the animal
feedingstuffs produced today which are responsible for these problems?

Reply

(12 March 2001)

in the conclusions of its 2 317th meeting (4 December 2000), subject to the financial
The Council,
perspective agreed in Berlin,
(cid:145)notes the statements by the Commission concerning the production of
protein-rich plants and calls upon it speedily to analyse the issue in greater detail and to draw its
consequences for the policy currently being pursued in this sector and for set-aside,
including any
appropriate proposals(cid:146).

The Council will take a decision on these proposals when it receives them.

(2001/C 174 E/182)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3886/00

by Ioannis Souladakis (PSE), Minerva Malliori (PSE)
and Paulo Casaca (PSE) to the Commission

(13 December 2000)

Subject: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (mad cow disease)

The spread of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (mad cow disease) has put the issue of the quality and composition
of cattle feedingstuffs in the European Union back on the top of the agenda. The gradual shift in the
ingredients of animal feedingstuffs away from plants to animal products has resulted in the present
situation in which the health of the peoples of Europe is at risk. Despite the major vested interests of the
animal feedingstuff industry, it is still possible to change the composition of the feed of cattle bred in the
European Union.

Will the Commission consider subsidising the cultivation of plant varieties to gradually replace the animal
feedingstuffs produced today which are responsible for these problems?

(2001/C 174 E/183)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-4076/00

by Dominique Souchet (UEN) to the Commission

(20 December 2000)

Subject: Developing the production of fodder protein in response to the recent ban on the use of meat

meal

The ban on the use of animal meal for farm animal fodder will increase the Community(cid:146)s vegetable protein
needs and a response is needed that will not increase dependence on imports or exposure to GMO.

Will the Commission introduce an emergency programme to develop Community production of vegetable
protein based on the following main points:

1. An increase in per hectare payments for protein crops such as peas, horse beans and lupins, which are

not subject to international restrictions, would be of vital importance;
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3901/00 by Erik Meijer (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Substantial increase in road and rail tunnels as a means of dual land use.
Date: 2000-12-13
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: fire, town planning, transport infrastructure, transport safety, tunnel

3.7.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 187 E/79

(2001/C 187 E/085)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3901/00

by Erik Meijer (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(13 December 2000)

Subject: Substantial increase in road and rail tunnels as a means of dual land use

1.
Can the Commission confirm that for a long time tunnels for road and rail transport were something
exceptional, originally only used for crossing mountain ranges and subsequently for crossing broad
waterways where an above-ground solution was not a realistic alternative, but that developments in
technology now make it possible and financially feasible to build many more tunnels?

2.
Can the Commission also confirm that local, regional and national authorities of the Member States
increasingly regard the construction of tunnels as a means of extending the land available for traffic in
densely-populated areas through dual land use, partly with a view to sparing the countryside and limiting
noise pollution?

Can the Commission provide figures on the increasing extent to which Member States are drawing
3.
up and implementing plans for building tunnels just below the surface of relatively flat areas to provide
crossing-free metro lines, high-speed rail lines, goods rail lines and car tunnels?

Does the Commission agree that the criteria for deciding to build tunnels should be not only the use
4.
of space, speed of transport and construction costs, but also the safety and survival prospects of other
transport users?

5.
Can the Commission provide figures on the extent to which, as a result of the substantial increase in
the number of tunnels, the risk of major fires and explosions similar to disasters in recent years in the
Franco-Italian and Austrian alpine areas (Mont Blanc, Tauern and Kaprun) will increase?

Answer given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission

(1 March 2001)

Although the techniques used in driving tunnels or cutting and covering roads has made considerable
progress, this form of civil engineering is still very expensive. These options thus do not offer any
economically realistic alternative as compared with surface routes where these are possible.

Tunnel building is the responsibility of the local, regional or national authorities. These will decide which
new infrastructures are to be produced on a case-by-case basis as a function of technical, economic, or
environmental constraints and of the local inhabitants(cid:146) interests and opinions. The Commission does not
have in its possession any statistics on any current projects in the Member States and on any risks that
such projects might entail. Nor, so far, has it noted any tendency towards preferential treatment for tunnel
building.

As regards the intended action at Community level, the Honourable Member is invited to refer to the
answer to his Question E-3902/00 (1).

(1) See page 80.
Proposal for a Council regulation extending the programme of incentives and exchanges for legal practitioners in the area of civil law (Grotius - civil) (COM(2000) 516 - C5-0494/2000 - 2000/0220(CNS))
Date: 2000-12-13
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: EU programme, civil law, exchange of information, judicial cooperation

17.8.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 232/145

Wednesday 13 December 2000

3. MEDIA (cid:8) Training (2001-2005) ***II

C5-0616/2000

Common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and
Council decision on the implementation of a training programme for professionals in the Eur-
opean audiovisual programme industry (MEDIA (cid:8) Training)
(10939/2/2000 (cid:8)
C5-0616/2000 (cid:8) 1999/0275(COD))

(2001-2005)

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The common position was approved. The act was accordingly deemed adopted in accordance with the
common position.

4.

Incentives for civil law practitioners * (procedure without report)

C5-0494/2000

Proposal for a Council regulation extending the programme of incentives and exchanges for legal
practitioners in the area of civil law (Grotius (cid:8) civil) (COM(2000) 516 (cid:8) C5-0494/2000 (cid:8) 2000/
0220(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The proposal was approved.

5. Veterinary expenditure * (procedure without report)

C5-0495/2000

Proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary
field (COM(2000) 542 (cid:8) C5-0495/2000 (cid:8) 2000/0234(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The proposal was approved.

6. Participation by Cyprus in Community programmes * (procedure without

report)

C5-0577/2000

Proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of an agreement between the Commu-
nity and the Republic of Cyprus adopting the terms and conditions for the participation of Cyprus
in Community programmes in the fields of training, education and youth (COM(2000) 661 (cid:8)
C5-0577/2000 (cid:8) 2000/0270(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The proposal was approved.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3952/00 by Glenys Kinnock (PSE) to the Commission. Index-linking of war pensions.
Date: 2000-12-13
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European social policy, competence of the Member States, indemnification, war victim

19.6.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 174 E/199

Documents are sent by the Commission to the Council rather than to specific Council formations.
2.
There is therefore no list of Ecofin documents available within the Commission. A list of documents
dealing with economic and financial matters which have been sent by the Commission to the Council
during the last quarter of the year 2000 is sent directly to the Honourable Member and to the Parliament(cid:146)s
Secretariat.

3.
The Commission does not keep a list of all documents received by it from the Council. In accordance
with the provisions of the Code of Conduct on public access to Commission documents of 8 February
1994 (1), requests for documents written by other bodies should be addressed to the author of such
documents.

(1) OJ L 46, 18.2.1994.

(2001/C 174 E/211)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3952/00

by Glenys Kinnock (PSE) to the Commission

(13 December 2000)

Subject: Index-linking of war pensions

Will the Commission investigate the question of war pensions being index-linked or means-tested in the
Member States of the European Union?

Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission

(5 February 2001)

The matter of compensation of war victims remains a responsibility of the Member States. The Commis-
sion has no powers to investigate this matter, and Member States have so far not expressed an interest in
exchanging information on war pensions in the framework of the Community institutions.

(2001/C 174 E/212)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3959/00

by Vitaliano Gemelli (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(8 December 2000)

Subject: Banking interests:

is the Commission supporting the ABI (Italian Banking Association) or the

general public?

With reference to the problems arising from the Italian Constitutional Court(cid:146)s judgment 425/2000, which
establishes the unlawfulness of recalculating interest on financing, can the Commission say:

(cid:129) whether it is true that the ABI, in order to avoid refunding amounts wrongfully collected from clients,
has approached the European Commission and, more specifically the Commissioner for Competition,
or other Commissioners;

(cid:129) whether it is true that the ABI has obtained assurances, from quarters not clearly specified by the
Commission, that the Commission itself may take steps to safeguard banks to the detriment of the
general public, who are victims of an unjust system;

(cid:129) whether it does not consider that it should take general measures aimed at preventing the European
and Italian banking systems from continuing to have a relationship with its customers which in many
cases is totally one-sided, and re-establish the balance of power in favour of the client.