WRITTEN QUESTION E-0447/01 by Arlindo Cunha (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Tomato aids in 1999/2000.
Date: 2001-02-16
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: China, agricultural production, agro-industry, common organisation of markets, fruit vegetable, guaranteed minimum price

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The labelling of medicines is therefore intended to indicate the active ingredients of medicines in
qualitative and quantitative terms, plus the list of excipients having a known action or effect i.e. having
either an effect on the metabolism or producing allergic reactions in certain patients.

In addition, to ensure that patients are fully informed, the leaflet for users is to state in full the active
ingredients and excipients in qualitative terms (2). All other information in leaflets and on labels, also given
in full, is intended to permit the correct use of medicines. Patients are therefore given access to detailed
information on the contents of medicines.

In accordance with the objectives of Community legislation in force, ingredients of animal origin are not
specifically indicated as such. There are no plans to change this legislation.

However, health professionals will be able to provide interested patients with more information.

(1) Council Directive 65/65/EEC of 26 January 1965 on the approximation of provisions laid down by law, regulation

or administrative action relating to proprietary medicinal products, OJ B 22 of 9.2.1965.

(2) Council Directive 92/27/CEE of 31 March 1992 on the labelling of medicinal products for human use and on

package leaflets, OJ L 113 of 30.4.1992.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-0447/01

by Arlindo Cunha (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(16 February 2001)

Subject: Tomato aids in 1999/2000

In June 1999 the Commission agreed that the price and aid levels to apply for the 2000 marketing year
would include, in the calculation formula, the figures for tomato exports from the People(cid:146)s Republic of
China.

All the producer Member States voted against in the Management Committee when it debated the price
and aid proposal submitted by the Commission.

Within the Commission, Commissioner Franz Fischler appears to have expressed his willingness to review
the regulation under which aid was cut by 20,54 % for the 2000 marketing year, should the decision-
making background significantly change.

Should the data for China be included for purposes of calculating the aid, the result would be a level of aid
significantly different from that which has hitherto applied.

There is a legal precedent from 1987, in a case relating to sultanas brought by Greece.

The level of aid (cid:129) € 34,5 per tonne (cid:129) set by the COM for the 2001 marketing year confirms the
unfairness of the abnormally low and penalising level established for the 2000 marketing year. By
accepting the former level (cid:129) higher than that initially proposed in the process of reform of the COM (cid:129)
the Commission tacitly recognised that an injustice had been done.

In view of the above, it may be concluded that the most elementary principles of fairness and ethics, as
well as technical considerations, dictate that the aid level for the 2000 marketing year should be set at the
same level as that which will apply for the 2001 marketing year.

Can the Commission state how it intends to compensate industrial units in respect of the difference
between the two levels of aid?

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Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(11 April 2001)

The processing aid for tomatoes for the 2000/01 marketing year was calculated in strict compliance with
Articles 3 and 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common
organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products (1).

No official
information on the price charged in China for the purchase of tomatoes delivered to the
processing industry is available. Moreover the Chinese authorities have provided no information on their
exports of processed tomato products.

The Commission does not intend to amend Commission Regulation (EC) No 1519/2000 of 12 July 2000
setting for the 2000-2001 marketing year the minimum price and the amount of production aid for
processed tomato products (2).

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996.
(2) OJ L 174, 13.7.2000.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-0452/01

by Struan Stevenson (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(19 February 2001)

Subject: EU and third-country fisheries agreements

How many fisheries agreements are currently in force between the EU and third countries on a cash-

1.
for-fish basis?

2. What is the total cost of these agreements?

3. Which Member States benefit from these agreements in terms of access to fishing opportunities?

4. What are the main conservation arrangements applied to each agreement?

5.

How does the EU monitor the effectiveness of these conservation measures?

6.
Does the Commission have a list of privately negotiated and privately funded fisheries agreements
between EU fishermen and third countries? If so, can answers be given to questions 1-5 above with regard
to those private arrangements?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(3 April 2001)

As at January 2001 the Community had concluded or was negotiating a total of 23 fisheries agreements,
19 of which include financial compensation.

The appropriations committed for fisheries agreements came to € 121,6 million in 2000, given that the
Community was not able to conclude an agreement with Morocco and that the appropriations for the
agreement with Angola (€ 13 975 million) could not be committed in 2000. For the 2001 financial year,
€ 290 499 978 in commitment appropriations have been entered.

All the Member States except Austria and Luxembourg benefit from the fishing rights obtained within the
framework both of fisheries agreements and of regional fisheries organisations. About 2 800 Community
vessels operate entirely or partially in third-country and/or international waters.