WRITTEN QUESTION E-2142/01 by Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Shipbuilding aid.
Date: 2001-07-17
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU aid, South Korea, carriage of goods, chemical product, international negotiations, petroleum product, restriction on competition, settlement of disputes, shipbuilding

C 93 E/68

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

18.4.2002

Answer given by Mr Vitorino on behalf of the Commission

(18 September 2001)

The arrival of vessels of all kinds and sizes with illegal immigrants at the Mediterranean coasts of the
Union is an issue of major concern for the Commission. As recently also mentioned in the reply to the
written question P-2079/01 by Mr. Musumeci
irregular migrants face various dangers including being
smuggled by ruthless criminal networks and other dangers of unsafe passage.

Consequently it is important to develop policies at Union level to deal with the prevention of and the fight
against illegal immigration and in particular also against irregular maritime arrivals. The Council adopted
in June 2001 a Directive defining the facilitation of unauthorised entry, movement and stay and a
accompanying Framework Decision on the strengthening of
the
facilitation of unauthorised entry and residence, which sets a frame for the prosecution of facilitators.
Moreover the Council also adopted a Directive supplementing the provisions of Art. 26 of the Convention
implementing the Schengen Agreement in order to further define the obligations of carriers. In December
2000,
the Commission adopted a Communication on combating trafficking in human beings and
combating the sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, which includes a proposal for a
Council framework decision on combating trafficking in human beings.

framework to prevent

the penal

As already indicated in the reply to the Honourable Member’s written question E-0086/01,
the
Commission intends to initiate an in-depth discussions in the framework of a future Communication on
the common endeavour preventing and fighting against illegal immigration, which will be tabled in the
inter alia, outline the future co-operation with
course of the next weeks. This Communication will,
countries of origin and transit, which could include measures targeted at the infrastructure of irregular
migration flows, among others preventing the use of unsafe modes of transportation.

(2002/C 93 E/085)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2142/01

by Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(17 July 2001)

Subject: Shipbuilding aid

Is it the case that the EU has come to an amicable agreement with South Korea in the shipbuilding sector,
pursuant to which the EU will not report that country to the WTO provided that it bans ‘dumping’
practices in the shipbuilding industry? If such an agreement has not been concluded, will the Commission
continue to provide aid for shipbuilding in the EU and extend it to oil tankers, merchant ships, container
ships and vessels used to transport chemicals?

Answer given by Mr Lamy on behalf of the Commission

(4 October 2001)

Despite a series of intensive negotiations, it has not been possible to reach an amicable settlement of the
shipbuilding dispute with South Korea. The Commission therefore intends to implement the strategy it
agreed on 8 May 2001. This involves a package with two components: the World Trade Organisation
(WTO) dispute settlement procedure and a proposal for a temporary support mechanism.

This mechanism would allow aid to be granted to those market segments where the Commission has
concluded that the Community industry has been considerably injured by unfair Korean trade practices >
namely container ships and product and chemical tankers. The Commission will review the eligibility of
market segments in the light of new evidence clearly proving that a specific market segment within the
Community has been directly injured by unfair Korean trade practices.

The Commission will initiate the dispute settlement proceedings against Korea as soon as the Council
expresses its favourable opinion on the temporary defensive mechanism.