WRITTEN QUESTION E-2290/01 by Monica Frassoni (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. LIFE project for the re-introduction of bears (Ursus arctos) into the Parco Adamello-Brenta (Italy).
Date: 2001-07-31
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU environmental policy, Italy, protection of animals, wild mammal

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protected and inform the Commission accordingly. Where the site concerned hosts a priority natural
habitat type and/or a priority species, the only considerations which may be raised are those relating to
human health or public safety, to beneficial consequences of primary importance for the environment or,
further to an opinion from the Commission, to other imperative reasons of overriding public interest.

One of the sites proposed by Portugal for inclusion in the Natura 2000 network is the (cid:145)Litoral Norte
(PTCON0017)(cid:146). In the Afife area, this site is limited to the beach and the dunes, stopping short of national
road No 13.

The information provided by the Honourable Member is not sufficiently precise to locate the project. It is
therefore impossible to tell whether the project
involves impacts on the above-mentioned site of
Community importance and whether the potential impacts are likely to have a significant effect on the site,
as only then would the above provisions of Directive 92/43/EEC be applicable.

The Commission will ask the Portuguese authorities to provide the information necessary to assess the
project on the basis of the above provisions of Community law.

(1) OJ L 206, 22.7.1992.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2290/01

by Monica Frassoni (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(31 July 2001)

Subject: LIFE project for the re-introduction of bears (Ursus arctos) into the Parco Adamello-Brenta (Italy)

A programme financed under the Commission(cid:146)s LIFE project has been launched with a view to re-
introducing bears (Ursus arctos) into Italy(cid:146)s Parco Adamello-Brenta. It appears that the funds (cid:129) provided
by the promoter (the Parco Adamello-Brenta) and the financial backers (the Trentino-Alto Adige regional
authorities and the EU) (cid:129) have to be specifically earmarked to cover a variety of costs, including the
provision of safeguards to protect individuals and the payment of compensation for any loss or damage
suffered by farmers or other persons. In addition, annual reports documenting the success of the project
and the achievement of the intermediate objectives also have to be produced.

What precautions and action plans have been devised in order to protect the safety of any bears which
stray outside the safe areas, as has recently been reported to have happened?

What action has been taken in order to protect the safety of the bear known by researchers as (cid:145)Vida(cid:146), who
is now outside the area covered by the LIFE project?

Answer given by Mrs Wallstr(cid:246)m on behalf of the Commission

(27 September 2001)

The Parco Adamello-Brenta has supplied the following information regarding the monitoring and
protection of the bears which have been released, including the bear known as (cid:145)Vida(cid:146).

Vida, a four-year-old female released in May, has crossed the Province of Bolzano and moved into the
Province of Belluno. She is currently reported to be in the area around Agordo.

The eventuality of some released animals straying significantly away from the park area was covered in the
project feasibility study carried out by the National Institute for Wild Fauna in 1998.

The park(cid:146)s monitoring teams are following Vida(cid:146)s progress by means of radio range-finding, just as they
have followed the other bears which have moved outside the Province of Trento.

Vida is still on the move, which makes it impossible as yet to determine what her eventual roaming
ground might be. She may even return to the Province of Trento.

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To facilitate and improve the monitoring of Vida, the park has concluded formal agreements with the
Province of Belluno, under which a professional
introductory course on radio range-finding is to be
organised shortly for staff in the Province of Belluno, who will then be able to take part in the monitoring
effort. In addition, if the bear remains in the Province of Belluno there are plans to start up (in conjunction
with the Province of Belluno) a public information drive. It may be mentioned here that public opinion in
the area supports the bear(cid:146)s presence, probably because other bears have already arrived from the East over
the last few years.

(2002/C 81 E/172)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2299/01

by Claude Turmes (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(31 July 2001)

Subject: Anti-dumping of CFLs (Compact Fluorescent Lamps) from China

According to the Commission(cid:146)s newly proposed Directive on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, a 30-40 %
energy saving in electricity consumption for lighting (which consumes 14 % of total energy in the tertiary
sector) could be achieved through the use of improved lighting technology. Has the Commission calculated
the consequences of the reduced incentive for a shift to improved lighting due to the price effects of the
antidumping duty on Chinese CFLs?

In relation to the Community(cid:146)s commitments to greenhouse gas reductions, what initiatives does the
Commission intend to take to compensate for the expected reduced dissemination of one of the cheapest
and most efficient means of CO2-reduction, namely CFLs, as a consequence of the likely price effects of the
antidumping duty on Chinese CFLs, cf. a recent SAVE study on dissemination of CFLs? ((cid:146)SAVE project:
4.1031/Z97-030. Dissemination in Order to Eliminate Barriers for Use of Energy Saving Lamps in the
Domestic Sector, Energy Piano, December 2000(cid:146))

Is the Commission satisfied with the level of competition between European producers of CFLs? Given the
is the Commission considering any measures to improve
concentrated structure of
competition?

the industry,

Answer given by Mr Lamy on behalf of the Commission

(9 October 2001)

By Regulation (EC) No 1470/2001 of 16 July 2001, the Council imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty
on imports of integrated electronic compact fluorescent lamps (CFL-i) originating in the People(cid:146)s Republic
of China (1). The duties imposed range from 0 % to 66,1 % depending on the manufacturer concerned.

The anti-dumping investigation concluded that the measures are very unlikely to lead to a shortage of
supply, and that consumers will continue to have access to cost advantageous energy saving lamps,
especially given the fact that there are some Chinese exporting producers with relatively low duties and
that no duty was imposed on imports of the largest known Chinese exporting producer, in terms of export
volume. Given this, the Commission sees no need to propose compensatory measures.

As to the level of competition, it should be noted that the purpose of the measure imposing duties is to
restore fair conditions of competition. In any case, a low number of Community producers does not
necessarily mean that there is a low level of competition on the Community market. Given the various
levels of the duties for Chinese exporting producers, it is likely that a significant number of them will
continue to compete both with each other and with the Community producers on the Community market.
In addition, producers of energy saving lamps from other third countries not subject to anti-dumping
duties, particularly Poland and Hungary, are also likely to remain on the market. Therefore,
the
Commission sees no need to consider measures to improve competition.