do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2390/01 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. Health indicators.
Date: 2001-08-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: economic indicator, health policy, health statistics, public health

C 81 E/170

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

4.4.2002

(2002/C 81 E/198)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2388/01

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(20 August 2001)

Subject: Cost of health care

Will the Commission give its best estimate of the average typical cost in each Member State for any recent
period of a:

(a)

cataract removal;

(b) heart bypass operation;

(c) hernia operation;

(d) knee replacement.

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(26 September 2001)

The present Action Programme on health monitoring and the future Action Programme on Public Health
aim at developing and making available adequate, reliable and comparable data sets and indicators of
public health. The indicators will cover the entire public health field including the area mentioned by the
Honourable Member for which data will have to be collected from the Member States. The proposed
Public Health Action Programme is currently before the Parliament and the Council.

In the interim, the Commission has not at its disposal the information requested.

(2002/C 81 E/199)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2390/01

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(20 August 2001)

Subject: Health indicators

Will the Commission list the ten (or more, if deemed necessary) principal indicators of health outcomes by
which it would judge the success of health policy? Will it give its quantitative or qualitative judgment of
each Member State(cid:146)s success in attaining each indicator?

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(25 September 2001)

The Commission has given high priority to establish a Community health information system. At present
the Action Programme on health monitoring and the future Action Programme on Public Health aim at
developing and making available adequate, reliable and comparable data sets and indicators of public
health. This work will continue and be strengthened under the future Public Health Programme. The
indicators will cover the entire public health field reflecting the effects on health of a health policy. Both
quantitative and qualitative indicators will be included. The data in relation to these indicators will be
collected at the Member State level and thus analysis at Member State level will be possible.

A project entitled (cid:145)Design for a set of European Community health indicators(cid:146) has now completed its first
to the Honourable Member and to the Parliament(cid:146)s
phase. Copy of this report will be sent direct
Secretariat.

The 2000 health status report will soon be made available, which already shows where health policy
action is called for.
2001/676/EC: Commission Decision of 20 August 2001 amending Decision 95/453/EC laying down special conditions for the import of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating in the Republic of Korea (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 2556)
Date: 2001-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: health control, human nutrition, import, marketing, mollusc, third country

L 236/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

5.9.2001

COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 August 2001

amending Decision 95/453/EC laying down special conditions for the import of bivalve molluscs,
echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating in the Republic of Korea

(notified under document number C(2001) 2556)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/676/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(3)

necessary to modify the nomination of the competent
authority identified by Decision 95/453/EC.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Article 1 of Decision 95/453/EC is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

The National Fisheries Products Quality Inspection Service
(NFPQIS) shall be the competent authority in the Republic
of Korea for verifying and certifying that bivalve molluscs,
echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods fulfil the
requirements of Directive 91/492/EEC.’

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 20 August 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

Having regard to Council Directive 91/492/EEC of 15 July
1991 laying down the health conditions for the production
and the placing on the market of live bivalve molluscs (1), as
last amended by Directive 97/79/EC (2), and in particular
Article 9(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 1 of Commission Decision 95/453/EC of 23
October 1995 laying down special conditions for the
import of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates
and marine gastropods originating in the Republic of
Korea (3), as last amended by Decision 1999/530/EC (4),
states that the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
— National Fishery Products Inspection Station (NFPIS)
shall be the competent authority in the Republic of
Korea for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery
and aquaculture products with the requirements of
Directive 91/492/EEC.

Following a restructuring of the Korean administration,
the competent authority for issuing health certificates for
fishery products (NFPIS) has changed to the ‘National
Fisheries Products Quality Inspection Service (NFPQIS)’
and this new authority is capable of effectively verifying
It is, therefore,
the application of the laws in force.

(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 264, 7.11.1995, p. 35.
(4) OJ L 203, 3.8.1999, p. 76.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1668/2001 of 20 August 2001 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2001-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

21.8.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 224/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1668/2001

of 20 August 2001

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and
vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

In compliance with the above criteria,
the standard
import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the
Annex to this Regulation,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of
21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the
last
import arrangements
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98 (2), and in particular
Article 4(1) thereof,

fruit and vegetables (1), as

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the
outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade nego-
tiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the
standard values for imports from third countries,
in
respect of the products and periods stipulated in the
Annex thereto.

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex
hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 August 2001.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 August 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66.
(2) OJ L 198, 15.7.1998, p. 4.

L 224/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.8.2001

to the Commission Regulation of 20 August 2001 establishing the standard import values for determining the
entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0709 90 70

0805 30 10

0806 10 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

0809 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
999
388
524
528
999
052
400
999
388
400
512
528
800
804
999
052
388
512
999
052
999
052
064
066
094
624
999

73,7
73,7
66,5
85,2
73,7
75,1
82,1
173,3
127,7
80,6
65,7
96,6
90,4
174,7
77,4
97,6
110,4
73,0
63,3
82,2
120,6
120,6
74,2
57,8
67,2
53,4
227,8
96,1

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2032/2000 (OJ L 243, 28.9.2000, p. 14). Code ‘999’ stands for ‘of

other origin’.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2397/01 by Theresa Villiers (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Transport of animals in Spain.
Date: 2001-08-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Spain, animal welfare, infringement procedure (EU), national implementing measure, report, transport of animals

18.4.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 93 E/125

(2002/C 93 E/147)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2397/01

by Theresa Villiers (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(20 August 2001)

Subject: Transport of animals in Spain

The Commission has recently published a report on a mission carried out in Spain in May and June 2000
concerning animal transportation. The report reveals a wide range of problems, including overcrowding,
the transport of unfit animals, and the use of vehicles for long journeys which do not meet the vehicle
standards required by Council Regulation 411/98 (1) for journeys exceeding 8 hours. Cattle originating
from other Member States are transported through Spain and are then shipped to North Africa on roll-on,
roll-off vessels. Most of the route plans seen by the Commission at the Spanish exit port were for journeys
of more than 100 hours. The Spanish authorities fail to require the cattle to be unloaded and rested for 24
hours at the exit port.

What steps is the Commission taking to persuade Spain to ensure that Community law on the protection
of animals during transport is properly enforced?

(1) OJ L 52, 21.2.1998, p. 8.

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(27 September 2001)

in
The Commission report
encouraging improved implementation of Community legislation relating to animal welfare. In addition,
infringement proceedings in this domain have already been opened by the Commission against Spain in
connection with deficiencies noted in an earlier mission report.

in particular its recommendations,

is a priority instrument

in question,

The Commission intends to intervene further with the Spanish authorities in order to ensure correction of
the deficient
the requirements of Community legislation on the protection of
transported animals noted in the more recent report mentioned by the Honourable Member.

implementation of

Questions raised by the Spanish authorities, concerning the correct interpretation of the provisions to
which the Honourable Member refers, are currently being examined by the Commission.

(2002/C 93 E/148)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2404/01

by Caroline Jackson (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(21 August 2001)

Subject: Carbon sequestration

In order to abide by its international obligations, the EU now needs urgently to find ways of limiting
atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, given the impossibility of any rapid switch to renewable energy and the
reluctance of governments, whatever their environmental commitments, to cut back dramatically on
industrial activities that contribute to carbon dioxide emissions. Given this, what efforts is the EU making
to explore the potential
for geological sequestration of carbon in voids created by oil and coal
exploitation?
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2399/01 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. Repatriation of powers.
Date: 2001-08-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European treaties, competence of the Member States, division of powers

C 364 E/252

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

20.12.2001

can be simplified. The Commission will take account of the responses sent in by the deadline set of
28 September 2001.

(1) OJ L 167, 30.6.1975.
(2) OJ L 176, 15.7.1977.

(2001/C 364 E/278)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2399/01

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(20 August 2001)

Subject: Repatriation of powers

Will the Commission indicate whether a Member State is entitled to repatriate unilaterally to its national
parliament powers that it has ceded to the European Union under the treaties? If a Member State were to
repatriate some of those powers, what, in the Commission(cid:146)s view, would its membership status be?

Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission

(7 September 2001)

The delimitation of powers between the European Union and the Member States is laid down by the
Treaties establishing the European Union and the European Communities. These Treaties cannot be
amended unilaterally. The allocation of powers can be changed only by an amendment to the Treaties in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 48 (formerly Article N) of the Treaty on European
Union.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2388/01 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. Cost of health care.
Date: 2001-08-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: economic indicator, health costs, health policy, public health

C 81 E/170

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

4.4.2002

(2002/C 81 E/198)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2388/01

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(20 August 2001)

Subject: Cost of health care

Will the Commission give its best estimate of the average typical cost in each Member State for any recent
period of a:

(a)

cataract removal;

(b) heart bypass operation;

(c) hernia operation;

(d) knee replacement.

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(26 September 2001)

The present Action Programme on health monitoring and the future Action Programme on Public Health
aim at developing and making available adequate, reliable and comparable data sets and indicators of
public health. The indicators will cover the entire public health field including the area mentioned by the
Honourable Member for which data will have to be collected from the Member States. The proposed
Public Health Action Programme is currently before the Parliament and the Council.

In the interim, the Commission has not at its disposal the information requested.

(2002/C 81 E/199)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2390/01

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(20 August 2001)

Subject: Health indicators

Will the Commission list the ten (or more, if deemed necessary) principal indicators of health outcomes by
which it would judge the success of health policy? Will it give its quantitative or qualitative judgment of
each Member State(cid:146)s success in attaining each indicator?

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(25 September 2001)

The Commission has given high priority to establish a Community health information system. At present
the Action Programme on health monitoring and the future Action Programme on Public Health aim at
developing and making available adequate, reliable and comparable data sets and indicators of public
health. This work will continue and be strengthened under the future Public Health Programme. The
indicators will cover the entire public health field reflecting the effects on health of a health policy. Both
quantitative and qualitative indicators will be included. The data in relation to these indicators will be
collected at the Member State level and thus analysis at Member State level will be possible.

A project entitled (cid:145)Design for a set of European Community health indicators(cid:146) has now completed its first
to the Honourable Member and to the Parliament(cid:146)s
phase. Copy of this report will be sent direct
Secretariat.

The 2000 health status report will soon be made available, which already shows where health policy
action is called for.