WRITTEN QUESTION E-3101/01 by Struan Stevenson (PPE-DE), Niels Busk (ELDR),Ian Hudghton (Verts/ALE), Albert Maat (PPE-DE), Catherine Stihler (PSE),Elspeth Attwooll (ELDR), Brigitte Langenhagen (PPE-DE), James Nicholson (PPE-DE),Robert Sturdy (PPE-DE) and Neil Parish (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Haddock fishing.
Date: 2001-11-13
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Denmark, administrative sanction, conservation of fish stocks, fish, fishery resources, fishing regulations

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(cid:1) 89/656/EEC (3) concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the use by workers of

personal protective equipment at the workplace, and

(cid:1) 1999/92/EEC (4) on minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers

potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres?

Has Greece taken the implementing measures required to comply with each of the above directives? If so,
are they correctly applied? If not, have proceedings been initiated for infringement of Community
legislation and what stage has been reached in those proceedings for each separate directive?

(1) OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 393, 30.12.1989, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 393, 30.12.1989, p. 18.
(4) OJ L 23, 28.1.2000, p. 57.

Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission

(15 January 2002)

Directives 89/391/EEC (1), 89/654/EEC (2), 89/656/EEC (2) have been implemented in Greek national law,
and the implementation measures have been notified to the Commission. Transposition of the Community
Directives by the legislation notified has been found to be satisfactory. As far as Directive 1999/92/EC (3) is
is 30 June 2003, which means that
concerned, the transposition deadline set down in Article 13(1)
Member States are under no obligation to adopt implementing measures before this date.

The correct application of national health and safety measures adopted to transpose the Community
Directives is the responsibility of the Member States. In this context, the Commission would draw the
Honourable Member’s attention to the fact that a complaint has recently been lodged concerning the
application of the Directives on the health and safety of workers in Greece.

The Commission will take all appropriate measures in connection with this complaint and may,
appropriate, initiate infringement proceedings concerning the Directives in question.

if

(1) OJ L 183, 29.6.1989.
(2) OJ L 393, 30.12.1989.
(3) OJ L 23, 28.1.2000.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-3101/01

by Struan Stevenson (PPE-DE), Niels Busk (ELDR),
Ian Hudghton (Verts/ALE), Albert Maat (PPE-DE), Catherine Stihler (PSE),
Elspeth Attwooll (ELDR), Brigitte Langenhagen (PPE-DE), James Nicholson (PPE-DE),
Robert Sturdy (PPE-DE) and Neil Parish (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(13 November 2001)

Subject: Haddock fishing

What steps will the Commission take to prevent any further wanton destruction of juvenile haddock, given
that Danish fishing inspectors last month discovered 114 tonnes of young haddock in a 543- tonne catch
of a Danish industrial fishing vessel?

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Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(6 December 2001)

The Commission is aware of the problem referred to by the Honourable Members.

Community rules on fishing already severely limit the quantities of fish that may be taken as accidental
catches in industrial fisheries.

As part of its current work on redrafting the Community’s Regulation on Technical Measures (1) in the
context of a recovery plan for North Sea cod, the Commission is considering a further reduction of the
permitted percentage of species such as cod, haddock and whiting which may be retained in catches of
industrial species. The current by-catch limits for other species would be maintained.

As regards the enforcement of the above Community rules, up to 20 % of the landings of industrial catches
in Denmark are sampled by the inspection authorities. The Danish authorities detected this infringement of
Community rules and have imposed an administrative sanction on the fisherman concerned. His fishing
licence for industrial species has been revoked for one month. If there is repetition of the offence, the
sanctions will become increasingly severe.

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical

measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (cid:1) OJ L 125, 27.4.1998.

(2002/C 115 E/242)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3106/01

by Jean-Claude Fruteau (PSE) to the Commission

(5 November 2001)

Subject: Impact study on the EBA initiative

The ‘Everything But Arms’ initiative was adopted by the Council on 26 February 2001. It allows duty-free
and quota-free access to the Community market for all products originating in the last developed countries
(LDCs), except arms and arm munitions; as such, it is not risk-free for producers as a whole in the most
remote regions.

It is to be feared, for example, that some rice, sugar, banana or rum producers in overseas departments will
be unable to contend with LDC producers on equal terms.

The Commission, being alive to the problem, undertook in its work programme of 12 June 2001 on the
sustainable development strategy for the most remote regions to initiate an impact assessment on the
Regulation during the second half of 2001.

Could the Commission provide a progress report on the impact assessment and, at the very least, say what
its terms of reference are?

Answer given by Mr Lamy on behalf of the Commission

(27 November 2001)

The Commission can confirm that preparations for an impact assessment of the Partnership Agreement
between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Community (the ACP-EU Partnership
Agreement) and the ‘Everything But Arms’
the
assessment in early 2002.

initiative are well advanced.

It expects to conduct