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WRITTEN QUESTION E-3518/01 by Struan Stevenson (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Export of live cattle to third countries.
Date: 2002-01-08
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: export refund, live animal, livestock, livestock farming, slaughter of animals, third country

C 172 E/76

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EN

18.7.2002

the Commissioner’s remarks? How can she venture to make such a budget forecast when her mandate will
end with the current parliamentary term in 2004? Why is she so cautious when it comes to defining the
Structural Funds for the end of this programming period but so determined on the subject of the level of a
Union budget which has yet to be debated by society and the European institutions and which will
definitely have to be increased in order to guarantee the very existence of a political and social Europe?

Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(28 February 2002)

The budget Commissioner’s interview with the Spanish daily El País on 30 November 2001 refers to
decisions taken by the Heads of State or Government at the Berlin European Council on 24 and 25 March
1999. The 2000-2006 financial perspective adopted at that Council allows scope for admitting six new
Member States in 2002 by creating a specific heading with annual appropriations rising from € 6,45 billion
in 2002 to € 16,78 billion in 2006.

The recent Laeken European Council on 14 and 15 December 2001 confirmed that ten applicant countries
will be able to join in 2004, provided that the current pace of negotiations and of reforms in those
countries is maintained. On 30 January 2002 the Commission adopted a financial
framework for
enlargement which will fall within the limits set in Berlin for the new Member States until 2006.

In accordance with the provisions adopted in Berlin, the current Community budget < which includes the
specific heading for the new Member States < does not use up the limit of 1,27 % of Community gross
domestic product.

The Commission proposal for the financial perspective after 2006 will be presented in time for the
necessary decisions to be taken sufficiently in advance of the end of the current financial perspective.

(2002/C 172 E/079)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3518/01

by Struan Stevenson (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(8 January 2002)

Subject: Export of live cattle to third countries

What amount was paid out in 2000 in the form of refunds on the export from the Community to third
countries of live cattle (a) for slaughter and (b) for breeding?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(11 February 2002)

The export refunds paid in 2000 for live bovine animals amounted to € 110 769 million. Unfortunately,
no detail is available in the accounts on the ventilation of these payments between slaughter or breeding
purposes.

However, based on the export certificates issued during the period concerned, it can be estimated that a
little more than 30 % was paid out for animals exported for breeding purposes and about 70 % of the
amount was paid out for animals to be slaughtered.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 23/2002 of 8 January 2002 on the issuing of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 90000 tonnes of common wheat held by the German intervention agency
Date: 2002-01-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, award of contract, common wheat, domestic market, intervention agency, sale

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L 5/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 23/2002

of 8 January 2002

on the issuing of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 90 000
tonnes of common wheat held by the German intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1630/2000 (4),
lays
down the procedure and conditions for the disposal of
cereals held by the intervention agencies.

In the present market situation, a standing invitation to
tender for the resale on the internal market of 90 000
tonnes of common wheat held by the German interven-
tion agency should be issued.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

resale on the internal market of 90 000 tonnes of common
wheat held by it.

Article 2

1.
partial

The final date for the submission of tenders for the first

invitation to tender shall be 15 January 2002.

2.
partial

The final date for the submission of tenders for the last
invitation to tender shall expire on 24 April 2002.

Tenders must be lodged with the German intervention

3.
agency at the following address:

Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE)
Adickesallee 40
D-60322 Frankfurt-am-Main
Fax (49-69) 1564 793.

Article 3

Not later than Wednesday of the week following the final date
for the submission of tenders, the German intervention agency
shall notify the Commission of the quantities and average
prices of the various lots sold.

Article 1

Article 4

The German intervention agency shall issue pursuant to Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2131/93 a standing invitation to tender for the

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 January 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 191, 31.7.1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L 187, 26.7.2000, p. 24.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3534/01 by Lord Inglewood (PPE-DE) to the Council. Signing of the Euratom Treaty.
Date: 2002-01-08
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Council of the European Union, EAEC Treaty, EU Member State, interpreting, nuclear power station

C 160 E/136

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EN

4.7.2002

leasing, where
deficit might result in an increase in debt). Nevertheless,
government is considered to bear most of the risk, the debt will increase initially by the amount of the
investment.

in cases similar to financial

3.

There have been no changes recently in statistical treatment.

There are no plans for changes in statistical treatment. However,

4.
methodology will be further refined.

it is always possible that the

(2002/C 160 E/171)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3529/01

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(8 January 2002)

Subject: Capital expenditure on Private Finance Initiatives and Public Private Partnerships

1. Will the Commission specify the annual capital expenditure undertaken in schemes such as the
Private Finance Initiative or the Public Private Partnerships for the last five years, and for as far into the
future as each Member State projects?

2. Will it further express such capital spending as a percentage of GDP and projected GDP?

Answer given by Mr Solbes Mira on behalf of the Commission

(14 March 2002)

The Commission does not systematically collect separate information on the annual capital expenditure
undertaken in past, present or future partnership-type schemes in each Member State, and in the bi-annual
notifications of debt and deficit the Member States are not obliged to identify these transactions.

The Commission does not calculate nor publish such specific ratios.

(2002/C 160 E/172)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3534/01

by Lord Inglewood (PPE-DE) to the Council

(8 January 2002)

Subject: Signing of the Euratom Treaty

Does the Council consider that, by signing the Euratom Treaty, a Member State recognises the legitimacy
of civil nuclear establishments in other Member States, provided that they have complied with the
provisions of that Treaty?

Reply

(25/26 March 2002)

The Council would like to draw the attention of the honourable MEP to the fact that it is not the Council
but the Intergovernmental Conference, which is negotiating and concluding the Treaties. The Council can
therefore not
from the
procedural point of view as it results of the Treaties themselves, which a Member State may give to its
signing of a Treaty. The Commission is responsible for monitoring compliance with the Treaties.

take a position on the possible interpretation nor the significance, except
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3478/01 by Michl Ebner (PPE-DE) to the Commission. NoVa-standard consumption levy.
Date: 2002-01-08
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Austria, import tax, infringement procedure (EU), restriction on competition, third country, vehicle tax

C 229 E/26

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26.9.2002

(c) The Commission does not consider that the levy of an excise duty by a Member State in accordance
with the harmonised excise duty rules of Directive 92/12/EEC can constitute a customs duty (as
prohibited by Article 25 of the EC Treaty).

(d)

In the light of the above, there seems to be no ground for the Commission to take action against the
United Kingdom.

(1)

Judgment of the Court of 2 April 1998, The Queen v. Commissioners of Customs and Excise, ex parte EMU Tabac
SARL, The Man in Black Ltd, John Cunningham, ECR 1998 I-1605.

(2002/C 229 E/025)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3478/01

by Michl Ebner (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(8 January 2002)

Subject: NoVa-standard consumption levy

In Austria there is a standard consumption levy (NoVa) which has to be paid when a vehicle is imported
into Austria.

Are any such levies payable in other EU countries?

Answer given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission

(12 February 2002)

The Austrian tax to which the Honourable Member is referring, is a tax which can be characterised as a
registration tax. Under Austrian law, the tax is chargeable when a new car is delivered and when a car,
which is not yet registered nationally, is registered. Cars transferred from other Member States and cars
imported from third countries are thus subject to this tax.

Ten Member States are currently applying a registration tax. Germany, France, Luxembourg, Sweden and
the United Kingdom do not apply a registration tax.

It should be added that the Commission considers that aspects of the Austrian NoVa discriminate between
cars from Austria and cars from other Member States in a way that is contrary to Article 90 of the EC
Treaty. The Commission has therefore decided to challenge this tax before the Court of Justice.

(2002/C 229 E/026)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3487/01

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(8 January 2002)

Subject: EDF and EIB

How does the Commission see the relationship between the European Development Fund and the
European Investment Bank?

Answer given by Mr Nielson on behalf of the Commission

(8 February 2002)

According to the Cotonou Agreement, the Investment Facility (IF), by providing investment financing, in
the form of loans, equity and quasi equity, as well as guarantees, aims to promote commercially viable
businesses, primarily in the private sector. It will be operated by the European Investment Bank (EIB) as a
revolving fund and be expected to earn a positive real rate of return.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3617/01 by Mario Borghezio (NI) to the Commission. Godless euro.
Date: 2002-01-08
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Christianity, European identity, euro, issuing of currency, paper money

C 160 E/152

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4.7.2002

Reply

(25/26 March 2002)

The Honourable Member is referred to the reply given to her oral question No H-0626/01 in which the
Council pointed out that it was taking action against such exploitation in the territory of the European
Union but was unable to do so outside that territory.

The proposal for a Council framework decision on combating the sexual exploitation of children and child
pornography to which the Honourable Member refers is still under examination. At the Council meeting
[Justice and Home Affairs and Civil Protection] on 6 and 7 December 2001, broad consensus was reached
on definitions and on the acts to be made criminal offences. Work is continuing on that basis and should
shortly result in a political agreement.

(2002/C 160 E/191)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3617/01

by Mario Borghezio (NI) to the Commission

(8 January 2002)

Subject: Godless euro

Given that the roots of European culture are clearly Christian and that, as the Holy Father stated on the
occasion of the 1200th anniversary of the crowning of Charlemagne, there is not the slightest mention of
God, the supreme source of human dignity and fundamental rights, in the Charter of Fundamental Rights,
will the Commission explain why the designer of the euro banknotes has carefully avoided any graphic or
other reference to Christianity or even God?

Would the Commission not agree that such a reference should have been seen as indispensable, given the
current process of globalisation, which, regrettably,
is gradually wiping out our traditions and our
European historical, cultural and religious identity?

Would the Commission not agree that it should reconsider the banknotes’ design?

Answer given by Mr Solbes Mira on behalf of the Commission

(14 February 2002)

According to the EC Treaty Article 106, the European Central Bank (ECB) has the exclusive right to
authorise the issue of banknotes within the Community. The ECB and the national central banks may issue
such notes, and are also responsible for the designs on the notes. The Commission is therefore not in a
position to reply to this question, as the matter is out of its competence.

(2002/C 160 E/192)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3624/01

by Karin Riis-Jørgensen (ELDR) to the Commission

Subject: Subsidies for the Rosyth-Zeebrugge ferry route

(8 January 2002)

In its answer to Question H-0757/01 (1), the Commission gave an assurance that it would ensure that
selection of, and support for projects under the PACT and Marco Polo programmes would be subject to
the most stringent assessment as regards any distortion of competition such projects might cause.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 25/2002 of 8 January 2002 concerning the issue of import licences for certain preserved mushrooms
Date: 2002-01-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, mushroom-growing, preserved product, quantitative restriction

9.1.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 5/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 25/2002

of 8 January 2002

concerning the issue of import licences for certain preserved mushrooms

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 of
6 September 1995 opening and providing for the administra-
tion of Community tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms (1),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2541/2001 (2), and in
particular Article 6(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 6(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 lays down
that where the quantities applied for exceed the quantity
available, the Commission must set a flat-rate percentage
reduction and suspend the issue of licences in respect of
subsequent applications.

The quantities applied for on 2 and 3 January 2002
pursuant to Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/
95 exceed the quantity available. As a result, the extent

to which licences may be issued and the issue of licences
for all subsequent applications should be suspended,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Import licences applied for pursuant to Article 4(1)(b) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 2125/95 on 2 and 3 January 2002 and
submitted to the Commission on 4 January 2002 shall be
issued, bearing the wording laid down in Article 11(1) of that
Regulation, for 16,84 % of the quantity applied for.

Article 2

The issue of import licences applied for pursuant to Article
4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 shall be suspended for
applications submitted from 4 January until 14 October 2002.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 January 2002.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 8 January 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 212, 7.9.1995, p. 16.
(2) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 80.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3599/01 by Markus Ferber (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Shipments of animals on the world market.
Date: 2002-01-08
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: export (EU), international market, statistics, transport of animals

C 147 E/208

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20.6.2002

The provisions of the Human Right instruments referred to in the question recognise the possibility of
applying restrictions to the exercise of the freedom of expression and of assembly and association, as
presented by law and necessary in a democratic society in the interests of, inter alia, the prevention of
disorder and crime. Whether the application by Member State of such restrictions in individual cases is
justified, is not for the Council to asses.

(2002/C 147 E/217)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3599/01

by Markus Ferber (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(8 January 2002)

Subject: Shipments of animals on the world market

What is the situation regarding the shipment of animals on the world market? Are shipments of animals to
third-country regions from the EU, which have fallen by more than half in recent years, being replaced by
shipments from other countries? If so, from which countries and to which regions/countries?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(4 February 2002)

Egypt and Libya used to be traditional importing countries of slaughter cattle from the Community and
have reoriented their purchases towards Australia.

For Egypt during the years 1995 and 1996 on average 78 700 tonnes (live weight) of bovines were
from Australia. For the period
exported from the Community, against 14 800 tonnes (live weight)
1999-2000 the Community exported on average 18 600 tonnes (live weight), compared to 112 000
tonnes from Australia.

Libya stopped the import of cattle from the Community in 1997. As from 1996 until 1999 the country
switched its purchases towards Australia (no export to Libya in 2000).

In addition, during the last years Australia has been developing its slaughter cattle trade with countries
such as Jordan and Israel. Since 1995 (year for which there was hardly any export of cattle) till 2000 this
trade expanded and reached 41 000 heads of cattle exported to Jordan and 15 800 heads destined to Israel.

(2002/C 147 E/218)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3603/01

by Jorge Hernández Mollar (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Plan to restore and develop the dolmens in Estepona (Spain)

(8 January 2002)

Recent excavations in the Andalusian town of Estepona have led to the discovery of a nècropolis dating
from the time between the end of the Neolithic Age and the start of the Copper Age, containing five small
tombs.

This discovery has led to proposals that a plan be drawn up to restore and develop the megalithic
nécropolis in which the five well-preserved dolmens were found.

Bearing in mind the importance of this discovery, does the Commission believe that it should play an
active part in the plan to restore and develop these dolmens, thus making its own contribution to the
stroke of good fortune which this significant archaeological find represents for Estepona?