WRITTEN QUESTION E-0262/02 by Lord Inglewood (PPE-DE) to the Council. The Council.
Date: 2002-02-08
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Commissioner, European Union membership, duties of civil servants, interinstitutional relations (EU), public statement

C 205 E/102

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

29.8.2002

In April 2000, the Commission launched an infringement procedure against Greece for failure to comply
with Articles 4.1 and 11 of Directive 96/59/EC,
in particular for failing to submit a summary of the
inventory of equipment, a plan for disposal of such equipment and the guidelines for collection and
disposal of non-inventoried equipment.
In the frame of an exchange of correspondence, the Greek
authorities communicated some information to the Commission. However, the latter considered that this
information was not sufficient pursuant to the obligations laid down in the Articles 4.1 and 11 of the
Directive. Therefore, the Commission has decided on the 20 December 2001 to bring the matter before
the Court.

Concerning the implementation of Council Directive 91/689/EEC of 12 December 1991 on hazardous
waste (1), the Commission has launched since September 1998 an infringement procedure against Greece
for failure to submit the information required under Article 8 (3) on installations carrying out the recovery
or disposal of hazardous waste. The case is already brought before the Court (case C-33/2001).

As for the report on the implementation of the Directive on hazardous waste, pursuant to Council
Directive 91/692/EEC of 23 December 1991 standardizing and rationalizing reports on the implemen-
tation of certain Directives relating to the environment (2), the Greek authorities submitted the reply to the
corresponding questionnaire for the period covering 1998-2000, on 21 November 2001.

(1) OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 20.
(2) OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 48.

(2002/C 205 E/114)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0262/02

by Lord Inglewood (PPE-DE) to the Council

(8 February 2002)

Subject: The Council

Can the Council reconcile Commissioner Lamy’s view that ‘The Franco-German couple is the matrix for
compromise in the European Union, the forerunner for important compromises’, with the statement made
by the President of the Commission’s spokesman that, ‘In our view, no state is more equal than another’,
and if so, how?

Reply

(21 May 2002)

The Council is not in the habit of commenting on statements made by members of the Commission.

(2002/C 205 E/115)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0264/02

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

Subject: Cases of death, torture and disappearance in Chechnya

(8 February 2002)

Civil and human rights organisations and groups of mothers of Russian soldiers continue to report cases of
death, torture and disappearance in Chechnya, in a campaign intensified by the Russian army which, since
11 September 2001, seems to have been authorised to crush the movement for the independence of
Chechnya by attacking the civilian population and violating human rights.

What view does the Council take of this behaviour on the part of Russia, a country which considers itself a
friend of the EU States?