WRITTEN QUESTION E-0648/02 by Nuala Ahern (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Radioactive dumping in the Atlantic Ocean.
Date: 2002-03-11
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: United Kingdom, environmental impact, fishing industry, radioactive pollution, radioactive waste

29.8.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 205 E/185

(2002/C 205 E/197)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0648/02

by Nuala Ahern (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(11 March 2002)

Subject: Radioactive dumping in the Atlantic Ocean

What assessment of dangers to the marine environment and implications for the fishing industry does the
Commission plan to undertake following press revelations in January this year that the UK dumped
plutonium contaminated radioactive waste into the Atlantic Ocean off Spain’s north west coast in the
1960s and that some boats used for dumping nuclear waste got so lost that the United Kingdom
authorities now have no accurate record as to exactly where off the coast some waste was dumped?

Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission

(23 April 2002)

As confirmed in the reply to the Honourable Member’s Written Question E-0334/02 (1) the Commission
considered the environmental impact of the past dumping of British nuclear waste in the Atlantic Ocean in
the report ‘The radiological exposure of the population of the European Community from radioactivity in
North European marine waters, project ’Marína’’ (Radiation Protection 47, 1990). This report is in the
process of being updated and will again address the significance of nuclear waste dumped in the Atlantic
Ocean, including the radiological implications of contamination of fish, using all information and data
available. The study is expected to be published mid 2002.

(1) See page 120.

(2002/C 205 E/198)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0652/02

by Antonio Di Pietro (ELDR) to the Commission

(11 March 2002)

Subject: Violation of rights at the Banca Carime

Over the last week, the Italian regions of Calabria, Basilicata and Apulia have witnessed various forms of
industrial action on the part of employees of the Banca Carime (now 75 % owned by Comindustria), which
is currently undergoing a severe crisis whose outcome remains unpredictable and which is likely to have
severe repercussions in employment terms.

In these dramatic circumstances, the trade unions represented among the banks’ employees, FABI, FALCRI,
FIBA/CISL, FISAC/CGIL and UILCA/UIL, which account all told for over 80 % of staff, have made a public
complaint to the management of Carime in which they state that the bank is in breach of Article 14(2), (3)
and (7) of the National Collective Labour Contract of 11 July 1999 and of Article 2 of Decree-Law No 18
of 2 February 2001 incorporating the Community legislation on mandatory consultation of trade unions,
on the grounds that, more than nine months after the present management began operations, the bank is
still dragging its feet and has not presented an enterprise plan setting out the real objectives and strategies
which the new owners intend to pursue, thus leaving the workforce completely in the dark.

The bank is additionally in breach of the law and of the National Collective Labour Contract for the
relevant professional category on the following grounds:

F it has refused to recognise the employees’ right to receive a bonus for the year 2000, despite the
profits obtained by Carime and the fact that all budgetary indicators point to an improvement over
the previous year (see Article 40 of the National Collective Labour Contract of 11 July 1999), and it
has suspended payment of the standby allowance to the employees to whom it applies (Article 32 of
the above-mentioned labour contract);