WRITTEN QUESTION E-0849/02 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos (PSE) to the Council. Mobbing at work.
Date: 2002-04-03
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU publication, European Commission, occupational health, occupational safety, psychological harassment, sexual harassment

C 229 E/148

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

26.9.2002

Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission

(15 May 2002)

The Commission has received information on the issue mentioned by the Honourable Member.

Although all cetacean species are strictly protected by the Habitats Directive, Council Directive 92/43/EEC
of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (1), which imposes
Member States specific obligations in this regard, the Commission is increasingly aware that a Community
action may be necessary to increase the effectiveness of the protection of small cetaceans from undesired
effects of fishing activities. These measures could include, where appropriate, an overall downsizing of the
fishing effort, and also more targeted measures aimed to avoid significant impacts on some sensitive
species, such as cetaceans.

information available and has
In this respect, the Commission is gathering all scientific and technical
requested the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries,
(STECF), and also the
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, (ICES), to provide the scientific and technical support
that may allow the Commission to propose regulatory measures, in consultation with all interested parties.
The possible impact of paired trawling has been included in this analysis.

As soon as the advice of STECF and ICES will become available,
the Commission will design the
appropriate measures in the field of fishing activities, following consultation with interested parties. This is
expected to take place before the end of 2002. The measures shall be adopted by the Council
in
accordance with the procedure set out in Article 43 of the EC Treaty.

(1) OJ L 206, 22.7.1992.

(2002/C 229 E/170)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0849/02

by Rosa Miguélez Ramos (PSE) to the Council

(3 April 2002)

Subject: Mobbing at work

What steps will the Spanish Council Presidency take with a view to introducing a legal definition of
mobbing so that effective prevention policies can be shaped, for example by including it in the Framework
Directive on health and safety at work, and with a view to a Green Paper being drawn up containing a
detailed analysis, action plan and specific timetable?

Reply

(27 June 2002)

While emphasising that its shares the Honourable Member’s concern, as it had occasion to point out
during the April question time in reply to Question H-204/02 on the same subject, the Council confirms
that in the absence of a Commission proposal in this area it cannot act on its own initiative and that it is
in any case the Commission’s task to draft the Green Paper that the Honourable Member wishes to see
published.

(2002/C 229 E/171)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0853/02

by Maria Sanders-ten Holte (ELDR) to the Commission

(27 March 2002)

Subject: Technical Assistance Offices for the Leonardo, Socrates and Youth programmes

Following the problems with the Leonardo programme which led to the resignation of the Santer
the Leonardo, Socrates and Youth
Commission,

the Commission proposed that management of