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WRITTEN QUESTION E-1008/02 by Paulo Casaca (PSE) to the Commission. Food products containing toys.
Date: 2002-04-15
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: accident in the home, confectionery product, market approval, product safety

29.8.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 205 E/245

(2002/C 205 E/271)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1008/02

by Paulo Casaca (PSE) to the Commission

(15 April 2002)

Subject: Food products containing toys

Suffocation is one of the most common accidents amongst children in the EU. Death by suffocation occurs
when children are still at the oral development stage and instinctively place things in their mouth.

In recent years there has been increasing concern over new food products which contain toys. Such
concern has arisen because of statistics which reveal that children are dying as a result of suffocation
caused by toys contained in food products, such as cereals and chocolate eggs.

Does the Commission not think that specific action should be taken in order to protect children from the
risks inherent in toys contained in food products?

(2002/C 205 E/272)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1218/02

by Arlindo Cunha (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(30 April 2002)

Subject: Food products containing free gifts

On 16 May 2000, the Commission and representatives of the 15 Member States reached the conclusion
that, on the basis of the available information, there was no proven specific risk factor involved in
attaching free gifts to food products when wrapped separately, as in the case of chocolate eggs, cereals, etc.

In the meantime, studies in Europe indicate that children of various ages have been injured or even killed
in accidents involving these products. ANEC, European Association for the Coordination of Consumer
Representation in Standardisation has been fighting to ban the mixing of food and non-food products.
However, unlike the USA, Australia and Malaysia, no legislation to this effect has yet come into force in
the European Union.

What measures does the Commission believe should be taken to prevent the common commercial practice
of including inedible objects in food products placed on sale, particularly food products destined for
children?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-1008/02 and E-1218/02
given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(21 May 2002)

The Commission has already answered several previous parliamentary questions on the issue raised by the
Honourable Member. He is therefore asked to refer to the joint answers given to Written Questions
E-0504/02 by Ms Karamanou and E-0548/02 by Mr Alavanos (1), and to Written Questions E-2630/00 by
Mr Moreira Da Silva, E-2631/00 by Ms Damião and E-2632/00 by Mr Lage (2).

(1) See page 153.
(2) OJ C 136 E, 8.5.2001.
WRITTEN QUESTION P-1144/02 by Bill Newton Dunn (ELDR) to the Commission. State aid.
Date: 2002-04-15
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: State aid, United Kingdom, application of EU law, control of State aid, road building

14.11.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 277 E/153

quality of habitat and its actual or potential levels of exploitation. The dugong lives in shallow waters of
tropical seas. Major concentrations of dugong tend to occur in wide shallow protected waters (in which
they graze on sea grass beds), but can also be observed in deeper water farther offshore in areas where the
continental shelf is wide, shallow and protected.

Notwithstanding the habitat conservation being a highly critical issue, or the direct exploitation by local
communities, accidental entangling in mesh nets in particular from coastal and traditional fisheries,
is
identified as a major concern in most of its distribution area. The Commission has no information on the
extent of possible entanglements in gillnets, in particular off the coast of East Africa.

However, Community vessels operating in the framework of fisheries agreements concluded with East
African States (Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles) within the distribution range of this species do not use
gillnets, nor are they allowed to operate in coastal waters. The vessels may only fish as from 10 to
12 nautical miles. The Commission has not undertaken research into a possible impact of those fisheries
in view of its biology characteristics and the type of fisheries concerned by these
on dugong, and,
agreements, does not consider that Community fishing represents a threat to this species.

(2002/C 277 E/174)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-1144/02

by Bill Newton Dunn (ELDR) to the Commission

(15 April 2002)

Subject: State aid

Was the Commission ever consulted as to whether the contribution of GBP 150 000 made in 1999/2000
by Lincolnshire County Council towards the construction of a road to the premises of QV Foods Limited at
Holbeach Hurn was a State aid which was acceptable under European Union rules?

Answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission

(21 May 2002)

The construction of new public roads which are open to all road users is in general considered to be a
general
infrastructure measure and not State aid and is therefore not subject to notification to the
Commission in accordance with Article 88 of the EC Treaty.

The Commission was not consulted on the payment mentioned, no such case has been registered.

(2002/C 277 E/175)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-1153/02

by Sebastiano Musumeci (UEN) to the Commission

(15 April 2002)

Subject: Replanting vines in Sicily

Many wine-growers in Sicily are replanting vines in accordance with Regulation (EC) 1325/90 (1) et seq. =
set to expire in the 2002/2002 marketing year.

These wine-growers are currently experiencing serious difficulties owing to an extremely severe and long-
lasting period of drought.

In addition to the possible loss of their vines, these growers are also faced with the fact that it is legally
impossible for them to provide for the coming year.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0993/02 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. Trade.
Date: 2002-04-15
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Denmark, EU statistics, Sweden, United Kingdom, economic statistics, euro area, export, import, intra-EU trade, statistical method, trade by group of countries, trade statistics

29.8.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 205 E/243

(2002/C 205 E/268)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0993/02

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(15 April 2002)

Subject: Trade

1. Will the Commission provide a series of figures for each euro-area Member State showing exports
and imports to and from other euro-area Member States as a proportion of GDP beginning in 1995 and
continuing to 2001, compatible with the Eurostat series for intra-EU trade?

2. Will it additionally provide a similar series of exports and imports to and from euro-area Member
States as a proportion of GDP for each of the three EU Member States which are not participating in the
euro?

(2002/C 205 E/269)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0994/02

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(15 April 2002)

Subject: Trade in goods and non-factor services

1.
For each Member State that provides a geographical analysis of its trade in goods and non-factor
services, will the Commission show exports and imports on this definition with the euro-area, rest of the
EU, and the rest of the world for each of the last ten years?

2. Will it further express such figures as a percentage of each country’s GDP for the period in question?

(2002/C 205 E/270)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1106/02

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(18 April 2002)

Subject: Exports of goods and services

Further to the answer given to my Written Question E-1020/01 (1), which did not provide a geographical
analysis of exports of goods and non-factor services by Member State, will the Commission state:

1. Which EU Member States currently provide a geographical analysis of their exports of goods and
insurance etc) by

services (i.e. a breakdown of exports of goods and services (such as transport,
destination such as EU, North America, Asia etc)?

2.

For those Member States that do provide a geographical analysis of goods and services, will the
Commission provide the figures for the exports of goods and services in total, and to the euro area, to
the EU and to the rest of the world respectively for the last ten years or, should that not be possible in
individual cases, for the longest period for which figures are available?

3. Will it further express such figures as a percentage of each country’s GDP for the period in question?

(1) OJ C 340 E, 4.12.2001, p. 149.