WRITTEN QUESTION P-1438/02 by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission. Information concerning the partnership between the EU and EU-Student Vote in connection with the election of a European Student Council.
Date: 2002-05-15
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Commission, election, electronic voting, exchange of information, forum, fraud, international organisation, student, youth policy

26.9.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 229 E/213

Movement of equidae between Member States has not been a specific subject of a veterinary inspection
mission of the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO). However, the last FVO mission to Ireland on the subject
of animal welfare during transport
(Council Directive 91/628/EEC of 19 November 1991 on the
protection of animals during transport and amending Directives 90/425/EEC and 91/496/EEC (5)) took
place in March 1999 (see report XXIV/1491/98 available on Directorate General for Health and Consumer
Protection’s website)6 (6).

The FVO plans to carry out a follow-up mission to Ireland on the same legal basis in the second half of
2002. In addition, the Commission services in charge of public and animal health and animal welfare will
inquire with the competent authorities of the United Kingdom and Ireland on the controls carried out
within the framework of Council Directive 90/426/EEC and will report the findings directly to the
Honourable Member of the European Parliament.

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990.
(2) OJ L 53, 23.2.2002.
(3) OJ L 23, 28.1.2000.
(4) OJ L 102, 12.4.2001.
(5) OJ L 340, 11.12.1991.
(6) http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/health_consumer/index_fr.htm.

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WRITTEN QUESTION P-1438/02

by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission

(15 May 2002)

Subject: Information concerning the partnership between the EU and ‘EU-Student Vote’ in connection with

the election of a ‘European Student Council’

The pilot project ‘EU-Student Vote’, www.eusv.org,
is organising the first on-line European election
between 9 and 23 May, to enable millions of European students to elect the first ‘European Student
Council’, which will represent students in the European institutions.

One of the electoral lists, the ‘European Antiprohibitionist Students’, www.easyvote.tk, points out, in a
reasoned report, the fact that because of the mechanisms used there is a real danger of false registration,
there are no guarantees that those who vote will be entitled to do so and the lists of candidates cannot
necessarily communicate with the electors, which means that the first great experiment in democratic on-
line voting will actually be off-line and undemocratic.

Following this complaint, the ‘European Antiprohibitionist Students’ list has been deleted from the website
and in effect excluded from the election, whilst the forum for discussion between students has also been
cancelled.

Since the European Union is a partner in this initiative, can the Commission say:

A what the terms of the partnership are, i.e. does the Union fund the pilot project ‘EU-Student Vote’ or

one of its partners for a project designed to elect European student representatives;

A whether the European Union has undertaken or intends to give any form of formal recognition, even
if only symbolic, to the ‘European Student Council’ which would be elected in these elections using
the current procedures;

A what forms of control it has exercised or intends to exercise as partner in the ‘EU-Student Vote’

project?

Answer given by Mrs Reding on behalf of the Commission

(10 June 2002)

The EUSV project
Commission.

is a private project

that does not benefit

from any financial support

from the

In 2001 the EUSV submitted requests for financial support to the Commission. However, after careful
assessment of the applications, both Directorate General (DG) Education and Culture and DG Information
Society rejected it.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

26.9.2002

In April 2001, following regular and common procedures, the organisers were informed of the failure of
their applications.

The ‘European Student Council’ that would be elected by this project will not receive any form of
recognition by the Commission.

In the Higher Education sector, the Commission intends to continue its dialogue with student associations
which are members of the ‘European Liaison Group’, presently composed by the European Student
Information Bureau (ESIB), l’Association des Etats généraux des étudiants de l’Europe (AEGEE) and the
Erasmus Student Network (ESN). For questions linked to the youth policies in general, the Commission
cooperates with the ‘European Youth Forum’, a platform gathering several European and national
associations.

(2002/C 229 E/246)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-1441/02

by James Fitzsimons (UEN) to the Commission

(15 May 2002)

Subject:

’Europass’ beneficiaries

The Commission has just announced that 20 000 ‘Europasses’ for training purposes have been allocated
since the initiative came into operation in 2000.

Will the Commission provide a break-down by nationality of this scheme and the type of courses
followed?

Answer given by Mrs Reding on behalf of the Commission

(10 June 2002)

The Commission thanks the Honourable Member for his interest in the ‘Europass Training’
initiative,
which was established by Decision 1999/51/EC of the Council of 21 December 1998 on the promotion of
including apprenticeship (1). The specific objective of the
European pathways in work-linked training,
Decision is to encourage periods of vocational training in other Member States and contribute to their
quality.

The Commission has adopted on 2 May 2002 and submitted to the Parliament and the Council its report
on the implementation of the Decision (2).

This report, which is required by Article 9 of the Decision 1999/51/EC, offers a picture of the first two
years of implementation. In particular, it contains information on the dissemination of ‘Europass-Training’
documents, including a break-down per country.

Table 3 of the Report (page 14) shows the break-down per country of origin (Union + European Economic
Area countries) of European pathways recorded by ‘Europass Training’ documents of November 2001:

Belgium

Denmark (1)

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

332

1 300

9 614

450

(2)

2 698

54

602

100