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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2576/02 by Kathleen Van Brempt (PSE) to the Commission. Reimbursement for Viagra.
Date: 2002-09-16
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European official, accounting, health care system, health costs, health insurance, man, medicinal product, redemption, sexuality

20.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 70 E/1

I

(Information)

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

WRITTEN QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER

(2004/C 70 E/001)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2576/02

by Kathleen Van Brempt (PSE) to the Commission

(16 September 2002)

Subject: Reimbursement for Viagra

The sickness insurance scheme under which 45 000 European officials are covered has just decided to
reimburse the cost of the impotence pill Viagra on certain conditions. It is the first sickness insurance
scheme in Europe to do so. According to the French newspaper ‘Le Monde’, the decision was taken at a
time when the scheme, which is two-thirds financed by the EU, is showing a deficit for the first time in its
history.

How many European officials are eligible for reimbursement for Viagra?

Why does the Commission consider it necessary to include Viagra in its sickness insurance cover?

If erectile dysfunction is a problem, should the EU not take steps intended to lead to the introduction of
reimbursement for Viagra by sickness insurance schemes in all the Member States?

(2004/C 70 E/002)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2577/02

by Kathleen Van Brempt (PSE) to the Commission

(16 September 2002)

Subject: Deficit in the sickness insurance scheme for European officials

The sickness insurance scheme under which 45 000 European officials are covered has just decided to
reimburse the cost of the impotence pill Viagra on certain conditions. It is the first sickness insurance
scheme in Europe to do so. According to the French newspaper ‘Le Monde’, the decision was taken at a
time when the scheme, which is two-thirds financed by the EU, is showing a deficit for the first time in its
history.

What is the size of the deficit shown by the sickness insurance scheme for European officials to which
Le Monde refers?

What are the costs to the sickness insurance scheme of providing reimbursement for Viagra?

Does the Commission consider it appropriate to allow reimbursement for Viagra pills at a time when the
sickness insurance scheme is showing a deficit?

How does the Commission envisage making the sickness insurance scheme budget balance again?
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1650/2002 of 16 September 2002 on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
Date: 2002-09-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export licence, export refund, pip fruit

17.9.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 249/15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1650/2002

of 16 September 2002

on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001
of 8 October 2001 laying down detailed rules for implementing
Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds
on fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1176/2002 (2), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1546/2002 (3) opens an
invitation to tender setting the indicative refund rates
and indicative quantities for system A3 export licences
other than those tendered for as part of food aid.

In the light of the tenders submitted, the maximum
refund rates and the percentages for reducing the quanti-
ties awarded for tenders quoting those maximum rates
should be set.

In the case of apples, the maximum rate necessary to
award licences for the indicative quantity up to the quan-
tities tendered for is not more than one-and-a-half times
the indicative refund rate,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the case of apples,
the maximum refund rates and the
percentages for reducing the quantities awarded under the invi-
tation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 1540/2002 shall
be as set out in the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 September 2002.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 September 2002.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8.
(2) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 69.
(3) OJ L 233, 30.8.2002, p. 6.

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ANNEX

Product

Maximum refund rate
(EUR/t net)

Percentage awarded of quantities
tendered for quoting the maximum
refund rate

Apples

15

3 %
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2590/02 by Mario Borghezio (NI) to the Council. Failure to circulate the complete mint set of 1996 euro coins.
Date: 2002-09-16
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: competence of the Member States, euro, issuing of currency, participating country (euro area)

3.7.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 155 E/35

Reply

(4 March 2003)

The Council has never had occasion to consider the question raised by the Honourable Member regarding
directed-energy weapons.

(2003/C 155 E/039)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2590/02

by Mario Borghezio (NI) to the Council

(16 September 2002)

Subject: Failure to circulate the complete mint set of 1996 euro coins

Some eight months after the euro officially came into circulation, the complete mint set of the 1996 euro
coins issued by the twelve participating countries is still not available to collectors.

These coins are not even available in the European Parliament buildings in Strasbourg and Brussels, where
they are only to be seen on posters.

I understand that the philatelic office on the EP’s premises in Strasbourg, which receives vain visits and
requests from visitors and collectors from Europe and the rest of the world, has itself not received a single
complete set of euro coins, despite having requested these in good time.

Does the Council not feel it should ask the European Central Bank to take steps to ensure that a suitable
number of complete mint sets of euro coins are made available to collectors?

Reply

(4 March 2003)

It is for Member States having adopted the Euro as their single currency in conformity with the Treaty
provisions to lay down the precise modalities of the issue of Euro coins intended for circulation, subject to
measures adopted by the Council in order to harmonise the denominations and technical specifications of
these coins.

As for the issue raised by the Honourable Parliamentarian, it is not for the Council to intervene on the
matter.

(2003/C 155 E/040)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2592/02

by Antonios Trakatellis (PPE-DE) to the Council

(18 September 2002)

Subject: Electoral rolls and illegal acquisition of Greek citizenship

Following a change in the electoral roll system, local and regional elections will be held in Greece using
voting cards instead of voting booklets. According to reports in the Greek press and complaints by the
opposition, a significant number of individuals who are not entitled to Greek citizenship are registered on
the electoral rolls. The Ministry for Internal Affairs claims that these individuals have been removed from
the rolls but gives no details of the exact numbers involved or any data concerning the granting of
citizenship.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2569/02 by Robert Evans (PSE) to the Commission. Human rights in Myanmar.
Date: 2002-09-16
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU relations, Myanmar/Burma, authoritarian regime, government violence, human rights

15.1.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 11 E/5

(2004/C 11 E/005)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2547/02

by Marco Cappato (NI) to the Commission

(12 September 2002)

Subject: French legal provisions on rave parties

French legal provisions on free and underground techno music events are extremely repressive. For
instance, as part of this war on rave parties, the Subprefect of Limoux took the questionable decision of
forbidding ‘Radio Ballade’ to broadcast techno music on 6 July 2002.

Does the Commission consider that these legal provisions comply with European standards?

Answer given by Mr Vitorino on behalf of the Commission

(16 October 2002)

The Commission would point out that the issues raised by the Honourable Member in relation to public
order measures fall exclusively within the Member States’ remit.

It is thus impossible to determine the existence of a serious and persistent breach of fundamental rights
within the meaning of Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union.

(2004/C 11 E/006)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2569/02

by Robert Evans (PSE) to the Commission

(16 September 2002)

Subject: Human rights in Myanmar

Is the Commission aware of reports of alleged human rights violations by government troops in Myanmar?

London constituents have contacted me with details of rape, beatings and murders in February 2002 in
Saai Khaao village in Kun Hing township and in May 2002 in Mukwa village. Both incidents were allegedly
perpetrated by Burmese Infantry troops.

Does the Commission have any information on these incidents and the human rights situation in
Myanmar generally?

Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission

(8 October 2002)

The Commission is aware of reports of alleged human rights violations by government troops in Burma/
Myanmar and has on several occasions voiced its concern for the human rights situation in the country,
particularly in ethnic minority areas. During the recent Union Troika visit to Burma/Myanmar these
concerns were, once again, expressed to the Burmese government.

The Commission continuously receives reports published by different human rights groups as well as
reports by the Special Rapporteur of the United Nation Commission of Human Rights on the situation of
human rights in Myanmar. As regards alleged human right violations in Shan State, the Commission has
carefully considered the recently published report, Licence to Rape, by the Shan Women’s Actions Network
and the Shan Human Rights Foundation and has asked the Commission’s Delegation in Bangkok to make
further enquiries into the matter.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1645/2002 of 16 September 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2002-09-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit, stone fruit

17.9.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 249/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1645/2002

of 16 September 2002

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and
vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

In compliance with the above criteria,
the standard
import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the
Annex to this Regulation,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of
21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the
last
import arrangements
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98 (2), and in particular
Article 4(1) thereof,

fruit and vegetables (1), as

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the
outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade nego-
tiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the
standard values for imports from third countries,
in
respect of the products and periods stipulated in the
Annex thereto.

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex
hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 September 2002.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 September 2002.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66.
(2) OJ L 198, 15.7.1998, p. 4.

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to the Commission Regulation of 16 September 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining
the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0707 00 05

0709 90 70

0805 50 10

0806 10 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

0809 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
096
999
052
628
999
052
999
388
524
528
999
052
064
400
999
388
400
512
800
804
999
052
388
720
999
052
999
052
060
064
066
068
094
999

49,0
46,3
47,6
107,9
143,3
125,6
74,9
74,9
54,1
57,0
51,7
54,3
62,7
84,5
172,8
106,7
81,7
88,0
83,9
163,1
86,6
100,7
92,2
74,4
50,1
72,2
114,6
114,6
78,6
63,5
59,2
81,6
46,0
53,9
63,8

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2020/2001 (OJ L 273, 16.10.2001, p. 6). Code ‘999’ stands for ‘of

other origin’.