WRITTEN QUESTION E-3239/02 by Alexander de Roo (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Aquaculture.
Date: 2002-11-15
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU law, aquaculture, directory

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An environmental impact assessment was carried out on the project pursuant to Council Directive 85/337/
EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the
environment (1). A Monitoring Committee was set up to oversee the works and a monitoring plan
providing for the public distribution of the results obtained has been implemented.

The Plan includes a series of studies on the various environmental aspects to evaluate any negative impacts
and provide the solutions needed.

(1) OJ L 175, 5.7.1985, amended by Council Directive 97/11/CE of 3 March 1997, OJ L 73, 14.3.1997.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-3239/02

by Alexander de Roo (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(15 November 2002)

Subject: Aquaculture

At the European Parliament Environment Committee meeting of 4 November 2002, a Commission official
maintained that 150 European laws apply to aquaculture.

Would the Commission forward a list of them?

Does the Commission not agree that most of those 150 laws simply happen to apply to aquaculture, since
they were developed for agricultural products?

Does the Commission not agree that it would be sensible to produce a European framework law on
aquaculture,
in the short term, since a number of Member States are presently working on national
legislation?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(29 November 2002)

The Honourable Member may find the list of references to Community Decisions, Directives and
Regulations relating to aquaculture in the ‘Legislation’ section of Directorate General (DG) Fisheries web
portal, at the address http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/fisheries/index_en.htm. A more comprehensive list of
documents relating to aquaculture, processing or marketing with links directly to the relevant documents is
being prepared and will be available on this site soon.

taking account of a number of aspects going from
Aquaculture development must be carried out
consumer’s health safety to environment protection, structural aid to trade rules, quality labels to
promotional campaigns, etc. It is normal that such a complex activity faces a bulky set of norms and
regulations covering all these aspects. In general the norms are not specific to aquaculture, as most of
them are framework rules intended for general purposes.

A coherent and specific Community legislation for aquaculture has been repeatedly requested; ideally, the
aquaculture sector should be dealt with at a global level, by a framework regulation taking care of all its
facets. This is practically impossible to achieve, as many aquaculture concerns are regulated by legislation
of national competence, which may be influenced by a number of horizontal Community Directives.

The recent Community strategy for sustainable development of European aquaculture (1) aims to define a
coherent framework that will enable aquaculture producers to offer a healthy product in the quantities
required by the market, while not degrading the environment. The success of the strategy depends on

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collaboration by all the actors of the sector: national and local public administrations, mostly, but also the
industry and the representatives of
the other stakeholders, such as consumers. This Commission
communication defines the needed actions and the appropriate level at which to implement them.

(1) COM(2002) 511 final.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-3241/02

by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(15 November 2002)

Subject: Drama schools and training programmes under the European Social Fund

There is a demand from young people in Greece for training programmes in the dramatic arts. In the light
of such demand and in order to create greater awareness of the training programmes available, can the
Commission confirm whether such programmes are already running or will do so under the Third CSF for
Greece? If so, can the Commission explain who is eligible to take part in the training programmes? What
are their financial obligations, if any, towards the drama schools? In particular, which drama schools have
undertaken to carry out the relevant programmes in Greece?

Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission

(6 January 2003)

The Commission can inform the Honourable Member that up to now no European Social Fund (ESF) co-
financing of drama schools has taken place under the 3rd Community Support Framework for Greece.

Following the modernisation of vocational training in Greece, a labour market study is always necessary
before including a particular sector in the calls for tender of the cofinanced training actions.

If a future study reveals that there is a labour market need in the field of dramatic arts, it may be decided
to finance training actions under one of the Operational Programmes.

(2003/C 110 E/209)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3242/02

by Mihail Papayannakis (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(15 November 2002)

Subject: Level of EU appropriations for the funding of programmes for Roma in Greece

On 4 March 2002, the Greek government announced an ‘Integrated action programme for the social
integration of Greek gypsies’ with a budget of EUR 373,5 million for the period 2005-2008, which makes
provision for measures in respect of housing, education, employment and social welfare for Roma and
others. According to government announcements, the necessary resources will come from the Third CSF
(approximately EUR 206 million) and national sources (EUR 166 million). The Greek branch of Helsinki
Watch has complained that, at the beginning of June 2002, during a visit to Greece by the Council of
Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Alvaro Gil Robles, the programme appeared to have a budget
of only EUR 308 million.

In the light of the above, can the Commission state the actual overall level of appropriations allocated
under the Second and Third CSF in Greece to programmes relating to Roma?