WRITTEN QUESTION P-0770/03 by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission. Suspected infringement procedures and recording of infringements notified to the Italian Republic pursuant to Article 85 of the EC Treaty.
Date: 2003-03-06
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Italy, application of EU law, competition law, infringement procedure (EU), single market

6.2.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 33 E/79

The Commission welcomes the decision of the Government of Vietnam to elaborate an action plan for
legal reform, based on the Legal Means Assessment, which has been established with the support of the
international donor community. The Union, Commission together with the Member states, has repeatedly
urged the Government of Vietnam to strengthen its respect for political and religious freedoms, as well as
to further strengthen economic and social
in its
declaration at the Consultative Group meeting in Hanoi in December 2002. Moreover, the Commission
and the Member States have declared that they will welcome any possibility to support the Vietnamese
government in measures to strengthen the governance and public administrative reforms, to improve
human rights, to prepare for the signing and implementation of additional international conventions in
human rights and in other areas where assistance could be helpful.

freedoms. The Union has expressed this request

The Commission Delegation, together with the representatives of the Member States, will continue to
follow closely the human rights situation in Vietnam and take appropriate action.

(2004/C 33 E/074)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0770/03

by Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission

(6 March 2003)

Subject: Suspected infringement procedures and recording of infringements notified to the Italian Republic

pursuant to Article 85 of the EC Treaty

With reference to Article 85 of the EC Treaty:

(cid:1) will the Commission give details of the number and nature of the suspected infringement proceedings
notified to the Italian Republic and, in each case, will it say when the procedure was opened and for
what infringement, whether it was initiated at the request of a Member State or automatically and
what stage it has now reached?

(cid:1) will the Commission say whether infringements have been recorded for which the Italian Republic has
not yet adopted the necessary corrective measures and, in each case, will it say when the procedure
was opened, and for what infringement, whether it was initiated at the request of a Member State or
automatically, and what measures the Commission asked to be adopted and when?

Answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission

(8 April 2003)

The Commission took one formal decision within the meaning of Article 85 (2) of the EC Treaty in 1987
with regard to Alitalia.

For the rest, the Commission does not have sufficient details of the matter to be able to investigate the
problem raised and is not, therefore, in a position to answer the question at the moment. It would ask the
Honourable Member to specify its question. Article 85 of the EC Treaty does not provide for any
notification to Member States.

(2004/C 33 E/075)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0771/03

by Marco Cappato (NI) to the Commission

(6 March 2003)

Subject: Right to religious freedom in Cambodia

Last Friday the Ministry for Religious Affairs of Cambodia adopted a directive forbidding all public
proselytising activities. The provision is clearly aimed at preventing possible religious tensions and
protecting the privacy of the Cambodian people. The government’s initiative appears to have been