WRITTEN QUESTION E-0840/03 by Ria Oomen-Ruijten (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Implementation of the end-of-life vehicles directive.
Date: 2003-03-18
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU Member State, child protection, metal waste, motor car, national implementing measure, waste management, waste recycling

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Regarding the signalling solution selected for the Madrid-Lleida project this is based on a combination of
conventional (sideline signals) and train protection systems (cid:1) the latter including an overlay of both the
national Federation of French motorway and toll facility companies (ASFA) and the European ERTMS
systems.

(2003/C 268 E/169)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0840/03

by Ria Oomen-Ruijten (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Implementation of the end-of-life vehicles directive

(18 March 2003)

In reply to questions raised in the Environment Committee on 27 January 2003, the Commission said that
only five Member States had notified it of
the necessary legislation and
administrative provisions to comply with European Parliament and Council Directive 2000/53/EC (1) of
18 September 2000 on end-of-life vehicles. This means that ten Member States are not in compliance.

the entry into force of

Article 7(2)(b) of this Directive says that no later than 1 January 2015, for all end-of life vehicles, the reuse
and recovery shall be increased to a minimum of 95 % by an average weight per vehicle and year. Within
the same time limit, the re-use and recycling shall be increased to a minimum of 85 % by an average
weight per vehicle and year.

Member States are also required to send a report to the Commission on the implementation of this
Directive at three-year intervals. The report is to be drawn up on the basis of a questionnaire (Article 9,
first paragraph). The first report covers the three-year period beginning on 21 April 2002.

In the questionnaire that the Commission drew up by decision of 17 October 2001, the Member States are
invited, among other things, to indicate whether the necessary measures have been taken to ensure that
undertakings set up systems to collect all end-of-life vehicles and, as far as technically feasible, waste from
used parts removed during car repairs (question 1.7).

Can the Commission say whether undertakings in each of the Member States have already introduced

1.
systems for the collection of all end-of-life vehicles, and if so what systems?

Have any Member States adopted stricter environmental measures for recycling than the provisions

2.
of the Directive require, so as to achieve the percentages stipulated in the Directive before 2015?

(1) OJ L 269, 21.10.2000, p. 34.

Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission

(5 May 2003)

1.
Only six Member States (Denmark, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden) have
officially communicated their transposition measures to the Commission. Therefore, at this moment the
Commission has no clear overview of the specificities of the collection systems set up in each Member
State. The Commission is currently assessing the communicated national transposition measures, including
the transposition of Article 5 on their conformity with the Directive. In case of incorrect implementation,
the Commission will of course address this with the Member State concerned, in line with the powers
conferred to it by the EC Treaty.

2.
Some Member States have adopted more stringent national measures for recycling than the Directive
requires. The Netherlands, for example, requires producers and importers to attain a 95 % reuse/recovery
instead of 1 January 2015 as stated by the
rate and a 85 % reuse/recycling rate by 1 January 2007,

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Directive. In Italy, a voluntary commitment signed in 1997 between the economic operators and the
Environment Ministry (and amended in 1998) foresees the achievement of a reuse and recycling rate of
90 % by 2015 (5 % higher that the target of the Directive). Sweden required reuse and recovery targets of
85 % already, to be met by 2002, anticipating the reuse and recovery targets of 95 % to be achieved by
2015.

(2003/C 268 E/170)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0862/03

by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission

(20 March 2003)

Subject: Use of funds from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund by the City of

Frosinone

In September 2002, the monitoring committee of the Italian Ministry for Economic Affairs issued a report
on the spending of EU funds. The report reveals the alarming slowness and inefficiency with which EU
funds are allocated to projects by some regional authorities.

The grave concerns about the inadequate use of European funds by local authorities have frequently been
echoed by the Commission.

Bearing in mind that some local authorities, such as the City of Frosinone, urgently need to use European
funds for the processing and marketing of agricultural products and for rural development, can the
Commission state:

1. whether the City of Frosinone has submitted projects for the EAGGF?

2. whether the City of Frosinone has secured funding for these projects?

3. whether this funding has been used?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(10 April 2003)

The question concerns the use of financing from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
(EAGGF) by the City of Frosinone.

The EAGGF Guidance Section is part-financing the Leader+ programme in Lazio, covered in the answer to
Written Question E-0863/03 submitted by the honourable member (1).

The EAGGF Guarantee Section, on the other hand, is part-financing the Rural Development Plan for the
Region of Lazio for 2000-2006, approved by Commission Decision No C(2000) 2144 of 20 July 2000.

It must be stressed that the granting of aid part-financed by the Community under the above programme
is the responsibility of the Italian national and regional authorities. The Commission is responsible for
monitoring and checking the programme but not for the management on the ground of the different
measures. As regards monitoring, the annual reports submitted under Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/
1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and
Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations (2) and Commission Regulation
(EC) No 445/2002 of 26 February 2002 (3) do not indicate whether or not the City of Frosinone has
received funding for projects from the EAGGF Guarantee Section.

The Region of Lazio ‘Assessorato all’Agricoltura’, the body responsible for managing the programme, can
provide information on the various beneficiaries, on the submission deadlines for invitations to tender
planned by the Region and, more specifically, on the City of Frosinone.

(1) See page 157.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999.
(3) OJ L 74, 15.3.2002.