WRITTEN QUESTION E-1646/03 by María Rodríguez Ramos (PSE) to the Commission. Application of the safeguard clause in respect of imports into the EU of tinned mandarin-orange segments from China.
Date: 2003-05-16
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: China, European Commission, Spain, citrus fruit, common commercial policy, import (EU), international commercial arbitration, operation of the Institutions, protective clause, trade relations

8.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 88 E/363

The amendments to the Law on Citizenship of October 2002 also aim at contributing to the resolution of
the problem of the ‘erased’ by stipulating easier procedures for obtaining Slovenian citizenship for stateless
people.

The question of citizenship of newly emerged states is a particularly complex one. A nationality of a
Member State is entirely a matter for the Member States concerned, as the Declaration on nationality of a
Member State appended to the Treaty of Maastricht confirms (1). It is therefore for each Member State,
having due regard to Community law, to lay down the conditions for acquisition and loss of nationality (2).
However, the Commission has encouraged the Slovenian authorities to resolve this issue and has followed
up progress made in its yearly Regular Reports under the political criteria section.

(1) Declaration no 2 on nationality of a Member State, OJ C 191, 29.7.1992.
(2) See judgement of the Court of Justice in case C-369/90 Micheletti of 7.7.1992, ECR 1992.

(2004/C 88 E/0368)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1646/03

by María Rodríguez Ramos (PSE) to the Commission

(16 May 2003)

Subject: Application of the safeguard clause in respect of imports into the EU of tinned mandarin-orange

segments from China

Last October I submitted a priority written question (P-2956/02 (1)) to the Commission on the application
of the safeguard clause in respect of the overwhelming increase in imports of tinned mandarin-orange
segments from China.

In its answer the Commission indicated that it was waiting for the Spanish authorities to provide the
necessary documentation since the information previously submitted did not meet the WTO’s strict
regulations.

Can the Commission confirm whether the Spanish authorities have already submitted all the relevant
information requested?

If this is the case, what are the reasons preventing the Commission from taking the steps set out for such
cases in Regulation (EC) 2201/96 (2)?

(1) OJ C 161 E, 10.7.2003, p. 55.
(2) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.

(2004/C 88 E/0369)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1920/03

by Carlos Bautista Ojeda (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

Subject: Imports of preserved mandarin segments from China

(12 June 2003)

On 5 June 2002, because of massive imports of preserved mandarin segments from the People’s Republic
of China, Spain urgently requested application of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 (1), in particular Article 22
thereof concerning the safeguard clause in the event of the Community market being disturbed by imports.

If the Commission considered its application dubious, because of China’s entry into the WTO or for some
other reason, can it say:

(cid:1) why it did not apply the measures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 3285/94 (2) establishing common
rules for imports, after receiving all the relevant reports from the Spanish Government, the latest in
March 2003;