WRITTEN QUESTION E-1915/03 by María Sornosa Martínez (PSE) to the Commission. Items in the Community budget intended for fire-fighting in Spain and their actual final use in the years 1996 to 2002.
Date: 2003-06-12
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Community budget, Spain, aircraft, fire protection, forest conservation, fund (EU), hiring, purchase, transport safety, use of aid

C 58 E/114

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

6.3.2004

(2004/C 58 E/129)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1914/03

by María Sornosa Martínez (PSE) to the Commission

(12 June 2003)

Subject: Breach of Community competition law in the helicopter sector in Spain

The two companies Helicsa SA and Helisureste SA make up 90 % of the helicopter sector in Spain and
divide up the market by mutual agreement, as can be seen from the temporary mergers set up by them.

the Commission take any action vis-à-vis the Spanish Government

Will
for free
competition among operators and the right to an open market not divided up among firms in this sector
in Spain, particularly bearing in mind that virtually all the contracts stem from the various Spanish
administrations?

to ensure respect

(2004/C 58 E/130)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1915/03

by María Sornosa Martínez (PSE) to the Commission

(12 June 2003)

Subject: Items in the Community budget intended for fire-fighting in Spain and their actual final use in the

years 1996 to 2002

Can the Commission provide information on the funds from Community budgets allocated to fight forest
fires in Spain, and on their final use as decided by the Spanish Government?

Does the Commission know whether the Community funds concerned have been used to purchase or hire
aviation equipment used to fight forest fires in the years 1996 to 2002 inclusive?

Can the Commission guarantee that Community funding has not been used in Spain to hire
non-Community equipment which does not comply with the criteria for airworthiness certification and
equivalent safety standards required by Regulation (EC) No 2407/92 (1), which are met in the remaining EU
countries?

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 1.

(2004/C 58 E/131)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1916/03

by María Sornosa Martínez (PSE) to the Commission

(12 June 2003)

Subject: Failure to comply with Directive 2000/79/EC on working time in civil aviation in the helicopter

sector in Spain

The deadline set by the Community authorities for the various Member States to implement the measures
which will enable Directive 2000/79/EC (1) on working time in civil aviation to come into force will expire
in six months, and no measures have been adopted in Spain to ensure that the 2 000-hour restriction on
working time contained therein is applied to Spanish helicopter pilots.

What type of action will the Commission take if the Spanish Government has not complied with the
requirements of Directive 2000/79/EC when the deadline expires?

What is the Commission’s view of and what action will it take in response to the Spanish Government’s
long-standing inability to enforce either Spanish or Community legislation as regards working time in the
Spanish helicopter sector, even though virtually all of these helicopters work for central and autonomous
governments?

(1) OJ L 302, 1.12.2000, p. 57.