WRITTEN QUESTION E-2288/03 by Ozan Ceyhun (PSE) to the Commission. Treatment of third-country nationals in prisons in the EU Member States.
Date: 2003-07-11
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU Member State, European convention, foreign national, prison system, prisoner, release on licence, rights of access

13.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 65 E/127

The reasons for the lack of success in cod enhancement are not fully understood, but a number of factors
may be involved, e.g. problems of reared cod to adapt to natural conditions, competition with the natural
populations and limits to the capacity of the ecosystem. It should also be noted that even if stock
enhancement of cod should lead to some improvement, it would be virtually impossible to separate this
effect from natural stock fluctuations. Furthermore, cod rearing is expensive and the cost benefits of an
enhancement program are questionable even if it were successful.

Based on the available information on stock enhancement, as described above, the Commission has not
considered it a priority to promote research in this area.

(2004/C 65 E/141)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2288/03

by Ozan Ceyhun (PSE) to the Commission

(11 July 2003)

Subject: Treatment of third-country nationals in prisons in the EU Member States

The Turkish daily newspaper Hürriyet carried an article drawing attention to restrictions on the rights of
third-country nationals held in prisons in the EU.

Those restrictions concerned the right to visits, to make complaints and to day release.

To what extent is the Commission aware of these problems? What areas are affected by these restrictions?
What is the legal basis for their imposition? Are these restrictions being dealt with as part of the process of
approximating home affairs policies, or will they continue to differ from Member State to Member State?

Answer given by Mr Vitorino on behalf of the Commission

(18 September 2003)

The Commission does not have a copy of the article to which the Honourable Member refers and so it is
unable to reply in detail to the questions, which are based on information contained in that article. Matters
relating to the way in which penalties (including those affecting conditional release) are enforced will be
the subject of a Green Paper (on the approximation, recognition and enforcement of criminal penalties in
the Union) that will probably be adopted by the Commission in October. As things stand, the right of
appeal of detainees is not governed by any specific rules of Union legislation and is essentially covered by
the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, concluded under the
auspices of the Council of Europe (Article 6), and by the Member States’ national law.

(2004/C 65 E/142)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2295/03

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(11 July 2003)

Subject: EU funded projects

Will the Commission list the projects for which EU funds (including any EIB loans) were committed, and
for which funds were disbursed, during the last financial year in Hampshire/Kent/Surrey/west Sussex/east
Sussex/Isle of Wight/Oxfordshire/Berkshire/Buckinghamshire?