WRITTEN QUESTION E-2348/03 by Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Measures to be taken in response to evidence that oil from the Prestige is continuing to reach the coasts of Galicia and the Bay of Biscay.
Date: 2003-07-16
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Commission, Galicia, coastal pollution, image, oil pollution, pollution control measures

27.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 78 E/105

certain public and private projects on the environment (1) (as amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC of
3 March 1997 (2)) before development consent is given. This legislation requires that the EIA shall identify,
describe and assess the direct and indirect effects of the project on human health, fauna, flora, soil, water,
air, climate and the landscape as well as material assets and cultural heritage. The interaction between the
above-mentioned factors should also be addressed in the EIA. Consultations with the public and other
authorities likely to be concerned by reason of their specific environmental responsibilities have to be
carried out and the decision for development consent should take into account the outcomes of the above
consultations and information provided in this context. Finally, the decision has to be made available to
the public.

Currently, 85 % of all such wastes in the Union are regularly disposed of at surface or near surface disposal
sites. Volumes of waste are very small compared with other forms of waste, and no health or safety
impacts have been detected at any of the disposal sites concerned. It is possible that there could be, on
balance, economic benefits for any region hosting a site.

(1) OJ L 175, 5.7.1985.
(2) OJ L 73, 14.3.1997.

(2004/C 78 E/0105)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2348/03

by Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(16 July 2003)

Subject: Measures to be taken in response to evidence that oil from the ‘Prestige’ is continuing to reach the

coasts of Galicia and the Bay of Biscay

It is now July, eight months after the ‘Prestige’ disaster, and oil from the ‘Prestige’ is continuing to reach
the coasts of Galicia and the Bay of Biscay. This is undermining confidence among people living in the
areas affected, who can see that the forecasts made by the authorities responsible are systematically failing
to match reality. What measures is the Commission taking, in conjunction with the authorities of the
Spanish State and Galician Government, in order to assess the scale of this problem and prevent it from
recurring?

Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission

(10 September 2003)

The Honourable Member is invited to refer to the answers given to his previous Written Questions
E-3595/02 (1), E-1259/03 (2) and E-2059/03 (3), and to his oral question H-69/03 during question time at
Parliament’s March 2003 session (4).

(1) OJ C 242 E, 9.10.2003, p. 63.
(2) OJ C 280 E, 21.11.2003, p. 121.
(3) See page 73.
(4) Written reply, 12.3.2003.

(2004/C 78 E/0106)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2349/03

by Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(16 July 2003)

Subject: Galicia and CAP reform

What will be the situation of Galician agriculture when the CAP reform approved by the Council
is
implemented, bearing in mind that the Galician farming industry is characterised by the predominance of
milk production, land-based family farms and a clear vocation and capacity for modernisation and, on the