WRITTEN QUESTION E-2911/03 by Glenys Kinnock (PSE) to the Council. Football-related violence.
Date: 2003-10-02
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: police cooperation, professional sport, sporting event, violence

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Is the Council aware of the risks for the economy of the Rieti area, where substantial resources have been
invested in electronics?

Since Alcatel’s situation is improving, what steps does the Council intend to take to prevent a temporary
difficulty from seriously damaging employment?

How does the Council intend to safeguard plants such as the one at Rieti, which are considered of strategic
importance because of the highly specialised professional staff and equipment?

Reply

(4 March 2004)

1.
The Council is conscious that any major restructuring, leading to job redundancies, in a multinational
company could be a risk for the region and country where the affected plants are located and recognises
that this could be a particularly sensitive subject in Italy, if the Alcatel plant in Rieti is affected.

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However, despite measures taken in the context of the European Employment Strategy and,
particular, the adoption of the annual Employment Guidelines in accordance with Article 128 of the
Treaty, Employment Policy as such remains a national competence. It is not therefore incumbent upon the
Council to intervene directly in situations affecting specific firms or plants.

3.
The Honourable Parliamentarian may be aware, however, that particular emphasis has been placed in
recent years, on the need to provide for adequate information and consultation of employees in situations
likely to affect their interests or, indeed, their livelihoods and that a number of Community legislative acts
have been adopted in this area.

4.
Provisions on employee information and consultation are contained in Council Directive 94/45/EC of
22 September 1994 on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-
scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and
consulting employees (1), Council Directive 98/59/EC of 20 July 1998 on the approximation of the laws of
the Member States relating to collective redundancies (2) and Council Directive 2001/23/EC of 12 March
2001 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the safeguarding of employees’
rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses (3).

5.
Another key instrument in this context is Directive 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 11 March 2002 establishing a general framework for informing and consulting employees
in the European Community (4), which the Member States should implement no later than 23 March 2005.

The Council invites the Honourable Parliamentarian to revert to the Commission for more detailed

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information as regards his question.

(1) OJ L 254, 30.9.1994, p. 64.
(2) OJ L 225, 12.8.1998, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 82, 22.3.2001, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 80, 23.3.2002, p. 29.

(2004/C 78 E/0813)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2911/03

by Glenys Kinnock (PSE) to the Council

(2 October 2003)

Subject: Football-related violence

Is the Council aware that Welsh football supporters were the target of significant violence during the Italy
v. Wales match in Milan on 6 September?

Does the Council intend to launch an investigation into this matter, and to take action in order to ensure
that such unacceptable events do not reoccur?

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Reply

(4 March 2004)

1.
As concerns the matters referred to in the oral question, the Council is not in a position to intervene
on individual cases in the Member States and can thus not meet the request by the Honourable Member of
the European Parliament.

As concerns security at football matches, the Council has adopted texts to increase co-operation

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between the competent bodies and authorities of the Member States.

In particular, the Council has adopted:

(cid:1) the Recommendation of 22.4.1996 on guidelines for preventing and restraining disorder connected

with football matches (1),

(cid:1) the Resolution of 9.6.1997 on preventing and restraining football hooliganism through the exchange

of experience, exclusion from stadiums and media policy (2),

(cid:1) the Resolution of 6.12.2001 concerning a handbook with recommendations for international police
co-operation and measures to prevent and control violence and disturbances in connection with
football matches with an international dimension, in which at least one Member State is involved (3),
and

(cid:1) Decision 2002/348/JHA of 25.4.02 concerning security in connection with football matches with an

international dimension (4).

On the initiative of the Italian Presidency, the Council is examining a draft Resolution on the use by
Member States of bans on access to venues of football matches with an international dimension.

(1) OJ C 131, 3.5.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 193, 24.6.1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ C 22, 24.1.2002, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 121, 8.5.2002, p. 1.

(2004/C 78 E/0814)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2917/03

by Gabriele Stauner (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(2 October 2003)

Subject: 2 SDA, Camire, Marcom, World Systems, Ariane II Group and Sema Belgium

Can the Commission provide a record for each Directorate-General of the provision of services by the six
companies 2 SDA, Camire, Marcom, World Systems, Ariane II Group and Sema Belgium, including the
following information:

(cid:1) a list of all the contracts concluded with these firms over the last 10 years, with details of each
respective contract volume and the procedure by which the contracts were awarded to these firms;

(cid:1) the volume of the individual payments to these companies?

Answer given by Ms Schreyer on behalf of the Commission

(15 October 2003)

The Commission is compiling the information it needs to reply to the Honourable Member’s question.
It will report on its findings as soon as possible.