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WRITTEN QUESTION P-3537/03 by Philip Bushill-Matthews (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Hotel fire safety.
Date: 2003-11-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: approximation of laws, drafting of EU law, fire protection, hotel industry, public safety

C 70 E/266

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

20.3.2004

The course students (who had to go through a selection procedure) have not received the grant awarded to
them (EUR 10 389,14 per student), since the person in charge of the course (cid:1) a Mr Palladino (cid:1) has been
deemed untrustworthy by the Ministry for State Education, Universities and Scientific Research on account
of his previous record. On 30 April 2003 (20 days before the course was due to end) the Ministry decided
that co-financing would be suspended and that the training project would be abandoned.

On the basis of the above information, does the Commission not think that, irrespective of any judgment
regarding Mr Palladino, the 19 pre-selected women should not be denied their grants or have their course
certificates withheld?

Does the Commission not agree that, in accordance with the rules, some kind of protection should be
offered to the 19 unemployed course students who, having been duly selected, wished to take advantage of
the opportunity afforded to them under the Structural Funds?

Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission

(16 December 2003)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its
findings as soon as possible.

(2004/C 70 E/289)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3537/03

by Philip Bushill-Matthews (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(20 November 2003)

Subject: Hotel fire safety

Given that a report prepared for the Commission in October 2000 analysing the impact of the 1986
Recommendations on fire safety in hotels concluded that the Recommendations had not been effective in
providing a uniform level of fire safety, and that in a later report in June 2001 the Commission recognised
that more needed to be done to improve fire safety in hotels throughout the EU, when does the
Commission intend to introduce a directive on hotel fire safety, to ensure a consistent and adequate level
of protection for all Europe’s citizens who are guests or who work in hotels?

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(12 December 2003)

The Commission would refer
Mrs Jackson (1)

(1) OJ C 65 E, 13.3.2004, p. 271.

the Honourable Member

to its answer

to written E-3172/03 by

(2004/C 70 E/290)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3538/03

by Edward McMillan-Scott (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(20 November 2003)

Subject: Pensions

Apart from Belgium, which other Member States operate a discretionary pension scheme based on means
testing?