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WRITTEN QUESTION E-3487/03 by Albert Maat (PPE-DE) to the Commission. French action against pigmeat from other EU Member States.
Date: 2003-11-24
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: France, free movement of goods, import restriction, pigmeat, single market, strike

C 70 E/264

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

20.3.2004

(2004/C 70 E/285)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3405/03

by Concepció Ferrer (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(17 November 2003)

Subject: Management of the Structural Funds

With regard to the management of Structural Fund monies for Objectives 1, 2 and 3 (2000-2006), will the
Commission please state who the designated payment and management authorities are in Austria, Belgium,
France, Germany, Italy and Spain?

Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(11 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/286)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3487/03

by Albert Maat (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(24 November 2003)

Subject: French action against pigmeat from other EU Member States

The transport of pigmeat into France has recently been seriously threatened by the heavy-handed actions
of French farmers: lorries have been stopped, meat-processing plants invaded and Dutch, Spanish, Danish
and German pigmeat destroyed. As the French police have not
intervened, such actions are not
discouraged and the free movement of pigmeat within the EU is disrupted.

How does the Commission intend to eliminate this obstruction to freedom of movement?

Why is the Commission taking so long to discuss this disruption of the internal market with the French
Government?

(2004/C 70 E/287)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3540/03

by Toine Manders (ELDR) to the Commission

(24 November 2003)

Subject: Disruption of the internal market (in meat) in France

In recent weeks, in response to the difficult situation on the European market, French (pig) farmers have
repeatedly taken drastic steps to prevent
into France from countries such as the
imports of meat
Netherlands, Spain and Germany. Lorries transporting meat have been stopped and the meat has then been
destroyed and the vehicles damaged. In addition, militant farmers have broken into a number of French
meat-processing plants and supermarkets and destroyed their stocks of imported meat.

Since then, the farmers have threatened even more serious protests against the processing and/or purchase
of non-French meat, with the result that supply contracts with firms from other European countries have
been suspended. Thus far, the French Government is refusing to intervene to deal with this disruption of
the internal market. This protection of France’s own market and the creation of obstacles to the free
movement of goods is posing a serious threat to the operation of the internal market in the (pig)meat
sector. In the short term, insurance companies will cover the direct losses, but in the long term the meat-
processing industry will lose a market.