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# Official Journal

of the European Communities

English edition Information and Notices

ISSN 0378-6986

C312

Volume 33

12 December 1990

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I _Information_

European Parliament

_Written Questions with answer_

No 329/89 by Mr Arturo Escuder Croft to the Commission
Subject: Amount of refunds on Community exports to the Canaries 1

No 365/89 by Mr Stephen Hughes to the Commission

Subject: Availability of unleaded petrol 1

No 757/89 by Mr Stephen Hughes to the Commission
Subject: Recipients of funding — ECSC research on occupational health 2

No 827/89 by Mr Francois de Donnea to the Commission
Subject: State aids 2

No 882/89 by Sir Jack Stewart-Clark to the Commission

Subject: Application of information technology in the European educational system 3

No 63/90 by Mr Jaak Vandemeulebroucke to the Commission
Subject: Discharge of radioactive waste into the sea 4

No 169/90 by Mrs Birgit Bjornvig to the Commission

Subject: Chemical additives based on antibiotics in feedingstuffs 5

No 175/90 by Mr Jaak Vandemeulebroucke to the Commission
Subject: The sequel to the Transnuclear affair 5

No 258/90 by Mr Alonso Puerta to the Commission

Subject: Structural funds and the Autonomous Community of Asturias 6

No 345/90 by Sir James Scott-Hopkins to the Commission
Subject: Postal service monopolies 7

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90/C 312/11 No 436/90 by Mr Jean-Pierre Raffarin to the Commission
Subject: Regional policy and economic and social cohesion 8

90/C 312/12 No 437/90 by Mr Jean-Pierre Raffarin to the Commission
Subject: Interregional cooperation 8

90/C 312/13 No 457/90 by Mr Jose Alvarez de Paz to the Commission
Subject: The Work Programme for 1990 and job creation 9

90/C 312/14 No 475/90 by Mrs Anita Pollack to the Commission
Subject: Fur trapping 9

90/C 312/15 No 509/90 by Mr Joaquin Sis6 Cruellas to the Commission
Subject: Procedure for lodging complaints by Community tourists 10

90/C 312/16 No 517/90 by Sir Jack Stewart-Clark to the Commission
Subject: Action programme for elderly people in the Commission's 1990 programme 10

90/C 312/17 No 525/90 by Mr Carlos Robles Piquer to the Commission

Subject: Community contribution to the work of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic
Change (IPCC) 10

90/C 312/18 No 527/90 by Mr Gerardo Fernandez Albor to the Commission
Subject: Community medical prescriptions 11

90/C 312/19 No 528/90 by Mr Gerardo Fernandez-Albor to the Commission
Subject: Construction of a breakwater on the Spanish Costa del Sol 12

90/C 312/20 No 576/90 by Mr Jean-Pierre Raffarin to the Commission

Subject: Municipal effluent treatment 13

90/C 312/21 No 689/90 by Mrs Mary Banotti to the Commission

Subject: Municipal waste water Directive — public information 13

Joint answer to Written Questions Nos 576/90 and 689/90 13

90/C 312/22 No 578/90 by Mr Jose Happart to the Commission

Subject: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE 14

90/C 312/23 No 634/90 by Mr Marc Galle to the Commission

Subject: Protection of the Brazilian tropical rain forests and the indigenous Indians 14

90/C 312/24 No 644/90 by Mr Elio Di Rupo to the Commission
Subject: Price of cars 15

90/C 312/25 No 919/90 by Mr Adrien Zeller to the Commission

Subject: The Single Market in cars 15

Joint answer to Written Questions Nos 644/90 and 919/90 15

90/C 312/26 No 684/90 by Mr Dimitrios Nianias to the Commission

Subject: Modernization of the Greek textile industry 15

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9 0 / C 312/27 N o 687/90 by M r Neil Blaney to the Commission

Subject: Hindrances to the development of wave power in the United Kingdom 16

9 0 / C 312/28 N o 722/90 by Mrs Winifred Ewing to the Commission

Subject: Mid-term review of the common fisheries policy 16

9 0 / C 312/29 N o 723/90 by Mrs Winifred Ewing to the Commission

Subject: Mid-term review of the common fisheries policy 16

Joint answer to Written Questions Nos 722/90 and 723/90 17

9 0 / C 312/30 N o 732/90 by M r Klaus-Peter Kohler to the Commission

Subject: Community-wide support for an environmentally acceptable motor vehicle 17

9 0 / C 312/31 N o 733/90 by M r Heinz Kohler to the Commission

Subject: MEPs' question to the Commission 18

9 0 / C 312/32 N o 750/90 by M r H e m m o Muntingh to the Commission

Subject: The shooting of monk seals 18

9 0 / C 312/33 N o 756/90 by M r Ernest Glinne to the Commission

Subject: The dangers of CFC-113 emissions by the electronics industry 19

9 0 / C 312/34 N o 778/90 by M r Jose Happart to the Commission

Subject: Nitrates — main cause of water pollution through harmful substances 19

9 0 / C 312/35 N o 806/90 by M r Victor Manual Arbeloa Muru to the Commission

Subject: Eastern Europe and the EEC 20

9 0 / C 312/36 N o 807/90 by M r Victor Manuel Arbeloa Muru to the Commission

Subject: A joint survey of drug addiction in Europe 21

9 0 / C 312/37 N o 826/90 by M r Reinhold Bocklet to the Commission

Subject: Failure by authorities in countries of destination to certify form T5 21

9 0 / C 312/38 N o 828/90 by Mrs Sylviane Ainardi to the Commission

Subject: Unfair competition from American maize gluten 22

9 0 / C 312/39 N o 829/90 by M r Rene-Emile Piquet to the Commission

Subject: EEC-United States Agreement of 30 January 1987 22

9 0 / C 312/40 N o 844/90 by M r Carlos Robles Piquer to the Commission

Subject: Development of the Technology Transfer Offices 23

9 0 / C 312/41 N o 854/90 by M r Gerardo Fernandez-Albor to the Commission

Subject: Creation of a European Fishing Assembly 24

9 0 / C 312/42 N o 891/90 by M r Niall Andrews to the Commission

Subject: Brewing industry ._ 24

9 0 / C 3 1 2 / 4 3 N o 908/90 by M r Jaak Vandemeulebroucke to the Commission

Subject: The Braks plan for farmers' income support 24

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Subject: Construction of a hotel complex in a wetland habitat 25

N o 920/90 by Mrs Ursula Schleicher to the Commission

Subject: Implementation of Directive 89/48/EEC on the recognition of diplomas and freedom

of movement 25

N o 938/90 by M r Gerard Monnier-Besombes to the Commission

Subject: Financing of the Isolella water purification plant (in southern Corsica) France 26

N o 957/90 by M r Herman Verbeek to the Commission

Subject: Cost of dairy quotas 26

N o 966/90 by M r Jesus Cabezon Alonso to the Commission

Subject: Request for information on pollution of the Bay of Santander 27

N o 991/90 by M r Carlos Carvalhas to the Commission

Subject: Uncertainties regarding the Community support frameworks 27

N o 995/90 by Mr Gianfranco Amendola to the Commission

Subject: Italian Government decree nullifying the provisions of the EEC Directives on waste 28

N o 998/90 by Mrs Simone Martin to the Commission

Subject: Price of protein crops 28

N o 999/90 by M r Carlos Robles Piquer to the Commission

Subject: ERDF subsidy exploited for election purposes 28

N o 1000/90 by Mr Virginio Bettini to the Commission

Subject: Iron and steel secondary melting plant in Cremona: arvedi.2 29

N o 1066/90 by M r Christopher Jackson to the Commission

Subject: VAT on taxis 30

N o 1067/90 by M r Antoine Waechter to the Commission

Subject: Establishment of an oil refinery with a capacity of 150 000 barrels/day at Port Louis,
Guadeloupe 30

N o 1071 /90 by M r Gerhard Schmid to the Commission

Subject: Protection of children against poisonous plants 30

N o 1073/90 by Sir James Scott-Hopkins to the Commission

Subject: Expansion of hydroelectricity supplies 31

N o 1097/90 by M r Filippos Pierros to the Commission

Subject: Implications for Greece of special Community measures in respect of energy (Council
Regulations (EEC) No 2618/80 and (EEC) No 218/84) 31

N o 1211/90 by M r Francois-Xavier de Donnea to the Commission

Subject: Community Flair programme 32

N o 1234/90 by M r John Bird to the Commission

Subject: Acid rain 32

N o 1262/90 by M r Ernest Glinne to the Commission

Subject: Presence of altrazine in bottled drinking water (FRG) 32

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No 1265/90 by Mrs Maria Aglietta to the Commission
Subject: Safety problems in the Krsko nuclear reactor 33

No 1299/90 by Mr Juan Garaikoetxea Urriza to the Commission
Subject: Banning of dragnets 34

No 1305/90 by Mr Gijs de Vries to the Commission
Subject: MAC-Packets Directive for satellite broadcasting 34

No 1345/90 by Mr Llewellyn Smith to the Commission
Subject: Euratom safeguards report — Commission's role in relation to the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) 35

No 1351 /90 by Mr Llewellyn Smith to the Commission

Subject: Euratom safeguards report — reprocessing plants requiring follow-up 35

No 1354/90 by Mr Llewellyn Smith to the Commission
Subject: Euratom safeguards report — personpower data 36

No 1355/90 by Mr Llewellyn Smith to the Commission

Subject: Euratom safeguards report — paragraphs 72 (b) and (c) 36

No 1356/90 by Mr Llwellyn Smith to the Commission

Subject: Euratom safeguards report — loss of equipment 37

No 1361 /90 by Mr Llewellyn Smith to the Commission

Subject Euratom report — large scale reprocessing plant working group 37

No 1369/90 by Mr Arturo Escuder Croft to the Commission
Subject: EIB loans in Spain 37

No 1380/90 by Mr Alex Smith to the Commission

Subject: Euratom safeguards regulations 38

No 1382/90 by Mr Alex Smith to the Commission

Subject: Euratom safeguards report — frequency of preparation and publication 38

No 1384/90 by Mr Alex Smith to the Commission

Subject: Euratom safeguards report — 'mixed facilities' 38

No 1404/90 by Miss Christine Oddy to the Council
Subject: Oppression of Sikhs in the Punjab 39

No 1415/90 by Sir James Scott-Hopkins to the Commission
Subject: Safety of garden tools 39

No 1431 /90 by Mr Gerardo Fernandez-Albor to the Commission
Subject: Community rules forthe settling of disputes 39

No 1446/90 by Mr Llewellyn Smith to the Commission

Subject: Demonstration projects in the field of alternative energy sources and rational use of
energy 40

No 1450/90 by Mr Klaus Hansen to the Commission
Subject: Framework directive on mobility for the disabled 40

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No 1488/90 by Mr Rafael Calvo Ortega to the Commission
Subject: Situation concerning hazelnut production in the province of Tarragona 41

No 1498/90 by Mr Thomas Maher to the Commission
Subject: Structural funds — scale of awards 41

No 1503/90 by Mr Gianfranco Amendola, Mr Virginio Bettini, Mr Enrico Falqui and
Mr Gerard Monnier-Besombes to the Commission

Subject: Directive on environmental impact assessment: five years on 42

No 1515/90 by Mr Yves Verwaerde and Mr Jean-Pierre Raff arin to the Commission

Subject: Protection of the ozone layer: elimination of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) 42

No 1516/90 by Mr Gerard Monnier-Besombes to the Commission

Subject: Building of a track at Ligoleta (France) 43

No 1517/90 by Mr Gerard Monnier-Besombes to the Commission

Subject: Allocation of Community funds to the Federation departementale des chasseurs des
Landes (France) 43

No 1520/90 by Sir James Scott-Hopkins to the Commission

Subject: Kidney donor scheme 44

No 1536/90 by Mr John Cushnahan to the Commission
Subject: Monitoring committee for the structural funds 44

No 1554/90 by Mrs Christine Crawley to the Commission
Subject: Blood sports as an appropriate source of pleasure 45

No 1564/90 by Mr Jean-Pierre Raffarin to the Commission

Subject: Protection of African pachyderms 45

No 1579/90 by Mr Peter Crampton to the Commission
Subject: The treatment of redundant deep sea trawlermen in the UK 45

No 1586/90 by Mr Filippos Pierros to the Commission

Subject: Excessive delay in the publication of the Greek invitation for applications under the
THERMIE programme 46

No 1631/90 by Mr Carlos Perreau De Pinninck Domenech and Mr Jose
Ruiz-Mateos Jimenez De Tejada to the Commission
Subject: Safety barriers for roads and motorways 47

No 1646/90 by Mr Marco Pannella to the Commission
Subject: Centre for the storage of radioactive waste near the Maiella Nature reserve and the
Abruzzi National Park 47

No 1650/90 by Mrs Sylviane Ainardi to the Commission
Subject: Demonstration project under Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 in Languedoc-Roussillon 48

No 1719/90 by Mr Marc Galle to the Commission
Subject: Community aid for scientific research into the prevention of new viruses 48

No 1721/90 by Mr Carlos Robles Piquer to the Commission
Subject: Sanitation plan for the beaches of the Community's Mediterranean region 49

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90/C 312/97 No 1752/90 by Mrs Carmen Diez de Rivera Icaza to the Commission
Subject: The awarding of blue flags 50

90/C 312/98 No 1770/90 by Mr Alonso Puerta to the Commission
Subject: Storage of nuclear waste 51

90/C 312/99 No 1828/90 by Mr James Ford to the Commission

Subject: Identification of ranched pelts 51

90/C 312/100 No 1873/90 by Mrs Maartje van Putten to the Foreign Ministers of the Member
States of the European Community meeting in European Political Cooperation
Subject: Religious freedom in Singapore 51

90/C 312/101 No 1874/90 by Mrs Maartje van Putten to the Foreign Ministers of the Member
States of the European Community meeting in European Political Cooperation
Subject: Human rights in Malaysia 52

Joint answer to Written Questions Nos 1873/90 and 1874/90 52

90/C 312/102 No 2050/90 by Mrs Raymonde Duty to the Commission
Subject: Prevention of lead pollution 52

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

WRITTEN QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER

WRITTEN QUESTION No 329/89

by Mr Arturo Escuder Croft (PPE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(1 September 1989)_

(90/C 312/01)

_Subject:_ Amount of refunds on Community exports to the
Canaries

Exports of some agricultural products from the
Community to the Canaries qualify for refunds since the
Canaries are not included in the CAP or the customs

union.

With regard to trade between Community countries and
the Canary Islands and the amount of these refunds, can
the Commission say:

1. What volume of products, in terms of weight in tonnes
and value in ECU, was exported from each Member
State to the Canaries in 1988?

2. What volume of products, in terms of weight in tonnes
and value in ECU was imported into each Member
State from the Canaries in 1988 ?

3. How much was paid in refunds to each Member State
in 1988 for goods exported by them to the Canary
Islands?

Answer given by Mr Christophersen
on behalf of the Commission

_(26 January 1990)_

1 and 2. The statistics requested by the Honourable
Member are regularly published in the Eurostat
'Analytical tables of external trade' (Theme 6, Series C).

They are also available in the Eurostat 'Comtext'
database, to which Parliament is linked.

3. Export refunds on agricultural products are paid by
the Member States.

Since Member States are not obliged to give notification
of the value of refunds on exports to the Canaries, there is
no way of determining them.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 365/89

by Mr Stephen Hughes (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(7 September 1989)_

(90/C 312/02)

_Subject:_ Availability of unleaded petrol

Can the Commission advise me of the proportion of
petrol outlets offering lead-free petrol, by Member State?

Answer given by Mr Cardoso e Cunha
on behalf of the Commission

_(13 October 1989)_

The Commission would point out that there are no
statistics at Community level giving a breakdown of sales
of leaded and unleaded petrol.

According to the Commission's latest information (July
1989), the number of petrol stations selling leaded and
unleaded petrol is as follows:

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final report of this Programme is available, a copy will be
sent to the Honourable Member and to Parliament's

Secretariat.

However, the Commission will send, for information, a
volume comprising the results of the research of the third
Programme, ended in 1981, in which names and addresses
of experts are also listed.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 827/89

by Mr Francois de Donnea (LDR)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(28 November 1989)_

(90/C 312/04)

_Subject:_ State aids

As it states in its 18th Report on Competition Policy
(SEC(89) 873 final), in September 1988 the Commission
examined the 'Prototypes' scheme developed in Belgium
in order to check whether it complied with Article 92 of
the EEC Treaty.

Following the inquiry, the Commission proposed to the
Belgian Government that it amend the 'Prototypes'
scheme so that the maximum gross intensity of the aid
does not exceed 50 % for basic research, 40 % for applied
research and development in the event of failure and 25 %
in the event of success.

Could the Commission state what action the Belgian
Government has taken on its proposals?

Answer given by Mr Sir Leon Brittan
on behalf of the Commission

_(8 February 1990)_

In December 1988 the Belgian Government agreed to the
amendment proposed by the Commission, while at the
same time stating that it should remain possible to raise
the aid ceilings in the cases, namely where R&D projects
are carried out by small or medium-sized enterprises,
where they involve a particular risk or where they relate to
a project of Community interest.

Since a very high proportion of advances are not repaid
because projects fail and since, consequently, the
'Prototypes' scheme, under which advances are nominally
repayable, in fact outrights grants in the large majority of
cases which might be as much as 40 % for applied research
and hence far in excess of the ceiling normally allowed by
the Commission for such research, the Commission must
take a firm line and allow an additional increase only in
exceptional cases.

Number
selling
unleaded
petrol

2 000

2 900

16 700

215

150

3 000

400

6 000

375

7 300

52

8 500

47 592

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France (')

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Portugal

United Kingdom

Community

Total

number

petrol
stations

4 580

3 250

18 650

5 900

4 820

28 000

3 250

34 300

450

7 300

1 800

20 000

132 300

%

44

89

90

4

3

11

12

17

83

100

3

43

36

(') With the introduction of tax incentives on 1 July 1989, a sharp increase
in the number of outlets offering unleaded petrol is to be expected

WRITTEN QUESTION No 757/89

by Mr Stephen Hughes (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(23 November 1989)_

(90/C 312/03)

_Subject:_ Recipients of funding — ECSC research on
occupational health

Could the Commission provide the names and addresses
of recipients of funding and copies of papers and reports
produced as a result of the last two programmes of ECSC
research on occupational health?

Answer given by Mrs Papandreou
on behalf of the Commission

_(28 November 1989)_

The Commission is sending directly to the Honourable
Member and to the Secretariat of the European
Parliament a list of the research carried out in the

framework of the past fourth ECSC Medical Research
Programme and of the current 5th Programme.

As the 5th Programme has just begun, reports are not
available.

As concerns the fourth Programme, the Commission is in
possession only of a certain number of final reports,
because not all the research projects are complete. When a

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The negotiations that took place in 1989 produced
sufficiently detailed and restrictive definition of the three
cases in which aid intensity may be raised by 10
percentage points. Such increases may not be aggregated
and the ceilings thus set may not be exceeded, including
where aid is combined with other government assistance.

The Belgian authorities have confirmed that they agree
with the new arrangements.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 882/89

by Sir Jack Stewart-Clark (ED)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(29 November 1989)_

(90/C 312/05)

_Subject:_ Application of information technology in the
European educational system

The relationship between future European
competitiveness and the quality of the European
educational system is undisputed. Surveys, e.g. made by
the European Round Table in its study 'Education and
European Competence', indicate a general need for
improving education in Europe at all levels.

Information technology increasingly offers new advanced
tools to improve the effectiveness of learning, one such
example being the compact disc interactive.

What action is the Commission taking to stimulate the
standardization of certain IT systems and tools for
educational purposes in the European Community with a
view to increasing the effectiveness and lowering the costs
of education ?

What action is the Commission taking to improve
cooperation between hardware manufacturers, systems
houses, educational institutions and publishers to achieve
the aforementioned objectives ?

Answer given by Mr Pandolfi
on behalf of the Commission

_(15 February 1990)_

The DELTA Exploratory Action (') is addressing the area
mentioned by the Honourable Member. Specifically, the
concept of PETE (Portable Educational Tool
Environment) is being developed by several projects in
order to create a set of tools and functionalities that can

target machines used in the educational and training

sectors.

These projects are aiming to specify a development
environment which would allow the cost-effective

production of advanced, quality multi-media courseware.

To complement the implemenation approach, two other
projects are looking at the standardization issues related
to the domain, one via the market model of _de facto_
standards, and the other via identification of emerging
technical standards in the domain.

These two approaches will converge in a full
implementation which may be the subject of a
Commission proposal in 1990, under the Community
Framework programmes for R&D.

As regards the action the Commission is taking to
improve cooperation between actors to achieve the above
objectives. DELTA has 30 projects, many of which
contribute towards common goals.

In order to facilitate management of projects by the
contractors, and to concert actions and cooperation,
members of the project teams meet every six weeks in 1 to
2 day 'Concertation Meetings'. There, each technical
strand is examined in detail, projects present progress,
technical specifications are discussed and agreed, and
demonstrations given of implementations.

To ensure that the developments receive the widest
possible audience and feedback, a European Learning
Technology Association (ELTA) is currently being
established and other steps taken in order to circulate
information and to provide an open forum for an
exchange of views.

Through these mechanisms, cooperation proceeds very
satisfactorily in an area where hardware manufacturers,
software houses, satellite operators, new media publishers
and organizations representing the learning interests, are
so important to ensuring that the systems developed meet
the real needs of the learner.

In addition, the Commission launched a specialized
information network in 1986, EURYCLEE, to select,
store and exchange information relating to the
introduction of new information technologies in schools.

Access to EURYCLEE information is open to any
interested party, but serves essentially as a means of
informing policy-makers in Member States of
development relating to the introduction of NITs in
schools in other Member States. Furthermore, since 1984
the Commission has been stimulating cooperation
between actors in this field in four main areas —

incorporating NITs in teaching practice and school

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curricula; training of teachers and trainers; software,
courseware and hardware systems; economic implications
of the introduction of NITs in education and

development strategies.

(') OJNoL206, 30.7.1988, p. 20.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 63/90

by Mr Jaak Vandemeulebroucke (ARC)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(2 February 1990)_

(90/C 312/06)

_Subject:_ Discharge of radioactive waste into the sea

Which Member States have ratified or signed the
international conventions prohibiting the discharge of
radioactive waste in the sea, that is to say the Oslo,
London, Marpoi, Helsinki, Barcelona and Bonn
Conventions?

Answer given by Mr Ripa de Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(20 March 1990)_

Several international conventions deal with the protection
of the marine environment against pollution by the wide
variety of wastes arising from human activities which
include radioactive waste.

The emission of radioactive waste into the marine

environment may be effected in two ways which are
generally dealt with separately, namely by disposal from
land-based sources and by disposal from ships, aircraft
and other man-made structures at sea. This second form

of disposal is generally known as 'dumping'.

Dumping of radioactive waste is dealt with by the
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by
Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, signed in London
on 29 December 1972, which has a geographically
unlimited scope of application.

Under the terms of this Convention, the dumping of
high-level radioactive wastes, defined by the International
Atomic Energy Agency as unsuitable for dumping at sea is
prohibited, while the dumping of other radioactive wastes
not included in the International Atomic Energy Agency
definition is subject to the issue of a prior special permit

by the competent national authorities. However, in 1983,
the Consultative Meeting of Contracting Parties to the
London Dumping Convention adopted a resolution
calling for a moratorium in the dumping of radioactive
waste to which all contracting parties voluntarily agree.
This moratorium has been renewed for an indefinite

period, pending further studies in 1985.

Dumping of radioactive waste is also covered by the
relevant provisions of the following regional conventions:

— Convention on the Marine Environment of the Baltic

Sea Area, Helsinki, 22 March 1974;

— Convention on the Protection of the Mediterranean

Sea Against Pollution, Barcelona, 16 February 1976,
and the Protocol for the Prevention of the Pollution

of the Mediterranean Sea by dumping from ships and
aircraft.

With regard to discharges from land-based sources, they
are covered in particular by the following regional
conventions:

— Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution

from Land-based Sources, Paris, 4 June 1974;

— Convention on the Protection of the Mediterranean

Sea Against Pollution, Barcelona, 16 February 1976,
and Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean

Sea Against Pollution from Land-based Sources,
Athens, 17 March 1980;

— Convention on the Protection of the Marine

Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, Helsinki, 22

March 1974.

These conventions do not prohibit the discharge of
radioactive substances; they require the contracting
parties to minimize and control such discharges as well as
to conform to the recommendations of the appropriate
international organizations.

The International Convention on the Prevention of

Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), London, 2 November
1973, and the Agreement on Cooperation in Combating
Pollution of the North Sea by Hydrocarbons and other
Dangerous Substances (Bonn Agreement), Bonn, 13
September 1983, concern respectively operational
discharges from ships and information and assistance in
the case of accidents involving spillage of oil or other
dangerous substances. They do not concern disposal of
radioactive waste.

The state of ratification of the abovementioned

conventions relevant to disposal of radioactive waste is
given in the following table.

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Barcelona
Protocol,
Land-based

sources

17.3.1980

R

R

R

R

R v

Barcelona

16.2.1976

R

R

R

R

R

Barcelona

Protocol
on dumping

16.2.1976

R

R

R

R

R

Helsinki

22.3.1974

R

R

Paris

4.6. 1974

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

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WRITTEN QUESTION No 169/90

by Mrs Birgit Bjomvig (ARC)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(8 February 1990)_

(90/C 312/07)

_Subject:_ Chemical additives based on antibiotics in
feedingstuffs

Which chemical additives based on antibiotics have been

authorized for use in animal feedingstuffs (Council
Directive 70/524/EEC (')) and for which is authorization
being sought?

( [l] ) OJ No L 270, 14.12. 1970, p. 1.

Answer given by Mr Mac Shaxry
on behalf of the Commission

_(18 April 1990)_

The following nine non-medicinal antibiotics are
currently authorized under Council Directive
70/524/EEC concerning additives in feedingstuffs:

— bacitracin zinc

— spyramycin

— virginiamycin

— flavophospholipol

— tylosin phosphate

— monensin sodium

— avoparcin

— salinomycin sodium

— avilamycin

A request for a new product, efrotomycin, is currently
being examined.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 175/90

by Mr Jaak Vandemeulebroucke (ARC)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(8 February 1990)_

(90/C 312/08)

_Subject:_ The sequel to the Transnuclear affair

There are reports that the former activities of
Transnuclear, in particular the transport of radioactive
nuclear waste, are being carried on by Nuclear Cargo
Service, owned 100 % by the German Federal Railways.

No C 312/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 12. 90

The German Federal Railways are said to have taken over
some of the former employees of Transnuclear and its
fleet of vehicles.

Officials of the German Federal Office for Trade and

Industry in Eschborn are complaining about irregularities
in the transport operations carried out by NCS. It
allegedly does not comply with the rules, arranges
transport without obtaining permits and undertakes the
vast majority of the dangerous and technically complex
transport operations by road.

It is reported that all over Europe nuclear waste is already
transported in an irregular manner.

Can the Commission say:

1. whether it is aware of these practices ?

2. what measures can be taken to put a stop to a situation
of this kind ?

3. whether it considers that the existing measures
provide sufficient safeguards for the population of
Europe?

Answer given by Mr Rtpa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(27 April 1990)_

The Commission is in contact with the German

authorities and has been informed that a number of

measures aimed at reinforcing the control of the
management of radioactive materials utilized or produced
in the nuclear fuel cycle have been taken following the
Transnuclear affair.

The Commission is aware of a report submitted on 19
January 1990 by the Federal Minister for Environment,
Nature Protection and Reactor Safety, Prof. Dr Klaus
Topfer, to the Committee for Environment, Nature
Protection and Reactor Safety, of the German Federal
Parliament concerning allegations of the behaviour of the
Nuclear Cargo and Service GmbH. This report shows
that the German authorities closely control the safety of
transport of radioactive materials.

With regard to the general safety of the transport of
radioactive materials and the control of the movements of

radioactive waste, the attention of the Honourable
Member is drawn to the reply given by the Commission to
Written Question No 70/90 by Mr Llewellyn Smith ( [l] ).

O OJ No C 207, 20. 8. 1990.

Since Spain joined the European Community, Asturias
has received aid from the Community's structural funds,
which has been granted to both public and private
economic operators. Can the Commission say:

1. what was the total amount of aid granted to the
Autonomous Government of Asturias through any of
its institutions by the ESF, the ERDF and the
EAGGF-Guidance Section in 1988 and 1989,
specifying the amount per fund and per financial year?

2. to what extent the appropriations were used up, what
amounts, if any, were cancelled, what amounts have
yet to be paid out, again specifying the fund and the
financial year concerned?

Answer given by Mr Christophersen
on behalf of the Commission

_(29 May 1990)_

1. ERDF

Appropriations committed in 1988: PTA 4 244 million, in
1989; PTA 13 994 million.

Implementation of appropriations committed in 1988:
PTA 3 510 million, in 1989: PTA 6 997 million.

Since no appropriations have been cancelled, the balances
to be used therefore total: for appropriations committed
in 1988: PTA 734 million, in 1989: PTA 6 997 million.

Despite the fact that the Star and Valoren Community
programmes are on a national scale, assistance from the
ERDF between 1987 and 1991 should also be noted.

Total ERDF assistance under the Star programme
amounts to ECU 210 million and under the Valoren

programme to ECU 105 million. The share of the region
of Asturias in this ERDF assistance may be provisionally
put at 4,4 % in the case of Star and 9,6 % in the case of
Valoren.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 258/90

by Mr Alonso Puerta (GUE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(19 February 1990)_

(90/C 312/09)

_Subject:_ Structural funds and
Community of Asturias

the Autonomous

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2. Social Fund

_(PTA)_

Amount to be

Amount paid

60 670 336

28 208 202

settled (indicative)

15 032 459

outturn (%)

38%

Amount cancelled

122 066 844

1988

1989

Amount granted

197 769 639

56 416 407

Only the advance of 50% was paid in 1989 while awaiting applications for payment of the
balance, which may be submitted up to 31 October 1990.

EAGGF Guidance Section

_(in million_ _ECU)_

Measures

(a) Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (')
(Efficiency of agricultural structures)

(b) Regulation (EEC) No 1118/88 ( [2] )
(Development of agriculture in Spain)

(c) Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88( [3] )
(Abandonment of wine-growing)

(d) Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 ( [4] )

(Processing and marketing of agricultural products)

(') OJ No L 93,30. 3. 1985, p. 1.
O OJNoL107,28.4. 1988, p. 3.
(') OJ No L 132, 28. 5. 1988, p. 3.
( [4] ) OJNoL51,23.2. 1977, p. 1.

Aid under (a) to (c) consists of reimbursements or
advances for indirect measures carried our under the

responsibility of the Member State and/or region where
the question of deduction of cancellation does not arise.

Aid under (d) consists of commitments for two individual
projects which have still to be settled.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 345/90

by Sir James Scott-Hopkins (ED)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(26 February 1990)_

(90/C 312/10)

_Subject:_ Postal service monopolies

What new investigations does the Commission intend to
undertake into postal monopolies in Member States, with
a view to obtaining fair competition in the provision of
postal services, following its recent interest in those
pertaining in the Netherlands?

Answer given by Sir Leon Brittan
on behalf of the Commission

_(29 May 1990)_

The Commission attaches great impbrtance to
developments in postal services in the European
Community. Such services play an economic and social
role that is crucial to completion of the internal market as
required by the Single European Act.

In response to complaints, the Commission is currently
examining:

— the compatibility with Article 90 of the Treaty of
certain constraints that are said to be imposed by the
State on private couriers under the postal laws in
Denmark and Spain;

— the compatibility with Articles 85 and 86 of practices
pursued by the postal administrations to exclude
private couriers from remailing.

The Commission would point out that before it adopted
Decision 90/16/EEC of 20 December 1989 (') on express
delivery services in the Netherlands, and following its
intervention, the Federal Republic of Germany (in 1984),

1989

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0,550

6,609

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9,757

2,066

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0,616

12,440

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1988

4,980

0,785

0,066

5,831

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Belgium and France ^in 198^ and Italv ^in 1989^
withdrew the legal restrictions preventing international
express courier services from operating in those countries'

Aware of the importance of these issues^ the Commission
intends to puhlishhv the end of the vearaCreenRaper on
the postal services market which will address hoth
competition aspects and the necessarv harmonization of
European postal services.

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^ ^ c r . Regional policv and economic and social
cohesion

fOespite the attempts of the Communitv to avoid regional
disparitiesmt can be seen thatanumber of ma^or regional
development axes are beginning to emerged for example
between London and ^viilan^ along the Atlantic^ each
differing fromthe other in respect ofgrowth rates and
their socioeconomicsituation. ^hatmeasures will the

Commission take to ensure that these maior regional
development axes complement rather than compete with
each others

A ^ s w e r ^ v e n h v ^ ^ ^ i

o^ behalf of the C o m ^ s s ^

TheinformationavailabletotheCommissiondoesnot

suggest that the concept ofa^maior regional development
axisMs home out bvthe facts.

Recent studies have indeed confirmed the existence of an

areawherebusinessactivitvandtrade are concentrated

running from southeast England to northern ftalv.This
isacomparativelv extensive area which includesanumber
ofdevelopmentcentres. It has been attractive foraverv
long time and the growth it has experienced has not been
at the expense of the other Community regions. Inanv
case^ it also includes a number of declining industrial
areas whichhaverecentlvexperienced severe economic
problems.

Inthe cases of the^iediterranean and the Atlantic^the

concept of the coastal regions forminga^facade^appears
more appropriate than that of an axis.In such^facades^
per capita C^ORis below the Communitv average. Regions
withaper capita CLoRoflessthan^^of the Community

average are eligible under CObjective 1 of the structural
Eunds.Pogetherwith the areas eligible underCOb^ectives^
and ^ ^ thevastbulkof these^facades^ nowreceive

structrual assistance from the Communitv.

Under ArticlelO of the newERIOE Regulation ^ ^ t h e
Commission has launched a studv programme on
longterm chances in the Communitv which will provide
further knowledge of how complementarity between
regions can be developed both in preparation for the
single market and subsequently.

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to the Commission of the European Communities

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^ ^ c r . Interregional cooperation

There can be no doubt that interregional relations are one
of the motive forces behind Europeanunion.Civen the
Commission^spolicv^todate of promoting transborder
cooperations what measures is it planning to take to
facilitate cooperation between regions situated in
differentoutlving areas of the European Communitv^

A^swer^ivenh^lv^r^i^an

onheh^dfoftheCommission

The Commission launchedanew programme in!989 to
encourage the exchange of information and cooperation
between regional and local authorities throughout the
Communitv.This is funded under Article lOof the EROE
Regulation e^ and budgetline^nu

The exchanges mav take the form of factfinding visits^
seminars^ conferences^ exhibitions and the preparation of
joint publications^ etc. Anv regional or local authoritv in
the Communitv mavparticipate.

Individual exchangeswillmn generals be operated through
schemes devised and m^m^gedbv European organizations
with particular experience in dealing with issues of
concern to regional and local authorities.

In generals prioritvwill be given to projects where regions
in three or more member states are involved^where the

12. 12. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities # No C 312/9

subject matter is innovative and where regional and local
authorities in both eligible and non-eligible regions
participate.

The first schemes under this project, launched in
December 1989, are managed by the Assembly of
European Regions, the Council of European
Municipalities and Regions and the International Union
of Local Authorities.

(') OJ No L 374, 31. 12. 1988.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 457/90

by Mr Jose Alvarez de Paz (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(7 March 1990)_

(90/C 312/13)

_Subject:_ The Work Programme for 1990 and job creation

It has become a commonplace in the statements on social
policy made by the Commission and its President, Mr
Delors, that what has permitted the creation of over five
million jobs between 1988 and 1990 has been a return to
prosperity and encouraging rates of growth; economic
growth and the internal market of 1992 are expected to
generate a further 5 500 000 jobs.

Does the Commission really believe that economic
growth pure and simple will generate employment,
without any other support measures? Where will
employment increase, what will be the quality of this
employment and what support measures does the
Commission envisage?

Answer given by Mrs Papandreou
on behalf of the Commission

_(18 April 1990)_

In recent years the Community has devised a coherent
economic strategy: completion of the internal market;
policies to generate growth and employment (in line with
the cooperative growth strategy adopted for that
purpose); and policies to promote economic and social
cohesion.

Performance in 1989 confirmed that the Community
economy is now working better than at any time in the
past twenty years. The rate of job creation has speeded up.
The net increase in jobs, which exceeded 5,5 million over
the period 1986—89, could be about 4 million between
1990 and 1992. At the same time the employment content
of economic growth has considerably increased. As
pointed out in the report entitled 'Employment in Europe
1989', the 4,8% annual growth in GDP in the 1960s
produced a mere 0,3 % increase in employment. Today the

3 % annual growth path in GDP is generating an annual
net increase in employment of more than 1 %.

It is becoming increasingly clear that firms expect the
completion of the internal market to have far-reaching
consenquences for their activities over the period up to
1992 and beyond. Firms are already extending their sales
strategy to include wider market horizons and much of
the rapid growth in investment is attributable to firms'
endeavours to adjust to an increasingly competitive
environment.

To ensure that the impact of these developments is felt
throughout the Community, including the relatively
backward regions, and extends to all social categories,
including the unemployed facing the most serious
difficulties, the Community is helping Member States to
adjust by providing assistance through the reformed and
enlarged Structural Funds and through its financial
instruments.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 475/90

by Mrs Anita Pollack (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(7 March 1990)_

(90/C 312/14)

_Subject:_ Fur trapping

Further to Question H-523/89 (') would the Commission
detail the evidence it has to support its statement that
fisher, short and long tailed weasel and squirrels are not
trapped in leghold traps?

(') Debates of the European Parliament No 3-384 (December
1989).

Answer given by Mr Ripa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(2 7 April 1990)_

The species listed in Annex I of the Commission's
proposal for a Regulation on the importation of certain
furs O were chosen on the basis of evidence that they are
caught by means of a leghold trap and their fur exported
to the Community. Should the Honourable Member have
evidence to that effect for fisher, short- and long-tailed
weasel and squirrels, the Commission would be willing to
consider their inclusion in the Annex.

O COM(89) 198 final.

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WRITTEN QUESTION No 509/90

by Mr Joaquin Sis6 Cruellas (PPE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(7 March 1990)_

(90/C 312/15)

_Subject:_ Procedure for lodging complaints by
Community tourists

The response by the Italian Ambassador to Belgium,
replying to a Belgian national who had written to inform
him of the problems he had encountered during a holiday
in Italy, was quite astonishing in form and content, and
ran counter to accepted diplomatic practice. It also
highlighted the need to set up a Community procedure
enabling tourists from any Member State to express freely
their criticisms and complaints following any visits or
holidays in any other Community Member State.

It is clear that, if the creation of a People's Europe is one
of our main aims, we must protect European citizens and
enable them to express their criticisms and help to create a
Community in which it is possible for people to criticize
inadequate services in the tourist sector without having to
bear the brunt of an Ambassador's rude response if they
attempt to complain.

Does the Commission not believe that it should set up a
procedure for lodging complaints, criticisms and
comments by EC nationals travelling within the
Community which would be forwarded to the Member
States concerned so that they might be informed of the
shortcomings that have been reported and thereby help to
improve the quality of tourism by the form of quality
control that the introduction of such a procedure would
entail?

Answer given by Mr Cardoso e Cunha
on behalf of the Commission

_(22 August 1990)_

The Commission believes that the Council's recent

adoption of the Directive on package travel (') will help to
ease many of the problems referred to by the Honourable
Member. For example, it is stipulated in the Directive
that, in cases of complaint, the organizer and/or retailer
or his local representative must make prompt efforts to
find appropriate solutions.

If the specific 'problem' referred to by the Honourable
Member could be construed as involving a possible

infringement of Community law, the person concerned
could lodge a complaint with the Commission.

O OJNoL 158,23.6.1990.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 517/90

by Sir Jack Stewart-Clark (ED)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(16 March 1990)_

(90/C 312/16)

Will the Commission confirm that it has included a list of

planned proposals for elderly people in the 1990
programme? The Commission in its programme for 1989
stated that it would define its position on the ageing
process and the problems of the elderly. There is,
however, no mention of this for 1990. Is this an omission

i n p r r n r '

Answer given by Mrs Papandreou
on behalf of the Commission

_(2_ _5_ _April 1990)_

The preparation of a Community initiative on the elderly
has been finalized and a Communication on the elderly
was adopted by the Commission on 28 March 1990 (').

This communication, together with the draft Decision
presented to the Council will provide the basis for the
Commission's work for the elderly in 1990 and
subsequent years once the Decision has been adopted by
the Council (November 1990 most likely).

(') COM(90) 80 final.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 525/90

by Mr Carlos Robles Piquer (PPE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(16 March 1990)_

(90/C 312/17)

_Subject:_ Community contribution to the work of the UN
Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic Change
(IPCC)

At its meeting at the beginning of February 1990 in
Washington, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on
Climatic Change (IPCC) drew up a programme of work
to be concluded before the end of this year with the
following objectives:

_Subject:_ Action programme for elderly people in
Commission's 1990 programme

the

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1. evaluating of the harmful effects of the combustion of
coal, oil and natural gas;

2. drawing up proposals for the environmentally and
economically balanced measures called for by certain
political leaders.

What was the Community's contribution to this meeting
and what proposals were made to coordinate energy
research programmes and programmes concerned with
climatic conditions within this international framework?

Answer given by Mr Ripa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(20 June 1990)_

The intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
held its first session in November 1988 and decided to

establish three working groups dealing with scientific
assessment of climate change, socio-economic impacts
and policy responses. Each working group has subgroups
dealing with specific topics.

Since then, the IPCC has had its second and third
sessions, the latter in February 1990 in Washington and
one final session is expected in August 1990 before the
IPCC reports is finalized and presented at the Second
World Climate conference in October—November 1990

in Geneva.

The two points mentioned by the Honourable Member
are being dealt with in the working groups and will be part
of the final IPCC report.

The Commission has been invited to the Sessions of the

IPCC as well as to the working groups, as an observer,
along with other institutions.

The Commission has given its opinion to the IPCC on the
many topics discussed.

It is expected that a ministerial meeting which will follow
the Second World Climate Conference will call for

immediate negotiations for a Climate Convention.

At that age, the Commission will seek a negotiation
mandate from the Member States in order to participate
in the drafting of a Convention.

As regards research, the Commission is currently running
the following research programmes:

(a) EPOCH (European Programme on Climatology and
Natural Hazards) 1989—1992.

Priority areas include the following, which are
implemented mainly as large, multinational
European research projects:

1. History and modelling of past climate changes
(esp. in relation to past atmospheric CO2
contents).

2. Study and modelling of the physical processes
governing the climate system.

3. Modelling of the climate change induced by the
greenhouse effect.

4. Assessment and modelling of certain
consequences of the climate change: sea level rise,
perturbations of the hydrological cycle (rainfall
patterns, droughts), frequency of extreme events
such as wind or rain storms.

5. Impacts of the climate change on the European
water and agricultural resources.

6. Study of the spreading of desertification in the
Mediterranean area under conditions of

decreasing rainfall and increasing temperature.

(b) JOULE (Joint Opportunities for Unconventional or
Long-Term Energy Supply)

1. Development of renewable energy sources (wind,
solar, biomass, geothermic).

2. Research of energy/environment and
energy/economy models able to indicate the best
strategies for the reduction of the emissions and
the consequences for the economy of possible

measures.

4. Research into environmentally-friendly systems
for the capture and storage of CO2 issuing from
fossil fuel burning. The results for such research
programmes will be presented at the IPCC group,
when available.

The Commission participated at the IPCC meetings
and was represented in February 1990 by officials of
DG I (External Relations), DG XI (Environment)
and DG XVII (Energy).

WRITTEN QUESTION No 527/90

by Mr Gerardo Fernandez Albor (PPE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(16 March 1990)_

(90/C 312/18)

_Subject:_ Community medical prescriptions

The growing mobility of citizens throughout the
Community means that they increasingly use medical

No C 312/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 12. 90

services in countries other than their own. As a result,

their national insurance institutions receive claims

relating to the cost of prescriptions and medical treatment
incurred by their clients in other Community Member
States.

The payment and accounting procedures for prescriptions
and medical bills from countries other than the one in

which the insurance institutions are situated causes

problems because of the different languages in which they
are drawn up and the different way in which statements of
medical fees are set out.

Does the Commission consider that a standard form

should be introduced for use in the Community in respect
of medical services in all the Member States to facilitate

payment and accounting procedures by insurance
institutions receiving claims for the reimbursement of
medical expenses incurred by their clients in countries
other than their own?

Answer given by Mrs Papandreou
on behalf of the Commission

_(18 April 1990)_

As the Court of Justice of the European Communities has
emphasized on several occasions ('), Regulation (EEC)
No 1408/71 and (EEC) No 574/72 ( [2] ), which are based
on Article 51 of the EEC Treaty, are designed to
coordinate rather than harmonize the various systems of
social security in the Community. The ways in which
health care is organized and provided are thus matters for
each Member State to decide.

As a general rule, the abovementioned Regulation
(Article 22 and 31 of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71)
provide that workers and members of their family, as well
as pensioners and members of their family, who are
subject to the social security legislation of one Member
State and who reside or stay on the territory of another
Member State to whose legislation they are not subject,
are entitled, subject to certain conditions, to the benefits
in kind (medical consultations and visits, medical and
dental care, medicines, hospitalization etc.) available
under the legislation of the Member State of residence or
stay as if they were subject to such legislation.

The conditions to be are as follows:

— in the case of residence, the person concerned must
register with the institution (sickness fund) of the
place of residence, presenting a certified statement of
entitlement to benefits in kind,

— in the case of temporary stay, the person concerned
must present the said certified statement to the
institution of the place of stay. It should be noted that
if the person concerned has not been issued with a
certified statement by the competent institution,
namely that to which he is affiliated, the institution of
the place of residence or stay requests the competent
institution to supply the statement in question.

If it has not been possible to complete the
abovementioned formalities during the time spent on the

territory of a Member State other than the competent
Member State, the person concerned is entitled to submit
to the competent institution the invoices detailing the
expenditure incurred in the country of stay. Using the
El26 form the competent institution will then forward
these invoices to the institution of the country of stay so
that the latter institution can specify the sum which it
would have reimbursed at the rates which it applies.

The Commission, assisted by experts from the Member
States, has designed models for the certified statements
and other forms essential to the application of Regulation
(EEC) No 1408/71 and (EEC) No 574/72. These models
are available in the official languages of the Community
and are designed so that the various versions can be
superimposed on each other, thus enabling each of the
parties concerned (claimant, institution etc.) to receive the
form printed in their national language.

The rules outlined above are easy for the national
institutions to follow and, as a rule, they are also familiar
to the migrant workers, to whom the Commission
distributes information booklets (Guide to Social
Security) free of charge.

The Commission does not therefore have any plans to
present to the Council a proposal for the amendment of
the Community rules in question.

(') Judgments of 5 July 1967 (Case 2/67 _De Moor_ [1967] ECR
197 and Case 9/67 _Colditz_ [1967] ECR 285), 10 November
1971 (Case 27/71 _Keller[l97\]_ ECR 885), 6 December 1973
" (Case 140/73 _Mancuso_ _[_ 1977] ECR 1449), 25 November 1975
(Case 50/75 _Massonet_ [1975] ECR 1473), 6 March 1979 (Case
100/78 _Rossi_ [1979] ECR 831), 12 June 1980 (Case 733/79
_Laterza[m0]_ ECR 1915), 9July 1980 (Case 807/79 _Gravina_

[1980] ECR 2205) and 15 January 1986 (Case 41/84 _Pinna_

[1986] ECR 1).
O OJ No L230, 22. 8. 1983, as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 2332/89, OJ No L 224, 2. 8. 1989.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 528/90

by Mr Gerardo Fernandez Albor (PPE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(16 March 1990)_

(90/C 312/19)

_Subject:_ Construction of a breakwater on the Spanish
Costa del Sol

The recent storms which have taken place in the province
of Malaga in Spain have had a serious effect on several
areas, including the popular beach of La Carihuela in
Torremolinos, which is well known for its many
restaurants which serve the traditional 'pescaito'. The

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future of this beach as a tourist centre appears to be
seriously jeopardized since, as a result of the storms, the
beach and promenade have been totally ruined.

All the local businessmen are very concerned at this and
have requested the central Government to construct a
breakwater in order to restore the beach and safeguard
the future of this area as a tourist attraction. This request
was rejected by the Spanish authorities and a violent
incident occurred when police charged demonstrators
from this area who were calling for the above measure to
be taken as a matter of urgency.

Given the uncertainty of finding a solution, can the
Commission say whether Community funds could be
contributed towards the construction of this breakwater

to meet the needs of this area of Torremolinos, which is
very popular in Europe, as a whole thereby saving it from
its present critical situation? On the basis of what
Community regulations could such aid be requested?

Answer given by Mr Christophersen
on behalf of the Commission

_(1_ _June 1990)_

The Objective 1 Community support framework for
Andalusia includes a priority for infrastructure to support
economic activity. Works of the type referred to by the
Honourable Member could be considered under that

heading.

However, any decision on the matter could be taken
validly under the framework Regulation (EEC)
No 2052/88 on the reform of structural Funds(') only
through the partnership mechanism, that is, by agreement
between the Commission, the Member State and the
region concerned.

(') OJNoLl85, 15.7. 1988.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 576/90

by Mr Jean-Pierre Raffarin (LDR)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(16 March 1990)_

(90/C 312/20)

_Subject:_ Municipal effluent treatment

The Commission has proposed a Council directive on
municipal effluent treatment.

This directive will establish minimum requirements
concerning the treatment and monitoring of effluent and
discharges and will require public _access_ to information
concerning the operation and supervision of sewage
works.

How does the Commission intend to ensure that the

information provided for the public is set out in a
sufficiently comprehensible manner to avoid any
controversy surrounding the interpretation of such
information?

WRITTEN QUESTION No 689/90

by Mrs Mary Banotti (PPE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(23 March 1990)_

(90/C 312/21)

_Subject:_ Municipal waste water Directive — - public
information

Could the Commission inform me how it proposes to
make available to the public information on the operation
of and monitoring the discharges from waste treatment
plants as mentioned in the proposed new waste water
Directive ( [l] ) ?

(') COM(89) 518 final.

Joint answer to Written Question Nos 576/90 and 689/90
given by Mr Ripa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(18 June 1990)_

The proposal for a Council Directive concerning
municipal waste water treatment (') deals with the
question of public information in Article 15.

The article lays down the following requirements:

— information related to treatment plants should be
made available to the public upon request;

— the detailed arrangements for the provision of
information shall be determined by the. competent
authorities. The form shall be accessible and

comprehensive (a list is given in paragraph 1);

— concerning results of the monitoring of discharges
from the plants and the amount and composition of
sludge the local public shall also be informed in the
most appropriate way, for example by publication in
local newspapers, by bill posting or at the offices of
the relevant operating body;

— each year the relevant authorities shall publish and
disseminate a situation report on the disposal*of
municipal waste water and sludge in their area.

The Commission finds the question of public information
of great importance for the public understanding of the

No C 312/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 12. 90

efforts made to improve the quality of the aquatic
environment, as well as for the proper implementation of
the Directive.

Furthermore, the Council has recently agreed on a
directive on public access to information concerning the
environment. This text establishes the general rules to be
followed by the competent authorities.

(') OJNoC 1,4. 1. 1990.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 578/90

by Mr Jose Happart (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(16 March 1990)_

(90/C 312/22)

_Subject:_ Bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE

'Mad cow disease', which is prevalent in the United
Kingdom appears to originate from sheep suffering from
a brain disease whose carcases are used in the

manufacture of foodstuffs for cattle, poultry and pigs.

This illness is also transmissible to the human race.

What measures have been taken to protect animal and
public health?

What measures is the Commission taking to put an end to
such practices in the feeding of livestock?

What compensation is envisaged for breeders who have
suffered loss of income as a result of this affliction?

Answer given by Mr Mac Sharry
on behalf of the Commission

_(31_ _May 1990)_

This new disease of cattle has been studied extensively by
both the United Kingdom authorities and scientists and
by the Commission. There is no evidence at present that it
is transmissible to humans. However, based on studies on
similar diseases, it has been possible to identify the animal
tissues most likely to carry infection, if any risk should
eventually be identified. These tissues have accordingly
been banned from sale for human consumption in the
United Kingdom, and for export from the United
Kingdom to other Member States, as an extreme
precautionary measure. Furthermore, the export from the
United Kingdom of live cattle for slaughter after the age
of 6 months has also been banned.

The situation with respect to the presumed source of
infection, i.e. meat and bone meal, is under study,
particularly with respect to the efficacity of rendering
processes. The use of such material for ruminant feedstuff
has already been banned in the United Kingdom.

Compensation to herd owners is the responsibility of the
Member State. It is currently being paid at 100% of
market value.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 634/90

by Mr Marc Galle (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(20 March 1990)_

(90/C 312/23)

_Subject:_ Protection of the Brazilian tropical rain forests
and the indigenous Indians

In recent months the European Parliament repeatedly has
called for measures to protect Brazil's tropical rain forests
and the Indians who live there.

What steps has the Commission taken in response to these
calls?

Answer given by Mr Ripa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(20 June 1990)_

In September 1989 the Commission sent Parliament and
the Council a general communication entitled 'The
Conservation of Tropical Forests: The Role of the
Community' ('). In this document the Commission, after
looking at the causes and consequences of deforestation,
sets out the main elements of a Community strategy for
the conservation of tropical forests. The communication
also takes account of the social and human consequences
of deforestation, in particular its effect on the indigenous
forest peoples whose basic rights are being ignored.

The Commission's communication is now being discussed
within the Council. Parliament has not yet delivered its
opinion.

Taking the views of the Council and Parliament into
account, the Commission will then look at what must be
done to ensure better protection of the tropical forests
and indigenous forest peoples.

(') OJNoC264, 16.10.1989.

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WRITTEN QUESTION No 644/90

byMrElioDiRupo(S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(20 March 1990)_

(90/C 312/24)

_Subject:_ Price of cars

According to an inquiry carried out in 1989 by the
European Bureau of Consumers' Union the price of a
given vehicle model sometimes differs excessively from
one Member State to another. In some cases this

difference amounts to over 70 % of the price, despite the
fact that economic convergence is one of the objectives of
the Single European Market.

At the same time, consumers wishing to take advantage of
these price differences meet with numerous obstacles
from certain manufacturers or concessionaires: refusal to

give guarantees, excessively long delivery periods, etc.
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 123/85 ('), however,
specifically states that the consumer must be able to
purchase a vehicle in a Member State of his choice under
the same conditions as a citizen resident in that Member

State.

In addition, other Member States make it difficult to
import vehicles purchased in another Member State by
refusing to register it, insisting on long and excessively
costly administrative formalities etc.

What measures does the Commission intend to take in

response to the above abuses?

O OJNoL15, 18. 1.1985,p. 16.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 919/90

by Mr Adrien Zeller (PPE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(17 April 1990)_

(90/C 312/25)

_Subject:_ The Single Market in cars

According to an inquiry carried out by a European
consumers organization, the automobile market is more
fragmented and less competitive than two years ago.

In 1987 the average pre-tax price difference between the
United Kingdom and Belgium was 19%, and is now 31 %.
The same cars are now almost 50% less expensive in
Denmark than in Spain, Italy or Ireland. In Paris or
Munich the prices are 32%—40% higher than in
Copenhagen.

According to the consumers organization, however, there
are still a number of obstacles which prevent free
competition in the automobile sector. Governments and
car manufacturers frequently try to restrict direct
importation by various means, all of which are illegal:

— dealers or agents for any particular make refuse to
apply guarantees on cars purchased abroad;

— they refuse to sell cars to foreigners or to provide
them with certain types of car, even if they are listed
in the catalogue;

— they lay down unreasonable periods or charge
excessive costs for technical formalities and

registration.

Is the Commission aware of these practices and can it
confirm these findings?

Does it not consider that these disparities and practices
are anomalous and are an infringement of the principle of
free movement of goods in Europe?

Given the situation and in view of the single market, does
the Commission not think that it would be desirable to

open an inquiry into price differences and encourage
Member States to take measures to ensure that the

principles of free competition are respected?

Joint answer to Written Questions Nos 644/90 and 919/90

given by Sir Leon Brittan
on behalf of the Commission

_(17 July 1990)_

The Commission would refer the Honourable Members

to the reply to the oral question H-442/90 by Mr di Rupo,
which it gave during question time at Parliament's May
1990 part-session ( [1] ).

(') Debates of the European Parliament (May 1990).

WRITTEN QUESTION No 684/90

by Mr Dimitrios Nianias (RDE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(23 March 1990)_

(90/C 312/26)

_Subject:_ Modernization of the Greek textile industry

The textile industry accounts for approximately 20% of
Greek production, employs 120 000 workers and has an
important influence on the evolution of Greece's balance
of trade, since exports of textile products amounted to
$1363 million in 1988.

In view of the strategic importance of that sector for
Greece's national economy, what measures does the
Commission intend to take to support the modernization
of the Greek textile industry by promoting the relevant
financing in the form of a loan from the European
Investment Bank?

No C 312/16 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 12. 90

Answer given by Mr Bangemann
on behalf of the Commission

_(5 September 1990)_

Within the parameters set by Community policy regarding
the textile sector, the EIB has financed close to 70 projects
in the Greek textile industry through global loans directed
at small and medium sized enterprises since accession. For
such investment the Bank has provided some 32,5 million
ECU.

In principle, all textile projects which are in line with the
sensitive sector policy of the Community and meet the
EIB's economic, financial and technical viability criteria
are eligible for financing.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 687/90

byMrNeilBlaney(ARC)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(23 March 1990)_

(90/C 312/27)

_Subject:_ Hindrances to the development of wave power in
the United Kingdom

Is the Commission aware of reports (Cf amongst others
_The Guardian . .._ February 1990) to the effect that United
Kingdom civil servants, influenced by the nuclear lobby,
systematically distorted and undermined the case for
wave power as a viable energy source, ripe for
development?

If research and development had gone ahead in the UK,
would there have been a likelihood of Community
support through the renewable energy programme?

Does the Commission agree that other Community
countries, with suitable conditions for wave power
schemes, which could have benefited from exchange of
information in the Community, are likely to have suffered
a prejudice as the result of the hindrances put in the way
of wave power in the UK?

Is there any way in which they could seek redress?

Will the Commission agree to undertake an urgent, equiry
of its own into the potential of wave power as a source of
energy in the Community, paying due attention to the
job-creating impact of wave power schemes?

Answer given by Mr Cardoso e Cunha
on behalf of the Commission

_(14_ _May 1990)_

The Commission is not aware of any non-technical
barrier preventing the development of wave power in the
United Kingdom. According to available information, the
United Kingdom spent ECU 25 million in wave energy
R&D over the past 15 years; 200 different devices were
investigated and 600 reports published.

So far, the Commission has not supported wave power
R&D under its various programmes. Extensive
technico-economic assessments have been carried out, not
only in United Kingdom but also within the framework of
the International Energy Agency. An expert meeting was
organized recently by the Commission to discuss the state
of the art and current project in the field. No wave energy
system emerged as a potential power generator at a
competitive price.

Although the theoretical potential of wave power is
enormous, the potential that can economically be
developed will depend on the availability of appropriate
technologies. Such technologies are not available today.
Therefore more R&D is necessary to gain a better
judgement of the usable wave energy potential in the
Community. It is foreseen to include some exploratory
R&D work in the forthcoming renewable energies R&D
programme of the European Community.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 722/90

by Mrs Winifred Ewing (ARC)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(27 March 1990)_

(90/C 312/28)

_Subject:_ Mid-term review of the common fisheries policy

Will the Commission confirm which parts of the CFP will
not be subject to review in 1992/93 ?

WRITTEN QUESTION No 723/90

by Mrs Winifred Ewing (ARC)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(27 March 1990)_

(90/C 312/29)

_Subject:_ Mid-term review of the common fisheries policy

1. Will the Commission state what changes it intends
to propose in the common fisheries policy when that
policy comes up for a partial mid-term review in 1992/93?

12. 12. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 312/17

2. Will the Commission state which Member State is

likely to be the major beneficiary of the CFP reforms it
envisaged to propose?

Joint answer to Written Questions Nos 722/90 and 723/90

given by Mr Marin
on behalf of the Commission

_(10 May 1990)_

Regulation (EEC) No 170/83 O requires the
Commission to make an assessment of the common

fisheries policy in a report which it is to present to the
Council before the end of 1991.

In view of the Parliament's wish to be closely associated
with fisheries policy and since it would be useful for
Parliament to be involved in preparatory work on the
report, the Commission has invited members of the
sub-committee on Fisheries to take part in seminars, the
first of which will be held in Brussels on 21 and 22 June,

the second in Arcachon on 11 and 12 October and the

third early in 1991.

Since the necessary studies have not yet been completed,
the Commission cannot say what changes to the common
fisheries policy will be required.

Since the CFP is a common policy, all the Member States
should benefit from it.

(') OJNoL24,27. 1.1983, p. 1.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 732/90

by Mr Klaus-Peter Kohler (DR)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(27 March 1990)_

(90/C 312/30)

_Subject:_ Community-wide support for an
environmentally acceptable motor vehicle

In view of the intensifying climatic changes occurring in
the northern hemisphere (Hurricanes Vivian and Wiepke)
can the Commission say:

what prototypes of environmentally acceptable motor
vehicles fitted with

(a) a hydrogen/oxygen combustion engine,

(b) a combined drive assembly powered by an
exchangeable battery unit and a gyroscope, or

(c) a combustion engine which can be run on
alcohol-enriched fuel

are currently being put through usability trials by the
European car industry, and why they are not - being
series-produced?

why it does not adopt a Directive on certification for
environmentally acceptable motor vehicles which
recommends that the relevant Member State authorities

grant a five-year tax exemption in respect of motor
vehicles with very low pollutant-emission levels?

why it does not fund special exhibitions, during the
annual car shows held in the Member States, at which
motor vehicles with very low pollutant-emission levels
would regularly be on sale?

Answer given by Mr Bangemann
on behalf of the Commission

_(10 August 1990)_

1. According to the information currently available to
the Commission, prototypes and/or small series of
vehicles in the three categories referred to by the
Honourable Member are now being developed and tested
by the European car industry:

(a) _vehicles fitted with a hydrogen engine:_ BMW has
already presented and tested some prototype cars.
However, major problems still have to be solved
before series production can be considered.

These concern in particular:

— the safety of the fuel tanks and fuel lines in the

car,

— the safety of the storage and distribution of
hydrogen between the production plants and the
vehicle filling stations and

— the overall energy balance of the system.

(b) _vehicles with a battery-powered_ _electric_ _engine:_

Fiat produces small cars (Panda), IVECO produces
limited series of small buses and VW has started a

demonstration programme for battery-powered cars
in Switzerland.

The problem currently preventing the large-scale
distribution of such vehicles is the batteries

(weight/independence). This propulsion system is
therefore suitable only for vehicles to be used within

towns.

Some manufacturers (VW, Mercedes, Fiat) are now
looking at the viability of hybrid systems in which the
vehicle is propelled by an electric engine in town and
by an internal combustion engine outside of urban

centres.

This concept is more flexible than electric propulsion
alone but it poses economic problems in view of the
degree of technical complexity.

No C 312/18 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 12. 90

(c) _combustion engine vehicles operating on a mixture of_
_petrol and alcohol:_

Nearly all manufacturers have developed this kind of
engine which does not pose any major technical
difficulties. The only outstanding question concerns
the production of fuel for which various substitution
fuel concepts are currently competing with each
other, mainly from the economic viewpoint. Only
when it has been decided, preferably at the
Community level, which concept to adopt will the car
industry be able to consider series production of such
engines.

2. The Commission presented a proposal for a
directive on 2 February 1990 on the introduction of strict
European emission standards for all private cars ('). The
Directive would even allow the Member States the

possibility of granting tax incentives to manufacturers
who built cars to these standards in advance of their

adoption. The main aim is the development and rapid
introduction onto the market of 'clean' technologies.

3. The Commission has submitted to the Community
bodies a major multiannual research programme on
'clean' cars. The programme includes _inter alia_ the
development and demonstration of the concepts referred
to in 1 above. Although the programme has not yet been
laid down in detail, it is quite clear that adequate publicity
will have to be given to the vehicles developed under the
various research projects.

O OJNoC81,30.3. 1990.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 733/90

by Mr Heinz Kohler (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(27 March 1990)_

(90/C 312/31)

_Subject:_ MEPs' question to the Commission

MEPs frequently ask the Commission to state what
funding has been made available, under the European
Community's various assistance programmes, for the
constituencies or countries they represent (e.g. Written
Question No 1313/89 (») by Mr Walter).

1. Can the Commission say what are the organizational
difficulties presented by such questions?

2. Does the Commission run database available to

officials for answering such questions? If so, which
are the departments concerned?

3. In the Commission's view, would it be useful and
feasible to create a central database enabling the
information required to be provided, on the basis of

relevant criteria, as quickly as possible? Will the
Commission take the appropriate action?

(') OJ No C 90, 9. 4. 1990, p. 33.

Answer given by Mr Christophersen
on behalf of the Commission

_(6 June 1990)_

The answers to Parliamentary questions go well beyond
the confines of mere numbers and so require information
from the various Directorates-General responsible for
managing the structural Funds and from the EIB to be
centralized and harmonized.

This coordinating role is the responsibility of DG XXII,
which drafts the final answer after harmonizing the
information received as far as possible.

In general, the departments which manage the financial
instruments regularly provide information on specific
aspect of assistance under the various instruments direct
to Members who so request.

A data base, IFC (Community Financial Instruments),
currently managed by DG XXII, has existed since 1982.

This is a documentary base which shows, in ECU and in
national currency, commitments of all Community
assistance and loans, broken down by Member States
(NUTS I—II—III) ('). The Commission is sending direct
to the Honourable Member and to Parliament's

Secretariat a full list of the financial instruments in the

IFC base.

The IFC base provides information which is reliable and,
in most cases, reasonably up to date.

(') NUTS — Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistical
Purposes.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 750/90

by Mr Hemmo Muntingh (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(27 March 1990)_

(90/C 312/32)

_Subject:_ The shooting of monk seals

Reports continue of the shooting of monk seals in Greece.

1. Does the Commission have any information as to
whether monk seals are still being shot? What is the
nature of that information?

2. What steps should be taken, in the Commission's
view, to prevent this in future?

12. 12. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 312/19

Answer given by Mr Ripa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(18 June 1990)_

1. Information provided by the Greek Society for the
Protection of Nature, the Greek Ministry of the
Environment and the WWF indicates that more monk

seals have veen deliberately killed in Greece.

— two on Kephalonia

— two on Milos

— one on Santorini

2. These are isolated incidents which contravene Greek

law. In the Commission's view, the best way to
discourage, if not prevent such incidents is to make the
public, and fishermen in particular, more aware of the
need to protect the monk seal.

The Commission is currently helping to fund programmes
designed to increase public awareness of the problem.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 756/90

by Mr Ernest Glinne (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(29 March 1990)_

(90/C 312/33)

_Subject:_ The dangers of CFC-113 emissions by the
electronics industry

Mr Sherwood Rowland, who in 1973 discovered that
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) destroy the protective ozone
layer surrounding our planet, and who has received many
accolades in recognition of this discovery (including,
recently, the Japan Prize for environmental science and
technology), has, from his laboratory in the University of
California, been making every effort since May 1989 to
stress the specific dangers associated with CFC-113
within the CFC group. Diagrams indicate a clear increase
in CFC-113 emissions over Silicon Valley in California,
Amsterdam, and other locations. He stresses that it is
inconsistent and misleading to combat the emission of
CFCs from aerosols while most of the electronics industry
— with exceptions, owing to the stringency of Canadian
legislation, for example — continues to use and to pump
out CFC-113 (IBM alone produces 44 million pounds per
day worldwide!).

The scientist explains that the current widespread use of
CFC-113 for cleaning electronic components has emerged
since CFC-11 and CFC-12 were banned as propellants in
aerosols, despite consistent evidence to show that the
three types of molecule have approximately the same
capacity to break down stratospheric ozone (').

Hearings in progress in the United States Congress, and
other sources of information, have revealed the absurdity
of authorizing the use of CFC-113 by the electronics
industry for a further ten years, as the latter seems to be
asking. It has also transpired that while methyl
chloroform (TCA), a so-called alternative product,
adversely affects ozone to a lesser extent, its effects are
nonetheless considerable by comparison with those of
CFC-113, and it contributes to the greenhouse effect;
trichloroethylene (TCE), another 'alternative', is
carcinogenic. However, the terpenes — particularly
Bioact EC-7, which has been produced from wood pulp
and lemon peel since the 1930s — would seem to be
feasible substitutes, whose disadvantages (smell and cost)
could be overcome.

I should like to know the view of the Commission on the

above information, the extent of the threat represented by
CFC-113 within the Community, and the specific
measures which need to be taken in this connection in the

context of the revision of the Montreal Protocol and

earlier Community decisions.

(') Mother Jones Magazine, December 1989 issue, 1663 Mission
Street, San Francisco CA 94103.

Answer given by Mr Ripa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(18 June 1990)_

The danger posed by CFC 113 has been fully recognized
and for this reason the Commission has proposed that it
be phased out, along with all other CFCs, by 1997. This
goal, along with the intermediate reductions of 50% by
1992 and 85% by 1996, exceeds the most radical measures
proposed by any country for CFC 113.

In the interim period the European electronics industry
has indicated that the state of development of the
substitute products for CFC 113 is not sufficiently
advanced for them to be able to enter into a voluntary
agreement with the Commission for the greatest possible
reduction of this chemical as soon as possible.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 778/90

by Mr Jose Happart (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(29 March 1990)_

(90/C 312/34)

_Subject:_ Nitrates — main cause of water pollution
through harmful substances

The Commission rails against the Member States for not
implementing Community environmental legislation.

No C 312/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 12. 90

Further to my Written Question No 1216/86 (') on
environmental improvements through cutting the
quantity of nitrogenous substances in use, what action has
the Commission taken to encourage a reduction in the
volume of nitrogenous fertilizers?

Has the Commission studied the effect on agricultural
surpluses and on environmental quality which would
result from a 50% cut in the quantity of nitrogenous
fertilizers used ?

By reducing the quantity of nitrogenous substances,
production would be directly effected and savings would
be made to the budget. What level of savings would be
involved?

What level of financial compensation is granted to
farmers using new, pollution-cutting methods?

(') OJNoC54,2.3. 1987, p. 50.

Answer given by Mr Mac Sharry
on behalf of the Commission

_(16 May 1990)_

The Commission thinks it is practically impossible to
assess the consequences of a global reduction of 50 % in
the use of nitrogenous fertilizers in the Community.

The effects on both production levels and on
environmental quality would depend heavily on the initial
local conditions and the substitutes found for crops or
methods of fertilization.

Nevertheless the Commission is in favour of farming
methods promoting a reduction in the use of nitrogenous
fertilizers wherever this proves necessary, in order to
reconcile agricultural activity and the conservation of the
environment and natural resources. This is the purpose of
the proposal for the 'Nitrates' Directive (') presented by
the Commission on 21 December 1988. Since it thinks

that the application of this Directive would bring about a
more effective application of Community legislation on
water quality, the Commission would like to see the
Council adopt this proposal quickly.

In the Commission's opinion the resultant restrictions
should, as a general rule, be in line with 'good farming
practice'. Therefore no financial compensation should be
paid, in keeping with the 'polluter pays' principle.

Furthermore the Commission would remind the

Honourable Member that Community regulations
already include provisions encouraging voluntary farming
methods which reduce the risk of pollution (set-aside,

extensification and environmentally friendly farming
methods).

- (*) COM(88)708.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 806/90

by Mr Victor Manual Arbeloa Muru (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(4_ _April 1990)_

(90/C 312/35)

_Subject:_ Eastern Europe and the EEC

In the light of the widespread fear throughout Europe
that the attention devoted now and in the future to the

Eastern European countries will have an adverse effect on
the rest of Europe, particularly in economic terms, has the
Commission considered studying this issue at a special,
properly prepared international conference, possibly in
conjunction with the Council of Europe?

Answer given by Mr Andriessen
on behalf of the Commission

_(3_ _August 1990)_

The Commission is aware of the concern referred to by
the Honourable Member. It is also conscious of its own

obligations under Title V of the Single European Act,
which require a continuous effort to promote harmonious
development throughout the Community in order to
strengthen economic and social cohesion.

On the specific question of the allocation of Community
resources, the Commission has given frequent assurances
that any assistance to Eastern and Central European
countries, including East Germany will be additional and
will not be made at the expense of the Community's
poorer regions.

As to the wider economic prospects, it is the
Commission's opinion that it is in the interests of the
whole of Europe that the process of democratization and
the development of prosperous market economies in
Central and Eastern Europe should be assisted so that
they may become important customers and trading
partners for the rest of Europe, for the developing
countries and for other regions in the world.

The Community's economic response to the process of
change in Central and Eastern Europe is being made in
closer cooperation with the Group of 24 industrialized
countries. The Commission therefore sees no need to

propose the holding of an international meeting on this
subject. The views of other European countries are

12. 12. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 312/21

already fully expressed in the coordinating process which
takes place in the Group of 24.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 807/90

by Mr Victor Manuel Arbeloa Muru (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(4_ _April 1990)_

(90/C 312/36)

_Subject:_ A joint survey of drug addiction in Europe

Has the Commission already carried out, or is it about to
carry out, a joint survey of drug addiction in Europe?

Answer given by Mrs Papandreou
on behalf of the Commission

_(14 May 1990)_

The Commission has been invited by the Council and the
Ministers for Health of the Member States meeting
within the Council of 16 May 1989 (*) to identify areas
where further work is required concerning a European
network of health data on drug abuse. The data from such
a network could serve as a basis for the common diagnosis
of drug abuse in the Community as mentioned by the
Honourable Member.

O OJNoC 185,22.7. 1989, p. 1.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 826/90

by Mr Reinhold Bocklet (PPE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(4 April 1990)_

(90/C 312/37)

_Subject:_ Failure by authorities in countries of destination
to certify form T5

Under Regulation (EEC) No 2169/86 the European
Community pays out production refunds on starch and
certain starch-based processed products when these are
used in the production of certain goods. Since January
1988 there has been the requirement in the case of
deliveries of the product to other EC countries for its use
in certain applications to be confirmed not only by the
purchaser but also by the customs authorities in the
country of destination. Proof of utilization is to be
secured with form T5. The exporter is then supposed to
have this form returned with the necessary certification
and use it to claim a refund from the appropriate

authority in the country of origin. In practice however
there have been considerable problems. Exporting
German starch producers for example now find that
virtually all T5 certifications from Italy, Spain and France
for the period January 1988 to December 1989 are still
pending.

In Italy it is stated that the appropriate authority has no
money for sending the T5 forms to the central authority.
In France it is claimed that the procedures for starch have
still not found their level. It is not hard to imagine that
economic policy interests must lie behind difficulties of
this kind.

1. Is the Commission aware of the problems described?

2. What has the Commission done hitherto to ensure

proper certification of proof of utilization by the
authorities in the country of destination?

2. How will the Commission prevent exporting firms
from suffering economic losses through being unable
to claim refunds as a consequence of such practices by
the authorities in the countries of destination?

4. Will the Commission be prepared to allow a
replacement document to be submitted if, say, the T5
form has still not been returned after 150 days?

5. What consequential action to boost free movement of
goods and equal conditions of competition will the
Commission take if the above hindrances cannot be

removed?

Answer given by Mr Mac Sharry
on behalf of the Commission

_{11_ _July 1990)_

1. Yes.

2, 3 and 4. The rules (') now in force should enable the
procedure for the release of securities to run smoothly.
However, form T5 is not always returned from some
Member States. In such cases, the rules provide for the use
of replacement documents accompanied by supporting
documentation. This is still not producing the desired
result owing to an incorrect interpretation of the rules in
force by some Member States. The Commission has
contacted the Member States:

— to restate in detail the terms of application of the
Regulation concerned,

— to prevent the forfeiture of the securities of operators
who have complied with the rules but have been
unable to obtain the required documents.

Discussions between the Commission and Member States

have produced their first results and the position in some

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Member States is beginning to improve. The Commission
is continuing with its efforts to find a solution for past
problems.

5. As for the future, the Commission, in collaboration
with the Member States, intends to re-examine the
problem to ensure that products marketed nationally and
those marketed in other Member States receive similar

and equal treatment. At the same time, inspection
measures will be strengthened to avoid any abuse in a
sector that is particularly open to fraud.

(*) OJNoL189, 11.7. 1986.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 828/90

by Mrs Sylviane Ainardi (CG)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(4 April 1990)_

(90/C 312/38)

_Subject:_ Unfair competition from American maize gluten

Imports of maize gluten (95% of United States origin)
continue to increase regularly. They now exceed 4 million
tonnes annually, to the detriment of the use of
Community cereals in animal feed.

Maize gluten produced in the United States competes
unfairly against maize produced in the EEC since it
benefits from direct and indirect production subsidies and
a zero rate of import duty.

1. Can the Commission confirm that American maize

gluten benefits from substantial direct and indirect
subsidies ? What are the specific forms and amounts of
these production aids?

2. Faced with this unfair competition from maize gluten
professional agricultural organizations have launched
a set of actions against these subsidies. Will the
Commission be at last prepared to forward these
complaints to the appropriate GATT authorities and
to initiate a procedure providing for compensatory
levies on imported maize gluten?

Answer given by Mr Mac Sharry
on behalf of the Commission

_(6 June 1990)_

1. It is impossible to say whether the growth of imports
of maize gluten from the United States is the result of

state subsidies. It is also difficult to determine the forms

and, above all, the amount of production aid granted to
maize gluten in the United States. All that the
Commission can say at this stage is that certain state aid
programmes have probably stimulated the production of
maize gluten in the United States.

2. The Commission is studying the measures called for
by European maize producers in the light of the
instruments available under Community law for
protection against unfair competition from third
countries.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 829/90

by Mr Rene-Emile Piquet (CG)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_{4_ _April 1990)_

(90/C 312/39)

_Subject:_ EEC-United States Agreement of 30 January
1987

To coincide with the accession of Spain and Portugal to
the EEC the United States and the European Community
had on 30 January 1987 concluded an agreement
allocating _inter alia_ an annual quota to third countries of
2 million tonnes of maize and 300 000 tonnes of sorghum
on the Spanish and Portuguese markets, in flagrant
violation of Community preference. The agreement
expires on 31 December 1990.

1. Can the Commission state what quantities of maize
and sorghum have been supplied annually by third
countries, in particular the United States, to Spain and
Portugal since 1987?

2. What repercussions has this agreement had on the
market in maize and on the incomes of cereals

producers in Spain and Portugal?

3. Will the Commission be prepared not to renew
this agreement after 31 December 1990, thereby
demonstrating its adherence to Community
preference?

Answer given by Mr Mac Sharry
on behalf of the Commission

_(7 August 1990)_

1. In reply to the Honourable Member's question, the
tables below indicate the quantities of maize and sorghum
imported into Spain and Portugal, including those
originating in the United States, since 1987:

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world of science closer to that of enterprises with a view
to offering specific solutions after comprehending the
needs of industry.

The successful activity of these offices suggests that this
should be made profitable by strengthening and
coordinating their activities throughout the Community.

Could the Commission indicate what its current position
is with regard to a further strengthening of the
information and coordination role played by Technology
Transfer Offices (OTRI) throughout the Community?

Answer given by Mr Pandolfi
on behalf of the Commission

_(3_ _May 1990)_

The Technology Transfer Offices and, in general, the
interfaces between universities, the research sector and
industry represent a major tool for bringing the research
sector and the enterprises closer together by encouraging
technology transfer and promotion.

Under the strategic programme for innovation and
technology transfer (Sprint), the main phase of which was
adopted by the Council on 17 April 1989, the Technology
Transfer Offices are recognized as an essential element in
the European innovation services infrastructure. One of
the programme's priorities is to strengthen this
infrastructure.

Accordingly, in the calls for proposals published in the
_Official Journal of the European Communities_ for the
implementation of this priority, the Technology Transfer
Offices figure explicitly among the bodies that are eligible
to submit joint proposals aimed at setting up transnational
networks in the field of technology and innovation
management, mainly for the benefit of small and
medium-sized undertakings.

In this way, a number of collaborative projects involving
Technology Transfer Offices are receiving Community
support. In general, the aim of these projects is to
promote rapid technological penetration throughout the
enterprises and to encourage technology transfer between
Member States.

Furthermore, in order to promote a better understanding
of these bodies and their specific features and needs, a
number of studies have been carried out to provide an
overview of the activities and interactive processes
currently pursued by establishments of higher education
and research in their relations with industry and to
facilitate the identification of professional operatives
actively involved in the research-industry interface. These
studies are nearing completion and are due to be
published shortly. They should provide a useful basis for
the formulation of any additional support measures that
may be necessary.

_(1 000 tonnes)_

Portugal

1988

732

703

0

o

Spain

1988

1 982

1 865

211

192

1989

515

512

0

0

1987

615

615

19

19

MAIZE

Third countries

of which USA

SORGHUM

Third countries

of which USA

(') Less than 200 tonnes.

1987

438

420

23

(')

1989

944

875

338

226

2. As regards the development of the market in maize
in the two Community countries mentioned and the
impact of the EC/USA agreement of 30 January 1987 on
this market, the situation in Spain is different from that in
Portugal:

— Portugal is not affected by the agreement referred to
by the Honourable Member. Special arrangements
continue to apply during the first stage of the
transition period (1986—88) and imports of maize
from the world market remain at a constant level;

— in Spain it is planned to import 2 million tonnes of
maize and 300 000 tonnes of sorghum annually
during the period of validity to the agreement,
reduced by the quantities of corn gluten feed,
brewer's grains an citrus pellets. These imports and
the trend towards and increase in local production
have led to surpluses in a market which was
previously deficient. Consumers have therefore
enjoyed prices at about the same level as the
buying-in price, as in the majority of the other
Member States. However, the fall in producer prices
has been limited by exports of feed grain from the
Spanish market.

3. The abovementioned EC/USA agreement makes
special provision for the _access_ of maize and sorghum
from third countries to Spain only up to 31 December
1990. It is planned to review these provisions and other
aspects of the agreement from July 1990 in the light of a
number of factors (').

O OJNoL98, 10.4. 1987.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 844/90

by Mr Carlos Robles Piquer (PPE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(4 April 1990)_

(90/C 312/40)

_Subject:_ Development of the Technology Transfer
Offices

The development of the Technology Transfer Offices has
made an efficient contribution towards bringing the

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WRITTEN QUESTION No 854/90

by Mr Gerardo Fernandez-Albor (PPE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(9 April 1990)_

(90/C 312/41)

_Subject:_ Creation of a European Fishing Assembly

Recent events in the fisheries sector in some Community
countries have highlighted the need for a permanent
assembly to be set up for the Community's fishermen and
enterprises involved in the fishing industry which will
provide a forum for the regular exchange of views and
facilitate discussions with the appropriate Community
authorities.

To what extent would the Commission be interested in

promoting the creation of a European Fishing Assembly
which would assist it in the task of directing and
coordinating such a vital sector of the Community
economy?

Answer given by Mr Marin
on behalf of the Commission

_(31_ _May 1990)_

The Commission shares the Honourable Member's

concern regarding the need for a permanent assembly to
be set up for fishermen which would facilitate contacts
with the appropriate Community authorities.

For that reason it has taken steps to relaunch the Advisory
Committee on Fishery Products.

The inaugural meeting of the new Advisory Committee
was held on 13 November 1989 and since than it has been

active and has held several meetings of working groups
and a number of working meetings with Vice-President
Marin.

The Commission considers the Advisory Committee to be
the appropriate forum for its exchanges of views with
fishermen and the fishing industry.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 891/90

by Mr Niall Andrews (RDE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(9 April 1990)_

(90/C 312/42)

_Subject:_ Brewing industry

What proposals does the Commission have to reverse the
situation where, at a time when the Community is
producing surplus cereals, the brewing industry is short of

malting barley, where between 1979 and 1984 the areas
given over to growing malting barley in the EC fell by
almost 50% and barley was imported, from third
countries?

Answer given by Mr Mac Sharry
on behalf of the Commission

_(23 July 1990)_

Malting barley is generally spring barley with a
significantly lower yield than winter barley.

Producers make a decision as to which type of cereals to
grow on the basis of the income they can expect. They will
therefore only produce malting barley if they can be sure
of selling it at a profitable price. Malt-houses must
therefore take the necessary steps to secure adequate and
satisfactory supplies.

The Commission has informed the Council of its

intention to present it with a report on the quality of
cereals produced in the Community. Aware of the
difficulties maltsters sometimes have in obtaining quality
malting barley, the Commission could include a more
in-depth analysis of the production of this crop.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 908/90

by Mr Jaak Vandemeulebroucke (ARC)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(17 April 1990)_

(90/C 312/43)

_Subject:_ The Braks plan for farmers' income support

According to the Braks plan farmers can earn
approximately Fl 1 050 per hectare in five years.
Approximately 3 500 farmers should be able to benefit.

However, some people are critical about these 'promises'
and say that the Braks proposals are incompatible with
Community proposals.

Has the Commission already managed to look at the
Braks plan and is this proposal in fact feasible under
existing Community rules?

Answer given by Mr Mac Sharry
on behalf of the Commission

_(1_ _August 1990)_

Recent Community provisions, in particular Council
Regulation (EEC) No 768/89 ('), set a framework within
which interested Member States may grant agricultural

12. 12. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 312/25

income aids. Within this framework Member States have

considerable flexibility over the details of any particular
income aid scheme they wish to apply.

The Dutch authorities submitted on 4 May 1990 a formal
request to the Commission for agricultural income aids in
the context of these provisions. On the basis of this
request, the Commission on 2 July 1990 approved a
programme of agricultural income aid for the
Netherlands.

(') OJNoL84,29.7. 1989, p. 8.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 912/90

by Mr Mihail Papayannakis (GUE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(17 April 1990)_

(90/C 312/44)

_Subject:_ Construction of a hotel complex in a wetland
habitat

Plans exist to construct a hotel complex with 800 beds in
the protected area of Nestos, a wetland habitat, using
funds from the Integrated Mediterranean Ministry of the
Environment, Regional Planning and Public Works. This
will involve an investment of approximately Drs 1,6
billion which, from the point of view of likely returns in
the near future, appears to be economically unsound. The
project is threatening an area of 50 hectares along the
beach to the east of the Nestos estuary in Mangana in the
Department of Xanthi.

Since the Nestos wetlands are protected under the
International Convention of Ramsar and under the

provisions of Directive 79/409/EEC, can the
Commission say:

1. Whether Directive 85/337/EEC (') on the assessment
of the effects of certain public and private projects on
the environment was respected and

2. What measures it will take in general to prevent
infringements of Directive 79/409/EEC?

(') OJNoLl75,5.7. 1985, p. 40.

Answer given by Mr Ripa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(6 September 1990)_

The Commission has already received complaints about
the plan referred to by the Honourable Member.

It has therefore asked the Greek authorities for

information on the plan.

Greece has not yet adopted national measures to
implement Directive 85/357/EEC. An infringement
procedure is under way.

Greece has not yet sent the Commission information on
the protection of the Nestos area in accordance with
Directive 79/409/EEC. An infringement procedure is
under way for failing to designate a sufficient number of
areas and for failure to comply with the provisions of the
Directive, in particular Articles 4 (3) and 4 (4).

WRITTEN QUESTION No 920/90

by Mrs Ursula Schleicher (PPE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(17 April 1990)_

(90/C 312/45)

_Subject:_ Implementation of Directive 89/48/EEC on the
recognition of diplomas and freedom of

movement

Directive 89/48/EEC (') introduces a general system for
the recognition of diplomas by the Member States
extending the freedom of movement which already
applies to certain professional categories.

In Italy following the adoption of statute No 39 of 28
February 1990, third country citizens holding degrees or
diplomas may apply for admission to professional
registers without the need to acquire Italian citizenship.

A sizeable influx into Italy of third country citizens, in
particular doctors, is expected.

In addition, it is not easy to assess levels of training and
thus the professional competence of third country
citizens.

What measures does the Commission intend to take to

ensure that the regulations introduced in Italy will not
mean that in practice, professionals from third countries
will automatically be entitled to free movement in all
Member States?

(') OJ No L 19,24. 1.1989, p. 16.

Answer given by Mr Bangemann
on behalf of the Commission

_(9 July 1990)_

Directive 89/48/EEC, which institutes a general system
for the recognition of higher-education diplomas
awarded on completion of professional education and
training of at least 3 years' duration, contains an
obligation for Member States to recognize in certain
circumstances professional diplomas obtained outside the

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Community. However, as with all other provisions of
Community law concerning the free movement of people,
Directive 89/48/EEC applies only to nationals of
Member States of the Community. A further safeguard is
provided by the fact that the obligation to recognize a
non-Community diploma only applies where the diploma
has already been recognized by the authorities of a
Member State and where, in addition, its holder can show
evidence of having practised the profession in a fully
qualified capacity for at least three years in a Community
Member State.

It should also be noted that professions such as doctors,
which are already the subject of a sectoral directive on the
recognition of diplomas, will not be covered by Directive
89/48/EEC and hence will not be affected by the new
obligations described above.

In these circumstances, the Commission does not see the
need for any new initiatives to guard against the risks
described by the Honourable Member.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 938/90

by Mr Gerard Monnier-Besombes (V)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(17 April 1990)_

(90/C 312/46)

_Subject:_ Financing of the Isolella water purification plant
(in southern Corsica) France

Can the Commission say how the use of Community
funds (within the framework of the IMP) for financing
the Isolella water purification plant (in southern Corsica)
has been monitored?

Examination of the facts shows that:

1. At the preliminary public hearing, the Commission
responsible called for the marine environmental
impact study to be fully recommenced (July 1988).

2. Such a study of the local marine biocenoses and the
effects of the establishment of the water purification
plant on two thalassotherapy centres was not carried
out. The applicant simply extrapolated information
concerning mainland France (May 1989).

3. Alternative solutions (such as smaller units) would be
possible but were only been briefly considered.

4. Submarine boring and blasting operations had been
carried out despite the fact that the site of the plant is
as yet unknown, simply in order to obtain the first
instalment of IMP payments (40 % of the total).

Would it not be appropriate to suspend financing of this
project pending a marine environmental impact study and
the serious consideration of alternative solutions?

Answer given by Mr Millan
on behalf of the Commission

_(26 June 1990)_

The inspection visit made by the Commission's
departments in June 1987 for the IMP in Corsica did not
cover the Isolella water purification plant. Measures
carried out under programmes are monitored by means of
random sampling and this particular project was not
inspected during this visit.

However, in order to ensure the good progress of
activities financed by the Community, the Member States
must take the necessary steps to check regularly that these
activities are being carried out properly.

Furthermore it is up to the competent French authorities
to inform the Commission of any project which no longer
complies with the initial project specifications and the
Community guidelines, which so far has not been the case
for the Isolella purification plant.

Should any irregularities appear in this matter then
obviously Community assistance methods would be liable
to re-examination.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 957/90

by Mr Herman Verbeek (V)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(25 April 1990)_

(90/C 312/47)

_Subject:_ Cost of dairy quotas

In the Netherlands, trade in dairy quotas has greatly
increased the cost of the latter. A quota price of Fl 5 per
kilogram of milk is no exception. The Government
obtains millions of florins in extra tax revenue from this

trade, while it is becoming increasingly difficult for small
and less affluent farmers to continue to operate, let alone
take over a holding. According to the RABO Bank, a debt
of 85 cents is incurred for every kilogram of milk
produced by the average Dutch dairy farmer.

What view does the Commission take of this

development, particularly concerning the legality of
capital formation and taxation resulting from trade in
dairy quotas? Does the Commission consider it necessary
or desirable for measures to be taken to prevent this?

Given the experience with the negotiability of dairy
quotas in the Netherlands, does the Commission consider
that measures should be taken to ban such negotiability?

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Answer given by Mr Mac Sharry
on behalf of the Commission

_(28 June 1990)_

Community legislation concerning the additional levy in
the milk sector establishes the principle that the reference
quantity is linked to the holding. The reference quantity
in itself is therefore not negotiable. This is confirmed in
the Community legislation applicable to transfers
(Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 (*)), according
to which reference quantities can be directly and
permanently transferred only when the holding is sold,
leased or inherited. The Commission therefore considers

that the transfer of reference quantities from producer to
producer without any corresponding transfer of land is
illegal under Community law. It is for the Member States
to implement these provisions and, where necessary, to
adopt additional measures to ensure that they are applied.

(') OJNoL90, 1.4. 1984, p. 13.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 966/90

by Mr Jesus Cabezon Alonsb (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(25 April 1990)_

(90/C 312/48)

_Subject:_ Request for information on pollution of the Bay
of Santander

In answer to Written Question No 484/89 (') given by Mr
Ripa di Meana on behalf of the Commission on 4 January
1990, it is stated that the Commission will request
information from the Spanish authorities, in particular
concerning compliance with the directives on the
discharge of dangerous substances into the aquatic
environment in respect of the Bay of Santander.

From which Spanish authorities will this information be
requested?

Has the Commission received any reply from these
authorities? What was the substance of their reply?

0 OJ No CI 39, 7.6.1990, p. 3.

Answer given by Mr Ripa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(18 June 1990)_

The Commission addresses its requests for information
on the application of directives concerning the
environment to the Office of Spain's Permanent
Representative to the European Communities, which is
then responsible for taking the action it considers
appropriate.

The Commission's request for information on the
pollution of the Bay of Santander was dated 21 February
1990 and the Office had two months in which to reply. To
date, the Commission has received no reply.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 991/90

by Mr Carlos Carvalhas (CG)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(25 April 1990)_

(90/C 312/49)

_Subject:_ Uncertainties regarding the Community support
frameworks

Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) is likely to create
imbalances between regions with different levels of
development, and if these imbalances are not corrected
they will become real regional imbalances which will
accentuate economic, financial and social disparities.
There is hence an urgent need to take action to
substantially increase resources and step up support
measures for the less prosperous regions and countries
and offer them some form of security.

The existing Community support frameworks contain a
high degree of uncertainty since they were drawn up in
the form o£ 'commitments' which are still not definitive.

Furthermore, the investments co-financed outside the
Community support frameworks have not yet been
decided on.

Can the Commission say whether it intends to revise
Article 8 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 (*) which
makes it possible to approve the framework without
simultaneously approving its constituent parts and, in the
case of Portugal, what the commitments are and how they
are allocated annually, at 1989 prices, so that they can be
considered as definite for the five-year period
1989—1993?

O OJ No L 374,31. 12. 1988, p. 1.

Answer given by Mr Millan
on behalf of the Commission

_(20 July 1990)_

The Commission, in agreement with the Member States,
draws up the Community support frameworks for
Objectives 1 to 4 and 5 (b). Under Article 8 (3) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988, the
financing plans in the Community support frameworks
are indicative and specify the financial allocations
envisaged for the various forms for assistance. The
legislator wished the financing plans to be indicative as a
compromise between the requirements of medium-term
planning and the flexibility needed if development

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assistance is to be effective. Definitive amounts are

committed only when the Commission approves each of
the measures contained in the Community support
framework.

In the case of Community initiatives, the Commission
would point out to the Honourable Member that the
financial breakdown between regions will be made on the
basis of an assessment of programmes submitted,
following guidelines laid down in advance by the
Commission and published in the _Official Journal of the_
_European Communities._

WRITTEN QUESTION No 995/90

by Mr Gianfranco Amendola (V)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(2_ _5_ _April 1990)_

(90/C 312/50)

_Subject:_ Italian Government decree nullifying the
provisions of the EEC Directives on waste

The Decree issued on 26 January 1990 by the Italian
Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Industry
(Official Gazette of 6 February 1990) on the
identification of secondary raw materials and the
determination of general technical standards for the
storage, transport, treatment and recycling of secondary
raw materials effectively nullifies virtually all the
provisions of Presidential Decree No 915 of 10 September
1982 (implementing Directive 75/442/EEC ('),
76/403/EEC O and 78/319/EEC ( [3] )) on the protection
of the environment from industrial wastes.

What steps will the Commission take and will it initiate
infringement proceedings against the Italian
Government?

(') OJ No L 194,25.7. 1975, p. 39.
O OJ No L 108,26.4. 1976, p. 41.
O OJNoL84,3l.3. 1978, p. 43.

Answer given by Mr Ripa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(18 June 1990)_

The written question has been registered as a complaint.
The Commission will contact the Italian authorities to see

whether the measures in question are compatible with
Community law.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 998/90

by Mrs Simone Martin (LDR)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(25 April 1990)_

(90/C 312/51)

_Subject:_ Price of protein crops

In certain regions of France, peas are harvested before 1
July, the official date on which the protein crop season

opens.

Does the Commission consider that the price of products
harvested and supplied to an initial purchaser a few days
before this date is the minimum price applicable on the
following 1 July, converted into national currency using
the representative rate of that day?

Answer given by Mr Bangemann
on behalf of the Commission

_(26 June 1990)_

According to Community rules, in particular Article 2(1)
of Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85 ('):

'The contract referred to in Article 3 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2036/82 ( [2] ) shall be drawn up in writing
and shall stipulate a price payable per 100 kilograms of
products which is at least equal to the minimum price
expressed in ecu, valid on the first day of the
marketing year in which the product is delivered to the
first buyer, increased according to the month of
delivery by monthly increments, expressed in ecu,
referred to in Article 2a of Regulation (EEC)
No 1431/82 ( [3] ) and converted into national currency
at the representative rate valid on that day.'

Therefore, as the minimum price is fixed each year for a
marketing year which runs from 1 July to 30 June, the
minimum price to be paid is the one for the marketing
year in which the products are delivered.

O OJNoL342,19.12.1985.
O OJ No L 219, 28. 7. 1982.
O OJNoLl62, 12.6. 1982.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 999/90

by Mr Carlos Robles Piquer (PPE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(25 April 1990)_

(90/C 312/52)

_Subject:_ ERDF subsidy exploited for election purposes

The Commission took two months and twenty two days
to reply to my Written Question No 922/89 ( [!] ).

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Furthermore, and most importantly, it failed to address
the most fundamental part of the question. I am therefore
obliged to repeat it.

Can the Commission explain who was responsible for the
fact that a decision it took on 26 October 1989 was

published in _Lanza,_ the daily newspaper of Cuidad Real
(Spain) on 25 October, meaning that it was known not
later than 24 October?

Also, does the Commission intend to take any punitive
action against whoever took advantage of this
information blatantly to influence the elections held in
Cuidad Real (and in the rest of Spain) on 29 October?

O OJNoC246, 1.10.1990, p. 2.

Answer given by Mr Millan
on behalf of the Commission

_(19 June 1990)_

The Commission is unable to say who was responsible for
the publication of the news item referred to by the
Honourable Member in _Lanza_ on 25 October 1989. The
news of the Commission decision was made known by
means of a press release on the day it was taken (26
October) and not before.

The programme for the southern and western parts of the
province of Ciudad Real was approved following
consideration of the programme and with regard to its
content, the opinions of the various departments and
negotiations with a number of Spanish bodies.
Furthermore, the programme was approved at the same
time as a variety of programmes in other Member States.
The Commission does not select the dates on which

programmes are approved in order to affect the results of
elections and so in this case neither delayed nor brought
forward the timing of the decision as a result of facts
unrelated to consideration of the programme. The use
which may have been made of the decision is not a matter
for the Commission, which has no means of controlling
press conferences given by regional leaders after approval
of the programme.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1000/90

by Mr Vurginio Bettini (V)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(25 April 1990)_

(90/C 312/53)

_Subject:_ Iron and steel secondary melting plant in
Cremona: arvedi.2

1. The region of Lombardy has authorized the
construction of a second steel work to replace the existing

works along the canal linking Milan, Cremona and the
river Po. This is an experimental secondary melting plant
to be built in collaboration with Mannesmann.

2. Is the Commission aware that no environmental

impact assessment was ordered for the construction of
this plant?

3. What measures does the Commission intend to take

to ensure that the necessary environmental impact
assessment is carried out for this new plant?

4. Have all the environmental impact assessment
regulations stipulated by Community law been complied
with for the construction of the steel works?

5. Is the steel secondary melting plant receiving
financial assistance from the Community, and, if so, how
much and how has it been granted?

6. Given the experimental and innovative nature of the
plant (of which there is one small-scale prototype in the
Federal Republic of Germany), does not the Commission
consider it would be useful to carry out an inquiry into its
effect on the environment?

Answer given by Mr Ripa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(26 July 1990)_

1 to 4. Council Directive 85/337/EEC (') on the
assessment of the effects of certain public and private
projects on the environment makes certain kinds of
projects subject to an environmental impact assessment.
In the list of projects, annexed to the Directive, secondary
melting plants for iron and steel are not mentioned
explicitly, but could be considered as coming under item 4
(a) of Annex II (iron and steelworks, including
foundries . . . ) .

Projects of the classes listed in Annex II are, in principle,
also subject to an assessment in accordance with the
Directive, when Member States consider that their
characteristics so require.

The Commission has no detailed information on the

Cremona project and does not know, if it has been subject
to an environmental impact assessment. The national
authorities will be contacted to get further information.

5. No financial assistance has been granted by the
Community for this project yet.

6. The experimental and innovative nature of the
Cremona project does not per se justify the exemption of
this plant from an environmental impact assessment.

(') OJ No L 175,5.7. 1985, p. 40.

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WRITTEN QUESTION No 1066/90

by Mr Christopher Jackson (ED)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(10 May 1990)_

(90/C 312/54)

_Subject:_ VAT on taxis

In certain EC countries bus services are zero-rated for

VAT, as are train services. Can the Commission tell me in
which EC countries taxi services bear the full VAT rate, in
which the lower rate, and in which the zero rate?

Answer given by Mrs Scrivener
on behalf of the Commission

_(22 June 1990)_

According to the information at the Commission's
disposal, taxi services are subject in the various Member
States to the following rates of VAT:

Will the establishment of a refinery near the Grand Cul de
Sac Marin nature reserve not only harm the reserve but
also the attraction of Guadeloupe for tourists, which is
also inconsistent with the Commission's desire to aid

these peripheral regions and to develop their own
resources?

Lastly, does this plan not represent an outmoded attitude
in the Community, where the rich countries with stringent
standards still permit themselves to export their pollution
and to exploit accommodating regions, in this case
peripheral European regions?

Answer given by Mr Millan
on behalf of the Commission

_(4 July 1990)_

In the preparation of both Poseidom and the Community
support frameworks for the French overseas departments
the Commission has endeavoured to take into account the

specific features of the areas, including those relating to
the environment.

The Commission has not yet received an application for
aid for the construction of an oil refinery at Port-Louis in
Guadaloupe. According to the information available to
the Commission, this project is now before the regional
authorities concerned.

Any consideration by the Commission of a project of that
kind would take into account all aspects, including its
impact on the environment of Guadeloupe and tourist
development.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1071/90

by Mr Gerhard Schmid (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(10 May 1990)_

(90/C 312/56)

_Subject:_ Protection of children against poisonous plants

In Question No 1262/88 (') I pointed out that seeds or
parts of poisonous plants and poisonous house- or garden
plants may be sold in the Federal Republic of Germany
with no reference to the fact that they are poisonous. A
Community requirement to provide this information
would help to protect young children in particular. In its
answer the Commission agreed to examine, together with
Member States, the possible need for Community action.

In November 1989 the German nationwide organization
'Das sichere Haus' ('The Safe Home') pointed out that
every year 6 000 children are involved in accidents caused
by poisonous plants and requiring medical intervention.

What action has the Commission taken on this matter?

(') OJ No C 195, 31. 7. 1989, p. 23.

Belgium

Denmark

Federal Republic of Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Portugal

United Kingdom

6%

exempt

7 % (urban journeys)
14 % (long-distance
journeys)

6%

6%

5,5%

exempt

exempt (urban journeys)

19 % (long-distance journeys)

6%

6%

8%

15%

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1067/90

by Mr Antoine Waechter (V)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(10 May 1990)_

(90/C 312/55)

_Subject:_ Establishment of an oil refinery with a capacity
of 150 000 barrels/day at Port Louis,
Guadeloupe

If the Poseidom report indicates the Commission's
willingness to take account of the specific aspects of the
French overseas departements and in particular the
fragility of their eco-systems, does not the application to
establish an oil refinery at Port Louis, Guadeloupe, run
counter to the conclusions of this report?

12; 12. 90 Official Journal of

Answer given by Mr Mac Sharry
on behalf of the Commission

_(10 August 1990)_

Concerning the problem raised by the Honourable
Member, the Commission asked Member States to
provide details of their national legislation in this area.
The Commission is still in the process of examining the
position in the Member States but cannot yet say whether
any Community action will be necessary. It hopes to be
able to do so in the near future.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1073/90

by Sir James Scott-Hopkins (ED)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(10 May 1990)_

(90/C 312/57)

_Subject:_ Expansion of hydroelectricity supplies

What does it intend to do to see further expansion in the
amount of energy supplied by hydroelectric sources
within the Community?

Answer given by Mr Cardoso e Cunha
on behalf of the Commission

_(11 June 1990)_

Hydro-electricity is a valuable source of renewable
primary energy, which currently provides some 8% of
Community electricity production. The availability of
suitable sites for new major hydro-electric installations is
limited and confined to the southern Member States. Such

installations require a large capital investment and
Community financial loan instruments may be used. The
Commission is supporting the development of mini-hydro
installations (up to 3MW). Between 1984 and 1989, 133
such projects were granted financial support under the
Energy Demonstration Programme. The new Thermie
programme will continue to support both the
development and the active dissemination of new
technology in this area.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1097/90

by Mr Filippos Pierros (PPE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(10 May 1990)_

(90/C 312/58)

_Subject:_ Implications for Greece of special Community
measures in respect of energy (Council
Regulations (EEC) No 2618/80 and (EEC) No
218/84)

The specific Community measure for energy supply
(Council Regulations (EEC) No 2618/80 (') and (EEC)
No 218/84 ( [2] ) extends to the Greek islands.

European Communities No C 312/31

Can the Commission say what amount of the available
funds has been absorbed by Greece over the entire period
for which this measure has been applied, and the practical
results obtained (specific projects funded and specific
measures taken) ?

O OJNoL271,15. 10.1989,p. 23.
O OJNoL27,31.1.1984, p. 19.

Answer given by Mr Millan
on behalf of the Commission

_(23_ _July 1990)_

The non-quota programme for energy for 1984 — 1989
to develop alternative sources of energy in the Greek
islands, which was allocated ECU 20 million from the
ERDF, was adopted by the Commission in 1984.

By the end of the programme the Commission had
committed ECU 18,1 million.

At 25 May 1990 payments from the ERDF stood at ECU
11,8 million, or 65 % of the appropriations committed.

Under the provisions for termination of the programme,
the Member State may still submit applications for
payment and so the rate of utilization of Community
appropriations cannot be definitively determined at this
juncture.

Implementation of the programme has involved a series of
projects including a study of the geothermal energy field
on the islands of Milos and Nissiros, an undersea cable
link for Kos, Tilos and Nissiros, work on low-enthalpy
geothermal energy and a number of small integrated
projects to exploit alternative resources on the island of
Naxos, mainly for agricultural purposes.

The Commission is aware of the serious obstacles

encountered in implementing certain other measures,
particularly those relating to geothermal and wind
energy, and is continuing to encourage and support the
efforts being made at both national and Community level
to overcome these problems so that as much as possible of
the ERDF appropriations committed can be used.

No C 312/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 12. 90

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1211/90

by Mr Francois-Xavier de Donnea (LDR)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(22 May_ _1990)_

(90/C 312/59)

_Subject:_ Community Flair programme

Thirty-five new projects were recently selected for the
Community Flair programme.

Can the Commission state:

1. how many companies, SMUs, research institutes and
universities based in Belgium have benefited from
Flair funds;

2. the total amount of aid granted to these beneficiaries,
broken down by region (Wallonia, Brussels,
Flanders) ?

Answer given by Mr Pandolfi
on behalf of the Commission

_(30 July_ _1990)_

The 35 research proposals for the Flair programme (')
selected by the Commission are currently at the
negotiation stage.

The aim is for the Commission to conclude international
multipartner contracts.

Since the negotiations have not yet been completed, it is
still possible for major changes to occur, in particular with
regard to the financial aspects.

The Commission is, therefore, unable to provide the
Honourable Member with answers to his questions at this
juncture, but it will not fail to do so at a later date.

(') OJNoL200, 13.7.1989.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1234/90

by Mr John Bird (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(22 May_ _1990)_

(90/C 312/60)

_Subject:_ Acid rain

On 4 April 1990, the United Kingdom's Secretary of State
for Energy announced the virtual halving of the Flue Gas
Desulphurization installation programme for large
combustion plants in the UK.

Does the Commission:

1. welcome this announcement?

2. feel that the United Kingdom is on course to reduce
sulphur emissions in line with the EEC Directive
requiring a cut of 40 % by 1998, and 60 % by 2003 ?

3. have any proposals from the UK Government as to
how these reductions will be effected?

4. Have any plans to make representations to the UK
Government in respect of this matter;

Answer given by Mr Ripa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(18 June_ _1990)_

The basic philosophy of Directive 88/609/EEC (') is to
leave to Member States to decide how they are going to
achieve the emission reduction rates from existing plants
within the required time scale.

On 4 May 1990, the Commission's services organized a
meeting with government experts regarding the
implementation of the Directive and reminded the
Member States of their obligations under this legislation.
During this meeting, the UK representatives assured the
Commission that their Government seriously intends to
fulfil its obligations.

As soon as the Commission receives the UK
Government's abatement reduction strategy it will
carefully examine the problem of the virtual halving of
Flue Gas Disulphurization and of any other decision.

(') OJNoL336,7.12.1988.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1262/90

by Mr Ernest Glinne (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(22 May_ _1990)_

(90/C 312/61)

_Subject:_ Presence of altrazine in bottled drinking water
(FRG)

The presence of altrazine, a triazine derivate used for
agricultural purposes as a general or selective weedkiller,
has apparendy been detected in botded drinking water
marketed in the Federal Republic of Germany. Altrazine,
a relatively insoluble molecule, is recognized by the entire
scientific world as having carcinogenic effects.

Has bottled drinking water marketed in other Member
States been examined for altrazine and has its presence
been detected, even as a trace element?

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If so, can the Commission give the results of these
analyses and any measures which have proved necessary
in respect of certain producers?

Answer given by Mr Bangemann
on behalf of the Commission

_(6 August 1990)_

The Council Directive 80/778/EEC of 15 July 1980 (')
relating to the quality of water intended for human
consumption sets a maximum admissible concentration
for pesticides such as atrazine of 0,1 microgrammes per
litre (Annex I, part D, parameters concerning toxic
substances).

Bottled drinking waters with higher levels of atrazine
cannot therefore be marketed legally in the Community.
In the Federal Republic of Germany the control of the
application of the Directive is carried out by the 'Lander'
which inform the Federal Government. In response to
enquiries made by the Commission the Federal
Government has stated that it has not received any reports
of the presence of atrazine in bottled drinking water. No
other Member State has reported atrazine in bottled
drinking water or natural mineral water to the
Commission either through the rapid alert system for
food or by any other means.

Natural mineral waters as defined in Council Directive
80/777/EEC ( [2] ) do not fall within the scope of Council
Directive 80/778/EEC and are subject to strict conditions
of exploitation and marketing.

Where it is found during exploitation that the natural
mineral water is polluted, all operations have to be
suspended until the cause of the pollution has been
eradicated (Annex II of Directive 80/777/EEC).

O OJNoL229,30.8. 1980, p. 11.
O OJ No L 229, 30. 8. 1980, p. 1.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1265/90

by Mrs Maria Aglietta (V)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(22 May 1990)_

(90/C 312/62)

_Subject:_ Safety problems in the Krsko nuclear reactor

In 1981 a 670 MW nuclear reactor came on line near

Krsko in Slovenia, 130 kilometres from the Italian border.
During its nine years of activity, 80 more or less serious
incidents have occurred.

1. Does the Commission consider that incidents

involving radioactive emissions could have an impact

on the territory of a Member State, and in particular
Italy, and have emergency measures accordingly been
taken to limit the consequences of such an incident?

2. Has the Commission taken the necessary measures to
check the safety of the Krsko nuclear reactor, the
effectiveness of its monitoring equipment and the safe
disposal of the radioactive waste and fuel?

3. Has the Commission taken measures to launch

adequate cooperation between the Community and
Yugoslavia in the energy sector with regard to both
planning and methods of saving and generating
energy, as requested by the European Parliament in its
resolution of 21 January 1988?

Answer given by Mr Ripa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(20 September 1990)_

1. The Krsko nuclear power station is a pressurized
water reactor which was build under 'turn-key' contract
by the United States firm Westinghouse. It started
operation in 1981.

Several measures have been set up in order to mitigate the
consequences of possible future nuclear accidents. In
particular a convention on early notification of a nuclear
accident was adopted in 1986 in Vienna under the
auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Yugoslavia is party to the Convention and the ratification
procedure by Italy is in progress. The Community will
also accede to the Convention, in conformity with a
Council decision of 14 December 1987 ('). Furthermore, a
multilateral agreement between Italy, Austria, Yugoslavia
and Hungary on prediction and prevention of major
hazards and on mutual assistance in the case of

catastrophes is in preparation.

2. The safety of industrial installation, including the
nuclear ones, is the responsibility of the State where the
specific installation is located. However, a number of
international cooperation actions are implemented on a
voluntary basis to ensure a high level of safety in the
operation of nuclear power plants, in particular within the
framework of the IAEA and of the World Association of

Nuclear Operations. An Operational Safety Review Team
(OSART) of the IAEA carried out in 1984 an evaluation
of the safety factures of the Krsko power station.

3. As part of the cooperation on energy planning, an
'Energy Management' seminar has recently taken place in
Belgrade (6 — 8 June 1990) at which discussions were
held, in particular with the Minister for Energy and
Industry, which will help to point the programme for the

No C 312/34 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 12. 90

future in the right direction. In 1990, action by the
Commission will also include visits by Yugoslav experts to
Community plants and the financing of joint actions.

(') OJNoC 371,31. 12.1987.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1299/90

by Mr Juan Garaikoetxea Urriza (ARC)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(22 May 1990)_

(90/C 312/63)

_Subject:_ Banning of dragnets

Has the Commission discussed the question of a ban on
the use of dragnets for tuna fishing in Community waters?

Does it intend to adopt a decision in the near future?

Answer given by Mr Marin
on behalf of the Commission

_(7 August 1990)_

The Commission is very concerned about the use of
driftnets to take highly migratory species and wishes to
see this type of gear withdrawn.

The Community has already introduced a number of
prohibitions on use of these nets in the Community's
Atlantic waters (') and some Member States, including
Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom, have also
adopted prohibitions covering their own fishermen.

In view of the importance of the matter Mr Marin has
submitted to the Commission a proposal for a Council
Regulation prohibiting the use of gillnets to take tunas
and similar species in Community Atlantic waters.

As regards the Mediterranean, on 4 July 1990 the
Commission adopted, for transmission to the Council and
Parliament, an outline of a common fisheries system in
the Mediterranean. This includes a gradual reduction in
the use of dragnets and other gear harmful to the marine
environment.

Within the next few months the Commission will refer to

Parliament and the Council a proposal for a Council
Regulation introducing resource conservation
arrangements in the Mediterranean based on this outline.

Spanish fishermen are prohibited by law in Spain from
using gillnets in the Mediterranean.

The use of gillnets to take highly migratory species is
relatively recent and the Commission recommends the use
of much more selective traditional methods such as troll

lining and live bait.

O Regulation (EEC) No 3531/85, OJ No L 336, 14. 12. 1985;
Regulations (EEC) Nos 3715/85, 3716/85, 3717/85, 3718/85
and 3719/85, OJ No L 360, 1. 12. 1985.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1305/90

by Mr Gijs de Vries (LDR)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(28 May 1990)_

(90/C 312/64)

_Subject:_ MAC-Packets Directive for satellite
broadcasting

The European Parliament has repeatedly expressed
strong support for the establishment of common technical
standards in European satellite broadcasting ('). Despite
the Community's standardization efforts, however,
several diverging trends have materialized in the area of
broadcasting by satellite.

Whereas several transponders (TDF 1, TV SAT, BSB) are
transmitting in MAC, others (Astra, Copernicus) use
adapted PAL systems.

These satellites use a variety of non-compatible
encryption and conditional access systems.

1. In view of the fact that the MAC Directive expires on
31 December 1991, does the Commission intend to
propose to make it applicable to all satellite
transmissions, including encryption and conditional
access?

2. When does the Commission intend to submit

modifications to the MAC Directive to the Council?

O See i.a. report de Vries concerning a Directive on MAC
Packets (Doc. A2-108/86) and report, de Vries concerning a
Council Decision on high definition television (Doc.
A2-13/89).

Answer given by Mr Pandolfi
on behalf of the Commission

(25 _July 1990)_

The Commission intends to make a proposal for an
updated MAC/packet directive to the Council, before the
expiry of the present directive at the end of 1991.

12. 12. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 312/35

The benefits of uniform standards, both for consumers
and for industry are well known. It boosts consumer
confidence and encourages demand for products and
services. It also further enhances European identity and
credibility. The logic of the Single European Market
demands a coherent standardization policy for
broadcasting. A coherent standardization policy is
particularly important for the implementation of high
definition television, considered strategically important
for the European electronics industry, as well as for
broadcasters.

Since the adoption of the MAC/packet directive in
1986 ('), the Commission has maintained close contact
with the Broadcasters and in particular with those
interested in satellite broadcasting. The Commission is
also in an ongoing process of discussion with interested
parties in the television industry so as to further
understand and appreciate their concerns both short and
long term. Of major importance to the Community's
future High definition Television plans is the necessary
satellite infrastructure and transmission standard. The

broadcasting industry is aware of these factors and their
commercial and financial concerns have to be recognized.

In conclusion, the Commission is concerned to ensure
that the interest of all sides of industry, including both the
service providers (broadcasters and equipment makers)
are fully understood before a final decision is made on the
detailed content of the proposed new directive.

(') OJ No L 311,6. 11. 1986, p. 28.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1345/90

by Mr Llewellyn Smith (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(11_ _June 1990)_

(90/C 312/65)

_Subject:_ Euratom safeguards report — Commission's
role in relation to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation

Treaty (NPT)

What is the 'locus standi' of the Commission in regard to
the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)? Has
the Commission participated in the three preparatory
committee meetings for the fourth quinquennial review
conference of the NPT to be held in Geneva in

August—September this year? What role will be played by
the Commission in the NPT review conference, and what
liaison has there been between the Euratom Safeguards
Directorate and the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) safeguards authorities in the implementation of

nuclear safeguards requirements on facilities and
materials within the Community and exported under
restrictions from the Community?

Answer given by Mr Cardoso e Cunha
on behalf of the Commission

_(30 July 1990)_

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons (NPT), which entered into force in March 1970,
is open for signature by all States; it is not open to
signature by the Community, as such, or by the
Commission.

Commission representatives were present at the third and
final session of the Preparatory Committee meetings for
the fourth quinquennial Review Conference of the NPT
in 1990.

The Commission was awaiting (in early June) an
invitation from the United Nations to attend the NPT

Review Conference which will take place in Geneva from
20 August to 14 September 1990, in an observer capacity.

There is regular and frequent liaison between the
Commission's Euratom Safeguards Directorate and the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on nuclear
safeguards matters, including nuclear exports from the
Community. This liaison takes place pursuant to the
provisions of the three safeguards verification agreements
between the Community, its Member States and the
IAEA, signed on 5 April 1973, 6 September 1976 and 27
July 1978.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1351/90

by Mr Llewellyn Smith (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(11_ _June 1990)_

(90/C 312/66)

_Subject:_ Euratom safeguards report — reprocessing
plants requiring follow-up

Regarding paragraph 45 of the Report on the Operation
of Euratom Safeguards (SEC(90) 452 final), will the
Commission publish full details of the 28 statements or
separate communications in regard to safeguards at
reprocessing plants that required follow-up, and what was
the outcome in each case respectively of inquiries
conducted by the Commission into these prospective
anomalies?

No C 312/36 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 12. 90

26%

1%

14%

4%

7%

20%

1%

4%

2%

8%

4%

9%

Answer given by Mr Cardoso e Cunha
on behalf of the Commission

_(23_ _July 1990)_

The Commission is not at liberty to disclose the details
requested by the Honourable Member due to the
confidential nature of the information.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1354/90

by Mr Llewellyn Smith (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(11_ _June 1990)_

(90/C 312/67)

_Subject:_ Euratom safeguards report — personpower data

Regarding table IV of the Report on the Operation of
Euratom Safeguards (SEC(90) 452 final):

1. Why was 1982 chosen as the first year to list Euratom
safeguards personpower available?

2. and what data does the Commission hold on the years
1957 to 1981 inclusive on Euratom safeguards
personpower?

3. Will the Commission list the countries of origin of the
safeguards inspectors deployed in 1982—1988, and
will the Commission update this for 1989?

Answer given by Mr Cardoso e Cunha
on behalf of the Commission

_(25_ _July 1990)_

1. The year 1982 was chosen for practical reasons of
presentation, (i.e. to limit the size of the table).

2. The personal details of Commission civil servants
are kept in the files of the Commission while their privacy
is protected. Data on the number of Safeguards inspectors
starting from the beginning is being collected and will be
made available as soon as possible.

Irrespective of their origin, Safeguards inspectors are
permanent civil servants of the Commission.

3. The origin of Safeguards inspectors is a follows
(status ljune 1990).

However, the Commission does not wish to give
impression that a European civil servant could not be
deployed for safeguards tasks anywhere within the
European Community.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1355/90

by Mr Llewellyn Smith (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(11_ _June 1990)_

(90/C 312/68)

_Subject:_ Euratom safeguards report — paragraphs 72 (b)

and (c)

In regard to paragraph 72 (b) of the Report on the
Operation of Euratom Safeguards (SEC(90) 452 final),
will the Commission make a statement on any additional
safeguarding difficulties (in terms of technical
measurement, access, inventory control, etc.) posed by the
increasing use of mixed plutonium-uranium oxide ('M o
X') nuclear fuel in Community nuclear installations?

In regard to paragraph 72 (c), will the Commission make
a statement on the specific requirements needed in
safeguards person-power to implement satisfactory
regimes at complex 'mixed' installations in the
Community, and how do these requirements differ
between Member States where such mixed installations

exist?

Answer given by Mr Cardoso e Cunha
on behalf of the Commission

_(27 July 1990)_

Reference is made to paragraphs 100 to 106 of the Report
on the Operation of Euratom Safeguards where the
additional safeguarding challenges in terms of technical
measures, access etc. are described in detail.

The Commission does not expect specific requirements in
safeguards resources due to the mixed character of
installations in the Community since it is the objective of

Belgium
Denmark

Federal Rep. of Germany
Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands

Portugal
United Kingdom

12. 12.90 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 312/37

the Commission to safeguard the nuclear material at
mixed installations in a way that there is no net loss in
quantity and quality of the civil material.

In the opinion of the Commission requirements for
Safeguards at mixed installations do not differ between
Member States but are specific for the installations under'
Safeguards, the determining factor being the nuclear
technology used at such installations, i.e. whether the
plants are of a design taking into account safeguarding
requirements or where constructed at a time when
safeguards considerations did not play a major role.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1356/90

by Mr Llwellyn Smith (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(11 June 1990)_

(90/C 312/69)

_Subject:_ Euratom safeguards report — loss of equipment

In regard to paragraph 76 of the Report on the Operation
Euratom Safeguards (SEC(90) 452 final), have any of the
items of Euratom safeguards equipment ever been lost
temporarily or permanently whilst in operational use or
transit between facilities and, if so, will the Commission
give details of each incident to date?

Answer given by Mr Cardoso e Cunha
on behalf of the Commission

_(25 July 1990)_

The Commission is not aware of any equipment listed in
the paragraph 76 of the Report having ever been lost
temporarily or permanently, whilst in operational use or
transit between facilities.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1361/90

by Mr Llewellyn Smith (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(11 June 1990)_

(90/C 312/70)

_Subject:_ Euratom report — large scale reprocessing plant
working group

In regard to paragraph 105 of the Report on the
Operation of Euratom Safeguards (SEC(90) 452 final), is
the Commission participating fully with the LASCAR
(Large Scale Reprocessing Plant) working group, and
what commitment in terms of person-power has been
made to LASCAR since its inception?

Answer given by Mr Cardoso e Cunha
on behalf of the Commission

_(23 July 1990)_

The Commission services participate fully in the Large
Scale Reprocessing Plant Working Group. The
commitment in terms of manpower to LASCAR of
Commission staff has been less than 40 working days.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1369/90

by Mr Arturo Escuder Croft (PPE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(11_ _June 1990)_

(90/C 312/71)

_Subject:_ EIB loans in Spain

According to the Commission EIB loans in Spain
increased to ECU 510 million in 1989.

1. How much of the ECU 510 million was earmarked for

small and medium-sized undertakings?

2. In 1989 what was the average rate of interest applied
by the EIB to its loans to Spanish small and
medium-sized undertakings?

3. In 1990 what average rate of interest is being applied
by the EIB to its loans to Spanish SMUs?

4. In 1989 what average rate of interest was applied by
the EIB to its loans to German and British SMUs?

Answer given by Mr Christophersen
on behalf of the Commission

_(22 August 1990)_

1. New loans granted by the EIB in Spain amounted to
ECU 1 541,7 million in 1989, of which ECU 215,5 million
were global loans for the financing of investment by
SMEs in the industrial and related services, agriculture
and agricultural processing sectors. Through global loans
already in force, operated by 11 Spanish banks, 752 SMEs
in the same sectors received a total of ECU 368,2 million.

2, 3 and 4. Working without profit motive for the
benefit of the Community, the EIB sets its interest rates,
for each currency, according to the basic rule: cost of its
borrowings + 0,15% to cover operating expenses. The
rates are continuously adapted to market conditions; they
do not vary according to location, type of project or
nationality of borrower.

As regards the funds on-lent from global loans, which
enable the financial intermediaries who receive them to

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diversify their resources and extend their long-term
financing capacity in favour of SMEs, an appropriate
margin is added to cover the intermediary's own
administrative costs and the degree of risk, which are
charged to the final beneficiaries. Moreover, the
expanding number of institutions and banks acting as
intermediaries encourages competition and has a
dampening effect on the margins charged.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1380/90

by Mr Alex Smith (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(11_ _June 1990)_

(90/C 312/72)

_Subject:_ Euratom safeguards regulations

Pursuant to the reply by the Council to the Hon. Member
for South of Scotland (H-213/90) (') on Euratom
Safeguards Regulations, will the Commission state on
how many occasions, on what dates and for what purpose
any minor technical adjustments have been made by the
Commission to the Annexes to Commission Regulation
(Euratom) No 3227/76 ( [2] ), and what future plans the
Commission has to make further changes to this
Regulation?

(') Debates of the European Parliament No 3-389 (April 1990).
( [2] ) OJNoL363,31. 12. 1976, p. 1.

Answer given by Mr Cardoso e Cunha
on behalf of the Commission

_(23_ _July 1990)_

The first and only minor technical adjustment to
Regulation (Euratom) No 3227/76 has been made by the
Commission in Regulation (Euratom) No 220/90 (') to
introduce a new inventory change code MP.

(') OJNoL22,27. 1. 1990, p. 56.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1382/90

by Mr Alex Smith (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(11_ _June 1990)_

(90/C 312/73)

_Subject:_ Euratom safeguards report — frequency of
preparation and publication

Regarding paragraph 2 of the Report on the Operation of
Euratom Safeguards SEC(90) 452 final, of 19 March
1990, will the Commission clarify

1. how often the Euratom Safeguards report will be
prepared and

2. how often the report will be published?

Answer given by Mr Cardoso e Cunha
on behalf of the Commission

_(23_ _July 1990)_

The Commission envisages that the Euratom Safeguards
Operation Report will be prepared biannually and
addressed to the Council and to the European Parliament.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1384/90

by Mr Alex Smith (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(11_ _June 1990)_

(90/C 312/74)

_Subject:_ Euratom safeguards report — 'mixed facilities'

Regarding paragraph 46 (d) of the Report on the
Operation of Euratom Safeguards SEC(90) 452 final, will
the Commission list in detail all improvements in
safeguards implementation at 'mixed' facilities that have
taken place

1. in the time period covered by the Report and

2. subsequently?

Answer given by Mr Cardoso e Cunha
on behalf of the Commission

_(2_ _5_ _July 1990)_

In line with Commission policy to implement safeguards
at mixed installations so that there is no net loss in

quantity and quality of the civil nuclear material handled,
stored or processed there, a large number of
improvements to safeguards implementations at such
installations have taken place during the time period
covered by the report.

The improvements include the establishment of
accountancy procedures, particular safeguards
provisions, non-destructive assay measurements,
destructive analyses, containment and surveillance

measures.

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WRITTEN QUESTION No 1404/90

by Miss Christine Oddy (S)

to the Council of the European Communities

_(13 June 1990)_

(90/C 312/75)

_Subject:_ Oppression of Sikhs in the Punjab

When was the oppression of Sikhs in the Punjab last
discussed in the Council of Ministers?

If the oppression of Sikhs has not been discussed by the
Council of Ministers within the last year will the Council
discuss this subject as a matter of urgency at the next
Council of Ministers meeting?

Answer

_(12 November 1990)_

The question of the Sikhs in the Punjab has not recently
been discussed within the framework of the European
Political Cooperation. However, it may be said that the
position of the Twelve on questions of human rights is
well known to the Government of India. They continue to
follow closely and with great interest events and
developments in the region.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1415/90

by Sir James Scott-Hopkins (ED)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(13 June 1990)_

(90/C 312/76)

_Subject:_ Safety of garden tools

What does the Commission intend to do to improve
minimum safety standards for garden power tools
manufactured and sold in the Community?

Answer given by Mr Bangemann
on behalf of the Commission

_(10 August 1990)_

The Commission is aware of the large number of
accidents caused by garden power tools.

While it is impossible to avoid such accidents completely,
particularly if the tools are used without the necessary
precautions being taken or by children, it is nonetheless
possible to reduce the number and the potential impact by
laying down safety rules. The Commission has already
taken measures to this end. Garden power tools of all
kinds satisfy the definition laid down by Council
Directive 89/392/EEC of 14 June 1989 on the

approximation of the laws of the Member States relating
to machinery ( [l] ). As a result, they are covered by this
directive and by the amendments to it concerning

machinery the mobility of which presents a hazard
currently under discussion in the Council and the
European Parliament ( [2] ).

The directive, which was drawn up with a view to
ensuring a high level of safety in accordance with
Article 100 A (3) of the EEC Treaty, will undoubtedly
enhance the safety of power garden tools once it comes
into force in January 1993. Moreover, it requires that all
equipment be accompanied by instructions in the
language of the user, stating ways in which it should not
be used, and the precautions to be observed (minimum
age of the user, use away from children, what to do when
the equipment is not in use, etc.).

Hazards of electrical origin are covered by Council
Directive 73/23/EEC on the harmonization of the laws

of Member States relating to electrical equipment
designed for use within certain voltage limits ( [3] ).

On the basis of these directives, the European
Committees for Standardization (CEN) and
Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) are to
amend some existing standards and establish new
standards, with a view to improving safety levels.

Finally, the Commission's consumer policy departments
are currently engaged in drawing up a programme of
priorities as regards the safety of consumer products. The
programme has already singled out garden tools as a
priority area, and must now define the measures to be
taken in relation to these products.

(') OJNoL 183,29.6. 1989.
O COM(89) 624 final.
(') OJ No L _77,_ 26. 3. 1973.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1431/90

by Mr Gerardo Fernandez-Albor (PPE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(13 June 1990)_

(90/C 312/77)

_Subject:_ Community rules for the settling of disputes

In various Community capitals research and
consideration are at present being devoted to what has
been termed 'alternative justice', which consists of
mediation, based on the principle of equity and is
intended to replace legal processes since, according to
some experts, the major problems of our prosperous
society, characterized by rules imposed by the market, are
not satisfactorily solved by legal means. Since mediation is
being established as an important instrument for settling
disputes, particularly in the commercial sector, does the
Commission not consider that a unified general set of
rules should be laid down to be used by mediators in the

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settling of disputes — especially those of a commercial
economic nature — which by serving as an alternative
form of justice may make a contribution to Community
society in general and to settling disputes which may arise
in it?

Answer given by Mr Bangemann
on behalf of the Commission

_(14 August 1990)_

The Commission recognizes the importance of
arbitration. Nevertheless, it does not consider it necessary
at this stage to provide for Community rules, firstly
because this question is not a matter of priority in or
essential to the completion of the internal market and,
secondly, because rules have already been drawn up on it
at international level.

At present, there are a number of conventions on
arbitration, one of the most important of which, the
United Nations Convention on the Recognition and
Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York
Convention of 10 June 1958), has been ratified by all the
Member States except Portugal. In addition, the 1985
model law on international commercial arbitration, drawn
up on the basis of detailed work by the United Nations
Commission on International Trade Law, could be used
in harmonizing Member States' laws in this area.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1446/90

by Mr Llewellyn Smith (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(13_ _June 1990)_

(90/C 312/78)

_Subject:_ Demonstration projects in the field of alternative
energy sources and rational use of energy.

1. Can the Commission indicate how the performance
of demonstration projects on alternative energy sources
and rational use of energy is assessed; how information
on successful projects is distributed; and what other
action is taken to encourage Member States to replicate
projects?

2. Has the Commission carried out any research into
the replications of the demonstration projects in the
Community? If so, what have the studies shown?

Answer given by Mr Cardoso e Cunha
on behalf of the Commission

_(2_ 5 _July 1990)_

Monitoring of demonstration projects both on a technical
and financial basis is carried out by means of six monthly

reports, supplemented by periodic site visits. Information
on projects deemed to have been a technical and
commercial success is disseminated by means of flag
brochures (of which there are now more than 100),
published final project reports, and any other appropriate
means such as Commission stands at trade exhibitions and

the organization and sponsoring of seminars, workshops
and conferences by the Commission.

The Energy Directorate General of the Commission
ordered an independent study to evaluate its
demonstration programme during its first ten years of
operation ('). This highlighted the importance of
disseminating innovatory energy technologies, as an
increasing number of the demonstration projects are
coming to fruition and yielding positive results. As a
consequence, the Commission has proposed a new
programme, THERMIE ( [2] ), which has been discussed by
the Parliament and which it is hoped will shortly be
adopted.

The THERMIE programme provides specifically for the
Commission to undertake associated measures to

encourage the application and market penetration of
energy technologies. This will include analysis of market
features and potential, independent monitoring and
evaluation of projects and dissemination of information
on energy technologies by a wide variety of methods.

(') Evaluation of the Energy Demonstration Programme on

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy projects. Dr P.
Caprioglio, November 1988; available in all Community
languages.
( [2] ) COM(89) 121. Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning

the Promotion of Energy Technology in Europe.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1450/90

by Mr Klaus Hansen (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(13 June 1990)_

(90/C 312/79)

_Subject:_ Framework directive on mobility for the disabled

In the annual legislative programme for 1990 the
Commission gave assurances that the framework directive
on mobility for the disabled would finally be submitted in
the last quarter of 1990.

1. What progress has been made with the preparation of
this directive?

2. Will this directive finally create the European passport
for the disabled which Parliament has considered a

priority for many years?

Answer given by Mrs Papandreou
on behalf of the Commission

_(4 July 1990)_

The Commission pays close attention to the mobility
problems of the disabled and is well aware that improved

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mobility is a key factor in helping them to integrate fully
into social and professional life.

In its action programme relating to the implementation of
the Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights
of Workers ('), the Commission said it would be putting
up a proposal for a Council Directive at the end of 1990
on the introduction of measures to help workers with
motor disabilities.

(') COM(89) 568 final.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1488/90

by Mr Rafael Calvo Ortega (LDR)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(21 June 1990)_

(90/C 312/80)

_Subject:_ Situation concerning hazelnut production in the
province of Tarragona

The situation currently confronting hazelnut producers in
the province of Tarragona is highly critical and there is no
prospect of any solution. This has caused great concern in
this sector and has even led to large-scale public
disturbances.

The Community subsidies provided under Regulations
(EEC) No 1035/72 ('), (EEC) No 789/89 ( [2] ), (EEC) No
790/89 O and (EEC) No 2159/89 ( [4] ) are inadequate in
view of the fall in prices, the increase in production costs
and competition from hazelnuts imported from Turkey,
which are causing severe difficulties to Community
producers.

In view of this, to what extent does the Commission
intend to increase the currently inadequate subsidies for
the cultivation of hazelnuts in order to reduce

significantly the costs of production?

(') OJ No LI 18, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1.
O OJNoL85,30.3. 1989, p. 3.
O OJNoL85,30.3. 1989, p. 6.
O OJ No L 207, 19. 7. 1989, p. 19.

Answer given by Mr Mac Sharry
on behalf of the Commission

_(31 July 1990)_

In view of the difficulties in the nut sector resulting, in
particular, from the weakness of production and
marketing structures and the fact that these products do
not suit the market as well as products imported from
non-Community countries, in 1989 the Council of
Ministers adopted a series of measures to remedy this
situation and to enable Community production to adjust
to the demands of industry and the consumer.

In particular, these measures provide for:

— additional aid for the setting-up of producers'
organizations,

— the creation of a revolving fund,

— the improvement of quality, in particular through
conversion to other varieties, and of marketing,

— measures to promote the consumption and use of
Community nuts.

The Commission takes the view that, since these measures
have been in force for less than a marketing year, their full
effects cannot yet be assessed.

The Commission does not, at this stage, intend to amend
the existing measures.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1498/90

by Mr Thomas Maher (LDR)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(21_ _June 1990)_

(90/C 312/81)

_Subject:_ Structural funds — scale of awards

Can the Commission state the average funding per project
in Ireland under the first tranche of the Structural

Development Programme ?

Answer given by Mr Millan
on behalf of the Commission

_(2_ _August 1990)_

Operational programmes already approved under the
Community Support Framework for Ireland, and the
corresponding amounts of Community aid, are as
follows:

_(in millions ojecu)_

ESF

485,5

36,6

248,1

118,0

Environmentally friendly
farming

Industrial development

Tourism

ESF exceptional measures

Occupational integration of
disabled people

ERDF

534

152

EAGGF

113,5

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Decisions concerning assistance to individual projects
will be taken by the national authorities during the
implementation period of these programmes. Indicative
aid rates are set out in Table 3 of the CSF.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1503/90

by Mr Gianfranco Amendola, Mr Virginio Bettini, Mr
Enrico Falqui and Mr Gerard Monnier-Besombes (V)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(21_ _June 1990)_

(90/C 312/82)

_Subject:_ Directive on environmental impact assessment:
five years on

1. The Commission is required to forward to the
European Parliament and Council a report on the
implementation and effectiveness of Directive
85/337/EEC (*) by 3 July 1990.

2. The Commission is required to submit further
proposals, if necessary, to ensure that the Directive is
implemented in a sufficiently coordinated manner.

3. As part of the 1990 legislative programme, the
Commission will submit an amendment to Directive

85/337/EEC on agricultural projects.

(a) When will the report on the implementation and
effectiveness of Directive 85/337/EEC be available?

(b) Does not the Commission consider that it should
submit proposals for the implementation of Directive
85/337/EEC in a more coordinated manner and, if
not, why not?

(c) Does the Commission consider that it is sufficient to
amend Directive 85/337/EEC in respect of major
agricultural projects alone and, if so, how can it
justify this?

(') OJ No L 175,5.7. 1985, p. 40.

Answer given by Mr Ripa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(27 July 1990)_

Prior to the entry into force of Directive 85/337/EEC on
the assessment of the effects of certain public and private
projects on the environment, the Commission had already
begun discussions with the competent national authorities
with a view to encouraging the correct transposition of
the Directive into national law.

However, on 3 July 1988, only three Member States had
informed the Commission of their provisions of national

law on the subject. It was only between that date and the
month of June 1990 that the majority of the other
Member States followed suit.

In such circumstances, the Commission considers it more
beneficial to postpone compilation of the report from the
intended date, and to present it in as complete a form as
possible in 1991.

The Commission notes that the initial phase devoted to
the transposition of the Directive is still not complete and
therefore considers it too early to present new, more
general proposals right away in order to further
harmonize the application of the Directive in the Member
States.

However, the Commission already intends to make an
initial amendment to the Directive with regard to
agricultural projects. It announced such an initiative in its
communication 'Environment and agriculture' ( [1] ). The
Commission is hoping to be able to submit a proposal to
the Council on this subject before the end of the year.

Pending the drafting of the report and given the very
short period of implementation of the Directive, the
Commission is of the opinion that it is extremely difficult
to undertake ah initiative that is more far-reaching than
the above.

(') COM(88)337.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1515/90

by Mr Yves Verwaerde and Mr Jean-Pierre Raffarin
(LDR)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(21_ _June 1990)_

(90/C 312/83)

_Subject:_ Protection of the ozone layer: elimination of
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

The total elimination of CFCs in electronic appliances
and refrigeration plants will be made possible only by
perfecting appropriate substitutes.

What incentives can the Commission introduce to

accelerate the development of these substitutes and thus
rapidly improve the protection of the ozone layer?

Answer given by Mr Ripa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(20 September 1990)_

The elimination of the use of CFCs depends on the
development, testing and marketing in sufficient
quantities of chemical or non-chemical substitutes,
and/or the development of new technologies.

The Commission can encourage — and is indeed doing so
— the adoption of new technologies and substitute

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products which do not have a harmful effect on the ozone
layer.

The tightening up of the provisions of the Montreal
Protocol (currently being revised) and the proposal for a
Council Regulation presented by the Commission (')
reinforcing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3322/88 of 14
October 1988 _(_ _[2]_ _)_ on certain chlorofluorocarbons and
halons which deplete the ozone layer will encourage
industry to step up its efforts to develop new technologies
and substitute products which will not destroy the ozone
layer.

The Commission has reached voluntary agreements with
three industrial sectors — aerosols, plastic foam and
refrigeration — which provide for further reductions in
CFC consumption.

Furthermore, the Commission is now looking into the
possibility of introducing at Community level new
instruments — economic and fiscal in particular — to
supplement the standard legislative instruments in the
field of environmental policy. It will consider if and how
these instruments could be used to facilitate the marketing
of CFC substitutes.

Finally, the Commission is trying to negotiate a voluntary
agreement between industry and the national authorities
on a programme of tests (toxicological, ecotoxicological,
etc.) for the evaluation of CFC substitutes, with a view to
ensuring that they will be accepted and marketed in the
Community.

O COM(90)3.
O OJNoL297, 31.10. 1988, p. 1.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1516/90

by Mr Gerard Monnier-Besombes (V)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(21 June 1990)_

(90/C 312/84)

_Subject:_ Building of a track at Ligoleta (France)

In his answer of 9 February 1990 (') to Written Question
No 1183/90, Mr Millan stated that the Commission had
asked the French authorities to supply further
information on the Ligoleta track project, which had been
included in the 1990 IMP by the Pyrenees-Atlantiques
Departmental Directorate for Agriculture and Forestry.

Has this additional information been provided?

It would seem that, in spite of an appeal by the
Government of Navarre (letter of 4 May 1990) to the

Directorate in question, it is determined to complete the
project as quickly as possible.

As the Government of Navarre points out, the track
would seriously affect the habitats in Spain of various
species protected under Directive 79/409/EEC ( [2] )
(Tetrao urogallus, Gypaetus barbatus, Dendrocopus
leucotus, and Aegolius funereus).

What does the Commission propose to do about this
unacceptable situation?

(') OJNoC 139,7.6. 1990, p. 30.
O OJNoL 103,25.4. 1979, p. 1.

Answer given by Mr Millan
on behalf of the Commission

_(1_ _August 1990)_

As it stated in its answer to Written Question No 1183/89,
the Commission asked the French authorities for further

information about whether the proposed Ligoleta track
w^s compatible with Community environmental
provisions, particularly those explicity included in the
IMP for Aquitaine.

The French authorities told the Commission that further

studies were being carried out on this project, including
an alternative route for the track, and that they would
provide detailed information. They also confirmed that
no administrative steps had been taken since the
beginning of 1990 to begin work on the project.

The Commission recently informed the French
authorities that no Community assistance could be made
available to the project without its express approval.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1517/90

by Mr Gerard Monnier-Besombes (V)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(21 June 1990)_

(90/C 312/85)

_Subject:_ Allocation of Community funds to the
Federation departementale des chasseurs des
Landes (France)

Bearing in mind that the Federation departementale des
chasseurs des Landes has made it clear, notably through
its president, that it stands opposed to the application of
Directive 79/409/EEC _(_ _[l]_ _)_ and is publicly demanding its
abrogation (declarations and statements reported in the

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newspaper Sud-Ouest on 28. 11. 1988,, 24. 2. 1989, 4. 1.
1990, 7. 1. 1990, 8. 1. 1990, 12. 2. 1990, 17. 2. 1990, 5. 5.
1990 and 7. 5. 1990),

and bearing in mind that it is publicly lending its support
to the turtle dove poachers in Gironde (see Sud-Ouest of
8. 1. 1990, 13. 1. 1990, 24. 2. 1990, _27._ 4. 1990, 2. 5. 1990
and 5.5. 1990), whose activities are in breach of Directive
79/409/EEC,

is the Commission being consistent in granting a subsidy
of ECU 56 000 to the Federation departementale des
chasseurs des Landes under Directive 79/409/EEC?

should it not first require the organizations it supports
financially to undertake to comply with the directives to
which such subsidies relate and ensure that they are
implemented?

O OJ No L 103,25.4. 1979, p. 1.

Answer given by Mr Ripa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(18 September 1990)_

At France's request and on the basis of the favourable
opinion expressed by an Advisory Committee, the
Commission granted the financial support referred to by
the Honourable Member to a project for the management
of a biotope under serious threat, which is home to
endangered species and is of particular Community
importance. This project provides a major incentive to the
maintenance and restoration of the biotopes in the area
concerned which were threatened mainly by agricultural
practices.

Before receiving financial support from the Community,
the contractor was required to undertake not only to
ensure sound implementation of the project in the broad
sense, but also to refrain from any action not compatible
with the project objective and in particular with the
preservation of the biotope and its species; the contractor
was also required to take steps to ensure that other
parties, too, refrained from any such action. As in every
other case, the Commission will examine compliance with
these undertakings and reserves the right not to make
payment or to recover funds already allocated if the
commitments are not respected.

In addition to safeguarding the biotope in question, the
Commission considers that such cooperation in
appropriate cases contributes to fostering an attitude in
the hunters' organizations which will result in their
working for, rather than against, nature conservation.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1520/90

by Sir James Scott-Hopkins (ED)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(21_ _June 1990)_

(90/C 312/86)

_Subject:_ Kidney donor scheme

What is the Commission doing to promote a European
kidney donor scheme?

Answer given by Mrs Papandreou
on behalf of the Commission

_(6 July 1990)_

The question of encouraging potential donors to donate
their organs is primarily a matter for the competent
authorities of the Member States and the Commission has

no plans to promote a European kidney donor scheme.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1536/90

by Mr John Cushnahan (PPE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(27 June 1990)_

(90/C 312/87)

_Subject:_ Monitoring committee for the structural funds

What progress has been made in establishing in Ireland
the Monitoring and Review Committee to oversee
spending under the Structural Funds?

Answer given by Mr Millan
on behalf of the Commission

_(18 July 1990)_

The Monitoring Committee for the Community Support
Framework has been established and has held its first

meeting. The Monitoring Committees for the following
operational programmes have also been appointed and
have met: Environmentally Friendly Farming, Tourism,
Industrial Development.

The process of appointing Review Committees in seven
sub-regions has begun and it is expected that the
Committees will meet in autumn 1990.

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WRITTEN QUESTION No 1554/90

by Mrs Christine Crawley (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(27 June 1990)_

(90/C 312/88)

_Subject:_ Blood sports as an appropriate source of pleasure

Definitions of sport indicate that they are 'individual or
group activities carried out for pleasure'. Would the
Commission agree that, in a civilized society, when
individuals or groups indulge in activities which either
inflict pain or torture on animals, or which cause or put on
show the killing of animals as is the case in fox-hunting,
hare coursing, deer hunting, bird trapping, and bull
fighting for instance, that that activity is inappropriate as
a source of pleasure? In the light of Europe's increased
awareness of the rights of animals to live in peace, what
steps will the Commission take to stop these cruel blood
sports?

Answer given by Mr Ripa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(30 July 1990)_

As stated in the Fourth Environment Action Programme,
the Commission is very preoccupied with animal welfare
and has already introduced legislation in those areas
where it has the competence to do so.

For instance, Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the
protection of wild birds prohibits the deliberate capture or
killing by any methods of all birds other than those
covered by Articles 7 and 9.

However, in view of Article 130R of the EEC Treaty and
the very localized nature of some of the practices
mentioned by the Honourable Member, such as hare
coursing, the Commission believes that they would be
best regulated at the level of the Member States
concerned.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1564/90

by Mr Jean-Pierre Raffarin (LDR)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(27 June 1990)_

(90/C 312/89)

_Subject:_ Protection of African pachyderms

Does the Commission have any means of coordinating
projects, for example when several Member States
contribute individually to action aimed at protecting the
African pachyderms, to ensure that they are
complementary and effective?

Answer given by Mr Ripa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(20 September 1990)_

The Commission is a member of the African Elephant
Conservation Coordinating Group (AECCG), which was
established in July 1988 in view of the urgent need for
immediate action and international cooperation and
financial support to save the African elephant from
extinction in many parts of the African continent.

The Commission, together with WWF and the US Fish
and Wildlife Service, finances the Secretariat of the

AECCG.

The AECCG drafted an African Elephant Action Plan
and coordinates project development and fund-raising.

In April 1990, the seventeen most important donor
nations and the Commission met in Paris to coordinate

their efforts for the protection of the African elephant.
They adopted a declaration stating that they will
coordinate their efforts for the protection of the African
elephant. They adopted a declaration stating that they will
coordinate their actions, both nationally and
internationally, in order to ensure that financing
requirements are satisfactorily covered and, in particular,
that their measures apply to the entire area in which the
African elephant is currently found and that their projects
do not duplicate each other. African states were invited to
develop specific programmes for the conservation and
sustainable management of elephant populations and to
set up at regional and/or subregional level adequate
coordinating mechanisms, exchange expertise and avoid
duplication of projects. The donor nations expressed their
willingness to participate as appropriate in any
mechanisms, and in any meetings which might be
organized, to clarify the necessary requirements of their
development aid policies and pledged themselves to
aiding coordination efforts by range states in the form
judged appropriate by these states.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1579/90

by Mr Peter Crampton (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(27 June 1990)_

(90/C 312/90)

_Subject:_ The treatment of redundant deep sea trawlermen
in the UK

The collapse of the distant and middle water sector of the
fishing industry in the UK in the 1970s led to the loss of

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the jobs of thousands of trawlermen. The men who fished
from these boats did not receive even statutory
redundancy pay because they were technically classed as
'casual workers'.

Between January 1984 and December 1986, the European
Community gave grants of over £8 million for the
purpose of decommissioning some 225 UK vessels. The
owners of these boats subsequently enjoyed a financial
bonanza as they sold on these boats. None of the boats
was scrapped.

1. Does the Commission agree that these redundant
deep sea trawlermen have been treated very badly?

2. Will the Commission urge the UK Government to
correct this injustice?

3. Will the Commission ensure that any future
decommissioning scheme in which it may be involved
will take into account the compensation of fishermen
made redundant?

Answer given by Mr Marin
on behalf of the Commission

_(7 August 1990)_

Payments made by the Commission to the United
Kingdom for permanent withdrawal of certain fishing
vessels between 1984 and 1986 were made in accordance

with the conditions laid down in Council Directive

83/515/EEC of 4 October 1983 (»).

This measure was aimed at assisting Member States
financially to effect structural change in the fishing fleet
by eliminating excess fishing capacity from the
Community fleet by scrapping, export, or conversion to
another use of fishing vessels where necessary.

It allowed Member States to implement schemes to adjust
the capacity of the fleet with a financial contribution from
the Community of 50 % of eligible costs within the limits
of the budgetary resources available. Since these schemes
represented Member State actions the terms and
conditions were laid down by them.

The provisions of this measure and those of the
succeeding measure within the framework of Regulation
(EEC) No 4028/86 of 8 December 1986 ( [2] ) do not convey
powers on the Commission in relation to payments to
fishing vessel crews. Arrangements for redundancy
payments therefore are a matter for the authorities of the
Member State rather than the Commission.

The Community can assist Member States where
redundancy occurs within the framework of Regulation
(EEC) No 4255/88 of 19 December 1988 ( [3] ) on the
European Social Fund by financing certain vocational
training schemes and providing subsidies towards
recruitment into newly created stable jobs and towards
the creation of self-employed activities. These measures
can be fitted into the various objectives of the Reform of
the Funds.

(') OJNoL290,22.10.1983, p. 15.
O OJ No L 376, 31. 12. 1986, p. 7.
O OJ No L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 21.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1586/90

by Mr Filippos Pierros (PPE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(2_ _July 1990)_

(90/C 312/91)

_Subject:_ Excessive delay in the publication of the Greek
invitation for applications under the THERMIE

programme

The Greek invitation for applications for the THERMIE
programme was published on 5 June 1990 after a three
month delay whereas invitations in all the other
Community languages came out at the beginning of
March 1990. Applications for the submission of studies
and projects for the THERMIE programme have to be
filed with the Commission no later than 12 noon on 20

June 1990. This means that, because of this delay, the
Greek authorities have only 15 days to compile and
submit the relevant documents.

1. What are the reasons for this unacceptable delay?

2. What will the Commission do, to prevent this
happening again?

3. In view of this unsatisfactory situation, by how much
does the Commission intend to extend the deadline?

Answer given by Mr Cardoso e Cunha
on behalf of the Commission

_(6 September 1990)_

As there were some difficulties concerning the invitation
to submit proposals in 1990 under the new THERMIE
programme due to the late approval of the Regulation, the

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Commission was obliged to publish the invitation on
conditional terms and to ask for financing proposals to be
submitted within a very short deadline.

The invitation to submit proposals was published in
Official Journal No _77_ of _17_ March 1990 in all of the

Community languages, including Greek. It also spells out
the priorities adopted and the criteria for eligibility.

In addition, an information brochure was prepared.
There were in fact delays in publishing the brochure in
certain languages.

However, all of the requests for the brochure, whatever
the language in which they were made, were initially met
by sending the English version and stating that the version
in the language requested would be sent at a later date as
soon as it was printed.

In view of the accumulation of delays in preparing the
various language versions as a result in particular of a
logjam in the translation service, the Commission
published a notice in Official Journal No C 150 of 19 June
putting the final date for the receipt of proposals forward
to 12 noon on 16 July. Those who submitted proposals by
20 June were furthermore informed that they could
amend or supplement their proposal during the additional
period.

However, it should be noted that the number of replies
from Greece is proportionally well above the number of
proposals received from Greece in the past during similar
invitations for the submission of proposals.

The Commission will take all appropriate action to ensure
that, for subsequent invitations to submit proposals, the
information brochures are available at the same time in all

of the official languages.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1631/90

by Mr Carlos Perreau De Pinninck Domenech and Mr
Jose Ruiz-Mateosw Jimenez De Tejada (RDE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(2 July 1990)_

(90/C 312/92)

_Subject:_ Safety barriers for roads and motorways

Given the numerous industrial components and finished
products undergoing type approval and standardization,
have any steps been taken to define a common
specification for safety barriers for roads, concerning
height, shape etc.,

If not, would it be possible, in view of the large number of
road accidents, to consider measures in respect of these
safety barriers, which contribute to road safety?

Answer given by Mr Bangemann
on behalf of the Commission

_(6 August 1990)_

Road safety barriers and rails intended permanently to be
installed on building works such as roads and motorways
are considered to be building products within the meaning
of Directive 89/106/EEC ('). This directive aims at the
free movement and use, on the territory of the Member
States, of building products provided that those products
enable the works in which they are incorporated to meet
the six essential requirements, one of which is user safety.

A product shall be presumed to have met said
requirements if, among other options, it has been
manufactured in line with harmonized technical

specifications deriving from the interpretative documents
in preparation which will set out the basic requirements in
close detail.

The interpretative document on user safety will contain
_inter alia_ the results of the analysis of the accident hazards
constituted by vehicles in motion, and will recommend the
priorities and essential characteristics of road safety
barriers and rails that need to be standardized.

O OJNoL40,11.2. 1989, p. 12.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1646/90

by Mr Marco Pannella (NL)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(4 July 1990)_

(90/C 312/93)

_Subject:_ Centre for the storage of radioactive waste near
the Maiella Nature reserve and the Abruzzi

National Park

The press has informed the Italian public of the existence
of secret agreements concerning a plan drawn up by the
Italian military authorities and the ENEA for the
conversion of a former arms depot into a centre for the
storage of nuclear waste in the Abruzzi region.

The area concerned, Monte San Cosimo, is situated near
the Maiella Nature Reserve and the Abruzzi National

Park.

This project is being kept secret partly because elections
are to be held in May and June. This means that no
guarantees can be given that the necessary measures will
be taken for the protection and safety of the environment
and the population.

No C 312/48 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 12. 90

Has the Commission been informed of this, particularly
in view of the twelfth communication which it has

recently submitted to the Council and Parliament on the
current situation and future prospects concerning the
management of radioactive waste in the Community (') ?

Given that the communication invites Member States to

submit proposals for research into the storage of
radioactive waste, what measures will the Commission
take to ensure that this project complies with the
European Community's environmental policy?

(') OJNoC55,7. 3. 1990.

Answer given by Mr Ripa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(3 October 1990)_

The Commission is unaware of the existence of a plan for
the storage of radioactive waste in the area referred to by
the Honourable Member.

The Community R&D programme on the storage of
radioactive waste is designed to help improve knowledge
on the subject, in order to ensure that the choice of
containment system and its components meet the most
stringent safety criteria for humans and the environment.
The programme is not involved in the procedure for
selecting sites.

The choice of storage site for radioactive waste is a matter
for the national authorities.

However, Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty requires
Member States to provide the Commission with general
data relating to any plan for the disposal of radioactive
waste in whatever form. The Commission must deliver its

opinion within six months.

According to a judgment of the Court of Justice of the
European Communities (*), this general data must be
provided to the Commission, and the Commission's
opinion notified to the Member State concerned, before
such disposal is authorized by the competent national
authorities.

The Commission does not doubt that the Italian

authorities would fulfil their obligations under Article 37
of the Euratom Treaty in good time if the situation so
required.

(«) OJNoC271,20. 10. 1988.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1650/90

by Mrs Sylviane Ainardi (CG)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(4 July 1990)_

(90/C 312/94)

_Subject:_ Demonstration project under Regulation (EEC)
No 797/85 in Languedoc-Roussillon

By Decision 87/1223 of 25 June 1987 a demonstration
project was launched in the Languedoc-Roussillon region
under Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (').

The total cost of the project was ECU 267 000 and
Community financing amounted to ECU 200 250. The
project was concerned with energy crops (giant reed).

Who was responsible for organizing the project in
Languedoc-Roussillon ?

What has been learned from this experiment with a view
to the possible extension of energy crop plantations?

O OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1.

Answer given by Mr Mac Sharry
on behalf of the Commission

_(2_ _August 1990)_

On 25 June 1987 the Commission granted aid amounting
to ECU 200 250 for pilot project No 87.70.FR.001 for the
establishment of energy crops to replace traditional crops
facing marketing problems (region: LanguedocRoussillon).

The body responsible for carrying out the scheme is the
Societe cooperative Anonyme INTERDIS of Nimes.

Since the pilot project has not yet been completed, no
definite conclusions have yet been drawn from the
experiment.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1719/90

by Mr Marc Galle (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(5_ _July 1990)_

(90/C 312/95)

_Subject:_ Community aid for scientific research into the
prevention of new viruses

According to the most widely accepted hypothesis, the
AIDS virus developed in the 1970s from a virus carried by

12. 12. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities ^ o C ^ B ^

certain species of African apes. The scientific community
is now sounding the alarmhellsahoutanumher of viruses
that may eventually hecome asdangerous as the AlLo^
virusmhejunin virus, the ^eoul virus, the ehola virus, the
dengue virus and the influenza virus.

Is the Commission aware that, according to leading
virologists, for a relatively modest sum mahout ^ ^ 0
millionayear^itwouldhepossihletostartasystematic,
worldwide detection campaign for the early identification
of potential sources of epidemics of this kindB

Cooes the Commission think the Community could
contrihute to this hy means of one of its research projects
oraspartofitsdevelopmentpolicyB

Is the Commission prepared to draw the necessary
conclusions from the results of virological research into
the transmission of certain viruses and make adjustments
to the common agricultural policy^

With regard to the influenza virus in particular,would it
not heagood idea for the Commission to investigate the
possihle dangers of intensive pig farming in spreading the
virus among humans^

A^swe^ve^hy^LrPa^dolfi

The Commission is aware of the growing concern among
virologists over the possihleincreased impact onpuhlic
health of viral infections. Consequently,the Commission
has, under its research and development Rrogramme,
science and Technology for Envelopment ^ T ^
^uh^programme^^iedicine,fHealth and nutrition in the
Tropics^ since its commencement in P^o, supported
research in virology, especially in PfPV^andf^IV^ plus
^LVand other retroviruses,dengue, rahies,hovinevi^al
diarrhoea, Lassa,Ehola and ^viarhurgviruses.

The Commission is trying to draw conclusions from the
results of virological research hy keeping in contact with
the relevant scientists and adjusting the agricultural policy
according to the state of the art.

It is known that influenza viruses cause pandemics.
Waterfowl are particularly important in the development
of such vi^ruses,wheretheycause nonspecific intestinal
infections and easily undergo modifications. Rigs serve as
akind of mining vessel,which means that whenever they
live in proximity to waterfowl, as frequently happens in
Asia, for example,atransfer of waterfowl viruses via the
pig to humans can occur.

The Commission does not consider that intensive pig
farming is leading to additional hazards hecause for
ohvious reasons these animals are generally supervised
and, in particular, any contact with waterfowl is
prevented.

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to the Co^imissio^ of the European Co^i^iu^ities

^ O B C ^ g ^

^ ^ c r . ^ a n i t a t i o n plan for the heaches of the
Community^s^iediterranean region

There are a numher of heaches in the Community^
mediterranean regionwhich do not meet the sanitation
standards required hy the European Community and
which are affected hy faecal and hacterial pollution
causing health prohlems, which, in the majority of ca^es,
arearesult of the poor waste treatment management hy
the authorities.

Eor this reason, it is essential that the Community adopts
amedium and longterm plan involving local,national
and Community authorities to eradicate the pollution
hlack spots on the Community^s^iediterranean coastline
so that the tourist industry in southern Europe can
develop without having to confront the serious ^handicap^
posed hy the inferior sanitation conditions whichcause
serious hacterial pollution prohlems in several areas.

L^oes the Commissionthereforeintendto take steps in
this respect and proposeafar reaching Community plan
in the medium and long term to help eradicate hacterial
pollution hlack spots on heaches throughout the
CommuniryBs^iediterranean regions

Answer given by Mr Ripa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(14 September 1990)_

The Commission shares the Honourable Member's

concern as regards the pollution on some Community
beaches. It would remind the Honourable Member that

the directive concerning the quality of bathing water

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(76/160/EEC) O requires Member States to ensure that
bathing water complies with the standards laid down in
the directive by 1985 at the latest. The Commission
institutes infringement proceedings in all cases of
non-conformity brought to its attention. At present,
proceedings are in progress against all the Member States
with the exception of Portugal, which obtained a
derogation until the end of 1991.

In addition, the Commission is giving a high priority to
the proposal for a directive on muncipal waste-water
treatment which is undergoing discussion in the
Council ( [2] ). This proposal will contribute substantially to
the reduction of the abovementioned problems by
establishing basic requirements for the treatment of
municipal waste water, taking into account the special
problems in tourist areas. The Commission hopes that the
Council will adopt the proposal very soon.

Furthermore, in recognition of the problems of the
Mediterranean coastal fringe, but also more generally
throughout the Community, the Commission has recently
created a new sector to consider specific action on coastal
zones and tourism. Although this initiative is still in its
early stages, it is likely that one element of the
Community approach will be to reinforce coastal zone
planning mechanisms. In the medium to long term, this
type of action should promote a more balanced
development in the coastal regions, and one which should
reduce the occurence of pollution problems such as cited
in the question.

In addition, the Commission would recall that
recommendations concerning quality criteria for bathing
water were adopted at a meeting in September 1985 by the
contracting parties to the Barcelona Convention, in the
specific context of the protocol on the protection of the
Mediterranean against pollution from land-based
sources. The Community parties to this Convention are
France, Greece, Italy, Spain and the EEC.

Finally, the Commission offers financial assistance to all
the Mediterranean countries in the Community for
implementing environmental protection programmes in
coastal areas.

Funds are earmarked under the Community's MEDSPA
project, and in particular the ENVIREG programme, for
improving the management, disposal and treatment of
urban waste water by local authorities in coastal areas.

Taking into account each of the abovementioned
elements, the Commission considers that it has taken and
continues to take considerable initiatives to reduce coastal

pollution in the Mediterranean, as in other coastal zones
of the Community. These elements already form an
extensive Community plan for reduction of coastal

pollution. The success of this plan will depend on the
extent to which it is implemented by the Member States
themselves.

( [l] ) OJNoL31,5.2. 1976.
O COM(89) 518 final.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1752/90

by Mrs Carmen Diez de Rivera Icaza (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(12 July 1990)_

(90/C 312/97)

_Subject:_ The awarding of blue flags

The awarding of a blue flag to a seaside resort is a
guarantee of the quality of its bathing water and the
cleanliness of its beaches. Can the Commission tell me

what criteria must be fulfilled for the award, who supplies
the relevant information and who checks it subsequently.
Finally, can a resort which has no completed sewage
network or operational water purifying system be
awarded a blue flag?

Answer given by Mr Ripa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(13 September 1990)_

The European Blue Flag campaign is an initiative of the
Foundation for Environmental Education in Europe,
which is also the owner of the Blue Flag logo. The
Commission lends financial support to this campaign and
is involved in drawing up the criteria for making the
awards, as well as being represented on the European
jury.

The Commission is sending the complete list of European
criteria for 1990 (27," divided into three categories: quality
of water, quality of beach, information and education) to
the Honourable Member and to Parliament's Secretariat.

The applications and the accompanying information are
collected at national level, either by a branch of the FEEE
or by an organization designated by it.

The information on the quality of the water is supplied by
the authorities responsible for applying Directive
76/160/EEC concerning the quality of bathing water (').

A final selection of applications is made by a national jury
for forwarding to the European jury, which awards the
Blue Flags. Most of the national organizations carry out
checks during the bathing season. In addition, the local

12. 12. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 312/51

authorities which receive a Blue Flag undertake to remove
it if the criteria for awarding it are no longer met.

One of the criteria in the 'quality of water' category
requires that there be no industrial waste or waste-water
outlets in the vicinity of or affecting the beach in question.

(') OJ No L 31, 5. 2. 1976.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1770/90

by Mr Alonso Puerta (GUE)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(12 July 1990)_

(90/C 312/98)

_Subject:_ Storage of nuclear waste

According to plans by the National Radioactive Waste
Corporation (ENRESA, Spain), waste generated at
Spanish nuclear power stations until 2005 will be stored
on site.

1. How does the Commission view this plan ?

2. Can the Commission give an assurance that these
storage arrangements do not put at risk the
inhabitants of areas close to the nuclear facilities

involved?

Answer given by Mr Ripa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(20 September 1990)_

Policies and strategies for carrying out the management
of radioactive waste are matters of national competence.

The Council Directive of 15 July 1980, laying down the
basic safety standards for the health protection of the
general public and workers against the dangers of
ionizing radiation (') explicitly applies to holding and
storage of radioactive substances. The provisions of this
Directive, which include in Title VII the fundamental
principles governing operational protection of the
population, have been incorporated into the Spanish
regulations by Royal Decree No 2519 of 12 August 1982,
modified by Royal Decree No 1753 of 25 November
1987. Primarily, it is the responsibility of the Spanish
authorities to enforce their national regulations.

Furthermore, Article 35 of the Euratom Treaty obliges
Member States to establish the facilities necessary to
monitor the levels of radioactivity in the environment and
to ensure compliance with the basic safety standards. The

Commission is presently preparing, in cooperation with
the concerned Member States, a programme for verifying
the operation and efficiency of such facilities.

(') OJ No L 246,17.9.1980; OJ No L 265, 5.10.1984.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1828/90

by Mr James Ford (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(20 July 1990)_

(90/C 312/99)

_Subject:_ Identification of ranched pelts

Given that any furrier can readily distinguish between
ranched and wild-caught pelts? (reference: Vinten, F.Jean
Tacts about Furs', Animal Welfare Institute, USA, 1973.
Distributed by the Royal Society for the Protection of
Animals, UK). Will the Commission accept that no reason
exists to exclude any wild-caught species from the Fur
Import Ban on the grounds that some of them might have
been ranched.

Answer given by Mr Ripa di Meana
on behalf of the Commission

_(12 September 1990)_

The Commission is aware of the book to which the

Honourable Member refers. It has, however, concluded,
following wide consultation with all interested parties,
including the furriers themselves, that it is not possible to
distinguish between a ranched or wild caught pelt once
the fur has been removed from the animal.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1873/90

by Mrs Maartje van Putten (S)

to the Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the
European Community meeting in European Political

Cooperation

_(20 July 1990)_

(90/C 312/100)

_Subject:_ Religious freedom in Singapore

The Government of Singapore tabled a bill, 'The
Maintenance of Religious Harmony', aimed at religion in
Singapore, particularly Christianity, which will, in effect,
prohibit the clergy from speaking out on injustices they
perceive in government policies. The background to this

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was the detention in 1987 of 22 persons, some of whom
were connected with the Church, more precisely with
priests of the Catholic Church. As Parliament has been
adjourned, the bill is expected to be re-tabled without
substantial changes.

1. Have the Ministers approached the Singapore
Government on this matter, as it infringes the right to
religious freedom? What has been communicated to
the Government of Singapore? What has been the
Government of Singapore's reply?

2. If no approaches have been made to the Singapore
Government, what do the Ministers propose to do?

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1874/90

by Mrs Maartje van Putten (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(20 July 1990)_

(90/C 312/101)

_Subject:_ Human rights in Malaysia

1. Are the Ministers aware of the recent detentions in

the Malaysian State of Saban of three persons, Banabas
Tapin alias Benedict, Albanius Yudah and Damit
Undikai, under the Internal Security Act? The three are
alleged to be involved in a plot 'to take Sabah out of
Malaysia'.

2. Have the Ministers taken any steps to express their
concern on these three detentions to the Malaysian
Government, especially when the Chief Minister of the
State of Sabah, Datuk Joseph Pairin Kitigan, has called
for them to be given a trial in open court?

3. What has been the response of the Malaysian
Government to the approaches of the Ministers?

4. What steps do the Ministers propose to take if they
have not approached the Malaysian Government on this
matter?

Joint answer to Written Questions Nos 1873/90 and
1874/90

_(12 November 1990)_

The specific issues to which the Honorable Member
refers, have not been discussed in the framework of
European Political Cooperation.

However, as the Honourable Member is aware, the
Community and its Member States are following closely

events and developments in Singapore and Malaysia,
which have a bearing on the human rights situation in
those countries, in particular the operation of their
respective Internal Security Acts.

It may be observed here that the interest demonstrated
thus far by the European Community and no less by the
European Parliament, has not been without a measure of
success. It goes without saying that the Twelve will
continue to bring to the attention of the Authorities of
both Singapore and Malaysia, at the appropriate time and
moment, their well known preoccupations with regard to
the strict adherence by Nations and Governments to the
principle of human rights.

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2050/90

by Mrs Raymonde Dury (S)

to the Commission of the European Communities

_(5 September 1990)_

(90/C 312/102)

_Subject:_ Prevention of lead pollution

Over the last few years there have been several cases
where children aged between one and eight have been
admitted to Brussels hospitals suffering from lead
poisoning. A doctoral thesis submitted to the Free
University of Brussels has identified three sources of lead
poisoning: cars, old domestic water pipes and paint
containing lead. The last two are often found in old
houses.

The Commission is known to be making efforts to reduce
the quantity of lead in exhaust fumes and to improve the
quality of water. Has the Commission also given attention
to the problem of lead in paint and, if so, in what ways?

Answer given by Mr Bangemann
on behalf of the Commission

_(27 September 1990)_

The Commission has been concerned with the problem of
paint containing lead since 1977. Apart from the labelling
provided for by Directive 77/728/EEC relating to the
classification, packaging and labelling of paints,
varnishes, printing inks, adhesives and similar
products O, paints and varnishes containing lead in
quantities exceeding 0,5 % (expressed as weight of metal)
of the total weight of the preparation must carry the
following specific warnings:

'Contains lead. Should not be used on surfaces liable
to be chewed or sucked by children'

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In 1986 Directive 86/508/EEC ( [2] ) reduced the quantity of
lead requiring this special labelling to 0,25 %.

In 1989 Directive 89/178/EEC ( [3] ) reduced the threshold
still further to 0,15%.

In addition, Directive 89/677/EEC relating to restrictions
on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances
and preparations ( [4] ) prohibits the use of lead carbonates

and sulphates as pigments in paint except for the
restoration and maintenance of works of art and historic
buildings where Member States wish to authorize this on
their territory.

(') OJNoL303,28.11.1977, p. 23.
O OJNoL295,18.10.1986, p. 23.
(*) OJNoL64,8.3.1989, p. 18.
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