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# 91998E3351

**WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3351/98 by Gianni TAMINO to the Commission. Second report pursuant to Article 26 of Directive 86/609/EEC** 
  
*Official Journal C 182 , 28/06/1999 P. 0068*

  

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3351/98

by Gianni Tamino (V) to the Commission

(16 November 1998)

Subject: Second report pursuant to Article 26 of Directive 86/609/EEC

In its answers to Written Questions E-2376/97(1) and E-0038/98(2) the Commission said "the report is scheduled to be available by the end of April 1998."

Why has the Commission not adhered to this schedule and when does it now expect to publish the second report, the original deadline for which was 27 May 1997?

Answer given by Mrs Bjerregaard on behalf of the Commission

(10 December 1998)

As stated in the answer the Commission gave to the Honourable Member's Written Question E-38/98(3) the preparation of the second statistical report as provided by Article 26 of Directive 86/609/EEC(4) on the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes was started in 1997 when it became apparent that the implementation of the agreed common set of statistical tables would not be completed before the end of 1998. The drafting of the English version of the report was completed in April 1998.

For the adoption by the Commission the report has to be available in all Community languages. Due to unexpectedly high work-load the translation of the report was completed only in October 1998. The report is now being prepared for adoption by the Commission and subsequent publication.

(1) OJ C 76, 11.3.1998, p. 102.

(2) OJ C 304, 2.10.1998, p. 20.

(3) OJ C 304, 19.10.1998.

(4) OJ L 358, 18.12.1986.

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