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European Parliament

Written Questions with answer

No 2047 / 90 by Mr Gijs de Vries to the Commission
Subject : US Federal Excise Tax ( Supplementary answer ) 1

No 462 / 92 by Mr Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission
Subject : Infringement of the Council Directive relating to the safeguarding of employees ' rights in
the event of transfers of undertakings ( Supplementary answer ) 2

No 643 / 92 by Mr Edward McMillan-Scott to the Commission
Subject : Taxing of foreign residents in Spain 2

No 732 / 92 by Mr Luigi Moretti to the Commission
Subject : Failure by Italy to provide notification of national measures to implement directives on
social and employment policy 3

No 1132 / 92 by Mr Herman Verbeek to the Commission
Subject : Postal consignments of genetically manipulated micro-organisms 3

No 1340 / 92 by Mr Carlos Robles Piquer to the Commission
Subject : Scientific debate of Alzheimer 's disease 4

No 1551 / 92 by Mr Jaak Vandemeulebroucke to the Council
Subject : Interpretation of the implementation of the social protocol 4

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Subject : Shortcomings in environmental policy and infringements of environmental legislation 5

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No 1802 / 92 by Mr Dieter Rogalla to the Commission
Subject : Forest management in Canada 6

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No 1811 / 92 by Mr Jose Mendes Bota to the Commission
Subject : Portuguese projects approved within the ' Science Programme '

No 1887 / 92 by Mrs Marguerite-Marie Dinguirard to the Council
Subject : Relations between the EEC and Morocco

No 1984 / 92 by Mrs Doris Pack to the Commission
Subject : Situation of artists in the EC

No 2146 / 92 by Mr Friedrich Merz to the Commission
Subject : Tenders for the extension of the Italian railway network

No 2237 / 92 by Mrs Raymonde Dury to the Commission
Subject : Textile agreement with Vietnam

No 2312 / 92 by Mr Carlos Robles Piquer to the Commission
Subject : Proposal to hold ' Europartenariat-93 ' in Galicia

No 2507 / 92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission
Subject : Atmospheric pollution in Athens

No 2532 / 92 by Mr Karl-Heinz Florenz to the Commission
Subject : Travelling waste in Europe

No 2540 / 92 by Lord O'Hagan to the Commission
Subject : Tourist boards in the United Kingdom

No 2543 / 92 by Mr Giuseppe Mottola to the Commission
Subject : Production of biomass fuel — construction of 10 pilot plants in Europe .

No 2597 / 92 by Mrs Mary Banotti to the Commission
Subject : Commission 's response to Fayot / Schinzel report

No 2599 / 92 by Mrs Mary Banotti to the Commission
Subject : Competition in the audiovisual market

No 2636 / 92 by Mr Francois Guillaume to the Commission
Subject : Import of bicycles from South-East Asia

No 2659 / 92 by Mr Jaak Vandemeulebroucke to the Commission
Subject : Fourth action programme on the environment

No 2709 / 92 by Mr Gene Fitzgerald to the Commission
Subject : Commission meetings in public

No 2778 / 92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission
Subject : The Arch of the Thessaloniki

No 2790 / 92 by Mr Freddy Blak to the Commission
Subject : State aid to shipyards in the former GDR

No 2792 / 92 by Mr Freddy Blak to the Commission
Subject : State aid to shipyards in the former GDR

No 2795 / 92 by Mr Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission
Subject : Diversion of the Acheloos

No 2800 / 92 by Mr Jean-Pierre Raffin to the Commission
Subject : Infringement by Greece of the directive on the conservation of wild birds

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No 2839 / 92 by Mr Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission
Subject : Greek olive oil scandal 19

No 2891 / 92 by Mr Jan Bertens to the Commission
Subject : Violation of the right of establishment and freedom to provide services affecting
non-German fairground people in Germany 20

No 2894 / 92 by Mr Gerardo Gaibisso to the Commission
Subject : Contract for Community premises awarded to ' Cogefar Impresit ', which is under
investigation in Italy 21

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Subject : Closure of the Alucentro establishment in Porto Marghera 21

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No 2933 / 92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission
Subject : Rules governing the operation of quarries in Greece 22

No 2935 / 92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission
Subject : Establishment of land registers in Greece 22

No 2936 / 92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission
Subject : Modernization of the water supply system in the village of Portaria, Magnesia 23

No 2952 / 92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission
Subject : The plight of children in Bosnia-Herzegovina 23

No 2968 / 92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission
Subject : Subsidy for the T. A. Tamparas Greek Olive Oil Production grading plant 24

No 2987 / 92 by Mr Jose Valverde Lopez to the Commission
Subject : Dumping of waste at Playa de Usgo ( Spain ) by the Solvay y Cia company 24

No 3021 / 92 by Mr Jose Lafuente Lopez to the Commission

Subject : Community measures against noise pollution 25

No 3025 / 92 by Mr Florus Wijsenbeek to the Commission
Subject : Cross-border passenger transport 25

No 3090 / 92 by Mr Jose Valverde Lopez to the Commission
Subject : Feasibility studies for a tunnel across the Strait of Gibraltar linking Morocco and
Spain 26

No 3096 / 92 by Mr Mauro Chiabrando to the Commission
Subject : Failure by Italy to transpose into national law the directive on prevention of the use of the
financial system for the purpose of money laundering 26

No 3105 / 92 by Mr Virginio Bettini and Mr Gianfranco Amendola to the
Commission

Subject : Bird-catching at Pontida ( BG ) in Lombardy ( Italy ) 26

No 3116 / 92 by Mr Max Simeoni to the Commission
Subject : Ecological assessment of biological fuels 27

No 3173 / 92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission
Subject : Delta of the River Ilisos in Attica 28

No 3190 / 92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission
Subject : Protection of Kalokhori ( Thessaloniki ) 28

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No 3207 / 92 by Mr Giuseppe Mottola to the Commission
Subject : Need for European students to complete their studies in another Member State of the
Community . . 28

No 3213 / 92 by Mr Victor Arbeloa Muru to the Commission
Subject : New agricultural policy . 29

No 3234 / 92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission
Subject : Combating field mice in farming areas in Greece 29

No 3236 / 92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission
Subject : Division of water resources between the EEC and Bulgaria 30

No 3247 / 92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission
Subject : Printed matter and VAT in Greece 30

No 3248 / 92 by Mr Jaak Vandemeulebroucke to the Commission
Subject : Support for consumer initiatives ( Supplementary answer ) 31

No 3294 / 92 by Mr Carlos Robles Piquer to the Commission
Subject : Japanese cold nuclear fusion venture ? . 31

No 3299 / 92 by Mrs Marguerite-Marie Dinguirard to the Commission

Subject : Epidemiological study, request for reference documents 32

No 3300 / 92 by Mr Bryan Cassidy to the Commission
Subject : UK implementation of the Directive on control of the acquisition and possession of
weapons 32

No 3306 / 92 by Mr Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission
Subject : Diversion of the River Acheloos 33

No 3325 / 92 by Mr Jannis Sakellariou to the Commission
Subject : Assessment of the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal 33

No 3332 / 92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission
Subject : Kidep warehouse 34

No 3335 / 92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission
Subject : Monthly bulletin recently published by the EC office in Belgrade 34

No 3339 / 92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission
Subject : Construction of dams to divert the River Nestos in Bulgaria 35

No 3351 / 92 by Mr Giuseppe Mottola to the Commission
Subject : Crisis in the flower growing industry in Campania and the Italian Mezzogiorno .... 35

No 3367 / 92 by Mr Giuseppe Mottola to the Commission
Subject : Legislative Decree No 109 / 92, Article 22 — Deep-frozen dough sold only to final
consumers 36

No 3375 / 92 by Mr Francisco Lucas Pires to the Commission
Subject : Import of maize and sorghum from the United States 37

No 3381 / 92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission
Subject : Guarantees for income support payments to farmers 38

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Subject : Disregard of the rights of the Turkish minority in Greece 38

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No 3411 / 92 by Mr Alex Smith to the Commission
Subject : Transport of nuclear materials 39

No 3425 / 92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission
Subject : Implementation of Directive 86 / 609 / EEC 39

No 3426 / 92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission
Subject : Directive 92 / 43 / EEC and lepidoptera 39

93 / C 195 / 70 No 3465 / 92 by Mr Domènec Romera I Alcazar to the Commission

Subject : Taxation of education for immigrant children within the Community 40

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No 3479 / 92 by Mr Niall Andrews to the Commission
Subject : Infringement by Spain of architects directives 40

No 3480 / 92 by Mr Niall Andrews to the Commission
Subject : Failure to implement correctly the dentists directives 41

No 3482 / 92 by Mr Lode Van Outrive to the Commission
Subject : Economic and monetary union and the Member States ' plans for convergence, and their
impact on levels of social protection, income and employment 41

No 3509 / 92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission
Subject : Athens inter-communal urban transport undertaking 42

No 3512 / 92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission
Subject : Sources of pollution in the municipality of Keratsini 42

No 3515 / 92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission
Subject : Violation of FIAF regulations by the Skopje regime . . . 42

No 70 / 93 by Mr Jose Torres Couto to the Council
Subject : The internal market and social Europe . . 43

No 486 / 93 by Mr Jose Torres Couto to the Council
Subject : Implementation of social rights 43

Joint answer to Written Questions Nos 70 / 93 and 486 / 93 43

No 71 / 93 by Mr Jose Torres Couto to European Political Cooperation
Subject : The peace process in Angola 43

No 142 / 93 by Mrs Winifred Ewing to the Council
Subject : Scottish and Welsh seats in the European Parliament 44

No 265 / 93 by Mr Victor Manuel Arbeloa Muru to European Political Cooperation
Subject : Prisoners in Burundi 45

No 394 / 93 by Mr Victor Manuel Arbeloa Muru to European Political Cooperation
Subject : Iranians in the war in Sudan 45

No 400 / 93 by Mr Jose Vazquez Fouz to the Council
Subject : Political situation in southern Africa 45

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93 / C 195 / 84 No 459 / 93 by Mr Thomas Megahy to the Council
Subject : Structural Funds — Objective 6 46

93 / C 195 / 85 No 540 / 93 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Council
Subject : Discrimination against women journalists in Afghanistan 46

93 / C 195 / 86 No 565 / 93 by Mr José Lafuente López to the Council
Subject : Expulsion from state security forces of policemen convicted of torture 46

93 / C 195 / 87 No 590 / 93 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Council
Subject : Common refugee policy 47

93 / C 195 / 88 No 591 / 93 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Council
Subject : Improving the position of women 47

93 / C 195 / 89 No 592 / 93 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Council
Subject : US countervailing duties 47

93 / C 195 / 90 - No 597 / 93 by Mr Jean Penders to European Political Cooperation
Subject : Arrest of NCR / Handelsblad 's Moscow correspondent 48

93 / C 195 / 91 No 621 / 93 by Mr Victor Manuel Arbeloa Muru to European Political Cooperation
Subject : Middle East peace process 48

93 / C 195 / 92 No 622 / 93 by Mr Victor Manuel Arbeloa Muru to European Political Cooperation
Subject : Middle East peace process 49

93 / C 195 / 93 No 631 / 93 by Mr Alexandros Alavanos to European Political Cooperation
Subject : Economic blockade of Armenia by Azerbaijan 49

93 / C 195 / 94 No 693 / 93 by Alexander Langer, Maria Belo, Jan Bertens, Rinaldo Bontempi, Pedro
Canavarro, Pierre Camiti, Maria Cassanmagnago Cerretti, Kenneth Coates, Birgit
Cramon-Daiber, Peter Crampton, Brigitte Ernst de la Graete, Des Geraghty, Franco
Iacono, Nereo Laroni, Eugenio Melandri, Arie Oostlander, Dorothee Piermont, Claudia
Roth, Jannis Sakellariou, Maartje van Putten, Luigi Vertemati, Ian White and Juan de la
Cámara Martinez to European Political Cooperation
Subject : EC initiatives in the peace negotiation between Israel and the Palestinians 50

93 / C 195 / 95 No 707 / 93 by Mrs Christiana Muscardini to the Council
Subject : Incitement to murder by members of the Iranian Government 51

93 / C 195 / 96 No 746 / 93 by Mr Sergio Ribeiro to the Council
Subject : Situation of Basque prisoners in Spain 52

93 / C 195 / 97 No 875 / 93 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Council
Subject : Commission 's proposal for a Directive of October 1987 52

93 / C 195 / 98 No 876 / 93 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Council
Subject : Greek requests for relief for Greek farmers 52

93 / C 195 / 99 No 877 / 93 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Council
Subject : Policing of the Greek press 53

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Subject : Identification and automatic location of ships by satellite 53

93 / C 195 / 101 No 955 / 93 by Mr Ernest Glinne to the Council
Subject : Situation in outer Mongolia 54

93 / C 195 / 102 No 1128 / 93 by Mr Ernest Glinne to the Council
Subject : European Interinstitutional Centre ( EIC ) at Dennenboslaan 54, Overijse, B-3090 54

93 / C 195 / 103 No 1245 / 93 by Mr Ernest Glinne to the Council
Subject : Back-door entry (' parachutage ') to very high level appointments at the Commission 55

93 / C 195 / 104 No 1424 / 93 by Mrs Winifred Ewing to the Council
Subject : Repeal of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 170 / 83 ( common fisheries policy ) 56

93 / C 195 / 105 No 1435 / 93 by Mr Dimitrios Pagoropoulos and Mr Alexandros Alavanos to the
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

WRITTEN QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2047 / 90

by Mr Gijs de Vries ( LDR )
to the Commission of the European Communities

(5 September 1990 )

( 93 / C 195 / 01 )

Subject : US Federal Excise Tax

A US based company, or an individual resident in the United
States, wishing to purchase insurance from an insurer
outside the United States, pays a Federal Excise Tax of 4 %
on the premium . The tax is not payable if the non-US insurer
is established in the United States and has been recognized as
an authorized insurer, or if there is a treaty between the US
and the country in which the non-US insurer is based, and
this treaty contains an excise tax exemption .

The US currently has treaties which include an excise tax
exemption with Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy and the
UK . The US also has tax treaties with Greece, Ireland,
Luxembourg and the Netherlands but these do not contain
such an exemption . A treaty with the FRG is in
preparation .

1 . Does the Commission agree that this disparate set of
bilateral treaties can act as a barrier to the provision of
services by European corporations in the United States,
one of the world 's main insurance markets ?

2 . Is the Commission prepared to seek a mandate from the
Council to negotiate a treaty with the United States,
providing for an excise tax exemption for insurance
provided to a US corporation or citizen by insurance
companies established in the European Community ?

Supplementary answer given by Mrs Scrivener

on behalf of the Commission

( 29 March 1993 )

Further to its answer of 21 January 1991 C 1 ), the
Commission is now able to provide the following additional
information .

The Double Taxation Convention, which was concluded

between Germany and the United States on 29 August 1989
and entered into force on 21 August 1991, applies inter alia
on the US side to the federal excise tax ( FET ) imposed on
insurance premiums paid to foreign insurers . This tax, levied
on the premium, amounts to 4% for life insurance and to

1 % in the case of re-insurance . The Convention applies,
however, to the excise tax imposed on insurance premiums
paid to foreign insurers only so long as the risks covered by
such premiums are not re-insured with a person or a
company not entitled to the benefits of a convention
providing exemption from such tax .

Similar provisions are contained in tax treaties between the
US and several other Member States ( Denmark, Spain,
France, Italy, UK ).

The application of the Convention results in the exemption
of premiums paid under insurance contracts concluded
between a US resident person or company and a German
insurance company not having a permanent establishment
in the USA . This tax relief thus amounts to the elimination of
a barrier for the provision of insurance services by German
companies . As long as the fiscal rules are not deemed to fall
under Article 113 of the EEC Treaty, but are considered to
be part of the tax policy which Member States may pursue,
such relief provided by a Member State cannot, in principle,
be reproached to insurance companies subject to
corporation tax in German, i.e. German companies, but also
branches ( permanent establishments ) of foreign companies,
is therefore not contrary to Community law .

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The further condition that risks, in order to benefit from the

Convention, may only be re-insured with companies
established in Germany, in the USA or in any of the States
with which the exemption from FET has been agreed, means
that the tax relief in question will not apply if the
re-insurance is not taken out with the company of a
privileged State ; this is particularly likely to be the case for
branches or subsidiaries of ( parent ) companies established
in a non-privileged State . Consequently, the rules of the
Convention might constitute a discrimination of
re-insurance companies established in a non-privileged
Member State of the Community . The Commission will
study these aspects further and, if need be, take the necessary
steps to ensure the respect of Community law .

(!) OJ No C 98, 15 . 4 . 1991 .

2 . What was the reaction of Greece to the Commission 's
reasoned opinion and what steps did the Greek
Government take in response to this ?

(!) OJ No L 61, 5 . 3 . 1977, p. 26 .

Supplementary answer given by Mr Flynn

on behalf of the Commission

(2 April 1993 )

Further to its answer of 22 May 1992 ( l ) the Commission is
now able to provide the following additional
information .

The Commission has examined the compatibility of Greek
law No 2000 on denationalization and simplification of
liquidation procedures and the strengthening of
competition regulations and other provisions in particular
Articles 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 thereof, with Council Directive
77 / 187 / EEC on transfers of undertakings, businesses or
parts of a business . The Commission considers that in
general terms, the abovementioned law does not appear to
WRITTEN QUESTION No 462 / 92 be contrary to the Directive .

by Mr Mihail Papayannakis ( GUE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

(9 March 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 02

Subject : Infringement of the Council Directive relating to

the safeguarding of employees ' rights in the event
of transfers of undertakings

On 24 December 1991 the Greek Government promulgated
Law No 2000 containing provisions on privatization,
simplification of liquidation procedures, strengthening of
competition rules and other measures ( Official Gazette
No 206 of 24 December 1991 ). Articles 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9
( privatization procedures and forms of privatization ) do not
contain any provisions on safeguarding employees ' rights in
the event of transfers of businesses or parts of businesses .
This constitutes an infringement of certain fundamental
provisions of Directive 77 / 187 / EEC (}) relating to the
safeguarding of employees ' rights . In 1988 Mr Marin, who
was then the Social Affairs Commissioner observed that

Greece has failed to incorporate Council Directive
77 / 187 / EEC into its national legislation and that
infringement proceedings had been brought against Greece .
The Commission had forwarded a reasoned opinion to
Greece on 8 February 1988 . If Greece did not immediately
enact legislation in accordance with the Directive, the Court,
in response to the proceedings launched by the Commission,
would rule on the compatibility of current legislation with
the above Council Directive .

1 . What view does the Commission take of the provisions

of Law No 2000 and what measures will it take to

protect the legitimate rights of employees ?

(!) OJ No C 285, 3 . 11 . 1992 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 643 / 92

by Mr Edward McMillan-Scott ( ED )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 23 March 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 03

Subject : Taxing of foreign residents in Spain

Is the Commission aware of the requirement imposed under
Spanish law, that foreign residents must appoint a Spanish
individual to pay their local taxes should the . foreigner be
absent from the country, and does this represent a possible
infringement of Article 59 of the Treaty ( discrimination on
grounds of nationality )?

Answer given by Mrs Scrivener

on behalf of the Commission

( 14 April 1993 )

The Commission is aware of the provisions of Spanish tax
legislation which stipulate that persons not resident in
Spain, i.e. who do not have their tax residence in the
country, must appoint a person to represent them vis-a-vis
the tax authorities in respect of their tax obligations .

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That person must be a natural or legal person resident in

Spain, but the relevant Spanish legislation does not require a
natural person to have Spanish nationality .

According to the information in the Commission 's
possession, the non-resident persons concerned by this
provision of tax legislation are basically persons with a
second residence in Spain . By virtue of their possession of a
second residence, they are subject to three types of tax

( income tax, wealth tax, local property tax ).

The Commission has received numerous complaints from
Community citizens concerning the requirement to appoint
a tax representative as this often involves costs
disproportionate to the amount of tax payable .
Accordingly, it has contacted the Spanish authorities and
asked them to see whether they could not replace the
systematic recourse to a tax representative by more
straightforward and less costly procedures for the
individuals concerned, especially where they fulfil their tax
obligations properly .

The Commission would point out that is has no objection in
principle to the appointment of a tax representative, which
is an institution recognized in Community law .
Nevertheless, the requirement to appoint a tax
representative constitutes a restriction that must be
examined from the viewpoint of proportionality . The
Commission reserves the right to decide its position in the
light of the clarification provided by the Spanish
authorities .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 732 / 92

by Mr Luigi Moretti ( ARC )

to the Commission of the European Communities

(6 April 1992 )

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Subject : Failure by Italy to provide notification of national

measures to implement directives on social and
employment policy

The enactment of Community directives in national
legislation is one of the Member States ' primary obligations .
Italy is still behind schedule with the adoption of such
directives .

How has the Italian Government justified its failure to
provide notification of the implementation of Directive

86 / 378 / EEC i 1 ), 88 / 364 / EEC ( 2 ), 86 / 188 / EEC ( 3 ), 88 / 35 /
EEC ( 4 ) and 75 / 129 / EEC ( 5 )?

Has the Commission served notice of proceedings on the
Italian Government and has this been followed by the
delivery of reasoned opinions ?

0 ) OJ No L 225, 12 . 8 . 1986, p. 40 .
( 2 ) OJ No L 179, 9 . 7 . 1988, p. 44 .

( 3 ) OJ No L 137, 24 . 5 . 1986, p. 28 .

( 4 ) OJ No L 20, 26 . 1 . 1988, p. 28 .

Answer given by Mr Delors
on behalf of the Commission

( 18 May 1993 )

Italy has notified the Commission of its national
implementing measures in respect of Directives 88 / 264 /
EEC, 86 / 188 / EEC, 88 / 35 / EEC and 75 / 129 / EEC .

An infringement procedure under Article 169 of the EEC
Treaty has been initiated against Italy for failure to notify
the Commission of implementing measures in respect of
Directive 86 / 378 / EEC .

The Commission has no information as to the reasons for

the delay in transposing the above Directive .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1132 / 92

by Mr Herman Verbeek ( V )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 11 May 1992 )

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Subject : Postal consignments of genetically manipulated

micro-organisms

On 25 March 1992 the Volkskrant published the findings
of investigations - by the Netherlands Housing and
Environmental Protection Board ( RIVM ) on postal
consignments of genetically manipulated micro-organisms .
In most cases the packaging was unsuitable, creating a risk
of uncontrolled contamination of the environment by the
contents . The RIVM came to this conclusion on the basis of

a survey of samples ordered from various countries and sent
by post .

1 . Can the Commission estimate the annual number of

postal consignments containing genetically manipulated
micro-organisms in the EC ( including consignments
from outside the EC )?

2 . What are the safety requirements of the various Member

States relating to packaging for such consignments ? Do
these requirements include compulsory labelling of the
contents ( for example ' biohazard ')?

3 . Is the Commission aware of the ecological risks attached
to consignments of genetically manipulated
micro-organisms and the need for them to be strictly
controlled ?

4 . The transport of micro-organisms is specifically
excluded from the provisions of Council Directive
90 / 219 / EEC of 23 April 1990 on the contained use of
genetically modified micro-organisms (*) ( Article 5 ).
Does the Commission not consider it necessary to
introduce supplementary legislation in this area ?

( 5 ) OJ No L 48, 22 . 2 . 1975, p. 29 . (!) OJ No L 117, 8 . 5 . 1990, p. 1 .

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Answer given by Mr Paleokrassas with mice set out in studies published in the respected

on behalf of the Commission journals Nature and Science ?

( 27 April 1993 )

The Commission has no information on postal
consignments of genetically manipulated organisms, since
there is no Community legislation that results in
information in this area . Requirements in Member States
vary, and there are no harmonized provisions concerning
packaging or labelling .

The Commission is aware of the fact that there are no

Community measures related to the safety of genetically
modified micro-organisms during transport, such as
minimum packaging and labelling requirements, as these are
not foreseen by Directive 90 / 21 9 / EEC on the contained use
of genetically modified micro-organisms . There are,
however, international standards laid down by the United
Nations in their ' Recommendations on the transport of
dangerous goods ' which are currently under revision for
Class 6.2 infectious substances in the light of scientific
progress, and which, when revised, will include genetically
modified micro-organisms . The recommendations are
generally applied in all inter-national transport of such
organisms between Member States . It should also be noted,
that the Commission under its Bridge biotechnology
research programme has supported the Information Centre
for European Culture Collections based at Braunschweig,
Germany in the production of a report ' Instructions for
shipping non-infectious and infectious biological
substances '.

At present, the Commission is considering putting forward a
proposal on the transport of biological agents and
genetically modified micro-organisms and organisms which
present a risk for human and animal life and / or the
environment . Still to be resolved is the question of whether
or not the issue should be incorporated into a general
framework directive for dangerous goods . In any case, any
future directive relating to safe transport of GMMs will
reflect the measures laid down by the United Nations for
international transport, as enforced through the separate
model regulations for the transport of dangerous goods .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1340 / 92

by Mr Carlos Robles Piquer ( PPE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

(5 June 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 06 )

Subject : Scientific debate of Alzheimer 's disease

Given the interest of the subject to a great many people in the
Community population, can the Commission give its view
on the recent debate between North American and Japanese
scientists on Alzheimer 's disease and experiments

Answer given by Mr Ruberti
on behalf of the Commission

(5 April 1993 )

The Commission has been keeping up, through scientific
publications, with the controversy between North
American and Japanese scientists over published results
concerning the development of animal models for
Alzheimer 's disease .

The National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) have initiated an
independent inquiry into these publications and it would be
inappropriate for the Commission to comment until the
inquiry committee has completed its deliberations .
Nevertheless, the Commission follows with much interest
the development of research work carried out in this field,
both in Europe and in the rest of the world . Since 1983, the
Commission has financed, within the framework of the
successive European Community Medical and Health
Research Programmes, research activities in the field of
dementia, including Alzheimer 's disease . More recently, the
Commission has financed, within the current Biomedical
and Health Research Programme, two collaborative
projects directly and indirectly related to research into
Alzheimer 's disease .

These are :

— Risk factors for dementing disease ; project leader :

Professor A. Hofman, Erasmus University Medical
School, Rotterdam ( NL ).

— Changes in glial cells with aging : in culture studies ;

project leader : Dr A. Vernadakis, Academic Research
Institute of Mental Health, Athens ( GR ).

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1551 / 92

by Mr Jaak Vandemeulebroucke ( ARC )
to the Council of the European Communities

( 16 June 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 07 )

Subject : Interpretation of the implementation of the social

protocol

The European summit of heads of state and government in
Maastricht adopted Protocol 14 on social policy . The twelve
EC Member States authorized eleven of their number to
have recourse to ' the institutions, procedures and
mechanisms of the Treaty for the purpose of taking among

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themselves and applying as far as they are concerned the acts
and decisions required for giving effect to the agreement on
social policy attached to the protocol .

1 . From a legal point of view, do the acts which follow 
from the agreement concluded by eleven Member States
fall within Community law or not ?

2 . Should the agreement between the eleven not be
regarded, rather, as an inter-state agreement between
eleven states, like the Schengen   - Agreement ?

3 . Will the acts following from the agreement between the

eleven become legally valid in the different Member
States on the basis of Community rules, or will they have
to be submitted separately to each national parliament
for ratification before becoming law in the Member
State concerned ?

4 . What role will the Court of Justice play with regard to

the acts following from the agreement between the
eleven ? Does the Court have the power to verify the
legality of acts based on the agreement between the
eleven ?

5 . Will the Court be able to pass judgment on such acts in

response to actions brought on grounds of lack of
competence, infringement of an essential procedural
requirement or misuse of powers ? Will natural or legal
persons be able to institute proceedings against
decisions based on the agreement between the eleven ?

6 . Will the Court be empowered to ascertain whether acts

taken on the basis of the agreement between the eleven
have been correctly implemented in the various Member
States ?

Northern Ireland, will be acts of Community law, as far
as the eleven Member States in question are
concerned .

2 . This Agreement cannot be regarded as an inter-state

agreement like the Schengen Agreement because it is
annexed to a Protocol which is an integral part of the
Treaty establishing the European Community under
Article 239 thereof . The Protocol makes provision for
recourse to the institutions, procedures and mechanisms
of that Treaty . This Protocol and the said Agreement are
without prejudice to the provisions of this Treaty,
particularly those relating to social policy which
constitute an integral part of the ' acquis
communautaire '.

3 . The acts adopted by the Council pursuant to the

Agreement will be Community acts within the meaning
of Article 189 of the Treaty establishing the European
Community and will therefore apply within the 11
Member States in accordance with Community rules .
Consequently, there is no question of such acts being
ratified by national parliaments .

4 . 5 and 6 . From the answers to the previous questions it is
clear that, in the interpretation and implementation of
the Agreement between the 1 1 Member States and acts
adopted on the basis thereof, the Court of Justice will
play the role attributed to it by the Treaty establishing
the European Community, in the conditions laid down
therein . The Court of Justice will, therefore, enjoy its
powers in full .

7 . Since this question concerns the " criteria that the
Commission might use when submitting proposals to
the Council, it is for the Commission to reply to it .

7 . What criteria must the Commission use when

submitting proposals for acts in the field of social policy
on the basis of the Treaty or the agreement attached to
Protocol 14 to the Council and the European
Parliament ? WRITTEN QUESTION No 1621 / 92
by Mr Joaquim Miranda da Silva ( CG )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 24 June 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 08 )
Answer

( 15 June 1993 )

Subject : Shortcomings in environmental policy and
infringements of environmental legislation

As the question put by the Honourable Member concerns
the interpretation of a Protocol forming part of a Treaty
which is not yet in force, this reply by the Council is of a
preliminary nature . Since it is also a matter of interpreting an
agreement concluded between 1 1 Member States, this reply
expresses the opinion of those Member States .

1 . The acts to be adopted by the Council pursuant to the

Agreement on social policy concluded between the
Member States of the European Community, with the
exception of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and

A report was recently drawn up by Mr Jaques Vernier
pointing to serious shortcomings in Portugal 's
environmental policy, particularly in respect of water
pollution, waste and the protection of wildlife .

The report also refers to infringements of Community rules
and obligations . The Portuguese Government, however,
denies this and also denies that a complaint has been lodged
with the Community institutions against Portugal
concerning the Cites Convention .

No C 195 / 6 Official Journal of the European Communities 19 . 7 . 93

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1802 / 92

Is the Commission aware of this ? What bodies are WRITTEN QUESTION
responsible in each Member State for providing information by Mr Dieter
for Community documentation on the environment ? Is the

to the Commission of the

Commission aware of any complaint against the Portuguese
Government concerning the implementation of the Cites (6 July 1992 )
Convention ? ( 93 / C 195 / 09

by Mr Dieter Rogalla ( S )
to the Commission of the European Communities

(6 July 1992 )

Answer given by Mr Paleokrassas

on behalf of the Commission

( 30 March 1993 )

The Commission is not aware of any reaction on the part of
the Portuguese authorities to the report to which the
Honourable Member refers .

Several environmental directives provide for reporting to the
Commission on the application of their provisions by
Member States . However, it is for the Member States to
decide whether or not they wish to entrust specific bodies
with the compilation of such information . The Commission
does not have at its disposal an overview of such bodies, and
normally receives such reports via the Permanent
Representations of the Member States concerned .

More generally, the Commission would like to draw the
attention of the Honourable Member to Council Directive

90 / 313 / EEC, of 7 June 1990, on the freedom of access to
information on the environment ( a ).

This Directive provides that Member States shall ensure, by
31 December 1992, that public authorities are required to
make available information relating to the environment to
any natural or legal person at his request and without his
having to prove an interest . Such request may only be
refused for a limited number of reasons that are specified in
Article 3 of the Directive, while the reason for a refusal must
be given .

The notion ' public authorities ' is defined by the Directive as :
' any public administration at national, regional or local level
with responsibilities, and possessing information, relating to
the environment with the exception of bodies acting in a
judicial or legislative capacity '.

In addition, Article 7 of the Directive provides that Member
States shall take the necessary steps to provide general
information to the public on the state of the environment by
such means as the periodic publication of descriptive

reports .

The Commission, to date, has not received any complaint
concerning the application of the Cites Convention by
Portugal .

f 1 ) OJ No L 158, 23 . 6 . 1990 .

Subject : Forest management in Canada

1 . Is it true that :

— the felling area in Canada increased by 67 % between

1975 and 1986 ?

— one hectare of forest is destroyed every two-and-a-half

hours in Canada ?

— only 80% of the felling area in Canada is reforested ?

— productive forest has grown on only 55 % of the felling

area from 1985 to 1990 ?

— to date, 10% of Canada 's total productive forest

( 250 000 km 2 ) has been felled and forestry subsequently
abandoned there ?

— about four times as many trees are being felled as planted

in Canada ?

— northern virgin forests are being used in Canada to a

large extent for the manufacture of cellulose, although
no guarantees of reafforestation have been provided ?

2 . Is it true that :

— two-thirds of Canada 's virgin rain forests have already

been destroyed by clear cutting ?

— if felling continues at its present rate, Canadian virgin

    - rain forests will have been destroyed completely in 15 to

20 years, with incalculable consequences for the
continued existence of this ecosystem ?

— the stock planted to replace the primary forests consists

of cultivated trees, which are poor in varieties and
quality and forested in short spans of 60— 80 years in
major felling operations, producing inferior wood ?

— that current forest management procedures do not

guarantee the continued diversity of the rain forest ?

— that totally inadequate areas of rain forest in Canada

have been designated as protected areas ?

— in many rain forest areas in Canada, the situation

concerning land ownership and land use rights of the
Indian tribes and the Canadian Government respectively
has not been cleared up and, although legal proceedings
have been initiated, massive felling operations are still
taking place in the areas concerned ?

— the ecosystem constituted by the temperate rain forest of

north-west America contains the richest biomass and the

largest store of carbon in the world, which means that
deforestation in this area is also exacerbating the
greenhouse effect ?

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— the EC is the third largest export market for timber

products from the province of British Columbia ?

Answer given by Sir Leon Brittan

on behalf of the Commission

( 30 March 1993 )

The following answers are based on information supplied to
the Commission from a variety of sources, but mainly from
official Government of Canada sources, and in particular
the Forestry Canada publication ' The State of Canada 's
forests 1991 '. This text is available should the Honourable

Member require it .

1 . The felling area in Canada did increase by 67% from

1975 . to reach 1 019 million hectares in 1986 ; by 1990

s the figure was down to 913 000 hectares . This
represents only 2 % of Canada 's 453 million hectares of
forested area .

The Commission does not have available the area of
forest felled or destroyed by fire or pest each hour ;
however Canadian reforestation strategy involves a
combination of tree planting and natural regeneration
— in principle approximately half the area harvested
each year regenerates naturally and the other half is
artificially replanted with a variety of tree species .

The forest regeneration success rate is estimated at 80 %
of harvested area ; the remaining 20 % consists either of
areas reforested into non-commercial tree species or
forest stands which grow at a slower rate than those set
up specifically for commercial purposes .

It may take up to five years before an area subject to
regeneration and restocking has grown enough to be
categorized as a regenerated productive forest ; it is
therefore possible that only half of the area harvested in
the last five years and subject to reforestation can yet be
categorized as productive forests .

There is apparently an area — approximately 10% of
the productive forest — which is currently considered as
' non-stocked '. Forest fires and insect outbreaks
occurring in remote and inaccessible forests are said to
be the most important contributors to this statistic,
accounting for more than twice as much forest area lost
between 1986 and 1989 as that lost through commercial
harvesting . However, over the past fifteen years there
has been a fourfold increase in the number of trees
planted and in the area receiving silvicultUral

treatment .

In Canada an average of two trees are planted for every
one cut ; this statistic should be seen in the context of
natural regeneration occurring in about 50% of the
felled area .

For economic and environmental reasons, healthy trees
from Northern forests are cut for lumber, not to

produce pulp and paper . More than half the raw
material for the pulp and paper industry comes from
saw mill waste ( chips, sawdust, savings ). A further 10 %
consists of recycled old paper ; the remainder comprises
other tree parts and low grade trees which are unsuitable
for lumber or intensively managed pulp wood stands .

2 . No . According to the Commission 's information, of the

original 7 million hectares of old growth virgin coastal
rain forests ( in British Columbia ), 2 million hectares
have been harvested and the area has been replanted .

Out of the remaining 5 million hectares of mature
coastal rain forest, 3 million hectares will remain
indefinitely as coastal old growth forest, as they are
considered inaccessible for harvesting . The current
annual rate of harvesting of the remaining 2 million
hectares is 36 950 hectares per year .

Where natural regeneration is inadequate, native trees
are planted — the selection of species is made on the
basis of the specific conditions of the site .

The protection of major tracts of rain forest should
ensure that the bio diversity of representative
ecosystems is preserved for the future . Where forest
management is carried out, practices are designed to
have the least impact possible on bio diversity . Forest
management, forest protection and reforestation
practices are the subject of constant research in Canada
in order to keep Canada 's most important natural and
renewable resource healthy .

There are 200 000 hectares of mature coastal forests
fully protected in provincial and national parks . In areas
where there is uncertainty concerning environmental
sensitivity, the provincial government has declared a
moratorium on cutting in order to permit potential
environmental impacts to be properly evaluated . Lastly,
on 6 May, the British Columbia government announced
the province 's new protected areas strategy, which will
double the province 's park and wilderness space by the
year 2000 to over 12 % of the province, in keeping with
the national target .

The situation concerning land ownership and land use
rights of Canadian aboriginal tribes is currently the
subject of negotiation in order to establish modern
treaties reflecting the range of interests, activities and
concerns of both the native peoples and the government .
This negotiation has the support of the native peoples in
question . Meanwhile, the existing system of forest and
tree farm licensing takes into account inter alia the
interests and concerns of the aboriginal groups claiming
title to the lands . ( See also Commission answer to
Written Question No 849 / 92 by Mr Telkamper (*)).

According to the World Development Report of 1992,
'. . . afforestation reduces net ( carbon ) emissions only as
long as forests are growing . Once a forest is mature,
emissions from decay simply offset the carbon fixing
from new growth . Old growth rain forests therefore
play no positive role in mitigating the greenhouse
effect '.

No C 195 / 8 Official Journal of the European Communities 19 . 7 . 93

According to Canadian forest export data, the Following the assessment of the projects on the basis of the
Community is British Columbia 's third largest export opinion issued by Codest ( Committee for the European
market for lumber, largest market for pulp wood and Development of Science and Technology ) and the
second largest market for paper and paper board . negotiation of contracts, 32 grants of financial aid totalling

some ECU 2 million were made to Portuguese
(!) OJ No C 16, 21 . 1 . 1993 . laboratories .

The breakdown by region is as follows :

Total Community finance

( ECU Ό00 )

for projects to Portuguese

participants

Portuguese

region

Number
of Portuguese

participants

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1811 / 92

by Mr José Mendes Bota ( LDR )

to the Commission of the European Communities

(6 July 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 10 )

Subject : Portuguese projects approved within the ' Science

Programme '

In the context of the Science Programme, what plans have
been drawn up for the projects submitted by Portugal and
what amounts are to be granted by the Community both
globally and for each regional coordination area ?

Will the Commission also provide details of the projects
which have been rejected, as well as the amounts and
geographical areas affected ?

Answer given by Mr Ruberti
on behalf of the Commission

( 31 March 1993 )

1 . Implementation of Community R & TD programmes
such as Science ( Plan to stimulate the international
cooperation and interchange needed by European research
scientists ) is governed by different rules from those which
apply to the Structural Funds . Research projects are
submitted not by the Member States but, in response to a
call for proposals issued by the Commission, by any
individual or body ( firm, university, research institute )
which is domiciled or has its headquarters in a Member
State . The Commission, assisted by a Committee, assesses
the scientific quality of the projects submitted .

Analysis of the projects by country or region of origin of the
partners provides no clear information on the advantages
which stem from participation in Community programmes :
irrespective of its own financial contribution and the
amount which it is allocated by the Commission, each
partner has access to all results of the project in which it is
involved . Projects assist the establishment and development
of research infrastructure at European level .

2 . Under the Science programme for 1988— 92, the
Commission received 233 applications from Portuguese
scientists to participate in ' twinnings ' and ' operations '.

Aveiro 2 . 688 162

Oporto 6 1 557 2 36

Lisbon 19 4 503 1 110

Setúbal 2 47Ö 204

Coimbra 3 723 263

3 . In the period 1988 — 92, 201 applications for financial
aid involving a Portuguese participation in ' twinnings ' or
' operations ' could not be granted or were not implemented
for other reasons .

Programme management does not include detailed accounts
of projects not selected with a breakdown by region .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1887 / 92

by Mrs Marguerite-Marie Dinguirard ( V )
to the Council of the European Communities

( 23 July 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 11

Subject : Relations between the EEC and Morocco

At its January 1992 part-session the European Parliament
adopted a resolution (*) in which it hoped that the countries
of the Maghreb and Mashreq, and in particular Morocco,
would comply with the international agreements they had
signed and respect human rights . During that same
part-session, considering that Morocco had been guilty of
numerous human rights violations and of failing to apply
United Nations Security Council Regulation 690 on the
Western Sahara, Parliament rejected the Fourth
EEC-Morocco Financial Protocol .

Since then, although there has been no progress in Morocco
either as regards human rights or the implementation of
Resolution 690, the Council has announced that it intends
to enter into an arrangement with Morocco based on a
free-trade agreement, economic assistance and the
establishment of a political dialogue .

Does not the Council consider that this proposal flatly
contradicts the declaration adopted by the Council of

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Cooperation and Development Ministers on democracy,
human rights and development ? Does it not consider that it
is giving a very negative political signal on human rights and
the rights of peoples ?

(!) OJ No C 39, 17 . 2 . 1992, p. 50 .

Answer

( 11 June 1993 )

The promotion of human rights and democratic values is, as
the Parliament is aware, one of the cornerstones of the
Community 's external relations and in particular of its
development policy . It is against this background that, at its
meeting on 28 November 1991, the Development Council
adopted a Resolution stipulating in paragraph 10 that the
Community and its Member States will explicitly introduce
the consideration of human rights as an element of their
relations with developing countries and that human rights
clauses will be inserted in their future cooperation

agreements .

Furthermore, the Lisbon European Council on 26 and
27 June 1992 adopted a declaration on relations between
Europe and the Maghreb which emphasizes in particular the
Community 's wish to see such relations based on an
approach favouring partnership and founded on a common
commitment to respect for human rights, fundamental
freedoms and democratic values .

The Council notes that the European Parliament gave its
assent to the Fourth Financial Protocol with Morocco on
28 October 1992, thereby enabling the procedure to be
completed on 16 November 1992 .

The draft directives for the conclusion of a Partnership
Agreement, which was submitted by the Commission to the
Council on 22 December 1992 with a view to the conclusion
of a Partnership Agreement with Morocco, fall within a
clarified political context . The European Parliament will be
kept informed in accordance with the customary
procedures .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1984 / 92

by Mrs Doris Pack ( PPE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

(1 September 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 12 )

Subject : Situation of artists in the EC

On 1 1 March 1992 the European Parliament adopted, by a
large majority, a resolution on the situation of artists in the

European Community ( A3-0389 / 91 ) which contains a
series of requests addressed to the Commission . Can the
Commission say to what extent it has responded to these
requests, e.g. for the drawing-up of an " action programme

1993 ' and a statute for artists ?

Answer given by Mr Pinheiro

on behalf of the Commission

( 18 May 1993 )

The Commission has taken note of the resolution on the
situation of performing artists in the Community adopted
by Parliament on 11 March 1992 .

The Commission would inform the Honourable Member
that the Kaleidoscope programme, which has been the
vehicle for supporting cultural events, includes two further
types of activities in 1993 .

— encouragement for artistic and cultural creation,
notably by supporting the mobility and further training
of creative and performing artists and other active in the
cultural field ;

— promotion of cultural cooperation through networks .

Conditions of eligibility for participation in the programme
were published in the Official Journal of the European

Communities ( 1 ).

The resolution calls for performing artists to be accorded a
special status for taxation purposes to take account of the
irregular nature of their income . To date the Commission
has concentrated its efforts on indirect taxation, which
especially affects the free movement of goods, and company
taxation with the aim of eliminating those tax rules which
are an obstacle to international business activities . No
Community harmonization programme convers personal
income tax .

With respect to social security schemes for performing
artists, Community action is limited to coordinating the
various national schemes applicable to workers in paid
employment and the self-employed moving within the
Community . In the case of performing artists, it has resulted
in the maintenance of acquired rights or rights being
acquired . For instance, Regulation ( EEC ) No 1408 / 71 i 1 )
enables performing artists moving from one Member State
to another to receive health care in the other Member State,
or on retirement to receive their pensions in the Member
State of residence, etc .

Accordingly, it is up to the Member States, if they consider it
necessary, to include in their social legislation specific
provisions for particular categories of workers .

Lastly, with respect to the organization at European level of
a competition to award an annual prize for the best work of

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art by a young artist, the Commission believes that the
administrative costs would be out of proportion compared
with the final result for the artist . It sees medium-term work
in the form of exchanges and encouragement for artistic and
literary creativity as more rewarding .

(!) OJ No C 237, 16 . 9 . 1992 .

( 2 ) OJ No L 149, 5 . 7 . 1971 .

The Commission will be certain to follow of developments,
notably in the light - of Community legislation on public

procurement .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2237 / 92

by Mrs Raymonde Dury ( S )
to the Commission of the European Communities

(1 September 1992 )

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2146 / 92 ( 93 / C 195 / 14 )

by Mr Friedrich Merz ( PPE )

to the Commission of the European Communities

Subject : Textile agreement with Vietnam

(1 September 1992 )

In a resolution of 12 June 1992, the European Parliament

( 93 / C 195 / 13 )

requested the Commission to conclude an agreement with
Vietnam on trade in the textile sector . What action will be
Subject : Tenders for the extension of the Italian railway taken on this request and when ?

( 93 / C 195 / 13 )

network

The second part of Written Question No 2246 / 91 (*) by Mr
Vincenzo Mattina ( S ) was not answered by the Commission .
I will therefore put the question again .

What knowledge does the Commission have of the way in
which contracts are awarded for the construction of
high-speed sections of the Italian railway network ?

Where there any breaches of Community law during the
tendering process ?

What action is the Commission taking ?

(!) OJ No C 126, 18 . 5 . 1992, p. 22 .

Answer given by Mr Vanni d'Archirafi

on behalf of the Commission

(2 April 1993 )

The Commission is aware that the Italian railway authority,
Ferrovie dello Stato, has signed with the company TAV a
contract for the construction and operation of a high-speed
rail network in Italy . According to the information in the
Commission 's possession, no restrictions were imposed in
the search for partners when TAV was set up and there was
no discrimination based on nationality .

It would seem that, for its part, TAV has awarded contracts
for the laying of the track .

As far as the Commission is aware at the moment, there has
been no breach of Community law .

However, this does not imply any prior judgment as to the
lawful nature of the conditions for operating the network,
particularly with regard to the rules of competition laid
down in the EEC Treaty .

Answer given by Mr Marin
on behalf of the Commission

( 26 April 1993 )

Acting oh the resolution of the European Parliament of

12 June 1992, the Commission negotiated and signed a
textile Agreement with Vietnam on 15 December 1992 .

However, the implementation of the textile Agreement
poses a major problem for the Vietnamese authorities .

The need for technical knowhow on the Vietnamese side has
become so apparent that the Commission, acting on the
request of the Vietnamese Ministry of Trade, has decided to
send out a group of experts in order to brief the Vietnamese
civil servants responsible for administering the Agreement
and to organize seminars for the textile exporters .

These measures should ensure that the Vietnamese

authorities manage their side of the Agreement more
efficiently, as some of the provisions it sets out appear to be
causing a certain amount of confusion in Hanoi .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2312 / 92

by Mr Carlos Robles Piquer ( PPE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

(8 September 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 15 )

Subject : Proposal to hold ' Europartenariat-93 ' in Galicia

The Confederation of Galician Employers, based in
Santiago de Compostela ( La Coruna province, Spain ),

19 . 7 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 195 / 11

requested in June 1992 that ' Europartenariat-93 ' should be
held in Galicia . This request, made by the chairman of the
Confederation, Mr Antonio Ramilo Fernandez-Areal, has
the support of the Xunta ( regional government ) of Galicia
and the Santiago de Compostela city council .

Holding ' Europartenariat-93 ' in Galicia would serve to
enhance the European awareness of employers in a
peripheral region, especially the owners of small and
medium-sized enterprises .

In addition, 1993 will be a Holy Year in Santiago de
Compostela, commemorating the importance of the
' Camino de Santiago ' pilgrimage route, with its historic role,
from the Middle Ages on, as the first route to link the
peoples of Europe .

It is beyond doubt that application of the principle of
Community preference should result in the selection for the
above purpose of a Community region, even if there should
be applications from non-Community countries .

Can the Commission state what decision it has reached
concerning the venue for ' Europartenariat-93 '?

Answer given by Mr Vanni d'Archirafi

on behalf of the Commission

( 18 May 1993 )

The Commission has noted the interest expressed by the
Confederation of Galician Employers in organizing a
Europartenariat in 1993, and the support offered by the
regional government of Galicia and the Santiago de
Compostela city council .

The following schedule for the Europartenariat has already
been drawn up by the Commission in agreement with the
national authorities concerned :

1993 17-18 June Europartenariat, France
North-East                - Lille
13-14 December Europartenariat Scotland    Glasgow

1994 May-June Europartenariat Poland
November-December Europartenariat for several
regions of north-eastern Spain

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2507 / 92

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 12 October 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 16 )

Subject : Atmospheric pollution in Athens

Atmospheric pollution is taking a dramatic toll on the health
of the inhabitants of Attica . Research has shown that the
increase in atmospheric pollution is responsible for a rise in
the number of admissions of patients suffering from
respiratory and cardiac diseases to hospitals in Attica .
According to studies carried out by Athens University
Health and Epidemiological laboratory the incidence of
respiratory disease has increased by 16 % and heart disease
by 13 % . Scientists have issued a stark warning as regards
the short-term consequences of atmospheric pollution on
the health of the citizens of Attica, and notably the aged, and
say that there has been a 10 % increase in the daily number
of deaths ( 2,5 cases ). What medium and short-term
measures does the Commission consider the Community
might employ to protect the public health of the citizens of
Attica from pollution ?

Answer given by Mr Paleokrassas

on behalf of the Commission

(6 April 1993 )

The Commission 's action to combat atmospheric pollution
is based on a two-fold approach : first, the reduction of
pollutant emissions and, second, the laying down of limit
values for the concentrations of pollutants in the air .

With regard to the control of emissions, several directives
place restrictions on the atmospheric release of a number of
pollutants from the main sources ( large-scale combustion
plants, incinerators, motor vehicles ). Maximum thresholds
for the lead and sulphur content of liquid fuels have also
been laid down .

With regard to air quality, thresholds have been laid down
for the concentrations of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen, lead,
particulates and ozone . The Commission ensures that these
thresholds are complied with or that the Member States take
aktion to reduce the concentrations to below the permitted
thresholds .

According to the information provided by the Greek
authorities, it would appear that the concentrations
recorded for the various pollutants covered by the directives
are either very close to the limit values ( S0 2 ) or above them

( particulates and NO2 ). In view of this, the Commission has
ensured that air quality improvement plans are introduced .
However, it is not for the Commission to adopt a position
on action taken or to be taken at the regional or local
level .

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Lastly, with regard to health protection and in a more
general context than that to which the Honourable Member
refers, the Commission is taking part in the work of the
World Health Organization ( WHO ) on the definition of air

quality guide values for a series of substances which pose a
risk to human health or to the ecosystems . It is also
preparing a framework directive on air quality aimed at
making compliance with some of these values compulsory
throughout the Community in due course .

The Commission is going to increase its efforts to collect
information in order to review the subject of air pollution
and health at the European level . It also plans to promote
action in the field of epidemiology ( surveys, information
exchanges, etc .) over the next few years ( 1994 — 95 ).

The Community 's contribution through the Structural
Funds in particular to the co-financing of projects such as
the Athens underground railway should also be noted . For
the period after 1994, the Structural Funds as well as the
Cohesion Fund can be expected to help to improve the
situation .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2532 / 92

by Mr Karl-Heinz Florenz ( PPE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 27 October 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 17 )

supervision and control within the European Community of
the transfrontier shipment of waste on the shipment of such
waste . This does not give an overview of the situation in the

Community as a whole .

2 . Given the situation described in (^ no reply can be
given concerning household waste . In regard to the export
and import of hazardous waste the following figures can be
given according to an analysis of transfrontier movements of
such waste for 1989 — 1990 carried out by the OECD :

( tonnes )

Exports Imports

1989 1990 1989 1990

Belgium 176 983 491 784 1 036 260 1 070 496

Denmark 8 978 13 241 26 842 16 323

Germany 990 933 522 063 45 312 62 636

Greece ND 305 ND ND

Spain 280 20 213 27 413 82 269

France ND 10 552 ND 458 128

Ireland 13 808 ND ND ND

Italy 10 800 19 968 0 0

Luxembourg ND ND ND ND

Netherlands 188 250 195 377 88 400 199 015

Portugal ND 1 954 ND 0

United

Kingdom 0 496 40 740 35 910

( x ) OJ No L 256, 7 . 9 . 1987 .
Subject : Travelling waste in Europe ( 2 ) OJ No L 326, 13 . 12 . 1984 .

1 . What information does the Commission have

concerning the extent of travelling waste in the European

Community and trends in this respect ?

2 . Which European Community Member States export
domestic and / or hazardous waste to other Member States

( in tonnes, broken down by sender and recipient Member
State )?

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2540 / 92

by Lord O'Hagan ( PPE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 27 October 1992 )

Answer given by Mr Paleokrassas ( 93 / C 195 / 18 )

on behalf of the Commission

( 19 April 1993 )

Subject : Tourist boards in the United Kingdom

1 . The Commission does not in general have data on the
quantity and the types of waste in general shipped within the
Community . Regulation ( EEC ) No 2658 / 87 0 ) on the tariff
and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs
Tariff provides for statistical data only on some specific
types of recoverable wastes .

Besides this only one Member State reported to the
Commission under Directive 84 / 63 1 / EEC ( 2 ) on the

Tourist boards in the United Kingdom have varying powers,
widely differing budgets and vary from each other in a
number of other important ways . For example, some boards
are allowed to advertise outside the United Kingdom ; some

are not .

These boards cover areas which bear no relation to the

Assisted Area map agreed with the Commission .

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1 . Is the Commission satisfied that the discrepancies
between the powers and budgets of different tourist
boards in the United Kingdom do not amount to a
distortion of competition as defined by the Treaty of
Rome ?

2 . Has the Commission received undertakings from the

British Government in this connection ?

3 . Is the Commission satisfied that the difference in the

areas covered by varying tourist boards against the map
of Assisted Areas agreed with the commission does not
amount to the distortion of regional policy ?

4 . What recent discussions has the Commission held with

the British Government on this point ?

5 . Do other Member States demonstrate a comparable
variation in the powers of regional and sub-regional
organizations for the promotion of tourism ?

6 . Is the Commission satisfied in all cases that such

arrangements do not infringe the provisions of the
Treaty on competition or distort the regional map as
agreed with the Commission ?

7 . Has the Commission received any representation from
the English or West Country Tourist Boards on these
topics ?

Answer given by Mr Vanni d'Archirafi

on behalf of the Commission

( 14 May 1993 )

1 . The Commission has no reason to believe that the

budgets and powers of the national tourist boards amount
to distortion of competition as defined by the EEC
Treaty .

2 . The Commission has neither sought nor received such
an undertaking .

3 . The Commission does not consider that the areas
covered by the boards must correspond with the Assisted
Area map, either from the point of view of competition or
regional policy .

4 . There have been no recent discussions with the British
authorities about the relationship between assisted areas
and regional tourist board areas .

5 . There are considerable variations in the way tourism is
promoted and funded in particular regions of other Member
States but no comprehensive comparative analysis is
available .

6 . The Honourable Member is referred to points 1 and 3
above .

7 . No such representation has been received from the
English Tourist Board or West Country Tourist Board .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2543 / 92

by Mr Giuseppe Mottola ( PPE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 27 October 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 19 )

Subject : Production of biomass fuel — construction of 10

pilot plants in Europe

The European Community produces enough to meet the
supply requirements of the biomass fuel industry . The
reform of the CAP should also increase the availability of
biomass for this purpose, as it will be possible to use land
which has been set aside to produce crops for non-food

purposes .

1 . Is it true that the Commission intends to fund the
construction of some 10 pilot plants to produce biomass
fuel for diesel engines ?

2 . Ought not at least one of these pilot plants to be situated

in southern Italy ?

3 . Is the Commission aware that between 6 500 and 7 000
new jobs could be created to produce 500 000 tonnes of
esters ?

4 . Could the biomass fuel be placed on the market at prices
comparable to those for diesel fuel, although subject to
zero taxation ?

Answer given by Mr Matutes

on behalf of the Commission

( 18 May 1993 )

1 . In its proposal for a Council decision on the
promotion of renewable energy sources within the
Community ( Altener programme ( a )), the Commission put
forward activities intended to help launch a biodiesel
production industry in the Member States . A 30 % subsidy
was suggested for 10 or so bio-diesel production facilities .
However, such action will depend on any budgets which can
be mobilized for that purpose, such as any money which
might be made available through the Agricultural Guidance
Programmes .

2 and 3 . Given the impact that the operation of this type
of project could have on the economy of the less-developed
regions such as the Italian Mezzogiorno it would indeed be
desirable that at least one pilot plant be set up — if possible
— in this part of Italy .

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4 . According to studies carried out by the Commission
agricultural bio-diesel will be competitive with fossil diesel if
the proposed tax exemption for bio-fuels ( 2 ) put forward by
the Commission ( which is awaiting the opinion of
Parliament ) is approved by the Council . The Commission
will shortly put forward a proposal for a directive on
technical specifications for bio-diesel .

(!) COM(92 ) 180 final .

( 2 ) COM(92 ) 36 final .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2597 / 92

by Mrs Mary Banotti ( PPE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 27 October 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 20

Subject : Commission 's response to Fayot / Schinzel report

What is the Commission 's response to the Fayot / Schinzel
report on media concentrations .

Answer given by Mr Vanni d'Archirafi

on behalf of the Commission

(6 April 1993 )

When Parliament debated the report to which the
Honourable Member refers, on 9 July 1992, the
Commission told the House that it was very much aware of
the importance of freedom of expression and of pluralism in
the media, and emphasized that the Community could and
should act only within the limits of its competence and with
due respect for the subsidiarity principle .

On the main question of safeguarding pluralism against
media concentration, the Commission on 23 December

1992 approved the promised Green Paper, Pluralism and
Media Concentration in the Internal Market : an assessment

of the need for Community action ( 1 ). The Green Paper is
intended as a basis for consultation with interested parties,
enabling the Commission to take a position on the need for
action at Community level .

Leaving aside the measures called for in Parliament 's
resolution which are aimed at limiting media concentration
directly, the Commission takes the view that certain of the
other recommendations do not at this stage require fresh
action at Community level :

— Some of the measures which Parliament envisages are

already provided for in Community law or form part
of particular Community schemes . Community
competition law applies to questions of press
distribution and exclusive rights ( paragraphs 13 and 19

of the resolution ); Articles 48 and 52 of the EEC Treaty
apply to the free movement of journalists ( paragraph 30,
points ( b ) and ( c )); Directive 89 / 552 / EEC ( 2 ) lays down
rules on advertising in television programmes
( paragraphs 11, 12 and 20 ); the Media programme
constitutes positive action of the kind referred to in
paragraph 15 ; the Commission is drawing up a
consultation paper on commercial messages, which
takes account of the need to maintain advertising
revenue ( paragraphs 11, 12, 20 and 30 ); and the
Commission is supporting the Euronews channel

( paragraph 22 ).

— Other questions are being dealt with at national level,

and the Commission is not aware of any problems with a
Community or cross-border dimension which might
justify any specific action on the part of the Community ;
this is true for example of the directive on bartering
contemplated in paragraph 23, and the directive on the
right of reply in the press and on radio contemplated in
paragraph 26 .

Apart from the question of the advisability of Community
action, it is doubtful whether the Community has power to
take some of the measures Parliament requests ; this is the
case in particular of paragraph 24, calling for a directive on
professional ethics for journalists and publishers, and
paragraph 25, calling for a directive on the independence of
journalists .

(M COM(92 ) 480 final .

( 2 ) OJNoL 298, 17 . 10 . 1989 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2599 / 92

by Mrs Mary Banotti ( PPE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 27 October 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 21

Subject : Competition in the audiovisual market

What is the envisaged impact on competition of exclusive
rights over intellectual property, with particular reference to
the audiovisual market .

Answer given by Mr Van Miert

on behalf of the Commission

( 11 May 1993 )

In the light of the specific characteristics of the television
industry the granting of exclusive televisions rights is in itself

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not contrary to Community competition rules . Exclusivity is
normally an appropriate means to maintain the value of
television programmes in terms of viewing figures and
advertising revenues which they can attract . However, the
competition rules apply to agreements on exclusive
television rights which are excessive in their scope and / or
duration as the Commission has made clear in its Decision
of 15 September 1989 in Case IV / 3 1.734 — Film Purchases
by German Television Stations (*).

The Commission is at present dealing with other cases
concerning exclusive television rights, in particular
exclusive rights to major sports events .

In order to assess more generally the practice and the effects
of exclusive television rights and their possible impact, the
Commission is currently carrying out a study which will
allow it to evaluate their implications for both its
competition and audiovisual policy .

(!) OJ No L 284, 3 . 10 . 1989 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2636 / 92

by Mr Francois Guillaume ( RDE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 27 October 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 22 )

Subject : Import of bicycles from South-East Asia

The European bicycle industry is under serious threat from
massive imports of bicycles from South-East Asia .

In 1990, 4 million bicycles entered the European
Community, where 15 million bicycles are purchased
annually . In 1991, imports rose by 45 % to 5,8 million units .
If this trend continues, the domestic market could be
supplied completely by imports from 1994 .

What steps will the Commission take, and when, to prevent
the disappearance of the European bicycle industry, its
supplier and the jobs it provides, given the urgency of the
situation and the acknowledged dumping of Chinese and
Taiwanese bicycles ?

What measures will the Commission take to combat fraud
originating in South-East Asia, ' screwdriver plants ' in
Europe, products in kit form and the evasion of taxes on
products imported into the Community ?

What controls are carried out by the Commission at borders
with regard to the volume, price and safety of imported
goods ?

Answer given by Mr Bangemann

on behalf of the Commission

( 26 April 1993 )

The Honourable Member should refer to the answers given
by the Commission to oral questions Nos H-986 / 92 by Mrs
Ernst de la Graete 0 ) and H - 1025 / 92 by Mr Gil-Robles
Gil-Delgado ( x ) and to Written Questions Nos 2526 / 92 ( 2 )
by Mr Vandemeulebroucke and 2807 / 92 by Mr Coates ( 3 )
which also concern imports of bicycles from South-East
Asia .

Moreover, in response to the allegations of fraud, he should
note firstly that importing ready-to-assemble bicycles
should not make it possible to avoid the customs duties
applicable to bicycles already assembled, since both come
under the same tariff heading, and secondly that the possible
existence of ' screwdriver plants ' in Europe does not
constitute a fraud .

As regards the measures available to combat ' the evasion of
taxes on imported products ', if there are doubts as to the
regularity of a generalized system of preferences certificate
of origin presented in order to obtain preferential tariffs, the
importing Member State uses the system of administrative
cooperation set up for this purpose, requesting an a
posteriori control of the certificate by the competent
authorities of the exporting country . Moreover, the
Member States and the Commission are able, on the basis of
Regulation ( EEC ) No 1468 / 81 ( 4 ) on mutual assistance, to
conduct coordinated enquiries to establish the existence of a
fraud or a contravention of customs regulations .

Taiwan is not, however, a beneficiary of the generalized
system of preferences and the normal rate of duties was
reintroduced in 1991 and 1992 on bicycles originating in
China and in 1992 on those originating in Thailand and
Indonesia . Although the system of preferences was restored
on 1 January 1993 for these countries and this product, it is
possible that the duty will be reinstated in the course of

1993 . Customs controls on imports of bicycles, for their
part, are carried out by the customs authorities in the
Member States on the basis of the provisions applicable in
this area ( Common Customs Tariff, rules governing release
for free circulation . . . ).

( 1 ) Debates of the European Parliament No 422 ( October
1992 ).
( 2 ) OJ No C 86, 26 . 3 . 1993 .

( 3 ) OJ No C 155, 7 . 6 . 1993, p. 17 .
( 4 ) OJ No L 144, 2 . 6 . 1981 .

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WRITTEN QUESTION No 2659 / 92
by Mr Jaak Vandemeulebroucke ( ARC )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 27 October 1992 )

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2709 / 92

by Mr Gene Fitzgerald ( RDE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 29 October 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 23 ) ( 93 / C 195 / 24

Subject : Fourth action programme on the environment

Section 2.3.4 of the Council 's resolution on the fourth
action programme on the environment (*) calls for the
development of internal procedures to ensure that
environmental requirements are built into all other areas of
policy as a matter of course .

Can the Commission state how section 2.3.4 of the

abovementioned resolution has been put into practice ?

Subject : Commission meetings in public

The debate on the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty has
shown that the perceived influence of the European
Commission and its officials is a cause of serious concern for

much of the European electorate .

The fact that Commission meetings are held in secret is a
contributory factor to this widespread concern .

Will the Commission now agree to hold all its future
meetings in public ?
(!) OJ No C 328, 7 . 12 . 1987, p. 1 .

Answer given by Mr Paleokrassas

on behalf of the Commission

( 19 April 1993 )

As the Honourable Member will be aware, the Commission
takes its decisions on a collegial basis . Internal procedures
within the Commission already exist to ensure the
consistency of policies and decisions, by means of
interservice consultations and joint responsibility of two or
more Directorates-General for certain initiatives .

In relation to section 2.3.4 of the fourth action programme
on the Environment as referred to by the Honourable
Member, some progress has been made on the basis of the
procedures described above to ensure that environmental
requirements are built into all other areas of policy . The
proposals on a COi / energy strategy, the Green Paper on
Sustainable Mobility, the Communication to the Council on
the follow-up to UNCED, the Communication on Industrial
Competitiveness and Environmental Protection, the White
Paper on Transport and the EC Programme of Policy and
Action in relation to the Environment and Sustainable
Development ( the fifth action programme ) may all serve as
examples for the type of integration as indicated in the
fourth programme .

In view of the entry into force in due course of
Article 130 R.2 of the Maastricht Treaty, which reinforces
the integration aspect as compared to the Single Act, and in
view of the implementation of the fifth programme, in
which it is made very clear that integration is the key
approach to be followed on the way to sustainable
development, the Commission is currently reviewing its
internal procedures in order to strengthen and improve
these where necessary .

Answer given by Mr Delors
on behalf of the Commission

( 23 April 1993 )

The Commission would remind the Honourable Member

that national executive bodies, like the Commission, do not
meet in public session .

Public discussion in parliamentary democracies is mainly
confined to legislative bodies and the courts .

The Commission would add that, although the Treaty
confers the right to initiate legislation on the Commission,
its proposals are widely publicized and in most cases are
preceded by extensive consultation of interested parties .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2778 / 92

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 16 November 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 25 )

Subject : The Arch of the Thessaloniki

The Arch of Galerius, one of the symbols of Thessaloniki,
has been covered by a protective sheet and its reliefs are
being restored to prevent them being turned into plaster by
environmental pollution and acid rain . This work is due to
be completed by 1997 but the monument cannot be saved,
unless measures are taken to reduce the enormous pollution
caused by motor vehicles in Egnatia Street, the main
thoroughfare in the Macedonian capital . Does the
Commission intend to examine how this cultural monument

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may be protected since it constitutes part of the cultural
heritage of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece and, indeed,
the whole of Europe ?

Answer biven by Mr Paleokrassas

on behalf of the Commission

( 26 April 1993 )

In its answer to question No 2507 / 92 (*) the Commission
indicated the main features of its action against atmospheric
pollution .

As regards pollution caused by traffic, current laws to limit
vehicle emissions should produce sizeable reductions in unit
emissions of nitrous oxides, for instance .

Moreover, the structural funds can be used to co-finance
projects for the protection of cultural heritage and to
promote tourism as part of regional development .

(*) See page 11 of this Official Journal .

conditions for aid . How will the Commission ensure that

this situation does not arise ?

How will the Commission ensure a genuine and irreversible
capacity reduction in the former GDR shipyards ? How is
the capacity fixed by the Commission allocated to individual
shipyards ? Is a sudden increase in capacity to be feared in a
few years ?

How will the Commission react if, in a few years,
shipbuilding tonnage comes into line with the theoretical
maximum capacity ? How will the Commission react if it
exceeds 327 000 cgt ?

(!) OJ No L 219, 4 . 8 . 1992, p. 54 .

Answer given by Mr Van Miert

on behalf of the Commission

( 31 March 1993 )

The available 1990 shipbuilding capacity for all the yards in
the former GDR was estimated to be 545 000 cgt in a
detailed study made for the Commission by an independent
consultant .

The German Government has communicated to the
Commission the manner in which it intends to implement
the Council Decision on a 40 % capacity reduction from
WRITTEN QUESTION No 2790 / 92 545 000 cgt to 327 000 cgt for the different yards :

by Mr Freddy Blak ( S )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 16 November 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 26 )

Subject : State aid to shipyards in the former GDR

Council Directive 92 / 68 / EEC (*) of 20 July 1992 calls for a
40 % reduction in shipbuilding capacity in the former GDR .
Existing capacity is quoted at the unrealistically high level of
540 000 cgt, which would mean a capacity reduction to
327 000 cgt .

How is the capacity calculated and who is responsible for
capacity allocation to individual shipyards ?

It appears that the shipyards in the former GDR have never
been able fully to use their allocated capacity and it would
therefore be interesting to check the calculations concerning
capacity against actual production .

Assuming that capacity in the newly restored shipyards is
limited to 327 000 cgt providing relatively few jobs, while
physical production plant capacity is much higher, capacity
could be increased rapidly in future without any additional
investment for owners . This would contradict the

Mathias Thesen Werft 100 000 cgt
Warnow Werft 85 000 cgt
Peene Werft 35 000 cgt
Volkswerft 85 000 cgt
Elbe Werft Boizenburg 22 000 cgt

Total 327 000 cgt

This means that Rosslauer Schiffswerft will be irreversibly
closed for the building of new sea-going vessels, as Neptun
Werft already is at present .

The Commission will, in accordance with Article 7 of the
seventh Directive on aid to shipbuilding 90 / 684 / EEC ( J )
monitor the reduced capacity of the remaining five
shipyards that will produce sea-going vessels for at least five
years after the capacity change has been accomplished and
any capacity increase during the following five years will be
dependent on the Commissions approval . If future
production should indicate that the capacity limits have
been exceeded the Commission will take all necessary
measures, including possible recovering of aid .

In the context of this capacity monitoring the Commission
has asked an independent consultant to analyse the
investment plans for the yards in order to assess whether the

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overall capacity reduction and the proposed capacity change
per yard will be accomplished . This assessment will be based
on major physical capacity limitations .

(!) OJ No L 380, 31 . 7 . 1990 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2792 / 92

by Mr Freddy Blak ( S )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 16 November 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 27 )

Subject : State aid to shipyards in the former GDR

In its proposal for a Council directive providing for changes
to the Seventh Council Directive on aid to shipbuilding
( SEC(92 ) 991 ) of 25 May 1992, the Commission gives a
number of reasons for its proposal to allow aid to shipyards
in the former GDR . The Commission ( rightly ) states that
account must be taken of structural problems in
Mecklenbourg - Western Pomerania on the one hand and
conditions of competition in the Community on the
other .

The Commission justifies its proposal with reference to
expected price increases (9 % in 1992, 6 % in 1993 and 6 %
in 1994 ) and increased demand (+ 45% 1990 — 1995,
+ 95% 1995 — 2000 ). This is based on AWES estimates and
the Commission concludes that this will mitigate the
distortive effects on competitions .

The amount of subsidies is presumably calculated on the
basis of these estimates, providing for compensation for
production losses after 1 July 1990 which must be affected
by developments in market prices .

It has now been shown that the estimates on which the
decision to provide massive subsidies were based no longer
apply . Prices and demand are falling, which could lead to
either increased aid if losses for shipyards in
Mecklenbourg-Western Pomerania are greater, or to
reduced aid if the effects on other European shipyards prove
to be worse in terms of competition .

Can the Commission give its undertaking that, for the sake
of employment in other European shipyards, subsidies to
shipyards in the former GDR will not be increased or
extended ?

How will the Commission react to changes affecting
conditions for the payment of aid to former GDR
shipyards ?

Answer given by Mr Van Miert

on behalf of the Commission

( 29 March 1993 )

The Commission 's market assumptions were based on the
industry 's own forecasts and it seems that the expected
upturn in demand has been delayed . However, the
maximum amount of operating aid possible for the
shipyards in the former GDR is set at 36 % until the end of

1993 ( Council Directive 90 / 684 / EEC of 20 July 1992 ) (*).
The real amount of aid per yard for this region will be based
on the aid needed to restructure and become competitive,
but will not be allowed to exceed the abovementioned
ceiling . The present investigations into the first three
privatizations show that the aid per yard will be below this
maximum ceiling for each of the yards and will be below the
amounts mentioned in the proposal for a Council Directive

( SEC(92 ) 991 ) mentioned in the Honourable Member 's
question .

The Commission 's duty is to apply strictly the derogation
formulated in the abovementioned Council Directive .

According to it in Article 10 ( a ) 2a and b the derogation ends
on 31 December 1993, all aid must be paid before that date
and no further production aid can be granted on contracts
signed between 1 July 1990 and 31 December 1993 . There
are therefore no possibilities either to increase or extend the
subsidy level or to react to changing market conditions .

As regards the effect of the present market conditions on the
other Community yards, this will have to be solved inside
the Community 's aid policy for shipbuilding which is
presently represented by the seventh Directive on aid to
shipbuilding ( 90 / 684 / EEC ) ( x ).

(!) OJ No L 380, 31 . 12 . 1990 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2795 / 92

by Mr Mihail Papayannakis ( GUE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 16 November 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 28 )

Subject : Diversion of the Acheloos

In its answer to my Written Question No 1943 / 91 (*) of
21 February 1992, the Commission states that ' according to
studies carried out by the Greek authorities and made
available to the Commission, globally the energy generating
potential of the Acheloos river is affected only very
marginally by the diversion project '. The answer to Oral
Question No H-3 03 / 92 ( 2 ) states that surveys drawn up by
the Greek Public Power Corporation show that diverting the
Acheloos will increase production by between 1 000 and

19 . 7 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 195 / 19

1 280 GWH / year, which will represent a considerable
increase in Greek hydroelectric production . Can the
Commission explain this obvious discrepancy between its
two statements and say whether it is totally convinced that
the Acheloos diversion project is a cost-effective investment
for the Community ?

(!) OJ No C 141, 3 . 6 . 1992, p. 5 .

( 2 ) Debates of the European Parliament No 3-417 ( April 1992 ).

Answer given by Mr Millan
on behalf of the Commission

( 19 March 1993 )

The point of the Commission 's answer to Written Question
No 1943 / 91 is that, according to the studies carried out by
the Greek Public Power Corporation, the different scenarios
for using the Acheloos for power generation, with or
without the diversion project, will result in energy
production totals which are roughly comparable .

Secondly, the Commission confirms that, according to
studies carried out by the Greek Public Power Corporation,
the Acheloos project, as conceived by the national
authorities, represents an increase in current Greek national
hydroelectric power production of approximately 25 %
(1 000 to 1 280 GWH / year ).

The Commission does not see any contradiction between
these two findings .

It will state its opinion on the advisability of allocating
Community aid to the Acheloos diversion project as
provided for in the Community Support Framework for
Greece when the Greek authorities have submitted a request
for such assistance and in the light of suitable cost-benefit
analyses .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2800 / 92

by Mr Jean-Pierre Raffin ( V )

by Mr Alexandros Alavanos ( CG )
to the Commission of the European Communities

— Corvus monedula — Corvus corone — Pica pica —

Passer domesticus — Passer montanus — Passer
hispaniolensis — Sturnus vulgaris — Garrulus
glandarius,

— during the nesting period ( infringing Article 7 ( 4 ) of

Directive 79 / 409 / EEC ): Streptopelia turtur — Columba
palumbus — Columba oenas — Columba livia — Anas
platyrhychos,

— during migration ( infringing Article 7 ( 4 ) of Directive

79 / 409 / EEC ): Streptopelia turtur — Columba palumbus
— Columba oenas — Alauda arvensis — Turdus pilaris
— Turdus iliacus — Turdus viccivorus — Anser anser —
Anas streptera — Anas crecca — Anas querquedula —
Anas platyrynchos — Anas clypeata — Aythya ferina —
Fúlica atra — Lymnocryptes minimus — Gallinago
gallinago — Scolopax rusticola — Gallinula chloropus
— Vanellus vanellus — Turdus merula — Bucephala
clangula .

What will the Commission do to remedy this situation ?

(!) OJ No L 103, 25 . 4 . 1979, p. 1 .

Answer given by Mr Paleokrassas

on behalf of the Commission

( 30 April 1993 )

The hunting of birds and the migration periods of certain
species have been discussed on many occasions in the Ornis
Committee ( Committee for the adaptation to scientific and
technical progress of Directive 79 / 409 / EEC ). In addition,
the existence of the Ornis data bank means that Member
States have access to the most up-to-date data on the biology
of the species covered by the bird Directive .

Following several complaints, proceedings have been
instituted against Greece in accordance with Article 169 of
the EEC Treaty for failure to apply the bird Directive
properly . The Commission is now following the progress of
these proceedings .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2839 / 92

to the Commission of the European Communities

16 November 1992 ( 16 November 1992 )

( 16 November 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 29 ) ( 93 / C 195 / 30 )

Subject ; Infringement by Greece of the directive on the

conservation of wild birds

Is the Commission aware of serious infringements by Greece
of Directive 79 / 409 / EEC i 1 ).

For the 1992 / 1993 season the Greek authorities have
authorized the hunting of the following species :

Subject : Greek olive oil scandal

The Deputy Director-General for Agriculture in the
Commission, Mr M. Zacquot, has written to the Greek
Government on the subject of fraud and irregularities in the
Greek olive oil sector, requesting :

: — a copy of the decisions by the Greek Ministry of

Agriculture and the Greek Chamber of Finance ordering
investigations ;

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— the final schedule of those investigations and

— a report on the implementation of sanctions .

Can the Commission say :

1 . whether these requests have been met ;

2 . what conclusions it draws from the Greek
Government 's response to the above letter and the
investigations carried out on the spot by Mr M.
Zacquot ;

3 . what other steps it intends to take to elucidate the

matter ?

Answer given by Mr Steichen

on behalf of the Commission

( 10 March 1993 )

1 . The director of the EAGGF Mr M. Jacquot visited
Athens on 16 October 1992 to discuss with the Greek

authorities and the administration of the OEEE details of
the actions taken following the denunciations which
appeared in the press relating to the subject of fraud and
irregularities in the Greek olive oil sector .

During this visit the Greek authorities and the
administration of the OEEE answered all the questions
related to this subject and handed to the Commission
representative copies of the decisions taken by the Greek
Ministries of Agriculture and Finance in ordering
investigations in this sector, as well as documentation
indicating the actual stage of these investigations .

In the meantime the Greek authorities have communicated
to the Commission detailed information concerning the
sanctions imposed on processing units, olive oil mills and
producer organizations as a result of controls carried out by
OEEE from the beginning of its operation until this visit .

2 . This on-the-spot mission and the documentation given
to the Commission indicate that the national authorities and

the OEEE had taken all the necessary measures to
investigate the cases of fraud which appeared in the press as
well as the cases relating to the agency 's personnel .
According to the information received a number of dossiers
have already been sent to the judicial authorities .

3 . The Commission is following this question very
closely and awaits the final conclusions of the investigations
mentioned above before deciding on the further detailed
measures which may then be necessary to bring this affair to
a satisfactory conclusion .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2891 / 92

by Mr Jan Bertens ( LDR )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 23 November 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 31 )

Subject : Violation of the right of establishment and

freedom to provide services affecting non-German
fairground people in Germany

Is the Commission aware that the German authorities have
recently introduced a new requirement for those wishing to
obtain stall sites on fairs, in the form of an ' itinerant 's
card '?

Since other Member States do not issue such cards,
fairground people from these Member States are unable to
provide it, with the result that their applications are
disregarded .

Does this constitute discrimination on the grounds of
nationality and a violation of the right of fairground people
( and others ) to freedom of establishment and freedom to
provide services under Directive 75 / 368 / EEC ?

If so, will the Commission take the necessary measures to
end this discriminatory practice ?

Answer given by Mr Vanni d'Archirafi

on behalf of the Commission

(2 April 1993 )

On 16 June 1975 the Council adopted Directive
75 / 369 / EEC on measures to facilitate the effective exercise

of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services
in respect of itinerant activities and, in particular,
transitional measures in respect of those activities 0 ); this
Directive also covers the free movement of fairground

operators .

One of the aims of the Directive is removal of the obstacle to

the mobility of persons and services constituted by national
provisions which make the pursuit of certain professional
activities subject to proof of good repute and which apply to
nationals and foreigners alike . Such provisions do indeed
exist in Germany in respect of the pursuit of itinerant
activities and, in the case of German nationals, proof of
good repute has generally to be furnished by means of the
itinerant trade licence ( Reisegewerbekarte ). As regards
nationals of other Member States, Article 3 of the Directive
provides for documentary proof which replaces the itinerant
trade licence, namely an extract from the ' judical record ' or,
failing this, an equivalent document issued by a competent
judicial or administrative authority in the Member State of
origin or the Member State whence the foreign national
comes showing that the good repute requirement has been
met . If no such document exists in the Member State of

origin or whence the foreign national comes, the host
Member State must accept a certificate or declaration
subject to the conditions which are likewise stipulated in
Article 3 .

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The Commission is not aware of any problems in
connection with the implementation of the Directive .

(!) OJ No L 167, 30 . 6 . 1975, p. 29 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2894 / 92

by Mr Gerardo Gaibisso ( PPE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 23 November 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 32 )

Subject : Contract for Community premises awarded to

' Cogefar Impresit ', which is under investigation in
Italy

One of the companies involved in the construction of
European Community premises in Brussels is the Italian
company ' Cogefar Impresit '. This company is under special
investigation by the Italian judiciary in connection with
large bribes paid to civil servants and political parties with a
view to illegally obtaining the award of contracts for public
works, thereby blatantly infringing Community legislation
with regard to fair and free competition, corrupting rather
than ' competing '. The examining magistrate has ordered the
arrest of a senior manager of ' Cogefar Impresit '. In
connection with these works :

1 . Were invitations to tender for the construction of these
premises duly issued and published in the Official
Journal of the European Communities ?

2 . How many companies submitted tenders and from
which Member States ?

3 . What terms were offered by ' Cogefar Impresit ', enabling

it to win the contract ?

4 . Under what conditions have the works been entrusted to
' Cogefar Impresit '?

Answer given by Mr Vanni d'Archirafi

on behalf of the Commission

(7 April 1993 )

As regards the general issues raised by the question, the
Honourable Member could refer to the answer given by the
Commission to Written Question No 14,37 / 92 by Mr
Linkohr ( M.

As regards the specific questions, it is presumed that the
Honourable Member refers to the contracts in relation to
the new Council building, for the construction of which the
Belgian authorities act as contracting authority .

It must be noted that ' Cogefar Impresit ' has not obtained
any contracts in relation to the construction of the new
Council building in its own name, but only as member of an
international consortium, CDK, composed of Cogefar
Impresit, Dywidag ( German ) and Koeckelberg ( Belgian ).
This consortium obtained contracts for three lots of the

works in relation to the construction of the new Council
building .

1 . A tender notice was duly published by the Belgian
authorities acting as contracting authority in the
Supplement to the Official Journal of the European

Communities No S 142 / 11 of 25 July 1987 by which
notice a restricted award procedure was started .

2 . For each of the three lots, nine offers were received from
companies, or more frequently groups of companies,
from Belgium, Italy, France, Germany, Luxembourg,
Spain and the Netherlands .

3 . The Commission does not have available the
information requested regarding the content of the
tender, which is in any case legitimately considered
confidential by both the consortium and the competent
Belgian authorities .

4 . The Commission has examined the procedures used for

the award of the contracts regarding lots 1, 2 and 3 . This
examination did not indicate that the conditions under
which the works were entrusted to the consortium, of
which ' Cogefar Impresit ' is part, were contrary to
Community rules on public procurement .

(!) OJ No C 6, 11 . 1 . 1993 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2899 / 92

by Mr Cesare De Piccoli ( GUE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 23 November 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 33 )

Subject : Closure of the Alucentro establishment in Porto

Marghera

The Alusuisse multinational company has decided to close
down the Alucentro establishment in Porto Marghera,
laying off hundreds of workers as part of its programme of
redunancies at European level . In view of this, will the
Commission take steps to prevent serious job losses and
production cutbacks in the Community aluminium
sector ?

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Answer given by Mr Bangemann

on behalf of the Commission

(5 April 1993 )

Alucentro belongs to the Alusuisse Italy group . It produces
the anodes used to obtain primary aluminium by means of
electrolysis . Its principal customer used to be the SAVA
works in Porto Marghera, which is owned by Alumix

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2933 / 92

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 24 November 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 34 )

Subject : Rules governing the operation of quarries in

Greece

( Italian State ). Now, however, Alumix produces its own
carbon anodes and Alucentro has lost its biggest The Greek authorities have failed to introduce the new rules
customer . governing the operation of quarries in Greece based on

environmental criteria . The presidential decree which the
Greek Government announced was designed to resolve the
The worldwide economic crisis since 1990 has led inter alia quarry problem has been set aside indefinitely . Will the
Commission look into this matter ?
to a stagnation in demand for primary aluminium . This has
forced down world market prices .

Increased exports of aluminium from the Republics of the
former Soviet Union, which placed almost one million
tonnes per year on the world, and in particular Community,
markets in 1991 and 1992, further undermined world
prices . This fall in prices has plunged the Community
industry into a crisis, not least because its production costs
are higher than those of many of its non-Community rivals,
particularly from countries with less stringent rules than the
Community on, for example, environmental protection .

In response to this situation, the industry has decided to
close the least competitive plants, some temporarily, others
definitively .

The Commission is aware of these problems and is
following developments closely, particularly with the aid of
the statistics gathered under the surveillance system
introduced at its instigation by Regulation ( EEC ) No 958 / 92
of 14 April 1992 ( J ). It is also examining a request from the
French Government to apply a Community safeguard clause
to imports of unwrought aluminium from the Republics of
the CIS . The final decision on this matter will be up to the
Council . For its part, the Commission will do its utmost to
complete its investigation rapidly and efficiently .

The Commission is convinced that observance of the rules of

competition on the international markets is the way to
safeguard the Community 's interests and, in particular,
jobs . To attain this objective, particularly in the trade with
the Republics of the CIS, in addition to the commercial
policy measures which the Commission proposes, close
cooperation is needed with a view, above all, to helping
these Republics to fit into the free market economy .

(!) OJ No L 102, 16 . 4 . 1992 .

Answer given by Mr Paleokrassas

on behalf of the Commission

( 27 April 1993 )

The Commission finds that the matter raised by the
Honourable Member relating to the operation of quarries in
Greece in fact falls under national jurisdiction .

The Decree in question concerns general criteria for the
operation of quarries and as such does not come within the
scope of Directive 85 / 337 / EEC I 1 ), which requires
environmental impact assessment only for individual
projects in the mining industry .

Each time the Greek authorities receive a request to open a
quarry, they must therefore check, prior to granting
authorization, whether environmental assessment is
required in accordance with the Directive, e.g. by virtue of
the project 's size or location .

(M OJ No L 175, 5 . 7 . 1985 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2935 / 92

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 24 November 1992 )

93 / C 195 / 35 )

Subject : Establishment of land registers in Greece

Since Greece does not yet have a general national land
registry or local registries, will the Commission propose
assistance for Greece so that such registries can be drawn up
in the near future ?

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Answer given by Mr Millan
on behalf of the Commission

( 22 March 1993 )

The Commission considers that the creation of a national

land register and local land registers in Greece would
establish an important instrument for developing and
modernizing national administrative services and, more
generally, the Greek economy and Greek society .

In this context, the Commission is already financing the
establishment of an olive cultivation register and a vineyard
register in Greece as well as a pilot study in central
Macedonia to identify a method of setting up a national land
register suited to the specific characteristics of Greece . The
launching of these operations has, however, brought to light
the scale of the constraints arising from the absence of a land
register and the consequence necessity of developing an
instrument to enable efficient monitoring for the purposes
of Community policies, in particular the CAP .

Finally, the Commission is ready to examine the possibility
of part-financing a broad-based Greek national land register
under the next Greek Community Support Framework if it
receives a proposal from the competent Greek
authorities .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2936 / 92

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 24 November 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 36 )

Subject : Modernization of the water supply system in the

village of Portaria, Magnesia

The original IMP proposal ( 1986 ) included modernization
of the water supply system in the tourist village of Portaria,
Magnesia, with a budget of some 17 million . Given that the
IMP expires in 1992 before completion of this project, will
the Commission ensure that it continues to receive

funding ?

Answer given by Mr Millan
on behalf of the Commission

( 13 April 1993 )

The Commission confirms that the Integrated
Mediterranean programmes included a water supply project
at Portaria village with a budget of 17 million Drachmes .

At the end of 1992, this budget was fully used by the
implementing authorities and a further allocation of 2,8
million dras has now been made for 1993 to complete the
present phase of the project . Funding for further phase(s )
can be considered in the context of the next round of

structural fund support for Greece starting on 1 January

1994 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2952 / 92

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 24 November 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 37 )

Subject : The plight of children in Bosnia-Herzegovina

The plight of children in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the innocent
victims of the civil war, is a tragedy . According to the
Institute of Health in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1 500 children
have been killed, 30 000 wounded and more than 900 000
have developed serious mental disorders since hostilities
began in April . The UN High Commission has warned that
many children will probably die of the cold and because of a
shortage of provisions during the winter . " What measures
does the Commission therefore intend to take to save the

children of Bosnia-Herzegovina in a situation where more
than 2 700 000 refugees already have no roof over their
heads ? Does the Commission intend to ask for a further

increase in Community aid through the special programme
for this region ?

Answer given by Mr Marin
on behalf of the Commission

(7 May 1993 )

Since the outbreak of hostilities in the former Yugoslavia,
the Commission has provided large amounts of
humanitarian aid for those made refugees or displaced by
the fighting . With approximately ECU 290 million of
emergency humanitarian aid allocated, the Commission is
the biggest international donor .

The funds have been used to dispatch 300 000 tonnes of
foodstuffs, 2,7 million family packages, 178 000 blankets,
50 000 mattresses and 4 500 tonnes of soap and detergent,
and for approximately ECU 24 million of medical
programmes and ECU 37 million of programmes providing
shelter, plus other operations . The aid is supplied without
discrimination for all those in need, and therefore includes
the children of Bosnia-Herzegovina .

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The Commission is continuing the effort this year and on
3 March made an initial allocation of ECU 60 million for the

victims of the war .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2968 / 92

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 24 November 1992 )

93 / C 195 / 38

Subject : Subsidy for the T. A. Tamparas Greek Olive Oil

Production grading plant

According to reports which appeared in the Greek press on
4 October 1992, the T. A. Tamparas Greek Olive Oil
Production Plant in Thessaloniki obtained subsidies by
highly questionable means . Does the Commission intend to
ask for this matter to be elucidated ?

Answer given by Mr Steichen

on behalf of the Commission

(4 March 1993 )

The Commission does not have information allowing it to
give an opinion on possible aid for the packaging unit

' Elaioparagoyiki Elladas TH . A. Tabara ' in Thessaloniki ; a
request for notification under Article 93 ( 3 ) of the Treaty
has been sent to the Greek authorities .

The Commission will take a decision on this measure in the
light of . the rules on competition in the Treaty .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 2987 / 92

by Mr José Valverde Lôpez ( PPE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 30 November 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 39 )

Subject : Dumping of waste at Playa de Usgo ( Spain ) by the

Solvay y Cia company

The Solvay y Cia company is practising marine dumping of
untreated liquid waste deriving from the manufacturing
processes at its plant in Barreda ( Cantabria, Spain ). In view

of the high production levels of this plant — 740 000 million
tonnes per annum of sodium carbonate and 256 000 million
tonnes per annum of caustic soda — the total amount of
solid waste dumped directly at sea is over 1 500 tonnes per
day .

This dumping has a clearly adverse effect on the
environment, especially on the underwater breeding which
takes place along the nearby coast ; the high concentration of
suspended matter in the area means that the waters cannot
come up to the minimum requirements laid down in Council
Directive 79 / 923 / EEC (*) of 30 October 1979 on the quality
required of shellfish waters .

Is the Commission aware of the existence of large-scale
dumping of untreated solid wastes directly into the sea by
Solvay y Cia at Playa de Usgo in the Autonomous
Community of Cantabria ( Spain ) in the vicinity of areas
where underwater breeding takes place ?

What measures does the Commission intend to adopt to
oblige the Spanish government to ensure that underwater
breeding in the vicinity of the above deposits is carried out in
compliance with the minimum water quality requirements
established under Community law ?

(!) OJ No L 281, 10 . 11 . 1979, p. 47 .

Answer given by Mr Paleokrassas

on behalf of the Commission

(3 May 1993 )

Council Directive 79 / 923 / EEC of 30 October 1979 on the
quality required of shellfish waters is only applicable to
coastal and brackish waters designated by the Member
States as needing protection or improvement in order to
support shellfish life .

Spain has designated five shellfish waters in the region of
Cantabria which the Commission considers to be an
adequate and representative number for this area . Of the
five designated waters, the one closest to Barreda is located
at Marisma de Mogro to the west of the River Soya

estuary .

The Commission has received from Spain the results of
monitoring carried out during 1990 at its designated
shellfish waters . However, the data provided are insufficient
to allow a proper assessment of whether problems exist with
the suspended solids parameter at the designated shellfish
waters in the region of Cantabria . Therefore, the
Commission will make specific enquiries to establish
whether Directive 79 / 923 / EEC is being respected in
Cantabria and will duly inform the Honourable Member of
the results of these enquiries .

In addition, the Commission is examining the conformity
with Directive 76 / 464 / EEC ( x ) on pollution caused - by
certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic

19 . 7 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 195 / 25

environment of the Community ( and its daughter directives )
of discharges from the Solvay y Cia Company at
Barreda .

need to respect the environment, with particular reference to
' the appropriate use of audible warning devices ' ( 2 ).

í 1 ) OJ No L 176, 10 . 8 . 1970 .

(!) OJ No L 129, 18 . 5 . 1976 . ( 2 ) OJ No L 237, 24 . 8 . 1991 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3025 / 92

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3021 / 92

by Mr José Lafuente Lôpez ( PPE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

by Mr Florus Wijsenbeek ( LDR )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 14 December 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 41 )
( 30 November 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 40 )

Subject : Community measures against noise pollution

While working towards the dream which holds that a city
without cars is a necessary and reasonable reform, both
from an economic and environmental viewpoint, as stated
by a Community authority, it should be noted that certain
aspects of cities ' with cars ' require urgent attention at
Community level in order to reduce the noise pollution
caused by city traffic .

One aspect of this is the unnecessary and excessive use of car
horns, which causes real and unbearable noise pollution on
the main traffic routes, due to their congestion and
hazardousness .

Therefore, while continuing to work towards the eagerly
awaited goal of planning traffic so as to reclaim cities from
their current traffic-induced chaos, it would be interesting to
know whether the Commission believes it necessary to
propose to the national governments of Member States that
they follow other countries in passing legislation to prohibit
the use of car horns, thereby removing one of the main
sources of noise pollution in our cities .

Answer given by Mr Matutes

on behalf of the Commission

( 31 March 1993 )

Council Directive 70 / 388 / EEC of 27 July 1970 limits the
sound pressure of vehicle horns to 118 dB(A ) (*).

Rules on the use of horns in built-up areas are a matter for
national or local authorities .

Point 2.10 of Annex II to Directive 91 / 439 / EEC on driving
licences requires that learner drivers be made aware of the

Subject : Cross-border passenger transport

Is the Commission aware that, on crossing an internal
border to a Member State other than the Member State of
residence, cross-border taxis are required to stop and pay
VAT ?

How is this compatible with freedom to provide services in
the Community and the principle that VAT is only payable
in the country in which the invoice is paid ?

Answer given by Mrs Scrivener

on behalf of the Commission

(5 April 1993 )

The Commission is aware of the constraints referred to by
the Honourable Member regarding intra-Community road
transport . These constraints impose an administrative
burden on international transport operators in Member
States where VAT is chargeable and cause hold-ups at
frontiers . They are unavoidable under the sixth VAT
Directive 77 / 388 / EEC 0 ), which results in a particular
transport operation being taxed in proportion to the
distance covered in each of the countries concerned .

However, where passenger transport is concerned, the
ultimate objective set by this Directive is to tax the entire
operation in the country of departure . The abolition of
controls at intra-Community frontiers from 1 January 1993
provides both an opportunity and the fundamental
justification for achieving this objective as a matter of

urgency .

To this end, in September 1992, the Commission presented
the Council with a proposal for a new directive aimed at
locating supplies of transport services by road or inland
waterway in the country of departure for tax purposes .

(!) OJ No L 145, 13 . 6 . 1977 .

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WRITTEN QUESTION No 3090 / 92 Will the Commission state whether this information is

by Mr José Valverde Lopez ( PPE ) accurate ? If so, what measure does it intend to take to ensure

that the above directive is properly and uniformly applied in
to the Commission of the European Communities all Member States ?

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3090 / 92

by Mr José Valverde Lopez ( PPE )

( 14 December 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 42 ) (!) OJ No L 166, 28 . 6 . 1991, p. 77 .

Subject : Feasibility studies for a tunnel across the Strait of

Gibraltar linking Morocco and Spain

For many years the governments of Spain and Portugal have
been considering building a tunnel between Morocco and
Spain . Since the Community 's new Mediterranean policy
will lead to a large increase in the flow of people and goods
between the Mahgreb countries and the other Middle East
countries, does the Commission plan to speed up the
feasibility studies, in particular by using the new instruments
for cooperation with these countries ?

Answer given by Mr Marin
on behalf of the Commission

(2 April 1993 )

Neither the Spanish nor the Moroccan authorities have,
asked the Commission to help finance a feasibility study for
a tunnel under the Straits of Gibraltar . Should it receive such
a request the Commission would examine it to see whether it
could be financed under the ' horizontal ' or other provisions
of the new Mediterranean policy .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3096 / 92

by Mr Mauro Chiabrando ( PPE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 14 December 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 43

Subject : Failure by Italy to transpose into national law the

directive on prevention of the use of the financial
system for the purpose of money laundering

It appears that Italy has not yet transposed into national law
Directive 91 / 308 / EEC i 1 ) of 10 June 1992 on prevention of
the use of the financial system for the purpose of morey
laundering .

This delay will create problems for banks and their clients
when the internal market is completed on 1 January 1993
since different standards will thus apply to the Member
States of the Community .

Italian banks have already raised the matter with the
appropriate authorities .

Answer given by Mr Vanni d'Archirafi

on behalf of the Commission

(2 April 1993 )

On 9 April and 14 May 1992, the Commission was
informed by Italy that Directive 91 / 308 / EEC had been
implemented in Italian law . The Commission is now
verifying that all the provisions of the Directive have been
duly implemented in the new Italian legislation .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3105 / 92

by Mr Virginio Bettini and Mr Gianfranco Amendola

( V )

to the Commission of the European Communities

( 14 December 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 44

Subject : Bird-catching at Pontida ( BG ) in Lombardy
( Italy )

Bird-catching is prohibited under Directive 79 / 409 / EEC ( l )
on the conservation of wild birds .

In the province of Bergamo and Brescia instruments have
been set up to capture and kill birds, contrary to the
provisions of Directive 79 / 409 / EEC .

Does the Commission not plan to initiate infringement
proceedings against the Italian authorities for failure to
comply with the above directive ?

(!) OJ No L 103, 25 . 4 . 1979, p. 1 .

Answer given by Mr Paleokrassas

on behalf of the Commission

( 28 May 1993 )

The Commission is inquiring into the facts referred to by the
Honourable Members with the Member State concerned . It

will inform them of its findings as soon as possible .

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WRITTEN QUESTION No 3116 / 92

by Mr Max Simeoni ( ARC )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 14 December 1992 )

( 93 / C 195 / 45 )

Subject : Ecological assessment of biological fuels

The German Environment Office ( Umweltbundesamt ) has
recently carried out an ecological assessment of biological
fuels, from which it emerges that, while biological fuels emit
far less carbon dioxide than fossil fuels, the fertilizer
necessary for colza cultivation gives off nitrous oxide which
is 300 times more dangerous in terms of greenhouse effect
than carbon dioxide, producing an unfavourable end result .
The same applies to cereal-based alcohols, and alcohols
from beet and potatoes, whose production consumes more
energy than they supply .

The result is also unfavourable in terms of costs . Experts
have calculated that, even if biological fuels were tax-free,
colza oil, the least expensive, would require a DM 0,80 / 1
subsidy in order to be sold at the same price as conventional
diesel oil .

German specialists have therefore concluded that the
intensive cultivation of colza to produce fuel has no
ecological advantages over conventional diesel oil .

Is the Commission aware of this study . If so, what
conclusions does it draw for its own agri-environmental
programme ?

2 . As regards the energy balance of biofuels, most of the
studies carried out produce results ranging between 1,2
and 5 ( relationship between the energy used in
production, including the energy content of the
fertilizers, pesticides and fuel for the agricultural
machinery used, and the energy content of the products
and by-products ). The variations depend on the process
and technologies used . According to these studies, then,
the use of biofuels leads in all cases to a reduction in C0 2
emissions . Further studies will have to be conducted,
however, to define the extent of this reduction in the
light of the experience acquired .

These studies also attribute advantages to biofuels in
terms of emissions of particles, smoke, S0 2, CO and
unburnt hydrocarbons . The environmental benefits are
less evident in the case of VOCs and NOX, however .

3 . As regards the costs of producing biofuels, the
Commission proposal to reduce excise duties makes up
the difference between these costs and the price of fossil
fuels . It should be borne in mind that colza diester is

currently produced in small pilot units, and that
production in plants of a more economical size

( 50 000 —100 000 tonnes annually ), allied to
developments in the technology, will certainly reduce
costs . Furthermore, the reform of the common
agricultural policy will bring the prices of agricultural
products into line with world market prices .

4 . The likely benefits of biofuels in terms of energy and in

economic terms must also be taken into account :

— an increase, however slight, in security of energy

supply in the Community, and a reduction in the
current very heavy dependence on petroleum
Answer given by Mr Matutes products in the road transport sector ;

on behalf of the Commission

(6 April 1993 )

— the positive impact on the balance of payments and

The study referred to by the Honourable Member does not
appear to have been officially published . However, the
Commission would make the following comments based on
the information which it possesses on this subject :

1 . Emissions of nitrous oxide are not confined to colza
cultivation . They depend on a large number of specific
factors, with the result that it is impossible to quantify
them in a uniform manner for Europe as a whole . The
increase in colza yield in recent years is largely the result
of the advances made in biotechnology . The figures
quoted by the Bundesamt fur Umwelt for emissions of
N2O from the cultivation of colza appear to be very
much higher than those usually quoted by researchers,
and suggest that the subject needs to be studied
further .

the balance of trade, and on GNP and employment .
A study carried out by the Commission estimated
that, after the first five to 10 years ( depending on
Member State ), the tax revenue from the economic
activity engendered by this new sector could
outweigh the initial loss in tax revenue from the
reduction of tax on biofuels .

5 . In the Commission 's view it is too early, given the
current state of knowledge, to draw up an ecological
assessment of biofuels in Europe . Any such assessment
would have to not only take into account the
contribution of certain gases to the greenhouse effect,
but also examine the environmental implications from
every angle, with particular reference to biofuels as a
substitute for fossil fuels . Other factors to be taken

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into consideration are the environmental impact of the
set-aside of large tracts of farmland in the Community,
and the need to convert large numbers of jobs in
agriculture into industrial or other jobs .

6 . To conclude, the Commission feels that caution must be

exercised in developing the biofuels sector, with an
ongoing assessment being carried out, in the light of the
experience acquired, of the impact in terms of energy,
the economy, the environment and employment .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3173 / 92

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Commission of the European Communities

(6 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 46 )

Subject : Delta of the River Ilisos in Attica

The delta of the River Ilisos in Attica, despite the fact that
embankments are occasionally built, is an aquatic biotope
which continues to attract impressive numbers of migratory
birds . The Greek Ornithological Society maintains that the
outlets of the Ilisos must be made into a nature reserve since
they serve as a staging post and breeding area for 1 19 species
of birds . Will the Commission act to protect the delta of the
River Ilisos ?

Answer given by Mr Paleokrassas

on behalf of the Commission

( 20 April 1993 )

Greece has not classified the zone in question as a special
protection area according to Article A of Directive
79 / 409 / EEC ( 1 ), concerning the conservation of wild birds,
which is the only legal basis for Community intervention for
nature conservation applicable at present . Nor has the area
been identified as being of Community importance under
the abovementioned Directive .

«

Consequently, and in accordance with the principle of
subsidiarity ( Article 130 R, point 4 of the EEC Treaty ) it is
the responsibility of the Greek authorities to take the
necessary measures for the wise use and protection of the
biotope in question .

(!) OJ No L 103, 25 . 4 . 1979 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3190 / 92

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Commission of the European Communities

(6 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 47

Subject : Protection of Kalokhori ( Thessaloniki )

Kalokhori ( Thessaloniki ) is sinking because of the
large-scale extraction of water and there is an imminent
danger either of an earthquake or of some other calamity
such as a larger and sudden rise in the sea-level . The Greek
Ministry for the Environment, Regional Planning and Public
Works is aware of the problem but the measures which it has
taken so far are considered to be insufficient . Will the
Commission propose that further measures be taken in view
of the fact that, firstly, Kalakhori, is in an area which is
prone to earthquakes and, secondly, a 15-metre long breach
was recently made in a dike by stormy seas and a hundred
hectares of land were flooded under 30 centimetres of water,
in spite of the immediate repairs carried out ?

Answer given by Mr Paleokrassas

on behalf of the Commission

( 17 May 1993 )

The situation as described by the Honourable Member
would seem to be a matter for the Greek authorities .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3207 / 92

by Mr Giuseppe Mottola ( PPE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

(6 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 48 )

Subject : Need for European students to complete their

studies in another Member State of the

Community

In view of the completion of the Single Market with effect
from 1 January 1993, which provides for the freedom of
movement of persons and the right freely to choose a
profession, and in the light of the objectives of the Erasmus
programme, which promotes exchanges between different
systems of university education, and is thus of interest both
to university teachers and students,

1 . Is there not an urgent need for European students at
whatever level to be able to complete their studies in
another Member State of the Community ?

2 .. Will the Commission facilitate that initiative with

financial support in order to accelerate the process of
cultural integration among the young ?

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Answer given by Mr Ruberti
on behalf of the Commission

(7 May 1993 )

The Commission shares the Honourable Member 's view
concerning the implications of the completion of the Single
Market and, in this connection, can only stress once again
the educational and cultural value of enabling European
students to gain direct experience of studying, living and
working in another Member State .

The success of programmes such as Erasmus and Comett is
therefore greatly to be welcomed but mobility on a larger
scale, involving the elimination of existing barriers, the
provision of support structures and funding for study
grants, can be achieved only in close cooperation with the
Member States .

The Commission is currently engaged in an overall
evaluation of the Community 's education and training
programmes due for completion at the end of 1994 . On the
basis of this evaluation and taking account of the new
political and economic realities, the Commission will
shortly be presenting its proposals for future action .

As a source of additional information, the Commission is
sending the Honourable Member and the Secretariat ­
General of the Parliament the Memorandum on Higher
Education which it adopted in November 1991 and which,
amongst other things, discusses the various points raised
here .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3213 / 92

by Mr Victor Arbeloa Muru ( S )
to the Commission of the European Communities

(6 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 49 )

Subject : New agricultural policy

What measures is the Commission taking in order to explain
the Community 's recently adopted new agricultural policy
in clear and convincing terms to those affected ?

Answer given by Mr Steichen

on behalf of the Commission

( 16 February 1993 )

The Commission finances various measures to disseminate
information in the Member States by means of the budget
heading on agricultural training and information ( heading
514 ). The subject matter treated is very varied and meets the
needs of those looking for information . Thus, the topic most

frequently broached at present is the reform of the common
agricultural policy .

Apart from framework agreements with the farmers ' unions
and meetings between farming interests and officials
through advisory committees and expert groups, the
Commission is directly active on the ground with measures
falling into two broad categories :

1 . seminars / conferences in the Member States ;

2 . information visits to Brussels ( approximately 100 visits

a year ) by groups interested in meeting officials to
discuss various jointly agreed topics .

In all cases, the aim is to provide direct information to
farming representatives and farmers themselves, thereby
enabling information to be better disseminated in the
Member States .

In carrying out this task, the Directorate-General for
Agriculture ( DG VI ) often acts in partnership with the
Directorate-General responsible for information on the
Community ( DG X ).

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3234 / 92

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) .
to the Commission of the European Communities

(6 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 50 )

Subject : Combating field mice in farming areas in Greece

The Greeks farming press has recently reported that eight
Greek provinces ( Evros, Serrai, Thessaloniki, Larissa,
Magnesia, Evvia, Ilia and Chios ) have been overrun by field
mice . Can the Community help to combat these animals and
compensate the farmers whose crops and stocks of farm
produce have been devastated ?

Answer given by Mr Steichen

on behalf of the Commission

(9 March 1993 )

The Commission is aware of the problem of damage caused
by field mice to crops in certain agricultural regions in
Greece .

Although these rodents exist in large numbers all over the
world, they are not considered harmful organisms requiring
quarantine .

Several measures exist to limit damage by field mice . Their
organization is the responsibility of the Member States .

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On 21 December 1989, the Commission proposed (*) a
system of protective measures and Community financial
solidarity in the event of the appearance of harmful
organisms requiring quarantine . That proposal has still not
been adopted by the Council . At this stage, the Commission
does not envisage specific measures to control harmful
organisms other than requiring quarantine or any
possibilities of compensation for damage by such .

( x ) OJ No C 31, 9 . 2 . 1990 ; amendment in OJ No C 205, 6 . 8 .

1991 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3236 / 92

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Commission of the European Communities

(6 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 51 )

Subject : Division of water resources between the EEC and

Bulgaria

A long-standing and complex problem affecting relations
between the EEC and Bulgaria concerning the division of
water resources and related arrangements could be resolved
through the Association Agreement ( European Agreement )
which the Community is negotiating with Bulgaria . Greece
proposes to append a special protocol to the Agreement
concerning the waters of cross-border rivers and it seems
likely, if the EEC shows sufficient commitment, that
Greece 's proposal will ultimately be accepted .

promoting the combat against soil erosion, to promoting the
rational use of water resources and to promoting the
protection of fauna and flora .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3247 / 92

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Commission of the European Communities

(6 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 52 )

Subject : Printed matter and VAT in Greece

Until 1 August 1992 VAT in Greece was levied at all stages
of production of books, periodicals and newspapers at 4 %
and at 4 % for the final product . The Greek Government has
now introduced changes under which VAT will still be 4 %
for the final product but 18 % for all the individual stages of
production ( type-setting, photo-composition, binding, etc .).
This particular measure, according to stationers ' and
publishers ' associations, applies to all manufacturers except
for vertically integrated companies, i.e. those that can carry
out all the stages of producing printed matter . For these, the
4 % rate still applies . In view of the fact that this measure
creates unfair competition between the big vertically
integrated companies and small firms, will the Commission

ask the Greek authorities to revoke this measure ? Will the
Commission stress that publishing is a particularly
important sector and that VAT cannot be levied at the
' astronomic ' rate of 18% ?

Have the contracting parties ( EEC-Bulgaria ) agreed to set up
a system of monitoring and controlling the quality and
quantity of the waters in the cross-border rivers and what
does this actually involve in practice ? Answer given by Mrs Scrivener

on behalf of the Commission

( IS April 1993 )

Answer given by Sir Leon Brittan

on behalf of the Commission

( 11 March 1993 )

The Europe Agreement signed on 8 March 1993 includes a
Protocol concerning transboundary rivers . It refers to the
' Convention on the protection and use of transboundary
watercourses and international lakes ', and to other relevant
international conventions such as the one concerning
environmental impact assessment . The Protocol provides
for setting up a system to monitor the quantity and the
quality of water in the crossborder rivers, with a view inter
alia to reducing pollution, to coping with floods, to

The Honourable Member raises two questions : the first
concerns the tax effects of vertically integrated structures ;
the second relates to the VAT rate to be applied to particular
goods and services .

As far as vertically integrated businesses are concerned, it is
generally the case that internal operations are not treated as
supplies and that the question of the payment of VAT on
them does not, therefore, arise . This is a cash-flow
advantage which is inherent in the nature of vertically
integrated businesses, irrespective of the rate of VAT which
may be applicable to similar operations carried out by
separate suppliers .

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As far as VAT rates are concerned, the Directive on the
approximation of VAT rates adopted by the Council of
Economic and Finance Ministers on 19 October 1992 ( a )
lays down a list of the supplies of goods and services for
which Member States may charge VAT at the lower rate .
The standard rate must be applied to all other supplies .

Supplies of books, newspapers and periodicals themselves
may be charged at the lower rate, since they appear on the
list in the Directive . No similar provision is made in relation
to inputs to these supplies, which must therefore be taxed at
the standard rate . Greek legislation provides that only
supplies of books may be taxed at the lower rate and that
intermediate supplies carried out by distinct suppliers and
not resulting in the delivery of the finished article should be
charged at the standard rate .

The Commission is, however, currently checking the
conformity of Member States ' VAT rates and structures
with Community legislation . The Commission will inform
the Honourable Member of the outcome of this work
insofar as it may relate to the questions he has raised .

( J ) OJ No L 316, 31 . 10 . 1992 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3248 / 92

by Mr Jaak Vandemeulebroucke ( ARC )
to the Commission of the European Communities

(6 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 53 )

Subject : Support for consumer initiatives

Please supply a list of consumer policy initiatives which have
received Commission funding, if possible broken down by
Member State, giving the names and addresses of the
organizations which received funds and a brief description
of the projects subsidized in the 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1992
financial years .

Supplementary answer given by Mrs Scrivener

on behalf of the Commission

( 18 May 1993 )

Further to its answer of 1 March 1993 (*), the Commission
is sending direct to the Honourable Member and to the
Secretariat General of European Parliament the information
requested .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3294 / 92

by Mr Carlos Robles Piquer ( PPE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

(1 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 54 )

Subject : Japanese cold nuclear fusion venture ?

The Third International Conference on Cold Nuclear

Fusion organized last month by seven Japanese scientific
organizations was attended by 200 Japanese scientists and
more than 100 foreigners, probably including a number of
Europeans . A profound difference of views in this area
emerged between Japan and the United States, since the
Americans consider ambient temperature fusion to be an
illusion or, at the very least, too remote a possibility to
justify government funding, while the Japanese are devoting
considerable resources to research in this area . In particular,
the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry

( MITI ) has earmarked $25 million over the next four years
for this venture, in which about 15 undertakings will be
involved .

Can the Commission say what Europeans attended the
conference and what position they adopted on this
question ?

Answer given by Mr Ruberti
on behalf of the Commission

( 10 May 1993 )

' Cold fusion ' was spectacularly announced in the media in
1989 . In response the Commission, in the frame of the
Community Fusion Programme, and several European
national laboratories initiated control experiments . These
checks, performed thoroughly during the years 1989 and

1990, gave negative results, both in terms of energy gain and
of occurrence of nuclear reactions .

The Commission, under Council Decision 91 / 678 /
Euratom ( 1 ), keeps itself informed on approaches to fusion
other than by magnetic confinement ; this includes watching
and assessing new results, such as those presented at the
third International Conference on Cold Fusion which Was
attended by several European scientists ( among them some
contributors to the checks on ' cold fusion ').

On current information, the Commission sees no reason to
do more than keep itself informed on ' cold fusion '. !

(!) OJ No G 106, 16 . 4 . 1993 . H OJ No L 375, 31 . 12 . 1991 .

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WRITTEN QUESTION No 3299 / 92
by Mrs Marguerite-Marie Dinguirard ( V )
to the Commission of the European Communities

(6 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 55 )

Subject : Epidemiological study, request for reference
documents

In its reply of 26 October 1992 to Written Question
No 1466 / 92 i 1 ) the Commission refers to an
epidemiological study of workers in the nuclear energy
sector and the possible high incidence of cancers near
nuclear plants .

1 . Can the Commission submit an interim report stating
what investigations were carried out and the initial
results obtained ?

report : NRPB-R251 ( 1992 ). This analysis finds the ' healthy
worker effect ' which means that when compared with the
health of a normal population with the same age
distribution, the nuclear workers suffer less disease .
However, when the nuclear workers are compared with
each other on the basis of total accumulated radiation dose,
an increase of leukaemia incidence with increasing dose is
found . The statistical errors associated with this increase
preclude any definite conclusions to be drawn from the
result .

The NRPB has also published two reports of a workshop on
the follow-up of the cluster of leukaemias reported at
Sellafield in the United Kingdom :

1 . Memorandum : NRPB / HSE Workshop : Follow-up to

Professor Gardner 's Case-Control Study of Leukaemia
and Lymphoma among Young People near Sellafield
Nuclear Plant in West Cumbria . NRPB-M248

( 1990 .

2 . Can the Commission supply details concerning the 2 . NRPB / HSE Workshop : Follow-up to Professor
expert groups working on this question ? Gardner 's Case-Control Study of Leukaemia and

Lymphoma among Young People near Sellafield
Nuclear Plant in West Cumbria . NRPB-M242
(!) OJ No C 65, 8 . 3 . 1993, p. 17 .
1991 .

Answer given by Mr Ruberti
on behalf of the Commission

(6 May 1993 )

The Commission 's Radiation Protection Research Action is
currently supporting on a cost-shared basis the following
contracts which are concerned with epidemiological studies
of nuclear workers and the occurrence of clusters of cancer

around nuclear installations :

1 . Second Analysis of the National Registry for Radiation
Workers . G. Kendall . National Radiological Protection
Board, Chilton, United Kingdom .

2 . International Collaborative Study of Cancer Risk

among Nuclear Industry Workers . E. Cardis .
International Agency for Cancer Research, Lyon,
France .

3 . Epidemiological Studies and Tables . C. Muirhead,
National Radiological Protection Board, Chilton,
United Kingdom ; with specific projects dealing with the
occurrence of cancer clusters around nuclear
installations which are being conducted by : C. Hill,
Institut Gustave Roussy, Paris, France, and : S.
Richardson, INSERM, Paris, France .

These epidemiological studies are by their nature long-term,
however, some interim analyses have recently been
published .

The ' First analysis of the national registry for radiation
workers ' by G. M. Kendall, C. R. Muirhead and B. H.
MacGibbon, has recently been published as an NRPB

In addition to this work which is supported by the Radiation
Protection Research Action, other work is being carried out
in the United Kingdom, supported by British Nuclear Fuels
Ltd and by the United Kingdom Coordinating Committee
on Cancer Research . In Canada, the proceedings of a
symposium on Leukaemia clustering have just been
published .

Copies of the reports available to the Radiation Protection
Research Action will be sent separately to the Honourable
Member and to the Secretariat General of Parliament .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3300 / 92

by Mr Bryan Cassidy ( PPE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

(6 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 56

Subject : UK implementation of the Directive on control of

the acquisition and possession of weapons

By the Firearms Acts ( Amendment ) Regulation 1992, UK
firearms laws will change on 1 January 1993 to take account
of Directive 91 / 447 / EEC (*) on control of the acquisition
and possession of weapons .

The Regulation will change present UK law by requiring EC
sportsmen visiting the UK with their firearm(s ) to produce a
European Firearms Pass ( EFP ), in accordance with

19 . 7 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 195 / 33

Article 12 of the Directive . The Regulation states, however,
that these persons must still obtain a Visitor 's Shotgun /
Firearms Permit, as before .

This will mean that, from 1 January 1993, an EC citizen
coming to shoot in the UK must have his EFP submitted to
the UK police along with an application for a Visitor 's
Permit . By contrast, a visitor from a third country need only
have his UK ' sponsor ' apply on his behalf for a Visitor 's
Permit .

The purpose behind the EFP is self-evident : to replace
several different national documents — such as the UK
Visitor 's Permit — by one, harmonized, EC document — the
European Firearms Pass — which guarantees both public
security and free movement of EC citizens ( hunters and
sports shooters ).

By continuing to apply the Visitor 's Permit system to EC
citizens, the UK renders the EFP meaningless, impedes free
movement and discriminates against EC citizens .

Does the Commission consider this to be in keeping with the
aims of the weapons directive and of the Treaties in
general ?

0 ) OJ No L 256, 13 . 9 . 1991, p. 51 .

Answer given by Mr Vanni d'Archirafi

on behalf of the Commission

( 11 May 1993 )

On 21 December 1992 the United Kingdom gave
notification of the national measures taken to implement
Directive 91 / 447 / EEC on control of the acquisition and
possession of weapons . The is now examining the
conformity with Community law of these measures, and in
particular the arrangements for the visitor 's permit .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3306 / 92

by Mr Mihail Papayannakis ( GUE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

(6 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 57 )

Subject : Diversion of the River Acheloos

Can the Commission confirm that no definitive decision will

be taken to fund the diversion of the River Acheloos until the

Directorate-General for the Environment has delivered its
final opinion taking account of the most recent studies and
their overall conclusions ?

Answer given by Mr Millan
on behalf of the Commission

( 23 April 1993 )

As for all projects part-financed by the Structural Funds, the
Commission will apply the environmental legislation
currently in force .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3325 / 92

by Mr Jannis Sakellariou ( S )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 25 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 58 )

Subject : Assessment of the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal

1 . What is the significance of the Rhine-Main-Dunabe
Canal and its 3 500 km of connected waterways for EC
transport policy ?

2 . Are ecological costs included in the assessment of this
inland waterway and if so to what extent ?

3 . What view does the Community take of forecasts
concerning the quantity of freight to be transported on the
Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, which have now fallen from 20
million tonnes annually to one third of that figure ?

Answer given by Mr Matutes

on behalf of the Commission

(5 May 1993 )

1 . The opening of the Rhine-Main-Dunabe canal has
brought into being a new route across Europe between the
North Sea and the Black Sea . This river route links 15
countries in Central and Eastern Europe and provides
considerable opportunities for inland waterway traffic and
transport policy in general . In view of the difficulties facing
other forms of inland transport, the Commission believes
that the role of river transport should be increased . This
would require in particular that the waterways network be
maintained, that bottlenecks be eliminated and that new
Europe-wide links be established . For this reason, the
Commission has included the Main-Danube link in its
proposed master plan for major Community waterways .

2 . The building of a canal is obviously not without
environmental consequences .

No C 195 / 34 Official Journal of the European Communities 19 . 7 . 93

The ecological effects of the Main-Danube canal were
considered when the cost-benefit studies for the project were
being performed . According to the information provided by
the German authorities, 10 to 15 % of the canal 's building
costs were devoted to reducing its impact on the

environment .

3 . The situation in what was Yugoslavia makes it
difficult to predict the development of traffic on this new
route . Experts are forecasting a volume of five to seven
million tonnes . If trade between Germany and the other
countries bordering the Danube is taken into account, total
demand on the route could reach eight to 10 million

tonnes .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3332 / 92

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 25 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 59 )

Subject : Kidep warehouse

The Greek Government has stated that it intends to take
away from the tertiary cooperative organization Kidep the
warehouses which were built with EAGGF assistance and
give them to the Unions of Agricultural Cooperatives . More
specifically, it intends to take from Kidep 183 warehouses
— with a capacity of 1 million tonnes of grain — which were

built with EEC assistance under Regulation ( EEC )
No 355 / 77 (*). Will the Commission inform the Greek
authorities that if the warehouses are ultimately taken away
from Kidep, it will be considered that the conditions laid
down by the Community have not been complied with and
that the EAGGF has been defrauded ?

(!) OJ No L 51, 23 . 2 . 1977, p. 149 .

Answer given by Mr Steichen

on behalf of the Commission

( 10 March 1993 )

The Commission was not aware of proposals from the
Greek Government to withdraw from the organization
Kydep the silos and other storage facilities constructed with
the participation of FEOGA and to distribute them to the
Unions of Agricultural Cooperatives .

Given that the legal status of Kydep in Greek Law is a third
degree cooperative organization made up of constituent
cooperative unions the Commission cannot see in principle
any objection to Kydep distributing property which it
already owns to its constituent unions . Furthermore nothing
in Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 355 / 77 on common
measures to improve the conditions under which

agricultural products are processed and marketed prevents
subsequent change of ownership of facilities coming into
existance as a result of the satisfactory completion of
projects under that Regulation .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3335 / 92

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 25 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 60 )

Subject : Monthly bulletin recently published by the EC

office in Belgrade

On the back cover of the monthly bilingual bulletin recently
published in Serbian and English by the EC office in
Yugoslavia ( Belgrade ), it was mentioned that ' Serbo-Croat,
Slovenian and Macedonian ' editions of the bulletin were
also available . In view of the fact that the Community does
not recognize the state of Skopje as Macedonia, will the
Commission withdraw the bulletin which it publishes in
' Macedonian '?

Answer given by Mr Van den Broek

oh behalf of the Commission

( 16 April 1993 )

The Commission Delegation office in Belgrade has always
published its monthly bulletin in the three official languages
of the former Yugoslavia : Serbo-Croat, Slovenian and
Macedonian .

The fact that the bulletin is published in Macedonian does
not constitute recognition of the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia . This same question was put to the
Community at the Lisbon and Edinburgh European
Summits . The sole intention is to publicize the Community 's
position and actions in the sensitive context of the former
Yugoslavia .

At a time when certain republics of the former Yugoslavia
are systematically distorting the Community 's position the
Commission considers it is its duty to inform all entities of
the former Yugoslavia of the Community 's position on
various issues, especially its efforts to promote peace and its
considerable humanitarian action .

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WRITTEN QUESTION No 3339 / 92

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 25 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 61 )

Subject : Construction of dams to divert the River Nestos in

Bulgaria

The construction of dams to divert the River Nestos in

Bulgaria is being carried out with Community aid . What is
the amount of that aid ? Are Greek companies participating
in the project ? Who do they belong to and have they received
financial aid from any Greek body ? Finally, have any
environmental studies been carried out ?

Answer given by Sir Leon Brittan

on behalf of the Commission

( 11 March 1993 )

According to information obtained from the Bulgarian
authorities, the idea of building a dam on the Nestos was
abandoned in 1990 . Community funding of such a possible
project was never requested nor considered .

The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to

the replies to oral question H - 109 1 / 92 by Mr Lambrias
which it gave during question time at Parliament 's
November 1992 part-session ( 1 ), and to his Written
Question No 3236 / 92 ( 2 ).

( J ) Debates of the European Parliament No 424 ( November
1992 ).
( 2 ) See page 30 of this Official Journal .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3351 / 92

by Mr Giuseppe Mottola ( PPE )

to the Commission of the European Communities

( 25 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 62 )

Subject : Crisis in the flower growing industry in Campania

and the Italian Mezzogiorno

In Campania and the Italian Mezzogiorno the flower
growing industry is highly productive in economic and
employment terms, accounting for more than 10 % of
agricultural output and over 30 % of jobs in the province of
Naples alone .

Unfair competition from third countries ( Colombia,
Turkey, Kenya etc .), the concentration of production in the

October and November period because of the favourable
climatic conditions, the general economic crisis and the
reduction in consumption have led to a complete imbalance
between supply and demand for flowers, in particular
carnations, causing losses in the areas affected amounting to
over Lit 20 billion, with serious repercussions on
employment and economic recovery .

1 . Will the Commission take immediate steps to suspend
imports from third countries, applying the Community
preference principle which has always been disregarded
in the flower growing sector ?

2 . Will the Commission envisage stricter plant health
controls at borders ?

3 . Can the Commission call on the Italian and regional
authorities to grant flower growers tax concessions and
loans for the purchase of basic materials ( bulbs and
cuttings ) and other means of production ?

4 . Can the Commission take action to encourage funding
for research, experimentation and technological
innovation in this sector ?

Answer given by Mr Steichen

on behalf of the Commission

(1 April 1993 )

1 . The flower-growing industry within the Community,
in particular the cut-flower sector, is indeed facing increased
competition as a result of imports from non-Community
countries benefiting from reduced customs duties
negotiated within the framework of bilateral agreements .

External trade in cut flowers, including carnations, is subject
to the provisions set out in Council Regulation ( EEC )
No 234 / 68 on the establishment of a common organization
of the market in live plants and other products of the flower
growing industry ( 1 ). According to Article 9 of the
Regulation, appropriate measures may be applied in trade
with third countries if, by reason of imports or exports, the

Community market in one or more of the products covered
by the Regulation experiences or is threatened with serious
disturbances which may endanger the objectives set out in
Article 39 of the EEC Treaty .

As yet the information available to the Commission as well
as reports from Member States have not shown the
objectives set out in Article 39 to be endangered and
therefore do not justify the application of safeguard

measures .

2 . On the subject of plant health controls on plants or
plant products from non-Community countries, the
Community has now adapted its legislation to the
conditions of the single market, set out essentially in Council

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Directive 77 / 93 / EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective
measures against the introduction into the Member States of
organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against
their spread within the Community ( 2 ), as last amended by
Commission Directive 92 / 103 / EEC of 1 December

1992 ( 3 ).

Furthermore, under Council Directive 91 / 682 / EEC of

19 December 1991 on the marketing of ornamental plant
propagation material and ornamental plants ( 4 ), the
Community has established the basis of a system of
commmon quality standards to which both Community
products and imports from third countries will be
subject .

The new legislation stipulates that plant health controls on
imported products must be carried out when products first
enter Community territory, as a rule at the external borders
of the Community .

The Commission will ensure that these controls are
uniformly carried out at all points of entry .

3 . As far as means of production are concerned, the
Member States apply systems of aid for investment in
agricultural holdings in accordance with Council
Regulation ( EEC ) No 2328 / 91 on improving the efficiency
of agricultural structures ( 5 ); these schemes equally apply to
the horticultural sector . In Italy these rules are implemented
by the regional authorities ; for example, the regulations for
the Campania region were approved by the Commission in

1989 .

4 . The Commission draws attention to the fact that the

successive Framework Programmes for research and
development have generally contained a specific research
programme for agriculture . In particular - the ' Research and
technological development and demonstration programme
in the field of agriculture and agro-industry, including
fisheries'(1991 — 1994 ) ( 6 ), includes the horticultural sector
among its research objectives .

Moreover, Article 8 of the Council Regulation ( EEC ) No
4256 / 88 laying down provisions for implementing
Regulation ( EEC ) No 2052 / 88 as regards the European
Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund ( EAGGF ),
' Guidance ' section ( 7 ), also applies to the horticultural
sector . This Article allows the Fund to contribute in
particular to carrying out demonstration projects to show
farmers the real possibilities of systems, methods and
techniques of production which are in accordance with the
objectives of the reform of the common agricultural
policy .

(!) OJ No L 55, 2 . 3 . 1968 .
( 2 ) OJNoL26, 31 . 1 . 1977 .

( 3 ) OJ No L 363, 11 . 12 . 1992 .

( 4 ) OJ No L 376, 31 . 12 . 1991 .

( 5 ) OJ No L 218, 6 . 8 . 1991 .
( 6 ) Decision 91 / 504 / EEC, OJ No L 265, 21 . 9 . 1991 .
( 7 ) OJ No L 374, 31 . 12 . 1988 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3367 / 92

by Mr Giuseppe Mottola ( PPE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 25 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 63 )

Subject : Legislative Decree No 109 / 92, Article 22 —

Deep-frozen dough sold only to final consumers

Article 22 of the Legislative Decree No 22 / 92 issued by the
Italian Government implementing the relevant Community
directives stipulates that frozen dough may be sold only to
the final consumer, thereby preventing intermediaries from
using it to manufacture the final product and complete the
baking process .

Is the Commission aware that pressure is being brought to
bear by Community officials on the Italian Government to
amend Article 22 of Legislative Decree No 109 / 92 ?

Does the Commission not consider that the purpose of such
pressures is to create an advantage for manufacturing
companies ?

Would not such amendments be inappropriate and harmful
to consumer interests ?

If adopted, would they not be to the detriment of consumers
who would be supplied with products made from
deep-frozen dough and therefore fresh in appearance
only ?

Answer given by Mr Vanni d'Archirafi

on behalf of the Commission

( 18 May 1993 )

The Commission would inform the Honourable Member
that a complaint concerning Legislative Decree No 109 has
been lodged with it . Moreover, it has determined, following
scrutiny of the relevant legislation, that the restriction
contained in Article 22 of the Decree constitutes a measure
contrary to Article 30 of the EEC Treaty in so far as
intermediaries, such as restaurants, canteens and
supermarkets, are prevented from using deep-frozen
dough .

During the ' package ' meetings between Commission
representatives and representatives of the competent

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ministries, an attempt was made to avoid further
proceedings and resolve the breach of Community law
which the Decree involved . Pending amendment of the
Decree, Circular No 131 150 of 2 November 1992 ( Gazzetta

Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana, No 268 of 13 November
1992 ) has been adopted as a temporary solution allowing
the movement of partially cooked bread, deep frozen or
otherwise, that has been lawfully manufactured or
marketed in another Member State .

The Commission wishes to emphasize that this attempt to
resolve matters without initiating further proceedings
should not be regarded as a form of ' pressure ', but as the
discharge of the Commission 's duty under Article 155 of the
EEC Treaty to exercise surveillance and supervision in
ensuring the free movement of goods .

The Commission 's purpose is to secure compliance with the
law, and not to safeguard the individual interests of
particular categories of persons . In this matter, it does not
intend to create ' privileged positions ' but to ensure the
proper functioning of the common market in the sector in
question .

Lastly, amending Article 22 of Decree No 109 would not
appear to affect consumer interests adversely . According to
the principle of proportionality enshrined in the case-law of
the European Court of Justice, national rules
disproportionate to the objective in view are, in such
circumstances, contrary to Community law . An absolute
prohibition on the sale to intermediaries of partially cooked
bread, deep-frozen or otherwise, constitutes a
disproportionate measure . While the objective of the Italian
authorities in this case is to protect consumers, this can be
done in a way that does not impede Community trade, such
as proper labelling informing the consumer of the quality
and nature of the product offered for sale .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3375 / 92

by Mr Francisco Lucas Pires ( PPE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 25 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 64 )

Subject : Import of maize and sorghum from the United

States

What explanation can be given for the discrimination

between Portugal and Spain with regard to authorization to
import maize and sorghum from the United States ?

What steps is the Commission taking to compensate for
losses to the Portuguese compound feedingstuff industry
arising from that discrimination ? What solutions are
enshrined in the agreement between the European
Community and the USA in this area ?

Answer given by Mr Steichen

on behalf of the Commission

(1 April 1993 )

Under the agreement between the European Economic
Community and the United States of America concerning
the conclusion of the negotiations under Article XXIV(6 ) of
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ), the
Community undertook, in respect of the years 1987 to
1990, to open annual quotas for imports into Spain of 2
million tonnes of maize and 300 000 tonnes of sorghum
originating in third countries and which must be used or
processed in Spain .

Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1799 / 87 (*) on special import
arrangements and Commission Regulation ( EEC )
No 3105 / 87 ( 2 ) laying down rules for the application of the
said arrangements established conditions for these imports
to ensure firstly that they are consumed in Spain and
secondly that they do not disturb the Spanish market .

The effects of all these rules and conditions are twofold .
They ensure, firstly, that goods imported into Spain cannot
then be consigned to other Member States and, secondly,
that the import prices of these products are always higher
than the intervention price for the same products . The first
effect is ensured by the obligation to deposit a security which
is released only on production of evidence that the product
in question has been consumed in Spain . The second effect is
achieved by reducing the levy imposed by the Commission
to such a level that the import price remains above the
Spanish intervention agency 's buying-in price and thus
higher than Spanish market prices for the product in
question .

Thus the implementation of this agreement could not
possibly harm the Portuguese compound feedingstuffs
industry since the import prices of these products and the
strict controls over their consumption in Spain ensure that
these imports cannot subsequently be consigned to
Portugal . Furthermore, additional protection is afforded to
Portugal by means of a whole series of supplementary
measures and mechanisms concerning trade in these

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products with other Member States . This proves that would otherwise have to be faced . Without reform costs
Portugal has not been discriminated against in favour of would, alas, be very much greater .
Spain as a result of the implementation of the agreement .

(!) OJ No L 185, 15 . 7 . 1988 .

(!) OJ No L 170, 30 . 6 . 1987 .
( 2 ) OJ No L 294, 17 . 10 . 1987 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3406 / 92

by Mrs Marie Jepsen ( PPE )
to the Council of the European Communities

( 25 January 1993 )

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3381 / 92
( 93 / C 195 / 66 )

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 25 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 1 95 / 65 )

Subject : Guarantees for income support payments to

farmers

Given that the new CAP will be more expensive to
implement and in view of the trend towards curtailing
expenditure on agriculture in favour of other policies, what
guarantees are there, in the Commission 's view, that income
support will continue to be paid out in the long term ?

Answer given by Mr Steichen

on behalf of the Commission

(1 April 1993 )

The Commission would remind the Honourable Member
that in adopting the Delors II package the Edinburgh
European Council guaranteed agricultural financing up to
the end of the century .

It will be possible for expenditure on agriculture to continue
to increase as provided for in Decision 377 / 88 on budgetary
discipline 0 ). There is in consequence no question of a
reduction to make funds available for other policies . The
impact of monetary adjustment is also allowed for .

The Commission wishes to point out that CAP reform will
secure considerable economies by comparison with the
situation as it would be had there been no reform . A glance
at the likely trend of surplus production, without reform, in
several key sectors such as cereals, beef and tobacco will
confirm that the situation would very rapidly become
intolerable from the budgetary point of view .

It is inappropriate therefore to say that CAP reform is more
costly without making a comparison with the situation that

Subject : Disregard of the rights of the Turkish minority in

Greece

In statements to the Danish press, Dr Sadek Ahmet, an
independent member of the Greek Parliament, has claimed
that the Greek Government and a majority of Greek
political parties consistently disregard the rights of the
Turkish Muslim minority in Greece .

During a stay in Denmark, Dr Ahmet stated that the Greek
Government and a majority in the Greek Parliament are
prepared to recognize the presence of a Muslim minority in
the country but not the fact that ethnically and culturally the

130 000 or more Muslims also constitute a Turkish
minority . He claims that the members of this minority, who
are Greek citizens and accept their obligations as such do
not in practice have the right to elect their own teachers or
religious leaders, and that various members of the Turkish
Muslim minority have forfeited their Greek citizenship by
working or studying abroad .

Can the Council confirm that the rights of this etnic
minority are in fact being disregarded, as Dr Ahmet has
stated, in contravention of ( inter alia ), the UN Declaration
of Human Rights, the European Convention on Human
Rights, the Helsinki Final Act and the CSCE Paris Charter,
to which all the Community 's Member States have
acceded ?

Answer 0 )

( 15 June 1993 )

The issue raised by the Honourable Member relates to the
internal situation of a Member State and does therefore
not fall within the competence of European Political
Cooperation .

i 1 ) This reply has been provided by the Foreign Ministers meeting

in political cooperation, within whose province the question

came .

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WRITTEN QUESTION No 3411 / 92

by Mr Alex Smith ( S )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 25 January 1993 )

being achieved by Commission participation in the
Sagstram i 1 ) Meetings at the IAEA and by regular contacts
with the experts of the Standing Working Group on the
transport of nuclear materials, which assists it .

( 93 / C 195 / 67 ) (*) Standing Advisory Group of the Safe Transport of Radioactive

Materials .

Subject : Transport of nuclear materials

What meetings have been held in the International Maritime

Organization on the transport of nuclear material ? WRITTEN QUESTION No 3425 / 92

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Commission of the European Communities

Answer given by Mr Matutes

on behalf of the Commission

(5 April 1993

The transport of nuclear material by ship, in particular
irradiated nuclear fuel ( INF ) has been discussed since 1985
by 19 committee meetings inside the IMO ( International
Maritime Organization ) during discussions on the carriage
of dangerous goods, fire protection and ship design . All
these meetings reported back to the Maritime Safety
Committee and the Maritime Environment Protection

Committee .

Regulations on the transport of radioactive substances are
set up by the IAEA and are accepted worldwide . The first
joint meeting between IMO and the International Atomic
Energy Agency ( IAEA ) on the subject has been held in
December 1992 . The functions of this IMO / IAEA meeting

were :

— to study the adequacy of existing provisions for the safe

transport of irradiated nuclear fuel by sea, to take into
account the impact of marine casualties, such as fire,
explosion or breach of the hull on package integrity, and
to assess the probabilities of such casualties
occurring,

— within the purview of the tasks specified above to make

recommendations for any action deemed necessary,

— to discuss whether the marine transport of other

radioactive material should also be considered .

On the request of different Member States and Greenpeace
International, an IMO-officially accredited organization,
the maritime transport of plutonium and high-level waste
from fuel reprocessing plants was brought to the attention
of the meeting .

A work programme was agreed upon during this meeting to
consolidate the existing regulations and codes for the safe
carriage of irradiated fuel and high-hazard radioactive
material in flasks on board ships .

The Commission is monitoring the possible reconsideration
or revision of the existing regulations and codes . This is

( 25 January 1993 )

93 / C 195 / 68

Subject : Implementation of Directive 86 / 609 / EEC

What kind of measures are being taken to implement
Directive 86 / 609 / EEC ( x ) on the protection of animals used
for experiments ? Which Member States have not yet
implemented this Directive ?

(*) OJ No L 358, 18 . 12 . 1986, p. 1 .

Answer given by Mr Paleokrassas

on behalf of the Commission

( 27 April 1993 )

Council Directive 86 / 609 / EEC on the protection of animals
used for experiments entered into force in November

1989 .

To date, all the Member States except Luxembourg and
Ireland have notified the Commission of their national

implementing measures . The Commission has instituted
infringement proceedings against those two Member States
in accordance with Article 169 of the EEC Treaty .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3426 / 92

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 25 January 1993 )

93 / C 195 / 69 )

Subject : Directive 92 / 43 / EEC and lepidoptera

Why were species of lepidoptera such as Boloria
aquilonaria, Maculinea arion, Phagades predotae, Zeryntia
rumina and Cupido lorquinii not included in Annex II to
Directive 92 / 43 / EEC ( l ), with the result that they are still in
danger of extinction ?

(!) OJ No L 206, 22 . 7 . 1992, p. 7 .

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Answer given by Mr Paleokrassas

on behalf of the Commission

( 18 May 1993 )

When the list of species annexed to Directive 92 / 43 / EEC
was drawn up the Council decided basically to adopt the list
already contained in the Bern Convention ( convention on
the conservation of wildlife and the natural environment

within Europe ).

It is for this reason that the species Boloria aquilonaria,
Phagades predotae, Zeryntia rumina and Cupido lorquini
do not appear in Annex II to Directive 92 / 43 / EEC .

However the species Maculinea arion is set out in Annex IV,
the list of animal and vegetable species holding
Community-wide appeal which require major protection .

A declaration in the minutes of the Council states that this

Directive does not create an individual, subjective right for
such migrant children to be offered mother tongue
teaching .

This declaration also states that the obligation of the host
Member State to promote such teaching presupposes
cooperation between the host Member State and the
Member State of origin, including in its financial aspects .
The Commission thus considers that, provided the
organization of such teaching is paid by either or both of the
Member States concerned, this is in accordance with
Community law .

The position might only be different in specific cases where
parents of immigrant children had to bear the cost of the
teaching of the language and culture of origin .

However, to alleviate the cost of the contributions made by
the Member States of origin, the Community contributes to
these costs through the European Social Fund .

(!) OJ No L 199, 6 . 8 . 1977 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3465 / 92

by Mr Domènec Romera I Alcazar ( PPE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 25 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 70 ) WRITTEN QUESTION No 3479 / 92

Subject : Taxation of education for immigrant children

within the Community

Under EC agreements, the children of immigrants are
guaranteed education in their mother tongue within the
Community Member States .

/
However, certain Member States impose taxes on the
education provided by the schools involved .

Does the Commission not agree that this fails to show the
necessary solidarity and constitutes discrimination against
such schools, since immigrants incur expenditure from
which Member State nationals are exempt ?

Answer given by Mr Ruberti
on behalf of the Commission

( 29 March 1993 )

Council Directive 77 / 486 / EEC of 25 July 1977 (*) requires
host Member States to take appropriate measures, to
promote, in accordance with their national circumstances
and legal systems, in cooperation with Member States of
origin, and in coordination with normal education, the
teaching of their mother tongue and the culture of the
country of origin for migrant workers ' children from other
Member States of the Community . However, this Directive
does not give these children a subjective right to such
teaching .

by Mr Niall Andrews ( RDE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 28 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 71 )

Subject : Infringement by Spain of architects directives

What steps is the Commission taking to ensure the correct
and equal implementation in Spain of the architects
directive, given that the Commission has found this country
to be infringing the directives ?

Answer given by Mr Vanni d'Archirafi

on behalf of the Commission

(7 May 1993 )

The Commission has delivered a reasoned opinion to Spain
with regard to differences arising from the implementation
of the ' architects ' Directive in Spanish law .

For details of the specific issues involved the Commission
would refer the Honourable Member to the reply which it
gave to Written Question No 2982 / 92 by Mr Valverde
Lopez i 1 ).

(!) OJ No C 185, 7 . 7 . 1993 .

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WRITTEN QUESTION No 3480 / 92

by Mr Niall Andrews ( RDE )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 28 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 72 )

Subject : Failure to implement correctly the dentists
directives

According to the ninth annual report by the Commission to
the Parliament on Commission monitoring of the
application of Community law for 1991, infringement
proceedings were commenced against Germany, Spain and
Italy for failure to implement the dentists directive correctly .
Will the Commission now state the up-to-date position with
regard to the proper implementation of these directives in
these countries and throughout the Community ?

Answer given by Mr Vanni d'Archirafi

on behalf of the Commission

( 17 May 1993 )

As was mentioned in the ninth annual report on
Commission monitoring of the application of Community
law ( 1991 ), the Commission is continuing with
infringement proceedings for failure to implement correctly
the ' dentistry ' Directives 78 / 686 / EEC and 78 / 687 / EEC (*).
Reasoned opinions have been sent to Germany, Spain and
Italy . As can be seen from the 10th report ( 1992 ),
infringement proceedings have not been initiated against
other Member States .

What measures does the Commission envisage to tackle
these problems ? Does it have a means of establishing the
impact on the population of the application of the
' Maastricht ' standards ?

Answer given by Mr Christophersen

on behalf of the Commission

(3 May 1993 )

In answering the question of the Honourable Member, two
aspects are important . The first is that there will be large
permanent net benefits of economic and monetary union, as
spelled out for instance in the Commission 's opinion on the
Intergovernmental Conference on EMU or in the study ' one
market, one money ' ( x ) by the services of the Commission .
The second aspect to be borne in mind is that in order to
evaluate the effects of the Maastricht criteria, it has to be
determined which economic policy measures would have
been taken in the absence of these criteria . It is
overwhelmingly clear, as demonstrated repeatedly in
Community annual economic reports that several Member
States would have to take policy measures aimed at
improving convergence of economic performance
independently of the EMU process and the Maastricht
criteria . The perspective of EMU will add to the credibility
of the policy measures to be taken which will reduce interest
rates . It is therefore of the utmost importance that the Treaty
of Maastricht be ratified by all the Member States .

(!) OJ No L 233, 24 . 8 . 1978 . Economic convergence is a process which delivers benefits
because it allows Member States to enter into the virtuous
circle of non-inflationary sustainable growth which is the
only way to create lasting employment . La Commission est
attentive aux difficultes que peuvent recontrer, dans ce
contexte, les plus pauvres mais aussi, dans chaque Etat
Membre, les populations les plus vulnerables .
WRITTEN QUESTION No 3482 / 92

by Mr Lode Van Outrive ( S )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 28 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 73 )

Subject : Economic and monetary union and the Member

States ' plans for convergence, and their impact on
levels of social protection, income and
employment

Application of the stringent monetary criteria for
membership of EMU may have a serious impact on social
protection, employment and income in the Member
States .

It is, of course, the weakest groups in society which are likely
to be hardest hit by these measures .

For the poorer Member States of the Community, this
process may be more difficult than for the other Member
States because their prosperity needs to catch up with the
rest of the Community, requiring them to make particular
efforts for government investment expenditure . To help
them with this process, the Treaty of Maastricht foresees the
creation of the Cohesion Fund before 31 December 1993 . In
the financial perspectives for 1993 — 1999 agreed at the
European Council meeting in Edinburgh, a total amount of
ECU 15 150 million was foreseen for Greece, Spain, Ireland
and Portugal, amounting to 2,5 % of their combined GDP .
In the meanwhile, the Commission has made proposals to
the Council for an interim instrument that should operate
until ratification of the Treaty .

The process of convergence is more difficult in an
unfavourable situation of slow economic growth currently

No C 195 / 42 Official Journal of the European Communities 19 . 7 . 93

observed in the Community . In order to speed up the
recovery of economic growth, thereby facilitating the
process of convergence, the European Council in Edinburgh
decided on a growth initiative . The Commission is currently
taking steps to implement as quickly as possible the
Community action which is part of this growth initiative, in
particular the creation of the European Investment Fund
which implies a modification of the Treaty ; as to the
additional loan facility with the European Investment Bank,
a first set of decisions for finance has already been taken in
February . Some developments are also taking place in the
Member States, in line with the Edinburgh approach for the
national part of the growth initiatives ; progress in this
respect is regularly reviewed by the Ecofin Council .

(!) European Economy, No 44 — October 1990 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3509 / 92

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 28 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 74

Subject : Athens inter-communal urban transport
undertaking

An inter-communal urban transport undertaking is due to
be set up in Athens . The chairman of the board of governors
of the TEDKNA, ( Local Association of Municipalities and
Communes of the Prefecture of Attica ), Mr D. Efstathiadis,
recently announced that the statutes of the cooperative
association set up by employees of the former EAS ( urban
transport association ) would be submitted as soon as they
were approved by the Athens Court of the First Instance
together with the statutes of the inter-communal
undertaking being set up by 20 municipalities in Attica to
the prefect of Athens for approval . In view of the above, can
the Commission say whether any funds can be made
available to help the Athens inter-communal urban
transport undertaking to purchase buses ?

Answer given by Mr Millan
on behalf of the Commission

(2 April 1993 )

It would not be appropriate for the Commission to take a
position on the financing of particular investments in the
absence of a request from the Greek authorities . However,
the Honourable Member should note that the Community 's
structural funds do not normally finance the purchase of
buses for urban transport purposes .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3512 / 92

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 28 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 75 )

Subject : Sources of pollution in the municipality of

Keratsini

The municipality of Keratsini has drawn attention to the

urgent need to tackle the problem of pollution from the
fertilizer factory, the Greek Electricity Board plant, the fish
wharf, the waste tip of Schisto, tanks containing liquid fuel

and urban waste . Does the Commission intend to consider
how best to deal with the environmental problems facing
Keratsini from the above sources of pollution ?

Answer given by Mr Paleokrassas

on behalf of the Commission

( 19 April 1993 )

It is not for the Commission to provide the municipality of
Keratsini with advice or technical assistance on how to deal

with its pollution problems .

The Commission could, however, intervene in two ways :

— by taking legal action in the form of infringement

proceedings against the Member State concerned under
Article 169 of the EEC Treaty if it received precise
information providing evidence of the State 's failure to
apply Community environmental legislation ;

— by providing financial assistance to projects in hand to

improve the implementation of Community legislation,
provided such projects satisfy the criteria and are in
keeping with the priorities defined in the procedures,
currently in force for the provision of financial

support .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 3515 / 92

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Commission of the European Communities

( 28 January 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 76

Subject : Violation of FIAF regulations by the Skopje

regime

The regime in Skopje is violating the regulations of the FIAF
under which Member States have an obligation to exchange

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cinematographic material, particularly where it is of direct
interest to the countries concerned . The Skopje authorities
recently refused to hand over 800 metres of 35 mm film
made by the first film makers of the Balkans, the Brothers
Manakia, to the Director of the Greek Film Archives . How
does the European Community intend to respond ?

Answer given by Mr van den Broek

on behalf of the Commission

( 27 April 1993 )

The former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia does not
belong to the FIAF . It cannot therefore be called upon to
comply with the rules of an agreement to which it is not a

party .

Workers at the Strasbourg European Council meeting on

9 December 1989, with a view to defining a social policy in
the context of the internal market .

The Commission submitted to the Council a series of

proposals laid down in its action programme in the social
sphere . To date, the Council has adopted 18 of the 32
proposals submitted to it .

The Council is continuing to examine the Commission 's
proposals for directives in the social field . Accordingly, the
agenda for its meeting on 1 June on Labour and Social
Affairs includes in particular proposals for Directives on the
adaptation of working time, the protection of young people
at work, fishing vessels and European Works Councils .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 71 / 93
WRITTEN QUESTION No 70 / 93

by Mr José Torres Couto ( S )
by Mr José Torres Couto ( S )

to the Council of the European Communities

to European Political Cooperation

(9 February 1993 )

(9 February 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 79 )
( 93 / C 195 / 77 )

Subject : The internal market and social Europe

How does the Council assess the present state of progress
regarding the social dimension of the single market ?

What progress was made by the United Kingdom
Presidency, and what are the forecasts for the next six
months ?

WRITTEN QUESTION No 486 / 93

by Mr José Torres Couto ( S )
to the Council of the European Communities

( 12 March 1993 )

93 / C 195 / 78

Subject : Implementation of social rights

When will the Council assume all its responsibilities for the
implementation of social directives which it is now dealing
with, since any delay in implementation will encourage
' social dumping ' at Community level ?

Joint answer
to Written Questions Nos 70 / 93 and 486 / 93

( 11 June 1993 )

Eleven Member States of the Community adopted the
Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of

Subject : The peace process in Angola

The Bicesse agreements between the MPLA and UNIT A
must be considered to have failed, since the subsequent
elections in Angola have not resulted in the creation of a
multi-party democracy, the institution of a parliament
genuinely representative of the Angolan people as a whole or
a lasting peace . In view of the threatened resumption of
armed conflict, which would have the most severe
consequences for the long-suffering people of Angola, can
the Council state :

— what initiatives the European Council has taken or

intends to take with a view to continuing the peace
process in Angola ;

— how it interprets the Angolan elections and the

subsequent political disturbances, which have already
led to what can only be called genocide at national
level ?

Answer

( 15 June 1993 )

Reference is made to the statements issued by the
Community and its Member States on 22 January,
17 February and 23 April 1993 respectively .

The situation in Angola remains a source of extreme concern
for the Community and its Member States . We attach great

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importance to the implementation of the Bicesse accords,
which continues to be the basis and general framework for
restoring peace in Angola . We have provided significant
financial and material contributions as well as observers to
elections in Angola ^ and support the UN 's valuable role .

The Community and its Member States are extremely
concerned with the humanitarian situation in Angola . The
United Nations has issued a strong appeal for humanitarian
assistance . We are prepared to provide humanitarian
assistance to the millions of Angolans who are the tragic
victims of the fighting . In this context, the Community and
its Member States recall that they consider it unacceptable to
make relief operations dependent on any conditions and
they consider that all sides have an obligation to ensure that
the humanitarian aid reaches the populations in need,
irrespective of under whose control the areas concerned
happen to be .

The Community and its Member States note with deep they consider that all sides have an obligation to
regret that the first democratic elections in Angola held in the humanitarian aid reaches the populations
September 1992 and recognized as having been in general irrespective of under whose control the areas
free and fair by the Special Representative of the UN happen to be .
Secretary - General were subsequently followed by violent
incidents arising out of electoral disputes . They called for an
immediate end to the violence and for all parties to respect
the final outcome of the democratic process and to continue
to implement the Peace Accords, in particular as regards the
demobilization and confinement of their troops and
collection of their weapons, the formation of the unified
national armed force, and the creation of conditions
allowing the holding of a second ballot . WRITTEN QUESTION No 142 / 93

The Community and its Member States indicated that they
would hold responsible any Party which would obstruct the
peace process, to which all parties have committed
themselves and which has been democratically endorsed by
the Angolan people .

Unfortunately these appeals have not been followed . The
Community and its Member States deplore the outbreak of
widespread and fierce fighting in Angola and the heavy
losses of human lives incurred . They appealed strongly to
both parties, especially UNITA, to observe the peace
agreement, to bring an end to the fighting, to abide by the
results of the elections and resume the demobilization

process . Likewise, they appealed to the countries in the
region to refrain from any act that could contribute to an
internationalization of the present conflict . A solution
cannot be found on the battleground . A general cease-fire is
the first and immediate objective in this context .

The Community and its Member States see the prolongation
'
of the United Nations verification mission for Angola —
UNAVEM - — as an essential contribution to maintaining
peace . They fully support UN Resolutions, in particular the
recently approved UNSC Resolution 811 and strongly
urged the parties concerned, in particular UNITA to abide
by its terms .

The Community and its Member States welcome that the
government of Angola and UNITA have opened
negotiations in Abidjan under the auspices of the United
Nations . They express their strong wish that these
negotiations will result in a peaceful solution to the Angolan
conflict leading to national unity and reconcilitation . There
is a need for a re-establishment of the cease-fire and an

immediate cessation of all hostilities .

by Mrs Winifred Ewing ( ARC )
to the Council of the European Communities

( IS February 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 80 )

Subject : Scottish and Welsh seats in the European
Parliament

In his autobiography entitled ' All in a Life ', Dr Garret
Fitzgerald has commented on the negotiations which led to
the agreement on the distribution of seats in the first directly
elected European Parliament and he has stated that
' although the need to make greater provision for Scotland
and Wales had been the basis of the British argument for
more seats, it was to England that the additional seats were
allocated '.

Can the President-in-Office state whether or not the UK

Government played, in Dr Fitzgerald 's words, ' the Scottish
and Welsh cards ' in the negotiations which resulted in the
Edinburgh Summit 's decision regarding the increase in the
membership of the European Parliament ?

Can the President-in-Office state whether the UK has

announced any intention to increase the representation of
Scotland and Wales up to, or beyond, the number of seats
which — according to the former Irish Taoiseach — were
proposed for Scotland and Wales in Jim Callaghan 's final
negotiating position on the initial distribution of seats in the
directly elected Parliament ( i.e. 10 and five seats reserved for
Scotland and Wales respectively out of the UK 's allocation
of 82 or 81 seats ) within the UK 's new allocation of seats in
the European Parliament ?

Will the Danish Presidency bring pressure to bear on the UK
Government to introduce a system of proportional
representation for the European elections in Scotland and
Wales in time for the next European elections ?

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Answer freedoms, which include the right to fair and independent

( 11 June 1993 ) trials .

1 . It is not for the Council to comment on statements
made by a public figure in a personal capacity .

2 . The allocation of seats within each Member State is

governed by national law in accordance with Article 7 ( 2 ) of
the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the
representatives of the Assembly by direct universal
suffrage (*) and that will be the case until the entry into force
of a uniform electoral procedure the conditions for the
adoption of which are laid down in Article 138 ( 3 ) of the
EEC Treaty .

(!) OJ No L 278, 8 . 10 . 1976 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 265 / 93
by Mr Victor Manuel Arbeloa Muru ( S )

to European Political Cooperation

( 23 February 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 81 )

Subject : Prisoners in Burundi

Are the 500 or so people who were imprisoned following the
uprisings in Burundi in late 1991 still in gaol ? Have they
been informed of the charges against them or sent for
trial ?

WRITTEN QUESTION No 394 / 93
by Mr Victor Manuel Arbeloa Muru ( S )

to European Political Cooperation

( IS March 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 82 )

Subject : Iranians in the war in Sudan

Has EPC any definite news of the involvement of Iranian
combatants on the side of government troops in the war in
Sudan ? If so, what political comment can it make on it ?

Answer

( 15 June 1993 )

The Community and its Member States have no conclusive
information on the issue raised by the Honourable Member .
However, the overall situation in Sudan continues to be a
source of extreme concern for the Community and its
Member States . I can assure the Honourable Member that
the Community and its Member States are following the
development closely and that they are ready to support the
political dialogue necessary to put an end to the armed
fighting which is inflicting enormous suffering on the people
of the Sudan .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 400 / 93

Answer

June 1993 by Mr José Vazquez Fouz ( S )

( 16 June 1993 )

to the Council of the European Communities

(5 March 1993 )

According to the last information available, between April ( 93 / C 195 / 83 )
and August 1992 about 70 people accused of involvement in
the November 1991 insurgency had been sentenced to
prison terms . Another five were sentenced to death but their Subject : Political situation in
execution had been suspended . About 400 people had yet to
be tried . I can assure the Honourable Member that the

Having regard to the conflicts

authorities of Burundi are in no doubt about the serious

Mozambique, Angola and South

concern of the Community and its Member States about the
sentence pronounced and the conditions under which the gradual democratization, the
trials were conducted . and the special need for political and

Subject : Political situation in southern Africa

The Community and its Member States will continue to
follow developments closely . They hope that recent progress
made by Burundi towards a multi-party democracy will
bring about full respect for human rights and fundamental

Having regard to the conflicts in southern Africa in
Mozambique, Angola and South Africa, the negotiations for
gradual democratization, the interests of the Community
and the special need for political and democratic stability in
the region, what do the Council and the Presidency think of
the possibility of convening a conference on security and
cooperation in southern Africa ?

What might its specific goals be, and what means could be
used to achieve them ?

No C 195 / 46 Official Journal of the European Communities 19 . 7 . 93

Answer ( l )

( 15 June 1993 )

The Community and its Member States fully share the view
expressed by the Honourable Member that peace and
stability in the relations between neighbouring countries in
southern Africa are a prerequisite for progress towards
regional cooperation and development . However, they
believe that responsibility in this field lies first and foremost
on southern African countries . For this reason, they warmly
welcomed that security aspects were prominently reflected
in the recently signed Treaty establishing the southern
African Development Community . The Community and its
Member States hope that cooperation in this field will allow
for the reorienting of the scarce resources towards
development objectives and thereby will contribute to
minimizing the threat of conflicts .

(*) This reply has been provided by the Foreign Ministers meeting

in political cooperation, within whose province the question

came .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 459 / 93

by Mr Thomas Megahy ( S )
to the Council of the European Communities

( 11 March 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 84 )

Subject : Structural Funds — Objective 6

With the rejection of an Objective 6 at the Edinburgh

Council and the reference to this proposal for fishing area
support, to be introduced into relevant objectives, what is
actually being proposed ?

Answer

( 11 June 1993 )

The conclusions of the Edinburgh European Council state
that ' appropriate attention should be given to the needs of
areas dependent on fishing, within the relevant
objectives '.

In order to act on these conclusions, the Commission
forwarded to the Council on 10 March 1993 new proposals
concerning the Community 's Structural Fund operations,

1994 — 1999, on which the European Parliament is being
consulted and which the Council 's subordinate bodies have

recently begun examining .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 540 / 93

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Council of the European Communities

( 30 March 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 85 )

Subject : Discrimination against women journalists in

Afghanistan

In the light of the decision of the Congress of the
International Federation of Journalists in Montreal in June

1992 the executive board of the Greek Press Federation
recently passed a resolution on discrimination against
women journalists in Afghanistan . In particular it points out
that the Afghan authorities have banned women from
broadcasting on local television and also forbidden
women 's voices to be heard on local radio . In view of this,
does the Council intend to condemn this humiliating
discrimination against women by the Afghan authorities, a
quite unacceptable attitude which violates not only the
fundamental principles declared by the International
Federation of Journalists at its Congress but human rights in
general ?

Answer ( l )

( 16 June 1993 )

The specific matter raised by the Honourable Member has
not been discussed in the framework of European Political
Cooperation .

( x ) This reply has been provided by the Foreign Ministers meeting

in political cooperation, within whose province the question

came .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 565 / 93

by Mr José Lafuente Lôpez ( PPE )
to the Council of the European Communities

( 30 March 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 86 )

Subject : Expulsion from state security forces of policemen

convicted of torture

Two policemen were recently convicted of torture by the
Spanish courts . This was not the first offence by the officers
in question, as they had previously been convicted of torture
by other Spanish courts .

Since the desirability of eradicating torture from
Community Member States must be beyond dispute and

19 . 7 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 195 / 47

since court convictions of policemen for torture are still
taking place, all fhe authorities of the Member States should
adopt the principle, without exception, that any officer who
tortures prisoners must be expelled from the police force to
which he belongs .

Does the Council believe that, to prevent misunderstanding
in this area, protect human rights in the Community and
prevent repeat offenses, any policeman guilty of torture
should be expelled from his force if convicted by the courts
following a previous conviction for the same offence ?

WRITTEN QUESTION No 591 / 93

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Council of the European Communities

( 31 March 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 88 )

Subject : Improving the position of women

for the same offence ? Given that there are very few women on European

decision-making bodies, will the Commission draw up a
plan forthwith to enhance the position and involvement of
women at regional, national and Community level ?
Answer ( x )

( 16 June 1993 )

The issue raised by the Honourable Member relates to the
internal situation of a Member State and does therefore not
fall within the competence of European Political
Cooperation .

(*) This reply has been provided by the Foreign Ministers meeting

in political cooperation, within whose province the question

came .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 590 / 93

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Council of the European Communities

( 31 March 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 87 )

Subject : Common refugee policy

In view of the differences of opinion between the Member
States over the common principles which should govern any
future common refugee policy, especially in regard to
economic refugees, will the Council take steps to conclude
an immediate agreement on this issue which is becoming
increasingly important on a European and international
scale ?

Answer

( 11 June 1993 )

As the Honourable Parliamentarian is aware, questions
relating to immigration and asylum policy are discussed by
the 12 Member States on an intergovernmental basis . The
Council is therefore unable to take a position on matters
which at the present time lie outside its competence .

Answer

( 11 June 1993 )

In its resolution of 21 May 1991 on the third medium-term
Community action programme on equal opportunities for
women and men ( 1991 — 1995 ) ( J ), the Council invited the
Member States inter alia to :

— : encourage measures designed to promote the
participation of women in the decision-making process
in public, economic and social life ;

— adopt, as required, within the framework of the

programme, national, regional or local equality plans or
other relevant policy measures establishing objectives
that match national circumstances .

In the same text, the Council invited the Commission inter
alia to :

— make interim and overall assessments ( at mid-term and

at the end of the period ) of the policy on equal
opportunities and equal treatment ;

— submit the results of these assessments to the European

Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social
Committee .

(!) OJ No C 142, 31 . 5 . 1991, p. 1 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 592 / 93

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Council of the European Communities

( 31 March 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 89 )

Subject : US countervailing duties

The US Administration recently announced that it intends to
impose countervailing duties on steel imports from the

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Community . It has also announced that, from 5 March, US
Government agencies are banned from purchasing
European telecommunications equipment . In view of this,
will the Council say how it intends to deal with this serious
issue ?

Answer

( 11 June 1993 )

1 . The Council views with great concern the US
announcement regarding the imposition of countervailing
duties on steel imports from the Community and is
following closely the consultations which the Commission is
currently conducting with the US in the context of the
GATT Subsidies Code . It remains convinced that the only
long-term solution to this sector lies in the rapid conclusion
of negotiations for a Multilateral Steel Arrangement .

2 . As regards threatened US action in the field of public
procurement, and particularly in the telecommunications
sector, the Honourable Member will be aware that the
Community has recently concluded a partial Agreement
with the US on Government Procurement . Following this,
the US have announced that they will withdraw their
threatened sanctions and replace them with sanctions at a
level commensurate with the foreclosing effect of the
Community 's refusal to waive Article 29 of the Utilities
Directive as concerns the telecommunications sector . The

Commission, for its part, has reserved the right to take
whatever action is appropriate .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 597 / 93

by Mr Jean Penders ( PPE )

to European Political Cooperation

( 11 April 1993 )

concerning guaranteed freedom of speech and that the
expulsion of journalists without a valid reason is contrary to
this commitment ?

Answer

( 15 June 1993 )

The Community and its Member States share the concerns
expressed by the Honourable Member . They agree that the
participation of Uzbekistan in the CSCE and the signature of
CSCE instruments and the Charter of Paris implies a
commitment concerning guaranteed freedom of speech and
that the expulsion of journalists without a valid reason is
contrary to this commitment . The Community and its
Member States are ready to point this out in their future
contacts with the authorities of Uzbekistan .

Furthermore, as will be recalled from the answer given to
Mrs Van Dijk at the European Parliament 's session in April

1993 ( question No H-0279 / 93 ), the Community and its
Member States are, in their contacts with the authorities of
Uzbekistan, underscoring the importance they attach to the
full respect for human rights as set out in the European
Council Declaration on Human Rights of June 1991 and the
Resolution on Human Rights, Democracy and
Development of 28 November 1991 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 621 / 93

by Mr Victor Manuel Arbeloa Muru ( S )

to European Political Cooperation

(1 April 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 91 )

( 93 / C 195 / 90 ) Subject : Middle East peace process

Subject : Arrest of NCR / Handelsblad 's Moscow
correspondent

1 . Is EPC aware that the NCR / Handelsblad 's Moscow
correspondent, Hubert Smeets, was arrested in Uzbekistan
on 12 February 1993 and subsequently expelled as an
undesirable alien for holding talks with members of the
opposition ' in breach of the programme '?

2 . Is EPC prepared to investigate this incident and
request explanations ?

3 . Is EPC prepared to point out to the Uzbekistan
authorities that CSCE membership and signature of CSCE
instruments and the Charter of Paris imply a commitment

As a co-organizer in the Working Party on Refugees, what
progress has been made by EPC during negotiations
following the opening of the Middle East peace process in
Madrid ?

Answer

( 17 June 1993 )

Each of the five working groups established within the
multilateral track of the Middle East peace process has
begun to work on practical steps within their specific
domains . These are designed to broaden regional
cooperation and to benefit the parties in concrete ways .

19 . 7 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 195 / 49

Inter-sessional activities and seminars have become an
increasingly valuable part of this process .

Two substantive meetings of the Refugees Working Group
have taken place so far . Issues under consideration include
data bases, a survey of living conditions in the OTs, health,
child welfare, human resource development, vocational
training, job creation and family reunification . The
Community has offered to compile an inventory of existing
activities involving refugees in the Middle East and within
this study to pay special attention to the issue of social and
economic infrastructure . The Working Group has requested
that one Member State undertake a ' Mission d'Evaluation '
on the matter of family-reunification .

These issues will be pursued further at the next meeting of
the Refugees Working Group taking place in Oslo on

11 — 13 May 1993 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 622 / 93
by Mr Victor Manuel Arbeloa Muru ( S )

to European Political Cooperation

(1 April 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 92 )

Subject : Middle East peace process

As a co-organizer in the Working Party on the Environment,
what progress has been made by EPC during negotiations
following the opening of the Middle East peace process in
Madrid ?

Answer

( 17 June 1993 )

Each of the five working groups established within the
multilateral track of the Middle East peace process has
begun to work on practical steps within their specific
domains . These are designed to broaden regional
cooperation and to benefit the parties in concrete ways .
Inter-sessional activities and seminars have become an
increasingly valuable part of this process .

There have been two substantive meetings of the
Environment Working Group . Issues under discussion
include desertification, environmental management, data
collection, training, maritime pollution and emergency
response preparedness and waste management . The
Japanese held a successful seminar on environmental

management in Tokyo in mid 1992 .

These issues will be pursued at the next meeting of the
Environment Working Group scheduled to take place in
Tokyo on 24 — - 25 May 1993 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 631 / 93

by Mr Alexandros Alavanos ( CG )
to European Political Cooperation

(5 April 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 93 )

Subject : Economic blockade of Armenia by Azerbaijan

In a letter of 8 February 1993 addressed to the
President-in-Office of EPC the Armenian Community of
Thessaloniki describes the tragic situation obtaining in
Armenia as a result of the economic blockade by Azerbaijan
accompanied by the hampering of its transport
communications by Turkey . It requests EPC to :

1 . express its condemnation of the blockade by Azer baij an,

which is a violation of international law, and call on the
Government of Azerbaijan to lift this blockade
forthwith,

2 . suspend all EC aid to Azerbaijan until the blockade is
completely lifted,

3 . make representations to the Turkish government with a

view to securing the unconditional opening up of
communication routes in order to ensure the free
movement of trade and the unrestricted entry of all aid
intended for Armenia,

4 . support the peace process with a view to securing a

ceasefire and a settlement between Nagorny Karabakh
and Azerbaijan, and

5 . find emergency aid to Armenia and Nagorny
Karabakh .

Has EPC taken note of this letter and what measures will it
take to meet the above five requests ?

Answer

( 17 June 1993 )

The Community and its Member States are seriously
concerned about the recent development in Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh .

No C 195 / 50 Official Journal of the European Communities 19 . 7 . 93

On 7 April 1993 the Community and its Member States WRITTEN QUESTION No 693 / 93
issued a statement on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh . by Alexander Lànger ( V ), Maria Belo ( S ),
Here the Community and its Member States expressed their ( LDR ), Rinaldo Bontempi ( S ), Pedro
concern about the degradation of the relations between Pierre Camiti ( S ), Maria Cassanmagnago
Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict . Kenneth Coates ( S ), Birgit Cramon-Daiber
They regretted the enlargement of the combat zone to Crampton ( S ), Brigitte Ernst de la Graete ( V ),
Kelbajar and the Fizuli area, they called upon the conflicting ( NI ), Franco Iacono, Nereo Laroni ( S ), Eugenio
parties to stop the fighting and they urged the Armenian ( V ), Arie Oostlander ( PPE ), Dorothee
government to use its influence on the Nagorno-Karabakh Claudia Roth ( V ), Jannis Sakellariou, Maartje
forces for an immediate withdrawal from the Azeri Luigi Vertemati, Ian White and Juan de la
territory . Martinez S

by Alexander Lànger ( V ), Maria Belo ( S ), Jan Bertens

( LDR ), Rinaldo Bontempi ( S ), Pedro Canavarro ( ARC ),
Pierre Camiti ( S ), Maria Cassanmagnago Cerretti ( PPE ),
Kenneth Coates ( S ), Birgit Cramon-Daiber ( V ), Peter
Crampton ( S ), Brigitte Ernst de la Graete ( V ), Des Geraghty

( NI ), Franco Iacono, Nereo Laroni ( S ), Eugenio Melandri
( V ), Arie Oostlander ( PPE ), Dorothee Piermont ( ARC ),
Claudia Roth ( V ), Jannis Sakellariou, Maartje van Putten,

Luigi Vertemati, Ian White and Juan de la Camara

Martinez ( S )

to European Political Cooperation

(7 April 1993 )

The international Community has on several occasions ( 93 / C 195 / 94 )

underlined that it rejects territorial gains and other faits
accomplis through the use of force by whatever side in the
conflict . Such actions are totally destructive in terms of the
negotiation process . Subject : EC initiatives in the peace negotiation between

Israel and the Palestinians

The Community and its Member States have consistently
argued that the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute
should remain committed to the ongoing negotiations in the
Minsk Peace Process which represents the only realistic
framework to reach a political settlement to the conflict .
They note that at their first meeting in Ankara on 21 April

1992 President Ter-Petrossian of Armenia and Elchibei of
Azerbaijan reaffirmed their public commitment to the CSCE
talks . The Community and its Member States hope that
these talks will lead not only to a cease-fire and a withdrawal
of occupying forces, but also to a wider normalization of
relations in the region, including the lifting of all economic
blockades .

The economic and humanitarian situation in the region is
steadily deteriorating . The EC countries will continue to
assist the ongoing programmes of humanitarian aid, but the
relief work has been seriously hampered by the escalation of
the conflict . The Community and its Member States,
individually and collectively, will continue their
humanitarian relief assistance as such assistance does not
have political conditions attached to it . Recently the
Community and its Member States made a further ECU 9,5
million available for emergency relief work in Armenia and
Georgia . It is however of the utmost importance that
international aid to both Armenia and Azerbaijan is not
used to support military purposes .

The Community and its Member States are in contact with
the authorities of the neighbouring countries on
developments in Armenia and Azerbaijan . Due to the
shortages of food and fuel in Armenia, the EC has on several
occasions appealed to Turkey to allow transports of
humanitarian aid to Armenia .

Following the elections in Israel, peace negotiations have
been resumed between Israel and the Palestinians . When this
process began there were still two superpowers which gave a
fair measure of support to each side and ensured that the
conference was relatively balanced . This could explain the
rather modest part played by the European Community

( and the United Nations ). Meanwhile, the international
situation has changed for good, and there have been calls
from many quarters — from democratic forces in Israel as
well as from the Palestinians — - for the EC to exert a greater,
constructive influence on the talks . We therefore ask the
Ministers meeting in European Political Cooperation :

1 . What is their view of the EC 's part hitherto in the Middle

East peace negotiations ?

2 . What action do they propose to take to bring the EC 's

influence to bear more effectively, with the aim of
reviving the peace process between Israel and the
Palestinians and achieving a just solution ?

3 . Does EPC consider that it would be useful to establish

contact with the Government of Israel and the PLO as
soon as possible to explore these possibilities ?

4 . What other initiatives does EPC consider opportune to

promote a just peace between Israel and the
Palestinians ?

Answer

( 17 June 1993 )

The Community and its Member States believe that the
Middle East Peace Process represents a unique opportunity,
which must be seized . They therefore welcome the
resumption of the peace talks on 27 April .

19 . 7 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 195 / 51

The Community and its Member States believe that for an
agreement to prove just, lasting and comprehensive it will
have to be based on United Nations Security Council
Resolutions 242 and 338 . However, they recognize that it is
for the parties to the dispute to establish the terms of a
settlement, which, to be effective, must be freely negotiated
and agreed among them .

The EC was invited to attend the Madrid Conference which
launched the Middle East peace process in October 1991 as
'a participant alongside the United States and the Soviet
Union '. The Madrid framework still underpins the peace
process and a change of the formula is not on the agenda .
From the outset the Community and its Member States, in
full coordination with the co-sponsors, have sought to
promote the success of the negotiations and bring
comprehensive peace and security to the entire region .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 707 / 93

by Mrs Christiana Muscardini ( NI )
to the Council of the European Communities

(7 April 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 95 )

Subject : Incitement to murder by members of the Iranian

Government

Ayatollah Khomeni has confirmed the ' fatwah ' on Salman
Rushdie ; this is nothing less than an incitement to murder .
By this action the Iranian Government is once again
violating international law and failing to show elementary
respect for human rights . Bearing in mind that on 12 March

comprehensive peace and security to the entire region . 1992 Parliament adopted a resolution in favour of

abolishing the death penalty, does the Council not consider
that it should ask all the Member States to terminate any
kind of agreement concluded with the Teheran government
An EC Troika of senior officials has visited Washington until the ' fatwah ' is lifted, and to hold the Iranian
during every round of the bilateral negotiations . The latest Government jointly responsible for Mr Rushdie 's safety ?
such visit took place from 28— 29 April at the beginning of
the ninth round . On each occasion they met all the parties to
the bilaterals, the US and whenever possible, the Russian
co-sponsor . Their role has been welcomed increasingly by
all concerned . Answer ( ! )

The Troika at ministerial level visited the Middle East from
30 March — 2 April . The purpose of the visit was to ( 1 )
demonstrate the EC 's continuing commitment to the peace
process ; ( 2 ) encourage all parties to take part in the ninth
round of bilateral negotiations in Washington ; and ( 3 ) urge
the Israelis and the Palestinians to seek a way out of the
vicious circle of violence and terror in the Occupied
Territories .

The Troika visit was welcomed by all parties and
substantiated the EC 's intention to continue to play an
active, constructive and balanced role in the peace

process .

( 17 June 1993 )

The Community and its Member States condemn the death
sentence pronounced by a fatwa of Ayatollah Khomeini
against Salman Rushdie as an unacceptable violation of the
most elementary principles and obligations that govern
relations between States and contrary to international law .
They were seriously concerned that senior figures in Iran
reaffirmed this incitement to murder on the fourth
anniversary of the fatwa on 14 February .

At the Edinburgh European Council in December, Ministers
agreed that given Iran 's importance in the region, the EC
should maintain a dialogue with the Iranian Government
but that this should be a critical dialogue which reflected
concern about Iranian behaviour and called for
improvement in a number of areas, particularly human
rights, the fatwa of Ayatollah Khomeini against Salman
Rushdie, and terrorism . Ministers agreed that improvement
in these areas would be important in determining the extent
to which closer relations and confidence could be
developed .

The EC and its Member States have a more direct role to,
play in the multilateral track of the peace process where it is Rushdie, and terrorism . Ministers agreed that improvement
co-organizer in three of the five working groups and in these areas would be important in determining the extent
chairman of the Regional Economic development working to which closer relations and confidence could be
group ( REDWG ). The Community and its Member States developed .
have been active in making proposals for a wide range of
cooperation activities to bring the parties together and to
consolidate peace when it is achieved . Several Member The Community and its Member States will continue to

keep the situation under review .

States have hosted meetings of the Steering Committee,
which oversees the work of the multilateral groups, was held
in London in December 1992 . (') This reply has been provided by the Foreign Ministers meeting

The Community and its Member States will continue to
keep the situation under review .

in political cooperation, within whose province the question

came .

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WRITTEN QUESTION No 746 / 93

by Mr Sérgio Ribeiro ( CG )
to the Council of the European Communities

( 14 April 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 96 )

Subject : Situation of Basque prisoners in Spain

According to allegations by prisoners ' families, more than
600 Basque prisoners have been dispersed in about one
hundred prisons in Spain, including very remote areas,
thereby making it extremely difficult, if not impossible, for
the families to visit them and provide support .

The many issues raised by the situation of prisoners ' families
include clear cases of violation of basic human rights such as
solitary confinement, withholding medical assistance,
forbidding them to talk, write or read in their own language,
leading to a hunger strike in Caceres prison in protest
against these and other unacceptable conditions .

4

Whatever view may be taken of the reasons for
imprisonment and the subjective nature of the information
supplied, given certain objective facts, in particular the
decision to send prisoners to places far from their homes and
members of their family, is the Council, which is the
guarantor of respect for human rights, aware of this
situation, and will it make representations to the Spanish
Government ?

Answer

( 11 June 1993 )

The subject of the question put by the Honourable Member
does not come within the Council 's powers but rather
within those of the authorities of the Member State

concerned .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 875 / 93

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Council of the European Communities

( 26 April 1993 )

93 / C 195 / 97

treatment for men and women in statutory and
occupational social security schemes, the Commission
incorporated, as an incentive and alternative solution to a
system of derived rights, a system establishing personal
entitlements ( Articles 4 and 11 ). As the European
Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee have
delivered favourable opinions on the 1987 proposal for a
directive, does the Council intend to take a decision on it and
when ?

(!) OJ No C 309, 19 . 11 . 1987, p. 10 .

Answer

( 11 June 1993 )

The Council has not yet reached agreement on the proposal
for a Directive to which the Honourable Member refers in

his question .

For more information, I would refer the Honourable
Member to the reply given by the Council to Question
H-217 / 93 put by Mrs Banotti during Question Time at the
April 1993 part-session of the European Parliament,
relating to equal treatment for men and women in the social
security field .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 876 / 93

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Council of the European Communities

( 26 April 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 98 )

Subject : Greek requests for relief for Greek farmers

Greek farmers are having severe problems in finding outlets
for substantial quantities of their produce at satisfactory
prices . Naturally the Greek authorities are calling for relief
for Greek farmers in the form of increased subsidies for olive

oil and cotton, aid for cereals, pigmeat and rice, special
treatment for Virginia tobacco and immediate measures in
the citrus fruit sector . How will the Council respond to these
requests ?

Answer

Subject : Commission 's proposal for a Directive of October ( 11 June 1993 )

1987

In its proposal for a Directive of October 1987 (*)
completing the implementation of the principle of equal

The Council always pays the closest attention to
Commission proposals for solving specific problems

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encountered by Member States in the field of agriculture .
For example, following the events in the former Yugoslavia
it is granted special aid for Greek firms engaged in the
transport of fruit and vegetables . Furthermore, following an
assessment of the situation on the market in Virginia
tobacco and possible measures to remedy that situation, the
Council noted that the Commission intended taking certain
steps to ease the position of producers who had invested
particularly heavily in that sector . Finally, regarding certain
specific structural problems, the Council is currently
examining a Commission proposal for improving
agricultural structures on the smaller islands in the Aegean
Sea .

On a general level, the Council would emphasize that Greek
products enjoy the same support and protection under the
common market organizations as other Member States '
products . Greek producers receive aid or premiums ( cereals,
cotton, tobacco, durum wheat, processing of citrus fruit ),
benefit from price guarantees ( cereals, rice, citrus fruit, olive
oil, pigmeat ) and are protected by customs duties, levies and
other protective measures . To single out Greek produce for
special treatment might create differences in treatment and
distortion of the conditions of competition between
producers in the different Member States without economic
or legal justification .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 877 / 93

by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI )
to the Council of the European Communities

( 23 April 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 99 )

Answer (*)

( 17 June 1993 )

The question raised by the Honourable Member does not
fall within the competence of European Political
Cooperation .

(*) This reply has been provided by the Foreign Ministers meeting

in political cooperation, within whose province the question

came .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 887 / 93

by Mrs Marie-José Denys ( S )
to the Council of the European Communities

( 23 April 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 100 )

Subject : Identification and automatic location of ships by

satellite

The recent shipping disasters involving the Aegean Sea, off
Spain, and the Braer, off the Shetlands, graphically illustrate
the need for the Community to draw up a policy on safety at
sea, observing the guidelines set out in the Treaty on
European Union .

Technology is now so far advanced that modern VTS
systems could be used in Europe to identify ships and take
their bearings by satellite, wherever in the world they might
happen to be . Such systems would help avert disasters of the
kind referred to above as well as making for more efficient
management of port traffic, be it merchant ships, fishing
vessels, or pleasure craft .

Is the Council willing to recommend the introduction of
these systems, especially in the light of the decisions taken at
recent Council meetings on the subject of safety at sea ?

Subject : Policing of the Greek press Answer

( 11 June 1993 )

After vigorous protests from Greek journalists and others,
the Greek Ministry for Justice has reportedly drafted a law
amending the ' Anti-terrorism Act ' by repealing the
provisions on imprisonment and doubling the minimum
fine, from Dr 50 to 100 million, for making reference to the
actions, and especially statements, of terrorist groups . This
has led representatives of all Greek journalists '
organizations and phe vast majority of editors to protest
even more vigorously, justifiably claiming that the
authorities are trying to use terrorism as a pretext for
controlling the media . In view of this, will the Council
impress on the Greek authorities that censorship and any
similar measures are prohibited in the European
Community ?

In the past, and most recently at its extraordinary meeting

( Environment / Transport ) on 25 January 1993, the Council
has stressed the need for a coherent and harmonized
development of shipping infrastructures in the Community,
and in particular of vessel traffic services ( VTS ).

The Council is pursuing its consideration of the matter in the
light of the Commission communication to the Council on a
common maritime security policy, submitted to the Council
on 3 March 1993 .

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WRITTEN QUESTION No 955 / 93

by Mr Ernest Glinne ( S )
to the Council of the European Communities

( 29 April 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 101 )

Subject : Situation in outer Mongolia

Unofficially considered the ' 16th provinces ' of the USSR for
70 years, Outer Mongolia now has to do without the fuel
and spare parts which used to come from beyond the Urals

( this is particularly difficult in winter ); it is also lacking
foreign currency . The country is formally governed by a
reconstituted Communist Party, but real power is wielded
by a motley collection of multiethnic entrepreneurs putting
together bogus contracts and by hack ideologists .

The Mongolian bourgeois party made a disappointing
showing at the recent polls but its leaders, and notably Mr
Dargalsaikhan, have announced their intention of replacing
local culture by rock'n'roll and having the country colonized
— or perhaps only leased out — for a minimum of 50 years
through the USA and / or the UK . The theories of Mr Milton
Friedman are steadily gaining ground, albeit in a curiously
garbled version .

It is with that in mind that economic cooperation activities
in the fields laid down by the Agreement and development
aid will be implemented, on the basis of the Regulation on
financial and technical assistance to, and economic
cooperation with, the developing countries in Asia and Latin
America, i.e. in accordance with the principles, management
procedures and monitoring arrangements laid down by that
Regulation . It will be for the Joint Committee to ensure the
proper working of the Agreement .

However, Mongolia has formally applied to be admitted to
the TACIS programme of technical assistance . The
Commission 's proposal for a new TACIS regulation
envisages the inclusion of Mongolia, within the scope of the
programme . A final decision on this point has not yet been
taken .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1128 / 93

by Mr Ernest Glirine ( S )
to the Council or the European Communities

( 29 April 1993 )

I should like to say how much I respect the work undertaken ( 93 / C 195 / 102 )
by conscientious international officials who do what they
can in difficult circumstances . Will the Council give its views
on the volume of aid it has granted and the nature of this aid,
the distribution channels, the scandalous organized
corruption involving national and international crime Subject : European Interinstitutional Centre ( EIC ) at
networks and the urgent need for a ' code of conduct ' for Dennenboslaan 54, Overiise, B-3090
investors and pseudo-investors who are EC nationals ?

Since around 1972 the Commission has owned a sports
centre at Overijse ( outer Brussels suburbs ). The centre is

' interinstitutional ', as the Commission, the Council, the
Economic and Social Committee and the European
Answer Parliament all contribute to its running costs in accordance

( 11 June 1993 ) with a fixed scale .

The Council would point out to the Honourable Member
that the Community has concluded an Agreement on trade
and economic cooperation with Mongolia, which entered
into force on 1 March 1992 .

As stated in its preamble and Article 1, the Agreement is
based on respect for democratic principles and human
rights, recognizes the efforts undertaken by Mongolia to
restructure its society and economy in order to strengthen
democracy and to promote economic and social progress,
and is intended to develop relations in the parties ' mutual
interest .

Can the Council indicate the amount of running costs it has
paid in accordance with this scale and the amounts paid by
the Council :

1 . since the opening of the EIC ;

2 . for the 1991 and 1992 financial years ;

3 . the Council 's attitude to the fixed scale ;

4 . the extent to which the EIC is used by persons and

groups under the Council 's aegis ?

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Answer

( 17 June 1993 )

In reply to his Written Question, the Honourable Member
will find below the information requested :

1 . In 1978 the Heads of Administration ( Council,
Commission and Economic and Social Committee )
entrusted the management of the sports centre at
Overijse to an international association entitled
' Europa-Club '. The institutions undertook to grant an
operational subsidy on an annual basis .

The subsidies granted by the Council were as
follows :

( Bfrs )

1978 1 000 000

1979 1 200 000

1980 1 300000

1981 1 400 000

1982 1 400 000

1983 1 200 000

1984 1 350 000

1985 1 350 000

In 1985 the Europa Club Association was voluntarily
wound up .

2 . In 1986 the Governing Board of the European
Interinstitutional Centre at Overijse was set up . The
ESC, the Commission, the Council and the European
Parliament contribute to the financing and running of
the centre . The subsidies paid by the Council, based on
the appropriations allocated by the budget authority,
were as follows :

( ECU )

1986 28 000

1987 30 000

1988 31 500

1989 24 000

1990 31 500

1991 53 000

1992 4 000

1993 4 000

3 . The amount of subsidies paid by each institution is set in

accordance with the number of officials posted in
Brussels and appearing on the establishment plan .

Example : Council 's contribution under the budget :

1989 : 16,77%,
1991 : 15,57%,
1992 : 15,40%,
1993 : 15,04% .

This criterion may be regarded as objective .

4 . Approximately 5 % of the staff of the Council and of

other groups under the Council 's aegis use the European
Interinstitutional Centre .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1245 / 93

by Mr Ernest Glinne ( S )
to the Council of the European Communities

( 18 May 1993 )

93 / C 195 / 103 )

Subject : Back-door entry (' parachutage ') to very high level

appointments at the Commission

On 3 March 1993, the Court of First Instance in
Luxembourg annulled two Commission decisions dated
4 July 1990 which failed to comply with the Commission 's
responsibility, in accordance with clear statutory decisions,
to fill the vacant A2 posts of Director in B and D
Directorates of DG XIV . At the same time, the Court
annulled two Commission decisions dated 11 July 1990
which, as a result of prior, albeit tacit agreements appointed
two directors to these posts and which, via intervention by
two governments, had illegally reserved posts for specific
nationalities . The Commission could not, however, fail to be
aware of precedents such as the Court decision of
7 February 1990 in Case C-343 / 87 .

These actions by the Commission give the impression, as
noted by the Economist of 20 March 1993, that back-door
entry (' parachutage ') and ' keeping a geographic balance '
take precedence over qualifications when it comes to certain
appointments at very high level .

Does the Council draw any conclusions from the rulings
handed down on 3 March by the Court of First Instance in
Luxembourg concerning as thorough as possible a
depoliticization and denationalization of the higher
administrative posts at the Commission ?

Answer

( 11 June 1993 )

The Council would point out that the judgment delivered on
3 March 1993 by the Court of First Instance in Case
T-58 / 91 does not concern the Council but the Commission .
Under the Staff Regulations of Officials, each Institution
determines the authorities to exercise within it the powers
vested in the appointing authority . The Council is not
competent to interfere in the exercise of those powers within
the Commission .

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WRITTEN QUESTION No 1424 / 93

by Mrs Winifred Ewing ( ARC )
to the Council of the European Communities

(9 June 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 104 )

Subject : Repeal of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 170 / 83

( common fisheries policy )

Can the President-in-Office confirm that a decision would
have to be taken pursuant to the procedure laid down in
Article 236 of the EEC Treaty in order to amend the
transitional regime on fisheries which was established under
the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal ?

Can the President-in-Office confirm that a decision to

terminate the abovementioned transitional regime on
fisheries seven years ahead of the date originally envisaged
by the signatories of the Accession Treaty in question,
would amount to an ' amendment ' of the Accession regime
in question, rather than an ' adjustment '?

Can the President-in-Office confirm that the original
legislators clearly intended that the arrangements laid down
in Article 6 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 170 / 83 i 1 )
should continue until at least the end of 2002 if they were
not ' adjusted ' ( within the confines imposed by the need to
take account of Article 4 ( 1 ) of the same Regulation ) as a
result of a decision taken by the Council pursuant to Rule 43
of the EEC Treaty, before the end of 1992 ?

Can the President-in-Office confirm that the original
legislators clearly intended that the review of the transitional
fisheries regime set forth in the Act of Accession should be
accomplished within the framework of the acquis
communautaire ?

Does the President-in-Office agree that the Commission 's
proposal to repeal the basic CFP Regulation lacks the
transparency required of all EC legislation ?

(!) OJNoL24, 27 . 1 . 1983, p. 1 .

Answer

(9 June 1993 )

1 . Article 6 of the Treaty of Accession of Spain and
Portugal provides : ' The provisions of this Act may not,
unless otherwise provided herein, be suspended, amended
or repealed other than by means of the procedure laid down
in the original Treaties enabling those Treaties to be
revised .'

Accordingly, the provisions of Part Four, Chapter 4 of the
Treaty of Accession concerning fisheries may be modified
only in accordance with provisions of Article 6 of the
Treaty .

2 . Article 162 (*) of the Treaty of Accession provides that
the Council shall decide, in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 43 of the EEC Treaty, before
31 December 1993, on the basis of a report which the
Commission has just submitted to the Council on the
adjustments to the arrangements provided for in
Article 158, Article 159 ( 2 ), first subparagraph, and
Article 161 ( 1 ), ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) including those concerning access
to zones other than those mentioned in Article 158(1 ). Such
measures shall take effect on 1 January 1996 and remain
valid until the end of 2002 .

3 . The Council would remind the Honourable

Parliamentarian that the limited access regime provided for
in Article 6 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 170 / 83 ceased to
produce its effects on 31 December 1992 . It was
consequently necessary for the Council to decide on the
regime which would follow as from 1 January 1993 . As the
Honourable Parliamentarian is doubtlessly aware, the
Council has reenacted for at least another 10 years the
existing limited access regime by virtue of Article 6 of
Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3760 / 92 of 20 December
1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and
aquaculture ( 2 ).

4 . The acquis communautaire, as contained in
Regulation ( EEC ) No 170 / 83, is maintained by Regulation
( EEC ) No 3760 / 92 . Possible adjustments to the transitional
regime as contemplated in the second paragraph of the
reply, do not affect this acquis communautaire, which was
accepted by Spain and Portugal on their entry into the
Community .

5 . The Council believes, as it is stated in the last recital of
the new basic Regulation that, by reason of the number and
complexity of the amendments to be made, it was necessary
to repeal and replace Regulation ( EEC ) No 170 / 83 thus also
achieving greater legislative transparency .

i 1 ) For Spain ; see Article 350 for Portugal .
( 2 ) OJ No L 389, 31 . 12 . 1992 .

WRITTEN QUESTION No 1435 / 93
by Mr Dimitrios Pagoropoulos ( S ) and Mr Alexandros

Alavanos ( CG )

to the Council of the European Communities

(9 June 1993 )

( 93 / C 195 / 105 )

Subject : Fatal accident at the Petrola Hellas plant at

Elefsina and failure to apply, and monitor
compliance with, Community law

In January 1990 the Committee on Petitions began
examining Petition No 41 1 / 89 by the Ecological Movement
of the Citizens of Elefsina on the decision to authorize an

extension to the Petrola Hellas plant which, it alleged,
constituted a violation of Greek and Community legislation
and posed a serious risk of a major accident .

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It emerged from the information provided by the Answer
Commission, in accordance with Rule 129 of the Rules of (9 June 1993 )
Procedure, that the relevant Community directives, and
notably Directive 82 / 501 / EEC 0 ), commonly called the
Seveso Directive, which had been drawn up to prevent any The Council would remind the
repetition of the Seveso disaster, had not been properly

is for the Commission, pursuant to

implemented in Greece . On 1 September 1992, a serious

Treaty, to ensure ' that the provisions

accident took place at the plant in question, killing 14

measures taken by the institutions

people and injuring 20 more .

Answer

The Council would remind the Honourable Member that it

is for the Commission, pursuant to Article 155 of the EEC
Treaty, to ensure ' that the provisions of this Treaty and the
measures taken by the institutions pursuant thereto are
applied '.

In the light of the above, it is clear that compliance with the
environmental provisions of Community law, and notably
the provisions of Directive 82 / 501 / EEC ( the Seveso
Directive ) has not been properly monitored .

Does the Council consider satisfactory a situation in which
— according to the information received, which is,
regrettably, borne out by the facts of the case — obligations
arising under Community law have not been met ?

The latter measures include those which appear in Directives
adopted by the Council, the implementation of which is to
be ensured by the Member States . It is this implementation
which is monitored by the Commission which may bring the
matter before the Court of Justice under Article 169 of the
Treaty .

arising Community not met The Council would also remind the Honourable Member

that Article 171 of the Treaty establishing the European

How does the Council consider that the Commission can Community, as it will stand following the amendments
carry out the controls provided for in Article 155 of the EEC made by the Treaty on European Union, provides that the
Treaty, without having adequate means to do so and Court of Justice may impose a lump sum or penalty payment
without the cooperation of the Member States ? on a Member State if it finds that the State has not complied

with a judgment finding that it has failed to fulfil an
(!) OJ No L 230, 5 . 8 . 1982, p. 1 . obligation under the Treaty .

How does the Council consider that the Commission can

carry out the controls provided for in Article 155 of the EEC
Treaty, without having adequate means to do so and
without the cooperation of the Member States ?

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WRITTEN QUESTIONS TO WHICH NO ANSWER HAS BEEN GIVEN (*)

( 93 / C 195 / 106 )

This list is published pursuant to Rule 62 ( 3 ) of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament,
which states : ' Questions to which no answer has been given within one month by the Commission,
or within two months by the Council of the Foreign Ministers, shall be recorded, pending an answer,

in the Official Journal of the European Communities .'

No 510 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 10 . 3 . 1993
Subject : The tanning sector following the GATT negotiations

No 511 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

( 10 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Blood donation in the Community

No 539 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 10 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Telecommunications frequency bands

No 541 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to European Political
Cooperation ( 10 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Application of the principles of humanitarian law in
former Yugoslavia

No 512 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 10 . 3 . 1993 ) No 550 / 93 by Guiseppe Mottola ( PPE ), Mario Forte ( PPE ),
Subject : Diversion of the River Acheloos Gerardo Gaibisso ( PPE ) and Lorenzo De Vitto ( PPE ) to the
Commission ( 10 . 3 . 1993 )

No 513 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission . .
( 10 . 3 . 1993 ) Subject : Construction of Naples Intercontinental airport

Subject : Wild birds in the Community No 551 / 93 by Panayotis Roumeliotis ( PSE ) to the Commission

No 518 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission ( 10 . 3 . 1993 )

( 10.3 . 1993 ) Subject : Problems concerning exports of Greek mussels

Subject : The situation of mussel farmers in the region of Pieria No 552 / 93 by Mihail Papayannakis ( NI ) to the Commission

No 521 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission 10 . 3 . 1993 )

( 10 . 3 . 1993 ) Subject : Sinking of wells near Kifisos in Viotia

Subject : International conference on human rights
No 555 / 93 by Llewellyn Smith ( PSE ) to the Commission

No 523 / 92 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission ( 10.3 . 1993 )
( 10 . 3 . 1993 ) Subject : Documentation confidentiality
Subject : The situation of children in the developing countries

No 556 / 93 by Laura Gonzales Alvarez ( NI ) to the Commission

No 524 / 92 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

No 524 / 92 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission ( 10 . 3 . 1993 )

( 10 . 3 . 1993 ) Subject : The
Subject : Anopthalmia in parts of the United Kingdom

Subject : The Braun report

/
No 525 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 10 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Guaranteeing the same level of health and safety
protection in all industries and all occupations in Greece

No 527 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 10 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Motor vehicle accidents

No 558 / 93 by Florus Wijsenbeek ( LDR ) to the Commission
( 10.3 . 1993 )
Subject :. Container line shipping in the major shipping zones

No 559 / 93 by Gerardo Fernandez - Albor ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 10 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : A tourist map of Galicia and northern Portugal

No 560 / 93 by Carlos Robles Piquer ( PPE ) to the Commission

No 533 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission ( 10 . 3 . 1993 )

( 10 . 3 . 1993 ) Subject : Legality of the practice of ' mileage ' as a marketing
technique in air transport

Subject : The future of writers in Europe

No 534 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 10 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : The creation of new cultural works in the Community

No 561 / 93 by Carlos Robles Piquer ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 10 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Period of validity of tourist number plates on some cars in
certain Member States

No 537 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

10 . 3 . 1993 ) No 567 / 93 by Christine Oddy ( PSE ) to the Commission

Subject : Greek Joint Ministerial Decision No 69269 / 90 and the ( 15 . 3 . 1993 )
EEC Directive on environmental impact assessment Subject : Metro-freight

No 538 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission No 568 / 93 by Christine Oddy ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 10 . 3 . 1993 ) 15 . 3 . 1993
Subject : Community policy on coastal zones Subject : Hallmarking

(*) The answers will be published as soon as they are received from the institution concerned . The full text of these questions appeared in the Bulletin of the

European Parliament No 8 / C-93 to No 15 / C-93 .

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No 569 / 93 by John Bird ( PSE ) to the Commission No 603 / 93 by Ben Fayot ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 15 . 3 . 1993 ) ( 16 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : European firearms pass Subject : Access by small and medium-sized undertakings to public

and private procurement contracts in Belgium and France

No 571 / 93 by Virginio Bettini ( V ) to the Commission
( 15 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Community funding for studies connected with
restoration of Palermo 's old-town quarters

No 576 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

( 15 . 3 . 1993 )

No 614 / 93 by Cristiana Muscardini ( NI ), Pietro Mitolo ( NI ),
Mario Melis ( ARC ), Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ), Franz Schönhuber

No 604 / 93 by Iñigo Mendez de Vigo ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 16 . 3.1993 )

Subject : Public statements by the Spanish Minister of Economy and
Finance, Mr Solchaga

Subject : Amendment of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2052 / 88
( NI ), Pierre Ceyrac ( DR ) and Bruno Gollnisch ( DR ) to the Council

( 16 . 3 . 1993 )
No 578 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 15 . 3 . 1993 ) Subject : Electoral systems and democratic pluralism

Subject : The resurgence of nationalism and Nazism in Europe No 615 / 93 by Madron Seligman ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 16 . 3 . 1993 )
No 580 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

( 15 . 3 . 1993 ) Subject : Draft Directive on VOC recovery

Subject : Substances on the market which are hazardous to
health

No 581 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 15 . 3 . 1993 )

No 619 / 93 by Victor Arbeloa Muru ( PSE ) to the Commission

No 616 / 93 by Victor Arbeloa Muru ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 16 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Study of human rights violations in Palestine

Subject : Burnt woodland areas in the Community ( 16 . 3 . 1993 )

No 582 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 15 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : The toxic hydrazine cylinder which fell into the sea in the
North Sporades

No 583 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 15 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Support for NGOs defending human rights

No 624 / 93 by Leen van der Waal ( NI ) to the Commission
( 16 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Critical report on the implementation of European
research programmes

No 625 / 93 by Henry Chabert ( PPE ) to the Commission

Subject : Coastal erosion in Kiato ( 16 . 3 . 1993 )

No 585 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 15 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Biological purification plant at Megara

No 586 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 15 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Tragedy in Armenia

No 629 / 93 by John McCartin ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 16 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Commission investigation into meat dumping at Cregga,
Co . Roscommon, Ireland

Subject : German privatization programme No 633 / 93 by Gianfranco Amendola ( V ) to the Commission
( 16 . 3 . 1993 )

No 587 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 15 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Ban on shipment of oil through sensitive areas such as the
Bocche di Bonifacio

Subject : Tanned hides in the Community
No 634 / 93 by Alexander Langer ( V ) to the Commission

No 589 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Council ( 16 . 3 . 1993 )

( 15 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Preservation of historical European languages

No 594 / 93 by Jean-Pierre Raffin ( V ) to the Commission

( 15 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Toxicity of pyralene and products derived from its
combustion

Subject : Open competition COM / A / 720 ( general
administration )

No 636 / 93 by Giuseppe Rauti ( NI ) and Cristiana Muscardini ( NI )
to the Commission ( 16 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Failure of the Italian Government to implement the
directive on animals for slaughter

No 639 / 93 by Cristiana Muscardini ( NI ) to the Commission

No 600 / 93 by Hiltrud Breyer ( V ) to the Commission ( 16 . 3 . 1993 )
( 16 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : State aid to coal and nuclear power the Subject ' redditometro : Unacceptable ' inclusion of vintage cars and motorcycles in

Subject : State aid to coal and nuclear power

No 601 / 93 by Jose Valverde Lopez ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 16 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Spanish Government action plans for the Donana Park

No 640 / 93 by Dieter Rogalla ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 16 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Employment of the disabled

No 602 / 93 by Jose Valverde Lopez ( PPE ) to the Commission

No 602 / 93 by Jose Valverde Lopez ( PPE ) to the Commission No 643 / 93 by Jose Vazquez Fouz ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 16 . 3 . 1993 ) ( 16 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Complaints to the Spanish Government for infringement Subject : An official responsible for fisheries at the EC delegation in
of Community legislation with regard to the Donana Park Rabat

Subject : An official responsible for fisheries at the EC delegation in
Rabat

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No 646 / 93 by Jose Vazquez Fouz ( PSE ) to the Commission No 676 / 93 by Jose Valverde Lopez ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 16.3 . 1993 ) ( 18 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : New fisheries agreements with the Maghreb countries Subject : Problems for Maghreb nationals crossing the Strait of

Gibraltar in summer

No 647 / 93 by Jose Vazquez Fouz ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 16 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : US measures against Community agricultural products

No 649 / 93 by Jose Vazquez Fouz ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 16 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Documents used in breaches of rules on fisheries

No 650 / 93 by Mihail Papayannakis ( NI ) to the Commission

( 16 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Drawing up a cadastral map in Symi

No 655 / 93 by Mary Banotti ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 16 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Directive on precious metals

No 656 / 93 by Mary Banotti ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 16 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Pornographic TV channels

No 677 / 93 by John Bird ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 18 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Financing of the European Community

No 678 / 93 by Jaak Vandemeulebroucke ( ARC ) to the Commission

( 18 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Languages used by the Commission in advertisements

No 679 / 93 by Pol Marck ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 18 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Imported Moroccan tomatoes

No 680 / 93 by Francesco Speroni ( ARC ) to the Commission

( 18 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Monopoly management of certain airport services

No 682 / 93 by Bryan Cassidy ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 18 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : UK implementation of the birds Directive

No 658 / 93 by Virginio Bettini ( V ) and Tullio Regge ( PSE ) to the
Commission ( 18 . 3 . 1993 ) No 684 / 93 by Virginio Bettini ( V ) to the Commission
Subject : Using a second sun to light up Siberia ( 18 . 3 . 1993 )

( 18 . 3 . 1993 )

No 659 / 93 by Christine Oddy ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 18 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Utilization of Community funds for the island of La
Gomera ( Canaries )

Subject : Phare programme No 685 / 93 by Virginio Bettini ( V ) to the Commission

No 660 / 93 by Christine Oddy ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 18 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Phare programme

No 661 / 93 by Christine Oddy ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 18 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Phare programme

( 18 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Destruction of posidonia ( sea-grass )

No 687 / 93 by Virginio Bettini ( V ) to the Commission
( 22 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Transfer of ownership of second-hand cars

No 688 / 93 by Pavlos Sarlis ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 22 . 3 . 1993 )
No 664 / 93 by Anita Pollack ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 18 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Third country nationals and freedom of movement

No 665 / 93 by Anita Pollack ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 18 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Cycling

Subject : Discrimination in taxation of businesses

No 689 / 93 by Ernest Glinne ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 22 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Eradication of rabies

No 690 / 93 by Ernest Glinne ( PSE ) to the Commission

No ( 18 666 . 3 . 1993 / 93 by ) Thomas Megahy ( PSE ) to the Commission Subject ( 22 . 3 . 1993 : Recognition ) of ' Doctorate in Dental surgery '

Subject : Structural funds : programme partnership No 691 / 93 by Dieter Rogalla ( PSE ) to the Commission

No 667 / 93 by Thomas Megahy ( PSE ) to the Commission ( 22 . 3 . 1993 )

( 18 . 3 . 1993 ).
Subject : Structural funds : programme partnership

No 668 / 93 by Thomas Megahy ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 18 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Structural funds : financial control, monitoring and
evaluation

No 673 / 93 by Sergio Ribeiro ( CG ) to the Commission

( 18 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Policy followed by the Portuguese Government
aggravating the situation concerning wages, which are the lowest in
the Community

No 674 / 93 by Jose Valverde Lopez ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 18 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Progress made in transposing environmental directives
into national law in Spain

Subject : Staff policy in respect of senior officials

No 695 / 93 by Jaak Vandemeulebroucke ( ARC ) to the Commission
( 22 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Evaluation of meat quality directives

No 696 / 93 by Christian de la Malène ( DR ) to the Commission

( 22 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Agricultural agreement between the EEC and the United
States

No 697 / 93 by Jean-Claude Martinez ( RDE ) to the Commission

( 22 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : The recent GATT agreement

No 698 / 93 by Arthur Newens ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 22 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Fissile material trade with Iraq

19 . 7 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 195 / 61

No 700 / 93 by Alexandros Alavanos ( CG ) to the Commission
( 22 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Greek outdoor information centres

No 702 / 93 by Martine Buron ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 22 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Hospital waste

No 708 / 93 by Diego Santos Lopez ( ARC ) to the Commission

( 22 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Exclusion of Gibraltar Airport from the Community
allocation of air transport slots

No 709 / 93 by Diego Santos Lopez ( ARC ) to the Commission
( 22 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Fraud in the manufacture of Community motor
vehicles

No 710 / 93 by Nicole Fontaine ( PPE ) to the Commission

No 727 / 93 by Jose Valverde Lopez ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 25 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Failure to implement the electromagnetic compatibility
directives

No 728 / 93 by Jose Valverde Lopez ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 25 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : The 12 Member States have failed to implement the
directive on active implantable medical devices

No 729 / 93 by Jose Valverde Lopez ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 25 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Failure to implement the directives on the labelling of
tobacco products

No 730 / 93 by Jose Valverde Lopez ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 25 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Spain 's failure to implement the directives on dangerous
substances

22 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Duties on alcohol No 25 731 . 3 . 1993 / 93 by ) Jose Valverde Lopez ( PPE ) to the Commission

No 711 / 93 by Nicole Fontaine ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 22 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Alcoholic beverages exempted of excise duty

No 713 / 93 by Max Simeoni ( ARC ) to the Commission
( 22 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Prohibiting the passage of oil tankers through sensitive
and dangerous areas such as the Bocche di Bonifacio

No 716 / 93 by Pietro Mitolo ( NI ), Cristiana Muscardini ( NI ),
Antonio Mazzone ( NI ) and Giuseppe Rauti ( NI ) to the Commission

( 22 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Taxes on blank audio and video cassettes and recording
equipment

No 717 / 93 by Elmar Brok ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 25 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Proposal for a Council directive on the approximation of
legal and administrative provisions of the Member States
concerning the flammability of upholstered furniture

No 719 / 93 by Yves Verwaerde ( LDR ) to the Commission

Subject : Spain 's failure to implement the directive on a solvency
ratio for credit institutions

No 732 / 93 by Rafael Calvo Ortega ( LDR ) to the Commission
( 25 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Assistance for the use of recycled paper

No 733 / 93 by Christopher Beazley ( PPE ) to the Commission

25 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : European police cooperation, crime and justice

No 734 / 93 by Dagmar Roth-Behrendt ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 25 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Großkrotzenburg nuclear power station ( Germany )

No 735 / 93 by Dagmar Roth-Behrendt ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 25 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Economic and social aspects of environmental issues

No 736 / 93 by Christine Oddy ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 25 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Redundancies at Jaguar Radford plant Coventry

( 25 . 3 . 1993 )
No 738 / 93 by Pierre Bernard-Reymond ( PPE ) to the Commission

Subject : Funding for associations from the Community budget ( 25 . 3 . 1993 )

No 722 / 93 by Gerard Deprez ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 25 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : EIB construction project : possible influence of ' wages
dumping ' on the award of contracts

No 723 / 93 by Iñigo Mendez de Vigo ( PPE ) to European Political
Cooperation ( 25 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Situation in Equatorial Guinea

Subject : Harmonization of administrative formalities

No 739 / 93 by Panayotis Roumeliotis ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 25 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Protection of the Fokaia wetlands

No 740 / 93 by Barbara Schmidbauer ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 25 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : EC-recognized passes for the disabled and senior
citizens

No 724 / 93 by Jose Valverde Lopez ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 25 . 3 . 1993 ) No 741 / 93 by Barbara Schmidbauer ( PSE ) to the Council
Subject : Spain 's failure to implement the meat products ( 25 . 3 . 1993 )
directive

( 25 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : EC-recognized passes for the disabled and senior
citizens

No 725 / 93 by Jose Valverde Lopez ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 25 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : General failure to implement directives on the internal
market and industrial matters

No 726 / 93 by Jose Valverde Lopez ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 25 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Failure to implement motor-vehicle directives

No 743 / 93 by Victor Arbeloa Muru ( PSE ) to European Political
Cooperation ( 25 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Executions and disappearances in Chad

No 745 / 93 by Victor Arbeloa Muru ( PSE ) to European Political
Cooperation ( 25 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Failure to investigate deaths in Malawi

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No 748 / 93 by Jean-Pierre Raffin ( V ) to the Commission No 765 / 93 by Bartho Pronk ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 25 . 3 . 1993 ) ( 25 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Community funding for an infrastructure project in South Subject : Free movement of persons
America ( Hidrovia )

No 767 / 93 by Thomas Spencer ( PPE ) to the Commission

No 749 / 93 by Cristiana Muscardini ( NI ) to the Commission ( 25 . 3 . 1993 )

( 25 . 3 . 1993 ) Subject : Payment of goods and services supplied under the EDF

Subject : Free movement of persons

No 749 / 93 by Cristiana Muscardini ( NI ) to the Commission

Subject : Possession of, and trade in, species of wild fauna and
flora No 768 / 93 by Anne Andre-Leonard ( LDR ) to the Commission

No 750 / 93 by Diego Santos Lopez ( ARC ) to the Commission

( 25 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : German VAT
( 25 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Storage of waste in El Cabril ( Andalusia ) No 769 / 93 by Mihail Papayannakis ( NI ) to the Commission

No 751 / 93 by Otto Habsburg ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 25 . 3 . 1993 )

( 25 . 3 . 1993 ) Subject : Destruction of an archaeological site in Thessaloniki

Subject : Safety measures on aircraft No 770 / 93 by Astrid Lulling ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 25 . 3 . 1993 )

No 752 / 93 by Lode Van Outrive ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 25 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Implementation of the Council resolution concerning the
protection of the financial interests of the Community :
implementation of the provisions of paragraph 9

No 753 / 93 by Lode Van Outrive ( PSE ) to the Council

( 25 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Implementation of the Council resolution concerning the
protection of the financial interests of the Community :
implementation of the provisions of paragraph 9

Subject : Discrimination against Luxembourgish companies
operating in Belgium

No 772 / 93 by Yves Verwaerde ( LDR ) to the Commission
( 25 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Transposition into Member States ' legislation of the
directive of 21 December 1989 on the coordination of laws,
regulations and administrative provisions relating to the award of
public contracts

No 773 / 93 by Yves Verwaerde ( LDR ) to the Commission

No 754 / 93 by Lode Van Outrive ( PSE ) to the Council ( 25 . 3 . 1993 )

( 25 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Implementation of the Council resolution concerning the
protection of the financial interests of the Community :
implementation of the provisions of paragraphs 8, 9, 10 and 11

Subject : Transposition into Member States ' legislation of the
Directive of 21 December 1989 on the coordination of laws,
regulations and administrative provisions relating to the award of
public contracts

No 755 / 93 by Lode Van Outrive ( PSE ) to the Council No 776 / 93 by Yves Verwaerde ( LDR ) to the Commission

( 25 . 3 . 1993 ) ( 25 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Implementation of the Council resolution concerning the Subject : Continuing vocational training for Community officials in
protection of the financial interests of the Community 1992

No 755 / 93 by Lode Van Outrive ( PSE ) to the Council

Subject : Continuing vocational training for Community officials in

1992

No 756 / 93 by John Bird ( PSE ) to the Commission No 777 / 93 by Eisso Woltjer ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 25 . 3 . 1993 ) ( 29 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Criminal injuries compensation Subject : Publication of explanatory memoranda

No 757 / 93 by John Bird ( PSE ) to the Commission No 778 / 93 by João Cravinho ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 25 . 3 . 1993 ) 29.3 . 1993
Subject : Microwave frequency transmission and electro-magnetic Subject : Support for Community citizens emigrating from within
fields the Community

No 758 / 93 by Virginio Bettini ( V ) to the Commission

No 779 / 93 by Bouke Beumer ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 25 . 3 . 1993 ) ( 29 . 3 . 1993
Subject : Harmful effects of the pesticide Insegar ( Fenoxycarb ) Use of funds shares in the relevant

No 760 / 93 by Maartje van Putten ( PSE ) to the Commission

Subject : Use of pension funds to purchase shares in the relevant

company

( 25 . 3 . 1993 ) No 781 / 93 by Lode Van Outrive ( PSE ) to the Commission

Subject : Women refugees ( 29 . 3 . 1993 )

No 761 / 93 by Maartje van Putten ( PSE ) to the Council
( 25 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Women refugees

No 762 / 93 by Hemmo Muntingh ( PSE ) to the Commission

Subject : DAF redundancies — Eindhoven and Westerlo and the '
implications for the Belgian regions of northern Limburg and
northern Campine

No 782 / 93 by Peter Crampton ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 25 . 3 . 1993 ) ( 29 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Environmentally-friendly refrigerators

No 763 / 93 by Hemmo Muntingh ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 25 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Windmill park in Curaçao

Subject : Fishing : reduction of effort

No 783 / 93 by Peter Crampton ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 29 . 3 . 1993
Subject : Fishing : minimum landing sizes

No 764 / 93 by Bartho Pronk ( PPE ) to the Commission No 785 / 93 by Peter Crampton ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 25 . 3 . 1993 ) ( 29 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Safety of open lorries Subject : Fishing : saithe quota

19 . 7 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 195 / 63

No 786 / 93 by Hugh McMahon ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 29 . 3 . 1993
Subject : Landfill sites and environmental impact assessment
Directive

No 787 / 93 by Alexandros Alavanos ( CG ) to the Commission

29 . 3 . 1993

Subject : Filling in the sea along the old Thessaloniki seaboard

No 789 / 93 by Enrico Falqui ( V ) and Luciano Vecchi ( PSE ) to the
Commission ( 29 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Progress made in implementing Community programme
of action for young people

No 790 / 93 by Enrico Falqui ( V ) to the Commission

( 29 . 3 . 1993 )

No 811 / 93 by Paul Staes ( V ) to the Commission ( 31 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Damage to woodlands in Greece

No 812 / 93 by Paul Staes ( V ) to the Commission ( 31 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : EEC subsidy for the Sint-Jans hospital ( Brugge,
Belgium )

No 813 / 93 by Ben Visser ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 31.3 . 1993 )
Subject : Imports of canned tuna

No 814 / 93 by Jessica Larive ( LDR ) to the Commission

31.3 . 1993 )

Subject : European campaign for the promotion of books and
reading

Subject : Priority for high-speed railways in the framework of the
EC programme of action for transport infrastructures No 816 / 93 by Peter Crampton ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 31.3 . 1993 )

No 791 / 93 by Barry Desmond ( PSE ) to the Commission Subject : Fisheries : third country agreements

( 29 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Professional training in nursing No 817 / 93 by Peter Crampton ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 31.3 . 1993 )
No 793 / 93 by Ferruccio Pisoni ( PPE ) to the Commission

29 . 3 . 1993 ) Subject : Fisheries : suspension of third-country imports

Subject Italy for : Registration good of vehicles by migrant workers returning to No 31.3 818 . 1993 / 93 by ) Peter Crampton ( PSE ) to the Commission

No 795 / 93 by Ursula Braun-Moser ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 29 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Contracts awarded by the Commission within the
framework of the Phare programme

No 796 / 93 by Ursula Braun-Moser ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 29 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Distortion of competition in passenger transport resulting
from the ' place of departure ' criterion contained in the sixth VAT
Directive

No 798 / 93 by Jose Vazquez Fouz ( PSE ) to the Commission

Subject : Fisheries : French aid to the fishing industry

No 819 / 93 by Peter Crampton ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 31.3 . 1993 )
Subject : Fisheries : health and hygiene rules for third-country
imports

No 820 / 93 by Sergio Ribeiro ( CG ) to the Commission
( 31.3 . 1993 )
Subject : Social and economic situation in the municipality of
Marinha Grande — Portugal

( 29 . 3 . 1993 )
No 821 / 93 by George Patterson ( PPE ) to the Commission
Subject : Market regulation in the fisheries sector ( 31.3 . 1993 )

No 801 / 93 by Sir James Scott-Hopkins ( PPE ) to the Commission

29 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Implementation of simplified procedures for VAT

Subject : Definition of secondary raw materials No 822 / 93 by Jose Apolinário ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 31.3 . 1993 )

No 804 / 93 by Carlos Robles Piquer ( PPE ) to the Commission Subject : Tourism and Commission policy
( 29 . 3 . 1993 )

Subject : Maritime transport of plutonium and of oil No 824 / 93 by Laura Gonzalez Alvarez ( NI ) and Alonso Puerta ( NI )
to the Commission ( 31 . 3 . 1993 )

No 805 / 93 by Carlos Robles Piquer ( PPE ) to the Commission Subject : Directive on the protection of the Eo estuary

( 29 . 3 . 1993 ) ( Galicia-Asturias, Spain )

Subject : Acquisition of goods in another Member State
No 826 / 93 by Sir James Scott-Hopkins ( PPE ) to the Commission

No 806 / 93 by Thomas Megahy ( PSE ) to the Commission 31.3 . 1993 )
( 29 . 3 . 1993 )

. . Subject : Increasing freight by rail

Subject : Racial discrimination in employment

No 808 / 93 by Sergio Ribeiro ( CG ) to the Commission No 827 / 93 by Sir James Scott-Hopkins ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 31 . 3 . 1993 ) ( 31.3 . 1993 )
Subject : Debate on the laundering of funds from illegal drug Subject : Single market in energy
trafficking in Portugal

Subject : Single market in energy

No 809 / 93 by Leen van der Waal ( NI ) to the Commission

( 31.3 . 1993 )
Subject : State aid to Air France

No 828 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 31 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Withdrawals of peaches in Imathia

No 829 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

No 810 / 93 by Gijs de Vries ( LDR ) to the Commission ( 31 . 3 . 1993 )
( 31 . 3 . 1993 ) Subject : Planning and architectural development of the
Subject : German packaging regulation Community 's cities

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No 830 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission No 850 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 31.3 . 1993 ) ( 2 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Monetary system Subject : Financial mechanisms for attracting investment in

SMEs

No 831 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 31.3 . 1993 )
Subject : Situation of the orange producers of Arta

No 832 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 31 . 3 . 1993 )
Subject : Holding of seminars for judges

No 834 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

( 31.3 . 1993 )

Subject : The Community 's chemicals industry

No 851 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Research into the health hazards arising from lack of
labelling on disposable medical articles

No 852 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

( 2 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Formerly drug-dependent young people on military
service in the Community

No 853 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )

No 836 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission . .
( 31 . 3 . 1993 ) Subject : Woodland between Voula and Vouliagmeni in Attica

Subject : Exploitation of water resources in Crete

No 837 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Development programmes in the prefecture of Lasithi

No 838 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Measures to preserve and develop expressions of popular
culture

No 839 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : The state of the ancient stadium-cum-theatre in
Thessaloniki

No 840 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Fourteenth murder of a journalist in Turkey within a

year

I
No 841 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Situation in Cameroon and EC economic aid

No 842 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : State of the environment in Greece

No 843 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Threat to the environment of the Lake Vouliagmeni

area

No 844 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Taverna-cum-shelter in Greek national park

No 845 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Conversion of wetland into go-Kart track

No 846 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Combating rising unemployment

No 847 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

No 854 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Regulatory framework for matters relating to the
movement of capital

No 855 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Need for parents with large families to be specifically
exempt from taxation on redundancy payments

No 856 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Subcontracting of employees

No 857 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Social policy issues

No 858 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Measures to combat ' smart ' drugs

No 859 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Monument of industrial archaeology in Lavrion

No 860 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : State of agriculture in Crete

No 861 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Industrial plants on the Thriasian Plan

No 862 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : The environment of the Gulf of Corinth

No 863 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : The environment of Distomo

No 864 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : The need to protect gorillas

No 847 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission No 865 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

( 2 . 4 . 1993 ) ( 2 . 4 . 1993
Subject : Research into industrial accidents in the Community Subject : Arms sales by the Russian Government

Subject : Arms sales by the Russian Government

No 849 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Support programmes for Greek textiles

No 866 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 2 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : The need for a rail link for Epirus

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No 867 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 13 . 4 . 1993
Subject : Imprisoned trade unionists

No 868 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

No 895 / 93 by Jose Lafuente Lopez ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 13 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Extension of the Interreg initiative to Hispano-Moroccan

projects

( 13 . 4 . 1993 ) No 896 / 93 by Jose Lafuente Lopez ( PPE ) to the Commission

Subject : Water meters installed by EYDAP ( the Athens Water 13 . 4 . 1993
Supply and Sewage Corporation ) Subject : Administrative procedures for the re-registration of

vehicles amongst Member States

No 869 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 13 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Enrolment of a lawyer in a professional association

No 870 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 13 . 4 . 1993 )

No 899 / 93 by Pierre Lataillade ( RDE ) to the Commission

No 897 / 93 by Jose Lafuente Lopez ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 14 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Legalization of recruitment agencies in Spain

Subject : Telecommunications network in Attica 14 . 4 . 1993 )

No 871 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 13 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : ' Monopoly ' of Elviemek

No 872 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

( 13 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Use of plastic table-cloths in restaurants

No 873 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
13 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Monitoring the industrial installations at Tsikalaria

No 881 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 13 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Need to repeal Greek legislation in breach of international
labour conventions

No 883 / 93 by Birgit Cramon Daiber ( V ) to the Commission

Subject : Major crisis in the fisheries sector

No 900 / 93 by Pierre Lataillade ( RDE ) to the Commission
( 14 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Major crisis in the fisheries sector

No 901 / 93 by Pierre Lataillade ( RDE ) to the Commission
( 14 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Major crisis in the fisheries sector

No 902 / 93 by Marie-José Denys ( PSE ), Marie-Claude Vayssade
( PSE ), Catherine Trautmann ( PSE ) and Gérard Fuchs ( PSE ) to the
Commission ( 14 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Obstacles to the free movement of goods

No 903 / 93 by P. van Dijk ( V ) to the Commission ( 14 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Security of fissile material consignments from the Petten
( NL ) High Flux Reactor

( 13 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : The German Leader programme

Subject : The German Leader programme No 904 / 93 by Giuseppe Rauti ( NI ) to the Commission

( 14 . 4 . 1993 )

No 884 / 93 by Birgit Cramon Daiber ( V ) to the Commission Subject : Development programmes in Portugal

( 13 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Leader programme in Germany No 906 / 93 by Heribert Barrera i Costa ( ARC ) to the Commission

No 884 / 93 by Birgit Cramon Daiber ( V ) to the Commission

No 885 / 93 by Birgit Cramon Daiber ( V ) to the Commission
( 13 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : The Wallenfels dam project .

No 886 / 93 by Marie-Jose Denys ( PSE ) to the Commission
13 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Identification and automatic location of ships by
satellite

No 888 / 93 by Aymeri de Montesquiou Fezensac ( LDR ) to the
Commission ( 13 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Freedom of movement

No 891 / 93 by Ernest Glinne ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 13 . 4 . 1993 )

No 906 / 93 by Heribert Barrera i Costa ( ARC ) to the Commission

( 14 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Aid for Objective 2 areas

No 907 / 93 by Anne Andre-Leonard ( LDR ) to the Commission

( 14 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Car taxes

No 908 / 93 by Cristiana Muscardini ( NI ) to the Commission
( 14 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : EEC regulations on tendering

No 910 / 93 by Aymeri de Montesquiou Fezensac ( LDR ) to the
Commission ( 14 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Excise duties on alcoholic beverages

Subject : Aid and contracts for Belgium in the nuclear sector No 911 / 93 by Anita Pollack ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 14 . 4 . 1993 )

No 892 / 93 by Ernest Glinne ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 13 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Transfrontier broadcasting

Subject : Laws and regulations of the Member States relating to No 912 / 93 by Hemmo Muntingh ( PSE ) to the Commission
compensation for occupational diseases ( 14 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Projects to be supported by the Cohesion Fund

No 893 / 93 by Gerardo Fernandez - Albor ( PPE ) to the Commission

13 . 4 . 1993 ) No 914 / 93 by Panayotis Roumeliotis ( PSE ) to the Commission

Subject : Elimination of substandard housing on Community ( 14 . 4 . 1993 )
territory Subject : Unlawful occupation of woodland in Greece

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No 915 / 93 by Panayotis Roumeliotis ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 14 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Communications problems in . the Dodecanese and
Cyclades

I

No 918 / 93 by Raymonde Dury ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 14 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Follow-up to the PHARE programme

No 920 / 93 by Paul Staes ( V ) to the Commission ( 14 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Construction of the new Commission building in
Brussels

No 922 / 93 by Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl ( PPE ) to the
Commission ( 14 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Patent law

No 923 / 93 by Bruno Gollnisch ( DR ) to the Commission
( 14 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Transport of ' accompanied luggage ' by the SNCF

No 924 / 93 by Klaus Wettig ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 14 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Approximation of rules concerning private recordings
( audiovisual and audio works )

No 925 / 93 by Herman Verbeek ( V ) to the Commission
( 14 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Prescription system for pesticides

No 926 / 93 by Herman Verbeek ( V ) to the Commission
( 14 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Controlling price levels on import and the reference price

system

No 928 / 93 by Mary Banotti ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 15 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Travel allowances for airline pilots in Ireland

No 938 / 93 by George Patterson ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Imports into the EC from Lomé countries

No 939 / 93 by Anne Andre-Leonard ( LDR ) to the Commission

( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Implementation of the ' television-without-frontiers '
directive

No 940 / 93 by Jaak Vandemeulebroucke ( ARC ) to the Commission

( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Arms trade in Serbia

No 942 / 93 by Jaak Vandemeulebroucke ( ARC ) to the Commission

( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : VAT on coach journeys in Germany

No 943 / 93 by Jas Gawronski ( LDR ) to the Commission

15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Access to the profession of skiing instructor : arrangements
for application of the directive on a second general system for the
recognition of professional education and training

No 945 / 93 by Mihail Papayannakis ( NI ) to the Commission
( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Approximation of the rates of excise duties on mineral
oils

No 946 / 93 by Cristiana Muscardini ( NI ) to the Commission

( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Closure of purifying plant in Tuscany : tanning industry

No 948 / 93 by Cristiana Muscardini ( NI ) to the Commission

15 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Coordination of aid to the third world

No 949 / 93 by Cristiana Muscardini ( NI ) to the Commission

( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : ' Puppy world ' travelling show

No 15.4.1993 929 / 93 ) by Mary Banotti ( PPE ) to the, Commission No ( 15 950 . 4 . 1993 / 93 by )

Subject : European travel pass Subject : ERDF funding

No 950 / 93 by Cristiana Muscardini ( NI ) to the Commission

Subject : European travel pass

No 930 / 93 by Mary Banotti ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Practice of airlines to continue to check passports

No 931 / 93 by Mary Banotti ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : CAP funding involving the destruction of hedgerows

No 932 / 93 by Mary Banotti ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Human rights in Iran

No 933 / 93 by Ian White ( PSE ) to the Commission

No 951 / 93 by Cristiana Muscardini ( NI ) to the Commission

( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Conditions of detention

No 952 / 93 by Cristiana Muscardini ( NI ) to the Commission

( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : EEC vocational training funds

No 953 / 93 by Sergio Ribeiro ( CG ) to the Commission
( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Consequences of the European Court of Justice 's
judgment in the case brought by the ENU

( 15 . 4 . 1993 ) No 954 / 93 by Ernest Glinne ( PSE ) to the Commission

Subject : Multifibre Arrangement

No 936 / 93 by Enrico Falqui ( V ) to the Commission
( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Financing of a transport interchange in central Tuscany
within the Community Support Framework for Tuscany
( Objective 2 of the Structural Funds )

No 937 / 93 by Sergio Ribeiro ( CG ) to the Commission
( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Possible cases of sexual harassment at the Commission

( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Situation in Outer Mongolia

No 956 / 93 by Ernest Glinne ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 15 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Impact of mini-mill technology on the European steel
industry 's production capacity, markets and profitability

No 957 / 93 by Alexandros Alavanos ( CG ) to the Commission

( 15.4.1993 )
Subject : New financial programme for Kalamata

19 . 7 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 195 / 67

No 958 / 93 by Filippos Pierros ( PPE ) to the Commission No 976 / 93 by Gerhard Schmid ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 15 . 4 . 1993 ) ( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Specific Community programme to tap renewable sources Subject : European Brown Hare Syndrome ( EBHS ), a virosis
of energy on Community islands in very remote or frontier affecting the European hare

areas

No 959 / 93 by Filippos Pierros ( PPE ) to the Commission

15 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : SAVE energy programme and Community islands

No 960 / 93 by Filippos Pierros ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Community energy priorities for 1994-2000 in favour of
the less-prosperous Member States

No 961 / 93 by Gerd Müller ( PPE ) to the Commission

No 977 / 93 by Franco Borgo ( PPE ), Ferruccio Pisoni ( PPE ), Nino
Pisoni ( PPE ), Agostino Mantovani ( PPE ), Giuseppe Mottola ( PPE )
and Mauro Chiabrando ( PPE ) to the Commission ( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease in Italy

No 978 / 93 by Ernest Glinne ( PSE ) to the Commission

15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Irresponsible deregulation of the world financial system

No 980 / 93 by Jean-Louis Bourlanges ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 15 . 4 . 1993 ) ( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Phare and Tacis programmes Subject :

Subject : Spanish legislation on the distribution and release of
films

No 962 / 93 by Gerd Müller ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 15 . 4 . 1993 ) No 981 / 93 by Alexandros Alavanos ( CG ) to the Commission

( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Information regarding the amount of EC aid allocated to
Bavaria between 1985 and 1992 Subject :

Subject : Delay in carrying out measures under Regulation ( EEC )
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No 963 / 93 by Jean-Pierre Raffin ( V ) to the Commission
( 15 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Destruction of a site of environmental importance

No 964 / 93 by Reimer Böge ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Combating BSE, and the BSE research programme

No 965 / 93 by Reimer Böge ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Difficulties at internal Community borders

No 966 / 93 by Reimer Böge ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Additional national premiums for growing rape in
France

No 968 / 93 by Maxime Verhagen ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Development projects in India

No 982 / 93 by Peter Price ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : The new Community emergency telephone number

No 983 / 93 by Gerard Deprez ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Coach tours : VAT on ' transport ' turnover in Germany

No 984 / 93 by Gerard Deprez ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Discrepancies between wage bills in the European
Community

No 985 / 93 by Gerard Deprez ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Study on cross-border purchases in the frontier regions of
the Community

No 986 / 93 by Jessica Larive ( LDR ) to the Commission
( 15 . 4 . 1993 )

No ( 15 969 . 4 . 1993 / 93 by ) Maxime Verhagen ( PPE ) to the Commission Subject : The Newsletter — Commission DG X Publication

Subject : Development projects in India

No 969 / 93 by Maxime Verhagen ( PPE ) to the Commission

No 987 / 93 by Joan Colom i Naval ( PSE ), Concepció Ferrer ( PPE ),

No ( 15 970 . 4 . 1993 / 93 by ) Maxime Verhagen ( PPE ) to the Commission Carles and - Mateo Alfred Gasòliba Sierra i Böhm Bardati ( LDR ( PSE ), Antoni ) to Gutierrez the Commission Diaz ( NI )

( 19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Development projects in India

No 970 / 93 by Maxime Verhagen ( PPE ) to the Commission

Subject : Serious situation on the Community hazelnut market

No 971 / 93 by Maxime Verhagen ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 15 . 4 . 1993 ) No 988 / 93 by Georgios Anastassopoulos ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Development projects in India

Subject : Equal treatment of Commission officials

No 972 / 93 by Maxime Verhagen ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 15 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Development projects in India

No 974 / 93 by Ian White ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 15 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Eurocheques

No 975 / 93 by Laura Gonzales Alvarez ( NI ) and Alonso Puerta ( NI )
to the Commission ( 15 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Construction of a rubbish dump in the municipal district
of Alcaraz ( Albacete — Spain )

No 990 / 93 by Hiltrud Breyer ( V ) to the Commission
( 19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Weir systems on the Elbe

No 991 / 93 by Kenneth Coates ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Discharges of sewage to surface waters

No 992 / 93 by Anthony Simpson ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Deaths and injuries from fires in motor vehicles

No C 195 / 68 Official Journal of the European Communities 19 . 7 . 93

No 993 / 93 by Alan Donnelly ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 19 . 4 . 1993 )

No 1011 / 93 by The Lord O'Hagan ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 19 . 4 . 1993 ) ( 19 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : ECSC Article 56 Conversion Loans Subject :

Subject : Transport of live animals

No 994 / 93 by Alan Donnelly ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : ECSE Article 56 Conversion Loans

No 995 / 93 by Bouke Beumer ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Electricity supplies from Eastern Europe

No 1012 / 93 by The Lord O'Hagan ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Water purity

No 1013 / 93 by Leen van der Waal ( NI ) to the Commission

( 19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Causes of the worldwide rise in temperature

No 1014 / 93 by Giuseppe Mottola ( PPE ) to the Commission

No 996 / 93 by Mihail Papayannakis ( NI ) to the Commission
( 19 . 4 . 1993 ) ( 19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Special interests of aboriginal peoples Subject :

No 997 / 93 by Mihail Papayannakis ( NI ) to the Commission

( 19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Social Fund seminars

No 998 / 93 by Mihail Papayannakis ( NI ) to the Commission

( 19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Funds for the education and training of coastal fishermen
in Greece

No 999 / 93 by Mihail Papayannakis ( NI ) to the Commission

19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Project in the region of Prevelis

No 1000 / 93 by Mihail Papayannakis ( NI ) to the Commission

( 19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Archaeological site in the region of Voula, Attica

No 1001 / 93 by Mihail Papayannakis ( NI ) to the Commission

( IT . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Abolition of the Stylida — Lianokladi — Athens rail link

No 1002 / 93 by Mihail Papayannakis ( NI ) to the Commission
( 19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Special search and rescue helicopters

No 1003 / 93 by Siegbert Alber ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Waste disposal by the Thermoselect process

No 1004 / 93 by Ursula Schleicher ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Formulation of a European ' calibration law '

No 1005 / 93 by Nicole Fontaine ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : The fiscal treatment of leasing contracts relating to
movable property

No 1006 / 93 by The Lord O'Hagan ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Lead in petrol

No 1008 / 93 by The Lord O'Hagan ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Bathing water directive

No 1009 / 93 by The Lord O'Hagan ( PPE ) to the Commission

19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : The ozone layer

No 1010 / 93 by The Lord O'Hagan ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Acid rain

Subject : Directive on protective measures against the introduction
into the Community of organisms harmful to plants — strawberry
plants intended for planting

No 1015 / 93 by Giuseppe Mottola ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Community directive on municipal abattoirs —
interpretations wrongly applied with disastrous consequences for
rural areas

No 1016 / 93 by Iñigo Mendez de Vigo ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 19 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Statements by President Delors concerning recent
negotiations between the Community and Morocco

No 1017 / 93 by Carlos Robles Piquer ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 21 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Biotechnology in Cuba

No 1018 / 93 by Carlos Robles Piquer ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 21 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Convention on climate change

No 1020 / 93 by Anita Pollack ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 21.4 . 1993 )

Subject : Access to justice

No 1021 / 93 by Anita Pollack ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 21 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Patulin and human health

No 1022 / 93 by Anita Pollack ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 21 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : European food and drug administration

No 1023 / 93 by Christos Papoutsis ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 21.4 . 1993 )
Subject : Infringement of Community law

No 1024 / 93 by Alex Smith ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 21 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Article 31 group of atomic experts

No 1025 / 93 by Alex Smith ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 21 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Transportation of plutonium nitrate — Radioactive

source term

No 1026 / 93 by Alex Smith ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 21 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Transportation of plutonium nitrate — Security of

transport

No 1027 / 93 by Alex Smith ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 21 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Transportation of plutonium nitrate — Compliance with
IAEA Safety Series 6

19 . 7 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 195 / 69

No 1028 / 93 by Alex Smith ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 21 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Transportation of nitrate — Compliance with IAEA
Safety Series 6

No 1029 / 93 by Alex Smith ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 21 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Transportation of plutonium nitrate — Public liability and
compensation

No 1030 / 93 by Alex Smith ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 21 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Transportation of plutonium nitrate

No 1031 / 93 by Alex Smith ( PSE ) to the Commission

No 1047 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : The fate of the Greek sugar industry and the effects on
Greek beet producers

No 1048 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Additional support for farmers ' early retirement scheme

No 1049 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Programme for young farmers

( 21 . 4 . 1993 ) No 1050 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

Subject : Information policy

No 1032 / 93 by Alex Smith ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 21 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Protection of the environment

No 1033 / 93 by Alex Smith ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 21 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Tacis programme

No 1034 / 93 by Alex Smith ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 21 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Tacis programme

No 1035 / 93 by Alex Smith ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 21 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Tacis programme

No 1036 / 93 by Alex Smith ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 21 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Tacis programme

No 1037 / 93 by Alex Smith ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 21 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Tacis programme

No 1039 / 93 by Teresa Domingo Segarra ( NI ) to the Commission
( 21 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Misappropriation of Eurostat funds by the National
Statistical Institute in Spain

No 1040 / 93 by Ursula Braun-Moser ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 21 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Recognition of the German Abitur in Spain

No 1041 / 93 by Ursula Braun-Moser ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Greek farmers ' professional organizations on the need to
amend some of the CAP reforms

No 1051 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Register of Greek farmland

No 1052 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Damage to farms in Achaia and the Peloponnese in
general

No 1053 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Proposal for the creation of a central body to help shape
Community programmes

No 1054 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Eurural and tackling rural problems

No 1055 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Proposal of the Panhellenic Confederation of Unions of
Agricultural Cooperatives ( PASEGES ) for the Greek Eurural

programme

No 1056 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 26 . 4.1993 )
Subject : Fate of acreage aid for cereals and oilseeds

( 21 . 4 . 1993 ) No 1057 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

Subject : Recognition in France of German qualifications for
teachers and paediatric nurses

No 1042 / 93 by Leen van der Waal ( NI ) to the Commission
( 21 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Criteria for aid from the Structural Funds

No 1043 / 93 by Christine Oddy ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 21 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Timeshare touts

No 1044 / 93 by Christine Oddy ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 21 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Seniors ' travel pass

No 1045 / 93 by Ingo Friedrich ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 21 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Commission veterinary service staff

( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Restriction of the Greek cooperative movement and its
effects on farmers

No 1058 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission
( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Participation of rural organizations in the central and
regional committees of the Community support framework

No 1059 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Treatment of Mediterranean products in short supply

No 1060 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Promoting products with local characteristics

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No 1061 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission No 1080 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

( 26 . 4 . 1993 ) ( 26 . 4.1993 )

Subject : Premium for sheep - and goat-farming Subject : Protection of software products

Subject : Premium for sheep - and goat-farming

No 1062 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

No 1081 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

( 26 . 4 . 1993 ) ( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Combined action of plant protection products Subject :

Subject : Planning and organization of tourism policy

No 1064 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

No 1082 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Contradictory policy on Lake Kastoria

Subject : Tannery next to a school complex
No 1083 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

No 1065 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission ( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject :

Subject : Development of rail services in the Peloponnese

Subject : Removal of tanneries from Tabakika

No 1066 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

No 1084 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
( 26 . 4 . 1993 ) Subject : The need to withdraw antiquated tankers

Subject : Modernization of infrastructures in the Prefecture of
Achaia No 1089 / 93 by Jean-Pierre Raffin ( V ) to the Commission

No 1068 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Destruction of the brown bear in Italy

Subject : Measures to combat illegal immigration from the Balkan No 1090 / 93 by Jean-Pierre Raffin ( V ) to the Commission
countries ( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

No 1069 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

Subject : Damage to the special protection area of Les Ramières in
the Val de Drôme ( France )

( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Life-saving drugs No 1091 / 93 by Jean-Pierre Raffin ( V ) to the Commission

( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

No 1070 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

Subject : Destruction of the bearded vulture in France

( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

No 1093 / 93 by Ernest Glinne ( PSE ) to the Commission
Subject : Development of poor Greek regions ( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

No 1071 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission Subject : Essential protection for trade union rights and union
officials in El Salvador
( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Aid for Greek Ouzo and Italian Grappa No 1098 / 93 Luciano Vecchi PSE and Renzo Imbeni PSE to

No 1072 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

No 1098 / 93 by Luciano Vecchi ( PSE ) and Renzo Imbeni ( PSE ) to
the Commission ( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Export restrictions against Parmigiano Reggiano
( 26 . 4 . 1993 ) Cheese

Subject : Programmes in favour of women and young people
No 1099 / 93 by Maxime Verhagen ( PPE ) to the Commission

No 1073 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission ( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
( 26 . 4 . 1993 ) Subject : Details of the special programme for South Africa

Subject : Support for ' open universities '
No 1100 / 93 by Maxime Verhagen ( PPE ) to the Commission

No 1074 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission ( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
( 26 . 4 . 1993 ) Subject : Policy document on the violation of human rights

Subject : Fundamental principles for professional authors
No 1101 / 93 by Maxime Verhagen ( PPE ) to the Commission

No 1075 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos . ( NI ) to the Commission 26 . 4 . 1993 )

( 26 . 4 . 1993 ) Subject : Effective cooperation between the Commission 's DG I and
DG VIII

Subject : European Fund for Creative Work

No 1076 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

No 1102 / 93 by Anita Pollack ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : The Sounion National Park in Attica Subject : Recognition of qualifications

No 1103 / 93 by Virginio Bettini ( V ), Maria Santos ( PSE ) and
No 1077 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission Antonio Coimbra Martins ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 26 . 4 . 1993 ) ( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Programmes to promote local characteristics Subject : Hare coursing

No 1078 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission

No 1078 93 by Kostopoulos ( NI ) to No 1104 / 93 by Cristiana Muscardini ( NI ) to the Commission

( 26 . 4 . 1993 ) ( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : ' Soft ' tourism programmes Subject : Epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease

No 1079 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission No 1105 / 93 by Cristiana Muscardini ( NI ) to the Commission

( 26 . 4 . 1993 ) ( 26 . 4 . 1993
Subject : Level of car tax Subject : Shortage of spinal units in Italian hospitals

Subject : Epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease

No 1079 / 93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos ( NI ) to the Commission No 1105 / 93 by Cristiana Muscardini ( NI ) to the Commission

( 26 . 4 . 1993 ) ( 26 . 4 . 1993
Subject : Level of car tax Subject : Shortage of spinal units in Italian hospitals

19 . 7 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 195 / 71

No 1106 / 93 by Jose Valverde Lopez ( PPE ) to the Commission No 1126 / 93 by Gerd Müller ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 26 . 4 . 1993 ) ( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Preliminary lists of projects submitted by Spain for the Subject : Uniform application of Directive 88 / 599 / EEC ( OJ No
Cohesion Fund L 325, 29 . 11 . 1988, p. 55 ) and Regulations ( EEC ) No 3820 / 85 and

No 1107 / 93 by Jose Valverde Lopez ( PPE ) to the Commission

( EEC ) No 3821 / 85 ( OJ No L 370, 31 . 12 . 1985, pp . 1 and 8 )

( 26 . 4 . 1993 ) No 1127 / 93 by Ernest Glinne ( PSE ) to the Commission

Subject : Financing of the Parque Donana operational plan ( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : European Interinstitutional Centre ( EIC ) at
No ( 26 1108 . 4 . 4993 / 93 ) by Jose Valverde Lopez ( PPE ) to the Commission Dennenboslaan 54, Overiise, B-3090

Subject : The Commission and special interest groups No 1129 / 93 by Dieter Rogalla ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

No 1109 / 93 by Jose Valverde Lopez ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Operational programme for the south-eastern area of the
Province of Jaen and the northern area of the Province of

Granada

No 1110 / 93 by Jose Valverde Lopez ( PPE ) to the Commission

Subject : Acceptance of the Member States ' currencies in
neighbouring countries

No 1130 / 93 by Anita Pollack ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Pesticides and blindness

( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

. . No 1131 / 93 by Anita Pollack ( PSE ) to the Commission

Subject : Investment under the Envireg programme in the Province ( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
of Granada ( Spain )

Subject : Transport of animals

No 1111 / 93 by Juan Ramirez Heredia ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 26 . 4 . 1993 ) No 1132 / 93 by Gerhard Schmid ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Combating racism and Xenophobia

No 1113 / 93 by Madron Seligman ( PPE ) to the Commission

Subject : Freedom to provide services and freedom of establishment
for companies providing non-life insurance

( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
No 1133 / 93 by Christine Crawley ( PSE ) to the Commission

Subject : Illegal discharge of oil from ships ( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

No 1114 / 93 by Heinz Köhler ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 26 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : The Commission 's attitude towards short-haul flights

No 1115 / 93 by Filippos Pierros ( PPE ) to the Commission

Subject : Helios magazine

No 1134 / 93 by Christine Crawley ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : UK Child Support Act

( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : A broader southern Mediterranean policy No ( 26 1135 . 4 . 1993 / 93 ) by Thomas Megahy ( PSE ) to the Commission

No 1118 / 93 by Yvan Blot ( DR ) to the Commission
( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Obstacles to the free movement of goods within the
Community

No 1119 / 93 by Florus Wijsenbeek ( LDR ) to the Commission
( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Research into nuclear safety

No 1137 / 93 by Thomas Megahy ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 29 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : European Social Fund : Allocation of funds under
Objectives 3 and 4

Subject : Traffic law in Italy No 1138 / 93 by Thomas Megahy ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 29 . 4 . 1993 )

No 1120 / 93 by Patricia Rawlings ( PPE ) to the Commission Subject : Structural funds — unemployment figures
( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : European Heritage campuses No 1141 / 93 by Thomas Megahy ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 29 . 4 . 1993 )

No 1121 / 93 by Alexandros Alavanos ( CG ) to the Commission

( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Money spent for entertainment

Subject : Respect for press freedom in the 12 Member States No 1142 / 93 by Thomas Megahy ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 29 . 4 . 1993 )

No 1122 / 93 by Alexandros Alavanos ( CG ) to the Commission

( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : ESF allocations

Subject : The drought in Greece No 1143 / 93 by Eugenio Melandri ( V ) to the Commission

( 29 . 4 . 1993 )

No 1124 / 93 by Barry Desmond ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 26 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : The association NEA

Subject : Psychologists ' right to practise throughout the No 1144 / 93 by John Hume ( PSE ) to the Commission
Community ( 29 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Sale of alcoholic beverages in ' Convenience ' shops
No 1125 / 93 by Barry Desmond ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 26 . 4 . 1993 ) No 1146 / 93 by Isidoro Sanchez Garcia ( ARC ) to the Commission
Subject : Research and development of a cure for pigmentary ( 29 . 4 . 1993 )
retinopathy Subject : Future policy on visas

No C 195 / 72 Official Journal of the European Communities 19 . 7 . 93

No 1147 / 93 by Mihail Papayannakis ( NI ) to the Commission No 1166 / 93 by Margaret Daly ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 29 . 4 . 1993 ) ( 29 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Community aid for earthquake victims in Greece and the Subject : Council Directive on health problems affecting
foundation of a seismology institute intra-Community trade in fresh meat

No 1148 / 93 by Jaak Vandemeulebroucke ( ARC ) to the
Commission ( 29 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Use of languages at the Commission — indicating
addresses

No 1149 / 93 by Jaak Vandemeulebroucke ( ARC ) to the
Commission ( 29 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Fax directory — entry for the European Community

No 1152 / 93 by Kenneth Collins ( PSE ) to the Commission

No 1167 / 93 by Bartho Pronk ( PPE ) to the Commission
( 29 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Regulation of food supplements

No 1168 / 93 by David Bowe ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 29 . 4 . 1993
Subject : Port subsidies

No 1169 / 93 by David Bowe ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 29 . 4 . 1993 )

( 29 . 4 . 1993 ) Subject : Frontier controls

Subject : Legal aid

No 1153 / 93 by Paul Staes ( V ) to the Commission ( 29 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : The ozone layer

No 1155 / 93 by Paul Staes ( V ) to the Commission ( 29 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Hydrométal and pollution of the Geul ( Belgium )

No 1156 / 93 by Paul Staes ( V ) to the Commission ( 29 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Lorry drivers ' rest periods

No 1157 / 93 by Florus Wijsenbeek ( LDR ) to the Commission

( 29 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Driving bans in 1993

No 1158 / 93 by Carlos Robles Piquer ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 29 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Community aid to improve nuclear reactor safety in
Eastern European ^ countries

No 1159 / 93 by Carlos Robles Piquer ( PPE ) to the Commission

No 1170 / 93 by Filippos Pierros ( PPE ) to the . Commission
( 29 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Special reduced rate of tax on consumption in the
Dodecanese

No 1171 / 93 by Diego Santos Lopez ( ARC ) to the Commission

( 29 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Answer to written question on the application in Spain of
the directive on insider dealing

No 1172 / 93 by Panayotis Roumeliotis ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 29 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Earthquake damage in Pirgos, Ilia

No 1173 / 93 by John Bird ( PSE ) to the Commission
( 29 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Value Added Tax on domestic fuel and power supplies

No 1174 / 93 by John Bird ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 29 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Draft Directive on parental leave

29 . 4 . 1993 ) No 1175 / 93 by John Bird ( PSE ) to the Commission

Subject : Extinction of animal species in the Coto Donana ( 29 . 4 . 1993 )

No 1160 / 93 by Carlos Robles Piquer ( PPE ) to the Commission

Subject : Recommendation, and guide to good practice on
childcare

( 29 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : The Coto Donana No 1176 / 93 by Ben Visser ( PSE ) to the Commission

No 1161 / 93 by Laura Gonzales Alvarez ( NI ) and Alonso Puerta
( NI ) to the Commission ( 29 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Conservation of the church of San Julian de los Prados

( Oviedo, Spain )

( 29 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Declaration of European interest

No 1177 / 93 by Barry Desmond ( PSE ) to the Commission

29 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Tobacco advertising ban

No 1162 / 93 by Alexandros Alavanos ( CG ) to the Commission

( 29 . 4 . 1993 ) No 1178 / 93 by Karl von Wogau ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 29 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Greek shipyards
Subject : Approval of caravans in Italy

No 29 . 4 1163 . 1993 / 93 ) by Dieter Rogalla ( PSE ) to the Commission No Carlos 1179 Perreau / 93 by de José Pinninck Ruiz-Mateos Domenech Jiménez ( RDE de ) to Tejada the Commission ( RDE ) and
Subject : Environmentally compatible fibres 29 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Subsidies for energy or agro-foodstuffs projects in

No 1164 / 93 by Claudia Roth ( V ), Alexander Langer ( V ) and Georg Andalusia
Jarzembowski ( PPE ) to the Commission ( 29 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : Proposed publication of a review with the title ' Migration
and Participation '

No 1165 / 93 by Fernand Herman ( PPE ) to the Commission

No 1180 / 93 by Enrique Sapena Granell ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 29 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Existence of a type of airplane / boat hybrid craft

29 . 4 . 1993 No 1181 / 93 by Gijs de Vries ( LDR ) to the Commission
Subject : Inspection charges for veterinary checks at the 29 . 4 . 1993 )
Community 's external frontiers Subject : TF1 versus French community of Belgium

19 . 7 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 195 / 73

No 1182 / 93 by Gijs de Vries ( LDR ) to the Commission No 1189 / 93 by Jean-Pierre Raffin ( V ) to the Commission
( 29 . 4 . 1993 ( 29 . 4 . 1993

Subject : Transitional tariff arrangements in connection with Subject : Poaching of turtle doves in south-western France
German unification

No 1190 / 93 by Jean-Pierre Raffin ( V ) to the Commission

No 1183 / 93 by Mary Banotti ( PPE ) to the Commission ( 29 . 4 . 1993 )

( 29 . 4 . 1993 ) Subject : Gabcikovo dam

Subject : EC Euro-Legal Aid office No 1191 / 93 by Annemarie Goedmakers ( PSE ) to the Commission

( 29 . 4 . 1993 )

No ( 29 . 4 1184 . 1993 / 93 ) by Mary Banotti ( PPE ) to the Commission Subject : Fraud on importing pedigree cattle from Austria into the

Subject : EC funding for nurses ' training Community
No 1192 / 93 by Marc Galle ( PSE ) to the Commission

No 1185 / 93 by Mary Banotti ( PPE ) to the Commission ( 29 . 4 . 1993 )

( 29 . 4 . 1993 ) Subject : Sesam exchange programme for young people

Subject : Proposed EC directive on furniture safety No 1193 / 93 by Martine Buron ( PSE ) to the Commission

No 1186 / 93 by Mary Banotti ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 29 . 4 . 1993 )

( 29 . 4 . 1993 ) Subject : Decline in the agricultural machinery sector

Subject : EC emergency care card No 1194 / 93 by Christian de la Malène ( RDE ) to the Commission

( 29 . 4 . 1993 )

No 1187 / 93 by Mary Banotti ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 29 . 4 . 1993 )

Subject : The future of the European car industry and trade
relations with Japan

Subject : EC research on cot deaths
No 1195 / 93 by Christian de la Malène ( RDE ) to the Commission

No 1188 / 93 by Mary Banotti ( PPE ) to the Commission

( 29 . 4 . 1993 )

( 29 . 4 . 1993 ) Subject : The European car industry and trade relations with
Japan

Subject : Self-evaluation of veterinary training in the Community —
withdrawal of the Commission 's material support for the No 1196 / 93 by Andrea Raggio ( PSE ) to the Commission
international system operated by the Advisory Committee on ( 29 . 4 . 1993 )
Veterinary Training Subject : Gasification of Sulcis coal

( 29 . 4 . 1993 )
Subject : Gasification of Sulcis coal