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Da spørgerne ikke er til stede, vil spørgsmål nr. 9 og 10 blive besvaret skriftligt (').
As the authors are not present, Questions Nos 9 and 10 will be answered in writing. '
Spørgsmål nr. 11 af Rogalla (H-794/82):
Question No 11, by Mr Rogalla (H 794/82): amount of checking of individuals crossing frontiers is in fact getting worse and not better ?
Inner (L). — (DE) Mener De ikke, at der efter indførelsen af det europæiske pas i offentligheden vil blive tale om et tilbageslag i de europæiske befolkningers fælles bevidsthed, hvis der ikke samtidig også sker mærkbare fremskridt i forbindelse med nedtrapningen af grænsekontrollen?
Mr Genscher. — (DE) I do indeed regard this as a fundamental question, and I can only note with regret that in fact regressive trends have been evident to some extent in this matter.
Har Rådet under sin behandling af Kommis sionens forslag til afgørelse om lettelse af person kontrollen ved de indre grænser opfordret med lemsstaterne til med henblik på en lettelse af persontrafikken i højere grad at anvende deres autonome beføjelser til kun at foretage stikprøvekontrol, og i benægtende fald hvorfor ikke, og hvilke erfaringer har man med stikprøvekontrollen? trollen?
In deliberating on the Commission's proposal for a resolution on the relaxation of personal checks at internal borders, did the Council urge the Member States to facilitate private travel by making wider use of their respective autonomous powers to restrict procedures to random checks, and if not, why not ? Is information concerning experience with random checks available ?
Genscher. — (DE) Jeg kan — som altid — tilslutte mig Deres opfattelse. Betoningen er på deres.
Mr Irmer (L). — (DE) Would you not agree that the failure to accompany the introduction of the new Community passports with clear progress towards a relaxation of internal checks will inevitably be considered a setback in the Community consciousness ?
Genscher, formand for Rådet. — (DE) Den afgørelse, som De henviser til, behandles for øjeblikket.
Mr Genscher, President-in-Office of the Council. — (DE) The resolution to which the honourable Member refers is being considered at the present time.
Derfor har Rådet endnu ikke rettet en henstilling til medlemsstaterne.
For this reason the Council has not as yet addressed any recommendation to the Member States.
Habsburg (PPE). — Var det dog ikke muligt, efter at vi nu har ventet så længe, og det hele tiden er blevet udsat, at man i det mindste i den kommende sommer på forsøgsbasis gennemførte visse lettelser i højsæsonen for rejseaktiviteterne?
Mr Habsburg (PPE). — (DE) Given that we have waited so long and that the measure has been post poned so often in the past, would it not be possible, in view of the impending high point of the tourist season, to resort to such a relaxation, if only on an experimental basis ?
Genscher. — (DE) Jeg vil gerne fremlægge dette standpunkt for rådsmedlemmerne som det — i det mindste i overvejende grad — fremherskende i Parlamentet.
Mr Genscher. — (DE) I shall be happy to convey to the Members of the Council that this was certainly the prevailing opinion in this Parliament.
Det er i det mindste min opfattelse.
At least that is my impression.
Formanden. — Spørgsmål nr. 12' af Alavanos (H-59/ 83):
President. — Question No 12, by Mr Alavanos (H 59/83)
Rogalla (S). — (DE) Spørgsmålet gik ganske vist på, hvad der er sket under Rådets behandling af Kommissionens forslag til afgørelse, men jeg går ud fra, at det svar, formanden for Rådet har givet, er det eneste, der findes for øjeblikket.
Mr Rogalla (S). — (DE) The question really sought to elicit information on the Council's deliberations on the Commission's proposal but I assume the President-in-Office of the Council has provided the only possible answer available at this time.
Er rådsformanden enig med mig i, at det er på høje tid, at der sker lettelser af personkontrollen ved grænserne?
Would the President-in-Office of the Council agree with me that a relaxation of personal checks at internal borders is long overdue.
Er han bekendt med situationen inden for det nordiske samarbejde, hvor der i lang tid har hersket en tilstand, der svarer til den, vi tilstræber inden for Fællesskabet?
Is he aware that the Member States of the Northern Union have been practising for years now a system analogous to that which the Com munity is striving to achieve ?
Er han ydermere villig til personligt at tage initiativ, for at erfaringerne fra det nordiske samarbejde kan stilles til rådighed for de eksperter, der inden for Fællesskabet behandler Kommissionens forslag til afgørelse?
Would he be personally prepared to make available to the Community officials deliberating the Commission proposal on the relaxation of personal checks at internal borders the relevant information on the Northern Union's experience in such matters ?
En stor del af den støtte fra EFs fonde og Den europæiske Investeringsbank, som er bestemt for små og mellemstore virksomheder, gives i Grækenland i vidt omfang til multinationale selskabers datterselskaber, som efter græske økonomiske forhold ikke hører til gruppen små og mellemstore virksomheder.
Much of the finance from EEC funds and the EIB which is intended for small and mediumsized undertakings, in Greece goes to a great extent to undertakings and subsidiaries of multinational companies which by the standards of the Greek economy do not come into the category of small and mediumsized undertakings.
Genscher. — (DE) Jeg er bekendt med erfaringerne fra det nordiske samarbejde.
Is the Council aware of the need to take measures (for example, laying down criteria for defining small and mediumsized undertakings in relation to the economy of each Member State), and what measures are to be taken, to ensure that such finance is actually taken up and used by small and mediumsized undertakings ?
Jeg er også villig til at virke for, at de erfaringer, der er samlet dér, gøres tilgængelige for medlemsstaternes kompetente myndigheder, så vidt det ikke allerede er sket, hvilket jeg går ud fra.
You may be interested to hear that the German Federal Minister of the Interior has declared his will ingness to introduce, on an experimental basis, certain measures at border road checkpoints and airports with a view to relaxing personal checks.
Tillad mig at tilføje, at formandskabet tilstræber en hurtig behandling af spørgsmålet i de kompetente rådsorganer.
We do not as yet, however, have any information or experience about possible spot checks.
Heraf turde det fremgå, at vi erkender sagens presserende karakter.
Mr Pearce (ED). — Does the President-in-Office not accept that in some parts of the Community the
Genscher, formand for Rådet. — (DE) Rådet deler det ønske, Europa-Parlamentet gentagne gange har fremsat, nemlig at Fællesskabets støtteordninger skal
Mr Genscher, President-in-Office of the Council. — (DE) The Council shares the view repeatedly expressed by the European Parliament that the operation of the Community's financial instruments should favour small and mediumsized undertakings.
Genscher også anvendes til finansiering af mindre projekter i andre virksomheder.
In the absence of such projects from small and me dium-sized undertakings it appears quite acceptable to use the global loans to help finance smaller sized projects by other undertakings.
De skal dog i dette tilfælde naturligvis yde et bidrag til gennemførelsen af Fælles skabets prioriterede mål.
However, in this case they must, of course, contribute to the realization of priority Community goals.
Som bekendt, hviler ansvaret for anvendelsen af NIC på Kommissionen, der afgør, om investeringsforehavenderne kan støttes, og om de er i overensstemmelse med den af Rådet fastlagte retningslinje, samt på Den europæiske Investeringsbank, der træffer afgørelse om ydelse af lånene. De seneste oplysninger, der er forelagt for Rådet og Parlamentet, viser imidlertid, at en meget stor del af de midler, der var til rådighed fra NIC 2, blev stillet til disposition for små investeringer, der hovedsagelig vedrørte små og mellemstore virksom heder.
As the honourable Member knows, responsibility for managing the NCI lies with the Commission, which decides what projects should be assisted and whether they are in conformity with the directive enacted by the Council, and also with the European Investment Bank which decides on the granting of the loans.
Denne politik videreføres efter min opfattelse som led i NIC 3, der snart tages i anvendelse.
In my view, this policy will be continued under NCI 3, which will shortly enter into force.
In vesteringerne i de små og mellemstore virksomheder gives således i stigende omfang prioritet.
Priority will then be given increasingly to investments in favour of small and mediumsized undertakings.
Hvad specielt Grækenland angår, har NIC endnu ikke ydet globale lån i dette land.
In the case of Greece the NCI has not as yet provided any global loans.
På den anden side har Investeringsbanken i tiden fra Grækenlands tiltrædelse til Fællesskabet til den 31. marts 1983 finansieret 166 små og mellemstore projekter til en værdi af i alt 111,9 mio ECU.
On the other hand, between the accession of Greece to the Community and 31 March 1983, the bank has provided 111.9 m. ECU to finance small and mediumsized projects.
91,6 % af antallet af lånene og 88 % af deres samlede omfang var øremærket til investeringer i græske virksomheder, der falder ind under Fællesskabets definition af små og mellemstore virksomheder.
In this context 91-6 % of the appropriations and 88 % of the total amount was earmarked for investments by Greek undertakings which complied with the Community definition of small and mediumsized undertakings.
Det skal bemærkes, at 58,4 % af antallet af lånene og 57,9 % af deres samlede omfang er kommet virksomheder med færre end 50 beskæftigede til gode.
It should be noted that 58-4 % of the appropriations and 57-9 % of the total amount went to undertakings with less than 50 employees.
Jeg tror, at yderligere oplysninger, som De kan få fra disse midlers administrator, vil overbevise det ærede medlem om, at også de små og mellemstore virksomheder i Grækenland kan drage fordel af Fællesskabets bestræbelser på at støtte virksomheder af netop denne størrelse og også gør det.
I feel that were he to receive additional information of the administration of these funds the honourable Member would be convinced that small and medium sized undertakings in Greece can benefit from Community efforts to promote undertakings of this kind.
Welsh (ED). — (EN) Jeg beundrer virkelig formandens omfattende svar, men mener han ikke, at hvis den græske regering overholdt Fondens bestemmelser, skal enhver ansøgning indsendes med tilladelse fra den græske regering selv, der skal stille 30 % af beløbet til rådighed?
Mr Welsh (ED). — I really admire the comprehensive nature of the President's answer, but would he not agree that if the Greek Government were obeying the rules of the Fund then every single application that is submitted has to be done so with the authorization of the Greek Government itself, which is supposed to put up 30 % of the cash ?
Hvis det er tilfældet, vil han måske på alles vegne forklare hr. Alavanos, at det var bedre at fremsende klagen til Pasokregeringen i stedet for at inddrage os her?
If that is the case, would he perhaps explain to Mr Alavanos, on behalf of us all, that his complaints would be better directed to the Pasok Government, which presumably approves these things, rather than bothering us here ?
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Hvad er det så for et problem?
What is this problem ?
Det er, at de fastsatte kriterier for definition af små og mellemstore virksomheder på fællesskabsplan i væsentlig grad også dækker de store virksomheder.
It consists in the fact that in Greece the criteria for defining small and mediumsized undertakings effectively also embrace large undertakings.
Jeg kan blot anføre, at kun 18 virksomheder i Grækenland beskæftiger over 500 personer, det tal, der er fastsat som støttekriterium, mens det store flertal, ca. 98 % af de græske virksomheder, beskæftiger under 10 arbejdere.
It suffices for me to say that in Greece only eighteen undertakings employ more than 500 people, which is the number of employees laid down as the criterion for financing, while the great majority of Greek undertakings, about 98 % that is, have fewer than 10 employees.
Jeg vil gerne spørge, om Rådet er opmærksom på dette problem og vil fastsætte specielle kriterier, som tager hensyn til situationen i Grækenland, således at midlerne faktisk kommer de små og mellemstore virksomheder til gode i stedet for de store virksomheder, og som også tager hensyn til størrelserne inden for det græske erhvervsliv.
I would like to ask if the Council intends to face up to this problem, namely by instituting special criteria which will take account of the situation in Greece and the orders of magnitude obtaining in the Greek economy and thus enable the small and mediumsized undertakings, and not the large ones, to take up the finance.
Men jeg giver gerne spørgsmålet videre til det ærede medlem.
I believe that the President-in-Office has understood me and I thank him.
Genscher. — (DE) Til begreberne fra marked til marked og fra land til land kunne man også yderligere tilføje en virksomheds virkefelt som kriterium, idet spørgsmålet om, hvad der er en lille og mellem stor virksomhed, jo faktisk skal bedømmes meget forskelligt. Men jeg tror, det er vigtigt, at Fælles-
Mr van Aerssen (PPE). — (DE) In view of the President-in-Office of the Council's salutary action in underlining the absolute priority of the small- and mediumsized undertakings in the allocation of Community loans could he confirm that a cardinal rule of Community policy will continue to be that of refraining from an abstract definition as to what constitutes an SMU but that it will, rather, take account of the market, the overall structure and the activity pursued by the concern in question with the result that the definition of an SMU may be quite different from Member State to Member State and from market to market ?
Genscher. — (DE) Jeg har forstået det og vil derfor gerne forsøge også at vække Deres forståelse ved at sige, at Rådet entydigt har fastlagt, at der skal tages specielt hensyn til de små og mellemstore virksom heder, hvilket efter de oplysninger, jeg har, er kommet til udtryk i såvel Kommissionens som In vesteringsbankens foranstaltninger.
Mr Genscher. — Yes I have understrood you and I should like to try to get you to understand me when I explain that the Council has unequivocally decided to give preferential treatment to small and mediumsized undertakings and, according to the information available, this has been implemented through the measures adopted by the Commission and the Bank.
Den måde, hvorpå de små og mellemstore virksomheder får fællesskabs midlerne, er gennem de globale lån, som NIC og Den europæiske Investeringsbank yder til finansieringsinstitutterne i medlemsstaterne til små og mellemstore investeringer.
The funds are made available to small and mediumsized undertakings through global loans which the NCI and the European Investment Bank provide to the financial institutions in the Member States for small and mediumsized investments.
Disse globale lån giver investeringer i små og mellemstore virksomheder prioritet, for så vidt som disse virksomheder forelægger projekter, der opfylder de fælles prioriteringer og kriterier, der kræves for at få lån gennem NIC og Den europæiske Investeringsbank.
These global loans are primarily intended for investments by small and mediumsized undertakings where these undertakings draw up projects which comply with Community priorities and the criteria laid down by the NCI and the European Investment Bank for their operations.
Er Rådet enigt i, at den politiske situation på Malta har ændret sig efter Europa-Parlamentets beslutning af 10. marts 1983, og at der nu ikke er nogen hindringer for en snarlig aftale i Rådet om finansiel bistand til Malta?
I want, therefore, to ask the President-in-Office if, when issues involving the violation of human rights in other countries have been raised in the Council, he has had occasion to wonder why certain members of the Community have not ratified these two fundamental Covenants which the UN General Assembly has adopted.
skabet betragter de små og mellemstore virksomheder som en væsentlig bestanddel af et liberalt økonomisk og socialt system, da et så stort antal som muligt af selvstændige enheder er ensbetydende med stor frihed for alle borgere, ikke blot for den pågældende virksomhedsejer, men også for arbejdstagerne, og jeg tror, at det derfor forekommer enhver, der har inte resse i at opretholde vort Fællesskabs liberale karakter, at være klogt at støtte de mellemstore og små virksomheder på særlig måde.
However, I think that what is important is that the Community regards small and mediumsized undertakings as an essential part of a free, economic and social system since the maximalization of a number of autonomous entities means a high level of freedom for all citizens, not only for the entrepreneur in question but also for the employees, and, I believe, that it will be evident to anyone interested in preserving the liberal character of our Community, that a special effort must be made to promote small and mediumsized undertakings.
Det kan måske forklare, hvorfor der i politiske systemer, som ikke tilstræber denne frihedsgrad, slet ikke findes mellem store og små virksomheder, men blot store statsejede virksomheder.
This should explain why no small and mediumsized under takings, but only large-scale State undertakings, exist under political regimes which do not share this commitment to freedom.
Formanden. — Spørgsmål nr. 13 af Ephremidis (H-61/83):
President. — Question No 13, by Mr Ephremidis (H-61/83):
Marts 1983 spørgsmålet om de fremtidige forbindelser mellem Fællesskabet og Malta, især spørgsmålet om en ny finansprotokol med dette land, der kan efterfølge den nuværende finansprotokol, der udløber den 31. oktober 1983.
On 5 April 1977 in Luxembourg, the Council, the Assembly and the Commission signed a Joint Declaration, which was published in the Official Journal of the EC, and which states that, as has been recognized by the Court of Justice, Community legislation also embodies the general principles of law and fundamental human rights, to which, indeed, they attach prime importance.
Med resolution nr. 2200/1966 har FNs generalforsamling enstemmigt vedtaget: a) den internationale konvention om økonomiske, sociale og kulurelle rettigheder og b) den internationale konvention om borgerlige og politiske rettigheder.
(b) the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Jeg har modtaget en skrivelse fra den maltesiske udenrigsminister, der ¡sær henholdt sig til Europa-Parlamentets beslutning af 10. marts 1983 samt til den beslutning, der er Dem bekendt, som det maltesiske parlament vedtog i tilslutning dertil.
I have received a letter from the Maltese Foreign Ministers which refers, inter alia, to the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 10 March 1982 and a resolution — with which you are familiar — which the Maltese Parliament adopted in response to it.
Jeg har svaret på Rådets vegne og i den forbindelse navnlig bestyrket, at associeringsforbindelserne med republikken Malta er meget vigtige for Fællesskabet, samt givet udtryk for Rådets forventning om, at forudsætningerne for at indlede forhandlingerne meget snart vil være til stede.
I answered on behalf of the Council stressing in particular that the Community attaches great importance to its association with the Republic of Malta and expressing the Council's hope that the preconditions for opening negotiations would shortly be fulfilled.
Jeg håber, at begge parter vil gøre sig de nødvendige anstrengelser, for at disse forhandlinger snart kan påbegyndes.
I hope that both sides will make the necessary efforts to enable these negotiations to begin shortly.
Kan Rådet oplyse, om der er medlemsstater og i givet fald hvilke, som endnu ikke har ratificeret disse to konventioner, og hvilke grunde de anfører herfor?
Can the Council tell us if there are any Member States and, if so, which they are, which have not yet ratified these two Covenants, and what reasons they put forward for this ?
Schmid (S). — (DE) Hr. rådsformand jeg slutter af Deres svar, at Rådet også efter Europa-Parlamentets beslutning af 10. marts på positiv vis har beskæftiget sig med en finansiel bistand til Malta.
Mr Schmid (S). — (DE) Mr President-in-Office of the Council, I have understood from your answer that, even in the wake of Parliament's decision of 10 March 1983, the Council continued to look favourably upon financial aid to Malta.
Kan jeg så gå ud fra, at Rådet på grundlag af den ændrede inden rigspolitiske situation på Malta ikke mere anser de bevæggrunde, der er angivet i Parlamentets beslutning, for rigtige?
Am I to assume, therefore, that the explicit reference contained in Parliament's report on Malta, concerning the change in the Maltese political situation, is, as far as the Council is concerned, irrelevant ?
Er det i stedet rigtigt, at man i Rådet hidtil ikke har truffet en positiv afgørelse af årsager, som De og jeg kender, men som ingen af os vil oplyse Parlamentet om på grund af råds-drøftelsernes fortrolige karakter?
Would it be true to ascribe Council's failure to adopt a more positive decision to reasons known both to you and myself but which, with a view to preserving the confidential nature of the Ten's deliberations, cannot be revealed here ?
Genscher, formand for Rådet. — (DE) Først og frem mest vil jeg gerne gøre opmærksom på, at det ikke er Rådets opgave at vurdere de årsager, der ligger til grund for, at nogle medlemsstater endnu ikke har besluttet sig til at undertegne de konventioner, det ærede medlem nævnte.
Mr Genscher, President-in-Office of the Council. — (DE) I should like to begin by pointing out that it is· not for the Council to pass judgment on the reasons why some Members States decided not to ratify the conventions referred to by the Honourable Member.
Jeg begrænser mig til at henvise til, at Belgien, Danmark, Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland, Frankrig, Italien, Nederlandene og Det forenede Kongerige har ratificeret og tiltrådt den internationale konvention om økonomiske, sociale og kulturelle rettigheder samt den internationale konvention om borgerlige og politiske rettigheder, og at den fakultative protokol i den internationale konvention om borgerlige og politiske rettigheder er ratificeret af Danmark, Italien og Nederlandene.
I shall confine myself to pointing out that Belgium, Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have ratified the international Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and that the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights has been ratified by Denmark, Italy and the Netherlands.
Formanden afstemningsprocedurerne, som nødvendigvis må finde sted ved forberedelsen af Spaniens og Portugals tiltrædelse af Fællesskabet?
What discussions have the Council or Coreper held and with what result, on the changes in the working methods of the Council, particularly in regard to voting procedures, which will be called for in preparation for the accession of Spain and Portugal to the Community ?
Blumenfeld (PPE). — (DE) Jeg vil gerne spørge råds formanden, om han til sin tid er rede til at inddrage Parlamentet i overvejelserne om de institutionelle spørgsmål i forbindelse med Spaniens og Portugals tiltrædelse, også selv om flertalsafstemningerne i Rådet selvfølgelig ikke direkte vedrører Parlamentet?
Mr Blumenfeld (PPE). — (DE) I would ask the President­in­Office of the Council if that body would be prepared to consult Parliament as and when appro­priate during the accession negotiations even where Council majority decision­making does not directly affect us ?
Genscher, formand for Rådet. — (DE) Kapitlet institutioner behandles sædvanligvis i slutfasen af forhandlingerne om tiltrædelse.
Mr Genscher, President­in­Office of the Council. — (DE) As is customary, the chapter on institutions will be dealt with in the closing phase of the accession negotiations.