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Desuden stillede Kommissionen i sin meddelelse til Rådet af 9. februar 1983 med titlen »Fremskridt henimod en fælles transportpolitik — Indre vandveje « spørgsmålstegn ved, om der var no gen som helst grand til at regulere adgangen til markedet for transport ad indre vandveje.
With specific regard to north-south transport, that is to say, waterway transport between the Netherlands, Belgium and France, the Commission stated in its communication of 9 February 1983 to the Council that it is currently studying problems in connection with the tour de rôle system with a view to proposing appro-
Cheysson sionen klart identificerer de medlemsstater, som end nu er imod, således at vi som parlamentarikere kan optage kontakt med vore nationale kolleger for at udøve størest muligt pres og for at give støtte til det initiativ, som Kommissionen har afgivet løfte om.
Cheysson to bear and support the initiative the Commission promises us it will be taking.
I maj 1983 opnåemdc Kommissionen status som observatør; den deltager i arbejdet i grupperne og i forvaltningskomiteerne. ningskomiteerne.
In May 1983 the Commission was granted observer status; it takes part in the work of the groups and committees in question.
Cheysson. — (FR) Det ærede medlem lader til at være yderst velinformeret.
Mr Cheysson. — (FR) The Honourable Member is very well informed.
Han nævnte dog ikke den tøven, som andre stater gav udtryk for i 1981 eller i 1982.
But he has not mentioned the reluctance shown in 1981 or 1982 by other States.
For den andet anmodede Parlamentet Kommissionen om af forelægge Rådet et formelt forslag om tiltrædelse på baggrund af situationens udvikling.
Secondly the Parliament asked the Commission to submit to the Council a formal proposal for accession in the light of the situation as it developed.
Kommissionen har ved adskillige lejligheder erklæret over for Parlamentet, at den fandt det nødvendigt at sikre sig regeringernes samtykke, inden den forelagde sit for melle forslag.
On several occasions the Commission declared to Parliament that it felt it should make sure of the agreement of the governments before submitting its formal proposal.
Intet ville være mere uheldigt end, at Rådet forkastede et sådant forslag.
Nothing would be worse, in fact, than the Council's rejection of a proposal to that effect.
Man kan forestille sig den psykologiske virkning heraf og den politikske miskredit Fællesskabet ville komme i, netop fordi Fællesskabet som grundlæggende ide i den europæiske opbygning har forsvaret af menneskerettighederne i hele verden og først og fremmest i Europa.
Imagine what the psychological effect would be, the political discredit into which the Community would fall, when, let me remind you, its essential purpose, in the European structure, is the protection of human rights through out the world, starting with Europe.
Fælles skabet bør bør altså kunne udtrykke sig som sådant på dette område.
The Community ought therefore to be able as such to put its views for ward on the matter.
Jeg er blevet informeret om, hvilken holdning én bestemt stat indtager, en stat som i sin tid udviste en vis tøven, nemlig Frankrig.
I happen to know about the position of one of the States which had reservations at that time, namely France.
Men da denne stat siden da har accepteret alle bestemmelserne i den europæiske menneskerettighedskonvention, tror jeg, at hr. de Vries gjorde ret i ikke at nævne den.
As France has, since then, accepted all the clauses of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights, I think Mr De Vries was right not to mention its opposition.
Hvad de øvrige fire af ham nævnte lande angår, er det rigtigt, at det ville være nyttigt med en aktion over for regeringerne og parlamenterne med henblik på at overbevise dem om den åbenbare modstrid, der er mellem de hold ninger, de indtager som stater : på den ene side har de alle tiltrådt den europæiske menneskerettighedskonvention, på den anden side nægter de at anerkende Fællesskabets ret til at tiltræde den.
As regards the four countries he mentioned, it is true that it would be a good thing to take action vis-à-vis the Parliaments and governments to bring home to them the striking contradiction between the attitude they have adopted as States: on the one hand they have all acceded to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights, and on the other hand they refuse to grant the Community the right to accede.
Drøftelserne i Coreper og de direkte kontakter med regeringerne har vist, at man handler med en vis tøven. De udtrykker sig ofte ret juridisk.
The debates in COREPER and the direct contacts with the governments have brought to light a good many reservations, often couched in legal terms.
Hvad Fællesskabet kompetence i henhold til traktaterne angår, har tre delegationer erklæret sig for tiltrædelse, mens fem andre formelt har anmodet om udsættelse.
As regards the Community's powers under the Treaties, three delegations have declared themselves in favour of accession and five others have formally requested postponement.
Efter fire møder med dette emne på dagsordenen, vedtog Coreper den 20. december 1983 at vende tilbage til spørgsmålet på et senere tidspunkt.
After four meetings on this subject, COREPER decided on 20 December 1983 to come back to the matter at a later date.
Siden da er der intet sket.
Since then nothing has been done.
Nordmann (L). — (FR) Mit spørgsmål dækker delvis hr. de Vries tillægsspørgsmål.
Mr Nordmann (L). — (FR) My question partly over laps with Mr De Vries's supplementary question.
Hr. Cheysson sagde lige før i sit svar, at det især var af juridiske årsager, at man hidtil havde nægtet Fællesskabets tiltrædelse af konventionen.
The Commissioner said in his reply just now that it was for mainly legal reasons that the accession of the Com munity as such to the Convention had so far been refused.
Er der andre end juridiske årsager, og kunne Kom missionen i bekræftende fald præcisere disse?
Are there any reasons other than legal ones, and can he tell us what they are?
Sagen bør nu tages op igen, og man må søge at over bevise de tøvende medlemsstater.
Now the question must be taken up again in an attempt to convince those Member States which have reservations.
Kommissionen regner med Parlamentets og medlemmernes støtte.
The Commission looks to Parliament and its Members.
Den udtrykker tilfredshed med det af hr. de Vries stillede spørgsmål.
It welcomes the question put today by Mr De Vries.
Den er fast besluttet på meget snart at genoptage behandlingen af sagen og at tage et nyt initiativ, som støtter sig til Europa-Parlamentets holdning, et initiativ som vi håber vil føre til, at Fællesskabet tiltræder den europæiske menneskerettighedskonvention. hedskonvention.
For itself, it is determined to examine the position again in the near future and, on the basis of the attitude of the European Parliament, to take a fresh initiative which, we hope, will result in the accession of the Community to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights.
de Vries (L). — (NL) Jeg takker kommissæren for det usædvanligt positive svar, han har givet mig. Det er en sag, der har beskæftiget Parlamentet siden 1979.
Mr Cheysson. — (FR) Although I do not like to resort to quoting my own words, I should point out to the Honourable Member that I said that the reservations were couched in legal terms, which implied that the reasons put forward in some cases fell, in my view, outside the legal sphere and tended to call in question the European Community's fitness and capacity to make pronouncements on human rights.
Den første beslutning, hvor Parlamentet anmodede om det skridt, som kommissæren har bebudet, går tilbage til den 22. april 1979.
In fact there is disquiet in certain quarters about the natural ten dency of the Community institutions, in which the European Parliament has always taken the lead, to make pronouncements about human rights outside Europe.
Mit spørgsmål til kom missæren er, om det er rigtigt, at især fire medlems stater endnu har store indvendinger på dette område.
To disclaim that right, some people think that the proper course is to challenge the legal powers of the Community within Europe.
For det første Grækenland, da dette land ikke anerkender den individuelle klageret.
It seems to me that that is one reason why we ourselves should try to advance them.
Der er i visse kredse en vis bekymring over den tendens, man er vidne til i de europæiske institutioner, i den forstand at Europa-Parlamentet altid har ønsket at udtale sig om menneskerettighederne uden for Euro pa.
My next question to the Commissioner is whether it is right that four Member States in particular still have major objections: firstly, Greece, because it does not recognize the right of the individual to take legal action, and secondly, Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom, because the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights would apply in the territory of these Member States after the accession of the Community, where the Convention does not yet have the same legal force as national leg islation.
De der nægter Parlamentet denne ret, mener, at man bør bestride Fællesskabets juridiske kompetence inden for Europa.
I should like the Commissioner to identify the Member States that are holding things up at the moment so that we parliamentarians can make contact with our national colleagues, bring maximum pressure
Dette er efter vor opfattelse endnu en grand til, at vi forsøger at gøre fremskridt på området.
Mr Wijsenbeek (L). — (NL) Can the Commissioner tell us what prevents the Commission from applying
Wijsenbeek (L). — (FR) Kan kommissæren oplyse, hvad det er, der hindrer Kommissionen i at anmode om tiltrædelse, for så vidt angår dens egne juridiske akter?
Wijsenbeek for accession as far as its own legal acts are con cerned?
Cheysson. — (FR) Frygtsomhed...
Mr Cheysson. — (FR) Timidity .
Spørgsmål nr. 66 af Lalor (H-
President. — Question No 66, by Mr Lalor (H-760/ 84):
Lalor (RD). — (EN) Jeg vil gerne først sige. at kom missæren kneb uden om spørgsmålet indtil allersidst.
Is the Commission further aware that because of national governmental neglect in Ireland over the past three years, it would take all of the motor tax at present collected in the Community to fill Irish potholes?
Vil Kommissionen oplyse, hvorvidt den har undersøgt det for skellige omfang af motorbeskatningen i de enkelte medlems stater, og vil den i benægtende fald indvillige i at gennemføre en sådan undersøgelse, og vil den ligeledes redegøre for, hvor dan afgifter pålagt de europæiske motorejere anvendes af de respektive regeringer i medlemsstaterne, navnlig hvorvidt dis se afgifter anvendes til at vedligeholde eller bygge nye veje eller anden infrastruktur til gavn for transportbrugerne?
Will the Commission state whether or not it has examined the different levels of motor tax operating in each of the Member States, and if not, will it agree to do so, and will it also clarify how mon ies levied on European motorists are used by the respective governments in the Member States, particularly whether or not such taxes are spent on maintaining or developing new roads or other infrastructures provided for transport users?
Clinton Davis. — (EN) Jeg er ikke ekspert i irske vejhuller eller i vejhuller noget som helst andet sted!
Mr Clinton Davis. — I am not an expert on Irish potholes or potholes anywhere else!
Men hvad indtægter fra beskatning afsat til særlige formål angår, er dette princip i strid med den praksis, som findes i de fleste medlemsstater.
But as far as the hypothecation of taxes for specific uses is concerned, the principle is at variance with that practised in most Member States.
Men jeg mener, at vi kan insistere på, at der tilvejebringes flere oplysninger om sådanne indtægter, således som jeg nævnte det før.
What I think we can seek to insist upon is the provision of greater data on such tax revenues, as I indicated before.
Jeg trør ikke, at det ærede medlem kan for vente, at jeg går videre.
I do not think the honourable Member can expect me to go any further.
Clinton Davis, medlem af Kommissionen. — (EN) Hvad angår beskatningen ved ejerskab eller benyttelse af biler, er kommissionen klar over den meget for skellige beskatning, som findes i medlemsstaterne.
Mr Clinton Davis, Member of the Commission. — With regard to vehicle taxes on the possession or use of cars, the Commission is aware of the different levels and tax bases prevailing in the Member States.
En undersøgelse foranstaltet af Kommissionen med hen blik på at klarlægge, hvilken indflydelse beskatningen har på forbruget af benzin, og som blev afsluttet i 1983, viser, at denne beskatning ikke udgjorde nogen afgørende faktor i forbrugernes køb af særlige typer biler.
A study on its behalf to ascertain the influence of such taxes on fuel consumption, completed in 1983, concluded that these taxes were not an important factor in decisions by motorists to purchase specific cars.
Cryer (S). — (EN) Mener kommissæren ikke, at det er op til de enkelte regeringer at vurdere de mange forskellige områder, og at et af disse områder, som han nævnte, indtægterne fra motorkøretøjer i Det for enede Kongerige, accepteres som en generel indlægt til mange forskellige formål, herunder f.eks. tilskud til sundhedssektoren eller andre værdifulde sektorer?
Mr Cryer (S). — Would the Commissioner accept that there are a large number of areas for individual governments to make a judgment of their own and that this is one of them and that, as he has pointed out, the motor revenue in the United Kingdom is accepted as part of general revenue for a wide number of functions, including, for example, sustaining the National Health Service and other valuable services?
Er han ikke enig med mig i, at medlemsstaterne har for skellige krav til transport — nogle har f.eks. overfyldte veje og bruger måske beskatningen som en måde til at prøve at få folk til at skifte over fra bil til tog?
Would he agree with me that Member States have different requirements for transport — some, for example, have overcrowded roads and therefore might use taxation as a means of trying to reduce that overcrowding and shifting transport from road to rail?
Er han ikke enig i, at det er op til hver enkelt med lemsstat at afgøre dette? Kommissionen bør ikke søge at harmonsere og blande sig i noget, hvor dette er helt unødvendigt.
Would he not agree that that sort of decision is for each Member State to make and not for the Commission to try to harmonize and interfere where it is entirely unnecessary? sary?
Clinton Davis. — (EN) Jeg kan svare følgende på det ærede medlems tre spørgsmål: jo,'jo og jo!
Mr Clinton Davis. — In answer to the honourable gentleman's three questions: yes, yes and yes!
For kommercielle køretøjer har Kommissionen fore slået et direktiv om tilpasning af de nationale beskat ningssystemer.
For commercial vehicles, the Commission has pro posed a directive on the adjustment of national taxation systems.
Dette nåede Rådet i 1978 principielt til enighed om, men det blev ikke vedtaget, dat en enkelt medlemsstat havde forbehold.
This was agreed in principle by the Council in 1978 but not adopted, owing to a reservation by one Member State.
Direktivet inde holder bestemmelser om en smidig ordning for en kombination af benzin- og bilbeskatning med henblik på at sikre, at lastbiler i det mindste betaler for deres marginale omkostninger ved brug af vejene.
It provides a flexible system of combining fuel and vehicle taxes to ensure that the heavier goods vehicles pay at least their marginal cost of using roads.
Der er også bestemmelser om fulde omkostninger for benyttelsen, og den afgift, som for nogle år siden blev indført i Det forenede Kongerige, gennemfører direktivets forslag.
Provision is also made for vehicles being charged the full cost of such use and the tax system introduced in the United Kingdom, in the past few years, implements the draft directive in this way.
Kommissionen har ikke deltaljerede oplysninger om de samlede indtægter fra benzin- og bilafgifter eller fra alle andre afgifter, som kan betegnes som særegne for vejtransport Kommissionen er derfor ikke i stand til at oplyse det ærede medlem, om sådanne indtægter samlet eller for hver enkelt kategori af køretøjer svarer til omkostningerne ved at vedligeholde eller bygge veje.
The Commission does not have detailed data on over all revenues from fuel and vehicle taxes and any other taxes which may be considered specific to motoring or road transport. It is therefore unable to inform the Honourable Member whether or not such revenues correspond in total, or by category of vehicle, to the cost of maintaining and constructing roads.
Wijsenbeek (L). — (FR) De nationale vejafgifter ofte bruges til andre formål, mener kommissæren da ikke, at en del af indtægterne fra de nationale vejafgifter bør anvendes til internationale, især europæiske motorveje, dvs. til infrastruktur?
Mr Wijsenbeek (L). — As national road taxes are often used for other purposes, does not the Commission think that a proportion of national road taxes has to be spent on international, and especially European, motorways and therefore infrastructure?
(EN) Jeg har intet at føje til det, jeg
I have nothing to add.
Nationale budgetter udgør et hele, og bortset fra nogle få tilfælde udgør motorvejsafgifterne en del af de samlede skatteindtægter, hvorfor der ikke er nogen specifik anvendelse af disse indtægter til vejbygning eller vedligeholdelse heraf.
National budgets are unified in nature and apart from a few cases, the vehicle taxes form part of general tax revenue so that there is no specific allocation of such taxes to road construction and maintenance.
Kommissionen anmoder for øvrigt medlemsstaterne om at tilvejebringe flere oplysninger om disse indtægter, og de undersøgelser, vi netop har afsluttet, viser, at de fleste medlemssta
The Commission is, however, requesting Member States to provide more data on such tax revenues, and our present studies would indicate that a majority of Member States obtain more fuel and tax revenue than they spend on roads, whereas the reverse is the case in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Formanden. — Da spørgerne ikke er til stede, vil spørgsmål nr. 67 og 68 blive besvaret skriftligt (')· nåle flag.
President. — As the authors are not present, Questions Nos 67 and 68 will be answered in writing.1
Spørgsmål nr. 69 af Zahorka (H-796/84):
Question No 69, by Mr Zahorka (H-796/84):
I midten af februar 1985 afsluttedes i Geneve en konference med deltagelse afea.
Is attention being paid to this, and if not, is the Commission prepared to initiate it?
100 lande om de såkaldte bekvemmelighedsflag inden for skibsfarten.
A conference in Geneva on flags of convenience in shipping attended by some 100 states came to an end in the middle of February 1985.
På et senere møde i juli 1985 skal den endelige ordlyd af overenskomsten fastlægges.
The final text of an agreement is to be decided on at a further meeting in July 1985.
Har EF hidtil indtaget en fælles holdning på denne konference?
Has the Community adopted a common position at this conference to date?
I benægtende fald, vil det så gøre det i juli 1985, og på hvilke vigtige punkter forelå der ingen fælles holdning?
If not, will it do so in July and on which key questions was there no common position?
Clinton Davis. — (EN) Under henvisning til de på gældende spørgsmål kan jeg svare, at vor rolle er meget begrænset. Vor rolle er at sikre, at Rom-traktaten overholdes.
Mr Clinton Davis. — Addressing myself to the questions in order, the answer is that our role is a very limited one.
Vi er rent faktisk snarere en vagthund der end noget som helst andet, og i den forstand søger vi naturligvis at hjælpe med at koordinere medlems staternes synspunkter.
We are there effectively as a watch dog rather than anything else and in so doing we do seek, of course, to help to coordinate the views of Member States.
Men medlemsstaterne er noget forbeholdne med hensyn til vor rolle i så henseende.
But Member States are somewhat reticent about our role in this regard.
Jeg tror, at det ville være forkert af os at holde en for høj profil.
I think that it would be wrong for us to take too high a profile.
Parlamentet vil huske, at den pågældende konference mødtes første gang i overensstemmelse med resolution nr. 39/209 i Genève fra den 16. juli til den 3. august 1984.
In fact, the House will recollect that the conference in question in conformity with Resolution No 39/209 met for the first time in Geneva from 16 July to 3 August 1984.
For så vidt angår de mere generelle spørgsmål vedrørende vor rolle med hensyn til skibsfart generelt, tror jeg, at de ærede medlem skulle se på det skibsfartsmemorandum, som Kommissionen forelagde for ny lig, og som naturligvis har været genstand for en drøftelse i den tidligere Kommission. Jeg tror, at han vil se heraf, at vi rent faktisk søger at påvirke den retning, hvori politiske afgørelser, herunder det spørgsmål, der blev drøftet på denne specielle konference, bør ledes.
Insofar as the more general issues are concerned as to our role in relation to shipping generally, I think the honourable Member should have regard to the shipping memorandum which was introduced recently by this Commission which had been, of course, the sub ject of debate by the previous Commission, and I think he will see from that we do seek to influence the way in which policy decisions, including the subject matter of this particular conference, should be directed.
Men der er kun tale om at påvirke.
But it is only an influential role.
Den måde, hvorpå vi giver udtryk for dette, fremgår vist meget klart af skibsfartsmemorandumet.
The way in which we express that is stated very clearly, I think, in the Shipping Memorandum.
Formålet med denne konference er at drøfte vedtagelsen af en international overenskomst vedrørende betingelserne for skibes optagelse i nationale skibsregistre.
The aim of this conference is to consider the adoption of an international agreement concerning the conditions under which ships should be entered into national shipping registers.
På baggrund af betydningen af de spørgsmål, der behandles, og det samspil, som disse spørgsmål sandsynligvis har med traktaten, har Kommissionen meget nøje fulgt det arbejde, der udføres i dette forum, med den største interesse og i snæver kontakt med medlemsstaterne.
In consideration of the importance of the questions dealt with and the inter play that these questions are likely to have with the Treaty, the Commission has very closely followed the work carried out in this forum with the greatest interest and in close contact with the Member States.
McMahon (S). — (EN) Det glæder mig, at kommissæren har vedtaget at reagere på dette meget alvorlige problem.
Mr McMahon (S). — I am glad that the Commissioner has decided to take action on this very serious problem.
Vil Kommissionen tage hensyn til drøftelser med Det internationale Transportarbejderforbund, når den skal føre forhandlinger herom, og vil den specielt gå i gang med at drøfte spørgsmålet om, hvad der sker med skibbrudne sømænd, som er så uheldige at være på et af disse skibe, der sejler under bekvemmelighedsflag?
Will the Commission take into consideration talks with the International Transport Federation when they come to have their discussion on it and, in particular, will they take on board the question of discussing what happens to shipwrecked mariners who are unfortunate enough to be on one of these ships that sail under flags of convenience?
For øjeblikket har jeg enorme vanskeligheder med at hjemføre et lig fra Danmark og få en dødsattest.
At present I have a tremendous problem getting a body returned from Denmark and getting a death certificate because of this.
Medlemsstaterne har under hele konferencens arbejde indtaget en fælles holdning, som man nåede frem til på møder med de øvrige OECD-lande og med Kommissionens deltagelse samt på særlige EF-koor-dinationsmøder, der blev afholdt på Kommissionens initiativ, når forholdene krævede det.
The Member States have proceeded throughout the work of the conference with a common position elaborated in meetings with the other OECD States and with the participation of the Commission as well as in specific Community coordination meetings held on the initiative of the Commission as circumstances required.