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Dersom altså Danmark — eftersom der i hr. Bondes spørgsmål er tale om Danmark — ønsker at tage initiativer i internationale forsamlinger med henblik på bedre regler angående eksport af affald, er det i det omfang, hvor dette emne hører ind under Fællesskabets enekompetence, et initiativ, som skal tages af Fællesskabet, og Danmark må overbevise sine partnere i Unionen.
So if Denmark (since Mr Bonde's question refers to Denmark) wants to take initiatives within international forums to draw up stricter provisions regarding the export of waste, in so far as this issue falls within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Com munity, it is an initiative which the Community must be made to take and Denmark must persuade its partners in the Union.
Drejer det sig derimod om et emne, der hører ind under national ret, kan Danmark naturligvis gribe til handling.
On the other hand, if it is an issue which comes under national law, then Denmark is perfectly entitled to act.
Blak (PSE). — Tak til rådsformanden for hans klare svar i anden omgang, hvor han helt klart siger, at Danmark i henhold til artikel 130 selv kan træffe sine afgørelser.
Kerr (PSE). — Thank you for that answer. I think that is very helpful to know that you are taking steps to progress the move towards a smoke-free environment in all European institutions which is what my amendment to the report on public health in Europe asked for.
Så vil jeg rette to ting.
In the end you have to actually ban smoking in all public places.
For det første er hr. Jens-Peter Bonde ikke jurist, han er bare evighedsutilfreds.
That is the experience from institutions around the world — from America.
Han skal altid finde nogle små artikler, hvor han prøver at få sin utilfredshed frem.
So there may well be legal costs to the Council in future.
Så synes jeg også, at det ville have klædt Jens-Peter Bonde at være tilstede i går, hvor dette emne blev debatteret.
I think that this issue will have to be discussed with the representatives of the Council's administrative staff.
Da kunne han have fået grundige svar i stedet for bare at møde frem her og stille et spørgsmål, hvorom vi havde en hel debat i går.
That said, the steps taken by Parliament will serve as an example — an example which, I am sure, will be followed in all the institutions.
Med hensyn til det særlige punkt. som. så vidt jeg kan se. implicit fremgår af hr. Bondes spørgsmål, dvs. Basel-konventionen, gør jeg opmærksom på. at parterne i denne konvention, hvad angår eksport af affald, i marts 1994 vedtog princippet om at forbyde flytning af dette affald på tværs af grænserne.
That is the situation with the Basle Convention, and 1 should like to remind you that the question of whether an initiative falls within the jurisdiction of the Community or Member States or within their shared jurisdiction is a matter for the European Commission and the Court of Justice to decide.
Formanden. — Spørgsmål nr. 13 af Pat Gallagher (H0225/95):
Mr Gallagher asks if the Council envisages taking steps to recover this dangerous gas from the sea bed.
Om: Dumpning af nervegas i havet ud for Donegal (Irland)
The issue has not been examined by the Council.
De stammer fra det britiske underhus og er dokumenter, som dr. David Clark har fået, og som afslører, at 145.000 t kemiske våben, der blev dumpet ud for Storbritannien og Irland i 1945 og 1957, herunder nerve-, senneps- og blistergasser, blev overført til skibe til dumpning på det åbne hav. Jeg har dette i detaljer, hvis formanden ønsker det.
The Paris Commission, which is an administrative body set up under the Paris Convention on Chemical Weapons had occasion to study the matter with reference to mustard-gas containers and concluded that attempts to recover them were not desirable as the weapons in question were, in the end. less dangerous on the sea bed than on land.
Lamassoure, formand for Rådet. — (FR) Det er et intrikat spørgsmål, hr. Gallagher stiller os.
however it is a highly unsatisfactory answer, because what the Council is saying is that there is not a trace of substance in the subsidiarity principle as applied in the field of the environment.
Jeg vil geme sige til ham, at Rådet ikke har mange informationer om de dumpninger, han nævner.
Solidarity in accordance with Article 5 does not only extend to having the same legal arrangements internally.
Der er sandsynligvis tale om dumpning af nervegas foretaget efter anden verdenskrig, da europæiske lande ikke for nylig har foretaget dumpninger af nervegas.
The Member States are also forbidden to initiate debates and to present proposals in international gatherings, even where that does not damage their solidarity internally.
Men jeg er virkelig nødt til at gentage hr. Gallaghers skuffelse over svaret fra formanden, og jeg må virkelig understrege hans sidste bemærkninger.
This means that Member States get the same status as a French département: they are unable to act internationally.
Mit tillægsspørgsmål er følgende: vil Rådet forpligte sig til at give Kommissionen pålæg om at gennemføre videnskabelige undersøgelser af disse dumpninger?
There are no provisions, no legal considerations in the Treaty complex which would prevent a Member State from presenting proposals and putting forward matters for debate in international gatherings.
Vi ser, i hvert fald ud for kysten i min valgkreds og ud for kysten i det nordlige Irland, at forskellige mekanismer skylles ind på kysten.
Mr Lamassoure's answer is supported only by very old-fashioned anti-environmental thinking, but thank you for the precise and clear answer, which at least allows the possibility of debate.
Lamassoure. — (FR) Hr. Smith, Rådet er absolut rede til at påtage sig sit ansvar.
Lamassoure. — (FR) The matter is rather technical.
Men hvis mine oplysninger er korrekte, har de direkte berørte lande ikke fundet anledning til at forelægge dette spørgsmål for Rådet.
I do not know if our procedure for oral questions really lends itself to going into it in as much depth as we should.
Hr. Gallagher spørger, om Rådet agter at træffe foranstaltninger til at fjerne denne farlige gas fra havbunden.
Gallagher (RDE). — I am disappointed first of all, that the Council does not have a great deal of information.
Det er endvidere vigtigt at understrege, at opbevarelsen på fast grund af disse stoffer kunne frembyde andre risici såsom terrorisme eller ulykker.
They may be more dangerous on land than on sea but I would suggest that even when it was done, it should have been done in an area nearer one's own country or the country of origin than a neighbouring country.
Morris (PSE). — (EN) Jeg forstår ikke, hvordan Rådet med nogen sikkerhed kan sige, at det, der er på bunden af havet, er sikkert, når den indrømmer, at den har meget få eller ingen oplysninger.
I should like to put a different slant on his remarks, which I felt to be pessimistic, by saying that Article 5 (the thinking behind which I have recalled) must be read in conjunction with Article 130 of the Treaty.
Da jeg bor i det keltiske område, kommer fra Wales og har gjort nøjagtigt de samme erfaringer som mine kolleger til venstre og højre her, interesserer følgende mig: Kan Rådet finde ud af, hvilken slags beholdere senneps- og nervegasserne rent faktisk er forseglet i, og i hvilket omfang disse beholdere er korrosionsbestandige.
I think moreover that he was referring to this in his speech. In the unanimous opinion of the Council, Article 130 of the Treaty applies to environmental matters, which means that nothing at this stage prevents Denmark, for example, from applying more stringent protection measures itself in accordance with Article 130t.
Det er jo, når det kommer til stykket, ikke kun et spørgsmål om, at havet forurenes. Det drejer sig om de fisk, vi fanger, og som vi i det keltiske område selv spiser og giver vore børn og vore børnebørn.
Having said all that, could I suggest that in this modern age of technology it should not be too difficult for Europe or for the offending country to establish the exact sites, what is there and how they could be removed to a safe place, bearing in mind the power of the sea.
Det er et spørgsmål om miljøet og et spørgsmål om fiskeriet.
We should never underestimate the power of the sea in relation to erosion.
Det er den slags spørgsmål, der fortjener den slags opmærksomhed, som jeg ved og håber.
If such damage can be caused to the coast then the same damage can be caused to the canisters or the containers at the bottom of the ocean.
Rådet og Kommissionen vil give det.
I would ask the Council to ask the Commission to carry out an immediate investigation and we would pursue it from there.
Formanden. — Da spørgeren ikke er til stede, bortfalder spørgsmål nr. 14.
We could then have had proper answers, instead of having to sit here and listen to a question on which we had a whole debate yesterday.
Spørgsmål nr. 15 af Anne Mcintosh (H-0124/95):
President. - Question No 13 by Pat Gallagher (H-0225/95) Subject: Dumping of nerve gas off the Donegal Coast
Om: Tilnærmelse af afgifterne på alkoholiske drikke i Den Europæiske Union
Smith (PSE). — I am now in the fortunate and strange position of apparently being able to give the President-in-Office information which he does not have.
Hvad vil Rådet foreslå som opfølgning til konklusionerne i Kommissionens undersøgelse om dette emne med henblik på at få fjernet de alvorlige handelsforvridninger, der skyldes den forskellige nationale beskatning af alkoholiske drikke?
It is from the House of Commons and documents obtained by Dr David Clark which reveal that 145 000 tonnes of chemical weapons dumped off Britain and Ireland in 1945 and 1957, including nerve agents, mustard gases and blistering agents were transferred to boats for deep-sea scuttling. I have chapter and verse if the President-in-Office would like it.
De nuværende forskelle er så markante, at de virker stærkt hæmmende på den indbyrdes handel mellem medlemsstaterne, og der er behov for en hurtig indsats.
What action has the Council of Ministers taken to ensure that the dumping of nerve gas off the Donegal coast in the 1950s and the dumping of other dangerous substances in the Irish continental shelf does not pose a threat to public health or the marine environment and does the Council consider that the Commission acting on behalf of all European Union countries should undertake a programme to recover these dangerous substances from the marine environment?
Når alt det er sagt, må jeg sige, at i denne moderne teknologiske tid skulle det ikke være alt for vanskeligt for Europa eller for det pågældende land at bestemme de nøjagtige steder, hvad der er der, og hvordan det kan fjernes til et sikkert sted under hensyntagen til havets kræfter.
But I really have to echo Mr Gallagher's disappointment at the answer from the President-in-Office and indeed I have to emphasize his final remarks.
Jeg mener, at vi aldrig må undervurdere havets kræfter med hensyn til erosion.
My supplementary question is: will the Council undertake to instruct the Commission to carry out scientific tests on these dumps?
Hvis kysten kan forvoldes sådanne skader, kan tromlerne eller beholderne på bunden af havet forvoldes de samme skader.
We are finding, certainly off my constituency and off the north of Ireland various devices being washed up on the shore.
Jeg vil bede Rådet bede Kommissionen om øjeblikkeligt at gennemføre en undersøgelse, og vi vil videreføre det derfra.
It is a very serious matter and the Council will have to take its responsibility seriously.
Lamassoure. — (FR) Hr. Gallagher jeg forstår fuldt ud Deres bekymring.
Lamassoure, President-in-Office of the Council. — (FR) The question Mr Gallagher is raising is a delicate one.
Jeg forsikrer Dem, at hvis Kommissionen på Deres eller på den irske regerings initiativ foretager en nærmere undersøgelse af spørgsmålet samt af, hvilke midler der kan tages i anvendelse for at løse det, skal Rådet meget gerne se på forslagene.
The Council does not have much information on the operations to which he refers. These most likely involve the dumping of dangerous gases at sea, which would have taken place after the Second World War since, in recent times, European countries have not dumped poison gas at sea.
Fru Mcintosh tager med rette dette spørgsmål op.
Lamassoure. — (FR) Mr Smith, the Council is quite ready to shoulder its responsibilities.
Forenede Stater, hvor der er temmelig restriktive begrænsninger for medtagelse af spiritus over statsgrænserne, selv inden for et enhedsmarked.
It is simply that, if my information is correct, the countries directly concerned have not seen fit to refer the matter to it.
Mener han endvidere, at der skal gøres noget for at forhindre problemet med omfattende indførsler fra Frankrig og Belgien til Det Forenede Kongerige?
As soon as the European Parliament wishes to raise it and the European Commission produces a report on the subject, the Council will be sure to deal with it.
Lamassoure. — (FR) Jeg går naturligvis geme ind for dette forslag. Jeg synes, hr. Spiers har ret, men lad os ikke gå hen og genindføre toldkontrol ved Unionens indre grænser under påskud af at forhindre smugleri, som skyldes forskelle i afgiftsniveauet.
Morris (PSE). — I cannot understand how the Council can say with any confidence that what is at the bottom of the sea is safe when it admits that it has little or no information.
Når det er sagt, i fuld oprigtighed, skal vi med henblik på problemer af denne art og de ideer, det ærede medlem fremkommer med under henvisning til erfaringer fra USA, først have fat i Kommissionens ekspertise og beretning. Det bliver i kraft af denne beretning, vi vil kunne se, hvilke nye foranstaltninger, der skal træffes.
Living on the Celtic fringe, coming from Wales, and having exactly the same experience as my colleagues on my left and right here my concern is this: Could the Council of Ministers find out what kind of containers the mustard gas and nerve gases are actually sealed in and to what extent these containers can resist
Mcintosh (PPE). — (EN) Jeg glæder mig meget over dette svar fra formanden for Rådet.
Lamassoure. — (FR) Miss Mcintosh, I agree with your second comment as well as your first.
Mener han ikke, at konklusionerne i Kommissionens undersøgelse vil nødvendiggøre en tilnærmelse og en udjævning, således at lande som. tør jeg sige.
Do not ask me to propose a high rise in duties to the French National Assembly at this time, which is not a politically opportune moment for such an operation, but with that proviso, as soon as we have seen the report and the proposals from the European Commission, we will be sure to take stock of the question and propose an improvement of the present situation to Parliament.
Frankrig, der har overordentlig lave punktafgifter, og lande som Storbritannien, der har overordentlig høje punktafgifter, vil skulle tilnærme deres afgifter og mødes et eller anden sted i midten?
You are right to stress that the differences in rates are leading to bootlegging and unfair advantages for a certain number of people who are exploiting the situation.
Vi afventer her og nu Rådets holdning til dette. Er han enig i disse to punkter?
After all, it is not just a matter of the sea being polluted.
Bonde (EDN). — Jeg vil gerne spørge rådsformanden, om beskatningen af alkohol ikke bør betragtes som et sundhedspolitisk anliggende, hvortil der overhovedet ikke er hjemmel til harmonisering i henhold til traktaten. Traktatens bestemmelser vedrører de tekniske og ikke-diskriminerende aspekter, men ikke selve niveauet for alkoholbeskatning.
It is the fish that we catch and which we in the Celtic fringe eat ourselves and give to our children and our grandchildren.
Så undrer jeg mig i øvrigt over, at Anne Mcintosh med sine forbindelser til Norge kan stille det spørgsmål.
It is the kind of issue that deserves the kind of attention that I know and hope that the Council and the Commission will give it.
Formanden. — Hermed er første del af spørgetiden afsluttet.
President. — As the author is not present, Question No 14 lapses.
Spørgsmål til Kommissionen
Subject: Approximation of taxes on alcoholic beverages in the European Union
Lamassoure. — (FR) Fru Mcintosh, jeg er enig i Deres bemærkning nr. to såvel som i nr. et.
Watson (ELDR). — Would the President-in-Office of the Council not agree that the recent decision by the United Kingdom's Chancellor of the Exchequer to raise taxes on alcohol, which are already among the highest in the European Union, in order to fill a sudden hole in his budget was most unhelpful to the attempts by the Union to harmonize indirect taxation?
Men De må ikke anmode mig om at foreslå den franske nationalforsamling en voldsom forøgelse af afgifterne netop nu, for det er ikke det politisk rigtige øjeblik for et sådant indgreb, men med dette forbehold vil vi, såsnart vi kender beretningen og forslagene fra Kom missionen, gøre status og foreslå Parlamentet en forbedring af den nuværende situation.
Is the Council aware of the harm the Chancellor's action will cause to the Scotch whisky industry and to the small but high-quality production of English wine?
De har ret i at fremhæve, at forskellene i afgifterne medfører smugleri og illegal profit til visse personer, som misbruger situationen.
And would he not agree that this action has encouraged the bootleggers and the smugglers to which Miss Mcintosh refers?
Formanden. — Da spørgeren ikke er til stede, bortfalder spørgsmål nr. 16.
Following the conclusions of the Commission study on the above in December, what action does the Council propose to take to remove the gross distortions to trade caused by differentials in national tax systems on alcoholic beverages? ages?
Spørgsmål nr. 17 af Bernd Posselt (H-0245/95): Om: Aftale med Slovenien
Lamassoure. — (FR) Mr Watson, the only question is whether the decisions taken comply with Community law.
På hvilket stade befinder forhandlingerne med Slovenien sig i øjeblikket, og hvordan ser tidsplanen fremover og indtil aftalens undertegnelse ud?
The present differentials are so marked that they are severely hampering inter-state trade between Member States and urgent action is required.
Watson (ELDR). — (EN) Mener formanden for Rådet ikke, at den britiske finansministers nylige beslutning om at hæve afgifterne på alkohol, som allerede er blandt de højeste i Den Europæiske Union, for at lukke et pludseligt opstået hul på sit budget var yderst uheldig for Unionens forsøg på at harmoni sere den indirekte beskatning? Er Rådet klar over den skade, som finansministerens foranstaltning vil forårsage for den skotske whiskyindustri og for produktionen af engelsk vin, som er lille, men af høj kvalitet?
Lamassoure, President-in-Office of the Council. — (FR) Miss Mcintosh is drawing our attention to the inadequate approximation of taxes on alcoholic beverages in the European Union, as the existing differences are, in her view, so great as to hamper considerably trade relations between Member States and make it necessary to adopt urgent measures.
Van den Broek, medlem af Kommissionen. — (NL) Som svar på hr. Posselts spørgsmål vil jeg gerne fremsætte følgende bemærkninger.
Spiers (PSE). — The President-in-Office pointed to one of the problems that the Council will encounter in trying to equalize duty levels and he pointed to the difficulties he would have in putting to the French Assembly that France gradually raises duties.
Efter at Rådet den 6. marts i år godkendte forhandlingsmandatet til en Europa-aftale, indledte Kommissionen den 15. marts i overværelse af hr. Taler, Sloveniens udenrigsminister, forhandlingerne om en Europaaftale med Slovenien.
If it proves impossible to get political agreement to equalize duty levels, would it be possible to restrict the imports of alcohol and tobacco from one country to another?
Lamassoure. — (FR) Hr. Watson, jeg kan ikke tage andet op end de trufne afgørelsers overensstemmelse med fællesskabs retten.
Would he agree that in fact such restrictions can be compatible with a single market?
Så vidt jeg ved, er der ikke noget loft, som denne nationale afgørelse har overskredet, og jeg har ingen kompetence til at fremkomme med en politisk bedømmelse af den.
And if he doubts the problems that the publicans in Britain are having, I will renew the offer I made to his predecessor to come and have a pint of beer in one of the struggling pubs in South-East England, in South-East London in my constituency, where he can see the sort of problems that imports and bootlegging are causing to people in Britain.
Spiers (PSE). — (EN) Formanden pegede på et af de problemer, som Rådet vil støde på i forsøget på at udjævne afgiftsniveaueme, og han pegede på de vanskeligheder, han ville få med at foreslå den franske nationalforsamling, at Frankrig gradvis hæver afgifterne.
As the report in question has not yet been forwarded to the Council, we are obliged to await its submission before being able to decide, after consulting Parliament, whether the rates of excise duty for alcoholic beverages should be revised, and we share Miss Mcintosh's impatience.
Hvis det viser sig at være umuligt at opnå politisk enighed om at udjævne afgiftsniveaueme, vil det så være muligt at begrænse importen af alkohol og tobak fra det ene land til det andet?
Lamassoure. — (FR) I very readily accept this proposal, naturally. I think that Mr Spiers is right, but let us not reinstate customs checks at the Union's internal borders just to prevent bootlegging resulting from differences in rates of duty.
Mener han, at sådanne begrænsninger egentlig kan være forenelige med et enhedsmarked? Det er faktisk den erfaring, man har gjort i De
Having said that, with regard to problems of this nature and the suggestions Mr Spiers is making with reference to the experience of the United States, we must first of all have the Commission's expert report and assessment at our disposal.
Den aftale, som Kommissionen forhandler om, vil overtage den generelle ramme og de vigtigste elementer fra de andre Europaaftaler, der allerede er indgået med landene i Mellem- og Østeuropa, og dette betyder, at i en sådan aftale vil man samtidig også medtage perspektiverne med henblik på en tiltrædelse til Den Europæiske Union, således at Slovenien, efter at denne aftale er trådt i kraft, vil blive optaget i Den Europæiske Unions såkaldte prætiltrædelsesstrategi.
Does he not agree that the conclusions of the Commission study will necessitate an approximation and a levelling so that those countries like, dare I say, France, which have extremely low excise duties and those like Britain, which have extremely high excise duties, will have to approximate their duties and meet somewhere in the middle?
For det første: Tror De, at vi allerede i juni i år, dvs. inden afslutningen på formandskabet, kan behandle denne aftale endeligt her i Europa-Parlamentet?
Bonde (EDN). - (DA) I should like to ask the President-in-Office of the Council whether the taxation of alcohol should not be regarded as a health policy matter, in respect of which the Treaty makes no provision whatsoever for harmonisation.
For det andet: Er perspektivet med hensyn til tiltrædelse entydigt sikret i denne aftale?
The Treaty covers technical aspects and non-discrimination, but not the actual level of tax on alcohol.
Jeg tror nemlig, at det er meget vigtigt at gøre dette perspektiv med hensyn til tiltrædelse klart over for slovenerne for at forhindre yderligere bilaterale problemer.
Moreover I am surprised that Anne Mcintosh, with her Norwegian connections, can put such a question.
Men jeg har tillid til, at det vil lykkes for os at etablere disse tre repræsentationer, endnu før året er omme.
President. — That concludes the first part of Question Time.
Det mener jeg, vi alle kan glæde os over.
Thank you very much Mr Lamassoure.
Hertil kommer spørgsmålet om budgettet. Jeg vil gerne henlede hr. Van den Broeks opmærksomhed på, at der er kommet to nye medlemslande til, nemlig Sverige og Finland, som er nettobidragydere til EU's budget.
Questions to the Commission
Dell'Alba (ARE). — (IT) Hr. kommissær, jeg har her referatet af rådsmødet den 6. marts, som reelt var starten på forhandlingsfasen vedrørende Sloveniens associering.
Dell'Alba (ARE). — (IT) Commissioner, I have before me a copy of the minutes of the Council meeting of 6 March which, in effect, set under way the negotiating phase for association with Slovenia.