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Titley (PSE). - (EN) Det ser ud til, at Kommissionen venter på oplysninger fra de portugisiske myndigheder.
Titley (PSE). - It seems that the Commission is waiting for information from the Portuguese authorities.
Jeg vil gerne, at kommissæren fortæller mig, nøjagtigt hvilke foranstaltninger Kommissionen vil træffe, hvis den ikke er tilfreds med situationen i Portugal?
I should like the Commissioner to tell me precisely what action the Commission will it take if it is not satisfied with developments in Portugal?
Hvilke undersøgelser vil den foretage, og hvilke procedurer vil den følge med henblik på at sikre, at de europæiske forordninger gennemføres på passende vis i denne sag?
What investigation will it carry out and what procedures will it follow in order to ensure the proper implementation of the European regulations in this matter?
Dette er absolut noget, der giver anledning til alvorlig bekymring blandt mine vælgere, som har skrevet mange breve til mig om dette spørgsmål. Vi bør vide, hvilke praktiske foranstaltninger Kommissionen træffer i stedet for at sidde og vente på, at de portugisiske myndigheder kommer med oplysninger.
This is an area of grave concern, certainly to my constituents who have written many letters to me on this matter.
Formanden. - Spørgsmål nr. 43 er taget tilbage af spørgeren.
Subject: Unfair Competition in European Steel Industry
Da de følgende spørgsmål vedrører samme emne, vil vi under ét behandle spørgsmål nr. 44 af Titley (H-0406/ 94):
46 000 jobs have been lost in recent years in the slim-down of British Steel, making it the most efficient steel industry in Europe.
Om: Anvendelse af herreløse hunde ved dyreforsøg i Portugal
Now, thousands more jobs losses are threatened as a result of unfair competition in the EU.
Fra forskelligt hold i Det Forenede Kongerige forlyder det, at herreløse hunde anvendes til laboratorieforsøg i Portugal.
Schmidhuber. - (DE) I would inform the honourable Member that the Commission has taken action towards the Portuguese authorities in two forms.
Undersøger Kommissionen disse forlydender, og hvad agter Kommissionen - hvis de har deres rigtighed - at foretage sig for at sætte en stopper herfor på baggrund af direktiv 86/609/ EØF ('), som forbyder anvendelsen af herreløse dyr til forsøg?
Firstly, it has opened infringement proceedings (no 94/4735) against Portugal for not implementing the Directive in question in an entirely correct manner. Secondly it has addressed a formal request to the Portuguese authorities, asking them to prohibit without delay the use of stray dogs for experimental purposes and to put in place a monitoring system in order to ensure that such practices will no longer be countenanced.
og spørgsmål nr. 45 af Jackson (H-0432/94): Om: EU-direktiv om dyreforsøg
Schmidhuber, Member of the Commission. - (DE) In referring to subsidies to steel producers in Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal, the honourable Member is presumably alluding to the Commission decisions of 12 April 1994 regarding those Member States' plans to provide assistance to six companies.
Jackson (PPE). - (EN) Jeg vil gerne spørge, hvorfor Kommissionen har handlet så langsomt i denne sag.
Jackson (PPE). - I should like to ask why the Commission has acted so slowly on this.
Det pågældende direktiv blev vedtaget i 1986.
The directive in question was adopted in 1986.
Jeg forestiller mig, at gennemførelsestidspunktet var lang tid inden 1992, således at portugiserne havde haft seks år til at gennemføre det, og når de har ophøjet det til lov, var det utilstrækkeligt.
I imagine that the implementation date was long before 1992 so that the Portuguese have had six years in which to put it into action and when they have put it on to the statute books it is inadequate.
Hvorfor var det nødvendigt, at den britiske sammenslutning for afskaffelse af vivisektion og andre frivillige organer gjorde Kommissionen opmærksom på situationen i Portugal, når Kommissionen allerede har sit eget kontor i Portugal og et udvalg, får vi at vide i dag, som specifikt ser nærmere på gennemførelsen af direktivet?
Why has it taken the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection and other voluntary bodies to draw the Commission's attention to the situation in Portugal when the Commission already has its own office in Portugal and has, we learn today a committee looking specifically at the implementation of the directive?
Er Kommissionen klar over de beskyldninger, som den britiske sammenslutning for afskaffelse af vivisektion (BUAV) har fremsat, og som er underbygget af øjenvidner og fotografier om, at der i Portugal drives handel med omstrejfende hunde, der anvendes til laboratorieforsøg?
To compensate for these subsidies and thus avoid possible distortions of competition, a substantial capacity reduction, in this case of 5.5 million tonnes of hot-rolled broad band steel, was agreed.
Hvad gør Kommissionen for at undersøge situationen her og nu og for at insistere på overholdelse af direktivet om eksperimenter på levende dyr?
This will make a significant contribution to the restructuration of the sector, which, given the difficult market situation, should be taken further.
Schmidhuber. - (DE) Fru Jackson, jeg er bange for, at De måske har en lidt for idealistisk forestilling om fællesskabsinstansernes forhold til medlemsstaterne. Det kontor, som Kommissionen har i Lissabon, er et information skontor, som ikke har mulighed for at gribe ind over for
Schmidhuber. - (DE) I fear that the honourable Member may perhaps have a too idealistic notion of the relations between Community Institutions and Member States.
Under hensyntagen til disse komplekse forhold kan man derfor ikke tale om, at Kommissionen har handlet tøvende her.
Morris sion has to date not yet authorized the financial restructuring or planned takeover of the EKO-Stahl concern.
White (PSE). - (EN) Kommissæren nævnte proceduren i artikel 169, hvilket lader mig forstå, at der i det mindste er fremsendt formelle klager.
President. - As the authors are not present, Question No 47 by Mr Valverde López and Question No 48 by Mr Sanchez Garcia lapse.
Schmidhuber. - (DE) Kommissionen vil besvare dette spørgsmål skriftligt.
Question No 49 by Miguel Arias Cañete (H-0419/94) Subject: Cotton production in the Community
Morris. - (EN) Jeg mener, der er en betydelig foruroligelse blandt stålarbejderne i min valgkreds og i Wales med hensyn til muligheden for, at der kræves yderligere produktionsnedskæringer af dem.
Morris (PSE). - I think there is considerable anxiety among steel workers in my constituency and in Wales about any possibility of further cuts in production required of them.
De har fuldt ud opfyldt deres forpligtelse, og selv om de har opfyldt deres forpligtelse fuldt ud, har vi jo en situation i EU, hvor vi, har jeg fået at vide, stadig har en overkapacitet på noget i retning af 11 mio t. Jeg har ingen som helst interesse i at se, at tyske, spanske, italienske eller portugisiske stålarbejdere bliver udsat for det, stålarbejdere i Wales blev udsat for, nemlig at blive kasseret i en meget ung alder.
They have met their obligation in full, and even though they have met their obligation in full, in fact we have a situation within the EU where we are, so I am told, still in over-capacity to the extent of something like 11 million tonnes. I have no interest at all in seeing the German, Spanish, Italian or Portuguese steel workers suffer what steel workers in Wales suffered in terms of being thrown onto the scrap heap at a very early age.
Men jeg vil spørge Kommissionen, hvis der skal ske yderligere nedskæringer af stålproduktionen, om disse nedskæringer ikke snarere bør kræves af stålproducenter på kontinentet end af den britiske stålindustri.
But I would ask the Commission, if there are to be any further cuts in steel production, whether those cuts should not be required of the Continental steel producers rather than of the British steel industry.
Spiers (PSE). - (EN) Ligesom de øvrige spørgere har jeg modtaget mange breve om dette, og jeg vil gerne i lyset af kommissærens svar have at vide, om han føler sig overbevist om, at Kommissionen er i stand til at håndhæve europæiske direktiver på området dyremishandling, og om den også er i stand til at opdage overtrædelser.
Cotton production in Greece has increased significantly in recent years (estimate for the 1994/95 season: 1.1 million tonnes).
Hvis den ikke er det, tjener det så egentlig noget formål at vedtage lovgivning efter disse retningslinjer, f.eks. på området transport af dyr eller andre områder, hvor Den Europæiske Union måtte ønske at håndhæve strengere bestemmelser for dyrenes sikkerhed?
This has had a serious effect on both producers and manufacturers of cotton in Spain, in the form of substantial price penalties (of up to 27%) imposed because the maximum guaranteed quantity has been exceeded, although Spain cannot be held responsible for these since, in the last two seasons, Spanish production has been less than 100 000 tonnes because of the persistent drought affecting cotton production areas.
Schmidhuber. - (DE) Jeg har forståelse for det ærede medlems position og tillader mig at gøre opmærksom på, at Kommissionen allerede i en rum tid har bestræbt sig på at yde sit bidrag til at overvinde den strukturelle krise inden for stålindustrien.
Schmidhuber. - (DE) I sympathize with the honourable Member's position and would point out that the European Commission has for a considerable time been making efforts to contribute to overcoming the structural crisis in the steel industry.
I denne forbindelse er det vigtigt, at stålvirksomhederne i alle medlemsstater og uden hensyntagen til, om de er offentligt eller privatejede, behandles ens med hensyn til støtte.
It is important in this situation that steel enterprises in all Member States, irrespective of whether they are in the public sector or in private hands, receive equal treatment as regards subsidies.
Det er også rigtigt, at strukturkrisen inden for stålindustrien endnu ikke på nogen måde er overvundet, at den tværtimod på nuværende tidspunkt kun trænges i baggrunden på grund af bestemte konjunkturelle opadgående udviklinger.
It is also the case that this structural crisis has by no means been overcome, but rather postponed for the moment, due to the current economic upswing.
Problemet står fortsat på dagsordenen.
The problem remains on the agenda.
Formanden. - Spørgsmål nr. 46 af Morris (H-0407/94):
Schmidhuber, Member of the Commission. - (DE) It is perfectly true that owing to the drought, Spain's cotton producing land area has shrunk in the last two years.
46.000 arbejdspladser er gået tabt i de seneste år som led i den slankekur, der er gennemført inden for British Steel, som dermed er blevet den mest effektive stålindustri i Europa.
However, the Council compensated for the effects of this excess on Spanish producers in the farm prices package of 92/93 when it decided to limit the top rate for cuts in Community rebates to 15%.
Nu står yderligere tusinder af arbejdspladser på spil som følge af illoyal konkurrence i EU.
Rebates to Spanish producers would have been cut by 34.1 % if the original provisions of the proposed package had been implemented.
Crowley (RDE). - (EN) Mener kommissæren ikke, at Kommissionen bør gøre alt, hvad der er muligt for at bevare arbejdspladser inden for den effektive stålindustri?
Crowley (RDE). - Would the Commissioner not agree that the Commission should do everything possible to maintain jobs in the efficient steel industry?
Jeg taler navnlig med hensyn til et problem, som vi for øjeblikket står over for i min valgkreds i Munster i Irland, hvor det nationale stålværk er truet af lukning.
I speak in particular with regard to a problem which we are facing at present in my constituency in Munster in Ireland where the national steel mill is under threat of closure.
Heldigvis er de fagforeninger, der repræsenterer de 550 arbejdstagere på værket, nu blevet enige om at gennem føre en plan, så virksomheden bliver levedygtig.
Fortunately the unions representing the 550 workers at the plant have now agreed to implement a plan to make the company viable.
Dette vil være første gang, at det irske stålværk vil modtage europæiske midler.
This will be the first time that European money has been involved in the Irish steel plant.
Dette er sidste chance for hele værket, men det er også sidste chance for de 550 ansatte hos Irish Steel såvel som de øvrige 1.000 ansatte, der arbejder inden for de tilknyttede serviceindustrier.
This is a last chance for the plant as a whole, but it is also a last chance for the 550 employees in Irish Steel, as well as the other 1,000 employees who work in the associated service industries.
Hvad har Kommissionen eventuelt foretaget sig for at bringe statsstøtten til stålproducenterne i Tysk land, Italien, Spanien og Portugal til ophør?
Would you agree that some form of subsidy should be allowed to make these plants efficient?
Mener De, at en eller anden form for støtte bør tillades for at gøre disse værker effektive?
Taking into account the drought in Spain, the Council kept the top rate for cuts in rebates at 15% for financial 1993/94.
Schmidhuber, medlem af Kommissionen. - (DE) Formodentlig refererer hr. Morris med sine henvisninger til statsstøtte til stålproducenter i Tyskland, Italien, Spanien og Portugal til Kommissionens afgørelser af 12. april 1994 om de nævnte medlemsstaters støtte til seks virksomheder.
For financial 1994/95, the Council agreed in principle to reduce the previously agreed top rate cut from 20% to 18.5%. The Commission has just transmitted a proposal along these lines to the Council and the Parliament for a formal modification to the legislation.
Til denne støtte, som skal bruges til omstrukturering og i visse tilfælde privatisering af de pågældende virksomheder, meddelte Kommissionen dispensationer i henhold til EKSF-traktatens artikel 95 med Rådets enstemmige godkendelse.
In addition, the Commission has undertaken, pursuant to the Council Decision of December 1993, to present as soon as possible the results of its deliberations on the possibility of adapting the stabilization mechanism in the inter ests of fairer administration, ie dividing the guaranteed ceiling quantities between the producing Member States.
Schmidhuber. - (DE) Hr. Crowley, jeg mener, at jeg har opdaget en vis selvmodsigelse i Deres bemærkninger.
Schmidhuber. - (DE) Honourable Member, I believe I detected a certain contradiction in your question.
De talte tidligere om, at man ikke bør hæmme de effektive stålværker. Her er jeg helt enig med dem.
First of all you said that we should not put obstacles in the way of competitive steel enterprises, and there I entirely share your opinion.
Men dette forudsætter jo, at netop bevarelsesstøtte standses.
But that means putting a stop to running subsidies.
Desværre krævede De imidlertid i slutningen af Deres bemærkninger netop en sådan støtte.
Then unfortunately at the end of your state ment you asked for just this kind of subsidy.
Jeg mener, at det tjener den europæiske stålindustri bedst, hvis den har de samme konkurrencebetingelser, så kan de mest effektive virksomheder klare sig.
I believe that the European steel industry will be best served by having equal competitive conditions. Then the most efficient enterprises will be able to win through.
For at undgå mulige konkurrencefordrejninger blev der som modydelse for denne støtte aftalt en væsentlig nedskæring af kapaciteterne, nemlig i det tilfælde 5,5 mio t varmbredbånd.
As regards the fraudulent practices which have been detected in Greece, I would like to add that an extremely detailed investigation has been carried out, and that the conclusions of this investigation will be reflected in the final accounts.
Dermed ydes et betydeligt bidrag til omstruktureringen af denne branche, som skal fortsættes på grund af den vanskelige markedssituation.
Since Spain joined the Community we have been in the paradoxical situation where, a maximum quantity having been imposed on Spain and Greece jointly, one of the Member States has been systematically increasing its production whereas the other has kept its at around 270,000 tonnes, except in a period of drought when it produced only 95,000 tonnes.
Afgørelser ne lader ikke nogen tvivl tilbage om, at den godkendte støtte skal anses for at være endegyldig, og at disse
However, it is forced to suffer from a Community rule which indiscriminately penalises the fact that the maximum guaranteed quantity has been exceeded.
Bonde (EDN). - Hr. formand Jeg undrer mig over, at jeg ikke fik svar på spørgsmål nr. 85 sammen med det andet spørgsmål om stål, og jeg vil gerne udbede mig Kommissionens forklaring på, hvorfor man har fraveget det direktiv, der gjaldt om statsstøtte i forhold til Østtyskland, og hvad man vil gøre for at stille danske skibsværfter tilfredse i den klage, de har anlagt ved Kommissionen? sionen?
Schmidhuber. - (DE) Honourable Member, I take it that when you refer to East German steel firms you mean EKO-Stahl. I must point out that the European Commis
På denne baggrund er det absolut nødvendigt, at Kom missionen redegør for resultaterne af undersøgelsen ved rørende de konstaterede tilfælde af svig, for hvis det ydermere forholder sig sådan, at overskridelsen af garantimængden skyldes svig, er der tale om en himmelråbende uretfærdig situation.
In these circumstances, it is fundamental that the Com mission should inform us of the findings of the inquiry into fraud because, if the excess quantities are due to fraud, this is crying out for action.
Det er ikke længere tilstrækkeligt med delløsninger, der må findes en endelig løsning på problemet med fastsættelse af forskellige reference mængder for de to medlemsstater, idet Grækenland fører en systematisk devalueringspolitik, som gør det muligt at udligne sanktionsforanstaltninger, hvorimod disse med fører nedgang i produktionen i Spanien, som har en mere stabil valuta.
At this moment, it is not enough to talk of partial solutions but we should be tackling the problem head on and establishing maximum quantities for each Member State, since Greece is apply ing a systematic policy of currency devaluation that enables it to absorb the penalties while Spain, with a more stable currency, has to respond each time by reducing domestic cotton production.
Jeg opfordrer derfor Kommissionen til, som det hedder i tyrefægterterminologi, at angribe dette problem frontalt og direkte, og fastlægge en endelig løsning.
I would like the Commission to deal with this problem 'courageously, head on and fairly', as they say in bull-fighting, to find lasting solutions to the problem.
Den kraftige stigning i den græske bomuldsproduktion (ifølge skøn vil den for høståret 1994/1995 andrage 1.100.000 tons) har skadet både fremstillings- og forarbejdningssektoren for bomuld i Spa nien alvorligt, idet denne som følge af den store medansvarsafgift (op til 27%) på grund af overskridelse af de fælles markedsordninger har lidt store tab.
Schmidhuber, Member of the Commission. - (DE) On behalf of the Commission, I can only repeat that the definition of regions and any changes to administrative boundaries in a Member State do not fall within the Commission's area of competence.
Spanien har ikke været ansvarlig herfor, idet den spanske produktion på grund af vedvarende tørke i produktionsområderne ikke har oversteget 100.000 tons.
The reason why the Southwest of England planning region was divided up into two regions in the information brochure issued by the Commission's London office to which the Commission's earlier answer refers, has already been explained in this earlier answer.
Ville det ikke være mere retfærdigt at fritage Spanien for den omtalte medansvarsafgift for produktionsåret 1994/1995 (omtrent 5.300 mio pesetas)?
White (PSE). - The previous question was not answered properly, and I do think the Commission has a duty of common courtesy to make sure that there is a full answer given, particularly in view of the fact that I wrote a letter about this so that the Commission could have more detail.
Schmidhuber. - (DE) Hr. Arias Cañete Jeg tillader mig at minde om, at jeg i mit svar allerede antydede to foran staltninger, som går i den retning, De ønsker.
Schmidhuber. - (DE) Honourable Member, I would remind you that in my answer I have already indicated two measures which go very much along the lines you mentioned.
Det er for det første indførelsen af nationale kontingenter, og for det andet, at resultaterne af vore undersøgelser af markedet for bomuld i Grækenland indgår i den efterfølgende procedure, dvs. at der drages de finansielle konsekvenser af disse bedragerier.
Firstly the introduction of national quotas, and secondly the fact that the results of our investigations into the cotton market in Greece have led to formal charges being levelled, which is to say that these fraudulent acts will result in financial consequences for the perpetrators.
Kommissionen har til hensigt at foreslå en mere retfærdig ordning for stabilisatorerne.
The Commission also intends to make proposals for a fairer stabilization mechanism.
Derudover vil den forelægge rapporten om bomuldsstøtteordningens funktion, som den skal forelægge Rådet inden produktionsåret 1996/97 sammen med ændringsforslag til støtteordningen, og det skal ske så rettidigt, at de pågældende lovbestemmelser kan træde i kraft fra produktionsåret 1995/96, dvs. fra det næste produktion sår.
In addition, regarding the report on the cotton rebate mechanism and proposals for modifications to this mechanism, which the Commission is due to present to the Council before financial 1996/97, the Commission intends to table this report in time to see the appropriate legislation come into force during financial 1995/96, which means during the next financial year.
Schmidhuber, medlem af Kommissionen. - (DE) Det er rigtigt, at arealerne til bomuldsproduktion i Spanien er faldet i de sidste par år på grund af tørken.
Dimitrakopoulos (PPE). - (EL) I do not want to go into how Spain, on its accession in 1986, found itself in the same quota group as Greece, but I would like to ask the Commission whether it knows about the efforts made by Greece since 1992 to reduce its cotton production, efforts that have not been without cost.
Det er endvidere rigtigt, at det for lave skøn over den græske produktion i produktionsåret 1991/92 forårsagede en yderligere overskridelse af de maksimale garantimængder, der var gældende for fællesskabsproduktionen.
And secondly, whether it has already been informed of certain additional measures taken by the government, concerning the control of movement, trade and production by cotton ginning plants.
Dog blev virkningerne af denne overskridelse for de spanske producenter udlignet ved, at Rådet som led i landbrugsprispakken 1992/93 vedtog at begrænse den højeste sats for nedsættelsen af fællesskabsstøtten til 15%.
The European Commission's UK representative came to Bristol at a time when Members were in plenary session in Strasbourg and introduced the leaflet referred to.
Satsen havde nemlig udgjort 34,1%, hvis de bestemmelser, der oprindeligt var fastsat, var blevet anvendt.
I have no complaint about that; but there was a clear definition of the West Country in terms of five counties.
Dimitrakopoulos (PPE). - (EL) Jeg vil ikke komme nærmere ind på, hvordan Spanien ved sin tiltræden af Fællesskabet i 1986 havde samme kvote som Grækenland, men jeg vil gerne spørge Kommissionen, om den er bekendt med det arbejde, Grækenland har gjort siden 1992 for at begrænse bomuldsproduktionen, og som ikke har været uden omkostninger.
The reason I do complain today is that I do not think the Commission has attended to the question of how that booklet was prepared. My specific question was the basis upon which regions had been defined in that booklet, the criterion applied - and you must surely know that, because somebody wrote the booklet, somebody must have actually put pen to paper.
Og for det andet, om den er bekendt med nogle ekstra foranstaltninger, regeringen har truffet for at kontrollere bevægelser inden for forarbejdningsvirksomhedernes handel og produktion.
And, finally, as to the parties consulted, I can tell the Commission that the Labour Party was not consulted, the trade unions were not consulted, and I believe the Liberal Democrats were not consulted.