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Wulf-Mathies, medlem af Kommissionen. - (DE) Hr. formand, hr. Rack, Kommissionen har foreslået, at fælles skabsinitiativet Interreg videreføres og styrkes.
What discussions has the Commission had recently with the Chinese authorities concerning its relations with Taiwan?
Det skal efter dens mening for fremtiden omfatte tre former for samarbejde.
I give the floor to Sir Leon to answer Mr Watson's question. tion.
Vi vil gerne gøre det klart, at beregningsgrundlagene og indikatorerne er gennemskuelige og kan kontrolleres af alle. Derfor er vi for øjeblikket ved at udarbejde et do kument, som stilles til både Rådets og så naturligvis også det kompetente udvalgs disposition.
What action has the Commission taken in response to the recent court case in the Ohio State Court in the USA which was directly aimed at preventing foreign steel from entering that particular state, an action that appears to be in contravention of US and international law?
Det første spørgsmål drejer sig om mål 6- området.
I give the floor to Sir Leon to answer Mr Bowe's question.
Jeg vil gerne vide, hvor langt man er nået med diskussio nerne om mål 6- området for Sverige og Finland, som jo blev taget op i forbindelse med forhandlingerne om med lemskab i 1992.
Brittan, Sir Leon, Vice-President of the Commission. -The latest contact that we had with the Chinese on the subject of Taiwan was in July 1998 when the Commission's Deputy Director-General in DG I, Mr Gérard Depayre, explained to an envoy from the Chinese mission to the EU the content and purpose of our bilateral WTO market access agreement which I signed - the record of the negotiations - with the Taiwanese Minister Wang in Brussels on 23 July.
Kommer kriterierne fra dengang, som stadig gælder, med, og vil de bliver overført uændret til mål 1? ?
Since then there has been no official contact with the Chinese authorities on the question of Taiwan.
For det første: samarbejdet mellem grænseregioner med fælles grænse med henblik på at udvikle henholdsvis sammenhængende, grænseoverskridende, økonomiske og sociale områder og et grænseoverskridende tæt samarbejde også om alle andre sager.
Brittan, Sir Leon, Vice-f'resident of the Commission. -On 27 October an Ohio- based steel producer filed an ac tion in the Ohio State Court alleging unfair competition from low-priced steel imports into the state.
For det andet: transnationalt samarbejde mellem regionale og nationale myndig heder med henblik på at fremme den økonomiske integration af randområder samt en øget integration af Europa og en uddybning af samarbejdet om den fysiske planlægning.
The action was meant to seek restrictions on imports into the state by a number of trading companies as well as,Russian and Japanese steel producers.
For det tredje: interregionalt samarbejde med hen blik på at udveksle erfaringer og metoder, der har bevist deres egnethed, samt fremme overførslen af knowhow mellem de pågældende regioner.
This is a highly unusual move by the US steel industry which had already begun to lodge a serious of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy complaints at the federal level in response to the crisis in South-East Asia and Russia.
Den anden ting er, at jeg tror, at det generelt ville være godt, hvis vi får klarlagt bestemmelserne for strukturfondene i medlemsstaterne, før valget til Europa-Parlamentet i juni næste år, så der ikke råder en masse uklarhed på dette område.
We do not recognise Taiwan as a separate sovereign nation but rather as a separate customs territory with which we have had increasingly intense economic and commercial links.
Inden for rammerne af Interreg kan som bekendt kun for anstaltninger i medlemsstaterne finansieres.
On 17 November 1998, however, the Ohio State Court where the case was pending dismissed the action brought by the Ohio corporation.
Herindunder falder et stort antal foranstaltninger på områder som økonomisk samarbejde, miljøbeskyttelse, infrastruktur, politik angående små og mellemstore virksomheder, turisme etc.
The Commission is monitoring the further progress of the case as there may well be an attempt to seek relief before a federal court.
Det skyldes jo nu engang Rådet, og jeg håber, at Rådet i sidste instans le ver op til sine beslutninger fra mødet i Cardiff.
As a result of being a free and open democracy with a transparent economy they have come well out of the fi nancial turmoil.
Kommissionen har iværksat en reform af Phare-CBC-be-stemmelserne. Målet med denne reform er at gøre det grænseoverskridende samarbejde mere effektivt og øge foranstaltningernes grænseoverskridende karakter gen nem fælles strukturer og fælles programmer.
If the American Government gives in to this type of pres sure, what is the European Union - and the Commission in particular - going to do to protect its steel companies?
Om: Det fremtidige indhold af fællesskabsinitiativet Interreg
In those circumstances I do not think it would be appropriate for me to comment on political developments in Taiwan.
Der aftegner sig allerede meget konkrete detaljer med hensyn til de fremtidige rammebetingelser for de nye mål 1, 2 og 3.
Brittan, Sir Leon. - It would be unwise to speculate on what we would do in a certain speculative event but I can tell you one thing.
Det forholder sig anderledes med hen
We would certainly wish to ensure that the United States acted in accordance with WTO rules.
Rack (PPE). - (DE) Fru kommissær, det, De resumere rede i Deres svar, viser, at vi netop med hensyn til dette for regionerne, men også for Dem som den ansvarlige kommissær, vigtige emne allerede er kommet meget langt og navnlig i den rigtige retning.
But I would say, with regard to the other points that have been made, we are negotiating in good faith and rather successfully with Taiwan on its admission to the WTO.
Det spørgsmål, der natur ligvis altid kan stilles i denne sammenhæng, er: hvor me-
We have made very good progress on the market access question. There are other aspects that still have to be con-
Vi byder Dem velkommen, hr. Brittan, og beder Dem be svare hr. Salafrancas spørgsmål.
« opening of legal proceedings, provided that any sentences are proportionate to the seriousness of the violation.
Hvorledes ser det, så vidt det allerede nu kan overskues, ud for den kommende støttepriode?
We will negotiate with Taiwan on those other as pects without delay and seek to reach a mutually acceptable agreement.
Brittan, Sir Leon, næstformand i Kommissionen. - (EN) Kommissionen er bekendt med brevet fra udenrigsminister Albright til senator Helms vedrørende aftalen om in vesteringsdisciplin.
More generally, as far as the economic and commercial links with Taiwan are concerned, I entirely agree with what has been said.
Vi har drøftet det med udenrigsminister Albright under ministermødet i Wien i september, og Kommissionen informerede hende om, at der var adskillige dele af det brev, som Kommissionen ikke ville have skrevet.
It is a territory that has been extremely successful economically, even in the context of the current problems in Asia.
Kommissionen mener ikke, at det er ønskværdigt eller nyttigt at fokusere på uenigheder i forelæggelsen af aftalen om investeringsdisciplin.
There is enormous further potential for the development of economic and commercial links with the European Union.
Aftaleteksten som sådan er detaljeret og tydelig.
President. - Question No 58 by Paul Rübig (H-0924/98)
Det er en tekst, som vi vil over holde og gennemføre, når der vedtages en tekst om frafaldelse af Helms-Burton-loven.
Subject: Directives on the recognition of diplomas and discrimination against consultant engineering firms
Wulf-Mathies. - (DE) Hr. formand, hr. Rack, bevillingerne vil i hvert fald blive øget, for De ved, at Interreg for fremtiden ikke mere er et af 13 initiativer, men ifølge Kommissionens forslag - og her kan jeg kun anmode Par lamentet om at modstå fristelsen til at splitte fælles skabsinitiativerne op - et af tre.
Should it emerge that there is a significant difference between the qualifications laid down by law in Italy and those required of Austrian citizens to practise that profession, the Italian authorities may invite the Austrian citizen to opt for an equalisation measure such as, for example, a training period or an aptitude test.
Kommissionen har indtil nu hele tiden været af den mening, at Interreg skal være det mest betydningsfulde af disse tre, og det kunne be tyde, at ca. 50 % af midlerne til fællesskabsinitiativerne -altså af den andel på 5 %, som fællesskabsinitiativerne udgør af hele kagen - skal tilflyde Interreg.
If, as appears to be the case, the Austrian practitioners possess only lower-level diplomas such as those pro vided for in Directive 92/51/EEC, the Italian authorities may require an equalisation measure to be applied in all cases.
Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (PPE). - (ES) Hr. kommissær, jeg vil gerne gå i dybden med to forhold, som jeg be der Dem besvare med største præcision.
It will be clear from what I have said that the gen eral position of the Italian authorities does not conflict with the provisions of Community law.
Men det forudsætter: for det første, at medlemsstaterne accepterer procentsatsen på 5 %. Det hersker der for øje blikket uenighed om i Rådet. For det andet, at vi modstår alle fristelser til at lægge yderligere initiativer oveni, for det er klart, at der så automatisk skulle stilles midler til rå dighed til flere initiativer med den konsekvens, at Interreg så også ville komme til at lide under det i finansiel henseende. ende.
The first and second directives on the recognition of diplomas govern entitlement to exercise a profession, or rather the evidence entitling a person to pursue a regulated profession in an EU Member State.
Da De mødte op i Europa-Parlamentets Udvalg om Uden rigs-, Sikkerheds- og Forsvarsanliggender dagen efter Rå det (almindelige anliggender), hvor betingelserne i erklæringen fra det transatlantiske topmøde om ekstraterritoriale love, nærmere bestemt Helms-Burton-loven, blev behandlet, sagde De, at hvis USA ikke opfyldte sin del -og jeg refererer her til ændringen af afsnit IV - ville disse aftaler falde bort.
Rübig (PPE). - (DE) Mr President, it appears in practice that an engineer in Austria may provide a service which meets market requirements, and that when he provides the same service in Italy or in another Member State, it is then no longer admissible.
Og i givet fald udelukkede De ikke mu ligheden for på en eller anden måde at genoptage sagen i Verdenshandelsorganisationens instanser.
How do you intend to deal in future with these problems which constitute obstacles for the in ternal market?
Formanden. - Mine damer og herrer, med dette spørgs mål af hr. Rack har vi opbrugt den tid, der var afsat til spørgsmål til kommissær Monika Wulf-Mathies.
Monti. - (IT) Here the relevant distinction is the one in troduced at the Fontainebleau summit back in 1984.
Da den tid, der var afsat til spørgsmål til kommissær Wulf-Mathies, er udløbet, besvares spørgsmål nr. 51 af hr. Schröder skriftligt. (')
How does the Commission intend to react to this possible dis crimination against consultant engineering firms with regard to the exercise of their profession within the in ternal market?
Spørgsmål til hr. Brittan
I should like to welcome Mr Monti and give him the floor to answer Mr Rübig's question.
Præsident Clintons embedsperiode? Kommissionens embedsperiode?
Generally speaking, the Commission is not in favour of proposing new specific directives.
Eller måske embedsperioden for den kommende præsident for USA?
In these cases, there fore, the host country is entitled to restrict the exercise of a certain occupation to holders of university and higher education degrees, and then - as I said - a citizen from an other Member State may opt either for an aptitude test or a training period.
Formanden. - Spørgsmål nr. 52 af José Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (H-0923/98):
President. - Question No 59 by Antonios Trakatellis (H-0940/98)
Om: Forbindelserne mellem USA og Cuba
Community legislation on public contracts
Er Kommissionen bekendt med den skrivelse af 3. august 1998, som den amerikanske udenrigsminister Albright har stilet til formanden for det amerikanske Senats udenrigsudvalg, Helms, og som har været offentliggjort i flere forskellige medier?
Monti, Member of the Commission. - (IT) As the honour able Member has pointed out, within the meaning of Di rectives 89/48/EEC and 92/51/EEC the term 'diploma' may include not only school leaving certificates and university degrees, but also a number of training and examination certificates.
Jeg vil gerne vide, hr. kommissær, om De fra den amerikanske Kongres har modtaget en skrivelse, hvori Kommissionen anmodes om at give udtryk for sin hold ning nærmere bestemt til indholdet af denne skrivelse.
The directives relating to the general system of recognition of diplomas make no provision for coordination of training nor for automatic recognition of vocational qualifications.
Agter Kommissionen at reagere eller give udtryk for sin holdning i denne sag?
Each Member State is free to stipulate what qualifications are required to exercise an occupation or profession within its own borders.
Er Kommissionen enig i, at denne aftale er en ekstra ordinær fornyet bekræftelse af de principper, der lig ger til grund for »Liberty Aet«?
Thus It aly is entitled to permit only graduates from universities and higher education establishments to practise as con sultant engineers.
Brittan, Sir Leon. - (EN) Situationen er den, at vi ikke vil gennemføre vores del af aftalen, hvis USA ikke gen nemfører sin.
Practitioners from other Member States must be treated in the same way as Italian citizens.
Vi har ikke fastsat nogen tidsfrist.
Infringement of the rules in force in the individual Member States may lead to the
Hvis vi ikke når frem til en aftale i OECD, tror jeg stadig, at det vil være det rette at begynde forhandlinger inden for WTO. Så det er den kurs, vi vil gå ind for, uanset hvad der sker i OECD.
According to the Commission's announcement in July, it had taken a decision on the complaint, on the authorization of Commissioner Monti.
Formanden. - Spørgsmål nr. 54 af Richard Howitt (H-1031/98):
Will the Commission, therefore, say whether it has taken a final decision on the complaint, what that de cision is and whether it may be overturned in the light of new information?
Men er han klar over, at mange europæiske forretningsfolk er blevet skræmt til at opgive at løbe nogen risici for at blive holdt til ansvar i henhold til afsnit 3 og afsnit 4 i forslaget, og hvis de har haft for bindelser til USA, har de foretrukket at indskrænke deres relationer med Cuba eller ikke have nogen overhovedet?
I would therefore like to ask you: if an approach is made, can the work begin and can payments be made, or do we first have to wait for the Commission's decision and only then begin the work?
Vil der ikke under disse omstændigheder komme et tids punkt, hvor der, selvom der ikke er fastsat nogen tidsfrist, vil skulle træffes yderligere foranstaltninger for at be skytte europæiske forretningsfolk fra virkningerne af denne situation?
Secondly, given that there has been an exchange of correspondence between you, Mr Monti, and the Greek Government, for the sake of more complete parliamentary monitoring and greater transparency I would like a copy at least of your own letter to the Greek Government.
Vil Kommissionen nu på baggrund af de seneste skridt fra den franske regerings side støtte, at drøftelserne om den multilaterale aftale om investeringer .
Finally, time marches on inexorably, Com missioner, towards the end of the Second Community Support Framework.
(MIA) flyttes fra OECD og overføres til Verdenshandelsorganisationen (WTO)?
Will it be possible for the work to begin and for payments to be made before then?
Brittan, Sir Leon. - (EN) De synes at være temmelig godt beskyttet af den forståelse, vi har, for store horder af dem synes at strømme til Cuba.
In view of the fact that the Greek Ministry for Public Works has announced that the contract has been signed, can work commence without further complication due to controversy over the contract?
Hr. Brittan, De bedes besvare hr. Howitts spørgsmål.
Did ex amination of the complaint reveal any shortcoming in the implementation of Community directives on public contracts in relation to this project and, if so, how will the Commission ensure that the law is upheld in the future?
Om; Forhandlingerne om en multilateral investeringsaftale (MIA)
Monti. - (IT) I would add in reply to Mr Trakatellis that -as I have said - if new and different facts arise in relation to a case, it is always possible to reopen proceedings.
For nogen tid siden blev forhandlingerne i OECD om den multilaterale investeringsaftale genoptaget.
I would stress that, in this case, none of the information which has so far come to light justifies such action.
Det udkast, der dannede grundlag for forhandlingerne i foråret, er blevet kritiseret kraftigt bl.a. af Europa-Parlamentet.
There fore, as far as the Commission is concerned, this case has been dropped in the same way as all others are dropped: the relevant proceedings have been closed.
Hvilke ændringer ønsker Kommissionen gennemført i aftalen i forhold til det udkast, der blev forhandlet i foråret?
New and different facts would be required in order for it to be reopened, but that is not the situation at present.
Hr. Brittan, De bedes besvare hr. Sjöstedts spørgsmål.
I give the floor to Mr Monti to answer Mr Trakatellis's question.
Brittan, Sir Leon, næstformand i Kommissionen. - (EN) Som jeg sagde under den forhandling, jeg nævnte i mit svar på det foregående spørgsmål, har jeg altid ment, at WTO var det bedste sted på langt sigt, hvis der skal ska bes forudselige rammer for investeringsdisciplin.
Monti, Member of the Commission. - (IT) The Commission wishes to inform the honourable Member that it has dropped the case concerning the Thessaloniki under ground railway, by Decision H/98/3262 of 27 August 1998, given that it did not come across any breach of the principle of equal treatment.
I mellemtiden har der været forhandlin gerne orri MIA i OECD-regi.
The competent authorities in Greece were informed in a letter dated 18 September 1998.
Vi har deltaget i disse for handlinger, men mulighederne for at nå frem til en succesfuld afslutning ser ikke alt for lovende ud for nærværende. Så vi bør overveje, hvad der vil være den bedste vej frem nu for at gøre noget ved situationen og få gang i forhandlingerne i WTO under alle omstændigheder. der.
Before arriving at the decision to drop the case, the Commission requested and obtained from the Greek au thorities a guarantee that future calls for tender, in particular ones relating to contracts of a similar scale, will be drawn up and implemented with the greatest care, so as to avoid difficulties and delays of the kind which have occurred in the tender procedure for the Thessaloniki under ground railway.
Brittan, Sir Leon, næstformand i Kommissionen. - (EN) Dette er selvfølgelig et kompliceret spørgsmål. Siden det blev rejst, er jeg fremkommet med en udtalelse fra Kom missionen ved plenarmødet den 20. oktober.
Hatzidakis (PPE). - (EL) Commissioner, you said that you have shelved the matter until you receive new figures, but that at the same time you have told the Greek authorities that in future they should handle things differently from the way in which they dealt with the Thessaloniki metro contract.
Det er stadig en akkurat udtalelse, der giver et godt billede af stillingen lige nu, og jeg vil henvise til den.
So the conclusion I draw is that the procedures followed had certain deficiencies.
Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL). - (SV) Jeg siger kommissæren hjertelig tak for det ikke alt for lange svar.
Politically, there fore, the procedures were not transparent.
Howitt (PSE). - (EN) Må jeg mon bede formanden for Rådet om at kommentere anden del af mit spørgsmål, og navnlig behovet for at inkorporere bindende lovgivningsmæssige standarder, især inden for sådanne områder som arbejde, miljø, investeringsincitamenter og restriktiv forretningspraksis i enhver ny multilateral aftale om investering ved siden af investorernes rettigheder?
Legally, how ever - since I am a lawyer - you may indeed have shelved the matter, but the comment that in future such practices should be avoided means that the practice followed was incorrect, that it lacked transparency, that it infringed Community regulations, in other words that someone could go to court solely on the basis of what you have just told us, and blow the contract to pieces.
Nu virker det sandsynligt, at der bliver tale om nye for handlinger inden for rammerne af Verdenshandelsorganisationen WTO.
The Commission would point out that, as always, should any new facts come into its possession relating to an in fringement of Community legislation, it could decide to open a new procedure to verify the legality of the situation.
Eller me ner man, at man skal starte helt forfra, idet der gælder nye forudsætninger for forhandlingerne?
If valid reasons for reopening pro ceedings were to arise in the future, which -1 repeat - is not the case at present, the Commission would certainly require considerably less time to assess the new facts, be cause the substance of the matter has already been investigated in depth.
Jeg vil også gerne spørge kommissæren, om han vil sikre, at der, for så vidt angår WTO, foretages en fuld konsultation af det civile samfund og ngo'erne, og at der tages hensyn til arbejdsmarkedsspørgsmål.
Finally, as concerns the state of advancement of the project itself, the Commission considers that all further developments must be the sole responsibility of the com petent authorities in Greece.
Brittan, Sir Leon. - (EN) Som jeg forklarede under for handlingen, er stillingen den, at vi foretrak en aftale i OECD-regi.
Monti. - (IT) Our approach in the matter under discussion was to assess whether or not Community legislation on public contracts had been breached.
Forhandlingerne er ikke afsluttet, men jeg var ærlig om det og angav, at udsigterne ikke var gode.
It was not possible in this context to prove that a clear infringement of the principle of equal treatment had taken place; that would have meant opening the appropriate proceedings.
Hvis vi havde haft en aftale i OECD-regi, eller hvis vi får
As far as the future is concerned, I can say that the guarantees sought by the Commission take
Brittan, Sir Leon. - (EN) Der foreligger ikke nogen af tale om, at der skal foregå nogen forhandling i WTO-regi.
Trakatellis (PPE). - (EL) Commissioner, thank you very much for your answer.
Jeg håber meget stærkt, at vi får en sådan forhandling, men der hersker stærk modstand imod det blandt en
Firstly, I would like you to tell me this, please: you have already said that when new figures emerge clearly from the agreement signed between the Greek state and the contractor, we will be able to make an
Brittan, Sir Leon række udviklingslande.
Monti from investing in their brands or from competing actively with other brands, which would be disadvantageous for the entire sector.
Så det vil alt i alt være for tidligt at tale om arten af vores forhandlingsmandat ved en for handling, der ikke for nærværende eksisterer.
the form of the experience acquired by the Greek admin istration and its advisers in designing and completing projects of this type; these guarantees are backed by a firm undertaking regarding their future conduct.'
Det korte svar er, at der ikke er noget lige nu, men der vil skulle være et, når tiden er inde.
Naturally we shall continue to remain vigilant.
Hvad høringen af det civile samfund angår, er det meget vigtigt.
President. - Question No 60 by Sören Wibe (H-0951/98)
Formanden. - Da hr. Barton ikke er til stede, bortfalder spørgsmål nr. 55.
Subject: Parallel imports into the EEA
Brittan, Sir Leon. - (EN) Jeg finder det uklogt at spekulere på, hvad vi ville gøre i tilfælde af en vis hypotetisk begivenhed, men jeg kan fortælle Dem én ting.
Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: parallel imports within the Community and also, more broadly, within the EEA are a key element of the single market, and the current discussions concerning the exhaustion of the right conferred by a trade mark do not revolve around this fundamental element, but relate only to parallel imports from outside the Community.