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Document C:1998:158:TOC
Official Journal of the European Communities, C 158, 25 May 1998
Official Journal of the European Communities, C 158, 25 May 1998
Official Journal of the European Communities, C 158, 25 May 1998
Official Journal of the European Communities | ISSN
0378-6986 C 158 Volume 41 25 May 1998 |
English edition | Information and Notices | ||
Notice No | Contents | Page | |
I Information | |||
European Parliament | |||
Written Questions with answer | |||
(98/C 158/01) | E-1824/97 by Laura De Esteban Martin to the Council | ||
Subject: Community passport and minors | 1 | ||
(98/C 158/02) | E-1870/97 by Gerardo Fernández-Albor to the Commission | ||
Subject: EU involvement in the development of As Pontes, Galicia (Supplementary Answer) | 2 | ||
(98/C 158/03) | E-2125/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 - Safety tests (Supplementary Answer) | 2 | ||
(98/C 158/04) | E-2230/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Effects of the substance ephedrine on public health (Supplementary Answer) | 3 | ||
(98/C 158/05) | E-2232/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Council | ||
Subject: Exercise of electoral rights by Albanian migrants in the EU | 4 | ||
(98/C 158/06) | E-2321/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
Subject: Legal certainty with regard to possession of a Netherlands passport | 4 | ||
(98/C 158/07) | E-2672/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
Subject: Harm done to the citizen's confidence in the EU - follow-up to previous questions on Jolanda Bona | 5 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-2321/97 and E-2672/97 | 5 | ||
(98/C 158/08) | E-2357/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
Subject: Desirability of an EU ambassador to China and the ASEAN states | 6 | ||
(98/C 158/09) | E-2424/97 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström to the Commission | ||
Subject: Health risk posed by edible salt | 6 | ||
(98/C 158/10) | E-2474/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Endocrine-disrupting chemicals in baby toys | 7 | ||
(98/C 158/11) | E-2475/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Endocrine-disrupting chemicals | 8 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-2474/97 and E-2475/97 | 8 | ||
(98/C 158/12) | E-2503/97 by Anne McIntosh to the Commission | ||
Subject: Legality of the proposed UK windfall tax on privatized utilities | 9 | ||
(98/C 158/13) | E-2563/97 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Council | ||
Subject: Freedom of movement for all EU citizens | 10 | ||
(98/C 158/14) | E-2615/97 by Jean-Thomas Nordmann to the Commission | ||
Subject: Establishment of a large retail centre | 10 | ||
(98/C 158/15) | E-2662/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
Subject: Children and teenagers accused of war crimes in Rwanda | 11 | ||
(98/C 158/16) | E-2723/97 by Jesús Cabezón Alonso to the Commission | ||
Subject: Restoration of the bay of Santander | 12 | ||
(98/C 158/17) | E-2822/97 by Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler to the Commission | ||
Subject: Damage to the environment due to destruction of surplus fruit and vegetables | 13 | ||
(98/C 158/18) | E-2825/97 by Ria Oomen-Ruijten to the Commission | ||
Subject: Trade in anabolic steroids (Supplementary Answer) | 14 | ||
(98/C 158/19) | E-2848/97 by Laurens Brinkhorst to the Council | ||
Subject: Institutional conditions for enlargement following the outcome of the IGC negotiations | 15 | ||
(98/C 158/20) | E-2863/97 by David Hallam to the Commission | ||
Subject: Poultry | 15 | ||
(98/C 158/21) | E-2891/97 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
Subject: Transportation of mixed uranium oxide in IAEA Type B flasks | 17 | ||
(98/C 158/22) | E-2896/97 by Phillip Whitehead to the Commission | ||
Subject: Proposal for a Council regulation on denominations and technical specifications of Euro coins | 17 | ||
(98/C 158/23) | E-2897/97 by Phillip Whitehead to the Commission | ||
Subject: Proposal for a Council regulation on denominations and technical specifications of Euro coins | 18 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-2896/97 and E-2897/97 | 18 | ||
(98/C 158/24) | E-2908/97 by Kenneth Collins to the Commission | ||
Subject: Portugal - VAT discrimination | 19 | ||
(98/C 158/25) | E-2910/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
Subject: Transportation of calves between Germany and France and methods used in French slaughterhouses | 19 | ||
(98/C 158/26) | E-2920/97 by Bertel Haarder to the Commission | ||
Subject: Establishing safe areas | 20 | ||
(98/C 158/27) | E-2928/97 by Elly Plooij-van Gorsel to the Commission | ||
Subject: Discriminatory provisions in Belgian post-office law | 21 | ||
(98/C 158/28) | E-2943/97 by Heidi Hautala, Laura González Álvarez, Doeke Eisma, David Bowe and Bernd Lange to the Commission | ||
Subject: Cost-benefit criteria in Auto/Oil Programme | 22 | ||
(98/C 158/29) | E-2980/97 by Klaus-Heiner Lehne to the Commission | ||
Subject: Admissibility of special credit card fees on purchases in other Member States | 23 | ||
(98/C 158/30) | E-2983/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Council | ||
Subject: Treatment of street children by Guatemalan police | 23 | ||
(98/C 158/31) | P-2993/97 by Graham Watson to the Commission | ||
Subject: Illegal trade in CFC chemicals | 24 | ||
(98/C 158/32) | E-2999/97 by Graham Mather to the Commission | ||
Subject: New car price discrepancies between Member States | 26 | ||
(98/C 158/33) | E-3003/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
Subject: Appeal by Assoedilizia against the sell-off of Italian State-owned property | 27 | ||
(98/C 158/34) | E-3032/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
Subject: Community Environmental Law | 27 | ||
(98/C 158/35) | E-3062/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
Subject: Emissions of organic compounds | 28 | ||
(98/C 158/36) | E-3074/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
Subject: Admission to the occupation of road haulage operator | 28 | ||
(98/C 158/37) | E-3093/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Council | ||
Subject: Medical treatment options for persons severely injured by chemicals | 29 | ||
(98/C 158/38) | E-3100/97 by Ben Fayot to the Commission | ||
Subject: Sale of newspapers at the European Parliament's newsstands | 30 | ||
(98/C 158/39) | E-3102/97 by Roberto Mezzaroma to the Council | ||
Subject: Catholic church in Russia | 31 | ||
(98/C 158/40) | E-3109/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
Subject: Roma-Pantona line at Tor Bella Monaca | 31 | ||
(98/C 158/41) | E-3111/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
Subject: Structural Funds in Italy | 32 | ||
(98/C 158/42) | E-3113/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
Subject: Contract for providing canteen meals to railway workers in Le Marche and the district of Pescara | 33 | ||
(98/C 158/43) | E-3115/97 by Eolo Parodi to the Commission | ||
Subject: VAT rates on transport | 34 | ||
(98/C 158/44) | E-3116/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
Subject: Ban on asylum seekers driving motor vehicles | 35 | ||
(98/C 158/45) | E-3118/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
Subject: Directives on pension schemes | 35 | ||
(98/C 158/46) | E-3120/97 by Daniela Raschhofer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Answer to Question E-1849/97 | 36 | ||
(98/C 158/47) | E-3122/97 by Armelle Guinebertière to the Commission | ||
Subject: Unequal rights of grower/distillers in the European Union | 38 | ||
(98/C 158/48) | E-3123/97 by Nel van Dijk and Edith Müller to the Commission | ||
Subject: 'Flower wars' in Cologne: interference with freedom of competition | 38 | ||
(98/C 158/49) | E-3129/97 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström to the Commission | ||
Subject: Women's training and the Information Society | 39 | ||
(98/C 158/50) | E-3130/97 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström to the Commission | ||
Subject: School milk programme | 40 | ||
(98/C 158/51) | E-3133/97 by Giuseppe Rauti to the Commission | ||
Subject: Against American domination of the radio and television industry | 40 | ||
(98/C 158/52) | E-3135/97 by Giuseppe Rauti to the Commission | ||
Subject: Drawing up a register of paedophiles Europe-wide | 42 | ||
(98/C 158/53) | E-3139/97 by Joaquim Miranda to the Commission | ||
Subject: Case C-150/97 at the Court of Justice of the European Communities | 42 | ||
(98/C 158/54) | P-3146/97 by Joan Colom i Naval to the Commission | ||
Subject: Supply of fruit trees and vines (Supplementary Answer) | 43 | ||
(98/C 158/55) | E-3149/97 by Klaus Lukas to the Commission | ||
Subject: Misappropriated development aid | 44 | ||
(98/C 158/56) | E-3150/97 by Klaus Lukas to the Commission | ||
Subject: Official cars | 45 | ||
(98/C 158/57) | E-3158/97 by Jan Mulder to the Commission | ||
Subject: Introduction of a zero refund for the export of cheese to effective export markets | 46 | ||
(98/C 158/58) | P-3167/97 by Anne McIntosh to the Commission | ||
Subject: EU Stabex Funding Vanuatu | 47 | ||
(98/C 158/59) | E-3168/97 by Graham Mather to the Commission | ||
Subject: Voting rights of non-national EU citizens in Member States | 47 | ||
(98/C 158/60) | E-3178/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Guarding of unused radioactive materials | 48 | ||
(98/C 158/61) | E-3179/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Support for wine growing on the small Mediterranean islands | 49 | ||
(98/C 158/62) | E-3182/97 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Pollution of the Megalopolis Basin | 50 | ||
(98/C 158/63) | E-3184/97 by Riitta Myller to the Commission | ||
Subject: Public health effects of the new school milk subsidy | 52 | ||
(98/C 158/64) | E-3189/97 by Magda Aelvoet to the Commission | ||
Subject: Building of a cafeteria in the Habitat area of 'De Demervallei' (Flanders) | 52 | ||
(98/C 158/65) | E-3195/97 by Bernie Malone to the Commission | ||
Subject: SLIM | 53 | ||
(98/C 158/66) | E-3196/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
Subject: Water pollution in Ireland | 54 | ||
(98/C 158/67) | E-3197/97 by Anita Pollack to the Commission | ||
Subject: Environment education | 55 | ||
(98/C 158/68) | E-3199/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
Subject: Recognition of the Italian 'emergency surgeon' specialist qualification | 55 | ||
(98/C 158/69) | E-3200/97 by Giulio Fantuzzi to the Commission | ||
Subject: Proper interpretation of the term 'vitello' (calf - veal) | 56 | ||
(98/C 158/70) | E-3201/97 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
Subject: Extra virgin olive oil | 57 | ||
(98/C 158/71) | E-3383/97 by Riccardo Garosci, Livio Filippi, Giacomo Santini, Danilo Poggiolini, Antonio Trizza, Monica Baldi and Luisa Todini to the Commission | ||
Subject: Labelling of olive-oil and proposed IOOC amendment | 57 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-3201/97 and E-3383/97 | 58 | ||
(98/C 158/72) | E-3202/97 by Luciano Vecchi to the Commission | ||
Subject: Saharawi refugees | 58 | ||
(98/C 158/73) | E-3203/97 by Maartje van Putten to the Commission | ||
Subject: Consequences of new Directive on chocolate for developing countries | 58 | ||
(98/C 158/74) | E-3207/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Investment aid for processing of organic produce | 59 | ||
(98/C 158/75) | E-3208/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Council | ||
Subject: Abolition of duty-free areas in the EU | 60 | ||
(98/C 158/76) | E-3210/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Underground railway in Thessaloniki | 60 | ||
(98/C 158/77) | E-3218/97 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
Subject: Purchase of a motor vehicle in EU Member States | 61 | ||
(98/C 158/78) | E-3219/97 by Ursula Schleicher to the Council | ||
Subject: Article 43 versus Article 100a | 61 | ||
(98/C 158/79) | P-3227/97 by Dominique Souchet to the Commission | ||
Subject: Authorization to market plant-health products | 63 | ||
(98/C 158/80) | E-3230/97 by Klaus Rehder to the Commission | ||
Subject: Transport of horses for slaughter in the European Union | 63 | ||
(98/C 158/81) | E-3232/97 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Problems concerning the implementation of the PACTE border region action programme | 64 | ||
(98/C 158/82) | E-3234/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Sinking of vessels carrying nuclear waste in the Mediterranean | 64 | ||
(98/C 158/83) | E-3320/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Illegal transport and dumping of nuclear waste | 65 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-3234/97 and E-3320/97 | 65 | ||
(98/C 158/84) | E-3235/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Funding for third countries from EU programmes intended for Member States (Supplementary Answer) | 66 | ||
(98/C 158/85) | E-3236/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Commission and European Environment Agency (EEA) | 67 | ||
(98/C 158/86) | E-3237/97 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Funding of environmental impact surveys | 68 | ||
(98/C 158/87) | E-3238/97 by Bill Miller to the Commission | ||
Subject: Excise Duty Harmonization | 69 | ||
(98/C 158/88) | E-3239/97 by Bill Miller to the Commission | ||
Subject: Single Market | 69 | ||
(98/C 158/89) | E-3240/97 by Carmen Díez de Rivera Icaza to the Commission | ||
Subject: Traffic accidents | 70 | ||
(98/C 158/90) | E-3252/97 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Directive 94/80/EC | 70 | ||
(98/C 158/91) | E-3254/97 by Carmen Díez de Rivera Icaza to the Commission | ||
Subject: Hold-up in legislation to reduce noise | 71 | ||
(98/C 158/92) | P-3256/97 by Riccardo Garosci to the Commission | ||
Subject: Increase in VAT rates in Italy | 71 | ||
(98/C 158/93) | E-3258/97 by Rosemarie Wemheuer to the Council | ||
Subject: Manufacture and export of instruments of torture | 72 | ||
(98/C 158/94) | E-3259/97 by Rosemarie Wemheuer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Manufacture and export of instruments of torture | 73 | ||
(98/C 158/95) | E-3261/97 by Peter Skinner to the Commission | ||
Subject: Comparative fire statistics in the European Community | 74 | ||
(98/C 158/96) | E-3266/97 by María Estevan Bolea to the Commission | ||
Subject: Management of hazardous waste | 74 | ||
(98/C 158/97) | E-3274/97 by Gianni Tamino to the Commission | ||
Subject: Derogations granted by Italy for slaughterhouses | 75 | ||
(98/C 158/98) | E-3278/97 by Undine-Uta Bloch von Blottnitz to the Commission | ||
Subject: Disposal of radioactive substances from the Windscale/Sellafield reprocessing plant | 76 | ||
(98/C 158/99) | E-3284/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
Subject: Threat to the Okavango delta in Botswana | 78 | ||
(98/C 158/100) | E-3285/97 by Marie-Paule Kestelijn-Sierens to the Commission | ||
Subject: Telecommunications | 78 | ||
(98/C 158/101) | E-3292/97 by Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler to the Commission | ||
Subject: Market access for least developed countries | 79 | ||
(98/C 158/102) | E-3293/97 by Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler to the Commission | ||
Subject: Market access for least developed countries | 80 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-3292/97 and E-3293/97 | 80 | ||
(98/C 158/103) | E-3294/97 by Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler to the Commission | ||
Subject: EU trade policy | 80 | ||
(98/C 158/104) | E-3295/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Measures in favour of radio operators | 81 | ||
(98/C 158/105) | E-3298/97 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
Subject: Car prices throughout the EU | 82 | ||
(98/C 158/106) | E-3304/97 by Raymonde Dury to the Commission | ||
Subject: Reducing the number of road accidents | 83 | ||
(98/C 158/107) | E-3305/97 by Raymonde Dury to the Commission | ||
Subject: Road accidents in Belgium | 83 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-3304/97 and E-3305/97 | 83 | ||
(98/C 158/108) | E-3306/97 by Gianni Tamino to the Commission | ||
Subject: Failure by Italy to comply with the Directive on the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes | 83 | ||
(98/C 158/109) | E-3307/97 by Marie-Paule Kestelijn-Sierens to the Commission | ||
Subject: Budget item on growth and employment | 84 | ||
(98/C 158/110) | E-3315/97 by Herbert Bösch to the Commission | ||
Subject: Aid for Albania | 85 | ||
(98/C 158/111) | E-3319/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Illegal trade in chlorofluorocarbons | 86 | ||
(98/C 158/112) | E-3325/97 by Maartje van Putten to the Commission | ||
Subject: Implementation of the European Parliament's resolution on the violation of the rights of the indigenous peoples and the logging of tropical forests on Yamdena Island in Indonesia | 87 | ||
(98/C 158/113) | E-3329/97 by Christoph Konrad to the Council | ||
Subject: Violation of European law by the Italian Republic | 88 | ||
(98/C 158/114) | E-3332/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Progress of land registry in Greece | 88 | ||
(98/C 158/115) | E-3333/97 by Yiannis Roubatis to the Council | ||
Subject: Conviction of Esber Yamukdereli and the continued violation of human rights in Turkey | 89 | ||
(98/C 158/116) | E-3346/97 by Frank Vanhecke to the Council | ||
Subject: Belgian contribution to the European budget | 90 | ||
(98/C 158/117) | E-3351/97 by Helena Torres Marques to the Commission | ||
Subject: Projects funded by LIFE II | 90 | ||
(98/C 158/118) | E-3352/97 by Helena Torres Marques to the Commission | ||
Subject: Pilot projects intended to explore new avenues of economic and social development | 91 | ||
(98/C 158/119) | P-3355/97 by Fernando Fernández Martín to the Commission | ||
Subject: Child slavery in Africa | 91 | ||
(98/C 158/120) | E-3368/97 by Kirsi Piha to the Commission | ||
Subject: Ensuring the funding of enlargement | 92 | ||
(98/C 158/121) | E-3371/97 by Lis Jensen to the Council | ||
Subject: Implementation of the employment section of the Amsterdam Treaty | 93 | ||
(98/C 158/122) | E-3376/97 by Richard Howitt to the Council | ||
Subject: Code of Conduct for European companies operating in third countries | 93 | ||
(98/C 158/123) | E-3377/97 by Richard Howitt to the Commission | ||
Subject: Code of Conduct for European companies operating in third countries | 94 | ||
(98/C 158/124) | E-3382/97 by Carlos Robles Piquer to the Council | ||
Subject: Cyprus | 94 | ||
(98/C 158/125) | E-3390/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Threats to the safety and property of residents of Athens from the construction of the 'metro' | 95 | ||
(98/C 158/126) | E-3391/97 by Anita Pollack to the Commission | ||
Subject: Business tourism | 96 | ||
(98/C 158/127) | E-3393/97 by Graham Watson to the Commission | ||
Subject: Agenda 2000 and the environment | 97 | ||
(98/C 158/128) | E-3397/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
Subject: Human rights | 98 | ||
(98/C 158/129) | E-3399/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Council | ||
Subject: Human rights in North Korea | 99 | ||
(98/C 158/130) | E-3400/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
Subject: Human rights in North Korea | 99 | ||
(98/C 158/131) | P-3401/97 by José Pomés Ruiz to the Commission | ||
Subject: Situation concerning projects | 100 | ||
(98/C 158/132) | P-3402/97 by Freddy Blak to the Commission | ||
Subject: Activities not covered by the working time Directive | 101 | ||
(98/C 158/133) | E-3403/97 by Ole Krarup to the Council | ||
Subject: right of residence directives | 102 | ||
(98/C 158/134) | E-3406/97 by Concepció Ferrer to the Commission | ||
Subject: ERDF innovative measures | 103 | ||
(98/C 158/135) | E-3408/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
Subject: Privatization of the central dairy in Rome | 103 | ||
(98/C 158/136) | E-3410/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
Subject: Request for information from the Italian authorities concerning projects for the construction of a number of public works in Rome | 104 | ||
(98/C 158/137) | E-3411/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
Subject: Expansion of the capacity of the 'Inviolata' waste disposal site between Guidonia and Mentana in Lazio | 105 | ||
(98/C 158/138) | E-3412/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
Subject: Application in Italy of European legislation on waste disposal | 106 | ||
(98/C 158/139) | E-3420/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Measures on behalf of Romanies and Pomaks | 106 | ||
(98/C 158/140) | E-3424/97 by José Pomés Ruiz to the Commission | ||
Subject: Meat quotas | 107 | ||
(98/C 158/141) | E-3425/97 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström to the Commission | ||
Subject: Norwegian salmon farms in the Tana Fjord | 108 | ||
(98/C 158/142) | E-3430/97 by Johannes Swoboda to the Council | ||
Subject: Political, economic and ecological effects of the disastrous fires in Indonesia | 108 | ||
(98/C 158/143) | E-3431/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
Subject: Incident at the Sellafield nuclear complex, Britain | 109 | ||
(98/C 158/144) | E-3432/97 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
Subject: Human rights violations by the Kabul Government | 110 | ||
(98/C 158/145) | E-3433/97 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
Subject: Damage to the universal artistic heritage caused by the Umbrian earthquake | 111 | ||
(98/C 158/146) | E-3434/97 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
Subject: Cruelty to animals | 111 | ||
(98/C 158/147) | E-3435/97 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
Subject: Drugs to treat Aids | 112 | ||
(98/C 158/148) | E-3442/97 by Nel van Dijk to the Commission | ||
Subject: Deliberate destruction of hamsters and harm to their colonies | 113 | ||
(98/C 158/149) | E-3443/97 by Nel van Dijk to the Commission | ||
Subject: The extremely serious situation of hamsters in the Netherlands | 114 | ||
(98/C 158/150) | P-3445/97 by Jean-Antoine Giansily to the Commission | ||
Subject: Utilization of appropriations for 'Information Outlets' | 116 | ||
(98/C 158/151) | E-3452/97 by Edith Müller to the Commission | ||
Subject: Ecological agriculture in Asturias | 116 | ||
(98/C 158/152) | E-3453/97 by Fernando Fernández Martín to the Commission | ||
Subject: Use of pesticides in banana growing | 117 | ||
(98/C 158/153) | E-3457/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
Subject: JRC in Ispra | 119 | ||
(98/C 158/154) | E-3458/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
Subject: JRC in Ispra | 119 | ||
(98/C 158/155) | E-3459/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
Subject: JRC in Ispra | 120 | ||
(98/C 158/156) | E-3461/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
Subject: JRC in Ispra | 120 | ||
(98/C 158/157) | E-3464/97 by Allan Macartney to the Commission | ||
Subject: Anti-dumping proceedings concerning imports of unbleached cotton fabrics originating in China, Egypt, India, Pakistan and Turkey | 121 | ||
(98/C 158/158) | E-3473/97 by José García-Margallo y Marfil to the Commission | ||
Subject: Agenda 2000: CAP savings | 122 | ||
(98/C 158/159) | E-3474/97 by José García-Margallo y Marfil to the Commission | ||
Subject: Agenda 2000: areas of CAP in which savings shall be achieved | 122 | ||
(98/C 158/160) | E-3475/97 by José García-Margallo y Marfil to the Commission | ||
Subject: Agenda 2000: areas of CAP in which expenditure will increase | 122 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-3473/97, E-3474/97 and E-3475/97 | 122 | ||
(98/C 158/161) | P-3478/97 by Anne McIntosh to the Commission | ||
Subject: State aid to Community ports | 124 | ||
(98/C 158/162) | E-3481/97 by Panayotis Lambrias to the Commission | ||
Subject: Application of Community law by Member States' national court | 125 | ||
(98/C 158/163) | E-3484/97 by Richard Howitt to the Council | ||
Subject: The Warsaw Convention and an Essex resident held hostage in Kuwait - claim against British Airways | 125 | ||
(98/C 158/164) | E-3485/97 by Richard Howitt to the Commission | ||
Subject: The Warsaw Convention and an Essex resident held hostage in Kuwait - claim against British Airways | 126 | ||
(98/C 158/165) | E-3487/97 by Richard Howitt to the Commission | ||
Subject: The Warsaw Convention and an Essex resident held hostage in Kuwait - claim against British Airways | 126 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-3485/97 and E-3487/97 | 127 | ||
(98/C 158/166) | E-3486/97 by Richard Howitt to the Council | ||
Subject: The Warsaw Convention and an Essex resident held hostage in Kuwait - claim against British Airways | 127 | ||
(98/C 158/167) | E-3489/97 by Richard Howitt to the Commission | ||
Subject: Mismatch in entitlement to incapacity social security benefits between the UK and Spain | 128 | ||
(98/C 158/168) | P-3492/97 by Hugh McMahon to the Commission | ||
Subject: Agenda 2000 | 128 | ||
(98/C 158/169) | P-3493/97 by W.G. van Velzen to the Commission | ||
Subject: Supervision of supply of new telecommunications services by dominant market operators | 129 | ||
(98/C 158/170) | P-3494/97 by Carmen Díez de Rivera Icaza to the Commission | ||
Subject: The Euro and commissions charged on currency exchanges | 130 | ||
(98/C 158/171) | E-3495/97 by Katerina Daskalaki to the Commission | ||
Subject: Looting of archaeological and religious treasures in Cyprus | 131 | ||
(98/C 158/172) | E-3497/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Extension of the Via Egnatia | 131 | ||
(98/C 158/173) | E-3500/97 by Arthur Newens to the Commission | ||
Subject: Asia initiative for reproductive health | 132 | ||
(98/C 158/174) | E-3504/97 by Mathieu Grosch to the Commission | ||
Subject: Call for tenders (DG XXII/19/97) for the organization of NETDAY | 133 | ||
(98/C 158/175) | E-3505/97 by Giuseppe Rauti to the Commission | ||
Subject: 250 million children involved in slave labour | 134 | ||
(98/C 158/176) | E-3508/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
Subject: Parliamentary control of intelligence and security services in Agenda 2000 | 135 | ||
(98/C 158/177) | E-3509/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
Subject: Violation of privacy by European local authorities | 135 | ||
(98/C 158/178) | E-3510/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
Subject: Discrimination against the elderly and the disabled by European local authorities | 136 | ||
(98/C 158/179) | E-3515/97 by John Iversen to the Commission | ||
Subject: Intervention stocks | 137 | ||
(98/C 158/180) | E-3517/97 by Niels Sindal to the Commission | ||
Subject: Road safety | 137 | ||
(98/C 158/181) | E-3519/97 by Carlos Robles Piquer to the Council | ||
Subject: Relations with Cuba | 138 | ||
(98/C 158/182) | E-3520/97 by Carlos Robles Piquer to the Council | ||
Subject: Hong Kong and Tibet | 139 | ||
(98/C 158/183) | E-3521/97 by Carlos Robles Piquer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Panama Canal | 139 | ||
(98/C 158/184) | E-3522/97 by Carlos Robles Piquer to the Council | ||
Subject: Reforms pending in university research | 140 | ||
(98/C 158/185) | E-3527/97 by Kirsi Piha to the Commission | ||
Subject: Leaking of information about the Commission's Agenda 2000 programme before its official publication | 141 | ||
(98/C 158/186) | E-3531/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Intensive rearing of laying hens in Neubukow | 142 | ||
(98/C 158/187) | E-3534/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Involvement of the Labour Bank in Social Fund programmes | 142 | ||
(98/C 158/188) | E-3535/97 by Yiannis Roubatis to the Council | ||
Subject: Hazard caused by a tank containing arsenic in Albania | 143 | ||
(98/C 158/189) | E-3536/97 by Yiannis Roubatis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Hazard caused by a tank containing arsenic in Albania | 143 | ||
(98/C 158/190) | E-3739/97 by Gianni Tamino to the Commission | ||
Subject: Albania | 144 | ||
(98/C 158/191) | E-3776/97 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Arsenic tank in Albania | 144 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-3536/97, E-3739/97 and E-3776/97 | 144 | ||
(98/C 158/192) | E-3537/97 by Wilfried Telkämper to the Council | ||
Subject: Forest fires in South-East Asia and their effect on indigenous peoples | 145 | ||
(98/C 158/193) | E-3539/97 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
Subject: Walkers' access in Majorca | 146 | ||
(98/C 158/194) | E-3542/97 by James Moorhouse to the Commission | ||
Subject: Transexual citizens in the European Union | 147 | ||
(98/C 158/195) | E-3543/97 by Joan Vallvé to the Commission | ||
Subject: KONVER initiative | 147 | ||
(98/C 158/196) | E-3544/97 by Gerardo Fernández-Albor to the Commission | ||
Subject: Winter holiday programme for the elderly | 148 | ||
(98/C 158/197) | E-3546/97 by Gerardo Fernández-Albor to the Commission | ||
Subject: Community funding for the high-speed train in Galicia | 148 | ||
(98/C 158/198) | E-3547/97 by José Valverde López to the Commission | ||
Subject: Generation of photovoltaic energy using space platforms | 149 | ||
(98/C 158/199) | E-3554/97 by Petrus Cornelissen to the Commission | ||
Subject: Tourist tax | 149 | ||
(98/C 158/200) | P-3560/97 by Jaime Valdivielso de Cué to the Council | ||
Subject: Use of products confiscated because of Community fraud | 150 | ||
(98/C 158/201) | E-3570/97 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
Subject: Serious case of racial discrimination against two Italian citizens by Belgian sports authorities | 151 | ||
(98/C 158/202) | E-3572/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
Subject: Action to track down and confiscate stolen motor vehicles from the EU in countries of former Yugoslavia | 151 | ||
(98/C 158/203) | P-3576/97 by Franco Malerba to the Commission | ||
Subject: Energy, research and technology cooperation with the Third Mediterranean Countries: the enlargement FEMIRC network | 152 | ||
(98/C 158/204) | E-3577/97 by Hedwig Keppelhoff-Wiechert to the Commission | ||
Subject: Involvement of organizations in the selection of FFH zones | 153 | ||
(98/C 158/205) | E-3579/97 by Klaus Lukas to the Commission | ||
Subject: Berlaymont | 154 | ||
(98/C 158/206) | E-3580/97 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Wetlands of Nea Fokaia in Khalkidiki | 155 | ||
(98/C 158/207) | E-3581/97 by José Apolinário to the Commission | ||
Subject: Periodic Annual Report on the implementation of Article 10 of the ERDF Regulation | 156 | ||
(98/C 158/208) | P-3583/97 by Alfonso Novo Belenguer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Cut in subsidies to olive oil production | 156 | ||
(98/C 158/209) | P-3584/97 by Ilona Graenitz to the Commission | ||
Subject: Slaughter premium | 157 | ||
(98/C 158/210) | E-3585/97 by Kirsten Jensen to the Commission | ||
Subject: Standing Committee on Plant Health | 158 | ||
(98/C 158/211) | E-3588/97 by Brendan Donnelly to the Council | ||
Subject: Declaration on Nationality in the Maastricht Treaty | 159 | ||
(98/C 158/212) | E-3589/97 by Jaime Valdivielso de Cué to the Council | ||
Subject: Effective distribution of products confiscated for fraud in the Community | 159 | ||
(98/C 158/213) | E-3592/97 by Yves Verwaerde to the Commission | ||
Subject: Result of the 1989-1995 Impact Programme | 160 | ||
(98/C 158/214) | E-3599/97 by Gianni Tamino to the Commission | ||
Subject: Dissemination of information in the context of projects for certified quality beef | 160 | ||
(98/C 158/215) | P-3602/97 by Sérgio Ribeiro to the Council | ||
Subject: East Timor refugees in the Austrian embassy in Jakarta | 161 | ||
(98/C 158/216) | P-3612/97 by María Izquierdo Rojo to the Council | ||
Subject: European cultural capitals | 161 | ||
(98/C 158/217) | P-3613/97 by Sirkka-Liisa Anttila to the Commission | ||
Subject: Quality of EU foodstuffs, freedom from salmonella and accuracy of food certification | 162 | ||
(98/C 158/218) | P-3614/97 by Elisabeth Schroedter to the Commission | ||
Subject: Environmental impact evaluation in connection with the implementation of structural assistance in the Land of Brandenburg | 163 | ||
(98/C 158/219) | P-3617/97 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Rate of progress of Greek land registry | 164 | ||
(98/C 158/220) | P-3618/97 by Carmen Díez de Rivera Icaza to the Commission | ||
Subject: Degree courses in music in universities | 165 | ||
(98/C 158/221) | P-3620/97 by David Thomas to the Commission | ||
Subject: Commission proposals on animal welfare | 165 | ||
(98/C 158/222) | E-3641/97 by David Martin to the Commission | ||
Subject: Experimentation on wild animals | 166 | ||
(98/C 158/223) | E-3646/97 by Angela Sierra González and Laura González Álvarez to the Commission | ||
Subject: Referendum on independence in the Sahara | 166 | ||
(98/C 158/224) | E-3650/97 by Irene Soltwedel-Schäfer to the Commission | ||
Subject: BSE | 167 | ||
(98/C 158/225) | E-3652/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Programme for Pontic Greeks | 168 | ||
(98/C 158/226) | E-3653/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Reduction in incomes of olive producers | 169 | ||
(98/C 158/227) | E-3656/97 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
Subject: The arms trade | 170 | ||
(98/C 158/228) | E-3657/97 by Anne McIntosh to the Council | ||
Subject: Asylum provisions | 170 | ||
(98/C 158/229) | E-3661/97 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
Subject: Environmental protection video | 171 | ||
(98/C 158/230) | E-3662/97 by Carlo Ripa di Meana to the Commission | ||
Subject: Privatization of the Rome milk company | 172 | ||
(98/C 158/231) | E-3664/97 by Honório Novo to the Commission | ||
Subject: Extending the fisheries exclusion zone in the Mediterranean | 172 | ||
(98/C 158/232) | P-3666/97 by Honório Novo to the Commission | ||
Subject: Commissioner Franz Fischler's visit to Portugal | 173 | ||
(98/C 158/233) | E-3673/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
Subject: Elections in Cambodia | 174 | ||
(98/C 158/234) | E-3674/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
Subject: Involvement of the Total oil company in Burma | 174 | ||
(98/C 158/235) | P-3677/97 by Georg Jarzembowski to the Commission | ||
Subject: Obstruction of the free movement of goods and persons by strike action | 175 | ||
(98/C 158/236) | E-3680/97 by Anita Pollack to the Commission | ||
Subject: Business Tourism | 176 | ||
(98/C 158/237) | E-3681/97 by Thomas Megahy to the Commission | ||
Subject: Enforcement of EU health and safety legislation in Member States | 176 | ||
(98/C 158/238) | E-3682/97 by Thomas Megahy to the Commission | ||
Subject: Growing of hemp in the EU | 177 | ||
(98/C 158/239) | E-3683/97 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
Subject: Transport of horses from Bulgaria to EU | 178 | ||
(98/C 158/240) | E-3685/97 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
Subject: Availability of grant information on the Internet | 179 | ||
(98/C 158/241) | E-3703/97 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström to the Commission | ||
Subject: Banning the use of asbestos | 180 | ||
(98/C 158/242) | E-3708/97 by Ulf Holm to the Council | ||
Subject: UN climate meeting in Kyoto | 180 | ||
(98/C 158/243) | P-3713/97 by Franco Malerba to the Commission | ||
Subject: Genoa's port policy | 181 | ||
(98/C 158/244) | P-3715/97 by Heidi Hautala to the Commission | ||
Subject: Kidnapping of children | 182 | ||
(98/C 158/245) | E-3723/97 by Gianni Tamino to the Council | ||
Subject: Representatives of European governments at Council meetings dealing with consumer affairs | 183 | ||
(98/C 158/246) | P-3724/97 by Luis Marinho to the Commission | ||
Subject: Safety of school transport vehicles | 183 | ||
(98/C 158/247) | P-3725/97 by Christof Tannert to the Commission | ||
Subject: Legibility of future euro banknotes for the blind | 184 | ||
(98/C 158/248) | E-3727/97 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the Commission | ||
Subject: GSP and the countries of the Andean Pact and Central American Common Market | 184 | ||
(98/C 158/249) | E-3736/97 by Yves Verwaerde to the Commission | ||
Subject: Aid to victims of recent events in the Congo Republic | 185 | ||
(98/C 158/250) | E-3738/97 by Yves Verwaerde to the Commission | ||
Subject: Situation in the Congo Republic | 185 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-3736/97 and E-3738/97 | 185 | ||
(98/C 158/251) | E-3737/97 by Yves Verwaerde to the Commission | ||
Subject: Méda-Democracy Programme | 186 | ||
(98/C 158/252) | E-3752/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
Subject: Water management in ACP countries | 186 | ||
(98/C 158/253) | E-3760/97 by Graham Mather to the Commission | ||
Subject: Psychological aspects of unemployment - EU funding of research | 187 | ||
(98/C 158/254) | E-3763/97 by Edward Kellett-Bowman to the Commission | ||
Subject: PHARE fund payments to Romania | 188 | ||
(98/C 158/255) | E-3768/97 by Cristiana Muscardini, Amedeo Amadeo and Marco Cellai to the Commission | ||
Subject: Paedophilia incidents in Brussels | 188 | ||
(98/C 158/256) | E-3771/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Humanitarian aid to Bulgaria - actions by NGOs | 189 | ||
(98/C 158/257) | E-3774/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Council | ||
Subject: Necessary conditions for the introduction of the euro in the EU Member States | 190 | ||
(98/C 158/258) | E-3792/97 by Pedro Marset Campos to the Council | ||
Subject: Police action at the demonstration in favour of employment on 20/11/97 in Luxembourg | 190 | ||
(98/C 158/259) | P-3807/97 by Ilona Graenitz to the Commission | ||
Subject: EU-level civil liability for nuclear power stations | 191 | ||
(98/C 158/260) | P-3808/97 by Ernesto Caccavale to the Commission | ||
Subject: Loss of Community funds | 192 | ||
(98/C 158/261) | E-3826/97 by Roberto Mezzaroma to the Commission | ||
Subject: Security in Europe | 192 | ||
(98/C 158/262) | P-3837/97 by Johannes Blokland to the Commission | ||
Subject: Carcinogenic substance emitted by diesel engines | 193 | ||
(98/C 158/263) | E-3839/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Exemption of gauze from anti-dumping duties | 194 | ||
(98/C 158/264) | P-3918/97 by Olivier Dupuis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Common European diplomacy | 195 | ||
(98/C 158/265) | E-3955/97 by Yvan Blot to the Commission | ||
Subject: Use of mother tongue by Commission Members in plenary | 196 | ||
(98/C 158/266) | P-3991/97 by Enrico Ferri to the Council | ||
Subject: Continuation of duty-free sales | 196 | ||
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