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Document C:1998:102:TOC
Official Journal of the European Communities, C 102, 03 April 1998
Official Journal of the European Communities, C 102, 03 April 1998
Official Journal of the European Communities, C 102, 03 April 1998
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| Official Journal of the European Communities | ISSN
0378-6986 C 102 Volume 41 3 April 1998 |
| English edition | Information and Notices | ||
| Notice No | Contents | Page | |
| I Information | |||
| European Parliament | |||
| Written Questions with answer | |||
| (98/C 102/01) | P-1144/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
| Subject: Surinam and international drug trafficking | 1 | ||
| (98/C 102/02) | E-1444/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Council | ||
| Subject: Employment, unemployment and the Maastricht criteria | 1 | ||
| (98/C 102/03) | E-1515/97 by Markus Ferber to the Council | ||
| Subject: Planned abolition of duty-free sales in the European Union on 30 June 1999 | 3 | ||
| (98/C 102/04) | E-1534/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Phosphate ester poisoning due to the use of Tiguvon (Fenthion) manufactured by Bayer Leverkusen | 3 | ||
| (98/C 102/05) | E-1540/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Phosphate ester poisoning due to the use of Tiguvon (Fenthion) manufactured by Bayer Leverkusen | 4 | ||
| (98/C 102/06) | E-1544/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Phosphate ester poisoning due to the use of Tiguvon (Fenthion) manufactured by Bayer Leverkusen | 4 | ||
| Supplementary answer to Written Questions E-1534/97, E-1540/97 and E-1544/97 | 5 | ||
| (98/C 102/07) | E-1773/97 by Werner Langen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: EU funds channelled to Rhineland-Pfalz since 1994 (Supplementary Answer) | 5 | ||
| (98/C 102/08) | E-1782/97 by Manuel Porto to the Council | ||
| Subject: Unilateral deviation from the Uruguay Round Agreement | 6 | ||
| (98/C 102/09) | E-1967/97 by Edith Müller to the Council | ||
| Subject: Cooperation between EU and UN | 7 | ||
| (98/C 102/10) | E-2000/97 by Caroline Jackson to the Commission | ||
| Subject: EC aid granted to Bath and North East Somerset since June 1994 (Supplementary Answer) | 8 | ||
| (98/C 102/11) | E-2007/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
| Subject: Ethiopia | 9 | ||
| (98/C 102/12) | E-2015/97 by Nana Mouskouri to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Auctions on television | 9 | ||
| (98/C 102/13) | E-2039/97 by Bernhard Rapkay to the Commission | ||
| Subject: EU funding channelled to the Eastern Ruhr area (the cities of Dortmund and Hamm, and Unna district) (Supplementary Answer) | 10 | ||
| (98/C 102/14) | E-2070/97 by Jaak Vandemeulebroucke to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Community environmental grant | 11 | ||
| (98/C 102/15) | E-2071/97 by Jaak Vandemeulebroucke to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Community environmental grant | 11 | ||
| (98/C 102/16) | E-2072/97 by Jaak Vandemeulebroucke to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Community environmental grant | 12 | ||
| (98/C 102/17) | E-2073/97 by Jaak Vandemeulebroucke to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Community environmental grant | 13 | ||
| (98/C 102/18) | E-2112/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Council | ||
| Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 - Authorization for varieties | 13 | ||
| (98/C 102/19) | E-2116/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Council | ||
| Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 - Authorization of varieties | 14 | ||
| (98/C 102/20) | E-2124/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Council | ||
| Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 - Safety tests | 14 | ||
| (98/C 102/21) | E-2142/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Council | ||
| Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 - Applications for authorization already made pursuant to directive 90/220/EC | 14 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-2112/97, E-2116/97, E-2124/97 and E-2142/97 | 14 | ||
| (98/C 102/22) | E-2114/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Council | ||
| Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 - Authorization through entry in the catalogue of species | 15 | ||
| (98/C 102/23) | E-2118/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Council | ||
| Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 - Authorization of varieties | 15 | ||
| (98/C 102/24) | E-2208/97 by Hartmut Nassauer to the Council | ||
| Subject: Protocols to European Union Conventions concerning the Court of Justice | 15 | ||
| (98/C 102/25) | E-2209/97 by Charlotte Cederschiöld to the Council | ||
| Subject: Progress of ratification procedures of European Union Conventions as at 1 June 1997 | 16 | ||
| (98/C 102/26) | E-2218/97 by Jesús Cabezón Alonso to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Illegal fishing in Morocco | 17 | ||
| (98/C 102/27) | E-2227/97 by Frode Kristoffersen to the Council | ||
| Subject: Sexual harassment in the workplace | 18 | ||
| (98/C 102/28) | E-2243/97 by Concepció Ferrer to the Council | ||
| Subject: Transport of animals throughout the EU | 18 | ||
| (98/C 102/29) | E-2249/97 by Luigi Caligaris to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Direct negotiations on exclusive purchase between oil companies and service station managers in Italy | 19 | ||
| (98/C 102/30) | E-2251/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
| Subject: Request by two Dutch citizens to the Netherlands Ministry of Justice to institute proceedings in respect of human rights violations | 20 | ||
| (98/C 102/31) | E-2319/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
| Subject: Fighting international crime and guarding the European external borders against the transit of cocaine via the Netherlands by the Surinamese drugs cartel | 21 | ||
| (98/C 102/32) | E-2320/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
| Subject: Fighting international crime and guarding the European external borders against the transit of cocaine via the Netherlands by the Surinamese drugs cartel | 21 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-2251/97, E-2319/97 and E-2320/97 | 21 | ||
| (98/C 102/33) | E-2252/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: SMU and craft industries | 22 | ||
| (98/C 102/34) | E-2278/97 by Luigi Moretti to the Council | ||
| Subject: Employment | 23 | ||
| (98/C 102/35) | E-2281/97 by Johanna Boogerd-Quaak and Jan Mulder to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Classic swine fever in the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe | 23 | ||
| (98/C 102/36) | E-2299/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Thousands of years of history under water and mud | 24 | ||
| (98/C 102/37) | E-2308/97 by Heidi Hautala to the Council | ||
| Subject: Health risks of silicone implants | 25 | ||
| (98/C 102/38) | E-2318/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
| Subject: The humanitarian situation of prisoners in Morocco | 25 | ||
| (98/C 102/39) | E-2325/97 by Klaus Rehder to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Antibiotics used in the fattening of livestock | 26 | ||
| (98/C 102/40) | E-2329/97 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström and Raimo Ilaskivi to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Hindrances caused to heavy goods traffic by Russian customs | 28 | ||
| (98/C 102/41) | E-2338/97 by Nuala Ahern to the Council | ||
| Subject: Operational problems at La Hague nuclear waste and reprocessing plant | 28 | ||
| (98/C 102/42) | E-2339/97 by Mary Banotti to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Travel insurance for EU citizens | 29 | ||
| (98/C 102/43) | E-2341/97 by Stephen Hughes to the Council | ||
| Subject: Variations in rules for car drivers | 30 | ||
| (98/C 102/44) | E-2348/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Council | ||
| Subject: Bringing Khmer Rouge leaders to trial | 30 | ||
| (98/C 102/45) | E-2744/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Council | ||
| Subject: Political killings in Cambodia | 31 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-2348/97 and E-2744/97 | 31 | ||
| (98/C 102/46) | E-2354/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
| Subject: Role of Angolan government troops in the conquest of Zaire by Kabila | 32 | ||
| (98/C 102/47) | E-2355/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
| Subject: Military offensive by Angolan government army despite the peace agreement | 32 | ||
| (98/C 102/48) | E-2356/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
| Subject: Opening of part of Syria's border with Iraq | 33 | ||
| (98/C 102/49) | E-2359/97 by Undine-Uta Bloch von Blottnitz to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Gold mining in Western Turkey and EU participation | 34 | ||
| (98/C 102/50) | E-2370/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Genetically modified swede-rape | 35 | ||
| (98/C 102/51) | E-2375/97 by Gianni Tamino to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Community contribution to misleading information on cattle farming | 36 | ||
| (98/C 102/52) | E-2383/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Via Ignatia railway line | 36 | ||
| (98/C 102/53) | E-2394/97 by Carmen Fraga Estévez to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Adoption of commercial measures against Honduras and Panama concerning imports of bluefin tuna | 37 | ||
| (98/C 102/54) | E-2422/97 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Adoption by the Commission of the ICCAT recommendations | 37 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-2394/97 and E-2422/97 | 38 | ||
| (98/C 102/55) | E-2400/97 by Monica Baldi to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Freedom of education | 38 | ||
| (98/C 102/56) | E-2405/97 by Hartmut Nassauer to the Council | ||
| Subject: Joint actions adopted by the Council under Article K.3(2) of the TEU | 38 | ||
| (98/C 102/57) | E-2419/97 by Laura De Esteban Martin to the Council | ||
| Subject: Seminars of experts | 40 | ||
| (98/C 102/58) | E-2420/97 by Laura De Esteban Martin to the Council | ||
| Subject: Training courses for officials | 41 | ||
| (98/C 102/59) | E-2429/97 by Carlo Casini to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Health conditions and veterinary certificates for the importation of poultry from third countries | 41 | ||
| (98/C 102/60) | E-2445/97 by Graham Watson to the Commission | ||
| Subject: British Telecom Internet provision | 42 | ||
| (98/C 102/61) | P-2463/97 by Ernesto Caccavale to the Commission | ||
| Subject: VAT levy on European Funds for SMUs | 42 | ||
| (98/C 102/62) | E-2468/97 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Legal protection of designs and models | 43 | ||
| (98/C 102/63) | E-2471/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Zweibrücken military air base | 44 | ||
| (98/C 102/64) | E-2473/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Incentives to replace catalytic converters in cars in Greece | 45 | ||
| (98/C 102/65) | E-2477/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Natura 2000 | 46 | ||
| (98/C 102/66) | E-2480/97 by Phillip Whitehead to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Humane trapping standards between EC, Russia and Canada, and ECO-label | 47 | ||
| (98/C 102/67) | E-2482/97 by Ludivina García Arias to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Support for the activities of the associations of maritime regions, the coal industry and the textiles industry | 48 | ||
| (98/C 102/68) | E-2483/97 by Luciano Pettinari to the Commission | ||
| Subject: INTERREG II and the port of Monopoli | 48 | ||
| (98/C 102/69) | E-2488/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Council | ||
| Subject: Acts of brutality committed in Somalia by soldiers from EU Member States | 49 | ||
| (98/C 102/70) | E-2491/97 by Werner Langen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Non-payment of SOCRATES funds | 49 | ||
| (98/C 102/71) | E-2501/97 by Anita Pollack to the Commission | ||
| Subject: CITES - Ivory | 50 | ||
| (98/C 102/72) | E-2506/97 by Laura González Álvarez, Alonso Puerta, Pedro Marset Campos and María Sornosa Martínez to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Environmental damage in the Picos de Europa national park (Spain) | 51 | ||
| (98/C 102/73) | P-2513/97 by Paul Lannoye to the Commission | ||
| Subject: 'Enhancing the landscape of the middle Semois', a project submitted under the LIFE 1994 programme by the Walloon Rural Development Office (OWDR) for the municipality of Bouillon and the Walloon Region | 52 | ||
| (98/C 102/74) | E-2514/97 by Undine-Uta Bloch von Blottnitz to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Radioactive discharges into the Channel from the La Hague reprocessing plant | 53 | ||
| (98/C 102/75) | E-2516/97 by Gerhard Schmid to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Cyberlaundering and Fraud - support by the EU | 54 | ||
| (98/C 102/76) | E-2519/97 by Klaus Lukas to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Reorganization of competition - reform of national regional aid schemes | 54 | ||
| (98/C 102/77) | E-2523/97 by Panayotis Lambrias to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Transport of corpses in passenger aircraft | 55 | ||
| (98/C 102/78) | E-2525/97 by Panayotis Lambrias to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Adoption of measures to reduce energy consumption | 55 | ||
| (98/C 102/79) | E-2544/97 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Pollution of the Gulf of Volos | 56 | ||
| (98/C 102/80) | E-2545/97 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Database of prices for medicinal products | 57 | ||
| (98/C 102/81) | E-2546/97 by David Hallam to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Klein Constantia's Vin de Constance | 58 | ||
| (98/C 102/82) | E-2565/97 by Ursula Schleicher to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Framework water directive - missing annexes | 58 | ||
| (98/C 102/83) | E-2567/97 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Kallithea Common | 59 | ||
| (98/C 102/84) | E-2568/97 by Glyn Ford to the Council | ||
| Subject: Asylum protocol | 60 | ||
| (98/C 102/85) | E-2569/97 by Glyn Ford to the Council | ||
| Subject: Asylum protocol | 60 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-2568/97 and E-2569/97 | 60 | ||
| (98/C 102/86) | E-2576/97 by Juan Colino Salamanca and Jesús Cabezón Alonso to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Breaking the EU embargo on British beef | 60 | ||
| (98/C 102/87) | E-2577/97 by Juan Colino Salamanca and Jesús Cabezón Alonso to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Breaking the EU embargo on British beef | 61 | ||
| (98/C 102/88) | E-2578/97 by Juan Colino Salamanca and Jesús Cabezón Alonso to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Breaking the EU embargo on British beef | 61 | ||
| (98/C 102/89) | E-2603/97 by Encarnación Redondo Jiménez to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Statements by Commissioner Bonino on UK beef exports | 61 | ||
| (98/C 102/90) | E-2604/97 by Carles-Alfred Gasòliba i Böhm to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Illegal beef imports | 62 | ||
| (98/C 102/91) | E-2605/97 by Jesús Cabezón Alonso and Juan Colino Salamanca to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Statements by a Member of the Commission on the British beef market | 62 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-2576/97, E-2577/97, E-2578/97, E-2603/97, E-2604/97 and E-2605/97 | 62 | ||
| (98/C 102/92) | E-2582/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Internet | 63 | ||
| (98/C 102/93) | E-2585/97 by Hilde Hawlicek to the Council | ||
| Subject: Credibility of the new paragraph on education in the preamble to the EC Treaty | 63 | ||
| (98/C 102/94) | E-2587/97 by Hilde Hawlicek to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Uniform access and entitlement to continuing training in Europe | 64 | ||
| (98/C 102/95) | E-2588/97 by Hilde Hawlicek to the Council | ||
| Subject: New paragraph in the preamble to the EC Treaty | 65 | ||
| (98/C 102/96) | E-2590/97 by Hilde Hawlicek to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Possible legal proceedings concerning fixed book prices in the German-speaking area | 65 | ||
| (98/C 102/97) | E-2596/97 by David Hallam to the Council | ||
| Subject: Economic and Monetary Union | 66 | ||
| (98/C 102/98) | E-2650/97 by Roberto Mezzaroma to the Council | ||
| Subject: Single currency coins | 66 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-2596/97 and E-2650/97 | 67 | ||
| (98/C 102/99) | E-2597/97 by David Hallam to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Nickel content of euro coinage | 67 | ||
| (98/C 102/100) | E-2599/97 by Bill Miller to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Enlargement of the Union | 68 | ||
| (98/C 102/101) | E-2600/97 by Bill Miller to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Enlargement of the Union | 69 | ||
| (98/C 102/102) | E-2601/97 by Bill Miller to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Enlargement of the Union | 69 | ||
| (98/C 102/103) | E-2606/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Ill-treatment of Chinese dissident Wei Jinsheng | 70 | ||
| (98/C 102/104) | E-2608/97 by Florus Wijsenbeek to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Transition periods for authorized dimensions for road-haulage vehicles | 70 | ||
| (98/C 102/105) | E-2609/97 by José Torres Couto to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Swedish multinational wants to bring proceedings against the Portuguese pharmaceutical industry | 71 | ||
| (98/C 102/106) | E-2610/97 by Graham Watson to the Council | ||
| Subject: Organic farming practices | 72 | ||
| (98/C 102/107) | E-2611/97 by Graham Watson to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Organic farming practices | 73 | ||
| (98/C 102/108) | E-2614/97 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Wood chippings as biofuel | 73 | ||
| (98/C 102/109) | E-2620/97 by Jens-Peter Bonde to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Noise standards for machinery and engine-rooms | 74 | ||
| (98/C 102/110) | E-2621/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Council | ||
| Subject: Cost of the new annual 'Euro tax disc' | 75 | ||
| (98/C 102/111) | E-2622/97 by Christine Oddy to the Commission | ||
| Subject: International exploitation of victims of Asian sex tourism | 75 | ||
| (98/C 102/112) | E-2626/97 by Alfonso Novo Belenguer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Cancellation of agricultural subsidies for Valencia | 77 | ||
| (98/C 102/113) | E-2629/97 by Gijs de Vries to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Crédit Lyonnais | 77 | ||
| (98/C 102/114) | E-2630/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Risks to human health from excessive exposure to non-ionising electromagnetic radiation | 78 | ||
| (98/C 102/115) | E-2631/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
| Subject: The sale of milk powder by the Swiss multinational Nestlè in third world countries | 79 | ||
| (98/C 102/116) | E-2635/97 by Ursula Schleicher to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Children at risk from alcoholic drinks such as alcopops and designer drinks | 80 | ||
| (98/C 102/117) | E-2640/97 by Paul Lannoye to the Council | ||
| Subject: Use of organophosphate pesticides during the Gulf war | 81 | ||
| (98/C 102/118) | E-2641/97 by Luigi Vinci to the Commission | ||
| Subject: RESIDER I and II programmes in Lombardy | 82 | ||
| (98/C 102/119) | E-2655/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: EU support for renewable energy | 83 | ||
| (98/C 102/120) | E-2656/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Light rail system for Dublin | 83 | ||
| (98/C 102/121) | E-2659/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Waste from cattle slaughtered as part of the 'BSE eradication scheme' | 84 | ||
| (98/C 102/122) | E-2666/97 by Klaus Lukas to the Council | ||
| Subject: Duty-free sales | 85 | ||
| (98/C 102/123) | E-2752/97 by Kyösti Virrankoski to the Council | ||
| Subject: Tax-free sales | 85 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-2666/97 and E-2752/97 | 86 | ||
| (98/C 102/124) | E-2667/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Survival and protection of the Cretan tracker dog | 86 | ||
| (98/C 102/125) | E-2669/97 by Kirsi Piha to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Problems with the announcement of the Commission's Agenda 2000 programme | 86 | ||
| (98/C 102/126) | E-2671/97 by Jessica Larive and Jan Wiebenga to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Choice of language by the Dutch Commissioner for an important statement | 87 | ||
| (98/C 102/127) | E-2673/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
| Subject: Free trade in burglars' tools | 88 | ||
| (98/C 102/128) | E-2675/97 by Joaquim Miranda to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Data relating to Portugal in the Commission's 'First Report on Economic and Social Cohesion - 1996' | 88 | ||
| (98/C 102/129) | E-2681/97 by María Sornosa Martínez and Angela Sierra González to the Council | ||
| Subject: Early retirement of a high official | 89 | ||
| (98/C 102/130) | E-2684/97 by María Sornosa Martínez and Pedro Marset Campos to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Concentration of ozone in the east of Spain | 90 | ||
| (98/C 102/131) | E-2686/97 by Luigi Moretti to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Delays in payments | 91 | ||
| (98/C 102/132) | E-2690/97 by Eryl McNally to the Council | ||
| Subject: Rational Planning Techniques in the Electricity and Gas Distribution Sectors | 91 | ||
| (98/C 102/133) | E-2694/97 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Restriction of vitamin and mineral preparations to Recommended Daily Allowance | 92 | ||
| (98/C 102/134) | E-2695/97 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Floods and environmental protection | 92 | ||
| (98/C 102/135) | E-2696/97 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Noise pollution and sport | 93 | ||
| (98/C 102/136) | E-2697/97 by Maartje van Putten to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Cooperation with Colombia | 94 | ||
| (98/C 102/137) | E-2698/97 by Maartje van Putten to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Demonstrators in Papua New Guinea | 95 | ||
| (98/C 102/138) | P-2702/97 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Extremely low take-up of funds from the CSF for Greece for the region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace | 95 | ||
| (98/C 102/139) | E-2704/97 by Markus Ferber to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Protection of the Blackcock in Austria | 96 | ||
| (98/C 102/140) | E-2705/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Ireland and the Cohesion Fund | 97 | ||
| (98/C 102/141) | E-2706/97 by Ian White to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Commission response to Written Question E-1954/97 | 98 | ||
| (98/C 102/142) | E-2707/97 by Glenys Kinnock to the Commission | ||
| Subject: European fire-fighting practices | 98 | ||
| (98/C 102/143) | E-2709/97 by Viviane Reding to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Impediment to free movement caused by health insurance deductions | 99 | ||
| (98/C 102/144) | E-2710/97 by Ben Fayot and Viviane Reding to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Cross-border information centres | 99 | ||
| (98/C 102/145) | P-2712/97 by Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Compliance with the fisheries Agreement with Morocco and boarding of vessels | 100 | ||
| (98/C 102/146) | P-2713/97 by Lutz Goepel to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Breakdown of EAGGF, Guarantee Section, resources by Member State and breakdown of resources in respect of certain income support measures | 101 | ||
| (98/C 102/147) | E-2715/97 by Undine-Uta Bloch von Blottnitz to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Treaty infringement procedings - wild birds directive | 102 | ||
| (98/C 102/148) | E-2716/97 by Horst Schnellhardt to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Approval of low output radio sets pursuant to standard I-ETS 300440 | 102 | ||
| (98/C 102/149) | P-2728/97 by Luciano Vecchi to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Social and environmental harm caused by prawn-farming in India | 104 | ||
| (98/C 102/150) | E-2731/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Protection of dwellings near the mediaeval walls of Thessaloniki | 104 | ||
| (98/C 102/151) | E-2732/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Accidents and road safety in Greece | 105 | ||
| (98/C 102/152) | E-2733/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Permanent failure of Greek business consultants to win contracts under the PHARE and TACIS programmes | 106 | ||
| (98/C 102/153) | E-2736/97 by Claude Desama to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Measures to assist flood victims | 106 | ||
| (98/C 102/154) | E-2737/97 by Gianni Tamino to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Incompatibility of Veneto regional law No 15 of 22 May 1997 with Community legislation | 107 | ||
| (98/C 102/155) | E-2742/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Council | ||
| Subject: Refugees fleeing from Burma to Bangladesh | 107 | ||
| (98/C 102/156) | E-2746/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Independent assessments of projects in which assistance from the Cohesion Funds was sought | 108 | ||
| (98/C 102/157) | E-2747/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Incident at the Sellafield nuclear complex, Cumbria, Britain | 109 | ||
| (98/C 102/158) | E-2750/97 by Kyösti Virrankoski to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Farm inspections | 109 | ||
| (98/C 102/159) | E-2751/97 by Kyösti Virrankoski to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Preparation of Finland's Natura 2000 programme | 110 | ||
| (98/C 102/160) | E-2759/97 by Gerhard Schmid to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Family rail passes for European railways | 111 | ||
| (98/C 102/161) | E-2761/97 by Willi Görlach and Barbara Schmidbauer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Complaints against airports and airlines with regard to ground handling arrangements | 111 | ||
| (98/C 102/162) | E-2762/97 by Lucio Manisco to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Restoration of Verrocchio's 'Baptism of Christ' | 112 | ||
| (98/C 102/163) | E-2763/97 by Karla Peijs to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Commission proposal for a ban on colourants and aromatic substances in paraffin under implementation of Council Directive 76/769/EEC | 113 | ||
| (98/C 102/164) | E-2765/97 by Irene Soltwedel-Schäfer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Promoting children·s theatre | 114 | ||
| (98/C 102/165) | E-2766/97 by Christoph Konrad to the Commission | ||
| Subject: State aid from the Kingdom of Belgium to the Forges de Clabecq steel company | 114 | ||
| (98/C 102/166) | E-2770/97 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Use of 6 metre headland strips | 115 | ||
| (98/C 102/167) | E-2771/97 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Free movement of people | 116 | ||
| (98/C 102/168) | E-2774/97 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Female circumcision in Egypt | 116 | ||
| (98/C 102/169) | E-2779/97 by Luigi Florio to the Commission | ||
| Subject: The justice system in Italy | 117 | ||
| (98/C 102/170) | E-2780/97 by Gianni Tamino to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Community Initiative Leader and the towns of Ioanina and Igoumenitsa | 118 | ||
| (98/C 102/171) | E-2781/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Relationship between the European Union and the Turks and Caicos Islands | 119 | ||
| (98/C 102/172) | E-2782/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Relationship between the European Union and Aruba | 119 | ||
| (98/C 102/173) | E-2783/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Relationship between the European Union and the British Virgin Islands | 120 | ||
| (98/C 102/174) | E-2784/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Relationship between the European Union and the British Indian Ocean Territory | 120 | ||
| (98/C 102/175) | E-2785/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Relationship between the European Union and South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands | 120 | ||
| (98/C 102/176) | E-2786/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Relationship between the European Union and the Falkland Islands | 121 | ||
| (98/C 102/177) | E-2787/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Relationship between the European Union and the Cayman Islands | 121 | ||
| (98/C 102/178) | E-2788/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Relationship between the European Union and Anguilla | 122 | ||
| (98/C 102/179) | E-2789/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Relationship between the European Union and French Polynesia | 122 | ||
| (98/C 102/180) | E-2790/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Relationship between the European Union and New Caledonia and dependencies | 122 | ||
| (98/C 102/181) | E-2791/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Relationship between the European Union and Mayotte | 123 | ||
| (98/C 102/182) | E-2792/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Relationship between the European Union and the Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao, Bonaire, St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius) | 123 | ||
| (98/C 102/183) | E-2793/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Relationship between the European Union and Greenland | 124 | ||
| (98/C 102/184) | E-2794/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Relationship between the European Union and the Wallis Archipelago and Futuna islands | 124 | ||
| (98/C 102/185) | E-2795/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Relationship between the European Union and the Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 124 | ||
| (98/C 102/186) | E-2796/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Relationship between the European Union and St. Pierre and Miquelon | 125 | ||
| (98/C 102/187) | E-2797/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Relationship between the European Union and the British Antarctic Territory | 125 | ||
| (98/C 102/188) | E-2798/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Relationship between the European Union and St. Helena and dependencies | 125 | ||
| (98/C 102/189) | E-2799/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Relationship between the European Union and Pitcairn Island | 126 | ||
| (98/C 102/190) | E-2800/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Relationship between the European Union and Montserrat | 126 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-2781/97, E-2782/97, E-2783/97, E-2784/97, E-2785/97, E-2786/97, E-2787/97, E-2788/97, E-2789/97, E-2790/97, E-2791/97, E-2792/97, E-2793/97, E-2794/97, E-2795/97, E-2796/97, E-2797/97, E-2798/97, E-2799/97 and E-2800/97 | 127 | ||
| (98/C 102/191) | E-2804/97 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Documents of Compliance | 127 | ||
| (98/C 102/192) | E-2805/97 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Refusal of ISM Safety Management Certificates | 127 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-2804/97 and E-2805/97 | 128 | ||
| (98/C 102/193) | E-2819/97 by Honório Novo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Damage to Portuguese fruit and vegetables caused by rain and hailstorms | 128 | ||
| (98/C 102/194) | P-2820/97 by Nuala Ahern to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Proposed completion of the Rovno Unit 4 and Khmelnitsky Unit 2 (k2/r4) nuclear reactors under the Memorandum of Understanding between G7 and Ukraine | 129 | ||
| (98/C 102/195) | E-2824/97 by Ria Oomen-Ruijten to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Textile recycling | 130 | ||
| (98/C 102/196) | E-2826/97 by Anita Pollack to the Commission | ||
| Subject: PVC | 131 | ||
| (98/C 102/197) | E-2830/97 by Nuala Ahern to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Steps being taken in France against Dr Jean-François Viel | 131 | ||
| (98/C 102/198) | E-2833/97 by Nuala Ahern to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Khmelnitski Unit 2 and Rovno Unit 4 in Ukraine (k2/r4) and the Nuclear Safety Account at EBRD | 132 | ||
| (98/C 102/199) | E-2835/97 by Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler to the Commission | ||
| Subject: The EEC-CIH agreement on harbours in relation to the Hidrovia project | 132 | ||
| (98/C 102/200) | P-2840/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: EU publications on the draft Amsterdam Treaty | 133 | ||
| (98/C 102/201) | E-2845/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Voluntary environmental protection agreements | 135 | ||
| (98/C 102/202) | E-2847/97 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Financial assistance to farmers | 135 | ||
| (98/C 102/203) | E-2850/97 by Edith Müller to the Commission | ||
| Subject: EU policy in the former Yugoslavia | 136 | ||
| (98/C 102/204) | E-2851/97 by Edith Müller to the Commission | ||
| Subject: EU policy in the former Yugoslavia | 136 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-2850/97 and E-2851/97 | 136 | ||
| (98/C 102/205) | E-2852/97 by Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop to the Council | ||
| Subject: Criticism expressed by 33 universities concerning the management of the Socrates programme | 136 | ||
| (98/C 102/206) | E-2853/97 by Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Criticism expressed by 33 univerities concerning the management of the Socrates programme | 137 | ||
| (98/C 102/207) | E-2855/97 by Ria Oomen-Ruijten and Raphaël Chanterie to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Homeopathic medicinal products | 138 | ||
| (98/C 102/208) | E-2859/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Human rights abuses and excessive irradiation at Gorleben | 139 | ||
| (98/C 102/209) | P-2862/97 by Doeke Eisma to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Investments in the Rovno and Kmelnitsky nuclear power stations in the Ukraine | 139 | ||
| (98/C 102/210) | E-2867/97 by Jesús Cabezón Alonso to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Analysis and cooperation in the field of employment | 140 | ||
| (98/C 102/211) | E-2871/97 by Kenneth Coates to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Freedom of movement | 141 | ||
| (98/C 102/212) | E-2872/97 by Kenneth Coates to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Freedom of movement | 141 | ||
| (98/C 102/213) | E-2874/97 by Kenneth Coates to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Freedom of movement | 142 | ||
| (98/C 102/214) | P-2876/97 by Olivier Dupuis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Radio broadcasting of information for Tibetans | 142 | ||
| (98/C 102/215) | E-2881/97 by Brendan Donnelly to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Population control programmes | 143 | ||
| (98/C 102/216) | E-2884/97 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Mutually recognized training qualifications | 143 | ||
| (98/C 102/217) | E-2911/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Children with AIDS in Africa | 144 | ||
| (98/C 102/218) | P-2914/97 by Sirkka-Liisa Anttila to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Preparation, in the review of EU agricultural policy, of special measures called for by northern agriculture with a view to preserving farmers' motivation to work and their satisfaction with farming as a livelihood | 145 | ||
| (98/C 102/219) | P-2915/97 by Luigi Florio to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Waste disposal | 146 | ||
| (98/C 102/220) | P-2916/97 by Jaak Vandemeulebroucke to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Contracts for security services at Commission buildings | 147 | ||
| (98/C 102/221) | P-2917/97 by Jaak Vandemeulebroucke to the Council | ||
| Subject: Contracts for security services at Council buildings | 148 | ||
| (98/C 102/222) | P-2918/97 by Arlene McCarthy to the Council | ||
| Subject: Inquiry into anti-dumping duties on exports of unbleached cotton from India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Turkey, China and Egypt | 149 | ||
| (98/C 102/223) | E-2923/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Plutonium in teeth of teenagers in Ireland and Britain | 150 | ||
| (98/C 102/224) | E-2925/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Council | ||
| Subject: US training for Rwandan army | 150 | ||
| (98/C 102/225) | P-2932/97 by Bartho Pronk to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Fee for an establishment permit for EU citizens in the Netherlands | 151 | ||
| (98/C 102/226) | P-2933/97 by Gary Titley to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Employment of children in the European Union | 151 | ||
| (98/C 102/227) | E-2940/97 by Georges Berthu to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Statement by Mr Michel Rocard | 152 | ||
| (98/C 102/228) | E-2944/97 by Graham Watson to the Commission | ||
| Subject: International criminal court | 152 | ||
| (98/C 102/229) | P-2953/97 by Angela Sierra González to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Protection of the Montaña Tindaya and its surroundings (Canary Islands) | 152 | ||
| (98/C 102/230) | E-2958/97 by Anita Pollack to the Commission | ||
| Subject: HIV/AIDS in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal | 154 | ||
| (98/C 102/231) | E-2962/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Supermarket delivery of groceries to elderly people in the EU living on their own who suffer from mobility problems | 155 | ||
| (98/C 102/232) | P-2963/97 by Leoluca Orlando to the Commission | ||
| Subject: The take-over of Sicilcassa by the Banco di Sicilia | 155 | ||
| (98/C 102/233) | E-2967/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Assistance in the home for people with special needs | 156 | ||
| (98/C 102/234) | E-2968/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Creation of day centres for the care of people with special needs | 156 | ||
| (98/C 102/235) | E-2970/97 by Graham Watson to the Commission | ||
| Subject: International Criminal Court | 157 | ||
| (98/C 102/236) | E-2973/97 by Joaquín Sisó Cruellas to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Computerization in European SMEs | 158 | ||
| (98/C 102/237) | E-2974/97 by Joaquín Sisó Cruellas to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Safety in fun parks | 158 | ||
| (98/C 102/238) | P-2986/97 by W.G. van Velzen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Situation on the Netherlands market for mobile telecommunications | 159 | ||
| (98/C 102/239) | P-2994/97 by Anne Poisson to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Wheat growing in the European Union and, in particular, the Ile de France region | 160 | ||
| (98/C 102/240) | E-3000/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Building of power lines for the Rome-Naples high-speed railway line | 160 | ||
| (98/C 102/241) | E-3106/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Rome-Naples high-speed railway line | 161 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-3000/97 and E-3106/97 | 161 | ||
| (98/C 102/242) | P-3044/97 by Olivier Dupuis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Population transfer to the Chittagong Hill Tracts | 161 | ||
| (98/C 102/243) | E-3049/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Green Paper on commerce | 162 | ||
| (98/C 102/244) | E-3078/97 by Jesús Cabezón Alonso to the Commission | ||
| Subject: US extra-territorial laws | 163 | ||
| (98/C 102/245) | E-3081/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Violation by Turkey of its international commitments | 163 | ||
| (98/C 102/246) | E-3085/97 by José Apolinário to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Free gifts in foodstuffs | 164 | ||
| (98/C 102/247) | P-3088/97 by Roberto Mezzaroma to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Catholic church in Russia | 164 | ||
| (98/C 102/248) | P-3090/97 by Lissy Gröner to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Outflows of EU resources to the Middle and Upper Franconian administrative districts | 165 | ||
| (98/C 102/249) | P-3140/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Infringement of the right to equal treatment between men and women | 166 | ||
| (98/C 102/250) | E-3141/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Taxes and social security contributions as a percentage of GDP | 166 | ||
| (98/C 102/251) | P-3159/97 by Bernie Malone to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Structural funding | 167 | ||
| (98/C 102/252) | P-3246/97 by Yves Verwaerde to the Commission | ||
| Subject: High-Level Experts Group on the social and societal aspects of the Information Society | 167 | ||
| (98/C 102/253) | P-3277/97 by Elly Plooij-van Gorsel to the Commission | ||
| Subject: European importers of Bangladeshi textiles suffering from export duty levied retrospectively | 167 | ||
| (98/C 102/254) | E-3296/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Moves by Turkey to destabilize the Aegean | 168 | ||
| (98/C 102/255) | E-3303/97 by Juan Colino Salamanca to the Commission | ||
| Subject: COM in bananas | 169 | ||
| (98/C 102/256) | E-3395/97 by Hugh Kerr to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Harmonization of rights of way legislation in the EU | 169 | ||
| (98/C 102/257) | E-3456/97 by Olivier Duhamel and Catherine Lalumière to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Allocation of PHARE funds for educational books | 169 | ||
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