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Document C:1998:134:TOC
Official Journal of the European Communities, C 134, 30 April 1998
Official Journal of the European Communities, C 134, 30 April 1998
Official Journal of the European Communities, C 134, 30 April 1998
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| Official Journal of the European Communities | ISSN
0378-6986 C 134 Volume 41 30 April 1998 |
| English edition | Information and Notices | ||
| Notice No | Contents | Page | |
| I Information | |||
| European Parliament | |||
| Written Questions with answer | |||
| (98/C 134/01) | E-0882/97 by Agnes Schierhuber to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Amount of Community funding allocated in 1996 to Austria and its individual federal states (Supplementary Answer) | 1 | ||
| (98/C 134/02) | E-1374/97 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Impact of the EU's agrements with third countries on fish and mollusc preserves (Supplementary Answer) | 1 | ||
| (98/C 134/03) | E-1684/97 by Franz Linser to the Commission | ||
| Subject: EU contributions/volume of aid (Supplementary Answer) | 2 | ||
| (98/C 134/04) | E-2267/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Information on funds used to develop the north-west region of Italy in 1995-1996 (Supplementary Answer) | 2 | ||
| (98/C 134/05) | P-2296/97 by Joan Colom i Naval to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Outstanding appropriations for structural actions (Supplementary Answer) | 3 | ||
| (98/C 134/06) | E-2362/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Council | ||
| Subject: Refusal by Indonesia to allow journalists entry to East Timor | 3 | ||
| (98/C 134/07) | E-2363/97 by Kirsi Piha to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Harm caused by cessation of duty-free sales | 4 | ||
| (98/C 134/08) | E-2379/97 by Wilfried Telkämper to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Allocation of Commission grants to (German) development NGOs | 5 | ||
| (98/C 134/09) | E-2418/97 by Laura De Esteban Martin to the Council | ||
| Subject: Committees of experts | 6 | ||
| (98/C 134/10) | E-2426/97 by José Happart to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Follow up concerning the responsibilities attributed in the report of the Committee of Inquiry into BSE | 7 | ||
| (98/C 134/11) | P-2431/97 by Edouard des Places (I-EDN) to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Authorization to place plant protection products on the market (Supplementary Answer) | 8 | ||
| (98/C 134/12) | E-2489/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Council | ||
| Subject: Shameless Turkish provocation aimed at the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople | 9 | ||
| (98/C 134/13) | E-2490/97 by Werner Langen to the Council | ||
| Subject: Non-payment of SOCRATES funds | 9 | ||
| (98/C 134/14) | P-2497/97 by John Iversen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Stabex system | 10 | ||
| (98/C 134/15) | E-2550/97 by Ria Oomen-Ruijten and Karla Peijs to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Increase in excise duties on 1 July 1997 | 11 | ||
| (98/C 134/16) | E-2572/97 by Jan Mulder to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Infectious animal diseases brought in from neighbouring countries of the EU | 12 | ||
| (98/C 134/17) | E-2574/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Contemptuous and dangerous decisions by the new Turkish Government | 13 | ||
| (98/C 134/18) | E-2593/97 by Katerina Daskalaki to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Fires in Greece | 13 | ||
| (98/C 134/19) | E-2652/97 by Giacomo Santini, Claudio Azzolini and Guido Viceconte to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Insolvency of UNIONCOOP in course of implementing 'Objective 1' Multiregional Operative Programme | 15 | ||
| (98/C 134/20) | E-2654/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Premium rights for suckler cows | 16 | ||
| (98/C 134/21) | E-2657/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Council | ||
| Subject: Cruelty in pigmeat production | 17 | ||
| (98/C 134/22) | E-2658/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Links between BSE and CJD | 17 | ||
| (98/C 134/23) | E-2722/97 by Jesús Cabezón Alonso to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Awarding of contracts for projects cofinanced by the European Union | 18 | ||
| (98/C 134/24) | E-2726/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Market in (Indica and Japonica) rice | 19 | ||
| (98/C 134/25) | E-2743/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Council | ||
| Subject: Need for EU sanctions against Burma | 20 | ||
| (98/C 134/26) | E-2754/97 by Michl Ebner to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Compliance of Italian Decree DL 31/12/1996 No 669 with EU law | 21 | ||
| (98/C 134/27) | E-2814/97 by Reino Paasilinna, Riitta Myller, Pertti Paasio, Maj Theorin, Tommy Waidelich, Carole Tongue, Dietrich Elchlepp and Philippe De Coene to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Process for the selection of technical assistance consultants in the Commission | 22 | ||
| (98/C 134/28) | E-2823/97 by Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Extension of the Munich-Deggendorf-Prague motorway | 23 | ||
| (98/C 134/29) | E-2834/97 by María Sornosa Martínez to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Protecting the Pego-Oliva marshes (Valencia - Spain) | 23 | ||
| (98/C 134/30) | E-2836/97 by Livio Filippi to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Ban on the use of 'specified risk material' in connection with BSE | 24 | ||
| (98/C 134/31) | E-2843/97 by Klaus-Heiner Lehne to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Anti-dumping Regulation as applicable to bicycle parts from China | 26 | ||
| (98/C 134/32) | E-2844/97 by Klaus-Heiner Lehne to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Bank charges in connection with introduction of the euro | 27 | ||
| (98/C 134/33) | E-2889/97 by Glyn Ford to the Council | ||
| Subject: Human rights abuses in the former Yugoslavia | 28 | ||
| (98/C 134/34) | E-2890/97 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Importation of Bombay duck | 29 | ||
| (98/C 134/35) | E-2893/97 by Phillip Whitehead to the Council | ||
| Subject: Nickel release levels for the alloy used in the 1 and 2 euro coins | 30 | ||
| (98/C 134/36) | E-2895/97 by Phillip Whitehead to the Council | ||
| Subject: Proposal for a Council regulation on denominations and technical specifications of euro coins | 30 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-2893/97 and E-2895/97 | 30 | ||
| (98/C 134/37) | E-2894/97 by Phillip Whitehead to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Nickel release levels for the alloy used in the 1 and 2 euro coins | 31 | ||
| (98/C 134/38) | E-2901/97 by W.G. van Velzen and Ria Oomen-Ruijten to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Air-quality Directive, competition on policies and regional cooperation on the environment | 32 | ||
| (98/C 134/39) | E-2903/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Supplies for the FRM II research reactor of highly-enriched uranium from Russia | 33 | ||
| (98/C 134/40) | E-2904/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Toxic chemicals in foodstuffs | 33 | ||
| (98/C 134/41) | P-2907/97 by Heidi Hautala to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Risk to Atlantic salmon from Norwegian fish-farms | 35 | ||
| (98/C 134/42) | E-2912/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Netherlands projects in the 'Life' programme | 36 | ||
| (98/C 134/43) | E-2931/97 by Sérgio Ribeiro to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Suspension of Portuguese state aid to EPAC, PLC | 37 | ||
| (98/C 134/44) | E-2935/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Council | ||
| Subject: Failure to invite Cyprus to attend the Luxembourg conference on EU enlargement | 38 | ||
| (98/C 134/45) | E-2937/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Cost to European businesses of adapting to the 'euro' | 38 | ||
| (98/C 134/46) | E-2939/97 by Georges Berthu (I-EDN) to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Reduced rate of VAT for property renovation | 39 | ||
| (98/C 134/47) | E-2942/97 by Rolf Linkohr to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Quality of the sea water off the coast of Gran Canaria between San Augustín and Bahia Felix | 40 | ||
| (98/C 134/48) | E-2946/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Fishing by European vessels off the coast of Argentina/Patagonia | 41 | ||
| (98/C 134/49) | E-2948/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Danger of overfishing off the coast of Africa | 42 | ||
| (98/C 134/50) | E-2955/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Possible theft of reactor-grade plutonium by criminals | 42 | ||
| (98/C 134/51) | E-2956/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Council | ||
| Subject: Harassment of the 'European Peace Train' in Turkey | 43 | ||
| (98/C 134/52) | E-2961/97 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Reducing bureaucracy involved in the EU's research policy and regional policy | 44 | ||
| (98/C 134/53) | P-2964/97 by Doeke Eisma to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Possible departure of Director-General Enthoven | 45 | ||
| (98/C 134/54) | E-2965/97 by Niels Sindal to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Bull bars | 45 | ||
| (98/C 134/55) | E-2966/97 by Helwin Peter to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Planned factory outlet mall in Zweibrücken | 46 | ||
| (98/C 134/56) | E-2977/97 by Florus Wijsenbeek to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Non-availability of LPG in Spain for commercial vehicles from other Member States | 46 | ||
| (98/C 134/57) | E-2979/97 by Christoph Konrad to the Commission | ||
| Subject: List of current disputes between the Federal Republic of Germany (especially the 'new Länder') and the Commission (DG IV) over competition | 47 | ||
| (98/C 134/58) | E-2984/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Council | ||
| Subject: Statoil operations in waters surrounding East Timor | 48 | ||
| (98/C 134/59) | E-2990/97 by Joan Vallvé to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Sand extraction project in the south-eastern part of Majorca | 48 | ||
| (98/C 134/60) | E-2991/97 by María Sornosa Martínez to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Ban on hunting and legal protection of the Marjal del Moro (Valencia) | 49 | ||
| (98/C 134/61) | E-2992/97 by Paul Lannoye to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Ozone concentrations in the lower atmosphere | 50 | ||
| (98/C 134/62) | E-2996/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Implementation of Directive 91/271/EEC | 51 | ||
| (98/C 134/63) | E-2997/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Implementation of Directive 80/778/EEC | 52 | ||
| (98/C 134/64) | E-3001/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Irregularities in the tendering procedures for the construction of the eastern section of the Rome by-pass and the subway under the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome | 52 | ||
| (98/C 134/65) | E-3004/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Supply of buses for the Lazio regional transport company CO.TRA.L. | 53 | ||
| (98/C 134/66) | E-3005/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
| Subject: European legislation on reducing air pollution and safeguarding the quality of life in cities | 54 | ||
| (98/C 134/67) | E-3006/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
| Subject: The presence of dangerous waste in a disused warehouse belonging to the chemical firm Zucchet in Rome | 55 | ||
| (98/C 134/68) | E-3008/97 by Gerhard Hager to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Legal status of protocols and declarations | 56 | ||
| (98/C 134/69) | E-3009/97 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Ecological disaster on Lake Kerkinis | 57 | ||
| (98/C 134/70) | E-3010/97 by Graham Watson to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Substainable farming projects | 57 | ||
| (98/C 134/71) | E-3012/97 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Exceeding milk quotas | 58 | ||
| (98/C 134/72) | E-3015/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Illustrative nuclear programme for the European Union | 59 | ||
| (98/C 134/73) | E-3017/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Forestry | 59 | ||
| (98/C 134/74) | E-3018/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Forestry | 60 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-3017/97 and E-3018/97 | 60 | ||
| (98/C 134/75) | E-3029/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Human Rights | 61 | ||
| (98/C 134/76) | E-3030/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Human Rights | 61 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-3029/97 and E-3030/97 | 61 | ||
| (98/C 134/77) | E-3034/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: SLIM: a Pilot Project | 62 | ||
| (98/C 134/78) | E-3036/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Charging of heavy goods vehicles | 63 | ||
| (98/C 134/79) | E-3042/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: White Paper on railways | 63 | ||
| (98/C 134/80) | E-3050/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Green Paper on commerce | 64 | ||
| (98/C 134/81) | E-3052/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Green paper on public procurement | 64 | ||
| (98/C 134/82) | E-3053/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Green paper on public procurement | 65 | ||
| (98/C 134/83) | E-3056/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Tobacco reform | 66 | ||
| (98/C 134/84) | E-3059/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Services of general interest in Europe | 67 | ||
| (98/C 134/85) | E-3065/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Marking of packaging | 67 | ||
| (98/C 134/86) | E-3066/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Labelling of foodstuffs | 68 | ||
| (98/C 134/87) | E-3067/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Environmental assessment | 69 | ||
| (98/C 134/88) | E-3068/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Protection of minors in audiovisual services | 69 | ||
| (98/C 134/89) | E-3069/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Protection of minors in audiovisual services | 70 | ||
| (98/C 134/90) | E-3070/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Protection of minors in audiovisual services | 70 | ||
| (98/C 134/91) | E-3071/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Protection of minors in audiovisual services | 70 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-3068/97, E-3069/97, E-3070/97 and E-3071/97 | 71 | ||
| (98/C 134/92) | E-3075/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Council | ||
| Subject: Admission to the occupation of road haulage operator | 72 | ||
| (98/C 134/93) | E-3076/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Admission to the occupation of road haulage operator | 72 | ||
| (98/C 134/94) | E-3077/97 by John Iversen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Calves | 73 | ||
| (98/C 134/95) | E-3080/97 by Herbert Bösch to the Commission | ||
| Subject: EU co-financing for conversion of former EU inland customs offices | 73 | ||
| (98/C 134/96) | E-3082/97 by David Thomas to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Aid to fruit farmers | 74 | ||
| (98/C 134/97) | E-3084/97 by Doeke Eisma to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Removal of the cormorant (continental race) from Annex I of the Directive on the conservation of wild birds | 75 | ||
| (98/C 134/98) | P-3086/97 by Jessica Larive to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Draft directive on paraffin | 76 | ||
| (98/C 134/99) | P-3090/97 by Lissy Gröner to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Outflows of EU resources to the Middle and Upper Franconian administrative districts (Supplementary Answer) | 77 | ||
| (98/C 134/100) | E-3091/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Council | ||
| Subject: Medical treatment options for persons severely injured by chemicals | 77 | ||
| (98/C 134/101) | E-3092/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Medical treatment options for persons severely injured by chemicals | 78 | ||
| (98/C 134/102) | E-3094/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Medical treatment options for persons severely injured by chemicals | 79 | ||
| (98/C 134/103) | E-3095/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Danube expansion, Phase 2 | 80 | ||
| (98/C 134/104) | E-3098/97 by Bryan Cassidy to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Commission investigation into the Dutch electrotechnical market | 81 | ||
| (98/C 134/105) | E-3099/97 by Gary Titley to the Commission | ||
| Subject: EU research and support for the jojoba and euphorbia tree species | 81 | ||
| (98/C 134/106) | E-3101/97 by Ben Fayot to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Accreditation of European journalists in the various places of work of the institutions | 82 | ||
| (98/C 134/107) | P-3104/97 by Rijk van Dam (I-EDN) to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Uzbekistan | 83 | ||
| (98/C 134/108) | E-3107/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Assessment of the environmental impact of the Rome-Naples high-speed railway line | 84 | ||
| (98/C 134/109) | E-3110/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
| Subject: European legislation on motorcyclists | 84 | ||
| (98/C 134/110) | E-3112/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Italian policy on the immigration of non-Community nationals | 85 | ||
| (98/C 134/111) | E-3114/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Travellers' encampments in Rome | 86 | ||
| (98/C 134/112) | E-3117/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
| Subject: Violation of the rules of democracy by the Dutch Presidency | 87 | ||
| (98/C 134/113) | E-3119/97 by Agnes Schierhuber to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Ban on battery farms in some Austrian Länder | 88 | ||
| (98/C 134/114) | E-3121/97 by Jan Mulder to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Use of biological crop protection products in the European Union | 89 | ||
| (98/C 134/115) | E-3125/97 by Graham Mather to the Commission | ||
| Subject: BA/AA merger | 90 | ||
| (98/C 134/116) | E-3126/97 by Gerardo Fernández-Albor to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Encouragement of youth exchanges between businesses in the various Member States | 90 | ||
| (98/C 134/117) | E-3128/97 by Gerardo Fernández-Albor to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Community funding for those affected by the sinking of the Aegean | 91 | ||
| (98/C 134/118) | E-3132/97 by Jean Baggioni to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Funding of island networks | 92 | ||
| (98/C 134/119) | E-3134/97 by Giuseppe Rauti to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Funding of 'Brianza per il Cuore' | 93 | ||
| (98/C 134/120) | E-3138/97 by Florus Wijsenbeek to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Ban on night flights in Italy | 94 | ||
| (98/C 134/121) | P-3143/97 by Undine-Uta Bloch von Blottnitz to the Commission | ||
| Subject: The Commission's monitoring system for checks on nuclear fissile materials | 94 | ||
| (98/C 134/122) | P-3145/97 by Franco Malerba to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Damage caused to Community policy on the use of biomass by incorrect application of the Council Directive of 18 March 1991 on waste | 95 | ||
| (98/C 134/123) | E-3147/97 by Kirsten Jensen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: The transport agreement between the EU and Switzerland | 96 | ||
| (98/C 134/124) | E-3151/97 by Klaus Lukas to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Cost of the Commission representation in Vienna | 97 | ||
| (98/C 134/125) | E-3152/97 by Klaus Lukas to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Senior administrative posts for Austrians | 97 | ||
| (98/C 134/126) | E-3154/97 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Genetically modified rape seed | 99 | ||
| (98/C 134/127) | E-3156/97 by Esko Seppänen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Inadequacy of EU environmental standards; final destination of untreated waste water from EU buildings | 99 | ||
| (98/C 134/128) | E-3157/97 by Esko Seppänen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Legal basis for budget headings B3-4103 and B3-4104 | 100 | ||
| (98/C 134/129) | E-3160/97 by Katerina Daskalaki to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Risk of collapse of Newstead Abbey, ancestral home of Lord Byron | 100 | ||
| (98/C 134/130) | E-3161/97 by Allan Macartney to the Commission | ||
| Subject: European structural funding: projects involving people with learning difficulties | 101 | ||
| (98/C 134/131) | E-3162/97 by Robert Evans to the Commission | ||
| Subject: European Commission proposals for harmonized controls on sales of vitamins and minerals | 102 | ||
| (98/C 134/132) | E-3164/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Further information concerning the CERA annual report 'Extremism in Europe' | 102 | ||
| (98/C 134/133) | P-3170/97 by Esko Seppänen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Division into net payers and net beneficiaries | 103 | ||
| (98/C 134/134) | E-3173/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Dutch participation in the Comenius programme | 104 | ||
| (98/C 134/135) | E-3174/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Zaire | 105 | ||
| (98/C 134/136) | E-3176/97 by Armelle Guinebertière to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Application of reduced VAT rate in the housing sector | 106 | ||
| (98/C 134/137) | E-3187/97 by Jacques Donnay to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Amendment of the Sixth Directive on the application of the reduced rate of VAT in the housing sector | 106 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-3176/97 and E-3187/97 | 106 | ||
| (98/C 134/138) | E-3180/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Accidents on the Tsakona-Kalamata road | 107 | ||
| (98/C 134/139) | E-3181/97 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: The Thessaloniki 'metro' | 107 | ||
| (98/C 134/140) | E-3183/97 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Differential pricing of newspapers | 108 | ||
| (98/C 134/141) | P-3185/97 by Luigi Caligaris to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Applicability of the special customs arrangements at the free port of Trieste | 109 | ||
| (98/C 134/142) | P-3186/97 by Eva Kjer Hansen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Commission sickness fund administration | 110 | ||
| (98/C 134/143) | E-3188/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Charter on the rights of women in childbirth | 111 | ||
| (98/C 134/144) | E-3192/97 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Human rights in Turkey | 112 | ||
| (98/C 134/145) | E-3193/97 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Harmonization of traffic regulations | 112 | ||
| (98/C 134/146) | E-3194/97 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Road tax harmonization | 113 | ||
| (98/C 134/147) | P-3204/97 by Jean Querbes to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Production of durum wheat | 113 | ||
| (98/C 134/148) | E-3205/97 by Freddy Blak to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Working environment of homeworkers | 114 | ||
| (98/C 134/149) | E-3214/97 by David Martin to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Use of stray dogs and cats for vivisection in Belgium | 115 | ||
| (98/C 134/150) | E-3215/97 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Purchase of property in other Member States | 115 | ||
| (98/C 134/151) | E-3216/97 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Restrictions on purchase of property in EU Member States | 115 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-3215/97 and E-3216/97 | 115 | ||
| (98/C 134/152) | E-3217/97 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Driving licences in EU Member States | 116 | ||
| (98/C 134/153) | E-3223/97 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström to the Commission | ||
| Subject: French postal charges | 117 | ||
| (98/C 134/154) | P-3225/97 by Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Fisheries agreement with Morocco and surveillance | 117 | ||
| (98/C 134/155) | P-3226/97 by Sirkka-Liisa Anttila to the Commission | ||
| Subject: The effect of intensified production in agriculture in Poland and Hungary, and its significance for the balance of the EU's agricultural production | 118 | ||
| (98/C 134/156) | P-3229/97 by Jan Sonneveld to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Problems involved in obtaining refunds on agricultural products which are not consumed in full in the first importing country | 119 | ||
| (98/C 134/157) | E-3233/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Utilization by Greece of appropriations from the Cohesion Fund | 120 | ||
| (98/C 134/158) | E-3235/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Funding for third countries from EU programmes intended for Member States | 121 | ||
| (98/C 134/159) | E-3241/97 by Alfonso Novo Belenguer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Objective 1 regions | 121 | ||
| (98/C 134/160) | E-3242/97 by Alfonso Novo Belenguer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Toxic teats | 122 | ||
| (98/C 134/161) | E-3244/97 by Alfonso Novo Belenguer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Radioactive waste | 123 | ||
| (98/C 134/162) | P-3247/97 by Yves Verwaerde to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Research appropriations for the development of digital television | 124 | ||
| (98/C 134/163) | P-3248/97 by Honor Funk to the Commission | ||
| Subject: WTO ruling on the import ban on meat treated with hormones | 124 | ||
| (98/C 134/164) | E-3429/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Growth promoting hormones | 125 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions P-3248/97 and E-3429/97 | 125 | ||
| (98/C 134/165) | E-3251/97 by Katerina Daskalaki to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Danger to the Keramikos archaeological site | 126 | ||
| (98/C 134/166) | E-3253/97 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Export of live cattle to third countries | 127 | ||
| (98/C 134/167) | E-3257/97 by Edgar Schiedermeier to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Reform of the European support programmes | 127 | ||
| (98/C 134/168) | E-3262/97 by Peter Skinner to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Improvements in transnational knowledge of fire | 128 | ||
| (98/C 134/169) | E-3263/97 by María Estevan Bolea to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Petroleum coke | 128 | ||
| (98/C 134/170) | E-3273/97 by Gianni Tamino to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Plans to exterminate grey squirrels | 128 | ||
| (98/C 134/171) | E-3275/97 by Florus Wijsenbeek to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Court decisions in Belgium | 129 | ||
| (98/C 134/172) | P-3276/97 by Carles-Alfred Gasòliba i Böhm to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Project for urban development in the 'Marjal de Xeraco' marshland | 130 | ||
| (98/C 134/173) | E-3288/97 by Edith Müller to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Selection procedure for the recruitment of administrative assistants (accounting/auditing) (EUR/B/105) | 130 | ||
| (98/C 134/174) | E-3289/97 by Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler to the Commission | ||
| Subject: OECD negotiations on the Multilateral Investment Agreement (MIA) | 131 | ||
| (98/C 134/175) | E-3290/97 by Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler to the Commission | ||
| Subject: OECD negotiations on the Multilateral Investment Agreement (MIA) | 131 | ||
| (98/C 134/176) | E-3291/97 by Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler to the Commission | ||
| Subject: OECD negotiations on the Multilateral Investment Agreement (MIA) | 132 | ||
| (98/C 134/177) | E-3301/97 by María Sornosa Martínez to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Alarming mortality figures for birds in El Fondo de Elche | 132 | ||
| (98/C 134/178) | E-3313/97 by John Iversen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Transport of calves | 133 | ||
| (98/C 134/179) | E-3314/97 by Herbert Bösch to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Grading of officials | 134 | ||
| (98/C 134/180) | E-3316/97 by Klaus Lukas to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Opinions on the Central and Eastern European states which are candidates for EU accession | 134 | ||
| (98/C 134/181) | E-3317/97 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Disposal of used catalytic converters | 136 | ||
| (98/C 134/182) | E-3321/97 by Joaquín Sisó Cruellas to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Television and the deaf in Europe | 136 | ||
| (98/C 134/183) | E-3322/97 by Esko Seppänen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Threat posed to the unique natural salmon stock in the Teno-joki (Tana) river* by the Norwegians' proposals for salmon farms | 137 | ||
| (98/C 134/184) | E-3323/97 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Replacement of pipes in water supply systems | 137 | ||
| (98/C 134/185) | E-3330/97 by Christoph Konrad to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Violation of European law by the Italian Republic | 138 | ||
| (98/C 134/186) | E-3331/97 by Thomas Mann to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Implementation of European Union measures at local level | 139 | ||
| (98/C 134/187) | E-3335/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Sellafield Solvent Treatment Plant, Britain | 140 | ||
| (98/C 134/188) | E-3337/97 by David Hallam to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Payment of Statutory Maternity Pay (United Kingdom): 16-week loophole | 140 | ||
| (98/C 134/189) | E-3341/97 by Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Erasmus accompanying measures | 141 | ||
| (98/C 134/190) | E-3342/97 by Angela Sierra González and María Sornosa Martínez to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Statements made by the Director-General for Regional Policy, Mr Landáburu, on the exclusion of the Canaries as an Objective 1 region | 142 | ||
| (98/C 134/191) | E-3344/97 by Valerio Baldini to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Starling hunting in Italy | 143 | ||
| (98/C 134/192) | E-3350/97 by Helena Torres Marques to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Funding of projects for the protection of forests | 143 | ||
| (98/C 134/193) | P-3354/97 by Bertel Haarder to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Structural aid for Central and Eastern Europe under Agenda 2000 | 144 | ||
| (98/C 134/194) | P-3356/97 by Gunilla Carlsson to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Energy policy switch in Sweden | 144 | ||
| (98/C 134/195) | E-3357/97 by Ursula Schleicher to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Indirect advertizing for tobacco | 146 | ||
| (98/C 134/196) | E-3358/97 by Caroline Jackson to the Council | ||
| Subject: Amsterdam Treaty: Declaration on the quality of the drafting of EU legislation | 146 | ||
| (98/C 134/197) | E-3359/97 by Brian Crowley to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Representation of sectoral organizations | 147 | ||
| (98/C 134/198) | E-3362/97 by José García-Margallo y Marfil to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Floods in Valencia, Murcia and Andalucia: aid to victims | 148 | ||
| (98/C 134/199) | E-3366/97 by José García-Margallo y Marfil to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Floods in the EU: awareness-raising campaign | 148 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-3362/97 and E-3366/97 | 148 | ||
| (98/C 134/200) | E-3363/97 by José García-Margallo y Marfil to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Floods in the EU: assessing the cost | 149 | ||
| (98/C 134/201) | E-3364/97 by José García-Margallo y Marfil to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Floods in the EU: preventive task force | 149 | ||
| (98/C 134/202) | E-3365/97 by José García-Margallo y Marfil to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Floods in the EU: in-depth study of damage caused | 149 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-3363/97, E-3364/97 and E-3365/97 | 150 | ||
| (98/C 134/203) | E-3367/97 by José García-Margallo y Marfil to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Floods in the EU: new Community initiative | 150 | ||
| (98/C 134/204) | E-3370/97 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Opening of a quarry in the Pittolo area | 151 | ||
| (98/C 134/205) | E-3373/97 by Ole Krarup (I-EDN) to the Commission | ||
| Subject: EU economic development and structural funding | 151 | ||
| (98/C 134/206) | E-3374/97 by Markus Ferber to the Council | ||
| Subject: Evidence of compulsory health insurance cover - obligation to present the E111 form | 152 | ||
| (98/C 134/207) | E-3375/97 by Markus Ferber to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Evidence of compulsory health insurance cover - obligation to present the E111 form | 153 | ||
| (98/C 134/208) | P-3385/97 by Fernando Moniz to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Textile and clothing industry in the EU | 154 | ||
| (98/C 134/209) | P-3386/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Coniferous afforestation in Ireland | 154 | ||
| (98/C 134/210) | P-3387/97 by Graham Watson to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Subsidies to support sale of processed cheese | 156 | ||
| (98/C 134/211) | E-3389/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Risks posed by condemned beef | 156 | ||
| (98/C 134/212) | E-3392/97 by Graham Watson to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Commission's paper on rural development | 157 | ||
| (98/C 134/213) | E-3396/97 by Fernando Fernández Martín to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Effect of the Sumatra and Borneo forest fires on climate change | 158 | ||
| (98/C 134/214) | E-3414/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: World trade and protection of animals | 158 | ||
| (98/C 134/215) | E-3415/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: World trade and protection of animals | 159 | ||
| (98/C 134/216) | E-3417/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: World trade and protection of animals | 159 | ||
| (98/C 134/217) | E-3418/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: World trade and protection of animals | 159 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-3414/97, E-3415/97, E-3417/97 and E-3418/97 | 160 | ||
| (98/C 134/218) | E-3419/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Payment of pension to surviving spouses | 160 | ||
| (98/C 134/219) | E-3423/97 by Pedro Marset Campos to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Intimidatory attempts to force Roma families out of their homes in the San Pio X quarter of Murcia (Spain) | 161 | ||
| (98/C 134/220) | E-3426/97 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Creation of a Task Force on Sport | 162 | ||
| (98/C 134/221) | P-3427/97 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Transfer of appropriations from social programmes under the Greek Community Support Framework to other sectors | 163 | ||
| (98/C 134/222) | E-3436/97 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Measures to combat usury | 163 | ||
| (98/C 134/223) | E-3437/97 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Detention on remand | 164 | ||
| (98/C 134/224) | E-3438/97 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Health conditions in prisons | 165 | ||
| (98/C 134/225) | E-3439/97 by Nel van Dijk to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Parental leave for officials of the institutions | 165 | ||
| (98/C 134/226) | P-3446/97 by Johannes Swoboda to the Commission | ||
| Subject: EU accession negotiations with Slovenia | 166 | ||
| (98/C 134/227) | E-3447/97 by Klaus-Heiner Lehne to the Commission | ||
| Subject: The European Union's involvement in the International Science and Technology Centre (ISTC) in Moscow | 166 | ||
| (98/C 134/228) | E-3455/97 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Nicotine dependency caused by tobacco | 167 | ||
| (98/C 134/229) | E-3483/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Instances of sexual abuse in an EU nursery | 167 | ||
| (98/C 134/230) | E-3512/97 by Honório Novo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Grape juice promotion campaign in the European Union | 168 | ||
| (98/C 134/231) | P-3513/97 by Jup Weber to the Commission | ||
| Subject: EU forestry strategy | 169 | ||
| (98/C 134/232) | P-3514/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Biological Warfare Using Genetically Engineered Micro-organisms | 170 | ||
| (98/C 134/233) | E-3526/97 by Fernando Fernández Martín to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Activities of the Commission group of experts in connection with the forest fires in Indonesia | 171 | ||
| (98/C 134/234) | P-3556/97 by Luigi Florio to the Commission | ||
| Subject: EU loan to the Palestine National Authority | 171 | ||
| (98/C 134/235) | P-3557/97 by Josu Imaz San Miguel to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Spanish hunting law | 172 | ||
| (98/C 134/236) | P-3559/97 by Edouard des Places (I-EDN) to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Publicity in respect of EU aid - EAGGF Guidance Section | 173 | ||
| (98/C 134/237) | E-3568/97 by Frédéric Striby (I-EDN) to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Chronic intoxication of sheep by copper | 174 | ||
| (98/C 134/238) | E-3569/97 by Frédéric Striby (I-EDN) to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Chronic intoxication of sheep by copper | 174 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-3568/97 and E-3569/97 | 175 | ||
| (98/C 134/239) | P-3573/97 by Giancarlo Ligabue to the Commission | ||
| Subject: DG X radio broadcasting policy | 175 | ||
| (98/C 134/240) | P-3575/97 by Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Abolition of the compulsory examination to obtain a hunting licence in Spain | 176 | ||
| (98/C 134/241) | E-3594/97 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
| Subject: The umpteenth example of discrimination against an Italian citizen | 176 | ||
| (98/C 134/242) | P-3615/97 by Eva Kjer Hansen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Protection of the Community's financial interests | 177 | ||
| (98/C 134/243) | P-3665/97 by Maria Berger to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Directive on package travel, package holidays and package tours | 177 | ||
| (98/C 134/244) | P-3675/97 by Johannes Swoboda to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Agenda 2000 - financial implications for Austria's net payments to the EU | 178 | ||
| (98/C 134/245) | P-3709/97 by Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Transport of animals to Lebanon | 179 | ||
| (98/C 134/246) | P-3809/97 by Raymonde Dury to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Presence of MEPs at public events subsidised by the Commission | 180 | ||
| (98/C 134/247) | E-3821/97 by Roberto Mezzaroma to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Sweden | 180 | ||
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