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6.2.2004 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
CE 33/120 |
(2004/C 33 E/120)
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1453/03
by Hiltrud Breyer (Verts/ALE) to the Commission
(28 April 2003)
Subject: European Parliament resolution of 28 January 1999 (A4-0005/1999) on the environment, security and foreign policy
With reference to paragraphs 26 to 29 of the European Parliament resolution of 28 January 1999 on the environment, security and foreign policy (A4-0005/1999 (1)):
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With regard to paragraph 26, has the Commission examined whether there are environmental and public health implications for Arctic Europe arising from the HAARP programme, and will it be reporting to Parliament concerning its findings? If so, what implications have been identified? |
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With regard to paragraph 27, what steps has the Commission taken to establish and enforce an international convention introducing a global ban on all developments and deployments of weapons which might enable any form of manipulation of human beings? |
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With regard to paragraph 28, what steps has the Commission taken to conclude international treaties to protect the environment from unnecessary destruction in the event of war? |
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With regard to paragraph 29, what steps has the Commission taken with a view to the establishment of international standards for the environmental impact of peacetime military activities? |
Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission
(3 July 2003)
The High frequency Active Auroral Research Programme (HAARP) for Arctic Europe is a military programme. The Commission has no competence, nor indeed the expertise, to carry out the examination requested by the Parliament in paragraph 26 of its Resolution.
With regard to the requests made in paragraphs 27 to 29, these deal with international treaties and standards which are predominantly concerned with military questions, e.g. on disarmament, and therefore fall within the competence of the Member States.
(1) OJ C 128, 7.5.1999, p. 92.