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Document C:2003:280E:TOC

    Official Journal of the European Union, CE 280, 21 November 2003


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    Official Journal
    of the European Union
    		ISSN 1725-2423

    C 280 E
    Volume 46
    21 November 2003
    English editionInformation and Notices
    Notice NoContents

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    EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
    WRITTEN QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER
    2003/C 280 E/001E-2476/02 by Elizabeth Lynne to the Commission
    Subject: Protecting a National Park in Poland    		 1
    2003/C 280 E/002E-2498/02 by Richard Corbett to the Commission
    Subject: Baltic Corridor    		 2
    2003/C 280 E/003E-2511/02 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission
    Subject: EU code of conduct on the export of arms and weapon systems to third countries    		 3
    2003/C 280 E/004E-2514/02 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission
    Subject: Applicant countries and Regulation (EEC) 1408/71    		 4
    2003/C 280 E/005E-2554/02 by Catherine Stihler to the Commission
    Subject: Malta's accession to the EU and the Wild Birds Directive    		 5
    2003/C 280 E/006E-2564/02 by Anna Karamanou to the Commission
    Subject: Women in black — 7th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre    		 5
    2003/C 280 E/007E-2568/02 by Robert Evans to the Commission
    Subject: Defamation charges against Bruce Harris of Casa Alianza in Guatemala    		 6
    2003/C 280 E/008P-2591/02 by Gian Gobbo to the Commission
    Subject: Priority to be given to Argentineans of European origin as far as immigration from outside the Community is concerned    		 7
    2003/C 280 E/009E-2596/02 by Stavros Xarchakos to the Commission
    Subject: Destruction of ancient Greek and Roman monuments in Turkey    		 8
    2003/C 280 E/010E-2601/02 by Ilda Figueiredo to the Commission
    Subject: Regulation on crossborder payments in euros    		 9
    2003/C 280 E/011E-2607/02 by Graham Watson to the Commission
    Subject: EU aid to Afghanistan    		 10
    2003/C 280 E/012E-2641/02 by Daniel Hannan to the Commission
    Subject: EU sanctions damaging EU businesses    		 11
    2003/C 280 E/013E-2870/02 by Christopher Huhne to the Commission
    Subject: Economic assumptions    		 12
    2003/C 280 E/014E-3111/02 by Charles Tannock to the Commission
    Subject: State aids to the French electricity sector    		 12
    2003/C 280 E/015E-3255/02 by Daniel Hannan to the Commission
    Subject: Pressure on greenfield sites because of EU top-up subsidies rules    		 13
    2003/C 280 E/016P-3352/02 by Baroness Sarah Ludford to the Commission
    Subject: EC Petition 566/2000    		 15
    2003/C 280 E/017E-3473/02 by Herbert Bösch to the Commission
    Subject: The Commission's new accounting officer    		 15
    2003/C 280 E/018E-3475/02 by Benedetto Della Vedova to the Commission
    Subject: State aid for public broadcasting companies    		 16
    2003/C 280 E/019E-3488/02 by Charles Tannock and Christopher Heaton-Harris to the Commission
    Subject: Fraud in the European Union and the disciplining of Marta Andreasen    		 18
    2003/C 280 E/020E-3615/02 by Benedetto Della Vedova and Marco Cappato to the Commission
    Subject: State aid for France Telecom from the French Government    		 21
    2003/C 280 E/021E-3616/02 by Erik Meijer to the Commission
    Subject: Regular and safe maritime shipping services on fixed routes jeopardised by ban on price agreements and authorisation to award secret discounts    		 22
    2003/C 280 E/022E-3754/02 by Jan Andersson to the Commission
    Subject: Application of the Schengen Agreement at Frankfurt airport    		 24
    2003/C 280 E/023E-3767/02 by Erik Meijer to the Commission
    Subject: Financial barriers to visits by relatives and elderly tourists from Russia travelling via future EU territory to Kaliningrad    		 25
    2003/C 280 E/024E-3777/02 by Christopher Huhne to the Commission
    Subject: Pirelli production    		 26
    2003/C 280 E/025E-3782/02 by Erik Meijer to the Commission
    Subject: Combination of parliamentary democracy with the right to decentralised decisions and diversity within a new institutional structure of the EU    		 27
    2003/C 280 E/026P-3784/02 by Diana Wallis to the Commission
    Subject: Infringement proceedings    		 28
    2003/C 280 E/027E-3860/02 by Mogens Camre to the Commission
    Subject: Minority Commission decision to draw up a draft treaty    		 29
    2003/C 280 E/028E-3902/02 by Mogens Camre to the Commission
    Subject: Commission funding of production of an unofficial draft treaty    		 29
    2003/C 280 E/029E-0034/03 by Esko Seppänen to the Commission
    Subject: The Penelope plan    		 30
    Joint answer to Written Questions E-3860/02, E-3902/02 and E-0034/03 30
    2003/C 280 E/030E-3865/02 by Jules Maaten and Lousewies van der Laan to the Council
    Subject: Indonesia's ad hoc tribunals on East Timor    		 30
    2003/C 280 E/031E-3874/02 by Salvador Garriga Polledo to the Council
    Subject: Improved European military resources for a greater margin of autonomy    		 31
    2003/C 280 E/032E-3888/02 by Olivier Dupuis to the Commission
    Subject: New wave of repression in Tunisia    		 32
    2003/C 280 E/033E-3910/02 by Eija-Riitta Korhola to the Commission
    Subject: Discriminatory nature of vehicle financing in Finland    		 33
    2003/C 280 E/034E-0002/03 by Olivier Dupuis to the Commission
    Subject: Condemnation of Mr Nguyen Khac Toan    		 34
    2003/C 280 E/035E-0060/03 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Council
    Subject: Rejection by the Council of the European Parliament and Commission proposal concerning the establishment of a COPE fund from which to pay compensation for pollution caused by oil spills    		 35
    2003/C 280 E/036E-0121/03 by Bob van den Bos to the Council
    Subject: North Korean refugees    		 36
    2003/C 280 E/037P-0124/03 by Seán Ó Neachtain to the Commission
    Subject: Special tax designated areas and the west of Ireland    		 37
    2003/C 280 E/038E-0133/03 by José Ribeiro e Castro to the Commission
    Subject: Portuguese on Euronews    		 37
    2003/C 280 E/039P-0164/03 by Francesco Speroni to the Commission
    Subject: Competition between banks    		 38
    2003/C 280 E/040E-0172/03 by Theresa Villiers to the Commission
    Subject: Equitable Life    		 39
    2003/C 280 E/041E-0191/03 by Erik Meijer to the Council
    Subject: The increasing extent to which US criteria are being put forward for acceptance or refusal of new Member States by the EU    		 40
    2003/C 280 E/042E-0220/03 by Marco Cappato to the Council
    Subject: Drug-related escalation of violence in Bolivia    		 41
    2003/C 280 E/043E-0231/03 by Antonios Trakatellis to the Commission
    Subject: Input of Community resources into the Greek economy    		 42
    2003/C 280 E/044E-0232/03 by Eluned Morgan to the Commission
    Subject: End-of-Life Vehicles Directive    		 44
    2003/C 280 E/045E-0236/03 by Isidoro Sánchez García to the Commission
    Subject: Treatment of the outermost regions of the European Union under the mid-term reform of the CAP    		 44
    2003/C 280 E/046E-0257/03 by Caroline Jackson to the Commission
    Subject: Health conditions on French canals    		 45
    2003/C 280 E/047P-0291/03 by Giuseppe Pisicchio to the Commission
    Subject: Illegal immigration    		 46
    2003/C 280 E/048E-0305/03 by Bart Staes to the Commission
    Subject: Price increases resulting from the introduction of the euro    		 48
    2003/C 280 E/049E-0313/03 by Proinsias De Rossa to the Commission
    Subject: Compliance with EU legislation    		 48
    2003/C 280 E/050E-0334/03 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Council
    Subject: NATO enlargement and the European Union's defence policy    		 49
    2003/C 280 E/051P-0345/03 by Hans-Peter Martin to the Council
    Subject: HGV transit problems    		 50
    2003/C 280 E/052E-0358/03 by Baroness Sarah Ludford to the Council
    Subject: Iraq    		 51
    2003/C 280 E/053E-0361/03 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission
    Subject: Holding company called "Newco" set up by Rome City Council — suspected infringement of competition rules    		 51
    2003/C 280 E/054P-0365/03 by Olivier Dupuis to the Council
    Subject: Risk of expulsion of Mr Aldamov and situation of Chechen leaders    		 52
    2003/C 280 E/055P-0380/03 by Alexander de Roo to the Commission
    Subject: Environmental contribution for waste disposal of vehicles in contravention of EU legislation    		 53
    2003/C 280 E/056E-0406/03 by Monica Frassoni to the Commission
    Subject: Urgent measures to protect the SPA "Valloni e Steppe pedegarganiche" in Apulia, Italy    		 54
    2003/C 280 E/057E-0452/03 by Frank Vanhecke to the Council
    Subject: Participation of Robert Mugabe at the EU-Africa summit on 3 April    		 55
    2003/C 280 E/058E-0469/03 by Juan Naranjo Escobar to the Commission
    Subject: Conversion to the euro    		 56
    2003/C 280 E/059E-0498/03 by Jules Maaten to the Council
    Subject: Statement by the Texas authorities that they intend to disregard the judgment of the International Court of Justice concerning the execution of three Mexicans    		 57
    2003/C 280 E/060E-0503/03 by Joan Vallvé to the Commission
    Subject: Catalan on the Commission's website    		 58
    2003/C 280 E/061E-0506/03 by Salvador Garriga Polledo to the Commission
    Subject: Understanding package leaflets    		 58
    2003/C 280 E/062E-0513/03 by Alexander de Roo to the Commission
    Subject: Scrap wood and dioxin in meat    		 59
    2003/C 280 E/063E-0514/03 by Miet Smet to the Council
    Subject: Women's rights in Egypt    		 60
    2003/C 280 E/064E-0518/03 by Miet Smet to the Council
    Subject: Women's rights in Kenya    		 61
    2003/C 280 E/065E-0520/03 by Miet Smet to the Council
    Subject: Women's rights in Pakistan    		 62
    2003/C 280 E/066E-0522/03 by Miet Smet to the Council
    Subject: Women's rights in Zambia    		 64
    2003/C 280 E/067E-0537/03 by Erik Meijer to the Commission
    Subject: Local authority subsidies paid to football clubs run as businesses in order to help them to remain competitive and to make extremely high payments to players    		 65
    2003/C 280 E/068E-0567/03 by Armando Cossutta to the Commission
    Subject: Conflict of interests at the Commission    		 66
    2003/C 280 E/069E-0572/03 by Luigi Vinci to the Council
    Subject: EU-Mexico relations and the "Digna Ochoa case"    		 67
    2003/C 280 E/070E-0578/03 by Frank Vanhecke to the Council
    Subject: Distribution of seats in the European Parliament    		 68
    2003/C 280 E/071E-0588/03 by Miquel Mayol i Raynal to the Council
    Subject: Freedom of association in Romania    		 69
    2003/C 280 E/072E-0598/03 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Council
    Subject: The EU and Brazil    		 69
    2003/C 280 E/073E-0604/03 by Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop to the Council
    Subject: Establishment of an agency for the promotion of linguistic diversity    		 70
    2003/C 280 E/074E-0607/03 by José Ribeiro e Castro to the Council
    Subject: Zimbabwe — Robert Mugabe regime — EU sanctions — EU-Africa relations    		 71
    2003/C 280 E/075P-0627/03 by Jonas Sjöstedt to the Council
    Subject: Political persecution in Turkmenistan    		 72
    2003/C 280 E/076P-0629/03 by Charles Tannock to the Council
    Subject: UN Security Council Resolutions on Iraq and the use of force    		 73
    2003/C 280 E/077E-0633/03 by Charles Tannock to the Council
    Subject: Kosovo, Iraq and the authority of the UN Security Council    		 74
    2003/C 280 E/078E-0641/03 by Michl Ebner to the Commission
    Subject: Closing of a Basque daily newspaper    		 75
    2003/C 280 E/079E-0672/03 by Mario Borghezio to the Commission
    Subject: Respect for press freedom in the Basque Country    		 75
    2003/C 280 E/080E-0801/03 by Koldo Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso to the Commission
    Subject: Freedom of expression    		 75
    Joint answer to Written Questions E-0641/03, E-0672/03 and E-0801/03 76
    2003/C 280 E/081E-0642/03 by Paul Rübig to the Council
    Subject: Tax treatment of research spending    		 76
    2003/C 280 E/082E-0650/03 by Erik Meijer to the Commission
    Subject: Massive plundering of lapwings' eggs from fields in the Netherlands province of Friesland    		 77
    2003/C 280 E/083E-0651/03 by Erik Meijer to the Commission
    Subject: Failure to act on requests to take action against mass collecting of lapwings' eggs in the Dutch province of Friesland    		 78
    Joint answer to Written Questions E-0650/03 and E-0651/03 78
    2003/C 280 E/084E-0659/03 by Maurizio Turco to the Commission
    Subject: Seizure of a large number of enormous illegal waste dumps in Sicily and Directive 75/442/EEC    		 79
    2003/C 280 E/085E-0678/03 by Marco Cappato to the Council
    Subject: Arrest of the Peruvian national Nelson Palomino    		 80
    2003/C 280 E/086E-0717/03 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos to the Council
    Subject: Prestige: re-routing of maritime transport corridors    		 81
    2003/C 280 E/087E-0719/03 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos to the Council
    Subject: Prestige: EU action at WTO level    		 81
    Joint answer to Written Questions E-0717/03 and E-0719/03 82
    2003/C 280 E/088E-0749/03 by Gianfranco Dell'Alba to the Commission
    Subject: Commission's position on a working paper written by a Deputy Director-General as part of his university activities    		 83
    2003/C 280 E/089E-0752/03 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Council
    Subject: Iraq-related threats made against Chile and Mexico by the Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar at a press conference held in Madrid on 27 February    		 84
    2003/C 280 E/090E-0766/03 by Isidoro Sánchez García to the Council
    Subject: Exploitation of natural resources in Western Sahara    		 84
    2003/C 280 E/091E-0773/03 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the Commission
    Subject: Budget overruns in the construction of the Attiki Odos motorway    		 85
    2003/C 280 E/092E-0776/03 by Carlos Bautista Ojeda to the Council
    Subject: Comitology    		 86
    2003/C 280 E/093E-0778/03 by Carlos Bautista Ojeda to the Commission
    Subject: Comitology    		 87
    2003/C 280 E/094E-0786/03 by Alexander de Roo to the Commission
    Subject: Avoiding duplication of animal experiments    		 88
    2003/C 280 E/095E-0809/03 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the Commission
    Subject: Violation of Community environmental legislation in Greece    		 89
    2003/C 280 E/096E-0812/03 by Maurizio Turco, Marco Cappato, Emma Bonino, Marco Pannella and Gianfranco Dell'Alba to the Council
    Subject: War on drugs in Thailand    		 90
    2003/C 280 E/097E-0814/03 by Robert Goebbels to the Commission
    Subject: Famine in Ethiopia    		 91
    2003/C 280 E/098P-0818/03 by Mario Borghezio to the Commission
    Subject: Return of Mrs Petacci's private letters to her heirs by the Italian State    		 92
    2003/C 280 E/099P-0822/03 by Dana Scallon to the Commission
    Subject: Sovereign rights of the EU    		 93
    2003/C 280 E/100E-0823/03 by Christel Fiebiger to the Council
    Subject: Ban on Nifursol    		 93
    2003/C 280 E/101E-0825/03 by Dana Scallon to the Council
    Subject: Sovereign rights of the EU    		 95
    2003/C 280 E/102E-0826/03 by Nicholas Clegg to the Commission
    Subject: European Commission's Business Environment Simplification Taskforce    		 95
    2003/C 280 E/103E-0834/03 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission
    Subject: Use of funds from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) by the City of Frosinone    		 96
    2003/C 280 E/104E-0835/03 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission
    Subject: Use of funds from LIFE III, the fifth action programme in relation to the environment and sustainable development, and environmental training and awareness campaigns, by the City of Frosinone    		 97
    2003/C 280 E/105E-0887/03 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission
    Subject: Use of funds from LIFE III, the fifth action programme in relation to the environment and sustainable development, and environmental training and awareness campaigns, by the municipality of Fiumicino    		 97
    2003/C 280 E/106E-1047/03 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission
    Subject: Use of funds from LIFE III, the fifth action programme in relation to the environment and sustainable development, and environmental training and awareness campaigns, by the municipality of Ancona    		 98
    2003/C 280 E/107E-1048/03 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission
    Subject: Use of funds from LIFE III, the fifth action programme in relation to the environment and sustainable development, and environmental training and awareness campaigns, by the municipality of Carrara    		 98
    2003/C 280 E/108E-1049/03 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission
    Subject: Use of funds from LIFE III, the fifth action programme in relation to the environment and sustainable development, and environmental training and awareness campaigns, by the municipality of Florence    		 99
    2003/C 280 E/109E-1050/03 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission
    Subject: Use of funds from LIFE III, the fifth action programme in relation to the environment and sustainable development, and environmental training and awareness campaigns, by the municipality of Livorno    		 99
    2003/C 280 E/110E-1051/03 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission
    Subject: Use of funds from LIFE III, the fifth action programme in relation to the environment and sustainable development, and environmental training and awareness campaigns, by the municipality of Macerata    		 100
    2003/C 280 E/111E-1052/03 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission
    Subject: Use of funds from LIFE III, the fifth action programme in relation to the environment and sustainable development, and environmental training and awareness campaigns, by the municipality of Massa    		 100
    2003/C 280 E/112E-1053/03 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission
    Subject: Use of funds from LIFE III, the fifth action programme in relation to the environment and sustainable development, and environmental training and awareness campaigns, by the municipality of Perugia    		 101
    2003/C 280 E/113E-1054/03 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission
    Subject: Use of funds from LIFE III, the fifth action programme in relation to the environment and sustainable development, and environmental training and awareness campaigns, by the municipality of Pesaro    		 101
    2003/C 280 E/114E-1055/03 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission
    Subject: Use of funds from LIFE III, the fifth action programme in relation to the environment and sustainable development, and environmental training and awareness campaigns, by the municipality of Pisa    		 102
    2003/C 280 E/115E-1056/03 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission
    Subject: Use of funds from LIFE III, the fifth action programme in relation to the environment and sustainable development, and environmental training and awareness campaigns, by the municipality of Pistoia    		 102
    2003/C 280 E/116E-1057/03 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission
    Subject: Use of funds from LIFE III, the fifth action programme in relation to the environment and sustainable development, and environmental training and awareness campaigns, by the municipality of Prato    		 103
    2003/C 280 E/117E-1058/03 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission
    Subject: Use of funds from LIFE III, the fifth action programme in relation to the environment and sustainable development, and environmental training and awareness campaigns, by the municipality of Siena    		 103
    2003/C 280 E/118E-1059/03 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission
    Subject: Use of funds from LIFE III, the fifth action programme in relation to the environment and sustainable development, and environmental training and awareness campaigns, by the municipality of Terni    		 104
    Joint answer to Written Questions E-0835/03, E-0887/03, E-1047/03, E-1048/03, E-1049/03, E-1050/03, E-1051/03, E-1052/03, E-1053/03, E-1054/03, E-1055/03, E-1056/03, E-1057/03, E-1058/03 and E-1059/03 104
    2003/C 280 E/119E-0839/03 by Mario Mauro to the Council
    Subject: Alterations to the technical and administrative structure of Genoa airport    		 105
    2003/C 280 E/120E-0843/03 by Jean-Claude Fruteau to the Council
    Subject: Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy    		 106
    2003/C 280 E/121E-0851/03 by María Izquierdo Rojo to the Council
    Subject: Morocco's intention to sign a free-trade agreement with the United States    		 106
    2003/C 280 E/122E-0865/03 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission
    Subject: Nomadic women convicted of criminal activities threatened with expulsion    		 107
    2003/C 280 E/123E-0877/03 by Jean Lambert to the Commission
    Subject: European Commission document "STAR 21 — Strategic Aerospace Review for the 21st Century"    		 108
    2003/C 280 E/124E-0878/03 by Graham Watson to the Council
    Subject: Pre-stunning of animals in Greek slaughterhouses    		 109
    2003/C 280 E/125E-0879/03 by Phillip Whitehead to the Commission
    Subject: Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC    		 110
    2003/C 280 E/126E-0898/03 by Wilhelm Piecyk to the Commission
    Subject: Procurement of paper by the Commission    		 111
    2003/C 280 E/127P-0909/03 by Seán Ó Neachtain to the Commission
    Subject: Communicating with the European Commission in the Irish Language (Gaeilge)    		 112
    2003/C 280 E/128E-0919/03 by Antonio Tajani and Gerardo Galeote Quecedo to the Council
    Subject: Release by the Netherlands authorities of Mullah Krekar    		 113
    2003/C 280 E/129E-0940/03 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission
    Subject: Construction of a hotel complex on the islet of Alata and environmental consequences    		 113
    2003/C 280 E/130E-0944/03 by Jorge Hernández Mollar to the Commission
    Subject: Lessons learned from the BEST procedure    		 114
    2003/C 280 E/131E-0974/03 by David Bowe to the Council
    Subject: Falun Gong    		 115
    2003/C 280 E/132P-1030/03 by André Brie to the Council
    Subject: The first CWC (Chemical Weapons Convention) Review Conference    		 116
    2003/C 280 E/133E-1125/03 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission
    Subject: Use of funds from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) by the municipality of Terni    		 117
    2003/C 280 E/134E-1144/03 by Christopher Huhne to the Commission
    Subject: Welfare of broiler chickens    		 118
    2003/C 280 E/135E-1227/03 by Anne Jensen to the Commission
    Subject: Periodic inspection of motor vehicles for the conveyance of passengers    		 118
    2003/C 280 E/136E-1229/03 by Freddy Blak to the Council
    Subject: Enhanced legal cooperation    		 119
    2003/C 280 E/137E-1244/03 by Chris Davies to the Commission
    Subject: Methyldibromo glutaronitrile    		 120
    2003/C 280 E/138E-1256/03 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Commission
    Subject: Establishment of the European Maritime Safety Agency in Galicia    		 121
    2003/C 280 E/139E-1259/03 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Commission
    Subject: European Union action on the problem of recovering fuel oil from the Prestige    		 121
    2003/C 280 E/140E-1262/03 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Council
    Subject: Amendment of the international compensation and liability mechanism under the International Convention on Civil Liability    		 122
    2003/C 280 E/141E-1265/03 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Council
    Subject: Outcome of the Transport Council's decision of December 2002 on the conclusion of agreements by the States with their respective industries    		 123
    2003/C 280 E/142E-1277/03 by Dana Scallon to the Council
    Subject: Uniates in Romania    		 123
    2003/C 280 E/143E-1291/03 by Gabriele Stauner to the Commission
    Subject: "Cellule de Communication"    		 124
    2003/C 280 E/144E-1293/03 by Claude Moraes to the Council
    Subject: Progress on the Seville European Council proposals    		 125
    2003/C 280 E/145E-1298/03 by José Ribeiro e Castro to the Council
    Subject: The Olivença issue (Portugal/Spain) and of the "Ajuda" Bridge    		 126
    2003/C 280 E/146P-1299/03 by Linda McAvan to the Commission
    Subject: Watered down chicken    		 127
    2003/C 280 E/147E-1300/03 by Gabriele Stauner to the Commission
    Subject: Administrative investigations against Mrs Cresson    		 128
    2003/C 280 E/148E-1302/03 by David Bowe to the Commission
    Subject: "Let me tell you a secret about the environment" — Publication ISBN 92-894-3866-5    		 130
    2003/C 280 E/149E-1323/03 by Elizabeth Lynne to the Commission
    Subject: Consequences of Pressure Equipment Directive on small boiler manufacturers    		 130
    2003/C 280 E/150E-1324/03 by Jens-Peter Bonde to the Commission
    Subject: Statement by Mr Gómez-Reino on the resignation of the Santer Commission    		 131
    2003/C 280 E/151P-1337/03 by Antonios Trakatellis to the Commission
    Subject: Protecting the environment from the discharge of sludge into landfill sites and the implementation of integrated waste management in Greece    		 132
    2003/C 280 E/152E-1360/03 by Erik Meijer to the Commission
    Subject: Shipments of uranium and enrichment technologies by the Urenco company to Iran and other states seeking to develop nuclear weapons    		 133
    2003/C 280 E/153E-1375/03 by Bart Staes to the Commission
    Subject: Radioactive contamination of mineworkers in Shinkolobwe heterogenite mines    		 134
    2003/C 280 E/154E-1393/03 by Elly Plooij-van Gorsel to the Commission
    Subject: Protection of CDs against copying    		 135
    2003/C 280 E/155E-1399/03 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission
    Subject: Consumer confidence — Directive 93/13/EC    		 136
    2003/C 280 E/156E-1402/03 by Alexander de Roo to the Commission
    Subject: Network of protected areas under threat in the Netherlands    		 137
    2003/C 280 E/157E-1408/03 by Kathleen Van Brempt to the Commission
    Subject: Dangers to motorcyclists caused by from road markings    		 138
    2003/C 280 E/158P-1410/03 by Kathleen Van Brempt to the Commission
    Subject: Bull bars    		 139
    2003/C 280 E/159E-1415/03 by Joan Vallvé to the Commission
    Subject: Closure of the newspaper "Egunkaria"    		 140
    2003/C 280 E/160P-1424/03 by Bert Doorn to the Commission
    Subject: Reserve funds for European inland waterway transport    		 141
    2003/C 280 E/161E-1439/03 by Gabriele Stauner to the Commission
    Subject: Reform of the disciplinary procedure    		 142
    2003/C 280 E/162E-1443/03 by Olivier Dupuis to the Commission
    Subject: Twenty year prison sentences for peaceful demonstration in Laos    		 143
    2003/C 280 E/163E-1444/03 by Francesco Rutelli, Mariotto Segni, Graham Watson, Enrique Barón Crespo, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Monica Frassoni, Francis Wurtz, Teresa Almeida Garrett, Guido Bodrato, Luciano Caveri, Luigi Cocilovo, Armando Cossutta, Paolo Costa, Luigi De Mita, Giuseppe Di Lello Finuoli, Antonio Di Pietro, Carlo Fatuzzo, Fernando Fernández Martín, Marco Formentini, Fiorella Ghilardotti, Florence Kuntz, Franco Maríni, Mario Mastella, Reinhold Messner, Luisa Morgantini, Pasqualina Napoletano, Giorgio Napolitano, Juan Ojeda Sanz, Elena Paciotti, Giuseppe Pisicchio, Giovanni Pittella, José Pomés Ruiz, Giovanni Procacci, Giorgio Ruffolo, Guido Sacconi, Luciana Sbarbati, Bruno Trentin and Gianni Vattimo to the Commission
    Subject: Freedom and pluralism of information    		 144
    2003/C 280 E/164E-1445/03 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Commission
    Subject: European citizens' right to health — Charter of EU Citizens' Health Rights    		 145
    2003/C 280 E/165P-1449/03 by Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop to the Commission
    Subject: Charging of fees to children of MEPs' assistants attending the European Schools    		 146
    2003/C 280 E/166E-1459/03 by Herman Schmid to the Commission
    Subject: Employment and economic effects of takeovers    		 148
    2003/C 280 E/167E-1460/03 by Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop to the Commission
    Subject: The Comenius programme and intercultural education    		 149
    2003/C 280 E/168E-1461/03 by Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop to the Commission
    Subject: European Social Fund and intercultural education    		 151
    2003/C 280 E/169E-1464/03 by José Ribeiro e Castro to the Commission
    Subject: European charter for children in hospital    		 152
    2003/C 280 E/170E-1489/03 by Reinhold Messner to the Commission
    Subject: Hygiene rules for slaughter and processing on farms    		 153
    2003/C 280 E/171E-1490/03 by Olivier Dupuis to the Commission
    Subject: Impact of the war in Chechnya on the Russian economy    		 154
    2003/C 280 E/172E-1498/03 by Ian Hudghton to the Commission
    Subject: 2003 financial package to tackle BSE and other animal diseases    		 155
    2003/C 280 E/173E-1499/03 by José Mendiluce Pereiro, Alexander de Roo and Miquel Mayol i Raynal to the Commission
    Subject: Zebra mussels and transfers from the Ebro    		 157
    2003/C 280 E/174E-1521/03 by Mario Borghezio to the Commission
    Subject: Illegal immigration and the spread of the SARS virus    		 158
    2003/C 280 E/175E-1547/03 by Mario Borghezio to the Commission
    Subject: Adoption in Europe of joint measures to combat SARS    		 158
    2003/C 280 E/176P-1604/03 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission
    Subject: Atypical pneumonia virus (SARS)    		 159
    2003/C 280 E/177E-1613/03 by Caroline Lucas to the Commission
    Subject: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)    		 159
    2003/C 280 E/178E-1617/03 by Antonio Tajani to the Commission
    Subject: SARS    		 160
    Joint answer to Written Questions E-1521/03, E-1547/03, P-1604/03, E-1613/03 and E-1617/03 160
    2003/C 280 E/179E-1524/03 by Erik Meijer to the Commission
    Subject: Compulsory payment of contributions for health care in a Member State other than the state of residence and the health care services used    		 161
    2003/C 280 E/180P-1533/03 by Frédérique Ries to the Commission
    Subject: Innovative medicinal products in the enlarged European Union    		 163
    2003/C 280 E/181E-1537/03 by Charles Tannock to the Commission
    Subject: Transition period for the upgrading of markting authorisations for medicinal products    		 164
    2003/C 280 E/182E-1538/03 by Charles Tannock to the Commission
    Subject: EU and WTO rules regarding business with companies based in tax havens    		 165
    2003/C 280 E/183E-1546/03 by Marco Cappato to the Commission
    Subject: Closure of Internet cafes in Inner Mongolia    		 166
    2003/C 280 E/184E-1558/03 by Claude Moraes to the Commission
    Subject: Soccer and racism    		 167
    2003/C 280 E/185E-1560/03 by Proinsias De Rossa to the Commission
    Subject: Hair dyes and cancer    		 168
    2003/C 280 E/186E-1582/03 by Ilda Figueiredo to the Commission
    Subject: State of the shipbuilding industry in the European Union    		 168
    2003/C 280 E/187E-1598/03 by Chris Davies to the Commission
    Subject: Animal Transport Directive    		 169
    2003/C 280 E/188E-1602/03 by Maria Carrilho to the Commission
    Subject: Toys in foodstuffs    		 170
    2003/C 280 E/189E-1645/03 by Bill Miller to the Commission
    Subject: Methods to reduce unemployment in labour-intensive industries    		 170
    2003/C 280 E/190E-1652/03 by Eija-Riitta Korhola to the Commission
    Subject: Regulation of locksmithing in the EU    		 171
    2003/C 280 E/191P-1656/03 by Giovanni Pittella to the Commission
    Subject: Parmalat "FrescoBlu" milk    		 172
    2003/C 280 E/192E-1692/03 by Elly Plooij-van Gorsel to the Commission
    Subject: Paediatric medicine    		 174
    2003/C 280 E/193E-1701/03 by Ian Hudghton to the Commission
    Subject: Traditional herbal remedies    		 175
    2003/C 280 E/194P-1707/03 by Stavros Xarchakos to the Commission
    Subject: Relocation of companies outside the EU    		 176
    2003/C 280 E/195E-1715/03 by Pasqualina Napoletano to the Commission
    Subject: Transposition into national law and application of Directive 93/104/EC    		 177
    2003/C 280 E/196E-1727/03 by Antonio Di Pietro to the Commission
    Subject: The Merloni Law on public procurement    		 178
    2003/C 280 E/197E-1761/03 by Jan Mulder to the Commission
    Subject: Industrial biotechnology    		 180
    2003/C 280 E/198E-1780/03 by Claude Moraes to the Commission
    Subject: Conclusions from the Round Table on Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia    		 181
    2003/C 280 E/199E-1787/03 by Claude Moraes to the Commission
    Subject: Open coordinated method    		 182
    2003/C 280 E/200E-1793/03 by Claude Moraes to the Commission
    Subject: Cervical cancer screening practices    		 182
    2003/C 280 E/201E-1813/03 by José Ribeiro e Castro to the Commission
    Subject: Portuguese workers — United Kingdom    		 183
    2003/C 280 E/202P-1952/03 by Paulo Casaca to the Commission
    Subject: Serious delay in the implementation of the Cohesion Fund in Portugal    		 184
    2003/C 280 E/203P-1981/03 by Elly Plooij-van Gorsel to the Commission
    Subject: Role of the Netherlands Broadcasting Corporation (NOS) in European rules on invitations to tender for Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) transmitters    		 185
    2003/C 280 E/204E-2028/03 by Erik Meijer to the Commission
    Subject: Greek customs authorities' unnecessarily lengthy procedure of collecting up EU citizens' passports at the border with Macedonia, a procedure that is also open to fraud    		 187
    2003/C 280 E/205P-2030/03 by Jaime Valdivielso de Cué to the Commission
    Subject: Geographical toll    		 187
    2003/C 280 E/206E-2295/03 by Christopher Huhne to the Commission
    Subject: EU funded projects    		 188
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