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Document C:1998:117:TOC
Official Journal of the European Communities, C 117, 16 April 1998
Official Journal of the European Communities, C 117, 16 April 1998
Official Journal of the European Communities, C 117, 16 April 1998
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| Official Journal of the European Communities | ISSN
0378-6986 C 117 Volume 41 16 April 1998 |
| English edition | Information and Notices | ||
| Notice No | Contents | Page | |
| I Information | |||
| European Parliament | |||
| Written Questions with answer | |||
| (98/C 117/01) | E-0884/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Council | ||
| Subject: Implications of economic and monetary union | 1 | ||
| (98/C 117/02) | E-1839/97 by Pasqualina Napoletano to the Commission | ||
| Subject: EU aid to Italy (Supplementary Answer) | 2 | ||
| (98/C 117/03) | E-1969/97 by Thomas Megahy to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Investment in clean coal technology | 3 | ||
| (98/C 117/04) | P-1990/97 by Caroline Jackson to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Information on the amount of EC aid granted to the County of Wiltshire since June 1994 (Supplementary Answer) | 4 | ||
| (98/C 117/05) | E-2020/97 by Iñigo Méndez de Vigo to the Council | ||
| Subject: Cohesion Fund | 4 | ||
| (98/C 117/06) | E-2268/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Technical standards and regulations | 5 | ||
| (98/C 117/07) | E-2269/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Technical standards and regulations | 6 | ||
| (98/C 117/08) | E-2270/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Technical standards and regulations | 6 | ||
| (98/C 117/09) | E-2271/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Technical standards and regulations | 6 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-2268/97, E-2269/97, E-2270/97 and E-2271/97 | 7 | ||
| (98/C 117/10) | E-2277/97 by Sebastiano Musumeci to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Shameful attack on the reputation of Sicily by the German press | 8 | ||
| (98/C 117/11) | E-2289/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: EU contributions to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) | 8 | ||
| (98/C 117/12) | E-2298/97 by Peter Sichrovsky to the Council | ||
| Subject: Failure of government members to attend Council meetings | 10 | ||
| (98/C 117/13) | E-2328/97 by Jesús Cabezón Alonso to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Authorization for insurance companies based in Gibraltar to operate in the EU | 11 | ||
| (98/C 117/14) | E-2336/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Violation of individual liberties and citizens' rights through the implementation of the Schengen Agreement | 11 | ||
| (98/C 117/15) | E-2350/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
| Subject: European legislation on waste disposal | 12 | ||
| (98/C 117/16) | E-2353/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
| Subject: The role of information in the affair of the Italian peace mission in Somalia | 13 | ||
| (98/C 117/17) | E-2358/97 by Undine-Uta Bloch von Blottnitz to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Failure to implement the EU regulation on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora (338/97) in Germany | 13 | ||
| (98/C 117/18) | E-2365/97 by Fernand Herman to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Subsidies granted to the Forest Stewardship Council | 14 | ||
| (98/C 117/19) | E-2380/97 by Evelyne Gebhardt to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Assistance for the Lake Constance region (Supplementary Answer) | 16 | ||
| (98/C 117/20) | E-2395/97 by Carmen Fraga Estévez to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Ban on the transhipment of swordfish catches by the Community fleet in Chilean ports | 16 | ||
| (98/C 117/21) | E-2398/97 by Carles-Alfred Gasòliba i Böhm to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Environmental damage in the Oliva-Pego marsh | 17 | ||
| (98/C 117/22) | E-2401/97 by Leen van der Waal to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Recognition of the Logos Bible Academy in Bulgaria | 17 | ||
| (98/C 117/23) | E-2413/97 by Klaus Lukas to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Reform of structural and regional assistance | 18 | ||
| (98/C 117/24) | E-2478/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Natura 2000 | 19 | ||
| (98/C 117/25) | E-2500/97 by Anita Pollack to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Fire safety in hotels | 20 | ||
| (98/C 117/26) | E-2510/97 by Giuseppe Rauti to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Refund of income tax to single-income families | 21 | ||
| (98/C 117/27) | E-2521/97 by Renate Heinisch to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Level of European Union funding awarded to universities and research institutes in Baden-Württemberg in 1996 (Supplementary Answer) | 21 | ||
| (98/C 117/28) | E-2524/97 by Panayotis Lambrias to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Introduction of the institution of environmental inspectors | 22 | ||
| (98/C 117/29) | E-2531/97 by Gunilla Carlsson to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Charges for the right to sell alcohol | 22 | ||
| (98/C 117/30) | E-2543/97 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Pollution of Lake Koroneia | 23 | ||
| (98/C 117/31) | E-2558/97 by Richard Balfe to the Council | ||
| Subject: Sri Lanka | 24 | ||
| (98/C 117/32) | E-2561/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: EU support for the slaughter of calves | 25 | ||
| (98/C 117/33) | E-2580/97 by Marie-Noëlle Lienemann to the Commission | ||
| Subject: EU-Japan agreement on motor vehicles | 25 | ||
| (98/C 117/34) | E-2583/97 by John Iversen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Food aid | 26 | ||
| (98/C 117/35) | E-2591/97 by Hilde Hawlicek to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Complaint about fixed book prices in the German-speaking area | 27 | ||
| (98/C 117/36) | E-2602/97 by Ludivina García Arias to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Transition costs for the move towards increased competition in the Spanish electricity sector | 28 | ||
| (98/C 117/37) | E-2607/97 by Florus Wijsenbeek to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Complaints about the Belgian system for imposing fines on road transport operators | 28 | ||
| (98/C 117/38) | E-2930/97 by Florus Wijsenbeek to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Presumed corruption of Belgian gendarmerie | 29 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-2607/97 and E-2930/97 | 29 | ||
| (98/C 117/39) | E-2612/97 by Graham Watson to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Organic farming practices | 30 | ||
| (98/C 117/40) | E-2613/97 by Graham Watson to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Organic farming practices | 31 | ||
| (98/C 117/41) | E-2624/97 by Christine Oddy to the Commission | ||
| Subject: VAT on sanitary protection | 31 | ||
| (98/C 117/42) | E-2627/97 by Gianni Tamino to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Morocco's nuclear energy programme | 32 | ||
| (98/C 117/43) | E-2632/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
| Subject: The construction of a subway under the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome | 33 | ||
| (98/C 117/44) | E-2636/97 by Ursula Schleicher to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Safety of blood and plasma products | 34 | ||
| (98/C 117/45) | E-2637/97 by Ursula Schleicher to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Service contracts awarded by the Commission | 35 | ||
| (98/C 117/46) | E-2646/97 by Richard Howitt to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Santa Pola - sales of immature catches | 36 | ||
| (98/C 117/47) | E-2648/97 by Eryl McNally to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Steroid prescriptions | 37 | ||
| (98/C 117/48) | E-2668/97 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Safety of steroid drugs | 37 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-2648/97 and E-2668/97 | 38 | ||
| (98/C 117/49) | E-2649/97 by Roberto Mezzaroma to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Tax harmonization | 38 | ||
| (98/C 117/50) | E-2660/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Council | ||
| Subject: Indicted war criminals in the former Yugoslavia | 39 | ||
| (98/C 117/51) | P-2665/97 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Community vessel Arpón arrested by the Argentinean authorities | 40 | ||
| (98/C 117/52) | E-2674/97 by Honório Novo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Production, importation and marketing of wine designated as 'port' | 41 | ||
| (98/C 117/53) | E-2676/97 by Inger Schörling to the Commission | ||
| Subject: EU arms exports | 42 | ||
| (98/C 117/54) | E-2678/97 by Ursula Schleicher and Edgar Schiedermeier to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Damage to the environment due to the use of molasses in the yeast industry, at breweries and in the chemical industry | 43 | ||
| (98/C 117/55) | E-2683/97 by María Sornosa Martínez and Pedro Marset Campos to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Deterioration of the river Segura | 44 | ||
| (98/C 117/56) | E-2685/97 by Sebastiano Musumeci to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Case of racism in Germany ignored by the authorities | 45 | ||
| (98/C 117/57) | E-2687/97 by W.G. van Velzen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Legislation on telecommunications | 45 | ||
| (98/C 117/58) | E-2688/97 by W.G. van Velzen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Legislation on telecommunications | 46 | ||
| (98/C 117/59) | E-2689/97 by Klaus Rehder to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Payment of 'grassland premiums' | 47 | ||
| (98/C 117/60) | E-2692/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Marketing of a test kit containing genetically modified micro-organism for detecting antibiotic residues in milk | 48 | ||
| (98/C 117/61) | E-2699/97 by Maartje van Putten to the Council | ||
| Subject: Mission to Colombia | 50 | ||
| (98/C 117/62) | E-2708/97 by Joan Vallvé to the Commission | ||
| Subject: The Interreg III initiative | 50 | ||
| (98/C 117/63) | E-2711/97 by Cristiana Muscardini, Claudio Azzolini, Elena Marinucci, Carlo Secchi, Gastone Parigi, Guido Podestà and Enrico Ferri to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Payment of the super-levy on milk quotas | 51 | ||
| (98/C 117/64) | E-2718/97 by Susan Waddington to the Commission | ||
| Subject: UK banking practice | 52 | ||
| (98/C 117/65) | E-2719/97 by Susan Waddington to the Commission | ||
| Subject: UK motor insurance - Green Cards | 53 | ||
| (98/C 117/66) | E-2724/97 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Statements by the Commission President in relation to Spanish-British joint fishing ventures | 54 | ||
| (98/C 117/67) | E-2725/97 by Ria Oomen-Ruijten to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Municipal elections | 54 | ||
| (98/C 117/68) | P-2730/97 by Esko Seppänen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Net contributors to EU funding | 55 | ||
| (98/C 117/69) | E-2738/97 by Gianni Tamino to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Community contributions to animal experiments | 56 | ||
| (98/C 117/70) | E-2739/97 by Gianni Tamino to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Undertaking to limit experiments on animals | 57 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-2738/97 and E-2739/97 | 57 | ||
| (98/C 117/71) | E-2745/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Cycling facilities in Dublin | 58 | ||
| (98/C 117/72) | E-2753/97 by Michl Ebner to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Distribution of German-language films in South Tyrol | 58 | ||
| (98/C 117/73) | E-2757/97 by Gerhard Schmid to the Commission | ||
| Subject: The NASA Cassini-Huygens probe project | 59 | ||
| (98/C 117/74) | E-2758/97 by Gerhard Schmid to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Property finance in the EU | 60 | ||
| (98/C 117/75) | E-2760/97 by Gerhard Schmid to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Directive 89/686/EEC my question of 15 May 1996 | 61 | ||
| (98/C 117/76) | E-2767/97 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Protection of consumers from genetically manipulated products | 61 | ||
| (98/C 117/77) | E-2769/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Fish kill at the Sellafield nuclear complex, Britain | 63 | ||
| (98/C 117/78) | E-2772/97 by Encarnación Redondo Jiménez to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Protecting appellations of origin for European wines | 63 | ||
| (98/C 117/79) | E-2773/97 by Angela Sierra González to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Seizures of Spanish fishing vessels and contravention of the fisheries agreement between Morocco and Spain | 64 | ||
| (98/C 117/80) | E-2777/97 by Raimo Ilaskivi to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Report on the economic consequences of the ending of tax-free sales | 65 | ||
| (98/C 117/81) | E-2778/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Unification of the economic professions | 65 | ||
| (98/C 117/82) | E-2802/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Commission funding of a report on minorities in Europe | 66 | ||
| (98/C 117/83) | E-2808/97 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Reduction of need to travel in Europe | 67 | ||
| (98/C 117/84) | E-2809/97 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Reduction of need to travel in Europe | 67 | ||
| (98/C 117/85) | E-2810/97 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Mobility and accessibility in transport policies | 67 | ||
| (98/C 117/86) | E-2811/97 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Reduction in the growth of road travel | 67 | ||
| (98/C 117/87) | E-2812/97 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Reduction in the growth of air travel | 68 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-2808/97, E-2809/97, E-2810/97, E-2811/97 and E-2812/97 | 68 | ||
| (98/C 117/88) | E-2813/97 by Eryl McNally to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Chiropractic profession in Spain | 69 | ||
| (98/C 117/89) | E-2816/97 by André Sainjon to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Boeing - McDonnell Douglas merger | 70 | ||
| (98/C 117/90) | E-2818/97 by Helena Torres Marques to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Marine science and technology projects | 70 | ||
| (98/C 117/91) | E-2821/97 by Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Photovoltaic energy/Full Cost Rate system | 71 | ||
| (98/C 117/92) | E-2827/97 by Anita Pollack to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Action from 1995 Beijing Conference on women | 72 | ||
| (98/C 117/93) | E-2829/97 by Nuala Ahern to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Macro-financial assistance package to Bulgaria | 73 | ||
| (98/C 117/94) | E-2831/97 by Nuala Ahern to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Euratom loan for the Russian NPP Kalinin Unit 3 | 74 | ||
| (98/C 117/95) | E-2832/97 by Nuala Ahern to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Agreement between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), approved by the WHO Assembly on 28 May 1959 | 75 | ||
| (98/C 117/96) | P-2839/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Council | ||
| Subject: Temelin nuclear power station in the Czech Republic | 75 | ||
| (98/C 117/97) | P-2841/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Irregularities in the tender procedure regarding computerization of the Italian Ministry for Education | 76 | ||
| (98/C 117/98) | P-2842/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) | 77 | ||
| (98/C 117/99) | E-2849/97 by Edith Müller to the Commission | ||
| Subject: EU policy in the former Yugoslavia | 79 | ||
| (98/C 117/100) | E-2854/97 by Leen van der Waal to the Council | ||
| Subject: Acquisition of arms by Syria, Iraq and Iran | 80 | ||
| (98/C 117/101) | E-2856/97 by Werner Langen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Repayment of French textile subsidies | 82 | ||
| (98/C 117/102) | E-2857/97 by Michl Ebner to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Reduction of nitrogen oxide emissions from aircraft | 83 | ||
| (98/C 117/103) | E-2858/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Comparison between the proposed completion of Khmelnitski Unit 2 and Rovno Unit 4 (k2/r4) in Ukraine and the ongoing completion project on the Temelin reactors in the Czech Republic | 83 | ||
| (98/C 117/104) | E-2860/97 by Graham Mather to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Pesticide Lindane | 84 | ||
| (98/C 117/105) | E-2864/97 by David Hallam to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Live transportation of poultry | 85 | ||
| (98/C 117/106) | E-2865/97 by Thomas Megahy to the Council | ||
| Subject: Aid to developing countries | 86 | ||
| (98/C 117/107) | E-2866/97 by Thomas Megahy to the Commission | ||
| Subject: A serious human rights abuse by the Israeli government | 86 | ||
| (98/C 117/108) | E-2870/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Havoc caused by hailstorm in region of Greece | 87 | ||
| (98/C 117/109) | E-2995/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Hailstorm damage to the prefectures of Xanthi and Rodopi | 88 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-2870/97 and E-2995/97 | 88 | ||
| (98/C 117/110) | E-2873/97 by Kenneth Coates to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Freedom of movement | 88 | ||
| (98/C 117/111) | E-2875/97 by Kenneth Coates to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Freedom of movement | 89 | ||
| Joint Answer to Written Questions E-2873/97 and E-2875/97 | 89 | ||
| (98/C 117/112) | P-2878/97 by Wayne David to the Commission | ||
| Subject: German coal subsidies | 89 | ||
| (98/C 117/113) | P-2879/97 by Johanna Boogerd-Quaak to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Integrated pollution prevention and control, and access to information | 90 | ||
| (98/C 117/114) | P-2880/97 by Eva Kjer Hansen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Vision requirement for driving licences | 91 | ||
| (98/C 117/115) | E-2882/97 by David Bowe to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Dumping - Potash industry | 92 | ||
| (98/C 117/116) | E-2883/97 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Listing of soap and cosmetic ingredients in Latin | 92 | ||
| (98/C 117/117) | E-2885/97 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
| Subject: European grants to Donaldson, Leuven | 93 | ||
| (98/C 117/118) | E-2886/97 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Age discrimination in recruitment for the European institutions | 93 | ||
| (98/C 117/119) | E-2887/97 by Glyn Ford to the Council | ||
| Subject: Religious persecution in Sudan | 94 | ||
| (98/C 117/120) | E-2888/97 by Glyn Ford to the Council | ||
| Subject: Death of Rev. Yusefi in Iran, September 1996 | 94 | ||
| (98/C 117/121) | E-2892/97 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Harmonization of vitamin and health supplements | 95 | ||
| (98/C 117/122) | E-2898/97 by Bartho Pronk to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Sickness insurance in the European Union | 95 | ||
| (98/C 117/123) | E-2899/97 by Glenys Kinnock to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Implementation of Council Resolution on Integrating Gender in European Development Cooperation, December 1995 | 97 | ||
| (98/C 117/124) | E-2900/97 by W.G. van Velzen and Ria Oomen-Ruijten to the Commission | ||
| Subject: IPC Directive - integrated environmental pollution control | 97 | ||
| (98/C 117/125) | E-2902/97 by W.G. van Velzen and Ria Oomen-Ruijten to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Liability | 98 | ||
| (98/C 117/126) | E-2905/97 by Robert Evans to the Commission | ||
| Subject: CE conformity marking | 99 | ||
| (98/C 117/127) | E-2909/97 by Elly Plooij-van Gorsel to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Acceptance of Eurocheques in France | 100 | ||
| (98/C 117/128) | P-2919/97 by Bertel Haarder to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Implementation of the Directive on the business of credit institutions | 101 | ||
| (98/C 117/129) | E-2922/97 by Klaus Rehder to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Development of the fruit and vegetable in the European Union | 101 | ||
| (98/C 117/130) | E-2924/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Laboratory rodents | 102 | ||
| (98/C 117/131) | E-2926/97 by Anne McIntosh to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Funding of Higher Education in the United Kingdom | 102 | ||
| (98/C 117/132) | E-2927/97 by Elly Plooij-van Gorsel to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Discrimination against the Roma population in the Czech Republic and Hungary | 103 | ||
| (98/C 117/133) | E-2929/97 by Elly Plooij-van Gorsel to the Commission | ||
| Subject: European subsidy for Netherlands undertaking | 104 | ||
| (98/C 117/134) | E-2934/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Unacceptable 'non-paper' Commission reports concerning the Cyprus problem | 105 | ||
| (98/C 117/135) | E-2936/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Illegal freight pick-ups by Turkish lorries in Greece | 106 | ||
| (98/C 117/136) | E-2938/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Commission initiatives for the development of Internet | 106 | ||
| (98/C 117/137) | E-2941/97 by Luigi Florio to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Violations of the rule of law in Italy | 107 | ||
| (98/C 117/138) | E-2945/97 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
| Subject: The internal market and 'internal' emigrants | 108 | ||
| (98/C 117/139) | E-2947/97 by Johanna Maij-Weggen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Attitude of European Member States to refugees and asylum-seekers from Iran | 109 | ||
| (98/C 117/140) | E-2949/97 by Florus Wijsenbeek to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Rail infrastructure | 110 | ||
| (98/C 117/141) | E-2950/97 by Florus Wijsenbeek to the Commission | ||
| Subject: European Train Control System (ETCS) | 110 | ||
| (98/C 117/142) | E-2951/97 by Astrid Thors to the Commission | ||
| Subject: The cultivation and use of hemp in Finland | 111 | ||
| (98/C 117/143) | P-2952/97 by Shaun Spiers to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Antibiotics in livestock production | 112 | ||
| (98/C 117/144) | E-2954/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Scraping of the radioactive discharge pipe at the La Hague nuclear complex, France | 113 | ||
| (98/C 117/145) | E-2957/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Council | ||
| Subject: Imprisonment of Xanana Gusmão, leader of the Timorese independence movement | 114 | ||
| (98/C 117/146) | E-2959/97 by Anita Pollack to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Ethnic minority businesses | 115 | ||
| (98/C 117/147) | E-2960/97 by Angela Sierra González to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Plan to erect a sculpture on Mount Tindaya (Canary Isles) | 116 | ||
| (98/C 117/148) | E-2969/97 by Phillip Whitehead to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Anti-dumping investigation into imports of unbleached cotton fabrics from China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Turkey | 117 | ||
| (98/C 117/149) | E-2971/97 by Michael Hindley to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Gulf Cooperation Council Delegation | 118 | ||
| (98/C 117/150) | E-2972/97 by Robert Sturdy to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Regulation of cormorant populations in the EU | 118 | ||
| (98/C 117/151) | E-2975/97 by Joaquín Sisó Cruellas to the Commission | ||
| Subject: COM in sugar | 119 | ||
| (98/C 117/152) | E-2976/97 by Joaquín Sisó Cruellas to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Health of farmers in the EU | 120 | ||
| (98/C 117/153) | P-2978/97 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Progress of CSF for Greece | 121 | ||
| (98/C 117/154) | E-2981/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Radioactive pollution from the Sellafield nuclear complex in Britain | 121 | ||
| (98/C 117/155) | P-2985/97 by Bernd Lange to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Human rights violations in Iran | 122 | ||
| (98/C 117/156) | E-2987/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Ecological disaster in the Mediterranean caused by mutated seaweed | 123 | ||
| (98/C 117/157) | E-2988/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: The Commission's report on European ports | 123 | ||
| (98/C 117/158) | E-2989/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Arbitrary measures by Turkey in the Bosphorus | 124 | ||
| (98/C 117/159) | E-2998/97 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Turkey and freedom of expression | 124 | ||
| (98/C 117/160) | E-3002/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Italian Government decree allowing local authorities to set up their own taxi services | 125 | ||
| (98/C 117/161) | E-3011/97 by Giuseppe Rauti to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Granting PDO to Terra di Bari oil | 125 | ||
| (98/C 117/162) | E-3013/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Italian projects for the Urban programme | 126 | ||
| (98/C 117/163) | E-3033/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Italian projects for the Urban programme | 126 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-3013/97 and E-3033/97 | 127 | ||
| (98/C 117/164) | E-3014/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: ERDF projects | 127 | ||
| (98/C 117/165) | E-3016/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Illustrative nuclear programme for the European Union | 127 | ||
| (98/C 117/166) | E-3019/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Improving the production and marketing of honey | 128 | ||
| (98/C 117/167) | E-3020/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Improving the production and marketing of honey | 128 | ||
| (98/C 117/168) | E-3021/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Improving the production and marketing of honey | 128 | ||
| (98/C 117/169) | E-3022/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Improving the production and marketing of honey | 129 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-3019/97, E-3020/97, E-3021/97 and E-3022/97 | 129 | ||
| (98/C 117/170) | E-3023/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Future Noise Policy (Green Paper) | 130 | ||
| (98/C 117/171) | E-3024/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Future Noise Policy (Green Paper) | 130 | ||
| (98/C 117/172) | E-3025/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Future Noise Policy (Green Paper) | 130 | ||
| (98/C 117/173) | E-3026/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Future Noise Policy (Green Paper) | 130 | ||
| (98/C 117/174) | E-3027/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Future Noise Policy (Green Paper) | 131 | ||
| (98/C 117/175) | E-3028/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Future Noise Policy (Green Paper) | 131 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-3023/97, E-3024/97, E-3025/97, E-3026/97, E-3027/97 and E-3028/97 | 131 | ||
| (98/C 117/176) | E-3035/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Charging of heavy goods vehicles | 132 | ||
| (98/C 117/177) | E-3037/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Heightism | 132 | ||
| (98/C 117/178) | E-3038/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Age discrimination | 133 | ||
| (98/C 117/179) | E-3039/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Failure to act by the Commission - PHARE programme | 133 | ||
| (98/C 117/180) | E-3040/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: PHARE programme | 133 | ||
| (98/C 117/181) | E-3041/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: PHARE programme | 134 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions E-3039/97, E-3040/97 and E-3041/97 | 134 | ||
| (98/C 117/182) | E-3043/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: White Paper on railways | 135 | ||
| (98/C 117/183) | P-3045/97 by Honório Novo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Arrest of Portuguese vessels in Moroccan waters | 136 | ||
| (98/C 117/184) | E-3046/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Amendment of the Socrates Programme | 137 | ||
| (98/C 117/185) | E-3047/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Green paper on commerce | 138 | ||
| (98/C 117/186) | E-3048/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Green Paper on commerce | 139 | ||
| (98/C 117/187) | E-3051/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Numbering policy for telecommunications services | 140 | ||
| (98/C 117/188) | E-3054/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Reform of the COM in olive oil | 140 | ||
| (98/C 117/189) | E-3055/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Reform of the COM in olive oil | 141 | ||
| (98/C 117/190) | E-3057/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Tobacco reform | 142 | ||
| (98/C 117/191) | E-3058/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: COM in hops | 142 | ||
| (98/C 117/192) | E-3060/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Emissions of organic compounds | 143 | ||
| (98/C 117/193) | E-3061/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Emissions of organic compounds | 144 | ||
| (98/C 117/194) | E-3063/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Emissions of organic compounds | 145 | ||
| (98/C 117/195) | E-3064/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Marking of packaging | 146 | ||
| (98/C 117/196) | E-3072/97 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Environmental agreements | 146 | ||
| (98/C 117/197) | P-3073/97 by Karin Riis-Jørgensen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: The freight transit negotiations between the EU and Switzerland | 147 | ||
| (98/C 117/198) | E-3079/97 by Jesús Cabezón Alonso to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Dialogue with Cuba | 148 | ||
| (98/C 117/199) | E-3083/97 by Doeke Eisma to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Drugs | 149 | ||
| (98/C 117/200) | P-3087/97 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
| Subject: VAT and record sales | 149 | ||
| (98/C 117/201) | P-3089/97 by Antonio Tajani to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Seizure of Italian fishing boats by Tunisia | 150 | ||
| (98/C 117/202) | E-3096/97 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Olympic Games and the Second CSF | 151 | ||
| (98/C 117/203) | E-3097/97 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Olympic Games and Directive 85/337 | 151 | ||
| (98/C 117/204) | E-3105/97 by Thomas Megahy to the Commission | ||
| Subject: VAT levied on women's sanitary protection products | 151 | ||
| (98/C 117/205) | E-3108/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Contract for the construction of the new ring road to the east of Rome | 152 | ||
| (98/C 117/206) | E-3124/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Ban on Cypriot vessels calling at Turkish ports | 153 | ||
| (98/C 117/207) | E-3127/97 by Gerardo Fernández-Albor to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Action by the European Union to dispose of 'space waste' | 153 | ||
| (98/C 117/208) | E-3136/97 by Rijk van Dam to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Freedom of religion in Morocco | 154 | ||
| (98/C 117/209) | P-3142/97 by Elisabeth Schroedter to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Subsidies for brown coal in Brandenbourg | 154 | ||
| (98/C 117/210) | P-3144/97 by Carmen Díez de Rivera Icaza to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Blue flag award and the marking of beaches | 155 | ||
| (98/C 117/211) | E-3148/97 by Klaus Lukas to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Independence of the Commission | 156 | ||
| (98/C 117/212) | E-3153/97 by Klaus Lukas to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Recall of the head of delegation in Bratislava | 157 | ||
| (98/C 117/213) | E-3155/97 by Esko Seppänen to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Finland and limits to the cadmium content of fertilizers | 157 | ||
| (98/C 117/214) | E-3163/97 by Concepció Ferrer to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Eurathlon programme | 158 | ||
| (98/C 117/215) | E-3165/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Restart of the Magnox nuclear processing plant in Sellafield, UK | 158 | ||
| (98/C 117/216) | P-3166/97 by Caroline Jackson to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Definition of liquid waste in context of proposed Landfill Directive | 159 | ||
| (98/C 117/217) | E-3171/97 by Friedhelm Frischenschlager to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Equal opportunities for women and men in the EU | 159 | ||
| (98/C 117/218) | E-3172/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
| Subject: ECHO's involvement in Burma | 160 | ||
| (98/C 117/219) | P-3175/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Funding the new airport of Spata in Attica | 161 | ||
| (98/C 117/220) | E-3190/97 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Harmonization of film classification | 162 | ||
| (98/C 117/221) | E-3191/97 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Abuses of a dominant position by UEFA | 163 | ||
| (98/C 117/222) | E-3206/97 by Freddy Blak to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Rehabilitation aid for torture victims | 163 | ||
| (98/C 117/223) | E-3213/97 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Monaco's status in European Union | 164 | ||
| (98/C 117/224) | P-3220/97 by Antonio Graziani to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Earthquake in Central Italy | 164 | ||
| (98/C 117/225) | P-3286/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Request for special aid measures following the earthquake in Umbria and the Marches | 165 | ||
| Joint answer to Written Questions P-3220/97 and P-3286/97 | 165 | ||
| (98/C 117/226) | P-3224/97 by Clive Needle to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Re-commissioning of rigs | 166 | ||
| (98/C 117/227) | P-3255/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Modification of second CSF for Greece | 166 | ||
| (98/C 117/228) | E-3260/97 by Clive Needle to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Fridge/Freezer Safety | 167 | ||
| (98/C 117/229) | E-3270/97 by María Estevan Bolea to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Processing of used oil at cement works | 168 | ||
| (98/C 117/230) | E-3271/97 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Consequences of abolishing tax-free shopping | 168 | ||
| (98/C 117/231) | P-3287/97 by David Hallam to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Transfrontier transmission of hard-core pornographic material across the European Union | 169 | ||
| (98/C 117/232) | E-3308/97 by Florus Wijsenbeek to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Need for a European School in The Hague | 169 | ||
| (98/C 117/233) | P-3309/97 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Internal market and registration of imported vehicles | 170 | ||
| (98/C 117/234) | P-3310/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Position of Turkey on illegal immigrants | 171 | ||
| (98/C 117/235) | P-3311/97 by Antoni Gutiérrez Díaz to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Mental illnesses | 172 | ||
| (98/C 117/236) | P-3312/97 by Helena Torres Marques to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Financial aid for the victims of torture | 173 | ||
| (98/C 117/237) | P-3326/97 by Antonios Trakatellis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Greek Community Support Framework: the Egnatia Road and Thessaloniki Underground projects | 174 | ||
| (98/C 117/238) | P-3327/97 by Jessica Larive to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Plutonium on board the US space probe Cassini - danger to public health | 174 | ||
| (98/C 117/239) | E-3347/97 by Frank Vanhecke to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Salary costs of officials | 175 | ||
| (98/C 117/240) | E-3348/97 by Frank Vanhecke to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Office costs of Commission officials | 176 | ||
| (98/C 117/241) | E-3349/97 by Helena Torres Marques to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Combating fraud | 177 | ||
| (98/C 117/242) | E-3369/97 by Giacomo Santini to the Commission | ||
| Subject: European Community Sports Club - Euroski | 177 | ||
| (98/C 117/243) | E-3413/97 by Joaquim Miranda to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Visit by the President of the Commission to Portugal | 178 | ||
| (98/C 117/244) | P-3444/97 by Olivier Dupuis to the Commission | ||
| Subject: Nepal | 178 | ||
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