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Document C:1998:310:TOC
Official Journal of the European Communities, C 310, 09 October 1998
Official Journal of the European Communities, C 310, 09 October 1998
Official Journal of the European Communities, C 310, 09 October 1998
Official Journal of the European Communities | ISSN
0378-6986 C 310 Volume 41 9 October 1998 |
English edition | Information and Notices | ||
Notice No | Contents | Page | |
I Information | |||
European Parliament | |||
Written Questions with answer | |||
(98/C 310/01) | E-2844/97 by Klaus-Heiner Lehne to the Commission | ||
Subject: Bank charges in connection with introduction of the euro (Supplementary answer) | 1 | ||
(98/C 310/02) | E-3337/97 by David Hallam to the Commission | ||
Subject: Payment of Statutory Maternity Pay (United Kingdom): 16-week loophole (Supplementary answer) | 2 | ||
(98/C 310/03) | E-3623/97 by Pierluigi Castagnetti to the Commission | ||
Subject: Residence permits in Germany | 3 | ||
(98/C 310/04) | E-3843/97 by Kirsi Piha to the Commission | ||
Subject: ECJ's decision concerning Sweden's monopoly on the retail sale of alcohol | 4 | ||
(98/C 310/05) | E-3951/97 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the Commission | ||
Subject: Clarification of the limits of the Argentinian EEZ | 5 | ||
(98/C 310/06) | E-3954/97 by Pierre Bernard-Reymond to the Commission | ||
Subject: Commission reasoned opinion of 17 February 1997 prohibiting the 'Mutualité' sickness insurance scheme from owning dental and medical practices or pharmacies as of 1 June 1997 | 5 | ||
(98/C 310/07) | E-3980/97 by Konstadinos Klironomos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Takeovers of football clubs | 6 | ||
(98/C 310/08) | E-3985/97 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the Commission | ||
Subject: Competitiveness of the Community fish-canning industry | 7 | ||
(98/C 310/09) | E-4005/97 by Allan Macartney to the Commission | ||
Subject: Radioactive waste dumping off the coast of Scotland, in particular in the area known as Beaufort's Dyke | 8 | ||
(98/C 310/10) | E-4014/97 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
Subject: Keeping of animals in circuses | 10 | ||
(98/C 310/11) | E-4068/97 by Daniela Raschhofer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Report of the Court of Auditors | 11 | ||
(98/C 310/12) | E-4074/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Tobacco and tobacco growers | 11 | ||
(98/C 310/13) | E-4075/97 by Concepció Ferrer to the Commission | ||
Subject: SMUs and the extraordinary Council meeting in Luxembourg | 12 | ||
(98/C 310/14) | E-4133/97 by Wilfried Telkämper to the Commission | ||
Subject: Aid for nuclear or solar energy | 13 | ||
(98/C 310/15) | E-4140/97 by Angela Sierra González to the Commission | ||
Subject: Human rights of the Tuareg population in Niger | 13 | ||
(98/C 310/16) | E-4219/97 by Stéphane Buffetaut to the Commission | ||
Subject: Failure to transpose the Third Insurance Directives in respect of mutual societies governed by the Mutual Societies Code in France | 14 | ||
(98/C 310/17) | E-4222/97 by Ursula Schleicher to the Commission | ||
Subject: Imports of genetically modified organisms from the USA and Canada | 15 | ||
(98/C 310/18) | E-4223/97 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
Subject: Vancimuglio | 17 | ||
(98/C 310/19) | E-0009/98 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
Subject: Nuclear reprocessing and radioactive waste | 17 | ||
(98/C 310/20) | E-0033/98 by Jesús Cabezón Alonso and Pedro Aparicio Sánchez to the Commission | ||
Subject: Biological pauses in Moroccan fishing-grounds | 18 | ||
(98/C 310/21) | E-0050/98 by Raimo Ilaskivi to the Commission | ||
Subject: Further follow-up question on passenger seating space on aircraft; questioner left to whistle for a straight answer | 19 | ||
(98/C 310/22) | E-0089/98 by Carlos Robles Piquer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Alternatives to road transport for Spanish fruit and vegetables | 20 | ||
(98/C 310/23) | E-0095/98 by Bryan Cassidy and Gunilla Carlsson to the Commission | ||
Subject: Duty-free sales within the EU | 21 | ||
(98/C 310/24) | E-0107/98 by Ria Oomen-Ruijten to the Commission | ||
Subject: Recycling textiles | 22 | ||
(98/C 310/25) | E-0113/98 by Susan Waddington to the Commission | ||
Subject: Driving Licence Directive 91/439/EEC | 23 | ||
(98/C 310/26) | E-0539/98 by James Nicholson to the Commission | ||
Subject: Driving licence restrictions on insulin dependent diabetics | 24 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-0113/98 and E-0539/98 | 24 | ||
(98/C 310/27) | E-0121/98 by Gerardo Fernández-Albor to the Commission | ||
Subject: Commemoration by the Commission of the European Union of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights | 25 | ||
(98/C 310/28) | E-0122/98 by Gerardo Fernández-Albor to the Commission | ||
Subject: European articles of association | 26 | ||
(98/C 310/29) | E-0145/98 by Kenneth Coates to the Commission | ||
Subject: Anti-poverty programmes | 26 | ||
(98/C 310/30) | E-0146/98 by Brian Simpson to the Commission | ||
Subject: Dresser-Rand (Supplementary answer) | 27 | ||
(98/C 310/31) | E-0148/98 by Graham Mather to the Commission | ||
Subject: Telecoms liberalization (accounting rates charged by dominant operators) | 27 | ||
(98/C 310/32) | E-0149/98 by Graham Mather to the Commission | ||
Subject: Telecoms liberalization (infringement proceedings) | 29 | ||
(98/C 310/33) | E-0154/98 by John Iversen to the Commission | ||
Subject: Tobacco production in Andorra | 29 | ||
(98/C 310/34) | E-0157/98 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Repairs to the Corinth Canal | 30 | ||
(98/C 310/35) | E-0158/98 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Olive oil production | 30 | ||
(98/C 310/36) | E-0164/98 by Anita Pollack to the Commission | ||
Subject: Consumers and timber products | 31 | ||
(98/C 310/37) | P-0168/98 by Gianni Tamino to the Commission | ||
Subject: Extension of the concession held by Autostrade Spa | 32 | ||
(98/C 310/38) | E-0171/98 by Freddy Blak to the Commission | ||
Subject: Trade in Ukrainian women | 32 | ||
(98/C 310/39) | E-0174/98 by David Bowe to the Commission | ||
Subject: Controls on imported foods | 33 | ||
(98/C 310/40) | E-0182/98 by Florus Wijsenbeek to the Commission | ||
Subject: Violation of ADR legislation by Belgium | 34 | ||
(98/C 310/41) | E-0184/98 by Jonas Sjöstedt to the Commission | ||
Subject: Carriage of lorries and trailers by rail | 35 | ||
(98/C 310/42) | E-0188/98 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
Subject: Taxi licences | 35 | ||
(98/C 310/43) | E-0200/98 by Hilde Hawlicek to the Commission | ||
Subject: Timing of investigation into book price agreements in Germany and Austria | 36 | ||
(98/C 310/44) | E-0206/98 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Money for biological and genetic engineering | 37 | ||
(98/C 310/45) | E-0209/98 by Katerina Daskalaki to the Commission | ||
Subject: Problems facing citrus fruit producers | 38 | ||
(98/C 310/46) | E-0217/98 by Gianni Tamino to the Commission | ||
Subject: Derogations granted by Italy for slaughterhouses | 39 | ||
(98/C 310/47) | E-0218/98 by Florus Wijsenbeek to the Commission | ||
Subject: New road toll in Poland | 39 | ||
(98/C 310/48) | E-0219/98 by Joaquim Miranda to the Commission | ||
Subject: Use of Community funds by the governments of Member States to reduce their budget deficits | 40 | ||
(98/C 310/49) | E-0394/98 by Daniela Raschhofer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Use of Structural Funds resources to achieve compliance with the Maastricht Criteria | 41 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-0219/98 and E-0394/98 | 41 | ||
(98/C 310/50) | E-0226/98 by Armelle Guinebertière to the Commission | ||
Subject: Community derogation for tax reduction on fuels used by fire and emergency services | 41 | ||
(98/C 310/51) | E-0227/98 by Helena Torres Marques to the Commission | ||
Subject: Projects funded by the Thermie Programme | 42 | ||
(98/C 310/52) | E-0232/98 by Antonios Trakatellis and Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Reduction in CAP expenditure and adoption of measures to modernize agriculture (Supplementary answer) | 42 | ||
(98/C 310/53) | E-0233/98 by Clive Needle to the Commission | ||
Subject: Passenger safety in trains | 43 | ||
(98/C 310/54) | E-0245/98 by Petrus Cornelissen to the Commission | ||
Subject: Car-jacking | 44 | ||
(98/C 310/55) | E-0247/98 by Christoph Konrad to the Commission | ||
Subject: Exploitation of a dominant market position in telephone communications between mobile and fixed telephone networks | 44 | ||
(98/C 310/56) | E-0281/98 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
Subject: Detentions under the Port State Control Directive (95/21/EC) | 46 | ||
(98/C 310/57) | E-0282/98 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
Subject: Compliance with the Port State Control Directive (95/21/EC) | 46 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-0281/98 and E-0282/98 | 46 | ||
(98/C 310/58) | E-0295/98 by Anita Pollack to the Commission | ||
Subject: Imports of cattle from Australia | 47 | ||
(98/C 310/59) | P-0308/98 by Daniel Féret to the Commission | ||
Subject: Principality of Monaco and the euro | 48 | ||
(98/C 310/60) | E-0319/98 by Magda Aelvoet to the Commission | ||
Subject: Security in Great Lakes Region of Africa | 48 | ||
(98/C 310/61) | E-0321/98 by Iñigo Méndez de Vigo to the Commission | ||
Subject: EU-subsidized Prince Programme | 49 | ||
(98/C 310/62) | E-0325/98 by Per Gahrton to the Commission | ||
Subject: Rules on organic farming | 50 | ||
(98/C 310/63) | P-0330/98 by Ulf Holm to the Commission | ||
Subject: Public sector in Sweden | 51 | ||
(98/C 310/64) | E-0350/98 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
Subject: Environmental taxes | 51 | ||
(98/C 310/65) | E-0351/98 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
Subject: SMEs and RTD (research and technological development) | 52 | ||
(98/C 310/66) | E-0360/98 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Safety and health at work of workers with a fixed duration employment relationship | 53 | ||
(98/C 310/67) | E-0365/98 by Georges Garot to the Commission | ||
Subject: Compensatory allowance for natural handicaps | 54 | ||
(98/C 310/68) | E-0368/98 by Florus Wijsenbeek to the Commission | ||
Subject: Belgian customs officials' bonuses | 54 | ||
(98/C 310/69) | E-0370/98 by Nuala Ahern to the Commission | ||
Subject: Submission of the Fourth Report of the Standing Working Group on the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials in the EU | 55 | ||
(98/C 310/70) | E-0374/98 by Nuala Ahern to the Commission | ||
Subject: Assessment of the practice of 'Sham Recovery' by companies contracted to use reprocessing services | 55 | ||
(98/C 310/71) | E-0392/98 by Elisabeth Schroedter to the Commission | ||
Subject: Evaluation of the implementation of the Structural Funds in the Land of Brandenburg, with particular reference to the environmental impact thereof | 56 | ||
(98/C 310/72) | E-0398/98 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Conversion of an Armenian Monastery into a Hotel in Occupied Cyprus | 57 | ||
(98/C 310/73) | E-0404/98 by Katerina Daskalaki to the Commission | ||
Subject: Problems affecting the production of olive oil, cotton and citrus fruits | 57 | ||
(98/C 310/74) | E-0405/98 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Use of radioactive iron for the construction of the Athens underground railway | 58 | ||
(98/C 310/75) | E-0406/98 by Phillip Whitehead to the Commission | ||
Subject: Prescribed Quantity systems | 59 | ||
(98/C 310/76) | E-0407/98 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
Subject: Aircraft safety in the year 2000 | 59 | ||
(98/C 310/77) | P-0415/98 by Yvan Blot to the Commission | ||
Subject: Payment periods in commercial transactions | 60 | ||
(98/C 310/78) | E-0421/98 by Graham Watson to the Commission | ||
Subject: The Millenium Bug | 61 | ||
(98/C 310/79) | E-0423/98 by Graham Watson to the Commission | ||
Subject: The Millenium Bug | 61 | ||
(98/C 310/80) | E-0424/98 by Graham Watson to the Commission | ||
Subject: The Millenium Bug | 62 | ||
(98/C 310/81) | E-0431/98 by Leonie van Bladel to the Commission | ||
Subject: Refusal by Slovenia to grant citizenship to 70 000 residents | 63 | ||
(98/C 310/82) | P-0436/98 by Mark Killilea to the Commission | ||
Subject: Take-up of EU agri-environmental measures | 63 | ||
(98/C 310/83) | E-0445/98 by Concepció Ferrer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Decentralization of the Interreg II programme | 64 | ||
(98/C 310/84) | E-0447/98 by Concepció Ferrer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Current situation in the onion sector | 64 | ||
(98/C 310/85) | E-0449/98 by Carlo Ripa di Meana to the Commission | ||
Subject: Urban waste in the Lombardy region | 65 | ||
(98/C 310/86) | E-0450/98 by Carlo Ripa di Meana to the Commission | ||
Subject: Building agreement involving the Parco Veio protected natural area | 67 | ||
(98/C 310/87) | E-0451/98 by Carlo Ripa di Meana to the Commission | ||
Subject: Private residences in the Tor Marancia area | 67 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-0450/98 and E-0451/98 | 68 | ||
(98/C 310/88) | E-0454/98 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
Subject: Persistence of the franchise system for mobile and personal telecommunications | 68 | ||
(98/C 310/89) | E-0465/98 by Allan Macartney to the Commission | ||
Subject: The failure of Member States to fulfil MAGP III targets for fishing fleets | 69 | ||
(98/C 310/90) | E-0468/98 by Richard Howitt to the Commission | ||
Subject: Completion of structural fund programmes 1994-1999 | 70 | ||
(98/C 310/91) | E-0470/98 by Richard Howitt to the Commission | ||
Subject: Article 10 | 70 | ||
(98/C 310/92) | E-0472/98 by Richard Howitt to the Commission | ||
Subject: Negotiating period for SPDs in the new structural fund programming period 1999-2006 | 71 | ||
(98/C 310/93) | E-0476/98 by Richard Howitt to the Commission | ||
Subject: Consultation with local and regional partners in east and south-east England regarding structural fund reform | 71 | ||
(98/C 310/94) | E-0479/98 by Richard Howitt to the Commission | ||
Subject: Guidelines in structural fund programmes as agreed at the informal Council in Ireland on 14-15 November 1996 | 72 | ||
(98/C 310/95) | E-0481/98 by Richard Howitt to the Commission | ||
Subject: Use of experts to evaluate structural fund bids and performance | 72 | ||
(98/C 310/96) | E-0482/98 by Richard Howitt to the Commission | ||
Subject: Projections of regional performance during the next programming period | 73 | ||
(98/C 310/97) | E-0485/98 by Richard Howitt to the Commission | ||
Subject: Continuity and change in eligible areas between different structural fund programming periods | 73 | ||
(98/C 310/98) | P-0488/98 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
Subject: Information activities on the Amsterdam Treaty | 74 | ||
(98/C 310/99) | E-0495/98 by Richard Howitt to the Commission | ||
Subject: Failure to issue driving licences to persons suffering from Diabetes Mellitus in the UK | 75 | ||
(98/C 310/100) | E-0498/98 by Riitta Myller to the Commission | ||
Subject: Implementation of the EU's development programmes | 76 | ||
(98/C 310/101) | P-0514/98 by Edouard des Places to the Commission | ||
Subject: The internal market and the agricultural guidance law | 77 | ||
(98/C 310/102) | E-0521/98 by Shaun Spiers to the Commission | ||
Subject: Local Exchange Transfer Schemes (LETS) | 77 | ||
(98/C 310/103) | E-0530/98 by Ludivina García Arias to the Commission | ||
Subject: Sexist content of recruitment tests | 78 | ||
(98/C 310/104) | E-0535/98 by Raymonde Dury to the Council | ||
Subject: Cultural repression of the Albanian-speaking peoples' right to education in a mother tongue | 79 | ||
(98/C 310/105) | E-0536/98 by Giuseppe Rauti to the Commission | ||
Subject: Prevention of severe damage to the environment in Porto Corsini, Ravenna | 80 | ||
(98/C 310/106) | E-0537/98 by José Apolinário to the Commission | ||
Subject: Funding of BICs | 80 | ||
(98/C 310/107) | E-0542/98 by James Nicholson to the Commission | ||
Subject: State earnings related pension scheme | 81 | ||
(98/C 310/108) | E-0543/98 by Gianfranco Dell'Alba to the Commission | ||
Subject: European financing for the archaeological park of Populonia (Livorno) | 81 | ||
(98/C 310/109) | E-0544/98 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
Subject: Receipt of a Belgian pension | 82 | ||
(98/C 310/110) | E-0545/98 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
Subject: Cable car disaster caused by a US military aeroplane | 83 | ||
(98/C 310/111) | E-0546/98 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
Subject: The 'Di Bella' therapy: disparities in treatment | 84 | ||
(98/C 310/112) | E-0547/98 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
Subject: The central dairy in Rome | 84 | ||
(98/C 310/113) | P-0549/98 by Lyndon Harrison to the Commission | ||
Subject: Ill-treatment of children in Greek care centres | 85 | ||
(98/C 310/114) | E-0552/98 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Regional operational programme for Attiki - sub-programme 3, measure 1 | 86 | ||
(98/C 310/115) | E-0554/98 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Regional Operational Programme for Attiki - sub-programme 2 measure 2 | 87 | ||
(98/C 310/116) | E-0556/98 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Regional Operational Programme for Attiki - sub-programme 2, measure 3 (Eleon) | 87 | ||
(98/C 310/117) | E-0557/98 by Phillip Whitehead to the Commission | ||
Subject: Telecommunications base stations | 88 | ||
(98/C 310/118) | E-0560/98 by Jesús Cabezón Alonso to the Commission | ||
Subject: Incorporation of Community social law into domestic law | 88 | ||
(98/C 310/119) | E-0564/98 by Luigi Vinci to the Commission | ||
Subject: Elettrolux-Zanussi industrial group | 89 | ||
(98/C 310/120) | E-0566/98 by Jonas Sjöstedt to the Commission | ||
Subject: Animal testing ethics committee | 90 | ||
(98/C 310/121) | E-0569/98 by Kenneth Collins to the Commission | ||
Subject: Legal base of the regulation establishing the European Medicines Evaluation Agency | 91 | ||
(98/C 310/122) | E-0570/98 by Eryl McNally to the Commission | ||
Subject: Plutonium storage | 91 | ||
(98/C 310/123) | E-0572/98 by Carles-Alfred Gasòliba i Böhm to the Commission | ||
Subject: Aid to combat the citrus wilt virus | 92 | ||
(98/C 310/124) | E-0573/98 by Fernand Herman to the Commission | ||
Subject: Commission Recommendation of 8 June 1995 concerning improvement of safety of existing lifts (95/216/EC) | 93 | ||
(98/C 310/125) | E-0574/98 by Edouard des Places to the Commission | ||
Subject: Agricultural guidance law | 94 | ||
(98/C 310/126) | E-0577/98 by Ernesto Caccavale to the Commission | ||
Subject: State aid for RAI - the Italian broadcasting corporation | 94 | ||
(98/C 310/127) | E-0582/98 by Elly Plooij-van Gorsel to the Commission | ||
Subject: Award to European firms of projects funded from the EDF | 95 | ||
(98/C 310/128) | E-0583/98 by José Barros Moura to the Commission | ||
Subject: Child labour | 96 | ||
(98/C 310/129) | P-0586/98 by Giovanni Burtone to the Commission | ||
Subject: Alitalia's promotional fares - infringement of the rules on competition | 96 | ||
(98/C 310/130) | E-0588/98 by Josu Imaz San Miguel to the Commission | ||
Subject: Incident in Equatorial Guinea | 97 | ||
(98/C 310/131) | P-0591/98 by Honório Novo to the Commission | ||
Subject: Express railway for Porto - tendering procedure | 98 | ||
(98/C 310/132) | E-0600/98 by Panayotis Lambrias to the Commission | ||
Subject: Civil aviation safety | 99 | ||
(98/C 310/133) | E-0602/98 by Arthur Newens to the Commission | ||
Subject: Comparative value of state pensions in European Union countries | 100 | ||
(98/C 310/134) | E-0603/98 by Bartho Pronk to the Commission | ||
Subject: Socio-political adult education and its role in the Commission's education policy | 100 | ||
(98/C 310/135) | E-0607/98 by José Valverde López to the Commission | ||
Subject: Social and economic cohesion | 101 | ||
(98/C 310/136) | E-0612/98 by Fernando Moniz to the Commission | ||
Subject: The Sela dam - an ecological crime | 102 | ||
(98/C 310/137) | E-0613/98 by Tommy Waidelich to the Commission | ||
Subject: Budget items for EU aid to organizations operating in the field of drugs policy | 102 | ||
(98/C 310/138) | E-0616/98 by Ursula Schleicher to the Commission | ||
Subject: Implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 of 23 March 1993 on the evaluation and control of the risks of existing substances | 103 | ||
(98/C 310/139) | E-0622/98 by Angela Billingham to the Commission | ||
Subject: Kurdish prisoners of conscience in Turkey | 104 | ||
(98/C 310/140) | E-0623/98 by Angela Billingham to the Commission | ||
Subject: Children and Juvenile Code in Guatemala | 105 | ||
(98/C 310/141) | E-0624/98 by Angela Billingham to the Commission | ||
Subject: Plight of Guatemalan street children | 105 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-0623/98 and E-0624/98 | 105 | ||
(98/C 310/142) | E-0626/98 by Raimo Ilaskivi to the Commission | ||
Subject: Charge levied by Russia on motorists crossing the border | 106 | ||
(98/C 310/143) | E-0629/98 by Yves Verwaerde to the Commission | ||
Subject: Financial support for an information campaign to publicize Natura 2000 | 106 | ||
(98/C 310/144) | E-0632/98 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
Subject: Export of live cattle from the EU to third countries | 107 | ||
(98/C 310/145) | E-0633/98 by Maartje van Putten to the Commission | ||
Subject: Prevention of HIV/AIDS in the ACP countries and Central and Eastern Europe | 108 | ||
(98/C 310/146) | E-0634/98 by Angela Sierra González to the Commission | ||
Subject: Parlevilet company installation in Puerto de Las Palmas | 109 | ||
(98/C 310/147) | P-0647/98 by John Iversen to the Commission | ||
Subject: Promotion of beef and veal | 110 | ||
(98/C 310/148) | E-0650/98 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Imprisonment of a Kurdish leader in Turkey | 112 | ||
(98/C 310/149) | E-0652/98 by Gerardo Fernández-Albor to the Commission | ||
Subject: Involvement of Galician businesses in the Community Al-Invest Programme | 112 | ||
(98/C 310/150) | E-0655/98 by Esko Seppänen to the Commission | ||
Subject: Use of hormones in cattle rearing | 113 | ||
(98/C 310/151) | P-0661/98 by Undine-Uta Bloch von Blottnitz to the Commission | ||
Subject: Nuclear waste at Dounreay | 113 | ||
(98/C 310/152) | E-0664/98 by Undine-Uta Bloch von Blottnitz to the Commission | ||
Subject: Germany's failure to implement EU legislation on the protection of species | 115 | ||
(98/C 310/153) | E-0665/98 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Employment of teachers in extra tuition programme for Greek lower secondary schools | 115 | ||
(98/C 310/154) | E-0668/98 by Sir Jack Stewart-Clark to the Commission | ||
Subject: Commission proposal for levy on blank tapes | 116 | ||
(98/C 310/155) | E-0680/98 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
Subject: Funding for consumer associations | 116 | ||
(98/C 310/156) | P-0694/98 by Riccardo Nencini to the Commission | ||
Subject: Protection of patients | 117 | ||
(98/C 310/157) | E-0723/98 by Amedeo Amadeo, Cristiana Muscardini, Gastone Parigi and Salvatore Tatarella to the Commission | ||
Subject: Petition signed by 5 000 Italian dairy farmers on application of the system of milk quotas | 118 | ||
(98/C 310/158) | E-0731/98 by Sören Wibe to the Commission | ||
Subject: Negotiations on transport subsidies to Volvo in northern Sweden | 119 | ||
(98/C 310/159) | P-0732/98 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
Subject: EU funds for Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland since January 1995 (Supplementary answer) | 120 | ||
(98/C 310/160) | P-0734/98 by Paul Lannoye to the Commission | ||
Subject: Ban on 'organic farming' classification in the departments of Aude and Pyrénées Orientales (France) | 120 | ||
(98/C 310/161) | E-0739/98 by Klaus Lukas to the Commission | ||
Subject: Discrimination against non-ABTA travel agents | 121 | ||
(98/C 310/162) | E-0742/98 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
Subject: 'Western Road Axis' | 121 | ||
(98/C 310/163) | E-0745/98 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
Subject: Cheque book eugenics | 122 | ||
(98/C 310/164) | E-0751/98 by Allan Macartney to the Commission | ||
Subject: Assistance measures for foreign inward investment within the Community | 122 | ||
(98/C 310/165) | E-0753/98 by Joan Colom i Naval to the Commission | ||
Subject: Outstanding appropriations (RAL) in various Community programmes | 123 | ||
(98/C 310/166) | P-0759/98 by Christa Randzio-Plath to the Commission | ||
Subject: Information on the disbursement of EU funds for Hamburg from 1995 to date (Supplementary answer) | 123 | ||
(98/C 310/167) | E-0761/98 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Import and processing of milk and other dairy products from areas of eastern Europe exposed to high radiations levels | 124 | ||
(98/C 310/168) | E-0765/98 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Hazards associated with biological treatment of sewage at Psyttalia | 125 | ||
(98/C 310/169) | E-0769/98 by Gérard Caudron to the Commission | ||
Subject: Premix | 126 | ||
(98/C 310/170) | E-0772/98 by Jessica Larive to the Council | ||
Subject: Book price agreements and Article 128 of the Maastricht Treaty | 126 | ||
(98/C 310/171) | P-0775/98 by Joan Colom i Naval to the Commission | ||
Subject: Commitments still outstanding in structural actions | 127 | ||
(98/C 310/172) | E-0782/98 by James Provan to the Commission | ||
Subject: Hens in battery cages | 128 | ||
(98/C 310/173) | E-0784/98 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission | ||
Subject: Italian trading rules | 129 | ||
(98/C 310/174) | P-0787/98 by Doeke Eisma to the Commission | ||
Subject: Threat to the badger (Meles meles) in the United Kingdom | 129 | ||
(98/C 310/175) | P-0788/98 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
Subject: Sale of World Cup tickets | 130 | ||
(98/C 310/176) | E-0793/98 by Wilmya Zimmermann to the Commission | ||
Subject: Disbursement of EU funds to the district of Upper Franconia | 131 | ||
(98/C 310/177) | E-0798/98 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Trafficking in human organs and drugs | 131 | ||
(98/C 310/178) | E-0801/98 by Peter Truscott to the Commission | ||
Subject: Opening up of the Japanese market for consumer photographic materials | 132 | ||
(98/C 310/179) | E-0802/98 by André Laignel to the Commission | ||
Subject: Applying the 35-hour-week initiative throughout the European Union | 133 | ||
(98/C 310/180) | E-0805/98 by Florus Wijsenbeek to the Commission | ||
Subject: Discriminatory taxation affecting international road hauliers in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe | 134 | ||
(98/C 310/181) | E-0806/98 by Frederik Willockx and Anne Van Lancker to the Commission | ||
Subject: Unlawful practices in connection with applications for subsidies | 134 | ||
(98/C 310/182) | E-0813/98 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
Subject: North-West of England Programme Monitoring Committee | 135 | ||
(98/C 310/183) | E-0826/98 by Lis Jensen to the Commission | ||
Subject: Information budget of the Commission's Copenhagen office | 136 | ||
(98/C 310/184) | E-0832/98 by Jesús Cabezón Alonso to the Commission | ||
Subject: Application of Cuba to join the group of ACP countries under the Lomé Convention | 136 | ||
(98/C 310/185) | E-0837/98 by Esko Seppänen to the Commission | ||
Subject: The content of television programmes and freedom of expression | 137 | ||
(98/C 310/186) | E-0845/98 by Edith Müller to the Commission | ||
Subject: Visits by senior figures from Directorate-General IA to Bosnia-Herzegovina | 137 | ||
(98/C 310/187) | E-0849/98 by Marco Cellai to the Commission | ||
Subject: Appeal to the Court of Justice by the Commission | 138 | ||
(98/C 310/188) | P-0853/98 by Graham Mather to the Commission | ||
Subject: World Cup ticket allocation (France 98) | 138 | ||
(98/C 310/189) | E-0855/98 by Michl Ebner to the Commission | ||
Subject: Restriction of imports of apples into the Czech Republic from the EU | 139 | ||
(98/C 310/190) | E-0865/98 by Anita Pollack to the Commission | ||
Subject: Tropical forests and biodiversity in Indonesia | 140 | ||
(98/C 310/191) | E-0866/98 by Anita Pollack to the Commission | ||
Subject: Bananas | 141 | ||
(98/C 310/192) | E-0869/98 by Hilde Hawlicek to the Commission | ||
Subject: European educational cooperation in southeastern Europe | 142 | ||
(98/C 310/193) | E-0875/98 by Florus Wijsenbeek to the Commission | ||
Subject: Confiscation of driving licences and vehicle registration certificates in Italy | 143 | ||
(98/C 310/194) | E-0877/98 by Gunilla Carlsson to the Commission | ||
Subject: Warning on Swedish snuff | 143 | ||
(98/C 310/195) | E-0882/98 by Bill Miller to the Commission | ||
Subject: Number of reminders | 144 | ||
(98/C 310/196) | E-0883/98 by Bill Miller to the Commission | ||
Subject: Millennium and new technology | 144 | ||
(98/C 310/197) | E-0884/98 by Bill Miller to the Commission | ||
Subject: Length of time to reply to correspondence | 144 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-0882/98, E-0883/98 and E-0884/98 | 144 | ||
(98/C 310/198) | E-0885/98 by Bill Miller to the Commission | ||
Subject: Access to documentation | 144 | ||
(98/C 310/199) | E-0898/98 by Daniela Raschhofer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Permanent Representations of the European Union | 145 | ||
(98/C 310/200) | E-0922/98 by Katerina Daskalaki to the Commission | ||
Subject: Re-opening of the Khalkis Theological College | 146 | ||
(98/C 310/201) | E-0924/98 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Full details of funding to Israel and Palestine | 146 | ||
(98/C 310/202) | E-0925/98 by Carles-Alfred Gasòliba i Böhm to the Commission | ||
Subject: Information on the amount of European Union aid to colleges of higher education and research institutions in Catalonia in 1995, 1996 and 1997 | 147 | ||
(98/C 310/203) | E-0935/98 by Antonio Tajani to the Commission | ||
Subject: Health protection for local police officers | 147 | ||
(98/C 310/204) | P-0937/98 by José Escudero to the Commission | ||
Subject: Cultural cooperation with Latin America | 148 | ||
(98/C 310/205) | E-0945/98 by Jesús Cabezón Alonso to the Commission | ||
Subject: Nicaragua's foreign debt | 148 | ||
(98/C 310/206) | P-0955/98 by Gianfranco Dell'Alba to the Commission | ||
Subject: UNDCP programme in Afghanistan | 149 | ||
(98/C 310/207) | E-0963/98 by Josu Imaz San Miguel to the Commission | ||
Subject: Respect for minority languages | 150 | ||
(98/C 310/208) | P-0964/98 by David Thomas to the Commission | ||
Subject: SRM BAN | 151 | ||
(98/C 310/209) | E-0969/98 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Greek companies in the FYROM | 151 | ||
(98/C 310/210) | E-0984/98 by Eryl McNally to the Commission | ||
Subject: UFO sightings within the European Community | 152 | ||
(98/C 310/211) | E-0988/98 by Cristiana Muscardini, Amedeo Amadeo, Roberta Angelilli, Spalato Belleré, Marco Cellai, Sebastiano Musumeci, Gastone Parigi, Salvatore Tatarella and Antonio Trizza to the Commission | ||
Subject: Pre-accession negotiations with Slovenia | 152 | ||
(98/C 310/212) | P-1004/98 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
Subject: The Commission's plans for nuclear energy in the Eastern European applicant countries | 153 | ||
(98/C 310/213) | E-1013/98 by Wilmya Zimmermann to the Council | ||
Subject: Problems concerning the freedom of movement in the EU for foreign children fostered by German families | 154 | ||
(98/C 310/214) | E-1024/98 by Christof Tannert to the Commission | ||
Subject: Community assistance for the Federal German 'Land' of Berlin in 1997 | 155 | ||
(98/C 310/215) | E-1041/98 by Jens-Peter Bonde to the Council | ||
Subject: Particular advantages for national minorities in elections | 155 | ||
(98/C 310/216) | E-1065/98 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
Subject: Grant to neo-Nazi group | 156 | ||
(98/C 310/217) | E-1114/98 by Harald Ettl to the Commission | ||
Subject: European Parliament call for a White Paper on the social aspects of EU enlargement to the east (A4-0368/97) | 156 | ||
(98/C 310/218) | E-1125/98 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström to the Commission | ||
Subject: Charges to Erasmus programme exchange students | 157 | ||
(98/C 310/219) | E-1415/98 by Riitta Myller to the Commission | ||
Subject: The right of citizens of the European Union to vote in local elections in the Member States | 157 | ||
(98/C 310/220) | E-1474/98 by Ursula Stenzel to the Commission | ||
Subject: Fourth Framework Programme for Research | 158 | ||
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