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Document C:1998:304:TOC
Official Journal of the European Communities, C 304, 02 October 1998
Official Journal of the European Communities, C 304, 02 October 1998
Official Journal of the European Communities, C 304, 02 October 1998
Official Journal of the European Communities | ISSN
0378-6986 C 304 Volume 41 2 October 1998 |
English edition | Information and Notices | ||
Notice No | Contents | Page | |
I Information | |||
European Parliament | |||
Written Questions with answer | |||
(98/C 304/01) | E-3597/97 by Giacomo Santini to the Commission | ||
Subject: Invasion of the European market by elvers caught by Asian boats | 1 | ||
(98/C 304/02) | E-3622/97 by Giuseppe Rauti to the Commission | ||
Subject: Protecting the rights of taxi drivers in Italy and Europe | 2 | ||
(98/C 304/03) | E-3866/97 by José Valverde López to the Commission | ||
Subject: Energy self-sufficiency in Andalusia | 2 | ||
(98/C 304/04) | E-3904/97 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Council | ||
Subject: Tourist massacre in Egypt | 3 | ||
(98/C 304/05) | E-3913/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Seveso directive | 4 | ||
(98/C 304/06) | E-3940/97 by Maren Günther to the Commission | ||
Subject: Long-term and structural support for cultural networks in the field of the performing arts | 5 | ||
(98/C 304/07) | E-3981/97 by Angela Billingham to the Commission | ||
Subject: Comparative analysis of national minimum wages in Europe | 5 | ||
(98/C 304/08) | E-4000/97 by Danilo Poggiolini, Pierluigi Castagnetti, Antonio Graziani, Giampaolo D'Andrea, Michl Ebner, Livio Filippi, Maria Colombo Svevo, Vincenzo Viola, Carlo Casini, Alessandro Fontana and Giovanni Burtone to the Commission | ||
Subject: Selection criteria for the recruitment of trainees to the Commission's administration | 6 | ||
(98/C 304/09) | E-4012/97 by John Iversen to the Commission | ||
Subject: Pesticide residues in grapes | 7 | ||
(98/C 304/10) | E-4025/97 by Graham Watson to the Commission | ||
Subject: Financial instruments for regional policy funds | 8 | ||
(98/C 304/11) | E-4036/97 by Bryan Cassidy to the Commission | ||
Subject: Producer responsibility obligations (packaging waste) regulations, UK 1996 | 8 | ||
(98/C 304/12) | E-4057/97 by Ulla Sandbæk to the Council | ||
Subject: Weapons training in Greece | 9 | ||
(98/C 304/13) | E-4139/97 by Angela Sierra González to the Commission | ||
Subject: Waste on islands | 9 | ||
(98/C 304/14) | E-4160/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
Subject: Concern about deterioration of the EU's relations with Suriname | 10 | ||
(98/C 304/15) | E-4161/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
Subject: Concern about the possibility of EU citizens being taken hostage by Suriname | 11 | ||
(98/C 304/16) | E-4162/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
Subject: Concern about the human rights situation in Suriname | 11 | ||
(98/C 304/17) | E-4163/97 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
Subject: Measures in the event of EU citizens being taken hostage by Suriname | 11 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-4160/97, E-4161/97, E-4162/97 and E-4163/97 | 12 | ||
(98/C 304/18) | E-4164/97 by Rijk van Dam to the Commission | ||
Subject: Extension of the 'old for new' provision | 12 | ||
(98/C 304/19) | E-4170/97 by Eryl McNally to the Commission | ||
Subject: Specific SME representation in the European-level Social Dialogue | 13 | ||
(98/C 304/20) | E-4178/97 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the Commission | ||
Subject: Cohesion policy and culture | 14 | ||
(98/C 304/21) | E-4180/97 by Riitta Myller to the Commission | ||
Subject: Preparation in the Commission of the interim report on the EU's northern dimension | 14 | ||
(98/C 304/22) | E-4186/97 by Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop to the Commission | ||
Subject: Academic qualifications for A/LA grade competitions | 15 | ||
(98/C 304/23) | E-4212/97 by Bryan Cassidy to the Commission | ||
Subject: Judgment of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on 26 October 1996 in the case of Elida Gibbs Limited (Case C-317/94) | 16 | ||
(98/C 304/24) | E-0017/98 by Jaak Vandemeulebroucke to the Commission | ||
Subject: Language use in the Official Journal | 17 | ||
(98/C 304/25) | E-0018/98 by Klaus Lukas to the Commission | ||
Subject: Cost of the Commission representation in Vienna | 17 | ||
(98/C 304/26) | E-0022/98 by Christian Rovsing to the Commission | ||
Subject: Exclusive rights in the gas market | 18 | ||
(98/C 304/27) | E-0028/98 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Strange arrangements for staffing the European Environment Agency (EEA) | 19 | ||
(98/C 304/28) | E-0031/98 by John Corrie to the Commission | ||
Subject: EU aid to Cyprus | 20 | ||
(98/C 304/29) | E-0038/98 by Gianni Tamino to the Commission | ||
Subject: Second report pursuant to Article 26 of Directive 86/609/EEC | 20 | ||
(98/C 304/30) | E-0039/98 by Giacomo Leopardi to the Commission | ||
Subject: Pharmaceutical expenditure - compulsory deductions and compatibility with EU principles | 21 | ||
(98/C 304/31) | E-0041/98 by Ulf Holm to the Commission | ||
Subject: Rules on the importation of domestic animals | 21 | ||
(98/C 304/32) | E-0045/98 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Implementation of air traffic directive | 22 | ||
(98/C 304/33) | E-0052/98 by Hartmut Nassauer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Arrangements affecting building contractors posting workers to another country in the framework of the provision of services | 23 | ||
(98/C 304/34) | E-0054/98 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Dramatic reduction in Community olive oil subsidies | 24 | ||
(98/C 304/35) | E-0063/98 by Jan Mulder to the Commission | ||
Subject: Lower than anticipated costs of the swine fever crisis in the Netherlands | 25 | ||
(98/C 304/36) | P-0064/98 by Gijs de Vries to the Commission | ||
Subject: Restrictions on direct marketing | 26 | ||
(98/C 304/37) | E-0066/98 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Leonardo Programme | 27 | ||
(98/C 304/38) | E-0069/98 by Gerhard Botz to the Commission | ||
Subject: Possible investigations into the use of plant protection products and their impact on human fertility | 27 | ||
(98/C 304/39) | E-0072/98 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Pollution of drinking water springs in Ioannina | 28 | ||
(98/C 304/40) | E-0078/98 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
Subject: Driftnets | 29 | ||
(98/C 304/41) | E-0080/98 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission | ||
Subject: Incineration of domestic waste | 29 | ||
(98/C 304/42) | E-0082/98 by Carlos Robles Piquer to the Council | ||
Subject: Information on technology from NATO | 30 | ||
(98/C 304/43) | E-0106/98 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström to the Commission | ||
Subject: Computer problems caused by the change of the millennium | 31 | ||
(98/C 304/44) | E-0114/98 by Anita Pollack to the Commission | ||
Subject: Urban policy | 32 | ||
(98/C 304/45) | E-0115/98 by Anita Pollack to the Commission | ||
Subject: Battery hens | 33 | ||
(98/C 304/46) | E-0124/98 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström to the Commission | ||
Subject: Follow-up question on the school milk programme | 33 | ||
(98/C 304/47) | E-0125/98 by Petrus Cornelissen to the Commission | ||
Subject: Research into civil aviation incidents | 33 | ||
(98/C 304/48) | P-0128/98 by John Iversen to the Commission | ||
Subject: Transport of calves and maximum weights (Supplementary answer) | 34 | ||
(98/C 304/49) | E-0130/98 by Kirsten Jensen to the Commission | ||
Subject: GMO | 35 | ||
(98/C 304/50) | P-0134/98 by Georg Jarzembowski to the Commission | ||
Subject: Shipbuilding industry | 36 | ||
(98/C 304/51) | P-0137/98 by Ilona Graenitz to the Commission | ||
Subject: Recognition of sign language in the Member States | 37 | ||
(98/C 304/52) | E-0139/98 by Michl Ebner to the Commission | ||
Subject: Campaign against smoking | 38 | ||
(98/C 304/53) | E-0140/98 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Fisheries operational programme in Greece | 39 | ||
(98/C 304/54) | E-0151/98 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission | ||
Subject: The Italian Government's attitude to liberalization of the telecommunications sector | 40 | ||
(98/C 304/55) | E-0156/98 by Klaus Lukas to the Commission | ||
Subject: Recall of the head of delegation in Bratislava (continued) | 41 | ||
(98/C 304/56) | E-0159/98 by Katerina Daskalaki to the Commission | ||
Subject: Bank lending rates and hotel businesses in Greece | 41 | ||
(98/C 304/57) | E-0160/98 by Mary Banotti to the Council | ||
Subject: Gaza European Hospital | 42 | ||
(98/C 304/58) | E-0162/98 by Anita Pollack to the Commission | ||
Subject: Combined bicycle and rail travel | 42 | ||
(98/C 304/59) | E-0163/98 by Anita Pollack to the Commission | ||
Subject: Battery hens | 43 | ||
(98/C 304/60) | E-0166/98 by James Fitzsimons to the Commission | ||
Subject: Legislation in EU Member States on bicycles | 44 | ||
(98/C 304/61) | E-0174/98 by David Bowe to the Commission | ||
Subject: Controls on imported foods | 44 | ||
(98/C 304/62) | E-0176/98 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
Subject: Disposal of sewage and waste water | 45 | ||
(98/C 304/63) | E-0179/98 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
Subject: Disposal of sewage and waste water | 45 | ||
(98/C 304/64) | E-0181/98 by María Sornosa Martínez to the Commission | ||
Subject: Possible contravention of environment laws in the Marjal de Massamagrell | 46 | ||
(98/C 304/65) | E-0185/98 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
Subject: Disability benefits in EU Member States | 47 | ||
(98/C 304/66) | E-0186/98 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
Subject: Disability benefits in EU Member States | 47 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-0185/98 and E-0186/98 | 47 | ||
(98/C 304/67) | P-0193/98 by Paul Lannoye to the Commission | ||
Subject: Zoonoses | 47 | ||
(98/C 304/68) | P-0194/98 by Antoni Gutiérrez Díaz to the Commission | ||
Subject: Illegal construction activity with EU funding | 49 | ||
(98/C 304/69) | P-0196/98 by Karin Riis-Jørgensen to the Commission | ||
Subject: EU export of steel wire ropes to Poland | 50 | ||
(98/C 304/70) | E-0199/98 by Hilde Hawlicek to the Commission | ||
Subject: Books and the cultural heritage | 50 | ||
(98/C 304/71) | E-0202/98 by Gerhard Hager to the Commission | ||
Subject: Budget line on the family | 51 | ||
(98/C 304/72) | E-0205/98 by Rainer Wieland to the Commission | ||
Subject: Financing mother-tongue teaching abroad - mother-tongue teaching in the consular district of Stuttgart (Germany) | 52 | ||
(98/C 304/73) | E-0207/98 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Discrimination against the Greek agricultural trade union confederation SY.DA.SE | 52 | ||
(98/C 304/74) | E-0208/98 by Katerina Daskalaki to the Commission | ||
Subject: Problems facing the olive oil market | 53 | ||
(98/C 304/75) | E-0213/98 by Bryan Cassidy to the Commission | ||
Subject: International Group of P&I Clubs | 54 | ||
(98/C 304/76) | E-0214/98 by Allan Macartney to the Commission | ||
Subject: Replacement of dry-cleaning machines and compensation | 55 | ||
(98/C 304/77) | E-0221/98 by John Iversen to the Commission | ||
Subject: Junk medicine | 55 | ||
(98/C 304/78) | E-0224/98 by Christine Crawley to the Commission | ||
Subject: The impact of changing work patterns | 56 | ||
(98/C 304/79) | P-0229/98 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Baby-walkers | 57 | ||
(98/C 304/80) | E-0230/98 by Panayotis Lambrias to the Commission | ||
Subject: Under-performance and downgrading of the National School for Public Administration in Greece | 58 | ||
(98/C 304/81) | E-0231/98 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Dam on the River Arachthos | 58 | ||
(98/C 304/82) | E-0244/98 by Karla Peijs to the Council | ||
Subject: Closure of European Business Information Centres | 59 | ||
(98/C 304/83) | E-0248/98 by Allan Macartney to the Commission | ||
Subject: Child welfare in the European Union | 60 | ||
(98/C 304/84) | E-0250/98 by Richard Howitt to the Commission | ||
Subject: The absence of a common European Noise Directive | 60 | ||
(98/C 304/85) | E-0251/98 by Marco Cellai to the Commission | ||
Subject: Taxation of companies' net assets | 61 | ||
(98/C 304/86) | P-0252/98 by Peter Skinner to the Commission | ||
Subject: Agriculture | 62 | ||
(98/C 304/87) | P-0253/98 by Karla Peijs to the Commission | ||
Subject: Obligation to accept two currencies for the same transaction | 62 | ||
(98/C 304/88) | E-0258/98 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Occupational and general disability | 63 | ||
(98/C 304/89) | E-0259/98 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Cot death | 63 | ||
(98/C 304/90) | E-0263/98 by Yiannis Roubatis to the Council | ||
Subject: The systematic and provocative policy of increasing tension pursued by the Turkish Government | 64 | ||
(98/C 304/91) | E-0264/98 by Yiannis Roubatis to the Commission | ||
Subject: The systematic and provocative policy of increasing tension pursued by the Turkish Government | 65 | ||
(98/C 304/92) | E-0265/98 by Yiannis Roubatis to the Council | ||
Subject: The Tudjman regime's tactics in Croatia | 65 | ||
(98/C 304/93) | E-0269/98 by Yiannis Roubatis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Destruction of the archaeological site of Vouthrotou | 66 | ||
(98/C 304/94) | P-0272/98 by Danielle Darras to the Commission | ||
Subject: Abolition of sales of duty-free products within the Community as from 1 July 1999 | 67 | ||
(98/C 304/95) | P-0275/98 by Gary Titley to the Commission | ||
Subject: Satellite jamming and the EC Trade Barrier Regulation | 67 | ||
(98/C 304/96) | E-0278/98 by Panayotis Lambrias to the Commission | ||
Subject: New LEADER programme | 68 | ||
(98/C 304/97) | E-0283/98 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
Subject: Compliance with the ISM Code (Regulation 3051/95) | 69 | ||
(98/C 304/98) | E-0284/98 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
Subject: ISM Code (Council Regulation 3051/95) | 69 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-0283/98 and E-0284/98 | 69 | ||
(98/C 304/99) | E-0285/98 by Glenys Kinnock to the Commission | ||
Subject: Transport of racing pigeons | 69 | ||
(98/C 304/100) | E-0287/98 by Mirja Ryynänen to the Commission | ||
Subject: Status of the Student unions' umbrella organization ESIB as an expert on education matters in the EU | 70 | ||
(98/C 304/101) | E-0288/98 by Blaise Aldo to the Commission | ||
Subject: Court of Auditors' report | 71 | ||
(98/C 304/102) | E-0289/98 by Blaise Aldo to the Commission | ||
Subject: Transport costs between different islands | 71 | ||
(98/C 304/103) | E-0324/98 by Bernard Castagnède to the Commission | ||
Subject: Supplies of cereals to the remotest regions | 71 | ||
(98/C 304/104) | E-0400/98 by Dominique Souchet to the Commission | ||
Subject: Community aid for the supply of the most remote regions: livestock farming | 72 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-0288/98, E-0289/98, E-0324/98 and E-0400/98 | 72 | ||
(98/C 304/105) | P-0290/98 by Jan Bertens to the Commission | ||
Subject: Diplomatic representation of the EU in Malaysia | 72 | ||
(98/C 304/106) | E-0300/98 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
Subject: Clarification of the situation as regards Turkey's accession to the EU | 73 | ||
(98/C 304/107) | P-0307/98 by Luis Campoy Zueco to the Commission | ||
Subject: Aid for music | 74 | ||
(98/C 304/108) | P-0309/98 by Doeke Eisma to the Commission | ||
Subject: Taxation of aircraft fuel | 75 | ||
(98/C 304/109) | P-0313/98 by Luis Campoy Zueco to the Commission | ||
Subject: URBAN programme | 75 | ||
(98/C 304/110) | E-0316/98 by Wilmya Zimmermann to the Commission | ||
Subject: Common European holiday on 9 May | 75 | ||
(98/C 304/111) | E-0317/98 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Council | ||
Subject: Commission proposals for third countries' nationals | 76 | ||
(98/C 304/112) | E-0322/98 by Riitta Myller to the Commission | ||
Subject: The EU's new public health programme | 77 | ||
(98/C 304/113) | P-0326/98 by David Hallam to the Commission | ||
Subject: Discrimination against persons on the grounds of height | 77 | ||
(98/C 304/114) | P-0327/98 by Dominique Souchet to the Commission | ||
Subject: Community aid for cereal supplies to the most remote regions/impact on employment | 78 | ||
(98/C 304/115) | E-0335/98 by Graham Mather to the Commission | ||
Subject: Business impact assessment | 79 | ||
(98/C 304/116) | E-0336/98 by Graham Mather to the Commission | ||
Subject: Business impact assessment | 79 | ||
(98/C 304/117) | E-0337/98 by Graham Mather to the Commission | ||
Subject: Business impact assessment | 79 | ||
(98/C 304/118) | E-0338/98 by Graham Mather to the Commission | ||
Subject: Business impact assessment | 80 | ||
(98/C 304/119) | E-0339/98 by Graham Mather to the Commission | ||
Subject: Business impact assessment | 80 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-0335/98, E-0336/98, E-0337/98, E-0338/98 and E-0339/98 | 80 | ||
(98/C 304/120) | E-0340/98 by Luis Campoy Zueco to the Commission | ||
Subject: Objective 2 | 81 | ||
(98/C 304/121) | E-0343/98 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
Subject: Crisis on the olive-oil market | 82 | ||
(98/C 304/122) | E-0344/98 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
Subject: Framework for Community action in the field of water policy | 82 | ||
(98/C 304/123) | E-0345/98 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
Subject: Framework for Community action in the field of water policy | 83 | ||
(98/C 304/124) | E-0346/98 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
Subject: Framework for Community action in the field of water policy | 83 | ||
(98/C 304/125) | E-0347/98 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
Subject: Framework for Community action in the field of water policy | 83 | ||
(98/C 304/126) | E-0348/98 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission | ||
Subject: Framework for Community action in the field of water policy | 83 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-0344/98, E-0345/98, E-0346/98, E-0347/98 and E-0348/98 | 84 | ||
(98/C 304/127) | P-0352/98 by Ernesto Caccavale to the Commission | ||
Subject: Nature of eligible expenditure for training activities financed by ESF contributions | 84 | ||
(98/C 304/128) | E-0358/98 by Herbert Bösch to the Commission | ||
Subject: Budget heading A-7001 (agency staff) | 85 | ||
(98/C 304/129) | E-0359/98 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Extension of deadline for tabling proposals regarding the programme for the return of refugees to Bosnia | 86 | ||
(98/C 304/130) | E-0363/98 by María Sornosa Martínez to the Commission | ||
Subject: The Aguamarga salt-marshes in Alicante | 86 | ||
(98/C 304/131) | E-0366/98 by Stefano De Luca to the Commission | ||
Subject: Community aid for the restoration of the Petruzzelli Theatre | 87 | ||
(98/C 304/132) | E-0371/98 by Nuala Ahern to the Commission | ||
Subject: Radioactive waste and Article 18 of Directive 92/3/Euratom | 88 | ||
(98/C 304/133) | E-0372/98 by Nuala Ahern to the Council | ||
Subject: Shipment of high-level radioactive waste from the COGEMA plant at La Hague | 89 | ||
(98/C 304/134) | E-0373/98 by Nuala Ahern to the Council | ||
Subject: Proposed action on threats posed by the Sellafield plant | 89 | ||
(98/C 304/135) | P-0391/98 by Leoluca Orlando to the Commission | ||
Subject: Failure of the Italian authorities to incorporate Directive 93/42/EEC | 90 | ||
(98/C 304/136) | E-0393/98 by Daniela Raschhofer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Taking mountain regions into account in connection with the reform of the Structural Funds | 90 | ||
(98/C 304/137) | E-0395/98 by Daniela Raschhofer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Effects of Agenda 2000 on the existing Community of Fifteen | 91 | ||
(98/C 304/138) | E-0396/98 by Daniela Raschhofer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Assistance for frontier regions | 92 | ||
(98/C 304/139) | E-0397/98 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Laundering of Illegal Funds in Northern Cyprus | 93 | ||
(98/C 304/140) | E-0401/98 by Gianni Tamino to the Commission | ||
Subject: Consorzio Venezia Nuovo (New Venice Consortium) | 94 | ||
(98/C 304/141) | E-0402/98 by Honório Novo to the Commission | ||
Subject: Helms-Burton Act and EU appeal to the WTO | 94 | ||
(98/C 304/142) | E-0403/98 by Lis Jensen to the Commission | ||
Subject: Number of Council recommendations since 1986 | 95 | ||
(98/C 304/143) | E-0409/98 by Carmen Fraga Estévez to the Commission | ||
Subject: Coordination for aid for the development of the fisheries sectors of the ACP States | 95 | ||
(98/C 304/144) | E-0413/98 by Jan Andersson to the Commission | ||
Subject: EU support for drugs policy organizations | 96 | ||
(98/C 304/145) | P-0414/98 by John Cushnahan to the Council | ||
Subject: Beef blockade | 97 | ||
(98/C 304/146) | E-0416/98 by Freddy Blak to the Council | ||
Subject: SAFE Directive | 97 | ||
(98/C 304/147) | E-0418/98 by Paul Rübig to the Commission | ||
Subject: Permanent EU representation in the ASEAN countries | 98 | ||
(98/C 304/148) | E-0422/98 by Graham Watson to the Commission | ||
Subject: The Millenium Bug | 98 | ||
(98/C 304/149) | E-0425/98 by Graham Watson to the Commission | ||
Subject: The Millenium Bug | 98 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-0422/98 and E-0425/98 | 98 | ||
(98/C 304/150) | E-0427/98 by Esko Seppänen to the Commission | ||
Subject: Expenditure on EU staff pensions | 100 | ||
(98/C 304/151) | E-0428/98 by Spalato Belleré to the Commission | ||
Subject: Commission's representations and other offices | 100 | ||
(98/C 304/152) | E-0429/98 by Spalato Belleré to the Commission | ||
Subject: Cuba | 101 | ||
(98/C 304/153) | E-0430/98 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
Subject: Anti-Semitic radio station in Poland | 102 | ||
(98/C 304/154) | E-0434/98 by Leonie van Bladel to the Commission | ||
Subject: Freedom of the press in Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia | 103 | ||
(98/C 304/155) | E-0435/98 by Leonie van Bladel to the Commission | ||
Subject: Supporting European security policy by rebuilding the Yugoslav economy | 104 | ||
(98/C 304/156) | P-0437/98 by Mark Watts to the Commission | ||
Subject: Duty-free concessions | 104 | ||
(98/C 304/157) | E-0439/98 by Niels Sindal to the Commission | ||
Subject: State aid | 105 | ||
(98/C 304/158) | E-0440/98 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Aegean island floods | 105 | ||
(98/C 304/159) | E-0441/98 by Anna Karamanou to the Commission | ||
Subject: Bad weather in Greece and the tragic consequences on Lesbos and Samos | 106 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-0440/98 and E-0441/98 | 106 | ||
(98/C 304/160) | E-0443/98 by Eryl McNally to the Commission | ||
Subject: EU-Israel Association Agreement | 106 | ||
(98/C 304/161) | E-0446/98 by Concepció Ferrer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Interreg II programme | 107 | ||
(98/C 304/162) | E-0448/98 by Gerardo Bianco, Michl Ebner and Pierluigi Castagnetti to the Council | ||
Subject: Cavalese (Trento) tragedy | 108 | ||
(98/C 304/163) | E-0452/98 by Luigi Florio, Claudio Azzolini, Giacomo Santini, Alessandro Danesin, Livio Filippi and Alessandro Fontana to the Commission | ||
Subject: Milk quotas in Italy and sums withheld by buyers | 109 | ||
(98/C 304/164) | P-0461/98 by Ilona Graenitz to the Commission | ||
Subject: Food controls | 109 | ||
(98/C 304/165) | E-0462/98 by Mark Watts to the Council | ||
Subject: Aircraft safety in the year 2000 | 110 | ||
(98/C 304/166) | E-0464/98 by Allan Macartney to the Commission | ||
Subject: Advisory Committee on Fisheries | 111 | ||
(98/C 304/167) | E-0466/98 by Allan Macartney to the Commission | ||
Subject: Competition rules and television rights for the European Football Championships in 2000 | 111 | ||
(98/C 304/168) | E-0467/98 by Allan Macartney to the Commission | ||
Subject: Definition of time at sea under the MAGP IV | 112 | ||
(98/C 304/169) | E-0473/98 by Richard Howitt to the Commission | ||
Subject: State aids | 113 | ||
(98/C 304/170) | E-0475/98 by Richard Howitt to the Commission | ||
Subject: Reproductive health | 114 | ||
(98/C 304/171) | E-0480/98 by Richard Howitt to the Commission | ||
Subject: Respect for local and regional diversity within structural fund programmes | 114 | ||
(98/C 304/172) | E-0484/98 by Richard Howitt to the Commission | ||
Subject: Transitional arrangements for KONVER areas losing eligibility after 1999 | 115 | ||
(98/C 304/173) | P-0487/98 by Honor Funk to the Commission | ||
Subject: EU ban on the import of meat from hormone-treated animals (ruling of the WTO Appeals Panel) | 116 | ||
(98/C 304/174) | E-0568/98 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
Subject: EU ban on the import of meat from hormone-treated animals (ruling of the WTO Appeals Panel) | 116 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions P-0487/98 and E-0568/98 | 116 | ||
(98/C 304/175) | P-0489/98 by Karl Habsburg-Lothringen to the Commission | ||
Subject: Report on the approximation of the rates of excise duty on alcohol and alcoholic beverages | 117 | ||
(98/C 304/176) | E-0490/98 by Klaus Lukas to the Council | ||
Subject: Duty-free sales | 117 | ||
(98/C 304/177) | E-0491/98 by Anna Karamanou to the Commission | ||
Subject: Floods in northern Greece | 118 | ||
(98/C 304/178) | E-0740/98 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Flooding on the island of Lesbos | 118 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-0491/98 and E-0740/98 | 119 | ||
(98/C 304/179) | E-0492/98 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Community subsidies for illegal crops | 119 | ||
(98/C 304/180) | E-0494/98 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Council | ||
Subject: Application by the Turkish authorities of Article 14 of the Treaty of Lausanne | 120 | ||
(98/C 304/181) | P-0512/98 by Carlos Carnero González to the Commission | ||
Subject: Use of Objective 2 Structural Funds in the Autonomous Community of Madrid | 120 | ||
(98/C 304/182) | P-0513/98 by Jan Sonneveld to the Commission | ||
Subject: European criticism of the way in which swine fever is being tackled in the Netherlands | 121 | ||
(98/C 304/183) | E-0515/98 by Paul Rübig to the Council | ||
Subject: Right of information under the group exemption regulation | 122 | ||
(98/C 304/184) | E-0516/98 by Paul Rübig to the Council | ||
Subject: 8th European Development Fund | 123 | ||
(98/C 304/185) | E-0517/98 by Paul Rübig to the Commission | ||
Subject: 8th European Development Fund | 123 | ||
(98/C 304/186) | E-0519/98 by Ilona Graenitz to the Commission | ||
Subject: Duty-free shops | 124 | ||
(98/C 304/187) | E-0520/98 by Thomas Megahy to the Commission | ||
Subject: Financial support for growers of addictive drugs | 124 | ||
(98/C 304/188) | E-0522/98 by Shaun Spiers to the Commission | ||
Subject: Welfare of animals at slaughter | 125 | ||
(98/C 304/189) | E-0523/98 by Susan Waddington to the Commission | ||
Subject: The use of agricultural intervention stocks - fruit and vegetables | 125 | ||
(98/C 304/190) | E-0524/98 by Susan Waddington to the Commission | ||
Subject: The promotion of certain foodstuffs | 126 | ||
(98/C 304/191) | E-0531/98 by Concepció Ferrer to the Commission | ||
Subject: Raphael Programme | 126 | ||
(98/C 304/192) | E-0533/98 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström to the Commission | ||
Subject: Aid to the Mexican Government to investigate the Acteal massacre | 127 | ||
(98/C 304/193) | E-0534/98 by Raimo Ilaskivi to the Commission | ||
Subject: Uniform pricing of postal services (continued) | 127 | ||
(98/C 304/194) | E-0538/98 by Michl Ebner to the Commission | ||
Subject: Level of subsidies for the transport of slaughter cattle | 128 | ||
(98/C 304/195) | E-0559/98 by John McCartin to the Commission | ||
Subject: Exclusion from agricultural markets | 129 | ||
(98/C 304/196) | E-0561/98 by Olivier Dupuis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Civil law in Belgium | 130 | ||
(98/C 304/197) | E-0562/98 by Olivier Dupuis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Conflict between agriculture and wildlife in Cameroon | 130 | ||
(98/C 304/198) | E-0565/98 by Karla Peijs to the Commission | ||
Subject: Effective legislation against fraud involving non-cash means of payment | 131 | ||
(98/C 304/199) | E-0567/98 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Council | ||
Subject: EU ban on the import of meat from hormone-treated animals (ruling of the WTO Appeals Panel) | 132 | ||
(98/C 304/200) | E-0575/98 by Gérard Caudron to the Council | ||
Subject: Motorway driving in thick fog | 133 | ||
(98/C 304/201) | E-0576/98 by Gérard Caudron to the Council | ||
Subject: Double taxation for border workers | 133 | ||
(98/C 304/202) | P-0590/98 by Sirkka-Liisa Anttila to the Commission | ||
Subject: Fundamental differences in food hygiene testing between the USA's 'decontamination' approach and the EU's 'from the field to the table' approach | 134 | ||
(98/C 304/203) | P-0593/98 by W.G. van Velzen to the Commission | ||
Subject: Commission reply to the complaint by EnerTel N. V. | 135 | ||
(98/C 304/204) | P-0594/98 by Luigi Florio to the Commission | ||
Subject: Nuclear radiation risks for European citizens | 136 | ||
(98/C 304/205) | E-0596/98 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Projects relating to the Olympic Games in 2004 | 138 | ||
(98/C 304/206) | E-0606/98 by José Valverde López to the Council | ||
Subject: Ratification of the Amsterdam Treaty | 139 | ||
(98/C 304/207) | E-0611/98 by Bartho Pronk to the Commission | ||
Subject: Net payments by the Netherlands in 1997 | 139 | ||
(98/C 304/208) | E-0614/98 by María Izquierdo Rojo to the Council | ||
Subject: Violence against women | 140 | ||
(98/C 304/209) | P-0615/98 by Angela Billingham to the Commission | ||
Subject: Study on the risks of cancer caused by textiles and leather goods | 140 | ||
(98/C 304/210) | E-0621/98 by Angela Billingham to the Commission | ||
Subject: Kurdish Community in Diyarbakir | 141 | ||
(98/C 304/211) | E-0625/98 by Juan Colino Salamanca and Jesús Cabezón Alonso to the Commission | ||
Subject: COM in raw tobacco: use of the research fund | 141 | ||
(98/C 304/212) | P-0648/98 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission | ||
Subject: Abolition of co-responsibility levy for olive oil | 142 | ||
(98/C 304/213) | E-0660/98 by Leonie van Bladel to the Council | ||
Subject: The Netherlands obstructing the international hunt for a drug baron | 143 | ||
(98/C 304/214) | P-0662/98 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Installation of hazardous nuclear reactor at Akkuyu | 143 | ||
(98/C 304/215) | P-0683/98 by Umberto Bossi to the Commission | ||
Subject: The Banca d'Italia's gold and the Italian public sector borrowing requirement | 144 | ||
(98/C 304/216) | E-0684/98 by Umberto Bossi to the Council | ||
Subject: The Banca d'Italia's gold and the Italian public sector borrowing requirement | 145 | ||
(98/C 304/217) | E-0686/98 by Amedeo Amadeo and Salvatore Tatarella to the Council | ||
Subject: Taxation of energy products | 146 | ||
(98/C 304/218) | P-0693/98 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Implementation of operational programme for the tourist industry | 146 | ||
(98/C 304/219) | E-0695/98 by Amedeo Amadeo and Salvatore Tatarella to the Commission | ||
Subject: Pollution-related diseases | 147 | ||
(98/C 304/220) | E-0696/98 by Amedeo Amadeo and Salvatore Tatarella to the Commission | ||
Subject: Pollution-related diseases | 147 | ||
(98/C 304/221) | E-0697/98 by Amedeo Amadeo and Salvatore Tatarella to the Commission | ||
Subject: Pollution-related diseases | 147 | ||
(98/C 304/222) | E-0698/98 by Amedeo Amadeo and Salvatore Tatarella to the Commission | ||
Subject: Pollution-related diseases | 148 | ||
(98/C 304/223) | E-0699/98 by Amedeo Amadeo and Salvatore Tatarella to the Commission | ||
Subject: Pollution-related diseases | 148 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-0695/98, E-0696/98, E-0697/98, E-0698/98 and E-0699/98 | 148 | ||
(98/C 304/224) | E-0704/98 by Amedeo Amadeo and Salvatore Tatarella to the Commission | ||
Subject: Injury prevention | 149 | ||
(98/C 304/225) | E-0705/98 by Amedeo Amadeo and Salvatore Tatarella to the Commission | ||
Subject: Injury prevention | 149 | ||
(98/C 304/226) | E-0706/98 by Amedeo Amadeo and Salvatore Tatarella to the Commission | ||
Subject: Injury prevention | 149 | ||
(98/C 304/227) | E-0707/98 by Amedeo Amadeo and Salvatore Tatarella to the Commission | ||
Subject: Injury prevention | 150 | ||
Joint answer to Written Questions E-0704/98, E-0705/98, E-0706/98 and E-0707/98 | 150 | ||
(98/C 304/228) | P-0732/98 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission | ||
Subject: EU funds for Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland since January 1995 | 151 | ||
(98/C 304/229) | P-0733/98 by Joan Colom i Naval to the Commission | ||
Subject: Implementation of the Structural Funds 1994-1995 | 151 | ||
(98/C 304/230) | P-0735/98 by Rinaldo Bontempi to the Commission | ||
Subject: Second request for an agreement on social security between the European Union and the Principality of Monaco | 152 | ||
(98/C 304/231) | P-0736/98 by Sérgio Ribeiro to the Commission | ||
Subject: Application for Cohesion Fund resources for a project for cleaning up the catchment area of the rivers Lis and Seiça (Portugal) | 152 | ||
(98/C 304/232) | P-0737/98 by Werner Langen to the Commission | ||
Subject: EU trade mark directive | 153 | ||
(98/C 304/233) | E-0743/98 by Richard Corbett to the Council | ||
Subject: Law and order among tourists | 153 | ||
(98/C 304/234) | E-0744/98 by Glyn Ford to the Commission | ||
Subject: Contravention of EU competition law | 154 | ||
(98/C 304/235) | P-0759/98 by Christa Randzio-Plath to the Commission | ||
Subject: Information on the disbursement of EU funds for Hamburg from 1995 to date | 154 | ||
(98/C 304/236) | P-0760/98 by Peter Truscott to the Commission | ||
Subject: CAP funding | 155 | ||
(98/C 304/237) | E-0766/98 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission | ||
Subject: Structural Fund appropriations | 156 | ||
(98/C 304/238) | P-0774/98 by Helena Torres Marques to the Commission | ||
Subject: DAPHNE projects | 156 | ||
(98/C 304/239) | P-0776/98 by Elly Plooij-van Gorsel to the Commission | ||
Subject: French legislation on liberalization of the electricity market | 157 | ||
(98/C 304/240) | E-0789/98 by Wilmya Zimmermann to the Council | ||
Subject: European public holiday on 9 May | 157 | ||
(98/C 304/241) | E-0790/98 by Nuala Ahern to the Council | ||
Subject: High-activity radioactive waste at the Dounreay plant in Caithness, Scotland | 158 | ||
(98/C 304/242) | E-0791/98 by André Laignel to the Council | ||
Subject: Applying the 35-hour-week initiative throughout the European Union | 159 | ||
(98/C 304/243) | P-0843/98 by Jean-Antoine Giansily to the Commission | ||
Subject: EU support for the holding of elections in Togo | 159 | ||
(98/C 304/244) | P-0854/98 by Lyndon Harrison to the Commission | ||
Subject: Responsibility for fire | 160 | ||
(98/C 304/245) | E-0867/98 by Armelle Guinebertière to the Council | ||
Subject: Netherlands' bill on the treatment of prostitution and procuring | 160 | ||
(98/C 304/246) | E-0873/98 by John Cushnahan to the Council | ||
Subject: Human rights in Mexico | 161 | ||
(98/C 304/247) | E-0950/98 by Iñigo Méndez de Vigo to the Council | ||
Subject: Fighting on both sides of the border between Rwanda and Congo | 161 | ||
(98/C 304/248) | E-0975/98 by Carlos Robles Piquer to the Council | ||
Subject: Political prisoners in Cuba | 162 | ||
(98/C 304/249) | E-1051/98 by Jens-Peter Bonde to the Council | ||
Subject: Abolition of border controls and derogations | 163 | ||
(98/C 304/250) | P-1085/98 by Jannis Sakellariou to the Council | ||
Subject: Implementation of the Association Agreement with Tunisia | 163 | ||
(98/C 304/251) | P-1098/98 by Olivier Dupuis to the Council | ||
Subject: The case of Mr Ukshin Hoti | 164 | ||
(98/C 304/252) | P-1155/98 by Concepció Ferrer to the Council | ||
Subject: Detainees in Equatorial Guinea | 164 | ||
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