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Document C:2001:174E:TOC

    Official Journal of the European Communities, CE 174, 19 June 2001


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    Official Journal
    of the European Communities
    		ISSN 0378-6986

    C 174 E
    Volume 44
    19 June 2001
    English editionInformation and Notices
    Notice NoContents

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    EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
    WRITTEN QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER
    2001/C 174 E/001P-2575/99 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission
    Subject: Lack of infrastructures and facilities at Patras Port (Supplementary Answer)    		 1
    2001/C 174 E/002E-2783/99 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission
    Subject: Shortcomings of public works in Greece (Supplementary Answer)    		 2
    2001/C 174 E/003E-0951/00 by Bart Staes to the Commission
    Subject: The Objective 2 region of Hainaut (Supplementary Answer)    		 3
    2001/C 174 E/004E-2666/00 by Elly Plooij-van Gorsel to the Commission
    Subject: Safety of nuclear power stations in the applicant countries    		 5
    2001/C 174 E/005E-2682/00 by Matti Wuori to the Commission
    Subject: Nuclear safety - Temelin power station    		 6
    2001/C 174 E/006E-2736/00 by Charles Tannock to the Commission
    Subject: Consistency in the application of the precautionary principle    		 7
    2001/C 174 E/007E-2743/00 by Monica Frassoni to the Commission
    Subject: Sewage plant in Sarroch, Sardinia (Supplementary Answer)    		 8
    2001/C 174 E/008E-2776/00 by Avril Doyle to the Council
    Subject: Torture in Turkish prisons    		 9
    2001/C 174 E/009E-2795/00 by Lord Inglewood to the Commission
    Subject: Top rate of tax on personal incomes in each country of the European Union    		 10
    2001/C 174 E/010E-2796/00 by Lord Inglewood to the Commission
    Subject: Top rate of personal inheritance tax in each country of the European Union    		 10
    2001/C 174 E/011E-2797/00 by Lord Inglewood to the Commission
    Subject: Top rate of capital gains tax charged in each country of the European Union    		 11
    Joint answer to Written Questions E-2795/00, E-2796/00 and E-2797/00 11
    2001/C 174 E/012E-2819/00 by Marco Cappato to the Commission
    Subject: Council annual report on human rights: Commission's position on calls made by Parliament    		 12
    2001/C 174 E/013P-2822/00 by W. G. van Velzen to the Council
    Subject: Credit card fraud on the Internet    		 13
    2001/C 174 E/014E-2882/00 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Council
    Subject: Population trends in Spain and Galicia and EU harmonisation of the legal, economic and social conditions of women's work    		 14
    2001/C 174 E/015E-2975/00 by Ioannis Souladakis to the Council
    Subject: Funding of European Union island regions    		 15
    2001/C 174 E/016E-3083/00 by Daniela Raschhofer to the Commission
    Subject: PHARE programme    		 16
    2001/C 174 E/017E-3093/00 by Ioannis Averoff and Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission
    Subject: Funding for Greece for reafforestation and flood prevention schemes    		 18
    2001/C 174 E/018P-3108/00 by Gorka Knörr Borràs to the Council
    Subject: State laws on language issues    		 19
    2001/C 174 E/019E-3147/00 by Erik Meijer to the Commission
    Subject: EU financing of the planning and construction of a motorway through the Kresna gorge nature conservation area in Bulgaria    		 20
    2001/C 174 E/020E-3157/00 by Gerhard Hager to the Commission
    Subject: Taxation of online supplies    		 21
    2001/C 174 E/021E-3163/00 by Carlos Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya to the Commission
    Subject: Water infrastructure    		 23
    2001/C 174 E/022E-3197/00 by Glyn Ford to the Commission
    Subject: Internal Drainage Boards in the United Kingdom    		 23
    2001/C 174 E/023E-3204/00 by Chris Davies to the Council
    Subject: Civil liberties in Saudi Arabia    		 24
    2001/C 174 E/024E-3218/00 by Klaus-Heiner Lehne to the Commission
    Subject: Development of a studio theme park in Mainz    		 24
    2001/C 174 E/025E-3221/00 by Glyn Ford to the Council
    Subject: Tobacco directive derogation    		 25
    2001/C 174 E/026E-3223/00 by Robert Evans to the Commission
    Subject: Transport of animals and compliance with Council Directive 91/628/EEC    		 26
    2001/C 174 E/027E-3240/00 by Gabriele Stauner to the Commission
    Subject: Fléchard firm's involvement in adulterated butter fraud    		 27
    2001/C 174 E/028P-3478/00 by Gabriele Stauner to the Commission
    Subject: Payments to the firm Fléchard    		 28
    Joint answer to Written Questions E-3240/00 and P-3478/00 28
    2001/C 174 E/029E-3242/00 by Ioannis Souladakis to the Commission
    Subject: Civil war in Sudan    		 29
    2001/C 174 E/030E-3263/00 by Jonas Sjöstedt to the Commission
    Subject: Reciprocal defence guarantees in the EU    		 30
    2001/C 174 E/031P-3266/00 by Stavros Xarchakos to the Commission
    Subject: Support for the arts in the EU    		 31
    2001/C 174 E/032E-3279/00 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission
    Subject: Arrest of priest in Turkey    		 32
    2001/C 174 E/033E-3289/00 by Bart Staes to the Commission
    Subject: Measures against caffein    		 32
    2001/C 174 E/034E-3296/00 by Bernd Lange to the Commission
    Subject: Harmonisation of motor boat skippers' licences    		 33
    2001/C 174 E/035E-3327/00 by Christoph Konrad to the Commission
    Subject: Consumer protection and unfair commercial practices and sales methods    		 34
    2001/C 174 E/036E-3337/00 by Lucio Manisco to the Commission
    Subject: Attacks on press freedom in Austria    		 35
    2001/C 174 E/037E-3346/00 by Ursula Schleicher to the Council
    Subject: Revision of the Act concerning the election of Members of the European Parliament (Anastassopoulos Report)    		 36
    2001/C 174 E/038E-3347/00 by Paul Rübig to the Council
    Subject: Visa requirement for Slovakian citizens on entry to Belgium    		 36
    2001/C 174 E/039E-3348/00 by Anna Karamanou to the Council
    Subject: Strengthening democratic institutions and promoting respect for ethnic minorities in Albania    		 37
    2001/C 174 E/040P-3360/00 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission
    Subject: Conditions in Greek slaughterhouses    		 38
    2001/C 174 E/041E-3366/00 by Erik Meijer to the Commission
    Subject: Avoiding tax by spreading high incomes over different Member States    		 40
    2001/C 174 E/042E-3382/00 by Carmen Fraga Estévez to the Commission
    Subject: Criteria used by the Commission for allocating fishing opportunities    		 41
    2001/C 174 E/043E-3383/00 by Piia-Noora Kauppi to the Commission
    Subject: Planned directive with harmful effects on regional airlines    		 42
    2001/C 174 E/044E-3384/00 by Piia-Noora Kauppi to the Council
    Subject: Opportunities for internet companies in the People's Republic of China    		 44
    2001/C 174 E/045E-3385/00 by Piia-Noora Kauppi to the Commission
    Subject: Opportunities for internet companies in the People's Republic of China    		 44
    2001/C 174 E/046E-3387/00 by Erik Meijer to the Commission
    Subject: Persuading people to travel short distances by air on routes with frequent rail services    		 45
    2001/C 174 E/047E-3395/00 by Freddy Blak and Helle Thorning-Schmidt to the Commission
    Subject: Use of evidence of previous convictions for recruitment purposes    		 47
    2001/C 174 E/048E-3398/00 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström to the Commission
    Subject: Overcharging by mobile oeprators    		 48
    2001/C 174 E/049E-3402/00 by Nicole Thomas-Mauro to the Commission
    Subject: Intercultural management in the Commission    		 49
    2001/C 174 E/050E-3407/00 by Armando Cossutta to the Council
    Subject: Deportation of Italian citizens by Germany    		 50
    2001/C 174 E/051E-3412/00 by Jonas Sjöstedt to the Commission
    Subject: Support for information on EMU in Sweden    		 51
    2001/C 174 E/052E-3417/00 by Jonas Sjöstedt to the Commission
    Subject: Recruitment of staff for the Commission IT Directorate    		 51
    2001/C 174 E/053E-3423/00 by Ioannis Marínos to the Commission
    Subject: Fuel tax charges in Greece    		 52
    2001/C 174 E/054E-3434/00 by Antonio Tajani and Mario Mauro to the Council
    Subject: Protection of Italian journalists in the Middle East - freedom of the press    		 54
    2001/C 174 E/055E-3442/00 by Monica Frassoni to the Commission
    Subject: Italian gene food ban    		 55
    2001/C 174 E/056E-3450/00 by Jean-Claude Fruteau to the Council
    Subject: Liberalisation of the Community market for LDCs    		 56
    2001/C 174 E/057E-3459/00 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Council
    Subject: Elections in Albania and the Greek minority    		 58
    2001/C 174 E/058E-3460/00 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Council
    Subject: Peace initiative in the Middle East    		 59
    2001/C 174 E/059E-3492/00 by Raffaele Costa to the Council
    Subject: Community measures to stop war in the Middle East    		 59
    Joint answer to Written Questions E-3460/00 and E-3492/00 60
    2001/C 174 E/060E-3477/00 by Alexander de Roo to the Commission
    Subject: Cable pipes through the Brabantse Wal special protected zone    		 60
    2001/C 174 E/061E-3481/00 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the Commission
    Subject: Substandard road construction funded by the second Community Support Framework    		 62
    2001/C 174 E/062E-3494/00 by Jonas Sjöstedt to the Council
    Subject: Arrest and intimidation of Syriac Orthodox clerics in Turkey    		 62
    2001/C 174 E/063E-3499/00 by Stavros Xarchakos to the Council
    Subject: Provocative statements by Turkish Minister    		 63
    2001/C 174 E/064E-3502/00 by Chris Davies to the Commission
    Subject: Compensation for criminal injuries    		 64
    2001/C 174 E/065E-3503/00 by Jules Maaten to the Commission
    Subject: Number of European Commission officials working on the cancer programme    		 65
    2001/C 174 E/066P-3513/00 by Niels Busk to the Commission
    Subject: Commission's Standing Group on Seeds    		 66
    2001/C 174 E/067E-3515/00 by Werner Langen to the Commission
    Subject: Emergency measures to offset the additional burden of increased energy costs    		 66
    2001/C 174 E/068E-3517/00 by Charles Tannock to the Commission
    Subject: Inntrepeneur Beer Tie    		 68
    2001/C 174 E/069E-3522/00 by Marie-Noëlle Lienemann to the Commission
    Subject: Animal meal    		 69
    2001/C 174 E/070E-3523/00 by Cristiana Muscardini, Mauro Nobilia, Raffaele Costa and Guido Podestà to the Commission
    Subject: Infringement proceedings against Italy for failure to transpose Directive 97/67/EC correctly    		 70
    2001/C 174 E/071E-3529/00 by Andre Brie to the Council
    Subject: Deaths and murders of illegal immigrants in southern Italy    		 71
    2001/C 174 E/072E-3530/00 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Council
    Subject: Contestation of Greek sovereign rights by Turkey    		 72
    2001/C 174 E/073E-3532/00 by Ioannis Marínos to the Commission
    Subject: Peace process in the Middle East    		 72
    2001/C 174 E/074E-3534/00 by Glyn Ford to the Commission
    Subject: Aid to countries of South and Central America    		 73
    2001/C 174 E/075E-3546/00 by Glenys Kinnock to the Commission
    Subject: Education    		 73
    2001/C 174 E/076E-3547/00 by Raffaele Costa to the Commission
    Subject: Excessive increase in the price of paper    		 75
    2001/C 174 E/077E-3548/00 by Umberto Scapagnini, Raffaele Lombardo, Francesco Musotto, Guido Viceconte, Guido Podestà and Giuseppe Nisticò to the Commission
    Subject: Mediterranean Basic    		 75
    2001/C 174 E/078E-3552/00 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission
    Subject: Aerial crop spraying and the use of pesticides in Greece    		 76
    2001/C 174 E/079E-3554/00 by Antonio Di Pietro to the Council
    Subject: Terms and conditions of employment of members of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank    		 78
    2001/C 174 E/080E-3556/00 by Antonio Di Pietro to the Commission
    Subject: Application of Community directives to the ECB    		 78
    2001/C 174 E/081E-3563/00 by Charles Tannock to the Commission
    Subject: Refusal of a derogation allowing the Turks and Caicos Islands to export small quantities of rice    		 79
    2001/C 174 E/082E-3566/00 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the Commission
    Subject: Progress in implementing the operational programme "Education and Initial Vocational Training" under the second CSF in Greece    		 80
    2001/C 174 E/083E-3567/00 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the Commission
    Subject: The current system of car taxation and its inconsistency with the Internal Market and free trade    		 81
    2001/C 174 E/084P-3573/00 by Stavros Xarchakos to the Commission
    Subject: Cultural Olympiad    		 82
    2001/C 174 E/085E-3581/00 by Ria Oomen-Ruijten to the Commission
    Subject: Letter of 23 March 1998 from Commission Member Leon Brittan to Thabo Mbeki concerning the TRIPS agreement    		 82
    2001/C 174 E/086P-3584/00 by Laura González Álvarez to the Council
    Subject: Damaged British nuclear submarine HMS Tireless, docked in Gibraltar    		 83
    2001/C 174 E/087E-3588/00 by Charles Tannock to the Commission
    Subject: Budgetary contributions of Member States    		 84
    2001/C 174 E/088E-3590/00 by Glenys Kinnock to the Commission
    Subject: Health expenditure in Cuba    		 84
    2001/C 174 E/089E-3592/00 by Gordon Adam to the Commission
    Subject: Hydrocarbons research    		 85
    2001/C 174 E/090E-3598/00 by Juan Naranjo Escobar to the Commission
    Subject: EU Action Plan on Drugs    		 87
    2001/C 174 E/091E-3600/00 by Luciano Caveri to the Commission
    Subject: The "de minimis" rule    		 87
    2001/C 174 E/092E-3602/00 by Luciano Caveri to the Commission
    Subject: Air traffic over the Alps    		 88
    2001/C 174 E/093E-3607/00 by Klaus-Heiner Lehne to the Commission
    Subject: Conduct of Spanish road transport authorities towards foreign motorists    		 90
    2001/C 174 E/094P-3609/00 by Paul Lannoye to the Commission
    Subject: Complaint against three companies in the airport sector    		 90
    2001/C 174 E/095P-3613/00 by Olivier Dupuis to the Council
    Subject: Action to combat trafficking, exploitation and sexual abuse of children    		 91
    2001/C 174 E/096E-3615/00 by Klaus-Heiner Lehne to the Commission
    Subject: ECJ judgment in Case C-205/98 - tolls levied on goods vehicles using the Brenner motorway    		 92
    2001/C 174 E/097P-3618/00 by Raffaele Lombardo to the Council
    Subject: Combating paedophilia and "sex tourism"    		 93
    2001/C 174 E/098E-3629/00 by Heidi Hautala to the Commission
    Subject: Notification of bird species on the "Natura 2000" information form    		 94
    2001/C 174 E/099E-3632/00 by Antonio Tajani to the Council
    Subject: Western Sahara    		 95
    2001/C 174 E/100E-3634/00 by Erik Meijer to the Commission
    Subject: Measures to tackle energy prices rising as a result of liberalisation, privatisation and competition    		 96
    2001/C 174 E/101E-3635/00 by Erik Meijer to the Commission
    Subject: Concentration of ICT firms in large cities with a shortage of electricity    		 97
    2001/C 174 E/102E-3636/00 by Erik Meijer to the Commission
    Subject: Introducing the high-speed Internet: delays, resistance and incompetence    		 98
    2001/C 174 E/103E-3638/00 by Erik Meijer to the Commission
    Subject: The pesticide Rotenone as a possible cause of Parkinson's disease    		 99
    2001/C 174 E/104E-3641/00 by Ilda Figueiredo to the Commission
    Subject: Building of a motorway in the Braga district    		 101
    2001/C 174 E/105P-3644/00 by Jonas Sjöstedt to the Commission
    Subject: EU responsibility for ferry services    		 102
    2001/C 174 E/106E-3656/00 by Klaus-Heiner Lehne to the Commission
    Subject: Difference in treatment under Spanish tax law    		 103
    2001/C 174 E/107E-3661/00 by Glenys Kinnock to the Commission
    Subject: Coastal fishing in ACP countries    		 104
    2001/C 174 E/108E-3662/00 by Piia-Noora Kauppi to the Council
    Subject: The EU's White Paper seminar in Paris from 5 to 7 October 2000    		 105
    2001/C 174 E/109E-3663/00 by Piia-Noora Kauppi to the Commission
    Subject: The EU's White Paper seminar in Paris from 5 to 7 October 2000    		 105
    2001/C 174 E/110E-3665/00 by Luciana Sbarbati to the Commission
    Subject: Safeguarding jobs in firms which have been beneficiaries of state and Community aid    		 107
    2001/C 174 E/111E-3666/00 by Mario Mantovani, Guido Podestà and Antonio Tajani to the Commission
    Subject: Children in Romania    		 108
    2001/C 174 E/112E-3670/00 by María Sornosa Martínez to the Commission
    Subject: Need for an environmental impact assessment of a project in Puerto de Grau (Castellón, Autonomous Community of Valencia)    		 109
    2001/C 174 E/113E-3671/00 by Bart Staes to the Council
    Subject: Introduction of blind-spot mirrors    		 110
    2001/C 174 E/114E-3675/00 by Ursula Schleicher to the Commission
    Subject: Special scheme for access to Portuguese universities for the families of EU officials    		 111
    2001/C 174 E/115E-3679/00 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the Commission
    Subject: Export aid for milk surpluses    		 112
    2001/C 174 E/116E-3681/00 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the Commission
    Subject: Milk quotas and EU enlargement    		 113
    2001/C 174 E/117E-3695/00 by Torben Lund to the Commission
    Subject: By-catches of harbour porpoises - plan of action    		 114
    2001/C 174 E/118E-3696/00 by Torben Lund to the Commission
    Subject: By-catches    		 115
    2001/C 174 E/119E-3697/00 by Torben Lund to the Commission
    Subject: Drift net fishing in the Baltic    		 116
    2001/C 174 E/120E-3698/00 by Torben Lund to the Commission
    Subject: Porpoise by-catches    		 117
    2001/C 174 E/121E-3700/00 by Glenys Kinnock to the Commission
    Subject: Malawi    		 117
    2001/C 174 E/122E-3701/00 by Glenys Kinnock to the Commission
    Subject: UN special session on children    		 118
    2001/C 174 E/123E-3702/00 by Camilo Nogueira Román, Nelly Maes, Pere Esteve, Neil MacCormick, Gorka Knörr Borràs, Luciano Caveri, Carles-Alfred Gasòliba i Böhm, Concepció Ferrer, Carlos Bautista Ojeda and Jillian Evans to the Commission
    Subject: Language diversity in the European Union    		 119
    2001/C 174 E/124E-3705/00 by John Cushnahan to the Council
    Subject: The treatment of pro-democracy protestors in Belarus    		 120
    2001/C 174 E/125E-3706/00 by John Cushnahan to the Commission
    Subject: Child labour in Latin America and the Caribbean    		 121
    2001/C 174 E/126E-3707/00 by John Cushnahan to the Council
    Subject: The plight of the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan    		 122
    2001/C 174 E/127E-3710/00 by Carles-Alfred Gasòliba i Böhm to the Commission
    Subject: Red Tuna catches in Dènia and Gandia    		 123
    2001/C 174 E/128E-3716/00 by Bart Staes to the Commission
    Subject: Protected geographical indication (PGI) for Balsamic vinegar from Modena    		 124
    2001/C 174 E/129E-3719/00 by Demetrio Volcic and Vincenzo Lavarra to the Commission
    Subject: Illegal immigration in Italy    		 125
    2001/C 174 E/130E-3722/00 by Erik Meijer to the Commission
    Subject: Development of sugars and insects as a result of the altered composition of the unusable parts of genetically-modified plants    		 126
    2001/C 174 E/131E-3729/00 by Michel Hansenne to the Commission
    Subject: VAT deductions - VAT Committee guidelines    		 128
    2001/C 174 E/132P-3732/00 by Brian Crowley to the Commission
    Subject: Massacre in La Union, Colombia    		 129
    2001/C 174 E/133P-3740/00 by Robert Sturdy to the Commission
    Subject: "Everything But Arms" proposal    		 130
    2001/C 174 E/134P-3742/00 by Pat Gallagher to the Commission
    Subject: Insurance companies' use of genetic tests for inherited diseases    		 130
    2001/C 174 E/135P-3743/00 by Maurizio Turco to the Council
    Subject: Clarifications concerning the reply to priority Written Question P-2247/00 on Opus Dei and European officials' right to exercise discretion    		 131
    2001/C 174 E/136E-3746/00 by Marit Paulsen and Karl Olsson to the Commission
    Subject: TSE in pigs    		 132
    2001/C 174 E/137E-3747/00 by Joachim Wuermeling to the Commission
    Subject: Discrimination against foreign coach drivers in France    		 134
    2001/C 174 E/138E-3749/00 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the Commission
    Subject: Serious deficiencies in the application of Community Directives 89/362 and 92/46 in Greece    		 135
    2001/C 174 E/139E-3752/00 by Alexander de Roo to the Commission
    Subject: Ivory trade    		 136
    2001/C 174 E/140E-3755/00 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the Commission
    Subject: Spatial planning in the EU: Interreg II C    		 136
    2001/C 174 E/141E-3765/00 by Nelly Maes to the Commission
    Subject: Transport of live animals over long distances    		 137
    2001/C 174 E/142E-3769/00 by Emmanouil Bakopoulos to the Commission
    Subject: Accidents in the EU    		 138
    2001/C 174 E/143E-3780/00 by Bart Staes to the Commission
    Subject: Objective 2 aid to Hainaut    		 139
    2001/C 174 E/144P-3784/00 by Heidi Hautala to the Council
    Subject: Secret protocol to the St Malo Declaration    		 140
    2001/C 174 E/145P-3785/00 by Neil MacCormick to the Commission
    Subject: Progress in the implementation of Directives 91/628/EEC, 95/29/EC and 70/156/EEC    		 141
    2001/C 174 E/146P-3787/00 by Monica Frassoni to the Commission
    Subject: Conservation of the Marína di Ravenna wandering dunes, Ravenna, Italy    		 142
    2001/C 174 E/147E-3791/00 by Charles Tannock to the Commission
    Subject: Repair of churches    		 143
    2001/C 174 E/148E-3793/00 by Roberto Bigliardo to the Commission
    Subject: Transparency of negotiations    		 144
    2001/C 174 E/149E-3797/00 by Maurizio Turco to the Commission
    Subject: Limits to the protection of privacy and legal tapping    		 144
    2001/C 174 E/150E-3798/00 by Maurizio Turco to the Council
    Subject: Limits to the protection of privacy and legal tapping    		 146
    2001/C 174 E/151E-3802/00 by Maurizio Turco to the Council
    Subject: Transposal of Directive 97/66/EC    		 146
    Joint answer to Written Questions E-3798/00 and E-3802/00 147
    2001/C 174 E/152E-3806/00 by Stephen Hughes to the Commission
    Subject: Safeguarding employees' rights in the event of transfers of undertakings    		 147
    2001/C 174 E/153E-3807/00 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the Commission
    Subject: Illegal deductions of aid for farmers    		 148
    2001/C 174 E/154E-3808/00 by Neil MacCormick to the Commission
    Subject: Lettori    		 149
    2001/C 174 E/155E-3809/00 by Neil MacCormick to the Commission
    Subject: Export of live horses    		 150
    2001/C 174 E/156E-3810/00 by Neil MacCormick to the Commission
    Subject: Bridge tolls and freedom of movement    		 151
    2001/C 174 E/157E-3811/00 by Patricia McKenna to the Council
    Subject: Prison reform in Russia    		 152
    2001/C 174 E/158E-3812/00 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission
    Subject: State of Russian prisons    		 152
    2001/C 174 E/159E-3816/00 by John Bowis to the Commission
    Subject: Community rules on the transport of live animals    		 153
    2001/C 174 E/160E-3817/00 by Jeffrey Titford to the Commission
    Subject: Transport of live animals    		 154
    2001/C 174 E/161E-3823/00 by Jens-Peter Bonde to the Commission
    Subject: The Nordic Passport Union and Article 45 of the Schengen Convention    		 155
    2001/C 174 E/162E-3831/00 by Klaus-Heiner Lehne to the Commission
    Subject: Abolition of the advance tax deduction from subsistence allowances and accommodation costs on business and service travel and commercial relocation costs    		 156
    2001/C 174 E/163E-3832/00 by Rolf Linkohr to the Commission
    Subject: European Southern Observatory    		 157
    2001/C 174 E/164E-3833/00 by Raina Echerer to the Commission
    Subject: Threats to official vets and animal welfare organisations    		 157
    2001/C 174 E/165E-3834/00 by Raina Echerer to the Commission
    Subject: Monitoring of animal transport    		 158
    2001/C 174 E/166E-3837/00 by Daniela Raschhofer to the Commission
    Subject: Concerted practices with regard to the value date for bank transfers    		 159
    2001/C 174 E/167E-3839/00 by Brian Crowley to the Council
    Subject: Deteriorating situation in Sierra Leone    		 160
    2001/C 174 E/168P-4143/00 by Niall Andrews to the Council
    Subject: Deteriorating situation in Sierra Leone    		 161
    Joint answer to Written Questions E-3839/00 and P-4143/00 161
    2001/C 174 E/169E-3840/00 by Raina Echerer to the Commission
    Subject: Directive 91/628/EEC    		 161
    2001/C 174 E/170E-3842/00 by Jacqueline Foster to the Commission
    Subject: Long-line fishing    		 162
    2001/C 174 E/171E-3843/00 by Glenys Kinnock to the Commission
    Subject: Iron foundry coke dumping by the People's Republic of China    		 164
    2001/C 174 E/172E-3844/00 by Charles Tannock to the Commission
    Subject: Filmmaking in the EU    		 164
    2001/C 174 E/173E-3851/00 by Paulo Casaca to the Council
    Subject: Early retirement    		 165
    2001/C 174 E/174E-3853/00 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the Council
    Subject: Enlargement and fisheries    		 166
    2001/C 174 E/175E-3855/00 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the Council
    Subject: Enlargement and regional policy: economic, social and territorial cohesion of the outer maritime regions of the EU cohesion.    		 167
    2001/C 174 E/176E-3857/00 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the Council
    Subject: Enlargement and regional policy: European territorial strategy (ETS)    		 168
    Joint answer to Written Questions E-3855/00 and E-3857/00 169
    2001/C 174 E/177E-3864/00 by Ingo Friedrich to the Commission
    Subject: "Inforegio Panorama" glossy magazine    		 169
    2001/C 174 E/178E-3874/00 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission
    Subject: The arms trade    		 170
    2001/C 174 E/179E-3879/00 by Charles Tannock to the Council
    Subject: Carbon sinks    		 171
    2001/C 174 E/180P-3881/00 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission
    Subject: BSE in Germany    		 171
    2001/C 174 E/181E-3885/00 by Ioannis Souladakis, Minerva Malliori and Paulo Casaca to the Council
    Subject: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (mad cow disease)    		 172
    2001/C 174 E/182E-3886/00 by Ioannis Souladakis, Minerva Malliori and Paulo Casaca to the Commission
    Subject: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (mad cow disease)    		 173
    2001/C 174 E/183P-4076/00 by Dominique Souchet to the Commission
    Subject: Developing the production of fodder protein in response to the recent ban on the use of meat meal    		 173
    Joint answer to Written Questions E-3886/00 and P-4076/00 174
    2001/C 174 E/184E-3889/00 by Juan Naranjo Escobar to the Council
    Subject: Integrated policy against crime    		 174
    2001/C 174 E/185E-3890/00 by Juan Naranjo Escobar to the Commission
    Subject: Financial aid to Latin America    		 175
    2001/C 174 E/186E-3892/00 by Robert Goebbels to the Council
    Subject: Review of the directive on European works councils    		 176
    2001/C 174 E/187E-3896/00 by Robert Goebbels to the Commission
    Subject: Further question concerning late payments by the Commission    		 177
    2001/C 174 E/188E-3897/00 by Robert Goebbels to the Council
    Subject: Advance supply of&quest;5 and&quest;10 banknotes    		 177
    2001/C 174 E/189E-3898/00 by Robert Goebbels to the Commission
    Subject: Advance supply of &fmxeuro; 5 and &fmxeuro; 10 banknotes    		 178
    2001/C 174 E/190E-3899/00 by Astrid Lulling to the Commission
    Subject: Coin exchange on introduction of the euro in 2002    		 178
    2001/C 174 E/191E-3900/00 by Astrid Lulling to the Commission
    Subject: Restrictions imposed by the Evin law on the televised broadcasting in France of sporting events from abroad    		 179
    2001/C 174 E/192E-3904/00 by Jan Mulder to the Commission
    Subject: Use of marker vaccines in the European Union    		 180
    2001/C 174 E/193E-3909/00 by Adeline Hazan, Anneli Hulthén, Ulpu Iivari and Catherine Stihler to the Council
    Subject: Alcohol awareness    		 181
    2001/C 174 E/194P-3912/00 by Antonios Trakatellis to the Commission
    Subject: Implementation of environmental legislation in Greece, ECJ Judgment C-387/97 and the examination of the charges brought concerning the project to build a link across the Gulf of Malia    		 182
    2001/C 174 E/195P-3915/00 by Chris Davies to the Commission
    Subject: Implementation of environmental legislation    		 184
    2001/C 174 E/196P-3916/00 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission
    Subject: BSE in Germany    		 185
    2001/C 174 E/197P-3919/00 by Caroline Lucas to the Commission
    Subject: Bathing Water Directive    		 186
    2001/C 174 E/198E-3921/00 by Michl Ebner to the Commission
    Subject: The Dolomites as a European cultural heritage site    		 187
    2001/C 174 E/199E-3922/00 by Anna Karamanou to the Council
    Subject: Increase in xenophobia in Europe    		 187
    2001/C 174 E/200E-3923/00 by Anna Karamanou to the Commission
    Subject: Increase in xenophobia in Europe    		 188
    2001/C 174 E/201E-3930/00 by Joaquim Miranda and Ilda Figueiredo to the Commission
    Subject: Safeguarding the European shipbuilding industry    		 189
    2001/C 174 E/202P-3931/00 by Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann to the Commission
    Subject: Introduction of the Euro in the Yugoslav Republic of Montenegro    		 191
    2001/C 174 E/203P-3933/00 by Bart Staes to the Council
    Subject: Common Foreign Policy and Kosovo    		 193
    2001/C 174 E/204E-3936/00 by Paul Rübig to the Commission
    Subject: Market surveillance and the EC trade mark    		 194
    2001/C 174 E/205E-3939/00 by Christopher Huhne to the Council
    Subject: Outvoting under QMV    		 195
    2001/C 174 E/206E-3940/00 by Christopher Huhne to the Commission
    Subject: Common agricultural policy and enlargement    		 196
    2001/C 174 E/207E-3942/00 by Christopher Huhne to the Commission
    Subject: Application of the common fisheries policy    		 196
    2001/C 174 E/208E-3944/00 by Christopher Huhne to the Commission
    Subject: Variable VAT rates    		 197
    2001/C 174 E/209E-3945/00 by Christopher Huhne to the Commission
    Subject: Euro conversion costs    		 198
    2001/C 174 E/210E-3946/00 by Christopher Huhne to the Commission
    Subject: Ecofin documents    		 198
    2001/C 174 E/211E-3952/00 by Glenys Kinnock to the Commission
    Subject: Index-linking of war pensions    		 199
    2001/C 174 E/212P-3959/00 by Vitaliano Gemelli to the Commission
    Subject: Banking interests: is the Commission supporting the ABI (Italian Banking Association) or the general public&quest;    		 199
    2001/C 174 E/213P-3962/00 by Elspeth Attwooll to the Commission
    Subject: Fisheries agreement between the European Union and Senegal    		 200
    2001/C 174 E/214P-3964/00 by Olivier Dupuis to the Council
    Subject: Tunisia    		 202
    2001/C 174 E/215E-3966/00 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission
    Subject: Commission's refusal to renew freelance interpreters' contracts    		 203
    2001/C 174 E/216E-3970/00 by Peter Skinner to the Commission
    Subject: Asbestos    		 203
    2001/C 174 E/217E-3975/00 by Armando Cossutta to the Commission
    Subject: Defective tyres    		 204
    2001/C 174 E/218E-3976/00 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission
    Subject: Monopoly in sports and recognition of diplomas in sports training    		 205
    2001/C 174 E/219E-3984/00 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission
    Subject: Freedom of expression for the media    		 206
    2001/C 174 E/220E-3985/00 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission
    Subject: Recognition of university degrees    		 207
    2001/C 174 E/221E-3988/00 by Jonas Sjöstedt to the Commission
    Subject: Future spread of the dwarf tapeworm in Sweden    		 209
    2001/C 174 E/222E-3990/00 by Jonas Sjöstedt to the Commission
    Subject: Exemption from passport requirement for Russian citizens in the Kaliningrad enclave    		 209
    2001/C 174 E/223E-3992/00 by Jonas Sjöstedt to the Commission
    Subject: Forthcoming Swedish ban on firecrackers    		 210
    2001/C 174 E/224E-3994/00 by Helmuth Markov to the Commission
    Subject: Transposition and interpretation of EU Directives by the Federal Republic of Germany    		 211
    2001/C 174 E/225P-3997/00 by Charles Tannock to the Commission
    Subject: The Charter of Fundamental Rights (legal status)    		 212
    2001/C 174 E/226E-4003/00 by Juan Naranjo Escobar to the Commission
    Subject: Abolition of the current system of vehicle retail monopoly    		 213
    2001/C 174 E/227E-4015/00 by Carlos Carnero González to the Commission
    Subject: Open letter from Amnesty International concerning the human rights situation in Turkey    		 214
    2001/C 174 E/228E-4016/00 by Carlos Carnero González to the Commission
    Subject: Referendum against trade union freedom in Venezuela    		 214
    2001/C 174 E/229P-4018/00 by Gerardo Galeote Quecedo to the Commission
    Subject: Relations with the State of Israel    		 215
    2001/C 174 E/230E-4020/00 by Charles Tannock, Martin Callanan, Nirj Deva, Den Dover, Jacqueline Foster, Christopher Heaton-Harris, Roger Helmer, Bashir Khanbhai, Timothy Kirkhope, Neil Parish and Geoffrey Van Orden to the Commission
    Subject: Weights and measures    		 216
    2001/C 174 E/231E-4025/00 by Jeffrey Titford to the Commission
    Subject: Refusal of grant to the International Youth Festival in Wertheim in Germany    		 217
    2001/C 174 E/232E-4027/00 by Freddy Blak to the Commission
    Subject: Lorry drivers    		 218
    2001/C 174 E/233E-4030/00 by Charles Tannock to the Commission
    Subject: The killings at Racak    		 218
    2001/C 174 E/234P-4041/00 by Michael Cashman to the Commission
    Subject: Charter of Fundamental Rights/Electromagnetic fields    		 219
    2001/C 174 E/235P-4042/00 by Avril Doyle to the Commission
    Subject: 1999 Immigration and Asylum Act    		 220
    2001/C 174 E/236P-4047/00 by Reinhold Messner to the Commission
    Subject: Renewal of the motorway concession held by the Brescia-Padua motorway company and the building of the Valtrompia motorway    		 220
    2001/C 174 E/237E-4054/00 by Raffaele Costa to the Council
    Subject: Central European Bank: how much do its directors earn&quest;    		 222
    2001/C 174 E/238E-4055/00 by Raffaele Costa to the Commission
    Subject: Central European Bank: how much do its directors earn&quest;    		 222
    2001/C 174 E/239P-4058/00 by Ioannis Marínos to the Commission
    Subject: Inspection of meat imported into Greece    		 223
    2001/C 174 E/240P-4059/00 by Willy De Clercq to the Commission
    Subject: Access to innovative medicines    		 224
    2001/C 174 E/241E-4063/00 by Isidoro Sánchez García to the Commission
    Subject: Businesses and the EU-Mexico Agreement    		 224
    2001/C 174 E/242P-4067/00 by Stavros Xarchakos to the Council
    Subject: Visa for Turkish nationals    		 225
    2001/C 174 E/243P-4068/00 by Karla Peijs to the Council
    Subject: Illegal emigration from the Schengen area to Britain    		 226
    2001/C 174 E/244P-4075/00 by Jorge Hernández Mollar to the Commission
    Subject: Promotion of fisheries initiatives    		 228
    2001/C 174 E/245P-4077/00 by Mario Mantovani to the Commission
    Subject: Football transfers    		 229
    2001/C 174 E/246E-4080/00 by Ioannis Souladakis to the Commission
    Subject: Cooperation agreements with the countries of Central Asia    		 230
    2001/C 174 E/247E-4084/00 by Lord Inglewood to the Commission
    Subject: Italian law on the buying, registration and selling of cars    		 231
    2001/C 174 E/248E-4086/00 by Avril Doyle to the Commission
    Subject: Business Impact Assessments    		 231
    2001/C 174 E/249E-4100/00 by Bart Staes to the Commission
    Subject: Linguistic discrimination in the European Union    		 233
    2001/C 174 E/250E-4103/00 by Vittorio Sgarbi to the Commission
    Subject: Implications of sanctions policy against Austria    		 234
    2001/C 174 E/251E-4116/00 by Juan Naranjo Escobar, Salvador Jové Peres and Carlos Carnero González to the Commission
    Subject: Public works contracts and the fight against unemployment    		 234
    2001/C 174 E/252E-4121/00 by Paul Rübig to the Commission
    Subject: Prohibition of markings by independent third-party certifiers in addition to the CE marking    		 235
    2001/C 174 E/253P-4129/00 by António Seguro to the Commission
    Subject: Secretary-General's report on the outcome of the Nice European Council    		 236
    2001/C 174 E/254P-4130/00 by Ingo Schmitt to the Commission
    Subject: Non-recognition of German disability cards in Spain    		 237
    2001/C 174 E/255E-4134/00 by Gerhard Schmid to the Commission
    Subject: Directive on cableway installations    		 237
    2001/C 174 E/256E-4145/00 by Michel Hansenne to the Commission
    Subject: Safety of lifts    		 238
    2001/C 174 E/257P-4147/00 by Gorka Knörr Borràs to the Commission
    Subject: Aid for single-parent families    		 239
    2001/C 174 E/258P-4149/00 by Dorette Corbey to the Commission
    Subject: Dutch law on plant protection products    		 240
    2001/C 174 E/259P-4157/00 by Mauro Nobilia to the Commission
    Subject: Exorbitant interest rate threshold in respect of bank interest in Italy    		 241
    2001/C 174 E/260P-4158/00 by W. G. van Velzen to the Commission
    Subject: Discrimination in the conclusion of mobile telephone subscriptions    		 242
    2001/C 174 E/261E-0002/01 by Rolf Linkohr to the Commission
    Subject: Recycling of medical devices    		 243
    2001/C 174 E/262E-0011/01 by Glyn Ford to the Commission
    Subject: Metrication    		 244
    2001/C 174 E/263E-0029/01 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission
    Subject: Cancer prevention    		 245
    2001/C 174 E/264P-0041/01 by Francesco Turchi to the Commission
    Subject: Closing down the Europartnership programme    		 245
    2001/C 174 E/265P-0043/01 by María Rodríguez Ramos to the Commission
    Subject: Disposal of carcasses of ruminants as part of action to combat BSE    		 246
    2001/C 174 E/266P-0052/01 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos to the Commission
    Subject: BSE and burial of cows in Mesia (Galicia)    		 247
    2001/C 174 E/267P-0054/01 by Nelly Maes to the Council
    Subject: Political dialogue meetings with the Turkish authorities    		 249
    2001/C 174 E/268E-0066/01 by Erik Meijer to the Commission
    Subject: Delays in rescue operations after road accidents because of secrecy surrounding technical innovations in cars    		 250
    2001/C 174 E/269P-0071/01 by Glyn Ford to the Commission
    Subject: TV rights relating to football    		 251
    2001/C 174 E/270E-0075/01 by Gorka Knörr Borràs to the Commission
    Subject: Linguistic reform in Navarre    		 251
    2001/C 174 E/271E-0104/01 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Commission
    Subject: Why is Commission President Romano Prodi travelling to Morocco to sign a cooperation agreement, when Morocco is refusing to sign a mutually beneficial fisheries agreement on reasonable terms&quest;    		 252
    2001/C 174 E/272P-0123/01 by Marie-Noëlle Lienemann to the Commission
    Subject: Independence of Austrian judges    		 253
    2001/C 174 E/273E-0124/01 by Graham Watson to the Commission
    Subject: Protection of the patents system to ensure its continued effectiveness    		 254
    2001/C 174 E/274E-0126/01 by Lord Inglewood to the Commission
    Subject: Droit de suite    		 255
    2001/C 174 E/275E-0134/01 by Christopher Huhne to the Commission
    Subject: Secrecy of legislative proceedings    		 255
    2001/C 174 E/276P-0196/01 by John Bowis to the Commission
    Subject: Tobacco Control Directive    		 256
    2001/C 174 E/277P-0272/01 by Christian von Boetticher to the Commission
    Subject: Electronic postage stamps and compliance with EU data-protection directives    		 256
    2001/C 174 E/278P-0274/01 by Jillian Evans to the Commission
    Subject: The United Kingdom Census in Wales    		 257
    2001/C 174 E/279E-0301/01 by Ilda Figueiredo to the Commission
    Subject: Demolition of a building in Viana do Castelo    		 257
    2001/C 174 E/280P-0305/01 by Ilda Figueiredo to the Commission
    Subject: Inclement weather in Portugal    		 258
    2001/C 174 E/281E-0317/01 by Graham Watson to the Commission
    Subject: Treatment of naval war graves    		 258
    2001/C 174 E/282E-0324/01 by Dagmar Roth-Behrendt to the Commission
    Subject: Information on the volume of EU funding flowing to Berlin in 1999 and 2000    		 259
    2001/C 174 E/283E-0325/01 by Michl Ebner to the Commission
    Subject: Lorry rear-view mirrors    		 259
    2001/C 174 E/284P-0342/01 by Reinhold Messner to the Commission
    Subject: Community contribution to tourist infrastructure in Valesia and on Monterosa    		 260
    2001/C 174 E/285P-0360/01 by Werner Langen to the Commission
    Subject: Obstacles to the work of travel guides in Portugal    		 260
    2001/C 174 E/286E-0385/01 by Christopher Huhne to the Commission
    Subject: EU funds    		 262
    2001/C 174 E/287P-0550/01 by Dirk Sterckx to the Commission
    Subject: Impounding of Belgian ham in Portugal in the wake of the dioxin crisis    		 262
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