title: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of sacks and bags made of polyethylene or polypropylene originating in India, Indonesia and Thailand and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed

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text: COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 1. 10. 1997 COM(97)484 final Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) imposing a définitive anti-dumping duty on imports of sacks and bags made of polyethylene or polypropylene originating in India, Indonesia and Thailand and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed (presented by the Commission) EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM By regulation (EC) 47/971, the Commission imposed provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of sacks and bags from India, Indonesia and Thailand falling within CN codes 6305 32 81 and 6305 33 91. Subsequently, interested parties were given the opportunity to make their point of view known in writing and to request a hearing. Their comments were taken into account where appropriate. The Commission continue to seek all information it deemed necessary for its definitive findings. Following the publication of the provisional regulation, it appeared that the product concerned could in some instances also be reported under CN codes other than those mentioned in this regulation. It is therefore proposed to include those codes in the regulation imposing a definitive duty. As regards dumping, as a result of the ample evidence submitted by some producers/exporters in the countries concerned, the definition of definitive dumping margins was fixed at a lower level than those provisionally established. Whereas the definitive margins for Indonesia and Thailand were not a great deal different from the provisional ones, see recitals (27) and (29), the Indian exporters have provided elements which have allowed for a substantial reduction in their definitive dumping margins, see recital (24). Given the fact that as far as injury, causality and community interest are concerned, no new arguments, leading to a change of the provisional conclusions, were submitted, it is confirmed that the Community industry suffered from material injury caused by dumped imports and that it is in the Community interest to adopt definitive measures. As the injury margins found for the exporters of all the countries concerned were in all instances higher than the relative dumping margins found, it is proposed that anti-dumping duties be imposed at the level of the definitive dumping margins found as shown below : margins from 0. 0% to 36. 0% -India: -Indonesia: margins from 23. 5 % to 56. 0% -Thailand : margins from 13. 2% to 60. 8% ' o' OJ NoL 12, 15/01/1997, p. 8 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No of imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of sacks and bags made of polyethylene or polypropylene originating in India, Indonesia and Thailand and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community1, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2331/962, and in particular Article 9 thereof, Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after consulting the Advisory Committee Whereas: I. PROVISIONAL MEASURES (1. ) By Commission Regulation (EC) No 45/973 (hereinafter referred to as the provisional duty Regulation) provisional duties were imposed on imports into'the Community of sacks and bags falling within CN codes 6305 32 81 and 6305 33 91 and originating in India, Indonesia and Thailand. The provisional anti-dumping duty was extended for a maximum period of three months by Commission Regulation (EC) 1168/974. 1 2 3 4 OJ No L 56, 06. 03. 1996, p. 1. OJ No L 317:06. 12. 1996, p. 1 OJ No L 12, 15. 01. 1997, p. 8. OJ No L 169, 27. 06. 1997, p. 14 y\ cu IL SUBSEQUENT PROCEDURE (2. ) Following the imposition of provisional anti-dumping measures, several interested parties submitted comments in writing. (3. ) The parties who so requested were granted an opportunity to be heard by the » Commission. (4. ) The Commission continued to seek and verify all the information 'it deemed, necessary for the purpose of its definitive findings. (5. ) Parties were informed of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which it was intended to recommend the imposition of definitive anti-dumping duties and the definitive collection of amounts secured by way of provisional duties. They were also granted a period within which to make representations subsequent to this disclosure. (6. ) The oral and written comments submitted by the interested parties were considered, and, where deemed appropriate, taken into account in the definitive findings. III. PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT (7. ) Some exporters contested the finding in the provisional duty Regulation that leno bags were considered as product concerned. They reiterated the arguments set. out in recital (8) of the provisional duty Regulation. In this respect it should be noted that the fact that leno bags are not completely interchangeable with all the other types of the product concerned is not required in order to consider them as a single product. Rather, it is sufficient that these product types have the same basic physical characteristics and the same basic uses. This is clearly the case for leno bags as compared with other types of polyolefin bags subject to investigation. The provisional conclusions concerning the description of the product concerned are therefore confirmed. (8. ) In addition, the allegation made by these exporters that the Community industry did not produce leno bags is unfounded. While it is recalled that it is not necessary for a product type to be produced by the Community industry in order to be covered by the scope of an anti-dumping proceeding, the investigation has revealed , nevertheless, that three of the co-operating Community producers also manufacture and sell leno bags. Therefore, the Community industry does produce the like product as defined by Article 1(4) of Council Regulation No 384/96 (hereafter referred to as the basic Regulation. ). (9. ) One importer requested that flexible intermediate bulk containers of fabric weighing 120 g/m2 or less (so-called big bags) should not be covered by the proceeding. In this respect it was submitted that until the beginning of 1995 big bags could only be produced by using fabrics weighing 120 g/m2 or more. However, in the meantime, technological progress has meant that fabric weighing only 100 g/m2 can now be used for the production of big bags. Moreover, the importer in question pointed out that big bags weighing 120 g/m2 or less are easily identifiable because they. fall under a separate CN code. (10. ) This request could not be accepted. First, the complaint covered all bags made of polyethylene or polypropylene strip, not knitted or crocheted, of a fabric weighing 120 g/m2 or less. It did not distinguish between big bags and other types of bag. Second, big bags and other types of bag subject to the investigation have the same basic physical/chemical characteristics and the same uses, i. e. they are made of the same raw material and used for packaging and transporting goods. In this respect it should be noted that even if a specific type of the product concerned did not exist or was not widely used during the investigation period, the definition of the product also covers product types which have been developed subsequently provided these types have the same basic physical/chemical/technological characteristics and the same uses. (11. ) The provisional duty Regulation mentioned in recital (6) that the product concerned falls within CN codes 6305 3281 and 6305 3391, However, the Commission became aware that the sacks and bags concerned in the present investigation can be classified under CN codes 3923 21 00, 3923 29 10 and 3923 29 90 while still meeting the description of the product concerned if made from a fabric which is either woven from a strip wider than 5 mm or laminated on both sides to an extent visible to the naked eye. Therefore, sacks and bags falling under the description of the product concerned and classified under CN codes other than those provisionally disclosed should also be covered by the present investigation. Therefore, the conclusions set out in the provisional duty Regulation concerning the definition of the product concerned and the like product are confirmed. IV. DUMPING 1. Normal value a. India (12. ) Three Indian exporting producers have objected to the methodology used to determine whether their sales had been made in the ordinary course of trade. They argued that since the cost of raw materials increased sharply during the period of investigation, the monthly cost of production, rather than the annual cost, should have been used to determine the volume of sales made at a loss. Considering that raw materials constitute the most important element of the total costs of production for the product concerned, the volume of sales below unit cost was recalculated on the basis of the monthly cost of production for the companies which provided such information. (13. ) Several Indian exporting producers objected to the way in which Article 2(4) of the Basic Regulation has been applied by the Commission. They requested that the weighted average sales prices should have been compared with the weighted average costs of the product types concerned without eliminating those sales which were made at a loss. Although some prices were below cost at the time of sale, the average selling price of the product concerned was above the weighted average cost. It should be noted that it is consistent practice, in accordance with the third paragraph of Article 2(4) of the Basic Regulation, only to base normal value on all sales, including those made at a loss, if the following two conditions are cumulatively met, i. e. - the weighted average cost of production is lower than the weighted average selling price for a given product and - the domestic sales volume made at a loss is less than 20% of the total sales volume. As any other approach would be in conflict with Article 2(4), the request made by the Indian exporters therefore had to be refused. (14. ) One Indian exporting producer which sold the product concerned in insufficient quantities on its domestic market and which exported product types which were sold by other producers/exporters in the country concerned, argued that the calculation of normal value should have been constructed rather than based on the prices charged by other producers in India. In accordance with Article 2(1) of the Basic Regulation, normal value is normally based on domestic prices. If an exporter does not make sufficient domestic sales in the ordinary course of trade, normal value must be established on the basis of other exporters' sales prices for the comparable product, because it can be assumed that the use of other exporters' prices produces a more accurate normal value than construction from the cost of production. Only in the absence of representative domestic sales by other producers, or if such sales prices are not suitable, will normal value be constructed in accordance with Article 2(3) of the Basic Regulation. However, the exporter in question did not advance any argument as to why the use of other exporters' prices should not have been suitable. b. Indonesia (15. ) An Indonesian exporting producer claimed that the weighted average of the normal values established for the other Indonesian producers should not be applied to him since it was not representative for a certain type of bag and suggested that this product type be excluded from the calculation of normal value, or that the normal value be constructed. This claim could not be accepted for the same reasons as set out in recital ( 10) of the provisional duty Regulation. c. Conclusion (16. ) The other findings made in recitals (14) to (24) of the provisional duty Regulation concerning the determination of normal value are hereby confirmed. 2. Export price (17. ) No new arguments have been brought forward concerning the determination of export prices. The findings set out in recital (20) of the provisional duty Regulation are therefore confirmed. 3. Comparison a. India (18. ) Four Indian exporting producers contested the inclusion of bank charges in the cost of credit for the adjustment of the export prices. They claimed that these charges were not taken into account by them when determining the export prices charged. It should be noted that in these cases the bank charges are intrinsically linked to the cost of credit and as such must therefore be taken into consideration when determining the cost of credit. Therefore, the claim could not be accepted. (19. ) A majority of producers/exporters claimed that insufficient allowance had been granted for duty drawback on the grounds that all domestically purchased raw materials bore import duties for which a duty drawback allowance should have been granted and that they would receive duty drawback whenever they exported the product concerned, irrespective of whether the raw materials used originated in the domestic markets of the countries concerned or were imported from third countries. In this respect it should be noted that the producers/exporters failed to submit conclusive evidence to substantiate the claim that' all polyethylene and polypropylene used for the production of sacks and bags, including those sold domestically, contained imported raw materials for which duties were paid in accordance with Article 2(10)(b) of the Basic Regulation. Therefore, as was set out in recital (24) of the provisional duty Regulation imposing a provisional anti dumping duty, adjustment for duty drawback has only been granted where it was found that the like product and the materials physically incorporated therein sold by the producers/exporters in question on their domestic markets and intended for consumption within those countries, did bear import charges. b. Indonesia (20. ) The Indonesian exporting producers claimed that an allowance for duty drawback should be granted on the basis of past practice and the fact that the exemption of duties for polyethylene and polypropylene resin used in the production of exported bags is allegedly reflected in the fact that import charges are borne by resin physically incorporated in the bags sold on the domestic market. The exporting producers failed to submit conclusive evidence to demonstrate that all polyethylene and polypropylene resins used for the production of sacks and- bags, including those sold domestically, contained imported raw materials for which duties were paid in accordance with Article 2(10)(b) of the Basic Regulation. Therefore, the adjustment for duty drawback has not been granted. c. Thailand (21. ) The Thai exporting producers claimed that, in view of the significant price differences between the raw materials which originated, on the one hand, on the. domestic market and used for domestic sales of the product concerned and, on the other hand, those originating on the export market and used for exports to third countries, an allowance should be granted pursuant to Article 2(10)(k) of the Basic Regulation. The Thai exporting producers argued that the duty drawback system operated in Thailand resulted in a significant difference between the raw material costs for the exported product and those for the product sold domestically and thus affected price comparability between domestic sales prices and export sales prices. It should be noted that the adjustment requested is related to duty drawback and import charges and is exhaustively governed by Article 2(10)(b) of the Basic Regulation. However, the exporting producers failed to submit conclusive evidence to demonstrate that all polyethylene and polypropylene used for the production of sacks and bags, including those sold domestically, contained imported raw materials for which duties were paid in accordance with Article 2(10)(b) of the Basic Regulation. 4. Dumping margin a. General (22. ) In the absence of any other new arguments concerning the determination of the dumping margin, the methodology set out in recitals (25) to (36) of the provisional duty Regulation is hereby confirmed. b. India (23. ) One Indian exporting producer contested the conclusions of recital (27) of the' provisional duty Regulation whereby it was concluded that only one dumping margin should be established for two related companies. It was alleged that the company is a distinct economic entity, with separate production, administration and marketing, manufacturing a different product. However, in view of the facts set out in the provisional duty Regulation, most of which were not disputed by the company, and in order to avoid the risk of circumvention of the anti-dumping measures, the decision to establish only one dumping margin for the two Indian producers/exporters in question was maintained. (24. ) The weighted average dumping margins definitively established for the co operating Indian producers/exporters, expressed as a percentage of the free-at- Community-frontier price are as follows: Gilt Pack Neo Sack Ltd Buildmet Private Ltd Kanpur Plastipack Polyspin Export Ltd and Polyspin Private Ltd Shankar Packaging Ltd ''' 0. 0% 0. 0% 15. 6 % 4. 3 % 13. 8% 6. 1 % ^ (25. ) The dumping margin definitively established for Indian exporters other than those co-operating in this investigation, expressed as a percentage of the free-at- Community-frontier price, is 36. 0%. (26. ) The Plastics and Linoleums Export Promotion Council in India contested the observation in recital (29) of the provisional duty Regulation that there was a high level of non-co-operation. Taking into account the fact that the co-operating exporters accounted for approximately 57% of total exports, it follows that 43% of the exporters did not co-operate. In line with consistent practice this is considered a high level of non-co-operation. This request could therefore not be accepted and the methodology set out in recital (29) of the provisional duty Regulation was consequently maintained. 10 c. Indonesia (27. ) The dumping margins found for Indonesian producers/exporters as set out in recitals (31) to (33) of the provisional duty Regulation are hereby definitively confirmed. Accordingly the dumping margins expressed as a percentage of the free- at-Community-frontier price are as follows: (i) for co-operating producers/exporters included in the sample : PT Budi Indoplast Indah PT Hardo Soloplast PT Kemilau Indah Permana Ltd PT Poliplas Indah Sejahtera PT Simoplas 56. 0% 28. 4% 31. 0 % 38. 0% 23. 5 % (ii) for co-operating producers/exporters not included in the sample : 28. 3 % (iii) for Indonesian producers/exporters other than those co-operating in this investigation : 56. 0 % d. Thailand (28. ) One Thai exporting producer objected to the comparison of the weighted average normal value with the export price on a transaction-by-transaction basis pointing out that there were only a few transactions which differed considerably from the weighted average sales price, and that these few transactions concerned prices that were significantly higher than the weighted average export price. A review of the calculations confirmed this and the weighted average normal value was therefore compared with the weighted average export price. The method of comparison was also reviewed for the other Thai exporters and since a similar situation was found for two other companies it was decided to compare the weighted average normal value with the weighted average export price for these companies as well. H (29. ) The weighted average dumping margins definitively established for the co operating Thai producers/exporters, expressed as a percentage of the free-at- Community-frontier price are as follows: Bangkok Polysack Co. Ltd CP Poly-Industry Public Co. Ltd Laemthong Industry Co. Ltd Pacific Polysack Co. Ltd Thai Coating Industrial Public Co. Ltd Thai Plastic Products Co. Ltd 13. 2% 43. 2 % 60. 8 % 47. 8% 21. 5 % 15. 8% The dumping margin definitively established for Thai exporters other than those co operating in this investigation, expressed as a percentage of the free-at-Community- frontier price, is 60. 8 %. e. New exporters in India (30. ) Three Indian companies which did not export the product concerned to the European Community during the investigation period requested to be treated as newcomers. The Commission, after having examined that all the conditions provided for in Article 11 (4) were met, concluded that the weighted average dumping margin found for the co-operating Indian companies, i. e. 10,5 %, should be used for these three newcomer companies. 12 V. COMMUNITY INDUSTRY (31. ) The Plastics and Linoleums Export Promotion Council in India (PLEPCI) questioned the standing of the complainants, on the grounds that from the eight original complainants only four of them and another one, which joined the complainant later on, responded to the Commission's questionnaire and claimed that the Commission did not provide a basis for its conclusion on the representativeness of the complaining industry as set out in recital (37) of the provisional duty Regulation. (32. ) This criticism was not supported by any substantiated evidence that the Commission's conclusions in this regard were wrong. As mentioned in recital (37) of the provisional duty Regulation, it had been examined in the course of the investigation whether the co-operating complainant Community producers still represented a major proportion of the total Community production of the product concerned within the meaning of Article 4(1) of the Basic Regulation. This examination has shown that the co-operating producers, listed in recital (4) of the provisional duty Regulation, represented around 75% of the estimated total Community production of the like product. Consequently, the qualification of the complaining industry as the Community industry for the purposes of the present proceeding, as stated in recital (37) of the provisional duty Regulation, is confirmed. 13 VI. INJURY (33. ) PLEPCI questioned the fact that no figure for the number of employees dependent on the production of the product concerned was specified in the provisional duty Regulation and requested clarification on the decrease in employment of 16. 9% mentioned in recital (51) of that Regulation. In response to this claim, it can simply be noted that the employment figure was established on the basis of replies to the questionnaires from the Community industry. Employment in the Community for the production of the like product fell from 767 in 1992 to 637 during the- investigation period, namely by 16. 9%. (34. ) In the absence of any other argument concerning the injury suffered by the Community industry, the Council confirms the injury findings and the conclusion that this industry has suffered material injury within the meaning of Article 3 of the Basic Regulation, as stated in recitals (38) to (52) of the provisional duty Regulation, in particular in view of the negative trends in production, capacity utilisation, market share, prices, profitability, investments and employment during the whole period covered by the injury examination. VII. CAUSATION OF INJURY (35. ) PLEPCI claimed that the Commission had established a decrease of 3. 9% in the weighted average selling price of the Community industry during the period under examination but had failed to explain the role played in this negative price evolution by the decrease in the price of raw materials for the production of the like product, arguing that raw material prices fell by more than one-third between 1991 to 1993. In addition, it contended that there is a coincidence between the dramatic fall of raw material prices in 1993 and the losses incurred by the Community industry during that year. 14 (36. ) During the course of the investigation, the available information did not show that the alleged evolution in prices of the caw materials played a significant role in the trend in selling prices in the Community market between 1992 and the first quarter of 1995, namely for the whole period under examination. As PLEPCI did not provide convincing evidence or information which would demonstrate otherwise, this claim cannot be taken into further consideration. (37. ) Furthermore, it should be noted that contrary to the statement made by PLEPCI, any decrease in the, cost of raw material should have had, somehow or other, a positive impact on the profitability of the Community industry, considering in particular the fact that raw materials can represent up to one third of the total Community industry cost of production of the product concerned. The findings reported in recital (49) of the provisional duty Regulation, however, demonstrate that this was not the case. (38. ) PLEPCI also requested clarification on the findings of the Commission as regards stocks, sales and production of the complainant producers between 1994 and the investigation period, contending that it was inconsistent to state that the volume of sales and production by the Community industry had increased while stocks decreased during the same period. As regards this argument, it is confirmed that stocks slightly decreased between 1994 and the investigation period. This is explained by the fact that sales made by this industry in the Community market were by and large stable (-46 tonnes) whereas sales intended for export outside the Community increased accordingly during the same period of time. (39. ) Finally, PLEPCI argued that the imports under investigation could not be considered to have caused any material injury suffered by the Community industry because between 1994 and the investigation period the prices and market share of the Community producers had increased whereas the importers under investigation were found to have lost a share of the market due to a slight increase in their import price. 15 (40. ) In this respect, it has to be pointed out that the examination of injury covered the period from 1 January 1992 to 31 March 1995, namely a period of over three years. Therefore, any particular trend within a part of this period should be seen in the light of the global trend during the whole period under examination. As the conclusions of PLEPCI are only based on a limited period within the injury examination period, regardless of the global trend during the whole period concerned, its argument has only a limited value. (41. ) It is confirmed that the Community industry market share increased by 0. 2% and- that prices slightly increased during the investigation period compared with 1994. Nevertheless, the Community industry lost market share and its sales prices decreased during the period considered for the examination of injury, i. e. 1992 to the end of the investigation period as stated in recitals (47) and (48) of the provisional duty Regulation. Furthermore, although the imports in question lost 1. 8% of the market share while their prices increased by'2. 5% in the investigation period compared with 1994, it should be recalled that from 1992 to the investigation period, namely the whole period under examination for the assessment of injury, their market share gained 13. 8 percentage points or increased by 46% and their import price decreased by 3. 3%. Their argument, therefore, could not be accepted. (42. ) As no new material arguments were received in connection with the findings in recitals (53) to (72) of the provisional Regulation, the provisional conclusion on the causation of material injury to the Community industry is confirmed. 16 VIII. COMMUNITY INTEREST (43. ) It should be recalled from recital (73), et seq, of the provisional duty Regulation that an appreciation of the various interests, including the interests of the Community industry, users and importers was made, and that there were no compelling reasons against the introduction of anti-dumping measures. Rather it was concluded that the Community's reasonable interests require that the Community industry be protected against the unfair trading practices of dumped imports originating in India, Indonesia and Thailand. (44. ) As no new arguments were received in connection with the Community interest analysis made in the provisional duty Regulation, the provisional findings are hereby confirmed. IX. ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES A. Level and form of the duties (45. ) Based on the above conclusions on dumping, injury, causal link and Community interest, it was considered what form and level of anti-dumping measures would have to be taken in order to remove the trade-distorting effects of injurious dumping and to restore effective competitive conditions to the Community market. (46. ) Since the level of prices at which the injurious effects of the imports would be removed was higher than the dumping margin of all the countries concerned in the investigation, the dumping margin was used in order to determine the level of the measures. (47. ) On the above basis, definitive duties, in the form of ad valorem duties, should be imposed. 17 (48. ) Pursuant to Article 11(4) of the Basic Regulation, a new exporter's review to determine individual dumping margins cannot be initiated in this proceeding with regard to Indonesia as sampling was used in the original investigation. However, in order to ensure equal treatment between any new exporters and the companies co operating in this investigation, it is considered that provision should be rriade for the weighted average duty imposed on the latter companies to be applied to any new exporters which would otherwise be entitled to a review pursuant to Article 11(4). X. COLLECTION OF THE PROVISIONAL DUTIES (49. ) In view of the magnitude of the dumping margins found for the exporting producers and in the light of the seriousness of injury caused to the Community industry, it is considered necessary that the amounts secured by way of provisional anti-dumping duties for transactions involving the product concerned should be definitively collected at the level of the definitive duties. 18 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. Definitive anti-dumping duties are hereby imposed on imports of woven sacks and bags of a kind used for the packaging of goods not knitted or crocheted, obtained from a polyethylene or polypropylene strip or the like of woven fabrics, weighing 120 gr/m2 or less and originating in India, Indonesia and Thailand. The product as described falls within CN codes 6305 32 81, 6305 33 91, ex 3923 21 00 (Taric code : 39232100*10), ex 3923 29 10 (Taric code : 39232910*10) and ex 3923 29 90 ( Taric code: 39232990*10). 2. For the purpose of this Regulation, the rate of duty applicable to the net free-at- Community-frontier price before duty shall be as follows : (a) 36. 0 % for sacks and bags originating in India (Taric additional code 8900) with the exception of imports manufactured by the following companies, which shall be subject to the following rates of duty: India: Buildmet Private Ltd Gilt Pack Kanpur Plastipack Neo Sack Ltd Polyspin Export Ltd Polyspin Private Ltd and Shankar Packaging Ltd Aditya Bags (India) Limited TPI India Limited Virgo Polymers (India) Limited Rate of duty (%) Taric additional code 15. 6 0. 0 4. 3 0. 0 13. 8 6. 1 10,5 10,5 10,5 8944 8945 89*46 8947 8948 8949 8424 8424 8424 19 (b) 56. 0 % for sacks and bags originating in Indonesia (Taric additional code 8900) with the exception of imports manufactured by the following companies, which shall be subject to the following rates of duty: Indonesia: > Rate of duty (%) Taric additional code P. T. Adhi Kara Suryatama P. T. Aster Dharma Industri P. T. Hardo Soloplast P. T. Kemilau Indah Permana Ltd P. T. Peiasnal P. T. Poliplas Indah Sejahtera P. T. Simoplas P. T. Wirapetro 28. 3 28. 3 28. 4 31. 0 28. 3 38. 0 23. 5 28. 3 8950 8950 8951 8952 8950 8953 8954 8950 (c) 60. 8 % for sacks and bags originating in Thailand (Taric additional code 8900) with the exception of imports manufactured by the following companies, which shall be subject to the following rates of duty: Thailand: Rate of duty (%) Taric additional code Bangkok Polysack Co Ltd CP Poly-Industry Public Co Ltd Thai Coating Industrial Public Co Ltd Thai Plastic Products Co Ltd Pacific Polysacks Co Ltd 13. 2 43. 2 21. 5 15. 8 47. 8 8955 8956 8958 8959 8094 20 3. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customsduties" shall apply. 4. Where any Indonesian party provides sufficient evidence to the Commission that it did not export the goods described in Article 1(1) during the investigation period, that it is not related to any exporter or producer subject to the measures imposed by this Regulation and that it has exported the goods concerned after the investigation period, or that it has entered into an irrevocable contractual obligation to export a significant quantity to the Community, then the Council, acting by simple majority on a proposal submitted by the Commission, after consulting the Advisory- Committee, may amend Article l(2)(b) by attributing that party the duty applicable to co-operating producers / exporters not in the sample, i. e. 28. 3 %. Article 2 The amount secured by way of provisional anti-dumping duty under Regulation (EC) No. 45/97 shall be definitively collected at the duty rate definitively imposed. Amounts secured in excess of the definitive rate of anti-dumping duty and related to imports of sacks and bags shall be released. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, For the Council 21 ISSN 0254-1475 COM(97) 484 final DOCUMENTS EN 02 11 Catalogue number : CB-C0-97-494-EN-C ISBN 92-78-24875-4 Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg 2 Z


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text: 16. 4. 98 IT Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunita‘ europee C 117/131 (98/C 117/174) INTERROGAZIONE SCRITTA E-3027/97 di Amedeo Amadeo (NI) alla Commissione (1o ottobre 1997) Oggetto: Politiche future in materia di inquinamento acustico (Libro verde) Visto il Libro verde della Commissione europea «Politiche future in materia di inquinamento acustico» (COM(96) 540 def. ), e visto che, per quanto riguarda il rumore dovuto a strumenti e macchinari per lavori esterni, il Comitato economico e sociale ritiene che limitare, come viene proposto, la determinazione di valori limite solo ai settori gia‘ regolamentati ponga dei problemi, perche· le misure esistenti non sono state adottate in modo sistematico o sulla base di priorita‘ oggettive, bens(cid:14)‘ in modo piu‘ o meno discontinuo. Intende la Commissione adottare in tale campo un programma globale di riduzione dell(cid:146)inquinamento acustico? Intende, inoltre, incentivare maggiormente (eventualmente anche con misure fiscali) la tempestiva introduzione di macchinari meno rumorosi? (98/C 117/175) INTERROGAZIONE SCRITTA E-3028/97 di Amedeo Amadeo (NI) alla Commissione (1o ottobre 1997) Oggetto: Politiche future in materia di inquinamento acustico (Libro verde) Visto il Libro verde della Commissione europea «Politiche future in materia di inquinamento acustico» (COM(96) 540 def. ), e visto che il Comitato economico e sociale approva la priorita‘ data alle misure di valutazione e di riduzione del rumore ferroviario, pur ritenendo che le misure di riduzione del rumore proposte nel Libro verde possano essere ulteriormente migliorate, ad esempio utilizzando i cosiddetti «low noise trains». Intende la Commissione valutare l(cid:146)eventuale ricorso a tasse variabili in funzione della utilizzazione di singole linee ferroviarie, dal momento che l(cid:146)aumento dei costi che ne conseguirebbe provocherebbe uno spostamento del traffico verso altri modi di trasporto, nel complesso ancor meno ecocompatibili? Risposta comune data dal sig. ra Bjerregaard a nome della Commissione alle interrogazioni scritte E-3023/97, E-3024/97, E-3025/97, E-3026/97, E-3027/97 e E-3028/97 (5 novembre 1997) La Commissione e‘ molto sensibile ai problemi menzionati dall(cid:146)Onorevole Parlamentare. Tenendo conto dei numerosi parerei espressi dopo la pubblicazione del Libro verde sull(cid:146)inquinamento acustico ed in particolare della risoluzione adottata dal Parlamento, la Commissione sta attualmente finalizzando le azioni future concernenti la lotta contro queste forme di inquinamento. E‘ previsto che tali azioni si integrino in un programma coerente e realistico. Uno degli elementi chiave del programma sara‘ ovviamente il coordinamento e la concertazione tra i vari responsabili della problematica. La Commissione non si propone di privilegiare una misura particolare ma e‘ previsto il ricorso equilibrato ai vari strumenti disponibili. Essa non intende sostituire il ricorso agli strumenti economici e alla determinazione di norme di emissione. Inoltre, la Commissione fara‘ in modo che vengano evitate le soluzioni che implicherebbero uno spostamento del traffico verso modi di trasporto che avrebbero un impatto ancora maggiore sull(cid:146)ambiente. Infine, la determinazione di valori obiettivo e‘ la condizione indispensabile per lottare contro l(cid:146)inquinamento sonoro. La Commissione sta attualmente valutando le varie possibilita‘ per definire e stabilire detti obiettivi


title: Förslag till rådets förordning (EG) om ändring av rådets förordning 3094/95 för ytterligare förlängning av giltighetstiden för de relevanta bestämmelserna i det sjunde rådsdirektivet om stöd till varvsindustrin

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text: 15. 4. 98 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning C 114/13 II (F‰rberedande r…ttsakter) KOMMISSIONEN F‰rslag till r¿dets f‰rordning (EG) om …ndring av r¿dets f‰rordning (EG) 3094/95 f‰r ytterli(cid:220) gare f‰rl…ngning av giltighetstiden f‰r de relevanta best…mmelserna i det sjunde r¿dsdirektivet om st‰d till varvsindustrin (98/C 114/07) (Text av betydelse f‰r EES) KOM(97) 469 slutlig (cid:134) 97/0248(CNS) (Framlagt av kommissionen den 2 oktober 1997) EUROPEISKA UNIONENS R¯D HAR ANTAGIT FˆLJANDE FˆRORDNING med beaktande av F‰rdraget om uppr…ttandet av Europeiska gemenskapen, s…rskilt artik(cid:220) larna 92. 3 e, 94 och 113 i detta, med beaktande av kommissionens f‰rslag, med beaktande av Europaparlamentets yttrande, med beaktande av Ekonomiska och sociala kommitt~ns yttrande, och med beaktande av f‰ljande: Ett avtal om uppr…tth¿llande av normala konkurrensf‰rh¿llanden inom varvsindustrin, som slu(cid:220) tits mellan Europeiska gemenskapen och vissa tredje l…nder inom ramen f‰r Organisationen f‰r ekonomiskt samarbete och utveckling (OECD)(cid:216)(˛), har …nnu inte tr…tt i kraft. R¿dets f‰rordning 3094/95 av den 22 december 1995(cid:216)(ˇ) om st‰d till varvsindustrin har …nnu inte tr…tt i kraft. I enlighet med artikel 10 i f‰rordning 3094/95, …ndrad genom r¿dets f‰rordning 1904/96(cid:216)(—), forts…tter de relevanta best…mmelserna i r¿dets direktiv 90/684/EEG om st‰d till varvsindus(cid:220) trin(cid:216)((cid:209)) att till…mpas tills vidare, i v…ntan p¿ att OECD(cid:220)avtalet skall tr…da i kraft, dock l…ngst till och med den 31 december 1997. Med h…nsyn till den fortsatta os…kerheten betr…ffande OECD(cid:220)avtalets ikrafttr…dande, som kan f‰rdr‰jas ytterligare till efter den 31 december 1997, m¿ste r¿det vidta l…mpliga ¿tg…rder i v…ntan p¿ beslut om ett eventuellt nytt st‰d. F‰rordning 3094/95 skall d…rf‰r …ndras. H´RIGENOM FˆRESKRIVS FˆLJANDE. Artikel 1 Det tredje stycket i artikel 10 i f‰rordning 3094/95 skall ers…ttas med f‰ljande: ’’I v…ntan p¿ att det n…mnda avtalet skall tr…da i kraft skall de relevanta best…mmelserna i direktiv 90/684/EEG vara till…mpliga tills avtalet tr…der i kraft, dock l…ngst till och med den 31 december 1998’’. Denna f‰rordning skall vara till alla delar bindande och direkt till…mplig i alla medlemsstater. Artikel 2 (˛)(cid:217)EGT C 375, 30. 12. 1994, s. 3. (ˇ)(cid:217)EGT L 332, 30. 12. 1995, s. 1. (—)(cid:217)EGT L 251, 3. 10. 1996, s. 5. ((cid:209))(cid:217)EGT L 380, 31. 12. 1990, s. 27


title: 98/194/CE: Decisione della Commissione del 1 ottobre 1997 relativa alla proroga del premio fiscale agli investimenti dell'8 % a favore di investimenti realizzati nei nuovi «Länder», previsto dalla legge tributaria tedesca del 1996 (Il testo in lingua tedesca è il solo facente fede) (Testo rilevante ai fini del SEE)

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text: L 73/38 IT Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunit(cid:133) europee 12. 3. 98 COMMISSIONE DECISIONE DELLA COMMISSIONE del 1o ottobre 1997 relativa alla proroga del premio fiscale agli investimenti dell’8 % a favore di investimenti realizzati nei nuovi «L(cid:132)nder», previsto dalla legge tributaria tedesca del 1996 (Il testo in lingua tedesca (cid:138) il solo facente fede) (Testo rilevante ai fini del SEE) (98/194/CE) LA COMMISSIONE DELLE COMUNIT(cid:211) EUROPEE, visto il trattato che istituisce la Comunit(cid:133) europea, in particolare gli articoli 92 e 93, dopo aver dato agli altri Stati membri e ai terzi interessati, a norma dell’articolo 93, paragrafo 2, del trattato, la possi- bilit(cid:133) di formulare le loro osservazioni, tenuto conto di dette osservazioni, considerando quanto segue: I Con decisione dell’11 novembre 1992 (1) la Commissione ha autorizzato un premio fiscale dell’8 % agli investi- intrapresi nei nuovi investimenti menti a favore di «L(cid:132)nder» anteriormente al 1o luglio 1994 e completati entro la fine del 1996. L’intensit(cid:133) dell’aiuto, pari all’8 %, (cid:138) calcolata al lordo (5 5,2 % netto), e si riferisce esclusiva- mente ai costi di acquisto di beni economici per investi- menti produttivi. Il premio agli investimenti (cid:138) concesso direttamente a norma della legge federale: pertanto qualsiasi impresa che soddisfi i criteri stabiliti da tale legge ha diritto al premio, senza necessit(cid:133) di una decisione discrezionale da parte dell’amministrazione. La concessione del premio, che consiste in una riduzione dell’imposta sugli utili delle imprese, pu(cid:149) dar luogo ad una restituzione di imposte da parte dello Stato: l’impresa beneficiaria in tale caso ottiene un contributo finanziario e non una riduzione fiscale. L’articolo 3 della legge del 1993 sugli incentivi agli inve- stimenti («Investitionszulagegesetz») (cid:138) stato modificato dall’articolo 18, paragrafo 1, della legge tributaria del 1996 («Jahressteuergesetz») (2), in modo da estendere la conces- sione del premio dell’8 % agli investimenti la cui realiz- zazione (cid:138) iniziata tra il 31 dicembre 1992 e il 1o luglio 1994, e che sono stati completati anteriormente al 1o termine per il completamento degli gennaio 1999. Il investimenti (cid:138) stato cos(cid:141) prorogato di due anni, ferme restando le disposizioni relative all’inizio degli investi- menti. La legge tributaria del 1996 (cid:138) entrata in vigore il 1o gennaio 1996. Con lettera del 17 novembre 1995, il mini- stero federale dell’economia ha dato istruzione alle massime autorit(cid:133) tributarie dei «L(cid:132)nder» di non applicare tale disposizione in attesa dell’autorizzazione degli aiuti da parte della Commissione, a norma degli articoli 92 e 93 del trattato. Tale lettera (cid:138) stata pubblicata nella Gazzetta tributaria federale del 1996 (Bundessteuerblatt, Reihe I, n. 1). II La modifica della legge relativa ai premi fiscali agli inve- stimenti (cid:138) stata comunicata alla Commissione con lettera del 19 dicembre 1995, vale a dire sei giorni lavorativi prima dell’entrata in vigore della legge tributaria del 1996: l’aiuto (cid:138) stato pertanto registrato come aiuto non notifi- cato (NN 6/96). Il 3 luglio 1996 la Commissione ha deciso di avviare il procedimento di cui all’articolo 93, paragrafo 2, del trat- tato, nei confronti della proroga del periodo di realizza- zione degli investimenti utile per beneficiare della concessione del premio fiscale dell’8 %. La Commissione, nel motivare tale decisione, ha dichiarato che la proroga di tale termine costituisce un aiuto di Stato supplementare per gli investimenti iniziati prima del 1o luglio 1994 e (1) Aiuto di Stato N 561/92, lettera SG(92) D/16623 del 24 novembre 1992. (2) Gazzetta ufficiale tedesca del 1995, I-1250. 12. 3. 98 IT Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunit(cid:133) europee L 73/39 completati nel 1997 e nel 1998, senza che vengano incen- tivati ulteriori investimenti rispetto alla situazione che si avrebbe in assenza della proroga stessa. La misura, di conseguenza, non (cid:138) in grado di stimolare nuovi investi- menti a sostegno dell’economia regionale del territorio dell’ex RDT. L’unico effetto di tale misura sarebbe un aumento del capitale proprio di quelle imprese che hanno iniziato i loro investimenti nei nuovi «L(cid:132)nder» anteriormente al 1o luglio 1994: di conseguenza la misura suddetta costituisce un aiuto al funzionamento, un tipo di aiuto che secondo la prassi costante della Commissione (cid:138) compatibile con il mercato comune solo a determinate condizioni e solo nel caso in cui favorisca esclusivamente lo sviluppo econo- mico delle regioni di cui all’articolo 92, paragrafo 3, lettera a), del trattato. La Commissione osservava tuttavia che l’aiuto poteva favorire lo sviluppo economico anche al di fuori di tali aree assistite; era quindi necessario proce- dere ad un esame della possibilit(cid:133) per l’aiuto in questione di beneficiare di una delle deroghe e di essere dichiarato compatibile con il mercato comune. La Germania (cid:138) stata informata dell’avvio del procedi- mento con lettera del 31 luglio 1996 (1), pubblicata altres(cid:141) nella Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunit(cid:133) europee con l’in- vito agli altri Stati membri e ai terzi interessati a presen- tare le loro osservazioni (2). La Germania ha risposto con lettera del 9 settembre 1996; la societ(cid:133) francese Elf Aquitaine SA («Elf») ha fatto perve- nire le sue osservazioni con lettera del 29 ottobre 1996. Anche il governo francese ha formulato le sue osserva- zioni, con riferimento agli argomenti di Elf, in data 30 ottobre 1996. La «Elf» sostiene che la misura in esame (cid:138) destinata agli investimenti della sua controllata «Mittel- deutsche Erd(cid:148)l-Raffinerie GmbH» (MIDER), che sta costruendo una nuova raffineria a Leuna (Sassonia- Anhalt). Il completamento degli investimenti ha subito ritardi a causa di difficolt(cid:133) tecniche impreviste che, secondo la societ(cid:133), non le sono imputabili. In assenza della prevista proroga del periodo utile per il completa- mento degli investimenti, MIDER non potrebbe benefi- ciare del premio fiscale agli investimenti per la totalit(cid:133) del progetto, con gravi ripercussioni economiche. Le lettere di Elf e del governo francese sono state trasmesse alla Germania il 26 novembre 1996, per darle la possibilit(cid:133) di formulare a sua volta le proprie osservazioni. Nel periodo da dicembre 1996 a luglio 1997 il caso in esame (cid:138) stato discusso in occasione di varie riunioni tra le autorit(cid:133) tedesche e la Commissione. III Secondo la Germania, la proroga del periodo utile per il completamento degli investimenti che possono benefi- ciare del premio dell’8 % agli investimenti (cid:138) compatibile (1) Lettera SG(96) D/7034. (2) GU C 290 del 3. 10. 1996, pag. 8. con il mercato comune. Tale proroga permetterebbe di ridurre gli aiuti di Stato agli investimenti di grandi progetti che hanno subito dei ritardi a causa della partico- lare situazione della Germania dell’Est. Inoltre tale misura servirebbe a consolidare il capitale proprio delle imprese che investono nei nuovi «L(cid:132)nder» e dunque contribui- rebbe alla loro stabilit(cid:133) economica. La Germania non (cid:138) in grado di fornire dati circa il numero degli eventuali bene- ficiari di tale proroga che, in linea di massima, pu(cid:149) appli- carsi a tutti gli investimenti iniziati tra il 31 dicembre 1992 e il 1o luglio 1994 e non ancora completati alla fine del 1996. Nel caso di MIDER/Leuna 2000, che ha motivato le autorit(cid:133) competenti a proporre la misura in esame, l’im- presa non aveva potuto completare gli investimenti entro il termine (e cio(cid:138) anteriormente alla fine del 1996) a causa di problemi tecnici ed amministrativi imprevisti, ad essa non imputabili. Il volume totale di aiuti destinati alla raffineria Leuna 2000 subirebbe pertanto una diminu- zione di 360 milioni di DEM rispetto all’importo autoriz- zato nell’accordo di privatizzazione. Inoltre, giuridica- mente, non era possibile emanare una legge federale solo per il caso MIDER. Il governo federale si (cid:138) dichiarato disposto ad applicare la modifica introdotta dalla legge tributaria del 1996 solo al caso MIDER e a notificare come aiuti individuali ogni caso che, successivamente, fosse suscettibile di beneficiare di tale modifica. IV Il premio fiscale agli investimenti costituisce un aiuto di Stato ai sensi dell’articolo 92, paragrafo 1, del trattato e ai sensi dell’articolo 61, paragrafo 1, dell’accordo SEE. La proroga del periodo di completamento degli investi- menti che beneficiano di un premio fiscale dell’8 %, che passa in tal modo da un arco di tempo compreso fra 2,5 e 4 anni ad uno che va da 4,5 fino a 6 anni, costituisce un aiuto di Stato supplementare. I dati relativi al numero dei progetti di investimenti che potrebbero beneficiare di tale proroga generale non sono noti: in linea di massima i nuovi aiuti si applicano a tutti gli investimenti iniziati successivamente al 31 dicembre luglio 1994, e non ancora 1992, ma anteriori al 1o completati alla fine del 1996. Le imprese che hanno intrapreso investimenti nel periodo del gennaio 1993 al giugno 1994 erano pienamente consapevoli, al momento di tale decisione, di non poterli completare entro la fine del 1996, e pertanto di non poter beneficiare del premio, dato che il completamento parziale dell’investimento non pu(cid:149) essere considerato come un investimento completo, oppure, nel migliore dei casi, di poterne beneficiare solo in parte, nel caso in cui la parte dell’investimento completato in tempo potesse essere considerata come un investimento completo, anche se inferiore al previsto. I problemi specifici che ostaco- lano, nel territorio dell’ex RDT, un completamento rapido L 73/40 IT Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunit(cid:133) europee 12. 3. 98 investimenti complessi (difficolt(cid:133) amministrative a di livello regionale e locale, problemi ecologici, problemi dovuti alle norme sulla restituzione della propriet(cid:133) fondiaria) erano gi(cid:133) noti ed erano stati esaminati nel corso di riunioni avvenute prima del luglio 1994. Gli investi- menti iniziati nella piena consapevolezza che non avreb- bero potuto essere completati entro il termine e non avrebbero quindi potuto usufruire del premio fiscale, potrebbero ora pretenderlo, con un beneficio casuale per quelle imprese che, sin dall’inizio, hanno pianificato i loro investimenti calcolandone la redditivit(cid:133) prescindendo da tale aiuto. Le imprese che hanno intrapreso investimenti contando di ottenere il relativo premio fiscale, senza tuttavia aver previsto un certo margine temporale per i rischi collegati agli investimenti stessi, hanno con ci(cid:149) stesso accettato il rischio di ricevere un aiuto agli investimenti potenzial- mente inferiore a quello che avrebbero ottenuto se aves- sero soddisfatto i criteri stabiliti dalla legge relativa ai premi fiscali del 1993, e, nonostante tali rischi, hanno ritenuto redditizi tali investimenti. La proroga dei termini non promuove dunque ulteriori investimenti e non avr(cid:133) probabilmente conseguenze sul completamento di quelli gi(cid:133) iniziati. Gli aiuti che non promuovano ulteriori investimenti non possono essere considerati quali aiuti agli investimenti. Gli aiuti di stato che rappresentano solo un contributo finanziario imprevisto o che, al momento di adottare la decisione di investire, non erano certi alla luce della legi- slazione vigente in materia di aiuti regionali agli investi- menti, sono da considerarsi aiuti al funzionamento desti- nati a potenziare il capitale proprio delle imprese benefi- ciarie, come gi(cid:133) esposto nella comunicazione della Germania del 19 dicembre 1995, prima dell’avvio del procedimento. Nella comunicazione sul metodo di applicazione dell’arti- colo 92, paragrafo 3, lettere a) e c), del trattato CE agli aiuti regionali (1), la Commissione dichiara che, eccezio- nalmente, un aiuto al funzionamento pu(cid:149) essere compati- bile con il mercato comune, sebbene provochi una distor- sione di concorrenza, se (cid:138) necessario per mantenere in funzione in aree assistite gli impianti esistenti in un’im- presa. Tali considerazioni tuttavia non possono applicarsi alle imprese in esame, facendole beneficiare dell’aiuto in questione, poich(cid:130) esse hanno deciso di investire nei nuovi «L(cid:132)nder» prima del luglio 1994, basandosi sugli aiuti agli investimenti con finalit(cid:133) regionali esistenti ai sensi della legislazione vigente a quella data. Tali imprese hanno calcolato i loro investimenti in modo che fossero attuabili e redditizi a lungo termine, senza ricorrere ad aiuti al funzionamento. Non esistono pertanto circostanze ecce- zionali tali da giustificare la concessione di un aiuto de facto al funzionamento (cid:190) nella forma di una proroga del termine per usufruire del premio fiscale dell’8 % (cid:190) come contributo per promuovere lo sviluppo delle regioni sfavorite dei nuovi «L(cid:132)nder». (1) GU C 212 del 12. 8. 1988, pag. 2. D’altra parte, tale aiuto non sarebbe destinato a favorire solo l’economia delle regioni orientali della Germania: le imprese che soddisfano i criteri fissati potrebbero infatti avere degli stabilimenti anche al di fuori del territorio dell’ex RDT, utilizzando tale aiuto per il finanziamento di tali attivit(cid:133). L’aiuto in oggetto non contribuisce pertanto alla realizza- zione di uno degli obiettivi di cui all’articolo 92, paragrafi 2 e 3, del trattato che, in condizioni normali di mercato, le imprese beneficiarie non potrebbero realizzare n(cid:130) con i loro mezzi n(cid:130) con i preesistenti aiuti statali autorizzati. La decisione di investire (cid:138) stata adottata ben sapendo che l’aiuto non poteva essere concesso in caso d’inosservanza dei termini fissati. Un aiuto che non contribuisca alla realizzazione di uno degli obiettivi che giustificano l’auto- rizzazione in via di eccezione di misure che distorcono la concorrenza, non pu(cid:149) essere considerato compatibile con il funzionamento normale del mercato comune (2). La proposta del governo federale di applicare la modifica della legge relativa ai premi fiscali agli investimenti del 1993, introdotta dalla legge tributaria del 1996, unica- mente a MIDER/Elf Aquitaine e di notificare ulteriori eventuali casi di applicazione, non giustifica un diverso apprezzamento. La legge tributaria tedesca del 1996 (cid:138) infatti una legge approvata dal Bundestag, che pu(cid:149) essere invocata da qualsiasi impresa in possesso dei requisiti generali fissati per la concessione degli aiuti. Inoltre non (cid:138) possibile determinare con sicurezza il numero dei poten- ziali beneficiari. L’impegno discrezionale dell’aiuto. Il campo d’applicazione della citata disposizione della legge tributaria del 1996 non (cid:138) limitato al caso di MIDER/Elf Aquitaine. Da nessuna disposizione emerge dell’amministrazione nella un potere concessione dalla Germania non pu(cid:149) avere effetto, dato che il governo federale non pu(cid:149) dichiarare inapplicabile o parzialmente applicabile una legge del Bundestag. L’amministrazione non ha la facolt(cid:133) di applicare tale disposizione solo a determinati casi singoli. Di conseguenza, la disposizione in oggetto deve essere esaminata considerando tutti i suoi possibili casi di applicazione e non pu(cid:149) essere circoscritta al caso di MIDER. proposto Le considerazioni che precedono non ostano ad una even- tuale notificazione da parte della Germania, di determi- nate misure volte a modificare il pacchetto di aiuti agli investimenti a favore di MIDER, nella Germania orien- tale. Tali modificazioni esaminate dalla Commissione alla luce delle circostanze specifiche di tali investimenti e della decisione positiva gi(cid:133) adottata dalla Commissione circa tale progetto (3). sarebbero V In conclusione, la Commissione constata che l’aiuto in oggetto non contribuisce a promuovere ulteriori investi- menti nei nuovi «L(cid:132)nder» n(cid:130) (cid:138) necessario per salvaguar- dare le attivit(cid:133) economiche esistenti in tali aree. L’aiuto (2) Cfr. anche la sentenza della Corte di giustizia delle Comunit(cid:133) europee del 17 settembre 1980, Philip Morris, Racc. 730/79, 1980, pag. I-2671, punti 16 e seguenti della motivazione. (3) Lettera SG(93) D/11541, GU C 214 del 7. 8. 1993, pag. 9. 12. 3. 98 IT Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunit(cid:133) europee L 73/41 non contribuisce pertanto alla realizzazione di alcuno degli obiettivi di cui all’articolo 92, paragrafi 2 e 3, del trattato e non (cid:138) quindi compatibile con il funzionamento normale del mercato comune. Il regime di aiuti (cid:138) stato applicato illegalmente, senza la previa autorizzazione della Commissione a norma dell’ar- ticolo 92, paragrafo 3, del trattato. La Commissione ha appreso che la Germania ha dato istruzione alle ammini- strazioni dei «L(cid:132)nder» di non applicare la legge prima dell’autorizzazione della Commissione. Tale comunica- zione tuttavia, non impedisce l’applicazione diretta di una legge federale, che attribuisce un diritto a tutti i potenziali beneficiari in possesso dei requisiti fissati senza che sia necessaria una decisione discrezionale dell’amministra- zione, HA ADOTTATO LA SEGUENTE DECISIONE: Articolo 1 Le disposizioni dell’articolo 18, paragrafo 1, della legge tributaria tedesca del 1996, che modificano l’articolo 3 della legge sugli incentivi agli investimenti del 1993, in relazione all’attribuzione di un premio fiscale dell’8 % a favore degli investimenti avviati dopo il 31 dicembre 1992 e anteriormente al 1o luglio 1994 e completati anterior- mente al 1o gennaio 1999 (anzich(cid:130) al 1o gennaio 1997), configurano un ulteriore aiuto di Stato a favore delle imprese che hanno effettuato investimenti nei nuovi «L(cid:132)nder». Tale aiuto (cid:138) illegale, in quanto la norma che lo prevede (cid:138) entrata in vigore in violazione dell’articolo 92, paragrafo 3 del trattato, ed (cid:138) altres(cid:141) incompatibile con il mercato comune, poich(cid:130) non contribuisce alla realizza- zione degli obiettivi di cui all’articolo 92, paragrafi 2 e 3, del medesimo. Articolo 2 L’articolo 18, paragrafo 1, della legge tributaria del 1996 deve essere soppressa. La Germania chiede la restituzione di tutti gli aiuti concessi in applicazione di tale disposi- zione. L’importo degli aiuti viene restituito secondo le norme della legislazione tedesca, inclusi gli interessi a decorrere dalla data di erogazione degli aiuti, in base al tasso d’interesse di riferimento applicato ai regimi di aiuti con finalit(cid:133) regionali. Articolo 3 Entro due mesi dalla notificazione della presente deci- sione, la Germania comunica alla Commissione le misure adottate per conformarvisi. Articolo 4 La Repubblica federale di Germania (cid:138) destinataria della presente decisione. Fatto a Bruxelles, il 1o ottobre 1997. Per la Commissione Karel VAN MIERT Membro della Commissione


title: WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2979/97 by Christoph KONRAD to the Commission. List of current disputes between the Federal Republic of Germany (especially the 'new Länder') and the Commission (DG IV) over competition

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European Commission
Federation State
German Democratic Republic
Germany
State aid
aid to undertakings
complaint to the Commission
control of State aid
restriction on competition

text: 30. 4. 98 FI Euroopan yhteiso¤jen virallinen lehti C 134/47 (98/C 134/57) KIRJALLINEN KYSYMYS E-2979/97 komissiolle esitta¤ja¤(t): Christoph Konrad (PPE) (1. lokakuuta 1997) Aihe: Luettelo Saksan liittotasavallan (erityisesti sen (cid:148)uusien osavaltioiden(cid:148)) ja komission (pa¤a¤osaston IV) va¤lilla¤ meneilla¤a¤n olevista kilpailua koskevista kiistakysymyksista¤ 1. Mita¤ Saksan liittotasavallan saksalaisille yrityksille maksamia valtion tukia koskevia tutkimuksia komissiossa parhaillaan on meneilla¤a¤n? 2. Mika¤ ta¤sma¤lleen on tutkimuksen kohde ja minka¤ valituksen vuoksi komissio on siihen ryhtynyt, vai onko se ryhtynyt siihen omasta aloitteestaan? 3. Missa¤ suhteessa valtion tukia maksetaan (cid:148)uusille osavaltioille(cid:148) ja (cid:148)vanhoille osavaltioille(cid:148)? 4. Millainen suuntaus › seka¤ rahoitustuen suuruuden etta¤ tapausten lukuma¤a¤ra¤n osalta › viime vuosien tutkintamenettelyista¤ on havaittavissa, erityisesti kun on kyse valtion tuista (cid:148)uusissa osavaltioissa(cid:148)? 5. Miten komissio aikoo laskea (cid:148)uusien osavaltioiden(cid:148) valtion tukien ma¤a¤ra¤n hyva¤ksytta¤va¤lle tasolle, ja mita¤ ta¤ta¤ asiaa koskevia sopimuksia on tehty Saksan liittohallituksen kanssa? 6. Mika¤ on muiden Euroopan unionin ja¤senvaltioiden kanta asiaan? Komission ja¤senen Karel Van Miertin komission puolesta antama vastaus (29. lokakuuta 1997) 1. Ta¤lla¤ hetkella¤ komissio tutkii 59 asiassa, soveltuvatko Saksan liittotasavallan myo¤nta¤ma¤t tuet yhtena¤is- markkinoille. Ta¤ha¤n lukuun eiva¤t sisa¤lly tukiohjelmat, maataloustuet eiva¤tka¤ kalastus- ja liikennealan tuet. Na¤ista¤ asioista 43 koskee uusia osavaltioita ja 16 vanhoja osavaltioita. Yhteensa¤ 23 asiassa on aloitettu perustamissopimuksen 93 artiklan 2 kohdan mukainen menettely. Na¤ista¤ 17 asiaa koskee uusia osavaltioita ja 6 vanhoja osavaltioita. 2. Osa niista¤ asioista, joissa on aloitettu menettely, on kirjattu arvoisalle parlamentin ja¤senelle ja parlamentin sihteeristo¤lle toimitettuun luetteloon. Kunkin tutkimuksen aihe ka¤y ilmi ta¤sta¤ luettelosta. Komissio voi aloittaa tutkimuksen joko tukea saaneiden yritysten kilpailijoiden kantelun tai tiedotusva¤lineissa¤ esiintyneiden tietojen perusteella. Ta¤ha¤n kysymykseen vastaamiseksi ka¤yta¤n mittana vuonna 1997 jo ratkaistujen asioiden ma¤a¤ra¤a¤. Vuonna 3. 1997 tehdyista¤ pa¤a¤to¤ksista¤ 51 on koskenut uusia osavaltioita ja 14 vanhoja osavaltioita. 4. Ta¤ha¤n kysymykseen vastaaminen vaatii tarkempaa erittelya¤. Vuoden 1995 loppuun asti Saksassa ka¤ytettiin useita pera¤kka¤isia¤ ns. Treuhand-ja¤rjestelmia¤. Koska sina¤ aikana myo¤nnettiin tukilupia (cid:148)paketteina(cid:148), komissio ka¤sitteli oikeastaan melko harvoja tapauksia, vain ta¤rkeimma¤t. Tapausten lukuma¤a¤ra¤ on tilastollisesti kasvussa. Niinpa¤ komissio on vuoden 1997 seitsema¤n ensimma¤isen kuukauden aikana tehnyt miltei kuusinkertaisen ma¤a¤ra¤n pa¤a¤to¤ksia¤ koko vuoteen 1995 verrattuna. Tukien ma¤a¤ra¤ sen sijaan na¤ytta¤a¤ tilastollisesti laskevan. Mutta ta¤ssa¤ yhteydessa¤ tilastoissa painavat paljon merkitta¤va¤t yksitta¤istapaukset kuten esimerkiksi vuonna 1995 BUNA, joka oli saanut tukea melkein kymmenen miljardia Saksan markkaa. Vuonna 1997 komissio on pa¤a¤tta¤nyt uusien osavaltioiden kohdalla noin 3,18 miljardin Saksan markan tuista. Vuoden 1996 alusta komissio on soveltanut uusiin osavaltioihin yleisia¤ tukisa¤a¤nto¤ja¤. Niin komissiossa kuin 5. liittotasavallan hallinnossakin on tarvittu huomattavasti lisa¤tyo¤voimaa, jotta selvitta¤isiin kasvaneesta tyo¤taakas- ta, joka on syntynyt yleisten tukisa¤a¤nto¤jen soveltamisesta uusiin osavaltioihin. 6. Muita ja¤senvaltioita ei ole kuultu ta¤ssa¤ asiassa. Komissio on kuitenkin ka¤yta¤nno¤ssa¤ todennut, etta¤ muut ja¤senvaltiot yleensa¤ tukevat sen toimintatapaa ja ehdotuksia


title: SCHRIFTLICHE ANFRAGE Nr. 3012/97 von Cristiana MUSCARDINI an die Kommission. Überschreitung der "Milchquoten"

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Italy
agricultural levy
agricultural quota
closing of accounts
dairy production
milk
production quota
production surplus
quantitative restriction
self-sufficiency rate

text: C 134/58 DE Amtsblatt der Europa¤ischen Gemeinschaften 30. 4. 98 Die Kommission hat innerhalb der Gemeinschaft u¤ber 120 Umweltma(cid:223)nahmen in der Landwirtschaft genehmigt. Ein Bericht u¤ber die Umsetzung der Verordnung ist derzeit in Vorbereitung. (1) ABl. L 215 vom 30. 7. 1992. (98/C 134/71) SCHRIFTLICHE ANFRAGE E-3012/97 von Cristiana Muscardini (NI) an die Kommission (1. Oktober 1997) Betrifft: U¤ berschreitung der (cid:132)Milchquoten(cid:147) Am 30. August 1997 wurde in verschiedenen italienischen Presseorganen auf einzelne Bemerkungen in einer im Oktober 1995 fertiggestellten Untersuchung des italienischen Rechnungshofes bezu¤glich des verzwickten Problems der Milchquoten hingewiesen. Aus diesen Untersuchungen soll hervorgehen, da(cid:223) Italien angeblich ho¤here Geldbu(cid:223)en fu¤r Milchquotenu¤berschreitungen gezahlt hat, als tatsa¤chlich erforderlich gewesen wa¤re. › Ist der Kommission der Inhalt dieses Dokuments bekannt? › Stimmt die Kommission der Feststellung zu, da(cid:223) Italien im Zeitraum 1989 bis 1993 2. 207 Mrd. Lire zuviel an Geldbu(cid:223)en u¤berwiesen haben soll? › Kann die Kommission besta¤tigen, da(cid:223) die Milcherzeugung in Italien 60% des Landesbedarfs entspricht? › In welchem Stadium befindet sich in Anbetracht dieses Zahlenmaterials der Streitfall zwischen Italien und der Europa¤ischen Union im Milchsektor? Antwort von Herrn Fischler im Namen der Kommission (14. November 1997) Der Kommission ist die Untersuchung des italienischen Rechnungshofs, auf die sich die Frau Abgeordnete bezieht, nicht bekannt. Vorauszuschicken ist, da(cid:223) Italien vor dem Milchwirtschaftsjahr 1993/94 die Milchquotenregelung nicht ordnungsgema¤(cid:223) angewendet hat. Insbesondere wurden keine einzelbetrieblichen Referenzmengen zugeteilt; au(cid:223)erdem stammten die Angaben u¤ber die Anlieferungen nicht aus den Erkla¤rungen der Ka¤ufer, sondern wurden von den nationalen Statistiken und den Erhebungen der Erzeugerorganisationen u¤bernommen. Beim Rechnungs- abschlu(cid:223) wurden aus dieser vorschriftswidrigen Anwendung der Regelung die finanziellen Konsequenzen gezogen und auf der Grundlage der gemeinsamen Schlu(cid:223)folgerungen des Rates und der Kommission vom 21. Oktober 1994 berechnet. Danach mu(cid:223) Italien fu¤r die Haushaltsjahre 1989-1993 an die Gemeinschaft eine Zusatzabgabe in der Gro¤(cid:223)enordnung von 3 461,5 Mrd. ITL (1 715,2 Mio. Ecu) nachentrichten. Italien hat bereits 90,5% dieses Betrags gezahlt. Die im Rahmen des Rechnungsabschlusses auferlegten Berichtigungen wurden von Italien nicht bestritten, und der Kommission ist auch nichts bekannt, was die finanziellen Konsequenzen in Frage stellen wu¤rde. Der Kommission liegen nicht genu¤gend Angaben (z. B. zum Verbrauch und zum Handel mit Milcherzeugnissen und noch nicht einaml genaue und zuverla¤ssige Angaben u¤ber die Erzeugung) vor, um den Selbstversorgungs- grad Italiens mit ausreichender Genauigkeit bestimmen zu ko¤nnen. U¤ berdies ist zu bedenken, da(cid:223) die Quoten nicht auf der Grundlage des Selbstversorgungsgrads der einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten, sondern anhand der Ist- Erzeugung festgelegt wurden. Jedes weitere Kriterium, insbesondere die Bevo¤lkerungszahl oder der nationale Verbrauch, ha¤tte eine Einigung u¤ber die Regelung unmo¤glich gemacht oder zur Festsetzung einer u¤berma¤(cid:223)ig hohen Gesamtgarantiemenge gefu¤hrt. Diese Informationen standen niemals zur Diskussion, so da(cid:223) sie zwischen Italien und der Kommission auch nicht strittig sind


title: Advies van de Commissie overeenkomstig artikel 189 B, lid 2, onder d), van het EG-Verdrag, over de amendementen van het Europees Parlement op het gemeenschappelijk standpunt van de Raad inzake het voorstel voor een besluit van het Europees Parlement en de Raad betreffende de herziening van het beleidsplan en actieprogramma van de Europese Gemeenschap inzake het milieu en duurzame ontwikkeling "Op weg naar duurzame ontwikkeling"

eurovoc_concepts:
EU programme
environmental policy
environmental protection
sustainable development

text: COMMISSE VAN DE EUROPESE GEMEENSCHAPPEN Brussel, 01. 10. 1997 COM(97) 471 def. 96/0027 (COD) ADVIES VAN DE COMMISSIE overeenkomstig artikel 189 B, lid 2, onder d) van het EG-verdrag, over de amendementen van het Europees Parlement op het gemeenschappelijk standpunt van de Raad inzake het voorstel voor een BESLUIT VAN HET EUROPEES PARLEMENT EN DE RAAD BETREFFENDE DE HERZIENING VAN HET BELEIDSPLAN EN ACTIEPROGRAMMA VAN DE EUROPESE GEMEENSCHAP INZAKE HET MILIEU EN DUURZAME ONTWIKKELING "ÖP WEG NAAR DUURZAME ONTWIKKELING" HOUDENDE WIJZIGING VAN HET VOORSTEL VAN DE COMMISSIE overeenkomstig artikel 189 A, lid 2 van het EG-verdrag 1. Procedurele aspecten Op 29 februari 1996 heeft de Commissie bij het Parlement en de Raad een voorstel ingediend voor een besluit van het Parlement en de Raad betreffende de herziening van het beleidsplan en actieprogramma van de Europese Gemeenschap inzake het milieu en duurzame ontwikkeling "Op weg naar duurzame ontwikkeling", gebaseerd op artikel 130 S, lid 3, eerste an het Verdrag1 (COM(95)647 def. - 96/0027 (COD) van 24 januari 1996). ?i Op 29-30 mei 1996 heeft het Economisch en Sociaal Comité advies uitgebracht2. Op 18-19 september 1996 heeft het Comité van de regio's advies uitgebracht3. Op 13 november 1996 heeft'het Europees Parlement in eerste lezing advies uitgebracht4. In aansluiting op het advies van het Parlement stuurde de Commissie de Raad op 4 december 1996 een gewijzigd voorstel5 (COM(96)648 def. van 4 december 1996). Op 17 april 1997 heeft de Raad een gemeenschappelijk standpunt aangenomen overeenkomstig artikel 189 B van het Verdrag6. Op 17 juli 1997 heeft het Europees Parlement in tweede lezing besloten het gemeenschappelijk standpunt van de Raad te wijzigen7. 2. Doelstelling en inhoud van het voorgestelde besluit Op 18 maart 1992 heeft de Commissie het beleidsplan en actieprogramma van de Europese inzake het milieu en duurzame ontwikkeling "Op weg naar duurzame Gemeenschap ontwikkeling" goedgekeurd. In zijn resolutie van 17 november 1992 heeft het Parlement zich gunstig uitgesproken over de in het programma opgenomen richtsnoeren. In hun resolutie van 1 februari 1993 hebben de Raad en de vertegenwoordigers van de regeringen van de lidstaten hun instemming betuigd met de algemene aanpak en strategie van het programma. PBnr. C 140 van 11. 5. 1996. PBnr. C 212 van 22. 7. 1996. PBnr. C 34van3. 2. 1997. PBnr. C 362 van2. 12. 1996. PBnr. C 28 van 29. 1. 1997. PBnr. Cl 57 van 24. 5. 1997. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Nog niet gepubliceerd Hoewel het programma hoofdzakelijk doelstellingen voor het jaar 2000 bevat, is daarin de bepaling opgenomen dat vóór eind 1995 een algemene herziening van de strategie moest plaatsvinden. In de resoluties van het Parlement en de Raad werd uitdrukkelijk om die herziening verzocht en deze werd uitgevoerd in 1995. Een voortgangsverslag over de uitvoering van het programma, dat op 10 januari 1996 door de Commissie werd aangenomen (COM(95)624 def), en een geactualiseerd verslag over de toestand van het milieu van het Europees Milieuagentschap van 10 november 1995 zijn het concrete resultaat van het herzieningsproces. De belangrijkste doelstelling van het voorstel voor een besluit is op communautair niveau een nieuwe politieke impuls te geven aan de uitvoering van het vijfde programma en de algehele voortgang op het gebied van duurzame ontwikkeling. Het voorstel heeft tot doel prioritaire acties binnen het bestaande programma bij te stellen en toe te spitsen op kerngebieden waarop de Gemeenschap het initiatief moet nemen tot opruiming van de in het voortgangsverslag aangegeven belemmeringen voor de uitvoering van het programma. 3. Advies van de Commissie over de amendementen van het Europees Parlement 3. 1 Algemene opmerkingen Van de 28 door het Europees Parlement in tweede lezing aangenomen amendementen zijn er 13 geheel of gedeeltelijk dan wel in principe aanvaardbaar voor de Commissie. De resterende 15 amendementen krijgen geen steun. Van de 13 aanvaardbare amendementen waren er reeds 4 in eerste lezing door de Commissie goedgekeurd en in het gewijzigd voorstel van december 1996 opgenomen. 3. 2 Specifieke opmerkingen Aanvaarde amendementen De amendementen 15 en 23 zijn volledig aanvaardbaar en waren reeds verwerkt in het gewijzigd voorstel van december 1996 (COM(96)648 def). De amendementen 32. 33 en 35 zijn eveneens volledig aanvaardbaar aangezien daardoor de oorspronkelijke tekst van de Commissie wordt hersteld. Wat betreft de amendementen die betrekking hebben op de integratie van het milieubeleid in andere beleidstakken, kan de Commissie instemmen met het herformuleren van littera a bis") van amendement 7 (landbouw") en littera c bis) van amendement 14 (toerismeY De rest van amendement 7 is niet aanvaardbaar omdat het een afzwakking van het voorstel van de Commissie inhoudt. De rest van amendement 14 is niet aanvaardbaar omdat die voorziet in de opname van het beginsel "de vervuiler betaalt", dat echter reeds in het Verdrag voorkomt, en van het onbekende beginsel "de gebruiker van natuurlijke hulpbronnnen betaalt". De opname in het ontwerp-besluit van een bepaling over aansprakelijkheid zoals die waarin amendement 12 voorziet is acceptabel voor de Commissie, maar aangezien zij w-rkt aan een Witboek over dit onderwerp acht zij het verstandiger de algemene formulering '. - " ; ? van het oorspronkelijke voorstel te handhaven. Zij is het in grote lijnen eens met amendement 13 over Persistent Organic Pollutants en heeft dit in artikel 11, lid 7, van haar gewijzigd voorstel van december 1996 opgenomen. Ten aanzien van de verbreding van het instrumentarium is amendement 17 in een nieuwe formulering aanvaardbaar voor de Commissie. De Commissie heeft in december 1996 een voorstel inzake strategische milieueffectrapportage ingediend. Wat amendement 25 betreft, heeft de Commissie reeds in haar gewijzigd voorstel van december 1996 melding gemaakt van technische, bestuurlijke en financiële steun voor de geassocieerde landen van Midden- en Oost-Europa die kandidaat zijn voor toetreding. De amendementen 34 en 37 inzake specifieke milieuthema's (artikel 11) zijn aanvaardbaar voor de Commissie voorzover daardoor delen van de oorspronkelijke tekst van de Commissie worden hersteld. Andere elementen van die amendementen kunnen om institutionele redenen niet worden geaccepteerd. Wel zal een deel van deze suggesties waarschijnlijk worden verwerkt in de toekomstige werkprogramma's van de Commissie. Niet-aanvaarde amendementen De Commissie kan niet instemmen met amendement 1. dat een specifieke verwijzing naar artikel 130 R van het Verdrag inhoudt, aangezien dit geen meerwaarde oplevert. De Commissie is het niet eens met amendement 2 (en het daarmee samenhangende deel van amendement 37) dat voorziet in de verplichting om per 1 januari 1999 in de EU een zo hoog mogelijke graad van milieubescherming te bereiken. Dit aspect houdt geen rechtstreeks verband met het voorstel voor de herziening van het vijfde programma. De Commissie heeft op basis van de gezamenlijke verklaring inzake normen voor de bescherming van milieu en gezondheid en voor de veiligheid van producten toegezegd het "acquis communautaire" te herzien en indien nodig met voorstellen te komen waarover voor het eind van de in de toetredingsverdragen vastgestelde overgangsperiode, namelijk 1 januari 1999, besluiten moeten worden genomen. V Amendement 3 bevat gedetailleerde verwijzingen naar de conclusies van het Europees Milieuagentschap in zijn geactualiseerd verslag over de toestand van het milieu. De Commissie is van oordeel dat kan worden volstaan met een eenvoudige verwijzing naar het verslag van het Miiieuagentschap, zoals in haar oorspronkelijke voorstel. Wat betreft de amendementen 4, 6. 16. 21 en 36. alsook bepaalde delen van de amendementen 17 en 37 waarin tijdschema's en doelstellingen worden voorgesteld, zouden, gezien de opzet van het ontwerpbesluit, door de vaststelling van dergelijke tijdschema's of doelstellingen de data worden vastgelegd waarop de Gemeenschap uiterlijk besluiten over de desbetreffende maatregelen zou moeten nemen. Dit zou procedurele problemen veroorzaken. Amendement 5 is een voorstel om de formulering "zijn de prioriteiten" telkens te vervangen door "committeert de Gemeenschap zich aan". De Commissie vindt deze ingreep niet passend. In het ontwerp-besluit worden de prioritaire gebieden aangegeven met een globaal overzicht van de combinaties van maatregelen die de doelstellingen van het programma kunnen helpen realiseren. De formulering "committeert de Gemeenschap zich aan" zou in sterkere mate wettelijk bindend zijn omdat de maatregelen daardoor precies zouden worden voorgeschreven, zonder ruimte voor de ontwikkeling van andere maatregelen. De hele tekst door wordt in een groot aantal amendementen (bijvoorbeeld de nrs. 6. 7. 12. 16. 17. 20. 21. 22. 24. 36 en bepaalde delen van 34 en 37). de Commissie uitdrukkelijk of impliciet de verplichting opgelegd voorstellen in te dienen vóór het programma afloopt of anderszins actie te ondernemen. In een aantal gevallen wordt zelfs de reikwijdte en de inhoud van de maatregel reeds in detail aangegeven. De Commissie kan deze amendementen niet aanvaarden omdat zij afbreuk doen aan het initiatiefrecht van de Commissie zoals omschreven in het Verdrag dan wel de reikwijdte van het voorstel van de Commissie inperken of zo gedetailleerd of specifiek zijn dat zij niet passen binnen de opzet van het ontwerp-besluit. Dit besluit mag geen gedetailleerd werkprogramma voor de Commissie worden. Sommige van de voorgestelde acties zullen wellicht in de jaarlijkse werkprogramma's van de Commissie voor de komende jaren worden verwerkt. Door amendement 26 wordt het aspect handel en milieu alleen maar in WTO-perspectief beschouwd. Bovendien kan de Gemeenschap niet waarborgen dat in de WTO-regels volledig rekening wordt gehouden met de noodzaak een hoog milieubeschermingsniveau aan te houden. Amendement 27 inzake een "groen BNP" is onaanvaardbaar. Het vijfde programma voorziet niet in de berekening van een groen BNP vanaf 1999. Wel staat daarin dat economische indicatoren zoals het BNP moeten worden gewijzigd en aangepast op initiatief van de lidstaten en met steun van de EG. In de mededeling van 1994 over indicatoren en milieu-accounting is melding gemaakt van het feit dat volgens later verricht onderzoek de ontwikkeling van een groen BNP moeilijker is dan oorspronkelijk werd aangenomen. Daarom ontwikkelt de Commissie samen met andere internationale organisaties en de lidstaten satellietrekeningen als een eerste stap in deze richting. Wat betreft de amendementen 36 en 40 en bepaalde delen van 34 inzake specifieke milieuthema's (artikel 11), concludeert de Commissie dat deze onaanvaardbaar zijn om institutionele redenen. Wel zal een deel van deze suggesties waarschijnlijk worden verwerkt in de toekomstige werkprogramma's van de Commissie. 4. Gewijzigd voorstel Naar aanleiding van de tweede lezing van het ontwerp-besluit door het Europees Parlement op 17 juli 1997 wijzigt de Commissie haar voorstel door drie van de amendementen gedeeltelijk over te nemen. Vier andere amendementen waren reeds verwerkt in het gewijzigde voorstel van december 1996. De overige voor de Commissie aanvaardbare amendementen vereisen geen aanpassing van de tekst van het voorstel van de Commissie. Zij draaien namelijk een aantal bij het gemeenschappelijk standpunt van de Raad geïntroduceerde wijzigingen terug en herstellen de oorspronkelijke tekst van het Commissievoorstel. Gewijzigd voorstel voor een BESLUIT VAN HET EUROPEES PARLEMENT EN DE RAAD betreffende de herziening van het beleidsplan en actieprogramma van de Europese Gemeenschap inzake het milieu en duurzame ontwikkeling "Op weg naar duurzame ontwikkeling" GEMEENSCHAPPELIJK STANDPUNT GEWIJZIGD VOORSTEL Artikel 2 (2. 1. f) (nieuw) (fl voorbereidingen voor een stapsgewijze gemeenschappelijk hervorming van het laatste bij de landbouwbeleid, die toetreding van nieuwe lidstaten haar beslag moet krijgen. De hervorming dient erop gericht te zijn steunverlening voortaan te koppelen aan duurzame bedrijfsvoering. ten Artikel 2 (2. 5. d) (nieuw) fondsen (d) de verzekering, dat de structuurfondsen ingezet worden om en het cohesiefonds duurzame te toerisme van vormen ondersteunen, alsmede de projecten die door de worden, gefinancierd een worden onderworpen milieueffectrapportage overeenkomstig de voorschriften van de verordeningen inzake de structuurfondsen en het cohesiefonds en de herziene Richtüm 85/337/EEG. aan Artikel 3 (3. 2. a) (a) ontwikkeling van benaderingen voor milieueffectrapportering over plannen en programma's en bevordering van de ontwikkeling methodologieën, en richtsnoeren voor de opleidingen beoordeling van zowel projecten als plannen en programma's; van benadering (a) ontwikkeling door de Gv: lecnsciiap van een voor milieueffect rapportering over plannen en programma's en bevordering door de Gemeeenschap van de ontwikkeling van methodologieën, opleidingen en richtsnoeren voor de beoordeling van zowel projecten als plannen en programma's; ISSN 0254-1513 COM(97)471def. DOCUMENTEN NL 11 14 17 Catalogusnummer : CB-CO-97-483-NL-C ISBN 92-78-24977-7 Bureau voor officiële publikaties der Europese Gemeenschappen L-2985 Luxemburg


title: Agenda 2000 : Dictamen de la Comisión sobre la solicitud de adhesión a la Unión Europea de Estonia.

eurovoc_concepts:
Estonia
accession to the European Union
economic situation
political situation


title: WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3017/97 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. Forestry

eurovoc_concepts:
afforestation
environmental protection
forest conservation
forestry economics
forestry policy
silviculture
wood industry

text: 30. 4. 98 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning C 134/59 (98/C 134/72) SKRIFTLIG FR¯GA E-3015/97 fr(cid:229)n Amedeo Amadeo (NI) till kommissionen (1 oktober 1997) A¤mne: Ett va¤gledande ka¤rnkraftsprogram fo¤r Europeiska unionen Min fr(cid:229)ga ga¤ller kommissionens meddelande om Europeiska unionens ka¤rnkraftsindusti (Ett va¤gledande ka¤rnkraftsprogram i enlighet med artikel 40 i Euratomfo¤rdraget) (KOM(96)0339 › CES 470/97). Ka¤rnkraften, som i dag ta¤cker en tredjedel av EU:s elbehov, har vissa viktiga miljo¤ma¤ssiga fo¤rdelar vid elproduktion i ja¤mfo¤relse med fossila bra¤nslen, till exempel avsaknaden av koldioxidutsla¤pp. Ka¤rnkraften kra¤ver dock att man skapar ett omfattande system som garanterar dess sa¤kra funktion. De allma¤nna farh(cid:229)gorna bland befolkningen, liberaliseringen och o¤ppnandet av de marknader fo¤r konkurrens, som i de flesta medlemsstater var skyddade (vilket har gett upphov till l(cid:229)ngsiktiga kapitalintensiva investeringar) och slutligen tillg(cid:229)ngen till naturgas till konkurrenskraftiga priser som anva¤nds i mindre, effektivare och billigare anla¤ggningar a¤r avgo¤rande faktorer som go¤r det ho¤gst osannolikt i dagens la¤ge att produktionen av ka¤rnkraft kommer att fortsa¤tta efter 2005-2010. Under denna period kommer de nuvarande ka¤rnkraftverken att la¤ggas ned i de flesta medlemsstater. Mo¤jligheterna till en s(cid:229)dan utveckling ger upphov till viktiga strategiska fr(cid:229)gor fo¤r EU:s energipolitik. Det, att dokumentet inte behandlar de na¤mnda strategiska fr(cid:229)gornas betydelse och det, att de sannolika effekterna p(cid:229) unionens energipolitik inte bedo¤ms tillra¤ckligt utfo¤rligt a¤r en allvarlig brist. Kan kommissionen gripa sig an dessa specifika fr(cid:229)gor i den slutliga versionen av det va¤gledande ka¤rnkrafts- programmet, la¤gga fram klara slutsatser och ge de bero¤rda parterna och allma¤nheten riktlinjer fo¤r hur framtiden verkligen kommer att se ut? Svar fr(cid:229)n Christos Papoutsis p(cid:229) kommissionens va¤gnar (18 november 1997) Kommissionen antog den slutliga versionen av det va¤gledande ka¤rnkraftsprogrammet fo¤r gemenskapen den 25 september 1997 (1). Kommissionen noterar att gas fo¤r na¤rvarande verkar vara ett attraktivt alternativ fo¤r elproduktionen. Av den anledningen finns det fo¤rutom de tv(cid:229) ka¤rnreaktorer som h(cid:229)ller p(cid:229) att byggas i Frankrike inga andra ka¤nda beslut om byggnad av ka¤rnkraftverk inom gemenskapen. Inom det nuvarande va¤gledande ka¤rnkraftsprogrammet anser kommissionen med tanke p(cid:229) ka¤rnkraftens osa¤kra framtid i vissa medlemsstater att det inte a¤r tillr(cid:229)dligt att fo¤resl(cid:229) l(cid:229)ngsiktiga investeringsprogram. Om da¤remot den allma¤nna politiska insta¤llningen inom gemenskapen a¤ndrar sig till fo¤rm(cid:229)n fo¤r elproduktion genom ka¤rnkraft, kan det bli no¤dva¤ndigt att (cid:229)ter faststa¤lla m(cid:229)lsa¤ttningar p(cid:229) la¤ngre sikt. Det a¤r viktigt att understryka att de medlemsstater, som o¤nskar ersa¤tta de reaktorer som skall la¤ggas ned med nya, avancerade reaktorer eller nya reaktortyper, kommer att kunna utveckla program fo¤r att byta ut existerande ka¤rnkraftverk efter (cid:229)r 2010. S(cid:229)dana beslut a¤r emellertid fo¤r tillfa¤llet inte fo¤rutsebara. (1) KOM(97) 401 slutlig. (98/C 134/73) SKRIFTLIG FR¯GA E-3017/97 fr(cid:229)n Amedeo Amadeo (NI) till kommissionen (1 oktober 1997) A¤mne: Skogsbruk Min fr(cid:229)ga ga¤ller yttrandet fr(cid:229)n Ekonomiska och sociala kommitte·n om skogsbrukets situation och problem i Europeiska unionen och mo¤jligheter att utveckla skogspolitiken (CES 476/97) (1)


title: WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3042/97 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. White Paper on railways

eurovoc_concepts:
closing of accounts
debt
financial management
liberalisation of the market
modernisation aid
rail transport
transport infrastructure

text: 30. 4. 98 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning C 134/63 (98/C 134/78) SKRIFTLIG FR¯GA E-3036/97 fr(cid:229)n Amedeo Amadeo (NI) till kommissionen (1 oktober 1997) A¤mne: Avgifter p(cid:229) tunga godstransporter Med anledning av (cid:148)Fo¤rslag till r(cid:229)dets direktiv om avgifter p(cid:229) tunga godstransporter fo¤r anva¤ndningen av vissa infrastrukturer(cid:148) (KOM(96) 331 slutlig › 96/0182(SYN) (1), uppma¤rksammas det faktum att den praxis som ga¤ller fo¤r beskattningen av mineraloljor i EU fo¤r tillfa¤llet, snarare grundar sig p(cid:229) skattepolitiska a¤n p(cid:229) trafikpolitiska besta¤mmelser eftersom punktskatterna fo¤r mineraloljor a¤r och fo¤rblir en viktig inkomstka¤lla. Kommissionen ombeds att ange det logiska sambandet mellan de indirekta skatterna som g(cid:229)r under bena¤mningen skattepolitik och de direkta skatterna p(cid:229) utnyttjandet av infrastrukturen och fo¤r teckning av externa kostnader, som g(cid:229)r under bena¤mningen transportpolitik. (1) EGT C 59, 26. 2. 1997, s. 9. Svar fr(cid:229)n Neil Kinnock p(cid:229) kommissionens va¤gnar (12 november 1997) Kommissionen godtar att punktskatter p(cid:229) bra¤nsle i medlemsstaterna huvudsakligen anva¤nds fo¤r att ho¤ja statsinkomsterna. I sitt fo¤rslag till r(cid:229)dets direktiv om omstrukturering av gemenskapens ramverk fo¤r beskattning av energiprodukter (1) inser emellertid kommissionen att medlemsstaterna ocks(cid:229) anva¤nder punktskatter p(cid:229) motorbra¤nsle fo¤r att uppfylla andra m(cid:229)l i sin miljo¤-, transport- och energipolitk. Kommissionen inser dessutom att de direkta och indirekta avgifter som erla¤ggs av enskilda va¤ganva¤ndare i fo¤rh(cid:229)llande till deras bruk av va¤garna bo¤r utgo¤ra en del av ett enda avgiftssystem. Da¤rfo¤r togs en sa¤rskild omstruktureringsfo¤reskrift med i kommissionens fo¤rslag till r(cid:229)dets direktiv om beskattning av energiprodukter, som nyligen lades fram. Genom denna fo¤reskrift skulle medlemsstaterna till(cid:229)tas att tilla¤mpa skatteniv(cid:229)er fo¤r motorbra¤nslen vilka a¤r la¤gre a¤n de miniminiv(cid:229)er som anges i detta direktiv, i samband med att man info¤r eller a¤ndrar sa¤rskilda avgiftssystem fo¤r va¤gtransport fo¤r att f(cid:229) tillbaka exempelvis infrastruktur-, trafikstocknings- och miljo¤kostnader. (1) EGT C 139, 6. 5. 1997. (98/C 134/79) SKRIFTLIG FR¯GA E-3042/97 fr(cid:229)n Amedeo Amadeo (NI) till kommissionen (1 oktober 1997) A¤mne: Vitboken om ja¤rnva¤gar Yttrande fr(cid:229)n Ekonomiska och sociala kommitte·n om (cid:148)Vitbok: En strategi fo¤r vitalisering av gemenskapens ja¤rnva¤gar(cid:148) (KOM(96) 421 slutlig) (1). Gamla skulder och fo¤rba¤ttringar av den finansiella situationen och infrastrukturen. En va¤sentlig strategisk faktor i vitbokens stra¤van efter en avreglering av ja¤rnva¤garna a¤r en oberoende kommersiell ledning. En no¤dva¤ndig fo¤rutsa¤ttning fo¤r detta och fo¤r o¤verenssta¤mmelsen med direktiv 91/440/EEG (2) om utvecklingen av gemenskapens ja¤rnva¤gar a¤r att avveckla de gamla skulderna. Kan kommissionen ange om det a¤r korrekt att denna avveckling inte har genomfo¤rts till fullo och om den har varierat fr(cid:229)n en medlemsstat till en annan? Dessutom ombeds kommissionen att snarast vidta no¤dva¤ndiga (cid:229)tga¤rder fo¤r att avhja¤lpa detta. (1) EGT C 206, 7. 7. 1997, s. 23. (2) EGT L 237, 24. 8. 1991, s. 25


title: SKRIFTLIG FORESPØRGSEL nr. 3041/97 af Amedeo AMADEO til Kommissionen. PHARE-programmet

eurovoc_concepts:
Central and Eastern European Countries
EU financing
EU programme
contract
invitation to tender
operating cost
services contract
supplies contract
technical cooperation
works contract

text: C 117/134 DA De Europ(cid:230)iske F(cid:230)llesskabers Tidende 16. 4. 98 om tjenesteydelser (faglig bistand), varer eller arbejder. Kontrakterne indg(cid:229)s i henhold til finansforordningens artikel 188 og PHARE-forordningens artikel 7. I henhold til finansforordningen indg(cid:229)s s(cid:229)danne kontrakter »efter begr(cid:230)nset frit udbud«, hvorimod det i PHARE-forordningens artikel 7 er fastsat, at for interventioner p(cid:229) over 50. 000 ecu kan alle fysiske og juridiske personer i PHARE-landene deltage i udbud og tilbudsafgivelse »p(cid:229) lige vilk(cid:229)r«. Er det rigtigt, at Kommissionen skulle have besluttet, at kontrakter om tjenesteydelser p(cid:229) over 50. 000 ecu głres til genstand for begr(cid:230)nset frit udbud, s(cid:229)ledes at bestemmelsen om adgang for alle »p(cid:229) lige vilk(cid:229)r« ikke altid er blevet overholdt? (98/C 117/181) SKRIFTLIG FORESP(cid:216)RGSEL E-3041/97 af Amedeo Amadeo (NI) til Kommissionen (1. oktober 1997) Om: PHARE-programmet Med hensyn til gennemfłrelsen af PHARE-programmet har Revisionsretten efter at have undersłgt listerne over servicevirksomheder i 1993 og 1994 afslłret, at virksomheder hjemmehłrende i bestemte medlemsstater oftere var opfłrt p(cid:229) listerne end virksomheder fra andre lande. Revisionsretten anfłrer, at der i visse PHARE-lande er en s(cid:230)rlig udpr(cid:230)get tendens til ikke at overholde kravet om en »rimelig geografisk balance« for s(cid:229) vidt ang(cid:229)r servicevirksomheder. I Polen og Ungarn er det f. eks. de virksomheder, der har kontorer i disse lande, der i langt overvejende grad opfordres til at afgive bud. Den hyppighed, hvormed virksomhederne v(cid:230)lges fra de begr(cid:230)nsede lister, viser ogs(cid:229), at der er tale om sk(cid:230)vheder. F. eks. var en lille gruppe p(cid:229) 24 virksomheder (dvs. ca. 3% af alle de virksomheder, der var blevet opfordret til at afgive bud) blevet opfordret til at afgive bud mellem 10 og 31 gange hyppigere end de łvrige virksomheder. Kan Kommissionen oplyse, hvad der er (cid:229)rsag til denne manglende transparens, og hvilke foranstaltninger den agter at tr(cid:230)ffe? Samlet svar afgivet p(cid:229) Kommissionens vegne af Hans Van den Broek p(cid:229) skriftlige forespłrgsler E-3039/97, E-3040/97 og E-3041/97 (11. november 1997) Det (cid:230)rede medlem fremfłrer i sine forespłrgsler nogle af de konstateringer og den kritik, som Revisionsretten havde rejst i sin s(cid:230)rberetning om det decentrale forvaltningssystem (DIS) for Phare-programmet, navnlig hvad ang(cid:229)r programforvaltningsenhedernes funktion (PFE), proceduren for indg(cid:229)else af tjenestekontrakter og balancen i valget af tilbudsgivere. Kommissionen skal n(cid:230)vne, at den som led i denne beretning ret s(cid:229) udtłmmende har svaret p(cid:229) Revisionsrettens bem(cid:230)rkninger, og det en del mere indg(cid:229)ende end det er muligt i forbindelse med disse forespłrgsler. Kommissionen łnsker at gentage, at den har fulgt de g(cid:230)ldende procedurer og regler under forhold, hvor det drejede sig om s(cid:229) vidt muligt at opfylde m(cid:229)l, der ofte vanskeligt lod sig forene, vedrłrende effektivitet, ansvarliggłrelse af partnerlandet, konkurrence og (cid:229)benhed i kontraktindg(cid:229)elsen. Man m(cid:229) i denne forbindelse ikke glemme, at de af Retten behandlede tjenestekontrakter (udvalg fra 1993-94) hovedsagelig vedrłrte faglig bistand til omstilling til demokrati og markedsłkonomi. Efterh(cid:229)nden som programmet er skredet frem ud over de fłrste kritiske forhold og i takt med Kommissionens og partnerlandenes voksende erfaringer har de situationer, der omtales i Rettens beretning som v(cid:230)rende utilfredsstillende, fundet en lłsning eller er i f(cid:230)rd med at blive behandlet af Kommissionen. De vigtigste beslutninger og korrigeringer vedrłrer fłlgende punkter: › foranstaltningerne for anvendelse af artikel 118 i den reviderede finansforordning af 21. december 1977 for De Europ(cid:230)iske F(cid:230)llesskabers almindelige budget (1); foruden den foreskrevne offentliggłrelse i De Europ(cid:230)iske F(cid:230)llesskabers Tidende gives der nu meddelelse om Phares tjenestekontrakter via Internet, og alle interessetilkendegivelser er nu genstand for en pr(cid:230)kvalificering (en procedure, der blev indfłrt medio 1996)


title: Yttrande från Ekonomiska och sociala kommittén om "Förslag till rådets beslut om inrättande av ett samrådsförfarande för förbindelserna mellan medlemsstaterna och tredje land på sjöfartsområdet och om åtgärder på detta område i internationella organisationer samt om inrättande av ett förfarande för godkännande av avtal om sjötransport"

eurovoc_concepts:
maritime transport
market access
member country
restriction on competition
third country

formats: html pdfa1b print


title: ΓΡΑΠΤΗ ΕΡΩΤΗΣΗ αρ θ. 3028/97 του Amedeo AMADEO προς την Επ τροπή. Μελλοντική πολιτική για τον θόρυβο (Πράσινη Βίβλος)

eurovoc_concepts:
EU publication
European Commission
charges for use of infrastructure
environmental protection
noise pollution
noise protection
prevention of pollution
proposal (EU)
rail transport
resolution of parliament

formats: html print


title: SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG nr. 3009/97 van Mihail PAPAYANNAKIS aan de Commissie. Ecologische ramp in het Kerkini-meer

eurovoc_concepts:
Greece
biotope
bird
environmental protection
humid zone
lake
protected area
protected species
protection of animal life
wildlife

text: 30. 4. 98 NL Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen C 134/57 (98/C 134/69) SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG E-3009/97 van Mihail Papayannakis (GUE/NGL) aan de Commissie (1 oktober 1997) Betreft: Ecologische ramp in het Kerkini-meer Het Kerkini-meer is een belangrijke en beschermde biotoop in Noord-Griekenland met een rijke fauna en flora. In dit beschermde gebied bevindt zich een particuliere aanplant van witte populieren; in juli 1994 ging de eigenaar over tot het kappen van de bomen, ondanks het feit dat zich in de bomen honderden nesten van reigers bevonden, waarvan de jongen niet in staat waren te vliegen. Zijn optreden leidde tot de dood van meer dan 200 vogels, en schokte de publieke opinie in Griekenland. De ter zake bevoegde en verantwoordelijke instanties hebben dit optreden niet verhinderd of maatregelen genomen tegen de eigenaar van de aanplant. Kan de Commissie meedelen of zij van deze feiten op de hoogte is en of zij in de positie verkeert om de Griekse regering om uitleg te vragen met het oog op een betere bescherming van de biotopen en sancties tegen overtreders? Antwoord van mevrouw Bjerregaard namens de Commissie (13 november 1997) Het Kerkini-meer is, hoewel het kunstmatig is, een zeer rijk watergebied dat door de Griekse autoriteiten is aangewezen als speciale beschermingszone ingevolge Richtlijn 79/409/EEG van de Raad van 2 april 1979 inzake het behoud van de vogelstand (1). Het is tevens voorgedragen voor bescherming uit hoofde van Richtlijn 92/43/EEG van de Raad van 21 mei 1992 inzake de instandhouding van de natuurlijke habitats en de wilde flora en fauna (2). Dit gebied is e·e·n van de belangrijkste zones waarin momenteel werkzaamheden in het kader van een LIFE-Nature-project ((cid:132)Bescherming van de Phalacrocorax pygmeus en Anser erythropus in Griekenland(cid:148)) worden verricht. Het kappen, half juni 1997, van een aanplant van populieren waarin zich nesten van reigers bevonden kwam zodoende de begunstigden van het project ter ore, die onmiddellijk de Griekse autoriteiten waarschuwden. Deze aanplant bevindt zich echter buiten de speciale beschermingszone, op particulier grondgebied, en valt dientengevolge niet onder het op de speciale beschermingszones van toepassing zijnde stelsel. Het is de Commissie desondanks bekend dat het Ministerie van landbouw een circulaire heeft uitgebracht waarin staat dat het kappen van populieren in het broedseizoen voortaan verboden zal zijn (te weten van 15 februari tot en met 30 juli). Van nu af aan zal dit verbod gelden voor de desbetreffende zone in het gebied van het Kerkini-meer. De Commissie is bovendien op de hoogte gesteld van andere problemen met betrekking tot de bescherming van het Kerkini-meer en zal deze zaken onderzoeken teneinde een duidelijk beeld te krijgen van de situatie en, zo nodig, maatregelen te nemen. (1) PB L 103 van 25. 4. 1979, laatstelijk gewijzigd als gevolg van de toetreding van Oostenrijk, Finland en Zweden (PB L 1 van 1. 1. 1995). (2) PB L 206 van 22. 7. 1992. (98/C 134/70) SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG E-3010/97 van Graham Watson (ELDR) aan de Commissie (1 oktober 1997) Betreft: Landbouwprojecten met toekomstmogelijkheden Kent de Commissie het Tir Cymen-project in Wales, dat landbouwbedrijven steunt die toekomst hebben? Is ze van plan om vergelijkbare projecten haar steun te verlenen? Antwoord van de heer Fischler namens de Commissie (7 november 1997) Het Tir Cymen-programma is door de Commissie goedgekeurd en wordt door haar medegefinancierd op grond van Verordening (EEG) nr. 2078/92 betreffende landbouwproductiemethoden die verenigbaar zijn met de eisen inzake milieubescherming, en betreffende natuurbeheer (1)


title: Avis du Comité économique et social sur la «Proposition de directive du Conseil instituant un cadre pour l'action communautaire dans le domaine de l'eau»

eurovoc_concepts:
EU law
environmental policy
environmental protection
water management