title: SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG nr. 3044/97 van Olivier DUPUIS aan de Commissie. Herhuisvesting in de Chittagong-heuvels

eurovoc_concepts:
Bangladesh
EU aid
EU financing
ethnic conflict
human rights
peacekeeping
return migration
the EU's international role

text: 3. 4. 98 NL Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen C 102/161 Bovendien zou de electriciteitslijn voor de HSL voor een groot deel parallel lopen met de al bestaande elektriciteitsleidingen van de ENEL, waardoor in dit gebied het gevaar zou kunnen bestaan dat de hoeveelheid elektromagnetische golven een kritieke grens overschrijdt. Op 28 februari 1997 heeft de gemeente San Cesareo een protestbrief gezonden naar het consortium IRICAV UNO, dat de werken uit moet voeren, naar de prefect van Rome, naar de regio Latium en naar de provincie Rome, om hen hiervan op de hoogte te stellen. Daarom luidt de vraag aan de Commissie: 1. of zij het niet wenselijk acht om in deze zaak na te gaan of richtlijn 85/337/EEG (1) wel is nageleefd, vooral wat de betrokkenheid betreft van de verschillende bestuurlijke niveaus bij de milieueffectrapportages; 2. of deze schending, wanneer zij mocht worden vastgesteld, kan leiden tot opschorting van de werkzaamhe- den, wanneer deze inmiddels zijn gestart, of anders tot herziening van de gehele procedure, zodat deze conform aan de Europese regelgeving kan worden gemaakt? (1) PB L 175 van 5. 7. 1985, blz. 40. (98/C 102/241) SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG E-3106/97 van Roberta Angelilli (NI) aan de Commissie (13 oktober 1997) Betreft: Hogesnelheidsspoorlijn Rome-Napels De aanleg van het hogesnelheidstraject Rome-Napels en de rampzalige gevolgen ervan voor de hierbij betrokken stedelijke agglomeraties (La Rustica, Casal Bertone, Tor Sapienza en Lunghezza) vormden reeds het onderwerp van twee vragen, nl. E-0508/97 (1) en E-1412/97 (2). In antwoord op deze vragen maakte de Commissie haar voornemen bekend om maatregelen te treffen ter waarborging van de naleving van richtlijn 85/337/EEG (3) over de milieueffectbeoordeling van grote werken. Kan de Commissie, overwegende dat ondertussen de procedures in verband met de bouwwerkzaamheden nog aan de gang zijn: 1. zo gedetailleerd mogelijk specificeren welke maatregelen zij terzake heeft of nog zal voorzien, 2. welke gevolgen deze maatregelen kunnen hebben voor de huidige bouwprojecten, 3. welke initiatieven zij zal nemen, mochten de Italiaanse autoriteiten bovengenoemde maatregelen negeren? (1) PB C 186 van 18. 6. 1997, blz. 261 en PB C 391 van 23. 12. 1997, blz. 15. (2) PB C 45 van 10. 2. 1997, blz. 28. (3) PB L 175 van 5. 7. 1985, blz. 40. Gecombineerd Antwoord van mevrouw Bjerregaard namens de Commissie op de schritftelijke vragen E-3000/97 en E-3106/97 (14 november 1997) Het geachte Parlementslid wordt verwezen naar het antwoord dat de Commissie heeft gegeven op haar schriftelijke vraag E-2351/97 (1). (1) PB C 82 van 17. 3. 1998, blz. 62. (98/C 102/242) SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG P-3044/97 van Olivier Dupuis (ARE) aan de Commissie (16 september 1997) Betreft: Herhuisvesting in de Chittagong-heuvels In de toelichting van het Europees Parlement bij begrotingspost B7-301 › Economische samenwerking met de ontwikkelingslanden in Azie¤ › staat dat een deel van het bedrag dat voor Bangladesh is uitgetrokken, moet worden gebruikt om Bengaalse kolonisten naar hun streek van herkomst te laten terugkeren


title: Risoluzione sulla necessità di organizzare una campagna a livello dell'Unione europea per la totale intransigenza nei confronti della violenza contro le donne

eurovoc_concepts:
European symbol
female migrant
sexual violence
trafficking in human beings
violence
woman

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title: ΓΡΑΠΤΗ ΕΡΩΤΗΣΗ αρ θ. 2893/97 του Phillip WHITEHEAD προς το Συμβούλ ο. Ποσοστό αποδέσμευσης νικελίου στο κράμα που χρησιμοποιείται για τα νομίσματα αξίας 1 και 2 εύρω

eurovoc_concepts:
Economic and Monetary Union
European standard
drafting of EU law
ferro-alloy
money
nickel
public health
scientific committee (EU)
substitute product
toxic substance

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text: C 134/30 EL Epi·shmh Efhmeri·da tvn Eyrvpai¤kv· n Koinoth·tvn 30. 4. 98 To zh·thma ei·nai idiai·tera eyai·suhto, kauv· w a·ptetai anhsyxiv· n sxetikv· n me th dhmo·sia ygei·a. H Epitroph· bri·sketai se epafh· me tiw arxe·w thw Indi·aw kai toy Mpagklante·w, v· ste na diasfali·sei o·ti oi synuh·kew ygieinh·w ua beltivuoy·n to taxy·tero dynato·n, kai na a·rei toyw periorismoy·w kata· thn eisagvgh·, mo·liw parasxeuoy·n eparkei·w eggyh·seiw gia thn kata·stash thw ygieinh·w. (1) EE L 268 thw 24. 09. 1991. (2) EE L 214 thw 06. 08. 1997. (98/C 134/35) GRAPTH ERVTHSH E-2893/97 ypobolh· : Phillip Whitehead (PSE) prow to Symboy·lio (16 Septembri·oy 1997) Ue·ma: Pososto· apode·smeyshw nikeli·oy sto kra·ma poy xrhsimopoiei·tai gia ta nomi·smata aji·aw 1 kai 2 ey·rv H odhgi·a gia to nike·lio (94/27/EOK) (1) apagorey·ei th xrh·sh kra·matow nikeli·oy me pososto· apode·smeyshw nikeli·oy pa·nv apo· 0. 5 mg/tetr. ek. ana· ebdoma·da gia proi¤o·nta poy e·rxontai se a·mesh kai paratetame·nh epafh· me to anurv· pino de·rma. Dedome·noy toy o·ti orisme·noi ergazo·menoi (p. x. tami·ew, katametrhte·w) e·rxontai synexv· w se epafh· me nomi·smata, uevrei· to Symboy·lio o·ti ta nomi·smata ei·nai proi¤o·nta poy e·rxontai se a·mesh kai paratetame·nh epafh· me to anurv· pino de·rma; Ea·n nai, mporei· na ejasfali·sei to Symboy·lio o·ti to kra· ma nikeli·oy, poy epele·gh gia ta nomi·smata ey·rv, ua threi· tiw prodiagrafe·w tvn proi¤o·ntvn poy empi·ptoyn sthn odhgi·a gia to nike·lio; (1) EE L 188 thw 22. 07. 1994, sel. 1. (98/C 134/36) GRAPTH ERVTHSH E-2895/97 ypobolh· : Phillip Whitehead (PSE) prow to Symboy·lio (16 Septembri·oy 1997) Ue·ma: Pro·tash Kanonismoy· toy Symboyli·oy gia thn onomastikh· aji·a kai tiw texnike·w prodiagrafe·w tvn kerma·tvn ey·rv Meta· thn epi·shmh diabi·bash thw anvte·rv pro·tashw (COM(97)0247) (1) to·so sto Koinoboy·lio o·so kai sto Symboy·lio, fai·netai pvw h Epitroph· apofa· sise na symboyleytei· thn Episthmonikh· Epitroph· gia thn tojiko·thta kai thn oikotojiko·thta tvn xhmikv· n env· sevn sxetika· me tiw epiptv· seiw sthn ygei·a thw xrh·shw kra·matow nikeli·oy sta ke·rmata 1 kai 2 ey·rv. Fai·netai epi·shw pvw h Epitroph· xrhmatodotei· symplhrvmatikh· e·reyna se ayto·n ton tome·a. Kata· thn a·poch toy Symboyli·oy e·xei diejaxuei· eparkh·w e·reyna v· ste na lhfuei· mia apo·fash sxetika· me ayth·n thn pro·tash poy eggya·tai to ychlo· pososto· prostasi·aw thw anurv· pinhw ygei·aw, o·pvw diatypv· uhke sto `ruro 129 thw ne·aw Synuh·khw toy `msterntam; Ea·n o·xi, pistey·ei to Symboy·lio o·ti pre·pei to·so to Symboy·lio o·so kai to Koinoboy·lio na anamei·noyn ta apotele·smata thw symplhrvmatikh·w e·reynaw kai th gnvmodo·thsh thw Episthmonikh·w Epitroph·w prin katalh·- joyn se apo·fash gia thn katallhlo·thta thw xrh·shw kra·matow nikeli·oy sta ke·rmata 1 kai 2 ey·rv; (1) EE C 208 thw 09. 07. 1997, sel. 5. Koinh· apa· nthsh stiw grapte·w ervth· seiw E-2893/97 kai E-2895/97 (22 Dekembri·oy 1997) Oi texnike·w prodiagrafe·w tvn nomisma·tvn EYRV kai eidiko·tera h epilogh· toy meta·lloy poy ua xrhsimopoihuei· gia thn kataskeyh· toyw perie·xontai se pro·tash kanonismoy· poy ype·bale h Epitroph· ton perasme·no Ioy·nio. Sthn pro·tash· thw h Epitroph· eishgei·tai th xrhsimopoi·hsh nikeli·oy mo·no gia ta nomi·smata 1 kai 2 EYRV, poy antiprosvpey·oyn to 8 % peri·poy toy syno·loy tvn nomisma·tvn EYRV. H kata·stash ayth· ua pre·pei na sygkriuei· me thn paroy·sa kata·stash, kata· thn opoi·a ta perisso·tera kra·th me·lh xrhsimopoioy·n nike·lio sto 75 % peri·poy toy syno·loy tvn nomisma·tvn toyw


title: INTERROGAZIONE SCRITTA n. 2889/97 dell'on. Glyn FORD al Consiglio. Violazioni dei diritti dell'uomo nell'ex Iugoslavia

eurovoc_concepts:
Croatia
Yugoslavia
aid policy
democracy
human rights
the EU's international role


title: Resolutie over de mededeling van de Commissie inzake het cohesie- en cultuurbeleid: een bijdrage aan de werkgelegenheid (COM(96)0512 C4-0056/97)

eurovoc_concepts:
Structural Funds
culture
economic and social cohesion
job creation
regional development


title: Résolution sur la nécessité d'une campagne européenne de tolérance zéro à l'égard de la violence contre les femmes


title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1788/97 of 16 September 1997 amending representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector

eurovoc_concepts:
CCT duties
import
raw sugar
representative price
sugar product
white sugar


title: Resolución sobre una campaña europea sobre tolerancia cero ante la violencia contra las mujeres


title: WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2956/97 by Patricia McKENNA to the Council. Harassment of the 'European Peace Train' in Turkey

eurovoc_concepts:
Kurdistan question
Türkiye
democracy
human rights
peacekeeping
police
political violence
public order


title: QUESTION ECRITE no 2935/97 de Nikitas KAKLAMANIS au Conseil. Non-invitation de Chypre à un séminaire sur l'élargissement

eurovoc_concepts:
Cyprus
Türkiye
accession to the European Union
armed forces
enlargement of the Union
political situation

text: C 134/38 FR Journal officiel des Communaute·s europe·ennes 30. 4. 98 (98/C 134/44) QUESTION E· CRITE E-2935/97 pose·e par Nikitas Kaklamanis (UPE) au Conseil (16 septembre 1997) Objet: Non-invitation de Chypre a‘ un se·minaire sur l(cid:146)e·largissement Selon des articles parus dans la revue grecque Tempo-Newsweek, la pre·sidence luxembourgeoise a organise·, le 1er septembre 1997, un «se·minaire sur l(cid:146)e·largissement de l(cid:146)Union europe·enne» auquel ont e·te· invite·s tous les pays candidats a‘ l(cid:146)adhe·sion, a‘ l(cid:146)exception de Chypre. Une telle omission est particulie‘rement e·trange. Quelles en sont les raisons? Il faut espe·rer qu(cid:146)elles ne sont lie·es en rien aux fameux reproches concernant le «proble‘me politique» de l(cid:146)(cid:14)(cid:136)le (selon les termes utilise·s par certains pour de·signer l(cid:146)occupation de 37 % du territoire chypriote par les forces arme·es turques), reproches dont la version «la plus sophistique·e» transpara(cid:14)(cid:136)t dans les de·clarations du ministre italien des Affaires e·trange‘res, M. Dini, qui, au me·pris du droit international, a e·voque· les «deux re·publiques de Chypre». Re·ponse (22 de·cembre 1997) La Pre·sidence luxembourgeoise n(cid:146)a jamais organise· le se·minaire sur l(cid:146)e·largissement de l(cid:146)Union europe·enne auquel fait allusion l(cid:146)Honorable Parlementaire. (98/C 134/45) QUESTION E· CRITE E-2937/97 pose·e par Nikitas Kaklamanis (UPE) a‘ la Commission (17 septembre 1997) Objet: Cou(cid:136)t d(cid:146)adaptation a‘ l(cid:146)euro pour les entreprises europe·ennes Selon des informations publie·es dans la presse europe·enne, le cou(cid:136)t d(cid:146)adaptation a‘ l(cid:146)euro pour les petites entreprises commerciales communautaires atteindra 100 000 e·cus (soit plus de 30 millions de drachmes). Il s(cid:146)agit la‘ d(cid:146)un cou(cid:136)t insupportable si l(cid:146)on pense que les entreprises en question affichent un chiffre d(cid:146)affaires peu e·leve· et que ce proble‘me reve(cid:136)t une gravite· particulie‘re pour celles d(cid:146)entre elles qui sont installe·es dans des re·gions communautaires n(cid:146)ayant pas d(cid:146)acce‘s direct aux principaux marche·s de l(cid:146)Union et qui ne disposent que de recettes limite·es. La Commission a-t-elle proce·de· a‘ une e·valuation des cou(cid:136)ts que devront supporter les petites et moyennes entreprises communautaires pour s(cid:146)adapter aux ne·cessite·s inhe·rentes a‘ l(cid:146)introduction de la nouvelle monnaie? Pre·voit-elle une aide quelconque a‘ cet effet, par l(cid:146)interme·diaire de programmes communautaires? Re·ponse donne·e par M. de Silguy au nom de la Commission (20 novembre 1997) Les e·valuations qui ont e·te· re·alise·es sur les cou(cid:136)ts de l(cid:146)introduction de l(cid:146)euro pour les entreprises ont donne· des re·sultats tre‘s variables, qui de·pendent de la nature des entreprises e·tudie·es et des diffe·rentes hypothe‘ses concernant les modalite·s de la transition. La Commission n(cid:146)a pas effectue· une telle e·valuation mais souligne a‘ cet e·gard que: › si les cou(cid:136)ts de l(cid:146)introduction de l(cid:146)euro pour les entreprises constitueront un prix a‘ payer une seule fois, les avantages seront beaucoup plus durables: cre·ation d(cid:146)un cadre macroe·conomique stable; ache‘vement du marche· unique, qui facilitera conside·rablement le commerce intracommunautaire en e·liminant les incertitudes lie·es aux taux de change et en promouvant la transparence des prix; e·conomies de frais administratifs lie·s aux transactions en monnaie e·trange‘re, comme les ope·rations de couverture; › de ce fait, toutes les entreprises seront mieux a‘ me(cid:136)me d(cid:146)exploiter le potentiel du marche· unique europe·en. Ces avantages seront particulie‘rement marque·s pour les petites et moyennes entreprises, e·tant donne· que les grandes entreprises disposent le plus souvent des ressources ne·cessaires pour ge·rer et ne·gocier les transactions financie‘res internationales


title: VERORDENING (EG) Nr. 1787/97 VAN DE COMMISSIE van 16 september 1997 tot vaststelling van forfaitaire invoerwaarden voor de bepaling van de invoerprijzen van bepaalde soorten groenten en fruit

eurovoc_concepts:
citrus fruit
fruit vegetable
grape
import price
pip fruit
stone fruit


title: Beslutning om diskriminering af kvinder i reklamer

eurovoc_concepts:
advertising
sexual discrimination
woman


title: Решение на Комисията от 16 септември 1997 година относно определени защитни мерки по отношение на някои рибни продукти с произход от Китай и за изменение на Решение 97/368/EО на Комисията (тeкст от значение за ЕИП)

eurovoc_concepts:
China
fishery product
health control
import restriction
originating product
public health

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text: 03/т. 22 BG Официален вестник на Европейския съюз 147 31997D0620 L 254/17 ОФИЦИАЛЕН ВЕСТНИК НА ЕВРОПЕЙСКИТЕ ОБЩНОСТИ 17. 9. 1997 РЕШЕНИЕ НА КОМИСИЯТА от 16 септември 1997 година относно определени защитни мерки по отношение на някои рибни продукти с произход от Китай и за изменение на Решение 97/368/EО на Комисията (тeкст от значение за ЕИП) (97/620/EО) КОМИСИЯТА НА ЕВРОПЕЙСКИТЕ ОБЩНОСТИ, като взе предвид Договора за създаване на Европейската общност, като взе предвид Директива 90/675/EИО на Съвета от 10 декем- ври 1990 г. относно установяване на принципите, регулиращи организацията на ветеринарните проверки на продукти, въведени в Общността от трети страни (1), последно изменена от Директива 96/43/EО (2), и по-специално член 19 от нея, като има предвид, чe при вноса на варени опашки от лангуста с произход от преработвателно предприятие в Китай е било устано- вено наличието на Vibrio cholerae; предвижда забрана за внасяне на пресни рибни продукти с про- изход от Китай, както и изискване, че замразени или преработени рибни продукти с произход от Китай, трябва да бъдат систематично подложени на микробиологично изследване; като има предвид, че Решение 97/368/EО би следвало да бъде преразгледано преди 30 септември 1997 г. и на основата на теку- щите констатации може да бъде необходимо да се удължат пред- видените мерки в настоящото решение до 28 февруари 1998 г. ; като има предвид, че наличието на Vibrio cholerae в храните е резултат от лоши хигиенни практики преди и/или след преработ- ката на храните и представлява потенциален риск за човешкото здраве; като има предвид, че мерките, предвидени в настоящото решение, са в съответствие със становището на Постоянния ветеринарен комитет, като има предвид, че вносът на продукти от въпросното предприя- тие в Китай не трябва да бъде разрешаван повече поради тази при- чина; ПРИЕ НАСТОЯЩОТО РЕШЕНИЕ: като има предвид, че инспекциите на Общността в Китай и резул- татите от проверки на граничните инспекционните постове на Общността са показали, че съществува потенциален здравен риск по отношение на производството и преработката на рибни про- дукти; Член 1 Настоящото решение се прилага за рибни продукти, пресни, замразени или преработени с произход от Китай. като има предвид, че Решение 97/368/EО на Комисията относно определени защитни мерки по отношение на някои рибни про- дукти с произход от Китай (3), изменено с Решение 97/587/EО (4), Член 2 (1) ОВ L 373, 31. 12. 1990 г. , стр. 1. (2) ОВ L 162, 1. 7. 1996 г. , стр. 1. (3) ОВ L 156, 13. 6. 1997 г. , стр. 57. (4) ОВ L 238, 29. 8. 1997 г. , стр. 45. Държавите-членки забраняват вноса на рибни продукти, във всички форми с произход от следното предприятие в Китай: (Заводски код Yangcheng Fengbao Aquatic Food Co. Ltd. № 3200/02226). 148 BG Официален вестник на Европейския съюз 03/т. 22 Член 3 Член 6 В член 6 от Решение 97/368/EО датата 30 септември 1997 г. се замества с 28 февруари 1998 г. Адресати на настоящото решение са държавите-членки. Член 4 Държавите-членки по отношение на вноса от Китай, за да ги приведат в съответствие с настоящото решение. Те незабавно информират Комисията за това. изменят мерките, прилагат които Съставено в Брюксел на 16 септември 1997 година. Член 5 Всички разходи, настъпили във връзка с прилагането на настоящото решение, са за сметка на изпращача, получателя или техния пълномощник. За Комисията Franz FISCHLER Член на Комисията


title: Prevention of absenteeism at the workplace : Research summary.

eurovoc_concepts:
absenteeism
work study
workplace


title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1789/97 of 16 September 1997 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

eurovoc_concepts:
CCT duties
United States
cereals
import
stock-exchange listing


title: 98/353/EC: Commission Decision of 16 September 1997 on State aid for Gemeinnützige Abfallverwertung GmbH (notified under document number C (1997) 2903) (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)

eurovoc_concepts:
Germany
State aid
competition law
control of State aid
processing industry
waste recycling

text: L 159/58 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 6. 98 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 16 September 1997 on State aid for Gemeinn(cid:129)tzige Abfallverwertung GmbH (notified under document number C (1997) 2903) (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/353/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 93(2) thereof, Having regard to the Agreement establishing the Euro- pean Economic Area, and in particular Article 62(1)(a) thereof, Having given the parties concerned the opportunity to submit their comments, in accordance with Article 93 of the EC Treaty, Whereas: labour office, are given contracts of employment for a limited period. The aim in employing them with GAV is to train such persons and subsequently to reintegrate them into the ‘normal' labour market. So as to be able to perform this particular task of training and reintegrating persons facing special problems, GAV also employs specialist staff (social workers, educational staff) to look after them. From 1987 to 1995, GAV employed and trained a total of 440 persons through the use of tem- porary employment contracts. In 1993, GAV’s turnover amounted to DEM 2,8 million, equivalent to 0,004 % of the overall German market, whose total turnover was DEM 75 billion. GAV had a turnover of DEM 3,6 million in 1994 and a turnover of DEM 4,1 million in 1995. The company’s balance sheet total was DEM 4,7 million in 1995. I the EC Treaty against aid for On 15 December 1995, in response to several complaints, the Commission initiated proceedings pursuant to Article 93(2) of the Aachen company Gemeinn(cid:129)tzige Abfallverwertung GmbH (GAV). GAV is a non-profit-seeking enterprise operated by Sozialwerk Aachener Christen eV. It operates on the waste the Germany dual disposal market, where, as part of system (Duales System Deutschland (cid:190) DSD), it collects and sorts recyclable waste and sells it as secondary raw materials. GAV competes in this sector with profit- seeking private firms. They consider that GAV has displayed aggressive market behaviour, which is why they lodged complaints with the Commission. GAV normally employs between 40 and 60 persons, 25 % of whom are handicapped and 50 % of whom are long- term unemployed persons who are difficult to place in employment. These ‘problem' categories, who are not selected by GAV itself but by the local social services and Until 1992, GAV performed the collection of recyclable waste (which at that time was a purely municpal function) solely for the city of Aachen and received from the city an amount to offset the costs involved in performing this activity. Since GAV was running up substantial deficits, the city of Aachen decided to integrate it into the new municipal waste-disposal plan. The city of Aachen’s decision was based on the conclusions and recommenda- tions of an independent consultant whose job it was to submit annual reports to the city of Aachen on GAV’s economic situation and, if necessary, recommendations for improving its viability and hence reducing the finan- cial support for GAV provided by the city of Aachen. The consultant’s report for 1992 recommended that GAV’s activities should be integrated in the German dual system (DSD), which is a non-State-assisted private-sector system for the collection of packaging waste and is based on an 3. 6. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 159/59 agreement between a large number of commercial firms which are in competition with one another. GAV was obliged to collect, sort and market all recyclable waste in the city of Aachen. Since the owner of the sorting-depot originally leased by GAV had given notice to terminate the lease, GAV undertook, with a view to performing this activity, to build a new sorting-depot on a site belonging to the city of Aachen, to which it acquired the leasehold. The annual lease currently amounts to DEM 118 000. Since, because of its precarious financial situation, GAV was not in a position to finance the new sorting-depot entirely from its own resources (the total capital costs amounted to some DEM 4 million), it received an ad hoc government. subsidy from the Cologne municipal According to its administrative decision, however, the subsidy was granted with the proviso that the firm should use the building only for the sorting of recyclable waste and that it should continue to employ disadvantaged people for at least 25 years. If that condition was not met, GAV would have to repay the subsidy immediately. In addition, GAV received from the city of Aachen annual subsidies for measures connected with work moti- vation. According to the agreement between the city of Aachen and GAV, the financial contribution consisted of a payment of up to DEM 240 000 in 1992, plus a subsidy that would be necessary in order to fully cover the lease. For 1993, the total payments including a lease subsidy should not exceed DEM 240 000. The agreement provided that, as from 1994, the subsidies would decrease to a level amounting to no more than the annual lease. In accordance with the agreement, GAV received the following amounts from the city of Aachen: it was provided that GAV’s competitors, who had lodged complaints with the Commission, simultaneously applied to German adminis- trative courts for interim legal protection against the decision of to subsidise the the Cologne government construction of the new sorting-depot. They based their applications on an alleged infringement of German competition law and of Articles 92 and 93 of the EC Treaty. They therefore attempted to persuade two admin- istrative courts to impose an immediate halt on the payments, but were turned down by both courts. Both courts held that the competitors, in contrast to GAV, were achieving large profits and that, if interlocutory decisions were given in favour of the competitors, GAV would have to declare itself bankrupt. Furthermore, both courts harboured doubts that the measures to assist GAV were ‘aid' within the meaning of Article 92 of the EC Treaty. Lastly, they held that the competitors had been unable to prove any aggressive market behaviour. In assessing the financial support for GAV, the Commis- sion came to the conclusion that the measures were indi- vidually notifiable aid within the meaning of Article 92(1) of the EC Treaty. In addition, it doubted that the criteria for applying the derogations in Article 92(2) and (3) of the EC Treaty were met. It therefore decided to initiate proceedings. II By letter dated 2 April 1996, the German authorities submitted their comments on the Commission’s decision to initiate proceedings pursuant to Article 93(2) of the EC Treaty in respect of the aid for GAV. 1992 1993 1994 DEM 244 968 DEM 179 243 DEM 59 621. In that letter, they reiterated their view that the measures did not constitute State aid, since 75 % of GAV’s activi- ties related to the collection of household waste. They pointed out that the Commission had taken the view that incentives for such collections did not constitute State aid so long as the secondary raw materials were sold at market prices. Although they were not based on any approved aid schemes, neither the subsidy for the building of the new sorting-depot nor the payments by the city of Aachen were notified to the Commission, as both the Aachen and the Cologne authorities took the view that no State aid within the meaning of Article 92(1) of the EC Treaty was involved. They based this view on two arguments. Firstly, they argued that GAV was not a profit-seeking enterprise, but an undertaking of public utility. Secondly, the money made available to GAV served only to offset additional costs imposed by the employment, training and support of young unemployed people and the disadvantaged. The authorities did concede that GAV was in competition with other firms. However, they said that they monitored GAV and had not identified any aggressive market beha- viour on its part. In addition, in their view, the payments to GAV were not aid, since GAV was not a profit-seeking enterprise and, this status, could not be compared with because of ‘normal' enterprises operating on the same market. In this connection, they pointed out once again that GAV’s main purpose was not to operate on the waste- recycling market in competition with other firms, but to train disadvantaged persons. Such persons, who would otherwise be excluded from the ‘normal' labour market, could be much more easily integrated into that market at the end of their temporary contract with GAV and con- sequently did not need any further financial support from L 159/60 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 6. 98 the State. The annual subsidies from the city of Aachen merely offset the additional costs which GAV incurred as a result of its special status as a non-profit-seeking firm and its objective of training disadvantaged persons. Essen, since GAV’s activities were without exception intended to promote the integration or reintegration of disadvantaged persons into the labour market and GAV would not be able to pursue those activities without finan- cial support from the public authorities. The German authorities also emphasised that steps had been taken to ensure that the annual subsidies did not enable GAV to undercut prices for final products. The agreement between the city of Aachen and GAV provided that, before each payment by the city, checks were to be carried out at various levels by mutually independent auditors. The subsidies were granted each year on condi- tion that: (cid:190) GAV employed an independant auditor to report continuously on the firm’s financial prospects, (cid:190) the municipal auditing office had permanent access to the firm’s balance sheets and could carry out effective checks, (cid:190) the Youth Assistance Committee of the city of Aachen received regular reports on GAV’s economic situation and the use made of the subsidies received. These checks carried out before each payment ruled out any possibility that GAV could abuse its position and behave aggressively on the market. As regards the investment subsidy of DEM 2,7 million from the Cologne administration for the construction of the new sorting-depot, the German authorities pointed out that the construction of this building had become necessary not only because the owner of the old, leased building had given notice to terminate the lease, but also because the old building did not meet the requirements in of German environmental protection legislation, particular the rules on air and water pollution and the prevention of noise. Since the old building did not meet these environmental requirements, official authorisation for GAV to carry out its activites there had always been provisional and limited in time. The move to a new sorting-depot was therefore necessary for the continued existence of the firm, which, however, was unable to finance the building from its own resources because of its the difficult German authorities reiterated that the granting of the investment administrative decision, subject to the proviso that GAV used the building solely for the sorting of recyclable waste and continued to employ disadvantaged persons for at least 25 years. If it failed to meet this condition, GAV had to repay the subsidy immediately. subsidy was, under In this connection, situation. financial the Lastly, the German authorities argued that all the meas- ures in support of GAV were in line with the fifth recom- mendation of the European Council at its meeting in III By letter dated 10 July 1996, the Commission communi- cated to Germany the comments submitted by interested parties in response to the notice on initiation of proceed- ings (1), namely comments from a lawyer representing a regional competitor in Germany and from the German association ‘Sekund(cid:132)rrohstoffe und Entsorgung' (second- ary raw materials and disposal). The lawyer representing the German regional competitor expressly agreed with the Commission’s view that the measures in support of GAV were to be regarded as aid within the meaning of Article 92(1) of the EC Treaty. In his view, none of the excep- tions provided for in Article 92(2) and (3) of the EC Treaty were applicable. Consequently, the aid had to be recov- ered. As far as the annual payments by the city of Aachen were concerned, the lawyer acknowledged that, because of its special status, GAV had to bear higher costs than a normal firm, so that some compensation for these extra costs might be justified. However, the payments made by the city of Aachen went beyond mere compensation and enabled GAV to use the funds for its business and to act aggressively on the market. In such circumstances his client, who received no aid, was no longer competitive and was losing his customers. In this connection, the lawyer also denied emphatically that the municipal authorities in Aachen were carrying out an effective monitoring of GAV’s pricing policy. regards the investment As subsidy provided by the Cologne government, the lawyer doubted that there was any connection between such payment and the offsetting of the additional costs incurred by GAV. On the contrary, the construction of the new building actually allowed GAV to expand its activities and hence to step up the competition with other firms in the recycling sector that did not receive any public funds. Consequently, the support provided for the construction of the new sorting- depot also resulted in an unacceptable distortion of competition. The German association ‘Sekund(cid:132)rrohstoffe und Entsor- gung' shared the lawyer’s opinion that the payments made by the city of Aachen overcompensated for the economic disadvantages of GAV. The association also disputed any connection between the investment subsidy provided by the Cologne government and the ad- (1) OJ C 144, 16. 5. 1996, p. 9. 3. 6. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 159/61 ditional costs to be borne by GAV. GAV had received more public money than was required to offset its disad- vantages and had thereby been enabled to act agressively on the market and to distort competition. Such conduct was not justified under the Community rules on State aid. Consequently, the aid must be recovered. IV By letter dated 29 August 1996, Germany sent its reply to the comments submitted by interested third parties. At the Commission’s specific request, made in a letter dated 28 October 1996 and at a meeting held on 15 April 1997, the reply was supplemented by two letters dated 11 December 1996 and 7 July 1997. Numerous annexes were attached to these letters in order to substantiate GAVS’s special status, its pricing policy and the moni- toring carried out by the authorities, and also the need for State support for the building of the sorting-depot. The company’s balance sheets for the period from 1990 to 1995 indicated that, while the firm had equity capital of DEM 350 000 in 1990, this contrasted with a loss carryover of DEM 370 000. This loss carryover was reduced over the reporting period as a result of modest annual profits, but still amounted to DEM 42 400 at the end of 1995. charged by GAV between February 1994 and January 1996. The figures contained in this report showed that GAV had not at any time undercut the prices determined by EUWID. Extracts from contracts between GAV and some of its customers were also submitted to the Comis- sion, and these confirmed the conclusions of the consul- tant, since it had consistently been agreed that the prices for each delivery of recycled paper would be based on the EUWID price index valid at such time. A copy of the framework agreement between the city of Aachen and GAV governing their respective tasks and obligations showed that each payment by the city of Aachen had to be preceded by checks carried out at levels by mutually independent auditors. The several minutes of the Youth Assistance Committee meeting held on 3 September 1991, which was presented as an example of the carrying-out of the checks, confirmed that such a check had in fact been carried out and that the firm had presented all economic data in accordance with the framework agreement. The copies of two administrative decisions taken on 24 February and 3 September 1993 in which GAV was exceptionally and provisionally authorised to continue its activities in the old sorting-depot pending the construc- tion of the new building confirmed that production in the old building did not comply with German environmental protection rules (in particular, those governing air pollu- tion and the prevention of noise). A copy of the notice served on 27 December 1994 showed that the owner of the old building wished to terminate the lease at the end of 1995 and was not prepared to extend the leasing agree- ment beyond then. A detailed list of names showed that from 1987 to 1995, 440 persons had been employed and trained on a tem- porary basis by GAV. V A report drawn up in November 1994 by an independent consultant contained, amongst other things, a comparison between the public funds received and the extra costs which GAV incurred as a result of the employment and training of disadvantaged persons in the period from 1991 to 1995. The comparison showed that the amount of public funds exceeded the economic disadvantages of GAV in 1991 (cid:190) the last year in which GAV had been exclusively active in waste disposal for the city of Aachen and had thus performed an exclusively municipal func- tion (cid:190) by DEM 700 000, but that this excess was contin- ually reduced to the point where, in 1994, the economic disadvantages exceeded the public allocations by DEM 124 000. For 1995, the economic disadvantages would be DEM 393 000 higher than the public allocations. it was even estimated that A further report drawn up in March 1996 by an indepen- dent consultant contained a comparison between the average prices for recycled paper calculated monthly by the independent market research company Europ(cid:132)ischer and the prices Wirtschaftsdienst GmbH (EUWID) In the course of the Article 93(2) proceedings, the view taken by the Commission in initiating the proceedings that the measures taken by the city of Aachen and by the Cologne government were to be regarded as State aid within the meaning of Article 92(1) of the EC Treaty became more firmly established. As was explained above, GAV received payments from the public authorities totalling DEM 3 183 832, including DEM 2,7 million in the form of an investment subsidy in 1992 and DEM 483 832 in the form of annual subsidies in the period 1992, 1993 and 1994 (in the agreement between the city of Aachen and GAV, such subsidies were no longer provided as from 1995). The classification of such payments as aid within the meaning of Article 92(1) of the EC Treaty is not to be ruled out simply because GAV collects household waste. The Commission has in the past stated (answer to Written Question No 2057/92) (1) that incentives for such collec- tions do not constitute State aid so long as the secondary raw materials are sold at market prices. Germany has emphasised to the Commission, and has substantiated (1) OJ C 47, 18. 2. 1993, p. 14. L 159/62 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 6. 98 a large number of through reports, that at least 75 % of GAV’s activities relate to the collection of household waste. However, it was not demonstrated that GAV thereby performs a task which, under German law, is normally the responsibility of the municipalities or that no competition is involved here. Rather, since the introduction of the dual system, the collection, sorting and marketing of recyclable waste system has been a private-sector activity. The dual involves in competition with one another. It is entirely possible that this may involve cross-border competition, particularly if the assisted firm is located not far from the frontier with other Member States. Consequently, payments to such firms may amount to aid that distorts competition within the EC Treaty and the meaning of Article 92(1) of adversely affects trade between Member States. It must also be noted that the payments to GAV were not granted as an incentive for the separate collection of recyclable waste but to support the employment by GAV of unem- ployed persons who are difficult to place in employment. firms which are In addition, the fact that GAV is owned by Sozialwerk Aachener Christen eV and, like its owners, is not profit- seeking, is not relevant to assessing the effects of the aid on trade and competition so long as GAV is competing on the waste market with profit-seeking firms. The argu- ment that the aid merely offsets additional costs does not alter the fact that it is aid, though this point should be taken into account in assessing whether the aid is eligible for any of the derogations provided for in Article 92(3) of the EC Treaty. Neither the investment subsidy of DEM 2,7 million nor the annual subsidies which GAV received from 1992 to 1994 was notified in advance in accordance with Article 93(3) of the EC Treaty, even though they were not based on any approved aid schemes. The aid was thus granted unlawfully. However, both the investment subsidy and the annual subsidies could be eligible for one of the exemptions provided for in Article 92 of the EC Treaty and Article 61 of the EEA Agreement. The derogations provided for in Article 92(2) of the EC Treaty are not applicable in this case, given the character- istics of the aid and the fact that it does not meet the conditions that would allow the derogations to be applied. Furthermore, it should be pointed out that the city of Aachen is not situated in an area eligible for regional aid pursuant to Article 92(3)(a) or (c) of the EC Treaty. However, in view both of the social aspect of the annual subsidies that were paid in order to enable GAV to recruit and train disadvantaged persons and the importance of the new sorting-depot (built as part of the implementa- tion of a restructuring plan) to the continuation of GAV’s social activities and the fact that the aid was not misued for the purposes of aggressive market behaviour, the Commission concludes that trading conditions are not adversely affected to an extent contrary to the common interest. For these reasons and having regard to the following considerations relating to the Community guidelines on aid to employment (1) and the Community guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty (2), the Commission concludes that the aid is covered by the derogation provided for in Article 92(3)(c) of the EC Treaty and can be approved as aid to facilitate the development of certain economic activities. The annual (payments now suspended) subsidies totalling DEM 0,48 million It must be borne in mind here that although, as a firm in operating in the waste recycling sector, GAV is competition with other firms, its role goes beyond such economic activities. The firm is required to employ handicapped persons and the long-term unemployed for a limited period and to train them. This benefits such persons in two ways. First, they have a job for a certain period at least, and second, the special training provided by GAV may increase their prospects of finding employ- ment on the ‘normal' labour market, from which they would perhaps been permanently excluded. GAV’s activity is thus in line with the recom- mendations of the European Council at its meeting in Cannes, which called for priority to be given to the strengtening of measures to promote the employment of disadvantaged groups such as the long-term unemployed, young people and older employees. otherwise have Nor, moreover, are GAV’s activities in conflict with the Community guidelines on aid to employment, point 13 of which expressly states that ‘the Commission has tradi- tionally been sympathetic to employment aid, particularly where it is entended to encourage firms to create jobs or to hire individuals who face particular difficulties in finding work'. The annual subsidies which GAV received from 1992 to 1994 were in fact intended to induce it to recruit disadvantaged rather than ‘normal' job seekers; however, since it is in any case obliged, under its articles of association, to employ such persons, the abovemen- tioned provision may not be applicable to the annual subsidies. In addition, the annual subsidies do not directly contribute to the creation of long-term jobs for such persons. However, as may be deduced from point 21 (1) OJ C 334, 12. 12. 1995, p. 4. (2) OJ C 368, 23. 12. 1994, p. 12. 3. 6. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 159/63 of the guidelines, in the case of the employment of disad- vantaged persons, the requirement of long-term employ- ment and net job creation is not essential if the temporary recruitment (cid:190) as in the case of GAV (cid:190) is voluntarily terminated; the main reason for the provision in point 13 is to ensure that a firm regularly employing disadvantaged persons on the basis of temporary work contracts does not then dismiss them when the temporary work contract has expired, only to recruit further disadvantaged persons, for a limited period once again, with the help of further aid. Such conduct would be a clear abuse of employment aid and, rather than helping to create jobs for disadvantaged persons, would merely provide operating aid for the rele- vant firm. As already explained, as regards GAV’s activi- ties, any such risk is excluded by its objective of helping to overcome the employment problems of disadvantaged persons (440 such persons were in fact recruited and trained between 1987 and 1995). GAV’s activities can, therefore, quite readily be regarded as being compatible with the Community guidelines on aid to employment. Furthermore, there is no evidence whatsoever that GAV might misuse the aid in order to undercut prices. The German authorities have shown unequivocally that such conduct is out of the question thanks to the procedure for monitoring GAV’s activities. The agreement between the city of Aachen and GAV provides for use of the aid to be supervised by the Youth Office, an independent adviser and the Audit Office. The documents presented by Germany show that these checks actuallly take place. Moreover, the report drawn up in November 1994 by an independent consultant shows that the amount of the annual subsidies was not only limited, but also decreased from year to year to the point where the economic disad- vantages incurred by GAV as a result of its special social task were actually DEM 124 000 higher than the public funds which it had received by way of compensation. Furthermore, the two reports drawn up by independent consultants in November 1994 and March 1996 and passed on to the Commission show clearly that GAV’s prices were not below the average market prices, but in most cases actually exceeded them. the social effects of the aid, which was In view of supposed to enable GAV to perform its special social tasks, and the fact that the aid was not misused for the purposes of persuing aggressive market behaviour, it can be assumed that trading conditions are not adversely affected to an extent contrary to the common interest and that the derogation provided for in Article 92(3)(c) of the EC Treaty can be applied to the annual subsidies. was not intended directly to offset the additional social costs which GAV incurred as a result of its particular task of employing and training disadvantaged persons. However, in the course of the Article 93(2) proceedings, it emerged that there are a whole series of grounds for granting the subsidy, including the successful implemen- tation of the decision by the city of Aachen to integrate GAV into the city’s new waste removal system in order to reduce GAV’s annual deficits, and thus to enable it to continue to carry out its social activities. The investment subsidy could therefore be authorised under the deroga- tion provided for in Article 92(3)(c) of the EC Treaty in conjunction with the Community guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty, on condition, however, that the conditions laid down in the guidelines are met in the case of GAV. declared circumstances In 1992, GAV could certainly be regarded as a firm in difficulties within the meaning of the guidelines, since at that time it was overloaded with debt and should in normal bankruptcy. have According to its 1992 balance sheet, its loss carryover was DEM 20 000 higher than its equity capital, and it has no other assets to offer as securities. In such a situation, no private bank would have granted GAV a loan that would have enabled it the building and thus continue to perform its social activities the employment and training of disad- consisting of vantaged persons. to finance the construction of The construction of the new building was urgently neces- sary in order to integrate GAV into the German dual system, a plan which had been proposed by an indepen- dent consultant and approved by the city of Aachen in order to cut back the enormous deficits which the firm had built up when it was still operating exclusively within the ambit of the city of Aachen’s municipal waste removal. The consolidated annual accounts presented to the Commission show that the goal of reducing GAV’s defi- cits and thus improving its viability was achieved. The firm’s loss carryover, which in 1992 had amounted to DEM 370 000, was reduced to DEM 42 400 as a result of modest annual profits. The investment subsidy As regards the investment subsidy of DEM 2,7 million granted in 1992 for the construction of a new sorting- depot, it should be noted at the outset that the subsidy Furthermore, it became clear during the Article 93(2) proceedings that the financial support for building the new sorting-depot provided by the public authorities was implementing the new an essential precondition for policy of integrating the firm into the waste disposal system of the city of Aachen and hence for consulting its social activities. L 159/64 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 6. 98 The old sorting-depot had only been leased, and the owner had given notice to terminate the lease. Con- sequently, GAV would have had to cease business if the new depot had not been built. The German authorities have also pointed out that the building of the new sorting-depot was necessary in order to bring GAV’s activities into line with German environ- mental protection provisions, particularly those on air and water pollution and the prevention of noise. Since production in the old building did not meet the require- ments of these provisions, the administrative decisions authorising GAV to perform its activities in the old building were only provisional and temporary. The stand- ards incorporated into the new building actually go beyond those laid down in the provisions. Moreover, it is clear from the administrative decision of the Cologne government that there was a close connec- tion between the granting of the investment subsidy and GAV’s social activities; the granting of the investment subsidy was made subject to the proviso that GAV continue to employ disadvantaged persons for at least 25 years. Otherwise it will have to repay the subsidy. Furthermore, as regards its balance sheet, turnover and its workforce ranging between 40 and 60 persons, GAV is very similar to a small enterprise within the meaning of the Community guidelines on State aid for small and medium-sized enterprises. In addition, GAV’s share of the German market for recyclable waste in 1993 amounted to only 0,004 % and consequently to a much smaller share of the total Community market. Nor should it be forgotten that GAV itself contributed substantially to the construction of the sorting-depot and hence to the restructuring of its activities by providing DEM 1,3 million from its own resources for the invest- ment amounting in total to DEM 4 million. Lastly, it must be borne in mind that the German author- ities have demonstrated that GAV has not behaved aggressively on the market and has therefore not misused for such purposes the aid which it has received. In view of these arguments and in particular the impor- tance of the new building for the continuation of GAV’s social tasks, it can be concluded that trading conditions are not adversely affected to an extent contrary to the common interest and that the derogation provided for in Article 92(3)(c) of the EC Treaty in conjunction with the Community guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty can be applied to the investment subsidy provided by the Cologne government administrative division. VI Since GAV has only a limited market share and has demonstrably not engaged in any aggressive market behaviour, and since the abovementioned arguments in the aid outweigh any disadvantges for the favour of common market, the aid for GAV can be approved. In addition, if the Commission were to reject the aid, this would contradict its own policy of promoting employ- ment possibilities for disadvantaged persons. However, approval of the aid must be made subject to the condition that Germany continue to carry out appropriate measures to monitor GAV’s market behaviour and in particular its pricing policy, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The annual subsidies totalling DEM 0,48 million in the period from 1992 to 1994 and the investment subsidy of DEM 2,7 million which were granted to Gemeinn(cid:129)tzige Abfallverwertung GmbH (GAV) by the city of Aachen and by the Cologne government administrative district are unlawful aid pursuant to Article 93(3) of the EC Treaty, since they were not notified to the Commission in advance. to carry out The aid referred to in the first paragraph is compatible with the common market on condition that Germany continues to monitor GAV’s market behaviour and in particular its pricing policy, and that the aid is intended to facilitate the development of certain economic activities and does not adversely affect to an extent contrary to the common interest. the appropriate measures trading conditions Article 2 Germany shall inform the Commission, within two months of being notified of this Decision, of the meas- ures taken to comply with it. Article 3 This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany. Done at Brussels, 16 September 1997. For the Commission Karel VAN MIERT Member of the Commission


title: WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2889/97 by Glyn FORD to the Council. Human rights abuses in the former Yugoslavia


title: Ψήφισμα σχετικά με την ανακοίνωση της Επιτροπής για την πολιτική συνοχής και τον πολιτισμό: μια συμβολή στην απασχόληση (COM(96)0512 C4-0056/97)


title: Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive on common rules for the development of the internal market of Community postal services and the improvement of quality of service (C4-0223/97 95/0221(COD))

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title: Resolução sobre a Comunicação da Comissão intitulada "Integrar a igualdade de oportunidades entre homens e mulheres no conjunto das políticas e das acções comunitárias" mainstreaming (COM(96)0067 C4-0148/96)

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title: Ψήφισμα σχετικά με την ετήσια έκθεση της Επιτροπής: "Ίσες ευκαιρίες για τις γυναίκες και τους άνδρες στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση 1996" (COM(96)0650 C4-0084/97)

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title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1787/97 of 16 September 1997 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables


title: ENERGIE : monatliche Statistiken. 8/1997.,ENERGY : monthly statistics. 8/1997.,ÉNERGIE : statistiques mensuelles. 8/1997.

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title: Resolução sobre a discriminação da mulher na publicidade


title: Resolución legislativa que contiene el dictamen del Parlamento Europeo sobre la propuesta de decisión del Consejo por la que se concede asistencia financiera excepcional a Armenia y Georgia y, en su caso, Tayikistán (COM(97)0024 C4- 0099/97 97/0028(CNS))

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title: SCHRIFTLICHE ANFRAGE Nr. 2893/97 von Phillip WHITEHEAD an den Rat. Nickelfreisetzung bei der Legierung, die für die 1- und 2- Euro-Münzen verwendet wird

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text: C 134/30 DE Amtsblatt der Europa¤ischen Gemeinschaften 30. 4. 98 Die Angelegenheit ist sehr heikel, da die o¤ffentliche Gesundheit betroffen ist. Die Kommission hat mit den Beho¤rden von Indien und Bangladesch Kontakt aufgenommen, um zu gewa¤hrleisten, da(cid:223) die Hygienebedin- gungen so schnell wie mo¤glich verbessert werden. So ko¤nnen die Importbeschra¤nkungen aufgehoben werden, sobald zufriedenstellende Zusagen u¤ber die Hygienebedingungen gemacht werden. (1) ABl. L 268 vom 24. 9. 1991. (2) ABl. L 214 vom 6. 8. 1997. (98/C 134/35) SCHRIFTLICHE ANFRAGE E-2893/97 von Phillip Whitehead (PSE) an den Rat (16. September 1997) Betrifft: Nickelfreisetzung bei der Legierung, die fu¤r die 1- und 2-Euro-Mu¤nzen verwendet wird Nach der Nickelrichtlinie (94/27/EG) (1) sind Nickel-Legierungen mit einer Nickelfreisetzung von mehr als 0,5 mg/cm2 pro Woche fu¤r Produkte, die unmittelbar und la¤nger mit der Haut in Beru¤hrung kommen, nicht zugelassen. Ist der Rat in Anbetracht der Tatsache, da(cid:223) bestimmte Arbeitnehmer (wie beispielsweise Kassierer) sta¤ndig direkt mit Mu¤nzen in Beru¤hrung kommen, nicht der Ansicht, da(cid:223) Mu¤nzen als Produkte einzustufen sind, die unmittelbar und la¤nger mit der menschlichen Haut in Beru¤hrung kommen? Wenn ja, wird der Rat dafu¤r sorgen, da(cid:223) die fu¤r die Euro-Mu¤nzen gewa¤hlte Legierung den fu¤r solche Produkte in der Nickelrichtlinie festgelegten Bestimmungen genu¤gt? (1) ABl. L 188 vom 22. 7. 1994, S. 1. (98/C 134/36) SCHRIFTLICHE ANFRAGE E-2895/97 von Phillip Whitehead (PSE) an den Rat (16. September 1997) Betrifft: Vorschlag fu¤r eine Verordnung des Rates u¤ber die Stu¤ckelungen und technischen Merkmale der Euro-Mu¤nzen Nachdem sie den oben genannten Vorschlag (KOM(97)0247 (1) sowohl dem Parlament als auch dem Rat u¤bermittelt hat, hat die Kommission anscheinend beschlossen, den Wissenschaftlichen Ausschu(cid:223) fu¤r die Pru¤fung der Toxizita¤t und O¤ kotoxizita¤t chemischer Verbindungen zu den gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen des Vorschlags, fu¤r die 1- und 2-Euro-Mu¤nzen eine Nickellegierung zu verwenden, zu konsultieren. Die Kommission finanziert offenbar auch weitere Forschungsarbeiten auf diesem Gebiet. Wurde nach Ansicht des Rates schon ausreichend geforscht, um einen Beschlu(cid:223) u¤ber diesen Vorschlag fassen zu ko¤nnen, der das hohe Gesundheitsschutzniveau gewa¤hrleistet, das in Artikel 129 des Vertragsentwurfs von Amsterdam verankert ist? Wenn nicht, ha¤lt es der Rat sowohl fu¤r sich als auch fu¤r das Parlament fu¤r ratsam, die Ergebnisse der weiteren Forschungsarbeiten und das wissenschaftliche Gutachten abzuwarten, bevor er in bezug auf die Frage, ob fu¤r die 1- und 2-Euro-Mu¤nzen eine Nickellegierung verwendet werden soll, eine Entscheidung trifft? (1) ABl. C 208 vom 9. 7. 1997, S. 5. Gemeinsame Antwort auf die Schriftlichen Anfragen E-2893/97 und E-2895/97 (22. Dezember 1997) Die technischen Merkmale der Euro-Mu¤nzen und insbesondere die Auswahl des zu verwendenden Metalls sind Gegenstand eines im Juni von der Kommission unterbreiteten Verordnungsvorschlags. Die Kommission spricht sich in ihrem Vorschlag dafu¤r aus, Nickel nur in den 1- und 2-Euro-Mu¤nzen zu verwenden, die etwa 8 % des gesamten Euro-Mu¤nzumlaufs ausmachen. Diese Situation mu(cid:223) mit der jetzigen verglichen werden, in der die meisten Mitgliedstaaten in etwa 75 % aller Mu¤nzen Nickel verwenden


title: KOMMISSIONENS FÖRORDNING (EG) nr 1787/97 av den 16 september 1997 om fastställande av schablonvärden vid import för bestämning av ingångspriset för vissa frukter och grönsaker


title: SKRIFTLIG FORESPØRGSEL nr. 2956/97 af Patricia McKENNA til Rådet. Chikane mod det europæiske fredstog i Tyrkiet


title: Monatliches Panorama der Europäischen Industrie. NUMMER 9/97 SEPTEMBER 1997.

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