title: WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3553/97 by Jan SONNEVELD , Jan MULDER to the Commission. Small producers of generic plant- protection products in the European Union

eurovoc_concepts:
access to information
marketing
marketing standard
pharmaceutical product
plant health product
raw chemical industry
small business

text: 16. 6. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 187/21 These principles are covered by Article 6 of the proposed 5th Framework Programme, and by a reference in Article 10 of the proposal for a decision on the rules governing participation in research activities (Article 130J). (1) OJ L 117, 8. 5. 1990. (2) COM(97) 142 final. (98/C 187/33) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3552/97 by Gianni Tamino (V) to the Commission (12 November 1997) Subject: Funding under Regulation 1318/93/EEC in Italy and sales of Colorado meat Further to my previous questions E-4101/96 (1) and E-0970/97 (2) on the subject of EU funding for advertisements to promote the consumption of beef and veal in Italy, which have been condemned by the Italian self-regulatory authority for advertising standards, a member of the AEEP/EASA (European advertising standards association), I wish to point out that the Rome edition of the (cid:145)Corriere della Sera(cid:146) newspaper of 21 October 1997 contained a page of advertising from the (cid:145)GF Commercio Carni(cid:146) company, a signatory to the aforementioned notices together with the (cid:145)Consorzio Italiano Macellatori(cid:146), which refers to the EEC mark obtained and their compliance with the (cid:145)Pregiata Qualita‘ Bovina(cid:146) certified quality standard. It also states that (cid:145)in a constant bid to improve quality, we have included among our most prestigious products Colorado (cid:145)American beef(cid:146)(cid:146). Does the Commission consider it acceptable to extend funding to companies which, in the same advertisement, pride themselves in having obtained the EEC mark and in selling non-European › indeed American › meat? What is the total amount granted by the Commission to (cid:145)GF Commercio Carni(cid:146) and (cid:145)Consorzio Italiano Macellatori(cid:146)? (1) OJ C 217, 17. 7. 1997, p. 62. (2) OJ C 45, 10. 2. 1998, p. 11. Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (10 December 1997) The page of advertising to which the Honourable Member refers does not form part of any promotion campaign funded by the Community. It is purely commercial advertising by a company which sells both high-quality meat which meets the Community criteria and meat of other origins. The Commission is sending the decision on the Community(cid:146)s financial contribution to 1997 programmes to promote high-quality beef to the Honourable Member and to Parliament(cid:146)s Secretariat direct. (98/C 187/34) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3553/97 by Jan Sonneveld (PPE) and Jan Mulder (ELDR) to the Commission (12 November 1997) Subject: Small producers of generic plant-protection products in the European Union Can the Commission provide substantiated answers to the following questions: 1. Is it aware that as a consequence of Council Directive 91/414/EEC (1), smaller European producers of generic plant-protection products are experiencing great difficulties, since they neither have access to the required data that are necessary for securing approval of the plant-protection products produced by them, nor are they able to refer to data already known to larger producers owing to obstruction by the latter, and cannot afford the very high research costs involved in deriving such data?


title: Décision du Comité mixte de l'EEE nº 79/97 du 12 novembre 1997 modifiant l'annexe II (réglementations techniques, normes, essais et certification) de l'accord EEE

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European Economic Area
agreement (EU)
pharmaceutical legislation
pharmaceutical product
plant health product

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text: L 134/8 FR Journal officiel des Communautés européennes 7. 5. 98 DÉCISION DU COMITÉ MIXTE DE L’EEE No 79/97 du 12 novembre 1997 modifiant l’annexe II (réglementations techniques, normes, essais et certification) de l’accord EEE LE COMITÉ MIXTE DE L’EEE, vu l’accord sur l’Espace économique européen, modifié par le protocole portant adaptation de cet accord, ci-après dénommé «l’accord», et notamment son article 98, considérant que l’annexe II de l’accord a été modifiée par la décision 58/97 du Comité mixte de l’EEE (1); considérant que la directive 96/68/CE de la Commission du 21 octobre 1996 modifiant la directive 91/414/CEE du Conseil, concernant la mise sur le marché des produits phytopharma- ceutiques (2), doit être intégrée à l’accord, DÉCIDE: Article premier Le tiret suivant est ajouté au point 12a (directive 97/414/CEE du Conseil) du chapitre XV de l’annexe II de l’accord: «— 396 L 0068: directive 96/68/CE de la Commission du 21 octobre 1996 (JO L 277 du 30. 10. 1996, p. 25). » Les textes de la directive 96/68/CE en langues islandaise et norvégienne, qui sont annexés aux versions linguistiques respectives de la présente décision, font foi. Article 2 Article 3 La présente décision entre en vigueur le 13 novembre 1997, pour autant que toutes les notifications prévues à l’article 103, paragraphe 1, de l’accord aient été faites au Comité mixte de l’EEE. La présente décision est publiée dans la section EEE et au supplément EEE du Journal officiel des Communautés européennes. Article 4 Fait à Bruxelles, le 12 novembre 1997. Par le Comité mixte de l’EEE Le président E. BULL (1) JO L 316 du 20. 11. 1997, p. 20. (2) JO L 277 du 30. 10. 1996, p. 25


title: WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3554/97 by Petrus CORNELISSEN to the Commission. Tourist tax

eurovoc_concepts:
Netherlands
competitiveness
local tax
loss
municipality
tax system
tourism policy
tourist infrastructure
tourist profession

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text: 25. 5. 98 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning C 158/149 Ho¤ghastighetst(cid:229)get a¤r beroende av en ny omla¤ggning av sp(cid:229)ret, via en tunnel, i Guadarrama, varifr(cid:229)n t(cid:229)gtrafiken skulle ledas till hela nordva¤stra ho¤rnet av landet. I de nationella budgetplanerna avsa¤tts emellertid endast en mycket liten del fo¤r ett s(cid:229)dant bygge, som skulle go¤ra det mo¤jligt att info¤ra ho¤ghastighetst(cid:229)g i Galicien, n(cid:229)got som regionen i ho¤gsta grad beho¤ver. Anser kommissionen att regionen ifr(cid:229)ga om totalkostnaden fo¤r att info¤ra ho¤ghastighetst(cid:229)g i Galicien, dvs. 173,5 miljarder pesetas, skulle kunna dra nytta av de medel ur Sammanh(cid:229)llningsfonden som tilldelats Spanien? P(cid:229) vilket sa¤tt borde behovet av att bryta den galiciska ja¤rnva¤gens isolering motivera en gemenskapssolidaritet och en frigo¤ring av en del av de na¤mnda medlen till fo¤rm(cid:229)n fo¤r t(cid:229)gprojektet? Svar fr(cid:229)n Monika Wulf-Mathies p(cid:229) kommissionens va¤gnar (22 december 1997) Hittills har kommissionen inte f(cid:229)tt n(cid:229)gon fo¤rfr(cid:229)gan fr(cid:229)n de spanska myndigheterna om medfinansiering fr(cid:229)n Sammanh(cid:229)llningsfonden till projektet i fr(cid:229)ga. Fo¤rst efter det att en s(cid:229)dan fo¤rfr(cid:229)gan har utretts kan kommissionen uttala sig om en eventuell medfinansiering. (98/C 158/198) SKRIFTLIG FR¯GA E-3547/97 fr(cid:229)n Jose· Valverde Lo·pez (PPE) till kommissionen (12 november 1997) A¤mne: Fotocellenergi genom att utnyttja rymdplattformar Varken i det fler(cid:229)riga programmet fo¤r fo¤rnybara energika¤llor eller i det nya forskningsprogrammet faststa¤lls planer fo¤r att erh(cid:229)lla energi via fotoceller genom att utnyttja rymdplattformar. Den vetenskapliga litteraturen visar dock att exploateringen av solenergi i rymden inom en na¤ra framtid kommer att ha stora utvecklingsmo¤j- ligheter. Hurudan information fo¤rfogar kommissionen o¤ver via de r(cid:229)dgivande vetenskapliga kommitte·erna? Svar fr(cid:229)n Edith Cresson p(cid:229) kommissionens va¤gnar (10 december 1998) Kommissionen ka¤nner till ett stort antal artiklar om rymdstationer i omloppsbanor, utrustade med enorma solcellpaneler som skall omvandla solstr(cid:229)lning till elektrisk energi, i synnerhet i popula¤rvetenskapliga tidskrifter. Eftersom atmosfa¤ren absorberar en betydande del av solstr(cid:229)lningen kra¤ver markstationerade solkraftverk sto¤rre ytor fo¤r samma effekt. De a¤r (cid:229) andra sidan betydligt billigare att installera a¤n rymdplattformar i omloppsbanor kring jorden. Dessutom kan den stro¤m som alstras anva¤ndas direkt och beho¤ver inte omvandlas till potentiellt farliga mikrov(cid:229)gor fo¤r energio¤verfo¤ring till stora antenner p(cid:229) marken. Kommissionen fra¤mjar dock forskningen ro¤rande sa¤rskilda solceller fo¤r rymdtilla¤mpningar, t. ex. gallium- arsenid-halvledare, eftersom dessa celler kan komma till nytta i markstationerade solkraftverk med koncentre- rande linser och speglar. (98/C 158/199) SKRIFTLIG FR¯GA E-3554/97 fr(cid:229)n Petrus Cornelissen (PPE) till kommissionen (12 november 1997) A¤mne: Turistskatt I den nederla¤ndska turistna¤ringen a¤r man oroad o¤ver det va¤xande antal kommuner som vill info¤ra en turistskatt eller ho¤ja densamma fo¤r att komma till ra¤tta med underskott i de kommunala kassorna