title: WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1567/98 by Andrea MANZELLA to the Council. Assassination of Bishop Juan Gerardi

text: C 13/44 Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning SV 18. 1. 1999 Svar (24 september 1998) Israel och palestinierna har enligt villkoren i principdeklarationen (cid:246)verenskommit att inte vidta n(cid:229)gra (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder som kan skada utg(cid:229)ngen av f(cid:246)rhandlingarna om permanent status. Europeiska unionen betraktar s(cid:229)dana israeliska (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder som indragna ID-kort, bos(cid:228)ttningar och rivningar som ett avtalsbrott, en uppfattning som man forts(cid:228)tter att meddela de israeliska myndigheterna. F(cid:246)r att n(cid:228)rmare kunna f(cid:246)lja situationen i Jerusalem inr(cid:228)ttade EU tidigt under 1997 sin egen (cid:148)Jerusalem Watch(cid:148). Inom ramen f(cid:246)r denna (cid:246)vervakning rapporterar medlemsstaternas generalkonsuler i Jerusalem och delegations- chefer i Tel Aviv regelbundet om den utveckling i Jerusalem som p(cid:229)verkar eller kan t(cid:228)nkas p(cid:229)verka stadens palestinska karakt(cid:228)r. En sammanfattning av den senaste rapporten fr(cid:229)n (cid:148)Jerusalem Watch(cid:148) offentliggjordes den 29 juni. Denna sammanfattning, och sammanfattningar av nyligen sammanst(cid:228)llda rapporter fr(cid:229)n EU Watch som g(cid:228)ller bos(cid:228)tt- ningar och m(cid:228)nskliga r(cid:228)ttigheter, finns tillg(cid:228)ngliga p(cid:229) r(cid:229)dets webb-plats p(cid:229) internet (http://ue. eu. int)]. I ett meddelande av den 14 maj 1998 till r(cid:229)det om (cid:148)Genomf(cid:246)rande av interimsavtalet om handel och handelsrelaterade fr(cid:229)gor mellan Europeiska gemenskapen och Israel(cid:148), tog kommissionen bland annat upp hindren f(cid:246)r palestinsk export till EU. De fr(cid:229)gor som behandlades i meddelandet (cid:228)r f(cid:246)r n(cid:228)rvarande (cid:228)mne f(cid:246)r expertsamtal mellan EU och Israel. (1999/C 13/062) SKRIFTLIG FR¯GA E-1567/98 fr(cid:229)n Andrea Manzella (PSE) till r(cid:229)det (25 maj 1998) ˜mne: Mordet p(cid:229) biskop Juan Gerardi Kan r(cid:229)det, mot bakgrund av mordet p(cid:229) biskop Juan Gerardi, redog(cid:246)ra f(cid:246)r vilka akuta (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder det anser att Europeiska unionen b(cid:246)r vidta f(cid:246)r att f(cid:229) den guatemalanska regeringen att inleda en effektiv och p(cid:229)litlig utredning f(cid:246)r att hitta b(cid:229)de de som utf(cid:246)rde mordet och de som av politiska sk(cid:228)l best(cid:228)llde det, eftersom mordet p(cid:229) biskopen riskerar att ge ny kraft (cid:229)t det fruktansv(cid:228)rda inb(cid:246)rdeskriget i Guatemala? (1999/C 13/063) SKRIFTLIG FR¯GA P-1973/98 fr(cid:229)n Graham Mather (PPE) till r(cid:229)det (15 juni 1998) ˜mne: Mordet p(cid:229) monsignore Juan Gerardi i Guatemala Vilka (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder avser r(cid:229)det att vidta f(cid:246)r att se till att det g(cid:246)rs en fullst(cid:228)ndig, ing(cid:229)ende och opartisk utredning av mordet p(cid:229) monsignore Juan Gerardi, Guatemalas hj(cid:228)lpbiskop, den 26 april 1998? Gemensamt svar p(cid:229) de skriftliga fr(cid:229)gorna E-1567/98 och P-1973/98 (24 september 1998) Europeiska unionen avgav den 4 maj 1998 en f(cid:246)rklaring om mordet p(cid:229) biskop Juan Gerardi med en v(cid:228)djan till alla guatemalaner att inte l(cid:229)ta detta fega och vidriga mord st(cid:229) i v(cid:228)gen f(cid:246)r ett fullt genomf(cid:246)rande av fredsavtalen


title: SCHRIFTLICHE ANFRAGE Nr. 1610/98 von Susan WADDINGTON an die Kommission. Auswirkung von GATT/WTO auf den Tierschutz

eurovoc_concepts:
European standard
GATT
World Trade Organisation
animal welfare
common agricultural policy
international standard
protection of animals
reform of the CAP

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text: 5. 2. 1999 DE Amtsblatt der Europ(cid:228)ischen Gemeinschaften C 31/61 (1999/C 31/079) SCHRIFTLICHE ANFRAGE E-1610/98 von Susan Waddington (PSE) an die Kommission Betrifft: Auswirkung von GATT/WTO auf den Tierschutz (25. Mai 1998) Es w(cid:228)chst die Besorgnis, da(cid:223) das GATT-Abkommen der EU die Einf(cid:252)hrung verbesserter Tierschutznormen immer schwieriger macht, da Einfuhrverbote f(cid:252)r Produkte untersagt sind, selbst wenn ihre Herstellung mit erheblichem Leiden von Tieren verbunden ist. Dies wiederum schreckt von der Einf(cid:252)hrung strengerer Bestimmungen in der EU aus Furcht vor Konkurrenz durch Billigimporte ab, die mit grausameren Methoden erzeugt worden sind. Der Vorschlag Agenda 2000 der Kommission, wonach die GAP-Politik im Hinblick auf den Tierschutz neu orientiert werden soll, liegt auf dem Tisch. Welche Ma(cid:223)nahmen wird die Kommission daher ergreifen, um diesem Problem besser gerecht zu werden und einen k(cid:252)nftigen m(cid:246)glichen Konflikt um die GAP-Reform w(cid:228)hrend der bevorstehenden WTO-Ministerkonferenz abzuwenden? Antwort von Herrn Fischler im Namen der Kommission (2. Juli 1998) Nach der derzeitigen Auslegung der WTO-Regeln besteht ein Interessenkonflikt zwischen den WTO-(cid:220)ber- einkommen und den gemeinschaftlichen Tierschutzbestimmungen, wenn die Einhaltung der gemeinschaftlichen, am Tierschutz ausgerichteten Produktionsnormen zur Bedingung f(cid:252)r die Einfuhr aus Drittl(cid:228)ndern gemacht werden. Solche Konflikte lassen sich wirksam vermeiden, indem man Tierschutzbestimmungen in die einschl(cid:228)gigen bilateralen Abkommen bzw. multilateralen (cid:220)bereinkommen aufnimmt. Da zudem der Tierschutz im internatio- nalen Handel immer wichtiger wird, k(cid:246)nnte diese Frage zu einem sp(cid:228)teren Zeitpunkt im Rahmen der WTO zur Sprache gebracht werden. Wenn die Verhandlungsziele der Gemeinschaft f(cid:252)r die n(cid:228)chste Stufe der WTO- Verhandlungen festgelegt werden, wird auch die M(cid:246)glichkeit einer ˜nderung der WTO-Regeln im Hinblick auf die Ber(cid:252)cksichtung von Fragen des Tierschutzes angesprochen werden. (1999/C 31/080) SCHRIFTLICHE ANFRAGE E-1623/98 von Amedeo Amadeo (NI) an die Kommission (27. Mai 1998) Betrifft: F(cid:252)nftes FTED-Rahmenprogramm (Finanzmittel) Es wird Bezug genommen auf den (cid:132)ge(cid:228)nderten Vorschlag f(cid:252)r einen Beschlu(cid:223) des Europ(cid:228)ischen Parlaments und des Rates (cid:252)ber das F(cid:252)nfte Rahmenprogramm der Europ(cid:228)ischen Gemeinschaft im Bereich der Forschung, technologischen Entwicklung und Demonstration (1998-2002)(cid:147) und auf den (cid:132)ge(cid:228)nderten Vorschlag f(cid:252)r einen Beschlu(cid:223) des Rates (cid:252)ber das F(cid:252)nfte Rahmenprogramm der Europ(cid:228)ischen Atomgemeinschaft (Euratom) f(cid:252)r Ma(cid:223)nahmen im Bereich der Forschung und Ausbildung (1998-2002)(cid:147) (KOM(97) 439 endg. › 97/0119(COD) › 97/0120(COD)) (1). Kann die Kommission die Koh(cid:228)renz gew(cid:228)hrleisten zwischen den Anforderungen einer integrierten Vorgehens- weise im F(cid:252)nften Rahmenprogramm und der Konzentration und Interoperabilit(cid:228)t der T(cid:228)tigkeiten im Bereich der Grundlagenforschung, der Unterst(cid:252)tzung der gro(cid:223)en Infrastrukturen und der Schl(cid:252)sselaktionen, bei der sich die neue Architektur der Gemeinschaft abzeichnet? Hierzu soll eine Reihe qualitativ-quantitativer Indikatoren f(cid:252)r Ausrichtung und Kontrolle der Schl(cid:252)sselaktionen festgelegt werden, beispielsweise Verbesserung der Be- sch(cid:228)ftigungssituation, der potentielle Absorptionsgrad, die (cid:132)strategische Sichtbarkeit(cid:147) und die Ber(cid:252)cksichtigung der europ(cid:228)ischen Dimension, das Interaktionsniveau zwischen Gemeinschaftsaktionen, europ(cid:228)ischen Aktionen und einzelstaatlichen Aktionen, der Grad, in dem die KMU im Sektor vertreten sind, sowie das (cid:132)Induktions- potential(cid:147) in bezug auf Neugr(cid:252)ndung von Unternehmen, Besch(cid:228)ftigung und neue Berufsbilder. (1) ABl. C 291 vom 25. 9. 1997, S. 15-16


title: WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1583/98 by Daniel VARELA SUANZES- CARPEGNA to the Commission. Slate industry and barriers to international trade

eurovoc_concepts:
customs duties
earths and stones
enlargement of the Union
export (EU)
free movement of goods
import (EU)
tariff preference
third country
trade agreement (EU)

text: C 50/50 Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning SV 22. 2. 1999 Kunde kommissionen uppge om EU importerar skiffer fr(cid:229)n kandidatl(cid:228)nderna och om handelsavtalen med dessa l(cid:228)nder i s(cid:229) fall f(cid:246)reskriver f(cid:246)rm(cid:229)nsordningar i vilka skiffer ing(cid:229)r? Ifall svaret (cid:228)r ja, kunde kommissionen informera om f(cid:246)rm(cid:229)nsmarginalen och vilken typ av tulltariff som till- l(cid:228)mpas p(cid:229) skiffer med ursprung i kandidatl(cid:228)nderna inom ramen f(cid:246)r dessa l(cid:228)nders f(cid:246)rm(cid:229)nsordningar, samt om eventuell utveckling och om (cid:228)ndringar inf(cid:246)r framtiden? (1999/C 50/070) SKRIFTLIG FR¯GA E-1581/98 fr(cid:229)n Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) till kommissionen Ang(cid:229)ende: Skifferindustrin och det allm(cid:228)nna preferenssystemet (25 maj 1998) Kunde kommissionen informera om den f(cid:246)rm(cid:229)nsmarginal och tullsats som till(cid:228)mpas p(cid:229) EU-import av skiffer med ursprung i vart och ett av de tredje l(cid:228)nder som omfattas av en f(cid:246)rm(cid:229)nsordning samt om utvecklingen och eventuella (cid:228)ndringar inf(cid:246)r framtiden? Kunde kommissionen informera om den tullsats som till(cid:228)mpas p(cid:229) gemenskapens export av skiffer i vart och ett av de l(cid:228)nder som f(cid:246)r sin del exporterar skiffer till EU inom ramen f(cid:246)r en f(cid:246)rm(cid:229)nsordning? (1999/C 50/071) SKRIFTLIG FR¯GA E-1582/98 fr(cid:229)n Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) till kommissionen Ang(cid:229)ende: Tulltariffer som till(cid:228)mpas p(cid:229) skiffer (25 maj 1998) Kunde kommissionen informera om den tullsats som till(cid:228)mpas p(cid:229) EU-import av skiffer med ursprung i vart och ett av de tredje l(cid:228)nder som inte omfattas av en f(cid:246)rm(cid:229)nsordning f(cid:246)r denna produkt, samt om utvecklingen och eventuella (cid:228)ndringar inf(cid:246)r framtiden? Kunde kommissionen informera om den tullsats som till(cid:228)mpas p(cid:229) gemenskapens export av skiffer i vart och ett av de l(cid:228)nder som f(cid:246)r sin del exporterar skiffer till EU, men som inte omfattas av n(cid:229)gon f(cid:246)rm(cid:229)nsordning f(cid:246)r denna produkt, samt om utvecklingen och eventuella (cid:228)ndringar inf(cid:246)r framtiden? (1999/C 50/072) SKRIFTLIG FR¯GA E-1583/98 fr(cid:229)n Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) till kommissionen Ang(cid:229)ende: Skifferindustrin och internationella handelshinder (25 maj 1998) I sitt svar till mina tidigare parlamentariska fr(cid:229)gor E-4009/97 och E-4011/97 (1) uppger Leon Brittan p(cid:229) kommissionens v(cid:228)gnar att kommissionen i november 1996 satt ig(cid:229)ng ett nytt initiativ om strategier f(cid:246)r och m(cid:246)jligheter till tillg(cid:229)ng till marknaden i tredje l(cid:228)nder f(cid:246)r gemenskapens industri. Initiativet skall f(cid:246)ljaktligen fastst(cid:228)lla och avskaffa hinder f(cid:246)r gemenskapens export. I detta sammanhang uppmanade kommissionsledamoten Brittan skiffersektorn att aktivt delta i detta initiativ f(cid:246)r att fastst(cid:228)lla hinder f(cid:246)r internationell handel. Kan kommissionen informera om vad n(cid:228)mnda initiativ g(cid:229)r ut p(cid:229) och i vilket skede det f(cid:246)r n(cid:228)rvarande befinner sig samt om det konkreta deltagandef(cid:246)rfarandet f(cid:246)r skifferindustrin? (1) EGT C 196, 22. 6. 1998, s. 56


title: WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1590/98 by Klaus LUKAS to the Commission. Linguistic discrimination in delegations

eurovoc_concepts:
Central and Eastern Europe
Commission Delegation
EU publication
Germany
linguistic discrimination
official document
official language
translation

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title: Council Regulation (EC) No 1097/98 of 25 May 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products

eurovoc_concepts:
CCT duties
agricultural product
agro-industry
export
import
trading operation

text: 30. 5. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 157/1 I (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1097/98 of 25 May 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 113 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of liament (2), the European Par- Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 (3) laid down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products; referred to as Whereas following the entry into force of the agreements resulting from the Uruguay Round multilateral negoti- the Community negotiated various agreements ations, (hereinafter the ‘GATT agreements’); whereas several of those agreements concern agriculture, particularly the Agreement on Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’); whereas under the Agree- ment the Community no longer applies variable levies to imports of agricultural products or variable components; whereas as a result a number of provisions of Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 have to be adapted to this new situation to make their meaning clear; whereas other provisions are now no longer applicable; the Community’s Whereas under certain preferential agreements reductions are granted on the agricultural components within the commercial policy; framework of whereas these reductions are established with reference to the agricultural components applicable to non-preferen- tial trade; whereas these reduced amounts must therefore be converted into national currency at the same rate as applied for conversion of the non-reduced amounts; Whereas under certain preferential agreements conces- sions are granted within quota limits relating to both agri- (1) OJ C 105, 11. 4. 1996, p. 8. (2) OJ C 347, 25. 10. 1996, p. 464. (3) OJ L 318, 20. 12. 1993, p. 18. cultural and non-agricultural protection, or non-agricul- tural protection is subject to reductions as a consequence of such agreements; whereas it is essential that the man- agement of the non-agricultural part of protection should be subject to the same rules as for the agricultural part; by the agriculture Regulation Whereas, following the amendments made to the various Regulations on the common organisation of the markets in (EC) sector No 3290/94 (4), refunds for certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty may be granted only if they are in line with the commitments entered into by the Community pursuant to Article 228 of the Treaty; whereas the ar- rangements needed to ensure compliance with such com- mitments can be adopted under the procedure referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 3448/93; Whereas it is necessary therefore to amend Regulation (EC) No 3448/93, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 is hereby amended as follows: 1. in Article 1: (a) paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be replaced by the fol- lowing: ‘1. This Regulation determines the trade arrange- ments applicable to certain goods defined in Annex B. (4) OJ L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1161/97 (OJ L 169, 27. 6. 1997, p. 1). L 157/2 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 5. 98 2. For the purposes of this Regulation: — “agricultural products” shall mean products covered by Annex II to the Treaty, — “goods” shall mean products not covered by Annex II to the Treaty and listed in Annex B. ’; (b) the following paragraph shall be inserted: For the purposes of application of certain ‘2a. preferential agreements: — “agricultural component” shall mean the part of the charge corresponding to the Community Customs Tariff duties applicable to the agricul- tural products listed in Annex A or, where appropriate, the duties applicable to agricultural products originating in the countries concerned for the quantities of these agricultural products considered to have been used, as referred to in Article 13, the — “non-agricultural component” shall mean the part of corresponding to the Common Customs Tariff duties, reduced by the agricultural component defined in the first indent, charge — “basic products” shall mean certain agricultural products covered by Annex A to this Regulation or assimilated to those products or resulting for which the duties from their processing, published in the Common Customs Tariff serve to determine the agricultural component of the charge applicable to the goods. ’; 2. in Title I, Chapter I shall be replaced by the following: ‘CHAPTER I Importation Section I Trade with non-member countries Article 2 1. Save where otherwise provided in this Regulation, the Common Customs Tariff duties shall apply to the goods listed in Annex B. For the goods listed in Table 1 of Annex B, the charge shall consist of an ad valorem duty, designated the “fixed component”, and a specific amount set in ecus, designated the “agricultural component”. For the goods listed in Table 2 of Annex B, the agri- cultural component of the charge shall be part of the charge applicable to imports of such goods. 2. Subject to Articles 10 and 10a, the levying of any customs duty or charge having equivalent effect other than the charge provided for in paragraph 1 shall be prohibited. for rules The general interpretation of 3. the Combined Nomenclature and the special rules for application of the Nomenclature shall apply for the purposes of classification of the products covered by this Regulation; the tariff nomenclature resulting from application of this Regulation shall be included in the Common Customs Tariff. The detailed rules for application of this Regula- 4. tion shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16. Article 3 (Deleted) Article 4 1. Where the Common Customs Tariff lays down a maximum charge, the charge provided for in Article 2 may not exceed this maximum. Where the maximum charge referred to in the previous subparagraph may be applied only under specific conditions, these conditions shall be deter- mined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 11(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomen- clature and on the Common Customs Tariff (*). 2. Where the maximum charge consists of an ad valorem duty plus an additional duty on various kinds of sugar, expressed as sucrose (AD S/Z), or on flour (AD F/M), such additional duty shall be that laid down in the Common Customs Tariff. (*) OJ L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2308/97 (OJ L 321, 22. 11. 1997, p. 1). Article 5 (Deleted) Section II Preferential trade Article 6 The agricultural component applicable in the 1. framework of preferential trade shall be the specific amount fixed in the Common Customs Tariff. However, where the country or countries concerned satisfy the requirements of Community legislation for processed products, adopt the same basic products as the Community, cover the same goods and use the same coefficients as the Community: 30. 5. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 157/3 (a) this agricultural component may be determined on the basis of the quantities of basic products actually used if the Community has concluded a customs cooperation agreement covering the establishment of such quantities; (b) the duty applicable on importation of the basic product may be replaced by an amount established on the basis of the difference between agricultural prices in the Community and those in the country or region concerned, or by an amount offsetting a jointly established price for the region concerned; (c) where application of point (b) results in amounts with little impact on the goods covered, this ar- rangement may be replaced by a system of flat rate amounts or rates. 2. The agricultural components, with any reduc- tions, applicable to imports under a preferential agree- ment shall be converted into national currency by applying the same exchange rate as applicable to non- preferential trade. The ad valorem duties corresponding to the agri- 3. cultural component of the charge for the goods in Table 2 of Annex B may be replaced by another agri- cultural component where provided for by a preferen- tial agreement. The detailed rules for applying this Article shall 4. be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16. If necessary, these detailed rules shall cover in par- ticular: — completion and circulation of the documents necessary for granting these arrangements, — the measures necessary to avoid diversions of trade, — the list of basic products. 5. Where methods of analysing the agricultural products used are necessary, the methods specified for the agricultural products in question in the case of refunds on exports to third countries shall be used. 6. The Commission shall publish the charges res- ulting from application of the agreements referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3. Article 7 1. Where a preferential agreement provides for the reduction or phasing-out of the non-agricultural part of the charge, this shall be the fixed component in the case of the goods listed in Table 1 of Annex B. 2. Where a preferential agreement provides for a reduction in the agricultural component, whether or not within the limits of a tariff quota, the detailed rules for determining and managing such reduced agricul- tural components shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16, provided the agreement specifies: — the products eligible for these reductions, — the quantities of goods or value of any quotas to which these reductions apply or the method of calculating these quantities or values, — the factors determining the reduction in the agri- cultural component. 3. The detailed rules necessary for initiating and in the non-agricultural com- managing reductions ponents of the charge shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16. The Commission shall publish the charges res- 4. ulting from application of the preferential agreements referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2. ’; 3. the following Article shall be added after Article 10: ‘Article 10a In order to prevent or counteract adverse effects 1. on the Community market which may result from imports of certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products, listed in Annex C, importation at the rate of duty provided for in the Common Customs Tariff of one or more of such goods shall be subject to the payment of an additional import duty if the conditions set out in Article 5 of the Agreement have been fulfilled unless the imports are unlikely to disturb the Community market or where the effects would be disproportionate to the intended objective. 2. The trigger prices below which an additional import duty may be imposed shall be those forwarded to the World Trade Organisation by the Community. The trigger quantities which must be exceeded in order for an additional import duty to be imposed shall be determined, inter alia, on the basis of imports into the Community in the three years preceding that in which the adverse effects referred to in paragraph 1 arise or seem likely to arise. The import prices to be taken into consideration 3. when imposing an additional import duty shall be determined on the basis of the cif import prices of the consignment concerned. 4. The detailed implementing rules shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16. L 157/4 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 5. 98 These rules shall cover in particular: (a) the goods to which additional import duties are applied under Article 5 of the Agreement; (b) the other criteria necessary for application of para- graph 1 in accordance with Article 5 of the Agree- ment. ’; 4. in Article 12, paragraph 1 shall be deleted. Paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following: The Commission shall adapt this Regulation or ‘3. Regulations adopted pursuant thereto to any amend- ments to the Combined Nomenclature. ’; 5. the text of Article 13 shall be replaced by the fol- lowing: ‘Article 13 1. This Article shall apply to all preferential trade for which determination of the agricultural component of the charge, possibly reduced under the conditions laid down in Article 7, is not based on the actual content referred to in Article 6(1)(a) and/or for which the basic amounts are not based on the price dif- ferences referred to in Article 6(1)(b). Any amendments to be made to this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16. (*) OJ L 187, 26. 7. 1996, p. 18. ’; 6. in Article 14, paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following: ‘1. The threshold or thresholds below which the agricultural components established in accordance with Articles 6 and 7 shall be fixed at zero may be laid down in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16. The non-application of these agricultural components may be made subject to special condi- tions, in accordance with the same procedure, in order to avoid creating artificial trade flows’; 7. Article 18 shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 18 The measures necessary to adapt this Regulation to amendments made to the Regulations on the common organisation of the market in agricultural products in order to maintain the existing arrangements shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16. ’; 8. in Annex B, the titles under ‘Table 1’ and ‘Table 2’ shall be deleted; 9. the Annex to this Regulation is hereby added as Annex C to Regulation (EC) No 3448/93. The characteristics of the basic products and the 2. quantities of the basic products to be taken into account shall be those laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1460/96 (*). Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 25 May 1998. For the Council The President J. CUNNINGHAM 30. 5. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 157/5 ANNEX ‘ANNEX C Description of goods Yogurt, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa CN code 0403 10 51 to 0403 10 99 0403 10 71 to 0403 90 99 0710 40 Sweetcorn (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen 0711 90 30 1517 10 10 1517 90 10 Sweetcorn provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, sulphur water or in other preservative solutions) but unsuitable in that state for im- mediate consumption Margarine, excluding liquid margarine containing more than 10 % but not more than 15 % by weight of milk fats Other edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading No 1516, containing more than 10 % but not more than 15 % by weight of milk fats 1702 50 00 Chemically pure fructose 2005 80 00 Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata) prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen 2905 43 00 Mannitol: D-Glucitol (Sorbitol): – in aqueous solution: 2905 44 11 – – containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content 2905 44 19 – – other – other: 2905 44 91 – – containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content 2905 44 99 – – other 3505 10 10 Dextrin 3505 10 92 Other modified starches, excluding esterified or etherified starches, amilomers, cadex- omers, crilanomers and eldexomers Glues based on starches or on dextrins or other modified starches: 3505 20 10 – containing, by weight, less than 25 % of starches or dextrins or other modified star- ches 3505 20 30 – containing, by weight, 25 % or more but less than 55 % of starches or dextrins or other modified starches 3505 20 50 – containing, by weight, 55 % or more but less than 80 % of starches or dextrins or other modified starches 3505 20 90 – containing, by weight, 80 % or more of starches or dextrins or other modified star- ches L 157/6 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 5. 98 CN code Description of goods Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs or other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the paper, leather or like industries, with a basis of amylaceous substances, not elsewhere specified or included: – containing by weight of such substances less than 55 % – containing by weight of such substances 55 % or more but less than 70 % – containing by weight of such substances 70 % or more but less than 83 % – containing by weight of such substances 83 % or more 3809 10 10 3809 10 30 3809 10 50 3809 10 90 Sorbitol other than of CN code 2905 44: – in aqueous solution: 3824 60 11 – – containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content 3824 60 19 – – other – other: 3824 60 91 – – containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol 3824 60 99 – – other’ content


title: PREGUNTA ESCRITA n. 1581/98 del Daniel VARELA SUANZES- CARPEGNA a la Comisión. Industria de la pizarra y Régimen Arancelario Preferencial

text: C 50/50 Diario Oficial de las Comunidades Europeas ES 22. 2. 1999 ¿Podr(cid:237)a comunicar la Comisi(cid:243)n si la UE importa pizarra de los pa(cid:237)ses candidatos a la adhesi(cid:243)n y, en su caso, si los acuerdos comerciales con ellos prevØn reg(cid:237)menes arancelarios preferenciales, de los cuales forme parte la pizarra? En caso afirmativo, ¿podr(cid:237)a informar la Comisi(cid:243)n sobre el margen preferente y el tipo arancelario aplicable a la pizarra proveniente de los pa(cid:237)ses candidatos, en el marco de su respectivo rØgimen arancelario preferencial, as(cid:237) como sobre la posible evoluci(cid:243)n y modificaciones de cara al futuro? (1999/C 50/070) PREGUNTA ESCRITA E-1581/98 de Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) a la Comisi(cid:243)n Asunto: Industria de la pizarra y RØgimen Arancelario Preferencial (25 de mayo de 1998) ¿Podr(cid:237)a informar la Comisi(cid:243)n sobre el respectivo margen preferente y tipo arancelario que se aplica a las importaciones en la UE de pizarra procedente de cada uno de los terceros pa(cid:237)ses que se benefician de un rØgimen arancelario preferencial, as(cid:237) como sobre la evoluci(cid:243)n y posibles modificaciones futuras del mismo? ¿Podr(cid:237)a informar la Comisi(cid:243)n sobre el respectivo tipo arancelario que se aplica a las exportaciones comunitarias de pizarra en cada uno de los pa(cid:237)ses que exportan a su vez pizarra a la UE en el marco de un rØgimen arancelario preferencial? (1999/C 50/071) PREGUNTA ESCRITA E-1582/98 de Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) a la Comisi(cid:243)n (25 de mayo de 1998) Asunto: Aranceles aplicables a la pizarra ¿Podr(cid:237)a informar la Comisi(cid:243)n sobre el respectivo tipo arancelario que se aplica a las importaciones en la UE de pizarra procedente de cada uno de los terceros pa(cid:237)ses que no se benefician de ningœn rØgimen arancelario preferencial al respecto, as(cid:237) como sobre la evoluci(cid:243)n y posibles modificaciones futuras del mismo? ¿Podr(cid:237)a informar la Comisi(cid:243)n sobre el respectivo tipo arancelario que se aplica a las exportaciones comunitarias de pizarra en cada uno de los pa(cid:237)ses que exportan a su vez pizarra a la UE y no se benefician de ningœn rØgimen arancelario preferencial al respecto, as(cid:237) como sobre la evoluci(cid:243)n y posibles modificaciones futuras del mismo? (1999/C 50/072) PREGUNTA ESCRITA E-1583/98 de Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) a la Comisi(cid:243)n Asunto: Industria de la pizarra y obstÆculos al comercio internacional (25 de mayo de 1998) En su respuesta a mis anteriores preguntas parlamentarias E-4009 y E-4011/97 (1), Sir Leon Brittan, en nombre de la Comisi(cid:243)n, seæala que la Comisi(cid:243)n puso en marcha, en noviembre de 1996, una nueva iniciativa sobre la estrategia y las posibilidades de acceso de la industria comunitaria a los mercados de terceros pa(cid:237)ses y, consecuentemente, de determinaci(cid:243)n y eliminaci(cid:243)n de los obstÆculos a las exportaciones comunitarias. En este contexto, el Comisario Brittan invitaba al sector de la pizarra a participar activamente en esta iniciativa destinada a la determinaci(cid:243)n de los obstÆculos al comercio internacional. ¿Puede informar la Comisi(cid:243)n en quØ consiste concretamente dicha iniciativa y en quØ estado actual se encuentra, as(cid:237) como el procedimiento concreto de participaci(cid:243)n a seguir por la industria de la pizarra? (1) DO C 196 de 22. 6. 1998, p. 56


title: WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1604/98 by Ernesto CACCAVALE to the Commission. Infringement of the principle of transparency of Community acts

eurovoc_concepts:
EU aid
Sardinia
audiovisual industry
cinema
cultural cooperation
cultural event
eligibility criteria
invitation to tender
terms for aid
transparency in decision-making

text: 5. 2. 1999 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning C 31/59 Svar (6 oktober 1998) R(cid:229)dets arbete med kommissionens f(cid:246)rslag om en ny handlingsplan f(cid:246)r de (cid:228)ldre (cid:228)r mycket riktigt uppskjutet sedan november 1995, och det finns f(cid:246)r n(cid:228)rvarande inga planer p(cid:229) att (cid:229)teruppta behandlingen av (cid:228)rendet. R(cid:229)det har inte haft tillf(cid:228)lle att h(cid:229)lla n(cid:229)gon allm(cid:228)n debatt om detta (cid:228)rende. (1999/C 31/077) SKRIFTLIG FR¯GA E-1601/98 fr(cid:229)n Joaqu(cid:237)n Sis(cid:243) Cruellas (PPE) till kommissionen (25 maj 1998) ˜mne: Skydd av v(cid:228)rph(cid:246)ns Det spanska f(cid:246)rbundet f(cid:246)r (cid:228)ggproducenter (Asociaci(cid:243)n Espanola de Productores de Huevos) anser att kommissionens f(cid:246)rslag till direktiv om uppr(cid:228)ttande av miniminormer f(cid:246)r skydd av v(cid:228)rph(cid:246)ns i f(cid:246)rh(cid:229)llande till olika uppf(cid:246)dningssystem kommer att leda till att priset p(cid:229) ett tjog (cid:228)gg stiger till (cid:246)ver 400 pesetas. Detta kunde inneb(cid:228)ra att detta livsmedel s(cid:229) gott som f(cid:246)rsvinner ur matkorgen. Anser kommissionen att f(cid:246)rbundets (cid:229)sikt (cid:228)r motiverad? Om denna bed(cid:246)mning saknar grund, (cid:246)nskar jag att man l(cid:228)gger fram argument f(cid:246)r att tjogpriset p(cid:229) (cid:228)gg inte kommer att (cid:246)ka som en f(cid:246)ljd av till(cid:228)mpningen av n(cid:228)mnda direktiv. Svar fr(cid:229)n Franz Fischler p(cid:229) kommissionens v(cid:228)gnar (25 juni 1998) Kommissionens f(cid:246)rslag till r(cid:229)dsdirektiv om en minimistandard f(cid:246)r skyddet av v(cid:228)rph(cid:246)ns i olika uppf(cid:246)dnings- system (1) (cid:228)r grundat p(cid:229) en rapport fr(cid:229)n Vetenskapliga veterin(cid:228)rkommittØn. Det f(cid:246)reslagna nya standardutrymmet f(cid:246)r v(cid:228)rph(cid:246)ns i bur (cid:228)r 800 cm3 i nybyggda eller ombyggda burar. Den (cid:246)verg(cid:229)ngsperiod efter vilken alla anl(cid:228)ggningar m(cid:229)ste f(cid:246)lja den nya standarden planeras i f(cid:246)rslaget till 10 (cid:229)r. I kommissionens meddelande till f(cid:246)rslaget anges att kraven kan komma att leda till en (cid:246)kning av kostnaden f(cid:246)r (cid:228)gg p(cid:229) cirka 10-15 %. Dessutom anges i meddelandet att till(cid:228)ggskostnaden f(cid:246)r konsumenten ber(cid:228)knas uppg(cid:229) till endast 1,12-1,56 ecu per (cid:229)r, vilket enligt kommissionens mening inte kommer att hindra m(cid:228)nniskor fr(cid:229)n att k(cid:246)pa (cid:228)gg. (1) KOM(98) 135 slutlig. (1999/C 31/078) SKRIFTLIG FR¯GA E-1604/98 fr(cid:229)n Ernesto Caccavale (UPE) till kommissionen (25 maj 1998) ˜mne: Kr(cid:228)nkning av principen om (cid:246)ppenhet och insyn i gemenskapens handlingar Giffonis filmfestival (cid:228)r en internationell filmfestival f(cid:246)r barn- och ungdomsfilm som har arrangerats i Giffoni Valle Piana i Salernoprovinsen, Italien, sedan 1971. Festivalen har r(cid:246)nt internationellt erk(cid:228)nnande, och den har ett stort kulturellt v(cid:228)rde. Bara under de senaste fem (cid:229)ren har den bidragit till distributionen av (cid:229)tminstone 54 europeiska filmer av unga regiss(cid:246)rer, och den verkar varje (cid:229)r f(cid:246)r att utbilda filmpubliken. Mot denna bakgrund, och trots det faktum att mer (cid:228)n 80 000 personer bes(cid:246)kte den senaste filmfestivalen i Giffoni, f(cid:229)r festivalen sedan fyra (cid:229)r tillbaka inget st(cid:246)d fr(cid:229)n Europeiska kommissionen, trots att man s(cid:228)rskilt ans(cid:246)kt om


title: Council Regulation (EC) No 1100/98 of 25 May 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1615/89 establishing a European forestry information and communication system (EFICS)

eurovoc_concepts:
access to information
forest
forestry policy
information system

text: L 157/10 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 5. 98 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1100/98 of 25 May 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1615/89 establishing a European forestry information and communication system (EFICS) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 213 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas the period of application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1615/89 of 29 May 1989 establishing a Euro- pean forestry information and communication system (EFICS) (1) expired on 31 December 1997; Whereas several Community measures have already been undertaken to establish the system based mainly on an analysis of the reliability and comparability of the data obtained from Member States’ forest inventories and on improving coordination of the statistical work undertaken sector; by international organisations on the forest whereas that work has demonstrated the timeliness of the process initiated by the Community and the benefits which the latter can expect from the continuation of that work; Whereas the system cannot be implemented unless the Member States take appropriate measures to that end; whereas such measures must be specified in a work- programme prepared by the Commission and presented to the Standing Forestry Committee; Whereas the implementation of Community policies, the European Union’s international commitments as part of the post-Helsinki process and the special session of the United Nations General Assembly (1997) (UNGASS) and the work of the European Environmental Agency require that the measures to be taken to improve the quality of international forestry data and to improve the use of the computer and data-processing techniques most suitable for disseminating those data, should be reinforced; Whereas, furthermore, the European Parliament Resolu- tion of 30 January 1997 on the European Union’s forestry strategy (2) stresses that the Commission must ensure that EFICS is effectively implemented; whereas the own- initiative opinion of the Economic and Social Committee of 24 April 1997 on the situation and problems of forestry in the European Union and potential for developing for- estry policies (3) notes the importance of improving infor- mation in the forestry sector and the contribution that (1) OJ L 165, 15. 6. 1989, p. 12. Regulation as amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 400/94 (OJ L 54, 25. 2. 1994, p. 5). (2) OJ C 55, 24. 2. 1997, p. 22. (3) OJ C 206, 7. 7. 1997, p. 128. EFICS could make to that, in particular by including data on forest protection; Whereas extended and amended to take account of requirements, the above Regulation should therefore be the above HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1615/89 is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 1 shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 1 In order to collect and provide objective, reliable, comparable and pertinent information on the structure and operation of the forestry sector in the Community, and thus: — improve consideration of the interests of the for- estry sector in international discussions, — facilitate the implementation of measures in favour of the forestry sector under existing Community policies, — facilitate implementation of Member States’ poli- cies relating to forestry or having an impact on the forestry sector, — permit access by the general public to information on the European forestry sector, a European forestry information and communication system (EFICS), hereinafter called “the System”, is hereby set up, the objective of which is to collect, coor- dinate, standardise, process and disseminate informa- tion concerning the forestry sector and its develop- ment’. 2. Article 3 shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 3 The Commission shall set up the System in close cooperation with the Member States and international bodies active in the field of European forestry statistics during a period commencing 1 January 1989 and ending on 31 December 2002. 30. 5. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 157/11 implementation of the European level, To improve the comparability and completeness of the data at the System may require that Member States, after obtaining the opinion of the Standing Forestry Committee set up by Decision 89/367/EEC (1), adjust or supplement their procedures for the collection of data, in particular where the evaluation of forestry resources and the monitoring of the timber and forestry products market are concerned. The Commission shall, where appropriate, support measures undertaken by Member States and interna- tional organisations such as the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Economic the Commission for Europe and intended to meet specific requirements for setting up the System. (1) OJ L 165, 15. 6. 1989, p. 14. ’ 3. The following Article 3a shall be inserted: ‘Article 3a 1. The Commission shall present to the Standing Forestry Committee a work-programme detailing the measures which shall be taken by Member States and the Commission with a view to establishing the System. 2. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the work-programme within a time limit to be fixed by its chairman on the basis of the urgency of the matter in question. The opinion shall be by a majority as provided for in Article 148(2) of the Treaty for the adoption of decisions which the Council is requested to take on a proposal from the Commission. Member States’ votes in the Committee shall be weighted as set out in the said Article. The chairman shall not have a vote. 3. (a) The Commission shall adopt the envisaged measures where they are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee. (b) Where the envisaged measures are not in ac- cordance with the opinion of the Committee, or in the absence of an opinion, the Commission shall present the Council without delay with a proposal on the measures to be taken. The Council shall decide on the proposal by quali- fied majority. If the Council has failed to adopt the measures within a period of three months of being asked to do so, the proposed measures and implement them imme- diately’. the Commission shall adopt 4. Article 4 shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 4 The financial reference amount for implementing the System shall be ECU 3 900 000 for the period 1989 to 2002. The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the available budget’. 5. Article 5 shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 5 The Commission shall report to the Council, before 1 January 2003, with an assessment of the implemen- tation of the System and the results obtained. In the light of that report it shall, where necessary, make proposals to the Council on the future organisation and operation of the System’. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 January 1998. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 25 May 1998. For the Council The President J. CUNNINGHAM


title: SKRIFTLIG FORESPØRGSEL nr. 1614/98 af Gary TITLEY til Kommissionen. Posttakster for almennyttige organisationer og Reims II- systemet

eurovoc_concepts:
postal charges
postal service
voluntary organisation

text: 22. 12. 98 DA De Europ(cid:230)iske F(cid:230)llesskabers Tidende C 402/147 (98/C 402/195) SKRIFTLIG FORESP(cid:216)RGSEL E-1614/98 af Gary Titley (PSE) til Kommissionen (25. maj 1998) Om: Posttakster for almennyttige organisationer og Reims II-systemet Det nye Reims II-system for betalinger mellem postkontorer til d(cid:230)kning af postforsendelser p(cid:229) tv(cid:230)rs af EU(cid:146)s indre gr(cid:230)nser vil m(cid:229)ske i nogle lande łge sandsynligheden for hłjere posttakster for internationale forsendelser. Vil Kommissionen p(cid:229) denne baggrund foresl(cid:229) s(cid:230)rbehandling af almennyttige organisationer, f. eks. i form af s(cid:230)rlige, lavere takster, for at bidrage til at fremme forbindelserne mellem borgern(cid:230)re organisationer i hele EU? Svar afgivet p(cid:229) Kommissionens vegne af Martin Bangemann (18. juni 1998) Form(cid:229)let med REIMS II-aftalen (»Remuneration of Exchanges of International Mail«) er at bringe terminalaf- gifterne, der betales mellem de p(cid:229)g(cid:230)ldende europ(cid:230)iske postvirksomheder, t(cid:230)ttere p(cid:229) de faktiske omkostninger i forbindelse med postforsendelser p(cid:229) tv(cid:230)rs af EU(cid:146)s indre gr(cid:230)nser i overensstemmelse med det af F(cid:230)llesskabet hyldede princip for omkostningsd(cid:230)kning. Anvendelsen af de nye terminalafgifter vil ikke nłdvendigvis blive fulgt op af en generel forhłjelse af de nationale posttakster, som brugerne skal betale, men vil snarere i visse tilf(cid:230)lde resultere i en afstemming af de gr(cid:230)nseoverskridende posttakster alt efter det p(cid:229)g(cid:230)ldende produkt. Inden for F(cid:230)llesskabet er det op til de enkelte medlemsstater at tage stilling til, om der behłves nogen form for stłtte til almennyttige organisationer, hvis der skulle ske en stigning i deres portoomkostninger. (98/C 402/196) SKRIFTLIG FORESP(cid:216)RGSEL E-1622/98 af Glyn Ford (PSE) til Kommissionen (27. maj 1998) Om: Momsneds(cid:230)ttelse p(cid:229) reparationsarbejde p(cid:229) bygninger til religiłse form(cid:229)l Vil Kommissionen stłtte en opfordring til at neds(cid:230)tte momsen p(cid:229) reparationsarbejder p(cid:229) bygninger til religiłse form(cid:229)l fra 17,5 % til 5 %? Svar afgivet p(cid:229) Kommissionens vegne af Mario Monti (3. juli 1998) I henhold til F(cid:230)llesskabets nuv(cid:230)rende momslovgivning kan medlemsstaterne ikke indrłmme en reduceret momssats i forbindelse med reparation, renovering og vedligeholdelse af kirker og religiłse bygninger. Et kommissionsforslag om harmonisering af momssatserne, som sandsynligvis vil lłse det af det (cid:230)rede medlem rejste spłrgsm(cid:229)l, er for łjeblikket under udarbejdelse. I den forbindelse vil man ogs(cid:229) overveje tanken om at reducere momssatsen for reparation, renovering og vedligeholdelse af historiske bygninger og kirker. (98/C 402/197) SKRIFTLIG FORESP(cid:216)RGSEL E-1629/98 af Amedeo Amadeo (NI) til Kommissionen (27. maj 1998) Om: XXVI beretning om konkurrencepolitik Forespłrgslen vedrłrer den XXVI beretning om konkurrencepolitikken (1996) (SEC(97)0628 endel. (CES 1381/ 97). Agter Kommissionen ikke udelukkende at basere sig p(cid:229) det indre marked med henblik p(cid:229) at vurdere en dominerende stilling i EU, n(cid:229)r det drejer sig om det internationale marked?


title: Padomes Regula (EK) Nr. 1098/98 (1998. gada 25. maijs), ar kuru ievieš īpašus pagaidu pasākumus attiecībā uz apiņiem

eurovoc_concepts:
agricultural production policy
fallow
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text: 03/23. sēj. LV Eiropas Savienības Oficiālais Vēstnesis 117 31998R1098 30. 5. 1998. EIROPAS KOPIENU OFICIĀLAIS VĒSTNESIS L 157/7 PADOMES REGULA (EK) Nr. 1098/98 (1998. gada 25. maijs), ar kuru ievieš īpašus pagaidu pasākumus attiecībā uz apiņiem EIROPAS SAVIENĪBAS PADOME, ņemot vērā Eiropas Kopienas dibināšanas līgumu, tā kā, lai efektīvi kontrolētu šo pasākumu piemērošanu, būtu jānosaka ražotāju grupu un dalībvalstu kompetento iestāžu pienākumi, kā arī Komisijai būtu jāpiešķir tiesības pieņemt sīki izstrādātus noteikumus šo pasākumu piemērošanai, ņemot vērā Padomes 1971. gada 26. jūlija Regulu (EEK) Nr. 1696/71 par apiņu tirgus kopīgo organizāciju (1) un jo īpai tās 16. a pantu, IR PIEŅĒMUSI ŠO REGULU. ņemot vērā Komisijas priekšlikumu, 1. pants tā kā Regulas (EEK) Nr. 1696/71 16. a pants paredz, ka, rodo- ties pārpalikumam, Padome ar kvalificētu balsu vairākumu pēc Komisijas priekšlikuma var attiecīgi rīkoties ar ražošanas poten- ciālu; tā kā gan īslaicīgu, gan strukturālu iemeslu dēļ apiņu tirgū patlaban ir pārpalikums; Papildus Regulas (EEK) Nr. 1696/71 7. panta 1. punkta b) apakšpunktā aprakstītajiem mērķiem kā līdzekļus kopīgai savas produkcijas pielāgošanai tirgus prasībām un tās uzla- bošanai ražotāju grupas var izmantot arī pagaidu neaudzēšanu un/vai izaršanu pavisam. tā kā ražotāju grupu mērķis ir koriģēt ražošanu atbilstoši tirgus prasībām; tā kā šajā nolūkā tās atbilstošiem pasākumiem var izmantot līdz 20 % no atbalsta; tā kā šajā jomā būtu jāpaplašina to darbības apjoms, ļaujot tām izmantot pagaidu neaudzēšanu un/vai ar apiņiem apstādīto platību izaršanu pavisam; tā kā šie pasākumi papildinās īpašos pasākumus, kas uzskaitīti iepriekš- minētās regulas 7. panta 1. punkta b) apakšpunktā; tā kā apiņu ražošanas un tirdzniecības nosacījumi un tādējādi ekonomiskā dzīvotspēja dažādās dalībvalstīs arī nozares atšķiras; tā kā šā iemesla dēļ lēmums izmantot īpašos pasā- kumus vai atturēties no tiem būtu jāpieņem attiecīgās dalīb- valsts līmenī; tā kā pagaidu neaudzēšanu un/vai izaršanu pavisam var atļaut tikai tad, ja ir ievērotas noteiktas prasības, jo sevišķi atbalsta neuzkrāšana uz laiku neapstādītajām teritorijām, kā arī pienā- kums samazināt platības līdz 2002. gadam; tā kā tas rada izmaksas; tā kā šīs izmaksas un ienākumu zudums daļēji būtu jāsedz, samaksājot tādu summu, kas vienāda ar palīdzību par hektāru uz ierobežotu laika posmu; tā kā būtu jāparedz, ka tādēļ var atļaut pagaidām piešķirt tādu summu, kas vienāda ar atbalsta apjomu par šādām nenovāktām platībām; tā kā pārrau- dzības efektivitātes dēļ būtu jāprecizē minimālais lielums platībām, kuras var gūt labumu no šiem pasākumiem; (1) OV L 175, 4. 8. 1971. , 1. lpp. Regulā jaunākie grozījumi izdarīti ar Regulu (EK) Nr. 1554/97 (OV L 208, 2. 8. 1997. , 1. lpp. ). 2. pants izaršanu pavisam, ražotāji, kuri 1. Dalībvalstīs, kuras nolemj izmantot pagaidu neaudzēšanu izmanto šādus pasā- un/vai kumus, no 1998. gada ražas un līdz 2002. gada ražai saņem summu, kas vienāda ar atbalsta summu par apsēto platību, ar nosacījumu, ka viņi apņemas neaudzēt apiņus citās savas saimniecības platībās. Viņi nedrīkst saņemt nekādu citu Kopienas atbalstu par uz laiku neapsētajām platībām. Apiņu platībai, ko audzētāju grupas audzē 2003. gada ražai, piemērojot pagaidu neaudzēšanu un/vai izaršanu pavisam, jābūt mazākai par platību, kas apsēta 1997. gada ražas iegūšanai. 2. Ražotāju grupas nosaka minimālo zemes gabala lielumu, par kuru var iesniegt atbalsta pieprasījumu. Šis minimālais zemes gabala lielums nevar būt mazāks par 0,3 hektāriem. Ražotāju grupas var noteikt īpašas papildprasības, kuras izaršanas 3. jāievēro to locekļiem pagaidu neaudzēšanas un/vai gadījumos. 4. Par platībām, kuras uz laiku netiek apsētas vai tiek izartas, līdz ražas gada 31. maijam jāziņo kompetentajām iestādēm. Par 1998. gada ražu šī informācija jāsniedz ne vēlāk kā līdz 1998. gada 30. jūnijam. Kompetentās iestādes pārbauda, vai ir izpildītas šādas prasības: 118 LV Eiropas Savienības Oficiālais Vēstnesis 03/23. sēj. — apiņu stabu uzturēšana – gadījumā, kad audzēšana 4. pants pārtraukta uz laiku, — apiņu stabu noņemšana, gadījumā, kad notiek izaršana pavisam, — pastāvīgā apzāļošana augsnes auglības uzlabošanai. 3. pants Šī regula stājas spēkā trešajā dienā pēc tās publicēšanas Eiropas Kopienu Oficiālajā Vēstnesī. Saskaņā ar procedūru, kas noteikta Regulas (EEK) Nr. 1696/71 20. pantā, Komisija pieņem sīki izstrādātus noteikumus šīs regulas īstenošanai. To piemēro no laika posmā no 1998. gada ražas 2003. gada ražai. līdz Šī regula uzliek saistības kopumā un ir tieši piemērojama visās dalībvalstīs. Briselē, 1998. gada 25. maijā Padomes vārdā — priekšsēdētājs J. CUNNINGHAM


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text: C 50/56 Euroopan yhteis(cid:246)jen virallinen lehti FI 22. 2. 1999 (1999/C 50/078) KIRJALLINEN KYSYMYS E-1611/98 esitt(cid:228)j(cid:228)(t): Susan Waddington (PSE) komissiolle (25. toukokuuta 1998) Aihe: Tuholaismyrkky (cid:148)Lindanen(cid:148) k(cid:228)ytt(cid:246) Viitaten jo aiemmin esitt(cid:228)miini kysymyksiin P-0860/95 (1) ja E-2008/95 (2), voiko komissio kertoa, miss(cid:228) vaiheessa YK/ETY:n monivuotisen ohjausohjelman sopimusluonnosta koskevat neuvottelut ovat t(cid:228)ll(cid:228) hetkell(cid:228)? Voiko komissio kertoa erityisesti siit(cid:228), mill(cid:228) tavoin tuholaismyrkky (cid:148)Lindanen(cid:148) perusainesosana k(cid:228)ytett(cid:228)v(cid:228)(cid:228) heksakloorisykloheksaania kontrolloidaan tulevaisuudessa? Aiotaanko heksakloorisykloheksaanin k(cid:228)ytt(cid:246) kielt(cid:228)(cid:228) t(cid:228)ysin? (1) EYVL C 179, 13. 7. 1995, s. 57. (2) EYVL C 9, 15. 1. 1996, s. 12. Komission j(cid:228)senen Ritt Bjerregaardin komission puolesta antama vastaus (6. hein(cid:228)kuuta 1998) Valtiosta toiseen tapahtuvaa ilman ep(cid:228)puhtauksien kaukokulkeutumista koskevan YK:n Euroopan talouskomis- sion (ECE:n) yleissopimuksen mukaisesti perustettu strategioita k(cid:228)sittelev(cid:228) ty(cid:246)ryhm(cid:228) viimeisteli hitaasti hajoavia orgaanisia yhdisteit(cid:228) koskevan p(cid:246)yt(cid:228)kirjan tekstin helmikuussa 1998. P(cid:246)yt(cid:228)kirjan allekirjoittamisme- nettely aloitettiin 23. ›25. kes(cid:228)kuuta 1998 ¯rhusissa Tanskassa j(cid:228)rjestetyss(cid:228) Euroopan ymp(cid:228)rist(cid:246)asioita k(cid:228)sit- telev(cid:228)ss(cid:228) ministerikokouksessa. Yhteis(cid:246) allekirjoitti p(cid:246)yt(cid:228)kirjan t(cid:228)m(cid:228) kokouksen yhteydess(cid:228). P(cid:246)yt(cid:228)kirjassa asetetaan rajoituksia heksakloorisykloheksaanin (HCH:n) k(cid:228)yt(cid:246)lle, mutta sit(cid:228) ei kiellet(cid:228) kokonaan. P(cid:246)yt(cid:228)kirjan liitteess(cid:228) II m(cid:228)(cid:228)r(cid:228)t(cid:228)(cid:228)n, ett(cid:228) teknisten HCH-aineiden (kuten HCH-isomeeriseosten) k(cid:228)ytt(cid:246) rajoitetaan kemianteollisuuden v(cid:228)liaineiksi, kun taas tuotteiden, joissa v(cid:228)hint(cid:228)(cid:228)n 99 % HCH:sta on gammaisomeerina (kuten lindaani), k(cid:228)ytt(cid:246) rajoitetaan siementen k(cid:228)sittelyyn, levitykseen maanpinnalle siten, ett(cid:228) aine imeytyy v(cid:228)litt(cid:246)m(cid:228)sti maan pintakerrokseen, sahatavaran, puutavaran ja tukkien ammattimainen suojaukseen ja teolliseen k(cid:228)sittelyyn, hy(cid:246)nteismyrkyksi kansalaisten terveyden suojelussa ja el(cid:228)inl(cid:228)(cid:228)ketieteellisiss(cid:228) tarkoituksissa, maanpinnalla tapahtuvaan puiden taimien k(cid:228)sittelyyn, pienimuotoiseen nurmikoiden k(cid:228)sittelyyn ja taimitarhojen ja koriste- kasvien k(cid:228)sittelyyn sis(cid:228)- ja ulkotiloissa sek(cid:228) teolliseen k(cid:228)ytt(cid:246)(cid:246)n ja kotitalousk(cid:228)ytt(cid:246)(cid:246)n sis(cid:228)tiloissa. N(cid:228)m(cid:228) sallitut k(cid:228)ytt(cid:246)tarkoitukset sis(cid:228)llytettiin p(cid:246)yt(cid:228)kirjaan yleissopimuksen sopimuspuolina olevien useiden kolmansien maiden pyynn(cid:246)st(cid:228). Kaikkia lindaanin sallittuja k(cid:228)ytt(cid:246)tarkoituksia arvioidaan kuitenkin uudelleen p(cid:246)yt(cid:228)kirjan mukaisesti viimeist(cid:228)(cid:228)n kahden vuoden kuluttua sen voimaantulosta. Lindaanin k(cid:228)ytt(cid:246)(cid:228) on my(cid:246)s arvioitu uudelleen kasvinsuojeluaineiden markkinoille saattamisesta annetun neuvoston direktiivin 91/414/ETY 8 artiklan 2 kohdassa tarkoitetun ty(cid:246)ohjelman ensimm(cid:228)isen vaiheen t(cid:228)yt(cid:228)n- t(cid:246)(cid:246)npanoa koskevista yksityiskohtaisista s(cid:228)(cid:228)nn(cid:246)ist(cid:228) 11. joulukuuta 1992 annetun komission asetuksen (1) yhteydess(cid:228). Arviointimenettelyss(cid:228) otetaan huomioon kaikki rajoitukset, jotka komissio on ratifioinut ilman ep(cid:228)puhtauksien kaukokulkeutumista koskevaan yleissopimukseen liittyv(cid:228)(cid:228)n hitaasti hajoavista orgaanisista yhdisteist(cid:228) tehtyyn p(cid:246)yt(cid:228)kirjaan verrattavissa olevissa kansainv(cid:228)lisiss(cid:228) sopimuksissa. (1) EYVL L 366, 15. 12. 1992. (1999/C 50/079) KIRJALLINEN KYSYMYS E-1613/98 esitt(cid:228)j(cid:228)(t): Glyn Ford (PSE) komissiolle (25. toukokuuta 1998) Aihe: Avaruusasema Alpha Voiko komissio ilmoittaa, miss(cid:228) m(cid:228)(cid:228)rin Euroopan unioni osallistuu kansainv(cid:228)liseen avaruusasemahankkeeseen nimelt(cid:228) (cid:148)avaruusasema Alpha(cid:148)?