title: SKRIFTLIG FORESPØRGSEL nr. 3752/98 af Nelly MAES til Kommissionen. Provokationer i de tyrkiske medier

eurovoc_concepts:
Belgium
Kurdistan question
Türkiye
foreign national
judicial investigation
mass media
political violence
violence

text: 28. 6. 1999 DA De Europæiske Fællesskabers Tidende C 182/123 Kommissionen er klar over betydningen af den grænseoverskridende rejseaktivitet inden for det indre marked. Denne omfattende rejseaktivitet, som er nødvendig for at udvikle følelsen af et fælles borgerskab, omfatter erhvervsanliggender, turisme, familiebesøg og kultur. På et område med en fælles valuta vil rejsende fra de deltagende medlemsstater give de penge ud, som de har på sig, uden hensyn til mønternes nationale side. Den tilfældige spredning af mønterne vil være resultatet af denne rejseaktivitet. Kommissionen har ikke foretaget nogen beregninger, men der er to faktorer, der peger på, at den tilfældige spredning af mønterne kan tage forholdsvis lang tid. For det første angår den grænseoverskridende rejseaktivitet ikke flertallet af EU’s borgere. For det andet er rejsende normalt kun i besiddelse af små beløb i mønter. Mønter med nationale symboler vil højst sandsynligt være dominerende i oprindelseslandet. (1999/C 182/167) SKRIFTLIG FORESPØRGSEL E-3752/98 af Nelly Maes (ARE) til Kommissionen (11. december 1998) Om: Provokationer i de tyrkiske medier Kommissionen bedes besvare nedenstående spørgsmål foranlediget af de nylige optøjer i Sint Joost ten Node (Bruxelles). Disse optøjer udspillede sig, efter at Italiens regeringschef Massimo d’Alema havde erklæret, at den umiddelbart forinden arresterede kurdiske PKK-leder Abdullah Öcalan ikke ville blive udleveret til Tyrkiet, og at hans asylansøgning tilmed ville blive taget op til overvejelse, hvilket udløste en boykot af italienske varer i Tyrkiet. Samme dag rettede det statslige tyrkiske fjernsyn en indirekte opfordring til de tyrkiske samfundsgrupper i Europa om at gå i aktion, hvilket bl. a. gav anledning til de voldsomme optøjer i Sint Joost ten Node, hvor der blev sat ild til to kurdiske bygninger og udøvet hærværk. Ifølge øjenvidner var der tydeligvis tale om velforberedte optøjer støttet af den tyrkiske højreekstremistgruppe de grå ulve. Hvad er Kommissionens holdning til denne provokation i de tyrkiske medier? Er den villig til at drage konsekvenser heraf med hensyn til forbindelserne mellem Den Europæiske Union og Tyrkiet, toldunionen mellem de to parter og Tyrkiets tiltrædelsesansøgning? Svar afgivet på Kommissionens vegne af Hans van den Broek (11. januar 1999) Kommissionen er bekendt med de seneste demonstrationer, som det ærede medlem nævner, og de optøjer, der fandt sted i den anledning. Der er indledt en forundersøgelse i Belgien for at få fastslået, hvem der var ophavsmændene og hvad der var den egentlige baggrund for disse optøjer. Undersøgelsen er stadig i gang. Kommissionen afventer resultaterne af denne undersøgelse, inden den træffer beslutning om der er grund til at gribe ind. (1999/C 182/168) SKRIFTLIG FORESPØRGSEL E-3755/98 af Glyn Ford (PSE) til Kommissionen (11. december 1998) Om: Register over kommissionsmedlemmers interesser Mener Kommissionen ikke på baggrund af svaret på min forespørgsel P-0357/95 (1), at da registret over parlamentsmedlemmernes interesser er offentligt tilgængeligt, bør dette også gælde Kommissionens register forud for det kommende valg til Europa-Parlamentet? (1) EFT C 179 af 13. 7. 1995, s. 15


title: WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3707/98 by Hiltrud BREYER Human stem cells and tissue engineering

eurovoc_concepts:
United Kingdom
United States
code of conduct
courts and tribunals
cytology
embryo and foetus
ethics
experiment on humans
genetically modified organism
scientific research

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text: C 289/74 Euroopan yhteisöjen virallinen lehti FI 11. 10. 1999 (1999/C 289/097) KIRJALLINEN KYSYMYS E-3699/98 esittäjä(t): Gerhard Hager (NI) neuvostolle (4. joulukuuta 1998) Aihe: Siirtymäaikatutkimukset Itävallan liittokansleri puhui ennen Pörtschachin huippukokousta tutkimuksesta, joka on jäsenehdokasmaiden hallitusten päämiesten kanssa sovittuun tapaan annettu tutkimuslaitosten tehtäväksi ja jossa ”käsitellään siirtymäajan laskemiseksi tarpeellisia tietoja”. 1. 2. Onko neuvosto tietoinen tästä asiasta? Onko neuvostolla tietoja siitä, onko nämä tutkimukset tilattu ja mistä ne on tilattu? Onko tutkimuksista julistettu unionin laajuinen tarjouskilpailu tai aiotaanko sellainen julistaa, vai onko 3. kyseessä puhtaasti itävaltalainen aloite? 4. Osallistuuko neuvosto tutkimusten tekoon sen käytössä olevin tiedoin? Vastaus (29. maaliskuuta 1999) Neuvostolla ei ole tietoa arvoisan parlamentin jäsenen mainitsemasta tutkimuksesta, joka koskee siirtymäajan laskemiseksi tarpeellisia tietoja. Euroopan unionin yleinen kanta on, että liittyminen edellyttää unionin säännöstön täydellistä hyväksymistä. Unioniin liittyminen merkitsee sitä, että liittyjä hyväksyy kokonaisuudessaan unionin järjestelmän ja toimielinjärjestelmän nykyiset ja velvoitteet, mitkä yhdessä muodostavat unionin säännöstön. Näiden oikeuksien ja velvoitteiden hyväksymiseen voi poikkeuksellisesti liittyä tämäntyyppisiä siirtymätoimenpiteitä, jotka määritellään liittymisneuvottelujen yhteydessä. Tämän mukaisesti siirtymätoi- menpiteitä voidaan myöntää ainoastaan poikkeuksellisesti, ne ovat kestoltaan ja laajuudeltaan rajallisia ja niihin on liitettävä suunnitelma selkeistä määräajoista säännöstön soveltamiseksi. ja tulevat oikeudet Liittymistä käsittelevien hallitustenvälisten konferenssien tehtävänä on neuvotella mahdollisten siirtymätoi- menpiteiden tarpeesta, edellytyksistä ja kestosta. Muistettakoon, että konferenssien yhteydessä unionin yhteisen kannan vahvistaa neuvosto. (1999/C 289/098) KIRJALLINEN KYSYMYS E-3707/98 esittäjä(t): Hiltrud Breyer (V) neuvostolle (11. joulukuuta 1998) Aihe: Ihmisten alkusolut ja kudosten valmistaminen Äskettäisten selvitysten mukaan amerikkalaiset ja britannialaiset tutkimuslaitokset ovat sekaantuneet ihmis- sikiöistä otettujen alkusolujen kloonaukseen ja muokkaukseen tuottaakseen ruumiinosia. 1. Voiko neuvosto vahvistaa, että EU:n varoja ei käytetä suoraan eikä epäsuorasti tällaisiin tutkimuksiin? Voiko neuvosto myös ilmoittaa, missä jäsenvaltioissa tällaiset tutkimukset ovat sallittuja ja mitä laillista 2. ja eettistä valvontaa on olemassa?


title: WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3737/98 by Amedeo AMADEO Abolition of duty-free sales

eurovoc_concepts:
airport
duty-free sale
economic consequence
impact study
job cuts
marketing restriction
profit
single market

text: C 289/82 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 11. 10. 1999 Joint answer to Written Questions E-3736/98 and E-3955/98 given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission (8 February 1999) The Commission attaches great importance to the growing public health issue of osteoporosis. The Community has been able to support the drawing up of a report on osteoporosis by Decision 645/96/EC of the Parliament and of the Council of 29 March 1996 (1) within the context of the health promotion programme, and in June 1998, a conference organised by the Parliament in Brussels was held to mark the publishing of this report. The report covers recommendations for professionals, decision makers and the public. It also helps to determine the best actions to be taken at Community level. About a million copies of a summary of this report have been published so far and disseminated in all Member States. The full report will soon be available in all languages of the Community and distributed to all members of the Parliament. Proposals for Council recommendations on osteoporosis will follow. The public health programme on health monitoring set up by Decision 1400/97/EC of the Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 1997 (2) aims to provide the Community and the Member States with reliable and comparable data on the trends of the health status and risk factors. Osteoporosis as such is not specifically mentioned in the programme but all issues related to osteoporosis are included in the list of areas in which health indicators will be established, such as morbidity functioning and quality of life, diet, physical activity. Finally the 5th framework research programme foresees the possibility of addressing osteoporosis in the chapter ‘An ageing population’ in which osteoporosis is mentioned as one of the age-related diseases which must be tackled. (1) OJ L 95, 16. 4. 1996. (2) OJ L 193, 22. 7. 1997. (1999/C 289/109) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3737/98 by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Council (11 December 1998) Subject: Abolition of duty-free sales In anticipation of a review of the entire European tax system, the 1992 directives decreed that duty-free sales in the European Union would come to an end in June 1999. The decision in favour of abolishing duty-free sales, which was taken by the Ministers of Finance, can be changed only by a symbolic use of unanimity, which it is difficult to achieve in this area. In view of the fact that the sector employs 140 000 people, and that the profits made on such sales enable all of Europe’s biggest airports to absorb a range of costs and finance works and investment, and in view of the by now spasmodic quest for job creation: Can the Council indicate the logic behind the decision to abolish a sector which makes such a positive contribution to Community employment? Does it intend to call a halt, as a matter of urgency, to the procedures for abolishing the sector, and initiate a study to examine the results of such abolition and its impact on industrial production and employment?


title: Kommissionens förordning (EG) nr 2688/98 av den 11 december 1998 om fastställande av lägsta försäljningspris för smör och högsta stödbelopp för grädde, smör och koncentrerat smör för den tjugoandra särskilda anbudsinfordran som utförs inom ramen för den stående anbudsinfordran som avses i förordning (EG) nr 2571/97

eurovoc_concepts:
award of contract
butter
cream
discount sale
farm price support

formats: pdf print

text: 12. 12. 98 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning L 337/25 KOMMISSIONENS F(cid:153)RORDNING (EG) nr 2688/98 av den 11 december 1998 om fastst(cid:132)llande av l(cid:132)gsta f(cid:148)rs(cid:132)ljningspris f(cid:148)r sm(cid:148)r och h(cid:148)gsta st(cid:148)dbelopp f(cid:148)r gr(cid:132)dde, sm(cid:148)r och koncentrerat sm(cid:148)r f(cid:148)r den tjugoandra s(cid:132)rskilda anbuds- infordran som utf(cid:148)rs inom ramen f(cid:148)r den st(cid:134)ende anbudsinfordran som avses i f(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 2571/97 EUROPEISKA GEMENSKAPERNAS KOMMISSION HAR ANTAGIT DENNA F(cid:153)RORDNING med beaktande av F(cid:148)rdraget om uppr(cid:132)ttandet av Euro- peiska gemenskapen, med beaktande av r(cid:134)dets f(cid:148)rordning (EEG) nr 804/68 av den 27 juni 1968 om den gemensamma organisationen av marknaden f(cid:148)r mj(cid:148)lk och mj(cid:148)lkprodukter (1), senast (cid:132)ndrad genom f(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 1587/96 (2), s(cid:132)rskilt artikel 6. 3, 6. 6 och 12. 3 i denna, och av f(cid:148)ljande sk(cid:132)l: I enlighet med kommissionens f(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 2571/ 97 av den 15 december 1997 om f(cid:148)rs(cid:132)ljningen av sm(cid:148)r till s(cid:132)nkta priser och beviljandet av st(cid:148)d f(cid:148)r gr(cid:132)dde, sm(cid:148)r och koncentrerat sm(cid:148)r avsett att anv(cid:132)ndas i framst(cid:132)ll- ningen av konditorivaror, glass och andra livsmedel (3) senast (cid:132)ndrad genom f(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 1982/98 (4), anv(cid:132)nder interventionsorganen sig av anbudsfordran f(cid:148)r f(cid:148)rs(cid:132)ljning av vissa kvantiteter sm(cid:148)r som de innehar och beviljande av st(cid:148)d f(cid:148)r gr(cid:132)dde, sm(cid:148)r och koncentrerat sm(cid:148)r. I artikel 18 i den f(cid:148)rordningen fastst(cid:132)lls att det med h(cid:132)nsyn till de anbud som inl(cid:132)mnas f(cid:148)r varje enskild anbudsinfordran skall best(cid:132)mmas ett l(cid:132)gsta f(cid:148)rs(cid:132)ljnings- pris f(cid:148)r sm(cid:148)r och ett h(cid:148)gsta st(cid:148)dbelopp f(cid:148)r gr(cid:132)dde, sm(cid:148)r sm(cid:148)r som kan varieras enligt det och koncentrerat avsedda anv(cid:132)ndningsomr(cid:134)det, fetthalten i sm(cid:148)ret och iblandningsf(cid:148)rfarandet, eller ocks(cid:134) skall det fattas beslut om att inget kontrakt skall tilldelas med avseende p(cid:134) en -s(cid:132)kerhe- anbudsinfordran. F(cid:148)r(cid:132)dlingss(cid:132)kerhetens eller ternas belopp b(cid:148)r best(cid:132)mmas i enlighet med detta. De (cid:134)tg(cid:132)rder som f(cid:148)reskrivs i denna f(cid:148)rordning (cid:132)r f(cid:148)renliga med yttrandet fr(cid:134)n F(cid:148)rvaltningskommitt(cid:130)n f(cid:148)r mj(cid:148)lk och mj(cid:148)lkprodukter. H(cid:142)RIGENOM F(cid:153)RESKRIVS F(cid:153)LJANDE. Artikel 1 F(cid:148)r den tjugoandra anbudsinfordran inom s(cid:132)rskilda ramen f(cid:148)r den st(cid:134)ende anbudsinfordran som avses i f(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 2571/97, skall det h(cid:148)gsta st(cid:148)dbeloppet och beloppen p(cid:134) s(cid:132)kerheterna f(cid:148)r f(cid:148)r(cid:132)dling fastst(cid:132)llas enligt tabellen i bilagan. Artikel 2 Denna f(cid:148)rordning tr(cid:132)der i kraft den 12 december 1998. Denna f(cid:148)rordning (cid:132)r till alla delar bindande och direkt till(cid:132)mplig i alla medlemsstater. Utf(cid:132)rdad i Bryssel den 11 december 1998. P(cid:134) kommissionens v(cid:132)gnar Franz FISCHLER Ledamot av kommissionen (1) EGT L 148, 28. 6. 1968, s. 13. (2) EGT L 206, 16. 8. 1996, s. 21. (3) EGT L 350, 20. 12. 1997, s. 3. (4) EGT L 256, 18. 9. 1998, s. 9. L 337/26 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning 12. 12. 98 BILAGA till kommissionens f(cid:148)rordning av den 11 december 1998 om fastst(cid:132)llande av l(cid:132)gsta f(cid:148)rs(cid:132)ljningspris f(cid:148)r sm(cid:148)r och h(cid:148)gsta st(cid:148)dbelopp f(cid:148)r gr(cid:132)dde, sm(cid:148)r och koncentrerat sm(cid:148)r f(cid:148)r den tjugoandra enskilda anbudsinfordran som utf(cid:148)rs inom ramen f(cid:148)r den st(cid:134)ende anbudsinfordran som avses i f(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 2571/97 Formel A B Iblandningsf(cid:148)rfarande Med sp(cid:134)r(cid:132)mnen Utan sp(cid:134)r(cid:132)mnen Med sp(cid:134)r(cid:132)mnen Utan sp(cid:134)r(cid:132)mnen (ecu/100 kg) L(cid:132)gsta f(cid:148)rs(cid:132)ljnings- pris Sm(cid:148)r ‡ 82 % F(cid:148)r(cid:132)dlingss(cid:132)kerhet Of(cid:148)r(cid:132)ndrat Koncentrerat Of(cid:148)r(cid:132)ndrat Koncentrerat Sm(cid:148)r ‡ 82 % Sm(cid:148)r : 82 % Koncentrerat sm(cid:148)r H(cid:148)gsta st(cid:148)dbelopp Gr(cid:132)dde Sm(cid:148)r F(cid:148)r(cid:132)dlings- s(cid:132)kerhet Koncentrerat sm(cid:148)r Gr(cid:132)dde — — — — 109 104 134 — 120 148 — — — — — 105 100 130 — — — — — — — — — 104 134 46 120 148 51 — — — — 105 — 130 44 — — —


title: PERGUNTA ESCRITA n. 3881/98 do Deputado Livio FILIPPI Skydd för parmaskinka

eurovoc_concepts:
Emilia-Romagna
United Kingdom
competitiveness
designation of origin
location of production
meat product
pigmeat
preparation for market
product designation
product quality

text: C 289/102 Jornal Oficial das Comunidades Europeias PT 11. 10. 1999 (1999/C 289/134) PERGUNTA ESCRITA P-3881/98 apresentada por Livio Filippi (PPE) à Comissão (11 de Dezembro de 1998) Objecto: Defesa do presunto de Parma Aprofundou a Comissão a notícia da sentença proferida pelos juízes do Tribunal de Segunda Instância de Londres, segunda a qual o recurso apresentado pela Cooperativa do presunto de Parma, que contestava a venda sob a denominação «Parma» de presunto em fatias e embalado fora da zona de produção, carece de fundamento? Que tenciona a Comissão fazer, com o objectivo de defender a qualidade e o nome do «Presunto de Parma», numa fase em que as instituições europeias, cada vez mais, salientam a necessidade de se utilizar a qualidade como factor de competitividade dos produtos agro-alimentares europeus, para contribuir para a solução do conflito surgido entre a Cooperativa do presunto de Parma e as autoridades britânicas? Resposta dada por Franz Fischler em nome da Comissão (12 de Janeiro de 1999) A Comissão teve conhecimento da sentença referida pelo Senhor deputado no processo «Consorzio del prosciutto di Parma v. ASDA Food Store Ltd and Hygrade Foods Ltd», e estudou pormenorizadamente o seu conteúdo. Está em causa determinar se o corte em fatias do Prosciutto di Parma, denominação de origem protegida (DOP), fora da zona de origem e da supervisão do Consorzio, é legítimo. Esta operação seria contrária ao indicado, em determinadas condições, no caderno de especificações e obrigações para a denominação registada ao nível comunitário. A Comissão está disposta a tomar uma posição relativamente à sentença referida pelo senhor deputado no caso de ser apresentada ao Tribunal de Justiça uma questão prejudicial no âmbito dos meios de recurso existentes, previstos pelo direito interno do Reino Unido. (1999/C 289/135) PERGUNTA ESCRITA E-3884/98 apresentada por Michl Ebner (PPE) à Comissão (4 de Janeiro de 1999) Objecto: Serviço Cívico Europeu O serviço cívico é reconhecido na maioria dos Estados-membros da União, não o sendo, todavia, em alguns (por exemplo, Grécia), e que, nestes últimos, as pessoas que se recusam ao cumprimento do serviço militar por razões religiosas ou filosóficas são, por essa razão, perseguidas pelas autoridades públicas. O Parlamento Europeu aprovou já uma resolução, em 22 de Setembro de 1995, sobre a criação de um Serviço Cívico Europeu (B4-1127/95) (1), na qual exorta a Comissão a apresentar uma proposta sobre a criação de um Serviço Cívico Europeu. Pode a Comissão comunicar-me: G se prevê, no contexto da harmonização dos sistemas jurídicos na União Europeia, iniciar também neste domínio um processo de harmonização das legislações dos diversos Estados-membros e G se tenciona, no contexto da mobilidade dos cidadãos dentro da União, estabelecer uma legislação que institua um verdadeiro Serviço Cívico Europeu e/ou prestação do Serviço Cívico num outro Estado- -membro da União que não o próprio? (1) JO C 269 de 16. 10. 1995, p. 232


title: SKRIFTLIG FORESPØRGSEL nr. 3781/98 af Manuel ESCOLÁ HERNANDO Støtte til familiebedrifter i svinesektoren

eurovoc_concepts:
State aid
agricultural market
aid to agriculture
common organisation of markets
family farming
livestock farming
smallholding
swine

text: C 289/86 De Europæiske Fællesskabers Tidende DA 11. 10. 1999 (1999/C 289/113) SKRIFTLIG FORESPØRGSEL E-3781/98 af Manuel Escolá Hernando (ARE) til Kommissionen (11. december 1998) Om: Støtte til familiebedrifter i svinesektoren Den aktuelle krise i EU’s svinesektor, som overvejende skyldes overproduktion, indstillingen af eksporten til Rusland samt den faldende efterspørgsel i Asien, har fået forskellige organisationer til at anmode om en række nødforanstaltninger til fordel for de små familiebedrifter med henblik på at sikre disses overlevelse. F. eks. har forskellige landbrugsorganisationer foreslået, at der ydes et fast støttebeløb på 75. 000 pesetas pr. avlsso til bedrifter med højst 120 svin. Med sådanne midlertidige foranstaltninger tilsigter man at støtte de svageste producenter i sektoren, som samtidig er dem, der skaber den største beskæftigelse. Vil Kommissionen være i stand til at påtage sig finansieringen af forslag som det ovennævnte? Kan der oprettes en fond til støtte for sådanne initiativer, som skal sætte de små avlere i stand til at klare sig igennem den nuværende markedssituation? Svar afgivet på Kommissionens vegne af Franz Fischler (21. januar 1999) Rådets forordning (EØF) 2759/75 af 29. oktober 1975 om den fælles markedsordning for svinekød (1) indeholder ikke bestemmelser om støtte til svinebedrifter, uanset deres størrelse. Der gøres opmærksom på, at alle nationale støtteprogrammer for svineproducenter skal være i overens- stemmelse med fællesmarkedet i henhold til EF-traktatens artikel 92 og skal meddeles Kommissionen. (1) EFT L 282 af 1. 11. 1975. (1999/C 289/114) SKRIFTLIG FORESPØRGSEL E-3782/98 af Gerhard Schmid (PSE) til Kommissionen (11. december 1998) Om: Retskrivningsreform af det tyske sprog I Tyskland træder retsskrivningsreformen i kraft inden længe. Vil Kommissionen fremover udarbejde alle officielle dokumenter på tysk efter de nye retskrivningsregler? I benægtende fald, hvorfor ikke? Svar afgivet på Kommissionens vegne af Jacques Santer (15. januar 1999) Ja, og Kommissionen vil med henblik herpå samarbejde med de øvrige EU-institutioner


title: SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG nr. 3745/98 van Christoph KONRAD aan de Commissie. Kieswet in Italië

eurovoc_concepts:
Italy
competence of the Member States
foreign national
government bill
parliamentary election
right to vote

text: 21. 7. 1999 NL Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen C 207/121 In dit advies, dat zij van de Rekenkamer heeft ontvangen, treft de Commissie geen enkele opmerking van algemene strekking aan die tot de conclusie zou leiden welke het onderwerp uitmaakt van de vraag van het geachte parlementslid. Enkel in twee opmerkingen, die daarenboven uitsluitend betrekking hebben op de hervorming van het GLB, maakt de Rekenkamer enerzijds gewag van het gevaar dat de wereldprijs van tarwe tot onder de voorgestelde interventieprijs zou dalen (punt 82 van het advies) en acht het anderzijds de prognoses betreffende de ontwikkeling van de vraag naar rundvlees optimistisch (punt 83). De Commissie is van oordeel dat er in dit stadium geen sprake is van nieuwe gegevens die nopen tot een herziening van de door haar opgestelde hypothesen. De Rekenkamer verwijst eveneens (punt 89) naar de eventuele verstrekking van rechtstreekse steun in nieuwe lidstaten na een uitbreiding van de Gemeenschap. De Commissie heeft in haar voorstellen duidelijk te kennen gegeven dat niet aanneemt dat zij deze steun tijdens de eerstkomende periode in de nieuwe lidstaten zal worden verstrekt, gezien het huidige gemiddelde peil van de prijzen van landbouwproducten in deze landen en het gevaar van economische verstoringen die de toekenning van dergelijke steun mee zou brengen. (1999/C 207/162) SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG E-3743/98 van Maartje van Putten (PSE) aan de Commissie (11 december 1998) Betreft: Steun van de EU aan Frankrijk voor de „Route forestière du Port des Moines” in Morvan (Bourgondië) 1. Is de Commissie op de hoogte van de ontbossing die plaatsvindt in diverse delen van het regionaal natuurpark „Route Forestière du Port des Moines” en dat eventuele herbebossing plaatsvindt met boomsoorten (naaldhout) die de waterhuishouding in het gebied aantasten, met als gevolg dat de natuurlijke waarden van het gebied worden aangetast en verdroging optreedt? 2. Hoe ziet de Commissie de aantasting van natuurlijke waarden in het regionaal natuurpark in het licht van de Europese financiering via de structuurfondsen voor het betreffende gebied (SPD Bourgondië, doelstelling 5b-gebieden 1994-1999, EOGFL-gelden)? Antwoord van de heer Fischler namens de Commissie (2 februari 1999) De door de Structuurfondsen gesubsidieerde operationele programma’s voor „plattelandsgebieden van doelstelling 5b” worden decentraal uitgevoerd door de regionale overheden, die de projecten selecteren. De regionale autoriteiten van Bourgogne die de Commissie heeft geraadpleegd, hebben meegedeeld dat zij problemen hebben met het lokaliseren van de „route forestière du port des moines”. Voor een meer gedetailleerd antwoord op de vraag moeten de geografische gegevens nauwkeuriger worden verstrekt (naam van de gemeente en van het bos). (1999/C 207/163) SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG E-3745/98 van Christoph Konrad (PPE) aan de Commissie (11 december 1998) Betreft: Kieswet in Italië 1. Is het de Europese Commissie bekend dat op 25 juli 1998 het Italiaanse parlement een wetsontwerp heeft verworpen op grond waarvan de Italiaanse kiezer de mogelijkheid zou hebben om zijn kiesrecht voor de Italiaanse parlementsverkiezingen in het buitenland uit te oefenen? (Stemmen per brief) 2. Is de Commissie van mening dat dit hiaat in de wet een overtreding is van de democratische grondbeginselen waaraan de lidstaten van de Europese Unie en de toetredingskandidaten moeten voldoen? 3. 4. Zo ja, welke maatregelen zal de Commissie dan nemen? Zo nee, waarom niet? In welke overige lidstaten van de EU kunnen de burgers hun actieve kiesrecht alleen in het eigen land 5. uitoefenen?


title: PREGUNTA ESCRITA n. 3754/98 del Marlies MOSIEK-URBAHN a la Comisión. Devolución de las subvenciones francesas a la industria textil

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State aid
aid to industry
redemption
reduction of working time
social-security contribution
textile industry

text: C 207/124 Diario Oficial de las Comunidades Europeas ES 21. 7. 1999 La diferencia entre los gastos de 1997 y 1998, a que se refiere Su Señoría, se explica por la preparación de la Presidencia británica del Consejo, durante la cual la imagen de la Comunidad se ensalza. Esto implica un aumento importante del número y la naturaleza de las tareas emprendidas por la representación de la Comisión con motivo de la Presidencia. A nivel presupuestario, otorgaron numerosos créditos en 1997 pero se gastaron en 1998. (1999/C 207/167) PREGUNTA ESCRITA E-3754/98 de Marlies Mosiek-Urbahn (PPE) a la Comisión (11 de diciembre de 1998) Asunto: Devolución de las subvenciones francesas a la industria textil En relación con la pregunta escrita no E-2856/97 (1), dirigida por Werner Langen a la Comisión el 11. 9. 1997 y con la respuesta enviada el 4. 11. 1997 por el Sr. Van Miert en nombre de la Comisión, se plantean las preguntas siguientes: 1. 2. ¿Cuándo se llevará a cabo el pago de las cotizaciones sociales? ¿Qué modalidades de pago ( intereses, escalonamiento del pago) se han acordado? ¿Por qué se aplicó a estas ayudas ilegales el umbral «de minimis» (100. 000 ecus)? Así sólo se deberán devolver las cotizaciones sociales que superen esta cantidad. ¿No servirá esto para incitar a otros Estados miembros a recurrir abusivamente al umbral «de minimis» con objeto de subvencionar ocasionalmente determinadas industrias? (1) DO C 117 de 16. 4. 1998, p. 82. Respuesta del Sr. Van Miert en nombre de la Comisión (26 de enero de 1999) El nuevo sistema de reducción de cargas sociales, citado en la respuesta a la pregunta escrita E-2856/97 1. del Sr. Langen, se creó por la ley de 13 de junio de 1998. Esta ley ofrece incentivos financieros en forma de reducciones de las cargas sociales a las empresas que reduzcan la duración de la semana laboral a 35 horas antes del 1 de enero de 2000. Estas reducciones de cargas sociales son mayores cuanto más se anticipen las empresas al plazo para reducir de la semana laboral y si la reducen aún más de lo establecido en la ley. Las modalidades de reducción de la semana laboral y creación de empleo que dicha reducción hace posibles se determinan mediante negociación entre los interlocutores sociales. Según la información facilitada a la Comisión por las autoridades francesas, este sistema se ampliará a toda la economía francesa. Con respecto a las modalidades de recuperación de las ayudas concedidas en el marco del plan para el sector textil, que la Comisión declaró incompatible con el mercado común por decisión de 9 de abril de 1997, las autoridades francesas están estudiando las modalidades de recuperación efectiva de estas ayudas a fin de no ocasionar dificultades financieras insuperables a las empresas beneficiarias de estas ayudas. En consecuencia, la autoridades han propuesto a la Comisión escalonar la recuperación. La Comisión les ha informado de las condiciones bajo las cuales podría aceptar un breve escalonamiento de la recuperación. Esto implica, en particular, el pago de intereses desde el momento de la concesión de la ayuda hasta el de su recuperación efectiva. En su comunicación relativa a las ayudas «de minimis» (1), la Comisión señalaba que la llamada norma «de 2. minimis» establece un umbral de ayuda por debajo del cual no es aplicable el apartado 1 del artículo 92 del Tratado CE debido al efecto desdeñable de la ayuda en el comercio intracomunitario. La Comisión no considera que esta norma incite a los Estados miembros a subvencionar «poco a poco» determinados sectores, ya que las ayudas públicas a las que debe atenderse para determinar el límite máximo de 100. 000 euros son las concedidas por toda autoridad pública, ya sea nacional, regional o local, durante un período de tres años. Asimismo, a la hora de aplicar la norma «de minimis» debe tenerse en cuenta, en su caso, la cofinanciación comunitaria. (1) DO C 68 de 6. 3. 1996


title: ΓΡΑΠΤΗ ΕΡΩΤΗΣΗ αρ θ. 3737/98 του Amedeo AMADEO Κατάργηση των καταστημάτων αφορολόγητων ειδών

text: C 289/82 Επι΄σηµη Εφηµερι΄δα των Ευρωπαι¨κω΄ν Κοινοτη΄των EL 11. 10. 1999 Κοινη΄ απα΄ντηση του κ. Flynn εξ ονο΄µατος της Επιτροπη΄ς στις γραπτε΄ς ερωτη΄σεις E-3736/98 και E-3955/98 (8 Φεβρουαρι΄ου 1999) Η Επιτροπη΄ προσδι΄δει µεγα΄λη σηµασι΄α στην οστεοπο΄ρωση η οποι΄α αφορα΄ τη δηµο΄σια υγει΄α και αποκτα΄ ο΄λο και µεγαλυ΄τερες διαστα΄σεις. Η Κοινο΄τητα κατα΄φερε να υποστηρι΄ξει την κατα΄ρτιση ε΄κθεσης για την οστεοπο΄ρωση µε την απο΄φαση 645/96/ΕΚ του Κοινοβουλι΄ου και του Συµβουλι΄ου της 29ης Μαρτι΄ου 1996 (1) στο πλαι΄σιο του προγρα΄µµατος για την προω΄θηση της υγει΄ας και τον Ιου΄νιο 1998 το Κοινοβου΄λιο οργα΄νωσε στις Βρυξε΄λλες συνε΄δριο για να προβα΄λλει τη δηµοσι΄ευση αυτη΄ς της ε΄κθεσης. Η ε΄κθεση καλυ΄πτει συστα΄σεις για επαγγελµατι΄ες, φορει΄ς λη΄ψης αποφα΄σεων και το κοινο΄. Βοηθα΄ επι΄σης να καθοριστου΄ν οι καλυ΄τερες ενε΄ργειες που θα πρε΄πει να πραγµατοποιηθου΄ν σε κοινοτικο΄ επι΄πεδο. Σχεδο΄ν ε΄να εκατοµµυ΄ριο αντι΄τυπα µε την περι΄ληψη αυτη΄ς της ε΄κθεσης ε΄χουν δηµοσιευθει΄ µε΄χρι τω΄ρα και διανεµηθει΄ σε ο΄λα τα κρα΄τη µε΄λη. Η πλη΄ρης ε΄κθεση θα διατι΄θεται συ΄ντοµα σε ο΄λες τις γλω΄σσες της Κοινο΄τητας και θα διανεµηθει΄ σε ο΄λα τα µε΄λη του Κοινοβουλι΄ου. Θα ακολουθη΄σουν προτα΄σεις για συστα΄σεις του Συµβουλι΄ου σχετικα΄ µε την οστεοπο΄ρωση. Το προ΄γραµµα δηµο΄σιας υγει΄ας για την παρακολου΄θηση της υγει΄ας το οποι΄ο καταρτι΄στηκε µε την απο΄φαση 1400/97/ΕΚ του Κοινοβουλι΄ου και του Συµβουλι΄ου της 30ης Ιουνι΄ου 1997 (2) αποσκοπει΄ να παρα΄σχει στην Κοινο΄τητα και τα κρα΄τη µε΄λη αξιο΄πιστα και συγκρι΄σιµα στοιχει΄α για την κατα΄σταση της υγει΄ας και του παρα΄γοντες κινδυ΄νου. Η οστεοπο΄ρωση αυτη΄ καθεαυτη΄ δεν αναφε΄ρεται ειδικα΄ µε΄σα στο προ΄γραµµα αλλα΄ ο΄λα τα θε΄µατα που συνδε΄ονται µε την οστεοπο΄ρωση περιλαµβα΄νονται στον κατα΄λογο των τοµε΄ων στους οποι΄ου θα καθιερωθου΄ν οι δει΄κτες υγει΄ας ο΄πως π. χ. στη νοσηρο΄τητα και στην ποιο΄τητα ζωη΄ς, στη δι΄αιτα και τη σωµατικη΄ α΄σκηση. Τε΄λος το πε΄µπτο προ΄γραµµα πλαι΄σιο για την ε΄ρευνα προβλε΄πει τη δυνατο΄τητα αντιµετω΄πισης της οστεοπο΄ρωσης στο κεφα΄λαιο «Ένας γηρα΄σκων πληθυσµο΄ς» στο οποι΄ο η οστεοπο΄ρωση αναφε΄ρεται ως µια ασθε΄νεια που συνδε΄εται µε την ηλικι΄α, η οποι΄α πρε΄πει να αντιµετωπιστει΄. (1) (2) ΕΕ L 95 της 16. 4. 1996. ΕΕ L 193 της 22. 7. 1997. (1999/C 289/109) ΓΡΑΠΤΗ ΕΡΩΤΗΣΗ E-3737/98 υποβολη΄: Amedeo Amadeo (NI) προς το Συµβου΄λιο (11 ∆εκεµβρι΄ου 1998) Θε΄µα: Κατα΄ργηση των καταστηµα΄των αφορολο΄γητων ειδω΄ν Οι οδηγι΄ες του 1992 καθο΄ρισαν, ενο΄ψει αναθεω΄ρησης ολο΄κληρου του ευρωπαι¨κου΄ φορολογικου΄ συστη΄µατος, τον Ιου΄νιο του 1999 ως προθεσµι΄α για την κατα΄ργηση της πω΄λησης αφορολο΄γητων ειδω΄ν στην Ένωση. Η απο΄φαση υπε΄ρ της κατα΄ργησης των καταστηµα΄των αφορολο΄γητων ειδω΄ν που ελη΄φθη απο΄ τους Υπουργου΄ς Οικονοµικω΄ν, δεν θα ει΄ναι δυνατο΄ να τροποποιηθει΄ παρα΄ µο΄νο µε΄σω µιας οµοφωνι΄ας συµβολικη΄ς σηµασι΄ας, που ει΄ναι δυ΄σκολο να επιτευχθει΄ στον τοµε΄α αυτο΄. Λαµβα΄νοντας υπο΄ψη το γεγονο΄ς ο΄τι ο τοµε΄ας αυτο΄ς απασχολει΄ 140. 000 α΄τοµα και ο΄τι τα κε΄ρδη που πραγµατοποι- ου΄νται απο΄ τις πωλη΄σεις αυτε΄ς επιτρε΄πουν σε ο΄λα τα µεγα΄λα ευρωπαι¨κα΄ αεροδρο΄µια να καλυ΄πτουν µια σειρα΄ δαπα΄νες, καθω΄ς και τη δυσκολι΄α δηµιουργι΄ας θε΄σεων απασχο΄λησης. Μπορει΄ το Συµβου΄λιο να ανακοινω΄σει σε ποια λογικη΄ ανταποκρι΄νεται η απο΄φαση κατα΄ργησης ενο΄ς τοµε΄α το΄σο ευµενου΄ς για την κοινοτικη΄ απασχο΄ληση; Σκοπευ΄ει το Συµβου΄λιο να σταµατη΄σει επειγο΄ντως τις διαδικασι΄ες κατα΄ργησης και να αναλα΄βει µελε΄τη για την εξε΄ταση των συνεπειω΄ν µιας παρο΄µοιας κατα΄ργησης και των επιπτω΄σεω΄ν της στη βιοµηχανικη΄ παραγωγη΄ και την απασχο΄ληση;


title: PREGUNTA ESCRITA n. 3775/98 del Hiltrud BREYER a la Comisión. Destrucción de los valores éticos y sociales como consecuencia de la aproximación comercial a la muerte y a los cadáveres

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arts
death
human rights
marketing
organ transplant
surgery

text: 21. 7. 1999 ES Diario Oficial de las Comunidades Europeas C 207/127 necesidad de luchar contra cualquier forma de racismo, tanto en la Unión Europea como en los países terceros. El Consejo Europeo ha instado a la Comisión a elaborar antes de su próxima reunión en Colonia propuestas destinadas a luchar contra el racismo en los países candidatos a la adhesión a la Unión Europea y a los Estados miembros a considerar la adopción de medidas similares dentro de la misma Unión. En este contexto, la Comisión reflexionará sobre posibles medidas de formación del personal con el objeto de prevenir actos de racismo durante los controles en las fronteras. Por último, la Comisión reconoce que el desconocimiento de idiomas extranjeros por parte de los agentes encargados de los controles en las fronteras o de los ciudadanos que ejercen su derecho a la libre circulación puede causar problemas durante los controles fronterizos. Sin embargo, la Comisión no ha sido informada de problemas prácticos significativos al respecto, por lo que no piensa tomar iniciativas en la materia por el momento. (1999/C 207/173) PREGUNTA ESCRITA E-3775/98 de Hiltrud Breyer (V) a la Comisión (11 de diciembre de 1998) Asunto: Destrucción de los valores éticos y sociales como consecuencia de la aproximación comercial a la muerte y a los cadáveres 1. ¿Puede facilitar la Comisión indicaciones sobre la admisibilidad jurídica (con independencia de la cuestionabilidad ética) de la donación por testamento del propio cadáver a un instituto privado para su preparación con la técnica llamada de la plastinación? ¿No cabe partir a ese respecto de la base, al igual que ocurre con las «donaciones de órganos» procedentes de países extremadamente pobres, de que se trata de una «donación» forzada como consecuencia de la violencia estructural causada por la pobreza (véase también a ese respecto la pregunta 4)? ¿Coincide la Comisión en que ya la propia deontología médica prohíbe el «descuartizamiento» de un 2. cadáver para fines de escenificación personal o para su utilización como «material»? ¿No opina también la Comisión que la exposición comercial y la comercialización de preparaciones de 3. todo el cuerpo en supuestas «exposiciones artísticas», vídeos o CD-ROM constituye un escarnio de los principios fundamentales de la comunidad jurídica y de valores europea? ¿Existen autorizaciones para la importación en Alemania de al menos tres cadáveres transformados en 4. «obras de arte» procedentes de China, Rusia y Kirguistán? 5. ¿Es compatible con las ideas de la comunidad europea sobre la universalidad de los derechos humanos que los cadáveres de personas condenadas y ejecutadas en China -en unas condiciones cuestionables desde el punto de vista del Estado de Derecho- se utilicen en Europa en forma de preparaciones de todo el cuerpo o de parte del mismo o como «objetos de exposición»? ¿Cómo es posible que a los particulares normalmente se les prohíba en general conservar un cadáver 6. pero que en este caso al parecer esta autorización se haya concedido sin problemas? Respuesta del Sr. Santer en nombre de la Comisión (12 de febrero de 1999) La Comisión considera que el derecho comunitario no ofrece un fundamento jurídico adecuado para tratar este asunto. Por lo tanto, las instituciones de la Unión Europea carecen de competencias para actuar en este campo. Ello no implica, no obstante, que no se pueda elevar el asunto al Tribunal europeo de derechos humanos. Dado el carácter extremadamente delicado de las cuestiones planteadas por Su Señoría, la Comisión ha decidido remitir el asunto al Grupo Europeo de Ética de la Ciencia y de las Nuevas Tecnologías


title: INTERROGAZIONE SCRITTA n. 3715/98 dell'on. José GARCÍA- MARGALLO Y MARFIL Controllo finanziario del sistema europeo delle banche centrali

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European Court of Auditors
European System of Central Banks
accountant
auditing
central bank
management accounting
self-employed person

text: C 289/76 Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunità europee IT 11. 10. 1999 Il 24 luglio 1997 l’autorità competente dei Paesi Bassi ha presentato alla Commissione un fascicolo 1. relativo alla commercializzazione da parte della società AVEBE della patata transgenica (notifica C/NL/96/10), allegandovi parere favorevole. Patate di questo tipo sono destinate alla produzione di amido e i sottoprodotti di tale processo vengono utilizzati come mangimi animali. Non si tratta pertanto di prodotti destinati al consumo alimentare. 2. Il fascicolo messo a disposizione del Comitato era lo stesso di quello che la competente autorità olandese, in qualità di Stato membro relatore, aveva presentato inizialmente alla Commissione e comprendeva informazioni richieste in un secondo momento dalle autorità competenti degli altri Stati membri. Nel corso il Comitato scientifico ha chiesto al notificante ulteriori chiarimenti. Secondo le della sua valutazione, informazioni a disposizione della Commissione, la domanda di commercializzazione esaminata dalle autorità olandesi conteneva elementi d’informazione specifici sull’inclusione del gene NPTIII, nonchè dati relativi alla valutazione dei rischi corrispondenti. 3. Conformemente alle disposizioni dell’articolo 13, paragrafo 3 della direttiva 90220/CEE, sei Stati membri hanno espresso le loro riserve circa un’eventuale commercializzazione del prodotto. Le obiezioni degli Stati membri riguardano in particolare la presenza del gene NPTIII per la sua resistenza all’amicacina. 4. La Commissione esprime il suo rammarico per la mancata disponibilità, al momento attuale, del testo integrale del parere in oggetto, per ragioni di riservatezza addotte dal notificante. In tali circostanze, sono all’esame della Commissione gli aspetti giuridici della pubblicazione di un parere dettagliato, tenuto conto, in particolare, delle disposizioni in materia di trasparenza stabilite dall’articolo 19 della direttiva 90/220/CEE e dall’articolo 10 della decisione 97/579/CE che istituisce Comitati scientifici nel settore della salute dei consumatori e della sicurezza dei generi alimentari (2). La Commissione invierà all’Onorevole parlamentare una risposta supplementare non appena disporrà dei risultati di tale studio. (1) GU L 117 dell’8. 5. 1990. (2) GU L 237 del 28. 8. 1997. (1999/C 289/100) INTERROGAZIONE SCRITTA E-3714/98 di José García-Margallo y Marfil (PPE) al Consiglio (11 dicembre 1998) Oggetto: Controllo finanziario del sistema europeo delle banche centrali Il protocollo n. 3 relativo agli Statuti del sistema europeo delle banche centrali e della Banca centrale europea stabilisce all’articolo 27 che i conti della Banca centrale europea e quelli delle banche centrali nazionali saranno controllati da revisori esterni indipendenti, raccomandati dal Consiglio di governo e approvati dal Consiglio. Ritiene il Consiglio che se la Corte dei conti intervenisse anche come revisore attenterebbe all’indipendenza del sistema europeo delle banche centrali? (1999/C 289/101) INTERROGAZIONE SCRITTA E-3715/98 di José García-Margallo y Marfil (PPE) al Consiglio (11 dicembre 1998) Oggetto: Controllo finanziario del sistema europeo delle banche centrali Il protocollo n. 3 relativo agli Statuti del sistema europeo delle banche centrali e della Banca centrale europea stabilisce all’articolo 27 che i conti della Banca centrale europea e quelli delle banche centrali nazionali saranno controllati da revisori esterni indipendenti, raccomandati dal Consiglio di governo e approvati dal Consiglio. Ritiene il Consiglio che il compito di revisione contabile potrebbe migliorare se la Corte dei conti intervenisse come controllore associato?


title: SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG nr. 3737/98 van Amedeo AMADEO Afschaffing van de 'duty free'

text: C 289/82 Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen NL 11. 10. 1999 Gecombineerd Antwoord van de heer Flynn namens de Commissie op de schritftelijke vragen E-3736/98 en E-3955/98 (8 februari 1999) De Commissie hecht groot belang aan het steeds belangrijker wordend gezondheidsvraagstuk osteoporose. De Gemeenschap heeft door Besluit 645/96/EG van het Parlement en de Raad van 29 maart 1996 (1) in het kader van het gezondheidsbevorderingsprogramma steun kunnen verlenen aan de opstelling van een verslag over osteoporose, en in juni 1998 is in Brussel een door het Parlement georganiseerde conferentie gehouden om de aandacht te vestigen op de publicatie van dit verslag. Het verslag bevat aanbevelingen voor leden van de medische sector, besluitvormers en het grote publiek. Het draagt er tevens toe bij om vast te stellen welke acties het best op communautair niveau kunnen worden ondernomen. Van een samenvatting van dit verslag zijn tot dusverre ongeveer een miljoen exemplaren in alle lidstaten gepubliceerd en verspreid. Het volledige verslag zal binnenkort in alle talen van de Gemeenschap beschikbaar zijn en aan alle leden van het Parlement worden uitgereikt. Voorstellen voor aanbevelingen van de Raad inzake osteoporose zullen volgen. Het bij Besluit 1400/97/EG van het Parlement en de Raad van 30 juni 1997 (2) vastgestelde programma inzake gezondheidsmonitoring beoogt de Gemeenschap en de lidstaten betrouwbare en vergelijkbare gegevens te verschaffen over gezondheidstrends en risicofactoren. Osteoporose als zodanig wordt in het programma niet specifiek vermeld, maar alle met osteoporose verband houdende onderwerpen zijn opgenomen in de lijst van gebieden waarop gezondheidsindicatoren zullen worden vastgesteld, zoals morbiditeit, functioneren en kwaliteit van het leven, dieet, fysieke activiteit. Tenslotte voorziet het vijfde onderzoekkaderprogramma in het hoofdstuk „Een vergrijzende bevolking”, waarin osteoporose wordt genoemd als een van de met de leeftijd verband houdende ziekten die moeten worden aangepakt, in de mogelijkheid om osteoporose aan te pakken. (1) (2) PB L 95 van 16. 4. 1996. PB L 193 van 22. 7. 1997. (1999/C 289/109) SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG E-3737/98 van Amedeo Amadeo (NI) aan de Raad (11 december 1998) Betreft: Afschaffing van de „duty free” In de richtlijnen van 1992 is met het oog op een herziening van het gehele Europese belastingstelsel, bepaald dat belastingvrije verkopen in de Unie na juni 1999 niet meer kunnen plaatsvinden. Het besluit tot afschaffing van de „duty free” is genomen door de ministers van Financiën en kan uitsluitend worden gewijzigd bij unanimiteit, die in deze sector moeilijk haalbaar is. In de sector zijn 140. 000 mensen werkzaam. Daar de verkopen winstgevend zijn, kunnen alle grote luchthavens hiermee een aantal kosten dekken en werkzaamheden en investeringen bekostigen. Bovendien wordt vandaag de dag overal krampachtig gezocht naar nieuwe werkgelegenheid. Kan de Raad mededelen wat de redenen zijn van het besluit tot opheffing van deze sector, die de communautaire werkgelegenheid zo ten goede komt? Is de Raad voornemens de procedures met het oog op de afschaffing met spoed te annuleren en een onderzoek in gang te zetten om de resultaten van de afschaffing en de gevolgen voor de bedrijvigheid en de werkgelegenheid te bestuderen?


title: Proposal for a Council Decision regulating the use of material presenting risks as regards transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and amending Commission Decisions 94/474/EC and 97/534/EC

eurovoc_concepts:
animal disease
animal product
animal production
health risk
veterinary legislation

text: COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 11. 12. 1998 COM(1998) 749 final Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION regulating the use of material presenting risks as regards transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and amending Commission Decisions 94/474/EC and 97/534/EC (presented by the Commission) Hi EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 1. The proposed decision replaces and postpones Commission Decision 97/534/EC laying down the rules on the prohibition of the use of material presenting risks as regards transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (SRM). It respects the invitation to the Commission, of the Council of March 1998, to base an appropriate proposal in the field of SRMs on the OIE Code on BSE. It amends the provisions of 97/534/EC in respect of the following points: Cosmetic, medicinal and industrial products and medical devices are excluded from the scope. The Decision allows Member States and exporting third countries to remove SRMs in the light of their geographical risk. The following procedure applies: Member States may submit the data necessary to allow assessment of their geographical BSE risk by 30 June 1999 at the latest. Countries which have not submitted a dossier by this date will be placed in a category by the Commission on the basis of all available information. The data of countries that have submitted a dossier, will be assessed by the Scientific Steering Committee. On the basis of their recommendation, the Commission will take a decision after consultation of the Member States (regulatory committee procedure). Third countries will also be invited to submit the necessary data in the same time scale. The list of SRM is based on the relevant international standard, the OIE Code on BSE, and its currently proposed revision. This implies an enlargement in accordance with the opinion of the Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) of 9 December 1997 in areas which are placed in Category 4, i. e. those with the highest BSE risk. On the basis of the lower infectivity levels of certain tissues, as listed in the opinion of the SSC of 27 March 1998, a choice was made not to require the removal in areas with a lower BSE risk of the tissues with the lowest infectivity level and which were not recommended to be removed by the international standard for those areas. This list will apply as from 1 October 1999, allowing for time for the assessment of the dossiers by the scientific committees and taking into account their recommendations, as well as the development of the international standard after May 1999 and new scientific advice. An exemption for Member States applying a compulsory single carcass test for bovines above a certain age is introduced in the Decision. As a precondition, such tests must be approved by the Commission. A derogation for products derived from tested carcasses to be imported from third countries is also foreseen. 2. This proposed decision follows the advice given by the SSC on 9 December 1997 and on 27 March 1998 and improves consumer safety while avoiding unjustified trade, economic and technical conséquences. In addition, it allows future scientific advice to be taken into account and for respects WTO notification requirements. 3. On 18 November the College of Commissioners agreed to submit the proposal to the Standing Veterinary Committee (SVC) for an opinion. On 26 November the proposal was first discussed with the Member States in a working group of the SVC. On 2 December the proposal was presented for a vote to the SVC. The SVC gave a negative opinion. Most Member States objected to the proposed procedure for establishing the TSE status of countries, which requires an opinion of the appropriate scientific committee and will be based on an assessment of the incident, propagation and human exposure risk. In proposing the classification of countries the Commission will base itself on the relevant scientific opinion taking the OIE Code on BSE into consideration. Most Member States feel that no clear criteria are provided for in this text. In addition, most Member States object to the complexity of the ensuing control system resulting from different lists of SRMs applicable in countries classified according to four categories of TSE status. Finally, several technical remarks were made. The results of the vote were: Against: B, DK, DE, GR, FR, IRL, IT, L, P, FIN Abstain: NL, AUS, SW, UK No vote: SP (because of the absence of Spanish interpretation). Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION regulating the use of material presenting risks as regards transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and amending Commission Decisions 94/474/EC and 97/534/EC (Text with EEA relevance) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market1, as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC2, and in particular Article 9(4) thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market3, as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC, and in particular Article 10(4) thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries4, as last amended by Directive 96/43/EC5, and in particular Article 19 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission6, (1) Whereas pursuant to Directive 89/662/EEC and Directive 90/425/EEC, the Member State of origin or dispatch is required to implement on its territory the appropriate measures to prevent all situations likely to constitute a serious hazard to animals or to human health; (2) Whereas several distinct transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) have been recognised for many years to occur separately in humans and animals; whereas bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was first recognised in bovine animals in 1986 and in following years was recognised to occur in other species of animals; whereas a in 1996; new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (nv-CJD) was described whereas evidence is accumulating that the agent causing BSE is identical to that causing nv-CJD; OJL 395, 30. 12. 1989, p. 13. OJL 62, 15. 3. 1993, p. 49. OJL224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 29. OJ L 373, 31. 12. 1990, p. 1. OJL 162, 1. 7. 1996, p. 1. OJC (3) Whereas rules should be laid down concerning the production and placing on the market of live animals and products of animal origin with respect to removal of, or absence of, specified risk material on the basis of the risk classification of the country or region concerned; whereas, however, those rules should not apply to cosmetic or medicinal products or medical devices, or their starting materials or intermediate products, for which other specific rules apply; whereas they should also not apply to products of animal origin which do not pose a risk to animal or human health since they are intended for purposes other than human food, animal feed or fertiliser; whereas it is appropriate to ensure that products of animal origin excluded from the scope of this Decision are kept separate from those covered by it unless they meet at least the same health standards as the latter; (4) Whereas existing Community Directives provide for the protection of public health in respect of the use of specified risk material in cosmetic or medicinal products and medical devices placed on the market in the Community; whereas, therefore, those products may be excluded from the scope of this Decision; (5) Whereas a procedure should be established the epidemiological status, with respect to BSE, of countries or regions, on the basis of the assessment of the incident, propagation and human exposure risk using information supplied to the Commission; whereas Member States and third countries which choose not to apply for their status to be determined should be placed in a category by the Commission on the basis of all information available to the Commission; the determination of for (6) Whereas at its general assembly in Paris on 29 May 1998, the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) adopted a revised version of its Animal Health Code on BSE (OIE Code on BSE); whereas Article 3. 2. 13. 14 of that Code recommends that bovine brain, eyes, spinal cord, tonsils, thymus, spleen, intestines, dorsal root ganglia, trigeminal ganglia and bones, and protein products derived from them from cattle over six months of age originating from countries with a high incidence of BSE should not be traded between countries; whereas the same Article recommends that bovine brain, eyes, spinal cord and distal ileum and protein products derived from them from cattle over six months of age originating from countries with a low incidence of BSE and born before the feedban was effectively enforced, should not be traded between countries; whereas it further recommends that brains and spinal cord (list under study) and protein products derived therefrom, from cattle, originating from a country or zone that has not demonstrated a BSE free status and has not declared any indigenous cases of the disease, which were born before the date from which the ban on the feeding of ruminants with meat-and-bone meal derived from ruminants was effectively enforced, and which were at the time of slaughter aged over 30 months (under study) should not be traded between countries; (7) Whereas the Code Commission of the OIE, following recommendations of the scientific Ad Hoc Group on BSE epidemiology, issued proposed amendments to the OIE Code on BSE in September 1998; whereas the effect of those amendments would be to require that those tissues, instead of not being traded, should not be used for the preparation of human food, animal feed, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals or medical devices; (8) Whereas the Scientific Veterinary Committee in its opinion of 21 October 1996, recommended on the basis of its risk assessment that specified risk materials, defined as brain, spinal cord and eyes from cattle, sheep and goats over one year of age and spleens from sheep and goats over six months of age, should be removed from all human food and animal feed chains in countries or regions where a potential risk was identified, and that, in the case of fallen bovine animals, sheep and goats, either the specified risk materials should be removed so that they do not enter any human food or animal feed chain, or the whole carcase should be destroyed; (9) Whereas the Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) adopted an opinion on 9 December 1997; whereas in that opinion the SSC suggested a new and enlarged list of specified risk materials and proposed that those materials should be excluded temporarily from human and animal consumption depending on the geographical source; (10) Whereas on the basis of the advice of the Scientific Veterinary Committee of 21 October 1996, in accordance with the risk assessment carried out by that Committee, the Commission adopted Decision 97/534/EC of 30 July 1997 on the prohibition of the use of material presenting risks as regards transmissible spongiform encephalopathies7; as last amended by Council Decision 98/248/EC8; whereas in the light of the new scientific advice and the development of international standards the list of specified risk materials laid down in Decision 97/534/EC is no longer appropriate; (11) Whereas certain ruminant tissues should be designated as specified risk materials on the basis of the pathogenesis of TSEs and the epidemiological status of the country or region of origin or residence of the animal concerned; whereas the specified risk materials should be removed and disposed of in a manner which avoids any risk to human or animal health; whereas, in particular, they should not be placed on the market for human food, animal feed or fertiliser; whereas, however, provision should be made for an equivalent level of health protection to be achieved by means of a test for TSEs carried out on individual animals; whereas slaughter techniques presenting a risk of causing brain material to contaminate other tissues should not be permitted in countries or regions other than those presenting the lowest risk of BSE; whereas it is necessary for practical and precautionary reasons to exclude the use of distal ileum and spleens from sheep and goats and, as appropriate, bovine animals, irrespective of age, and mechanically recovered meat from the skull and vertebral column of bovine animals, sheep and goats; (12) Whereas equivalent guarantees should be required for imports from third countries; whereas the situation as regards TSEs may vary between countries and the import requirements should therefore be adapted to the particular situation of the country of origin; 7 OJL216, 8. 8. 1997, p. 95. 8 OJL 102, 2. 4. 1998, p. 26. (13) Whereas Commission Decision 94/474/EC of 27 July 1994 concerning certain protection measures relating to bovine spongiform encephalopathy and repealing Decisions 89/469/EEC and 90/200/EEC9, as last amended by Decision 98/272/EEC10, and Decision 97/534/EC should be amended accordingly; (14) Whereas this Decision should be reviewed in the light of new scientific information with regard to risk of exposure to TSEs resulting from infectivity in animal species, age categories, tissues or materials not yet covered by this Decision; (15) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are not in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee; whereas they must therefore be adopted by the Council, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 Scope 1. This Decision regulates the use of material presenting risks as regards certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). It shall apply to the production and placing on the market of live animals and products of animal origin. 2. This Decision shall not apply to: (a) (b) (c) cosmetic or medicinal products or medical devices, together with their starting materials or intermediate products; products not destined for use in human food, animal feed or fertilisers, together with their starting materials or intermediate products; products of animal origin destined for exhibition, teaching, research, special studies or analysis. 3. In order to avoid cross-contamination or substitution of the products of animal origin referred to in paragraph 1 by those referred to in paragraph 2, they shall be kept separate at all stages unless the latter are produced under at least the same conditions of health protection in respect of TSEs. Article 2 Definitions For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply: (1) transmissible spongiform encephalopathies: all TSEs with the exception of those occurring in humans; 9 OJL 194, 29. 7. 1994, p. 96. 10 OJL 122, 24. 4. 1998, p. 59. (2) (3) (4) (5) placing on the market: any operation the purpose of which is to supply live animals, or products of animal origin covered by this Decision to a third party for sale, or any other form of transfer against payment or free of charge to a third party and storage with a view to supply to a third party, regardless of whether the operation takes place within a Member State, between Member States or from a third country to a Member State; products of animal origin: any products derived from or containing a product derived from any animal; starting materials: raw materials or any other product of animal origin out of which, or with the help of which, the products referred to in Article l(2)(a) and (b) are produced; competent authority: the central authority of a Member State competent to ensure compliance with the requirements of this Decision or any authority to which that central authority has delegated such competence; (6) categories: the categories set out in Annex I; (7) specified risk material: those tissues specified in Annex III; unless otherwise specified, it does not include products containing or derived from those tissues; (8) skull: the bones of the head, including the bones of the lower jaw. Article 3 Classification for determination of BSE status 1. 2. 3. 4. Member States and third countries, or regions thereof, shall be placed in one of four categories in accordance with Annex I. Member States or third countries shall submit an application to the Commission, accompanied by the information laid down in Annex II for their BSE status to be determined. The Commission, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Directive 89/662/EEC, shall take a decision in respect of each application to place the applicant Member State or third country, or region thereof, in one of four categories. The Commission shall take its decision within six months after the submission of the application. If the Commission finds that the application does not include all the information laid down in Annex II, it shall ask for additional information within a delay to be specified. The final decision shall then be taken within six months after submission of the complete information. Member States or third countries which have not submitted an application in accordance with paragraph 2 within six months after the date referred to in the first paragraph of Article 11 shall be placed in a category by the Commission on the basis of all information available to the Commission. 5. 6. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Member States shall communicate any changes in the circumstances relevant to their BSE status to the Commission without delay. The eligibility of third countries to export to the Community live animals or products of animal origin, for which this Decision provides specific rules, shall be conditional upon their undertaking in writing to communicate any changes in the circumstances relevant to their BSE status to the Commission without delay. The decisions referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 shall be taken after consultation of the appropriate scientific committee and shall be based on an assessment of the incident, propagation and human exposure risk, taking into consideration the recommendations oftheOIECodeonBSE. Article 4 Specified risk material Member States shall ensure that after 30 September 1999 the specified risk materials are, under the direct supervision of an official of the competent authority, removed from animals which were slaughtered or which died on their territory and disposed of in accordance with Annex III. They shall not be placed on the market for human food, animal feed or fertilisers after 30 September 1999. Paragraph 1 shall not apply where animals have been subjected to a test which has been approved by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Directive 89/662/EEC, applied under the conditions laid down in Annex III, point 8, and the results of that test were negative. In Member States, or regions thereof, which are not placed in Category 1, the following slaughter techniques shall not be used on bovine, ovine or caprine animals whose meat is destined for human or animal consumption: (a) stunning or killing by means of a gas injected into the cranial cavity; (b) laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity. The use of the skull and vertebral column of bovine, ovine and caprine animals for the production of mechanically recovered meat in Member States, or regions thereof which are not placed in Category 1 shall be prohibited after 30 September 1999. This shall not apply to animals which will are subjected to a test in accordance with Annex III, point 8. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 the Commission, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Directive 89/662/EEC, may take a decision in respect of the date of effective enforcement of the prohibition on the feeding of mammalian protein to ruminants in each Member State or region thereof placed in Category 2 or 3, and allow the application of paragraph 1 to be confined to animals which were born before that date in those countries or those regions. Article 5 Placing on the market 1. 2. Where bovine, ovine or caprine animals coming from countries, or regions thereof, placed in one category are to be slaughtered after 30 September 1999 in the territory of Member States in a lower category, paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 shall apply. The Member State of destination shall ensure that the specified risk materials are removed from the animals referred to in paragraph 1 and destroyed in accordance with Article 4. Those animals shall be slaughtered in slaughterhouses approved for that purpose by the competent authority and at the end of the normal slaughtering process. 3. The Member State of dispatch shall ensure that: (a) for bovine animals, the animal health certificates referred to in Annex F to Council Directive 64/432/EEC11 are supplemented by the following words to be entered in the section "Health data concerning bovine animals": "The BSE category of the animals listed below is Category. (*); (*) Complete as appropriate with 1,2, 3 or 4. "; (b) for ovine or caprine animals the animal health certificates corresponding to Model III in Annex E to Council Directive 91/68/EEC12 shall be supplemented by the following words to be entered in section V "Health information": "BSE category of the animals listed below: Category. (*); (*) Complete as appropriate with 1, 2, 3 or 4. "; (c) for all animals, the competent authority of the Member State of destination is informed of the BSE category of the animals in each consignment by means of a specifically coded ANIMO message or by fax. 4. The third country of dispatch shall ensure that: (a) for bovine, ovine and caprine animals the appropriate certificates, as required by Community legislation, are supplemented by the following words: "The BSE category of the animals listed below is Category. (*). (*) Complete as appropriate with 1,2, 3 or 4. "; (b) the competent authority of the Member State of destination is informed of the BSE category of the animals in each consignment by means of a specifically coded ANIMO message or by fax. " OJ L 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 1977/64. 12 OJL 46, 19. 2. 1991, p. 19. 10 Products listed in Annex IV which contain material derived from bovine, ovine or caprine animals and are imported into the Community after 30 September 1999 shall be accompanied by the appropriate certificate, as required by Community legislation, supplemented by the following words: in "The products originate BSE category. (*). This category was established by Commission Decision [. /. ](**). region within a country from a country, or (*) Complete as appropriate with 1,2, 3 or 4 (**) Complete". Where those products are imported from third countries, or regions thereof, in Categories 3 and 4 or from third countries, or regions thereof, in Category 2 in which BSE has occurred, the appropriate certificates, as required by Community legislation, shall be supplemented by one of the following declarations signed by the competent authority of the country of production: "The product does not contain, and is not derived from, specified risk material as defined in Decision [. /. ], produced after 30 September 1999, or mechanically recovered meat obtained from the skull or vertebral column of bovine, ovine or caprine animals, produced after 30 September 1999. The animals have not been slaughtered by stunning or killing by means of a gas injected into the cranial cavity, or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity" or, "The product contains, or is derived from, material produced after 30 September 1999 of bovine, or as appropriate, ovine or caprine animals which were tested and found negative for the presence of BSE using a test which was approved in accordance with Commission Decision [. /. ]". Any reference to "products" in this Article is a reference to the products listed in Annex IV, not to other products containing or derived from those products. By way of derogation from paragraph 5, the Commission acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Directive 89/662/EEC, may take a decision in respect of the date of effective enforcement of a prohibition on the feeding of mammalian protein to ruminants in any third country, or region thereof, in Category 2 or 3, and allow the application of paragraph 5 to be confined to specified risk materials derived from animals which were born before that date in those countries or those regions. 11 Article 6 Official controls 1. Member States shall carry out frequent official controls to verify the correct application of this Decision and ensure that measures are taken to avoid contamination, particularly in slaughterhouses, cutting plants, animal waste processing plants, high risk processing plants or premises authorised by the Member States in accordance with Article 7 of Council Directive 90/667/EEC13, points of sale to the consumer and storage facilities. 2. Member States shall in particular set up a system to ensure and check that: (a) (b) specified risk materials used for products referred to in Article 1(2) are exclusively used for the authorised purpose; where live bovine, ovine or caprine animals are received by Member States placed in a lower BSE category than that of the animals, those animals remain under official supervision until slaughter or dispatch from their territory. Article 7 Further precautionary measures Member States may take precautionary measures going beyond the measures provided for in this Decision in relation to animals slaughtered on their own territory. Article 8 Other acts This Decision shall be without prejudice to the provisions of Council Decision 98/256/EC14, Decision 94/474/EEC and Commission Decision 98/653/EC15. Article 9 Amendments 1. Article 3(3) of Decision 94/474/EEC is hereby amended as follows: (a) Point (a) is deleted; (b) In point (c), the words "scientific tests are used to monitor the implementation of (a) and (b)" are replaced by "scientific tests are used to monitor the implementation of (b)". 13 OJL 363, 27. 12. 1990, p. 51. 14 OJL 113, 15. 4. 1998, p. 33. 15 OJL311,20. 11. 1998,p. 23. 12 2. Article 10 of Decision 97/534/EC is replaced by the following: "Article 10 This Decision shall apply from such time as the Commission, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Directive 89/662/EEC, shall determine". Article 10 Review This Decision and the Decisions referred to in Article 3 shall be reviewed regularly in the light of new epidemiological information and scientific information with regard to criteria determining the level of risk in regions, and the risk of exposure to TSEs resulting from infectivity in other animal species, age categories, tissues or materials. Where necessary this Decision shall be amended after consultation of the appropriate Scientific Committee and in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Directive 89/662/EEC. Article 11 Application This Decision shall apply from 1 January 1999. It does not apply to products which were produced before 1 October 1999 referred to in this Decision, containing or derived from specified risk materials. Article 12 Addressees This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, For the Council The President 13 ANNEXI CLASSIFICATION I. For the purpose of determining the BSE status of Member States or third countries, or regions within Member States or third countries, the following categories are established: A. MEMBER STATES Category 1 (BSE free) Category 2 (provisionally BSE free) Category 3 (low BSE risk) Category 4 (high BSE risk) B. THIRD COUNTRIES Category 1 (BSE free) Category 2 (provisionally BSE free) Category 3 (low BSE risk) Category 4 (high BSE risk) II. Where an animal moves from one category of a country or region to another, it shall acquire or retain the highest numerical BSE category of any country or region in which it has been kept for more than 24 hours, unless adequate guarantees can be provided that the animals were not fed with feed from that country or region with the highest numerical BSE category. 14 ANNEX II Information to be submitted in support of an application for recognition of risk classification under Article 3 All data must be provided on an annual basis and preferably from 1980 onwards, but at least from 1988. to provide comprehensive and consistent Applicant States must make every effort information. Data which are not provided or are incomplete or are considered as unsatisfactory may be completed by reference to other sources of information available to the Commission, or may have to be replaced by a worst-case assumption for the purposes of a risk assessment. Information must be provided on: 1. Structure and dynamics of the bovine, ovine and caprine animal populations (a) absolute numbers of animals per species and breed, alive and at time of slaughter; (b) age distributions of animals per species and breed, sex and type; (c) age distribution of animals per species and breed, sex and type at time of slaughter; (d) geographical distribution of the animals by species and breeds; (e) (f) geographical distribution of the animals by husbandry systems, herd sizes and production purposes; system of identification and capacities for tracing of animals and a system of control and possible sanctions in accordance with Community legislation on animal identification and registration. 2. Animal trade (a) imports and exports; (b) trade within the geographical area; (c) imports of embryos and semen; (d) use made of imported animals, embryos or semen; (e) mechanisms used by slaughterhouses to identify animals and their origins, as well as data from these procedures. 15 3. > Animal feed (a) (b) domestic production of Meat and Bone Meal (MBM), and its use per species and husbandry system (in particularly the proportion of the domestically produced MBM fed to bovine, ovine and caprine animals); imports of MBM, specifying country of origin, and its use per species and husbandry system (in particularly the proportion of that MBM fed to bovine, ovine and caprine animals); (c) exported MBM, specifying country of destination. 4. Meat and bone meal (MBM) bans (a) complete description; (b) dates of introduction; (c) actual implementation, policing and compliance figures; (d) possibilities of cross-contamination with other feed. 5. Specified bovine offal (SBO) and specified risk materials (SRM) bans (a) complete description; (b) dates of introduction; (c) actual implementation, policing and compliance figures. 6. Surveillance of TSE, with particular reference to BSE and scrapie (a) incidence of laboratory confirmed cases of BSE and scrapie; (b) age distribution, geographical distribution, and countries of origin of cases; (c) (d) incidence of neurological disorders in which TSE could not be excluded on clinical grounds in any animal species; methodologies and programmes of surveillance and recording of clinical cases of BSE and scrapie, including awareness training for farmers, veterinarians, supervisory bodies and authorities; (e) incentives for reporting cases, compensation and reward schemes; (f) methodologies of laboratory confirmation and recording of suspect cases of BSE and scrapie; 16 (g) strains of BSE and scrapie agents possibly involved; (h) existing systems or current plans for targeted active surveillance. 7. Rendering and feed processing (a) all rendering and feed processing systems used; (b) nature of the records of rendering and processing plants; (c) quantitative and qualitative parameters of MBM and rendered animal fat production by each of the processing systems; (d) the geographical areas from which the rendered materials originate; (e) the type of raw material used; (f) parameters on separate processing suspected animals; lines for materials from healthy and (g) transport and storage systems for MBM or feed containing MBM. 8. BSE or scrapie related culling (a) culling criteria; (b) date of introduction of the culling scheme and of any subsequent modification; (c) animals culled (details as specified in point 1); (d) sizes of herds in which animals were culled. 17 ANNEX III SPECIFIED RISK MATERIAL The following tissues shall be designated as specified risk materials depending on the category of the country of origin or residence of the animal, determined in accordance with Article 3: CATEGORY 1 No tissues are designated as specified risk materials. CATEGORY2 In countries, or regions within countries, placed in Category 2, the following are only designated as specified risk materials where BSE has occurred16: (a) the brain and spinal cord of: bovine animals aged over 30 months, ovine and caprine animals which are aged over 12 months or have a permanent incisor erupted through the gum; (b) the distal ileum and spleen of ovine and caprine animals of all ages. CATEGORY3 i (a) the entire head excluding the tongue, including the brain and dura mater, pituitary gland, eyes, trigeminal ganglia and tonsils; the spinal cord and dura mater of bovine animals aged over six months and of ovine and caprine animals aged over 12 months; (b) the distal ileum of bovine, ovine and caprine animals, and spleen of ovine and caprine animals of all ages. CATEGORY4 (a) the entire head excluding the tongue, including the brain and dura mater, pituitary gland, eyes, trigeminal ganglia and tonsils; the thymus; the intestines from the duodenum to the rectum; the vertebral column, including dorsal root ganglia, unless specific measures have been taken covering meat-and-bone meal and maternal transmission and in the light of the latest available scientific advice; spinal cord and dura mater of bovine animals aged over six months and of ovine and caprine animals aged over 12 months; pending OIE confirmation. 18 (b) other bones of bo vine animals aged over 30 months; (c) the distal ileum and spleen of bovine, ovine and caprine animals of all ages. Pursuant to a Decision in respect of the date of effective enforcement of a prohibition on the feeding of mammalian protein to ruminants in each country, or region of within a country, placed in Category 2 or 3, as referred to in Articles 4(5) and 5(6), the application of the provisions related to specified risk materials may be confined to those derived from animals which were born before that date in those countries or those regions. Member States shall ensure at slaughterhouses. that the specified risk materials are removed However, in Member States or regions within Member States that are not placed in Category 4, the removal and subsequent destruction according to point 5 of specified risk materials from raw material for the production of rendered ruminant fat derivatives is not required provided that the derivatives are produced in accordance with Annex V. By way of derogation from point 3, Member States may allow the removal of: (a) specified risk material at cutting plants, high risk processing plants or premises referred to in Article 7 of Directive 90/667/EEC, under the direct supervision of an official of the competent authority. Those establishments shall be approved for that purpose by the competent authority; (b) the vertebral column or bones at the point of sale to the consumer on their territory. Member States shall set up a system to ensure and check that, where the removal of specified risk materials takes place at establishments other than slaughterhouses, those materials are completely separated from other waste, are collected separately and are disposed of in accordance with point 5. Member States shall ensure that specified risk material is stained with a dye immediately on removal, and that all specified risk material is completely destroyed: (a) by direct incineration; or, (b) provided that the colour of the dye is detectable after processing, by processing followed by: (i) incineration; (ii) burning as fuel; or, (iii) another method, which precludes all risk of transmission of a TSE, and is authorized and supervised by the competent authority. 19 Where bovine, ovine or caprine animals have died or have been killed in the context of disease control measures, Member States may allow disposal of the entire body of those animals without removal of the specified risk materials. Member States may derogate from the provisions of points 3 and 5 to allow the burning or burial of specified risk material or entire bodies, without prior staining, or, as appropriate, removal of the specified risk materials, in the circumstances set out in Directive 90/667/EEC. The application of a test as an alternative to the removal of specified risk materials may be authorised under the following conditions: (a) (b) tests are carried out in slaughterhouses on all animals eligible for the removal of specified risk materials; no bovine, ovine or caprine product intended for human food or animal feed leaves the slaughterhouse before the results of the tests on all slaughtered animals produced in the same batch have been received and accepted by the competent authority; (c) when a post-slaughter test gives a positive result, all bovine, ovine and caprine material produced in the same batch is destroyed in accordance with point 5. Member States shall carry out frequent official controls, particularly in slaughterhouses, cutting plants, animal waste processing plants, high risk processing plants or premises referred to in Article 7 of Directive 90/667/EEC, points of sale to the consumer and storage facilities, and shall ensure that measures are taken to avoid contamination. 20 ANNEX IV The products referred to in Article 5(5) are: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) fresh meat: fresh meat as defined by Council Directive 64/43 3/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat17; minced meat and meat preparations: minced meat and meat preparations as defined by Council Directive 94/65/EC18; meat products and other products of animal origin: meat products and other products of animal origin as defined by Council Directive 77/99/EEC19; milk products, as defined by Council Directive 92/46/EEC20, which are destined for human consumption and containing gelatin or rendered animal fat; milk products, as defined by Council Directive 92/118/EEC21, which are destined for animal consumption and containing gelatin or rendered animal fat; (f) fishery products, as defined by Council Directive 91/493/EEC22, which are destined for human consumption and containing gelatin or rendered animal fat; (g) Ça) (i) (j) egg products, as defined by Council Directive 89/437/EEC23, which are destined for human consumption and containing gelatin or rendered animal fat; snails or frogs' legs, as referred to by Council Directive 92/118/EEC, which are destined for human consumption and containing gelatin or rendered animal fat; rendered fats, as referred to by Council Directive 92/118/EEC; gelatin, as referred to by Council Directive 92/118/EEC; (k) petfood, as referred to by Council Directive 92/118/EEC; (1) processed animal protein, as referred to by Council Directive 92/118/EEC; (m) bones and bone products, as referred to by Council Directive 92/118/EEC; (n) raw material for Council Directive 92/118/EEC. the manufacture of animal feedingstujfs, as referred to by 17 OJ 121,29. 7. 1964, p. 2012/64. Directive as last amended by Directive 95/23/EC (OJ L 243, 11. 10. 1995, P- 7). 18 OJL 368, 31. 12. 1994, p. 10. 19 OJL26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 85. 20 OJ L 268, 14. 9. 1992, p. 1. 21 OJL62, 15. 3. 1993, p. 49. 22 OJL268,24. 9. 1991, p. 15. 23 OJL212, 22. 7. 1989, p. 87. 21 ANNEXV Tallow derivatives may be used for the production of human food, animal feed or fertilisers provided that they are produced by an appropriate, validated and strictly certified method such as: 1. Transesterification or hydrolysis at not less than 200°C for not less than 20 minutes under pressure (glycerol, fatty acids and fatty acid esters production); or 2. Saponification with NaOH 12 M (glycerol and soap production): in a batch process: at not less than 95°C for not less than three hours; or, in a continuous process: at not less than 140°C, 2 bars for not less than eight minutes, or equivalent. Moreover, other tallow derivatives (e. g. fatty alcohols, fatty amines, fatty amides) produced from the abovementioned and submitted to further processes may also be used. 22 ISSN 0254-1475 COM(98) 749 final DOCUMENTS EN 03 05 02 10 Catalogue number : CB-CO-98-764-EN-C Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg Sri


title: Règlement (CE) n° 2681/98 de la Commission du 11 décembre 1998 fixant le prix maximal d'achat et les quantités de viande bovine achetées à l'intervention pour la deux cent quatorzième adjudication partielle effectuée dans le cadre des mesures générales d'intervention conformément au règlement (CEE) n° 1627/89

eurovoc_concepts:
award of contract
beef
intervention buying
purchase price
quantitative restriction

text: L 337/14 FR Journal officiel des Communaut(cid:130)s europ(cid:130)ennes 12. 12. 98 R(cid:221)GLEMENT (CE) No 2681/98 DE LA COMMISSION du 11 d(cid:130)cembre 1998 fixant le prix maximal d’achat et les quantit(cid:130)s de viande bovine achet(cid:130)es (cid:133) l’intervention pour la deux cent quatorzi(cid:138)me adjudication partielle effectu(cid:130)e dans le cadre des mesures g(cid:130)n(cid:130)rales d’intervention conform(cid:130)ment au r(cid:138)glement (CEE) no 1627/89 LA COMMISSION DES COMMUNAUT(cid:144)S EUROP(cid:144)ENNES, vu le trait(cid:130) instituant la Communaut(cid:130) europ(cid:130)enne, vu le r(cid:138)glement (CEE) no 805/68 du Conseil, du 27 juin 1968, portant organisation commune des march(cid:130)s dans le secteur de la viande bovine (1), modifi(cid:130) en dernier lieu par le r(cid:138)glement (CE) no 1633/98 (2), et notamment son article 6 paragraphe 7, consid(cid:130)rant que, conform(cid:130)ment au r(cid:138)glement (CEE) no 2456/93 de la Commission, du 1er septembre 1993, portant modalit(cid:130)s d’application du r(cid:138)glement (CEE) no 805/68 du Conseil en ce qui concerne les mesures g(cid:130)n(cid:130)- rales et des mesures sp(cid:130)ciales d’intervention dans le secteur de la viande bovine (3), modifi(cid:130) en dernier lieu par le r(cid:138)glement (CE) no 2304/98 (4), une adjudication a (cid:130)t(cid:130) ouverte par l’article 1er paragraphe 1 du r(cid:138)glement (CEE) no 1627/89 de la Commission, du 9 juin 1989, relatif (cid:133) l’achat de viande bovine par voie d’adjudication (5), modifi(cid:130) en dernier lieu par le r(cid:138)glement (CE) no 2466/ 98 (6); consid(cid:130)rant que, selon l’article 13 paragraphe 1 du r(cid:138)gle- ment (CEE) no 2456/93, un prix maximal d’achat pour la qualit(cid:130) R3 est fix(cid:130), le cas (cid:130)ch(cid:130)ant, pour chaque adjudica- tion partielle, compte tenu des offres re(cid:135)ues; que, selon l’article 13 paragraphe 2, il peut (cid:136)tre d(cid:130)cid(cid:130) de ne pas donner suite (cid:133) l’adjudication; que, selon l’article 14 du m(cid:136)me r(cid:138)glement, ne sont retenues que les offres inf(cid:130)- rieures ou (cid:130)gales audit prix maximal toutefois d(cid:130)passer le prix moyen de march(cid:130) national ou r(cid:130)gional major(cid:130) du montant vis(cid:130) au paragraphe 1; sans consid(cid:130)rant que, apr(cid:138)s examen des offres pr(cid:130)sent(cid:130)es pour la deux cent quatorzi(cid:138)me adjudication partielle et en tenant compte, conform(cid:130)ment (cid:133) l’article 6 paragraphe 1 du r(cid:138)glement (CEE) no 805/68, des exigences d’un soutien raisonnable du march(cid:130) ainsi que de l’(cid:130)volution sai- sonni(cid:138)re des abattages et des prix, il convient de ne pas donner suite (cid:133) l’adjudication pour la cat(cid:130)gorie A et d’arr(cid:136)ter le prix maximal d’achat ainsi que les quantit(cid:130)s pouvant (cid:136)tre accept(cid:130)es (cid:133) l’intervention pour la cat(cid:130)- gorie C; consid(cid:130)rant que l’importance des quantit(cid:130)s adjug(cid:130)es rend appropri(cid:130) de faire usage de la facult(cid:130) pr(cid:130)vue (cid:133) l’article 16 (CEE) no 2456/93 de paragraphe 2 du r(cid:138)glement (1) JO L 148 du 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. (2) JO L 210 du 28. 7. 1998, p. 17. (3) JO L 225 du 4. 9. 1993, p. 4. (4) JO L 288 du 27. 10. 1998, p. 3. (5) JO L 159 du 10. 6. 1989, p. 36. (6) JO L 307 du 17. 11. 1998, p. 13. prolonger le d(cid:130)lai de livraison des produits (cid:133) l’interven- tion; consid(cid:130)rant que l’article 2 du r(cid:138)glement (CE) no 1103/97 du Conseil, du 17 juin 1997, fixant certaines dispositions relatives (cid:133) l’introduction de l’euro (7), dispose qu’(cid:133) partir du 1er janvier 1999 toute r(cid:130)f(cid:130)rence (cid:133) l’(cid:130)cu figurant dans un instrument juridique est remplac(cid:130)e par une r(cid:130)f(cid:130)rence (cid:133) l’euro au taux de 1 EUR pour 1 ECU; consid(cid:130)rant que les mesures pr(cid:130)vues au pr(cid:130)sent r(cid:138)glement sont conformes (cid:133) l’avis du comit(cid:130) de gestion de la viande bovine, A ARR(cid:219)T(cid:144) LE PR(cid:144)SENT R(cid:221)GLEMENT: Article premier la deux cent quatorzi(cid:138)me adjudication partielle Pour ouverte par le r(cid:138)glement (CEE) no 1627/89: a) pour la cat(cid:130)gorie A, il n’est pas donn(cid:130) suite (cid:133) l’adju- dication; b) pour la cat(cid:130)gorie C: — le prix maximal d’achat est fix(cid:130) (cid:133) 235,50 (cid:130)cus par 100 kilogrammes de carcasses ou demi-carcasses de la qualit(cid:130) R 3, — la quantit(cid:130) maximale de carcasses, demi-carcasses et quartiers accept(cid:130)s est fix(cid:130)e (cid:133) 2 451 tonnes. Article 2 Par d(cid:130)rogation (cid:133) l’article 16 paragraphe 2 du r(cid:138)glement (CEE) no 2456/93, le d(cid:130)lai de livraison des produits (cid:133) l’intervention est prolong(cid:130) d’une semaine et se termine le 6 janvier 1999. Toutefois, dans les (cid:144)tats membres o(cid:151) aucune livraison n’est effectu(cid:130)e durant la p(cid:130)riode du 24 d(cid:130)cembre 1998 au 3 janvier 1999 ou durant une fraction de celle-ci, le d(cid:130)lai de livraison est prolong(cid:130) du nombre de jours correspondants. Article 3 Le pr(cid:130)sent r(cid:138)glement entre en vigueur le 14 d(cid:130)cembre 1998. (7) JO L 162 du 19. 6. 1997, p. 1. 12. 12. 98 FR Journal officiel des Communaut(cid:130)s europ(cid:130)ennes L 337/15 Le pr(cid:130)sent r(cid:138)glement est obligatoire dans tous ses (cid:130)l(cid:130)ments et directement applicable dans tout (cid:144)tat membre. Fait (cid:133) Bruxelles, le 11 d(cid:130)cembre 1998. Par la Commission Franz FISCHLER Membre de la Commission


title: Kommissionens forordning (EF) nr. 2681/98 af 11. december 1998 om fastsættelse af maksimumsopkøbsprisen og de oksekødsmængder, der opkøbes ved intervention som følge af den 214. dellicitation i forbindelse med de generelle interventionsforanstaltninger, der foretages i henhold til forordning (EØF) nr. 1627/89

text: L 337/14 DA De Europæiske Fællesskabers Tidende 12. 12. 98 KOMMISSIONENS FORORDNING (EF) Nr. 2681/98 af 11. december 1998 om fastsættelse af maksimumsopkøbsprisen og de oksekødsmængder, der opkøbes ved intervention som følge af den 214. dellicitation i forbindelse med de generelle interventionsforanstaltninger, der foretages i henhold til forordning (EØF) nr. 1627/89 KOMMISSIONEN FOR DE EUROPÆISKE FÆLLESSKABER HAR (cid:190) artikel 16, stk. 2, i forordning (EØF) nr. 2456/93, og forlænge fristen for produkternes levering til intervention; under henvisning til Europæiske Fællesskab, traktaten om oprettelse af Det under henvisning til R(cid:134)dets forordning (EØF) nr. 805/68 juni 1968 om den fælles markedsordning for af 27. oksekød (1) senest ændret ved forordning (EF) nr. 1633/ 98 (2), særlig artikel 6, stk. 7, og ud fra følgende betragtninger: Ifølge Kommissionens forordning (EØF) nr. 2456/93 af 1. september 1993 om gennemførelsesbestemmelser til R(cid:134)dets forordning (EØF) nr. 805/68 for s(cid:134) vidt ang(cid:134)r de generelle og de særlige interventionsforanstaltninger for oksekød (3), senest ændret ved forordning (EF) nr. 2304/ 98 (4), blev der indledt en licitation ved artikel 1, stk. 1, i Kommissionens forordning (EØF) nr. 1627/89 af 9. juni 1989 om opkøb af oksekød ved licitation (5), senest ændret ved forordning (EF) nr. 2466/98 (6); i henhold til artikel 13, stk. 1, i forordning (EØF) nr. 2456/93 fastsættes der eventuelt en maksimumsopkøbs- pris for kvalitet R3 for hver dellicitation, under hensyn- tagen til de modtagne bud; ifølge artikel 13, stk. 2, kan det besluttes ikke at ifølge samme forordnings artikel 14 accepteres der kun bud, som højst svarer til nævnte maksimumspris, dog uden at overskride gennemsnitsprisen p(cid:134) det nationale eller regio- nale marked, forhøjet med beløbet nævnt i stk. 1; tage licitationen til følge; efter at de bud, der blev indgivet ved den 214. dellicita- tion, er gennemg(cid:134)et, og der ifølge artikel 6, stk. 1, i forordning (EØF) nr. 805/68 er taget hensyn til kravene om en rimelig markedsstøtte samt den sæsonmæssige udvikling i slagtningerne og priserne, bør licitationen ikke tages til følge for kategori A; maksimumsopkøbs- prisen samt den mængde, der kan accepteres til interven- tion, bør fastsættes for kategori C; p(cid:134) grund af de udliciterede mængders størrelse et det hensigtsmæssigt at udnytte den mulighed, der er fastsat i (1) EFT L 148 af 28. 6. 1968, s. 24. (2) EFT L 210 af 28. 7. 1998, s. 17. (3) EFT L 225 af 4. 9. 1993, s. 4. (4) EFT L 288 af 27. 10. 1998, s. 3. (5) EFT L 159 af 10. 6. 1989, s. 36. (6) EFT L 307 af 17. 11. 1998, s. 13. ifølge artikel 2 i R(cid:134)dets forordning (EF) nr. 1103/97 af 17. juni 1997 om visse bestemmelser vedrørende indførelsen af euroen (7) erstattes enhver henvisning i et retligt instru- ment til ecuen fra 1. januar 1999 af en henvisning til euroen i forholdet 1 EUR: 1 ECU; de i denne forordning fastsatte foranstaltninger er i over- ensstemmelse med udtalelse fra Forvaltningskomit(cid:130)en for Oksekød — UDSTEDT FØLGENDE FORORDNING: Artikel 1 For den 214. dellicitation, der blev indledt ved forordning (EØF) nr. 1627/89, gælder følgende: a) For kategori A fastsættes, at licitationen ikke tages til følge. b) For kategori C fastsættes: — maksimumsopkøbsprisen til 235,50 ECU/100 kg for hele og halve slagtekroppe af kvalitet R3 — den accepterede maksimumsmængde for hele og halve slagtekroppe og forfjerdinger til 2 451 tons. Artikel 2 Som undtagelse fra artikel 16, stk. 2, i forordning (EØF) nr. 2456/93 forlænges fristen for produkternes levering til intervention med en uge til den 6. januar 1999. I de medlemsstater, hvor ingen levering finder sted i perioden 24. december 1998 til 3. januar 1999 eller en del af denne periode, tilsvarende antal dage. forlænges leveringsfristen med det Artikel 3 Denne forordning træder i kraft den 14. december 1998. (7) EFT L 162 af 19. 6. 1997, s. 1. 12. 12. 98 DA De Europæiske Fællesskabers Tidende L 337/15 Denne forordning er bindende i alle enkeltheder og gælder umiddelbart medlemsstat. i hver Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den 11. december 1998. P(cid:134) Kommissionens vegne Franz FISCHLER Medlem af Kommissionen


title: WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3784/98 by Gerhard SCHMID Safety of small children on board aircraft

eurovoc_concepts:
air transport
aircraft
child
civil aviation
early childhood
safety device
safety standard
transport safety

text: 11. 10. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 289/87 (1999/C 289/115) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3784/98 by Gerhard Schmid (PSE) to the Commission (11 December 1998) Subject: Safety of small children on board aircraft There are serious shortcomings in safety arrangements for small children travelling with European airlines. Children under two generally sit on their parent’s lap, while older children can only be fitted with adults’ seat belts, which are completely unsuitable for them. So children are inadequately protected, or not protected at all, in the event of turbulence or accidents. In the US there already exists a variety of restraint systems specially designed for children. Moreover, spare belts which can be attached to adult passengers’ lap belts are prohibited in the US but permitted in Europe, although they can cause severe internal injuries in children. 1. What is the Commission’s opinion of this state of affairs? Does the Commission intend to propose European rules to ensure the safety of children on board 2. aircraft? If not, why? Is the Commission considering prohibiting airlines from carrying children unless they have a seat of their 3. own? If not, why? 4. Would the Commission consider allowing selected child restraint systems designed for cars to be used in aircraft for a transitional period? If not, why? Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission (11 February 1999) The Commission refers the Honourable Member to the answer given to Written Question E-2751/98 by Mrs Breyer (1) on the same subject. The Commission recognises that the protection of children, and particularly of infants, is not sufficiently addressed by present aviation safety standards. That is why the Commission launched an important study called ‘European specification for infant and child restraint devices’ in which the feasibility of improved restraint systems will be assessed and a suggestion for a ‘European specification for infant passengers on aircraft’ will be developed. The Commission will submit the results of the project to the Joint Aviation Authorities of Member States and, if appropriate, invite this body to revise existing specifications for the safe use of such restraint systems. This would of course also lead to a revision of the existing Community legislation dealing with the same subject, the airworthiness codes contained in annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) 3922/91 of 16 December 1991 on the harmonisation of technical requirements and administrative procedures in the field of civil aviation (2). Until the results of these activities are available, the Commission would not wish to prejudge whether it is appropriate to prohibit the transport of infants that do not have a seat to themselves or whether it is appropriate to authorise restraint systems which are currently used in cars. (1) OJ C 118, 29. 4. 1999, p. 134. (2) OJ L 373, 31. 12. 1991