title: SKRIFTLIG FORESPØRGSEL E-0098/00 af Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) til Kommissionen. Anvendelse af partnerskabsprincippet ved udarbejdelsen af regional- og udviklingsplanen for perioden 2000-2006 for autonome regioner under mål 1.

eurovoc_concepts: relations between the State and the regions

text: 28. 12. 2000 DA De Europ(cid:230)iske F(cid:230)llesskabers Tidende C 374 E/23 Svar afgivet p(cid:229) Kommissionens vegne af Michel Barnier (7. marts 2000) Kommissionen har for nylig f(cid:229)et kendskab til de forhold, det (cid:230)rede medlem omtaler, og har derfor anmodet de spanske myndigheder om n(cid:230)rmere oplysninger herom, s(cid:229) den kan kontrollere, om f(cid:230)lles- skabsbestemmelserne er blevet overholdt i forbindelse med det p(cid:229)g(cid:230)ldende projekt. P(cid:229) det n(cid:230)ste młde i overv(cid:229)gningsudvalget i april 2000 vil Kommissionen desuden bede om en mere pr(cid:230)cis redegłrelse for projektets indhold. Den vil naturligvis holde det (cid:230)rede medlem informeret om udfaldet af denne sag. (2000/C 374 E/028) SKRIFTLIG FORESP(cid:216)RGSEL E-0098/00 af Camilo Nogueira RomÆn (Verts/ALE) til Kommissionen (26. januar 2000) Om: Anvendelse af partnerskabsprincippet ved udarbejdelsen af regional- og udviklingsplanen for perioden 2000-2006 for autonome regioner under m(cid:229)l 1 I oktober 1999 rettede jeg en skriftlig forespłrgsel til Kommissionen (P-1798/99) (1) om overholdelse af partnerskabsprincippet ved udarbejdelsen af den spanske stats regional- og udviklingsplan for perioden 2000-2006 for autonome regioner under m(cid:229)l 1, idet denne grundl(cid:230)ggende tekst, som besk(cid:230)ftiger sig med de vigtigste investeringer i udvikling, besk(cid:230)ftigelse og transportnet ikke var blevet behandlet af Galiciens regionale parlament. I sit svar meddelte medlem af Kommissionen, Michel Barnier, at han fłrst ville besvare forespłrgslen endeligt, n(cid:229)r den regionale udviklingsplan forel(cid:229) i Bruxelles og forsikrede, at under alle omst(cid:230)ndigheder skulle medlemsstaterne i henhold til artikel 15 og 16 i R(cid:229)dets forordning (EF) nr. 1260/1999 (2) om strukturfondene »efter hłring af parterne« forel(cid:230)gge denne for Kommissionen, idet det i forordningen fastsl(cid:229)s, at udviklingsplanen skulle indeholde »en redegłrelse for de forholdsregler, der er truffet med henblik p(cid:229) hłring af parterne«. Eftersom den regionale udviklingsplan allerede er Kommissionen i h(cid:230)nde, hvilke foranstaltninger p(cid:229)t(cid:230)nker denne da at tr(cid:230)ffe for at sikre overholdelse af partnerskabsprincippet og de autonome regioners befłjelser, forbindelse med i dette tilf(cid:230)lde i Galicien, hvis parlament blev ignoreret af den spanske regering i udarbejdelsen af den regionale udviklingsplan, som p(cid:229) afgłrende vis berłrer parlamentets befłjelser og dens status som en institution, der er ansvarlig for landets sociale og łkonomiske udvikling? (1) EFT C 203 E af 18. 7. 2000, s. 51. (2) EFT L 161 af 26. 6. 1999, s. 1. Svar afgivet p(cid:229) Kommissionens vegne af Michel Barnier (10. marts 2000) Ifłlge artikel 8 i R(cid:229)dets forordning (EF) nr. 1260/1999 af 21. juni 1999 om vedtagelse af generelle bestemmelser for strukturfondene (1) skal EF-aktionerne fastl(cid:230)gges ved et sn(cid:230)vert samr(cid:229)d ben(cid:230)vnt partnerskab »mellem Kommissionen og medlemsstaten sammen med myndigheder og organer, der udpeges af medlemsstaterne i henhold til deres nationale bestemmelser og g(cid:230)ldende praksis, dvs. regionale og lokale myndigheder og łvrige kompetente offentlige myndigheder, arbejdsmarkedets parter og łkonomiske interesseorganisationer samt andre relevante kompetente organer«. Disse myndigheder og organer kaldes »partnere«. Hvad regionaludviklingsplanerne ang(cid:229)r, er det i ovenn(cid:230)vnte forordnings artikel 15 og 16 fastsat henholds- vis, at »planerne forel(cid:230)gges af medlemsstaterne for Kommissionen efter hłring af parterne«, og at de omfatter »en redegłrelse for de forholdsregler, der er truffet med henblik p(cid:229) hłring af parterne«. I den regionaludviklingsplan for de regioner, der er stłtteberettiget under m(cid:229)l 1, som den spanske regering fremlagde den 29. oktober 1999, findes der et s(cid:230)rligt kapitel om anvendelsen af dette partnerskabsprincip. Det forklares bl. a. , at de selvstyrende regioner har allerede fra starten v(cid:230)ret inddraget i udt(cid:230)nkningen, udarbejdelsen og affattelsen af n(cid:230)vnte plan, og at de har haft flere lejligheder til at give udtryk for deres opfattelse og til at foretage (cid:230)ndringer af den endelige plan. C 374 E/24 De Europ(cid:230)iske F(cid:230)llesskabers Tidende DA 28. 12. 2000 Da det ifłlge forordning (EF) nr. 1260/1999 er medlemsstaten, der skal udpege disse partnere, finder Kommissionen, at den spanske regering har opfyldt sine forpligtelser med hensyn til overholdelse af partnerskabsprincippet under udarbejdelsen af den omtalte regionaludviklingsplan. (1) EFT L 161 af 26. 6. 1999. (2000/C 374 E/029) SKRIFTLIG FORESP(cid:216)RGSEL E-0103/00 af Jo Leinen (PSE) til Kommissionen (26. januar 2000) Om: Foreneligheden mellem den danske lov om beskatning af aktiefortjeneste i forbindelse med flytning til et andet EU-land og EU-retten I henhold til en dansk lov fra 1987 skal danske statsborgere betale skat af aktieudbytte i forbindelse med flytning til et andet EU-land. Personer, der af erhvervsm(cid:230)ssige eller andre (cid:229)rsager er tvunget til at arbejde og bo i et andet EU-land, uds(cid:230)ttes s(cid:229)ledes for forskelsbehandling. Er § 13a i aktieavancebeskatningsloven (lovbekendtgłrelse nr. 698, 5. 11. 1987, Karnovs Lovsamling 1. 6 (1988), s. 5880 forenelig med EF-traktatens artikel 43, 56, 18 og 12? Hvis dette ikke er tilf(cid:230)ldet, hvad agter Kommissionen da at głre, for at f(cid:229) Kongeriget Danmark til at 2. overholde EF-retten? Svar afgivet p(cid:229) Kommissionens vegne af Frederik Bolkestein (9. marts 2000) Kommissionen har kendskab til de danske regler om beskatning af ikke-realiseret fortjeneste ved afst(cid:229)else af aktier i forbindelse med flytning til et andet land. Lignende regler findes i Tyskland, Frankrig og (cid:216)strig. I henhold til dansk lovgivning skal der betales skat af fortjeneste ved afst(cid:229)else af aktier i Danmark. For at skabe ligestilling mellem skatteydere, der flytter fra medlemsstaten til en medlemsstat, hvor der ikke betales skat af fortjeneste ved afst(cid:229)else af aktier, fasts(cid:230)ttes det latente skattetilsvar vedrłrende fortjeneste ved afst(cid:229)else af aktier, n(cid:229)r vedkommende forlader Danmark. Denne skat skal dog ikke erl(cid:230)gges straks, men fłrst n(cid:229)r fortjenesten realiseres, dvs. n(cid:229)r de p(cid:229)g(cid:230)ldende aktier faktisk s(cid:230)lges. Skatten fasts(cid:230)ttes p(cid:229) grundlag af den fortjeneste, der beregnes, n(cid:229)r den p(cid:229)g(cid:230)ldende forlader Danmark, men s(cid:229)fremt aktierne senere falder i v(cid:230)rdi, tillader Danmark en ny beregning af skatten, s(cid:229)ledes at der kun betales skat af den faktiske fortjeneste. Endvidere kan beskatning af fortjeneste ved afst(cid:229)else af aktier p(cid:229)lagt i den nye bop(cid:230)lsmedlems- stat fuldt ud modregnes i det skattetilsvar, der fasts(cid:230)ttes i Danmark. Det er korrekt, at den skattepligtige skal stille garanti for den p(cid:229)lagte skat, n(cid:229)r han forlader Danmark, men de danske myndigheder accepterer (en del af) aktierne som sikkerhed. Der er tilsyneladende ingen v(cid:230)sentlige forskelle i den skattem(cid:230)ssige behandling af danske bosiddende og andre, som forlader Danmark. Kommissionen vil under alle omst(cid:230)ndigheder undersłge, om den danske lovgivning er forenelig med f(cid:230)llesskabslovgivningen, idet der er indgivet en klage om samme spłrgsm(cid:229)l, som for łjeblikket er under behandling


title: Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10 June 1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering'

eurovoc_concepts:
code of conduct
fight against crime
financial institution
financial legislation
law of banking
money laundering

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text: C 75/22 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 3. 2000 Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10 June 1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering’ (2000/C 75/10) On 5 October 1999 the Council decided to consult the Economic and Social Committee, under Article 262 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the above-mentioned proposal. The Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion, which was responsible for preparing the Committee’s work on the subject, adopted its opinion on 10 January 2000. The rapporteur was Mr Pelletier. At its 369th plenary session (meeting of 26 January 2000), the Economic and Social Committee adopted the following opinion by 81 votes to 11, with 10 abstentions. 1. Introduction 1. 1. In its opinion of 19 September 1990 on the First Directive on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering (1), the ESC fully agreed with stepping up the repression of serious criminal activities condemned by the international community, and more par- ticularly those connected with drug trafficking. Several remarks made in this opinion were finally 1. 2. adopted. 1. 3. The ESC also approved the setting-up of machinery based on the use of information resulting from compulsory transit through banking channels and financial institutions in general. 1. 4. Since 1991, when the First Directive was implemented, the Council, the Commission and the European Parliament have constantly called for stiffer action against organised crime and an overall action programme to bring this about, containing concrete recommendations (see in particular the resolutions of the Dublin Council of December 1996 and the action programme of the Amsterdam Council of June 1997). recently, 1. 5. Most the Tampere Council of 15 and 16 October 1999 devoted a considerable part of its recommen- dations to combating crime on an EU scale. 1. 6. In addition to these recommendations aimed at strengthening co-operation between the authorities in the Member States, the Council has devoted a chapter to specific action to combat money laundering, recommending that the proposed amendment to the directive which is the subject of this opinion be adopted as soon as possible. 1. 7. The Commission recently published a very important communication on the 2000-2004 Action Plan to combat drugs (2), which will be the subject of an ESC opinion. 2. General comments The sheer scale of money laundering upsets the 2. 1. workings of the world financial system. 2. 2. The origins of the funds concerned are very varied. Some cases are spectacular, such as the diversion of inter- national aid from the IMF to countries such as Russia, but it is more difficult to detect when it comes from complex financial schemes set up by legal specialists having close links with offshore havens that are free from the disciplines and controls that the European Union and some of the western world have been trying to put into place over the past decade. 2. 3. The strengthening of the means used since the 1991 Directive to combat money laundering is undoubtedly spec- tacular. 2. 4. Nevertheless, it is still necessary to compare both the concrete action and declared intentions of the EU in this area impact on the volume of traffic and the with the actual estimated revenue that has resulted from it. In the ESC opinion of 1990, available information set 2. 5. the amount of drug traffic at between USD 300 and 500 bn. Instead of declining, this traffic is now said to be running at 8 % of total world trade, according to UN statistics and information provided by the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF). Money laundering, for its part, is said to represent between 2 % and 5 % of world GDP each year, or more than USD 1 000 bn. (1) OJ C 332, 31. 12. 1990, p. 26. (2) COM(1999) 239 final. 15. 3. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 75/23 2. 6. In targeting the laundering of money linked with drug trafficking, the action taken by the EU and the Member States has lost sight of the absolute need to combat the problem at its source, i. e. on the ground, the selling of drugs, when the whole sequence of laundering operations is based on the retail selling of drugs to the unfortunate addicts. The FATF’s work here to establish criteria to identify 2. 12. countries and jurisdictions that can be considered as ‘non-co-operative’ in the fight against money laundering is a key part of the action plan. A list of these countries is being prepared by the FATF, with a view to publication in mid-2000. 2. 7. The fight against money laundering cannot be separ- ated from the fight against those who collect funds, whether it be within the framework of organised crime, which implies the involvement of complex structures, or in the simpler and more diffuse form of ‘dealers’ collecting a multitude of small sums representing the price of drug doses sold to the unfortunate addicts, the accumulation of which is the origin of the laundering process (1). 2. 8. While recognising that police and legal repression is above all a matter for the Member States and does not fall within the scope of the present proposal for a directive, the ESC regrets that the directive does not stress the obvious link between police and legal repression of trafficking and that of the laundering of the proceeds from it. This is absolutely essential. Despite their efforts, financial intermediaries cannot take the place of the entire police and legal system; that is not their role. 2. 9. The European Council in Tampere in October 1999 seemed to be moving in this direction when it called for ‘the establishment of a European Police Chiefs operational Task Force to exchange, in co-operation with Europol, experience, best practices and information on current trends in cross- border crime and contribute to the planning of operative actions’ (2). 2. 10. The ESC opinion of 1990 noted that ‘it is essential that the present proposal be backed up by the harmonisation of laws and practices designed to prevent drug consumption’ (3). 2. 11. The ESC fully shares the Commission’s concern to see the FATF’s efforts embracing the largest possible number of countries in order to create a worldwide anti-money laundering network. (1) See the Commission communication on a European Union Action Plan (2000-2004) to combat drugs and the ESC opinion — OJ C 51, 23. 2. 2000. (2) Conclusions of the European Council of Tampere, 15 and 16 October 1999. (3) See point 1. 5 of the opinion on the Proposal for a Council Directive on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering OJ C 332, 31. 12. 1990, p. 86. 2. 13. The European Council in Tampere stressed the need to conclude agreements with offshore centres in non-EU countries in order to ensure effective and transparent co-opera- tion, in line with the FATF’s recommendations. 2. 14. The ESC is convinced that the fight against money laundering must be tackled on a worldwide basis and regrets that the Council and the Commission are not playing a greater part in concerted action with the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 2. 15. At its last annual meeting in September 1999, the IMF once again reaffirmed its determination to fight organised crime, drug trafficking and money laundering. The ESC feels that there must be better consultation between the EU and the IMF, because the latter is the only institution able to take measures comparable to those of the EU and apply them on an international scale. 2. 16. The ESC approves the plan to impose a very high standard of constraints on the EU, exceeding the updated 40 FATF recommendations, by involving certain professions more actively in the fight against money laundering. One must note that the financial professions concerned by the 1991 Directive are under an obligation to provide their staff with a code of good conduct and a detailed guide to the directive. There is little doubt that the new professions concerned will be just as concerned to explain things. The ESC feels that the countries seeking EU member- 2. 17. ship must be obliged to accept the incorporation into the acquis communautaire of anti-money laundering rules. It would not be enough for the directive to be simply formally incorporated into the legislation of the candidate countries as the acquis communautaire unless concrete measures were taken to ensure it was applied (e. g. beefing up the police and judiciary, joining the FATF, Interpol and Tracfin). 2. 18. The strengthening of technical assistance in this area from the Commission to the candidate countries should be an essential part of partnership agreements. 2. 19. The ESC would particularly draw the Commission’s attention to the sensitive period of the changeover to the euro, which may well be favourable to cash transactions resulting from money laundering. Although a limit of 15 000 euros has been fixed for declaring sums, it will be very easy to get around C 75/24 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 3. 2000 this rule by submitting requests in several institutions for conversions below the threshold. In any case, it will be difficult to distinguish between hoarded and laundered notes. 5. The prohibition of money laundering 2. 20. Efficient feedback from the investigating authorities to the banks should improve the motivation of bank staff and the quality of reports. It should also enable banks to assess whether their training is adequate. And finally, efficient feedback should prevent banks from carrying out laundering transactions inadvertently. All in all, an efficient feedback system should lead to better results in the fight against money laundering. 2. 21. Of course, the national authorities cannot breach the secrecy of investigation proceedings. Efficient feedback should at least include general information providing statistical data. Ideally, it should also include some specific information provided on a confidential basis to the reporting institution: for instance, an acknowledgement of receipt of the disclosure of a suspicious transaction, information on the decision taken by the competent authorities subject to compliance with the secrecy of investigation proceedings, and a copy of any judgement referring to a specific case. 3. Implementation of the 1991 Directive 3. 1. The ESC has noted that the Commission, in its two reports to the Council and the European Parliament (1), believes that the 1991 Directive has been well implemented by the Member States and that the financial sector, and in particular the banks, have made a real effort to help prevent the entry of criminal money into the financial system. Information gathered from FATF representatives and 3. 2. the IMF’s report confirms the Commission’s remark. 3. 3. As controls in the banking sector have been tightened, launderers have sought other means to disguise the illegal origin of their funds; this represents a major challenge for the whole international community, and not just the EU. 4. The Action Plan to combat organised crime 4. 1. The explanatory memorandum to the draft directive shows that the Council backs up the Commission’s Action Plan to the hilt. 4. 2. The prohibition of money laundering has now taken a big step forward since money laundering has been made a criminal offence in all the Member States. (1) COM(95) 54 final and COM(1998) 401 final. 5. 1. Following the recommendation of the FATF in 1996, the Council agreed on 3 December 1998 to the implemen- tation of Article 6 of the Strasbourg Convention, which deals with laundering offences and plans to criminalise the proceeds of all serious offences carrying a maximum sentence of more than one year or a minimum sentence of more than six months. This is a big step forward in the repression of drugs-based crime. 6. The coverage of financial sector activities 6. 1. Following the recommendations of the European Par- liament, the draft directive tightens up the definition of the financial institutions concerned by including exchange offices, money remittance offices and investment firms as defined in the Investment Services Directive (ISD). 7. The coverage of activities outside the financial sector 7. 1. The European Council of December 1996 in Dublin and the annual reports of the FATF concluded that laundering increasingly uses non-banking financial institutions and non-fi- nancial firms, because banks abide more strictly by anti-laun- dering measures, so the Commission is proposing, with the agreement of the European Parliament, to extend the scope of the directive to cover occupations and types of enterprise which can be considered to be involved in money launder- ing-related activities. 7. 2. In its resolution of March 1999 the European Parlia- ment proposed extending the scope of the directive consider- ably to include estate agents, art dealers, auctioneers, casinos, exchange offices, transporters of funds, solicitors, accountants, lawyers, tax advisers and auditors. 7. 3. The various authorities that have had to deal with laundering practices, such as the UN Office for Drug Control and the High Level Group on Organised Crime set up by the Dublin Council, have all noted the trend towards using specialists, especially in law, to set up complex schemes involving shell companies, trust funds etc. to mask the origin and ownership of tainted funds (2). (2) Cf. ‘Drug money in a changing world: Economic reform and criminal finance’ — UN International drug control programme 1996 — which shows the key role of ‘international business companies’, especially in the Caribbean, used by criminal organis- ations because of the near-impossibility of unravelling the origin of the huge amount of funds they manage. 15. 3. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 75/25 7. 4. The Commission has included most of the activities mentioned by the European Parliament, though it has strong reservations about the inclusion of art dealers and auctioneers given the problem of defining the exact coverage and definition of such activities and the problems of monitoring the appli- cation of any rules, which — it should be remembered — would make it obligatory to reveal clients’ names and pass on any suspicions about money laundering to the relevant authorities in the Member States. 7. 5. The Commission also feels that any extension to art dealers would also raise the question of applying the same obligations to any dealer in high value items, including, for example, luxury car dealers, jewellery shops or stamp and coin dealers. 7. 6. The draft directive has adopted a prudent attitude regarding lawyers, bearing in mind their professional duty of discretion and confidentiality. Lawyers would be exempted from any requirement in any situation connected with the representation or defence of a client in legal proceedings. 7. 7. Outside these cases, Member States would be given the option of allowing lawyers to communicate their suspicions not to the normal anti-money laundering authorities but to their bar association or equivalent professional body. It should be noted that in some EU countries lawyers are authorised to carry out financial transactions and hold funds. Such activities complicate application of the directive to the legal profession. 7. 8. Appropriate sanctions should be introduced where a report to the bar association should have been made but was not made. 7. 9. The scope of the directive would only be extended to cover notaries and other independent legal professionals in respect of financial transactions or activities on behalf of companies where there was a high risk of money laundering. 8. Identification of customers in non-face-to-face trans- actions 8. 1. The draft directive lays down the same recommen- dations for identifying customers in cases of non-face-to-face transactions. There is a grey area regarding how the directive is to apply to Internet transactions. In its action programme on organised crime, 8. 2. the European Council of Amsterdam stressed that technological innovations such as the Internet and e-banking were highly efficient tools for crime, fraud and corruption. It emphasised that the means for preventing and stamping out such criminal activities ‘were almost always lagging behind’ (1). 8. 3. Electronic funds transfer (by the Internet) is instan- taneous and — with the help of a few simple techniques that anyone can do — easy to hide without leaving any trace. Moving funds through a non-co-operative country or using a shell company is enough to paralyse controls in the EU. Consequently, it is the actors on the financial markets 8. 4. — rather than the transfers — who must be checked. The ESC stressed this need in its opinion of 27 January 1999 (2) on the legislation applicable to electronic money institutions, which highlighted the danger of allowing on to the market electronic money institutions who were subject to extremely lax regu- lations. 8. 5. The ESC shares the view of the Commission that banks must have adequate procedures to identify customers in non-face-to-face financial transactions. However, it believes that the annex to the proposed directive is not the appropriate tool to achieve this purpose. 8. 6. The absence of face-to-face contact between the bank and the customer indeed does not prevent a proper identifi- cation by means of supporting evidence as it is already stipulated in Article 3 of the 1991 Directive and effectively applied by banks. Among other things, this identification can be entrusted to a proxyholder or a trustworthy third party (for example, another credit or financial institution, a notary or an embassy) or can be made through registered mail. 8. 7. The electronic signature should also be considered as supporting evidence, especially since the recent adoption of the Directive on a Common Framework for Electronic the development of non- Signatures. face-to-face financial transactions does not justify new rules of identification. In the ESC’s view, 8. 8. On the contrary, flexibility is absolutely necessary in order to encompass rapid developments in distance banking. This flexibility is guaranteed by the broad wording of ‘support- ing evidence’. Banks should only be required to have in place adequate supporting evidence of identification of their customers in non-face-to-face financial operations. The method of identification should be left to them. In general, the annex as such gives some good examples of possible pro- cedures for identifying customers in non-face-to-face financial operations, but it would be quickly out-of-date as and when new ways of both distance banking and identification are developed. 8. 9. Should the decision be taken to maintain the annex, the ESC urges the European authorities to make clear that the annex has a non-binding character and only serves as a guideline offering non-exhaustive solutions for the identifi- cation of customers in non-face-to-face financial transactions. Spelling out the non-binding character of the annex would allow the necessary flexibility for such procedures of identifi- cation. (1) Introduction to the action programme on organised crime — Amsterdam, 28 April 1997. (2) OJ C 101, 12. 4. 1999, p. 6. C 75/26 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 3. 2000 9. Exchange of information 9. 1. The Commission provides for an exchange of infor- mation concerning money laundering by proposing such an exchange in cases of illegal activities related to the European Communities’ financial interests (this extension is criticised in the article-by-article assessment). 10. Need for a regular review of the Union’s action in this area The Commission intends to continue making regular 10. 1. reports on the implementation of the directive only to the Council and the European Parliament. The ESC feels that it has particular expertise on such matters and deplores the fact that it is not to be consulted on the extension of a directive submitted to it for an opinion. 11. Comments on the individual articles in the proposed directive — Article 1 (replacing Article 1 in Directive 91/308) 1) The extension of the scope of the directive to cover exchange offices, transporters of funds, insurance firms (for activities covered by the directive) and investment firms does not give rise to any objection to the extent that it is a supplement to the definitions in the basic directive 77/780/EEC. 5) The concept of damaging the European Communities’ financial interests is likely to cover evasion of VAT or fraud relating to refunds provided for under the CAP, use of the structural funds or any of the many subsidies handed out by the EU. 6) This type of fraud is also the province of specific institutions (fiscal monitoring by the states and special- ist EU bodies) (1). 7) Article 280 of the Amsterdam Treaty offers a legal basis for repressing fraud that jeopardises the financial interests of the European Union. It allows the Council, following a proposal from the Commission, to ‘adopt the necessary measures. with a view to affording effective and equivalent protection in the Member States’. — Article 2a 1) The ESC doubts the advisability of excluding art dealers and auctioneers from the list. The goods dealt in by these middlemen may represent considerable sums, often paid in cash and without any real check on the identity of the buyer. It is virtually certain that auctions in particular are used as a discreet and easy way to launder money. Therefore, clients should be identified when cash transactions exceed 15 000 euros. 2) The inclusion of accountants in paragraph (3) of the list is too wide-ranging, since it could concern accountants working as employees of a firm, including a bank. It would be more justifiable to adopt the term ‘auditor’. 2) It is necessary to stress the importance of covering branches located in the EU of financial institutions with their registered offices inside or outside the EU. — Article 3(2), second paragraph 3) The ESC feels that the directive should also apply to branches or subsidiaries of EU financial institutions located in non-EU countries, especially in countries that have not adopted equivalent supervisory and anti-laundering measures (offshore territories, tax hav- ens, etc. ). 1) The second paragraph of Article 3(2) refers to an annex when defining the exact procedures for identifying clients in non-face-to-face financial operations. 2) Some of the obligations set out in this annex seem cumbersome or difficult to fulfil in practice, such as: 4) Paragraph (E) — definition of ‘criminal activity’ The extension of the definition to cover ‘fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity damaging or likely to damage the European Communities’ financial interests’ may push financial institutions into declaring unreasonable sus- picions going far beyond the initial aim of combating drug trafficking and organised crime. It is to be feared that the staff of such institutions may systematically declare any transaction that is simply doubtful or seems abnormal, so as not to leave themselves open to any legal liability. — the obligation to carry out the first payment of the operation through an account opened in the customer’s name with a credit institution located in the European Union or in the European Econ- omic Area (point v) b) or in a country covered by the directive; (1) See the Commission’s 1998-1999 work programme on the fight against fraud COM(1998) 278 final and the ESC opinion (R/CES 748/99 rev. 2) currently being prepared on the same subject. 15. 3. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 75/27 — the various checks to be carried out when the counterpart is a credit institution located outside the European Union and the European Economic Area (point vi) b). 12. 4. As regards the area of declaration, the ESC shares the Commission’s view that such an extension may go too far and ‘complicate the active involvement and commitment’ of the professions concerned. But the area of criminalisation is not the same as the area of declaration. 3) More generally, the Commission intervenes directly in the actual organisation of monitoring procedures by financial institutions, which is unnecessary and unjusti- fied interference. Generally speaking, the text of the draft directive and its annex does not set out clearly the means to be used for identifying transactions carried out on the Internet. — Article 7 1) The obligation to give notice of suspect transactions is the very basis of the draft directive. It should refer to objective criteria that give guidance on the range of transactions which give rise to reporting obligations although, because of the nature of the suspicious activities, this cannot be definitive. — Article 12(2) 12. 5. There is no definition of a ‘serious offence’. Each state is free to draw up its own list. The ESC has noted with interest that the monitoring authorities (FATF, TRACFIN in France) prefer the concept of ‘organised crime’, which is more precise than that adopted by the Commission. 12. 6. There is a real risk that the bodies responsible for preventing and combating laundering, such as TRACFIN, will be swamped — and therefore partially neutralised — by too many reports of suspicions. With experience, and provided financial institutions are given adequate feed-back on the effectiveness of their reports, the number of suspicious actions reported may decline. However, adequate resources must be provided by the appropriate authorities to ensure that fol- low-up actions are speedy and effective. 1) 2) In the first sentence in this paragraph delete the words ‘damaging or likely to damage the European Communities’ financial interests’ (see remarks concern- ing paragraphs 4 to 6 of the comments on Article 1). 12. 7. Action limited to the EU would be ineffective and might even lead to distortions of competition that would benefit financial institutions outside the EU, or even jeopardise the free movement of capital that is one of the building-blocks of Europe. It seems to follow from the new definition of a ‘credit institution’ (Article 1(A)) and from Recital 8 that a suspicious transaction of money laundering has only to be reported in the country in which the reporting office (head office, dependent branch or subsidiary of a credit institution) is situated. The ESC welcomes this rule, but recommends it be clarified in the core of the directive by adding a paragraph in Article 6 to lift any ambiguity. The ESC regrets that the draft directive — which is 12. 8. basically aimed at beefing up Europe’s capacity to fight money laundering — does not devote enough space to necessary international co-operation. 12. 9. The aim should be to extend European anti-launder- ing machinery as much as possible to include countries that are notorious for their involvement in such criminal activity. 12. Conclusions Available information from the FATF in particular, 12. 1. but also the banking sector, shows that the 1991 Directive has achieved its objectives overall as regards neutralising the use of financial channels for money laundering purposes. financial institutions: International 12. 10. the United Nations, the IMF, the World Bank, the EIB and the EBRD, should draw up a charter or a code of good conduct with the European Commission including the basic recommendations of the FATF; application of these recommendations would be one of the conditions for granting any financial aid (1). 12. 2. The amendments to the 1991 Directive fortunately flesh out the original machinery by bringing into the battle various actors likely to be involved in laundering. 12. 11. Offshore centres — which lie at the heart of the trafficking and are the weak link in any repressive action — that did not abide by the code of good conduct or opposed 12. 3. It is understandable that the successful application of the machinery provided for in the 1991 Directive is pushing the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission to extend the area of repression to include not only non-drugs-rel- ated organised crime but also all serious offences. (1) On 10 June 1998 the United Nations General Assembly adopted a position and an action plan against laundering that very largely met the European Union’s objectives. C 75/28 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 3. 2000 the openness of transactions (meaning especially the lifting of banking secrecy) should be cut off from international funds transfer systems such as SWIFT. The preparation of a list of non-co-operative countries by the FATF should enable this procedure to be applied rapidly. As the IMF is the only body able to impose such 12. 12. discipline, the ESC recommends that the Council and the Commission contact the IMF with a view to incorporating into its statutes effective machinery for imposing sanctions against countries and financial institutions that do not co-operate in the fight against money laundering. 12. 13. The application of sanctions should be entrusted to the international authorities responsible for regulating the financial and banking system: the BIS and the central banks. 12. 14. following up implementation of the directive. The ESC repeats its wish to be closely involved in Brussels, 26 January 2000. The President of the Economic and Social Committee Beatrice RANGONI MACHIAVELLI APPENDIX to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (in accordance with Rules 47(3) of the Rules of Procedure) The following amendments were rejected but received more than 25 % of the votes cast: Paragraph 11, point 4): Delete the present wording and insert: ‘Paragraph (E) — definition of “criminal activity” The extension of the definition to include ’fraud, corruption, or any other illegal activity damaging or likely to damage the European Communities’ financial interests’ is a logical step but needs to recognise that the financial institutions and other agencies making reports may not be able to go further than to identify unusual transactions which raise a prima facie suspicion. It is no part of the work of the financial institutions to act as investigating authorities. Since there is a prospect of a large number of reports, in the early stages at least, a code of practice should be agreed with the financial institutions to refine the focus of such reports. Also, the national authorities should develop a form of feed-back to the financial institutions on the outcome of their reports so that their expertise in assisting the fight against money laundering for criminal purposes can be further developed. ’ Result of the vote For: 30, against: 43, abstentions: 10. Paragraph 12, point 16: Add the following point: ‘12. 16. The Committee notes the keener emphasis in the Council Directive that money laundering is driven by drug trafficking. This fails, in so doing, to recognise that laundering activities from criminal and from terrorist related activities, and from cross border smuggling prompted by differential taxation levels, is for many regions, more impactive on their economies than drug trafficking and these features deserve increased exposure in the Directive. ’ 15. 3. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 75/29 Reason The focus on drug trafficking as the leading evil that drives this element of the black economy creates an impression that the Council document over relies on the emotive abhorrence of the destructive outcomes of drug use, and allows ‘ordinary decent criminal’ money laundering activities to escape lightly. The inclusion of concern for exploitation of differential taxation will increase post enlargement, when in all probably a majority of Members will be outside Euroland. Result of the vote For: 36, against: 49, abstentions: 10. Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) on coordination of social security systems’ (1) (2000/C 75/11) On 9 September 1999 the Council decided to consult the Economic and Social Committee, under Article 198 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the above-mentioned proposal. The Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship, which was responsible for preparing the Committee’s work on the subject, adopted its opinion on 16 December 1999. The rapporteur was Mr Rodrı´guez Garcı´a Caro. At its 369th plenary session (meeting of 27 January 2000), the Economic and Social Committee adopted the following opinion by 78 votes to 5 with 20 abstentions. 1. Introduction In June 1971, the European Economic Community 1. 1. adopted Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons, and to members of their families moving within the Community. At its 59th plenary session of 1. 2. January 1967, the Economic and Social Committee adopted its opinion (2) on the regulation, making a number of comments on the text submitted to it. Since they originally came into force, both the regu- 1. 3. lation in question and Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 fixing the procedure for implementing it have been amended several times to bring them into line with changes in national legislation, bilateral agreements between Member States, and with successive EU enlargements since 1971. In 1992 the Edinburgh European Council (3) recog- 1. 4. nized the need to carry out a general overhaul of legislation in order to simplify the coordination rules. Point 3. 1. 6 of the Communication from the Commission ‘An Action Plan for free movement of workers’ (4), presented in 1997, contains an undertaking to submit a proposal to reform and simplify Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71, as a major and necessary part of the measures required to remove the obstacles to free movement and mobility within the European Union. In its opinion of 28 May 1998 on the communi- 1. 5. cation (5), the Committee welcomed the reform of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71, agreeing to simplified and improved coordination of EU social security systems. (1) OJ C 38, 12. 2. 1999, p. 11. (2) OJ C 64, 5. 4. 1967. (3) Edinburgh European Council, 11 and 12. 12. 1992. Presidency Conclusions (SN 456/92). (4) COM(97) 586 final. (5) OJ C 235, 27. 7. 1998, p. 82


title: INTERROGAZIONE SCRITTA P-0157/00 di Jorge Hernández Mollar (PPE-DE) alla Commissione. Piano di modernizzazione e promozione industriale per l'Andalusia.

eurovoc_concepts:
Andalusia
EU industrial policy
EU regional policy

text: 24. 10. 2000 IT Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunit(cid:224) europee C 303 E/151 1998 relativo al funzionamento del mercato interno in relazione alla libera circolazione delle merci tra gli Stati membri. (1). Una richiesta di informazioni, ai sensi dell(cid:146)articolo 3 di detto regolamento, Ł stata pertanto rivolta alle autorit(cid:224) francesi in data 10 gennaio 2000. La domanda invitava le autorit(cid:224) francesi ad informare la Commissione delle misure prese per ristabilire la libera circolazione delle merci. Nella risposta del 12 gennaio 2000 le istanze francesi hanno comunicato alla Commissione informazioni concernenti l(cid:146)insieme delle misure adottate al fine di ripristinare la libera circolazione. Dette autorit(cid:224) precisano inoltre che, per salvaguardare gli interessi dei cittadini degli Stati membri eventuali vittime dei blocchi stradali, il ministro francese dell(cid:146)Interno ha insistito sulle misure che devono adottare i responsabili dell(cid:146)ordine pubblico affinchŁ sia possibile istruire in prosieguo eventuali richieste di indennizzo. La Commissione desidera ricordare al riguardo che, secondo il diritto comunitario, incombe effettivamente agli Stati membri garantire l(cid:146)indennizzo degli operatori eventualmente lesi nei diritti loro spettanti in forza delll(cid:146)articolo 28 (ex-articolo 30) del trattato CE. (1) GU L 337 del 12. 12. 1998. (2000/C 303 E/164) INTERROGAZIONE SCRITTA P-0157/00 di Jorge HernÆndez Mollar (PPE-DE) alla Commissione (26 gennaio 2000) Oggetto: Piano di modernizzazione e promozione industriale per l(cid:146)Andalusia Se si considerano i dati relativi alla ricchezza pro capite nelle comunit(cid:224) autonome spagnole in base al PIL pro capite (in percentuale rispetto alla media spagnola), si osserva che l(cid:146)Andalusia presenta uno scorag- giante indice del 72,26 %, mentre la regione spagnola al primo posto (cid:129) ovvero le Baleari (cid:129) registra un indice del 154,48 %. Per consentire all(cid:146)Andalusia di uscire dal baratro in cui attualmente si trova (cid:129) in relazione non soltanto alla Spagna ma bens(cid:236) all(cid:146)insieme delle regioni comunitarie, tra le quali occupa il triste posto di fanalino di in modo da permettere il coda (cid:129) occorrerebbe creare 80. 000 imprese nei prossimi quattro anni, raggiungimento della piena occupazione in detta comunit(cid:224) autonoma spagnola. Pu(cid:242) la Commissione far sapere se, oltre alle attuali politiche comunitarie volte a favorire lo sviluppo dell(cid:146)economia andalusa, non ritiene di dover contribuire ad avviare in questa regione un Piano di modernizzazione e promozione industriale che promuova la nascita di imprese nelle zone svantaggiate e consenta alle piccole imprese di accedere a fonti di finanziamento piø convenienti, che possano favorirne l(cid:146)espansione e la crescita? Risposta data dal sig. Barnier in nome della Commissione (24 febbraio 2000) linee direttrici (1) adottati il 1o luglio 1999, la Commissione ha sottolineato fra l(cid:146)altro Nei progetti di l(cid:146)importanza che essa conferisce alle misure di sostegno alla creazione e allo sviluppo delle piccole e medie imprese (PMI), mettendo l(cid:146)accento sulla societ(cid:224) dell(cid:146)informazione, il collegamento in rete di tali imprese ed i servizi di assistenza che saranno loro forniti. Il 29 ottobre 1999 la Commissione ha ricevuto dalle autorit(cid:224) spagnole il piano di sviluppo regionale per le regioni ammissibili all(cid:146)obiettivo 1 nel periodo di programmazione 2000-2006. Essa sta attualmente esaminando la proposta in modo da completare, il quadro comunitario di sostegno che determiner(cid:224) le condizioni di applicazione della programmazione. La Commissione far(cid:224) in modo che le priorit(cid:224) da essa definite siano tenute in debito conto nelle diverse misure e forme di intervento che ne deriveranno. in collaborazione con le suddette autorit(cid:224), (1) Documento di lavoro della Commissione SEC(1999) 103 def. : «Fondi strutturali e coordinamento con il fondo di coesione» (cid:129) Progetto di linee direttrici per i programmi del periodo 2000-2006


title: Dictamen del Comité Económico y Social sobre la «Propuesta de Reglamento del Consejo por el que se modifica por quinta vez el Reglamento (CE) nº 850/98, de 30 de marzo de 1998, para la conservación de los recursos pesqueros a través de medidas técnicas de protección de los juveniles de organismos marinos»

eurovoc_concepts:
conservation of fish stocks
fishery resources
fishing area
fishing net
fishing regulations
protection of animal life

text: C 75/34 ES Diario Oficial de las Comunidades Europeas 15. 3. 2000 Dictamen del Comité Econo´ mico y Social sobre la «Propuesta de Reglamento del Consejo por el que se modifica por quinta vez el Reglamento (CE) no 850/98, de 30 de marzo de 1998, para la conservacio´ n de los recursos pesqueros a través de medidas técnicas de proteccio´ n de los juveniles de organismos marinos» (2000/C 75/12) El 18 de enero de 2000, de conformidad con el artı´culo 37 del Tratado constitutivo de la Comunidad Europea, el Consejo decidio´ consultar al Comité Econo´ mico y Social sobre la propuesta mencionada. La Seccio´ n de Agricultura, Desarrollo Rural y Medio Ambiente, encargada de preparar los trabajos en este asunto, aprobo´ su dictamen el 12 de enero de 2000 (ponente: Sr. Chagas). En su 369o Pleno de los dı´as 26 y 27 de enero de 2000, el Comité Econo´ mico y Social ha aprobado por 62 votos a favor, 1 en contra y 1 abstencio´ n el presente Dictamen. 1. Introduccio´ n Con el Reglamento (CE) no 850/98 (1), el Consejo 1. 1. adopto´ medidas técnicas de proteccio´ n de los juveniles de organismos marinos. 1. 2. Con posterioridad a la aprobacio´ n y publicacio´ n de dicho Reglamento se ha observado la necesidad de adaptar su contenido, a la vista de determinados cambios producidos en el sector. La propuesta de Reglamento que se considera modifica 1. 3. en consecuencia el Reglamento (CE) no 850/98. 2. Observaciones generales El CES aprueba la propuesta de Reglamento objeto del 2. 1. presente Dictamen. 2. 2. De manera general, las modificaciones que introduce la propuesta vienen a completar, por una parte, la redaccio´ n y las insuficiencias detectadas en el texto del Reglamento vigente y, por otra, pretenden lograr un mejor compromiso entre la medida técnica ideal y la realidad de la actividad pesquera. (1) DO L 125 de 27. 4. 1998. Bruselas, el 26 de enero de 2000. 2. 3. La necesidad de la medida que figura en el apartado 3 del artı´culo 1 de la propuesta de Reglamento considerada se dejaba sentir particularmente en el a´mbito de las medidas nacionales para la conservacio´ n y gestio´ n de las poblaciones, dada la poca claridad del texto anterior. Las coordenadas indicadas para la redaccio´ n del nuevo 2. 4. artı´culo 29 bis deben ser rectificadas. 2. 5. Con las restricciones que ahora se proponen para la pesca de lanzones, que so´ lo tiene valor comercial para la produccio´ n de harina, se pretende preservar —siguiendo las recomendaciones de los dicta´menes cientı´ficos— el equilibrio de ciertas poblaciones de aves marinas en una pequen˜ a zona de Inglaterra y Escocia, ante el impacto que tiene en ésta la pesca industrial. El Comité sugiere que la Comisio´ n destine recursos 2. 5. 1. financieros a apoyar una investigacio´ n tendente a un mejor estudio de otros factores que actu´ an sobre el medio marino y que también contribuyen a la disminucio´ n de los recursos. El Comité acogerı´a con particular satisfaccio´ n un estudio que analizase el impacto de la pesca industrial para produccio´ n de harina sobre las poblaciones de juveniles, sobre la cadena alimentaria de otras especies y sobre las propias capturas destinadas a la alimentacio´ n humana. 2. 6. El CES sugiere que, en cuanto sea posible, la Comisio´ n proceda a elaborar un texto refundido del Reglamento (CE) no 850/98, que ha sido modificado ya cinco veces hasta la fecha. La Presidenta del Comité Econo´mico y Social Beatrice RANGONI MACHIAVELLI


title: PERGUNTA ESCRITA E-0088/00 apresentada por Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) à Comissão. Integração da Galiza nas Redes Transeuropeias de Alta Velocidade Ferroviária no período 2000-2006.

eurovoc_concepts:
Galicia
Northern Portugal
high-speed transport
regional development
trans-European network
transport infrastructure

text: 21. 11. 2000 PT Jornal Oficial das Comunidades Europeias C 330 E/81 (2000/C 330 E/087) PERGUNTA ESCRITA E-0088/00 apresentada por Camilo Nogueira RomÆn (Verts/ALE) (cid:224) Comissªo (26 de Janeiro de 2000) Objecto: Integra(cid:231)ªo da Galiza nas Redes Transeuropeias de Alta Velocidade FerroviÆria no per(cid:237)odo 2000- -2006 SerÆ que o Estado espanhol apresentou (cid:224) Comissªo o prop(cid:243)sito de integra(cid:231)ªo da Galiza nas Redes Transeuropeias de alta Velocidade FerroviÆria, no contexto da reforma prevista para este ano 2000 e anunciada para este mŒs de Janeiro pela ComissÆria das Rela(cid:231)ıes com o Parlamento, Turismo e Trans- portes? (2000/C 330 E/088) PERGUNTA ESCRITA E-0092/00 apresentada por Camilo Nogueira RomÆn (Verts/ALE) (cid:224) Comissªo (26 de Janeiro de 2000) Objecto: Caminho-de-ferro de alta velocidade entre o Norte de Portugal e a Galiza Nos meios de comunica(cid:231)ªo da Galiza aparece recorrentemente a not(cid:237)cia de que se estÆ a analisar a implanta(cid:231)ªo de um caminho-de-ferro de alta velocidade, a partir de uma decisªo da Comissªo de Coordena(cid:231)ªo da Regiªo Norte de Portugal e do Governo da Galiza, contanto o or(cid:231)amento do estudo com 50 % de financiamento da Uniªo Europeia. Segundo se assegura na resposta do Governo do Estado espanhol ao porta-voz do BNG no Congresso dos Deputados, nªo parece, por outra parte, que as previsıes contempladas vªo alØm da instrumenta(cid:231)ªo de linhas capazes de alcan(cid:231)arem apenas 160 quil(cid:243)metros por hora, uma considera(cid:231)ªo que estaria de acordo com outras not(cid:237)cias procedentes de porta-vozes do Governo portuguŒs, afirmando que este Governo marginalizaria a linha de alta velocidade Corunha-Setœbal, contemplando apenas a linha Porto-Lisboa ligada a Madrid. Pode a Comissªo confirmar tais questıes e explicar, se tal for verdade, por que razªo se limita a velocidade entre a Galiza e Portugal a tªo escassa magnitude e que prazos se contemplam para a finaliza(cid:231)ªo das obras e a entrada em funcionamento de um caminho-de-ferro tªo necessÆrio para o desenvolvimento de ambos territ(cid:243)rios fronteiri(cid:231)os? (2000/C 330 E/089) PERGUNTA ESCRITA E-0093/00 apresentada por Camilo Nogueira RomÆn (Verts/ALE) (cid:224) Comissªo (26 de Janeiro de 2000) Objecto: Investimentos na Galiza em caminhos-de-ferro no per(cid:237)odo de 2000-2006 O Ministro do Governo espanhol Mariano Rajoy e o conselheiro de Economia do Governo galego, XosØ Ant(cid:243)n Orza, tŒm manifestado publicamente que o Estado espanhol investirÆ no caminho-de-ferro galego 150. 000 milhıes de pesetas (901,5 milhıes de euros) no per(cid:237)odo de 2000-2006. Pode a Comissªo confirmar estas cifras e afirmar que com elas estÆ garantido que a Galiza ficarÆ ligada (cid:224)s Redes Transeuropeias de Alta Velocidade de caminhos-de-ferro, incluindo a moderniza(cid:231)ªo no mesmo sentido das suas redes interiores? Resposta comum (cid:224)s perguntas escritas E-0088/00, E-0092/00 e E-0093/00 dada pela ComissÆria L. de Palacio em nome da Comissªo (13 de Mar(cid:231)o de 2000) Na fase actual das reflexıes com vista a preparar a revisªo das orienta(cid:231)ıes comunitÆrias para o desenvolvimento da rede transeuropeia de transportes (Decisªo no 1692/96/CE do Parlamento Europeu e do Conselho, de 23 de Julho de 1996 (1)), a Comissªo nªo tem conhecimento de novos projectos concretos de alta velocidade apresentados pela Espanha. Os montantes que o Senhor Deputado cita referem-se


title: SCHRIFTLICHE ANFRAGE E-0104/00 von Markus Ferber (PPE-DE) an die Kommission. Verteilung der Mittel für das Programm Media II auf verschiedene Staaten.

eurovoc_concepts:
EU Member State
EU programme
European television
distribution of EU funding

text: C 280 E/178 Amtsblatt der Europ(cid:228)ischen Gemeinschaften DE 3. 10. 2000 Hierzu folgende Anschlu(cid:223)fragen: 1. Wirken sich die auf dem Gipfeltreffen von Tampere zur Asylpolitik gefa(cid:223)ten Beschl(cid:252)sse darauf aus, in denen der Antragsteller einer wie die Mitgliedstaaten solche Asylf(cid:228)lle zu beurteilen haben, Verfolgung von nichtstaatlicher Seite ausgesetzt gewesen ist? 2. Hat der auf dem Gipfeltreffen gefa(cid:223)te Beschlu(cid:223), wonach die Genfer Konvention (cid:132)uneingeschr(cid:228)nkt und allumfassend(cid:147) anzuwenden ist, praktische Konsequenzen f(cid:252)r die Art und Weise, in der die Mitglied- staaten einzelne Ayslsachen zu behandeln und zu entscheiden haben? Antwort (13. M(cid:228)rz 2000) Der Europ(cid:228)ische Rat ist auf seiner Tagung in Tampere (cid:252)bereingekommen, da(cid:223) das k(cid:252)nftige Gemeinsame Europ(cid:228)ische Asylsystem sich auf die uneingeschr(cid:228)nkte und allumfassende Anwendung der Genfer Fl(cid:252)cht- lingskonvention st(cid:252)tzt; auf kurze Sicht hat er unter anderem gemeinsame Standards f(cid:252)r ein gerechtes und wirksames Asylverfahren, die Ann(cid:228)herung der Bestimmungen (cid:252)ber die Zuerkennung und die Merkmale des Fl(cid:252)chtlingsstatus sowie Ma(cid:223)nahmen betreffend die Formen des subsidi(cid:228)ren Schutzes gefordert. Er hat den Rat ersucht, diese Ziele mittels von der Kommission zu unterbreitenden Vorschl(cid:228)gen zu verwirklichen. Die Konsequenzen f(cid:252)r die Mitgliedstaaten, auf die sich der Herr Abgeordnete in seinen Fragen bezieht, werden sich aus diesen Vorschl(cid:228)gen ergeben, die der Rat vorrangig pr(cid:252)fen wird. (2000/C 280 E/204) SCHRIFTLICHE ANFRAGE E-0104/00 von Markus Ferber (PPE-DE) an die Kommission (26. Januar 2000) Betrifft: Verteilung der Mittel f(cid:252)r das Programm Media II auf verschiedene Staaten Das Media II-Programm f(cid:246)rdert Projekte im audiovisuellen Bereich. Es hat drei Schwerpunkte: Fortbildung, Projektentwicklung, Vertrieb und Verbleib europ(cid:228)ischer Filme und Fernsehproduktionen in anderen Mitgliedstaaten. Wie viele F(cid:246)rdermittel der drei Schwerpunktbereiche erhielten die verschiedenen Mitgliedstaaten seit Beginn des Programms? Warum? Antwort von Frau Reding im Namen der Kommission (2. M(cid:228)rz 2000) Der Herr Abgeordnete wird auf den (cid:132)Bericht der Kommission (cid:252)ber die Ergebnisse des Programms MEDIA II (1996-2000) im Zeitraum 01. 01. 96 bis 30. 06. 98(cid:147) (1) verwiesen, der dem Parlament am 16. M(cid:228)rz 1999 (cid:252)bermittelt wurde. Hierzu ist zu erl(cid:228)utern, da(cid:223) die Beihilfeempf(cid:228)nger von der Kommission gem(cid:228)(cid:223) den Bedingungen ausge- w(cid:228)hlt wurden, die in den Beschl(cid:252)ssen 95/564/EG des Rates vom 22. Dezember 1995 zur Durchf(cid:252)hrung eines Fortbildungsprogramms f(cid:252)r die Fachkreise der europ(cid:228)ischen audiovisuellen Industrie (MEDIA II (cid:129) Fortbildung) (2) und 95/563/EG vom 10. Juli 1995 (cid:252)ber ein Programm zur F(cid:246)rderung der Projektentwick- lung und des Vertriebs europ(cid:228)ischer audiovisuller Werke (MEDIA II (cid:129) Projektentwicklung und Vertrieb) (1996-2000) (2) vorgesehen sind. Die von der Kommission kofinanzierten Projekte werden nicht nach Nationalit(cid:228)t oder Mitgliedstaat ausgew(cid:228)hlt, sondern nach ihrer Qualit(cid:228)t und ihres europ(cid:228)ischen Mehrwerts. Aufforderung zur Einreichung von Vorschl(cid:228)gen werden im Amtsblatt ver(cid:246)ffentlicht. Die verschiedenen Zulassungs- und Auswahlkriterien sind in den Leitlinien festgelegt. Ein Schlu(cid:223)bericht wird dem Parlament Ende 2000 anl(cid:228)(cid:223)lich des Abschlusses des Programms MEDIA II zugeschickt. KOM(1999) 91 endg. (1) (2) ABl. L 321 vom 30. 12. 1995


title: QUESTION ÉCRITE P-0160/00 posée par Francesco Turchi (UEN) à la Commission. Réserves marines et terrestres.

eurovoc_concepts:
European social policy
application of EU law
common fisheries policy
environmental protection
tourism policy

text: C 303 E/152 Journal officiel des CommunautØs europØennes FR 24. 10. 2000 (2000/C 303 E/165) QUESTION (cid:201)CRITE P-0158/00 posØe par Vincenzo Lavarra (PSE) (cid:224) la Commission (26 janvier 2000) Objet: Frelatage dans le domaine des huiles alimentaires: mØlange illicite d(cid:146)huile de noix et d(cid:146)huile d(cid:146)olive L(cid:146)augmentation des mØlanges illicites d(cid:146)huile d(cid:146)olive et d(cid:146)huile de noix inquiŁte vivement les producteurs d(cid:146)huile d(cid:146)olive en Italie. En raison de sa composition chimique et organoleptique proche de celle de huile d(cid:146)olive et de son prix infØrieur de 50 % (cid:224) celui de l(cid:146)huile d(cid:146)olive, l(cid:146)huile de noix est un produit qui se prŒte idØalement au frelatage de l(cid:146)huile d(cid:146)olive proposØe aux consommateurs. La nomenclature combinØe (NC) ne prØvoit pas d(cid:146)identification spØcifique pour l(cid:146)huile de noix, qui est classØe dans la catØgorie «fourre-tout» 15 15 9059. Les importateurs peuvent donc la commercialiser en la dØsignant sur les formulaires de douane par les termes «huile vØgØtale brute» ou «crude seed oil» ou «crude vegetable oil». Afin de mettre un terme au frelatage de l(cid:146)huile d(cid:146)olive, la Commission pourrait-elle: 1. 2. faire en sorte que l(cid:146)huile de noix soit identifiØe de fa(cid:231)on prØcise par un code NC spØcifique, comme c(cid:146)est le cas pour l(cid:146)huile de coco, de palmiste etc. , et interdire en tout cas la commercialisation de l(cid:146)huile de noix sous les appellations gØnØriques utilisØes jusqu(cid:146)ici («crude vegetable oil» ou «crude seed oil»)? RØponse donnØe par M. Fischler au nom de la Commission (21 fØvrier 2000) La Commission remercie l(cid:146)Honorable Parlementaire pour la question Øcrite concernant les mØlanges des huiles d(cid:146)olive avec l(cid:146)huile de noisette. En effet, il s(cid:146)agit d(cid:146)une importante problØmatique difficile (cid:224) rØsoudre (cid:224) cause des caractØristiques chimiques de l(cid:146)huile de noisette qui rend difficile sa dØtection avec les mØthodes chimiques actuelles. Les mØlanges des huiles d(cid:146)olive avec l(cid:146)huile de noisette ne sont pas nuisibles pour la santØ des consommateurs mais portent (cid:224) des graves consØquences pour l(cid:146)image et le marchØ de l(cid:146)huile d(cid:146)olive. Les experts chimistes sont en train d(cid:146)expØrimenter des nouvelles mØthodes d(cid:146)analyse qui puissent mieux dØtecter la prØsence d(cid:146)huile de noisette dans les huiles d(cid:146)olive. En mŒme temps, la Commission est prŒte (cid:224) examiner la suggestion de l(cid:146)Honorable Parlementaire en ce qui concerne la crØation d(cid:146)une catØgorie spØcifique pour l(cid:146)huile de noisette dans la nomenclature combinØe. En effet, cette proposition sans rØsoudre totalement le problŁme pourrait peut-Œtre contribuer (cid:224) rØduire les risques de fraude. (2000/C 303 E/166) QUESTION (cid:201)CRITE P-0160/00 posØe par Francesco Turchi (UEN) (cid:224) la Commission (26 janvier 2000) Objet: RØserves marines et terrestres (cid:201)tant donnØ que la protection de l(cid:146)environnement, et notamment de la flore et de la faune marines, est un objectif prioritaire, la Commission pourrait-elle indiquer si toutes les mesures destinØes (cid:224) protØger nos mers s(cid:146)inscrivent dans la perspective d(cid:146)un dØveloppement durable sans pour autant constituer des mesures extrŒmes inutiles qui porteraient prØjudice (cid:224) la promotion du tourisme aux niveaux national et local? Dans ce contexte, l(cid:146)auteur de la prØsente question attire plus particuliŁrement l(cid:146)attention de la Commission sur le fait que d(cid:146)Øventuelles rØserves marines (par exemple l(cid:146)archipel de Ponza) ou terrestres doivent protØger l(cid:146)environnement sans porter atteinte (cid:224) l(cid:146)Øconomie locale, compte tenu notamment du fait que l(cid:146)Union europØenne finance des projets dans le domaine du tourisme et de la pŒche par le biais de programmes appropriØs. 24. 10. 2000 FR Journal officiel des CommunautØs europØennes C 303 E/153 RØponse donnØe par Mme Wallstr(cid:246)m au nom de la Commission (9 fØvrier 2000) L(cid:146)un des principaux objectifs fixØs dans la directive 92/43/CEE du Conseil, du 21 mai 1992, concernant la conservation des habitats naturels ainsi que de la faune et de la flore sauvages (1) est la crØation d(cid:146)un rØseau de sites naturels protØgØs d(cid:146)importance communautaire, appelØ Natura 2000. Les sites marins peuvent faire partie de ce rØseau. La directive «Habitats» contribue (cid:224) l(cid:146)objectif gØnØral de dØveloppement durable. Elle vise (cid:224) prØserver la biodiversitØ tout en tenant compte des exigences Øconomiques, sociales, culturelles, et des particularitØs rØgionales. Le rØseau Natura 2000 ne vise donc pas (cid:224) crØer des rØserves naturelles dont toute activitØ humaine serait systØmatiquement exclue. La protection de la biodiversitØ dans les sites dØsignØs peut impliquer de maintenir ou de favoriser les activitØs humaines. Ces derniŁres doivent nØanmoins rester compatibles avec les objectifs de prØservation des zones dØsignØes. C(cid:146)est aux (cid:201)tats membres qu(cid:146)il appartient de dØterminer quelles sont les activitØs qui sont compatibles, par le biais par exemple de programmes spØcifiques de gestion des sites. Tout projet Øvidemment respecter les dispositions de la directive. financØ par la CommunautØ dans le domaine du tourisme ou de la pŒche doit bien (1) JO L 206 du 22. 7. 1992. (2000/C 303 E/167) QUESTION (cid:201)CRITE P-0163/00 posØe par Ilda Figueiredo (GUE/NGL) (cid:224) la Commission (26 janvier 2000) Objet: Visite effectuØe par le commissaire Franz Fischler au Maroc le 17 janvier L(cid:146)accord de pŒche conclu avec le Royaume du Maroc a expirØ le 30 novembre 1999, entra(cid:238)nant la paralysie de la flotte qui exer(cid:231)ait ses activitØs dans les eaux de ce pays, avec toutes les consØquences sociales et Øconomiques qui en dØcoulent. Parmi cette flotte figurent 30 embarcations portugaises, occupant prŁs de 700 pŒcheurs et gØnØrant plus de 3 000 emplois indirects, notamment dans deux communautØs tributaires du secteur de la pŒche, (cid:224) savoir Sesimbra et Fuzeta (municipalitØ d(cid:146)Olhªo). (cid:201)tant donnØ que cette flotte a pour spØcialisation la pŒche dans les eaux marocaines, sa reconversion appara(cid:238)t difficile. Selon des informations publiØes par l(cid:146)Agence Europe du 18 janvier 2000, il ressort de la rencontre entre M. Franz Fischler, commissaire, et M. Taieb Fassifihiri, secrØtaire d(cid:146)(cid:201)tat marocain, que l(cid:146)accord ne sera pas renouvelØ, «l(cid:146)UE constatant que la coopØration fondØe sur les activitØs de pŒche est arrivØe (cid:224) son terme et que d(cid:146)autres solutions doivent Œtre envisagØes». Ces informations sont-elles exactes? La Commission Øcarte-t-elle d(cid:146)ores et dØj(cid:224) la possibilitØ de 1. renouveler l(cid:146)accord de pŒche? Quelles mesures a-t-elle prises face (cid:224) la paralysie des activitØs de la flotte qui rØsulte de l(cid:146)expiration de 2. l(cid:146)accord? RØponse donnØe par M. Fischler au nom de la Commission (17 fØvrier 2000) La Commission confirme qu(cid:146)elle est en contact avec les autoritØs marocaines pour explorer toutes les formes possibles d(cid:146)un Øventuel nouveau partenariat dans le domaine de la pŒche (cid:224) instaurer avec le Maroc qui soit mutuellement avantageux pour les deux secteurs. La position de la Commission reste la mŒme que celle qui a ØtØ exprimØe au cours des derniers mois, et qui se base notamment sur le mandat de nØgociation approuvØ par le Conseil le 15 octobre 1999


title: Verordening (EG) nr. 186/2000 van de Commissie van 26 januari 2000 met betrekking tot de afgifte op 30 januari 2000 van invoercertificaten voor producten uit de sector schapen- en geitenvlees op grond van de in het kader van de GATT/WTO vastgestelde algemene tariefcontingenten voor het eerste kwartaal van 2000

eurovoc_concepts:
GATT
World Trade Organisation
export licence
goatmeat
sheepmeat
tariff quota

formats: pdf print

text: L 22/52 NL Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen 27. 1. 2000 VERORDENING (EG) Nr. 186/2000 VAN DE COMMISSIE van 26 januari 2000 met betrekking tot de afgifte op 30 januari 2000 van invoercertificaten voor producten uit de sector schapen- en geitenvlees op grond van de in het kader van de GATT/WTO vastgestelde algemene tariefcontingenten voor het eerste kwartaal van 2000 DE COMMISSIE VAN DE EUROPESE GEMEENSCHAPPEN, Gelet op het Verdrag tot oprichting van de Europese Gemeen- schap, Gelet op Verordening (EG) nr. 1439/95 van de Commissie van 26 juni 1995 tot vaststelling van bepalingen van Verordening (EG) nr. 2467/98 van de Raad inzake de invoer en de uitvoer van producten van de sector schapen- en geitenvlees (1), laat- stelĳk gewĳzigd bĳ Verordening (EG) nr. 344/1999 (2), en met name op artikel 16, lid 4, Overwegende hetgeen volgt: (1) (2) Bĳ Verordening (EG) nr. 1439/95 zĳn in titel II. B de uitvoeringsbepalingen vastgesteld met betrekking tot de invoer van producten van de GN-codes 0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 90 en 0204 op grond van de in het kader van de GATT/WTO vastgestelde algemene tariefcontingenten. Overeenkomstig artikel 16, lid 4, van Verordening (EG) nr. 1439/95 dient te worden bepaald in welke mate kan worden ingegaan op de voor het eerste kwartaal van 2000 ingediende aanvragen om invoercertificaten. Indien de hoeveelheden waarvoor certificaataanvragen zĳn ingediend groter zĳn dan de hoeveelheden die op grond van artikel 15 van Verordening (EG) nr. 1439/95 kunnen worden ingevoerd, dienen de gevraagde hoeveel- heden overeenkomstig artikel 16, lid 4, onder b), van die verordening met een uniform percentage te worden verlaagd. (3) Indien de hoeveelheden waarvoor certificaten zĳn aange- vraagd kleiner zĳn dan of gelĳk aan de overeenkomstig Verordening (EG) nr. 1439/95 vastgestelde hoeveel- heden, kunnen alle certificaataanvragen worden ingewil- ligd. (4) In Duitsland zĳn aanvragen ingediend voor producten van oorsprong uit Namibië, HEEFT DE VOLGENDE VERORDENING VASTGESTELD: Artikel 1 Duitsland geeft op 30 januari 2000 de in titel II. B van Verorde- ning (EG) nr. 1439/95 bedoelde invoercertificaten af waarvoor in de periode van 1 tot en met 10 januari 2000 aanvragen zĳn ingediend. Voor de producten van GN-code 0204 worden de gevraagde hoeveelheden van oorsprong uit de Namibië volledig toegekend. Deze verordening treedt in werking op 27 januari 2000. Artikel 2 Deze verordening is verbindend in al haar onderdelen en is rechtstreeks toepasselĳk in elke lidstaat. Gedaan te Brussel, 26 januari 2000. Voor de Commissie Franz FISCHLER Lid van de Commissie (1) PB L 143 van 27. 6. 1995, blz. 7. (2) PB L 43 van 17. 2. 1999, blz. 6


title: Verordnung (EG) Nr. 177/2000 der Kommission vom 26. Januar 2000 zur Festlegung pauschaler Einfuhrwerte für die Bestimmung der im Sektor Obst und Gemüse geltenden Einfuhrpreise

eurovoc_concepts:
agri-monetary policy
citrus fruit
fruit vegetable
import price
perennial vegetable
pip fruit

text: 27. 1. 2000 DE Amtsblatt der Europäischen Gemeinschaften L 22/35 VERORDNUNG (EG) Nr. 177/2000 DER KOMMISSION vom 26. Januar 2000 zur Festlegung pauschaler Einfuhrwerte für die Bestimmung der im Sektor Obst und Gemüse geltenden Einfuhrpreise DIE KOMMISSION DER EUROPÄISCHEN GEMEINSCHAFTEN — gestützt auf den Vertrag zur Gründung der Europäischen Gemeinschaft, (2) ihrem Anhang angeführten Erzeugnisse und Zeiträume festgelegt. In Anwendung der genannten Kriterien sind die im Anhang zur vorliegenden Verordnung ausgewiesenen pauschalen Einfuhrwerte zu berücksichtigen — gestützt auf die Verordnung (EG) Nr. 3223/94 der Kommission vom 21. Dezember 1994 mit Durchführungsbestimmungen zur Einfuhrregelung für Obst und Gemüse (1), zuletzt geändert durch die Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1498/98 (2), insbesondere auf Artikel 4 Absatz 1, in Erwägung nachstehender Gründe: (1) Die in Anwendung der Ergebnisse der multilateralen Handelsverhandlungen der Uruguay-Runde von der Kommission festzulegenden, der pauschalen Einfuhrwerte zu berücksichtigenden Kriterien sind in der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 3223/94 für die in zur Bestimmung HAT FOLGENDE VERORDNUNG ERLASSEN: Artikel 1 Die in Artikel 4 der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 3223/94 genannten pauschalen Einfuhrwerte sind in der Tabelle im Anhang zur vorliegenden Verordnung festgesetzt. Diese Verordnung tritt am 27. Januar 2000 in Kraft. Artikel 2 Diese Verordnung ist in allen ihren Teilen verbindlich und gilt unmittelbar in jedem Mitglied- staat. Brüssel, den 26. Januar 2000 Für die Kommission Franz FISCHLER Mitglied der Kommission (1) ABl. L 337 vom 24. 12. 1994, S. 66. (2) ABl. L 198 vom 15. 7. 1998, S. 4. L 22/36 DE Amtsblatt der Europäischen Gemeinschaften 27. 1. 2000 zu der Verordnung der Kommission vom 26. Januar 2000 zur Festlegung pauschaler Einfuhrwerte für die Bestimmung der im Sektor Obst und Gemüse geltenden Einfuhrpreise ANHANG KN-Code Drittland-Code (1) (EUR/100 kg) Pauschaler Einfuhrpreis 0702 00 00 0707 00 05 0709 10 00 0709 90 70 0805 10 10, 0805 10 30, 0805 10 50 0805 20 10 0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70, 0805 20 90 0805 30 10 0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90 0808 20 50 052 204 624 999 052 999 220 999 052 204 999 052 204 212 220 600 624 999 204 999 052 204 624 999 052 600 999 039 400 404 524 720 728 999 064 400 720 999 82,6 63,9 217,2 121,2 97,2 97,2 186,7 186,7 132,5 118,8 125,7 59,9 42,2 35,7 26,1 48,1 57,6 44,9 59,3 59,3 88,0 51,9 69,9 69,9 50,2 61,6 55,9 87,9 86,6 79,5 108,5 101,1 68,8 88,7 64,8 99,2 105,5 89,8 (1) Nomenklatur der Länder gemäß der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2543/1999 der Kommission (ABl. 307 vom 2. 12. 1999, S. 46). Der Code „999“ steht für „Verschiedenes“


title: Kommissionens förordning (EG) nr 216/2000 av den 26 januari 2000 om ändring av förordning (EG) nr 1407/1999 om fastställandet av de minskade jorbruksbeståndsdelarnas storlek och tilläggstullar som är tillämpliga under perioden från och med den 1 juli till och med den 31 december 1999 på import till gemenskapen av varor som omfattas av rådets förordning (EG) nr 3448/93 under avtalen med Estland, Lettland och Litauen

eurovoc_concepts:
CCT duties
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
agricultural product
import

text: L 24/12 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning 29. 1. 2000 KOMMISSIONENS FÖRORDNING (EG) nr 216/2000 av den 26 januari 2000 om ändring av förordning (EG) nr 1407/1999 om fastställandet av de minskade jorbruksbeståndsde- larnas storlek och tilläggstullar som är tillämpliga under perioden från och med den 1 juli till och med den 31 december 1999 på import till gemenskapen av varor som omfattas av rådets förord- ning (EG) nr 3448/93 under avtalen med Estland, Lettland och Litauen EUROPEISKA GEMENSKAPERNAS KOMMISSION HAR ANTAGIT DENNA FÖRORDNING tiska med dem som fastställs i rådets förordning (EG) nr 26/1999 för perioden 1 juli–31 december 1999. med beaktande av Fördraget om upprättandet av Europeiska gemenskapen, med beaktande av rådets förordning (EG) nr 3448/93 av den 6 december 1993 om systemet för handeln med vissa varor som framställs genom bearbetning av jorbruksprodukter (1), senast ändrad genom kommissionens förordning (EG) nr 2491/98 (2), särskilt artikel 7 i denna, och av följande skäl: 1. 2. 3. I kommissionens förordning (EG) nr 1407/1999 (3), ändrad genom förordning (EG) nr 2185/1999 (4), fast- ställs de minskade jordbruksbeståndsdelarnas storlek och tilläggstullar som är tillämpliga under perioden från och med den 1 juli till och med den 31 december 1999 på import till gemenskapen av varor som omfattas av förordning (EG) nr 3448/93 under avtalen med Estland, Lettland och Litauen. I bilaga II till rådets förordning (EG) nr 213/2000, av den 24 januari 2000 om antagande av autonoma över- gångsbestämmelser för import av vissa bearbetade jord- bruksprodukter med ursprung i Lettland (5), fastställs för perioden 1 januari–30 juni 2000, de basbelopp som skall för beräkningen av de minskade jordbruksbeståndsdelar som tillämpas på importen från Lettland. Dessa är identiska med dem som fastställs i rådets förordning (EG) nr 26/1999 (6) för perioden 1 juli–31 decmber 1999. användas I protokoll nr 2 om handeln med bearbetade jordbruks- produkter, ändrat genom protokollet om anpassning av Europaavtalet med Republiken Estland (7), som trädde i kraft den 1 september 1999, fastställs, för perioden 1 januari–30 juni 2000, de basbelopp som skall användas för beräkningen av de miskade jorbruksbeståndsdelar som tillämpas på importen från Estland. Dessa är iden- (1) EGT L 318, 20. 12. 1993, s. 18. (2) EGT L 309, 19. 11. 1998, s. 28. (3) EGT L 164, 30. 6. 1999, s. 25. (4) EGT L 267, 5. 10. 1999, s. 27. (5) Se sida 3 i denna tidning. (6) EGT L 5, 9. 1. 1999, s. 1. (7) EGT L 29, 3. 2. 1999, s. 9. 4. 5. 6. 7. I protokoll nr 2 om handeln med bearbetade jordbruks- produkter, ändrat genom protokollet om anpassning av Europaavtalet med Republiken Litauen (8), som trädde i kraft den 1 september 1999, fastställs, för perioden 1 januari–30 juni 2000, de basbelopp som skall användas för beräkningen av de miskade jorbruksbeståndsdelar som tillämpas på importen från Litauen. Dessa är iden- tiska med dem som fastställs i förordning (EG) nr 26/ 1999 för perioden 1 juli–31 december 1999. I förordning (EG) nr 213/2000 fastställs att miskade jordbruksbeståndsdelar skall tillämpas på importen av vissa bearbetade jorbruksprodukter, såsom föreskrivs i utkastet till protokoll 2 till Europaavtalet med Lettland, som ännu inte antagits formellt. Förordning (EG) nr 1407/1999 för därför ändras för att förlänga de minskade jordbruksbeståndsdelarnas storlek som tillämpas på de tre baltiska och tilläggstullar staterna till den 30 juni 2000, och för att, när det gäller Lettland, fastställa de miskade jordbruksbeståndsdelarna och tilläggstullarna för vissa bearbetade jordbrukspro- dukter. I kommissionens förordning (EG) nr 1460/96 (9), ändrad genom förordning (EG) nr 2495/97 (10), fastställs till- ämpningsföreskrifter för systemet med förmånsbehand- ling i handeln med vissa varor som framställs genom bearbetning av jordbruksprodukter, enligt artikel 7 i förordning (EG) nr 3448/93. HÄRIGENOM FÖRESKRIVS FÖLJANDE. Artikel 1 Förordning (EG) nr 1407/1999 ändras på följande sätt: 1. I artiklarna 1 och 3 samt i bilagorna I–IV skall ”den 31 december 1999” ersättas med ”den 30 juni 2000”. (8) EGT L 321, 30. 11. 1998, s. 1. (9) EGT L 187, 26. 7. 1996, s. 18. (10) EGT L 343, 13. 12. 1997, s. 18. 29. 1. 2000 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning L 24/13 2. Följande text skall föras in i del 1 i bilaga III: ”KN-nummer 1704 90 30 1704 90 51 1704 90 55 1704 90 61 1704 90 81 1704 90 99 1806 90 31 1806 90 39 1806 90 50 1806 90 60 1806 90 70 1806 90 90 EUR/100 kg 19,46 (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*)” ”KN-nummer AD S/Z AD F/M EUR/100 kg EUR/100 kg 1704 90 30 13,76 1704 90 51 1704 90 55 1704 90 61 1704 90 81 1704 90 99 1806 90 31 1806 90 39 1806 90 50 1806 90 60 1806 90 70 (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) 1806 90 90 (*)” Artikel 2 3. Följande text skall föras in i del 1 i bilaga IV till förordning Denna förordning träder i kraft samma dag som den offentlig- görs i Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning. (EG) nr 1407/1999: Den skall tillämpas under perioden 1 januari–30 juni 2000. Denna förordning är till alla delar bindande och direkt tillämplig i alla medlemsstater. Utfärdad i Bryssel den 26 januari 2000. På kommissionens vägnar Erkki LIIKANEN Ledamot av kommissionen


title: Reglamento (CE) nº 185/2000 de la Comisión, de 26 de enero de 2000, relativo a la autorización de efectuar transferencias entre los límites cuantitativos para los productos textiles y de la confección originarios de la República Popular de China

eurovoc_concepts:
China
clothing
import
originating product
quantitative restriction
textile product

text: L 22/50 ES Diario Oficial de las Comunidades Europeas 27. 1. 2000 REGLAMENTO (CE) No 185/2000 DE LA COMISIÓN de 26 de enero de 2000 relativo a la autorización de efectuar transferencias entre los límites cuantitativos para los productos textiles y de la confección originarios de la República Popular de China LA COMISIÓN DE LAS COMUNIDADES EUROPEAS, Visto el Tratado constitutivo de la Comunidad Europea, Visto el Reglamento (CEE) no 3030/93 del Consejo, de 12 de octubre de 1993, relativo al régimen común aplicable a las importaciones de algunos productos textiles originarios de países terceros (1), cuya última modificación la constituye el Reglamento (CE) no 1072/1999 de la Comisión (2), y, en parti- cular, su artículo 7, (1) (2) (3) Considerando que el artículo 5 del Acuerdo entre la Comunidad Económica Europea y la República Popular de China sobre el comercio de los productos textiles (3), rubricado el 9 de diciembre de 1988 y cuya última modificación la constituye un Acuerdo en forma de Canje de Notas (4) rubricado el 6 de diciembre de 1999, y el artículo 8 del Acuerdo entre la Comunidad Europea y la República Popular de China sobre el comercio de los productos textiles que no recoge el acuerdo bilateral AMF (5) rubricado el 19 de enero de 1995 y cuya última modificación la constituye un Acuerdo en forma de Canje de Notas rubricado el 6 de diciembre de 1999, estipulan que puedan efectuarse transferencias entre ejer- cicios contingentarios; Considerando que la República Popular de China presentó una solicitud el 10 de diciembre de 1999; Considerando que las transferencias solicitadas por la República Popular de China se sitúan dentro de los límites de las disposiciones de flexibilidad contempladas en el artículo 5 del Acuerdo entre la Comunidad Econó- mica Europea y la República Popular de China sobre el comercio de los productos textiles rubricado el 9 de diciembre de 1988 y en el artículo 8 del Acuerdo entre la Comunidad Europea y la República Popular de China rubricado el 19 de enero de 1995 sobre el comercio de los productos textiles que no recoge el acuerdo bilateral AMF y previstas en el anexo VIII del Reglamento (CEE) no 3030/93; (4) (5) Considerando que procede aceptar la solicitud; Considerando que las medidas previstas por el presente Reglamento se ajustan al dictamen del Comité de productos textiles contemplado en el artículo 17 del Reglamento (CEE) no 3030/93, HA ADOPTADO EL PRESENTE REGLAMENTO: Artículo 1 Quedan autorizadas, para el ejercicio contingentario 1999, las transferencias entre los límites cuantitativos fijados para los productos textiles originarios de la República Popular de China, según las condiciones previstas en el anexo del pesente Regla- mento. Artículo 2 El presente Reglamento entrará en vigor el día siguiente al de su publicación en el Diario Oficial de las Comunidades Europeas. Se aplicará al ejercicio contingentario 1999. El presente Reglamento será obligatorio en todos sus elementos y directamente aplicable en cada Estado miembro. Hecho en Bruselas, el 26 de enero de 2000. Por la Comisión Pascal LAMY Miembro de la Comisión (1) DO L 275 de 8. 11. 1993, p. 1. (2) DO L 134 de 28. 5. 1999, p. 1. (3) Aprobado mediante la Decisión 88/656/CEE del Consejo (DO L 380 de 31. 12. 1988, p. 1). (4) Aprobado mediante la Decisión 1999/876/CE del Consejo (DO L 345 de 31. 12. 1999, p. 1). (5) Aprobado mediante la Decisión 95/155/CE del Consejo (DO L 104 de 6. 5. 1995, p. 1). 27. 1. 2000 ES Diario Oficial de las Comunidades Europeas L 22/51 ANEXO — Categoría 20/39: utilización anticipada de 274 020 kilos con cargo a los límites cuantitativos fijados para el año 2000. — Categoría 156: utilización anticipada de 118 800 kilos con cargo a los límites cuantitativos fijados para el año 2000. — Categoría 157: utilización anticipada de 282 850 kilos con cargo a los límites cuantitativos fijados para el año 2000


title: ΓΡΑΠΤΗ ΕΡΩΤΗΣΗ E-0110/00 υποβολή: Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) προς την Επιτροπή. Αποκέντρωση των αεροπορικών επικοινωνιών.

eurovoc_concepts:
air space
air traffic
airline
airport
common transport policy
decentralisation
liberalisation of the market
organisation of transport

text: 21. 11. 2000 EL Epi·shmh Efhmeri·da tvn Eyrvpai¤kv·n Koinoth·tvn C 330 E/85 thw texnologikh·w ana·ptyjhw. H e·kuesh thw oma·daw «enallaktike·w dynato·thtew kai o·ria kata· thn ajiolo·ghsh tvn koinonikooikonomikv·n epiptv·sevn tvn eyrvpai¤kv·n programma·tvn e·reynaw kai texnologikh·w ana·ptyjhw» diabiba·- zetai a·mesa sto Ajio·timo Me·low kai sth Grammatei·a toy Koinoboyli·oy. Oi systa·seiw thw oma·daw tvn empeirognvmo·nvn ejeta·zontai epi· toy paro·ntow sto plai·sio thw parakoloy·uhshw kai thw ajiolo·ghshw toy progra·mmatow plaisi·oy. (2000/C 330 E/093) GRAPTH ERVTHSH E-0110/00 ypobolh·: Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) prow thn Epitroph· (26 Ianoyari·oy 2000) Ue·ma: Apoke·ntrvsh tvn aeroporikv·n epikoinvniv·n Meta· thn xaotikh· empeiri·a tvn teleytai·vn etv·n kai sta plai·sia tvn sxedi·vn poy anh·ggeile o armo·diow gia tiw metafore·w Epi·tropow o·son afora· to a·noigma toy eyrvpai¤koy· enaeri·oy xv·roy, kata· po·so proble·pei h Epitroph· na provuh·sei thn apoke·ntrvsh tvn aeroporikv·n epikoinvniv·n, kataskeya·zontaw enallaktika· dieunh· aerodro·mia o·pvw p. x. sto Santiago de Compostela kai sth Galiki·a thw Ispani·aw, prokeime·noy na dv·sei ly·sh sthn para·logh symfo·rhsh poy parathrei·tai stiw pth·seiw oi opoi·ew fua·noyn sth Madri·th o·poy h kentrikh· kybe·rnhsh proti·uetai na kataskeya·sei ne·oyw diadro·moyw h· kai e·na ne·o aerodro·mio, diaue·tontaw gia ta e·rga ayta· tiw ependy·seiw poy proori·zontai gia aerodro·mia; Apa·nthsh thw kaw de Palacio ej ono·matow thw Epitroph·w (8 Marti·oy 2000) Apo· thn yfistame·nh koinotikh· nomouesi·a gia tiw endokoinotike·w aeroporike·w metafore·w synepa·getai o·ti oi aerometaforei·w lamba·noyn tiw apofa·seiw gia th dia·rurvsh toy dikty·oy toyw, symperilambanome·nhw thw syxno·thtaw tvn pth·sevn kai toy to·poy tvn shmei·vn sy·ndeshw, me ba·sh tiw dike·w toyw emporike·w ektimh·seiw, lamba·nontaw ypo·ch para·gontew o·pvw ta te·lh aerolime·now, h diauesimo·thta toy xro·noy xrh·shw (slots) kai to me·geuow tvn agorv·n poy pro·keitai na ejyphrethuoy·n. Vsto·so, o·son afora· pth·seiw prow kai apo· proorismoy·w se tri·tew xv·rew, oi perisso·terew dimerei·w symfvni·ew aeroporikv·n grammv·n, poy e·xoyn synafuei· memonvme·na apo· ta kra·th me·lh, perilamba·noyn kano·new oi opoi·oi periori·zoyn th dynato·thta tvn perifereiakv·n aerolime·nvn na proselky·oyn epipro·sueth kyklofori·a. H Epitroph· ei·nai thw gnv·mhw o·ti h a·mesh dhmo·sia pare·mbash sth lh·ch emporikv·n apofa·sevn apo· toyw aerometaforei·w sxetika· me ton to·po tvn drasthrioth·tvn pre·pei na periori·zetai se eidike·w katasta·seiw, o·pvw h diasfa·lish paroxh·w dhmo·siaw yphresi·aw h· h katanomh· thw kyklofori·aw sto plai·sio eno·w systh·matow aerolime·nvn, ba·sei eidikv·n kano·nvn poy kauori·zontai apo· thn koinotikh· nomouesi·a. Geniko·terew paremba·seiw poy aposkopoy·n sth dioxe·teysh thw kyklofori·aw apo· ton e·nan aerolime·na ston a·llo den symbiba·zontai me toyw kano·new kai toyw skopoy·w thw apeleyue·rvshw tvn aerometaforv·n. Ypo· thn epify·lajh aytv·n tvn genikv·n arxv·n, h Epitroph· ejeta·zei epi· toy paro·ntow kata· po·son mporei· na elafrynuei· h ayjano·menh sygke·ntrvsh tvn drasthrioth·tvn aerometaforv·n prow orisme·noyw kombikoy·w aerolime·new, me kata·llhla me·tra yposth·rijhw gia thn eni·sxysh toy ro·loy tvn perifereiakv·n aerolime·nvn (deytereyo·ntvn kombikv·n aerolime·nvn) sto synoliko· sy·sthma aerolime·nvn. Proti·uetai na paroysia·sei to apote·lesma ayth·w thw eje·tashw to 2001. Epiple·on, h Epitroph· ua synexi·sei kai ua entei·nei tiw prospa·ueie·w thw na syna·cei symfvni·ew aerometaforv·n gia olo·klhrh thn Koino·thta me tri·tew xv·rew, oi opoi·ew ua beltiv·noyn th dynato·thta tvn perifereiakv·n aerolime·nvn na proselky·oyn epipro·sueth kyklofori·a. (2000/C 330 E/094) GRAPTH ERVTHSH E-0111/00 ypobolh·: Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) prow thn Epitroph· Ue·ma: Periballontikh· ypoba·umish ston potamo· Tea thw Galiki·aw (26 Ianoyari·oy 2000) O potamo·w Tea poy diasxi·zei to e·dafow thw perioxh·w Condado thw Galiki·aw, kai ekba·llei ston potamo· Minho, yfi·statai sobarh· periballontikh· ypoba·umish, sy·mfvna me tiw kataggeli·ew oikologikv·n organv·sevn, lo·gv


title: SKRIFTLIG FRÅGA E-0103/00 från Jo Leinen (PSE) till kommissionen. Förenligheten mellan EG-rätten och en dansk lag om beskattning av aktieinkomster i samband med flyttning till en annan EU-medlemsstat.

eurovoc_concepts:
Denmark
capital gains tax
equal treatment
infringement of EU law
residence
share

text: C 374 E/24 Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning SV 28. 12. 2000 Eftersom det, enligt f(cid:246)rordning (EG) nr 1260/1999, (cid:229)ligger medlemsstaten att utse sina partner, anser kommissionen att den spanska regeringen uppfyllde sina skyldigheter avseende iakttagande av partner- skapsprincipen n(cid:228)r denna regionala utvecklingsplan utarbetades. (1) EGT L 161, 26. 6. 1999. (2000/C 374 E/029) SKRIFTLIG FR¯GA E-0103/00 fr(cid:229)n Jo Leinen (PSE) till kommissionen (26 januari 2000) ˜mne: F(cid:246)renligheten mellan EG-r(cid:228)tten och en dansk lag om beskattning av aktieinkomster i samband med flyttning till en annan EU-medlemsstat En dansk lag fr(cid:229)n 1987 medf(cid:246)r att danska medborgares aktieinkomster beskattas i samband med flyttning till en annan EU-medlemsstat. Personer som av yrkesm(cid:228)ssiga eller andra sk(cid:228)l tvingas att arbeta och leva i en annan EU-medlemsstat diskrimineras d(cid:228)rigenom. 1. ˜r paragraf 13a i lagen om inkomster av aktiekapital (Lovbekendtg(cid:246)relse den 5 november 1987 nr 698, Karnovs Lovsamling 6 (1988), s. 5880) f(cid:246)renlig med artiklarna 43, 56, 18 och 12 i EG-f(cid:246)rdraget? Om inte, vad avser kommissionen d(cid:229) att g(cid:246)ra f(cid:246)r att f(cid:246)rm(cid:229) Kungariket Danmark att r(cid:228)tta sig efter 2. EG-r(cid:228)tten? Svar fr(cid:229)n Frederik Bolkestein p(cid:229) kommissionens v(cid:228)gnar (9 mars 2000) Kommissionen k(cid:228)nner till de danska skatteregler enligt vilka ej realiserade realisationsvinster p(cid:229) aktier beskattas om en person l(cid:228)mnar landet. Liknande regler finns i Tyskland, Frankrike och (cid:214)sterrike. Enligt dansk lag (cid:228)r realisationsvinster p(cid:229) aktier i Danmark skattepliktiga. F(cid:246)r att den skattebetalare som l(cid:228)mnar medlemsstaten f(cid:246)r en medlemsstat d(cid:228)r realisationsvinster inte beskattas skall behandlas p(cid:229) mot- svarande s(cid:228)tt, fastst(cid:228)lls den latenta skatteplikt som (cid:229)ligger skattebetalaren f(cid:246)r realisationsvinster n(cid:228)r denne l(cid:228)mnar Danmark. Skatten skall dock inte erl(cid:228)ggas omedelbart utan f(cid:246)rst n(cid:228)r realisationsvinsterna realiseras, dvs. n(cid:228)r aktierna i fr(cid:229)ga faktiskt avyttras. Skatten fastst(cid:228)lls p(cid:229) grundval av ber(cid:228)knade realisationsvinster n(cid:228)r den skattskyldige l(cid:228)mnar Danmark, men om aktiernas v(cid:228)rde senare sjunker till(cid:229)ter Danmark en ny ber(cid:228)kning av skatten s(cid:229) att endast de faktiska realisationsvinsterna beskattas. Dessutom f(cid:229)r den skatt p(cid:229) realisationsvinster som tas ut i den nya medlemsstat d(cid:228)r den skattskyldige (cid:228)r bosatt i sin helhet r(cid:228)knas av fr(cid:229)n den skatteplikt som (cid:229)ligger honom i Danmark. Det (cid:228)r riktigt att den ber(cid:228)knade skatten m(cid:229)ste garanteras av den skattskyldige n(cid:228)r denne l(cid:228)mnar Danmark, men de danska myndigheterna godtar (en del av) aktierna som s(cid:228)kerhet. Det verkar inte f(cid:246)religga n(cid:229)gon faktisk skillnad i den skattem(cid:228)ssiga behandling av bosatta i Danmark och andra som l(cid:228)mnar Danmark. Eftersom ett klagom(cid:229)l r(cid:246)rande samma fr(cid:229)gest(cid:228)llning har ingivits till kommissionen och f(cid:246)r n(cid:228)rvarande (cid:228)r under (cid:246)verv(cid:228)gande, kommer kommissionen i alla h(cid:228)ndelser att ytterligare unders(cid:246)ka om de danska reglerna (cid:228)r f(cid:246)renliga med gemenskapslagstiftningen


title: PREGUNTA ESCRITA E-0088/00 de Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) a la Comisión. Incorporación de Galicia a las redes transeuropeas de alta velocidad ferroviaria en el período 2000-2006.

text: 21. 11. 2000 ES Diario Oficial de las Comunidades Europeas C 330 E/81 (2000/C 330 E/087) PREGUNTA ESCRITA E-0088/00 de Camilo Nogueira RomÆn (Verts/ALE) a la Comisi(cid:243)n (26 de enero de 2000) Asunto: Incorporaci(cid:243)n de Galicia a las redes transeuropeas de alta velocidad ferroviaria en el per(cid:237)odo 2000-2006 ¿Ha presentado el Estado Espaæol a la Comisi(cid:243)n una propuesta de incorporar a Galicia a las redes transeuropeas de alta velocidad ferroviaria en el contexto de la reforma prevista para este aæo 2000 y anunciada para el corriente mes de enero por la Comisaria responsable de las relaciones con el Parlamento Europeo, Transportes y Energ(cid:237)a? (2000/C 330 E/088) PREGUNTA ESCRITA E-0092/00 de Camilo Nogueira RomÆn (Verts/ALE) a la Comisi(cid:243)n (26 de enero de 2000) Asunto: Ferrocarril de alta velocidad entre el Norte de Portugal y Galicia En los medios de comunicaci(cid:243)n de Galicia aparece reiteradamente la noticia de que se estÆ analizando la construcci(cid:243)n de un ferrocarril de alta velocidad, a partir de una decisi(cid:243)n de la Comisi(cid:243)n de Coordinaci(cid:243)n de la Regi(cid:243)n Norte de Portugal y del Gobierno de Galicia, y que el presupuesto del estudio estÆ financiado al 50 % por la Uni(cid:243)n Europea. Segœn se asegura en la respuesta del Gobierno del Estado espaæol al portavoz del BNG en el Congreso de los Diputados, no parece, por otra parte, que las previsiones contempladas vayan mÆs allÆ del acondicionamiento de l(cid:237)neas que s(cid:243)lo puedan alcanzar 160 Km. /h; una consideraci(cid:243)n que estar(cid:237)a de acuerdo con otras noticias procedentes de portavoces del Gobierno portuguØs, que afirman que dicho Gobierno relegar(cid:237)a la l(cid:237)nea de alta velocidad Coruæa-Setœbal y s(cid:243)lo contemplar(cid:237)a la l(cid:237)nea Oporto-Lisboa, enlazada con Madrid. ¿Puede confirmar la Comisi(cid:243)n estas cuestiones y explicar, en caso de ser verdad, por quØ raz(cid:243)n se limita la velocidad entre Galicia y Portugal a tan escasa magnitud y quØ plazos se contemplan para la finalizaci(cid:243)n de las obras y la entrada en funcionamiento de un ferrocarril tan necesario para el desarrollo de ambos territorios fronterizos? (2000/C 330 E/089) PREGUNTA ESCRITA E-0093/00 de Camilo Nogueira RomÆn (Verts/ALE) a la Comisi(cid:243)n (26 de enero de 2000) Asunto: Inversiones en Galicia en ferrocarriles en el per(cid:237)odo de 2000 a 2006 El ministro del Gobierno espaæol Mariano Rajoy y el consejero de Econom(cid:237)a del Gobierno gallego, XosØ Ant(cid:243)n Orza, han manifestado pœblicamente que el Estado espaæol invertirÆ en el ferrocarril gallego 150 000 millones de pesetas (901,5 M€) en el per(cid:237)odo comprendido entre el aæo 2000 y el 2006. ¿Puede confirmar la Comisi(cid:243)n dichas cifras y afirmar que gracias a ellas estarÆ garantizado el enlace de Galicia con las redes transeuropeas de alta velocidad de los ferrocarriles, incluida la modernizaci(cid:243)n en el mismo sentido de las redes interiores? Respuesta comœn a las preguntas escritas E-0088/00, E-0092/00 y E-0093/00 dada por la Sra. de Palacio en nombre de la Comisi(cid:243)n (13 de marzo de 2000) En la fase actual de reflexi(cid:243)n en el contexto de la preparaci(cid:243)n de la reforma de las orientaciones comunitarias sobre la red transeuropea de transporte, Decisi(cid:243)n no 1692/96/CE del Parlamento y el Consejo de 23 de julio de 1996 (1), la Comisi(cid:243)n no tiene conocimiento de nuevos proyectos de alta velocidad en Espaæa. Los importes mencionados por Su Seæor(cid:237)a se refieren principalmente a la ordenaci(cid:243)n de las l(cid:237)neas