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NovemberVolume199437 English edition Information and Notices Notice No Contents Page I Information European Parliament Written Questions with answer 94/C 310/01 E-76/93 by Gordon Adam to the Commission Subject : The Non-Fossil-Fuel Obligation 1 94/C 310/02 E-l 32/93 by Gijs de Vries to the Commission Subject : The operation of the Single European Act 1 94/C 310/03 E-187/93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject : EEC recommendations on banks 2 94/C 310/04 E-245/93 by Freddy Blak to the Commission Subject : Relative importance of sport and olive oil 2 94/C 310/05 E-555/93 by Llewellyn Smith to the Commission Subject : Documentation confidentiality 3 94/C 310/06 E-600/93 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission Subject : State aid to coal and nuclear power 3 94/C 310/07 E-616/93 by Victor Arbeloa Muru to the Commission Subject : Study of human rights violations in Palestine 4 94/C 310/08 E-855/93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject : Need for parents with large families to be specifically exempt from taxation on redundancy payments 5 94/C 310/09 E-987/93 by Joan Colom i Naval , Concepció Ferrer, Carles-Alfred Gasòliba i Böhm, Antoni Gutierrez Diaz and Mateo Sierra Bardaji to the Commission Subject : Serious situation on the Community hazelnut market 5 Price : ECU 18 ( Continued overleaf) Notice No Contents ( continued ) Page 94/C 310/10 E-1058/93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject: Participation of rural organizations in the central and regional committees of the Community support framework 6 94/C 310/11 E-l 124/93 by Barry Desmond to the Commission Subject : Psychologists' right to practise throughout the Community 6 94/C 310/12 E-l 307/93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject : Level crossings 7 94/C 310/13 E-l 355/93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject: Impact of visits by Mr Van den Broek and the Troika to Israel and Arab countries 8 94/C 310/14 E-1405/93 by Jean-Pierre Raffarin to the Commission Subject : Surcharge on Pineau from Charente 8 94/C 310/15 E-787/93 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission Subject : Filling in the sea along the old Thessaloniki seaboard 9 94/C 310/16 E-1442/93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject : The old seafront in Thessaloniki 9 Joint answer to Written Questions E-787/93 and E-1442/93 9 94/C 310/17 E-1487/93 by Panayotis Roumeliotis to the Commission Subject : Suspension of appropriations for the restoration of the walls of the City of Rhodes 9 94/C 310/18 E-1493/93 by Paul Staes to the Commission Subject : Transposition of Community law into national law — initiation of infringement proceedings by the Commission 10 94/C 310/19 E-l 503/93 by Anthony Simpson to the Commission Subject : Duties of the Commission 10 94/C 310/20 E-l 597/93 by Giuseppe Mottola to the Commission Subject : Crisis in the kiwi fruit sector — Need for a Community system of regulation 11 94/C 310/21 E-l 606/93 by Alexander Langer to the Commission Subject : Damage to Mount Olympus ( Greece ) funded by the Community 12 94/C 310/22 E-l 732/93 by Gepa Maibaum to the Commission Subject : Community education policy in respect of central and eastern Europe , and, in particular, the Confederation of Independent States ( CIS ) 12 94/C 310/23 E-l 905/93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject: 'Utilization ' of appropriations for technical assistance from the Delors I package in the south Aegean region 13 94/C 310/24 E-l 907/93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject : Rail transport in Greece 14 94/C 310/25 E-l 91 0/93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject : Participation and rights in general of creative intellectual workers 14 94/C 310/26 E-2026/93 by Raymonde Dury to the Commission Subject : Unfair competition in chemicals 15 94/C 310/27 E-2028/93 by Raymonde Dury to the Commission Subject : Unfair competition in steel 15 Notice No Contents ( continued ) page 94/C 310/28 E-2029/93 by Raymonde Dury to the Commission Subject: Unfair competition in textiles 16 94/C 310/29 E-2030/93 by Raymonde Dury to the Commission Subject: Access for the countries of central and eastern Europe to the Community's markets 16 Joint answer to Written Questions E-2026/93 , E-2028/93 , E-2029/93 and E-2030/93 16 94/C 310/30 E-2067/93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject : Turkish purchases of land and businesses in Thrace through Germany 17 94/C 310/31 E-2076/93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject : Exclusion of Greece from food-aid tenders 17 94/C 310/32 E-2125/93 by Anita Pollack to the Commission Subject : Urban environment green paper 18 94/C 310/33 E-2147/93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject : Discovery in a cargo of Egyptian potatoes of bacteria posing a deadly threat to agricultural production 18 94/C 310/34 E-2 177/93 by Jose Valverde Lopez to the Commission Subject : Reasons invoked by Spain for failing to implement the Directive on telecommunications terminal equipment 19 94/C 310/35 E-2214/93 by Anthony Wilson to the Commission Subject : The Cecap project in the Philippines 19 94/C 310/36 E-2246/93 by Pol Marck to the Commission Subject: UNWRA budgetary situation 20 94/C 310/37 E-2256/93 by Giuseppe Mottola to the Commission Subject : Registered designation of origin for buffalo milk mozzarella cheese produced in Campania 21 94/C 310/38 E-2284/93 by Nel van Dijk to the Commission Subject : Restrictions on imports of jute 22 94/C 310/39 E-2285/93 by Nel van Dijk to the Commission Subject : Jute used in packaging 22 Joint answer to Written Questions E-2284/93 and E-2285/93 22 94/C 310/40 E-23 16/93 by Hedwig Keppelhoff-Wiechert to the Commission Subject : EC residence permit 23 94/C 310/41 E-2366/93 by Virginio Bettini to the Commission Subject : Construction of a service centre in San Feliciano di Magione ( Umbria Region — Italy ): infringement of the IMP criteria laid down by Umbria Region 23 94/C 310/42 E-2367/93 by Bruno Boissiere to the Commission Subject: Destruction of a natural area ( Nice ) 24 94/C 310/43 E-2416/93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject: Vocational training of workers on environmental issues 25 ( Continued overleaf) Notice No Contents ( continued ) Page 94/C 310/44 E-2467/93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject : Designation of special protection areas in Greece in accordance with Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds 25 94/C 310/45 E-2475/93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject : Conditions for recognizing organizations of producers of fisheries products 26 94/C 310/46 E-767/93 by Tom Spencer to the Commission Subject: Payment of foods and services supplied under the EDF 26 94/C 310/47 E-2478/93 by Tom Spencer to the Commission Subject: Payment of goods and services supplied under the EDF 26 Joint answer to Written Questions E-767/93 and E-2478/93 26 94/C 310/48 E-2494/93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission v Subject: The banana trade 27 94/C 310/49 E-2504/93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject: Discovery and preservation of fossilized trees over 15 million years old in northern Evvia 27 94/C 310/50 E-25 15/93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject: Community fish canning industry 28 94/C 310/51 E-2531/93 by Michel Debatisse to the Commission Subject: Shift Network 28 94/C 310/52 E-2535/93 by Jose Lafuente Lopez to the Commission Subject: Community thinking on the future of the welfare State 29 94/C 310/53 E-2570/93 by Christos Papoutsis to the Commission Subject: Breach of Community rules 30 94/C 310/54 E-2596/93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject : Subsidies for golf courses and garages in Greece 30 94/C 310/55 E-2597/93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject: Funding for Greek port projects within the Community Support Framework 30 94/C 310/56 E-2640/93 by Hemmo Muntingh to the Commission Subject: Registers of loans granted to consumers 31 94/C 310/57 E-2686/93 by Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject: Simplification of administrative work for small and medium-sized businesses 31 94/C 310/58 E-2695/93 by Hugh McMahon to the Commission Subject: ESF payments to the United Kingdom Government for 1991 , 1992 and 1993 in respect of projects operated by Scottish Enterprise 32 94/C 310/59 E-2697/93 by Mary Banotti to the Commission Subject: 1993 International Year of Indigenous People 32 94/C 310/60 E-2704/93 by Ben Visser to the Commission Subject: Diesel fuel prices and toll systems 33 94/C 310/61 E-2715/93 by Marie Isler Beguin to the Commission Subject : Staff policy at the Commission 34 Notice No Contents ( continued ) page 94/C 310/62 E-2756/93 by Paul Staes to the Commission Subject : The Commission's personnel policy 34 Joint answer to Written Questions E-2715/93 and E-2756/93 35 94/C 310/63 E-2736/93 by Sir Jack Stewart-Clark to the Commission Subject : Solvent abuse 35 94/C 310/64 E-2752/93 by Glyn Ford to the Commission Subject : Pension rights for carers 36 94/C 310/65 E-2757/93 by Sergio Ribeiro to the Commission Subject : Results of the report on EMU 36 94/C 310/66 E-2786/93 by Sir James Scott-Hopkins to the Commission Subject : Report on direction and regulatory signs on highways 37 94/C 310/67 E-2797/93 by Karel Dillen to the Commission Subject : Appropriations for dairy products in the 1994 EC budget 37 94/C 310/68 E-2802/93 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission Subject : Urgent measures to save the Bay of Kalloni ( Lesbos ) 38 94/C 310/69 E-2804/93 by Carlos Robles
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