ISSN 0378-6986 Official Journal C 350 E Volume 44 of the European Communities 11 December 2001 English edition Information and Notices Notice No Contents Page I (Information) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WRITTEN QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER (2001/C 350 E/001) E-3040/00 by Joachim Wuermeling to the Commission Subject: Discrimination against PVC products in Denmark (Supplementary Answer) .................. 1 (2001/C 350 E/002) E-3148/00 by Ilda Figueiredo to the Commission Subject: Use of Community funds (Supplementary Answer) ............................... 2 (2001/C 350 E/003) E-3570/00 by Gorka Knörr Borràs to the Commission Subject: ‘Bio’, ‘organically grown’ and ‘organic’ descriptions ............................... 3 (2001/C 350 E/004) E-3577/00 by Riitta Myller to the Commission Subject: Energy co-operation with Russia .......................................... 4 (2001/C 350 E/005) E-3757/00 by Carlos Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya to the Commission Subject: Interreg programme ................................................. 5 (2001/C 350 E/006) E-3821/00 by W.G. van Velzen to the Commission Subject: Follow-up question on international roaming charges for mobile telephones ................. 5 (2001/C 350 E/007) E-4017/00 by Elizabeth Lynne to the Commission Subject: Longline fishing ................................................... 7 (2001/C 350 E/008) E-4137/00 by Jeffrey Titford to the Commission Subject: Sea fishing with longlines ............................................. 8 (2001/C 350 E/009) E-0067/01 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Commission Subject: Talks between the Commissioner Frank Fischler and the Moroccan Prime Minister and other members of the Government concerning the fisheries agreement between the European Union and Morocco .......... 9 (2001/C 350 E/010) E-0133/01 by Christopher Huhne to the Commission Subject: Schemes to vary national demand ......................................... 10 (2001/C 350 E/011) E-0181/01 by Patricia McKenna to the Commission Subject: Recovery plans for fish stocks in the North-East Atlantic ............................ 11 EN Notice No Contents (continued) Page (2001/C 350 E/012) E-0204/01 by Catherine Stihler to the Commission Subject: Fish stock recovery plans for north-east Atlantic ................................. 11 Joint answer to Written Questions E-0181/01 and E-0204/01 . 11 (2001/C 350 E/013) E-0232/01 by Caroline Jackson to the Commission Subject: VAT on garage rentals ............................................... 12 (2001/C 350 E/014) E-0279/01 by Agnes Schierhuber to the Commission Subject: Imposition of anti-dumping duties on the import of fertilisers ......................... 12 (2001/C 350 E/015) E-0313/01 by Daniel Hannan to the Commission Subject: European Union Center ............................................... 14 (2001/C 350 E/016) P-0342/01 by Reinhold Messner to the Commission Subject: Community contribution to tourist infrastructure in Valesia and on Monterosa (Supplementary Answer) .15 (2001/C 350 E/017) E-0456/01 by Cristiana Muscardini and Gianfranco Fini to the Commission Subject: Food safety, delays and connivance ........................................ 16 (2001/C 350 E/018) E-0476/01 by Erik Meijer to the Commission Subject: Freshwater fishing in Ireland: the systematic extermination of pike as a means of increasing trout stocks .17 (2001/C 350 E/019) E-0477/01 by Erik Meijer to the Commission Subject: Freshwater fishing in Ireland: unsuitable use of appropriations and unilateral attention to economic interests ............................................................ 19 (2001/C 350 E/020) E-0528/01 by José García-Margallo y Marfil to the Commission Subject: Economic forecasts ................................................. 20 (2001/C 350 E/021) E-0590/01 by Alexandros Baltas to the Commission Subject: Duties imposed by Brazil on canned peaches .................................. 21 (2001/C 350 E/022) E-0597/01 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the Commission Subject: The standing of the EU fisheries sector in the globalised economy ...................... 22 (2001/C 350 E/023) E-0610/01 by Richard Howitt to the Commission Subject: Role of EU local and regional authorities in promoting self-government in developing countries ...... 24 (2001/C 350 E/024) E-0637/01 by Theresa Villiers to the Commission Subject: EU funding to Yasser Arafat ............................................ 25 (2001/C 350 E/025) E-0654/01 by Jan Mulder to the Commission Subject: Destruction of entire herds of cattle when one case of BSE is discovered on a farm ............. 26 (2001/C 350 E/026) E-0665/01 by Philip Bushill-Matthews to the Commission Subject: Lisbon European Council and the promotion of inclusion ........................... 27 (2001/C 350 E/027) E-0683/01 by Michl Ebner to the Commission Subject: Increased funding for cross-border co-operation ................................. 28 (2001/C 350 E/028) E-0695/01 by Glenys Kinnock to the Commission Subject: Textiles industry in Bangladesh .......................................... 29 (2001/C 350 E/029) P-1068/01 by Caroline Lucas to the Commission Subject: The US ‘New Africa’ Initiative and Bangladeshi textiles ............................. 29 Joint answer to Written Questions E-0695/01and P-1068/01 . 30 (2001/C 350 E/030) E-0697/01 by Eurig Wyn to the Commission Subject: Suckler cow premiums ............................................... 30 (2001/C 350 E/031) E-0709/01 by Isidoro Sánchez García to the Commission Subject: Entry into force of the new COM in bananas .................................. 31 (2001/C 350 E/032) E-0736/01 by Roy Perry to the Commission Subject: Internet access for schools ............................................. 32 (2001/C 350 E/033) E-0746/01 by Nicholas Clegg to the Commission Subject: Launching a case within the WTO’s dispute settlement procedures (Commission’s recommendation) ... 33 EN Notice No Contents (continued) Page (2001/C 350 E/034) E-0747/01 by Nicholas Clegg to the Commission Subject: Launching a case under the WTO’s dispute settlement procedures (Council of Ministers’ instruction) ... 33 Joint answer to Written Questions E-0746/01 and E-0747/01 . 33 (2001/C 350 E/035) E-0768/01 by Charles Tannock to the Commission Subject: Turbo pigs ...................................................... 34 (2001/C 350 E/036) E-0781/01 by Jonas Sjöstedt to the Commission Subject: Publication of an OLAF report ........................................... 34 (2001/C 350 E/037) E-0787/01 by Daniela Raschhofer to the Commission Subject: Rotation of A1 and A2 Commission officials .................................. 35 (2001/C 350 E/038) E-0790/01 by Eurig Wyn to the Commission Subject: Export of live horses ................................................ 36 (2001/C 350 E/039) E-0794/01 by Luigi Vinci and Fausto Bertinotti to the Commission Subject: Pernod-Ricard and Havana Club Rum ....................................... 37 (2001/C 350 E/040) E-0801/01 by Klaus-Heiner Lehne to the Commission Subject: BSE controls and imports of Argentinian beef .................................. 38 (2001/C 350 E/041) E-0803/01 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission Subject: BSE crisis: liability and compensation issues and measures by the Commission ............... 39 (2001/C 350 E/042) E-0804/01 by Daniela Raschhofer to the Commission Subject: Exports of animal meal and imports of beef and veal .............................. 41 (2001/C 350 E/043) E-0806/01 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission Subject: Unequal treatment of Greek fishermen ...................................... 42 (2001/C 350 E/044) E-0809/01 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission Subject: Thameslink 2000 project .............................................. 43 (2001/C 350 E/045) E-0823/01 by Michl Ebner to the Commission Subject: Treatment of raw milk ............................................... 43 (2001/C 350 E/046) E-0824/01 by Michl Ebner to the Commission Subject: Treatment of raw milk ............................................... 44 Joint answer to Written Questions E-0823/01 and E-0824/01 . 44 (2001/C 350 E/047) E-0831/01 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission Subject: Toxic waste in the port of Patras ......................................... 45 (2001/C 350 E/048) E-0836/01 by Giovanni Pittella to the Commission Subject: Hive-off of Major Repairs Shop in San Nicola (Melfi) .............................. 46 (2001/C 350 E/049) E-0838/01 by Bart Staes to the Commission Subject: Publication of limits on residues by the 15 EU Member States ......................... 48 (2001/C 350 E/050) P-0843/01 by Karin Riis-Jørgensen to the Commission Subject: Breaches of Community rules ........................................... 49 (2001/C 350 E/051) E-0847/01 by Graham Watson to the Commission Subject: Blister packs containing medicines ........................................ 50 (2001/C 350 E/052) E-0849/01 by Christopher Huhne to the Commission Subject: Number of slaughterhouses ............................................ 50 (2001/C 350 E/053) E-0850/01 by Christopher Huhne to the Commission Subject: Prior notification of fiscal policy actions ..................................... 51 (2001/C 350 E/054) E-0852/01 by Christopher Huhne to the Commission Subject: Budgetary rigour .................................................. 51 (2001/C 350 E/055) E-0877/01 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission Subject: A. Papandreou Avenue in Piraeus ......................................... 52 (2001/C 350 E/056) E-0905/01 by Alexandros Alavanos