ISSN 0378-6986 Official Journal C 151 E Volume 44 of the European Communities 22 May 2001 English edition Information and Notices Notice No Contents Page I (Information) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WRITTEN QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER (2001/C 151 E/001) E-1692/00 by Jonas Sjöstedt to the Commission Subject: Sampling of bathing water in Swedish municipalities .............................. 1 (2001/C 151 E/002) E-2200/00 by Marco Cappato to the Commission Subject: Religious freedom in Greece ............................................ 2 (2001/C 151 E/003) E-2373/00 by Dana Scallon to the Council Subject: Child soldiers and small arms in African conflicts ................................ 3 (2001/C 151 E/004) E-2377/00 by María Valenciano Martínez-Orozco to the Commission Subject: Communication on the Community strategy for equality between men and women (2001-2005) and the proposal for a directive on sexual harassment in the workplace ............................. 3 (2001/C 151 E/005) E-2392/00 by Mathieu Grosch to the Commission Subject: Bank charges .................................................... 4 (2001/C 151 E/006) E-2429/00 by Gorka Knörr Borràs to the Commission Subject: EU enlargement and the regions .......................................... 5 (2001/C 151 E/007) E-2438/00 by Giovanni Pittella to the Commission Subject: Failure to respect linguistic diversity by the European Commission ...................... 6 (2001/C 151 E/008) E-2446/00 by Fernando Fernández Martín to the Commission Subject: Islands ........................................................ 6 (2001/C 151 E/009) E-2466/00 by Paulo Casaca, Isidoro Sánchez García, Margie Sudre, Roy Perry, Mariotto Segni and Jean-Claude Fruteau to the Commission Subject: Islands ........................................................ 7 Joint answer to Written Questions E-2446/00 and E-2466/00 . 7 (2001/C 151 E/010) E-2484/00 by Theresa Villiers to the Council Subject: Meetings with third countries during the French Presidency .......................... 8 (2001/C 151 E/011) E-2538/00 by Neil MacCormick to the Commission Subject: Erasmus programme: taxation of students .................................... 9 EN Notice No Contents (continued) Page (2001/C 151 E/012) E-2548/00 by María Sornosa Martínez to the Commission Subject: Failure by Spain to comply with Article 12(5) of the ‘Television without frontiers’ Directive (advertising during children’s programmes) ............................................... 10 (2001/C 151 E/013) E-2569/00 by Piia-Noora Kauppi to the Commission Subject: Support for drug addicts living on the street to persuade them to seek treatment .............. 11 (2001/C 151 E/014) E-2628/00 by Guido Viceconte, Antonio Tajani and Mario Mantovani to the Commission Subject: Community plan to halt the AIDS scourge in Africa .............................. 12 (2001/C 151 E/015) E-2652/00 by Monica Frassoni to the Commission Subject: Water management and administration of the related Community funding in Sardinia ........... 12 (2001/C 151 E/016) E-2675/00 by Ioannis Souladakis to the Commission Subject: Protection of European firms in Kosovo ..................................... 14 (2001/C 151 E/017) E-2676/00 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission Subject: Functioning of sewage treatment plants in Central Greece ........................... 15 (2001/C 151 E/018) E-2687/00 by Christopher Huhne to the Commission Subject: Parliamentary Question E-0561/00 ........................................ 16 (2001/C 151 E/019) E-2763/00 by Chris Davies to the Commission Subject: Funding for tuberculosis treatment in states signatory to the Convention of Lomé .............. 16 (2001/C 151 E/020) E-2808/00 by Jeffrey Titford to the Commission Subject: Promoting a ‘European Dimension’ in schools .................................. 17 (2001/C 151 E/021) P-2811/00 by Bart Staes to the Commission Subject: Improving the standard of slaughterhouses in candidate Member States (Supplementary Answer) ..... 18 (2001/C 151 E/022) E-2831/00 by Richard Howitt to the Commission Subject: Warner Jenkinson Europa, Oldmeadow Road, Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE30 4LA ................ 19 (2001/C 151 E/023) E-2865/00 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Commission Subject: Distribution of the Structural Funds within the RDP for 2000-2006 submitted by the Spanish state .... 20 (2001/C 151 E/024) E-2873/00 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Commission Subject: The Cohesion Fund and the project for constructing a new airport in Madrid in addition to the previous investment of ESP 300 billion in the existing Madrid airport .............................. 20 (2001/C 151 E/025) E-2876/00 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Council Subject: The EU and world poverty ............................................. 21 (2001/C 151 E/026) E-2911/00 by Michl Ebner to the Council Subject: Austria/Sanctions .................................................. 22 (2001/C 151 E/027) E-2912/00 by Michl Ebner to the Council Subject: Austria/sanctions .................................................. 23 (2001/C 151 E/028) E-2913/00 by Michl Ebner to the Council Subject: Doubts over the effectiveness of sanctions policy ................................ 24 (2001/C 151 E/029) E-2914/00 by Michl Ebner to the Council Subject: Austria/sanctions .................................................. 24 (2001/C 151 E/030) E-2920/00 by Charles Tannock to the Commission Subject: Sporting and leisure activities in Andalusia .................................... 25 (2001/C 151 E/031) E-2935/00 by Brian Simpson to the Commission Subject: Cyprus ........................................................ 25 (2001/C 151 E/032) E-2939/00 by Michl Ebner to the Commission Subject: Common asylum and immigration policy .................................... 26 (2001/C 151 E/033) E-2940/00 by Michl Ebner to the Commission Subject: Abolition of tax privileges for diplomats ..................................... 27 EN Notice No Contents (continued) Page (2001/C 151 E/034) E-2953/00 by Michl Ebner to the Commission Subject: The outermost regions ............................................... 28 (2001/C 151 E/035) E-2955/00 by Emmanouil Mastorakis to the Commission Subject: European Union regional policy .......................................... 28 (2001/C 151 E/036) E-2966/00 by Sebastiano Musumeci and Mariotto Segni to the Commission Subject: Sicily and Sardinia after 2006 ........................................... 28 Joint answer to Written Questions E-2955/00 and E-2966/00 . 29 (2001/C 151 E/037) E-2959/00 by Bart Staes to the Commission Subject: Problem of the ‘flooded’ cereals harvest ...................................... 29 (2001/C 151 E/038) E-2961/00 by Daniela Raschhofer to the Council Subject: Right-wing extremism in the Member States ................................... 30 (2001/C 151 E/039) E-2962/00 by Daniela Raschhofer to the Commission Subject: Right-wing extremism in the Member States ................................... 31 (2001/C 151 E/040) E-2968/00 by Bart Staes to the Council Subject: Making school milk an integral feature of a healthy food policy ........................ 31 (2001/C 151 E/041) E-2969/00 by Bart Staes to the Commission Subject: Making school milk an integral feature of a healthy food policy ........................ 32 (2001/C 151 E/042) E-2970/00 by Erik Meijer to the Council Subject: Incomplete information about the composition of the Council ......................... 33 (2001/C 151 E/043) E-2976/00 by Ioannis Souladakis to the Commission Subject: Funding of European Union island regions .................................... 34 (2001/C 151 E/044) E-2986/00 by Vittorio Sgarbi to the Commission Subject: Communications in Sicily ............................................. 35 (2001/C 151 E/045) E-2990/00 by Daniela Raschhofer to the Commission Subject: Habitats Directive 92/43 EEC ........................................... 36 (2001/C 151 E/046) E-2994/00 by John Cushnahan to the Council Subject: East Timor ...................................................... 37 (2001/C 151 E/047) E-3000/00 by Luciano Caveri to the Commission Subject: Common standards for tunnels in the European Union ............................. 37 (2001/C 151 E/048) E-3002/00 by Klaus-Heiner Lehne to the Commission Subject: Procedure whereby the income derived from share-based investment funds is halved for tax purposes pursuant to the German Law on Tax Reductions ..................................... 38 (2001/C 151 E/049) E-3005/00 by Bill Miller to the Commission Subject: EU human rights aid ................................................ 39 (2001/C 151 E/050) E-3007/00 by Glyn Ford to the Commission Subject: Town twinning and eligibility criteria ....................................... 39 (2001/C 151 E/051) E-3021/00 by Laura González Álvarez to the Commission Subject: Ban on driftnets ................................................... 40 (2001/C 151 E/052) E-3023/00 by María Sornosa Martínez to the Commission Subject: Planned construction of the La Cañada dam on the Turia River (Valencia, Spain) .............. 41 (2001/C 151 E/053) E-3027/00 by Elisabeth Jeggle, Karl von Wogau and Rainer Wieland to the Commission Subject: Notice on town-twinning grants .......................................... 42 (2001/C 151 E/054) E-3032/00 by Carlos Lage to the Commission Subject: Consequences of building a harbour on the Vila Praia de Âncora coast .................... 43 EN Notice No Contents (continued) Page (2001/C 151 E/055) P-3033/00 by Giorgos Katiforis to the Council