ISSN 0378-6986 Official Journal C98 Volume 34 of the European Communities 15 April 1991 English edition Information and Notices Notice No Contents Page I Information European Parliament Written Questions with answer 91/C98/01 No 1782/88 by Mr Gijs de Vries to the Commission Subject: Barriers to steel imports in Italy (Supplementary answer) 1 91/C98/02 No 772/89 by Mr James Fitzsimons to the Commission Subject: Liberalization of cargo only flights 1 91/C98/03 No 918/89 by Mr Jose Happart to the Commission Subject: Air traffic 2 91/C98/04 No 1309/89 by Mr Wilfried Telkamper to the Commission Subject: Agreement concluded between the EC and Thailand on 1 July 1982 2 91/C 98/05 No 17/90 by Mr Jos6 Valverde Lopez to the Commission Subject: The Commission's position with regard to the creation of the Euro-Arab University .. 3 91/C98/06 No 115/90 by Mr Floras Wijsenbeek to the Commission Subject: Proceeds of the sale of Salzgitter (Supplementary answer) 3 91/C98/07 No 195/90 by Mr James Ford to the Commission Subject: Cruelty to kangaroos 4 91/C98/08 No 447/90 by Mr Antoni Gutierrez Diaz to the Commission Subject: Banking oligopoly in Andorra 4 91/C98/09 No 484/90 by Mr Juan de la Camara Martinez to the Commission Subject: Prevention of fires 5 91/C98/10 No 529/90 by Mr Jean-Pierre Raff arin to the Commission Subject: Transport infrastructures for the Atlantic regions 5 (Continued overleaf) Notice No Contents (continued) Page 91 /C 98/11 No 739/90 by Mrs Barbara Duhrkop Dtlhrkop to the Commission Subject: The Euro-Arab University 6 91 /C 98/12 No 788/90 by Mr Edward Kellett-Bowman to the Commission Subject: Internal market in shipping 6 91/C 98/13 No 944/90 by Mr Edward Kellett-Bowman to the Commission Subject: EC coastal yacht charter companies operating in Greek waters 6 Joint answer to Written Questions Nos 788/90 and 944/90 6 91/C 98/14 No 789/90 by Mr Francesco Sperone to the Commission Subject: Relations with the Republic of Lithuania 7 91/C 98/15 No 797/90 by Mr Carlos Carvalhas to the Commission Subject: Financial markets 7 91/C 98/16 No 877/90 by Mrs Winifred Ewing to the Commission Subject: Expiry of the Multifibre Arrangement in 1991 8 91/C 98/17 No 887/90 by Mr Ernest Glinne to the Commission Subject: Implementation of UN resolution of 8 December 1988 on a new humanitarian international order 8 91/C 98/18 No 958/90 by Mr Herman Verbeek to the Commission Subject: EC and development cooperation 9 91/C 98/19 No 965/90 by Mr Kenneth Collins to the Commission Subject: Local revenue raising 10 91/C 98/20 No 989/90 by Mrs Anna Hermans to the Commission Subject: Use of pesticides in developing countries 10 91/C 98/21 No 1037/90 by Mr Victor Manuel Arbeloa Mum to the Commission Subject: Aid for the press in Eastern Europe 11 91/C 98/22 No 1048/90 by Mr Gerardo Fernandez-Albor to the Commission Subject: Closure of Namibian fishing grounds to Community fishermen 11 91/C 98/23 No 1106/90 by Mr Christopher Jackson to the Commission Subject: Development aid 12 91/C 98/24 No 1147/90 by Mr Ian White to the Commission Subject: World development 12 91/C 98/25 No 1162/90 by Mr Jose Happart to the Commission Subject: US corn-gluten imports 13 91 /C 98/26 No 1259/90 by Mr Jaak Vandemeulebroucke to the Commission Subject: Harmonization of penalties imposed by the Member States on the misuse of facsimile machines by third parties 13 91/C 98/27 No 1279/90 by Mr Francois-Xavier de Donnea to the Commission Subject: Relations between the EEC and Colombia 14 Notice No Contents (continued) Page 91/C 98/28 No 1318/90 by Mr Jesus Cabezon Alonso to the Commission Subject: Import of sodium carbonate produced in third countries 14 91/C 98/29 No 1319/90 by Mr Herman Verbeek to the Commission Subject: Low concessional loans as a form of development aid 15 91/C 98/30 No 1458/90 by Mr Victor Arbeloa Muru to the Commission Subject: New initiatives with regard to the Kurdish problem 16 91/C98/31 No 1513/90 by Mr Proinsias de Rossa to the Commission Subject: Disclosure of financial information 16 91/C 98/32 No 1526/90 by Mr Jose Barros Moura to the Commission Subject: Freedom of establishment and equal treatment of workers 16 91/C 98/33 No 1529/90 by Mr Francis Wurtz to the Commission Subject: 1992 and the effects on the ACP countries 17 91/C 98/34 No 1531/90 by Mrs Anita Pollack to the Commission Subject: Trains 18 91/C 98/35 No 1599/90 by Mr Maxime Verhagen to the Commission Subject: Relations between the Commission and the Government of Surinam 18 91/C 98/36 No 1602/90 by Mr Bouke Beumer to the Commission Subject: European Corps of Citizens for Democracy 18 91/C 98/37 No 1666/90 by Mr Victor Arbeloa Muru to the Commission Subject: Imports from the 'Turkish Republic of Cyprus' 19 91/C 98/38 No 1675/90 by Mrs Christine Oddy to the Commission Subject: Ethnic Minorities Language Teaching 19 91/C 98/39 No 1693/90 by Mrs Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission Subject: Upgrading the status of the nursing profession 20 91/C 98/40 No 1694/90 by Mrs Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission Subject: Compulsory presence of a port medical officer in maritime health offices 20 91/C98/41 No 1725/90 by Mr Gerardo Fernandez-Albor to theCommission Subject: Child begging 20 91/C 98/42 No 1742/90 by Mr Kenneth Collins to the Commission Subject: Profession of Landscape Architect 21 91/C 98/43 No 1775/90 by Mr Jose Barros Moura to the Commission Subject: Calculation of retirement and invalidity pensions 21 91/C 98/44 No 1823/90 by Mr Paul Lannoye to the Commission Subject: The Community's financing of peat development in Northern Ireland 22 91/C 98/45 No 1824/90 by Mr Paul Lannoye to the Commission Subject: The VALOREN programme in Ireland 23 (Continued overleaf) Notice No Contents (continued) Page 91/C 98/46 No 1856/90 by Mr Stephen Hughes to the Commission Subject: Youth training in the United Kingdom 24 91/C 98/47 No 1882/90 by Mr David Martin to the Commission Subject: Lome IV 24 91/C 98/48 No 1894/90 by Mr Kenneth Stewart to the Commission Subject: Massive overpayments by British Nuclear Fuels to Eden Construction at the Sellafield complex, amounting to approx. 15 million 25 91 /C 98 /49 No 1904/90 by Mr Ben Fayot to the Commission Subject: Reduction in the supplementary pension for frontier-zone workers employed in the Federal Republic of Germany and Luxembourg 25 91/C 98/50 No 1964/90 by Mr Paul Staes to the Commission Subject: The Uruguay Round 26 91/C 98/51 No 1968/90 by Mr Jan Sonneveld and Mr Bartho Pronk to the Commission Subject: Alleged distortion of competition by government subsidies to Dutch manure processing plants 27 91/C98/52 No 1970/90 by Mrs Christine Oddy to the Commission Subject: Home workers 28 91/C 98/53 No 2011/90 by Mr Alexander Langer to the Commission Subject: Diplomatic initiatives concerning violent incursions by 'garimpeiros' into Yanomani native territory in the State of Roraima (Brazil) 28 91/C 98/54 No 2036/90 by Mr Carlos Robles Piquer to the Commission Subject: Interaction between the Orinoco and Amazonian basins and the importance thereof for mankind 29 91/C 98/55 No 2045/90 by Mr Gijs de Vries to the Commission Subject: Draft US Foreign Tax Equity Act 29 91 /C 98 /56 No 2047/90 by Mr Gijs de Vries to the Commission Subject: US Federal Excise Tax 30 91/C 98/57 No 2104/90 by Mr Gerhard Schmid to the Commission Subject: Drawbacks of the EC directive on third party vehicle insurance 30 91/C 98/58 No 2111/90 by Mr Gijs de Vries to the Commission Subject: Common commercial policy and telecommunications 31 91/C 98/59 No 2118/90 by Mr Winifried Menrad to the Commission Subject: Performing rights fees in the EC 31 91/C 98/60 No 2129/90 by Mr Peter Crampton to the Commission Subject: Freedom of movement within the European Community for ethnic communities 32 91/C 98/61 No 2183/90 by Mrs Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission Subject: Sale of munitions to Iraq 33 91/C 98/62 No 2184/90 by Sir James Scott-Hopkins to the Commission Subject: Capital adequacy 33 91/C 98/63 No 2185/90 by Sir James Scott-Hopkins to the Commission Subject: Financial services industry 33 Notice No Contents (continued) Page 91/C 98/64 No 2195/90 by Mr Antonio Coimbra Martins to the Commission Subject: Television without frontiers 34 91/C 98/65 No 2277/90 by Mrs Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission Subject: Community grants to the charity sector 34 91/C 98/66 No 2289/90 by Mr George Patterson to the Commission Subject: Duty free allowances 35 91/C 98/67 No 2339/90 by Mr Claude Desama to the Commission Subject: Aid for setting up new businesses in Ireland 35 91/C 98/68 No 2420/90 by Mr Petrus Cornelissen and Mr James Janssen van Raay to the Commission Subject: European approach to criminality in major European ports 36 91 /C 98/69 No 2424/90 by Mrs Raymonde Dury to the Commission Subject: Relief from excise duty on social grounds 37 91/C 98/70 No 2550/90 by Mr Thomas Maher to the Commission Subject: Food imports into the US, Australia and New Zealand 37 91/C 98/71 No 2581/90 by Mr Christopher Jackson to the Commission Subject: Social protection for volunteer development workers 38 91/C 98/72 No 2658/90 by Mr John McCartin to the Commission Subject: Social security benefits of volunteer workers in developing countries *...