ISSN 0378-6986 Official Journal C72E Volume 44 of the European Communities 6 March 2001 English edition Information and Notices Notice No Contents Page I (Information) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WRITTEN QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER (2001/C 72 E/001) E-0326/00 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Commission Subject: Swordfish catch quotas ............................................... 1 (2001/C 72 E/002) E-0487/00 by Jens-Peter Bonde to the Commission Subject: Comitology ..................................................... 2 (2001/C 72 E/003) E-0539/00 by Raffaele Costa to the Council Subject: Pay of officials of the European Investment Bank (EIB) ............................. 3 (2001/C 72 E/004) E-0554/00 by Theodorus Bouwman and Karla Peijs to the Commission Subject: Hours of work for cockpit crew, air traffic safety and the internal market .................. 4 (2001/C 72 E/005) E-0696/00 by Brigitte Langenhagen to the Commission Subject: Streamlining procedures for drawing up Court of Auditors’ reports ...................... 5 (2001/C 72 E/006) E-0711/00 by Ioannis Marínos to the Council Subject: Statements by the British Foreign Secretary on Cyprus ............................. 6 (2001/C 72 E/007) E-0823/00 by Michiel van Hulten to the Commission Subject: European school milk measure .......................................... 7 (2001/C 72 E/008) E-0860/00 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos and Luis Berenguer Fuster to the Commission Subject: Fisheries agreement with Mexico ......................................... 8 (2001/C 72 E/009) E-0862/00 by Marielle De Sarnez to the Commission Subject: Commission view on the introduction of advertising into state educational establishments ......... 8 (2001/C 72 E/010) E-0947/00 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos to the Commission Subject: Income and social protection of women employed in shellfish harvesting .................. 9 (2001/C 72 E/011) E-0956/00 by Gorka Knörr Borràs to the Commission Subject: Abandonment of cultivated land .......................................... 10 EN Notice No Contents (continued) Page (2001/C 72 E/012) E-0972/00 by Ilda Figueiredo to the Commission Subject: Aid from Community funds (Supplementary Answer) .............................. 11 (2001/C 72 E/013) E-0980/00 by Hartmut Nassauer to the Commission Subject: Discriminatory provisions in the law on property of a number of applicant countries ........... 12 (2001/C 72 E/014) E-0981/00 by Hartmut Nassauer to the Commission Subject: Discriminatory provisions in the law of property of the Czech Republic ................... 12 (2001/C 72 E/015) E-0982/00 by Hartmut Nassauer to the Commission Subject: Political developments in the law on property of individual applicant countries ............... 12 Joint answer to Written Questions E-0980/00, E-0981/00 and E-0982/00 . 12 (2001/C 72 E/016) E-1035/00 by Ulla Sandbæk to the Commission Subject: WTO ......................................................... 13 (2001/C 72 E/017) E-1047/00 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos to the Commission Subject: Transfer of 3 000 tonnes of anchovies between Portugal and France ..................... 14 (2001/C 72 E/018) P-1049/00 by Olivier Dupuis to the Commission Subject: OLAF ......................................................... 15 (2001/C 72 E/019) E-1051/00 by Brigitte Langenhagen to the Commission Subject: Minimum landing size for flatfish under EU Regulation 850/98 ........................ 16 (2001/C 72 E/020) E-1052/00 by Brigitte Langenhagen to the Commission Subject: EU Regulation 850/98: monitoring compliance with the provisions laid down in Title III, Article 29 (maximum engine power of 221 kW) ........................................... 17 (2001/C 72 E/021) E-1093/00 by Michl Ebner to the Commission Subject: Antibiotics in hens’ eggs .............................................. 18 (2001/C 72 E/022) E-1115/00 by Theresa Villiers to the Commission Subject: Protection of animals during transport ...................................... 19 (2001/C 72 E/023) E-1159/00 by Bart Staes to the Commission Subject: White Paper on Food Safety and the European Food Authority ........................ 20 (2001/C 72 E/024) P-1169/00 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission Subject: Modified cotton seeds ................................................ 21 (2001/C 72 E/025) P-1170/00 by Arlindo Cunha to the Commission Subject: Milk quota in Portugal ............................................... 22 (2001/C 72 E/026) E-1171/00 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission Subject: Support for nuclear energy and renewable energies ............................... 23 (2001/C 72 E/027) E-1173/00 by Malcolm Harbour to the Commission Subject: Information society funding in the automotive sector .............................. 24 (2001/C 72 E/028) E-1174/00 by Malcolm Harbour to the Commission Subject: Research in the automotive sector ......................................... 25 (2001/C 72 E/029) E-1197/00 by Margrietus van den Berg to the Commission Subject: The Consultative Group on International Research ............................... 27 (2001/C 72 E/030) E-1199/00 by Adriana Poli Bortone to the Commission Subject: Medicines administered to children ........................................ 28 (2001/C 72 E/031) E-1207/00 by Ursula Schleicher to the Council Subject: Bathing water Directive ............................................... 29 (2001/C 72 E/032) E-1214/00 by Daniel Hannan to the Commission Subject: Van Buitenen parliamentary questions ...................................... 29 (2001/C 72 E/033) E-1240/00 by Brigitte Langenhagen to the Commission Subject: Situation of the cormorant Phalacrocorax (carbo carbo) in Directive 79/409 ................. 30 EN Notice No Contents (continued) Page (2001/C 72 E/034) E-1243/00 by Giuseppe Di Lello Finuoli to the Commission Subject: Contract awarded by the municipality of Messina for the construction of a tramway funded by the Euro- pean Union .......................................................... 30 (2001/C 72 E/035) P-1247/00 by Pasqualina Napoletano to the Commission Subject: Abduction of Somali children from the Italian families charged with their custody ............. 31 (2001/C 72 E/036) E-1256/00 by Armando Cossutta to the Commission Subject: Radioactive bombs in Kosovo ........................................... 32 (2001/C 72 E/037) E-1261/00 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Commission Subject: Relocating the Empresa Nacional de Celulosa-Electroquímica del Noroeste (ENCE-ELNOSA) industrial complex, located in the town of Pontevedra on the estuary of the same name in Galicia ............... 33 (2001/C 72 E/038) P-1278/00 by Eurig Wyn to the Commission Subject: Agriculture flax and hemp ........................................... 34 (2001/C 72 E/039) E-1283/00 by Bart Staes to the Council Subject: Exporting waste to third countries/Basle Convention .............................. 35 (2001/C 72 E/040) E-1285/00 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission Subject: Subsidies to coal and nuclear sectors ....................................... 36 (2001/C 72 E/041) E-1289/00 by Pasqualina Napoletano to the Council Subject: Abduction of Somali children from the Italian families charged with their custody ............. 37 (2001/C 72 E/042) E-1290/00 by Raffaele Costa to the Commission Subject: The High Authority for Telecommunications ................................... 39 (2001/C 72 E/043) E-1295/00 by Chris Davies to the Commission Subject: Driving licences and diabetes ........................................... 40 (2001/C 72 E/044) E-1306/00 by Mark Watts to the Commission Subject: The welfare of broiler chickens .......................................... 40 (2001/C 72 E/045) E-1308/00 by Paul Rübig to the Commission Subject: Rules for third-country shipments ......................................... 41 (2001/C 72 E/046) E-1317/00 by Bart Staes to the Commission Subject: Excessive use of water resources (municipalities of S. Giovanni in Persiceto and Crevalcore) ........ 42 (2001/C 72 E/047) E-1319/00 by Bart Staes to the Council Subject: European school milk scheme ........................................... 43 (2001/C 72 E/048) E-1321/00 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Council Subject: Hunger relief in Ethiopia and other African countries .............................. 44 (2001/C 72 E/049) P-1325/00 by Caroline Lucas to the Commission Subject: Industrial animal husbandry ............................................ 45 (2001/C 72 E/050) E-1331/00 by Giovanni Pittella to the Commission Subject: Possibility of EU citizens bringing cases of violations of fundamental rights before the Court of Justice .. 46 (2001/C 72 E/051) E-1341/00 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos to the Commission Subject: Closed areas for bottom trawling in the Cantabrian Sea ............................ 47 (2001/C 72 E/052) E-1351/00 by Helmuth Markov to the Commission Subject: Report on radioactive pollution of mineral water by radium 226 ....................... 47 (2001/C 72 E/053) E-1352/00 by Salvador Garriga Polledo to the Commission Subject: Spanish olive oil and the EU ............................................ 48 (2001/C 72 E/054) E-1380/00 by Michl Ebner to the Council Subject: Signing and ratification of the CEDAW and the Optional Protocol ...................... 49 (2001/C 72 E/055) E-1381/00 by Michl Ebner to the Council Subject: Establishment of a Council of Ministers responsible for equality between women and men ......... 50 (2001/C 72 E/056) P-1395/00 by Hans-Peter Mayer to the Commission Subject: Investment subsidies for on-site cold stores ...................................