ISSN 0378-6986 Official Journal C81E Volume 44 of the European Communities 13 March 2001 English edition Information and Notices Notice No Contents Page I (Information) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WRITTEN QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER (2001/C 81 E/001) E-0250/00 by Daniel Hannan to the Commission Subject: Funds for federalist organisations ......................................... 1 (2001/C 81 E/002) E-0316/00 by Anna Karamanou and Minerva Malliori to the Council Subject: Effective measures to combat AIDS ........................................ 2 (2001/C 81 E/003) E-0515/00 by Christoph Konrad to the Council Subject: Creation of a single European (controlled) airspace ............................... 2 (2001/C 81 E/004) P-0770/00 by Paulo Casaca to the Commission Subject: Judicial cooperation with regard to paedophilia ................................. 3 (2001/C 81 E/005) E-0886/00 by Bart Staes to the Council Subject: Assessment of the dioxin crisis in Belgium .................................... 5 (2001/C 81 E/006) E-0888/00 by Bart Staes to the Council Subject: Assessment of the dioxin crisis in Belgium .................................... 5 (2001/C 81 E/007) E-0890/00 by Bart Staes to the Council Subject: Assessment of the dioxin crisis in Belgium .................................... 5 (2001/C 81 E/008) E-0892/00 by Bart Staes to the Council Subject: Assessment of the dioxin crisis in Belgium .................................... 6 (2001/C 81 E/009) E-0894/00 by Bart Staes to the Council Subject: Assessment of the dioxin crisis in Belgium .................................... 6 Joint answer to Written Questions E-0886/00, E-0888/00, E-0890/00, E-0892/00 and E-0894/00 . 7 EN Notice No Contents (continued) Page (2001/C 81 E/010) E-0893/00 by Bart Staes to the Commission Subject: Assessment of the dioxin crisis in Belgium .................................... 7 (2001/C 81 E/011) E-0933/00 by Helmuth Markov to the Commission Subject: Commission investigations against the German Land of Thuringia (Supplementary Answer) ........ 9 (2001/C 81 E/012) E-0936/00 by James Nicholson to the Council Subject: Jubilee 2000 Coalition ............................................... 11 (2001/C 81 E/013) E-0943/00 by Bart Staes to the Council Subject: Ban on the use of impregnating salts for treatment of wood .......................... 13 (2001/C 81 E/014) E-0998/00 by Neil MacCormick to the Council Subject: Restitution of property in the applicant countries ................................ 13 (2001/C 81 E/015) E-1006/00 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the Commission Subject: Supply of tuna loins to the European tuna canning industry .......................... 14 (2001/C 81 E/016) E-1032/00 by Ioannis Souladakis to the Commission Subject: Protection of European companies in Kosovo .................................. 15 (2001/C 81 E/017) E-1082/00 by Laura González Álvarez to the Council Subject: Prostitution rings run by Albanian mafia groups in EU Member States .................... 16 (2001/C 81 E/018) E-1086/00 by Carmen Fraga Estévez to the Commission Subject: Study of needs as regards supplies of tuna loins Commission objectives .................. 17 (2001/C 81 E/019) E-1096/00 by Joaquim Miranda to the Commission Subject: Environmental impact of the construction of a quay in the autonomous region of Madeira ........ 18 (2001/C 81 E/020) P-1167/00 by Nirj Deva to the Council Subject: Gender-specific funding in the budget ...................................... 20 (2001/C 81 E/021) E-1206/00 by Jannis Sakellariou to the Commission Subject: Environmental Impact Assessment and Habitats Directives ........................... 20 (2001/C 81 E/022) E-1208/00 by Anna Karamanou to the Council Subject: Persecution of 13 Iranians of the Jewish faith in Iran .............................. 21 (2001/C 81 E/023) E-1250/00 by Alejandro Cercas to the Council Subject: Legal guarantees and human rights of a group of Jewish Iranian citizens ................... 21 Joint answer to Written Questions E-1208/00 and E-1250/00 . 22 (2001/C 81 E/024) E-1213/00 by Daniel Hannan to the Council Subject: Working groups ................................................... 22 (2001/C 81 E/025) E-1257/00 by Erik Meijer to the Commission Subject: Delays in salvaging the cargo of the stranded tanker ‘Erika’ because of secrecy surrounding the presence on board of special industrial waste .............................................. 22 (2001/C 81 E/026) E-1273/00 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Council Subject: Aid for Mozambique ................................................ 23 (2001/C 81 E/027) E-1274/00 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Council Subject: Denunciation of Russian atrocities in Chechnya ................................. 24 (2001/C 81 E/028) E-1297/00 by Olivier Dupuis to the Council Subject: Withdrawal of ‘Schengen-type’ visa from Mr Rakhimov ............................. 25 (2001/C 81 E/029) E-1314/00 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission Subject: Degree of harmfulness of vegetable fats ...................................... 26 EN Notice No Contents (continued) Page (2001/C 81 E/030) E-1333/00 by Daniel Hannan to the Commission Subject: Commissioners’ cabinets .............................................. 27 (2001/C 81 E/031) E-1334/00 by Bernard Poignant to the Commission Subject: Sea bass fishing situation .............................................. 28 (2001/C 81 E/032) E-1346/00 by Christopher Heaton-Harris to the Commission Subject: Institutional reform ................................................. 28 (2001/C 81 E/033) E-1350/00 by Jean-Louis Bernié to the Council Subject: The Commission’s challenging of the principle of ‘assumption of employment’ for performing artists laid down in Article L 762-1 of the French Labour Code ................................... 29 (2001/C 81 E/034) E-1356/00 by Jorge Hernández Mollar to the Commission Subject: Modification of specific aids to the dried fruit and nuts sector ......................... 29 (2001/C 81 E/035) E-1357/00 by Jorge Hernández Mollar to the Commission Subject: European Union arbitration in the controversy over designations of origin for Sherry and Montilla wines 30 (2001/C 81 E/036) E-1359/00 by Jorge Hernández Mollar to the Commission Subject: Grouping together of Ceuta and Melilla in the Eurostat index for the purposes of Objective 1 ....... 31 (2001/C 81 E/037) E-1360/00 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos to the Commission Subject: High-speed rail link between Galicia and Madrid ................................ 31 (2001/C 81 E/038) E-1367/00 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission Subject: CAM-Albania report on humanitarian aid to Kosovo .............................. 32 (2001/C 81 E/039) P-1379/00 by Ari Vatanen to the Commission Subject: Cross-border cooperation between the EU and Russia .............................. 34 (2001/C 81 E/040) P-1391/00 by Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou to the Council Subject: Immigration policy ................................................. 35 (2001/C 81 E/041) E-1401/00 by Gorka Knörr Borràs to the Council Subject: EU-Russia relations ................................................. 36 (2001/C 81 E/042) E-1404/00 by Jeffrey Titford to the Commission Subject: Action against corrupt officials .......................................... 37 (2001/C 81 E/043) E-1420/00 by Charles Tannock to the Commission Subject: Corruption within the European Commission .................................. 37 Joint answer to Written Questions E-1404/00 and E-1420/00 . 37 (2001/C 81 E/044) E-1405/00 by Jeffrey Titford to the Commission Subject: Action against Paul Van Buitenen ......................................... 38 (2001/C 81 E/045) E-1422/00 by Charles Tannock to the Commission Subject: Guardianship of the Treaties ............................................ 38 (2001/C 81 E/046) E-1428/00 by Charles Tannock to the Commission Subject: The nature of the Commission’s role as guardian of the Treaties ........................ 39 Joint answer to Written Questions E-1422/00 and E-1428/00 . 39 (2001/C 81 E/047) E-1442/00 by Concepció Ferrer to the Council Subject: Human rights situation in Equatorial Guinea ................................... 40 (2001/C 81 E/048) E-1449/00 by Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler to the Commission Subject: Impact of electronic commerce and the Internet economy on development cooperation .......... 40 EN Notice No Contents (continued) Page (2001/C 81 E/049) E-1451/00 by Wolfgang Ilgenfritz to the Commission Subject: Checks on Austrian farms ............................................. 41 (2001/C 81 E/050) E-1452/00 by Wolfgang Ilgenfritz to the Commission Subject: Distortions of competition on the Austrian livestock market .......................... 42 (2001/C 81 E/051) E-1460/00 by Hanja Maij-Weggen to the Commission Subject: The treatment of stray animals in Spain ..................................... 43 (2001/C 81 E/052) E-1470/00 by Alejandro Agag Longo to the Commission Subject: Internal reform of the Commission ........................................ 43 (2001/C 81 E/053) E-1481/00 by Paul Rübig to the Commission Subject: Checks at the Suben motorway frontier crossing point ............................. 44 (2001/C 81 E/054) E-1490/00 by Erik Meijer to the Commission Subject: Restricting the possibilities of members of the Committee of the Regions declaring expenses twice .... 45 (2001/C 81 E/055) E-1491/00 by Erik Meijer to the Commission Subject: Reimbursement of expenses for group meetings or party conferences incurred by members of the Commit- tee of the Regions .....................................................