ISSN 0378-6986 Official Journal C 222 Volume 38 of the European Communities 28 August 1995 English edition Information and Notices Notice No Contents page I Information European Parliament Written Questions with answer 95/C 222/01 E-2 8 9/95 by Antonio Gutierrez Diaz to the Commission Subject : Technical assistance contracts awarded by DG XI and DG XVI 1 95/C 222/02 E-361 /95 by Carmen Di'ez de Rivera Icaza to the Commission Subject : European Tourism Agency 2 95/C 222/03 P-929/95 by Carmen Diez de Rivera Icaza to the Commission Subject : European Tourism Agency 2 Joint answer to "Written Questions E-361/95 and P-929/95 2 95/C 222/04 E-365/95 by Imelda Read to the Commission Subject : VAT on NGOs, charities and welfare organizations 3 95/C 222/05 E-376/95 by Nel van Dijk to the Commission Subject : Regulation of the growing and distribution of cannabis in the Netherlands 3 95/C 222/06 E-506/95 by Jose Valverde Lopez to the Commission Subject : Sectoral studies of services to enterprises 3 95/C 222/07 E-532/95 by Salvador Garriga Polledo to the Commission Subject : Unemployment rates and convergence criteria 4 95/C 222/08 E-533/95 by Josu Imaz San Miguel to the Commission Subject : Monopolistic practices in the Spanish electricity sector 5 95/C 222/09 E-536/95 by Luciano Vecchi to the Commission Subject : Co-financing of NGO activities 6 EN Price: ECU 18 ( Continued overleaf) Notice No Contents ( continued ) Page 95/C 222/10 E-574/95 by Karla Peijs to the Commission Subject : Distortion of competition as a result of differences in excise duty on various alcoholic beverages 7 95/C 222/11 E-608/95 by Glenys Kinnock to the Commission Subject : Discretionary rates of VAT 7 95/C 222/12 E-609/95 by Salvador Garriga Polledo to the Commission Subject : Convergence criteria 8 95/C 222/13 E-6 10/95 by Salvador Garriga Polledo to the Commission Subject : Convergence criteria 8 Joint answer to Written Questions E-609/95 and E-610/95 8 95/C 222/14 E-6 12/95 by Salvador Garriga Polledo to the Commission Subject : Single currency , payments system and bank accounts 9 95/C 222/15 E-624/95 by Robert Sturdy to the Commission Subject : National aids in the sugar sector 9 95/C 222/16 E-627/95 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission Subject : Ecology of paper pulp 11 95/C 222/17 E- 636/95 by Florus Wijsenbeek to the Commission Subject : Discrepancies concerning the implementing of provisions on speed limitation devices 11 95/C 222/18 E-645/95 by Claude Desama to the Commission Subject : Sale of certain medicaments by post 12 95/C 222/19 E-725/95 by Jesus Cabezon Alonso to the Commission Subject : European industrial policy 13 95/C 222/20 E-730/95 by Celia Villalobos Talero to the Commission Subject : Local Environment Operational Programme ( Objective 1 ): projects in Malaga 13 95/C 222/21 E-731 /95 by Celia Villalobos Talero to the Commission Subject : Structural Funds : projects in Malaga 14 95/C 222/22 E-734/95 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission Subject : Biofuels 14 95/C 222/23 E-744/95 by Celia Villalobos Talero to the Commission Subject : Aids to SMUs — projects in Malaga 14 95/C 222/24 E-801 /95 by Peter Crampton to the Commission Subject : Private sector involvement in ERDF 15 95/C 222/25 E-821 /95 by Nel van Dijk to the Commission Subject : ERDF aid for Lelystad Airport 16 95/C 222/26 E-827/95 by Jean-Pierre Raffarin to the Commission Subject : Programme of exchanges of experience 16 95/C 222/27 E-831 /95 by Jean-Pierre Raffarin to the Commission Subject : The Republic of South Africa and the Lomé Convention 17 95/C 222/28 E-836/95 by Glyn Ford to the Commission Subject : State subsidy for Norwegian stationery manufacturers 17 EN Notice No Contents ( continued ) Page 95/C 222/29 E-842/95 by Anita Pollack to the Commission Subject : Trans-European Transport Network 17 95/C 222/30 E-850/95 by Jose Valverde Lopez to the Commission Subject : Research carried out by the Commission 18 95/C 222/31 E-853/95 by Jose Valverde Lopez to the Commission Subject : ECSC projects affecting the environment 19 95/C 222/32 E-868/95 by Maria Izquierdo Rojo to the Commission Subject : Free movement of footballers 19 95/C 222/33 E-874/95 by Karl Schweitzer to the Commission Subject : Article 100a 20 95/C 222/34 E-877/95 by Carlos Robles Piquer to the Commission Subject : European Union aid for the Albayzin district of the city of Granada 20 95/C 222/35 E-878/95 by Carlos Robles Piquer to the Commission Subject : The liberal professions, freedom of movement and membership of professional associations 20 95/C 222/36 E-903/95 by Francoise Grossetete to the Commission Subject : Eco-management and audit scheme 21 95/C 222/37 E-923/95 by Maartje van Putten to the Commission Subject : Directive on cocoa and chocolate products 22 95/C 222/38 E-933/95 by James Provan to the Commission Subject : Frontier controls in Spain 23 95/C 222/39 E-938/95 by Winifred Ewing to the Commission Subject : Sustainable waste management 23 95/C 222/40 E-948/95 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission Subject : Demolition of the FIX factory, a monument of modern industrial architecture ( Supplementary answer ) 23 95/C 222/41 E-954/95 by Wolfgang Nuftbaumer to the Commission Subject : Enlargement of the European Union to include central and eastern European countries 24 95/C 222/42 E-961/95 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission Subject : Fishing 25 95/C 222/43 E-962/95 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission Subject : Fishing nets 25 95/C 222/44 E-963/95 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission Subject : Technology transfers 26 95/C 222/45 E-968/95 by Amedeo Amadeo to the Commission Subject: The fruit and vegetable sector 26 95/C 222/46 E-972/95 by Antonio Trizza to the Commission Subject: The use of jojoba oil 27 95/C 222/47 P-976/95 by Riitta Myller to the Commission Subject : Support for pilot projects in EU border regions 27 EN ( Continued overleaf ) Notice No Contents ( continued ) Page 95/C 222/48 E-989/95 by Gerardo Fernandez-Albor to the Commission Subject : Promoting the European Union amongst small children by means of mascots, symbols and advertising images 28 95/C 222/49 E-993/95 by Paul Lannoye to the Commission Subject : Contamination of food chains by dioxin and furans 29 95/C 222/50 E-l 001/95 by Josep Pons Grau to the Commission Subject : New Community agencies and offices 29 95/C 222/51 E-1008/95 by Salvatore Tatarella to the Commission Subject : Floriculture 30 95/C 222/52 E-1015/95 by Jose Apolinario to the Commission Subject : Structural support in areas affected by drought — the case of the Alentejo region ( Portugal ) 31 95/C 222/53 E-l 030/95 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission Subject : Risk assessment within the meaning of Directive 90/220/EEC on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and the Directive making the first adaptations to technical progress ( Directive 94/15/EEC ) 31 95/C 222/54 E-l 03 1 /95 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission Subject : Assessment of the risks posed by deliberate release of genetically modified organisms into the environment 32 95/C 222/55 E-l 035/95 by Florus Wijsenbeek to the Commission Subject : Accident statistics in the EU 33 95/C 222/56 E-1039/95 by Alex Smith to the Commission Subject : Human rights in Indonesia and East Timor and the sale of arms to Indonesia 34 95/C 222/57 E-l 047/95 by Mary Banotti to the Commission Subject : Bee-keeping 35 95/C 222/58 E-1051 /95 by Elly Plooij-van Gorsel to the Commission Subject : Quota regulation for the appointment of handicapped workers in the European institutions 35 95/C 222/59 P-1055/95 by Wolfgang Kreissl-Dorfler to the Commission Subject : Rights of foreign nationals in municipal elections 35 95/C 222/60 E-1058/95 by Ursula Schleicher to the Commission Subject : Methods of detecting whether foodstuffs have been irradiated 36 95/C 222/61 E-l 060/95 by Mathias Reichhold to the Commission Subject : Oil seeds 37 95/C 222/62 E-l 063/95 by Peter Crampton to the Commission Subject : European Regional Development Fund after 1997 37 95/C 222/63 E-l 064/95 by James Provan to the Commission Subject : Beef premiums 38 95/C 222/64 E-1078/95 by Vassilis Ephremidis to the Commission Subject : The agricultural sector in Greece 38 95/C 222/65 E-l 079/95 by Joan Colom i Naval to the Commission Subject : Irradiation of vegetables from the Netherlands 39 95/C 222/66 E-l 08 1 /95 by Jean-Pierre Raffarin to the Commission Subject : Development of the European area 40 EN Notice No Contents ( continued ) Page 95/C 222/67 E-l 088/95 by Wolfgang Kreissl-Dorfler to the Commission Subject : EC aid to development projects in Uruguay 40 95/C 222/68 E-l 093/95 by Karl Schweitzer to the Commission Subject : Ostrich farming 41 95/C 222/69 E-l 103/95 by Jose Valverde Lopez to the Commission Subject : Food additives 41 95/C 222/70 E-l 104/95 by Jose Valverde Lopez to the Commission Subject : Problems in applying the principle of mutual recognition 41 95/C 222/71 P-1118/95 by Irini Lambraki to the Commission Subject : Deduction of income tax from agricultural production subsidies 42 95/C 222/72 E-l 126/95 by Jesús Cabezón Alonso and Juan Colino Salamanca to the Commission Subject : Fixed periods for anchovy fishing 43 95/C 222/73 E-l 128/95 by Jesús Cabezón Alonso and Juan Colino Salamanca to the Commission Subject : Fisheries agreement between Spain and France 43 Joint answer to Written Questions E-l 126/95 and E-l 128/95 43 95/C 222/74 E-l 129/95 by Jesús Cabezón Alonso , Juan Colino Salamanca and Josep Pons Grau to the Commission Subject : The drought in Spain 44 95/C 222/75 E-l 134/95 by Sergio Ribeiro to the Commission Subject : Protecting and developing the potential of the major collection of palaeolithic rock carvings discovered in Coa ( Portugal ) 44 95/C 222/76 E-l 151/95 by Robin Teverson to the Commission Subject : United Kingdom Government's administration of United Kingdom sheep quotas ...