ISSN 0378-6986 Official Journal C 40 Volume 36 of the European Communities 15 February 1993 English edition Information and Notices Notice No Contents Page I Information European Parliament Written Questions with answer 93 /C 40/01 No 807/91 by Mrs Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission Subject : Public information activities of CUBE 1 93 /C 40 /02 No 1918 / 91 by Mr Rui Amaral, Mr Florus Wijsenbeek and Mrs Mechthild von Alemann to the Commission Subject : Need to conclude transit agreements with the Swiss Confederation and Austria 2 93 /C 40/03 No 2580/91 by Mrs Hedwig Keppelhoff-Wiechert to the Commission Subject : Tax discrimination against cross-border workers in the German-Netherlands border area 3 93 /C 40/04 No 2817 /91 by Mr Ioannis Pezmazoglou to the Commission Subject : Possible termination of visits to the Schuman Centre 3 93 /C 40/05 No 2833 /91 by Mr Amédée Turner to the Commission Subject: Information policy of the Commission — role of the Schuman Centre in Brussels 3 Joint answer to Written Questions Nos 2817/91 and 2833/91 3 93 /C 40/06 No 2882/91 by Mr Jean-Louis Borloo to the Commission Subject : Tax arrangements for non-resident French citizens working in Belgium 4 93 /C 40/07 No 3083 /91 by Mrs Maartje van Putten to the Commission Subject : Community development relations with overseas countries and territories (OCTs) .... 4 93 /C 40/08 No 3257/91 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject : Greek sultanas 5 2 (Continued overleaf) Notice No Contents (continued) Page 93/C 40/09 No 3267/91 by Mr Diego de los Santos López to the Commission Subject: Ending toll charges on the Cadiz-Seville motorway 6 93 /C 40/ 10 No 1 19/92 by Lord Plumb to the Commission Subject : Agriculture 6 93 /C 40 / 11 No 163/92 by Mr Jacques Vernier to the Commission Subject : Reconversion measures for customs and forwarding agents 8 93 /C 40/ 12 No 322/92 by Mrs Winifred Ewing to the Commission Subject: Helios House 9 93/C 40/ 13 No 368 /92 by Mr Juan Gangoiti Llaguno to the Commission Subject: Conversion of customs sector activities 9 93 /C 40/ 14 No 468 /92 by Mr Jesus Cabezon Alonso to the Commission Subject : Dairy production in Spain 10 93 /C 40/ 15 No 469/92 by Mr Jesus Cabezon Alonso to the Commission Subject: Slaughter of dairy cattle in Spain 10 Joint answer to Written Questions Nos 468 /92 and 469/92 10 93 /C 40/ 16 No 478 /92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject : Tax rate for small and medium-sized undertakings in Greece 11 93/C 40/ 17 No 595 /92 by Mr Jaak Vandemeulebroucke to the Council Subject : Maastricht: interpretation and implementation of the Social Protocol 12 93 /C 40/ 18 No 647/92 by Mrs Christa Randzio-Plath and Mrs Karla Peijs to the Commission Subject : Different treatment for the distribution of dividends by companies based in a Member State and those based in a third country 13 93 /C 40/ 19 No 743/92 by Mr Carlos Robles Piquer to the Commission Subject : Details concerning Community aid to least-favoured regions and assessment of economic and social cohesion 14 93 /C 40/20 No 762/92 by Mr Alonso Puerta to the Commission Subject : Quarries in the municipality of Oviedo (Asturias , Spain) and their negative impact on the environment 14 93 /C 40/ 21 No 766/92 by Mrs Ursula Schleicher to the Commission Subject : Commission communication on a Community strategy to limit carbon dioxide emissions and improve energy efficiency 15 93/C 40/22 No 786/92 by Mr Georgios Romeos to the Commission Subject : Protection of copyright for European products in the USA 16 93/C 40/23 No 840/92 by Mr Ben Visser to the Commission Subject : Underground transport of goods and persons 16 93 / C 40/24 No 860/92 by Mr Carlos Robles Piquer to the Commission Subject : Cooperation with Cuba by NGOs operating in the field of development aid 17 93 /C 40/25 No 861 /92 by Mr Carlos Robles Piquer to the Commission Subject : Community action to encourage the adoption of children 17 Notice No Contents (continued) Page 93 /C 40/26 No 881 /92 by Mr James Ford to the Commission Subject : Munir Ahmed 18 93/C 40/27 No 899/92 by Mr Antoni Gutierrez Diaz to the Commission Subject : Structural Funds : public access to information 18 93/C 40/28 No 901 /92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject: Yannina Lake 19 93/C 40/29 No 944/92 by Mr Ingo Friedrich to the Commission Subject : Proceedings against legislation on State aid to the new federal Länder 19 93/C 40/30 No 1036/92 by Mr Rudolf Luster to the Commission Subject: EC funds for Berlin 1985 — 1991 20 93/C 40/ 31 No 1077/92 by Mr Antonio La Pergola to the Commission Subject : Wing shooting at Madonna del Tonnaro (Messina) 20 93/C 40/32 No 1 1 12 /92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject: Plan for storing nuclear waste in the State of Skopje 20 93 /C 40/33 No 1 135 /92 by Mr Dimitrios Nianias to the Commission Subject : Location of natural gas plant on the island of Revithousa 21 93/C 40/34 No 1 140/92 by Sir James Scott- Hopkins to the Commission Subject : Financial assistance for Herefordshire , Worcestershire and West Gloucestershire 21 93/C 40/35 No 1 163/92 by Mrs Mary Banotti to the Commission Subject: Acheloos river diversion , Greece 22 93/C 40/36 No 1 174/92 by Mr Gerardo Fernández-Albor to the Commission Subject : The words of the Community anthem 22 93/C 40/37 No 1210/92 by Mr Jaak Vandemeulebroucke to the Council Subject: The new Treaty, with particular reference to Article 8c of the section on Citizenship of the Union 22 93/C 40/ 38 No 1249/92 by Lord O'Hagan to the Commission Subject : Committee of the Regions 23 93/C 40/39 No 1259/92 by Mr Giorgio Rossetti to the Commission Subject : Criteria for selecting firms to transport Community aid to the countries of central and eastern Europe 23 93 /C 40/40 No 1273/92 by Mr Yves Verwaerde to the Commission Subject : Transport policy — Community action programme on road safety 24 93/C 40/41 No 1285/92 by Mr Ernest Glinne to the Commission Subject : The need for a drastic reduction in the use of insecticides 24 93/C 40/42 No 1287/92 by Mr Ernest Glinne to the Commission Subject : The need for new politico-economic groupings in Africa and the attitude of the EC ... 25 93 /C 40/43 No 1305/92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject: Payment of Community cotton subsidies 26 (Continued overleaf) Notice No Contents (continued) Page 93 /C 40/44 No 1337/92 by Mr Jean-Pierre Raffin to the Commission Subject : Incorporation into national law of the Directive on environmental impact assessment 26 93 /C 40/45 No 1343 /92 by Mr Carlos Robles Piquer to the Commission Subject : Pharmacological products derived from the sea : possible medication for . the treatment of some forms of cancer 27 93 /C 40/46 No 1382/92 by Mrs Brigitte Ernst de la Graete to the Commission Subject : Euro-African monetary union 27 93/C 40/47 No 1407/92 by Mr Jean-Pierre Raffarin to the Commission Subject: The Maastricht Treaty : Cohesion Fund 28 93/C 40/48 No 1427/92 by Mrs Christa Randzio-Plath to the Commission Subject : Development cooperation with Zimbabwe 28 93 /C 40/49 No 1429/92 by Mr Franco Borgo, Mrs Gabriele Sboarina , Mrs Rosaría Bindi , Mr Joachim Dalsass and Mr Ferruccio Pisoni to the Commission Subject: Designation of wines from the Veneto and Friuli 30 93/C 40/50 No 1452/92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject: Fish farms in tourist areas , 30 93 / C 40/ 51 No 1462/92 by Mr Marco Taradash to the Commission Subject : Human rights in Hong Kong and that country's return to Chinese rule 31 93 /C 40/ 52 No 1468 /92 by Mr Ben Visser to the Commission Subject: Road haulage and combined transport 31 93 /C 40/ 53 No 1477 /92 by Mrs Anita Pollack to the Commission Subject : Transport of animals 32 93 /C 40/ 54 No 1480/92 by Mrs Anita Pollack to the Commission Subject : Skins of endangered species on sale in Greece 33 93 /C 40 / 55 No 1498 /92 by Mr Fernand Herman to the Commission Subject: Agricultural cooperatives — French law 33 93 /C 40/56 No 1503 /92 by Mr Gerhard Schmid to the Commission Subject : Steel works in the new Bundesländer 34 93 /C 40/57 No 1507/92 by Sir James Scott-Hopkins to the Commission Subject : Liaison with Morocco , Tunisia and Algeria 35 93/C 40/ 58 No 1513 /92 by Mr Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission Subject : Funding of a study as part of the IMP for the Aegean Islands 35 93/C 40/59 No 1518 /92 by Mr Virginio Bettini to the Commission Subject : Construction of a new development between Mantua and Lago Superiore (Italy) 35 93 /C 40/60 No 1536/92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject: The natural environment of the Mediterranean seal 36 93 /C 40/61 No 1543/92 by Mr Sotiris Kostopoulos to the Commission Subject : Containing financial deficits 36 Notice No Contents (continued) Page 93 /C 40/62 No 1566/92 by Mrs Marijke Van Hemeldonck to the Commission Subject : Regulating gambling at European level 38 93/C 40/63 No 1571 /92 by Mrs Carole Tongue to the Commission Subject: Hazard Information Systems — Europe 38 93 /C 40/64 No 1581 /92 by Mr Florus Wijsenbeek to the Commission Subject : The organization of the caraway-seed market 39 93/C 40/65 No 1587/92 by Mr Jaak Vandemeulebroucke to the Commission Subject : Rechar programme .