ISSN 0378-6986 Official Journal C 391 Volume 40 of the European Communities 23 December 1997 English edition Information and Notices Notice No Contents Page I Information European Parliament Written Questions with answer (97/C 391 /01 ) P-2693/96 by Clive Needle to the Council Subject : Council implementation of measures to protect children 1 (97/C 391 /02) E-3228/96 by Petrus Cornelissen and Peter Pex to the Commission Subject : Discrimination against the elderly (Supplementary answer) 2 (97/C 391/03) E-3598/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B3-4004 : Transnational meetings of representatives from undertakings operating on a trans-frontier basis 3 (97/C 391 /04) E-3600/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B5-722 : Information society 3 (97/C 391 /05) E-3603/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B5-320 : Business promotion (small and medium-sized enterprises) 3 (97/C 391/06) E-3604/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B5-321 : Operations relating to cooperatives 3 (97/C 391 /07) E-3605/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B5-322 : Employment and growth for Europe 4 (97/C 391/08) E-3606/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B5-323 : Growth and employment 4 (97/C 391 /09) E-3607/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B5-325 : Community measures to assist tourism 4 (97/C 391 / 10) E-3608/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Article B5-41 1 : Operations relating to industry 4 (97/C 391/ 1 1 ) E-3609/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B5-331 : Action to encourage transfrontier provision of equity capital for small and medium-sized enterprises 5 (97/C 391 /12) E-3610/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B3-4010 : Labour market 5 EN Price : ECU 35 (Continued overleaf) Notice No Contents (continued) Page (97/C 391 / 13) E-36 11 /96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B3-4011 : Eures (European Employment Services ) 5 (97/C 391 / 14) E-36 12/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B4-3101 : Subsidy to the European Environment Agency 5 (97/C 391 / 15 ) E-36 13/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Financing of certain associations from the Community budget 6 (97/C 391 / 16) E-36 14/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Financing of certain associations from the Community budget 6 (97/C 391 / 17 ) E-36 15/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Financing of certain associations from the Community budget 6 (97/C 391/ 18) E-36 16/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Financing of certain associations from the Community budget 6 (97/C 391 / 19) E-36 17/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Financing of certain associations from the Community budget 6 (97/C 391 /20) E-36 18/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Financing of certain associations from the Community budget 7 (97/C 391/21 ) E-3620/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B3-305 : Sport in Europe 7 (97/C 391/22) E-3621/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B3-4000 : Industrial relations and social dialogue : 7 (97/C 391 /23 ) E-3622/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B3-4002 : Meetings of workers ' organizations in the Community 7 (97/C 391 /24) E-3623/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Item B3-4003 : European Technical Trade Union Bureau 7 (97/C 391 /25) E-3624/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B3-1006 : Promotion and safeguard of regional and minority languages and cultures . 8 (97/C 391 /26) E-3625/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B3-1010 Youth for Europe 8 (97/C 391 /27) E-3627/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Item B3-2001 : Measures to encourage cultural initiatives in connection with European influence 8 (97/C 391 /28) E-3629/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B5-102 : Consumer information 8 (97/C 391 /29) E-3630/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B3-4012 : Measures to achieve equality between men and women 8 (97/C 391 /30) E-3631 /96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Item B3-4102 : Helios II (integration of disabled persons) 9 (97/C 391 /31 ) E-3632/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B3-4103 : Measures to combat poverty and social exclusion 9 (97/C 391 /32) E-3633/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B3-4104 : Measures for the elderly and families 9 (97/C 391 /33 ) E-3634/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B3-4300 : Public health, health promotion , information on health, health education and public health training 9 (97/C 391 /34) E-3635/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B3-4301 : Combating cancer 9 (97/C 391 /35 ) E-3636/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B3-4302 : Health aspects of drug abuse 10 (97/C 391 /36) E-3637/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B3-4303 : Combating AIDS and certain other transmissible diseases 10 EN Notice No Contents (continued) Page (97/C 391 /37 ) E-3638/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Item B3-4310 : Health protection, hygiene and safety at work , including subsidy to the International Labour Office 10 (97/C 391 /38 ) E-3641 /96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B4-304 : Legislation and other general action based on the Fifth Action Programme on the Environment 10 (97/C 391 /39) E-3642/96 by Jean- Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Budget heading B4-306 : Awareness and subsidies 10 (97/C 391 /40) E-3644/96 by Jean-Yves Le Gallou to the Commission Subject : Article B4-320 : LIFE (Financial Instrument for the Environment) — Projects on Community territory . 11 Supplementary joint answer to Written Questions E-3598/96 , E-3600/96 , E-3603/96 , E-3604/96 , E-3605/96 , E-3606/96 , E-3607/96 , E-3608/96 , E-3609/96, E-36 10/96 , E-361 1 /96 , E-36 12/96 , E-3613/96 , E-3614/96 , E-3615/96 , E-3616/96, E-3617/96 , E-36 18/96 , E-3620/96 , E-3621 /96 , E-3622/96 , E-3623/96 , E-3624/96, E-3625/96 , E-3627/96 , E-3629/96 , E-3630/96 , E-3631 /96 , E-3632/96 , E-3633/96, E-3634/96 , E-3635/96 , E-3636/96 , E-3637/96 , E-3638/96 , E-3641 /96 , E-3642/96 and E-3644/96 ... 11 (97/C 391 /41 ) E-0 176/97 by Edith Miiller to the Commission Subject : Underwater pipelines in Gijon (Spain ) ( Supplementary answer) 11 (97/C 391 /42) P-02 17/97 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission Subject : Labelling of genetically modified soya and maize ( Supplementary answer) 13 (97/C 391 /43 ) E-0233/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Council Subject : Freedoms and property rights of Greek Cypriots in the occupied part of Cyprus 14 (97/C 391 /44) E-0258/97 by Richard Howitt to the Commission Subject : Defence closures in South Essex 14 (97/C 391 /45 ) E-0508/97 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission Subject : Construction of the high-speed rail link between Rome and Naples ( Supplementary answer) 15 (97/C 391 /46) E-0523/97 by Anita Pollack to the Commission Subject : GMO plants 16 (97/C 391 /47 ) E-05 30/97 by Ana Miranda de Lage to the Council Subject : Spanish government aid to Tunisia 16 (97/C 391 /48) E-0541 /97 by Ria Oomen-Ruijten and Petrus Cornelissen to the Commission Subject : Cross-border travel involving public transport by rail 17 (97/C 391 /49) E-0568/97 by Ulf Holm to the Council Subject : A common financial policy 18 ( 97/C 391 /50) E-0584/97 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Council Subject : Persecution of opposition leaders in Albania 19 ( 97/C 391 /51 ) E-06 17/97 by Heinz Kindermann to the Commission Subject : Use of the nerve agent ivermectin in Scottish salmon farms (Supplementary answer) 19 (97/C 391 /52) E-0621/97 by Nikitas Kaklamanis to the Commission Subject : Failure to implement legislation on combined transport 21 (97/C 391 /53 ) E-0634/97 by Joan Colom i Naval to the Commission Subject : Community grants to the media 21 ( 97/C 391 /54) E-0644/97 by Claudio Azzolini , Guido Podestà and Antonio Tajani to the Council Subject : Raphael Programme 22 (97/C 391 /55 ) E-0650/97 by Carlos Robles Piquer to the Commission Subject : Illegal immigration via Italy 23 (97/C 391 /56) E-0653/97 by Felipe Camison Asensio to the Commission Subject : Health and mobile telephones 23 EN ( Continued overleaf) Notice No Contents (continued) Page (97/C 391 /57) E-0661/97 by Ludivina Garcia Arias to the Commission Subject : Taxes on business companies 24 (97/C 391/58) E-0684/97 by Friedhelm Frischenschlager to the Commission Subject : Application of the codecision procedure to the common agricultural policy 25 (97/C 391/59) E-0685/97 by Friedhelm Frischenschlager to the Commission Subject : Amending the EC Treaty at the 1GC to enable a motion of censure to be tabled against individual Members of the Commission 26 (97/C 391 /60) E-0839/97 by Pedro Marset Campos , Laura González Alvarez and Maria Sornosa Martinez to the Commission Subject : Alarming fall in the level of the water table in Murcia , Spain 27 (97/C 391 /61 ) P-0903/97 by Phillip Whitehead to the Commission Subject