ISSN 0378-6986 Official Journal C 364 E Volume 44 of the European Communities 20 December 2001 English edition Information and Notices Notice No Contents Page I (Information) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WRITTEN QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER (2001/C 364 E/001) E-3149/00 by Ilda Figueiredo to the Commission Subject: Application of Community funds (Supplementary Answer) ........................... 1 (2001/C 364 E/002) E-3196/00 by Esko Seppänen to the Commission Subject: EU funding for NGOs (Supplementary Answer) ................................. 2 (2001/C 364 E/003) E-3441/00 by Heinz Kindermann to the Commission Subject: Union structural policy measures in the period from 2000 to 2006 (Supplementary Answer) ....... 2 (2001/C 364 E/004) E-3682/00 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna to the Commission Subject: Amounts allotted under and out-turn of the Structural Funds in Objective 1 regions (Supplementary Answer) ............................................................ 3 (2001/C 364 E/005) E-3938/00 by Christopher Huhne to the Council Subject: Number of votes under QMV ........................................... 4 (2001/C 364 E/006) P-4069/00 by Antonio Di Pietro to the Commission Subject: Increase in Telecom subscription rate ....................................... 5 (2001/C 364 E/007) E-0040/01 by Jeffrey Titford to the Commission Subject: Human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia ....................................... 6 (2001/C 364 E/008) P-0345/01 by Jorge Hernández Mollar to the Commission Subject: Interference by food distribution companies in political processes ....................... 7 (2001/C 364 E/009) E-0410/01 by Karla Peijs to the Commission Subject: Ban on certification markings from private service undertakings ........................ 7 (2001/C 364 E/010) P-0448/01 by Manuel Pérez Álvarez to the Commission Subject: Traffic accidents involving children ........................................ 8 (2001/C 364 E/011) E-0474/01 by Erik Meijer to the Commission Subject: Freshwater fishing in Ireland: ongoing disturbance of the natural balance in the Western Lakes Region .. 9 EN Notice No Contents (continued) Page (2001/C 364 E/012) E-0512/01 by Robert Goebbels to the Commission Subject: Comparability of social statistics between the European Union and the USA ................. 11 (2001/C 364 E/013) E-0608/01 by Jonas Sjöstedt to the Commission Subject: Responsibility of national or local government for supervising animal protection .............. 12 (2001/C 364 E/014) E-0643/01 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Commission Subject: CAP reform and the EU budget .......................................... 13 (2001/C 364 E/015) E-0692/01 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission Subject: Operation of projects funded by 2nd CSF (Supplementary Answer) ...................... 14 (2001/C 364 E/016) E-0698/01 by Eurig Wyn to the Commission Subject: Physical Agents Directive .............................................. 15 (2001/C 364 E/017) E-0968/01 by Eurig Wyn to the Commission Subject: Restricted use of farm vehicles ........................................... 15 Joint answer to Written Questions E-0698/01 and E-0968/01 . 15 (2001/C 364 E/018) E-0789/01 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission Subject: Bullfighting: BSE-risk due to failure to comply with Decision 00/418/EC ................... 16 (2001/C 364 E/019) E-0854/01 by Christopher Huhne to the Commission Subject: Taxation levels .................................................... 17 (2001/C 364 E/020) E-0865/01 by Anders Wijkman to the Commission Subject: Opportunity afforded by enlargement for alternative energy production and job creation .......... 18 (2001/C 364 E/021) E-0884/01 by Nuala Ahern to the Commission Subject: Radiological sampling at military ranges where depleted uranium munitions have been tested ....... 19 (2001/C 364 E/022) E-0979/01 by Nuala Ahern to the Commission Subject: Test firing of depleted uranium shells ....................................... 19 (2001/C 364 E/023) E-0980/01 by Nuala Ahern to the Commission Subject: Surveys of environmental radioactivity ...................................... 19 (2001/C 364 E/024) E-0981/01 by Nuala Ahern to the Commission Subject: Firing of depleted uranium shells into the Solway Firth, United Kingdom ................... 19 Joint answer to Written Questions E-0884/01, E-0979/01, E-0980/01 and E-0981/01 . 19 (2001/C 364 E/025) E-0891/01 by Bart Staes to the Commission Subject: Subsidies for the Sensus police project ...................................... 20 (2001/C 364 E/026) E-0893/01 by Bart Staes to the Commission Subject: Subsidies for the Sensus police project ...................................... 21 (2001/C 364 E/027) E-0894/01 by Bart Staes to the Commission Subject: Subsidies for the Sensus police project ...................................... 21 (2001/C 364 E/028) E-0895/01 by Antonios Trakatellis to the Commission Subject: Veterinary services and laboratories, programmes for eradicating and monitoring animal diseases and spending in the veterinary sector in Greece ........................................ 22 (2001/C 364 E/029) P-0896/01 by Antonios Trakatellis to the Commission Subject: Programmes for eradicating and monitoring animal diseases and spending in the veterinary sector in Greece ............................................................. 24 (2001/C 364 E/030) E-0908/01 by Luis Berenguer Fuster to the Commission Subject: Failure to notify the Commission of State aids to Spanish electricity companies ............... 26 (2001/C 364 E/031) E-0918/01 by Dana Scallon and John Corrie to the Council Subject: Habitat+5 and the family .............................................. 26 (2001/C 364 E/032) E-0938/01 by Jonas Sjöstedt to the Commission Subject: Faster payment of its bills by the Commission .................................. 27 EN Notice No Contents (continued) Page (2001/C 364 E/033) E-0943/01 by Daniela Raschhofer to the Commission Subject: Aid under the Regional Fund for quality controls of Styrian kernel oil pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2081/1992 ........................................................ 28 (2001/C 364 E/034) E-0945/01 by Graham Watson to the Council Subject: Visits of Taiwanese government officials to the EU ............................... 29 (2001/C 364 E/035) E-0953/01 by María Ayuso González to the Commission Subject: Packaging for fruit and vegetables ......................................... 30 (2001/C 364 E/036) E-0998/01 by Paulo Casaca to the Commission Subject: 1999 discharge agriculture (Supplementary Answer) ............................. 30 (2001/C 364 E/037) E-1004/01 by Edward McMillan-Scott to the Commission Subject: European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights ............................. 32 (2001/C 364 E/038) E-1021/01 by Ioannis Souladakis to the Council Subject: Relations between India and Pakistan ....................................... 34 (2001/C 364 E/039) E-1041/01 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Council Subject: Discovery of mass graves and disappearance of civilians in Chechnya ..................... 35 (2001/C 364 E/040) E-1044/01 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Council Subject: Oppression of women in Afghanistan and the need for European Union humanitarian intervention .... 36 (2001/C 364 E/041) E-1045/01 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Council Subject: Measures presented by the United Kingdom to reduce the flow of refugees and immigrants into the European Union ....................................................... 36 (2001/C 364 E/042) E-1048/01 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Commission Subject: Women’s employment in the Spanish state .................................... 37 (2001/C 364 E/043) E-1060/01 by John Corrie to the Commission Subject: Assistance for the development of church-based or other religious NGOs .................. 38 (2001/C 364 E/044) E-1065/01 by Bart Staes to the Commission Subject: Coordination of the Sensus project ........................................ 39 (2001/C 364 E/045) E-1072/01 by Stavros Xarchakos to the Commission Subject: Irregularities in Greek population census of March 2001 ............................ 40 (2001/C 364 E/046) E-1080/01 by Bart Staes to the Council Subject: Protracted settlement procedures following (road) accidents in Switzerland .................. 41 (2001/C 364 E/047) E-1082/01 by Bart Staes to the Commission Subject: Blurring of interests and distortion of competition with the Sensus project .................. 42 (2001/C 364 E/048) E-1084/01 by Bart Staes to the Commission Subject: The Sensus project: the European equivalent of DARPA ............................ 43 (2001/C 364 E/049) E-1093/01 by David Bowe to the Commission Subject: Link between Crohn’s disease and paratuberculosis ............................... 45 (2001/C 364 E/050) E-1099/01 by Olle Schmidt to the Council Subject: Aid for the victims of hurricane Mitch ...................................... 45 (2001/C 364 E/051) P-1100/01 by Olivier Dupuis to the Council Subject: Chechnya ...................................................... 46 (2001/C 364 E/052) E-1109/01 by Jens-Peter Bonde to the Council Subject: The Luxembourg compromise and the Ioannina compromise after the ratification of the Nice Treaty ... 48 (2001/C 364 E/053) P-1130/01 by Antonio Tajani to the Council Subject: World-wide genocide of Christians ........................................ 48 (2001/C 364 E/054) E-1142/01 by Raffaele Costa to the Commission Subject: Choice of location for the European Food Safety Authority .......................... 49 (2001/C