ISSN 0378-6986 Official Journal C 280 E Volume 43 of the European Communities 3 October 2000 English edition Information and Notices Notice No Contents Page I (Information) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WRITTEN QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER (2000/C 280 E/001) E-1829/99 by Anna Karamanou to the Council Subject: Smoking as a cause of ill-health in the world and EU policy .......................... 1 (2000/C 280 E/002) E-1912/99 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis to the Commission Subject: Substandard road construction funded by the 2nd Community Support Framework for Greece (Supplementary Answer) ................................................... 2 (2000/C 280 E/003) E-1955/99 by Gerhard Hager to the Commission Subject: Kosovo Agenda 2000 .............................................. 3 (2000/C 280 E/004) E-2014/99 by Maria Martens to the Commission Subject: Habit-forming substances added to cigarettes by the tobacco industry ..................... 4 (2000/C 280 E/005) P-2017/99 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission Subject: Report on quality control of 2nd CSF projects (Supplementary Answer) ................... 5 (2000/C 280 E/006) E-2034/99 by Glyn Ford to the Council Subject: Genetically modified crops ............................................. 6 (2000/C 280 E/007) E-2074/99 by Agnes Schierhuber to the Commission Subject: Market transparency in agriculture ........................................ 7 (2000/C 280 E/008) E-2096/99 by Christos Folias to the Commission Subject: The Y2K problem .................................................. 9 (2000/C 280 E/009) E-2129/99 by Brigitte Langenhagen to the Commission Subject: Fisheries policy of the European Commission in the next Millennium Round ................ 10 (2000/C 280 E/010) E-2156/99 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission Subject: Utilisation of structural funds by the Latium Regional Council ......................... 11 (2000/C 280 E/011) E-2158/99 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Commission Subject: Regional development funding ........................................... 12 EN Notice No Contents (continued) Page (2000/C 280 E/012) E-2171/99 by John McCartin to the Commission Subject: Interception of telecommunications by British Intelligence Services ...................... 13 (2000/C 280 E/013) E-2175/99 by Umberto Bossi to the Commission Subject: Marking of PDO and PGI products ........................................ 13 (2000/C 280 E/014) E-2176/99 by Monica Frassoni to the Commission Subject: Construction of an underground railway in Brescia, Italy ............................ 15 (2000/C 280 E/015) E-2189/99 by Antonios Trakatellis to the Commission Subject: Infringement of Community insurance legislation and distortion of competition in Greece ......... 16 (2000/C 280 E/016) E-2209/99 by Richard Corbett to the Commission Subject: Structural Funds in per capita terms ....................................... 18 (2000/C 280 E/017) E-2235/99 by Christopher Huhne to the Commission Subject: Emoluments of Commissioners .......................................... 19 (2000/C 280 E/018) E-2257/99 by Robert Evans to the Commission Subject: Transport of donkeys ................................................ 20 (2000/C 280 E/019) E-2258/99 by Theresa Villiers to the Commission Subject: Tax discussions ................................................... 21 (2000/C 280 E/020) E-2260/99 by María Sornosa Martínez to the Commission Subject: Environmental conservation and the historical heritage of the Dos Llometes site in Valencia (Spain) .... 21 (2000/C 280 E/021) E-2290/99 by Carlos Carnero González to the Council Subject: Future of shipbuilding in Europe ......................................... 23 (2000/C 280 E/022) E-2311/99 by Carlos Westendorp y Cabeza to the Council Subject: Aid to the shipbuilding industry .......................................... 23 (2000/C 280 E/023) E-2351/99 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos to the Council Subject: Future of the European shipbuilding industry .................................. 24 Joint answer to Written Questions E-2290/99, E-2311/99 and E-2351/99 . 24 (2000/C 280 E/024) P-2296/99 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Council Subject: Humanitarian aid for Iraq ............................................. 25 (2000/C 280 E/025) E-2307/99 by Lone Dybkjær to the Commission Subject: UN Convention to Combat Desertification .................................... 26 (2000/C 280 E/026) E-2313/99 by Ari Vatanen to the Commission Subject: Safety of rail traffic in the EU countries ..................................... 27 (2000/C 280 E/027) E-2314/99 by Bartho Pronk to the Commission Subject: Motor-car insurance in foreign countries ..................................... 28 (2000/C 280 E/028) E-2339/99 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission Subject: The Greek Shipping Register ............................................ 29 (2000/C 280 E/029) E-2350/99 by Roger Helmer to the Commission Subject: Grant funding .................................................... 30 (2000/C 280 E/030) E-2359/99 by Cristiana Muscardini and Brian Crowley to the Commission Subject: Synthetic drugs ................................................... 31 (2000/C 280 E/031) E-2365/99 by Anders Wijkman to the Commission Subject: Impact of carbon dioxide emissions on the climate ............................... 32 (2000/C 280 E/032) E-2370/99 by Hiltrud Breyer to the Commission Subject: Twenty years of protection of birds in the European Union .......................... 33 (2000/C 280 E/033) E-2381/99 by Bart Staes to the Commission Subject: Priority of international law over an EU directive, and compliance with provisions of treaties concerning the ‘Iron Rhine’ ........................................................ 35 EN Notice No Contents (continued) Page (2000/C 280 E/034) E-2382/99 by Bart Staes to the Commission Subject: Impact on Southern Africa of the trade, development and cooperation agreement with South Africa ... 36 (2000/C 280 E/035) E-2384/99 by Bart Staes to the Commission Subject: Shutdown of the unsafe nuclear reactor in Bohunice (Slovakia) ........................ 37 (2000/C 280 E/036) E-2386/99 by Bart Staes to the Council Subject: German assistance in constructing a laboratory for chemical weapons .................... 38 (2000/C 280 E/037) E-2394/99 by Raffaele Costa to the Council Subject: The Tenda pass tunnel ............................................... 39 (2000/C 280 E/038) E-2397/99 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission Subject: Road infrastructure in Carrara ........................................... 40 (2000/C 280 E/039) E-2402/99 by Bart Staes to the Council Subject: Use of sewage sludge as a fertiliser in the agricultural sector .......................... 41 (2000/C 280 E/040) E-2405/99 by Karl-Heinz Florenz to the Commission Subject: Suspension of payment of structural funding ................................... 42 (2000/C 280 E/041) E-2407/99 by John McCartin to the Commission Subject: Esperanto ...................................................... 43 (2000/C 280 E/042) E-2414/99 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission Subject: Illegal burial of toxic waste ............................................. 43 (2000/C 280 E/043) E-2420/99 by Salvador Garriga Polledo to the Commission Subject: Providing a scaled-down military structure for the EU ............................. 44 (2000/C 280 E/044) E-2443/99 by Rolf Linkohr to the Commission Subject: Europe Agreements with Eastern European countries .............................. 45 (2000/C 280 E/045) E-2452/99 by Mathieu Grosch to the Council Subject: Community action programme for youth ..................................... 46 (2000/C 280 E/046) E-2458/99 by Raffaele Costa to the Commission Subject: The European stationery industry ......................................... 47 (2000/C 280 E/047) E-2463/99 by Inger Schörling to the Council Subject: EU rules and Sweden’s restrictive drugs policy .................................. 48 (2000/C 280 E/048) E-2466/99 by Daniela Raschhofer to the Council Subject: Travel to European Parliament part-sessions in Strasbourg ........................... 49 (2000/C 280 E/049) E-2467/99 by Daniela Raschhofer to the Commission Subject: Travel to European Parliament part-sessions in Strasbourg ........................... 50 (2000/C 280 E/050) E-2472/99 by Brian Simpson to the Council Subject: Common Air Traffic Control area throughout the EU .............................. 50 (2000/C 280 E/051) E-2476/99 by Monica Frassoni to the Commission Subject: Complaint about harassment ............................................ 51 (2000/C 280 E/052) E-2480/99 by Cristiana Muscardini and Mauro Nobilia to the Commission Subject: Housing safety standards .............................................. 52 (2000/C 280 E/053) E-2488/99 by Robert Evans to the Commission Subject: CITES and the hawksbill sea turtle ........................................ 54 (2000/C 280 E/054) E-2492/99 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström to the Commission Subject: Production of counterfeit goods in CEECs .................................... 54 (2000/C 280 E/055) E-2493/99 by Dominique Souchet to the Commission Subject: Export refunds for processed food products ................................... 55 (2000/C 280 E/056) E-2505/99 by Caroline Jackson to the Commission Subject: Water fluoridation ................................................. 56 EN Notice No Contents (continued) Page (2000/C 280 E/057) E-2507/99 by Jaime Valdivielso de Cué to the Commission Subject: Fishing ........................................................ 57 (2000/C