ISSN 1725-2423 Official Journal C 280 E Volume 46 of the European Union 21 November 2003 English edition Information and Notices Notice No Contents Page I (Information) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WRITTEN QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER (2003/C 280 E/001) E-2476/02 by Elizabeth Lynne to the Commission Subject: Protecting a National Park in Poland ....................................... 1 (2003/C 280 E/002) E-2498/02 by Richard Corbett to the Commission Subject: Baltic Corridor .................................................... 2 (2003/C 280 E/003) E-2511/02 by Mihail Papayannakis to the Commission Subject: EU code of conduct on the export of arms and weapon systems to third countries ............. 3 (2003/C 280 E/004) E-2514/02 by Alexandros Alavanos to the Commission Subject: Applicant countries and Regulation (EEC) 1408/71 ............................... 4 (2003/C 280 E/005) E-2554/02 by Catherine Stihler to the Commission Subject: Malta’s accession to the EU and the Wild Birds Directive ............................ 5 (2003/C 280 E/006) E-2564/02 by Anna Karamanou to the Commission Subject: Women in black 7th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre ........................ 5 (2003/C 280 E/007) E-2568/02 by Robert Evans to the Commission Subject: Defamation charges against Bruce Harris of Casa Alianza in Guatemala .................... 6 (2003/C 280 E/008) P-2591/02 by Gian Gobbo to the Commission Subject: Priority to be given to Argentineans of European origin as far as immigration from outside the Community is concerned .......................................................... 7 (2003/C 280 E/009) E-2596/02 by Stavros Xarchakos to the Commission Subject: Destruction of ancient Greek and Roman monuments in Turkey ....................... 8 (2003/C 280 E/010) E-2601/02 by Ilda Figueiredo to the Commission Subject: Regulation on crossborder payments in euros .................................. 9 EN (Continued) Notice No Contents (continued) Page (2003/C 280 E/011) E-2607/02 by Graham Watson to the Commission Subject: EU aid to Afghanistan ............................................... 10 (2003/C 280 E/012) E-2641/02 by Daniel Hannan to the Commission Subject: EU sanctions damaging EU businesses ...................................... 11 (2003/C 280 E/013) E-2870/02 by Christopher Huhne to the Commission Subject: Economic assumptions ............................................... 12 (2003/C 280 E/014) E-3111/02 by Charles Tannock to the Commission Subject: State aids to the French electricity sector ..................................... 12 (2003/C 280 E/015) E-3255/02 by Daniel Hannan to the Commission Subject: Pressure on greenfield sites because of EU top-up subsidies rules ....................... 13 (2003/C 280 E/016) P-3352/02 by Baroness Sarah Ludford to the Commission Subject: EC Petition 566/2000 ............................................... 15 (2003/C 280 E/017) E-3473/02 by Herbert Bösch to the Commission Subject: The Commission’s new accounting officer .................................... 15 (2003/C 280 E/018) E-3475/02 by Benedetto Della Vedova to the Commission Subject: State aid for public broadcasting companies ................................... 16 (2003/C 280 E/019) E-3488/02 by Charles Tannock and Christopher Heaton-Harris to the Commission Subject: Fraud in the European Union and the disciplining of Marta Andreasen .................... 18 (2003/C 280 E/020) E-3615/02 by Benedetto Della Vedova and Marco Cappato to the Commission Subject: State aid for France Telecom from the French Government ........................... 21 (2003/C 280 E/021) E-3616/02 by Erik Meijer to the Commission Subject: Regular and safe maritime shipping services on fixed routes jeopardised by ban on price agreements and authorisation to award secret discounts .......................................... 22 (2003/C 280 E/022) E-3754/02 by Jan Andersson to the Commission Subject: Application of the Schengen Agreement at Frankfurt airport .......................... 24 (2003/C 280 E/023) E-3767/02 by Erik Meijer to the Commission Subject: Financial barriers to visits by relatives and elderly tourists from Russia travelling via future EU territory to Kaliningrad .......................................................... 25 (2003/C 280 E/024) E-3777/02 by Christopher Huhne to the Commission Subject: Pirelli production .................................................. 26 (2003/C 280 E/025) E-3782/02 by Erik Meijer to the Commission Subject: Combination of parliamentary democracy with the right to decentralised decisions and diversity within a new institutional structure of the EU ............................................ 27 (2003/C 280 E/026) P-3784/02 by Diana Wallis to the Commission Subject: Infringement proceedings .............................................. 28 (2003/C 280 E/027) E-3860/02 by Mogens Camre to the Commission Subject: Minority Commission decision to draw up a draft treaty ............................ 29 (2003/C 280 E/028) E-3902/02 by Mogens Camre to the Commission Subject: Commission funding of production of an unofficial draft treaty ........................ 29 (2003/C 280 E/029) E-0034/03 by Esko Seppänen to the Commission Subject: The Penelope plan ................................................. 30 Joint answer to Written Questions E-3860/02, E-3902/02 and E-0034/03 . 30 (2003/C 280 E/030) E-3865/02 by Jules Maaten and Lousewies van der Laan to the Council Subject: Indonesia’s ad hoc tribunals on East Timor .................................... 30 (2003/C 280 E/031) E-3874/02 by Salvador Garriga Polledo to the Council Subject: Improved European military resources for a greater margin of autonomy ................... 31 EN (Continued) Notice No Contents (continued) Page (2003/C 280 E/032) E-3888/02 by Olivier Dupuis to the Commission Subject: New wave of repression in Tunisia ........................................ 32 (2003/C 280 E/033) E-3910/02 by Eija-Riitta Korhola to the Commission Subject: Discriminatory nature of vehicle financing in Finland .............................. 33 (2003/C 280 E/034) E-0002/03 by Olivier Dupuis to the Commission Subject: Condemnation of Mr Nguyen Khac Toan ..................................... 34 (2003/C 280 E/035) E-0060/03 by Camilo Nogueira Román to the Council Subject: Rejection by the Council of the European Parliament and Commission proposal concerning the establishment of a COPE fund from which to pay compensation for pollution caused by oil spills ......... 35 (2003/C 280 E/036) E-0121/03 by Bob van den Bos to the Council Subject: North Korean refugees ............................................... 36 (2003/C 280 E/037) P-0124/03 by Seán Ó Neachtain to the Commission Subject: Special tax designated areas and the west of Ireland ............................... 37 (2003/C 280 E/038) E-0133/03 by José Ribeiro e Castro to the Commission Subject: Portuguese on Euronews .............................................. 37 (2003/C 280 E/039) P-0164/03 by Francesco Speroni to the Commission Subject: Competition between banks ............................................ 38 (2003/C 280 E/040) E-0172/03 by Theresa Villiers to the Commission Subject: Equitable Life .................................................... 39 (2003/C 280 E/041) E-0191/03 by Erik Meijer to the Council Subject: The increasing extent to which US criteria are being put forward for acceptance or refusal of new Member States by the EU ....................................................... 40 (2003/C 280 E/042) E-0220/03 by Marco Cappato to the Council Subject: Drug-related escalation of violence in Bolivia .................................. 41 (2003/C 280 E/043) E-0231/03 by Antonios Trakatellis to the Commission Subject: Input of Community resources into the Greek economy ............................ 42 (2003/C 280 E/044) E-0232/03 by Eluned Morgan to the Commission Subject: End-of-Life Vehicles Directive ........................................... 44 (2003/C 280 E/045) E-0236/03 by Isidoro Sánchez García to the Commission Subject: Treatment of the outermost regions of the European Union under the mid-term reform of the CAP ... 44 (2003/C 280 E/046) E-0257/03 by Caroline Jackson to the Commission Subject: Health conditions on French canals ........................................ 45 (2003/C 280 E/047) P-0291/03 by Giuseppe Pisicchio to the Commission Subject: Illegal immigration ................................................. 46 (2003/C 280 E/048) E-0305/03 by Bart Staes to the Commission Subject: Price increases resulting from the introduction of the euro ........................... 48 (2003/C 280 E/049) E-0313/03 by Proinsias De Rossa to the Commission Subject: Compliance with EU legislation .......................................... 48 (2003/C 280 E/050) E-0334/03 by Cristiana Muscardini to the Council Subject: NATO enlargement and the European Union’s defence policy ......................... 49 (2003/C 280 E/051) P-0345/03 by Hans-Peter Martin to the Council Subject: HGV transit problems ............................................... 50 (2003/C 280 E/052) E-0358/03 by Baroness Sarah Ludford to the Council Subject: Iraq .......................................................... 51 (2003/C 280 E/053) E-0361/03 by Roberta Angelilli to the Commission Subject: Holding company called ‘Newco’ set up by Rome City Council suspected infringement of competition rules .............................................................. 51 EN (Continued) Notice No Contents (continued) Page (2003/C 280 E/054) P-0365/03 by Olivier Dupuis