WRITTEN QUESTION No. 237/97 by Gianni TAMINO to the Commission. Human brain transplants at the hospital of Kiev in Ukraine (SUPPLEMENTARY ANSWER)
10. 2. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 45/5 3. Is the ECMI directly or indirectly related to any of the EU institutions? If not, should it not be made clear to the Centre that, with its title and with the official involvement of two EU Member States, it is tarnishing the image of the EU, which badly needs a genuinely independent body to monitor minorities and not a Centreí with ambiguous and suspicious aims. Supplementary answer given by Mrs Wulf-Mathies on behalf of the Commission (18 July 1997) The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to its answer to his Written Question E-1416/97 (1). (1) OJ C 21, 22. 1. 1998, p. 53. (98/C 45/06) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0193/97 by Nuala Ahern (V) to the Commission (5 February 1997) Subject: Research sponsored by the Commission What research is currently being sponsored by the Commission into the effects of the cooling of temperatures in parts of Europe as a result of climate change, and in what way have plans for extending trans-European networks taken into account climate change? Answer given by Mrs Cresson on behalf of the Commission (19 March 1997) Within the specific programme Environment and climateí under the fourth framework programme, the question of climate change and climatic variability › natural and anthropogenic › is a central issue in the climate research projects sponsored by the Commission. This research involves several tens of research groups including the networks of European climate modelling centres. Several Community projects are also investigating the possible impacts of climatic changes on the natural resources in European regions. While many scientists believe there may be surprises in store from the global warming expected due to the increase in the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases, some argue at present that the climate change may indeed cause a significant cooling in parts of Europe. The Commission is currently examining methods to take better account of environmental factors in transport infrastructure planning. The overall scenario will be based on the best forecasts available regarding environmental development. (98/C 45/07) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0237/97 by Gianni Tamino (V) to the Commission (7 February 1997) Subject: Human brain transplants at the hospital of Kiev in Ukraine In Cleveland Ohio (USA) a Doctor White has for decades been carrying out áexperimentsí in a hospital involving the transplant of baboonsí brains and heads to animals of the same species and has for many years been