WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2919/97 by Bertel HAARDER to the Commission. Implementation of the Directive on the business of credit institutions
16. 4. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 117/101 (98/C 117/128) WRITTEN QUESTION P-2919/97 by Bertel Haarder (ELDR) to the Commission (5 September 1997) Subject: Implementation of the Directive on the business of credit institutions With reference to Council Directive 89/646/EEC (1) on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions, will the Commission explain how and when the provisions in Article 16 of that directive concerning the parties involved and professional secrecy were implemented by the Member States? (1) OJ L 386, 30. 12. 1989, p. 1. Answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission (8 October 1997) The Commission is sending direct to the Honourable Member and Parliament’s Secretariat a table containing references to the national measures implementing the Second Banking Directive (89/646/EEC). As regards the way in which Article 16 has been transposed, the Commission is currently carrying out a wide-ranging study analysing in detail the transposal into national law of the provisions of the Second Directive. This study will be completed towards the end of the year. (98/C 117/129) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2922/97 by Klaus Rehder (PSE) to the Commission (17 September 1997) Subject: Development of the fruit and vegetable in the European Union According to the union of consumer associations (AgV), since 1990 (as at 1994) a total of nearly DM 15 billion has been spent in the European Union on the production and disposal of fruit and vegetable surpluses; DM 4. 5 billion of that sum came from the German taxpayersí pocket. In the 1993-94 financial year alone some 2. 5 million tons of fruit and vegetables were bought in and destroyed using taxpayersí money (direct cost in the EU DM 1. 2 billion, 360 million of which in German taxes). This destruction would probably be costing the German taxpayer a further DM 4-5 billion. 1. How much has been paid out, on the Commissionís calculations, between 1990 and today on the destruction of surpluses and withdrawals from the market in the individual Member States and by the European Union? In that process, what quantities of intervention stocks have been processed into alcohol, used as animal feed 2. or dumped? Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (24 October 1997) 1. Tables are being sent directly to the Honourable Member and to Parliament’s Secretariat showing the amounts, by Member State and budget year, paid out since 1990 in compensation for withdrawn fruit and vegetables. They also show, for the 1970/71 to 1992/93 marketing years (the last for which figures are available) the 2. quantities withdrawn and give a percentage breakdown of what was done with these