WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1628/97 by Bárbara DÜHRKOP DÜHRKOP to the Council. Use of fishing licences
11. 3. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 76/41 (98/C 76/118) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1547/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Council (5 May 1997) Subject: Phosphate ester poisoning due to the use of Tiguvon (Fenthion) manufactured by Bayer Leverkusen The flea-repellant Tiguvon (Fenthion) manufactured by Bayer Leverkusen can be administered in different forms. Tiguvon 10 is intended for cats over 2 kg in weight. The use of Tiguvon 20 is recommended for dogs weighing between 3 and 10 kg, while dogs with a body weight of more than 10 kg should be treated with Tiguvon 20 G. People who have repeatedly treated their pets with Tiguvon (Fenthion) have suffered serious phosphate ester poisoning. As the Commission was unable to answer my Question E-1470/96 (1) on the same subject, I would ask the Council to answer the following questions as a matter of urgency: When will the burden of proof at last be reversed throughout Europe where injury is suffered as a result of the marketing of these and similarly dangerous products, the dubious benefit of which bears no relation to the risk they entail? (1) OJ C 345, 15. 11. 1996, p. 76. Joint answer to Written Questions E-1533/97, E-1535/97, E-1537/97, E-1539/97, E-1541/97, E-1543/97, E-1545/97 and E-1547/97 (25 September 1997) The Council has to date not received any proposal from the Commission directly concerning the multiple problems raised by the Honourable Member. However, the Council would draw the Memberís attention to the fact that at this stage there is not yet any Community harmonization of the status of these products which are treated, depending on the evaluation of Member States, in particular as medicinal or biocidal products. Bearing this in mind, as regards certain aspects of the questions put by the Honourable Member, the Council would point out that: › following the 19th adaptation to technical and scientific progress (1) of Annex 1 to Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances, the Annex lists FENTHION under No 015-048-00-8 in the index (2); › under the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a future Directive concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (3), Annex V to which covers antiparasitics, these products may be marketed only after their active substances have been entered on a positive Community list and after a detailed assessment of the risks they might entail notably for human health. (1) OJ L 258, 11. 10. 1993, p. 29. (2) OJ L 258A, 16. 10. 1993, p. 212. (3) Common position of the Council of 20. 12. 1996, OJ C 69, 5. 3. 1997, p. 13. (98/C 76/119) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1628/97 by Ba·rbara Du¤ hrkop Du¤ hrkop (PSE) to the Council (14 May 1997) Subject: Use of fishing licences What view does the Council take of the anti-Common Market statements made by the British Conservative Prime Minister, John Major, in Cornwall during the electoral campaign, in which he threatened to hold up the Intergovernmental Conference if the latter did not put a stop to the buying and selling of fishing licences from the quota of one Member State by companies from other Member States? Does the Council not believe (as the Court of Justice has held on a number of occasions in the past) that the principles of non-discrimination and the free movement of persons, services, goods and capital are basic principles of the internal market and the common fisheries policy?