WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3199/97 by Roberta ANGELILLI to the Commission. Recognition of the Italian 'emergency surgeon' specialist qualification
25. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 158/55 (98/C 158/67) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3197/97 by Anita Pollack (PSE) to the Commission (16 October 1997) Subject: Environment education What funds, if any, and under what budget line, are available for environmental education in developing countries such as India, Bangladesh and Nepal? If there are any such funds, what exactly are they being used for? Answer given by Mr Mar ·n on behalf of the Commission (4 November 1997) There is no specific budget line available only for environment education in developing countries such as Bangladesh, India and Nepal. Nevertheless, environment education activities could be funded under the budget line B7-6200 which covers co-operation in the field of environment. Council Regulation (EC) No 722/97 of 24 April 1997 on environmental measures in developing countries in the context of sustainable development (1) has set the legal framework for this budget line. It represents 15 MECU only in 1997. Up to now, no environment education activities have been financed and no requests have been received. Nevertheless, if such requests were presented to the Commission, they would be properly examined within the present orientation and guidelines of the Commission. (1) OJ L 108, 25. 4. 1997. (98/C 158/68) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3199/97 by Roberta Angelilli (NI) to the Commission (16 October 1997) Subject: Recognition of the Italian áemergency surgeoní specialist qualification Directive 93/16/EEC (1) lays down the rules designed to guarantee free movement of doctors and the mutual recognition of their qualifications between Member States. The Directive specifies, in particular, which diplomas and certificates the Member States should recognized in their territory and lays down (Article 9) the rules governing recognition of qualifications in specialized medicine that do not exist in at least two Member States. In Italy there exists an áemergency surgeoní qualification, the course of study for which was altered following the entry into force of the Directive to bring it into line with the relevant provisions. Despite this, it appears that the Italian legal system has not provided for legislation to guarantee that emergency surgeonsí qualifications are recognized in the other Member States. Can the Commission confirm that Italy has failed to fully transpose Directive 93/16/EEC, at least as far as 1. áemergency surgeonsí are concerned? 2. If so, what action does the Commission intend to take? Can the recent amendment of Directive 93/16/EEC, adopted on 28 July 1997, in any way alter the current 3. situation? Does the Commission agree, on the basis of the above, that Italy is also contravening Article 59 of the 4. Treaty? (1) OJ L 165, 7. 7. 1993, p. 1