WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2005/97 by Felipe CAMISÓN ASENSIO to the Commission. Disadvantages of the SIMULCRYPT system in digital TV services
C 45/140 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 2. 98 The Commission has been informed that the United States has taken legal measures to prohibit the use of 8. non-authorised hormones. Fraud is subject to administrative and penal sanctions. 9. The effectiveness of anabolics on animal morphology depends on numerous factors such as sex, age of animal, breed, dose, combination with other substances, and nutrition. As a rule they have a favourable impact on growth and calcification of the bones, leading to weight gain in a shorter period than non-treated animals. The physiological effects depend on the type of substance administered (oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic) and the sex of the animal. It is not possible to describe in a few words all the different and complex effects on animal physiology, with special reference to the endocrine glands. If the Honourable Member wishes, the Commission can provide him with scientific documentation on the subject. 10. American legislation on the market authorisation of fattening hormones has been drawn up by the FDA. The FDA based its judgment on the scientific data provided at the time, confidentially, by the industry. Most of these data are fairly old, some more than fifteen years old. (98/C 45/181) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2001/97 by Glyn Ford (PSE) to the Commission (9 June 1997) Subject: Food aid to North Korea What is the Commission position on food aid to North Korea? Answer given by Sir Leon Brittan on behalf of the Commission (4 July 1997) According to the United Nations world food programme (WFP) and the Food and agriculture organization (FAO), North Korea is a country with a large structural food deficit and insufficient resources to import the food needs of its population. The seriousness of the situation was confirmed by independent experts, who visited North Korea in March on behalf of the Commission. On 23 May 1997, the Commission therefore launched a significant food aid package worth 46. 3 MECU (approximately 155 000 tonnes) in support of the victims of famine. Of this quantity, 65 000 tonnes of food aid products have been made available to the WFP in response to the appeal launched in April 1997 for 203 000 tonnes. The remaining 90 000 tonnes of food aid products will be delivered directly by the Commission to North Korea where it will be handled by the WFP, and distribution monitored by an independent technical assistance team financed by the Community. The Commission is also preparing a separate nutritional programme for children in co-operation with the United Nations childrenís fund, and public health support measures. Prior to this decision, the Community had already committed almost 10 MECU for humanitarian assistance and food aid since 1995. The recently launched package of aid has been prepared by the Commission on purely humanitarian grounds and is being delivered through multilateral agencies and non-governmental organisations. (98/C 45/182) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2005/97 by Felipe Camiso·n Asensio (PPE) to the Commission (11 June 1997) Subject: Disadvantages of the SIMULCRYPT system in digital TV services As the Commission probably knows, the Executive Committee of DVB, Digital Video Broadcasting, decided at its meeting in Geneva on 16 April last to postpone making the Simulcrypt encoding system a European standard