WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2703/97 by Luigi FLORIO to the Commission. Respect for the rights of citizenship in the case of the descendants of the House of Savoy
25. 2. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 60/139 Under Article 3(5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2158/92 any forestry measure granted Community financial assistance that is located in a high risk zone must be in line with the fire protection plan for that zone. Since the entire territory of Greece was classed as a high-risk zone by the Commission on 24 June 1993, all forestry measures approved for Greece under Cohesion Fund provisions, under the regional development programmes (national operational programme for agriculture under the Community support framework and regional operational programmes) and under the provisions on aid for afforesting agricultural land (Regulation (EEC) No 2080/92 instituting a Community aid scheme for forestry measures in agriculture (3)) must meet that requirement. (1) OJ L 217, 31. 7. 1992. (2) OJ L 51, 21. 2. 1997. (3) OJ L 215, 30. 7. 1992. (98/C 60/229) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2625/97 by Christine Oddy (PSE) to the Commission (1 September 1997) Subject: Animal welfare Is the Commission aware that thousands of sheep are slaughtered in France every April to satisfy the rituals of the Eid-el-Kabir festival? A similar fate befalls many horses imported for slaughter from Eastern Europe. The European Union has outlawed this type of activity but the practice still continues. What does the Commission propose to do to enforce the protection laid down to ensure humane treatment of all animals? Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (18 September 1997) The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to its answer to Written Question E-1690/97 by Mr Watts (1). (1) OJ C 45, 10. 2. 1998, p. 81. (98/C 60/230) WRITTEN QUESTION P-2703/97 by Luigi Florio (UPE) to the Commission (28 July 1997) Subject: Respect for the rights of citizenship in the case of the descendants of the House of Savoy 1. Does the Commission consider that the XIIIth transitional provision of the Constitution of the Italian Republic (which prohibits male descendants of the former kings of the House of Savoy from setting foot in Italy) is compatible with the rights attached to the institution of Union citizenship introduced in the Treaty of Maastricht and, more generally, with the principles of liberty and tolerance on which the process of European integration is based? 2. If so, does the Commission consider that exile -which is not applied in the European Union to anyone except the persons in question- is a measure that can be adopted to any useful purpose by any European State in relation to any of its citizens, whether living or as yet unborn?