WRITTEN QUESTION No. 744/98 by Glyn FORD to the Commission. Contravention of EU competition law
C 304/154 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 2. 10. 98 Answer (28 May 1998) Up to now, the Council has not received any proposal based on Article K. 3 of the EU Treaty concerning the 1. specific problem mentioned by the Honourable Member. 2. However, the Council has addressed some problems arising from football hooliganism in a Council Resolution of 9 June 1997 (1) on preventing and restraining football hooliganism through the exchange of experience, exclusion from stadiums and media policy. It has also considered the threat to public order from other types of international gathering in a Joint Action 3. of 26 May 1997 with regard to cooperation on law and order and security (2). (1) OJ C 193, 24. 6. 1997, p. 1. (2) OJ L 147, 5. 6. 1997, p. 1. (98/C 304/234) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0744/98 by Glyn Ford (PSE) to the Commission (18 March 1998) Subject: Contravention of EU competition law With both the Scottish and Irish Football Associations threatening to prevent Wimbledon FC and now Clydebank FC from relocating to Dublin, does not the Commission feel that such action by those football associations is a clear contravention of EU competition law? Answer given by Mr Van Miert on behalf of the Commission (31 March 1998) The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to its answer to Oral Question H-200/98 by Mr Crowley during question time at Parliamentís March 1998 part-session (1). (1) Debates of the Parliament (March 1998). (98/C 304/235) WRITTEN QUESTION P-0759/98 by Christa Randzio-Plath (PSE) to the Commission (2 March 1998) Subject: Information on the disbursement of EU funds for Hamburg from 1995 to date What amount of EU appropriations, from which programmes and funds, has been disbursed for the benefit of Hamburg since 1995? 1. to promote employment in Hamburg a) from the European Regional Development Fund b) from the European Social Fund c) from the European Agricultural Guarantee and Guidance Fund (EAGGF) and other EU resources d) special initiatives to promote womenís interests. 2. 3. to combat long-term unemployment to promote R&D projects a) for the University of Hamburg b) for the Hamburg Technische Hochschule (Technical Higher Education Institute)