WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1735/97 by Dominique BAUDIS to the Council. Joint European aircraft certification authority
C 76/50 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 3. 98 Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (2 July 1997) The Commission informs the Honourable Member that it there no antibiotics which are permitted in the 1. feeding of the fish. On the other hand, nine antibiotics are permitted as additives in the revenue animal feedingstuffs, namely zinc bacitracin, the spiramycine, the virginiamycin, the flavophospholipol, the tylosin phosphates, the sodium monensine, the sodium salinomycine, the avilamycin and the ardacine. These additives answer the authorization criteria fixed by the Directive 70/524/EEC on the additives in the animal feedingstuffs (1). Some of these antibiotics are during revaluation, at the request of certain Member States, including Finland in particular. 2. The problem of the reduction of the use of the antibiotics is very broad and is not new. Since the adoption in 1970 of the directive on the additives, the Commission has reduced the number of the permitted antibiotics substantially, since half of those which were permitted at that date are no longer currently so, such as for example the tetracyclines which still are however permitted in as much as veterinary medicinal product. In addition, the Directive 70/524/EEC has been amended several times since its adoption, in order to regulate in particular the channel of distribution of the antibiotics, to connect the authorizations of the additives to the manufacturer, to strengthen the guidelines for the evaluation of the additives in animal feed. (1) OJ L 270,14. 12. 1970. (98/C 76/132) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1735/97 by Dominique Baudis (PPE) to the Council (22 May 1997) Subject: Joint European aircraft certification authority Does the Dutch Presidency consider it appropriate to take measures as part of the Intergovernmental Conference to promote the establishment of a joint European aircraft certification authority, given the unanimous support for this idea expressed by the European Parliament in its resolution on European aeronautical research and technology (Doc A3-0426/92) (1)? (1) OJ C 72, 15. 3. 1993, p. 173. Answer (25 September 1997) On 16 December 1996, the Commission submitted to the Council a recommendation for a Council Decision authorizing the Commission to start negotiations on behalf of the Community with a view to establishing a European organization responsible for civil aviation safety. The Councilís subordinate bodies are currently in the process of examining this recommendation, particularly within the Working Party on Transport Questions at the level of the Directors-General of Civil Aviation. Significant progress has been made on this issue and the Council, at its meeting to discuss transport matters on 17 and 18 June 1997, expressed general support for setting up a European organization responsible for civil aviation safety. The Councilís bodies will continue to examine the question of establishing a joint European authority on civil aviation safety which, in line with the Commissionís recommendation, would include among its tasks responsibility for aircraft certification