WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3133/97 by Giuseppe RAUTI to the Commission. Against American domination of the radio and television industry
C 158/40 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 5. 98 The Commission is currently supporting through the European social fund (ESF) interventions under objectives 3, 4, 5b and 6 and the Community initiatives Employment-Now and ADAPT a good number of projects aimed at improving the ICT skills of women and using the information society tools to improve their situation in the labour markets. The current programmes will be monitored from this perspective. This spirit will also be maintained in the context of the reform of the structural funds, where the Commission has proposed the creation of a new Community initiative on human resources and equal opportunities. (1) OJ C 148, 16. 5. 1997. (98/C 158/50) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3130/97 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallstro¤m (PPE) to the Commission (13 October 1997) Subject: School milk programme Commissioner Franz Fischlerís answer of 10 September 1997 to my question (E-2448/97 (1)) on school milk was unsatisfactory. The answer completely fails to address the main point of my argument, namely that surplus fat in dairy products should not be a factor increasing the level of subsidy in Community support policy. The less fat there is in milk, the healthier its products are. Therefore for health reasons low-fat dairy products should be used rather than those with a full fat content. In the light of the above I have some follow-up questions: How can the Commission continue to justify the fact that, while it acknowledges the positive effects on public health of reducing fat consumption, it continues to give financial support to full-fat products at the expense of those with a low-fat content? Can the Commission afford to overlook the public health implications of milk fat? Would not subsidies to low fat dairy products alone promote the use of all dairy products? (1) OJ C 82, 17. 3. 1998, p. 82. Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (17 December 1997) Aid for school milk is granted as part of the common market organisation for milk and milk products, which supports exploitation of the value of milk derived from its two components, fat and protein. Given this purpose, the Commission tries, in deciding what products are eligible and what aid will be granted on them, to facilitate healthy and varied nutrition without seeking to influence the choice by the beneficiaries of the aid of one or other milk product. The Commission will assess the impact of the aid scheme on promotion of a healthy diet and act to adjust it if necessary. (98/C 158/51) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3133/97 by Giuseppe Rauti (NI) to the Commission (13 October 1997) Subject: Against American domination of the radio and television industry According to the latest data published by the European Audiovisual Monitoring Centre, American companies earned around $ 7 billion through sales of their products in Europe while European producers exported only $ 532 millionís worth. In other words, as Gilles Fontaine, of IDATE á (European Audiovisual and Telecommunications Institute) points out, the ratio is 1 to 12 in the USís favour