WRITTEN QUESTION No. 586/98 by Giovanni BURTONE to the Commission. Alitalia's promotional fares - infringement of the rules on competition
C 310/96 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 10. 98 International invitations to tender are published in the Official Journal and in ACP national gazettes. The official notice gives the addresses of places where tender documents can be consulted or from which they can be obtained (in Europe, these are the Commissionís offices in the Member States and the Belgian invitation to tender service). It is also possible to follow the progress of projects and invitations to tender on DG VIIIís Internet site: http://europa. eu. int/en/comm/dg08/dgviii. htm. EDF invitations to tender and contracts are open on equal terms to companies in both the Member States and the ACP countries. Publication dates and selection criteria are different for each contract. Submission deadlines for open invitations to tender are at least 90 days from the publication date. Statistics are kept only on the companies which have been awarded contracts. The Commission will forward direct to the Honourable Member and to the Parliamentís Secretariat General statistics for 1996 which show in absolute and percentage terms the spread across the Member States of EDF contracts awarded following international invitations to tender. (1) OJ L 382, 31. 12. 1990. (98/C 310/128) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0583/98 by Jose· Barros Moura (PSE) to the Commission (4 March 1998) Subject: Child labour A recently published ILO report forecasts that the number of children working in Africa, almost always under conditions of appalling exploitation and to the detriment of their education, will grow by one million per year (áfrom the present 80 million to 100 million by the year 2015). Given the links between this problem and the worsening socio-economic situation in Africa and the EUís responsibilities under the Lome· Convention, what measures does the Commission intend to take to help the victims of this dreadful phenomenon? Answer given by Mr Pinheiro on behalf of the Commission (1 April 1998) The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to its answer to written question E-3355/97 by Mr Fernandez Martin (1) (1) OJ C 158, 25. 5. 1998, p. 91. (98/C 310/129) WRITTEN QUESTION P-0586/98 by Giovanni Burtone (PPE) to the Commission (23 February 1998) Subject: Alitaliaís promotional fares › infringement of the rules on competition Following a decision by the European Commission the airline Alitalia has suspended a number of ápromotional faresí it had introduced on some routes Italy, particularly links with the islands. In view of the fact that these fares had: › on the one hand, brought about an increase in the number of tourists visiting the most remote regions of Italy (in particular Sicily and Sardinia), which obviously benefited operators in the sector, › on the other hand, made it easier for Italians to travel to other parts of Italy,