WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3412/97 by Roberta ANGELILLI to the Commission. Application in Italy of European legislation on waste disposal
C 158/106 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 5. 98 (98/C 158/138) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3412/97 by Roberta Angelilli (NI) to the Commission (28 October 1997) Subject: Application in Italy of European legislation on waste disposal In its answer to Written Question E-2350/97 (1) the European Commission said that some aspects of Italian legislation conflict with Directive 91/156/EEC (2)on waste disposal and that there are specific cases which are currently the subject of infringement proceedings. Can the Commission: 1. specify which aspects of Italian legislation are incompatible with Directive 91/156/EEC; 2. say which specific cases are at present the subject of infringement proceedings? (1) OJ C 117, 16. 4. 1998, p. 12. (2) OJ L 78, 26. 3. 1991, p. 32. Answer given by Mrs Bjerregaard on behalf of the Commission (5 December 1997) Infringement proceedings against the Italian authorities are currently under way with regard to the non-conformity of Italian legislation with Council Directive 91/156/EEC (1) amending Directive 75/442/EEC (2) on waste. The content of the infringement proceedings is confidential. The main breach concerns the exclusion of some categories of waste from the scope of national legislation. The specific cases that are the subject of infringement proceedings regarding the disposal of waste concern the abandoning of non-authorised waste in a protected area (Vallone di S. Rocco), the conformity of Italian legislation with Council Directive 94/67/EC on the incineration of hazardous waste (3), and the conformity of Italian legislation with Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste (4) and with Council Directive 94/62/EC on (5) OJ L 194, 25. 7. 1975. (1) OJ L 78, 26. 3. 1991. (2) OJ L 78, 26. 3. 1991. (3) OJ L 365, 31. 12. 1994. (4) OJ L 377, 31. 12. 1991. (5) OJ L 365, 31. 12. 1994. (98/C 158/139) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3420/97 by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission (31 October 1997) Subject: Measures on behalf of Romanies and Pomaks The operational programme Combating exclusion from the labour marketí and, in particular, Measure 4 of Sub-programme 3 › Integration and reintegration of other social groups excluded from the labour marketí › target Romanies and Pomaks in an attempt to combat illiteracy, offer them vocational development and other measures. Given that there is a timetable for implementing Sub-programme 3, will the Commission say: 1. what stage the sub-programme has reached and what measures have been put into effect, and 2. whether take-up is behind schedule and, if so, what the main reasons are for the delays?