WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3171/97 by Friedhelm FRISCHENSCHLAGER to the Commission. Equal opportunities for women and men in the EU
16. 4. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 117/159 Directive 84/467/Euratom (1)), it is the responsibility of the Member States to issue the authorizations in question. The Commission would be required to intervene only if it had received information indicating that a Member State was failing to respect the requirements set out in these standards. This position will not change with the implementation of the new basic safety standards Directive 96/29/Euratom (2), which Member States will require to ensure by May 2000. Therefore no information has been requested or received from the British authorities on this matter. Equally, the Commission has no basis for seeking to set up an independent assessment. (1) OJ L 265, 5. 10. 1984. (2) OJ L 159, 29. 6. 1996. (98/C 117/216) WRITTEN QUESTION P-3166/97 by Caroline Jackson (PPE) to the Commission (9 October 1997) Subject: Definition of liquid waste in context of proposed Landfill Directive In the context of the Commissionís proposal for a Landfill Directive (COM(97) 105), can the Commission state how it defines the term áliquid wasteí? How does the Commission propose to distinguish between áliquid wasteí and ásludgeí? Answer given by Mrs Bjerregaard on behalf of the Commission (29 October 1997) Article 2 of the Commission proposal for a Council directive on the landfill of waste states that áliquid waste shall mean any waste in liquid form including waste waters but excluding sludgeí. The Commission has not included a specific definition of sludge in the landfill proposal as sludge is defined in Directive 86/278/EEC of 12 June 1986 on the protection of the environment, and in particular of the soil, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture (1) which states that ásludgeí means: › › › residual sludge from sewage plants treating domestic or urban waste waters and from other sewage plants treating waste waters of a composition similar to domestic and urban waste waters; residual sludge from septic tanks and other similar installations for the treatment of sewage; residual sludge from sewage plants other than those referred to above. At present, the Commission therefore proposes to distinguish between liquid waste and sludge according to the above mentioned definitions. (1) OJ L 181, 4. 7. 1986. (98/C 117/217) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3171/97 by Friedhelm Frischenschlager (ELDR) to the Commission (13 October 1997) Subject: Equal opportunities for women and men in the EU What means will the Commission be using in future to put an end to violence against women, particularly sexual exploitation in the form of pornography and prostitution?