WRITTEN QUESTION No. 454/98 by Cristiana MUSCARDINI to the Commission. Persistence of the franchise system for mobile and personal telecommunications
C 310/68 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 10. 98 1. Does the building project for the Tor Marancia area require specific environmental impact assessment as laid down in the Presidential decree of 12 April 1996 transposing Directive 85/337/EEC (1)? 2. Does it require specific environmental impact assessment as laid down in Annex II, 10(C) of Directive 97/3/EC (2)? (1) OJ L 175, 5. 7. 1985, p. 40. (2) OJ L 27, 30. 1. 1997, p. 30. Joint answer to Written Questions E-0450/98 and E-0451/98 given by Mrs Bjerregaard on behalf of the Commission (24 March 1998) In the opinion of the Commission, based on the information given by the Honourable Member, the works appear to be projects of the classes listed in Annex II of Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment. Such projects should be made subject to an environmental impact assessment (EIA) where Member States consider that their characteristics so require. Not being aware of the projects mentioned, the Commission will take the appropriate steps in order to gather detailed information about them and to ensure the observance of Community law. Council Directive 97/3/EC, quoted by the Honourable Member, is not relevant. This amends Directive 77/93/EEC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (1). Directive 97/11/EC is the new directive amending Directive 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (2). In Annex II paragraph 10(c) there is nothing related to the kind of project mentioned by the Honourable Member. Under letter (b), áurban development projectsí is listed, which exactly corresponds to what is listed in Directive 85/337/EEC. In any case, the deadline for Member States to comply with Directive 97/11/EC is 14 March 1999. (1) OJ L 26, 31. 1. 1977. (2) OJ L 73, 14. 3. 1997. (98/C 310/88) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0454/98 by Cristiana Muscardini (NI) to the Commission (27 February 1998) Subject: Persistence of the franchise system for mobile and personal telecommunications Telecommunications services were completely liberalized in all the countries of the European Union on 1 January 1998. Community Directives 90/388/EEC (1) et seq. provide for abolition of the franchise system in favour of licences. Presidential decree 318 of 19 September 1997 (implementing Community directives in the telecommunications sector) makes no mention of franchises. 1. Why has the Italian Government not abolished the state franchise tax and does it not conflict with European regulations?