WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2090/97 by Hiltrud BREYER to the Commission. UNGASS Conference 23-27 June 1997
25. 2. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 60/93 However, it is true that, on the basis of petitions put forward to Parliament’s Committee on Petitions (1), the Commission is currently investigating two open-cast mines situated in Germany. The Commission has not yet taken a final decision in these cases. Ruhrkohle AG and Saarbergwerke AG have announced that they intend to inform the Commission in the 2. next few weeks about the plan to merge their respective Ruhr and Saar coal mining activities. As yet the Commission has no more detailed information on the intended merger. Mergers of firms in the field of coal mining are subject to preventive merger control under Article 66 of the ECSC Treaty. The structure of supply and demand and competition conditions in the substantive and geographical markets concerned will have to be examined to determine whether a merger between Ruhrkohle AG and Saarbergwerke AG is compatible with the common market. In view of the high concentration of hard coal production in Germany the examination will have to concentrate on whether imports of hard coal from third countries (imported coal) and from intra-Community trade restrict domestic producers’ scope for competitive behaviour to any extent, and from the customer’s point of view represent an adequate provisioning alternative. The outcome of this examination cannot be anticipated here. If the plan were also to concern products or markets which are not covered by the ECSC Treaty (e. g. Saarbergwerke’s activities in mechanical engineering or waste disposal), the merger may, as far as these activities are concerned, possibly also need to be notified under Council Regulation No 4064/89 (the ámerger control Regulationí) (2). (1) Petitions 392/95, 584/95, 293/96 and 947/96. (2) OJ L 395, 30. 12. 1989. (98/C 60/132) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2089/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission (19 June 1997) Subject: UNGASS Conference 23-27 June 1997 What funding will the EU make available over the next five years to guarantee the UNGASS follow-up process? (98/C 60/133) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2090/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission (19 June 1997) Subject: UNGASS Conference 23-27 June 1997 Why has the EU not met its commitment given in Rio in 1992 to devote 0. 7% of its GNP to development aid? (98/C 60/134) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2091/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission (19 June 1997) Subject: UNGASS Conference 23-27 June 1997 How and when is the new target of 0. 5% of GNP as development aid to be met? (98/C 60/135) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2092/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission (19 June 1997) Subject: UNGASS Conference 23-27 June 1997 Could the Commission imagine following Denmarkís example and hand over 0. 1% of GNP for environmental programmes in the developing countries? If so, over what time scale and how far binding on the Member States?