WRITTEN QUESTION No. 444/98 by Edward KELLETT-BOWMAN to the Commission. Duty-free status of Tenerife
C 354/6 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 11. 98 2 to 5. It is not for the Commission to comment either on the application of the arrangements under the Schengen Convention for external border checks by the Member States concerned or on the operation and achievements of the task force as long as Community or Union law is not infringed. 6. The procedures for sending back third-country nationals are not as yet covered by any rules at Union level. (98/C 354/07) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0369/98 by Nuala Ahern (V) to the Commission (24 February 1998) Subject: Report by the British Governmentís Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee Have the Commissionís relevant energy, environment and transport directorates assessed the proposals set out by the British Governmentís Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee (RWMAC) in its September 1997 report on the import and export of radioactive waste involving the United Kingdom, and will the Commission make a statement on the interpretation made by the RWMAC report on Directive 92/3/Euratom (1) on the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste between Member States and into and out of the Community with regard to its implementation in the United Kingdom? (1) OJ L 35, 12. 2. 1992, p. 24. Answer given by Mrs Bjerregaard on behalf of the Commission (16 March 1998) Directive 92/3/Euratom on the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste between Member States and into and out of the Community is implemented in the United Kingdom by Statutory Instrument 1993 No 3031, Atomic Energy and Radioactive Substances, the Transfrontier Shipments of Radioactive Waste Regulations 1993, publication date 2 December 1993. The Commission does not have the report by the radioactive waste management advisory committee (RWMAC) on the import and export of radioactive waste involving the United Kingdom, dated September 1997. The Commission will complete this answer as soon as it has obtained and considered the report in question. (98/C 354/08) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0444/98 by Edward Kellett-Bowman (PPE) to the Commission (27 February 1998) Subject: Duty-free status of Tenerife Is the Commission aware of the anomaly created in the EU by the allegation that duty-free sales for travellers between EU countries and the Canary Islands will continue after the 1999 deadline, and is this continuation of duty-free sales not in breach of European duty-free legislation? Answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission (5 May 1998) Pursuant to the Accession Treaty of Spain to the Community, as implemented by Article 3 of Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes: common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment (1) (VAT) and Article 2 of Council Directive 92/12/EEC of 25 February 1992 on the general arrangements for products subject to excise duty and on the holding, movement and monitoring of such products (2), the Canary Islands are not part of the fiscal area of the Community. Instead, they are explicitly regarded as third territory