WRITTEN QUESTION No. 527/98 by Iñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO to the Commission. European Parliament elections
21. 10. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 323/45 The Council would furthermore draw the attention of the Honourable Member to the European Parliamentís Resolutions of 28 July 1994 (2) and 12 July 1995 (3). The Council and the Commission are anxious about the unfavourable economic and social repercussions in the short term for a number of fishing fleets and have agreed on the need to introduce in the Community an appropriate range of actions and special supporting measures for fishermen serving on board and the owners of fishing vessels. The measures concerned will have to be exceptional in character, however, and in any event be met from the budget for the affected Member Statesí existing structural programmes. To that end the Commission will present to the Council at the earliest opportunity a proposal for an ad hoc decision, based on Article 43 of the Treaty, introducing a series of accompanying measures. The measures may include alterations to fishing vessels making it possible for them to convert to techniques that are more reliable and more selective, in particular for taking the same species and avoiding those that are being over-exploited; compensation enabling fishermen serving on board and the owners of vessels to face the economic consequences of having to give up driftnet fishing activities; schemes to retrain fishermen for jobs in areas other than fishing or to provide them with new skills; and decommissioning of vessels involved in driftnet fishing. (1) OJ L 9, 15. 1. 1998. (2) PE 182. 123/9. (3) PE 192. 559/67-68. (98/C 323/60) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0525/98 by Iñ igo Me·ndez de Vigo (PPE) to the Commission (2 March 1998) Subject: Directive 93/109 EC of 6 December 1993 Directive 93/109/EC (1) of 6 December 1993 lays down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals. To what extent has this directive been transposed in the Member States? (1) OJ L 329, 30. 12. 1993, p. 34. (98/C 323/61) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0527/98 by Iñ igo Me·ndez de Vigo (PPE) to the Commission (2 March 1998) Subject: European Parliament elections Article 8b of the Maastricht Treaty concerning citizenship of the Union stipulates that áevery citizen of the Union residing in a Member State of which he is not a national shall have the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament in the Member State in which he resides, under the same conditions as nationals of that stateí. With a view to the European Parliament elections to be held in October 1999, are there any Member States where residents who are nationals of other Member States are not able to exercise the right to vote?