WRITTEN QUESTION No. 295/98 by Anita POLLACK to the Commission. Imports of cattle from Australia
9. 10. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 310/47 The available statistics from the secretariat of the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control cover all of 1996 and 1997 and include some non-Community members, however from the information available, the summary of detentions per ship type is indicated as a percentage, as follows: Ship Type Detention 1996 % Detention 1997 % General dry cargo Bulk carriers Tankers / comb. carriers Gas carriers Chemical tankers Passenger ships / ferries Refrigerated cargo Roll-on/roll-off / container / vehicle Other types Total 24. 84 17. 45 11. 84 2. 22 13. 17 9. 57 13. 45 6. 56 12. 69 16. 76 23. 59 15. 73 9. 23 1. 67 10. 98 9. 23 13. 41 6. 56 8. 90 15. 07 In accordance with Article 17 of Directive 95/21/EC, Member States have supplied the following information on the number of Port State Control inspectors (full-time equivalent) working on their behalf immediately after the entry into force of the Directive: Member States No of inspectors Belgium Denmark Germany Greece Spain France Ireland Italy Netherlands Portugal Finland Sweden United Kingdom 1. 75 6 10 43 28 12 0. 55 85 7 5 3 3 12. 2 Updated information is due by 1 October 1998. (98/C 310/58) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0295/98 by Anita Pollack (PSE) to the Commission (17 February 1998) Subject: Imports of cattle from Australia Can the Commission confirm whether there are any shipments of live cattle from Australia to the EU and if so, give an indication of the numbers of animals involved and their Member State destination? Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (5 March 1998) So far there have been no shipments at all of live bovine animals from Australia to the Community