WRITTEN QUESTION No. 247/98 by Christoph KONRAD to the Commission. Exploitation of a dominant market position in telephone communications between mobile and fixed telephone networks
C 310/44 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 10. 98 2. There are no Community rules on the number of passengers carried in trains since this matter is not one of Community legal competence. 3. In designing rolling stock, the load bearing capabilities are calculated and they are in excess of what a fully laden carriage would weigh. There is therefore no physical limit, other than space, on the number of passengers a carriage may carry. Of course individual operators are free to impose their own limits. (98/C 310/54) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0245/98 by Petrus Cornelissen (PPE) to the Commission (13 February 1998) Subject: Car-jacking Is the Commission aware of an audacious new type of car theft in Europe, that of car-jacking in which 1. drivers are forced to hand over the keys of their vehicle and the car-jacker then drives off with it? 2. Will the Commission examine, possibly in conjunction with the police, car manufacturers, consumer organizations and insurance companies, what ways there are of tackling this new type of cross-border crime? 3. Will the Commission also pay particular attention to new technical options such as satellite tracking or remote immobilization of stolen vehicles? Answer given by Mrs Gradin on behalf of the Commission (17 March 1998) The Commission is aware through the reports echoed in recent months in the international press of the increasing number of cases of car-jacking in Europe and in particular in Brussels. In the framework of the cooperation in the field of justice and home affairs the Commission is managing programmes aimed at reinforcing police cooperation (OISIN programme) and has presented a proposal (1) for a programme of exchange and training aimed at reinforcing the capabilities to fight organised crime (Falcone programme). Moreover, the Commission is closely associated with the work taking place within the Council addressing the issue of law enforcement requirements for the development of technical measures to counter trafficking in stolen vehicles. On the basis of current expert studies on the subject, the Commission may also consider ways to adapt to technical progress Council Directive 74/61/EEC of 17 December 1973 relating to devices to prevent the unauthorised use of motor vehicles (2). (1) OJ C 352, 20. 11. 1997. (2) OJ L 38, 11. 2. 1974. (98/C 310/55) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0247/98 by Christoph Konrad (PPE) to the Commission (13 February 1998) Subject: Exploitation of a dominant market position in telephone communications between mobile and fixed telephone networks The prices for telephone conversations between GSM mobile telephones and fixed telephone networks are set at widely differing levels in the various European Union Member States. Moreover, in some markets these prices have remained stable in spite of a considerable drop in the cost of expanding the network