WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2327/97 by Patrick COX to the Commission. Status of substances chitin and chitosan
C 45/172 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 2. 98 5. In July 1996 the Commission carried out a verification of the facilities established at and around the La Hague site for monitoring levels of radioactivity in the environment for that region. This verification, carried out under the terms of Article 35 of the Treaty, did not give rise to specific observations relevant to the question. The Commission considers that this verification sufficiently validates the data provided and the facilities installed for monitoring discharges to the environment. There are no current plans for the Commission to take independent samples for analysis. (98/C 45/226) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2327/97 by Patrick Cox (ELDR) to the Commission (7 July 1997) Subject: Status of substances chitin and chitosan Is there any EU legislation governing the use of the substances chitin and chitosan? Answer given by Mr Bangemann on behalf of the Commission (1 August 1997) There is no Community legislation governing the use of chitin and chitosan. (98/C 45/227) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2330/97 by Jean-Pierre Be·be·ar (PPE) to the Commission (7 July 1997) Subject: Socrates programme › Comenius actions The Socrates programme is supposed to be aimed at every sector of education, including the pre-school and primary sectors. The system under which nursery and elementary schools are organized in France is such that they are unable to manage directly the funding which is required to match that provided by the European Union. What measures have been implemented by the Commission and the national Socrates agency to ensure that, despite this, French schools are able to take part in Comenius actions under the Socrates programme? Answer given by Mrs Cresson on behalf of the Commission (29 July 1997) To ensure the broadest possible participation by schools in the Socrates programme, and more particularly in Action 1 of Chapter II (Comenius), the co-financing requirements for schools have been considerably relaxed. Although the principle of co-financing still obtains, schools will no longer be required to provide evidence of their own financial contribution to a project. This is because the Commission considers that schools have their own particular characteristics and that a contribution by the school in terms of, for example, personnel, equipment and means of communication constitutes evidence of sufficient involvement, guaranteeing the smooth functioning of the Comenius Action 1 project and thus the effective utilisation of Community funds