WRITTEN QUESTION E-2855/99 by Jonas Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Provisions of new law on animal feed.
C 303 E/120 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 24. 10. 2000 (2000/C 303 E/120) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2855/99 by Jonas Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL) to the Commission (18 January 2000) Subject: Provisions of new law on animal feed Following a tightening-up of Swedish law to bring it into line with an EU directive, the countryís zoos are now prohibited from using uninspected meat as animal feed. Mice and chickens cannot therefore be fed to animals in zoos. All carnivorous zoo animals are now to be fed butchered, veterinary inspected meat from approved animal-feed factories instead, though snakes have been granted an exemption from this provision. However, sick eagle owls and other owls cared for by zoos also need to eat animals whole, including the fur, for their digestion. This has, nevertheless, been deemed prohibited by the Swedish law and the EU directive on which it is based. Does the Commission take the same view? Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission (9 February 2000) Under Council Directive 1999/22/EC of 29 March 1999 relating to the keeping of wild animals in zoos (1), Member States have an obligation to ensure that all zoos maintain a high standard of animal husbandry, with a developed programme of nutrition for the animals under their care. The Directive in question does not however specify dietary measures in detail. These are matters for Member States to determine. (1) OJ L 94, 9. 4. 1999. (2000/C 303 E/121) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2858/99 by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission (18 January 2000) Subject: Incomplete implementation by the Region of Lazio of the directives on environmental impact assessment With reference to previous questions tabled by the same Member on environmental impact assessment and Directive 85/337/EEC (1) and subsequent amendments, can the Commission say whether the directive has been effectively and fully transposed, in particular following the Italian Governmentís delegating powers to the Regions, especially the Region of Lazio, or whether there have been inaccuracies and/or parts which have not been transposed in their entirety? In particular, the car park in Via Sacchi in Rome, already mentioned in Question E-2084/99 (2), has led to a conflict of competences between Rome City Council, which issued the relevant authorisation without carrying out an environmental impact assessment, and the Region of Lazio, which did request an environmental impact assessment. (1) OJ L 175, 5. 7. 1985, p. 40. (2) OJ C 219, 1. 8. 2000, p. 87. Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission (23 February 2000) As regards the transposition of Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment in Italy and in particular in Regione Lazio, the Honourable Member is requested to refer to the response to her Written Question E-2084/99. The