WRITTEN QUESTION E-0882/00 by Jonas Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Fraud investigation at the Stockholm office.
C 46 E/70 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 13. 2. 2001 (2001/C 46 E/073) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0882/00 by Jonas Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL) to the Commission (22 March 2000) Subject: Fraud investigation at the Stockholm office is happening in the investigation into the allegations of What the European Parliament information office in Stockholm? How is the investigation progressing? Will the case or the evidence be handed over to the Swedish police and the Public Prosecutorís Office for further proceedings within the Swedish judicial system? fraud at Answer given by Ms Schreyer on behalf of the Commission (16 May 2000) The Honourable Member is referred to the answer which the Commission gave to Oral Question H-712/99 by Mr Schori during question time at Parliamentís part session in December 1999 (1). With regard to the Commission Office in Stockholm (Sweden), the Commission does not yet have a report, drawn up in accordance with Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) (2), on the action to be taken within the meaning of Article 9(4) of the Regulation. (1) Debates of the European Parliament (December 1999). (2) OJ L 136, 31. 5. 1999. (2001/C 46 E/074) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0887/00 by Bart Staes (Verts/ALE) to the Commission (22 March 2000) Subject: Assessment of the dioxin crisis in Belgium The dioxin crisis in Belgium once again demonstrated how vulnerable the food chain, and checks on it, are. An assessment such as that made by the Dioxin Committee of the Chamber of Representatives can help to eliminate problems. Both the European Union and the fifteen Member States have an important role to play in this. The 14-page final conclusion of the Dioxin Committee contains a number of references to the conduct of the European Union during the dioxin crisis in the Belgian Federation: As regards the composition of feedingstuffs and of contaminants, the European Union does not have a sufficiently effective regulatory framework. The rules on compulsory notification of the EU authorities are inadequate. The EU added to the chaos which marked the development of the crisis. í Does the Commission accept that áas regards the composition of feedingstuffs and of contaminants, the European Union does not have a sufficiently effective regulatory frameworkí, as claimed in the report of the Dioxin Committee? (a) (b) If not, what arguments are there to show that, contrary to the statement by the Dioxin Committee, the EUís regulatory framework for the composition of feedingstuffs and contaminants is effective? If so, will the Commission amend the regulatory framework for the composition of feedingstuffs and contaminants in order to make it more effective?