WRITTEN QUESTION E-0545/00 by William Newton Dunn (PPE-DE) to the Commission. British stamp duty discriminating against British businesses.
3. 10. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 280 E/217 (2000/C 280 E/258) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0493/00 by Antonio Tajani (PPE-DE) to the Commission (24 February 2000) Subject: Proper execution of an invitation to tender for the supply of meal vouchers, issued by the Italian Ministry of the Treasury Can the Commission check whether the invitation to tender issued by the Italian Ministry of the in December 1998 for the supply of meal vouchers for 1. Treasury (Government Stationery Office) ministerial employees was properly executed? The tender was to the value of ITL 180 billion on an annual basis, to be split into three equal parts. 2. Is the Commission aware of the fact that, further to the decision by the Regional Administrative Tribunal (TAR) to uphold the allegations of the unsuccessful companies and to suspend the award of the contract, and following the refusal by the Court of Auditors to give its seal of approval to the tender documents, the Italian Ministry of the Treasury cancelled the invitation to tender, issuing a new one to the value of ITL 180 billion, to be divided into three parts on a renewable yearly basis? Answer by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission (23 March 2000) The Commission would be particularly grateful to the honourable Member if he could forward the information he has on the infringements of Community law on public contracts that are alleged to have occurred in connection with the invitation to tender issued by the Ministry of Finance in Italy. The Commission has no knowledge of any facts that would allow it to contact the relevant Italian authorities to check that the procedure in question complied with the provisions referred to above. On the basis of the information that the honourable Member will be kind enough to provide, the Commission will launch an investigation to see if there are any infringements of Community law on public contracts and to take any action laid down in the EC Treaty that proves necessary in order to ensure, if need be, that the procedure in question again complies with Community law on public contracts. (2000/C 280 E/259) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0545/00 by William Newton Dunn (PPE-DE) to the Commission Subject: British stamp duty discriminating against British businesses (28 February 2000) Bearing in mind one of the principles of the treaties, i. e. that there must be no discrimination between citizens of the European Union, is it legal for the British Government to levy stamp duty on individual transactions in shares in British companies but to allow transactions in shares in non-British companies to be exempt from stamp duty? Answer given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission (6 April 2000) The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its findings as soon as possible