WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3048/98 by Mirja RYYNÄNEN to the Commission. Consequences for Finnish farmers of delays in mapping arable areas
C 207/24 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 21. 7. 1999 Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (6 November 1998) The Commission agrees with the Honourable Member that if the information he gives about the transport is correct, including Council Directive 91/628/EEC of 19 November 1991 on the protection of animals during transport and amending Directives 90/425/EEC and 91/496/EEC (1). it constitutes a breach of Community legislation, The Commission will contact the Greek authorities about this matter. Furthermore the Commission would be grateful to receive a copy of the reports to which the Honourable Member refers. (1) OJ L 340, 11. 12. 1991. (1999/C 207/030) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3043/98 by José Apolinário (PSE) to the Commission (8 October 1998) Subject: Carob growing Can the Commissioner tell me the current estimates for the area under carobs and the number of trees in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece, what the pattern has been in the last ten years and what specific measures have been applied to the cultivation of carobs? Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (4 November 1998) Around 100 000 hectares of carob trees are cultivated in the Community. However, the Commission does not have more precise details of the current situation and trends relating to areas under carobs. It will collect this information from the Member States and communicate it directly to the Honourable Member. With respect to specific measures applied in the carob sector, the Honourable Member is asked to refer to the reply given by the Commission to Written Question P-2096/98 by Mr Musumeci (1). (1) See page 3. (1999/C 207/031) WRITTEN QUESTION P-3048/98 by Mirja Ryynänen (ELDR) to the Commission (2 October 1998) Subject: Consequences for Finnish farmers of delays in mapping arable areas The Finnish agriculture ministry was unable to complete the arable land register required by the EU before monitoring began for this growing season. For this reason the cross-checks on the basis of the land register were not able to start until August. The main reason for this is that the Irish firm selected on the basis of the tendering procedure which the EU requires did not have the field maps needed for the register ready in time. The problems included incorrectly drawn parcels and mis-measured areas: for example clean-felled areas were recorded as fields. There was no time to enter the farmers’ corrections to the areas, and it was therefore impossible to use the maps in this spring’s monitoring for subsidy purposes