WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3076/98 by Gianni TAMINO to the Commission. Compliance with the criteria for the growing of transgenic maize and soya at Maccarese (Rome)
21. 5. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 142/81 Reply (18/19 January 1999) In reply to the questions put by the Honourable Member concerning possible regulation of lotteries at Community level, the Council would like to make the following points. The Council has received no proposal for any legal act for the purpose of regulating games of chance. Consequently, there are no plans for a Council act in this area. The Council would also point out that the infringement proceedings referred to in Article 169 of the EC Treaty do not provide for intervention by the Council. Furthermore, since no act of the Council is in question in the case before the Court to which the Honourable Member refers, no intervention by the Council in this case can be contemplated. (1999/C 142/099) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3073/98 by José Pomés Ruiz (PPE) to the Council (16 October 1998) Subject: Proposal for a regulation in the field of employment creation and support to small and micro- enterprises in the Maghreb countries In July 1994 the Commission submitted a proposal for a regulation in the field of employment creation and support to small and micro-enterprises in the Maghreb countries, requiring the cooperation procedure. Conscious of the importance of its report, Parliament completed the procedure as speedily as possible and delivered its opinion at first reading on 28 October 1994. The Commission subsequently submitted a modified version of the original proposal on 22 December 1994, in which it incorporated most of Parliament’s amendments. Since then Parliament has been awaiting the common position of the Council, but no such text has been forthcoming and no explanation has been given for the failure to submit it. The situation has now become even more serious in view of recent events surrounding the growing illegal emigration from the Maghreb countries (chiefly Morocco) to Spain, with more than 200 people losing their lives in the Strait of Gibraltar in the current year alone. Can the Council give any reason for the delay in submitting its common position? Can the Council say when it expects to forward the common position? Reply (18/19 January 1999) The Honourable Member is asked to refer to the Council’s reply to Written Question No 0364/98 by Mr Fernández Martín. (1999/C 142/100) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3076/98 by Gianni Tamino (V) to the Commission (9 October 1998) Subject: Compliance with the criteria for the growing of transgenic maize and soya at Maccarese (Rome) Directive 90/220 (1) lays down criteria designed to limit the environmental and health risks posed by the growing of transgenic organisms. According to information in the author’s possession, the agricultural