WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3082/98 by José POMÉS RUIZ to the Commission. Application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3693/ 93
15. 10. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 297/47 (1999/C 297/061) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3082/98 by José Pomés Ruiz (PPE) to the Commission (16 October 1998) Subject: Application of Council Regulation (EEC) 3693/93 Given the importance of Council Regulation (EEC) 3696/93 (1), which is designed to harmonise the criteria governing the statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) in the EU: Will the Commission say to what extent the said regulation has been applied in the various Member States? Has it established a monitoring or control procedure of any kind to verify whether the regulation is indeed being applied? Does it have any evidence that the regulation may have been breached in the Member States? If so, what form have the penalties imposed taken? (1) OJ L 342, 31. 12. 1993, p. 1. Answer given by Mr de Silguy on behalf of the Commission (24 November 1998) Council Regulation (EEC) 3696/93 of 29 October 1993 on the statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) in the Community as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) 1232/98 (1) provided a framework to ensure comparability between national and Community classifications and hence national and Community statistics. The Regulation permits the Member States wishing to use a national classification derived from the CPA to do so. Nine Member States (Germany, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland and Sweden) have developed national product classifications linked to CPA. Six Member States (Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom) ensure that sectorial applications are harmonised with CPA. The Commission is monitoring developments through the statistical programme committee (SPC) as established by Article 4 of the Regulation. An additional audit is foreseen in 1999 as part of the procedure for the next update of CPA in 2002. (1) OJ L 177, 22. 6. 1998. (1999/C 297/062) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3109/98 by Ingo Friedrich (PPE) to the Commission (16 October 1998) Subject: Book entitled ‘Konservatismus und Rechtradikalismus’ (‘Conservatism and right- wing radicalism’) Is it true that the Commission has financed or supported ‘Konservatismus und Rechtradikalismus’, a book with a foreword by Emil Carlebach, a member of the national executive of the DKP (the German Communist Party), and Peter Gingold? If so, why is the Commission funding anti-democratic, left-wing radical authors of this kind? Answer given by Mrs Cresson on behalf of the Commission (2 December 1998) The Youth for Europe programme gives young people the opportunity to develop projects at a local level. This provides them with valuable experience of working on their own initiative (Action A. II. 1 youth initiatives)