WRITTEN QUESTION No. 525/99 by Daniel VARELA SUANZES- CARPEGNA Fish product canning industry and aquaculture in the European Union
21. 12. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 370/51 (1999/C 370/065) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0525/99 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) to the Commission (8 March 1999) Subject: Fish product canning industry and aquaculture in the European Union At its June 1998 part-session the European Parliament debated and adopted the own-initiative report on the fish product canning industry and aquaculture in the European Union (A4-0137/98) (1), in the conclusions to which, inter alia, it called on the Commission ‘to put forward proposals to the Council and Parliament to include a special plan of action and an overall support framework for the fish product canning industry, taking account of the present structural policy and the new regional policy guidelines for the period 2000-2006, the principles of which are being debated at the moment, and that will aim to provide the necessary financial support to secure a Community canning sector that is competitive in a global economy’. Can the Commission say what measures it has taken with a view to putting forward the proposals requested by Parliament? (1) OJ C 210, 6. 7. 1998, p. 295. (1999/C 370/066) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0527/99 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) to the Commission (8 March 1999) Subject: Fish product canning industry and aquaculture in the European Union At its June 1998 part-session the European Parliament debated and adopted the own-initiative report on the fish product canning industry and aquaculture in the European Union (A4-0137/98) (1), in the conclusions to which, inter alia, it urged the Commission ‘to carry out a detailed analysis of Community tariff law affecting fish product preserves and aquaculture, with the aim of abolishing any advantages in access to the Community market that are no longer justified’. Can the Commission say what measures it has taken to comply with Parliament’s request and what results have been obtained thus far? (1) OJ C 210, 6. 7. 1998, p. 295. (1999/C 370/067) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0528/99 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) to the Commission (8 March 1999) Subject: Fish product canning industry and aquaculture in the European Union At its June 1998 part-session the European Parliament debated and adopted the own-initiative report on the fish product canning industry and aquaculture in the European Union (A4-0137/98) (1), in the conclusions to which, interest of the Union’s inter alia, it declared that ‘in the event that the general external trade relations or the development cooperation policy require maintaining certain imports that involve market access on terms that mean unfair competition for Community preserves, the latter should be declared sensitive products and compensatory aid should be allocated to the industry’. Can the Commission say what measures have been taken to comply with Parliament’s request, and what results have been obtained? (1) OJ C 210, 6. 7. 1998, p. 295