WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2417/98 by Anita POLLACK to the Commission. Lindane
29. 4. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 118/73 (1999/C 118/090) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2408/98 by Leonie van Bladel (UPE) and James Janssen van Raay (UPE) to the Council Subject: Nationality of the Surinamese December murderers (28 July 1998) 1. Is the Council aware of the judgment of the Amsterdam Court, which stated that the Netherlands Public Prosecutor áhad not done his homeworkí in the investigation into the nationality of those who were responsible for or accessories to the December murders in Suriname in 1982? 2. Does the Council realize that the wrongful laconic attitude of the Netherlands Public Prosecutor or the Netherlandsí political parties in the matter of the investigation into the massacre in Suriname in 1982, in which murderers and accomplices of Dutch nationality may well have been involved, although the Public Prosecutor has acted as if the investigation concerned a case of a stolen bicycle, is resulting in a steady decline in the European citizenís confidence in the legal system and in politics? 3. Does the Council not feel that the Netherlands Public Prosecutor should do his utmost to discover precisely what was the nationality of those responsible for the murders in Suriname on 8 December 1982 and the then nationality of their accomplices? 4. Does the Council subscribe to the view that the Netherlands Minister for Justice bears sole responsibility for what the Amsterdam Court describes as the total failure of the investigation conducted by the Netherlands Public Prosecutor? Does the Council believe that action should be taken as a result of the failure of the policy pursued by 5. the Netherlands judiciary, and if so, what action? Reply (27 November 1998) The Council is not in a position to answer the Honourable Memberís questions which do not come under the competence of the European Union. (1999/C 118/091) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2417/98 by Anita Pollack (PSE) to the Commission (27 July 1998) Subject: Lindane In its reply to Question E-2860/97 (1), the Commission said it was expecting a report from Austria in the middle of 1998. Has this yet been received, will the Commission make it available to interested members and, bearing in mind public concern, how long will its extensive scientific and technical examination with the Member States take to complete? (1) OJ C 117, 16. 4. 1998, p. 84. Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (22 September 1998) The Commission has not yet received the report for the active substance lindane. The Commission is aware of the concerns regarding this active substance. In the absence of the report, it is not possible, at this moment, to predict with accuracy the time needed to complete the Communityís scientific and technical examination. It may be expected that upon receipt of the report it can be programmed into the evaluation system without any undue delay