WRITTEN QUESTION No. 616/99 by Peter CRAMPTON International fishing agreements
21. 12. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 370/73 It is understood that both the United Kingdom and Ireland have recently amended their laws concerning the tax treatment of dividends. It is also understood that a protocol to the Convention between Ireland and the United Kingdom entered into force from 1 January 1999 for corporation tax purposes and will come into force on 6 April 1999 for income tax purposes and that this includes a new article dealing with the tax treatment of dividends. (1999/C 370/101) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0616/99 by Peter Crampton (PSE) to the Commission (12 March 1999) Subject: International fishing agreements Can the Commission list the current EU international fishing agreements, whether active or not, with the expiry date? What negotiations for renewal are currently in progress? Are there any new negotiations in progress or planned for countries with which the EU has not had a fishing agreement? Answer given by Mrs Bonino on behalf of the Commission (5 May 1999) The European Community currently has fisheries agreements with Angola (expiring on 2 May 1999), Argentina (23 May 1999), Cape Verde (5 September 2000), The Comoros (27 February 2001), Côte d’Ivoire (30 June 2000), Estonia (31 December 2006), Gabon (3 December 2001), The Gambia (30 June 1996), Greenland (31 December 2000), Guinea-Bissau (15 June 2001), Equatorial Guinea (30 June 2000), Iceland (11 January 2004), Latvia (5 February 2003), Lithuania Faeroe Islands (12 March 2003), (12 October 2003), Madagascar (20 May 2001), Morocco (30 November 1999), Mauritius (30 November 1999), Mauritania (31 July 2001), Norway (16 June 2003), Poland (bilateral agreement with Sweden) (31 December 2005), Guinea (31 December 1999), Russia (bilateral agreement with Sweden and Finland) (31 December 2002), São Tomé and Príncipe (31 May 1999), Seychelles (17 January 2002) and Senegal (30 April 2001). Negotiations are planned to renew the protocols to the agreements with São Tomé and Príncipe, Guinea and Mauritius, which are set to expire in the course of this year. The possible extension of the Protocol to the Fisheries Agreement between the European Community and Angola is also under examination. In addition, to the Fisheries Agreement with The Gambia, which have been stalled since June 1996, might be resumed in the course of this year. Exploratory discussions will take place in 1999 with the Argentine and Moroccan authorities with a view to identifying new forms of cooperation in the fisheries sector. the negotiations entered into in November 1997 to renew the Protocol The Commission also has a negotiating mandate to try and conclude agreements with Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Russia and Poland. (1999/C 370/102) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0621/99 by Robin Teverson (ELDR) to the Commission (12 March 1999) Subject: Airline slots Is the Commission aware that the potential open commercial trading of slots at airports by airlines will lead to smaller regional services being squeezed out of major hub airports due to commercial pressure? Is this not contrary to the policies of regionalisation and transport access by air on a region to region basis? Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission (28 April 1999) The Commission is in the process of preparing a proposal to amend Council Regulation (EEC) 95/93 of 18 January 1993 in order to optimise the use of slots and giving particular consideration to the advantages