WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2245/98 by Allan MACARTNEY to the Commission. Horse medication and welfare
C 31/136 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 5. 2. 1999 (1999/C 31/188) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2245/98 by Allan Macartney (ARE) to the Commission (16 July 1998) Subject: Horse medication and welfare Is the Commission aware that under legislation banning the use of certain medicines widely used to treat horses which comes into effect in January 2000, horses used solely for sports and leisure purposes will be subject to exactly the same regulations as horses bred for food purposes? Has the Commission considered that no alternative medicine is available for certain afflictions common in horses used for sport and leisure and that the implementation of the new legislation could pose a significant threat to the welfare of these animals? Answer given by Mr Bangemann on behalf of the Commission (25 August 1998) The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to its answer to written question no E-1495/98 by Mr Kindermann (1). (1) See page 42. (1999/C 31/189) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2273/98 by Richard Corbett (PSE) to the Commission (22 July 1998) Subject: Presidency of the Unioní The publication The Week in Europeí of the European Commissionís London office on 25 June refers to Austria taking over áthe EU Presidencyí. Could the Commission explain what this new position is? Since when does the EU have a President? Which article of the Treaty provides for this? What happened to the old system whereby each Institution had its own President (Presidency of the Council, President of the Commission, President of Parliament etc. )? Or is this just an indication that the Commission services know as little as the press about the structure of the European Union and attribute to the Presidency of the Council a wider responsibility, which it does not have? Answer given by Mr Oreja on behalf of the Commission (14 September 1998) The week in Europe is intended to be an informal publication, setting out in brief fashion some of the more notable events in the Community over the past week. In this context shorthand versions of terms and titles are often used, not least because readers are familiar with them. in Britain the government referred to the Member State governments themselves use similar terms: UK Presidency of the European Unioní in many documents. During the Austrian Presidency, the official media handbook produced by the Federal Chancellery and Federal ministry for Foreign Affairs refers to the Austrian EU Presidencyí on the front cover