WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1042/98 by Jens-Peter BONDE to the Commission. Particular advantages for national minorities in elections (SUPPLEMENTARY ANSWER)
18. 1. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 13/15 Would the Commission, therefore, › check that the new invitation to tender for the administration of the housing stock finally complies with the requirements for fairness and legality? › check the regularity of the procedures adopted for all the public contracts administered by the Commune of Naples and, consequently, ascertain whether there have been any violations of the principle of free competition? › apply to the European Court of Justice to ensure that the Commune of Naples and the Italian State reinstate any legitimate interests that may have been infringed? Supplementary answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission (7 September 1998) The Honourable Member is requested to provide the Commission with any information he has regarding the contract for the administration of housing stock in the municipality of Naples. The Commission cannot verify the regularity of all procedures leading to the award of public service contracts by the municipality of Naples. It can initiate proceedings for failure to fulfil an obligation under Article 169 of the EC Treaty if it has sufficient information to indicate that Community rules on public service contracts have been infringed. (1999/C 13/021) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1042/98 by Jens-Peter Bonde (I-EDN) to the Commission (6 April 1998) Subject: Particular advantages for national minorities in elections Is a provision of an electoral law giving a national minority in a Member State a particular advantage in connection with parliamentary elections, local elections and elections to the European Parliament etc. in contravention of the Amsterdam Treaty? Supplementary answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission (31 July 1998) Article 8b of the EC Treaty, which will become Article 19 after the entry into force of the Amsterdam Treaty, lays down the right to vote and to stand in municipal elections and in elections to the European Parliament for every citizen of the Union residing in a Member State of which he is not a national. Three Directives contain detailed provisions on the implementation of this right and provide, in accordance with the wording of the EC Treaty, for it to be exercised without discrimination on grounds of nationality. However, they do not harmonise national electoral arrangements, including any specific electoral arrangements which a Member State might apply to its own national minorities. (1999/C 13/022) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1052/98 by Jens-Peter Bonde (I-EDN) to the Commission (6 April 1998) Subject: Abolition of border controls and derogations How should Article 14 and Article 62 be construed in relation to each other and how does the Schengen Agreementís timetable for abolishing border controls take effect in relation to Articles 14 and 62? What is the difference between the Danish derogation and the UK and Irish derogation from Article 14?