WRITTEN QUESTION E-0851/00 by Ilda Figueiredo (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Outlying regions.
26. 1. 2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 26 E/119 In the Council Enfopol documents are preparatory documents concerning police cooperation. 3. In 1999 the Council examined a draft for a Resolution on the lawful interception of telecommunications in relation to new technologies. This draft text was not adopted by the Council. (1) OJ L 24 of 30. 1. 1998, page 1. (2001/C 26 E/147) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0851/00 by Ilda Figueiredo (GUE/NGL) to the Commission (21 March 2000) Subject: Outlying regions Pursuant to Article 299 of the EC Treaty the Commission undertook to submit, by the end of 1999, a draft regulation on the specific measures to be applied to the outlying regions. It is now the beginning of March 2000 and there is as yet no sign of that draft. 1. What are the reasons for the delay in adopting the draft regulation on the specific measures to be applied to outlying regions? On what date is the draft regulation due to be adopted and then submitted to the European 2. Parliament? Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission (28 April 2000) On 14 March 2000 the Commission adopted the report requested by the Cologne European Council on the measures to implement Article 299(2) of the Treaty ü the outermost regions of the European Union (1). It transmitted the report to Parliament on 15 March 2000. The Commission preferred to delay the adoption of this report, initially planned for December 1999, in order to make a more detailed study of the memoranda presented by the three Member States in question in November/December 1999, and the positions presented at the partnership meeting of 23 November 1999. (1) COM(2000) 147 final. (2001/C 26 E/148) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0853/00 by Maria Carrilho (PSE) to the Council (20 March 2000) Subject: Mozambique It is currently impossible to assess the scale of the disaster which has struck Mozambique, its land and its people, either at present ü a period during which survival is the absolute priority ü or in the medium term, a time of reconstruction in which restoring hope and providing resources will be essential if the people of Mozambique are to rediscover within themselves the enthusiastic commitment which had been contributing so much to the development of the country. How is the Council intending to ensure (as far as it can) that the transition from the current stage to the reconstruction stage proceeds smoothly? What material and organisational resources is the Council reconstruction stage, and over what timescale (if known)? intending to make available during the