WRITTEN QUESTION E-1213/00 by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Council. Working groups.
C 81 E/22 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 13. 3. 2001 Joint answer to Written Questions E-1208/00 and E-1250/00 (28 September 2000) The question of the 13 Iranian Jews has been raised in talks, on all possible occasions and at all levels, between EU representatives and Iranian official representatives, notably during the visit of the Iranian Foreign Minister Kharrazi to Helsinki in September 1999 and at the EU-Iran dialogue meeting in December. In response to these representations ü and to such representations undertaken by the Member States of the European Union ü the Iranian Government assured and re-assured the European Union that the detained Jews would get a fair and transparent trial. In April, just before the opening of the trial, the European Union expressed again to the Iranian authorities the importance the EU attaches to this issue and recalled the Iranian commitments as to the conduct of the trial. The European Union has learnt with concern of the verdict pronounced by the revolutionary court in Shiraz. It is disappointed that the trial was held in camera despite the assurances given by the Iranian authorities. The European Union notes that the decision is open to appeal. In view of the significance it attaches to this issue, it strongly hopes that the court of appeal will overturn the convictions. The European Union will continue to express its concern to the Iranian authorities. (2001/C 81 E/024) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1213/00 by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Council (27 April 2000) Subject: Working groups Will the Council supply a full list of all working groups, with their terms of reference? Reply (10 October 2000) Under the second subparagraph of Article 19(3) of the Councilís Rules of Procedure of 5 June 2000 (1) The General Secretariat shall update and publish the list of preparatory bodies. Only the committees and working parties on this list may meet as Council preparatory bodies. í The General Secretariat of the Council will send the Honourable Member the latest version of the list. (1) OJ L 149, 23. 6. 2000, p. 21. (2001/C 81 E/025) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1257/00 by Erik Meijer (GUE/NGL) to the Commission (19 April 2000) Subject: Delays in salvaging the cargo of the stranded tanker Erikaí because of secrecy surrounding the presence on board of special industrial waste 1. Is the Commission aware of press reports ( Le Parisiení of 31 March and Rotterdams Dagbladí of 1 April 2000) which assume that the Erikaí, the tanker lost off the West coast of France in February, was