WRITTEN QUESTION P-2316/99 by Niall Andrews (UEN) to the Commission. Failure of Malian company to pay outstanding funds, as contracted, to an Irish firm, Cormer Machinery International.
C 219 E/146 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 1. 8. 2000 In order to be able to compare the detected levels in the Kymijoki with the situation in other rivers, the Commission would need more information on the way results have been calculated. It would be particularly helpful to have information on the concentrations of the different congeners, the depth at which measurements were performed, and whether results have been calculated according to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization/Centre for Coastal and Maríne Sciences (NATO/CCMS) approach. At this stage, without the benefit of more detailed information, it is difficult to judge the situation. The Commission would therefore be grateful if the Honourable Member could provide the Commission with more details. In principle, legislation. Therefore the possibilities to react at a Community level are limited. this event, as described in the question, is not covered by environmental Community (2000/C 219 E/183) WRITTEN QUESTION P-2316/99 by Niall Andrews (UEN) to the Commission (29 November 1999) Subject: Failure of Malian company to pay outstanding funds, as contracted, to an Irish firm, Cormer Machinery International An Irish company, Cormer Machinery International Ltd. Entered into contract with Itema, a government- backed Malian company, to supply and install second-hand textile machinery. The contract price was USD 2,5 million, and an initial deposit of USD 850 000 was approved by the Malian Minister for Finance and received by the Irish company in 1996. An amount of USD 1,65 million has not been forwarded by Itema to Cormer Machinery International and is, therefore, still outstanding. Many discussions have taken place regarding this issue between the Irish company involved and the Development Directorate of the European Commission, as well as informally under the auspices of the ACP/EU Joint Assembly. Will the European Commissioner for Development, Mr Nielson, request an urgent meeting with the Malian representative to the European Union for an explanation as to why this Malian company has still not paid to Cormer Machinery International Ltd. The monies which it agreed to pay to this Irish firm, and will the Commissioner, as a matter of course, keep me informed about all developments regarding this issue until such time as the serious problems detailed above have been satisfactorily and fully resolved? Answer given by Mr Nielson on behalf of the Commission (21 December 1999) The Directorate general for development in Brussels and the delegation of the Commission in Bamako are aware of the dispute between Cormer Machinery International Ltd and Itema. the head of delegation in Bamako has informally raised the matter with the Malian authorities including, in particular, the Minister for finance. However, it is clear that the Commission has no competence in this matter which is a commercial dispute between two companies for which international arbitrage arrangements are the appropriate settlement channel. Indeed, (2000/C 219 E/184) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2325/99 by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission Subject: Preservation of the shipbuilding heritage (caïques) (13 December 1999) In reply to my Written Question (E-3436/95) (1) concerning the preservation of the industrial heritage, including fishing vessels from the eastern Mediterranean, the Commission referred to the then pending Raphael programme and gave its assurance that áshould any initiatives linked with the specific fields of interest meet the eligibility criteria then the Commission will gladly take them into considerationí. In