WRITTEN QUESTION No. 260/99 by Maartje van PUTTEN Implementation of the CITES rules in Greece
29. 11. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 341/75 The Commission is not aware of any irregularities in the tendering procedure to which the Honourable Member refers. It is impossible to judge this matter on the basis of the data supplied by the Honourable Member. The Commission will take the necessary steps to determine whether this contract was awarded in conformity with Community law on public procurement. In this connection it will also examine any additional information the Honourable Member may provide. (1999/C 341/102) WRITTEN QUESTION P-0260/99 by Maartje van Putten (PSE) to the Commission (5 February 1999) Subject: Implementation of the CITES rules in Greece In September 1998 the CITES Secretariat issued a ‘notification’ requesting all parties to CITES to suspend trade with Greece because it had not made sufficient effort to transpose CITES and the corresponding EU legislation into national law. Can the Commission say what action it intends to take in the near future to persuade Greece to introduce national legislation on CITES, and does it plan to help Greece to do so? Answer given by Mrs Bjerregaard on behalf of the Commission (12 March 1999) Having noted that Greece had not taken the action needed in order to implement Regulation (EC) 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (1), the Commission decided, on the basis of Article 169 of the EC Treaty, to lay the matter before the Court of Justice in October 1998. In the meantime the Greek authorities have informed the Commission of the wording of Law 2637/98, adopted on 27 August 1998, which sets up a new regulatory framework, in Greece, on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein, in accordance with the CITES Regulation (2). The compliance of that wording is currently being analysed. (1) OJ L 61, 3. 3. 1997. (2) OJ L 384, 31. 12. 1982. (1999/C 341/103) WRITTEN QUESTION P-0261/99 by Luciano Vecchi (PSE) to the Commission (5 February 1999) Subject: Publicising national indicative programmes and calls for tender under the Lomé Convention The management of some aspects of the European Development Fund has to date been lacking in transparency and potential participants have experienced difficulties in obtaining the necessary information in time to enable them to take part on an equal footing in calls for tender for the implementation of projects provided for in the national indicative programmes. This problem could easily be resolved through the use of modern information technologies, for instance by publishing the texts of the national indicative programmes, the calls for tender and the final outcome of the tender procedure on the Commission’s Internet sites