WRITTEN QUESTION P-0283/00 by Chris Davies (ELDR) to the Commission. CITES ‐ Listing of basking sharks.
C 280 E/206 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 3. 10. 2000 Answer given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission (20 March 2000) The collections of postage stamps that post offices may currently have in stock form part of their assets. Should a Member State decide to privatise its public postal service, it must also determine, as for its other assets, what happens to these collections, taking into account the market for them. As the Commission is responsible neither for determining ownership arrangements in Member States nor it cannot intervene regarding what is done with these stamp for organising how stamps are issued, collections when such a change of status occurs. (2000/C 280 E/243) WRITTEN QUESTION P-0283/00 by Chris Davies (ELDR) to the Commission (3 February 2000) Subject: CITES ü Listing of basking sharks The UK Government has proposed that Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. the basking shark should be listed in Appendix II of the 1. Will the Commission list other Member States which have indicated to date that they also support the listing of the basking shark? 2. Will the Commission indicate whether it intends to support such a listing at the next Conference of the Parties in April 2000? Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission (25 February 2000) There are good scientific arguments for supporting the proposal to list the basking shark in Appendix II of Convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora (CITES). However, the Commission itself has yet to adopt a formal position on this point. Member States will in due course determine the Communityís common position on the basis of a proposal from the Commission for the CITES conference of the parties. indicate their views in the Council, which will (2000/C 280 E/244) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0286/00 by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission (11 February 2000) Subject: Difficulties affecting the Rome newspaper Il Tempo The difficulties of Il Tempo, a well-known Rome newspaper which has not been on the news-stands for several days, have recently been causing quite a stir. The controversy has arisen because the publisher is continuing to take a hard line with those who are calling for negotiations, also involving the trade unions, in an attempt to resolve the problem of the jobs being jeopardised by the publisherís restructuring policy. The publisher, however, apparently does not intend to abide by union agreements or the employment contracts drawn up by the journalistsí and printersí professional representatives. In addition, the proprietor- ship situation is shrouded in mystery because the sum paid by the present publisher, Bonifaci, for the Società Editrice Romana seems to have consisted largely of money belonging to the Società Editrice Romana, in other words the company whose shares were the subject of the deal