WRITTEN QUESTION E-0886/00 by Bart Staes (Verts/ALE) to the Council. Assessment of the dioxin crisis in Belgium.
13. 3. 2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 81 E/5 (2001/C 81 E/005) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0886/00 by Bart Staes (Verts/ALE) to the Council (23 March 2000) Subject: Assessment of the dioxin crisis in Belgium The dioxin crisis in Belgium once again demonstrated how vulnerable the food chain, and checks on it, are. An assessment such as that made by the Dioxin Committee of the Chamber of Representatives can help to eliminate problems. Both the European Union and the fifteen Member States have an important role to play in this. The 14-page final conclusion of the Dioxin Committee contains a number of references to the conduct of As regards the composition of the European Union during the dioxin crisis in the Belgian Federation: feedingstuffs and of contaminants, the European Union does not have a sufficiently effective regulatory framework. The rules on compulsory notification of the EU authorities are inadequate. The EU added to the chaos which marked the development of the crisis. í Does the Council accept that áas regards the composition of feedingstuffs and of contaminants, the European Union does not have a sufficiently effective regulatory frameworkí, as claimed in the report of the Dioxin Committee? If not, what arguments are there to show that, contrary to the statement by the Dioxin Committee, the EUís regulatory framework for the composition of feedingstuffs and contaminants is effective? (2001/C 81 E/006) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0888/00 by Bart Staes (Verts/ALE) to the Council (23 March 2000) Subject: Assessment of the dioxin crisis in Belgium The dioxin crisis in Belgium once again demonstrated how vulnerable the food chain, and checks on it, are. An assessment such as that made by the Dioxin Committee of the Chamber of Representatives can help to eliminate problems. Both the European Union and the fifteen Member States have an important role to play in this. In the nine pages concerning the shortcomings, the most striking sentence is this: notification system for Member States of feedingstuffs is not clearí. áthe compulsory the European Union in the event of contamination of Does the Council agree with the Dioxin Committee that the rules on compulsory notification of the EU authorities are inadequate? If not, what arguments are there to suggest that, contrary to the statement by the Dioxin Committee, the rules on compulsory notification are adequate? (2001/C 81 E/007) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0890/00 by Bart Staes (Verts/ALE) to the Council (23 March 2000) Subject: Assessment of the dioxin crisis in Belgium The dioxin crisis in Belgium once again demonstrated how vulnerable the food chain, and checks on it, are. An assessment such as that made by the Dioxin Committee of the Chamber of Representatives can help to eliminate problems. Both the European Union and the fifteen Member States have an important role to play in this