WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1349/98 by Sir Jack STEWART-CLARK to the Council. Convention on animal experimentation
21. 10. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 323/127 (98/C 323/195) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1331/98 by Leonie van Bladel (UPE) and James Janssen van Raay (UPE) to the Council Subject: 15 August flags of peace celebrations (28 April 1998) On 15 August 1998 it will be 53 years since the horrors of World War II came to an end and the worldís peoples decided never again to wage world war. Will the Council consider celebrating 15 August every year as a proposed starting date for perpetual peace? Will the Council arrange for flags to be flown in all countries of the European Union on 15 August this year as a symbol of peace? The Council has not discussed the question raised by the honourable Members. Answer (6 July 1998) (98/C 323/196) WRITTEN QUESTION P-1349/98 by Sir Jack Stewart-Clark (PPE) to the Council (23 April 1998) Subject: Convention on animal experimentation In 1986, on legal advice, the Council agreed that Directive 86/609/EEC (1) on the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes would be limited to the use of animals in product development and safety testing. The Council of Europeís Convention (ETS 123) on the other hand, provides for protecting animals for all experimental purposes and the accession of the Community to this Convention is long overdue. Would the Council explain why discussions on this matter have taken so long and can the Parliament be assured that there will be a successful conclusion during the UK Presidency? (1) OJ L 358, 18. 12. 1986, p. 1. Answer (13/14 July 1998) The Council is pleased to announce that it adopted the Decision concluding the Convention mentioned by the Honourable Member on 23 March 1998. (98/C 323/197) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1351/98 by Richard Corbett (PSE) to the Commission (7 May 1998) Subject: Facilities on French motorways Is the Commission able and willing to take up with the French authorities the issue of facilities on French motorway rest areas, in view of the fact that millions of EU citizens from other Member States use these facilities every year?