WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3239/98 by Marjo MATIKAINEN-KALLSTRÖM to the Commission. Assistance to victims of crime in the European Union
C 142/108 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 21. 5. 1999 An exemption to use non-purpose bred animals can be obtained ‘under arrangements determined by the authority’ (Article 19(4) of the Directive) and it is at the discretion of the authorities of the Member States that the applicant sufficiently justifies that ‘Experiments on animals taken from the wild may not be carried out unless experiments on other animals would not suffice for the aims of the experiments’ (Article 7(3), 2nd indent). (1) OJ L 358, 18. 12. 1986. (1999/C 142/133) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3237/98 by José Valverde López (PPE) to the Commission (26 October 1998) Subject: Availability of Commission documents and of publications of the various services and agencies on the internet The practice of EU institutions making more and more documents available through the internet has met with wide-spread public approval. What plans does the Commission have to expand these services in the coming months? Answer given by Mr Oreja on behalf of the Commission (14 December 1998) Statistics on the use of the Europa Internet server confirm the widespread public approval of this initiative. In September 1998, for example, almost 7 million Commission documents were consulted, which is more than double the figure for September 1997. Approximately four hits on the the site are from within the Community. In the coming months the Commission’s plans include: − continuing to develop the server in the eleven official Union languages; − putting the Europe Direct service into full operation; this should make it easier for private individuals and small and medium-sized businesses to locate information about the Community via the Internet and by means of freephone services; − incorporating the Eur-Lex service in the Europa structure as a whole (making the Official Journals and current legislation available on-line); − developing the EURO site; − opening new sites, together with the Council, dealing with the common foreign and security policy (CFSP) and cooperation in justice and home affairs. (1999/C 142/134) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3239/98 by Marjo Matikainen-Kallström (PPE) to the Commission Subject: Assistance to victims of crime in the European Union (26 October 1998) According to reports in the Finnish media, the crime victims service which was set up in Finland in 1994 is to be placed on a permanent footing. At present it is operated by volunteers, coordinated by the Finnish Red Cross. The service has proved extremely necessary. In the course of the public debate, the possibility has been raised that it could be broadened through European coordination