WRITTEN QUESTION E-1945/99 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Monitoring Community regulations on drift nets during the last bonito fishing season.
C 203 E/94 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 18. 7. 2000 On 23 November the Commission President initiated a dialogue on this subject by holding a partnership meeting which was attended not only by the French, Portuguese and Spanish authorities but also by representatives of the seven outermost regions and the Members of the European Parliament from those regions. The Commission is now studying the proposals submitted to it. At the partnership meeting the Commission President announced that in December 1999 the Commission would discuss the report requested by the Cologne European Council. (2000/C 203 E/119) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1945/99 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE-DE) to the Commission (4 November 1999) Subject: Monitoring Community regulations on drift nets during the last bonito fishing season What were the results of the checks on the last bonito fishing season as regards drift nets? How many cases of infringement were found, what were the reasons for these infringements, what were the names and origins of the vessels responsible and what penalties were imposed? What is the Commissionís general assessment of the last bonito fishing season, and the degree to which the Community regulations were complied with? Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (10 December 1999) Now the 1999 tuna fishing season has ended, the Commission is currently compiling the usual report on the application of the Community legislation on the use of drift nets in the Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean, based on all the information the Member States concerned are required to supply. This report will be forwarded to the members of Parliamentís Committee on Fisheries around 15 March 2000. (2000/C 203 E/120) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1952/99 by Gerhard Hager (NI) to the Council (9 November 1999) Subject: Child pornography Child pornography, along with the spread of extreme right-wing and left-wing material, constitutes one of the main problems facing us in connection with the Internet. In view of this and given the intense current public debate on the matter. Can the Council answer the following: 1. How many people in Europol are responsible for combating child pornography? 2. What is their specific task description? 3. What kind of cooperation is there between Europol and national authorities in this area? 4. Is there any specific data concerning successful pornography on the Internet? intervention by Europol in the area of child