WRITTEN QUESTION No. 299/99 by Daniel VARELA SUANZES- CARPEGNA Regulating fishing activity in the South-West Atlantic
29. 11. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 341/85 special diet foods, the Commission has laid down standards in respect of their composition and labelling in Directive 96/8 (1) of 26 February 1996. Has Greece notified the Commission of the necessary legislative, regulatory and administrative provisions it has adopted to comply with the above directive and, if so, when? What measures will the Commission take if the Greek authorities prove not to have duly implemented those provisions? (1) OJ L 55, 6. 3. 1996, p. 22. Joint answer to Written Questions E-0296/99 and E-0297/99 given by Mr Bangemann on behalf of the Commission (9 April 1999) The Greek authorities have informed the Commission of the adoption of national measures to implement these three directives on the foodstuffs sector intended for particular nutritional uses. Commission Directive 96/4/EC, Euratom of 16 February 1996, amending Directive 91/321/EEC on infant formulae and follow-on formulae (1), has been transposed by Ministerial Decree, as adopted on 12 November 1997 and published on 25 November 1997. Commission Directive 96/5/EC, Euratom of 16 February 1996 on processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children (1), has been transposed by Ministerial Decree, as adopted on 12 November 1997 and published on 25 November 1997. Commission Directive 96/8/EC of 26 February 1996 on foods intended for use in energy-restricted diets for weight reduction (2), has been trnsposed by Ministerial Decree, as adopted on 15 October 1997 and published on 13 March 1998. After an initial examination of the different texts, the Commission believes the Greek authorities have implemented the directives in question in a satisfactory manner. (1) OJ L 49, 28. 2. 1996. (2) OJ L 55, 6. 3. 1996. (1999/C 341/118) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0299/99 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) to the Commission Subject: Regulating fishing activity in the South-West Atlantic (17 February 1999) Given the Commission’s inadequate response to my Written Question E-3471/98, I reiterate what I wrote there and ask: 1. What is the current state of negotiations? 2. What are the reasons for the failure to make any significant progress in these negotiations 3. When does the Commission envisage the negotiations ending and the next step being taken, namely the setting-up of the SAFO? Answer given by Mrs Bonino on behalf of the Commission (26 March 1999) It is still too early to expect completion of negotiations on the multilateral arrangement for South-West Atlantic waters. Ongoing bilateral contacts between the Commission and Argentina are preliminary to multilateral negotiations between all interested parties. At the moment the only addition that can be made to the Commission’s answer to the Honourable Member’s Written Question E-3471/98 (1) is that in August 1998 the Commission sent the Argentine authorities a ‘non- paper’ indicating the Community’s position