WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3872/98 by John McCARTIN Ban on antibiotics in animal feed
29. 11. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 341/17 (1999/C 341/026) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3861/98 by Clive Needle (PSE) to the Commission (4 January 1999) Subject: Licensed goods vehicles What records are held by the Commission of the number of licensed goods vehicles and licensed drivers in all the Member States? What are the totals, broken down by Member State, in all the relevant categories? Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission (11 February 1999) The Commission does not hold records of the numbers of licensed goods vehicles and licensed goods vehicle drivers in all Member States. While statistics available to the Commission on the number of licensed goods vehicle drivers in each Member State are too incomplete to give an overall picture, the position regarding the number of licensed goods vehicles in each Member State is better documented. The following table, based on work carried out under the 4th framework programme, distinguishes between light goods vehicles (up to 3,5 tonnes maximum authorised weight) and heavy goods vehicles (3,5 tonnes maximum authorised weight and over). Member State Light goods vehicles Heavy goods vehicles (1995) Belgium Denmark Germany Greece Spain France Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Austria Portugal Finland Sweden 250 000 180 000 178 000 140 000 1 250 000 1 030 000 710 000 2 350 000 3 410 000 60 000 178 000 458 000 665 000 87 000 1 900 000 1 150 000 4 000 350 000 90 000 330 000 220 000 240 000 18 000 245 000 213 000 298 000 43 000 84 000 519 000 United Kingdom 2 070 000 EU 15 13 414 000 5 306 000 (1999/C 341/027) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3872/98 by John McCartin (PPE) to the Commission (4 January 1999) Subject: Ban on antibiotics in animal feed Can the Commission explain the procedure it is using to seek to ban the use of four antibiotic growth promoters and can it state whether its proposal is based on scientific or political considerations?