WRITTEN QUESTION No. 347/99 by Mihail PAPAYANNAKIS Restructuring of the Greek postal service
C 325/108 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 12. 11. 1999 In the light of the above, a letter requesting information on these issues has been sent to the Italian authorities. The Commission will take the appropriate steps in order to ensure the observance of Community law. However, it should be noted that, Member States are not necessarily obliged to carry out an EIA procedure concerning projects in Annex II (they are obliged to make a pre-assessment in order to establish whether these projects need to be made subject to an EIA procedure). In addition, Member States cannot be considered obliged to carry out an EIA procedure under Directive 85/337/EEC, with reference to any project still at an early stage. It appears that the project is not in receipt of structural funds. (1) OJ L 175, 5. 7. 1985. (1999/C 325/148) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0344/99 by Ursula Schleicher (PPE) to the Commission (23 February 1999) Subject: Environmental protection in respect of specific products It appears that the Commission’s DG XI ordered a study to be carried out on the available instruments in the field of product-linked environmental protection, which came to the conclusion that there should be a comprehensive product policy geared to the whole life cycle of the product. 1. Does the Commission support this conclusion? 2. What other conclusions does the Commission intend to draw from this study with a view to further environmental legislation? 3. 4. Do proposals for legislation already exist on the basis of this study? Does a summariy of this study exist which could be made available to the European Parliament? Answer given by Mrs Bjerregaard on behalf of the Commission (1 April 1999) The Commission supports the conclusion that integrated product policy (IPP) should take into account 1. the whole life-cycle of products. 2. IPP is still under discussion and definite conclusions have not yet been drawn. The Commission organised a workshop on this issue in December 1998 and IPP will be discussed at an informal meeting of environment ministers in Weimar on 7-9 May 1999. The Commission intends to present a green paper on IPP after the summer. 3. No legislative initiatives have yet been undertaken. The executive summary of the study is forwarded direct to the Honourable Member and to the 4. Secretariat General of the Parliament. (1999/C 325/149) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0347/99 by Mihail Papayannakis (GUE/NGL) to the Commission Subject: Restructuring of the Greek postal service (23 February 1999) In its answer of 11 June 1998 to my Written Question E-1370/98 on the restructuring of the Greek postal service (ELTA), the Commission stated that ‘the launch of this operational programme is imminent’ (at the end of May 1998)