WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1210/98 by José GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL to the Commission. Competitiveness
11. 12. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 386/93 What action is the Commission intending to take in order to eliminate such restrictions? (98/C 386/124) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1209/98 by JosØ García-Margallo y Marfil (PPE) to the Commission (24 April 1998) Subject: Competitiveness Parliamentís report (A-0113/97) on the Commission Communication to the Council on benchmarking the competitiveness of European industry (COM(96) 0463 › C-0622/96) and the Commission staff working paper concerning European quality promotion policy for improving European competitiveness (SEC(96) 2000) makes the point that prices for key services are higher in Europe than in Japan and the USA and that, despite the progress made since the establishment of the single market, there are still sectors, such as distribution, to which access is restricted. What action is the Commission intending to take in order to eliminate such restrictions? (98/C 386/125) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1210/98 by JosØ García-Margallo y Marfil (PPE) to the Commission (24 April 1998) Subject: Competitiveness Parliamentís report (A-0113/97) on the Commission Communication to the Council on benchmarking the competitiveness of European industry (COM(96) 0463 › C-0622/96) and the Commission staff working paper concerning European quality promotion policy for improving European competitiveness (SEC(96) 2000) makes the point that prices for key services are higher in Europe than in Japan and the USA and that, despite the progress made since the establishment of the single market, there are still sectors, such as energy, to which access is restricted. What action is the Commission intending to take in order to eliminate such restrictions? (98/C 386/126) WRITTEN QUESTION E-1211/98 by JosØ García-Margallo y Marfil (PPE) to the Commission (24 April 1998) Subject: Competitiveness Parliamentís report (A-0113/97) on the Commission Communication to the Council on benchmarking the competitiveness of European industry (COM(96) 0463 › C-0622/96) and the Commission staff working paper concerning European quality promotion policy for improving European competitiveness (SEC(96) 2000) makes the point that prices for key services are higher in Europe than in Japan and the USA and that, despite the progress made since the establishment of the single market, there are still sectors, such as public procurement, to which access is restricted. What action is the Commission intending to take in order to eliminate such restrictions?