WRITTEN QUESTION No. 497/99 by Bartho PRONK Cross-border medical treatment
21. 12. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 370/45 (1999/C 370/057) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0478/99 by Susan Waddington (PSE) to the Commission (5 March 1999) Subject: Fire safety regulations hotels in Spain Do European standards exist aimed at ensuring the harmonisation of fire safety standards in hotels throughout the Union? If yes, what are they and how are they being enforced? Answer given by Mr Bangemann on behalf of the Commission (30 April 1999) The Commission is honoured to remind the Honourable Member of the answers it has already given with regard to fire safety in hotels. It thus requests the Honourable Member to refer to oral question H-1179/98 by Mr Watson during question time at the January I 1999 session of Parliament (1) and to written questions E-1423/97 (2), E-2500/M97 (3) and E-3477/97 by Mrs Pollack (4). The Commission would also point out that, although at the moment there are no specific European standards with the intention of harmonising fire safety standards in hotels, several forms of action have been taken as part of the various Community policies in order to add to and assist the action taken by the Member States. For details of those activities will the Honourable Member please refer to the Commission’s answer to written question P-854/98 by Mr Harrison (5). Parliamentary debates (January I 1999). (1) (2) OJ C 45, 10. 2. 1998. (3) OJ C 11, 16. 4. 1998. (4) OJ C 17, 8. 6. 1998. (5) OJ C 13, 20. 1. 1999. (1999/C 370/058) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0497/99 by Bartho Pronk (PPE) to the Commission (5 March 1999) Subject: Cross-border medical treatment The Court has recently made a number of rulings relating to Articles 59 and 60 of the Treaty and Article 22 of Regulation 1408/71 with regard to obtaining medical treatment and/or medicines in a Member State other than the competent Member State (1). Does the Commission know how many people use medical services in a Member State other than the 1. competent Member State? If not, does the Commission agree that further research is needed into this matter inter alia in order 2. to see whether, as a consequence of the above rulings by the Court, it is necessary to amend Article 22 of Regulation 1408/71 (2)? (1) Case C-158/96 (Kohll) and Case C-120/95 (Decker). (2) OJ L 149, 5. 7. 1971, p. 2. Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission (3 May 1999) Firstly, the Commission wishes to inform the Honourable Member that it does not have recent data on the number of persons who obtain medical treatment and/or medicinal products in a Member State other than the competent Member State