WRITTEN QUESTION No. 995/99 by Patricia McKENNA Harmonisation of Fire Safety Regulations in the European Union
C 341/150 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 29. 11. 1999 (1999/C 341/213) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0995/99 by Patricia McKenna (V) to the Commission (20 April 1999) Subject: Harmonisation of Fire Safety Regulations in the European Union When will the Commission come forward with a fire safety directive to ensure the safety of Europe’s citizens when staying in hotels, apartments and other such accommodation? Is it not a matter of extreme urgency now to propose such legislation? Does the Commission not consider it a matter of embarrassment to it as an institution, and to the EU as a whole, that such basic regulations do not already exist? Joint answer to Written Questions E-0994/99 and E-0995/99 given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission (30 April 1999) The Commission would refer the Honourable Member to its answer to Written Question E-0854/98 by Mr Harrison (1). (1) OJ C 13, 18. 1. 1999, p. 10