WRITTEN QUESTION E-2061/99 by Eryl McNally (PSE) to the Commission. Legal basis of EU subsidies for the rearing of bulls used in bullfighting.
18. 7. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 203 E/127 (2000/C 203 E/162) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2061/99 by Eryl McNally (PSE) to the Commission (12 November 1999) Subject: Legal basis of EU subsidies for the rearing of bulls used in bullfighting What is the Legal basis of EU subsidies for the rearing of bulls used in bullfighting Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (30 November 1999) There is no specific Community aid for the rearing of fighting bulls. However, these bulls are not excluded from the system of premiums for male bovine animals set up in 1987, the legal basis of which is Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1) (Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1633/98 (2)), repealed and replaced by Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 (3) with effect from 1 January 2000. It should be pointed out that the breeders concerned earmark only a very small number of their male bovine animals for bullfights and that the use of the animals for this purpose is generally decided well after the age at which they benefited from the grant of the premium for male bovine animals. (1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968. (2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998. (3) OJ L 160, 26. 6. 1999. (2000/C 203 E/163) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2062/99 by Laura GonzÆlez `lvarez (GUE/NGL) to the Commission (12 November 1999) Subject: Access for qualified teachers from other Member States to the Official Language School Teachersí Association in Spain The Spanish authorities have not included the Official Language School Teachersí Association within the scope of Directive 89/48/EEC (1), and in failing to do so have barred qualified teachers from other Member States from gaining free access to the aforementioned professional teaching body. Does the Commission believe that, in implementing the provisions of Directive 89/48/EEC, the Spanish authorities are empowered to impose unjustified limits on the number of regulated professional activities in Spain to which qualified teachers from other Member States can gain access, whilst enabling qualified Spanish teachers to gain access to all such activities? Does the Commission believe that, in view of the provisions in force in Spain governing access to the Official Language School Teachersí Association through competitive examination (Law 1/1990, supple- mentary provision 15), Commission report COM(96) 46 final and Court of Justice case law, access to this teaching body constitutes a áregulated professional activityí as laid down by Directive 89/48/EEC? Does the Commission believe that the failure to include the Official Language Schoolteachersí Association within Royal Decrees 1665/1991 and 1754/1998, through which Directive 89/48/EEC has been trans- posed into Spanish law, amounts to discrimination against citizens from other Member States with university degrees or equivalent qualifications who, unlike their Spanish counterparts, are barred from