WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2395/98 by Laura GONZÁLEZ ÁLVAREZ , Pedro MARSET CAMPOS to the Commission. Installation of a hazardous waste dump in Nerva (Huelva province, Spain)
C 118/68 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 29. 4. 1999 (1999/C 118/084) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2391/98 by John McCartin (PPE) to the Commission (27 July 1998) Subject: Motor vehicle pricing policy Is the Commission aware of the high cost of motor vehicle tax imposed by the Irish Government on private motor vehicles, and does it believe that this tax distorts the market in such vehicles and puts many businesses in Ireland at a serious disadvantage compared with competitors outside Ireland? Answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission (26 October 1998) The Commission is aware of the tax on cars under Irish legislation (vehicle registration tax, ranging from 23,2 % to 29,25 % of the ámarket priceí). In the absence of Community tax harmonisation in this sphere, this type of tax is at present governed by national legislation. The Commission considers that at the present stage of Community law the actual level of the tax does not infringe Community tax provisions since there does not seem to be any discrimination involved. (1999/C 118/085) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2395/98 by Laura GonzÆlez `lvarez (GUE/NGL) and Pedro Marset Campos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission (27 July 1998) Subject: Installation of a hazardous waste dump in Nerva (Huelva province, Spain) Nerva town council in the province of Huelva recently issued a licence to the undertaking Complejo Medioambiental de Andalucía authorising it to begin operating a hazardous waste dump. Can the Commission ask the Spanish authorities what measures they have taken to guarantee that 1. waste sent to the Nerva dump does not endanger public health and the environment? 2. What measures does the Commission intend to adopt to ensure compliance with existing Community legislation on the environment, and above all the following Directives: (a) 75/442/EEC (1) on waste, as amended by Directive 91/156/EEC (2); (b) 91/689/EEC (3) on hazardous waste; (c) 85/337/EEC (4) on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment; and (d) 90/313/EEC (5) on the freedom of access to information on the environment? Can the Commission say whether Community funding has been provided to help set up this waste 3. dump? 4. Can the Commission say how it is monitoring the situation? (1) OJ L 194, 25. 7. 1975, p. 39. (2) OJ L 78, 26. 3. 1991, p. 32. (3) OJ L 377, 31. 12. 1991, p. 20. (4) OJ L 175, 5. 7. 1985, p. 40. (5) OJ L 158, 23. 6. 1990, p. 56