WRITTEN QUESTION No. 529/99 by Daniel VARELA SUANZES- CARPEGNA Fish product canning industry and aquaculture in the European Union
C 370/52 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 21. 12. 1999 (1999/C 370/068) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0529/99 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) to the Commission (8 March 1999) Subject: Fish product canning industry and aquaculture in the European Union At its June 1998 part-session the European Parliament debated and adopted the own-initiative report on the fish product canning industry and aquaculture in the European Union (A4-0137/98) (1), in the conclusions to which, inter alia, it demanded ‘that inspections of products from third countries be stepped up, in accordance with Council Directive 91/493/EEC laying down the health conditions for the production and placing on the market of fishery products (2), so that products from such countries are not subject to less stringent health requirements than Community produce’. Can the Commission provide Parliament with information on the result of the measures taken to comply with the request made by the latter at its part-session? (1) OJ C 210, 6. 7. 1998, p. 295. (2) OJ L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 15. (1999/C 370/069) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0530/99 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) to the Commission (8 March 1999) Subject: Fish product canning industry and aquaculture in the European Union At its June 1998 part-session the European Parliament debated and adopted the own-initiative report on the fish product canning industry and aquaculture in the European Union (A4-0137/98) (1), in the conclusions to which, inter alia, it took the view that ‘the Union should develop a supply policy that meets the real needs of the Community processing industry as a whole, supporting the Community fleet and guaranteeing access to the raw material needed at any time in the best conditions that the world market can supply’. Can the Commission say what measures have been taken to comply with Parliament’s request? (1) OJ C 210, 6. 7. 1998, p. 295. (1999/C 370/070) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0531/99 by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) to the Commission (8 March 1999) Subject: Fish product canning industry and aquaculture in the European Union At its June 1998 part-session the European Parliament debated and adopted the own-initiative report on the fish product canning industry and aquaculture in the European Union (A4-0137/98) (1), in the conclusions to which, it urged the Commission ‘to encourage promotion campaigns for Community fish product preserves, advertising their origin, quality, production safeguards and high nutritional value, to enable consumers to appreciate the excellence of Community products’. inter alia, Can the Commission say what measures have been taken to comply with Parliament’s request? (1) OJ C 210, 6. 7. 1998, p. 295