(The Minutes were approved)

two working days if the application is made under the accelerated procedure (Article 7(3))

PRESIDENT. You will certainly receive a reply in writing.

A readmission application must be replied to in writing

A readmission application must be replied to in writing

SCHMIDHUBER, Member of the Commission. (DE) The reply will be given in writing, Mr President.

DE GUCHT (LDR). (NL) Mr President, I am told the enlarged Bureau has decided that henceforth only one resolution may be tabled on any subject, even human rights, during the debate on topical and urgent subjects.

As the authors are not present, Questions Nos 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 will be answered in writing1.

On 5 September I received a detailed and satisfactory written answer.

However, a conclusion must be presented and, as I endeavoured to explain in my first speech, what you have before you in fact reflects no more, but no less, than the consensus that can currently be achieved between the 12 Member States.

MARQUES MENDES (LDR). (PT) Thank you for your answer, but in fact it falls far short of our

As the author is not present Question No 120 will be answered in writing. '

As the author is not present, Question No 96 will be answered in writing. '

PRESIDENT. Question No 9, by Mrs Banotti (H 1327 90)

NEWENS (S). I would like to say how glad I am to hear that this matter was raised.

As the author is not present, Question No 45 will be answered in writing.ì

As the author is not present, Question No 1 will be answered in writing.1

MARTINS. (PT) Before directly answering the honourable Member's question, I should like to recall that the Council and the Twelve have adopted a perfectly consistent attitude to terrorism in all parts of the world.

As the author is not present, Question No 27 will be answered in writing. (')

As the author is not present, Question No 6 will be answered in writing. (')

ANDRIESSEN, Vice President of the Commission. (NL) I am very pleased at Parliament's interest in the specific problem of countries in Central and Eastern Europe such as Poland, Hungary and Czecho Slovakia, and also naturally, mutatis mutandis, of other countries in the region.

PRESIDENT. As the author is not present Question No 73 will be answered in writing (').

If the honourable gentleman is asserting that a particular government has failed to comply with that obligation and if he makes a com plaint, it will obviously be properly investigated.

PRESIDENT. As the author is not present, Question No 83 will be answered in writing. '

COLLINS. The position is that the Twelve will continue towards South Africa a policy of persuasion and pressure.

COLLINS. I think the honourable Member would agree with me that these problems are best addressed by the countries in the region.

PRESIDENT. As the author is not present, Question No 3 will be answered in writing.i

I would recall that the special summit in November produced initiatives which have led to the establishment of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Develop ment, the European Training Foundation and the Tempus exchange programme.

PRESIDENT. As the author is not present, Question No 12 will be answered in writing.J

PRESIDENT. As the author is not present, Question No 37 will be answered in writing.l

Since it is a matter of a purely intergovernmental attempt to progress towards a European scheme which we may perhaps see in the near future the Commission is for the time being simply financing what might be called a pilot scheme, with the Member States retaining ultimate responsibility for the content of their own policies for basic education.

PRESIDENT. As the author is not present, Question No 73 will be answered in writing.1

There may also be national rules on minimum distances between storage sites and residential areas.

PRESIDENT. As the author is not present, Question No 79 will be answered in writing. '

PRESIDENT. As the author is not present, Question No 4 will be answered in writing. '

PRESIDENT. As the author is not present, Question No 11 will be answered in writing. '

PRESIDENT. As the author is not present, Question No 18 will be answered in writing. '

PRESIDENT. As the author is not present, Question No 94 will be answered in writing.

It seems to me that nowadays sensitivity to ecology and the environment is widespread, and that fortunately it is no longer just an issue for a handful of extremists, as was once the case.

PRESIDENT. As the author is not present, Question No 20 will be answered in writing '.

ANDRIESSEN. (NL) There is clearly a difference of opinion as to whether this stamp is antisemitic.

Further, could I ask the Commissioner to indicate the legal base on which he claims the right of the Commission to take the initiative in areas of foreign policy?

PRESIDENT. As the author is not present, Question No 69 will be answered in writing. '

HARRISON (S). I am grateful for Commissioner Christophersen's reply.

PRESIDENT. As the author is not present, Question No 5 will be answered in writing. '