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E-003442/2012 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Paweł Zalewski (PPE) ____________________________________________________________________________________________   According to the Internet editions of leading Ukrainian media sources – including TSN of 12 March 2012, UNIAN of 13 March 2012, Deutsche Welle Ukrainian edition of 15 March 2012, and Radio Svoboda of 22 March 2012 – on 10 March 2012, German police from the border town of Görlitz carried out an inspection of a tourist coach from Ukraine which was travelling through Poland and..

E-003333/2012 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Paweł Zalewski (PPE) ______________________________________________________________________________________________   Free trade agreements negotiated and concluded with key trade partners around the world are one of the most important instruments for implementing the EU’s trade policy. They have a great impact on the economy of the entire EU and, essentially, are intended to strengthen it by removing existing trade barriers in trade with third countries. In summing up the benefits of these..

E-003332/2012 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Paweł Zalewski (PPE) ______________________________________________________________________________________________   Free trade agreements negotiated and concluded with key trade partners around the world are one of the most important instruments for implementing the EU’s trade policy. They have a great impact on the economy of the entire EU and, essentially, are intended to strengthen it by removing existing trade barriers in trade with third countries. In summing up the benefits of these..

E-003331/2012 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Paweł Zalewski (PPE) ______________________________________________________________________________________________   Free trade agreements negotiated and concluded with key trade partners around the world are one of the most important instruments for implementing the EU’s trade policy. They have a great impact on the economy of the entire EU and, essentially, are intended to strengthen it by removing existing trade barriers in trade with third countries. In summing up the benefits of these..

E-003330/2012 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Paweł Zalewski (PPE) ____________________________________________________________________________________________   Free trade agreements negotiated and concluded with key trade partners around the world are one of the most important instruments for implementing the EU’s trade policy. They have a great impact on the economy of the entire EU and, essentially, are intended to strengthen it by removing existing trade barriers in trade with third countries. In summing up the benefits of these agreements..

E-002638/2012 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Piotr Borys (PPE) , Filip Kaczmarek (PPE) , Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska (PPE) , Krzysztof Lisek (PPE) , Jolanta Emilia Hibner (PPE) , Paweł Zalewski (PPE) , Artur Zasada (PPE) , Małgorzata Handzlik (PPE) , Jerzy Buzek (PPE) , Rafał Trzaskowski (PPE) and Bogdan Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (PPE) ____________________________________________________________________________________________   The proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the ‘Erasmus for..

E-001452/2012 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Paweł Zalewski (PPE) ______________________________________________________________________________________________   Further to your responses to questions I have submitted recently (Nos P‑9179/2010 and E‑001447/2011), I would like once more to request information from the Commission on the United States’ position on ACTA (the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement), in particular: 1. Does the US Congress plan to ratify ACTA? 2. If not, how will criminal and civil provisions relating to the..

As a result of today's voting Paweł Zalewski MEP (PO) has been once again appointed Vice-Chairman of the Committee on International Trade in the European Parliament. He will hold this position for the next 2,5 year, till the end of term of the European Parliament. Since the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, the Committee on the International Trade is responsible for the matters relating to the establishment and implementation of the Union’s common trade policy. The Treaty extended authority of the European Union on investment policy, entrusting to the European Union sole..

E-000768/2012 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Paweł Zalewski (PPE) ____________________________________________________________________________________________ The file on an agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures on agricultural and fishery products will be put to the vote in the next few days. The issue has sparked a great deal of controversy among the representatives of the different political groups in the European Parliament. With this in mind, is the Commission intending to..

E-000645/2012 Question for written answer to the Commission (Vice-President / High Representative) Rule 117 Piotr Borys (PPE), Jolanta Emilia Hibner (PPE), Danuta Jazłowiecka (PPE), Małgorzata Handzlik (PPE), Paweł Zalewski (PPE), Krzysztof Lisek (PPE), Artur Zasada (PPE) and Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska (PPE) ____________________________________________________________________________________________   Further to the tragic events which occurred in the town of Zhanaozen (western Kazakhstan) between 16 and 18 December 2011: 1. What action can the Vice..

Question for written answer E-012588/2011 to the Commission   Rule 117 Paweł Zalewski (EPP) ____________________________________________________________________________________________   There have recently been reports suggesting that the USA will not consider itself legally bound by ACTA whereas the EU would consider itself bound. Therefore, I would like to ask the following questions: 1. Does the Commission consider it a good practice to enter into one-sided binding international agreements which may give a competitive advantage to the USA?   and,..

Question for written answer E-012589/2011 to the Commission Rule 117 Paweł Zalewski (EPP) ____________________________________________________________________________________________   The economic viability of the Israeli settlements at the West Bank relies largely on sales of agricultural produce and goods produced in settlement businesses.   In most cases the settlements export their goods with a ‘Made in Israel’ or ‘West Bank’ or ‘Jordan Valley’ label (and hence suggest their Palestinian origin). As the Commission explains,..

Question for written answer E-011977/2011 to the Commission Rule 117 Paweł Zalewski (EPP) ____________________________________________________________________________________________   According to an Amnesty International report published on 16 November 2011, human rights violations in Azerbaijan have been on the increase ever since demonstrations began in March and April 2011, with Azerbaijani citizens calling for democratic reforms and for human rights to be upheld. A report entitled ‘The spring that never blossomed: Freedoms suppressed in Azerbaijan’ details..

Question for written answer E-011975/2011 to the Commission Rule 117 Paweł Zalewski (EPP) ____________________________________________________________________________________________   Asia Bibi is the first woman in Pakistan to be sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her Christian faith and for stating during a discussion at her workplace that 'Jesus lives, while Mohammed is lying in his grave. Our Christ is the real prophet of God, and yours (Mohammed) is not'. She was arrested in July 2009 after she was denounced by her workmates, and a Pakistani court sentenced her..

Question for written answer E-011976/2011 to the Commission Rule 117 Paweł Zalewski (EPP) ____________________________________________________________________________________________   According to the latest reports published by the ‘Idea’ evangelical news agency and the ‘Open Doors’ foundation which supports persecuted Christians, some 100 million people throughout the world are suffering persecution for their Christian beliefs. This is borne out by recent events in Egypt and Sudan, where people are being denied respect for their human dignity..

- The European Parliament expressed its opinion today, which should be echoing all across Europe and should be listened to by all leaders of the 27 states of the European Union. We recommend to the European Commission the initialling of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement befor the end of 2011 – said Paweł Zalewski, Member of the EPP and the draftsperson of the opinion on the Free Trade Agreement with Ukraine in the Committee on International Trade at the European Parliament.   -In my opinion, alone the initialling of DCFTA can attract to Ukraine some major European..