European Parliament 13 March 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION P-0800/02 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. Expenditure on private finance initiatives and public-private partnerships — Answer to Written Question E-3528/01.

At the request of the various European steel industry associations, the Commission is therefore examining the case for a European safeguard measure. Any such measure would not seek to cut the current high levels of imports to the Community, but only prevent the negative effects of massive trade diversion caused by the American measures.