European Parliament 23 July 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-2234/02 by Ria Oomen-Ruijten (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Study grants for the children of frontier workers.

Answer given by Mrs Wallström on behalf of the Commission (4 September 2002) The record of Member States in transposing Council Directive 1999/13/EC of 11 March 1999 on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain activities and installations is far from being satisfactory.