European Parliament 22 October 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-2977/02 by Erik Meijer (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Distortion of competition as a result of the low costs of employing Polish construction workers not covered by a collective agreement in the Member States of the European Union.

Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission (14 November 2002) As already indicated in the reply by the Commission to Written Questions P-3175/01 and P-0019/02 both by Mr Cappato (1), the Commission has the possibility of raising human rights issues with the Government of Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) in bilateral meetings and when participating in Union political démarches