European Parliament 22 October 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-2979/02 by Anders Wijkman (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Large state subsidies to the German forestry industry.

3. As regards specifically Greece and Turkey, both countries have come close to depositing jointly their instruments of ratification (for Greece) or accession (for Turkey) to the Ottawa Convention. Marking and protection of Greek minefields along the Turkish border have, according to Greek sources, already resulted in a reduction of accidents by almost 90 % (cf.