European Parliament
Alavanos (GUE/NGL ).
(EL)
Mr President, I have listened carefully to the President-in-Office's reply. Certainly the Commission has a responsibility for the application of Community legislation but the Council cannot also be without responsibility for the fact that a Member State is not applying an important directive. And of course, in relation to the original question, today there is a presidential decree – a month ago – it has of course changed – but the presidential decree died in its infancy because the Civil Court of Appeal of Crete found in judgment 466 in 2002 that it contradicted the basic provisions of the Community directive. I can do no more than repeat my question to the President-in-Office with this new information.

